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The Future Perfect is pleased to present an exhibition by Seoul-based designer Seungjin Yang at Casa Perfect Los Angeles, opening May 9th during Legends Art Fair.
Seungjiin Yang is best known for his "Blowing Series," in which blown balloons are coated with epoxy resin and shaped as furniture, such as chairs, benches, and stools. Yang was attracted to the idea of transforming fragile balloons into solid sculptures through his own interpretations. His inspiration recalls childhood memories, yet his process incorporates industrial furniture making. "I tried to turn a simple making process based on my personal childhood memories into an industrial fabrication furniture-making process," as told to Dezeen.
The multi-step process begins with blowing up balloons into the desired shape and size, and then affixing them to form furniture, including chairs, benches, and stools. Epoxy resin is then poured over the pieces, and repeated a total of eight times, in order to create a durable and rigid structure that is able to support the weight. The process takes a week to complete a single stool. Once complete, the resin takes on a glossy surface resembling glass. Yang recently told Dezeen, "I was fascinated by a form that is changed into a transparent and clear surface like glass when I set epoxy resin on balloons.


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- Is Salt matter Yes or no?
- What happens to smoke in a jar?
- Is water matter Yes or no?
- Is air a material?
- Why the air is invisible?
- Do humans only breathe oxygen?
- Is ball solid or gas?
- Is air really there?
- How will you show that matter is composed of tiny particles?
- Is flour a solid liquid or gas?
- In what ways air can be considered as matter?
- Why is fire smoking?
- Can you recall few things that are not made of matter?
- What are three liquids?
- What air is made of?
- Is Smoke matter Yes or no?
- Does air matter for Kids?
- What liquids dont contain water?
- What are 20 uses of air?
- Why is air a matter?
Is Salt matter Yes or no?
Ordinary table salt is called sodium chloride.
It is considered a pure substance because it has a uniform and definite composition.
All samples of sodium chloride are chemically identical.
Salt easily dissolves in water, but salt water cannot be classified as a pure substance because its composition can vary..
What happens to smoke in a jar?
Smoke is a lot of very small particles that fly(are suspended in air), and everything that flies, has to fall down. When you collect smoke in a jar, it is slowly, by lack of air currents and by gravity, being forced to land on the bottom of the jar… It don't run away, it falls down…
Is water matter Yes or no?
On earth, solid, liquid, and gas are the most common states of matter. Not only is water the most common substance on earth, but it is also the only substance that commonly appears as a solid, a liquid, and a gas within the normal range of earth's temperatures. … Water is a unique substance because its molecules a.
Is air a material?
Material: "the matter from which a thing is or can be made." So, yes, air is a material. Air is also a source from which other materials may be made: nitrogen, oxygen, neon, argon, carbon dioxide, etc. Dry ice, liquid nitrogen, pure oxygen, and neon signs depend on air.
Why the air is invisible?
Air looks invisible because it sends very little color to our eyes. … Objects appear to be the color they reflect to our eyes. Air is a mixture of gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen, with small molecules that are far apart. Wavelengths of light may pass by these molecules without hitting them.
Do humans only breathe oxygen?
We breathe air that is 21 percent oxygen, and we require oxygen to live. … When you inhale, the alveoli fill with this air. Because the oxygen concentration is high in the alveoli and low in the blood entering the pulmonary capillaries, oxygen diffuses from the air into the blood.
Is ball solid or gas?
Basketballs, tennis balls and footballs are filled with a gas. Golf balls are filled with a rubber solid or a liquid.
Is air really there?
Since air is invisible we easily forget that it is all around us. When we blow air in a balloon, we can feel the air pushing on the balloon. It's the same with a tire or basketball. When we sit in front of a fan, we can actually feel the air molecules moving in the same direction.
How will you show that matter is composed of tiny particles?
Answer. We can show that matter consists of tiny particles called molecule. Molecule consists of tiny particles called atoms.
Is flour a solid liquid or gas?
Although flour can be poured and takes the shape of a container you put it in, flour is in fact a solid. Flour is a powdered version of it's original state, raw grains.
In what ways air can be considered as matter?
air is considered as a matter because it have its own physical state and it occupy space and it have mass and it is made up of atoms. air can be considered a matter as it has it's own mass and it occupies space.
Why is fire smoking?
A fireplace that kicks up smoke is a classic sign of a weak draft, which can result in a fire that quickly dies out or fire by-products "back-puffing"—getting backed up in the firebox or flue and issuing into the room as smoke and harmful vapors, including carbon monoxide.
Can you recall few things that are not made of matter?
Not everything is made of matter. Non-matter includes the light from a torch, the heat from a fire, and the sound of a police siren. You cannot hold, taste, or smell these things. They are not types of matter, but forms of energy.
What are three liquids?
Examples of LiquidsWater.Milk.Blood.Urine.Gasoline.Mercury (an element)Bromine (an element)Wine.More items…•Jan 24, 2020
What air is made of?
nitrogenEarth's atmosphere is composed of about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and one percent other gases. These gases are found in layers (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere) defined by unique features such as temperature and pressure.
Is Smoke matter Yes or no?
Smoke, smog, and laughing gas are matter. Energy, light, and sound, however, are not matter; ideas and emotions are also not matter. The mass of an object is the quantity of matter it contains.
Does air matter for Kids?
Matter is physical material, and it is the fundamental element in all of us, all of life, and all of the universe. But… air? Yes, air does have mass and does take up physical space, so, yes, air is made of matter.
What liquids dont contain water?
Bromine and mercury are liquids are room temperature and, when pure, have no water in them. Pure solvents and compounds (other than water) have no water. Gasoline does not (or should not) have water in it, however, ethanol, which can be in gas, absorbs and holds water.
What are 20 uses of air?
Important Uses of AirSustain life and growth.Combustion.Maintaining Temperature.Supplier of Energy.Photosynthesis.
Why is air a matter?
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. So, in order to prove that air is matter, we need to prove that air has mass and takes up space. … Although air has mass, a small volume of air, such as the air in the balloons, doesn't have too much. Air just isn't very dense.

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The name of the island is Lohachara not that many of us are going to remember it for long. We'll probably recall it as that little island off India, the first once inhabited island to disappear from the surface of the earth due to rising sea levels attributed to global warming.
Lohachara was a small island that supported a population of 10,000 in the Bay of Bengal near where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers meet the sea. It is believed that other islands in the area will soon also be submerged displacing some 70,000 more islanders.
Several uninhabited islands have disappeared in recent years, notably in the South Pacific. Lohachara is unique because it was inhabited.

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Socrates Tryon (_PHONE_)
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon lived in Vermont, Iowa, and Hawaii before coming to Oregon in 1849. He settled on land located between Portland and Oregon City, and in 1975, his claim became the Tryon Creek State Natural Area.
Tryon was born in Pawlet, Vermont, on January 24, 1816, to Jesse Tryon and Laura Hotchkiss. After graduating from Castleton Medical College, he married Frances Safely. The couple moved to Linn County, Iowa, in 1838, where Tryon was the county's first doctor. In 1840, he became clerk of Iowa's Third Judicial District.
In the early 1840s, Tryon left his family in Iowa to travel to the Hawaiian Islands, where he practiced medicine, and returned to Iowa in 1844. He served as a delegate to Iowa's second constitutional convention in 1846; his first child, Socrates Jr., was born the same year.
Tryon sold his land three years later and traveled to Oregon with his father and two brothers. Frances Tryon and Socrates Jr. sailed to San Francisco, where Frances operated a boarding house and waited for word on whether or not Tryon wanted to stay in Oregon.
In Oregon, Tryon took out a Donation Land Claim of 645 acres bordering the west side of the Willamette River south of Portland. The claim contained most of a canyon forested with virgin cedar and Douglas-fir, as well as the creek that ran through it. Tryon built a house and sawmill and established a small farm on the land. His father died in 1850. Frances and their son joined Socrates in 1851 after the Great Fire swept through San Francisco. Their second child, Sallie, was born in late 1851.
Tryon reportedly died of sciatic rheumatism in 1855. He had set aside $4,000 for the children's education, but Frances's second husband, a Mr. Young, stole the inheritance. Frances managed to put her children through school by working the farm herself and doing laundry for the girls' school in Lake Oswego. The children sold the land to the Oregon Iron Company for $7,000 in 1874.
The creek running on the property continued to be called Tryon Creek, and Tryon's house, built in the Greek revival style, stood at 250 Stampher Road until it was torn down in the 1990s.Written by:Lachlan Johnson
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What's the difference between a giggle and a belly laugh? Or a yelp and an all-out scream? In many species, including humans, the volume and duration of a verbal sound conveys as much information as the noise itself.
A group of scientists, led by Scripps Research, has discovered a node in the brains of male mice that modulates the sounds they make in social situations. This discovery, published in Nature, could help identify similar locations in the human brain, and potentially lead to a better understanding of social disorders such as autism or depression.
"Identifying this node gives us signatures of what to look for when human behavior goes awry," says Lisa Stowers, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and professor at Scripps Research who led the study. "It's giving us clues to how information is organized in the brain, and how different features of information can be separated out in different brain regions."
