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Layer poultry farming means raising egg laying poultry birds for the purpose of commercial egg production. Layer chickens are such a special species of hens, which need to be raised from when they are one day old.
They start laying eggs commercially from 18-19 weeks of age. They remain laying eggs continuously till their 72-78 weeks of age. They can produce about one kg of eggs by consuming about 2.25 kg of food during their egg laying period. For the purpose of producing hybrid eggs layer, consider the various characteristics of cock and hen before breeding. There are various types of highly egg productive layer breeds available throughout the world.
1. Layer Hen Selection:
You have to keep in mind some essential information before selecting the layer hens for your poultry farming business. You have to select those breeds which are suitable for your layer poultry farming business and can produce well in your area.
2. Keeping Chicks for Layer Poultry Farming:
During the first weeks after birth, many chicks do not want to drink water due to transporting them from one place to another. So you have to make adequate water drinking systems in their brooder house, and you have to train them for drinking water. Mix 5% glucose with water, so that they can easily get energy.
3. Vaccination and it's Importance for Layer Poultry Farming:
Vaccination program is a must for chicks for keeping them free from all types of diseases. The main advantage of poultry vaccination are listed below.
- Timely vaccination makes disease resistance power in the body of chick.
- Help to keep the hen free from infective poultry diseases.
- Disease prevalence will be less.
- Mortality rate will reduce.
- And low mortality rate = more production = more profit
4. Egg Production for Layer Poultry Farming: Egg production from a Layer Poultry Farming depends on the care and farm management. If you take good care of your birds and manage them properly, then the production and profit will be high.
- Withing the first 20 weeks of age, about 5% of hens start laying eggs.
- About 10% birds start laying at their 21 weeks of age.
- When they reach 26 to 30 weeks of age, they produce highly. Although, it may be different depending on their strain.
- After laying a maximum number of eggs, they usually stop laying for a few days.
- And after this period, their egg production might reduces slowly.
- Egg laying rate and size of eggs increases gradually.
- The hens grow till their 40 weeks of age.
- Weight and size of eggs increases till their 50 weeks of age.
5. Feeding for Layer Poultry Farming: There are many companies available throughout the world, which are producing commercial feed and feed supplements for layer chickens. You can buy feed from your local market or make the feed at your own house. You have to be sure that the feed and feed supplements you bought are enriched with essential food value. Protein,Vitamins and Mineral are very important for laying hens which is affecting the quality of eggs, layer poultry fertility and layer bird's health
6. Water Management for Layer Poultry Farming: Chickens health depend on the supply of pure, clean and fresh drinking water. You have to provide adequate water according to the demand of your laying hens. For purifying the water, mix Aquacure. Determine a suitable place to keep the water pot inside the poultry house. Supply cold water during summer season and hot weather, and slightly hot water in cold weather or winter season.
7. Marketing for Layer Poultry Farming: Eggs are stored in a cool room at about 13oC and transported in an insulated truck. Unfortunately, many shops selling eggs do not store them under ideal conditions. In the home and shop situation it is best to store them at normal refrigerator temperature (4-6oC). Marketing involves a range of prices, depending on the different sizes of egg, different brands, or other differences which attract particular buyers. Free-range and fat modified eggs are among the varieties available.


understand how this attack works we must define some terms beforehand.
Un-Coordinated Choice Model: An uncoordinated choice model is a model where all the participants don't have the incentive to work with one another. The participants may form groups but at no time is the group big enough to become a majority.
Coordinated choice model: This is a model where all the participants coordinate because of a common incentive.
Now it is assumed that the blockchain is an uncoordinated model, but what if there is an incentive for the miners to do an action which goes against the integrity of the blockchain? What if there is a bribe involved to make the miners take a particular action? This is where the bribing attacker model comes in.
What is the bribing attacker model?
Imagine an uncoordinated model. Now, what if an attacker enters the system and incentivizes the miners to coordinate with each other after giving them a bribe? This new model is called a bribing attacker model. In order to successfully bribe the system, the attacker must have two resources:
 - Budget: The total amount of money that the attacker has that they are willing to pay to make the miners take a particular action.
 - Cost: The price that the miner actually ends up paying.
However, if an attacker does decide to attack the blockchain, we arrive in an interesting conundrum… and this is where the "p + epsilon attack" comes in. For reference check out this table:
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Image courtesy: Vitalik Buterin Presentation.
Imagine a simple game such as an election. If the people vote for a particular person if they vote the same way everyone is voting, then they get a payoff but otherwise, they don't. Now imagine, that a briber enters the system and lays down this condition to an individual. If you vote AND the others don't vote, then you will get a payoff of "P + ε". The usual payoff AND an extra bribe of ε on top of that.
So now, the payoff matrix looks like this:
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Image courtesy: Vitalik Buterin Presentation.
Now imagine this scenario, everyone involved in this game gets to know that if they vote anyway, then there is a chance that they may get a payoff, but if they don't vote then there is a 50-50 chance of them getting a payoff.
What do you think the players will do then? Of course, they are going to vote to get a guaranteed payoff. Now, this is where things get interesting. As can be seen in the matrix, the briber only has to pay the bribe "ε" when only person votes while the others don't. However, in this situation, since everyone is voting, the Nash equilibrium shifts to:
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That's right, the briber didn't even need to pay the bribe!
So, let's approach this problem from the POV of the briber:
 - Convince the group to vote a particular way.
 - Achieve the goal without even having to pay the bribe.
It is a huge win-win scenario for the briber and this has heavy implication on the blockchain especially in a proof-of-work system. Let's check out our old hypothetical blockchain again:
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Suppose the briber really wants the chain to hardfork and declares that a group of miner who opts to join the new chain will get a bribe of ε, this will incentivize the entire miner community to coordinate and join the new chain. Obviously the bribe has to be extremely high for something like this to happen, but as we have seen in the briber attacker model above, the attacker won't even need to pay the said amount. According to Vitalik Buterin, this is one of the biggest problems of the proof of work system, its vulnerability to the P + epsilon attack.
The solution lies in proof of stake.
The solution to this form of incentive driven attack lies in proof of stake. In this system, the miners have to put up a portion of their personal fortune and invest it in future blocks. As an economic system, this is much better because the punishment in it is way more severe. Instead of having their rights taken and getting away with a "tap to their knuckles", miners now face the very real possibility of their stake and fortune being taken away.
So, how does this help in preventing P + epsilon attacks? Put yourselves in a miner's shoes. You have a part of your fortune invested inside a block which is to be added in the main chain. Now a briber comes and tells you that you can get an extra payoff if you make your block join the main chain. BUT, if the chain doesn't get approved then there is a huge risk of you losing all the money that you have invested in the block. Plus, as the P + Epsilon attack states, you won't even get the extra payoff from the bribe. For a miner, once that they have invested a stake, it is a no brainer for them to continue in the main chain and not to get involved in any malicious activities.
Cryptoeconomics: Conclusion
So as you can see, cryptography and economics have combined in a very beautiful and intricate manner to create the blockchain technology. The growth that it has experienced over the last few years is staggering and it is only going to get better and more widely used.
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AZERBAIJAN - The Power Sector.Azerbaijan's total installed capacity for power generation is about 5 gigawatts (GW), consisting of eight thermal plants which supply about 85% of the electricity, and five hydro-electric stations. The thermal plants are based mostly on heavy fuel oil, and natural gas is only used as a secondary source for some plants. But the actual generating capacity now is only 4.8 GW, because of obsolete facilties and lack of proper maintenance, and more than 30% of the power produced is lost due to a bad transmission system and some theft. If the maintenance system is not improved, the usable capacity would drop further, while domestic demand for power has been rising rapidly since 1996.
