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Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology Keywords: suicide; suicidal mental imagery; flash-forwards; intrusions; preventive intervention; eye movement dual task (EMDT)
Online: 24 April 2017 (11:59:53 CEST)
Suicide and suicidal behavior are major public health concerns and affect 3-9% of the population worldwide. Despite growing evidence, there are still few effective interventions available to reduce suicide risk. In this article, we describe theoretical models of suicide ideation and behavior and propose to examine the possible effectiveness of a new and innovative preventive strategy. A model of suicidal intrusion (mental imagery related to suicide, also referred to as suicidal flash-forwards) is presented describing one of the assumed mechanisms in the etiology of suicide and the mechanism of therapeutic change. We provide a brief rationale for an Eye Movement Dual Task (EMDT) treatment for suicidal intrusions describing techniques that can be used to target these suicidal mental images and thoughts to reduce overall behavior. Based on the available empirical evidence for the mechanisms of suicidal intrusions, this approach appears to be a promising new treatment to prevent suicidal behavior as it potentially targets one of the linking pins between suicidal ideation and suicidal actions.
Subject: Keywords: UAV; multi-spectral imageries; multi-locational; Maize yield; smallholder; vegetation indices
Online: 19 October 2020 (16:00:27 CEST)
Rapid assessment of maize yields in smallholder farming system is important to understand its spatial and temporal variability and for timely agronomic decision-support. Imageries acquired with unmanned air vehicles (UAV) offer opportunity to assess agronomic variables at field scale, however, it is not clear if this can be translated into reliable yield assessment on smallholder farms where field conditions, maize genotypes, and management practices vary within short distances. In this study, we assessed the predictability of maize grain yield using UAV-derived vegetation indices (VI), with(out) biophysical variables, in smallholder farms. High-resolution images were acquired with UAV-borne multispectral sensor at 4 and 8 weeks after sowing (WAS) on 31 farmers' managed fields (FMFs) and 12 nearby Nutrient Omission Trials (NOT), all distributed across 5 locations within the core maize region of Nigeria. The NOTs included non-fertilized and fertilized plots (with and without micronutrients), sown with open-pollinated or hybrid maize genotypes. Acquired multispectral images were post-processed into several three (s) vegetation indices (VIs), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference red-edge (NDRE), green-normalized difference vegetation index (GNDVI). Biophysical variables, plant height (Ht) and percent canopy cover (CC), were measured with the georeferenced plot locations recorded. In the NOTs, the nutrient status, not genotype, influenced the grain yield variability and outcome. The maximum grain yield observed in NOTs was 9.3 tha-1, compared to 5.4 tha-1 in FMF. Without accounting for betweenand within-field variations, there was no relationship between UAV-derived VIs and grain yield at 4WAS (r<0.02, P>0.1), but significant correlations were observed at 8WAS (r≤0.3; p<0.001). Ht was positively correlated with grain yield at 4WAS (r=0.5, R2=0.25, p<0.001), and more strongly at 8WAS (r=0.7, R2=0.55, p<0.001), while relationship between CC and yield was only significant at 8WAS. By accounting for withinand between-field variations in NOTs and FMF (separately) through linear mixed-effects modeling, predictability of grain yield from UAV-derived VIs was generally (R2≤0.24), however, the inclusion of ground-measured biophysical variable (mainly Ht) improved the explained yield variability (R2 ≥0.62, RMSEP≤0.35) in NOTs but not in FMF. We conclude that yield prediction with UAV-acquired imageries (before harvest) is more reliable under controlled experimental conditions (NOTs), than in actual farmer-managed fields where various confounding agronomic factors can amplify noise-signal within the vegetation canopy.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0209.v1
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: Sign Language Recognition; Multi-modality; Late Fusion; multi-sensor; Gesture Recognition
Online: 8 August 2020 (17:28:00 CEST)
In this work, we show that a late fusion approach to multi-modality in sign language recognition improves the overall ability of the model in comparison to the singular approaches of Computer Vision (88.14%) and Leap Motion data classification (72.73%). With a large synchronous dataset of 18 BSL gestures collected from multiple subjects, two deep neural networks are benchmarked and compared to derive a best topology for each. The Vision model is implemented by a CNN and optimised MLP and the Leap Motion model is implemented by an evolutionary optimised deep MLP topology search. Next, the two best networks are fused for synchronised processing which results in a better overall result (94.44%) since complementary features are learnt in addition to the original task. The hypothesis is further supported by application of the three models to a set of completely unseen data where a multi-modality approach achieves the best results relative to the single sensor method. When transfer learning with the weights trained via BSL, all three models outperform standard random weight distribution when classifying ASL, and the best model overall for ASL classification was the transfer learning multi-modality approach which scored 82.55% accuracy.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0413.v1
Online: 21 January 2021 (09:31:21 CET)
Urgent environmental challenges and emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technologies push research towards more performant and new materials. In the field of metallurgy, high entropy alloys (HEAs) have recently represented a topic of intense research because of their promising properties, such as high temperature strength and stability. Moreover, this class of multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) have opened up researcher community to unexplored compositional spaces, making prosper literature of high-throughput methodologies and tools for rapidly screening large number of alloys. However, none of the methods has been aimed to design new MPEAs for AM process known as selective laser melting (SLM) so far. Here we conducted nanoindentation testing on single scan tracks of elemental powder blends and pre-alloyed powders after ball milling of AlTiCuNb and AlTiVNb. Results show that nanoindentation can represent an effective technique to gain information about phase evolution during laser scanning, contributing to accelerate the development of new MPEAs.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0161.v1
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: multi-agent systems; multi-agent reinforcement learning; internet of vehicles; urban area
Online: 11 March 2022 (05:13:15 CET)
Smart Internet of Vehicles (IoVs) combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) will contribute to vehicle decision-making in the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Multi-Vehicle Pursuit games (MVP), a multi-vehicle cooperative ability to capture mobile targets, is becoming a hot research topic gradually. Although there are some achievements in the field of MVP in the open space environment, the urban area brings complicated road structures and restricted moving spaces as challenges to the resolution of MVP games. We define an Observation-constrained MVP (OMVP) problem in this paper and propose a Transformer-based Time and Team Reinforcement Learning scheme (T3OMVP) to address the problem. First, a new multi-vehicle pursuit model is constructed based on decentralized partially observed Markov decision processes (Dec-POMDP) to instantiate this problem. Second, by introducing and modifying the transformer-based observation sequence, QMIX is redefined to adapt to the complicated road structure, restricted moving spaces and constrained observations, so as to control vehicles to pursue the target combining the vehicle's observations. Third, a multi-intersection urban environment is built to verify the proposed scheme. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that the proposed T3OMVP scheme achieves significant improvements relative to state-of-the-art QMIX approaches by 9.66%~106.25%. Code is available at _URL_
REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0033.v1
Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Desalination; Multi Effect Distillation; Multi Stage Flash; Vapor Compression Distillation; Renewable Energies.
Online: 4 January 2021 (12:33:03 CET)
Abstract: Thermal desalination is yet a reliable technology in the treatment of brackish water and seawater; however, its demanding high energy requirements have lagged it compared to other non-thermal technologies such as reverse osmosis. This review provides an outline of the development and trends of the three most commercially used thermal or phase change technologies worldwide: Multi Effect Distillation (MED), Multi Stage Flash (MSF), and Vapor Compression Distillation (VCD). First, state of water stress suffered by regions with little fresh water availability and existing desalination technologies that could become an alternative solution are shown. The most recent studies published for


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The structural response of a molten main-chain liquid crystal polymer to an applied magnetic field has been investigated microscopically, with the microstructure being characterized as a function of field strength, time in the field and molecular weight. The application of the field to a structure in which the director wandered gradually on a scale of about 100 ~tm resulted in the formation of domains delineated by well defined boundaries. The domains were elongated along the field axis to an aspect ratio of about 8 in the case of a 1.1 T field, although for the higher field strength of 5.6 T the domains were no longer visible. Evidence is presented that the domain boundaries correspond to a director reorientation of ~ rad. Etched domain microstructure revealed a uniform distribution of crystallites, representing regions of local ordering in the material, on a scale of a few hundred nanometres. The crystallites had the form of platelets normal to the local director and acted as orientational markers across the domain boundaries.
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Magnetic orientation and microstructure of main-chain thermotropic copolyesters / A. Anwer and A. H. Windle* // Polymer. – 1993. – Vol 34. – P. 3347-3357.