As part of their courtship behavior, male mice produce "songs." These complicated whistles, which are too high for the human ear to detect, are louder and longer when the female mouse is nearby or when her scent is stronger. The researchers identified a specific type of neuron in a part of the hypothalamus called the lateral preoptic area that controls the emotional regulation of these sounds.
"The hypothalamus and the rest of the limbic system control body functions such as hunger, thirst and temperature regulation, as well as the basic features of emotional behavior like sex and fear," Stowers says. "It is fitting that the emotional aspect of these social noises are generated in this region of the brain."
By directly stimulating the right nodes from these neurons, the scientists could trigger the whole array of noises that go into a mouse song. Varying the level of stimulation allowed them to control how enthusiastic those sounds were.
When the researchers blocked these nodes, male mice encountering a female would attempt to court her in silence. (Female mice responded by kicking the males and running away.) If the researchers bypassed these nodes and activated the next node downstream, the male mice only made long, loud noises.
"They're basically just shouting," Stowers says. "By finding these neurons, it's telling us that this part of the brain is doing this emotional scaling and persistence. If you take that away, then you lose all of that affect, all of that emotional range, and the ability to have effective social communication."
Most research on noise production in the brain has focused on language development, Stowers says. But the sounds that even an infant can make -- a giggle, a cry, a scream -- don't have to be learned and are just as vital for communication. Identifying how the brain decides on these responses is the first step to understanding where things can go wrong in social behavioral disorders such as autism and depression.
"We are starting to get a detailed look at where in the brain different types of computations are being made," Stowers says. "Now that we know that this simple behavior is regulated in the hypothalamus, we can study whether others behaviors are also using similar circuits and if so, perhaps find a common mechanism -- and drug target -- for when emotions are not generated appropriately."
Funding was provided by the Dorris Neuroscience and Skaggs Scholarships, the Anandamahidol Foundation Fellowship, Career Award at the Scientific Interface from BWF and the National Institutes of Health (R01NS097772, R01DA049787, R01NS108439).
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Habitat - Wildlife Area Management
Date Published: November 2006
Number of Pages: 127
Author(s): Dale Swedberg
The Chiliwist Wildlife Area (CWA), approximately 4,889 acres in size, is located in the south-central part of Okanogan County southwest of the town of Malott. There are also approximately 760 acres of federal lands, administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within and adjacent to the boundaries of the CWA. The majority of the CWA is south facing and ranges in elevation from 1000' ASL to nearly 3100' ASL on the top of Chiliwist Butte.
As part of the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area Complex, Chiliwist and Driscoll Island Wildlife Area are all jointly funded with Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act dollars. The total annual operations budget under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act fund is $24,313 with nonfederal Aid being $135,827 for a total annual operations and management budget of $160,140. This amount includes salary and benefits as well as funds for combined management, including weed control, of Chiliwist, Driscoll Island and Sinlahekin Wildlife Areas. The Department will continue to submit grant proposals and applications and identify other strategies to address unfunded management needs on the Chiliwist Wildlife Area.
Identified as a critical wintering area for mule deer, the lands that now make up the CWA were purchased in 1977 using Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Funds. It is also a fact that Sharp-tailed grouse were in the area when these lands were purchased. Recent information indicates there may still be a small population of sharp-tailed grouse on the area. Historic land use has been rangeland for livestock grazing with some dryland and irrigated farming.
The Chiliwist Wildlife Area is still managed under a grazing permit and sharecropping agreement as it has been since its purchase. The management of cattle grazing is used as a tool to manipulate vegetation to benefit wildlife under the grazing permit. The object is to crop grasses to reduce competition with browse species and remove residual vegetation, which allows easier access to the new growth to benefit deer. There are about 80 acres of irrigated alfalfa and 80 acres of dryland farming. Presently food plots are maintained in the form of dryland spring grains (about 80 acres) and irrigated alfalfa (about 80 acres). These were being farmed and maintained prior to the purchase of the CWA by WDFW. A sharecropper operating under an agreement maintains these food plots.
Private lands border the Chiliwist Wildlife Area on the south, west, and east sides. On the north it is bordered by State land administered by Department of Natural Resources (DNR). These lands are mostly Shrub-steppe rangelands with forested lands at higher elevations. Historically the DNR lands have been used for livestock grazing and timber harvest. These lands are also open to the general public and are subject to heavy use for hunting and other forest related activities (wildlife watching, mushroom picking, wood-cutting, hiking, snowmobiling, ATV riding, etc). DNR currently has grazing permits on the lands that adjoin the CWA. Private lands are managed predominately for livestock rangeland and for agricultural production. However under heavy development pressure, much of the adjacent private properties are being subdivided and sold in parcels as small as 20 acres.
Primary management emphasis will continue to be mule deer winter range including weed control, vegetation manipulation using grazing and dryland and irrigated crop production. Efforts will continue to get funding for fuels management and prescribed burning to restore the historic fire regime.
Primary management concerns and public issues identified in the Chiliwist Wildlife Area Management Plan include:
- Obtain funding to develop a fuels management and fire regime restoration plan
- Restoring fire as a keystone ecological process by: 1) reducing density of timber stands through fuels treatment, logging, thinning and 2) prescribed burning
- Establish an active sharecropper to care for the irrigated alfalfa fields and use the irrigation water which is going into the 3rd year of non-use
- Survey boundary
- Build new boundary fence
- Install boundary signs on fences
- Continue efforts in revisiting and treating weed infestations and locating and treating new infestations
- Continue efforts to update and develop new GIS layers for the CWA, depicting weed infestations, roads, fences, watering facilities, wells, springs, streams, cover types, etc.
- Install pumping vaults
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2006. Chiliwist Wildlife Area Management Plan. Wildlife Management Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia. 126 pp.
Draft documents are provided for informational purposes only. Drafts may contain factual inaccuracies and may not reflect current WDFW policy.


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Incremental Replanning for Mapping
Maxim Likhachev* and Sven Koenig**
*Carnegie Mellon University, **Georgia Institute of Technology
Incremental heuristic search methods can often replan paths much faster than incremental or heuristic search methods individually, yet are simple to use. So far, they have only been used in mobile robotics to move a robot to given goal coordinates in unknown terrain. As far as we know, incremental heuristic search methods have not yet been applied to the problem of mapping unknown terrain. In this paper, we therefore describe how to apply our incremental heuristic search method D* Lite, that combines ideas from Lifelong Planning A* and Focussed D*, to mapping unknown terrain, which is rather nontrivial. We then compare its runtime against that of incremental search and heuristic search alone, demonstrating the computational benefits of their combination. By demonstrating the versatility and computational benefits of incremental heuristic search, we hope that this underexploited technique will be used more often in mobile robotics.


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SpaceX and the Department of Defense are targeting no earlier than Monday, June 24 at 11:30 p.m. EDT to launch the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission. A Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with about two dozen satellites aboard, including four NASA missions. The NASA technology demonstrations and science missions will help improve future spacecraft design and performance.
Learn more about the exciting NASA space tech launching on the Falcon Heavy later this month:
- Deep Space Atomic Clock – a navigation payload hosted on General Atomics Orbital Test Bed satellite
- Green Propellant Infusion Mission – a small satellite that will demonstrate a non-toxic fuel and propulsion system
- Space Environment Testbeds – instruments hosted on the Air Force Research Lab's Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraftto study how to protect satellites in space
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There has always been a gap in adapting language between deaf and hearing students, because of the advantage that hearing students have over deaf ones, namely, the ability to hear sounds in words. If children have never heard sounds, then how are they to adapt to a spoken language that consists of phonemes and phonographs? How do deaf and hearing-impaired students experience primarily sound-based language development? To find out, I surveyed sign language interpreters, parents of hearing and deaf children, and deaf and hearing children. Overall, there is no adaptation to a sound-based language per se. Deaf and hearing-impaired children mainly adapt to a gesture-oriented overview of language that does not mirror the grammar of spoken English.
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Gundrills are excellent candidates for re-sharpening
The modern gundrill is an engineering marvel, but like all tools, gundrills wear out, typically after drilling between 500 and 1,000 in. (12,700 to 24,500 mm). When re-sharpening is done correctly, the same gundrill can perform as well as a new drill as many as eight to ten times for all but the most demanding hole tolerances.
Before re-sharpening, worn gundrills offer valuable information manufacturers can use to optimize their gundrilling applications. With experience, it becomes possible to tie a wear condition back to the process. For example, if there's a visible buildup along the cutting edge, it's often because the rotational speed is too slow. Conversely, if the edge has worn faster than the tooling supplier's data suggests, the tool is likely rotating too fast. On the other hand, a chipped cutting edge suggests that feedrate was too high.
The trick is knowing when it's time to sharpen a gundrill. As they wear, they require more thrust and torque while producing more runout and experiencing greater drift. A dull cutting edge will produce irregular chips, which in turn cause spikes in coolant pressure, signs that failure is imminent. With camera inspection systems, it's easy to look for the chips, premature wear or built-up edges that indicate it's time for re-sharpening. Luckily, the re-sharpening process usually takes longer to describe than it does to perform on today's sharpening systems, which should come equipped with a grinder, the appropriate gundrill fixture and equipment for calibrating and inspecting drill tips. After clamping a gundrill in to these systems, operators can use geometry data from the tooling supplier to calibrate the on-board camera and begin grinding the drill.