There is also an exchange of power supplies between Azerbaijan and each of Russia, Georgia, Iran and Turkey. Since 1994, imports from these countries have overtaken exports by far. Azerbaijan still depends heavily on the import of power plant equipment and spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used.
Spare parts are also called "spares. from Russia and Ukraine, as a result of full integration with them during the Soviet era.
The efficiency and profitability of the state's power utility, AzerEnerji, have to be improved. The utility is to be partly privatised along with Azerigaz. This is under a plan adopted in 2000, after a series of major power cuts, which called for three basic changes: (1) new incentives and a campaign to attract foreign investment into this sector, (2) creation of an independent power regulator, and (3) privatising the regional power networks.
The power sector has received priority in the country's development plan. Among projects now being implemented in the sector is a gas-based Combined Cycle A combined cycle is characteristic of a power producing engine or plant that employs more than one thermodynamic cycle. Heat engines are only able to use a portion of the energy their fuel generates (usually less than 50%). The remaining heat from combustion is generally wasted. Power Plant-II being built at Severnaya on the outskirts of Baku. With a capacity of 400 MW, this is the country's first gas-fired CC plant. It will replace Severnaya's 150 MW oil-fired station and is aimed to ensure stable power supply in the metropolitan area, cut air pollution and curb emission of toxic gases. The project has been financed partly by a loan of Y18,332m ($172m) from Japan Bank for International Cooperation The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (国際協力銀行 (JBIC JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JBIC Japan Biological Informatics Consortium ), granted at the "most concessionary" interest rate of 0.75% for a 40-year repayment period including a 10-year grace period. The oil-fired plant has been upgraded and mostly rebuilt by Mitsui and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI MHI Manufactured Housing Institute
MHI Montreal Heart Institute (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
MHI Median Household Income
MHI Main Hawaiian Islands
MHI Material Handling Institute ) under a contract with AzerEnerji.
The Baku Thermal Power Plant has been revamped and expanded by ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence,
Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s and Alstom under turnkey contracts signed in early 1999 and late 2000, respectively. This now has two new gas turbine cogeneration units with a combined capacity of 110 MW and 400 tons per hour steam. Completed in 2001, it supplies heat and power to the Baku regineries, other industrial customers and households in the capital.
Hydro-power generating capacity available in Azerbaijan now is limited to about 300,000 tons/year of oil equivalent, compared to 400,000 t/yoe in 1991-95.
AzerEnerji has received two sovereign loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Bank targeted at Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. (EBRD EBRD
See: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ) worth about $60m for two projects: (1) to help complete the Yenikend hydro-power plant on the Kura River Kura River
Azerbaijani Kür Georgian Mtkvari
River in Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The largest river in Transcaucasia, it rises in eastern Turkey and flows north., which will enable Baku to raise fuel oil exports and reduce the amount of gas needed for this sector; and (2) to develop the legal and regulatory framework for the sector, raise hydro-power generating capacity and improve Azerenerji's management and monitoring systems.
The EBRD loans and aid from other multilateral agencies, including the Islamic Development Bank Islamic Development Bank (also known as IDB), is a multilateral development financing institution. located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), convened 18 December 1973., were to help Azerenerji acquire computers, modern communications equipment, electric metres and spare parts. They were also to help replace three generators at the Mingechaur hydro-power plant on the Rura River to reduce pollution in that area. Sumitomo Corp. is to install a wind-power plant for Azerenergy on the Absheron Peninsula where supply of wind is abundant.
In addition, EBRD is helping in a programme to privatise Verb 1. privatise - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized"
manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of Bages, the major power distributor, and the distribution network of the Baku Power Co.
However, both Azerigas and AzerEnergi are heavily indebted in·debt·ed
Morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; beholden.
[Middle English endetted, from Old French endette, past participle of endetter, to oblige to their fuel suppliers including Socar. The two companies are also owed considerable amounts by domestic and industrial customers.
Coal consumption in Azerbaijan between 1987 and 1991 amounted to about 100,000 t/yoe. But coal consumption was stopped completely after the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. Unlike several other former Soviet states, including Armenia, Azerbaijan has no nuclear power generating capacity.

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Consider a situation where you're in a hurry and want to finish transferring your files to your external hard drives. So you wait for the transfer to complete and immediately remove your device. This kind of abrupt removal of external devices is a common mistake many of us do. But have you ever thought what happens to your drive after an unsafe removal? Read on to know more about what happens if you do this.
When you transfer files to a disk, it isn't all written at once. Part of it may be in the buffer in your system. Safely removing a disk by ejecting it first will make sure all write operations are complete. When a drive is suddenly removed, some programs may still be using the drive and some files may be being written to the disk. This incomplete process may result in data loss.
In order to avoid this situation always make it a point to safely remove the hard drive. Doing so will send a signal to the OS to finish writing data to the drive. Once that's done, it is safe to remove the hard drive.
To safely remove hard drive on a Mac, you can follow the steps here.
- Click on the Finder and at the bottom of the left sidebar, you should find your hard drive
- Click on the Eject button beside the drive to safely eject it
- Once the device disappears from the sidebar, it is safe to remove the drive
The consequence of the unsafe removal of hardware
If you've unplugged your hard drive without ejecting it first, the data on it may become inaccessible. In such cases, you need data recovery tools to retrieve and access the data.
About Remo Recover Mac
- Remo Recover Mac is designed to recover lost or deleted data from your system and external hard drives. The software can also be used in cases where data is lost during improper shutdown or during transfer processes.
- It uses robust scanning algorithms to locate lost data and recover them efficiently. It uses signature search to find and recover all types of files such as documents, photos, videos etc.
- It can recover lost files on flash drive Mac and other storage devices such as memory cards.
- The tool can also be used to recover emptied Mac trash and files deleted using Command + Delete.
- All kinds of hard drives such as SSD, SATA, SCSI etc are supported. All file systems such as FAT 16, FAT 32, HFS etc are supported by the tool.
- The software provides a Preview feature to allow preview of recovered files before saving them. A Save Recovery session is provided to allow you to save the recovery session. You can later resume the process and avoid scanning again, thus saving you time.
- Supports all Mac OS versions including the most recent High Sierra and Sierra.
How to recover data lost due to abrupt removal of the hard drive?
Remo Recover Mac is a simple to use tool with step by step descriptions. To recover your data, download and install the software on your system. Run the tool and click on Recover files. Click on Lost or delete files based on your scenario. Then select your hard drive and let the tool scan your drive. A list of recovered files are displayed, you can then select the required files and save them to the desired location.

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EnAble India is an organization involved in empowering people with disabilities, to rehabilitate them and help them be self dependent by providing employment assistance. Pankhudians at Bangalore recently got an opportunity to get a good guidance from Enable India on how to interact with and train the visually impaired. The presentation was given by Ms. Nandhini, Ms. Shantala and Mr. Santosh each of whom seem to be deeply committed and passionate about the cause for which they are working.
The presentation started off with Nandhini explaining us about the various technical terminologies related to the visually impaired and that it's a myth that people with disabilities have any 'sixth sense'. We were told about the behavioral aspects of the visually impaired and how to deal with them. Like for example – small children have various habits like poking their eyes, head banging, making shrill noises etc which can be a faux pas socially. In this case, the children should be advised not to do so or divert their habits to something socially acceptable.
Children with disability undergo mental trauma and generally have a low social interaction and to help them overcome this, we need to know a bit about their life history. It helps if we know their names and call them accordingly thus building a better rapport with them. We always need to have high expectations from them and let them be self dependent as much as possible. Since they are devoid of the visual learning, which makes about 80% of the total learning for the sighted people, they have to depend on the remaining senses. So, they should be taught with a feel and touch method. For example, you can get a live cat and make them feel it. Then you can explain how to imagine a lion – which is a bigger cat. A toy of the lion shape may not work here, because that will make them imagine a wrong picture of a lion. This point was well driven to us by actually making us play a small blind-fold game!