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Printing the elements of a vector one per line in R
You know how R prints the elements of a vector horizontally?
> 1:5
[1] 1 2 3 4 5
Today I needed the elements printed one per line. After a bit of searching and hair-pulling, I stumbled upon the cat command:
> cat(1:5,sep="\n")
This is particularly useful when you need a line-by-line list of the variables in a data frame, which you can get with:
To output the list directly to a file, use write instead of cat.
Raising a matrix to a power in R
A surprising deficiency in R is the absence of an operator or built-in function for matrix exponentiation. I had to deal with this today when porting a function from MATLAB to R. Here is my quick-and-dirty solution:
mpower = function(M,p) {
 A = as.matrix(M)
 if (dim(A)[1]!= dim(A)[2]) stop("not a square matrix")
 # M^{-1} = the matrix inverse of M
 if (p==-1) return(solve(A))
 # M^0 = I
 if (p==0) return(diag(1,dim(A)[1],dim(A)[2]))
 # M^1 = M
 if (p==1) return(A)
 if (p < -1) stop("only powers >= -1 allowed")
 if (p!= as.integer(p)) stop("only integer powers allowed")
 R = A
 for (i in 2:p) {
 R = R %*% A
Not the most efficient method, perhaps, but it works. If you know of a better alternative, please add a comment to this blog entry. One possibility might be to port MATLAB's expm function, as defined in expm1.m in the MATLAB demos directory, to R.
For a detailed review of methods for computing the exponential of a matrix, see:
Moler, Cleve and Charles Van Loan (2003), "Nineteen dubious ways to compute the exponential of a matrix, twenty-five years later," Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 45 (1), 3-49.
Switching from MATLAB to R
If you're an experienced MATLAB user and you want to get up to speed quickly on R, these reference guides may prove helpful:
Similarly, R users may wish to refer to these when using MATLAB.


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Over the last twenty-five years, sheep numbers have been declining in Sonoma and Marin Counties at the same time the number of predators has increased. With the removal of most chemical control methods, livestock producers have had to turn to other methods of preventing livestock losses. The objective of this project was to survey livestock producers to determine the levels of predation, type of predator involved, and the management methods being used to reduce these losses. This information is essential to develop a sound extension program to help livestock producers better deal with the predator problem.


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What are some common trumpet problems?
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Two common problems plague new trumpet players. These include sticky valves and spit buildup inside the horn. Both of these can affect the sound of the instrument. Frequently drain the spit valve. It sounds disgusting but its necessary as spit from playing can buildup quickly. Also make sure you buy valve grease to ensure the easy movement of your valves.
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Some of the most common trumpet problems happen when people don't care for their instrument. Some of the most common are stuck valves, stuck slides, and rusting.
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The most common problem with trumpets is a valve problem. Valves have to be placed properly and cleaned regularly or they can stop working.
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Difference Between Fixtures and Jigs
The words fixtures and jigs are common terms used in machine shops. Although both are used as tools to mass-produce parts, they have two distinct functions.
Fixtures are used to hold work pieces in at specific location. For example when parts are machined on a machining center or wire EDM, they are clamped into a fixture which reduces the amount of set up time. This eliminates set up errors and brings down production cost. As all machine shops owners are aware of, the best machine tool is one that is making parts and not sitting idle. Fixtures need to be heavy and rigid, and machined with precision in order to have consistent results.
A jig is a tool that guides another tool in order to improve the accuracy of the part during machining. Often a jig is used in drilling, boring, and tapping operations so the drill doesn't wobble or stray away from the location where it's suppose to be. They are also used to make sure a part is drilled to a specified depth without the need constantly check and re-drill if needed.
At Precision Technologies, we specialize in the design and manufacturing of custom jigs and fixtures. Since we incorporate the latest machine tool technology and employ experienced machinist, we can ensure your jigs and fixtures will have the accuracy that will meet your expectations. We design and build the following types of fixtures and jigs: welding & assembly fixtures, checking fixtures, work holding fixtures and welding/ assembly fixtures.
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I am graduating in two days and still haven't received a grade in one of my classes. The chances that I do not pass the class are low but it isn't out of the question. I am also on the edge of latin honors and my grade in this class will determine where I land.
The official due date for the grades is early next week but I would really like to know if I am actually graduating before I walk. Could I e-mail the professor asking him what my grade in the class will be?
If it matters the last assignment was due a week ago.
 - What are Latin honours? – astronat Apr 27 '18 at 6:51
 - _USER_ Magna and Summa Cum Laude – case Apr 27 '18 at 7:32
If you're concerned about your grade, then you can try to send a polite email. However, you may also want to check if there's a policy whereby grades for graduating seniors need to be turned in early (which may or may not be the case, given the need to make sure students can graduate.
If not, the grades might not be ready, if the submission deadline has not yet passed. (But how can they schedule graduation before grades are due?)
Also, the answer may depend on how large the class is: the bigger the course you're worried about, the less likely the grades will be ready early.
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News release, October 07, 2010
Neural Responses Indicate our Willingness to Help
Witnessing a person from our own group or an outsider suffer pain causes neural responses in two very different regions of the brain. And, the specific region activated reveals whether or not we will help the person in need. Researchers at the University of Zurich studied the brain responses of soccer fans and now have neurobiological evidence for why we are most willing to help members of our own group.
Our reactions to shocking news clips on television demonstrate that human beings can remain remarkably cool in the face of other peoples' suffering. And yet, we are also ready to sacrifice ourselves for others, even if no tangible reward awaits. Why such a difference? Social psychology has proven that our propensity to help is modulated by social factors. Little, however, was known about the underlying neural processes and how they are influenced by group affiliation. Now, research in neuroscience at the University of Zurich has documented that the brain regions activated when witnessing people suffer vary according to whether those suffering are perceived as group members. "And most importantly, the differences in neural responses indicate whether the observer will help the suffering person later on," as neuroscientist Grit Hein confirmed.
Grit Hein, Tania Singer (now director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) and social psychologist C. Daniel Batson (University of Kansas, USA) measured the neural responses of soccer fans: Test subjects watched either a member of their own group (ingroup) or someone from a rival team (outgroup) be subjected to painful shocks through electrodes attached to the back of their hands. The test subjects could then decide whether or not to help an ingroup or outgroup member by receiving a portion of the pain themselves. Helping had a high cost as it was inherently linked to personal physical pain. Test persons also had the option to simply watch the other person receive the shocks or to distract themselves from the unpleasant scene by watching a soccer video.
The scientific journal Neuron has published the revealing results of the study: Should a person from an ingroup suffer pain, brain regions associated with empathy for others' pain are activated. A greater degree of activation in these regions correlates with a greater willingness to help. If, however, test subjects saw a member of an outgroup subjected to pain, brain regions motivated by reward were activated. A high degree of reward-related activation corresponds to a negative perception of the person belonging to the rival team, and the willingness to help decreases as brain activation rises.
Measuring neural responses also proves to be a more accurate prediction tool than questionnaires when trying to determine how willing people are to help people outside of their group affiliation. "After all, who is going to admit they'd help a friend in need but let an outsider suffer?" observed Grit Hein.
Grit Hein received the Branco-Weiss Fellowship from the Society in Science (Zurich) for this study and other work.
Hein, G., Silani, G., Peuschoff, K., Batson, C. D., & Singer, T.: Neural responses to ingroup and outgroup members' suffering predict individual differences in costly helping. In: Neuron, doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.003

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Intercultural aesthetics: a worldview perspective
In this book the editors brought together outstanding articles concerning intercultural aesthetics. The concept 'Intercultural aesthetics' creates a home space for an artistic cross-fertilization between cultures, and for heterogeneity, but it is also firmly linked with the intercultural turn within Western and non-Western philosophy.The book is divided into two parts, yet one can sense a clear unity throughout the whole book. This unity is related to the underlying subject that the different authors, each in their own way and from their own background, try to reveal.
They use related, and overlapping terms such as 'the suchness of things', 'dancing and shaping lives', 'presenting a meaning beyond words, presenting the unpresentable, experiencing', in order to bring to our awareness the genuine importance of the non-conceptual, next to the conceptual. Several authors moreover take on a reflective, and at times even a self-reflective stance, pointing to the intrinsic relation between cultural aesthetics and ethics, making this book unique in its kind.
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[ki-ga uku]
Literal translation: Wood floats.
Meaning: wood is such a material, if to put it in water, it will stay on the top, it will not sink.
Let's add ～やすい / ～にくい pattern (as auxiliary adjective, not i-adjective).
[ki-wa uki-yasui]
Literal translation: Wood floats well.
Meaning: wood is a good floating material, that it is a good itea to make something floating from that, for example, a boat.
Question: why -yasui/-nikui makes us use は instead of が?
Is it legal to say [木が浮きやす] or with ga-version of -yasui/-nikui we make some shift in meaning?
Good question! This question is an actually an entire topic. For example, see this article.
So we have four patterns here:
(1) 木が浮く
(2) 木は浮く
(3) 木が浮きやすい
(4) 木は浮きやすい
The short answer is that they are all correct grammatically. However, they have slightly different nuances.
"は" is called the topic particle for good reason; it marks what the speaker's statement is about. Without any context, (1) could be a statement about the environment from a book. The statement describes what simply happens. On the other hand, (2) is a statement about the tree itself. An example usage is, 石は浮かないが木は浮く (Stones don't float, but trees float). Here, we compare stones and trees. The statement isn't about what happens generally; it specifically compares stones and trees, the topics.
Now, alone, (3) seems slightly strange alone. Note that as "浮きやすい" is an adjective, the whole sentence seems to describe the tree, which wouldn't make sense if tree weren't the topic. On the other hand, it could be used as in "なぜ、海水では人が浮きやすいのでしょうか". Here, the topic is seawater; not people.
(4) alone is a natural statement about trees themselves. It describes trees, saying trees float easily.
I hope this helps a little bit!
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The Defining Issues Test (DIT) is an internationally used instrument that measures an individual's moral reasoning skills—that is, how an individual explains right and just action. DIT scores are correlated with age and education, and they are also correlated with clinical performance when administered to professional practitioners. Practicing signed language interpreters' scores, however, were not reflective of their age and education in one study, being much lower than those of practitioners from other professions. Providing communication access for individuals who do not share the same language as their service providers is grounded in social justice and equity, yet practicing interpreters' DIT scores did not reflect higher-order justice skills. The current study investigates American Sign Language interpreting students' DIT performance. Over the course of 3 years, different classes of third-year interpreting students in an undergraduate program in the United States took the DIT. Each year, the students' average scores were significantly higher than those of working interpreters (n = 80). This result raises the question of whether, how, and why years of interpreting experience curtail ethical development. A follow-up study with one student class (n = 32) also found that taking the DIT as a collective, meaning that answers were negotiated among group members, resulted in higher scores than the group members' individual median scores. This additional finding adds credence to educational approaches that focus on ethical discussion and deliberation of interpreting practice.
Dean, Robyn; Samar, Vincent; and Maffia, Daniel
"Are Two Heads Better Than One? Interpreting Students' Moral Reasoning Skills,"
International Journal of Interpreter Education: Vol. 14:
1, Article 4.
Available at: _URL_


