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identical hearts and since its not identical mathematically it must mean the theory behind heart disease is wrong because EVERY heart is not identical.
To disprove a theory such as this you cannot disprove it as you have. That's not how science works. You have to attempt to prove it and find what breaks it so completely that is disproven. Please site an example that none of them matched (not just a majority). You seem to have made many test but refuse to examine the averages that fall almost exactly on the ratio.
No ones ratio will be exactly 1.6... But the more times you test it the closer to 1.6 it becomes. The golden ratio is not an exact answer. But put your results through calculus graphing. You'll find like limits, the more samples you take the closer to the limit 1.6 your graph will get.
Examining individual samples and not as a whole is not how you do math or science.
You have not disproven or even dented the golden ratio argument. You have only argued variable facts that supporters of the golden ratio theories have already successfully explained the apparent discrepancies of.
If you simply ignore the fact that math is the measurement of patterns in nature and that the golden ratio is the continuously occuring pattern in life... You did not disprove the golden ratio, you disproved math and science.
When math disproves itself it typically means the person was wrong as math cannot disprove itself by its nature. I believe that your mis-printing of the ratio fraction is the primary cause. Your equation is basically converting pi to 3.14 before calculations. That kind of early conversion of a fixed number causes massive discrepancies in your math. By not converting my ratios, my equations always had a smaller +- variable than my professor in calculus. I assume you expecting exacting answers in a soft science, refusing to view all of your result objectively (via scatter plot or averages) led to this extreme inconsistencies in your attempted disprovable of this theory.
The nature of life is its an approximation, a rounding of a universal equation we have not unlocked. But the golden ratio is ultimately part of it as the golden ratio is the closest number we can get to infinite.
Just a quick reminder: you absolutly can calculate the ratio by 1 + sqrt(2) / 5 just as well as with your "feed back loop". Two methods for the same results.
Here your "feed back loop" formula is shown under the section "continued form" and the square root formula is shown under the "algebraic form" section.
BTW, fun fact: How much decimals of PI does NASA use for their highest precision orbital calculations? 10,000? 5,000? 1,000?
Just 15! For the Voyager spacecraft this imprecision equates with an error of its position of only 1.5 inches after travelling more than 12.5 billion miles.
PatronDemon, having read the Wikipedia article on the Golden Ratio, I do require now some proof of your horror. The Wikipedia article derives the Golden Ratio from the quadratic solution for x^2 - x -1 = 0 per the definition of self-similarity of line segment ratios. That is also the definition and derivation quoted by the author. The Wikipedia article also lists your continued fraction as an alternate formulation for the same number. Where's the horror?
[I just realized my response had a random link, so it may have been filtered. This is a direct copy without the link.]
I agree with some of your points at a high level, but at the very least they do have the equation correct. It's not an approximation -- the irrationality is derived from the square root of 5. I was caught off guard myself when I first saw such a simply-defined expression being equated to phi.
But the math works out to the same expression you provided.
Let x = (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2
x = 1 + 1 / x
= 1 / ((1 + sqrt(5)) / 2)
= 2 / (1 + sqrt(5)) : [1/(a/b) = b/a]
= 2*(1 - sqrt(5)) / (1 - 5) : [multiply by (1 - sqrt(5))/(1 - sqrt(5))]
= 2*(1 - sqrt(5)) / (-4) : [simplify denominator by addition]
= (1 - sqrt(5)) / (-2) : [cancel out factor of 2]
= (sqrt(5) - 1) / 2 : [bring negative sign up to the numerator]
That's 1/x, so now add 1 to get (1 + 1/x):
= 2/2 + (sqrt(5) - 1) / 2 : [2/2 = 1 and 1/x = (sqrt(5) - 1) / 2]
= (2 + sqrt(5) - 1) / 2 : [combine fractions with same denominator]
= (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2 : [combine terms in numerator, 2 - 1 = 1]
Thus, x = 1 + 1/x if x = (1+sqrt(5))/2
Personally, the significance of the square root of 5 reminds me of the dodecahedron (made of pentagons) which Plato thought to represent the cosmos.
Wow, thank you so much. Somehow you manage to help me understanding a lot more about statistic and how math should be applied in soft science. I'm not an expert on the field though, so I can only give you this message as appreciation for taking time to explain this throughly. I also understand more why calculus is so important in finding the limit, something which evade me for 2 years of watching youtube video on the subject.
1.- 820/261 = 3.14176 (numérica)
2.- (1+ 1/5) * (Phi)^2 = 3.141641 (geométrica)
Chris, I was doing my due diligence for a project I wanted to do concerning the golden ratio and wanted to provide an example of the golden ratio (or golden spiral) in nature and web page after page gave me "examples" of what I thought I was looking for. Upon closer inspection, it seemed wild conjecture that the spiral used was a golden spiral and was in reality, I thought, just a logarithmic spiral of which there can be many types. I also saw many works of art with golden rectangles all over them showing positions of features. Seeing these, I thought I could take any photo or work of art and go golden rectangle hunting to find these relationships among the features. I thought the whole thing a scam or I was missing some point until I saw your article that expressed my state of mind perfectly.
I do like your inclusive of the fact that the golden ratio does not need any embellishment. I do think the ratio to be pleasing and have included in some furniture designs I have done but understand that this choice might not be the most appealing to all. When faced with design choices on placement, considering golden ratio relationships is not a bad place to start.
+1 Well put.
As an architecture student in the 70's-80's I desperately wanted to find proof that modernism
was not simply a "stylistic expression of a particular philosophy"
Studying Corbu's Modulor on my own, I realized that, while a great architect, logical argument was not his forte... I still have the metal stencils of his alphabet someplace.
I believe that your article is based on Dr. Murkowsky's 1992 article, "Misconceptions about the Golden Ratio", which like your article, is dismissive of applications of the Golden Ratio to art in architecture in western culture starting with Classical Greece. Devlin, who often quotes Murkowsky's article, seems to attribute the "popularization" of the Golden Ratio to the minor character Adolf Zeising.
I believe this dismissive arguments are in error. First, artists and architects are not usually in the habit of explicitly documenting their reasoning behind their creative decisions and leaving behind such written evidence for historians. Secondly, during the European Renaissance, Euclid's Elements was the foundational textbook on geometry and mathematics. This textbook has no less than ten references to the "Extreme and Mean Ratio", and any student of geometry learning from this text would have had to work through the several propositions that required the Golden Ratio.
Euclid's Elements was required study in European universities up until the mid 20th century, and it would be hard to explain why the "Extreme and Mean Ratio" would not have an undue influence on western art and architecture, since I imagine these learned artists and architects of the past all having a copy of this textbook on their bookshelves.
The Parthenon, built only two centuries before Euclid of Alexandria summarized ancient Greek knowledge of geometry in Elements, does have elements of the Golden Ratio in its design, the most obvious are within inscribed artwork within the upper facade, where many golden rectangles are found. Murkowsky's dismissal of the front of the Parthenon having Golden Ratio proportions have to do with the convenient subtraction of the stylobate (the base foundation and the series of steps of that lead to the level where the columns are placed), and he makes no further investigation into application of the Golden Ratio in the Parthenon's architecture. This dismissal has been repeated by Devlin and Livio and others, and is unfortunate, as it is reaching mythical proportions.
The Golden Ratio has been found throughout Renaissance art and architecture and beyond. For instance, consider the


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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
1. 1. Seasonal differences in metabolic and water loss rates were examined in three related species of grasshoppers collected from shrub-steppe communities in Utah: Arphia conspersa, A. pseudonietana and
2. 2 cohorts of Trimerotropis pallidipennis. 2. No significant differences (P = 0.05) in metabolic rates were observed between seasons (early vs late), between genera (Arphia vs Trimerotropis) nor among species.
3. 3. Early season (spring) grasshoppers had a higher (but non-significant) mean water loss rate (±X ± SD in mg.g−1-hr−1) (4.81 ± 1.53) than late season (summer) grasshoppers (4.43 ± 1.43).
4. 4. Among species, early season A. conspersa had a significantly higher water loss rate (5.22 ± 1.76) under similar conditions than late season A. pseudonietana (3.67 ± 1.22), but early season T. pallidipennis had a significantly lower water loss rate (4.40 ± 1.17) than the late season generation (5.32 ± 1.12).
5. 5. Because of variables that were not or could not be controlled, the relationship between these physiological traits and season was difficult to address.
Forlow, L. and MacMahon, J. (1988). Seasonal comparison of metabolic and water loss rates of three species of grasshoppers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 89(1): 51-60.