Computer learning is important for the visually impaired because it is the easiest source of information it makes them independent. It is again a myth that these people cannot compete with the sighted ones in the fields such as IT developer, System Administrators, Data Entry operators etc. The feedback from the industry says that these people, with their extra hard work, can even outperform their sighted colleagues. Also they seem to be loyal to their employer because they consider a job opportunity to be important and cannot hop jobs frequently.
In order to make the training sessions to the children at SRMAB more effective, fun and interesting, EnAble India provided us with a new curriculum. As a cherry in the ice-cream, they will also send trainers to SRMAB to help Pankhudi volunteers teach the students in a proper way catering to the needs of the children.
We are thankful to Enable India for having extended this helping hand and thus providing us with valuable insight in training children with visual impairment.


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The Sales per Square Foot KPI measures how much sales revenue you are able to generate for each foot of retail space provided. Use the following formula when calculating the sales per square foot KPI:
Total Net Sales ÷ Total Floor Area
This a popular retail sales KPI because it clearly demonstrates how effective your store layout and retail personnel are at selling product. As such, this KPI is important when redesigning or modernizing retail outlets, and will be the ultimate indicator of whether that redesign was successful or not. Many of the largest retailers will use a similar design concept for all of their stores, and will go to great lengths to ensure uniformity in each location. Therefore, the sales per square foot KPI can also be used to identify when cultural differences are impacting sales and warrant further investigation.
- Sales revenue: Income received through sales activities.
- A high and/or increasing sales per square foot for one or more locations.


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Fiber-Matrix Displacement during the Compressive Phase of Shock Loading
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Electromagnetic-gage type measurements were performed to determine fiber wire-matrix displacement during the compressive phase of shock loading. Fiber diameter and shock impedance were the variables investigated. The relative displacement was found to increase with the fiber diameter, but data for each fiber material could be well represented by a single curve if fiber diameter was used as the unit of relative displacement and shock transit time through the fiber diameter was used as the unit of time. Fibers attained the matrix velocity after a maximum, normalized relative displacement which varied linearly as the three-halves power of the shock impedance.
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VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM
A nurturing, disciplined environment is essential for learning and student achievement. Therefore, the Tangipahoa Parish Public Schools strongly emphasize positive discipline. While individual schools have their own proactive approach to discipline, the school district has adopted a VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM to ensure that schools are safe, healthy learning environments.
Generally, the methods used to deal with students who violate school rules or disrupt learning may include measures such as detention, parental conferences, suspension (in and out of school), or placement in an alternative school environment. Fair and firm discipline policies governing good behavior and citizenship are in effect in all schools and at school sponsored events. This program has been designed to maintain an optimal atmosphere for study and to prevent individuals from interfering with the educational opportunities of others. Principals shall have the discretion to use their professional judgment to determine if local law enforcement officials should be called to a school campus to assist with maintaining a positive learning environment. Parents are invited to contact each school for site discipline procedures.
RATIONALE FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM
Fighting, bullying, harassment, intimidation are disruptive to the school climate and causes students to feel physically and psychologically threatened. Studies show that the majority of students who bring weapons to school do so to defend themselves. School administrators believe students who feel safe are less likely to bring weapons to school. Guns, knives, and other weapons are obviously hazardous to a safe learning environment and the possibility that such items will be brought to school must be significantly reduced.
1. Communication Between Law Enforcement Officials and the Schools Will Be Strengthened.
At the discretion of the administrator, a local law enforcement official may be called to the school and charges filed on the student who fights, bullies, harasses or intimidates another student at the schools within his/her municipality. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Department will be called to arrest students at schools outside the various municipalities. A designated law enforcement official will contact the principal of the schools in the various areas of the parish when a community disturbance involves the students. Principals shall contact the parents of the students involved and schedule a meeting prior to allowing the student to return to class. The importance of a safe learning environment as well as the consequences of the unsafe and inappropriate behavior shall be discussed at the meeting. The principal or assistant principal of the school may contact the appropriate law enforcement officials in his/her area when a school disturbance involves physical fighting, bullying, harassment and/or intimidation.
Law enforcement officials will be encouraged to randomly visit the schools in their area at various times to demonstrate support of school personnel and students in their effort to maintain a safe learning environment.
2. An incident involving a fight, bullying, harassment, or intimidation on campus, at extracurricular activities, on school buses, summer school, summer feeding programs, extended school year and summer enrichment programs and at school bus stops may result in a report to criminal authorities.
Students will be instructed that they must avoid fighting, bullying, harassment, and intimidation and that the correct procedure is to report bullying, hostile behavior, or conveyance of a threat against them to teachers or administrators. If there is a discovery of bullying, hostile behavior, or conveyance of a threat, it will be handled through the Student Code of Conduct in the Tangipahoa Parish School System Assertive Discipline Procedure. Furthermore, the same procedure will be followed for reports from teachers and staff members. Once a physical fight takes place as determined by the principal (or designee), appropriate law enforcement officials may be called. Each participant in the incident may be arrested and taken into custody, unless it is established by the principal/designee/resource officer, that one or more students were the sole aggressor(s) and that the other involved student(s) acted only in self-defense. Students reasonably concluded to be acting in self-defense may not be disciplined. Thereafter, attempts will immediately be made to contact the parents.
The law enforcement officials will be called to break up a fight only if the principal or designee feels the incident is out of control. In the event of an arrest, all procedures of the appropriate law enforcement agency will be followed inside the building. The administrator(s) shall conduct an investigation; school and parish rules and regulations regarding suspensions and expulsions will be enforced. For the safety of students and staff, fighters will be detained in an area where they can be observed by an administrator at all times until the investigation is completed. Student dispensation shall be handled in accordance with the procedures identified in the Student Code of Conduct.
A copy of the paperwork completed by law enforcement officials shall be attached to the student disciplinary form. All procedural forms shall be filed for one (1) calendar year from the date of the incident.
3. Parental involvement and anger management classes are key components to successful prevention program.
If there is a disagreement among the students involved, the law enforcement officials and school administrators will conduct an investigation including taking statements from witnesses. In addition, students may be offered the opportunity to attend conflict resolution/ anger management sessions. The principals within each high school district will decide the day, time, and place of the classes for students in grades 5-12. Each of the student aggressors will be disciplined in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct as follows: after the first offense the student and at least one parent must meet with the school counselor or behavior interventionist to discuss conflict resolution strategies. Should a second offense occur, the student and at least one of his/her parents must attend conflict resolution/anger management classes, prior to returning to school. All students who choose to fight, bully, harass or intimidate a second time shall be scheduled for a Step VI expulsion hearing in accordance with policy JCDA, Student Code of Conduct. If the hearing officer, decides the student may return to school, conflict management/ anger resolution classes must be completed at a school site or outside agency before re-admission will be allowed. Parental participation in the classes will be required. The child and the parents shall be referred to the Families in Need of Services (F.I.N.S.) program through the 21st Judicial District Court or City Court of Hammond depending on their place of residency.