What's more, the study found that while the likelihood of injury after brandishing a firearm was reduced to 4.1 percent, the injury rate after those defensive gun uses was similar to using any other weapon (5.3 percent), and was still greater than if the person had run away or hid (2.4 percent) or called the police (2.2 percent). These results were similar to previous research on older NCVS data which showed that, while using a firearm in self-defense did lower a person's risk of subsequent injury, it was less effective than using any weapon other than a gun.
As Hemenway notes, however, the one time having a gun does significantly lower injury rates is before the individual takes a defensive action. This seemingly bizarre result can be explained in one of two ways: People carrying a gun could be more vigilant and aware of their surroundings, and therefore better able to avoid an initial attack. Alternatively, it could mean that the types of crime stopped by a defensive gun use are substantively different from the types of crime stopped when some other protective action is taken. Rather than circumstances where a victim is attacked by surprise, and thus more likely to be injured before taking protective action, incidents where a gun is used in self-defense could mainly involve mutually hostile confrontations that end in verbal or physical aggression.
Indeed, the latter explanation is supported by a pair of private surveys conducted by Hemenway in 1996 and 1999, in which respondents were asked to describe DGUs in their own words, found that the majority of defensive gun uses were both illegal and provided no social benefit. Across these two large national samples of randomly selected telephone numbers, the conclusion was overwhelming: "Guns are used to threaten and intimidate far more often than they are used in self-defense. Most self-reported self-defense gun uses may well be illegal and against the interests of society."
The surveys also found that when someone uses a gun in self defense, it is often part of an escalating hostile interaction — one in which both participants are likely to be responsible for the event that initially prompted the DGU. One male respondent who reported a defensive gun use described an incident as follows: "I was watching a movie and he interrupted me. I yelled at him that I was going to shoot him and he ran to his car." Another respondent pulled out a gun to resolve a conflict with his neighbor: "I was on my porch and this man threw a beer in my face so I got my gun."
It is not at all clear that cases such as these are in the public interest — let alone constitute legitimate defensive gun use. After all, these incidents are substantially different from a situation in which a victim is taken by surprise, such as during a street mugging.
By using the NCVS data, Hemenway's analysis has several key advantages over other study examining DGUs. Even the best-designed surveys fail to produce reliable estimates for defensive gun use because they inadvertently capture a large number of false positives, producing final estimates that don't comport with reality. The most famous one-off study on this subject, conducted by criminologists Gary Kleck and Mark Gertz in 1992, estimated that guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. But as we've written before, we now know that number to be mathematically impossible in light of reliable empirical data like hospital records, victimization surveys, gun violence archives, and police records.
The NCVS study corrects for the methodological weaknesses that plague private surveys by asking follow-up questions on self-defense use only after a respondent answered affirmatively to the question of whether or not they had been a victim to an attempted or completed crime. This strategy decreases the likelihood of false positives because it removes many opportunities for a respondent to exaggerate or manufacture a self-defense claim. The NCVS also corrects for telescoping, which occurs when a respondent incorrectly remembers a legitimate defensive gun use that took place outside of the time frame covered in the survey. For instance, a respondent may describe a confrontation that happened a year ago in response to a question asking about defensive gun use only in the last six months. By lumping in incidents from outside the study period, telescoping can inflate rates of the behavior being tallied.
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Fertility and outcome of pregnancy were assessed in all 78 women below 40 years of age in a total, unselected series of patients with Crohn's disease, diagnosed during a 17-year period and consecutively treated with resectional surgery, in most cases at an early stage. The median follow-up time after the primary operation was 12.8 years. During the observation time there were 87 pregnancies in 44 patients. Neither the number of live births, nor the frequency of abortions differed from that expected in the general population. There was no still birth. The localization of the disease was not significant. In conclusion, there were no indications of any negative influence of surgical intervention.
Bibliografisk informationThe information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Emergency medicine/Medicine/Surgery (013240200), Surgery Research Unit (013242220), Obstetric, Gynaecological and Prenatal Ultrasound Research Unit (013242720)


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Paul R. Yarnold
Optimal Data Analysis, LLC
Data are from a contingency table used to determine the relationship between years of schooling arbitrarily parsed into six ordered categories, and ethnic group measured on a categorical variable with seven levels. Although ordinal data are inappropriate for analysis via chi-square-based methods, log-linear analysis was used to investigate association between years of schooling and ethnic group. Because the independence model didn't provide an acceptable representation of the data, it is clear that some form of association underlies the data. A three-dimensional log-linear-based solution was proposed: "In terms of the scores in the first dimension only, whites are closest to Chinese; blacks are closest to Vietnamese; and Hispanics are extreme outliers. Either the distance matrix…or a two-dimensional plot…can be used to locate the groups or measure distances in terms of educational distributions" (p. 103). All possible pairwise comparisons were conducted between ethnic groups using UniODA, and the results revealed a single dimension (years of schooling) perfectly described the statistical conclusions reached for 20 of 21 analyses. The single inconsistent finding had an associated miniscule effect size.


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txfonts – Times-like fonts in support of mathematics
Txfonts supplies virtual text roman fonts using Adobe Times (or URW NimbusRomNo9L) with some modified and additional text symbols in the OT1, T1, and TS1 encodings; maths alphabets using Times/URW Nimbus; maths fonts providing all the symbols of the Computer Modern and AMS fonts, including all the Greek capital letters from CMR; and additional maths fonts of various other symbols.
The set is complemented by a sans-serif set of text fonts, based on Helvetica/NimbusSanL, and a monospace set.
All the fonts are in Type 1 format (AFM and PFB files), and are supported by TeX metrics (VF and TFM files) and macros for use with LaTeX.
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MiKTeX as txfonts
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (1.6M).
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- pxfonts: Palatino-like fonts in support of mathematics
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The word "Shawls" originates from the word "Kashmir" which is also known as Cashmere. Cashmere's creations were first introduced during the 14th century during the early days of ladakh. There are two current kinds, Shah as well as Pashmina Black Shawl uk. They are admired by their glow, light and distinct designs. The primary components of the shawl are its unique Kashmiri weaving method and high-quality fleece.
However, the significance for Kashmir shawls has changed over time. Kashmir shawl has changed in the course of its general setting depending on various factors, including the fabric used and the cost of it as well as the way of making it as well as the anticipated use and also the status of the wearer. Give your family and friends the warmth of tradition. Take a look at our top-of-the-line assortment of gifts.
Shawls are the types of surfaces that are used by women during winter, due to the airy conditions as the winter season is more costly therefore shawls are costly as they are constructed of a large amount of down made from goats and sheep in the mountains. The shawl is a fantastic collection for women to wear in the winter months, particularly those living within Himachal Pradesh or more cool regions as it can be combined when paired with other plain options to wear during winter. People prefer to wear light-colored outfits in winter, especially tweed, silencer, and shawl. The pattern is inspired by the drawings on the mass of asylums as well as Buddhist orders.
Benefits to Find a The Most Modest Shawls
Shawl is the highest quality downy that has been gathered from Himalayan sheep and goats. Additionally, the shawl will allow you to look adorable and charming, particularly in winter its size is awe-inspiring and essential. Some of them are described as follows:
- Extra Warm Fiber
- Grand and delicate filaments that have a distinctive pleat
- Sews and textures are light and slim. They are also breathable.
- Acclimates to the dampness of the air to allow for flexibility in any cold climate
- A gorgeous texture and a chic shawl
The material used in the shawl
The fabric utilized in the construction of shawl is unadulterated fleece that has counts ranging between 2/3 Nm to 264 Nm in weft and twist. To plan, unadulterated fleece is employed in the additional weft. Beautiful colors similar tones are used in large quantities to create an appealing appearance.
Method Applied Underway Shawl:
Shawls made by the technique of winding. The arrangement is made using different shades of weft yarns of shorter lengths in accordance with the form of plan. There is no additional string control in the design. It's extremely laborious and requires expert knowledge. The outline is first developed on a chart and then it is then woven on a regular fly outline looms for transport.
Effective Method to Recognize Certifiable Shawl
Plans for shawls are created using various concealed weft strings of shorter length. A string with no predictable length between one finish to another is used in the plan area. The main surface type utilized to carry shawls has an inclining twill line. Shawl is renowned for its impressive solid surfaces for models of multicolor made of woolen yarns.
While wearing Dull Variety
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- Steam Ironing is recommended after every two-wear to prevent from pimples.
- A professional clean or you could even wash your hands in cold water using a legitimate process
- Keep it in a unheated or open area. The closet is the ideal place to store it.
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Poverty and Prosperity: A Longitudinal Study of Wealth Accumulation, _PHONE_
NBER Historical Working Paper No. 8
This paper depicts and analyzes the wealth distribution and wealth mobility in a national sample of nearly 1,600 households matched in the 1850 and 1860 manuscript schedules of the census. Gini coefficients, a transition matrix, the Shorrocks measure, and a regression model of wealth accumulation are estimated from these data. The findings shed light on theories of the wealth distribution, life-cycle behavior, regional economic performance, and the empirical basis for critiques of capitalism. Blacks accumulated slowly but the foreign born performed remarkably well. The distribution of wealth was relatively unequal on the frontier but the region performed well in reducing propertylessness. Residents of eastern cities were less fluid than other residents of the rural North. Blue collar workers and the unskilled declined relative to farmers and white-collar workers during the decade, which suggests that other aspects of wealth determination may have outweighed stretching of the wage structure as an explanation of growing inequality during industrialization. Comparisons with data on net family assets collected by the National Longitudinal Survey in the 1960s and 1970s show that mid-nineteenth century households were less mobile at the lower end but more mobile at the upper end of the wealth distribution.
Published: Steckel, Richard H. "Poverty And Prosperity: A Longitudinal Study Of Wealth Accumulation, _PHONE_," Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, v72(2), 275-285.


