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The Peerage of the United Kingdom and British Empire comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation being Baron Curzon).
The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1900, and the last marquessate in 1926. Creation of the remaining ranks mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only four non-royal hereditary peerages have been created since then. These were:
- John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, 1965
- William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, 1983
- George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, 1983
- Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, 1984
Until the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of the hereditary peers ceased to be members as part of Parliamentary reform, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e., those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage from an ancestor), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords were offered a life peerage in order to allow them to sit in the House should they so choose.
Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents either their territory or surname pertaining to their title. Marchionesses, Countesses, Viscountesses and Baronesses are all addressed as 'Lady X'. Dukes and Duchesses are addressed just as 'Duke' or 'Duchess' or more commonly, 'Your Grace'.
 Lists of peers
- Dukes: see List of dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Marquesses: see List of marquesses in the peerages of the British Isles
- Earls and countesses: see List of Earls
- Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Hereditary barons: see List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Life barons and baronesses: see List of life barons and baronesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Women: see List of peerages created for women and List of peerages inherited by women
Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage for the Year.... was the general print reference of those in the system for the twentieth century
- "The Dukes of the Peerage of the United Kingdom". Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- Whitaker's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage for the year, [s.n.], 1907, retrieved 14 January 2012 the title page continued with: "Containing an extended list of the Royal family, the peerage with titled issue, dowager ladies, baronets, knights and companions, privy councillors and home and colonial bishops with a comprehensive introduction and an index to country seats" (text varies between editions). starting in the mid1890's the publication continues.
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Just in from the field, artifacts are carefully cleaned to remove dirt. Depending on the kind of artifact, a delicate paintbrush or toothbrush might be used to clean it. Sometimes materials are too delicate, and are left as they were found, to prevent further damage.
Cataloguing and labeling
Once cleaned, the artifacts are sorted into basic groups such as pottery, lithics (stone), bone, and plants. Then they are catalogued. The total number of artifacts in each category is counted. Important artifacts are described individually, and sometimes drawn. Each artifact is assigned a unique number that tells the site, feature, and level that it was found. These numbers are used in a database to keep track of all the artifacts. The individual artifacts that are to be separately analyzed have their unique number and the site number written right on them to ensure that they can be tracked.
Artifacts may start to break down when they are removed from the earth. Careful cleaning and treatment is necessary to preserve the materials. For example, copper artifacts are wrapped in acid-free tissue paper to prevent further corrosion. Some materials are so delicate that exposure to air causes them to start decaying. Special treatments, usually conducted by museum conservators, may be required.
Whole pots are rarely found. If lucky, archaeologists find enough pieces to put together a large portion of the decorated rim area of the pot. This process is much like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle, often with several puzzle parts mixed together, and many missing pieces.

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The Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant #1 reactor is under construction in Fuqing, SE China, 31 Oct. 2010. Being built by China National Nuclear Company (CNNC), this facility will have 6 reactors, based on CPR-1000 pressurized water reactor technology.
"Characteristics and Advantages of the Advanced Small Pressurized Water Reactor"
Journal Article, Nuclear Power, volume 5, pages 37-43
Many developed countries with strong nuclear energy technology have realized the importance of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and initiated heavy R&D programs in SMR. The Advanced Small Pressurized Water Reactor (ASPWR) can be used in remote power grids and replaces mid/small size fossil-fuel plants economically. Current ASPWR deeply adopts modular and integrated pressure vessel design—and a passive safety system—which effectively improves plant safety and economy. This paper performs the comparative study of safety and economy features in ASPWR and large PWRs. The authors suggest that China should start R&D programs in ASPWR.
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Decisions are made under uncertainty when there are distinct outcomes of a given action, and one is uncertain to which the act will lead. Decisions are made under indeterminacy when there are distinct outcomes of a given action, and it is indeterminate to which the act will lead. This paper develops a theory of (synchronic and diachronic) decision-making under indeterminacy that portrays the rational response to such situations as inconstant. Rational agents have to capriciously and randomly choose how to resolve the indeterminacy relevant to a given choice-situation, but such capricious choices once made constrain how they will choose in the future. The account is illustrated by the case of self-interested action in situations where it is indeterminate whether you yourself will survive to benefit or suffer the consequences. The conclusion emphasizes some distinctive anti-hedging predictions of the account.