Revised: December, 1999; Revised, August, 2010
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:223, 17:416, 17:416.1; Board minutes, 8-5-97, 9-21-99


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Definition of of
1 —used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning north of the lake
2a —used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation a man of noble birthb —used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason died of fluc : by plays of Shakespeared : on the part of very kind of youe : occurring in a fish of the western Atlantic
3 —used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents throne of gold cup of water
4a —used as a function word to indicate the whole that includes the part denoted by the preceding word most of the armyb —used as a function word to indicate a whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended gave of his time
5a : relating to : about stories of her travelsb : in respect to slow of speech
6a —used as a function word to indicate belonging or a possessive relationship king of Englandb —used as a function word to indicate relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity (such as an independent variable) a function of x the product of two numbers
7 —used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or thing is delivered eased of her pain or with respect to which someone or something is made destitute robbed of all their belongings
8a —used as a function word to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun the city of Romeb —used as a function word to indicate apposition that fool of a husband
Examples of of in a Sentence
He is a coworker of mine.
I threw out that old shirt of yours.
She's a friend of my mother's.
He had the support of his family to help him.
the plays of William Shakespeare
What is the name of the band?
We admired the courage of the young woman.
the President of the United States
What is the total cost of the repairs?
The value of the antique is high.
Origin and Etymology of of
Middle English, off, of, from Old English, adverb & preposition; akin to Old High German aba off, away, Latin ab from, away, Greek apo
First Known Use: before 12th century
Origin and Etymology of of
First Known Use: circa 1800
Definition of OF
OF Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of of for English Language Learners
: belonging to, relating to, or connected with (someone or something)
—used to indicate that someone or something belongs to a group of people or things
: living or occurring in (a specified country, city, town, etc.)
OF Defined for Kids
Definition of of for Students
1 —used to join an amount or a part with the whole which includes it most of the children the back of the closet
2 : belonging to, relating to, or connected with a shirt of his the top of the hill
3 : concerning I heard the news of your success.
4 : that is the city of Rome
5 : made from a house of bricks
6 : that has : with a man of courage a thing of no importance
7 —used to show what has been taken away a tree bare of leaves cured of disease
8 —used to indicate the reason for a fear of spiders
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TEANAME INDIANS. The Teaname (Teana, Peana) Indians were one of numerous Coahuiltecan bands of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries that lived in northeastern Coahuila but also ranged north of the Rio Grande, particularly in the southwestern part of the Edwards Plateau (Kinney County and vicinity). In 1708 they were mentioned in the records of San Juan Bautista Mission near the site of present Eagle Pass. Later some of the Teanames seem to have been at San Antonio de Valero Mission in San Antonio, where they were known as Peana Indians. The Anna Indians, reported in the early eighteenth century as living somewhere in southern Texas, may be the Teanames under another name.
Vito Alessio Robles, Coahuila y Texas en la época colonial (Mexico City: Editorial Cultura, 1938; 2d ed., Mexico City: Editorial Porrúa, 1978). Frederick Webb Hodge, ed., Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (2 vols., Washington: GPO, 1907, 1910; rpt., New York: Pageant, 1959).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Thomas N. Campbell, "TEANAME INDIANS," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed June 18, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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The present review examines whether monotremes may help to resolve three questions relating to sperm production in mammals: why the testes descend into a scrotum in most mammals, why spermatozoa are infertile when they leave the testes and require a period of maturation in the specific milieu provided by the epididymides, and why ejaculated spermatozoa cannot immediately fertilise an ovum until they undergo capacitation within the female reproductive tract. Comparisons of monotremes with other mammals indicate that there is a need for considerable work on monotremes. It is hypothesised that testicular descent should be related to epididymal differentiation. Spermatozoa and ova from both groups share many of the proteins that are thought to be involved in gamete interaction, and although epididymal sperm maturation is significant it is probably less complex in monotremes than in other mammals. However, the monotreme epididymis is unique in forming spermatozoa into bundles of 100 with greatly enhanced motility compared with individual spermatozoa. Bundle formation involves a highly organised interaction with epididymal proteins, and the bundles persist during incubation in vitro, except in specialised medium, in which spermatozoa separate after 2–3 h incubation. It is suggested that this represents an early form of capacitation.
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The data I have used here are from ONS and the Department of Health.
The 141 GP commissioning consortia are the first two waves of "pathfinder consortia" and cover half of the population of England. The 152 PCTs cover the entire population of England (two PCTs, Surrey and Hampshire, have been omitted since these are outliers with populations over 1 million).
The most noticeable feature of this graph is that the pathfinder consortia tend to be much smaller than PCTs. The median size for GP Consortia (light blue) is 157,000 whereas for PCTs (dark blue) the median is 282,000.
The government's Impact Assessments that accompany the Bill (section A64) states:
Overall, the future costs are dependent on a number of factors, particularly the number and size of GP Consortia, on which the Department is not being prescriptive. Ultimately, the extent to which GP Consortia can and will join together to perform functions will be the determinant of future costs. Preliminary analysis suggests that if GP Consortia are established with an average size of 100,000 population, in a similar form to PCTs and without any sharing of resources to deliver some functions, then some functions may incur additional costs. This could mean that the savings of £1.3bn a year from reduced administration costs may be partially offset by up to £475 million.This suggests that size does matter, and the smaller consortia will not be able to commission services as efficiently as the larger consortia. The government is committed to an arbitrary cut by one third in commissioning costs and so this will put immense pressures upon GP commissioners.
In response to the NHS white paper the BMA held a half day event to consider the issues surrounding GP commissioning. The consensus from this event gave a figure on the minimum size for consortia:
The majority of delegates felt that anything smaller than a population of around 500,000 may face difficulties and carry too much risk, while it would not be able to take advantage of the necessary economies of scale to ensure that commissioning was efficient. There was also recognition that commissioning groups would need to be of sufficient size for credible interaction with acute trusts and local authorities.... It was suggested that within commissioning groups covering 500,000 or more patients, locality arrangements could be put in place to facilitate local engagement and the development of locally relevant patient pathways. Where consortia are smaller than this, it is likely that they would need to collaborate with their neighbours and where appropriate form larger federations.A study by Civitas says:
In 10 European countries analysed, seven have seen a consolidation of commissioning organisations over the past 15 to 20 years, two have seen no change. In only one country (Spain, due to devolution) has the number of commissioning organisations increased. In all countries apart from Switzerland the average population coverage of a commissioner is above 300,000 people.None of these suggest that the median pathfinder size of 157,000 is optimal. The smaller consortia will have three options:
- Merge with another consortium. In this case the consortia lose their original identity.
- Cluster with other consortia and share the commissioning.
- Purchase the commissioning from the private sector.


Putnam County Sheriff's Deputies Trained to Administer "Narcan"
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Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that he has instituted a new life-saving program within the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office is the first law enforcement agency in the county to receive Narcan training. Each sworn member of the department is receiving training in administering Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, by Thomas Lannon and Robert Cuomo, certified instructors from the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services.
Narcan is a special narcotic drug that reverses the effects of other narcotic substances to include heroin. It is often used to treat drug overdose or diagnostic narcotic drug addiction. Previously, Narcan was only allowed to be used by paramedics or physicians because it is a prescription drug. However, now emergency first responders can be trained to carry and administer the drug to combat the epidemic of opiate-related deaths in our area.
Narcan nasal atomizers have the amazing ability to reverse heroin effects within seconds, returning an overdose victim to alertness, immediate sobriety, normal heart rates, and normal breathing as if there was nothing wrong with the individual. Narcan has reportedly been used as an antidote in emergency situations helping to immediately counteract potentially fatal health emergencies such as stroke or heart attacks as well.
"Many times the window of effectively using Narcan may only be a few minutes. Since law enforcement's primary existence is to protect and save lives, common sense dictates that our deputies, investigators and corrections officers are trained and equipped with Narcan," said Sheriff Smith. "Patrol deputies and emergency medical service providers are often the first to render first aid to overdose victims. Once the training is completed, each deputy will be able to administer this life-saving drug to those in need – which is crucial in saving lives," he concluded.


Can Dogs Eat Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes?