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Greetings Century and Metric Century Riders in Colorado!
Blue River Century and NEW Metric CenturySaturday, June 20, 2009 – Summit County, CO – _URL_
A scenic century and NEW metric Century up in Summit County, CO called the Blue River Century, benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
The Montezuma Metric is 62.1 miles with an elevation gain of 3350 feet.
For the Century, at the final aid station, choose between 3 different finish options, which are as follows:
1. Montezuma Finish (Intermediate) with approximately 99.42 miles and 5950 feet of elevation gain
2. A Basin Finish (Intermediate) with approximately 98.62 miles and 6470 feet of elevation gain
3. Loveland Pass Finish (Advanced) with approximately 105.62 miles and 7680 feet of elevation gain


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Scientific name: Prunella modularis
Size: Up to 145mm
Distribution: Found throughout the UK
Months seen: All year round
Habitat: Parks, gardens, open woodland and areas with hedges and scrub
Food: Invertebrates and seeds
Special features: The dunnocks plumage is similar to the house sparrow, being mostly brown with black streaks, although the head and neck has a lot of blue-grey colouring and the underparts are generally darker. The beak is dark coloured and very thin, and the legs are an orange-brown color. The males and females are similar but the male frequently has more of the blue-grey colouring on the head.
Dunnocks are shy birds and like to be close to cover. Their flight is very jerky, and they spend a lot of time on the ground.
Dunnocks are sometimes called 'Hedge Sparrows' or 'Hedge Accentors'.


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Seeds are the major inputs that drive improvements in agricultural productivity. High Quality seed alone contributes a 15-20% increase in output levels. Covid-19 is putting Nepal's small scale producers and farmers under strain. The lockdown measures may help Nepal win against the virus but it has create many problems in agricultural sector. It has hit already struggling Nepalese farmers in terms of markets, prices of the agricultural goods.
As, 65.75% of the population of our country depend upon agriculture for their livelihood. But few months ago, there was lockdown up to 6-7 months, all the vehicles were stopped, so that the agricultural goods such as seeds, fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides and other agricultural equipment needed for the farmers could not be taken from one place to another. All the markets, agrovets, seed producing companies were seized. Due to this farmers cannot get certified seeds. Only some of the vehicles carrying agricultural goods were running with taking pass from the government, so farmers cannot get needed equipment in time and also the cost of vehicles was high.
A majority of seeds used by farmers across Nepal for both grains and vegetables come from outside country, mainly India. But, Indian boarders are not fully opened and the quality seed could not entered in our country. Farmers cannot get certified seeds and they are using locally available seeds which has create the problems in seed germination, which causes low crop stand establishment and finally low yields. During the season of cultivation of rice, due to shortage of seeds, farmers used locally available seeds. So, many problems had seen such as poor germination, poor crop stand establishment and finally there is low yield. The vegetable seeds needed for farmers is also not available, so most of the lands are left bare. The cost of certified seeds is increasing day by day due to this havoc and the farmers cannot afford them. Thus, there will be decrease in yield which is responsible for food shortage in coming days.
To summarize, constant increases in agriculture production and productivity is largely depends upon the quality of seeds. Increase productivity is the key to agricultural growth and helps in food security of the country. In recent time due to havoc of corona, there is shortage of seed. As a result agriculture production is decreasing which cause the food crisis in coming days. The agriculture sector should be put into consideration by government to minimize the possible crisis that could result because of this pandemic. Government should make the provision of supply the quality seeds to every corner of the country. Agriculture scientists can provide the awareness program about the idea of using locally available seeds using various measures through radio, television etc. In rural areas, there should be focus on the cultivation of locally available seed varieties and promotion of under –exploited fruits and vegetables. The concerned authorities and stakeholders need to emphasize the risk that the farmers will encountered to maintain the production. In the reduction of trade deficit situation, Nepal can focus on the agriculture sector by moving towards food selfsufficiency through the mobilization of available resources.