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|3,000 to 4,499 feet|
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About the Snapshot Year-Month Grid
- "-X" after a peak name means an unsuccessful ascent, for example "Rainier-X".
- A parenthetical name is a non-summit goal hike, for example, "(Snow Lake Hike)" or "(Rainier)".
- The Δ triangle symbol is a hyperlink to the detailed Ascent Page for that ascent. The peak name is a link to the Peak Page for that peak.
- The color of the cell shows how high, prominent, isolated, or high-quality the peak/ascent is, and the color ranges are shown in the legend to the left.
- If the color is based on altitude, prominence, or vertical gain, you can switch between meters-based ranges or feet-based ranges. These are set up to be generally equivalent.
This grid comes in seven "flavors", each one showing a different "top" peak for a month. The flavors or categories are:
- Highest Point Reached. Can be an unsucessful attempt or non-summit goal hike.
- Highest Peak Climbed. Sometimes not the same as highest point, if that point was an unsuccessful ascent or a non-summit goal hike.
- Most Prominent Peak climbed. Note that many peaks in the Peakbagger.com database do not yet have a prominence value.
- Most Isolated Peak climbed. Isolation values may not be 100% accurate, since most are cacluated to nearest higher peak in the database.
- Peak with most vertical gain hiked. Note that many climbers do not enter vertical gain information on their ascents. Also, if several summits are grouped in a "trip", then the total gain for all ascents in that trip is assigned to the trip high point.
- Peak with the highest "Quality" value--this is a subjective number from 1-10 given by the climber. Note that many climbers have not given any of their ascents quality numbers.
- Finally, "Top Ascents in All Categories", which shows, for each month, the unique peaks from all the 6 other categories. In many cases, one or two peaks will be the leader in the 6 categories, since often the highest peak climbed for a month is also the highest point reached, the most prominent peak, and the one with the most gain. But in some cases several peaks may appear for a month.
Notes on Regions:
- The "NJ-PA-MD" column includes DE and DC.
- The "Grt Lakes" column includes OH, IN, MI, IL, WI, and MN.
- The "Cent-Gulf" column includes IA, MO, AR, LA, MS, and FL.

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For many years, Pompon was one of the most sought-after assistants in Paris, hewing blocks of marble for Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. But after 1905, in reaction to Rodin's expressionism, Pompon abandoned the human figure and turned to the animals that he observed at the Jardin des Plantes. Polar Bear is the finest achievement in this vein; when it was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1922, it brought the artist tardy recognition, at the age of sixty-seven.
Stripping away the trappings and details, he abandoned any realistic rendering and focused on "the very essence of the animal". This economy of means gives the work a presence which draws its true force from its monumental scale. Far from the anecdotal, it reveals a search for timelessness and permanence: under the silent outer appearance of fullness, the smooth sculpture nurtures an aspiration to universal form. "I keep a large number of details that will later go" said Pompon. "I first do the animal with almost all its trappings. Then I gradually eliminate them..." Colette was struck by the "thick, mute" paws of his animals.
Pompon's sculptures are characterised by an intuitive understanding, rounded forms, a refusal of geometrical shapes, and a taste for traditional materials. "I love sculpture without holes or shadows" he used to say, preferring pale stone with nothing to stop the smooth flow of light over the volumes.
Rodin had taught him mastery of profiles, and the rendering of movement incorporating several gestures to concentrate its power. Pompon belongs to a classical tradition of sculpture which can be traced from Aristide Maillol to Constantin Brancusi. In the panorama of sculpture between 1900 and 1914, he found an alternative to Cubist deconstruction.
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So let's compare conduct of EPA and the University of North Carolina with the rules for protecting human subjects that have been set since World War II.
EPA/UNC vs. the Nuremberg Code
- Voluntary and Informed Consent. At no time did EPA inform any study subject about how toxic (i.e., death within hours after any exposure, cancer risk) EPA had determined PM2.5 to be. Consent obtained by misrepresentation and/or fraud is not consent.
- Beneficial and necessary. EPA was already regulating PM2.5 for its lethality when these experiments were conducted. Given the EPA-determined risk and the fact of already existing regulation, it's hard to see how these small experiments with extremely high exposures in highly selective subpopulations would further any regulatory efforts.
- Anticipated Results Justify Experimentation. Did EPA hope to kill or otherwise harm study subjects to validate its extant regulation?
- Avoid Unnecessary Harm. At least one study subject (i.e., the Case Report) was harmed by the EPA experimentation, according to EPA researchers. However, the lives of all study subjects were endangered by the EPA. The harm and risk were unnecessary as EPA had already determined and regulated on the basis that PM2.5 is ultrahazardous.
- No Dangerous Experimentation. PM2.5can kill within hours of exposure, according to the EPA. Enough said.
- Proportional Risk. The experiments solved no problem. EPA risked lives for no purpose.
- Scientist Obligation to Terminate Experimentation. Though the EPA had already determined that PM2.5 exposure was deadly and even after the woman in the Case Report was injured by PM2.5, the EPA continued with the experiments.
EPA/UNC vs. The Common Rule
- Risk must be minimized. The risk of death was present for all study subjects, more so considering many of the study subjects were unhealthy (e.g., metabolic syndrome, asthmatic, elderly and combinations thereof). Even though any exposure to PM2.5 could result in death within hours of exposure, the EPA tested levels of PM2.5 reaching 20 times greater than its own regulatory standards.
- Risks must not be unnecessary. See discussion in Nuremberg Code analysis, above.
- Risks must be reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits. The human study subjects received no benefits (Note: the subjects' wage of $12 per hour doesn't count as a benefit).
- Informed Consent Requirement.See discussion in Nuremberg Code analysis, above.
- IRB duty to terminate. The UNC IRB failed to terminate the experiments despite the occurrence of the event described in the Case Report. Seventeen more experiments were conducted even though the EPA and IRB knew that cardiac arrhythmias (requiring emergency medical attention) could result from the experiments.
- Minimal risk exceeded. The PM2.5 exposures exceeded minimal risk because: (1) they could cause quick death and (2) they exceeded those that the study subjects would normally have been exposed to in their everyday lives.
EPA/UNC vs. EPA Order 1000.17
- Risk of Substantial Injury. Given the EPA-determined ultrahazardous nature of PM2.5, there was a presumption under EPA Order 1000.17 that the experiment would not be approved without "strongly persuasive additional justification." EPA has so far produced no evidence to show this was done — or that any other part of EPA Order 1000.17 was satisfied.
- Minimal risk. As described above for the Common Rule, these experiments exceeded minimal risk as the experimental PM2.5 exposures greatly exceeded what Chapel Hill, NC-area residents would normally inhale. EPA's failure to protect human subjects from anything more than minimal risk equates to "material non-compliance" of the Common Rule and EPA Order 1000.17.
EPA/UNC vs. North Carolina state laws.
- Battery. The EPA researchers failed to lawfully obtain informed consent from the study subjects before exposing them to a highly lethal/toxic substance.
- Negligence. The EPA researchers failed to disclose the risks of PM2.5 to the study subjects. All study subjects there by unknowingly put their lives in jeopardy. One study subject was, in fact, injured by the experiments according to EPA.
- Fraud. Subject participation was obtained through fraud — i.e., the EPA researchers knowingly omitted the dangers of PM2.5 from the consent forms.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §90-21.13. The EPA researchers failed to obtain informed consent from the study subjects before undertaking the experiment.
The bottom line is that the EPA and UNC violated every significant provision of every rule set since World War II designed to protect human study subjects. The question now is, can EPA and UNC get away with it?
What have courts said about EPA and human testing?
- In Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA [510 F.2d 1292 (D.C. Circuit, 1975)], a case involving whether certain pesticides were carcinogenic to humans, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit noted that it was appropriate to extrapolate the results of animal testing because:
[T]he ethical problems of conducting cancer experiments on human beings are too obvious to require discussion.
- In Ethyl Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency [541 F.2d 1. Certiorari Denied June 14, 1976.See 96 S.Ct. 2662, 2663], a case involving the toxicity of leaded gasoline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit noted:
[S]ignificant exposure to lead is toxic, so that considerations of decency and morality limit the flexibility of experiments on humans that would otherwise accelerate lead exposure from years to months, and measure those results.
As "toxic" as the Court and EPA may have considered lead to be, that level of toxicity pales in comparison to the EPA-claimed toxicity of PM2.5 — as no one has ever contended that ambient levels of lead in the air could cause death in the hours following exposure. Yet the EPA does just that.
- In Glastetter v. Novartis [252 F.3d 986 (2001), at 992], a medical products liability case involving the medication Parlodel, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals noted,
[Scientists] cannot perform controlled experiments because it would be unconscionable to induce strokes in postpartum women simply to advance the medical community's understanding of Parlodel.
In the 41 human experiments conducted by EPA researchers — experiments in which study subjects risked their lives and health — the EPA conducted them merely to increase, by a small increment, the EPA's understanding of PM2.5. The EPA's experiments provided no chance of health benefits to the human study subjects and, in fact, only involved risk of serious harm — thereby violating, at the very least, a basic ethical principle of acceptable human experimentation.