What Is The Fuel Capacity Of A Formula 1 Car?
Formula 1 is an ever-growing and developing sport. The series has taken huge strides in improving technologies used in road cars. Fuel efficiency development is no different, and it has led to many changes over the years in terms of the fuel capacity of Formula 1 cars.
A Formula 1 car's fuel capacity is 110 kilograms. This fuel load has to last the car for the entirety of the race which is 305km (190 miles). The fuel burns at a much faster rate than normal cars due to the higher performance level the engines run at.
Formula 1 has developed a number of technical innovations in order to improve fuel efficiency. From KERS to hybrid power, Formula 1 is constantly pushing technology to become better. Most of these technologies are also implemented directly into road cars.
How Much Fuel Do F1 Cars Carry?
No More Refueling
With refueling during races being banned after the 2009 season, Formula 1 teams have had to develop their engines to become much more fuel efficient. They can no longer burn as much fuel as they like in order to go faster.
It has become a challenge both for engineers and drivers to get their cars from the start of the race all the way to the end without running out of fuel. Everything needs to be carefully calculated, and the engine performance needs to be monitored properly in order to stay fast enough to remain competitive.
Going The Distance
The average distance of a Formula 1 race is 305 kilometers (190 miles). This might not seem all that far for a car to go, however keep in mind these cars are driving on the limit which consumes the fuel at a much faster rate. They are also designed specifically to go just that distance and not much further.
Formula 1 cars are built to the bare minimum of what they are required to do. This is why they carry 110kg at most, with them taking on even less for qualifying laps to keep the car as light as possible. For example, building a bigger fuel tank for your car would make your car slower. It would become heavier, and there is no need to put extra fuel into the car which would slow it down.
Different Engine Modes
Instead, Formula 1 teams have very clever systems on their cars. The engine modes can be controlled from the cockpit of the car as well as the pit wall. If the car is running low on fuel, the engine can be turned down so that it uses less fuel but will not be performing at such a high level.
It's very rare for a Formula 1 car to not complete a race due to running out of fuel. Everything is calculated perfectly. Normally teams will start with 2 extra laps of fuel onboard. This is to allow for a possible safety car situation or an extra formation lap.
This also allows them to run the engine at a higher performance level later in the race if they need to catch up to a car in front to overtake. This engine mode system has made its way into road legal cars quite a while ago and has become extremely common to find in modern day cars.
The Efficiency Of Formula 1 Cars
Small But Mighty
Formula 1 have been at the forefront of improving the efficiency of cars. The days of racing with huge V12, V10, or even V8 engines are gone. Formula 1 cars now have turbocharged V6 engines that sometimes manage to produce over 1000 horsepower.
The current crop of Formula 1 cars produces more power while using less fuel than any other car. The hybrid power unit has been designed as a part of a new sustainable outlook for Formula 1. They also use sustainable fuels and energy recovery systems to make the cars more efficient.
Formula 1 has not only developed the engine to become more efficient, but they have also trialed and implemented various new technologies such as the KERS system. The KERS, or Kinetic Energy Recovery System has also been used in road cars to improve their engine efficiency and power output.
KERS started off as a small battery in the car. The battery is charged by using the kinetic energy generated while the car is braking. The driver can then choose where to use the extra power at the press of a button.
KERS was first used in Formula 1 in 2009 and was not widely accepted at first. However, the technology quickly gained a lot of traction, and eventually the battery could provide a power boost of up to 180 horsepower per lap.
Since its introduction into the sport, the KERS system has developed to become more powerful, more efficient and more durable. The system is still in use today with a stronger battery. The battery still charges under braking, with a red light flashing at the back of the car to show that the battery is harvesting energy.
A Lap Of Extra Power
The battery can then deploy energy for a full lap depending on its charging state and the amount of power it has in it. In previous years, the battery could only deploy energy for around 10 seconds per lap. This helps to push up the power output of the seemingly small engines on modern Formula 1 cars.