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2. Under the random-effects model, the pooled OR of RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer patients, compared to non-cancer controls, was 63.44 with 95%CI=23.94–168.11. In the stratified analysis by material, significantly increased risks were found in tissues samples in detection RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer(OR=67.85, 95%CI=33.75–136.42) and in non-tissues (OR=46.76, 95%CI=2.68–817.26). As stratified analysis by method, significantly increased risks were also found in MSP(OR 89. 15, 95% CI=31.93–248.90) and QMSP (OR=47.10, 95%CI=10.59–209.53). In the evaluating the association between RARβ2 methylation and pathological stage in prostate cancer, study was carried out in five studies by fixed-effect model. The pooled OR of low-stage in RARβ2 methylated patients, compared to high-stage RARβ2 methylated patients was 0.67 (95%CI=0.40–1.09, table 3). The relationship between RARβ2 methylation and tumor Gleason score was also compared by random-effect model. The pooled OR of low-GS in RARβ2 methylated patients, compared to high-GS RARβ2 methylated patients was 0.54(95%CI=0.28–1.04, table 3).
Sensitivity analysis revealed that 11 independent studies were the main source of heterogeneity, –, –. Then the heterogeneity of RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer patients, compared to non-cancer controls was decreased when Hoque MO's study was removed (P=0.54). In addition, no other single study was found to impact the pooled OR as indicated by sensitivity analyses.
As shown in Figure 1A, the shape of the funnel plots seemed asymmetrical in the methylation comparison between prostate cancer patients and non-cancer controls, suggesting the presence of publication bias. Then, the Egger's test provides statistical evidence of funnel plot asymmetry (t=2. 38, P=0. 038). To adjust this bias, a trim-and-fill method developed by Duval and Tweedie was implemented (Figure 1B). The pooled OR of RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer patients, compared to non-cancer controls, was 17.62 with 95%CI=6.30–49.28 by trim-and-fill method (table 2). Meta-analysis with or without the trim-and-fill method did not draw different conclusions, indicating that our results were statistically robust. Funnel plot and Egger's test were performed to assess the publication bias in studies of association between RARβ2 methylation and pathological stage/Gleason score, The shape of the funnel plot did not indicate any evidence of obvious asymmetry (figure 2,,3)3) and the Egger's test suggested the absence of publication bias (P>0.05).
The results of our systematic review showed that RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer was associated with tumor risk as either detected in urine, serum or tissue by MSP or QMSP. However, the RARβ2 methylation was not associated with increased risk for developing pathological stage or Gleason score of prostate cancer in comparison between RARβ2 methylated bladder cancer patients and unmethylated patients.
Hypermethylations of the RARβ2 gene having been reported in many studies declared that the frequency of RARβ methylation was found to be significantly higher in patients group compared with controls, –. Previous reports also demonstrated that genetic variations of RARβ affect prostate cancer susceptibility.To further confirm RARβ2 promoter methylation status in prostate cancer patient' s diagnosis, we carried out a meta-analysis of 12 studies involving 777 cases and 404 controls to derive a more precise estimation of the association. The analysis showed that RARβ2 methylation in prostate cancer patients, compared to non-cancer controls, was 17.62 times higher than that in non-cancer people after the trim-and-fill method which further confirmed RARβ2 methylation was a potential risk factor for prostate cancer as detected both in urine, serum and tumor tissues. MSP is a nonquantitative nonfluorometric PCR method to investigate promoter methylation. This method may fail to detect low concentrations of methylated alleles, unlike QMSP which can detect up to 1/1000 methylated alleles. In this meta-analysis, both MSP and QMSP have the same effect in RASSF1A methylation detection.
However, Carmen Jerónimo's study suggested that RARβ2 methylation levels correlated with pathological tumor stage but not with Gleason score. R. Dumache's study demonstrated that RARβ2 methylation was correlated not only pathological tumor stage but also Gleason score. But in Woodson K's study, methylation of RARβ2 was proved to correlate with tumor grade but not pathological stage. To resolve the conflicting results, we carried out a meta-analysis which indicated that the RARβ2 methylation status did not correlate with either the pathological stage or Gleason score of prostate cancer patients, suggested that inactivation of RARβ2 may be an early event in prostate carcinogenesis.
Early diagnosis of prostate cancer currently relied on trans-rectal ultrasound guided needle biopsy (10 to 12 cores) in men with increased total PSA (greater than 4.0 ng/ml) and/or abnormal DRE findings. However, 65% to 70% of men with total PSA in the 4.0 to 10.0 ng/ml range had a negative prostate biopsy result. In addition, more than 20% of men with PSA in the 2.0 to 4.0 ng/ml range were found to have cancer when evaluated by prostate biopsy. More troublesome, there was no conclusive evidence that screening based on PSA decreases prostate cancer mortality. Early detection of prostate cancer may be made more effective and efficient as RARβ2 may be an early biomarker in prostate carcinogenesis diagnosis.
Cancer is not a single cell disease. Aberrant cancer cells and their interactive microenvironment are needed for cancer to progress to androgen independence and distant metastasis. Tumor heterogeneity in methylation patterns may be influenced by response to the microenvironment and local expression of genes, hormones, oxidative stress, or some other factor that can modulate methylation. Tsuyoshi Nakayama'study indicated that three CpG sites (numbers 20 to 22) near the βRARE region were consensus regions of methylation in PCa, which might be critical for the silencing of the gene by blocking access of liganded RAR/RXR heterodimers and other cis-acting transcription factors to their binding sequences.
RARb2 might be silenced not only by DNA methylation but also by histone deacetylation. Acetylation and deacetylation on lysine residues of histone amino-terminal tails had profound effects on gene transcription. The RARβ promoter was under the control of a high-affinity retinoic acid response element itself. Thus, once silencing of RARβ had occurred, the lack of RAR-beta might reinforce the inactive silent state at its own promoter probably promoting methylation as a secondary repression mechanism. Fuks F's study demonstrated that RARβ methylation-negative cells (LNCaP, PC3, and DU145) were hypo-acetylated at both H3 and H4. Combined TSA and alltrans retinoic acid treatment after 5-azacytidine treatment increases the accumulation of acetylated histones, leading to reactivation of the methylated RARβ promoter and subsequently the expression of RARβ.
In conclusion, our meta-analysis suggested that detection of RARβ2 methylation might be a potential biomarker diagnostic tool in prostate cancer. The detection of RARβ2 methylation in urine or serum is a potential non-invasive diagnostic tool in prostate cancer. It is necessary to conduct large sample size studies of the association between RARβ2 methylation and prostate cancer risk, eventually leading to our better understanding.
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (_URL_ NSFC:C0606. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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Wong R, Deakers T, Hotz J, et al. Volume and Pressure Delivery During Pediatric High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Apr;18(4):e189-e194.
OBJECTIVE: Identify variables independently associated with delivered tidal volume (VT) and measured mean airway pressure during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation across the range of pediatric endotracheal tube sizes.
DESIGN: In vitro study.
SETTING: Research laboratory.
INTERVENTIONS: An in vitro bench model of the intubated pediatric respiratory system during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation was used to obtain delivered VT and mean airway pressure (in the distal lung) for various endotracheal tube sizes. Measurements were taken at different combinations of ventilator set mean airway pressure (Paw), amplitude (ΔP), frequency, and test lung compliance. Multiple regression analysis was used to construct multivariable models predicting delivered VT and mean airway pressure.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Variables independently associated with higher delivered VT for all endotracheal tube sizes include higher ΔP (p < 0.001), lower frequency (p < 0.001), and higher test lung compliance (p < 0.001). A multiplicative interaction between frequency and ΔP magnifies the delivered VT when ΔP is high and frequency is low (p < 0.001). Delivered mean airway pressure becomes lower than set Paw as ΔP increases (p < 0.001) and frequency increases (p < 0.05). Ventilator set Paw is the largest determinant of delivered mean airway pressure; however, increasing ΔP resulted in a lower delivered mean airway pressure. For example, in a 4.0 mm ID endotracheal tube, increasing ΔP by 10 cm H2O resulted in an average decrease of delivered mean airway pressure by 4.5%.
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to quantify the interaction between ΔP and frequency in delivered VT and the effect of ΔP and frequency on delivered mean airway pressure. These results demonstrate the need to measure or estimate VT and delivered pressures during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and may be useful in determining optimal strategies for lung protective ventilation during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.


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Ayurveda has explained in detail about post natal care of mother. Seasons and place – both have their effect on mental and physical health. Keeping this in mind, Ayurveda has explained in little variations in post natal mother care. Ayurvedic Post Natal Care:
In the last article, we learnt about basics of Ayurvedic post natal care here.
In General following diet for the mother in the first week.
1. Rice gruel mixed with a pinch of ginger and pepper.
2. Horsegram soup added with a spoon of ghee and a pinch of salt.
3. Ash gourd, and radish – fried in ghee.
4. Meat soup – Those accustomed to non veg, can have meat soup.
Post natal care based on season and place:
During winter or rainy season – in cold, moist place –
- Because of coldness, Vata and Kapha will be high. Due to this, digestion power will be low. Hence, initially, ghee is best avoided for initial 3 days.
- Instead, 2 ounce of rice is added with 12 ounce of water, boiled. The scum of this water is added with a pinch of ginger and pepper. This drink is given to mother.
- Once after digestion power is improved, ghee processed with pepper and such other spices are given.
- Ears should be kept closed
- Warm and soothing cloth are preferred.
- Diet and activities with hot qualities are preferred.
- Direct wind exposure is best avoided.
During summer and / or in dry places with high temperature.
- In such places and season Pitta and Vata is high. Hence ghee processed with long pepper etc are administered freely.
- Oil massage with Balaswagandhadi taila / Ksheerabala taila followed by hot water bath is given extra significance.
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Rule No. 3: Gain weight (on purpose)
You may be thinking, "well that'll happen anyway," but intentionally putting on 8–12 per cent of your body weight can be a huge performance enhancer, says nutrition and performance coach Krista Austin, Ph.D., who has worked with Olympic-level athletes such as Laura Bennett and Meb Keflezighi. If gaining then losing weight sounds easier said than done, don't worry—using a weighted vest can have the same hypergravity training benefits.
"Triathletes like to sit around at a certain weight and body composition all the time," Austin says. "But research shows you can in fact put extra weight on and get training adaptations. And you can get that adaptation while not working so hard on your food, which I think psychologically gives people a break."
Say your racing weight is 65kg. During the winter you get up to 70kg. By training at a heavier weight you're teaching your body to recruit more motor neurons and muscle fibres, kind of like recruiting more people to work on the assembly line. When your body gets back to 65, the workers have less work to do, so they last longer before they tire. Muscles work the same way. When you lose the 5kg, you don't need as much oxygen and can get more kilogrammes to the gallon.
Austin uses this hypergravity method for athletes who can't train at altitude, or with 800m runners or sprint triathletes who don't benefit from altitude training but need some form of adaptation. She'll have them add in more calories at a time not normally used for eating, such as an ice cream sundae before bed (seriously). They'll sit heavier for a couple of months while training at a lower volume and intensity, then she'll simply have them cut out the excess ice cream when the season rolls around.
Many of Austin's athletes start to feel benefits from carrying around a few extra kilogrammes. Some will see higher power outputs or will start sleeping better (the "best performance enhancer," according to Austin), and ultimately wind up competing at a higher weight.


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Sediment along the Queensland Coast
Sediment remained suspended in the waters off the Queensland coast of Australia in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Yasi. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on February 5, 2011.
Ocean water that would normally appear navy, instead sports shades of peacock blue. Nearer the coast, the water appears green, especially north of Townsville. The water nearest the shore has likely acquired its sediment load from river runoff, while water farther out to sea probably holds sediment churned up from the sea floor. The sediment is suspended around the Great Barrier Reef.
Twice-daily images of northeast Australia are available from the MODIS Rapid Response System.
This image originally appeared on the Earth Observatory. Click here to view the full, original record.