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Potatoes are popular root vegetables that serve as a source of starch and other nutrients for humans. But can dogs eat potatoes? It depends on the type of potato and whether it's cooked or not.
Here's some insight on whether potatoes and sweet potatoes are safe or beneficial for dogs to eat.
Can Dogs Have Potatoes?
Potatoes provide a common source of starch and protein in commercial dog foods. Potato protein is also often found in limited ingredient diets for dogs. These ingredients are processed and formulated specifically for the nutritional requirement of dogs.
But what if your dog eats a piece of a potato? Is it bad for them? What if the potato is raw?
Can Dogs Eat Raw Potatoes or Raw Sweet Potatoes?
White potatoes are vegetables in the nightshade family that contain a compound called solanine. This is toxic to dogs, and therefore, they should never eat raw potatoes. Cooking a potato helps reduce the amount of solanine so that it's safe for dogs.
Raw sweet potatoes can cause digestive upset in dogs. And both raw white potatoes and raw sweet potatoes can cause intestinal blockages.
Can Dogs Eat Cooked White Potatoes?
If you decide to feed your dog part of a white potato, it must be well-cooked with no added butter or seasoning. Potato products such as potato chips, French fries or mashed potatoes can contain an excess amount of fat and salt that is not healthy for dogs.
If your dog has diabetes, do not feed them potatoes, as they can cause spikes in blood sugar.
Any potato that's given as a treat, even in small amounts, should be counted along with other treats to represent a maximum of 10% of your dog's daily calorie intake.
Can Dogs Eat Sweet Potatoes That Are Cooked?
Boiled, steamed, baked, or dehydrated sweet potatoes can be great snacks for your dog. However, check with your veterinarian before adding sweet potato to your dog's diet because too much vitamin A can cause bone problems and muscle weakness.
In addition, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than white potatoes, but veterinary supervision should be used before feeding sweet potato to a diabetic dog.
Calories from sweet potatoes should also be counted toward the 10% maximum amount of calories that your dog can have from treats each day.
Can Dogs Eat Potato Skins?
Potato skins can be difficult to digest, so it is recommended to remove any skin from a white or sweet potato before feeding it to your dog.
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In 1567, the city changed radically as a result of major military activities and siege. The defences that were built during this period survived the Eighty Years War with Spain. The Bergen city anthem 'Merck toch hoe sterck', loosely translated as'see how strong we are', harks back to these tumultuous times. The harbour was an important artery which brought troops and supplies into the city. In 1698, a radical modernisation of the defences, designed by the renowned Dutch fortress builder Menno van Coehoorn, was started.
As his building work was seen as impregnable, Bergen op Zoom was given the nickname 'La Pucelle', the virgin. At the end of the 19th century, most of the fortifications were destroyed during the expansion of the city. Large industries arose around the harbour, but the inner city has retained its historical character. The historical buildings in the centre create a unique backdrop for the attractive shops, cafés and pleasant restaurants.


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This is indeed a fine way to address the problem.
Personally, despite an intensive use of the Statistics package, I'd never payed attention to this EmpiricalDistribution feature.
Maybe you have given a definitive answer to the question, I'm interested in reading acer's opinion on this point.
(mmcdara from my workplace)
"that integration is (for this kind of example) an alternative" : right, is an adhoc alternative limited to this special case of a function of 2 dice.
"But the full set of inputs -- to be passed to g -- is still produced with the nested seq. (The RVs assigned to Dice1 and Dice2 are not used.)" : I assume you're referring to this instruction?
outcomes := [ { seq(seq(g(u,v), u in [$1..6]), v in [$1..6]) }[] ];
Right again, the whole construction I did is a liittle bit artificial and very specific to the problem.
More if this I think it would be better to be able to compute the probability for every integer values between -4 and 4 included.
Je ne suis pas certain que demander à ce qu'on vous fasse vos TD/TP de licence ou d'école d'ingé soit une bonne manière de vous faire apprendre Maple?
Vous auriez pu, au moins ne pas reproduire mot à mot le sujet de ce TP.
I'm not sure that asking for someone to do your master's or engineering school's tutorials (or practical work) is a good way to get you to learn Maple?
You could have at least not reproduced word for word the subject of your practical work..
As a starting point, for question Aa:
First of all you need a stopping criterion, for instance a measure of the difference between the exact value (if known) and its iterated approximations x[n], or the difference between x[n] and x[n-1].
Here is an example :
babylon := proc(x0, k, epsilon)
 local x:
 x := copy(x0):
 while abs(x^2-k) > epsilon do
 x := (x+k/x)/2
 end do:
 return x;
end proc:
# usage
babylon(2, 1, 0.001)
For point Ab: search list, or vector, or Array,... in the help pages
For point B: search "thisproc" in the help page and take inspiration from the recursive calculus of the factorial of an integer
Of course!
I'm stupid, I didn't even think to use Sample~!!!
Thanks Tom
Just read the help pages about Grid:-Launch.
You will find an example (primetest) that I've just transposed to your test case.
Unfortunately I can give you detailed explanations, beyond that of saying "respect the content of the help pages".
If you are interesting in knowing why you must write babyGrid := proc() instead of babyGrid := proc(X) and later Grid:-Launch(babyGrid, imports=['X']) instead of Grid:-Launch(babyGrid, X), I'm not qualified to answer.
All you have to do is wait for someone else to give you this information.
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Before sending my answer to Erik, I had tried to sample a function of two RV with values in R^2 (typically the "f" function used by Tom).
Remember I used RandomVariables Dice 1 and Dice2.
So I wrote, in a natural way, f := (Dice1, Dice2) -> [Dice1, Dice2] and Sample(f(Dice1, Dice2), N).
As it generated an error, I tried to lure Maple by writting instead f := (Dice1, Dice2) -> Dice1+I*Dice2
... which generated the same error as before.
All of this seems related to the impossibility (?) to define a multivariate random variable.
Am I right?
Is it possible (without sampling independantly Dice1 and Dice 2 as Tom did) to define multivariate RV in Maple?
For as far as I know the only limitation to Excel (pack office 12) is that the number of rows must not exceed 32767 (maybe 32768?)
I guess the same kind of limitations applies on the number of columns too, this regardless to the Excel version.
As you evoked R, my advice is to use ExportMatrix instead of ExcelTools:-Export or your manual procedure (it's always better to do the job programmatically when possible)
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What version are you using?
 - It was Maple 2016 (usually I use Maple 2018 but I had have a long simulation running on with it and, in these case, I prefer to open a new worksheet in an older version).
 I guess that If I had done the test with Maple 2018 I would not sent this question
Does it change if you set interface(typesetting=extended): ?
 - Yes, it works perfectly well in Maple 2016
Thanks to both of you, sorry for the inconvenience.
In my previous reply, please change
MAX := max(rhs~(Tally(SampleB)));
B0 := eval(B(rhs~(NE)[]), x=0);
scale := MAX/B0;
MODE := sort(Tally(SampleB), key=(x->rhs(x)))[-1]; _TAG_ the mode
XMAX := lhs(MODE);
HMAX := rhs(MODE):
B0 := eval(B(rhs~(NE)[]), x=XMAX);
scale := HMAX/B0;
This will give a better scaling of the graph of the probability function if the mode is not at x=0.
(try for instance r=2, b=1, d=0.1)
Last but not least: if the value of Xmax is large enough for the probability that
x > Xmax is very small, then the scale is simply given by
scale := 'number of samples'
PS: you can verify that the sampling method described in the previous reply gives as good results as Statistics:-Sampling in the case d=0 (negative binomial distribution).
A spreviously quoted by Carl the case d=0 is obvious.