The grinding wheel, turning in the direction toward the drill edge, makes contact with the drill tip after the operator confirms the correct rotational and X and Z axis orientations. A standard starting point grind will begin with the tip angled at +30º horizontally and +15º vertically with the rotation at +5º. The Y axis is used to hold the tip to the grinder while the drill feeds in along the Z axis at a rate of about 0.002 in. per pass.
Some gundrills include an outer secondary angle parallel to the front cutting edge where the primary and secondary angles meet. It's critical that this primary facet is relatively narrow, as too much width will increase heat production and, consequently, reduce tool life.
The operator next moves to grinding the inner relief facet by moving the fixture -20º horizontally in the opposite direction from the primary angle. This movement results in the formation of a point position with a length that is exactly one quarter of the drill's diameter, the so-called "D/4" position, but other lengths may be necessary depending on the drill material.
The operator then moves to the front clearance, a facet with a point close to–but not touching–the front cutting edge. With standard gundrill tip geometry, a 0º horizontal angle and rotation as well as a +26º vertical angle will provide the correct position. While cutting performance improves the closer this point gets to the cutting edge, optimal edge strength requires placing the point slightly behind the edge. If a tip's geometry requires an outer secondary angle, the front clearance facet's point should meet it. Otherwise, the point of the facet is placed between 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) and 0.030 in. (.762 mm) behind the front cutting edge.
The final step on the grinder provides the oil dub-off, a facet with an edge tangential to the flute of the gun drill. Operators position the grind fixture at -30º horizontally, +25º vertically and +65º rotationally. The gundrill tip then feeds into the grinder at a rate that prevents cutting into the front cutting edge. The optimal angle meets the inner relief angle at the corner opposite the gundrill's outside diameter.
After grinding is complete, the operator can use a hand chamfer to create additional clearance for optimal performance. The finished gundrill is now perfectly re-sharpened and ready for use, a process that takes fewer than ten minutes. SMT
Ryan Funk and Eric Krueger are part of UNISIG's engineering team.
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"For Neda" is a powerful documentary about Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman killed after the mass protests in Iran following the disputed election last year. The video of her murder became a catalyst for the Green movement in Iran and inspired people worldwide, making Neda's image into a symbol of the struggle for democracy.
Because all foreign media is banned in Iran, any journalist seeking the truth behind Neda's story risked imprisonment or death. Saeed Kamali Dehghan, a print journalist who had worked in Tehran, was enlisted with the dangerous assignment of meeting secretly with Neda's family. The footage of interviews with Neda's family forms the heart of a political documentary that is nonetheless a deeply personal portrait of Neda, her life framed by the events leading up to the election and its violent aftermath.
"She was always smiling"
Neda emerges as a passionate woman willing to sacrifice everything to gain democratic freedoms for herself and her country. She was part of a close-knit, supportive family, who loved and respected her views despite the fear they felt whenever she risked angering the religious and government powers.
Neda, who's name means "voice," was that courageous, outspoken woman who stood against repression, "clashing with authority almost from the start, a free spirit, confined by a regime that does not value these qualities in a woman."
"As a woman, you are supposed to be invisible"
The film clearly spells out the gender-specific laws that restrict the lives of women, and how they are targeted by the authorities for any real, or perceived, infraction of the rules. It is easy to understand why women took a leading role in the demonstrations, when we listen to the words of Iranian exiles speak about life in their country.
While we never hear her speak, Neda's voice resonates throughout the film: a young woman who loved to study Arabic dancing, read banned books and novels, and was idealistic and determined. Like so many others, she wanted to live and love and express herself, to enjoy the basic rights due to all people.
Ultimately, "For Neda" is about more than an election, a movement for reform, or one young woman's story. It is the story of a society still fighting for freedom.
For Neda airs on HBO on June 14. It is also currently available in Arabic, Farsi, and English from This is for Neda. Although the regime attempted to prevent Iranians from seeing the documentary, the film is nonetheless circulating virally throughout Iran.


Pre-mortem exercise
Identify the worst case scenarios earlier on to prevent future headaches
The context
Pre-mortem exercise offers a way to reflect on a project that just finished, discuss what went well and what didn't, and identify learnings for the future. What if the exercise was done before, to anticipate and discuss potential issues earlier on?
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Suggested approach
Pre-mortem exercise can be used to run a session with the core team of stakeholders at the beginning of a project, ideally during the initial kick-off meeting. The goal of the activity is to project the participants at the end of the project and collaboratively try to answer a simple question: "what went wrong?" by imagining to write the project epitaph.
Value added
Identify possible obstacles and problems at the beginning of the project is a way to avoid or reduce potential catastrophes. The playful approach of the epitaph gives the opportunity to voice unspoken risks and concerns; force the participants to use the past tense to refer to the project helps creating a distance that allows to more easily raise hidden worries.
Thinking ahead
A second step of the session could focus on ideas and recommendations to try to avoid the identified risks, creating a sort of manifesto for the project work that can accompany the team throughout the whole journey.
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What Is Cognac
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Drinking cognac is a luxurious and delightful treat, but there is more to this spirit than you may expect.
What is Cognac?
Cognac is a variety of French brandy that is held to very specific standards of production to ensure quality and maintain the elevated reputation of this alcohol. In terms of taste, it can be compared to whiskey, but is generally sweeter, and often has floral overtones. The color of this alcohol ranges from amber and orange to deep brown and copper. This is often an after-dinner drink, or a dessert liquor, although you can also cook with this type of brandy.
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Cognac is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France. Photo Credit: Shutterstock
Nutrition Facts
When it comes to nutrition, this alcohol contains 70 calories per ounce. It also contains certain antioxidants, including polyphenolic compounds and ellagic acid in the finished product.
Cognac Benefits
There are a few potential benefits of drinking cognac in moderate amounts, including protection against flu and reducing the risk of heart conditions.
 - Antioxidant activity
 - Improved heart health and lower blood pressure
 - Clear up certain skin conditions and prevent wrinkles
 - Relieve a sore throat
 - Lower the risk of gallstones
 - Protect against influenza and upper respiratory infections
These are not research-backed health benefits. Cognac is sipped slowly, more for an experience than as a health tonic. Alcoholism and binge drinking is detrimental to overall health and can undo any possible good things that moderate amounts can impart.
Cognac vs Whiskey vs Armagnac
 - Cognac is distilled twice in copper stills, while Armagnac is distilled once in a column still, similar to bourbon.
 - Cognac and Armagnac use most of the same grapes, with one or two additional varieties for Armagnac.
 - Whiskey is produced either with a grain or malted barley, while the other two are produced with grapes.
The best substitutes for this French brandy includes other types of brandy, such as Armagnac or wine, but the taste of the food may not be turn out to be the same. When cooking, there are some non-alcoholic options that can provide a similar bite.
How is Cognac Made?
Cognac is made by distilling particular types of white wine two times. The wine used for this process is considered very poor, and not something that would typically be drunk, but it works well in the production of this liquor.
 - Step 1: The first distillation occurs after pressing the grapes when the juice is allowed to ferment for 3-4 weeks.
 - Step 2: It is then distilled for a second time in a copper pot still, leaving behind a potent 70% ABV liquor.
 - Step 3: At this point, the cognac is placed in barrels, very similar to how whiskey or wine is aged.
 - Step 4: This imbues alcohol with its rich flavor and also gives the liquor time to reduce alcohol strength by nearly 50%.
 - Step 5: To be formally considered a cognac, the alcohol must then be aged for two years in oak barrels, although aging it for longer is also very common.
Word of Caution
Drinking this alcohol in excess, as with any type of liquor, can cause intoxication and loss of motor control, as well as long-term damage to your liver and a higher risk of various chronic diseases, including cirrhosis. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid cognac.
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Pulmonary Thromboembolism, Meteorological Parameters
Objective: The objective of this study is to find the relationship between incidence rate and mortality of acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), and seasonal and meteorological factors. Materials and methods: The data from 234 patients who were hospitalized due to acute PTE in the emergency service or policlinics between 2001 and 2008 were investigated retrospectively. Cases that developed APE (acute pulmonary embolism) in the hospital were excluded. Seasons and months in which acute PTE was diagnosed were recorded. Mortality rates by months and seasons were evaluated. The mean pressure, temperature and humidity values were evaluated for periods of three days, seven days and one month before the day of presentation. The effects of meteorological factors on the severity (massive or non-massive) and mortality of APE were investigated. Results: The incidence rate of acute APE showed a significant difference according to seasons (p=0.000). APE was diagnosed most commonly in spring and winter. The mean pressure values for three days, seven days and one month and the mean humidity values for three days for the dead patients were found to be significantly lower than those of the survived ones (p<0.05). The mortality rate for patients admitted in summer was significantly higher than the rates for other seasons (p=0.02). There were no seasonal differences among the massive APE incidences. Mortality rates were higher in summer because of the nonmassive APE patients rather than the massive patients. Conclusion: Acute PE is a disease whose incidence and mortality rates are affected by meteorological factors.


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After using Ubuntu now for a while I am searching for a macro program like AutoHotkey. I found nothing on the net, so maybe you can help me out.