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The scientific article discusses the possibilities for the development of medical tourism in Bulgaria and the challenges it faces. The aim of the scientific work is to examine and establish the prerequisites which have a beneficial impact on medical tourism. An emphasis is placed on the main problems that hinder the higher occupancy of spa hotels and spa centers. The peculiarities of medical tourism and the basic resources its successful implementation depends on, are examined. Attention is paid to the main groups of users of the service, the factors that influence the overall development, both positively and negatively. The author concludes that the general state of medical tourism is far from its potential, the policy for its implementation is not sufficiently effective and should be reviewed and enhanced. A leading aspect of the study are the opportunities for improving the conditions for stimulating the consumers, both Bulgarian and foreign citizens, to actively use the potentials for treatment and recreation in the country.
Medical tourism - problems and perspectives for the hotel business


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Moisture loss in different slot types
Planning to Direct Drill
Planning is the key to direct drilling and reduced tillage techniques. Planning must take into account gross margins, marketing (if applicable), paddock history, crop rotation, soil type, fertility (using soil tests), weed history and densities as well as long term development plans. Flexibility of operation is also essential.
Good weed control is essential for successful establishment of a new crop or pasture.
Weed control is one of the main reasons for traditional cultivation practices - the ground-engaging tool physically cuts and tears the roots of unwanted plants from the soil.
Direct drilling calls for a different approach. Some of the alternatives available for weed control include:
-Spraying with herbicides
-A combination of the above
Timeliness of the seeding operation is critical for good germination, growth and best yield results.
There are two main aspects of timeliness you must consider:
-Always check the optimum seeding date for your district and seed on time.
-Ensure the best use of available moisture after rain by seeding while the soil is moist.
Use only good quality certified seed. Certified seed is guaranteed to meet a minimum standard germination percentage and to be free of weed seeds and impurities. Use the recommended seeding rate.
Your seed supplier or your local advisory officer can tell you how many kilograms per hectare (kg/Ha) you should sow. Adequate plant population will also help your establishing crop or pasture compete with weeds.
Be sure to inoculate legume seed with the correct strain of Rhizobia bacteria. Failure to inoculate could lead to a poor pasture stand. Talk to your seed supplier about inoculation and ask them to supply the inoculant.
Your seed supplier will also be able to advise about chemical protection of your seed for insect attack and various soil borne diseases.
Accurate seed placement is crucial for successful germination. Seed should always be covered and in contact with moist soil. Seeding depth varies with species and is generally related to seed size.
Small seeds generally need to be placed shallow. The Agrowdrill is capable of placing seed accurately at any depth from a few millimetres down to 75mm (3"). Ask your seed supplier or advisory officer how deep you should be sowing and adjust the Agrowdrill accordingly.
The Agrowdrill can be set up to seed at various row spacings. Sowing row spacing, if coulters are not fitted, can be virtually infinite.


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CIRCLE Project Leader, Xiaomei Ma, demonstrated that residential pesticide use was associated with an increased risk for childhood leukemia in the California Childhood Leukemia Study population.
Pesticides and Childhood Leukemia
Dr. Ma examined the role of household pesticide exposures in child leukemia. Her findings suggest that exposure to household pesticides at an early age is associated with an elevated risk of childhood leukemia. Her analysis included interviews of 162 patients (0-14 years old) with newly diagnosed leukemia and 162 healthy control participants. The analysis considered the pesticide type (e.g., insecticides), timing of application (e.g., during pregnancy), frequency of application (e.g., once), location of application (e.g., indoors), and the applicator (e.g., professional). The use of professional pest control services at any time — from 1 year before birth to 3 years after — was associated with an increased risk of childhood leukemia. Residential insecticide use was associated with an increased risk of childhood leukemia, especially when insecticides were used during pregnancy. Additionally, more frequent exposure to insecticides was associated with a higher risk. Exposure to pesticides applied indoors appeared to be more harmful than exposure to pesticides applied outdoors. The full article is available here.
Exposure to residential pesticide use is associated with childhood leukemia
Pesticides in the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium
The above findings were confirmed in a pooled analysis conducted as part of the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium. In the pooled analysis, professional pest control treatments and residential insecticide treatments were both associated with an increased risk of childhood leukemia. Moreover, a child whose father was exposed to pesticides at work before birth was at a greater risk of developing leukemia than a child whose father had no occupational exposure to pesticides. The full article is available here.


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Sesame Street Live!
Our Kindergarten classes spent a day at the Fox Theater enjoying Sesame Street Live! Students, parents, and teachers had fun singing, dancing, and counting along with Elmo, Big Bird, The Count, Cookie Monster and the rest of the gang. They practiced their letters, numbers, and even learned a little Spanish. Once again they are learning through music.


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Delaware is the first state to have its own yeast. Gov. Jack Markell signed a proclamation giving a yeast named Kloeckera (apiculata) (strain KA 1) this designation, which is an honorary title because the state legislature is not currently in session to vote on the matter.
The yeast is the key ingredient in Delaware Native Ale, or DNA, a new, limited-time ale created by Dogfish Head Brewery that features grown-in-Delaware hops, peach and pear juices and other native ingredients. The light ale was introduced recently at a mid-day gathering at the brewery's pub in Rehoboth Beach.
Tom Evans and Nancy Gregory had every right to feel like proud parents at the event – after all, they isolated the yeast, identified it, and gave it its first home, in laboratories in the University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Evans is a professor of plant pathology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. Gregory is a Cooperative Extension associate in that department who works closely with Evans on other research projects. She spends most of her days in UD's Plant Diagnostic Clinic, looking for bad guys — fungal, bacterial and viral diseases that have shown up on a farmer's crops or a homeowner's prized garden plant. After she has identified the pathogen, she and other Extension colleagues usually are able to present solutions for controlling the problem.
But for the Dogfish Head project, Gregory was looking for good guys – yeasts that would make the perfect base for a native Delaware brew. Yeast is the single most important ingredient in beer brewing. As a fungus, it's a living organism that metabolizes, reproduces and lives off ingredients in beer. During the beer's fermentation stage, yeast is responsible for converting sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide. It also plays a large part in what the beer will ultimately taste like.
There are literally thousands of varieties of yeast in the world, notes Gregory, including wild yeasts. Dogfish already possesses a proprietary, cultivated yeast that it uses for the majority of its beverages, according to Katrinka Housley, a lab technician with Dogfish.
But the brewery wanted a wild yeast, native to Delaware, for the new ale. State Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee steered Dogfish's brew team to Evans and Gregory for guidance in finding just-the-right yeast.
One day in early August, a team from Dogfish that included Housley, her supervisor, Steven Thompson, and brewery president Sam Calagione, met up with Gregory and Evans at Fifer Orchards, which offered to be the yeast source. Bobby Fifer, a co-owner of the orchards, showed the group around, scoping out good sites. They eventually settled on a few locations to trap yeast, including the packing house, underneath peach trees in the orchard, and near a bunch of hovering fruit flies.
(No worries, Dogfish fans. Fruit fly yeast did not end up in the new ale.)
The group set out about 100 agar plates — petri dishes containing a growth medium to culture microorganisms. They snacked on Fifer doughnuts for about a half hour while the plates trapped yeasts.
Gregory and Evans then grew and isolated numerous wild yeasts over a period of several weeks in "dirty" and "clean" labs at UD. (As the name implies, the clean lab is kept free of contaminants, while things like a leaf with bacteria or a pumpkin with fungi are allowed inside the dirty lab.)
"At that point in the development of a yeast isolate, you're weeding through all the chaff to get to the wheat," notes Evans. "You're looking at microscopic budding cells under a microscope, separating yeasts from other fungi and bacteria, or other material."
The UD scientists incorporated their noses into the culling process, too. "Some yeasts smell like bread, some a little fruity and some just plain foul," says Evans. The stinkers were immediately taken out of the running.
A dozen or so promising candidates for the ale were sent to Dogfish in mid-August. Before they were shipped, Gregory identified each isolated, pure yeast strain through several tests, collaborating with colleagues in CANR and at Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
Once Housley and Thompson had the strains of yeasts on hand they had just a few weeks to see which ones performed best in sample brews that were then tasted by Dogfish's 37 trained tasters.
"It was challenging working with wild yeast strains," says Housley. "They are a little more unpredictable than cultivated strains."
The winning yeast, Kloeckera (apiculata) (strain KA 1) originated in a box of peaches that were "seconds" — not quite picture perfect and up to Fifer standards.
"As a land-grant institution, UD is committed to working with Delaware's agricultural producers to improve their profitability," says Evans. "We're involved in education, applied research, and outreach to agricultural operations throughout the state. This project was a new one for us, but it certainly fits with our mission."
And Dogfish was very happy to get the help.
"Tom and Nancy's brain power and wealth of knowledge were invaluable," says Thompson.
Evans plans to incorporate information about finding Kloeckera (apiculata) (strain KA 1) into a class he teaches each fall. The students will even get to see a sample of Delaware's new state yeast, which Gregory has safely stored away in a liquid nitrogen cabinet in the clean lab.
Article by Margo McDonough
Photos by Danielle Quigley and Nancy Gregory


If popularity is such a subjective thing and not "all that it's cracked up to be", why do so many spend time pursuing it?
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As microprocessor power density grows and new chip packaging solutions such as 3D stacked chips become prevalent, managing the heat they generate becomes increasingly difficult.
Existing solutions to chip cooling either lack the ability to remove enough heat – risking temperatures too high to allow effective and reliable operation – or they lack the ability to precisely target hot spots. As multi-core technologies proliferate, this capability is increasingly required.
HP researchers found a solution in HP's thermal inkjet heads, which spray ink from hundreds of tiny nozzles. Each nozzle can be individually controlled, determining both how much ink is dispensed and where it lands on the page.
By reconfiguring inkjet heads to spray tiny droplets of liquid coolant instead of ink, researchers were able to locally distribute cooling fluid on a microprocessor die. Using this technology, they demonstrated heat transfer rates of over 4000 W/cm2, which is significantly higher than all other methods.
HP Labs has an ongoing research collaboration with Santa Clara University to explore the fundamentals of this technology.