More precisely it corresponds to a negative binomial distribution with parameters r and b/(2+b)
(in Maple NegativeBinomial(r, b/(2+b)) )
Carl also pointed the meaningless of the case d<0
I describe here the way to sample your "pseudo distribution" B (which does not sum to 1 and then need to me normalized).
The last plot superimposes the probability function of B for r=3, b=2, d=1 (red line) and the histogram in discrete form.
I considered that only integers values of x have a sense.
For other valuers of r, b, d you will have to verify that the value of the variable Xmax is large enough (in this case the variable ShouldBe1 must have reached a "converged" value; to verify this increase the value of Xmax and look to what happened to ShouldBe1).
Let me know ih this suits you
A := (x+r-1)!/(r-1)!/x! * p^r * (1-p)^x
# verify A is the probability function of a NegativeBinomial distribution of parameters (r, p)
ProbabilityFunction(NegativeBinomial(r, p), x) assuming x > 0:
convert(%, factorial);
A := unapply(A, p):
pi := (b/2) / (1+d*x+b/2);
ip := (1+d*x) / (1+d*x+b/2);
# verify ip = 1-pi
B := unapply(A(pi) / (1+d*x), [r, b, d]);
proc (r, b, d) options operator, arrow; factorial(x+r-1)*((1/2)*b/(1+d*x+(1/2)*b))^r*(1-(1/2)*b/(1+d*x+(1/2)*b))^x/(factorial(r-1)*factorial(x)*(d*x+1)) end proc
Case d = 0
# When d=0 B(r, b, 0) is the probability function of a NegativeBinomial distribution of parameters (r, pi)
# where pi=b/(2+b)
simplify(subs(d=0, pi));
B(r, b, 0);
map(simplify, B(r, b, 0));
# sampling B(x, b, 0) is then trivial:
# 1/ set the values of r and b, for instance 3 and 5
# 2/ use Sample(NegativeBinomial(3, 5), 10)
Case d > 0
Note that the case d < 0 has no meaning (see lso Carl's answers)
# numerical example (NE)
NE := [r=3, b=2, d=1]:
plot(B(rhs~(NE)[]), x=1..10)
# sequence of values of B(...) for integer values of x in [0, 100]
Xmax := 100:
PointwiseB := [ seq([x, B(rhs~(NE)[])], x in [$0..Xmax]) ]:
# given the plot above, assume the following quantity should be equal


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Pancreatin is a digestive enzyme that is used to supplement loss of or low levels of digestive enzymes, and is often used in people with cystic fibrosis. It has been claimed to help with food allergies, celiac disease, autoimmune disease, cancer, and weight loss. Pancreatin is also known as pancreatic acid.
Pancreatin is made up of the pancreatic enzymes trypsin, amylase, and lipase. Pancreatin is very similar to another enzyme known as pancrelipase. The primary difference between these two enzymes is that pancrelipase contains more active lipase enzyme than pancreatin. The trypsin found in pancreatin works to hydrolyze proteins to oligopetides, amylsas hydrolizes starches to oligosaccharides and the disaccharide maltose, and lipase hydrolyzes triglycerides to fatty acids and glycerols. What does this mean? Pancreatin is an effective enzyme supplement for replacing missing pancreatic enzymes used in a number of essential body processes. Pancreatin enzymes are primarily helpful in digestion of foods and routine cancer eradication.Suggested Dosage and Administration
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Circuits on Cellulose: From Transistors to LEDs, from Displays to Microfluidics on Paper Abstract
The drive to improve the performance and reduce the cost of electronic, photonic and fluidic devices is starting to focus on the use of materials that are exotic for these applications but actually readily available in other fields. In this talk the use of paper as a substrate will be reviewed for a variety of applications, including transistors, light emitting diodes, displays, microfluidics. Paper is a very attractive material for many device applications: very low cost, available in almost any size, versatile surface finishes, portable and flexible. From an environmental point of view, paper is a renewable resource and is readily disposable (incineration, biodegradable). Applications of paper-based electronics currently being considered or investigated include biochips, sensors, communication circuits, batteries, smart packaging, displays. The potential advantages of paper-based devices are in many cases very compelling. For example, lab-on-chip devices fabricated on paper for bio/medical applications frequently use the capillary properties of paper to operate without the need of external power sources, greatly simplifying the design and reducing the cost. Examples of paper-based devices will be discussed.


Carbon/Glass and Rule of Mixtures
Maybe once a week I hear a suggestion that someone wants to slightly punch up a glass laminate with a bit of carbon. Or even a bit of Kevlar. I have even seen laminates on a roll with a small bit of carbon mixed in with the largely glass roll. It is seen like a vitamin I guess.
Bad news, it doesn't work that way. The problem is the difference between each material's stretch to failure percentage. E-glass is around 6%. Carbon is typically around1%. So, for example, if you had half of each in a laminate, when the carbon started to fail, the e-glass would be only contributing some 17% of its possible strength. Another way I have heard to visualize this is to imagine two boards several feet apart. A steel wire, and a rubber band connect them to each other. Imagine that each will fail at 100 lbs pull. The rubber band is doing nothing yet, as the steel fails and breaks.
E-glass can be laminated with carbon, if they are not both oriented in the zero degree axis for example. The carbon could be on the 0 degree and e-glass could be on the off axis. The off axis will contribute almost nothing to the strength, but will help keep the zeros in column and add some shock absorbing ability to the laminate.
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 1. Is it also safe to assume that it's best to use carbon fiber in conjunction with woods (& other materials) which have the same/similar moduli of stiffness? Unless, of course, the wood will be totally encapsulated with carbon, & only be functioning as a core, not as a structural componnent of the part in question?
 1. Yes plywood works very well with carbon. Both have similar stretch to failure. Is called a live core as it also helps with the loads. I have a paper on that I will publish soon. Based on lecture I gave to SCCC Boatbuilding School.
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Weakness & Limitation
My interpretations of spiritualism are based on the principles of Bhagavad Gita and my life experiences.
Everyone in the universe has got one or the other type of weakness. For example, some of us are unable to run with fast speed whereas some are unable to lift the heavyweight. Some suffer due to rare diseases, and some are unable to memorize what they learned. There are many such examples, however, do we know anyone who has got everything and no weakness? Yet we take that one weakness of ours and make it the central point of our life. For this reason, we always feel sad and dissatisfied with ourself and our situation.
Usually, we may get our weakness by birth or by any co-incidence, however, it is our choice whether we make that weakness as our limitation or not. There are some among us who overcome their weaknesses because of their efforts and hard work. What is the difference between these people and the others? Do we ever think about it? The people who do not surrender to their weaknesses and who keep the heart and confidence to work hard, easily overcome their weaknesses. Meaning that we might get our weakness by the natural means, however, making our weakness as our limitation is strictly our choice.
What do you think about it?
"We only have the right to our work and not to its results. Therefore, it is neither advisable to give up our work nor to expect any results for the same." - Bhagavad Gita


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Australia is to boost its Earth observation capabilities following an agreement to access data from NovaSAR-S, a first in class small radar satellite developed by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.
SSTL will provide Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation a 10 per cent share of the tasking and data acquisition capabilities from NovaSAR-S, which is due for launch later this year. The agreement was signed in Adelaide at the International Astronautical Congress.
NovaSAR-S is a technology demonstration mission designed to complement much larger, complex radar satellites with a smaller, lighter and more cost-effective platform that delivers Earth observation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery day and night, and through cloud cover.
Managing the energy use on board the small SAR platform has been made possible with a new S-band solid-state amplifier technology and flying an S-band SAR payload developed by Airbus UK.
Luis Gomes, SSTL's commercial director said: "We anticipate that CSIRO will greatly enhance Australia's sovereign Earth observation capability with the addition of SAR data, particularly for this continent which has a tropical climate and a large coastline territory."