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Making Construction Board from Wheat Straw, Spanish City Turns Leftover Oranges into Electricity, Grid Scale Battery Storage a Reality, Three Days of Climate Action
by | Apr 5, 2021 | Podcasts, The Climate Daily
Making construction board from wheat straw, plus the city of Sevilla, Spain turns its leftover oranges into electricity. Grid scale battery storage a reality, and three days of Earth Day climate action!
Did you know that millions of pounds of wheat straw,are burned after each harvest? Burning releases millions of pounds of carbon into the atmosphere unnecessarily. What can be done? Turns out, a lot.
Isobord, a Canadian company started by Gary Gall and Steve Simon decided to focus on the problem of leftover wheat straw on the farmlands of the Canadian prairies. Their goal was to turn that into an alternative for wood-based composite panels like particle board and medium density fiberboard, commonly known as MDF.
 The company contracted with the Straw Producers Co-Op of Manitoba, a confederation of 350 Manitoban wheat farmers to harvest their straw once they harvested their wheat from roughly 200,000 "burn" acres. That translates into about 400,000 bales of wheat straw, each 4 feet wide by 4 feet high, 8 feet long and weighing in at over half a ton.
The company claims its three strawboard products are more elastic than particle board, 10% lighter, more water resistant, and made without formaldehyde. That last part due to the natural waxiness of the wheat straw. Other companies are exploring repurposing rice straw for the same purpose, and researchers at Stanford are looking at ways to use soybean straw in the same way.
 Why companies like Isobord matter is that they promote the circular economy–an economy focused on designing waste and pollution out of the system, and keeping products and materials in use, while regenerating natural systems.
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Technological advancements continue to push the future towards renewable energy. Along the northern California coast, grid-scale battery storage systems are being built to supply enough renewable energy to power roughly 300,000 California homes. Reported by Yale Environment 360, a 300-megawatt lithium-ion battery is currently being built for operation, with an additional 100-megawatt battery to be developed in 2021.
Altogether, the battery storage systems will power California homes for roughly four hours, specifically during times when energy demand exceeds supply, according to project developer Vistra Energy, a Texas-based electricity and power generation company. Tesla megapack batteries will also supply roughly 182.5 megawatts, which will contribute to California's electric grid by mid-2021.
California is beginning its gradual transition towards a decarbonized economy, and the state is currently the global leader in deployment of high-capacity batteries – bridging battery storage to a renewable energy future.
DEEPER DIVE: Yale Environment 360, Vistra Energy
Like every year, Earth Day is April 22nd. However, if you can't wait until then, there's a whole slate of great stuff happening in the runup to Earth Day, hence Earth Day Week…Actually it's called the Three Days of Climate Action.
April 20 kicks it off with the global youth climate summit led by Earth Uprising, in collaboration with My Future My Voice, OneMillionOfUs and hundreds of youth climate activists. The global youth summit will consist of panels, speeches, discussions, and special messages.
That evening, the Hip Hop Caucus and its partners will present the "We Shall Breathe" virtual summit, examining climate and environmental justice, connecting the climate crisis to issues of pollution, poverty, police brutality, and the pandemic, all within a racial justice framework.
On April 21, Education International will lead the "Teach for the Planet: Global Education Summit." The multilingual virtual summit will span several time zones and feature prominent activists from every continent, focused on the crucial role that educators play in combating climate change and the need transformative climate education right now.
April 22: Parallel to the Biden Administration's global climate summit, EARTHDAY.ORG will produce its second Earth Day Live digital event on April 22. The multi-hour multi-channel livestream will include segments taking place around the world starting at noon Eastern Time.
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The southern Spanish city of Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity. Reported by the Guardian, the municipal water company Emasesa plans to use roughly 35 tons of fruit to generate clean energy to power one of the city's water sanitation centers. Afterwards, leftover oranges will be transported to a facility where the fermenting fruit will power a methane capturing generator. The energy of carbon chains during the fruit fermentation process is high because fructose is made of very short carbon chains, meaning more energy production.
In an interview with the Guardian, head of Emasesa's environmental department Benigno López estimates the project will cost the city a roughly $300,000 investment. "It's not just about saving money," said López. "The oranges are a problem for the city and we're producing added value from waste."
Looking towards the future, the plan aims to channel surplus electricity back into the city's energy grid. Preliminary trials show promising signs for oranges being a key energy source in Seville. One preliminary trial indicated if all the city's oranges were recycled, roughly 73,000 homes could be powered, by oranges!
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the most important factors limiting ground squirrel distribution in Denali.
Arctic ground squirrels are burrowing animals and they establish colonies in areas with well-drained soils and views of the surrounding landscape. Colonies often consist of multiple burrows and a maze of tunnels beneath the surface. Well-drained soils are important, as flooding of these burrows causes considerable problems for squirrels. Accordingly, squirrels usually avoid establishing colonies or excavating burrows where permafrost is close to the surface.
Like many other arctic animals, arctic ground squirrels have unique physiological adaptations that allow them to survive during winter. Arctic ground squirrels are obligate hibernators and spend 7 to 8 months in hibernation. Researchers at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks have shown that during hibernation, arctic ground squirrels adopt the lowest body temperature ever measured in a mammal. The body temperature of hibernating squirrels drops below freezing, a condition referred to as supercooling. At intervals of two to three weeks, still in a state of sleep, hibernating squirrels shiver and shake for 12 to 15 hours to create heat that warms them back to a normal body temperature of about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. When the shivering and shaking stops, body temperature drops back to the minimal temperature. This type of hibernation is rare among mammals and scientists are still studying this unique physiological behavior.
In Denali, ground squirrels are active from late April to early October, but the sexes and age-classes show some differences in their annual activity patterns. Adult males are usually the first to emerge from hibernation. They dig their way through the snow and stay relatively close to their burrows until the snow cover melts. Breeding occurs in May and a single litter of 5 to 10 pups is born in June. The young develop rapidly and usually emerge from their burrows in mid-July. By late summer, young abandon their natal burrow and occupy a neighboring, empty burrow or excavate a new one.
Adults start hibernating as soon as they have enough body fat to survive the winter, often in late August when plenty of foods are still available. It is probably safer to enter hibernation early, even when foods are accessible, than to remain on the surface vulnerable to predators. Youngsters, however, take much longer to find foods and put on body fat and they are often active until late September. This means that youngsters are more vulnerable to predation than adults.
The diet of arctic ground squirrels is diverse and opportunistic. They eat many types of vegetation including the leaves, seeds, fruits, stems, flowers, and roots of many species of grasses, forbs, and woody plants. They also eat mushrooms and meat from freshly killed animals (including ground squirrels). Because they are active only during the short subarctic summer, arctic ground squirrels must be efficient foragers. As summer progresses, they put on a tremendous amount of fat stores for the winter and often double their body weight by the time they enter hibernation in fall.
The social behavior of arctic ground squirrels is complex. This species is highly territorial and squirrels may kill other squirrels over territorial disputes. However, other related females in the colony often care for orphaned youngsters. Further, territorial behavior lessens during late summer, and male squirrels may move between colonies or establish colonies of their own.
So many different predators eat arctic ground squirrels that Adolph Murie called them the "staff of life" in Denali. They are one of the most important summer food sources for golden eagles, gyrfalcons, foxes, and grizzly bears.