Can You Freeze Lentil Soup?
Lentil soup is a simple and nutritious meal - great for vegetarians and vegans and the perfect option for a healthy side dish, starter, or lunchtime meal.
It also freezes extremely well, so if you make big batches of soup and usually store them in the fridge, why not freeze them instead and extend their shelf life?
This way you can conveniently have a quick and easy meal in the freezer at all times, and you can extend the shelf life of this protein-packed soup, meaning you reduce your food waste, which is always important.
It could also save you time and money if you buy your ingredients in bulk and then cook and freeze a huge supply of lentil soup for future meals.
How to freeze lentil soup
Method 1
The following instructions will work well for both leftover store-bought soup and homemade versions, just ensure that you allow the soup to cool off fully before freezing it.
 1. Once the soup is cooled, you should freeze it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
 2. Then transfer the chilled soup from the fridge into resealable freezer bags or small containers. It's worth bearing in mind how many people each bag or container is for, or you can put a single portion in each one for ultimate ease when defrosting and reheating.
 3. When storing in containers, ensure you only fill them halfway, or if storing in bags, squeeze out all of the air before resealing them.
 4. Then label your containers or freezer bags and store them flat in the freezer.
Method 2
Another option is to freeze your soup in the form of ice cubes. For this, you will need several ice trays and a large freezer bag.
 1. Allow the soup to cool completely, and then ladle it into several ice cube trays until all the slots are filled.
 2. Then transfer to the freezer and allow the cubes to freeze for about two hours, or until firmly frozen.
 3. Remove the ice trays and take out each cube one at a time, placing all of the cubes in a large, resealable freezer bag.
 4. Be sure to squeeze out as much air as possible when sealing the bag, then write the date on it and store flat in the freezer.
How to defrost lentil soup
 1. Remove your soup from the freezer and transfer the container or bag to the fridge.
 2. Leave the soup to thaw overnight.
 3. When you're ready to heat the soup, you can transfer the thawed contents into a saucepan and simmer on low heat until piping hot - this usually takes a few minutes.
 4. If you want to thin your soup out, you can add a little water or broth while heating.
 5. Do not reheat the defrosted soup!
Factors to consider before freezing lentil soup
Allow the soup to cool before freezing
This is really important.
Putting warm food in the freezer causes a shift in the overall freezer temperature, which increases the risk of spoilage. Not only could the soup turn bad, but this could be the case for all of your stored frozen food.
It is also likely to decrease the shelf life of your frozen soup and will be easier to spoil when you reheat it.
If you're particularly short on time, you can always put the pot in ice water and stir the soup every few minutes to speed up the cooling process. This is much safer than risking putting the lukewarm soup in the freezer.
Don't overfill the container
All liquids expand when put in the freezer, so it's essential you leave some headroom when prepping your soup for freezing.
If you fill the container to the brim, you risk it bursting, but on the other hand, if you underfill the container you risk freezer burn, which could alter the taste of your defrosted soup.
Ultimately, you want to leave about an inch of space from the top of the container when filling it with soup. This gives it the best of both worlds - enough room to expand while ensuring minimal air exposure.
Don't overcook your soup
If you're cooking your soup with the intention of freezing the entire batch, it's best to undercook your lentil soup, as you know you'll be freezing it and reheating it again later on. This way, you'll lower the risk of the soup becoming excessively mushy when you reheat it.
If you are planning on eating half of your batch now and half later, you can always split it in two.
For example, when the lentils are slightly undercooked you can put half of the batch to one side so it can cool, while you prepare the rest of the soup.
This way, once the undercooked half has cooled you can freeze it straight away, which should allow you to achieve fresher results and a better consistency once you come to thawing and reheating the soup at a later date.
Shelf life
If frozen correctly, your lentil soup can be frozen for up to 6 months. However, consume the soup at your earliest convenience, as the longer it's kept in the freezer, the more you risk changes to the flavor and texture.
Lentil type
You should also be aware that different types of lentils will freeze and thaw differently.
Green lentils freeze and thaw relatively well, but brown lentils hold more water so they're likely to thin out the texture of your soup when you defrost and reheat it.
Lentil soup is a hearty, wholesome dish and is packed full of protein and flavor, making it perfect for warming you up on those chilly winter nights.
Generally, lentil soup freezes well and can be kept for up to six months, but it's important you get the prep and defrosting process right to ensure you maintain the texture of your soup.
The most important factor to remember is to always let the soup cool completely before freezing it.
Freezing soup is a great way to ensure you have a big batch on hand in the freezer at all times.


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The previous eruption of Agung in 1963 killed nearly 2,000 people and was followed by a small eruption at its neighboring volcano, Batur.
In September 2017, a distal seismic swarm triggered the evacuation of around 140,000 people from Agung volcano, Bali. As this event was the deadliest volcanic eruptions of the 20th Century, scientists are putting great effort to monitor and understand the re-awakening of Agung.
Now, using satellite technology and 3D numerical models, scientists at the University of Bristol have uncovered why the Agung volcano in Bali erupted in November 2017 after 50 years of dormancy. They have shown that seismicity was associated with a deep, sub-vertical magma intrusion between Agung and its neighbor Batur.
Scientists used Sentinel-1 satellite imagery provided by the ESA to monitor the ground deformation at Agung. They then detected uplift of about 8-10 cm on the northern flank of the volcano during the period of intense earthquake activity.
Dr. Juliet Biggs said, "From remote sensing, we are able to map out any ground motion, which may be an indicator that fresh magma is moving beneath the volcano."
Dr. Fabien Albino, also from Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, added: "Surprisingly, we noticed that both the earthquake activity and the ground deformation signal were located five kilometers away from the summit, which means that magma must be moving sideways as well as vertically upwards."
"Our study provides the first geophysical evidence that Agung and Batur volcanoes may have a connected plumbing system."
"This has important implications for eruption forecasting and could explain the occurrence of simultaneous eruptions such as in 1963."
Their findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, could have important implications for forecasting future eruptions in the area.


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He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Bible
"left hand of Damascus." That is, north. In our Western culture, we ordinarily turn our maps to point north, and think of East as "to the right" of north. In the biblical culture, everyone thought of East as "straight ahead" because it was where the sun rose, and the sun was a blessing from God. So, for example, the Tabernacle and Temple had their entrances to the East. The Messiah is called, "the sunrise from on High" (Luke 1:78) because when he comes he will dispel these dark times. So the "left hand of Damascus is north of Damascus. While it would have been easy to put "north of Damascus" in the REV text, we believe it is important that the student of Scripture keep in mind that the biblical world was oriented to the East; it comes up in a number of verses.
Commentary for: Genesis 14:15