The agreement gives CSIRO tasking priorities and the ability to access the raw data directly from the satellite, and a license to use and share the data with other Australian companies and organisations over an initial seven-year period.
Dr Dave Williams, executive director of Digital, National Facilities and Collections at CSIRO, said: "Because we'll be able to direct the satellite's activity, it provides significant opportunities to support a wide range of existing research, further develop Australia's earth observation data analytics expertise, and create new opportunities in the field of remote sensing."
The ability to image through cloud and at night using SAR technology provides additional and enhanced Earth observation applications and opportunities in disaster monitoring, agricultural monitoring and forestry assessment which require imaging on a regular basis regardless of cloud cover.
NovaSAR-S is also equipped with a wide >400km swath maritime mode for ship detection across oceans and flies an Automatic Identification System to provide additional data for shipping, coastguard and customs authorities.
Some of the practical applications for NovaSAR satellite data and associated research projects include:
Rapid natural disaster identification, monitoring and assessment including after cyclones, floods, earthquakes, pollution and oil spills
Improved infrastructure and agriculture mapping in Northern Australia
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There were 299 respondents who worked full time in research positions in the 1997 Salary Survey. Activities associated with research positions include basic or applied research, such as non-faculty positions in academic settings, employment as an investigator in a laboratory or a research institute, and research positions in private industry.
Most of the respondents were employed in university research centers (17%). This was followed by private research organizations (15%) and combined medical school settings (13%). Government research organizations claimed 12% of the researchers, while 6% were within both university psychology departments and other nonprofit organizations. Veteran's Administration (VA) hospitals housed 4% of the researchers.
The summary statistics and frequency distributions for research positions are presented in Figure 3. Summary statistics for 11-12-month salaries by years of work experience and employment setting are presented in Table 3.
The most frequently reported subfields were clinical (23%), social/personality (13%), experimental and industrial/organizational at 7% each, developmental, cognitive, and quantitative/mathematics/psychometrics/statistics at 6% each, and educational (4%).
The overall median 11-12-month salary for doctoral-level respondents in research positions was $50,000.


A Very Deep Fractal Zoom
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The pattern around the Mandelbrot set at the end of this zoom is just Frekin Crazy! Honestly! People that have taken hallucinogenic drugs say that they see fractal like patterns when they trip! Deeply steeped in maths, this particular fractal magnification is extremely deep! 390 zooms! Thats a magnification of e116 If you took a single particle and magnified it until it was the size of the universe, the magnification would be e42! What you are zooming into is in fact a graph of complex (infinite) numbers - in between 0 and 1! each pixel represents a number and each number is given a colour.
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In the framework of the small perturbations theory, we study the incompressible inviscid flow of a uniform stream past an oscillatory/undulatory thin hydrofoil including floor effects. A Green function is used to deduce the integral equation for the jump of the pressure past the foil. The integral equation is numerically solved and the average drag coefficient is calculated. For some wings there appears a propulsive force and this force increases when the hydrofoil is close to the floor.
MSC: 76B10, 65R20, 45H99, 31A10.
Keywords:flexible hydrofoil; hypersingular integral equation; floor effect; thrust
In the present paper we study the small-amplitude oscillatory/undulatory motion of an incompressible fluid past a thin flexible plate which performs prescribed oscillations in the presence of a wall (floor) with which it is parallel in its undisturbed state, and relative to which it is moving with constant speed. We shall limit the analysis to bodies large enough so that the Reynolds number is large. As is stated by Eloy et al. in, when the flexible surface has a typical speed of several body lengths per second, the flow can be considered irrotational, meaning that the flow vorticity is concentrated in thin boundary layers adjacent to the body surface and in a thin wake (vortex sheet) behind the body. Since the effects of viscosity manifest inside the thin boundary layers, we may treat the fluid as inviscid in the rest of the flow domain. Recalling Lagrange-Cauchy's theorem which states that if the flow is potential in a certain configuration, it remains potential in every configuration arising from the initial one, we deduce that the theory of the unsteady motion of lifting wings as well as the theory of potential flow can be successfully utilized (see the papers of Carabineanu [2-6], Dowell and Hall, Dragoş, Homentcovschi [9,10], Lighthill, Street, Taylor, Wu [14,15], Watkins et al.).
The periodic motion of a flexible foil is oscillatory if the foil or parts of it remain rigid during the motion. The undulatory motion involves a traveling wave down the foil (Street ). As we know from aerodynamics and hydrodynamics studies (Dragoş and Carabineanu [17,18], Dragoş et al.), the hydrodynamic coefficients of a hydrofoil are influenced by the presence of the floor. The aim of the paper is to predict the drag or the thrust enhancement generated by the presence of the floor. We employ like in [2-6,8,9] the linearized Euler equations for the incompressible flow. For taking into account the floor effect we use the Green function of the Laplacean for the Neumann problem in the half-space. We use the integral representation for the harmonic functions and the slipping condition to obtain an integral equation for the jump of the pressure over the hydrofoil. In order to discretize the integral equation, we split the kernel of the equation into several kernels for which we provide appropriate approximation formulas depending on the type of singularity of the kernel. Assuming that the hydrofoil is subjected to harmonic oscillations, we simplify the integral equation making it independent of time. By solving the discretized integral equation we calculate the jump of the pressure over the wing.
After obtaining the pressure field, the average drag is calculate by performing a numerical integration. We study an example of undulatory motion of the flexible thin delta wing. When the frequency surpasses a critical value, the drag becomes negative i.e. it appears a propulsive force. We notice that the distance between the wing and the floor influences the drag and the thrust.
The statement of the problem
We consider the continuity and Euler equations for incompressible flow in a fixed Cartesian frame of reference having the versors i, j, k. At the moment t, the hydrofoil (see Figure 1) has the equation:
Figure 1. The flexible hydrofoil and the vortex sheet.
and we obtain
We consider the floor
where the slipping condition is also imposed:
Let represent the thin vortex wake behind the hydrofoil. In the small-amplitude approximation theory the wake remains planar (see the demonstration of Homentcovschi in ). We linearize the equations of motion around the rest state (neglecting the products of the perturbation quantities) in the domain where and we have
where p is the pressure and is the constant density of the fluid. The aim of the present paper is to use the boundary conditions (7), (9), and the partial differential equations (10) for obtaining an integral equation for the jump of the pressure across. In order to ensure the uniqueness of the solution we shall impose a certain periodic in time behavior to the unknowns.
The Green function. The integral equation of the problem
Eliminating u, v, w, from (10) we get the Laplace equation
Obviously on the floor F
We assume that the harmonic function p vanishes at infinity and we have the integral representation formula
where stands for the outward normal derivative and. Here and are, respectively, the upper face and the lower face of and similarly for. As usual in the small perturbation theory, we replace with and we assume that is planar (as Homentcovschi stated in ). Hence
From the boundary condition (7) and from the fourth equation (10) we deduce that
From (9) it follows that
Taking into account that
we get from the fourth equation of (10) and from (18)
In order to obtain a domain of integration that does not vary in time, we shall introduce (like in and ) and a new system of coordinates, related to the lifting wing. We consider the Galilean transformations
We also denote
In the new system of coordinates, the equation of the flexible hydrofoil is
and the perturbation velocity is
In (27) may have complex values. By convention means the real part of. For the sake of simplicity, we shall calculate (as is usual in the oscillatory hydrofoil theory) complex values for the jump of pressure and then we shall consider the real part.