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Your public profile uses the default 15 minute timeout value with a time range of Last 7 Days from Yesterday.
We also subtract coding activity from language Other.
The leaderboards use the same formula as your public profile.
Setting your preferences to the defaults, matching the leaderboard time range, and subtracting coding activity categorized as language Other will show the same coding activity as your dashboard.
When working offline your coding actiity is saved in an sqlite3 database at $HOME/.wakatime.db. The next time you use your IDE when online, your coding activity is syncronized.
Data & Privacy
WakaTime sends heartbeat events triggered from user actions inside your text editor to the WakaTime API.
Heartbeat events contain data such as:
 - absolute path of current file [1]
 - current time as a UNIX epoch float (seconds.milliseconds)
 - whether the event was triggered from writing to a file
 - current project from a supported revision control
 - current branch from a supported revision control
 - total number of lines from the file as an integer
 - current cursor position as an integer
 - syntax language guessed from the file, for example Python or JavaScript
 - libraries and frameworks detected from the file, for example Flask or Rails
 - your computer's hostname, like MacbookPro.local or HOME-PC
Heartbeat events are sent:
 - every 2 minutes if you are actively using your text editor
 - when you switch between files
 - every time you write to a file
The easiest way to hide files/folders from WakaTime is adding them to the exclude array in your $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file.
For example, to prevent tracking all folders named private:
[settings] exclude = /private/
For Windows use escaped backslashes:
[settings] exclude = \\private\\
You can list multiple paths in your config file, and each path is a POSIX regular expression:
[settings] exclude = ^/var /private_\d+/
The above example excludes any path starting with /var and also any folder named private_123 where 123 can be any number.
You can also configure WakaTime to obfuscate file names by adding hidefilenames = true to your $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file.
This means only your project names will be sent to the website, so you can not see coding activity per file.
The hidefilenames setting also accepts a list of folders instead of just true or false, for example:
hidefilenames = /path/to/private/folder/ /another/folder[\d+]/matched/by/regex/
Note: Sublime Text users won't have a $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file, so create one using this example config.
Yes, you can export all your coding activity in JSON format here.
No, your coding history is saved even on the free plan. The dashboard limitation is to prevent overwhelming our servers with having to process too much data. However, your coding activity is kept and made available if you choose to upgrade sometime in the future.
WakaTime creates projects for you automatically, based on your coding activity.
This means you don't need to manually create a project, just use your IDE or text editor like normal.
WakaTime is a passive reporting dashboard, and automatic project detection fits with the philosophy of never getting in your way.
WakaTime recognizes the project's name one of four ways:
 1. Revision control software (Ex: Git, Mercurial, or Subversion):
 To set the project name for a folder, go to that folder in a terminal and type:
 git init
 Files inside that folder will be assigned to a project with that folder's name.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 2. Create a.wakatime-project file inside your project directory. Type the project name as the first line of this file and WakaTime will use that project name for all files inside this directory.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 3. Adding the project directory to your ~/.wakatime.cfg file under the [projectmap] section.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 4. As a last resort use custom rules:
 * Warning: this will rename projects from past coding activity. Use with caution!
To exclude projects from being logged in the future, add the project's path to your ~/.wakatime.cfg file under the exclude setting.
To delete a project, you must first remove it's coding activity using the Coding Activity Delete Tool.
After removing a project's coding activity, you can delete the project by visiting the project's dashboard and clicking the trash icon.
Make sure the plugin is correctly installed in your editor. ( Look for a WakaTime menu under File/Tools )
Check when your editor was last heard from using the User Agents API Endpoint.
If one editor isn't listed or hasn't been "seen" in a while, look for error messages in that editor's log file or in the common ~/.wakatime.log file.
If you use multiple computers, find when a computer's hostname was last heard from using the Machine Names API Endpoint.
The value is the Hostname and ip is the IP Address of your machine.
To see your recent raw coding activity, use the Heartbeats API Endpoint.
Please create a new issue in the appropriate GitHub repo with any error messages.
 1. All WakaTime plugins use a common core (wakatime-cli) for communicating with the API.
 This common core writes errors to $HOME/.wakatime.log.
 2. Errors from the editor plugin go to your IDE's log file:
 Locating your IDE's log file
 3. Please create a new issue in the appropriate GitHub repo with your error messages.
To generate a new api key on the website, go to your API Key page.
Make sure to update your api key in $HOME/.wakatime.cfg(for plugins using wakatime cli) or WakaTime.sublime-settings(for Sublime Text) with your newly generated api key.
Yes, all WakaTime plugins play well together. You can switch between multiple supported editors and your coding activity will be syncronized correctly. If you use revision control software, your project will be detected even when using multiple editors.


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'The Kept' by James Scott
James Scott's "The Kept" is set in rural upstate New York in 1897.
James Scott's "The Kept" is set in rural upstate New York in 1897.Taylor Scott
The western has all but vanished from movies and TV at a moment when it might seem that our schools and shopping malls are devolving into some looping mash-up of "Deadwood" and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral."
Such is not the case with the new mavericks of frontier-life fiction, who, emboldened by transformational writers such as Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, are imaginatively connecting the dots between the trigger-happy pathologies of America in its pioneer infancy and the stand-your-ground excesses of a graying democracy as it appears to be lurching into second childhood.
The impossibility of any sort of childhood in a preternaturally violent society is one of the themes of James Scott's bravura debut novel, "The Kept," which combines the revenge tropes of a classic John Ford horse opera with the gender-shifting plot elements of contemporary genre novels exemplified by Amanda Coplin's "The Orchardist" and Mary Volmer's "Crown of Dust."
Scott's take on the Wild West is actually the Wild East, or rather rural upstate New York, a region that, in 1897, still seems stubbornly resistant to the civilizing developments spurred by the second Industrial Revolution.
The farmhouse that career midwife Elspeth Howell has shared with her husband, Jorah, and their five children is a six-hour walk to the nearest town, so far that, when Elspeth returns after several months absence plying her trade to find Jorah and four of their children riddled with bullets, there is ostensibly no one in earshot to come to her aid.
Relief of a punishing sort arrives in the guise of the massacre's lone survivor, 12-year-old son Caleb, who, terrified and confused, lifts a shotgun and fires at a figure that turns out to be his mother. He tends to her wounds, half expecting a ghost to emerge: "He imagined her spirit like a wisp of smoke," writes Scott, embroidering with a characteristically clinical ferocity, "but one with talons and teeth that it dug into her insides and the groan was those nails and teeth being dragged across her rib, her throat and her lungs as it fought to keep its place."
And all this, mind you, in the first 20 pages.
A tumultuous fatalism informs the more than 350 that follow, as a grimly resuscitated Elspeth and a traumatized Caleb, vaulted by outrageous circumstance into premature adulthood, set out in the frigid dead of winter to track down and kill the family's murderers.
After an all-too-brief respite from a kindly elderly couple who weathered a close scrape with the suspected killers, they wind up in Caleb's birthplace, a hothouse of vice and denial where children making snow angels are easily confused with the dead bodies that periodically line the streets.
As they sniff out their targets, Caleb goes to work for a thuggish cathouse owner while Elspeth, in a perverse grab at wearing the pants in the family, adopts male disguise and takes a rugged job as an icehouse laborer.
There are two journeys at play here: that of an adolescent boy finding his true grit and that of a perennially absent mother getting a grip on her maternal center (mysteriously lax for a woman who has amassed a brood of five). Even though mother and son share the same objective, their odyssey seems to unfold in isolation from one another, a separation exacerbated by Elspeth's emotional disconnectedness and her omnipresent sense of sinner's guilt.
It is a testament to the author's artisan-like control that he is able to tease us with the essence of Elspeth's crimes from the outset and yet keep the terrible measure of her dereliction at bay until the final clinch, as breathless as it is inevitable.
Due to a reporting error, an earlier version incorrectly stated the last name of the protagonist, Elspeth. It's Elspeth Howell.