Social Security "Risk": What's Really True?
February 3rd, 2005
Is equity investment of Social Security funds in private/personal accounts "risky"? Or will it save the system? What should true conservatives be in favor of? Many of the arguments on both sides are based on wrong assumptions or form specious conclusions.
The first question, on equity investments:
Would long-term, well-diversified equity investments provide higher returns than treasury bonds?
Answer: if long-term historical experience is any predictor of the future, absolutely yes. Over the long term, equity returns consistently outpace bond returns—especially U.S. government bonds. The compounded advantage of these greater returns is profound, and could greatly contribute to the money available for Americans' retirement down the road.
Key caveat: the possibility of a major meltdown of equity markets equivalent to 1929—a decades-long dip in equity values and returns, personal and corporate income, employment, etc. But if that occurs, Social Security and the whole national budget that's been borrowing from Social Security (and the world economy as a whole) will be in desperate straits anyway. The trust fund wouldn't be able to meet its obligations. Since this possibility is an equal risk either way, it doesn't argue for or against equity investments.
Paul Krugman (an economist and columnist) challenges the notion of greater future equity returns in a February 1 NYT OpEd. He argues that:
1. "In the long run, profits grow at the same rate as the economy."
2. "economic growth, which averaged 3.4 percent per year over the last 75 years, will average only 1.9 percent over the next 75 years."
The first proposition isn't true, even though it seems to make perfect sense.
Whether you look at a 25-, 50- 75- or 100-year period, real equity returns have consistently outpaced real GDP growth by several percentage points–both domestically and in almost every other market worldwide. (See this PDF file, especially figure 1 on page 17. This document also gives possible reasons, for the curious, why Krugman's seemingly sensible proposition isn't true. Interestingly, Krugman's papers are cited more than once—significantly in the conclusion.)
Krugman's argument is downright level-headed compared to Barry Schwartz's, though. I've commented on that in a previous post.
The second question, on private/personal accounts: Are these more "risky" than the collective Social Security trust fund?
Answer: Yes, but not in the way that anti-privatization activists say.
The risk is not that people who invest in equities via private/personal accounts will get less than they would in the current system. Absent a meltdown, they will get more. The risk is that they will get less than other people. Re-using an analogy from a previous post: it's bothersome when the person next to you on the plane paid less than you did for the same seat. But it's even more bothersome if everyone on the plane—you included—paid more for their seats.
Final question: Can we take advantage of equities' greater returns, and provide them equally to all participants?
Answer: Yes. By investing some trust-fund monies in equities. All participants—and the federal budget—would benefit from the greater returns.
This would also save the costs of managing all those private/personal accounts. That's not just government management and accounting expenses, but accounting expenses for every person filing a tax return that includes earned income, every year. I haven't seen an estimate of these costs, but they have to be huge.
Various presidents have proposed various versions of this investment scenario over the years, but they've always been shot down—often for partisan political reasons, but also because of concerns about political manipulation of the money management. Which raises a key issue.
Problem: Who manages the money?
Answer: That's a tough question.
Any method for allocating the investments—whether they're President Bush's personal/private accounts, or trust-fund monies—will have major financial, social, and political effects. Some asset classes would be favored, others not. The devil, as always, is in the details.
Congress could legislate extremely rigid and mechanistic investment allocation methods, but that legislation would itself be highly charged, politically. The main alternative would be some kind of commission that would set investment allocation rules and methodologies (within guidelines set by Congress). The concern is that such a commission could be highly politicized in the future—pressured to make particular decisions in the runup to an election, for instance.
The Fed is a good model for this kind of commission. It has managed in most cases—aside from some egregious gaffes by Alan Greenspan over the last few years—to avoid major involvements in the political fray. But it would be far more difficult to manage equities in the trust fund without succumbing to political pressure. With billions of dollars in play—over time, trillions—and a far more complex set of decisions to make (not just the target rate), it's hard to imagine that politicians would be able to resist efforts to interfere, or that administrators could steadfastly resist that interference.
Perhaps Congress should include a provision in any equity-investment legislation making it illegal for members of the legislative or executive branches to communicate with those administrators in any way—much like ad reps at a magazine or newspaper being forbidden to talk to editors (sadly, a not-very-common but also not-unheard-of restriction).
That hardly seems likely to happen. Congress has a very poor record of restricting its own perquisites and prerogatives.
But as far as we can tell from President Bush's current skeletal description of his proposed system, the risk of political manipulation is equally great with either the trust-fund or the private/personal system. With that being equal, true conservatives should be in favor of investing some trust-fund monies in equities.
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Environmental Factors Impact Childrens Ability to Learn
Most people know that the children's physical classroom environment plays a major role in their ability to learn. Classroom design is important to students' success in the classroom. But what about other aspects of the environment such as lighting, temperature, noise, etc? Let's take a look at how these factors impact children in a learning environment.
Impact of Lighting on Ability to Learn
Having a source of good lighting is critical in the classroom for many obvious reasons. Students need to be able to see the teacher and each other, and to read the chalk board, white board, or projection screen as necessary. However, the amount of daylight in a classroom can also play a major role in how students perform on standardized tests. A study conducted by Heschong Mahone Group for Pacific Gas and Electric produced the following observations:
Students with the most daylight in their classrooms progressed 20% faster on math tests and 26% faster on reading tests in one year than those with the least amount of daylight.
Students with the largest window areas were found to progress 15% faster in math and 23% faster in reading than those with the least.
Students that had a well-designed skylight in their classroom, one that diffused the daylight throughout the room and that allowed teachers to control the amount of daylight entering the room improved 19–20% faster than those students without such a skylight.
Teachers like natural daylight in their classroom, as long as they have control over when it comes in and the amount that comes in. A 2003 follow-up study to the one mentioned above found that direct sunlight beaming into children's faces was detrimental to their ability to learn. Not only was it a distraction, but it caused unpleasant temperature changes that were hard to control. In addition, light that creates a glare on the chalkboard or whiteboard impairs students' ability to learn, especially in math. The use of blinds or shades is an important classroom design element that allows teachers to regulate light in the classroom, shutting out direct sunlight when necessary, while still getting some of the benefits of natural daylight.
Classroom Environment: Temperature
The temperature of the classroom is another element that plays a role in how well students learn. While it's not possible to make every student comfortable all the time, it's a good idea to try to find an ideal temperature that works for most of the class. Most teachers agree that the room should border on the cool side. Cooler temperatures keep children more alert; a warm room can lead to sleepiness and lack of attention on the part of the students. If the room is too cool for some, they can bring in a sweater or jacket, thereby learning that they can take some responsibility for their own comfort.
The Role of Acoustics in Classroom Design
The acoustics in a classroom also have an impact on students' ability to learn. Reverberant noises, annoying equipment sounds, or other loud noises from outside the classroom can hinder children's learning. Loud noises especially seem to impact students' ability to read. A couple of independent research studies have corroborated the correlation between loud noises outside the classroom and a decrease in reading proficiency. Schools can help eliminate some of the outside noise by installing soundproofing in the classroom and saving big maintenance jobs for after school hours.
Of course, there are many other variables that can impact children's learning in a classroom environment. Not all of them are controllable. But by taking steps to control the ones they can, both schools and the teachers who teach in them will give students the best environment possible to help them in their journey through their educational years.


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Why You Should Understand the Customer Journey
Every customer has their own journey leading them to the same destination – purchasing your product.
ach phase in between needs to be analyzed to provide the best customer experience.
From the 'thinking about buying' phase to purchasing, to the delivery of your product, think about each step that led the customer to that point. What is it about the product that draws them to buy from you? What steps do they take before making the final purchase? Do those steps make sense? Is anything about this process going to make them rethink a purchase from your business and choose someone else? Would they suggest your product to their friends?
This process from start to finish is called the customer journey. When you truly understand it, it becomes a pivotal step in creating a positive customer experience and can create a memorable brand.
Defining the Customer Journey
To identify potential areas of improvement in your customer journey, you must first map out the entire process. Start by identifying your ideal customer, their age, gender, interests, etc. Creating an ideal client avatar is a key step in building your product business. Then, break down the entire journey step-by-step, starting from how they discovered your product to the final purchase. For example, if you are selling jewelry, your customer journey might be something like this:
- Customer finds out about your product from an Instagram post
- They click on the link in your bio to learn more
- They browse your website, looking at different photos of the types of jewelry you make
- They decide they want to buy, so they click on your product and enter their payment information
- Customer waits for the product to arrive
The customer journey doesn't end there, however, it continues through the use of your product and even recommending it to others. Customer retention and word-of-mouth are much less time-intensive and therefore much more cost-effective than having to attract new customers. To obtain this level of customer retention, every step of their journey has to be perfect.
Unlock Unlimited Photo Concepts
When you have fully mapped out your ideal customer journey, identify the places of opportunity. Brainstorm ideas that will ease any pain points they come across along the way and use them as photo concepts that your audience can relate to.
Remember, the importance of visual storytelling. Every photo of your product needs to have a clear message of why your customer should purchase it and how it can solve their problems. Mapping out your customer's journey is also the first step to provide everything you need to ensure they have the best customer experience interacting with your company and brand.
Utilize the journey to your advantage and go above and beyond in customer service to increase customer satisfaction. Memorable customer experience is what keeps people coming back for more. If they feel like their problems are being addressed, you will naturally build stronger customer relationships. This is why it's important to identify areas of improvement and incorporate these ideas into your product photography.
Your photos are usually the first interaction your customer has with your product. Illustrate a relatable concept consistently that addresses your ideal customer's struggles. This establishes your brand as memorable and trustworthy because your audience will believe that you provide a solution to their problems. If you create a memorable start to the customer journey, the customers will return and referrals to your brand will be made.
To learn more about how to make the journey more user-friendly, let's connect! I understand that every business is different and that it's important to have a specific plan for each. This is also why I offer more services than just photography. You can also find me and fun behind the scenes on Instagram!
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This tutorial is going to show you how to activate a twitter widget (API 1.1) in JS animated templates. If your template comes with a twitter widget HTML code like:

In order to activate it,
- Go to _URL_
- Log in, if needed, into your twitter account.
- Click "Create New".
- On the next page under Configuration you can change the default settings, when needed (like height, theme, link color etc). The results of your manipulations can be seen on the right. Or you may skip the step if you wish to make changes to the widget later.
- Click "Create Widget". This will create a new field with some code highlighted.
- Copy the code.
- Open the.html file in Dreamweaver and paste the code where you would like to see your twitter widget.
- Save the changes and open the file in a web browser. The twitter widget should appear where you added the code.
- Using Firebug for Firefox you may change the default height/width etc of your widget to match the layout of your site.
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Master of Science
Dr. Bryan Neff
With global temperatures projected to surpass the limits of thermal tolerance for many species, evaluating the capacity for evolutionary and phenotypically plastic changes in thermal tolerance is key to our understanding of the biological consequences of climate change. Within quantitative genetic breeding designs and multiple rearing environments, I measured the thermal performance of cardiac function among families of two populations of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). I found significant indirect genetic, plastic, and additive genetic effects contributing to cardiac performance and thermal tolerance, representing a variety of adaptive mechanisms available to salmon populations faced with climate change. These results enhance our understanding of the mechanisms of thermal adaptation in fish and suggest a resiliency to rising temperatures among these ecologically, economically, and culturally important fish.
Muñoz, Nicolas, "The adaptive capacity of thermal tolerance in chinook salmon" (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2220.


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Optical disc drive
An optical drive is usually a CD drive or DVD drive. Optical means it uses lenses. The drive uses a light called a laser. A laser is the most exact and powerful sort of light but the laser in the drive is very, very small. The CD or DVD disk is similar to a mirror and the laser light reflects off it. The disk has very small () codes written on it. The drive has a very small camera lens beside the laser which can read the codes. Another part of the drive is plugged in to the computer by a wire (inside) and the code goes through the wire as a signal to the computer.