We also have
From (7), (26), and (27) we get
We reuse the notations which must not be confounded with the notations for the dimensional variables corresponding to the fixed frame. Let. The velocity field (with respect to the fixed frame) is, where is the perturbation velocity of the fluid. Introducing the dimensionless functions and variables (reduced frequency),,,, and taking into account the linearized slip condition, the integral equation (30) becomes
We discretize the hypersingular integral equation (32) in order to solve it numerically. In Appendix A we split the kernel into several kernels and describe the type of singularity for each one. In Appendix B, depending on the kind of singularity, we deliver appropriate approximation formulas. In order to ensure the uniqueness of the solution, we impose a certain behavior of the pressure jump in the vicinity of the leading edge.
The propulsive force. Numerical results. Floor effects
We introduce the pressure jump coefficient
We consider the undulatory delta hydrofoil whose equation is
whence, using nondimensional coordinates,
We used the values, and the nondimensional distances to floor and. In Figure 2 we present (as three-dimensional surfaces with contour plots beneath the surface) the flexible hydrofoil and the pressure jump coefficient fields (divided by 2α) for the nondimensional moments where is the nondimensional period of oscillation.
Figure 2. Pressure jump past the flexible hydrofoil.
We are also interested in calculating the drag coefficient
We introduce and we calculate the average drag coefficient:
In Figure 3 we present the average drag coefficient (divided by ) against the reduced frequency for the delta hydrofoil in ground effects. We consider,. We notice that if the reduced frequency surpasses a certain value, the average drag coefficient is negative, i.e. it appears a propulsive force. We also notice that the propulsive force is bigger for (dash dot line) than for (continuous line) i.e. it is bigger when the oscillatory wing is closer to the floor.
Figure 3. Average drag coefficient for the oscillatory hydrofoil.
Appendix 1: The singularities of the kernel of the integral equation
For solving numerically the integral equation (32) we have to discretize the left hand member in order to obtain a linear algebraic system of equations. To this aim we split, like in and, the kernel
into several kernels in order to show the kind of singularities we are dealing with and to find afterwards the most convenient approximation formulas.
We have step by step
The integrals from the right hand part of (43) represent the sine and cosine Fourier transforms of and in one shows that
The integral equation becomes
The kernels and have strong singularities of order. The kernel has a polar singularity. The kernels and have integrable logarithmic singularities. Taking into account the series expansions of,,,,, we may easily prove that the kernels,,,,, have no singularity and they are continuous functions.,, are also continuous functions. We notice that for.
Appendix 2: The discretization of the integral equation
We consider the undulatory delta hydrofoil. The equations of the leading edge are
In order to ensure the uniqueness of the solution of the integral equation, some analytical results from suggest to presume that there exists a continuous finite function g such that. We have therefore
where FP stands for the finite part of the hypersingular integral as it is introduced


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In this activity, children learn through art and science about the moons of our Solar System.
The term 'Deadly' comes from the response of young Irish children who first did this activity. Moons that look like flying saucers, moons with volcanoes, moons that explode and shoot frozen water hundreds of kilometres into space, were considered so awesome they were 'deadly'.
In this activity children view and then vote for the 'deadliest moon'. They then draw that moon from a still image on a screen. The main objective of Deadly Moons is to combine the goals/methods of learning through art and science, to foster the skills of observation and recording the many moons in the solar system and at the same time stimulate an appreciation of their beauty and wonder, to inspire children to investigate further the bodies within our solar system.
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Aria From A Birdcage
Wild Canary
Melanin can be totally absent from the bird, which is what you see when you look at a canary that is completely yellow, or completely white. This is called a "clear" bird. All you are seeing is the pure ground color of the bird. When melanin only affects a few feathers in a patch no bigger than a dime, the bird is called "ticked".
To the other extreme, a bird totally covered with the melanin overlay is called "self". When one of these dark birds has only a few feathers showing of the ground color, it is referred to as a "foul" bird.
Everything in between the ticked canary and the foul canary is called variegated. This is where the pattern or patches of melanin appear anywhere on the bird. Each variegated bird is different, and the coloration can be quite beautiful.
Here we see the babies in the weaning cage and not looking so much like babies anymore. It is amazing to see them develop and change from helpless chicks to independent beings in only a few short weeks.
I like variegated birds, as they can be identified by their unique markings. I've even named some based on their markings.... A bird named "Lefty" because of a yellow left wing, a bird called "Santa" because of a white beard. This year, I named one "Angry Bird" because of dark eyebrows that made him look mad all the time.
Is there a RED American SInger? The official rules published by the American Singer Club allow for the creation of one, importing in the red gene as you follow the several-year breeding plan to create an American Singer from its source breeds of the Border Fancy and the German Roller.
The problem with attempting this is, with the import of the red gene, you get other aspects of the red canary... the loud and chopping song being the main concern. You would have to start the breeding plan with a quality red Border Fancy canary or a quality red German Roller canary (the official breeding plan does not include a red colorbred canary). Neither a red Border nor a red Roller are seen in official bird exhibitions, where birds are judged on the standards of their breed. It would take YEARS of selective breeding to create either a red Border Fancy (with the body shape and size of the Border) or a red German Roller (with the rolling song of the Roller) to begin the quest for cultivating the red American Singer.
SInce we do not see a red American Singer winning awards at bird shows, I believe there have not been any successful attempts at achieving a red American Singer. What we are seeing, when someone advertises a red American Singer for sale, is most likely a cross-bred bird, where someone has taken a colorbred red bird and bred it to an American Singer. It would be a mixed breed bird. Like a "Peekapoo" is a mixed breed dog, it is neither a Pekingese nor a Poodle.
We may see some variations of melanin in American Singers due to naturally occurring mutations in the sex-linked genes. More about this subject can be found on the "Cinnamon" page under the Breeding Canaries tab.
Just remember.......Canaries are NOT just a yellow bird!
When the cinnamon factor occurs in a white ground canary it produces what is termed a "fawn" color, which is more of a beige appearance. You will notice the tinge of yellow on the flight feathers which is charactoristic of the dominant white ground color.
You will also encounter canaries where the black pigment is absent from the melanin. The brown melanin that is left changes the appearance of a yellow ground colored canary to a warm cinnamon color. This coloration is know as the "cinnamon factor". Visit my "Cinnamon" page under the Breeding Canaries tab for more details on this gene.
When the melanin is the normal black/brown, the white ground colored bird is said to be a "blue" canary. This "blue" is not like you would see on a parakeet, but is actually appears to be more of a slate gray. This photo shows a blue hen.
American Singer canaries are also found with white ground color, another mutuation. This photo is of a dominant white canary hen. The mutated gene is dominating and pushing out the yellow ground color pigment so that it only appears on the edges of some feathers, particularly in the flight feathers. White is the absence of pigment. Consider that you don't put pigment into paint to make it white. The bird appears to be white because the feathers have no pigment in them.
Colors of Canaries
If you think that all canaries are yellow, you join the company of hundreds of folks who have this common misconception. The yellow canary is a mutation that occurred as people began breeding canaries in captivity a few hundred years ago. The wild canary is not a yellow bird. It is a yellow-green bird with brown-black streaking on the back. This is actually a bird of yellow ground color with a overlay of black/brown melanin pigment that gives it the appearange of green.
Now, the mutation of the canary being hatched without the melanin overlay, exposing the bright yellow ground color, probably occurred in the wild, but a yellow bird would be an easy target for predators. It was protected in captivity, and soon became very popular. Canaries were then bred selectively to produce more birds of this pure yellow color. This color became so common that the words "canary yellow" are now as recognizable as a description for a certain color as the words "lime green" or "sky blue" are for other colors.
In the illustration below, you can see how a black/brown overlay on a yellow ground color produces an olive green color. Artists frequently combine yellow paint and black paint to get various shades of green. I guess it shouldn't surprise us that God chose the same colors in combination to get the green of the wild canary.
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