I used AutoHotkey for the following tasks / search for a macro program which can do the following:
- text replacement: I type br# and it gets replaced with best regards, Alex
- url opening: I mark a word and press a shortcut which opens my webbrowser with a specified URL like _URL_.org?search=%s where %s is the marked word.
- hotkey for direct access to folder: I press for example +1 and nautilus opens with eg. /media/backup/
- hotkey few folder: I press eg + and a new folder is created and highlighted for renaming (or a dialog is presented where I only have to type in the name)
- paste as plain text: Strip all special markups in a text (like copied from firefox) and paste it.
- get pixel color: Press a hotkey to copy the pixel-colour under the mouse pointer to the clipboard or display it.
Do you know such a program which can perform all or a part of these actions? Let me know!
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CFD TUTORIAL – RIGID BODY MODELING
If you want to get started with the rigid body modeling you should be aware of that the modeling setup, mesh displacement and rigid body motions are depended on the complexity of your system. Maybe a mesh displacement can be restricted to one domain, or a subdomain with sliding mesh is sufficient to model the rigid body? We will help you with these questions and will further recommend that you make a sketch of your system to decide which parts are needed to be moved, this will make the modeling of domains and interfaces in DesignModeler easier.
This tutorial will briefly show three different ways of how to use the Rigid Body 6DOF solver in CFX v.13. We hope this will be a good start if you want to begin using the final release of the CFX Rigid Body solver.
A rigid body is a solid object that moves through a fluid without itself deforming. Its motion is dictated by the fluid forces and torques acting upon it, plus any external forces as gravity and external torque. A rigid body is defined by a collection of 2D regions that form its faces. The rigid body itself does not need to be meshed. Mesh motion is used to move the mesh on the rigid body faces in accordance with the solution of the rigid body equations of motion.
3 examples of the Rigid Body solver will be presented in the following tutorial. The tutorial is not described in detail and will only work as a guidance of how to set up a simulation that includes a Rigid Body.
- Introduction to CFD with CFX
RIGID BODY EXAMPLE 1
The first example shows a free drop of a thin plate or hatch. The hatch is fixed at one axis and will have a rotational motion. We have modeled a simple plate and generated a surrounding fluid domain. The hatch is enclosed in a cylindrical domain to allow rotational motion of model. See illustration of the domains in Figure 1.The 2D wall boundaries which constitute the hatch surface define the rigid body.
See close view in Figure 2.
Figure 1. The computational domain consists of a box and a cylinder. The cylindrical domain encloses the Rigid Body, i.e. the hatch which is fixed at the x-axis. The walls, which constitute the hatch is visualized in green. A rotation of the modeled hatch will consequently rotate the cylinder.
Figure 2. The walls will define the Rigid Body. The hatch itself is not a domain.
The first thing we will do is to insert a Rigid Body dialog box
. To model the Rigid Body you need to specify the mass and the absolute values of the mass momentum of inertia for the rigid body with respect to a corresponding coordinate system - see Figure 3. Furthermore, you will need to define external force, torque or gravity if it is present. This can be set under the Dynamic setting tab. Mark of for the correct translational and rotational degree of freedom. A typical setup for a thin plate is shown in Figure 3 and 4. You can read about the Rigid Body User interface and the definition of these settings in the ANSYS v.13 Help Guide.
Figure 3. You need to set the total mass of the Rigid Body, and the location, in this case the plate walls named Body. In addition you need to calculate the Mass Moment Of Inertia of the Rigid Body object.
Figure 4. Define external forces. Gravity force is always present in drop cases. For this case the thin plate will only have one degree of freedom, which is a rotational degree about the x-axis.
When you have created your Rigid Body you can go on and define the Fluid Domain. In Basic settings shown in Figure 5 you will need to set Mesh Deformation to Region of Motion Specified. This is needed only in domains where the motion of the Rigid Body will have an influence on the mesh boundaries.
Figure 5. In the Basic Settings tab of the rotating domain, Region of Motion Specified needs to be activated.
For this case we have divided the computational domain into two parts. The inner cylindrical domain will undergo Mesh Deformation when the Rigid Body moves, while the outer rectangular domain will remain steady, the cylindrical domain will therefore be defined as a subdomain, see Figure 6 and Figure 7. The remaining now is to define how the 2D boundaries shall act.
Figure 6. Define the cylindrical domain as a Subdomain. The interface between the rotating and stationary domain will be handled by the sliding mesh feature.
Figure 7. The Subdomain will follow the Rigid Body motion.
The modeling of Mesh Deformation is an important component for solving problems with moving boundaries or moving subdomains. The motion might be imposed, or might be an implicit part of a coupled fluid-structure simulation.
For our case with a falling plate we want the mesh interface of the subdomain to slide on the interface to the rectangular and steady domain. To prevent the nodes on the subdomain interface to move relative to the local boundary frame we need to set the Mesh Motion of the Interface to Stationary. See Figure 8.
Figure 8. The interface nodes will move relative to the local boundary frame.
The Mesh Motion of the 2D wall boundaries which form the hatch surface, i.e. the Rigid Body, will follow the Rigid Body Solution. The same setting will be applied to the Subdomain as well, refer to Figure 7.
No special action is needed to set up the stationary domain, i.e. the rectangular domain. This domain can be modeled as usual. No consideration to Mesh Motion or the Rigid Body solver is necessary.
Set a proper time step for the transient analysis and you can start solving a Rigid Body motion. A movie of the falling hatch is shown below.
RIGID BODY EXAMPLE 2
In the previous example we presented a very simple case to describe the Rigid Body solver; one degree of freedom and Mesh Displacement with stationary nodes. The problem was solved by sliding mesh and GGI at the interfaces. In the next example we will model a buoy at the water surface by use of the Rigid Body solver. The modeling concept is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Waves that are introduced in the domain will further influence the displacement of the buoy.
As for the hatch you'll need to insert a Rigid Body and define its dynamics. See example in Figure 10. The buoy will have tree degrees of freedom, translation in x- and y direction and rotational about z-axis – see the Dynamics definition in Figure 11.
Figure 10. The Mass and Moment Of Inertia of the buoy needs to be defined.
Figure 11. Definition of Degrees of Freedom of the Buoy.
For this case we have two distinct mesh domains, however, we will introduce only one fluid domain. In the Domain Basic setting tab the multiphase of water and air is created and Mesh Deformation is activated. The free surface multiphase is modeled as usual.
The buoy will be moved in several directions which mean that the mesh nodes will be displaced. To allow mesh deformation you need to define the Mesh Motion on each boundary. The modeled domain is shown in Figure12.
Figure 12. Mesh domains.
The buoy surface is set to follow the Rigid Body motion, which means that the nodes will not be locally displaced. The Mesh Motion on the Fluid Fluid Interfaces between the two mesh domains are set to Conservative Interface Flux - by using this condition there is no constraint that attempts to keep the meshes on either side of the interface together. The motion of nodes in all domains adjacent to the interface influence, and are influenced by, the motion of the nodes on the interface. The definitions are shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14.
Figure 13. The 6DOF solver will predict the buoy behavior. The nodes will not be locally displaced.
Figure 14. The nodes on the domain interface will be displaced, this will in term skew the elements.
The Mesh Motion on the wall, symmetry and pressure outlets can be set to Unspecified – no constraints on mesh motion are applied to nodes. Their motion is determined by the motion set on other regions of the mesh. *
A transient simulation is prescribed and the motion of the Rigid Body and the resulting Mesh Displacement is visualized in in the following movie.
*A wave is introduced in the simulation – for this case the wave is induced by a specified displacement of walls. A description of how to model this displacement can be found in CFX v130 Tutorial 32.
RIGID BODY EXAMPLE 3
A third example is to put constrain on the Rigid Body and Mesh motion. As for the first example you may also here create a subdomain, see Figure 15. The subdomain will in this case follow the Rigid Body motion.
Figure 15. The buoy domain is defined as a subdomain in this Rigid Body example.
Furthermore, we will have to change the setting of the Fluid Fluid Interface to oppose sliding mesh between the interfaces. The Mesh Motion of the Fluid Interfaces are set as Rigid Body Motion, thus the mesh nodes of the subdomain will not move relative to the rectangular domain. The motion constrains of the interfaces are defined in Figure 16 and 17.
Figure 16. The motion constrains of the interface in the rectangular domain.
Figure 17. Mesh motion and Motion Constraints of the Interface of the Subdomain.
The resulting buoy motion with sliding mesh is shown in the movie below.


Sun B2B Suite ebXML Protocol Manager User's Guide
Overview: Basic Operations and Concepts
The following list describes the basic operations necessary to use ebXML Protocol Manager successfully:
This chapter briefly and generally describes the installation, setup, design, and run-time steps required to get an ebXML Protocol Manager Project and its ePM configuration set up and running. The chapter's purpose is to provide a quick, easy set of procedures for reaching these goals, for the user who does not necessarily want or need all of the details.
For a complete, more detailed explanation of how to perform these steps, using the sample scenario provided with the CD-ROM with ebXML Protocol Manager, see Run-time Steps. The rest of this chapter describes, in general and without detail, how you can quickly perform the steps shown in the previous list.