The 2020 Mercedes F1 engine is 50% thermally efficient. Your typical road car has a thermal efficiency of around 30%. Thermal efficiency is the ratio of work done by the engine compared to the heat supplied to it. In other words, it is the percentage of heat energy in a combustion engine that is transformed into power (or its working rate).
Relevance To The Real World
The key to all of these innovations in the sport is to remain relevant to the real world. As mentioned previously, all of the technologies tested and used in Formula 1 are implemented into real world road cars.
Road Cars
Mercedes-Benz for example are now using a form of the KERS device in some of their newer road cars. They, along with others such as Renault, are using their hybrid technology from Formula 1 in their road cars very successfully.
Formula 1 plans to become carbon neutral by the year 2030. This means that both the cars, and the forms of travel (transporting cars, crew and drivers) will have a net carbon footprint of exactly zero percent.
More Efficient Than A Plane
This in itself is a massive challenge. However, it's not impossible. A full 20 race season of Formula 1 (with 20 cars) uses the same amount of fuel as a Boeing 747 flight across the Atlantic. This proves that these cars are already super-efficient in their fuel usage.
By the year 2030, we are going to see cars with incredible technology, fuel efficiency, and energy recovery systems. Formula 1 will continue to push the limits of technology, not only for the world of motorsport, but also for our everyday lives.
Looking To The Future
As technology in Formula 1 develops, so will the tech that we get in our everyday road cars. The future is exciting, and we are going to see some big changes in the motorsport sphere as well as the automotive industry as a whole.
Final Thoughts
Formula 1 has been the ultimate engineer's playground for many years. In recent years they have focused on making the cars more fuel efficient without increasing the fuel capacity of the car (remaining at 110kg).
This is all in line with the 2030 net-zero carbon footprint plan laid out by the Formula 1 Management team and the FIA. The plan is to develop even more efficient cars and to work on more energy recovery systems and become more sustainable.


can be pricey to feed to larger dogs but works well for small breeds. You can also mix it with dry kibble to add more taste and nutrition to your pup's diet.
There are many quality adult and puppy canned food diets to choose from. Just as with dry food, make sure you pick one with quality meat ingredients listed first and no fillers.
Beyond these two traditional choices, there are some great less-common options for feeding Fido.
Raw diets, both homemade and commercial, and dehydrated and freeze-dried foods provide exceptional nutrition at a variety of price points. Best of all, none of these types of diets use corn in their recipes.
To learn more about the differences and advantages of each type of food listed above, check out our article on the healthiest dog foods.
The Bottom Line On Corn and Canines
When it comes to feeding Fido corn, the rule is moderation.
The occasional popcorn or corny snack is fine if your dog doesn't have any grain allergies. But be sure to avoid foods that utilize this grain as a major ingredient and instead, opt for a nutrient-dense, quality dry, canned, raw, or dehydrated diet.
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NIH Research Matters
January 28, 2008
Genes Influence Blood Lipid Levels and Heart Disease Risk
Blood levels of lipids like cholesterol and triglycerides are important risk factors for coronary artery disease. Scientists know about certain lifestyle factors—such as smoking, diet and physical activity—that affect blood lipid levels, but the role of genetics hasn't been well understood. A large study has now revealed more than 25 genetic variants in 18 genes connected to blood cholesterol and lipid levels. The finding may lead to new strategies for treating and preventing coronary artery disease.
Animal studies have revealed that, when long-term memories are recalled, they become fragile and changeable. New proteins must be produced to reconsolidate retrieved memories and return them to long-term storage in the brain. Recalling a memory, then, opens a window of opportunity for that memory to be changed—what researchers call a "reconsolidation window." Earlier studies showed that certain drugs can block reconsolidation, but using such drugs in people can be problematic.