of a value, it also has another use: since "Find" returns the default value for the type T to indicate "not found", you need to use Exists for predicates that might match null or zero, such as: bool containsEven = list.Exists(delegate(int x) { return (x % 2) == 0; }); TrueForAll(Predicate<T>): Similar to Exists, but determines whether the predicate is satisfied by all elements of the list. For example, this line of code might run some tests and see if they all pass: if (tests.TrueForAll(delegate(Test t) { t.Run(); return t.SuccessCode == 0; }) FindAll(Predicate<T>): Creates a new list containing all elements satisfying a predicate. In functional languages this is sometimes called select or filter, as we're "filtering out" the parts of the list not satisfying the predicate. Here's an example which, in a single line, gets a list of all processes using more than k threads: List<Process> x = new List<Process>(Process.GetProcesses()).FindAll( delegate(Process p) { return p.Threads.Count > k; }); FindIndex(Predicate<T>): Just like Find, except that instead of returning the first value that satisfies the predicate, it returns its index in the list. For example, this expression yields the index of the first alphabetical character in a string: new List(s.ToCharArray()).FindIndex(Char.IsLetter) FindLastIndex(Predicate<T>): Same as FindIndex, except that it finds the last occurrence satisfying the predicate. ForEach(Predicate<T>): Simply executes the given delegate on each member of the list. Although just using a foreach loop is cleaner than using ForEach with an anonymous delegate, ForEach is still handy if you already have a named delegate, as in this example that deletes all the files in the current directory: new List<string>(Directory.GetFiles(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())).ForEach(File.Delete); ConvertAll(Predicate<T>): Perhaps the most powerful of the delegate-based List methods, ConvertAll feeds each element of the list through a conversion function, producing a new list. In functional languages this is often called map because, like a mathematical function, it "maps" one set to another. Here's a simple example which produces a list of strings that are the lowercased versions of the strings in the original input list: list.ConvertAll(delegate(string s) { return s.ToLower(); }); What's more, besides being individually useful, complex transformations can be achieved by chaining these methods together in clever ways. For example, here's two lines of code that produce a list of all files larger than a given size in a given directory: static List<string> GetBigFiles(string directory, int bigLength) { List<string> paths = new List<string>(Directory.GetFiles(directory)); return paths.ConvertAll<FileStream>( File.OpenRead ).FindAll( delegate(FileStream f) { return f.Length >= bigLength; } ).ConvertAll<string>( delegate(FileStream f) { return f.Name; } ); } The first ConvertAll opens all the files by using the static library method "File.OpenRead" as the converter. The FindAll filters out just the FileStream objects corresponding to large files. The final ConvertAll extracts the filenames from each stream. Each of these "list filters" is independently reusable. At first this way of programming may seem unusual or cumbersome, but just compare the size of the above method to a procedural implementation. Don't forget also that you can write your own methods taking delegates to reap more benefits from anonymous delegates. A frequently useful application is for error handling and debugging code. Suppose you find yourself writing several methods that all look like this: void foo() { Debug.Write("entering foo()"); try { // Do some stuff } catch (Exception e) { // Do some stuff throw; } Debug.Write("exiting foo()"); } It's not clear how to factor out the two "Do some stuff" parts, since they're nested right in the middle of the method. Once again, anonymous delegates are the answer. We can write a method like this taking delegates for the parts that get filled in: delegate void DoAction(); delegate bool ProcessException(Exception e); void DebugInvoke(string name, DoAction action, ProcessException processException) { Debug.Write("entering " + name); try { a(); } catch (Exception e) { if (processException(e)) { throw; } } Debug.Write("exiting " + name); } Now we can mix-and-match try bodies and catch bodies at will, and get the tracing for free: void foo(int x, int y) { int z = 0; DebugInvoke("addFoo", delegate() { z = x + y; }, OverflowHandler); DebugInvoke("addBar", delegate() { z = z + x; }, delegate(Exception e) { Debug.Assert(false); return true; }); DebugInvoke("addBaz", delegate() { y = z + z; }, OverflowHandler); } static bool OverflowHandler(Exception e) { if (e is OverflowException) { Debug.Write("Encountered overflow"); return true; } return false; } Unfortunately, anonymous delegate syntax, while much more concise than the alternative, is still a bit verbose, requiring not only the word "delegate" but full argument lists. One of the goals of the next version of C# is to encourage the use of these functional idioms, partly by introducing a new closure syntax that will take advantage of type inference to overcome this syntactic overhead. Just remember to keep this rule of thumb in mind: if you're iterating over a list, and the body of the foreach is pretty small, chances are you don't need to. See if you can do the same thing more concisely and with less risk using a combination of the above methods and anonymous delegates (and amaze your coworkers). I hope you found this article helpful.MSDNArchive large numbers with quadratic sieveToday I'm going to talk about how the quadratic sieve factoring algorithm works, giving a comprehensive description assuming knowledge of only basic university-level mathematics. The foundation of the most popular public-key cryptography algorithm in use today, RSA, rests on the difficulty of factoring large integers. When keys are generated, efficient algorithms are used to generate two very large prime numbers and multiply them together. The person who generated the keys knows these two numbers, but everyone else only knows the product. The product contains enough information to encrypt a message to the person; the two primes allow the recipient to decrypt it. There is no known way to decrypt it without using the primes, but by factoring, we can extract the two prime factors from the product and break the encryption. At the time that RSA was invented in 1977, factoring integers with as few as 80 decimal digits was intractable; all known algorithms were either too slow or required the number to have a special form. This made even small, 256-bit keys relatively secure. The first major breakthrough was quadratic sieve, a relatively simple factoring algorithm invented by Carl Pomerance in 1981, which can factor numbers up to 100 digits and more. It's still the best known method for numbers under 110 digits or so; for larger numbers, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is now used. However, the general number field sieve is extremely complicated, and requires extensive explanation and background for even the most basic implementation. However, GNFS is based on the same fundamental ideas as quadratic sieve, so if factoring the largest numbers in the world is your goal, this is the place to start. We'll begin by addressing a few problems that at first glance have nothing to do with factoring, then assemble them into a working algorithm. I won't be motivating them first, but trust me - they're important. Finding a subset of integers whose product is a square Suppose I give you a set of integers and I ask you to find a subset of those integers whose product is a square, if one exists. For example, given the set {10, 24, 35, 52, 54, 78}, the product 24×52×78 is 97344 = 3122. The brute-force solution, trying every subset, is too expensive because there


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Onyx Ashanti is a musician who is developing a genre he calls "beat jazz" through his own technological inventions. His earlier attempts displayed in his TED talk performance included two handheld controllers, or boxes, an iPhone, and a mouthpiece. Accelerometers on each hand read hand position. Colored lights on the boxes signify the instrument being played: red-drums, blue-bass, green-chords, orange-lead solos, purple-pads. The mouthpiece—a button glued onto a guitar pick with another guitar pick on top to help him click—provides another controller. And the smart phone is a display for system parameters. Here is his TED talk audition video.
He has developed some more recent controllers and physical interfaces, but I like this earlier one because the controllers are more clearly boxes. Regardless of controllers, the genre of beat jazz combines:
- Live Looping
- Jazz Improvisation
- Gestural "Sound Design"
What I like about this example is the clear object-human-digital-soundscape assemblage and its primarily improvisational and emergent mode of operation. Ashanti selects instruments with the hand controller, plays them with his mouth and hand gestures, and loops them through a digital pedal or sequencer. The audience for his gestures and "speech" is primarily the technologies. The human response to music is a tertiary after-affect of the "secondary" audience—the object-human-digital-sound assemblage. Here the body in 3D space adds another layer on to the 3D space of the soundscape. (We could make a similar "assemblage" argument for the Boss RC-30, but it is foregrounded more in this example.)


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Proceeding of IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Language and Environments, pp 51-53, Arlington, September 2002.
HCIL-2002-04, CS-TR-4346, UMIACS-TR-2002-27, ISR-TR-2005-26
This paper proposes a novel user interface to manage the dynamic layout of multimedia objects in the Multimedia Bulletin Board (MBB) system. The MBB has been designed and implemented as a prototype of an asynchronous communication system that enables rich communication and collaboration among users of multimedia objects such as text, image, moving picture, sound, voice, web, office document, and other files. The layout properties of the multimedia objects on a board (e.g. x-y position, size, z-order, partial occlusion, explicit and implicit links, etc.) show important and useful information on the user dynamics occurring within a board. However, a fixed layout created and edited by multiple users may prevent users from recognizing and identifying useful information. This paper resolves this problem with a novel user-controlled layout strategy made visible with dynamic layout templates (DLT). Users can reorganize the objects to extract meaningful information related to time, source, geographic location, or topic.
Keywords: Multimedia Bulletin Board (MBB), asynchronous communication, collaboration, graphical user interfaces, layout management, dynamic layout template (DLT)


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What to Expect During a Barber School Inspection
Inspector(s) will arrive and introduce themselves and present state ID.
Inspector will ask to speak to the owner or manager. If neither is available, the inspector will notify the person in charge that the inspection will proceed.
The inspection will consist of the following:
Check for required postings:
- Consumer complaint sign
- Sanitation Rules
- Foot spa log (if applicable)
- Most recent inspection report
- Current school license
- Current instructors licenses (with current photo of licensee attached)
- Outside building in at least 10-inch letters "BARBER SCHOOL--STUDENT BARBERS."
- Signs containing "BARBER SCHOOL--STUDENT BARBERS "on each inside wall of the school.
Check building requirements:
- Square footage
- Classroom and practical areas
- Required equipment
Inspector will confirm there is a minimum of 10 student work stations that include a chair that reclines, a back bar, a wall mirror and a sink behind every two work stations.
Barber school must have one barber chair available for each student in attendance on the practical floor.
- A barber school must have at least one instructor for every 25 students on the school's premises.
- A school may not enroll more than three student instructors for each licensed instructor.
- Check that hours are being recorded in SHEARS.
- Check display of Student Permits at work stations, and in album.
- Check that the school is properly accounting for hours granted to students through monthly progress reports documenting daily attendance.
- Check that monthly progress reports are being retained in student file for 48 months.
Check for the implementation of Health and Sanitation standards and practices:
- Work stations
- Implements cleaned and sanitized before use on each client
- Wet disinfectants
- Dry storage areas
- Towel storage (clean, soiled)
- Shampoo bowls
- Hair swept up as soon as practicable
- Single use items being discarded after each use
- Trash receptacle covered
Check restrooms. (hot and cold running water, clean and in good repair, and no chemicals stored in restroom)
Check that furniture, floors, windows, ceilings, and equipment are clean and in good repair in accordance to sanitation rules.
Check manicure/pedicure area and facial area (if applicable) for compliance.
If school is providing manicure or pedicure nail services an autoclave, dry heat sterilizer or ultra violet sanitizer is required.
Check that prohibited products and not in the school and no prohibited practices are being performed.