Simulink Design Optimization
Specify Custom Signal Objective with Uncertain Variable (GUI)
This example shows how to specify a custom objective function for a model signal. You calculate the objective function value using a variable that models parameter uncertainty.
Competitive Population Dynamics Model
The Simulink model sdoPopulation models a simple two-organism ecology using the competitive Lotka-Volterra equations:
$$\frac{d P_1}{dt} = R_1 P_1 (1 - \frac{P_1(t-\tau_1)+\alpha
P_2(t-\tau_2)}{K})$$
$$\frac{d P_2}{dt} = R_2 P_2 (1 - \frac{P_2(t-\tau_2)+\alpha
P_1(t-\tau_1)}{K})$$
 - $P_n$ is the population size of the n-th organism.
 - $R_n$ is the inherent per capita growth rate of each organism.
 - $\tau_n$ is the competitive delay for each organism.
 - $K$ is the carrying capacity of the organism environment.
 - $\alpha$ is the proximity of the two populations and how strongly they affect each other.
The model uses normalized units.
Open the model.
The two-dimensional signal, P, models the population sizes for P1 (first element) and P2 (second element). The model is initially configured with one organism, P1, dominating the ecology. The Population scope shows the P1 population oscillating between high and low values, while P2 is constant at 0.1. The Population Phase Portrait block shows the population sizes of the two organisms in relation to each other.
Population Stabilization Design Problem
Tune the $R_2$, $\tau_2$, and $\alpha$ values to meet the following design requirements:
 - Minimize the population range, that is, the maximum difference between P1 and P2.
 - Stabilize P1 and P2, that is, ensure that neither organism population dies off or grows extremely large.
You must tune the parameters for different values of the carrying capacity, $K$. This ensures robustness to environment carrying-capacity uncertainty.
Open Design Optimization Tool
Double-click the Open Optimization Tool block in the model to open a pre configured Design Optimization tool session. The session specifies the following variables:
 - DesignVars - Design variables set for the $R_2, \tau_2$, and $\alpha$ model parameters.
 - K_unc - Uncertain parameter modeling the carrying capacity of the organism environment ( $K$ ). K_unc specifies the nominal value and two sample values.
 - P1 and P2 - Logged signals representing the populations of the two organisms.
Specify Custom Signal Objective Function
Specify a custom requirement to minimize the maximum difference between the two population sizes. Apply this requirement to the P1 and P2 model signals.
 1. Open the Create Requirement dialog box. In the New list, select Custom Requirement.
 2. Specify the following in the Create Requirement dialog box:
 - Name - Enter PopulationRange.
 - Type - Select Minimize the function output from the list.
 - Function - Enter _USER_. For more information about this function, see Custom Signal Objective Function Details.
 - Select Signals and Systems to Bound (Optional) - Select the P1 and P2 check boxes.
3. Click OK.
A new variable, PopulationRange, appears in the Design Optimization Workspace.
Custom Signal Objective Function Details
PopulationRange uses the sdoPopulation_PopRange function. This function computes the maximum difference between the populations, across different environment carrying capacity values. By minimizing this value, you can achieve both design goals. The function is called by the optimizer at each iteration step.
To view the function, type edit sdoPopulation_PopRange. The following discusses details of this function.
The function accepts data, a structure with the following fields:
 - DesignVars - Current iteration values of $R_2, \tau_2$, and $\alpha$.
 - Nominal - Logged signal data, obtained by simulating the model using parameter values specified by data.DesignVars and nominal values for all other parameters. The Nominal field is itself a structure with fields for each logged signal. The field names are the logged signal names. The custom requirement uses the logged signals, P1 and P2. Therefore, data.Nominal.P1 and data.Nominal.P2 are timeseries objects corresponding to P1 and P2.
 - Uncertain - Logged signal data, obtained by simulating the model using the sample values of the uncertain variable K_unc. The Uncertain field is a vector of N structures, where N is the number of sample values specified for K_unc. Each element of this vector is similar to data.Nominal and contains simulation results obtained from a corresponding sample value specified for K_unc.
The function returns the maximum difference between the population sizes across different carrying capacities. The following code snippet in the function performs this action:
val = max(maxP(1)-minP(2),maxP(2)-minP(1));
Data Time Range
When computing the design goals, discard the initial population growth data to eliminate biases from the initial-condition. The following code snippet in the function performs this action:
%Get the population data
tMin = 5; %Ignore signal values prior to this time
iTime = data.Nominal.P1.Time > tMin;
sigData = [data.Nominal.P1.Data(iTime), data.Nominal.P2.Data(iTime)];
iTime represents the time interval of interest, and the columns of sigData contain P1 and P2 data for this interval.
Optimization for Different Values of Carrying Capacity
The function includes the effects of varying the carrying capacity by iterating through the elements of data.Uncertain. The following code snippet in the function performs this action:
for ct=1:numel(data.Uncertain)
 iTime = data.Uncertain(ct).P1.Time > tMin;
 sigData = [data.Uncertain(ct).P1.Data(iTime), data.Uncertain(ct).P2.Data(iTime)];
 maxP = max([maxP; max(sigData)]); %Update maximum if new signals are bigger
 minP = min([minP; min(sigData)]); %Update minimum if new signals are smaller
The maximum and minimal populations are obtained across all the simulations contained in data.Uncertain.
Optimize Design
Click Optimize.
The optimization converges after a number of iterations.
The P1,P2 plot shows the population dynamics, with the first organism population in blue and the second organism population in green. The dotted lines indicate the population dynamics for different environment capacity values. The PopulationRange plot shows that the maximum difference between the two organism populations reduces over time.
The Population Phase Portrait block shows the populations initially varying, but they eventually converge to stable population sizes.
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Bujinkan Dojo Code of Conduct
 1. Only those able to exercise true patience, self-control, and dedication shall be allowed to participate in the dojo training.
 3. Individuals with criminal records, troublemakers, those who commit crimes, and those living in Japan who violate domestic laws shall be turned away.
 5. Until now, the Bujinkan was open to large numbers of people who came to Japan. Among them, unfortunately, were those committing violent, drunken acts, the mentally ill, and trouble makers who thought only of themselves and failed to see how their actions might adversely affect others. Through their actions, sick people were discarding the traditional righteous heart of the Bujinkan. From this day forward, all such people shall be expelled.
 6. One should not cause trouble to the Bujinkan regarding accidents occurring during training (both inside and outside the dojo). This is an extremely important point. Those unwilling to take personal responsibility for accidents occurring during Bujinkan training shall not be admitted. Reiterating for clarity, the Bujinkan shall not take responsibility for accidents happening in the course of training, regardless of the location.
 7. All persons joining the Bujinkan must get an annual member's card. This card not only preserves the honor of the Bujinkan members, it indicates you are part of a larger whole – one whose members come together with warrior hearts to better themselves through training and friendship. It evinces the glory of warrior virtue, and embodies both loyalty and brotherly love.
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This image was well known in the African American community. First published in 1925, it was reprinted four years later in The Negro in Chicago. This area of State Street (just off the top of Map 3) was located in an older section of black businesses closer to the downtown area than Thirty-fifth Street.
1) Which of the following black-owned businesses that occupied this stretch of buildings would you expect to find in a neighborhood shopping center today: a drugstore, a barber shop, a florist, a tailor, a music store, a photographer, a millinery shop, and a fish market? How might shopping here in the 1920s differ from your shopping experiences today?
2) List the most obvious differences between the buildings pictured here and those found in Drawing 1. What might account for these differences?
* The image on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of this photo, but be aware that the entire file will take about 90 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


Your question: Do all drugs undergo first pass metabolism?
There is no specific class of drugs that are spared from first pass metabolism, and there is currently no way of knowing beforehand the bioavailability of a given compound. There are prediction models available, but those require prior knowledge of drug clearance, rate of protein binding, etc.
Which drugs undergo first pass metabolism?
Notable drugs that experience a significant first-pass effect are imipramine, morphine, propranolol, buprenorphine, diazepam, midazolam, pethidine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), ethanol (drinking alcohol), cimetidine, lidocaine, and nitroglycerin (GTN).
Do IV drugs undergo first pass metabolism?
First pass metabolism determines what fraction of an oral dose will reach the circulation – the bioavailable fraction. Intravenous drugs don't experience this first pass effect and are, by definition, 100% bioavailable. Drugs administered orally or inhaled demonstrate less than 100% bioavailability.
Where does first pass metabolism occur?
The drug is absorbed from the GI tract and passes via the portal vein into the liver where some drugs are metabolised. Sometimes the result of first pass metabolism means that only a proportion of the drug reaches the circulation. First pass metabolism can occur in the gut and the liver.
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What bypasses first pass effect?
Two ways to bypass first pass metabolism involve giving the drug by sublingual and buccal routes. The drugs are absorbed by the oral mucosa in both methods. In sublingual administration the drug is put under the tongue where it dissolves in salivary secretions. Nitroglycerine is administered in this way.
What causes first pass metabolism?
The first-pass metabolism or the first-pass effect or presystemic metabolism is the phenomenon which occurs whenever the drug is administered orally, enters the liver, and suffers extensive biotransformation to such an extent that the bioavailability is drastically reduced, thus showing subtherapeutic action (Chordiya …
What is the importance of first pass metabolism?