Earlier this year, a team led by Dr. Joseph LeDoux of New York University (NYU) developed a way to erase a fear memory in rats without using drugs. The researchers first conditioned rats to fear a tone by pairing it with shocks. The animals then underwent a process to erase the fear, called extinction training, in which the tone was repeatedly presented without shocks. Both an initial re-exposure to the shock and the subsequent timing of extinction training proved critical. Fear of the stimulus was erased only in rats trained within a 6-hour reconsolidation window after re-exposure to the feared tone. Fear responses returned in animals if the training began more than 6 hours after re-exposure, when the memory had apparently already solidified.
In the new study, a team led by LeDoux's colleague at NYU, Dr. Elizabeth Phelps, set out to see if extinction training could similarly erase a fear in people. Their work, which was funded by NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the James S. McDonnell Foundation, appeared online on December 9, 2009, in Nature.
The researchers conditioned human participants to fear colored squares by pairing them with mild wrist shocks. A day later, the memory was first reactivated by re-exposing participants to the feared squares. Measures of nervous system arousal confirmed that the participants experienced a fear response. Extinction training—repeated exposures to the colored squares without shocks—followed.
A day later, the fear response was banished only in human participants who underwent extinction training soon after fear reactivation. Those whose training began more than 6 hours later remained afraid of the squares. So did a control group that received extinction training without first experiencing reactivation of the fear memory.
To gauge the long-term effects of the training, participants were tested a year later. They were given 4 unsignalled shocks to re-instate their fear and then shown the colored squares. Only those who had undergone extinction training within the reconsolidation window were largely spared a fear response to the squares.
"This adaptive update mechanism appears to have evolved to allow new information available at the time of retrieval to be incorporated into the brain's original representation of the memory," explains Phelps. "Our memory reflects our last retrieval of it rather than an exact account of the original event."
"Inspired by basic science studies in rodents, these new findings in humans hold promise for being translated into improved therapies for the treatment of anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder," says NIMH Director Dr. Thomas R. Insel.
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And so, the end of summer has arrived. After six adventurous weeks we find ourselves reminiscing about our many adventures. From day one, we knew that we would have an exciting summer. The energy and enthusiasm that the campers brought with them set the pace for a fun-filled summer!
It was wonderful how a trip to the zoo to visit the live animals gave birth to the dynamic "living sculptures" that the children created. Through various projects during the AnimaniART camp, the children were able to practice multiple mediums, such as painting, drawing, sculpting, etc., and through trips to the farm, zoo, and horse show, they were able to practice field drawing and collect source materials. Our very favourite part was witnessing the excitement that came from the children inventing their own original animals, and allowing them to come to life.
Throughout the weeks of Junior Architect camp, we engaged with Winnipeg's downtown area, and explored the city with new eyes. The children worked with these new environments in their sketch books to collect ideas and inspiration for the building of their own miniature cities. Throughout the week the children got the chance to see what it would be like to be an architect. A process that began with preliminary sketches of floor plans and rough building designs ended with the 3-D construction of that same building. The children worked together as city planners, deciding where the roads would run through their jigsaw puzzle cities, and adding in green space, bike paths, and even solar panels!
During Graffiti week we exposed the children to Winnipeg's urban culture. A wonderful field trip to the Graffiti Gallery taught the children how to break dance and work with graffiti lettering on unconventional surfaces. By exploring the West End on a mural tour, the children learned how Winnipeggers are working with public art to build community and send positive messages that deter vandalism and defacement. The children worked together to make their own murals, and practiced learning graffiti scripts and techniques throughout the week. It was exciting to watch them focus on the messages that they would like to share with the world and work through creative mediums to get those ideas out there.
The WAG Summer Art Camps were a huge success, and we are proud to have been a part of it. We hope everyone had a fantastic summer, and we hope to see you all (and more) next year!
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(dailyRx News) When someone close to you is diagnosed with heart failure, they may become depressed and have trouble dealing with stress. But being supportive could lessen their depression and may even improve their health.
Depression is not good for patients with heart failure. It may lead to more hospitalizations and even death.
Having to deal with heart failure may be what causes the depression. Feeling isolated and lacking support may worsen depression.
A recent study suggested that improving the social support of heart failure patients may reduce their psychological distress. Reducing depression might hopefully improve patients' health outcomes.