Herb & Honey Compounds
Australerba Herb and Honey Compounds
Australerba Herb and Honey Compounds are a combination of pure unrefined bee's honey and spagyrically prepared extracts from selected herbs species from different parts of the world.
Herbs and honey have been combined as tonics and therapeutic formulae since antiquity. they are nature's gift readily available to mankind and come from the same source, the generous plant kingdom.
Honey is the processed nectar of flowers, a wonderfully balanced energizer and suitable carrier of principles obtained from herbs through our special extraction methods.
They are highly concentrated, syrup like consistency and pleasant to taste. They can be taken from a teaspoon, or mixed with milk, water, fruit juice etc.
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Bhimashankar to Kalyan distance, location, road map and direction
Bhimashankar is located in India at the longitude of 73.54 and latitude of 19.07. Kalyan is located in India at the longitude of 73.16 and latitude of 19.25.
Distance between Bhimashankar and Kalyan
The total straight line distance between Bhimashankar and Kalyan is 44 KM (kilometers) and 183.57 meters. The miles based distance from Bhimashankar to Kalyan is 27.5 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Bhimashankar and Kalyan may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.
Bhimashankar To Kalyan travel time
Bhimashankar is located around 44 KM away from Kalyan so if you travel at the consistant speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Kalyan in 0.88 hours. Your Kalyan travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
Bhimashankar to Kalyan Bus
Bus timings from Bhimashankar to Kalyan is around 0.74 hours when your bus maintains an average speed of sixty kilometer per hour over the course of your journey. The estimated travel time from Bhimashankar to Kalyan by bus may vary or it will take more time than the above mentioned time due to the road condition and differnt travel route. Travel time has been calculated based on crow fly distance so there may not be any road or bus connectivity also.
Bus fare from Bhimashankar to Kalyan
may be around Rs.35.
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Bhimashankar is located nearly east side to Kalyan. The given east direction from Bhimashankar is only approximate. The given google map shows the direction in which the blue color line indicates road connectivity to Kalyan. In the travel map towards Kalyan you may find enroute hotels, tourist spots, picnic spots, petrol pumps and various religious places. The given google map is not comfortable to view all the places as per your expectation then to view street maps, local places see our detailed map here.
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Leisure Time pH Balance Plus
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Leisure Time pH Balance Plus - 3 Pounds
pH Balance Plus works to lock in the proper pH level in your hot tub to prevent unnecessary, costly and time consuming pH adjustments. This unique granular formula will prevent your pH from fluctuating from the time you refill the hot tub with fresh water until the time you drain it.
All you have to do is check the pH level of your hot tub upon filling it up and adjust it to within the recommended pH range. Then add pH Balance Plus and you are set until you drain and refill the water.
- Locks pH levels in your hot tub
- Prevents pH fluctuations in your water
- Eliminates time consuming and costly daily or weekly pH adjustments
- Easy to use
Directions for use:
- The proper pH range for hot tub water is 7.2 to 7.6. pH Balance Plus will help keep the hot tub water within the proper range. Test the pH weekly and adjust if needed.
- 1. In a freshly filled ho tub, test the pH. If pH level is between 7.0 and 8.0 proceed to step 2. If it's not within this range, adjust with pH Up or pH Down until it's within the 7.0 and 8.0 range and proceed to step 2.
- 2. Add 1.5 pounds (half the jar) of pH Balance Plus for up to 250 gallons of hot tub water or the entire 3 pounds for up to 500 gallons of hot tub water. Pour directly into hot tub.
- 3. Turn ON jets and allow water to circulate for 15 minutes. Temporary cloudiness may occur, but the water will clear quickly once the product is full dissolved.
- 4. Repeat the application each time you refill your hot tub with fresh water.


Ironoxide carbohydrate nanoparticles for iron deficiency
Home > Basics >Cross Cutting > Ironoxide carbohydrate nanoparticles for iron deficiency
The application of metallic nanoparticles is being widely investigated for various nanomedicines. They offer the possibility to develop both novel diagnostic and therapeutic tools. One of the first products on the market were iron-based nanoparticles for treatment of iron deficiency.
Intravenous iron-carbohydrate nanoparticles for the treatment of iron deficiency
Iron deficiency can have many causes such as dysfunction of the iron metabolism, malnutrition or great blood loss after operations. A bodily deficiency state of the trace mineral iron occurs. Men need approx. 9 mg iron per day, women approx. 15mg of iron per day according to the "National Health Service". If the supply of iron cannot be guaranteed by balanced nutrition, food supplements with iron preparations (oral application) are suggested.
Iron deficiency in humans. Adapted from © bilderzwerg /
The ingestion of iron tablets for treating iron deficiency is one possibility. However, a long term application can have side effects such as gastrointestinal disorder, nausea, emesis or constipation [1]. Contrary to oral iron preparations iron can also be administered intravenously. Most of these products are formulations based on iron-carbohydrate nanoparticles. They have the ability to quickly fill up the iron depots in the human body. This is of great importance for patients with critical iron deficiency, i.e. caused by great blood loss, chronic kidney disease or chemotherapy.
Structurally, all iron-carbohydrate nanoparticles are colloidal suspensions, composed of a spherical iron core, surrounded by a carbohydrate shell. Iron nanoparticles have a diameter range between 8-30 nm [2]. As early as 1949 small iron-carbohydrate particles were manufactured as colloidal suspension and used in intravenous iron-carbohydrate compounds.
Today, various types of carbohydrates are being utilised for coating of the iron core. This has led to the development of several products using different carbohydrates coatings. Currently, commercially available intravenous iron-carbohydrate nanoparticles include iron dextran, sodium ferric gluconate, iron sucrose, ferric carboxymaltose, ferumoxytol, and iron isomaltoside. The performance of intravenous iron nanoparticles for enabling the safe correction of iron deficiency is owed to the presence of the carbohydrate shell in these nanomedicines. As a consequence this shell surrounding the iron core is slowing the release of iron, hence preventing iron accumulation in the blood [3]. Excess iron accumulation causes oxidative stresses, which is toxic to cells and can result in tissue injury.
Treatment of iron deficiency with intravenous iron supplementation apparently is superior to oral iron treatment when a faster increase in body iron store is necessary. Nevertheless, some product differences exist regarding the dosage and efficacy of intravenous iron nanoparticles which deserve special consideration. Iron is also an essential nutrient for many bacteria. However, clear information about the relation between intravenous iron therapy and infection are still missing. Additional clinical trials are needed to assure the safety of intravenous iron nanoparticle and for establishing the recommended doses and administration times.
 1. Tolkien, Z., et al. (2015), PloS one, 10(2): e0117383.
 2. Shah, R.B., et al. (2014), International journal of pharmaceutics, 464(1-2): p. 46-52.
 3. Kudasheva, D.S., et al. (2002), Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 98(11): p. _PHONE_.
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Libraries are handled a little differently for the Java grade. Instead of compiling object code into a static or shared library, the class files are added to a jar (Java ARchive) file of the form library-name.jar.
To create or install a Java library, simply specify that you want to use the java grade, either by setting 'GRADE=java' in your Mmakefile, or by including '--java' or '--grade java' in your 'GRADEFLAGS', then follow the instructions as above.
Java libraries are installed to the directory prefix/lib/mercury/lib/java. To include them in a program, in addition to the instructions above, you will need to include the installed jar file in your 'CLASSPATH', which you can set using '--java-classpath jarfile' in 'MCFLAGS'.


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D-mannose is a simple sugar found in many fruits. It is related to glucose. It also occurs naturally in some cells in the human body.
Other names for D-mannose are:
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 - Carubinose
 - D-manosa
 - Mannose
 - Seminose
Why do people take D-mannose?
D-mannose is used to treat a rare disease called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1b.
This disease is passed down through families. It makes you lose protein through the intestines. Some reports say D-mannose slows down this protein loss and makes your liver work better. It may also reduce bleeding disorders and low blood sugar in people with this disease.
D-mannose may also treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Animal research suggests the supplementstops certain bacteria from sticking to the bladder walls.
Scientists think that the bacteria stick to the sugar instead. This helps the bacteria leave the body through your urine. Fewer bacteria in the bladder lowers your risk of a UTI. However, no studies of D-mannose have been done in people to determine if it effectively treats or prevent UTIs.
Some studies suggest D-mannose may play a useful role as a "prebiotic." Prebiotics are substances that may help your body by stimulating the growth of "good" bacteria in your digestive system.
In some lab studies and studies in mice, D-mannose components were shown to increase the growth of "good" bacteria. This suggests D-mannose may have some use for people with dysbiosis, an imbalance in good and bad bacteria.
D-mannose supplements are taken by mouth.
Can you get D-mannose naturally from foods?
D-mannose is found naturally in high amounts in many fruits. Such fruits include:
 - Apples
 - Oranges
 - Peaches
 - Some berries such as blueberries and cranberries
What are the risks of taking D-mannose?
Long-term studies in mice suggest it is safe when taken by mouth in appropriate amounts.
You should be cautious about using D-mannose if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, because there has not been enough study on its safety in these circumstances.
Side effects of D-mannose may include:
 - Bloating
 - Loose stools
D-mannose supplements should be used with caution if you have diabetes. It may make it harder to control your blood sugar.
High doses of D-mannose may cause kidney damage.
Always tell your doctor about any supplements you are taking, including natural ones and those bought without a prescription. That way, your doctor can check on any potential side effects or interactions with any medications.
Supplements are not regulated by the FDA.
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Today one in five school children is Hispanic, and it is estimated that Hispanics will account for 95% of the teen population growth in the U.S. in the next decade.
Many of these children are at special risk for lower academic achievement, grade repetition, and school dropout. Hispanic families need access to information about learning disabilities (LD) and other resources to help their children receive the services and supports they need to succeed in school and beyond.
A first-of-its-kind Spanish-language initiative for children facing learning disabilities is being launched to increase early detection and intervention of learning disabilities, which can be pivotal to educational success.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) has launched an extensive toolkit and informational campaign in Spanish to help families detect the signs of LD, work with their children to develop and enhance skills, and be an advocate for their children at school. This comprehensive toolkit is the first-of-its-kind for Hispanic families, with over three-dozen Spanish-language resources available including an interactive guide to help parents detect learning disabilities and recommendations for helping young children overcome barriers to early reading.