Knowledge of first pass metabolism can assist the prescriber when deciding on doses and dose schedules to ensure that patients receive their medications at the correct dosing, by the correct route for optimum therapeutic effect.
What are the 4 basic rules for medication administration?
What are the four stages of drug metabolization?
The method by which a drug is administered, along with other factors, determines the speed of onset of effects. Drugs undergo four stages within the body: absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Is phase 1 metabolism same as first pass metabolism?
Phase 1 and phase 2 refer to the KINDS of metabolism. Phase 1 reactions usually add or reveal reactive groups. … In terms of first-pass metabolism in the liver – hydrolysis of pharmacologically inactive esters (prodrugs) to active drugs are important phase 1 reactions.
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What organ is responsible for metabolism in the first-pass effect?
The first-pass effect can occur in the gastrointestinal tract, the liver and lung. Although the liver is the main drug metabolizing organ in the body, the gut wall can play an important role in the first-pass metabolism of certain drugs.
What is first-pass metabolism of alcohol?
First-pass metabolism of ethanol is observed only after administration of small doses of ethanol, and it is characterized by the difference of the rate of alcohol (= ethanol) elimination occurring after either oral or intravenous application of identical doses of ethanol.
What is a fast metabolizer?
People who inherit two copies of the "fast" variant – one from each parent – are generally referred to as fast metabolizers. Their bodies metabolize caffeine about four times more quickly than people who inherit one or more copies of the slow variant of the gene. These people are called slow metabolizers.
Does metformin undergo first-pass metabolism?
Do suppositories bypass the liver?
Does sublingual bypass first-pass metabolism?
Sublingual administration of drug refers to the placement of drug under the tongue (Rehfeld et al., 2017). The sublingual route bypasses the first-pass metabolism and hence facilitates rapid absorption of the drug into the systemic circulation. Drug directly reaches the systemic circulation using blood vessels.
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Building chess tablebases over the Internet
I've read some stuff on the Internet about using pre-computed tablebases to solve complex endgames. Apparently you can load a fiveor sixpiece tablebase into a program like Fritz and it will then know how to mechanically solve any endgame with five (or six) pieces on the board.
I starting thinking about this, but more along the lines of building the tables dynamically, using a pool of cooperating computers on the Internet. The idea would be to direct your search towards certain game positions that you wanted to analyze. This would work well in static analysis and also in relatively slow correspondence time controls (like Gary Kasparov vs The World, or the upcoming The World vs Arno Nickel).
A big key here would be to segment your search space so that individual computers can calculate part of it independently and then return the results to a server. I think we can do this with chess because pawns can't move backwards and captures can't be reversed, either. So we can ask each computer to analyze up to a capture or pawn movement. We treat the pawn positions as static, and all the other pieces (the 'mobile' pieces) move around them. As soon as a pawn moves or a capture occurs, we're into a different table. So long as, say, all but four of the pieces are pawns, these files are of reasonable size (a few MB) and can be computed in a reasonable time.
We prune if we don't want to fully analyze out the tree past the table we're now building. Of course, this will affect the accuracy of the table; the table is a result of BOTH the position it was set up for AND the pruning decisions (and any pruning decisions made on the future tables used to calculate this one).
We specify pruning in a simple way – by omitting future tables for moves we don't want to consider. This can be dangerous, so we require this feature to be specifically enabled for each move by a command-line switch. Actually, we use two switches, one to calculate a table for OUR SIDE to move, and another if it is the OTHER SIDE to move.
So, --prune-our-move e3e4 prunes a pawn move (assuming this is a table with a static pawn on e3) by simply ignoring e3e4 as a possible move.
Pruning an opponent's move is more complex because we step a half-move into the future and consider our own next move. This costs us little, since we can control our own move and therefore don't have to consider all possibilities, and improves a lot. If future tables exist for any of our responses, they are used. If no such future tables exist, then the move is regarded as a lost game.
So, --prune-his-move e7e8 prunes a pawn promotion (assuming a static pawn on e7) by considering all possible positions resulting after the pawn promotion (to either Q or N) AND the answering move. The resulting game is regarded as a win for white unless both Q and N promotions have an answer that leads to another table with a win or draw for black.
For example, let's say we're looking at a Q-and-P vs. Q-and-P endgame. There are four mobile pieces (2 Ks and 2 Qs), so we can handle this. But if one of the pawns queens, then we've got a game with five mobile pieces, and that's too complex. But we don't want to completely discard all possible enemy promotions, if we can immediately capture the new queen (or the old one). So we specify something like --prune-his-move e7e8 and pass in a tablebase for a Q-and-P vs. Q endgame.
We also check for immediate checkmates or stalemates.
Pruning doesn't affect the size of the resulting tablebase. We discard the extra information. If the pruned move is actually made in the game, then you have to calculate all possible next moves and check your tablebases for them. This seems reasonable.
In short, intelligent pruning is essential to making this work. Let's say we get into a rook and 3 pawn vs. bishop and 4 pawn endgame (or something like that). We can't just solve the whole thing. If all the pawns queened, we'd get 7 queens on the board and that would be impossible. So we have to prune out these highly unlikely combinations. We can also prune our own moves aggressively, because we don't have to make them! Pruning makes this whole idea feasible.
Program Design
Let's keep the program simple. It's designed to be run on a whole bunch of machines over the Internet, each one calculating a different table, that all then get linked together. Each table goes into a different file. The server assigns a program the task of computing a certain file. The files needed for this task are downloaded. Then the program runs locally, just calculating the requested table/file. When done, the file is uploaded back to the server.
File naming syntax: wPIECES-bPIECES.tbl
PIECES is a list of 'mobile' pieces (K, Q, R, B, N) followed by pawn positions in algebraic notation.
wKQ-bKQ.tbl is a (K+Q) vs. (K+Q) endgame
wKQe6-bKQ.tbl is a (K+Q+pawn-on-e6) vs. (K+Q) endgame
Certain symmetry relations exist. We don't need both wKQ-bK.tbl and wK-bKQ.tbl; just one will suffice. wKQe6-bKQ.tbl is basically the same as wKQd6-bKQ.tbl or wKQ-bKQe3.tbl
Need an algorithm to determine symmetry; maybe white should always have numerically superior side and pawns should always skew towards lowest letters and highest numbers.
We need some tables to compute others. For example, to compute wKQd6-bKQ.tbl, we need wKQd7-bKQ.tbl (possible pawn advance), wKd6-bKQ.tbl (possible x of white queen by black king or queen), wKQd6-bK.tbl (possible x of black queen by white king or queen), wKQd7-bK.tbl (possible x of black queen by d6xe7) and wKQc7-bK.tbl (possible x of black queen by d6xc7).
Some of these can be pruned. If we're looking for a forced win by white, we can omit the rarer tables and treat any move into them as a forced win for black. If we can still force a win for white, we know that it can be done without moving into any missing table. This might result in some obviously won positions being reported as undecided.
File format is designed to be mmap'ed into the program's memory space; it can be compressed with gzip for transport.
File looks like an array [64][64]…[64][2]. There are as many [64]'s as mobile pieces, and correspond to them in the order listed in the filename, so the first [64] is always white's king. The [2] determines whose move it is – white to play (0) or black to play (1).
Each entry in the array is a four-byte structure:
struct {
 unsigned char movecnt;
 unsigned char white_wins_moves;
 unsigned char black_wins_moves;
 unsigned char draw_moves;
We init by running through the array, flagging illegal positions (all one bits, maybe), flagging positions that are checkmates for one side or the other as won but 'unpropagated' (how?), flagging stalemates as drawn but 'unpropagated' (how?) and otherwise computing the number of moves away from this position, storing that number in movecnt and setting the other fields to zero.
Now we run through the table, looking for 'unpropagated' positions and propagating them. This means backtracking one half move. If the position is black to play and is won for white (or vice versa), then we back up to every position that could have gotten here by one move (white's) and flag that position won for white and 'unpropagated'. If the position is white to play and is won for white (or vice versa), then we back up to every position that could get here by one move (black's), decrement movecnt by one and increment its white_wins_moves by one. If its movecnt is now zero, we evaluate it. It won't have any black_wins_moves (because it would have been flagged immediately won for black). So its moves are all either draws or wins for white. If there are no draws (only forced wins for white), we flag it as won for white and 'unpropagated'. Otherwise, we flag it as drawn and 'unpropagated'. If we're back propagating a draw, we'll be incrementing draw_moves.
And I skipped a step. The first step after initialization is to run through all the tables this one depends on, and back propagate from those positions (all marked either won for one side or drawn) to the current table.
Now we just keep running through the table, finding entries marked 'unpropagated', propagating them and marking them 'propagated'.
Finally, everything left should be the positions that will be drawn by repetition with best play from both sides, and should be flagged as such.
It would seem that this algorithm will avoid draws by repetition because it


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How to Saw on a Jigsaw
Jigsaw is one of the most common hand-held electric tools. They can process a wide variety of materials: wood, plastic, ceramics, metal, etc. However, the main material that most jigsaw masters work with is plywood.
Using a narrow file, this tool allows you to carry out not only a direct cut, but also perform intricate patterns. And in this article we will consider some tips from specialists working with a jigsaw.