Erika Friedmann, PhD, of the School of Nursing at University of Maryland, and colleagues led the study to look at psychological stress and social support in heart failure patients.
The study included 108 patients. These patients were part of another study that examined a certain treatment for heart failure. The first group had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator inserted. The second group did not. The defibrillator is inserted in the heart. It can deliver a shock if the heart beats abnormally or stops.
The patients were given several questionnaires that measured depression, anxiety and social support. The patients were followed for two years and filled out the same questionnaires every six months.
At the start of the study, 30 percent of the patients were depressed and 42 percent had anxiety. There were no differences between the groups that did or did not have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The two groups had the same levels of distress and social support.
The percentage of patients reporting anxiety remained the same for the two-year period. Depression increased among patients that reported a lack of social support.
The authors suggested improving a patient's support system could reduce their depression — and that reducing psychological distress and improving social support systems may improve health outcomes.
"It is important to consider whether intervention to improve psychological status in this group of heart failure patients will have a positive impact on depression and, thus, on health outcomes," the authors commented.
The authors noted some limitations of the study. The measurement of depression and anxiety were from self-reported questionnaires. While the questionnaires are widely used, they do not provide a diagnosis. The study did not look at other factors in patients' lives, such as treatment for depression. Also, the study did not include differences between genders or races and the study results may not be generalizable.
This study - titled "Poor Social Support is Associated with Increases in Depression but not Anxiety Over 2 Years in Heart Failure Outpatients" - was published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. The study was funded by National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Medtronic, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories and Knoll Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Friedmann and colleagues disclosed no conflicts of interest.


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The MC-8 spindle has three distinct motor drives:
- one to precisely adjustthe unit vertically. This is achieved by means of dovetail slides and a gear reducer with a recirculating ball-bearing screw, driven by a self-braking motor.
The vertical position of each spindle is shovm on a digital display that can be easily seen by the operator:
- one for the tool holder body rotation;
- one for the radial roller rotation, with direct drive through a pair of bevel gears.
Thanks to its operating method, the MC-8 spindle gauges and levels slab surfaces superbly, while using the diamond tool in the most technologically correct way.
Consequently, there is a drastic reduction in the gauging costs with respect to alternative systems, which have now become obsolete.


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Native to east Africa, the desert rose (Adenium obesum) is a tropical succulent plant that requires little care. Desert rose plants have fleshy stems that grow into fat, bulbous structures called caudexes at the plant's base. The desert rose grows 4 to 5 feet tall and blooms in the warmer spring and summer months with numerous large, trumpet-shaped flowers that come in shades of white, pink or rose, depending on the cultivated variety. Belonging to the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, the desert rose oozes a poisonous white sap when cut. Due to its tropical origins, the desert rose is most commonly grown indoors in containers.
Keep your desert rose in bright, direct sunlight, such as in a southern-exposure window, patio or porch. Desert rose plants need full sunlight all year long.
Maintain air temperatures around your desert roses of up to 90 degrees F and never colder than 40 degrees F. When temperatures drop below 80 degrees F with little to no sunlight, don't water the desert rose plant.
Water your desert rose only when the soil dries out completely and during hot, prolonged dry weather. Provide water until it begins to drain from the bottom of the pot.
Feed your desert rose plant with a liquid 20-20-20 NPK fertilizer at half the normal dosage rate. Fertilize the desert rose only when it's actively growing, feeding it once every two to four weeks.
Treat the desert rose for insect infestations by applying an approved insecticidal soap according to the instructions on the label. Desert rose plants are susceptible to infestations of scale insects, mealybugs, spider mites and occasionally oleander moth caterpillars.


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Restore and prepare ancient textiles and lace materials for display.
What does a Lace and Textiles Restorer do?
Restores and prepares ancient textile and lace materials for display in textile museum: Cleans fabric, using cleaning compounds and techniques based on historical knowledge of fabric manufacture and effect of cleaning upon fabric. Develops new cleaning compounds and methods when available means are inadequate or tend to harm fabric. Repairs and reweaves worn, torn, and decayed fabrics, using techniques based on knowledge of weaving and lace methods. Mounts fabric in frame or other suitable background.