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4.6. Known limitations of using GPUs
If you use deepmd-kit in a GPU environment, the acceptable value range of some variables are additionally restricted compared to the CPU environment due to the software's GPU implementations:
The number of atom type of a given system must be less than 128.
The maximum distance between an atom and it's neighbors must be less than 128. It can be controlled by setting the rcut value of training parameters.
Theoretically, the maximum number of atoms that a single GPU can accept is about 10,000,000. However, this value is actually limited by the GPU memory size currently, usually within 1000,000 atoms even at the model compression mode.
The total sel value of training parameters(in model/descriptor section) must be less than 4096.
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Complex computer—Stibitz is internationally recognized as the father of the modern digital computer. In 1939 Stibitz helped design the Model I complex number calculator which could add two eight-digit decimal numbers in a tenth of a second. (1983)Died: 1995
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Options in general
The APPEXT options can be loosely grouped in debugging, logging and context setting options. Current options given below, bold are defaults:
APPEXT Options
flag explanation
By default makes available instances of a progress monitor implementation somewhat suitable for console use. If turned off, produces NullProgressMonitor instances. Individual commands must ask the context for an instance when needed.
-tmpdir Defaults to the value of, but can be set by the user to directory tmp files to another location. Individual commands must ask the context for the value and use it.
-log This is shorthand for turning on all logging and send it to stdout.
-logtofile Similar to --log but directs logging to a specific file.
-logconfiguration Allows the user to specify a specific log4j configuration rather than the defaults
Only applicable when --logtofile is used - either appends to the file or overwrites it.
Turns on/off trapping of System.out
-trapoutloggername In case the user has some exotic log configuration set by --logconfiguration, the name used to log System.out traps can be customized
Turns on/off trapping of System.err
-traperrloggername In case the user has some exotic log configuration set by --logconfiguration, the name used to log System.err traps can be customized
Turns on/off trapping of the regular Eclipse log
-trapeclipselogloggername In case the user has some exotic log configuration set by --logconfiguration, the name used to log Eclipse log traps can be customized
-pdelaunch (as described above)
Command names
But also as usual, users dislike typing so much - thus, APPEXT will attempt to match command names bottom up; as long as there's only one possible match, APPEXT is happy and will dispatch. But, if collisions arise, the user may need to become specific. E.g. the commands and can't be reached as 'foo'; they will have to be used as '' and '' respectively (or, obviously using the full names).


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clear guidelines for answering student emails and acknowledging
the receipt of assignments. This will help to reduce student
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can expect a response. The response time will depend on several
factors, such as the nature of the course, the length of the
course, and the instructor's time schedule.
Dropboxes may allow students to receive confirmation of the


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Statistical genetics is a scientific field concerned with the development and application of statistical methods for drawing inferences from genetic data. It is most commonly used in the context of human genetics. Statistical genetics is the study of genetic variation and it is concerned with the analysis of genetic data. Statisticians play an important role in the analysis and the design of genetic studies. Statistical genetics overlaps with fields such as biomathematics, bioinformatics, biology, epidemiology, genetics, etc. People in the department have worked and are working on methods in linkage analysis, allelic association tests, gene statement array data analysis, sequence analysis, comparative genomics, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, etc.
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Thigh Lift
Thigh lift surgery can be performed to improve the loose skin and overall contour of the inner or outer thighs, or both. The incision depends on the type of patient's features, including the amount and location of fatty tissue to be removed.
Outer Thighs
The outer thighs are commonly lifted as part of a procedure called a lower body lift that involves an incision around the entire circumference of the trunk, at the level of the pelvic bones. The procedure is often combined with liposuction of the lateral thighs, plus a technique to help mobilize the skin so the excess can be removed.
Inner Thighs
There are two common surgical incisions used for inner thigh lift surgery:
 - Horizontal incision hidden in the groin crease: This technique can be effective in cases where there is only modest skin laxity. It can be combined with liposuction to improve the overall contour of the inner thighs as well as tighten the skin.
 - Longitudinal incision along the inner thigh: This technique is effective in cases in which there is a substantial amount of skin to be excised. Although the resulting scar is more visible than with the horizontal incision technique, generally the degree of contour improvement is greater.
Preoperative Assessment:
The assessment includes determining the location and degree of skin laxity, and whether there is cellulite (lipodystrophy). The thickness of the fatty layer is measured, and liposuction might be considered to debulk the fat. The blood supply, sensation, and strength of the lower exterminates are noted. If significant varicose veins are present, these should be treated prior to considering thigh lift surgery. The person's overall health is noted, particularly conditions that might affect wound healing, such as diabetes, vascular disease, or smoking.
Dr. Andrade also recommends all patients undergo a full general physical examination by their family doctor prior to considering surgery. Occasionally preoperative bloodwork and possibly other tests are ordered, although this is not usually necessary for healthy patients undergoing elective surgery.
Day of Surgery:
Depending on the person's health, their preferences and the amount of surgery required, thigh lift surgery is either performed at Southlake Hospital in Newmarket, or at Dr. Andrade's private cosmetic surgical facility. Prior to surgery, with the patient awake and in a standing position, Dr. Andrade discusses the location of the incisions on the thighs. The operation takes several hours and it can either be done with an overnight stay, or on an outpatient basis.
Postoperative Care:
Drains are not always required but if they are used, they are generally removed within a few days. Showering is permitted after 48 hours, or after all drains have been removed for at least 24 hours. Dissolving sutures are used. The wounds from thigh lift surgery are more prone to infection, delayed healing, chronic swelling and other problems. This is due to their location near the groin which is moist and has more bacteria than other regions of the body, and also due to the fact that the incisoins rub together whenever the person walks. It is not uncommon for patients to report discomfort and irritation along the incisions for many weeks after the operation. People should plan for 4-6 weeks of minimal lowe body exercise after this procedure, although walking around he house to do activities of daily living is acceptable.
Surgical Risks:
The majority of patients are satisfied with he contour improvement achieved with thigh lift surgery. However, the scars associated with this operation tend to widen over time, and they may not be located in exactly the same position on each thigh. Asymmetry can result, and revisionary procedures may be required. Thigh lift surgery performed with the more discrete horizontal scar has an increased risk of affecting the shape of the genital area (labia major and minora). Damage to nerves and blood vessels in the lower extremities can occur, or the lymphatic vessels that drain excess fluid from the legs can be injured, resulting in permanent swelling called lymphedema. As with any surgical procedure, significant bleeding, infection, or major life-threatening complications can develop. It is important to discuss these issues in detail with your surgeon to understand any unique risks, surgical limitations, and anticipated results. This information is intended to complement the advice of a plastic surgeon obtained during a proper consultation, and it is by no means exhaustive or complete.
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The City of Cottonwood is blessed with a plentiful supply of cool, clean drinking water that contains no harmful chemicals or naturally occurring elements such as iron. In fact, it requires no treatment whatsoever as it is pumped from deep in the ground. It does, however, contain microscopic particles of mother earth herself that accumulate over time inside the water lines.
Usually, once a year, the Fire Department assists the Public Works Dept. by flushing these water lines through the fire hydrants in town to ensure that they do not collect sediment in the valves and that they are functional. Prior to flushing, a notice is published informing citizens to expect some sediment in their water. At other times, hydrants may be turned on without prior warning. This occurs when there is a fire, when the fire department conducts training, or when the city crew uses a hydrant to supply water for public works projects.
When the city's water is murky it remains safe but people may not wish to use it for washing laundry, etc. until it clears up. It is an inconvenience that is beneficial--similar to the garden being muddy after it rains. The water usually clears in a short time. It may sometimes be cleared quicker by opening a cold water tap to help flush the lines. The city regrets any inconvenience and asks for people's patience when their water occasionally experiences such sediment situations.
Denis B. Duman, Mayor


Does Army experience help your civilian career?
By: Danielle Fisher
Benefits of Army Training and Experience
Once you've enlisted and chosen a career path (or, as often is the case, had a career path chosen for you), the Army will send you to Basic Combat Training. While this specific training may not be relevant to your civilian career (unless you decide to become a personal trainer), you'll have the opportunity to learn important people skills that build character. Discipline, time management, teamwork, perseverance and leadership -- these are all valuable skills that are taught during basic training. And a successful Army career could be looked at by a potential employer as proof that you're adept in all of these areas.
After basic training, you will be provided with Advanced Individual Training specific to your job that includes hands-on education and field instruction [source:]. Any training that is specific to your Army job can be beneficial to your future career, especially since it occurs in such a team-oriented environment.
Throughout your Army career, you'll likely be offered additional opportunities for training and education relevant to your specific job, which could include anything from seminars on leadership to college courses at an accredited university. These are all valuable additions to a civilian resume.
Beyond training and education, the experiences you'll gain from being in the Army are important to any job. Teamwork and management skills are an integral part of the cohort dynamic in the Army. Even if you're not given the opportunity to lead your fellow soldiers, you will gain important knowledge about becoming a leader as you are lead by powerful, educated officers.
The Army understands that not everyone wants to be a career soldier. That's why it lists related civilian jobs alongside every Army job posting. It recognizes there are valuable skills taught in every Army position that will be relevant to many other civilian opportunities. The Army wants interested recruits to know how the skills they will learn will transfer over into civilian jobs once their commitments are up. We'll discuss what civilian careers are easy transitions from the Army next.