An example of drawings for sawing with a jigsaw.
Features of working with a jigsaw
An electric jigsaw for sawing plywood in appearance is a very simple tool and almost every beginner will be able to make an even cut with it. However, if we talk about beautiful curly patterns, then it is necessary not only to have certain skills, but also to choose the right file.
The main nuances
Carrying out electric sawing from plywood with your own hands, you should know the following:
- The main condition for obtaining an even cut is the correct choice of the file for the tool. In order for the cut to be on the front side without burrs, it is necessary to use a thin file, the teeth of which are directed downward.
- The workpiece needs to be firmly fixed, otherwise a smooth cut will not work
- A few words about the nail files. For jigsaws a large number of saws are produced, which differ from each other, both in thickness and design features.Depending on this, they distinguish:
- Saw or side scam. The teeth are bent to the right and left in turn, as with hand saws. In this way, files with relatively large teeth are made. They are used for quick direct cutting. Propyl is obtained with rough edges, so it should be treated with sandpaper.
- Canvas with undercut. In this case, the teeth do not have a divorce at all. Such files allow you to make very thin and clean cuts. Naturally, the speed of this drops. If such a file has a small divorce, then the work will go slightly faster. However, in this case, the main emphasis is not on speed, but on the quality of the cut.
- Wave-like divorce. In order for very small and narrow files to be able to make wider cuts, the cutting edge of the blade is made wavy. For the most part, such files are used when working with metal, but are often used when working with plywood to produce narrow and clean cuts in a fairly short time.
Types of files.
Sawing patterns with a jigsaw
Like a regular hand jigsaw, this power tool allows you to cut various curly patterns on the material. Most often, sketches are taken by masters from magazines. (see also the article Plywood do-it-yourself rocking chair: drawings to help)
How to Saw on a Jigsaw
Advice!You can use patterns from magazines for embroidery, knitting or paper cutting.
In order to transfer the drawing to plywood, do the following:
- We translate the pattern onto thick paper.
- Using a sharp clerical knife or scalpel, we cut out the stencil.
- We apply the stencil to the surface of the material, circling it with a simple pencil.
- Now you can start cutting out the pattern.
Drawing a picture on a material through a stencil.
In contrast to the implementation of direct cut, sawing from plywood with a jigsaw has its own characteristics.
This instruction will help you understand all the intricacies of the work:
- For cutting along a curve, use a file with a narrow blade.
- To cut a circle in plywood, you need to use a special nozzle. A circular cutter. The cutter is fixed in the center of the circle, after which you can begin to work.
- If you need to choose grooves in a wooden blank, then a rasp can be used instead of a saw. It is also used to strip uneven cuts.
- In order to achieve perfectly accurate and even cuts, use the parallel stop. It must be attached to the jigsaw with screws.On the "ski" can be installed a special guide line, thanks to which the cut is parallel to the straight edge. Before you begin, you must make sure that the ruler is firmly fixed and aligned with the canvas. Otherwise, the movement of the file will be incorrect, and it may break, or "burn" the processed material.
Use of a parallel emphasis.
- If you need to make a straight long cut, you can use the auxiliary guide. In this case, the jigsaw will move along the firmly fixed strap.
- With the help of this tool it is possible to carry out cuts at an angle of up to 45 degrees. The angle of inclination is set on a scale.
The implementation of an inclined cut.
- Sawing a hole. Very often, cutting ornaments, the master needs to make a hole in the plywood.There are two options for this:
- The first option is the simplest. You need to drill a hole with a drill, after which you introduce a file into it and continue to cut out the necessary pattern.
- The second option involves the use of mortise or plunger sawing technology. Do not drill the start hole. To do this, put the tool on the front edge of the "ski", without touching the workpiece with the canvas.
Next, turn on the engine and gradually lower the fork, smoothly introducing the saw into the material until the saw takes a vertical position, and the "ski" does not come into contact with the workpiece.
Advice!Cutting should always start at the waste of the material.The saw should not enter the plywood too close to the cutting line so as not to spoil the material.
- In the event that you need to cut a board of large thickness and the file length is not enough for this. You need to use a file with a pointed end. First, we saw it with a workpiece on one side, then we turn it and saw it on the other.
- To cut a curly part, you can fix the tool from the bottom of the desktop. In the case of a uniform and smooth feeding of the workpiece, you can get a cut with clean, even edges.
In the photo. A tool attached to the bottom of the desktop.
From this article, you learned how to saw plywood with a jigsaw. Here we examined the basic principles of working with this tool, which will help you in the implementation of various construction and design solutions.
Having understood the features of the jigsaw, you will soon realize how simple and convenient the appliance is. And although its price is higher than a conventional jigsaw, you will not regret that you purchased such a tool. (see also the article Cutting with a jigsaw from plywood. Success drawings)
In the presented in this article, you will find additional information on this topic.


Nutritional Facts of Dabeli, Calories in Dabeli
by Tarla Dalal
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How many calories does one Dabeli have?
One Dabeli gives 219 calories. Out of which carbohydrates comprise 127 calories, proteins account for 17 calories and remaining calories come from fat which is 75 calories. One Dabeli provides about 11 percent of the total daily calorie requirement of a standard adult diet of 2,000 calories.
See Dabeli recipe. Dabeli | kutchii dabeli | double roti |
This is traditionally sold on the streets of gujarati towns. It is another version of vada pav made with a sweet and spicy potato mixture which is filled into a small burger bun and then topped with onion, pomegranate, fresh garlic chutney and sev. Instead of pomegranate, you can use black or green grapes cut into small pieces.
Is Dabeli healthy?
No, this is not healthy. Let's see why.
Let's understand the Ingredients.
What's good.
Pomegranate, Anar : Pomegranate has anti-inflammatory properties. Pomegranate is considered as a heart-healthy fruit. Pomegranates contain nitrates which are shown to improve exercise performance. A study conducted on athletes stated that pomegranates if taken 30 minutes before exercise, significantly enhances the blood flow to the exercising muscles. High in vitamin C, a good source of fiber and low in calories, pomegranate juice contains antioxidants that will help to protect your blood lipids from oxidation and good for heart. See detailed benefits of pomegranate
Hing ( Asafoetida) : The active compound 'coumarin' helps in managing blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Asafoetida is known to have anti-bacterial properties, which helps to keep asthma at bay. Asafoetida is an age-old remedy for bloating and other stomach problems like flatulence. The best solution is to gulp down little hing with water or dissolve it in water and sip it. It can also be used along with curd or almond oil as a hair mask. It helps to prevent dryness of hair and smoothen as well as strengthen hair.
Cinnamon, dalchini, cinnamon powder : Cinnamon with its antioxidant power has the ability to reduce inflammation in the body and thus reduce the risk of various chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancer etc. Cinnamon since ages has been known to be beneficial for diabetics. Diabetes is a disease which occurs due to insulin resistance. Intake of cinnamon is said to reduce this resistance and instead improve insulin sensitivity in cells thereby helping to maintain normal blood sugar levels. cinnamon helps to reduce the blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels and thus prevents clot formation. See detailed benefits of cinnamon.
Cloves : Cloves are the immature unopened flower buds of a tropical tree. The four-pointed flower bud with a tapered stem measures 12-16 mm, and looks like a small nail. Indians have long used cloves to treat indigestion, diarrhoea, hernia, and ringworm, as well as athlete's foot and other fungal infections. India's traditional Ayurvedic healers have used cloves since ancient times to treat respiratory and digestive ailments and its oil for toothache. It has powerful antiseptic and mild anaesthetic actions. When boiled with water and gargled, cloves are a good antibacterial mouthwash, which can help to combat bad breath and relieve a sore throat. Cloves are said to restore the appetite, and hence recommended for people with digestive disorders. Cloves are effective at clearing up a number of skin disorders such as acne, sores or ulcers. It has antioxidant properties, owing to the compound eugenol in it. Eating cloves is said to be aphrodisiac.
Cumin Seeds ( jeera) : The most common benefit of jeera known to many is to soothe the stomach, intestine and the entire digestive tract. Cumin seeds are apparently a very good source of iron. A tbsp. of cumin seeds can fulfil nearly 20% of days iron requirement. Even small quantity of cumin seeds has huge amounts of calcium – a bone supporting mineral. They aid is digestion, weight loss and help reduce inflammation. See detailed benefits of cumin seeds, jeera
Dates (Khajur) : 1 cup of dates (90 gm) gives around 8.05 gm of fiber and will lower down the cholesterol level and will also aid in weight loss. A cup of dates contain 703 mg of potassium (14.95% of RDA) which helps in the regulation of blood pressure and also prevents formation of kidney stones. Dates have a low glycemic index from 43 to 55 depending on the variety, so they are a boon to diabetics to satisfy their sweet tooth. See details for 8 super benefits of dates
Imli (Tamarind) : Tamarind is good for heart due to the fibre present which has a cholesterol lowering effect. It is also good for diabetics. But too much tamarind is bad for health.