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Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
This is a study of star-worship by Franz Cumont. At the turn of the 20th century, Cumont collected all available astrological and astronomical texts from antiquity. This book summarizes his knowledge and theories on this subject. Cumont shows that astronomical knowledge was developed over time in the ancient Near East, eventually allowing prediction of phenomena such as the location of the planets, the phases of the moon, and eclipses. This knowledge was used as the basis of a religious system which was integrated into Greek and Roman Paganism. This involved worship of the planets and stars and a belief that after death (if virtuous) we ascend to the heavens. Other aspects of ancient star-worship that are still with us are our seven-day week and the transference of the winter Solstice into the celebration of the birth of Christ.


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Rel that are vanishing Hares and hedgehogs skylarks and water voles even the humble house sparrow are in freefall But now at last there is hopeAuthor and naturalist Stephen Moss has travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to see just how Britons are fighting back to save the wildlife they love In Newcastle he sees otters that have returned to the river Tyne and red kites fl. Time spent with nature is never wastedA bit like time with a good book For if we lose touch with nature we will eventually lose touch with who we areYou can tell from the title of this book that it is not for everyone It very much focuses on Britain so is really targeted at British wildlifenature lovers But then I am one of thoseStephen Moss examines a number of different natural environments found across the British Isles Farmland Woods Forests Mountains Moorlands Rivers Streams Coast Sea Towns Cities and Gardens Other Artificial Habitats In each case he looks at the history of these environments the current state and the potential future The history tends as it must to focus on damage that has been done we have not been good at looking after nature The current state offers a mixture of hope and despondency Undoubtedly there are many exciting and potentially very productive initiatives underway across many different natural habitats But there are also many many areas where little is being done The future could go either way As a lover of nature I know what I hope for but it is a fragile balanceAnd balance is one of the key themes of the book One of Moss's recurring discussions is about achieving balance between man and nature And he also is very keen to talk about the often unintended conseuences of actions that disrupt the balance in ways that could hardly have been imagined at the time Often the effects take a long time to come into play As an example consider Britain after the Second World War and the push to provide sufficient cheap food for the nation meant significant changes to farming practices This pressure has continued and we as a nation have gone from spending something like one third of our income on food to something like one tenth I may be exaggerating but it is that order of magnitude This is only possible because of mass production techniues that are very very bad for nature and wildlife Today we are coming to realise that and we are seeing action to move in the opposite direction with many farmers introducing edges back to their fields where wildlife can thriveIt's an interesting read with plenty of food for thought I learned uite a few things as I read If I hadn't recently read Simon Barnes' The Meaning of Birds I don't think I would have set the bar uite so high and might have ended up giving this a higher rating but it doesn't have the same resonance and uality of writing as Barnes' book But recommended reading for anyone with an interesting in British nature and wildlife
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Wild Kingdom Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife Free read ë 104 ' [Reading] ➷ Wild Kingdom Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife By Stephen Moss – Johns-cycling-diary.co.uk Britain's wildlife is in trouble Wild creatures that have lived here for thousands of years are disappearing because of pollution and persecBritain's wildlife is in trouble Wild creatures that Bringing Back Epub #217 have lived here for thousands of years are disappearing Wild Kingdom PDF or because of pollution and persecution competition with alien species changing farming and forestry practices and climate changeIt's not Kingdom Bringing Back PDFEPUB #234 just rare creatures such as the Scottish wildcat or the red suir. Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by product of human population growth which in the modern world has increased significantly Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way of life we can co exist with natureResponsibility is the key with a strong emphasis on a active approach to understanding the environment and ecology Moss is very aware of the impact of farming on natural land on the habitats of wildlife though he isn't about blaming the farmers They have a job to do a nation to feed and a uota to meet to ensure profit What Moss instead suggests is that environmentally friendly methods can be adopted by farmers methods that wouldn't damage their profits too heavily but would also ensure the survival of wildlife He wants to work with the farmers with the nation and strive for mutual improvementFor example he suggests that space is the key He draws on case studies studies in which farmers have left hedgerows on their land and natural foliage on the outskirts In these instances the population of wildlife has increased insects have been attracted to the plant life and then predators have soon followed This has increased sightings of rare birds on such land Small simple changes are indeed very effective However one oversight I noticed was a lack of consideration for farming sustainable things Improving the methods is always good but if we can farm productive alternatives then it would eliminate much of the problemIf such ideas and responsible practices can be applied on a larger scale to our forests to our rivers and to the oceans then there would be wider spread improvement Wildlife numbers would increase The real looming threat though is global climate change and its effect on the natural world If this isn't addressed then no minor improvements will have any effect Moss rightfully recognises this though it is not the focus of his book The ideas he gives are changes that we can reach for on a societal level ones that would install a sense of responsibility the globe needs to adopt The writing is elouent and highly detailed; it's the words of a man who loves the wildlife of Britain and one who laments the fact that so much has been lostHowever the most successful element of the writing is its power to debunk the myth that Britain's countryside is ripe and green The reality of the situation is that it was once ripe and green but our way of life has changed this greatly Even now though there is a chance to change this The book is rich in optimism a hope that things can and will get better if we work for it And therein is the rub do we want it Moss offers a compelling case for improvement an excellent account that is both passionate and informed It's hard not be convinced by the argument he offers I received an advanced reading copy of this book from The Bookbag in exchange for an honest review originally posted here


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NURSE RESILIENCE AT DIGNITY HEALTH IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NURSING BURNOUT
How might we increase the resilience and reduce burnout of nurses by changing their work practices?
Nurses work in complex and demanding environments. HopeLab and Dignity Health partnered to identify opportunities to reduce stress and grow providers' engagement and energy. Over the course of six months, HopeLab collaborated with nurses to generate ideas to promote resilience in their work practices.
HopeLab's work commenced by shadowing and interviewing nurses to understand their work environment and their lived experience. We used behavioral science research to understand how the work environment contributes to both resilience and burnout. Floor nurse and nursing leadership developed and prioritized intervention ideas. This human-centered design process put the lived experience of nurses and the interests of stakeholders at the center of the innovation process to identify solutions to address nursing burnout including:
Unit-based Digital Forum: an online, secure communication channel providing a safe space for nurses to discuss topics, raise questions, provide feedback, and develop ideas for solutions.
Debriefing Codes Card: a facilitation guide for hospital staff to lead their colleagues through a debrief after a code aimed at increasing clinical improvements and supporting staff emotional well-being.
Weather Report of the hospital: a quick snapshot of important data about the hospital and hospital floors – from number of patients waiting in the ER to the number of nurses, patients, and sick calls on each floor—to support nurses in prioritizing their time and expand their identity to encompass the whole hospital.
"This was an energizing process for the nurses. We heard that it is difficult to stay positive in their daily work. The storytelling from the nurses was valuable itself. "
"For me understanding what keeps the nurses practicing with passion and heart is so important to our success now and into the future. Our shared vision for how staff stay engaged and energized by their work through a greater sense of purpose and empowerment is critical to the profession of nursing."
"I think one of the biggest things in nursing is that they teach you to have compassion for the patient, tend to the patient's needs, and there's always this focus of doing everything you can for them, but there's a lot that's not recognized for the nurses themselves."


TIME LAPSE: Veraison
veraison timelapse
Veraison, pronounced "ver-AY-zhun", is a French term that is used to describe the the onset of ripening, signaled by a change in color of the grapes. Veraison represents the transition from fruit growth to fruit ripening. Many changes in berry development happen during veraison, some very visible, as you can see in this time lapse video. Others are happening inside the grape berries, such as increased sugar levels.
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we are presenting our comments in a fair light. However, at this time there appears to be some key differences between these modules and what we are proposing with Maestro.