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Measuring more of biodiversity for choosing conservation areas, using taxonomic relatedness
Williams, P. H. (1993)
In: Moon TY, ed. International Symposium on Biodiversity and Conservation (KEI). Seoul. 194-227.
One of the major goals of conservation is the maintenance with only limited resources of as much as possible of the variety of life. If we are to choose among areas in order to protect the greatest overall amount of biodiversity, then we shall need to be able to measure and compare biodiversity among areas. This has usually been measured only in terms of species richness. Diversity also includes a concept of difference, and the degree of difference between organisms can be represented in biodiversity measures using readily available information on group membership from taxonomic classifications. Furthermore, by using the complementarity in species composition between faunas, stepwise procedures can identify optimal sequences of priority areas for biodiversity protection, taking existing protected areas into account or not, as required. In some circumstances it may be possible to apply this approach to higher taxa, rather than to species. This could greatly reduce survey costs, allowing survey effort to be re-deployed to cover much more of overall biodiversity. These methods are illustrated by their application to the bumble bees and milkweed butterflies.


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Chemibond Liquid Cement is a soil stabilizer and dust control of advance nanotechnology. It is eco-safe, biodegradable, liquid copolymer used to stabilize and solidify any soil or aggregate as well as erosion control and dust suppression.
Our recent advances in simulation, chemistry, processing techniques, and analytical instrumentation have allowed a whole host of new types of polymer particles and polymer nanotechnology applications to be realized. These advances led to the revolutionary development of nanotechnology into superior performance.
Once applied to the soil or aggregate, the copolymer molecules coalesce forming bonds between the soil or aggregate particles.
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3. Liquid Cement results are based on the application rate used. Modest application rates are useful for dust suppression and erosion control by creating a three-dimensional cap or surface crust.
4. The advanced nanotechnology is modernizing the way we stabilize soils and aggregates in addition
5. The applications are extensive ranging from simple backyard trails and construction sites to heavy-
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SQL Anywhere 11.0.1 » QAnywhere » QAnywhere Reference » QAnywhere transmission and delete rules
Rule variables
QAnywhere rule variables can be used in the condition part of rules. You can use the following as rule variables:
Using properties as rule variables
Message properties and message store properties can be used as transmission rule variables. In both cases you can use pre-defined properties or you can create custom properties. If you have a message property and a message store property with the same name, the message property is used. To override this precedence, you can explicitly reference the property as follows:
 - Preface a message store property name with ias_Store.
 - Preface a message property name with ias_Message.
For example, the following automatic transmission rule selects all messages with the custom message property urgent set to yes:
automatic = ias_Message.urgent = 'yes'
The following automatic transmission rule selects messages when the custom message store property transmitNow is set to yes:
automatic = ias_Store.transmitNow = 'yes'
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Health Information Technology
The Health Care Authority (HCA) is the Medicaid state agency in Washington, whose Health Information Technology unit leads our state's efforts to improve the health of our citizens through multiple federal and state projects. Learn how we lead the way on the effective sharing and use of electronic health information through these two major projects:
How do I...
The Health Information Technology (HIT) program seeks to:
- Advance the adoption and meaningful uses of nationally certified electronic health record systems
- Advance statewide secure, efficient, and effective sharing and use of electronic health information across organizations and regions to:
- Improve health outcomes.
- Improve health care quality.
- Lower health care costs.
- Reduce duplication of treatments/tests.
- Advance care coordination across the health care industry.
- Move from paper records to electronic clinical records.


United Filipino Global
UFG has member organizations worldwide and gives OFWs an avenue to reintegrate back into the Philippines
and to participate in government policy making, advancing development programs and setting policy objectives.
To protect the rights and promote the welfare of the Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos by –
 1. Promoting Civic Organizations
 2. Promoting Youth Organizations
 3. Providing networking, capacity building, and knowledge generation services to partners and other institutions
 4. Providing aid during times of national crisis
Activities and Programs
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 2. Reintegration/Livelihood Programs for OFWs
 3. Welfare Assistance and Monitoring
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makeObj() isn't making a new object at all. It's just a function call and
this in that function call is likely referring to the
window object. You would have to use
makeObj() with the
Thirdly, just assigning a DOM object to another object's prototype does not make that other object suddenly become a DOM object. If you want a DOM object, you need to create a DOM object using something like
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Why D-Day Would Fail Today
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Why D-Day Would Fail Today
On Friday, the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault in history consisting of some 160,000 British, American and Canadian troops aided by around 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft. Despite the weakened state of the Nazi military by the summer of 1944, as well as poor preparation on Berlin's part, victory was by no means guaranteed.
Even that is too optimistic, especially for the Asia-Pacific. In the same article, Freedberg quotes Lt. Gen. John Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, as saying that the 65 mile range is "the anticipated threat ring in the nearto mid-term. The range is going to continue to go further out." In actuality, it almost certainly already has. Freedberg points out that the 65 mile distance from shore is based on the Chinese Silkworm 802, which—while widely available—is hardly the most advanced missile in the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army.
All of these suggest that we are unlikely to see an amphibious invasion anywhere near the size and scope of D-Day repeated anytime soon. Indeed, Stratfor points out in the article quoted above that amphibious assaults have declined precipitously in the post-WWII era. The question is, which parties in the Asia-Pacific benefit from these realities? Although it's fashionable to discuss China's anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategies to deny the U.S. military access to its littorals, it's China that is dissatisfied with the status-quo.
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Galvan VI was a gas giant planet located in neutral space bordering the United Federation of Planets in the mid-24th century, the sixth planet in the Galvan star system. In 2373, it was chosen as a possible site for a test of a prototype device code-named Wildfire, designed to ignite gaseous planets such as Galvan VI into stars. The Starfleet Corps of Engineers surveyed Galvan VI sixteen times in the following three years before the site choice was finalized.
In 2376, the USS Orion came to Galvan VI, intending to deploy the Wildfire device; however, as they were delivering the device into the atmosphere, the ship was struck by a photonic energy grid of unknown origin and destroyed.
The USS da Vinci was dispatched to attempt to recover the Orion and retrieve the Wildfire device. That ship was similarly caught within the planet's atmosphere, and was only able to escape due to the sacrifice of Lieutenant Commander Kieran Duffy.
It was later discovered that Galvan VI was home to energy beings known as Ovanim, who had accidentally damaged both Starfleet ships in self-defense. As a gesture of peace, the Ovanim returned the Wildfire device and Duffy's body to the da Vinci. (SCE eBooks: Wildfire, Book 1, Wildfire, Book 2)
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Communication strategies to facilitate difficult conversations about sexual risk in adolescent girls
Abstract: Objective: To describe techniques for initiating conversations about sexual risk reduction with adolescent girls in a primary care setting. Methods: The Health Improvement Project for Teens (HIP Teens) is a sexual risk reduction intervention for girls aged 15 to 19 years. The communication approaches employed in the program have proven to be successful in decreasing sexual risk taking behaviors and increasing knowledge about HIV and risk reduction strategies. Examples of possible clinical conversations presented here are based on audiotaped sessions from the HIP Teens program. Results: Initiating conversations with adolescent girls about sexual risk taking behaviors enables physicians and other providers to utilize approaches that increase motivation and address accurate risk appraisal and behavioral option identification. Strategies to reduce risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections can be targeted through identifying the patientís motivation to prevent risk and her personal goals for the future. Conclusion: Addressing sexual risk reduction with adolescent girls often presents a challenge to primary care providers. By utilizing ageand gender-appropriate techniques that address adolescent motivations and behavioral modification options, providers can develop effective communication strategies with their adolescent clients
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