Peanuts : Peanuts contain Vitamin B1, Thiamine which helps form ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) which body uses for energy. A handful of peanuts gives you 7.3 grams of Protein. Peanuts, Almonds and Walnuts are rich in Protein and healthy monounsaturated fats which won't spike your blood sugar levels and good for a diabetic snack and healthy heart snack. Eating a handful of Peanuts a day is said to increase the good cholesterol (HDL) in your body which is good for heart health. Read 11 amazing benefits of peanuts
Garlic : Garlic has been proven to lower cholesterol. The active ingredient allicin present in garlic aids in lowering blood pressure. Garlic is also alleged to help regulate blood glucose levels for diabetics. Garlic is great for the heart and circulatory system. Garlic has an antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal function and can help in relieving common cold and other viral infections. To boost your immune system have a garlic clove a day. Garlic is a top anti viral food. The thiosulphate compound, Allicin found in garlic acts as a strong antioxidant and protects our body from damage of free radicals. Read here for complete benefits of garlic
What's the problem?
1. Plain flour (maida) : This recipe uses plain flour or maida to make pav, which is refined carb not suitable for healthy lifestyle. Maida consumption in any food should be totally avoided or just a little bit of usage as any consumption of this will cause a larger spike in blood levels which is not good for diabeticsheart patients. Read is maida good for you to understand fully.
Can diabetics, heart patients and over weight individuals have Dabeli?
No, this recipe is not good for diabetics, heart and weight loss. The big issues are bread, potatoes and nylon sev which is deep fried. Potatoes being high in simple carbohydrates will lead to weight gain and are not good for people with diabetes, heart problem and obesity.
Here are some Healthy snack options
You can have Baked Samosa with mixed sproutsMatarsutir Kachori, Oats Moong Dal TikkiBaked methi muthia recipe, Zunka recipemoong dal dhokla recipe bajra carrot onion uttapam recipe , baked palak jowar murukkumini jowar pancakes or buckwheat pancake as one healthy recipe option.
Baked Samosa with Mixed Sprouts, Healthy Snack
Baked Samosa with Mixed Sprouts, Healthy Snack
Can healthy individuals have Dabeli?
No, want to remain healthy, then eat healthy. You are what you eat.
How to burn 219 calories that come from Dabeli?
Walking (6 kmph) = 1hr 06 mins
Running (11 kmph) = 22 mins
Cycling (30 kmph) = 29 mins
Swimming (2 kmph) = 38 mins
Value per serving% Daily Values
Energy219 cal11%
Protein4.2 g8%
Carbohydrates31.6 g11%
Fiber0.3 g1%
Fat8.3 g13%
Cholesterol7.5 mg2%
Vitamin A252.6 mcg5%
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)0 mg0%
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)0 mg0%
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)1 mg8%
Vitamin C1.2 mg3%
Vitamin E0.1 mg1%
Folic Acid (Vitamin B9)1.3 mcg1%
Calcium26.8 mg4%
Iron1 mg5%
Magnesium1.9 mg1%
Phosphorus3.


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Iranian Researchers Separate Hydrogen from Methane with 100% Efficiency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers at Kashan University and Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) separated hydrogen from methane with an efficiency of 99.99% by hybrid synthesizing of a nanoadsorbant.
Hydrogen has numerous applications in various fields, among which is the use of hydrogen in hydrocracking process.
No source has so far been known in order to obtain pure hydrogen. In order to fulfill the needs of industry, this material is prepared by using water-gas substitution (WGS) reaction through chemical processes. Therefore, the raw materials and the products except hydrogen must be separated from hydrogen in order to obtain pure hydrogen. Since methane is the raw material of the reaction, hydrogen should first be separated from methane, and then it should be transferred to other processes.
The researchers studied the deposition of carbon nanostructures on the active carbon made of walnut shell (which was chemically activated by using KOH). Results of the experiment showed that methane adsorption increased 17.92% for the deposition of nanofiber carbon on the active carbon. However, the increase in methane adsorption did not affect the amount of hydrogen adsorption.
Their experiments also showed that the carbon adsorbent hybridized by carbon nanofibers can separate a mixture of methane and hydrogen with equal concentrations of the compounds up to 99.99, and the outlet gas contained 99.99% pure hydrogen. Commercial adsorbents can purify hydrogen up to 73.80% at standard conditions.
The results of the research have been published in the February 15 edition of the Chemical Engineering Journal.


Q: In the status 'With DE for Assignment,' what does 'DE' stand for?
Detailed Question -
The status has changed to 'With DE for Assignment' four days after submission.
1 Answer to this question
Manuscript statuses vary from journal to journal. Without knowing the exact journal you have submitted to, it would not be possible to say exactly what the status means. However, based on the journal, 'DE' can stand for either 'Deputy Editor' or 'Department Editor.'
The Deputy Editor typically performs the initial check on a manuscript – for aspects such as adherence to guidelines, quality of writing, and match with the journal's focus. Once these seem fine, they send or assign the manuscript to the Associate Editor (AE) for identifying relevant peer reviewers.
The Department Editor handles a certain section of a large journal, a smaller area of interest within the larger area of interest for the journal. (Sometimes, this role is also known as a Subject Editor.) If this is the case, the Department Editor will most likely perform a basic review of the paper for the novelty and quality of the research and then identify relevant peer reviewers. In some cases, the Department Editor may work with the AE for identifying reviewers.
As it has been only four days since submission, and again, without knowing the exact journal, it seems likely that the manuscript is with the Deputy Editor for assigning to an AE. You should know the next status in a few days. All the best!
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The Maracot Deep
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The Maracot Deep
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Cover of the first edition of The Maracot Deep
Author Arthur Conan Doyle
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Fantasy-Science fiction novel
Publisher John Murray
Publication date
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 310 pp
The Maracot Deep is a short 1929 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle about the discovery of a sunken city of Atlantis by a team of explorers led by Professor Maracot. He is accompanied by Cyrus Headley, a young research zoologist and Bill Scanlan, an expert mechanic working with an iron works in Philadelphia who is in charge of the construction of the submersible which the team takes to the bottom of the Atlantic.[1]
The novel first appeared in 1928 as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post.[2] It also appeared as a serial in The Strand Magazine from October 1927 to February 1928. In 1929 it was followed by a sequel, The Lord of the Dark Face,[3] beginning with the April issue of The Strand. The same year the novel was published in The Maracot Deep and Other Stories from John Murray in London, and was released in the U.S. by Doubleday Books of New York.[1]
The novel revolves around the legend of Atlantis, mentioned as an ancient city or continent which was drowned by the sea due to divine intervention. The novel is narrated by Headley who first writes a letter to his friend Sir John Talbot. On his subsequent rescue, he completes his story giving details on his escape and how they fought off possibly the greatest danger to humanity, the Devil himself.
The novel begins with preparations for the dive, off the coast of Africa. Prof. Maracot claims to have located the deepest trench in the Atlantic and is vehement that he shall go down in the specially prepared submersible actually a bathysphere along with Headley and Scanlan. On reaching the edge of the trench, a description of the undersea world is presented. The team comes face to face with a giant crustacean who cuts off their line and hurls them down into the trench. Down in the trench, the team is rescued by the Atlanteans who are the last survivors of the land that was Atlantis.
Although the description of Atlantis may not sound quite futuristic and may seem fantastic, the fact that the novel was written in 1929 should be taken into account. One device in particular is often made use of. This is a thought projector which visualizes the thoughts of a person for others to see. This helps the team and the Atlanteans to communicate.
Descriptions of work habits, culture and various sea creatures are provided. The Atlanteans forage for their food from the sea bed and their slaves, Greeks who are the descendants of the original slaves of the kingdom of Atlantis work in undersea mines. This is made possible thanks to an exceptionally strong and light transparent material which is fashioned into helmets to enable people to work underwater.
The team eventually uses the levity of these spheres to escape to the surface. Headley elopes with the daughter of Manda, leader of the Atlanteans.
In the later part of the novel, Headley describes the encounter with the Lord of the Dark Face, a supernatural being who led the Atlanteans to their doom and was the cause of untold miseries to humanity ever since. This being is likened to the Phoenician god Baal who was demonized by later religions and cultures. The being is defeated by Prof. Maracot who becomes possessed by the spirit of Warda, the man who managed to convince a handful of Atlanteans to prepare for the worst and thus built an Ark which saved them from the cataclysm which destroyed their land.
Features of the Novel[edit]
Although a short novel, it provides interesting glimpses into the belief regarding the sea during the early 20th century and particularly Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own beliefs and outlooks. The dramatic end mentioned at the end of the novel, the fight between the ultimate Good and Evil reveals the deep spiritual nature which Conan Doyle had developed in his later years. Whereas the adventures of Sherlock Holmes show the keen analytical side of Sir Arthur, novels like The Maracot Deep show that he seriously took to spiritualism in his later years. It is not marked by any particular religion though there are strong Christian and Hellenistic undertones.
 1. ^ a b Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1990), Science-fiction, the early years, Kent State University Press, p. 206, ISBN 0-87338-416-4
 2. ^ Sprague De Camp, Lyon (1970), Lost continents: the Atlantis theme in history, science, and literature, Courier Dover Publications, p. 262, ISBN 0-486-22668-9
 3. ^ Clute, John; Grant, John (1999), The encyclopedia of fantasy (2nd ed.), Macmillan, p. 287, ISBN 0-312-19869-8