One consistent difference is that the idea of assigning a user a task does not exist, instead site users do something which triggers and action to occur. With Maestro, site users will initiate a new process (example request office supplies), and then other site users will be assigned tasks to complete in the order required. Users assigned tasks will be able to access them from their task console and may have only 1 task or possibly many for various other and different workflow instances. The types of the tasks in the other modules are essentially to complete a content type. With Maestro other task types exist such as to review submissions, approve or reject submissions, or answer other interactive questions such as assigning subsequent workflow step owners and changing the workflow routing. Workflow admin's have the ability to cancel workflow instances (projects) or re-assign task owners.
While all three of the modules compared in this section are quite powerful, there is a common drawback with all of them that really separates Maestro. The main difference between Maestro and the other modules can be summed up in one line: rather than waiting for site actions to occur and acting on them, Maestro drives the site actions to occur.
1.3.1 Workflow
The Workflow module, when combined with the Actions module, has the ability to create basic workflows. It can create "pseudo-tasks", which are represented by the state of the workflow. For example, if the task was to create a form, the state of the workflow would be "Create a Form", rather an a generic "Draft" or "Initiated" state.
The Workflow module integrates well with the Actions module, which is almost required to create a working process. Since workflows are built around content types in the system, the workflow module is well suited to facilitate site content creation.
Unfortunately, as we will see with the other modules, the Workflow module is based more around site actions and site content types rather than defining standard processes that get executed. Instead of a specific user being assigned complete a task as part of their job, it is up to the user to create a content type in the system, at which point the system will direct the lifecycle of that particular content type.
Maestro aims to build business project information, where multiple content pieces come together to form a project. Arbitrary documents can be uploaded and site users are actively assigned tasks which they can easily see in their task console. While Maestro will integrate with site content types, its purpose is not to build site content, but rather facilitate a company's procedure to complete work.
The Workflow module also lacks in conditional task abilities, it does not have any metric reporting, and has a clunky interface to create a workflow, which are all areas that Maestro will improve upon as well.
1.3.2 Workflow NG
Workflow NG is a more developed workflow solution which can handle certain conditional logic, and integrates well with other modules. However, it is no longer supported for future releases of Drupal as it has migrated to the Rules module. All of its strengths and weaknesses are similar to the Rules module, so lets leave it at that and jump straight into the Rules module comparison.
1.3.3 Rules
The Rules module is a great module to track system events and act on them. You can build up a workflow based on system events, so, for example, a form is created, that event is trapped and signals the next task to be created. You can define a ruleset in the Rules module which allows you to group related rules and execute them in order, to simulate a workflow. Rules is well suited to define a workflow to built site content and to act on site events.
However, similar to the workflow module, it does not support the creation of a standard "task", such as requiring a user to complete an action. Like the Workflow module, it waits for an action to happen, such as a new site content to be created, then performs actions on that, where as with Maestro, a process is defined to assign site users to create the content, and metrics are stored to track how long certain tasks have taken to execute.
With rules, there is no way to know what tasks are assigned to you, unless you set up an action to email the task owner on task assignment. The lack of a task console and a project dashboard page is another area that Rules lacks that Maestro will improve upon. Again, like with the Workflow module, Rules relies on system content types as the means of executing a workflow, where Maestro helps facilitate the building of business project information.
1.4 Planned Integration with Drupal Modules
1.4.1 Actions
Integration with the actions module is key. There are a number of different opportunities to integrate with the Actions module. Number one, we plan to include an action that launches a new workflow when trigger is fired. That will allow, for example, when a site user is created, launch the workflow that defines all the things that need to happen when adding a new employee to your company, like setting up their email address, etc.
Another key opportunity for integration is inside each different task type. On both task creation and task completion we will have the opportunity to execute an action, such as sending an email, or publishing a content type. The main purpose of this would be to send task notifications to users, however by integrating it into an action it makes that extensible.
The final area of integration into actions will is that we will have a task type that waits for a trigger to occur. So, if the workflow requires a user to be created, then the "new user created" trigger is fired, the workflow will continue on.
1.4.2 Tokens
For email notifications, tokens will be used to change out values like username, etc. It's important to be able to send out email notifications for task assignment but also send out task reminders, task alerts as to an identified contact for escalation if task not completed in x days and also task completion notifications. Our present workflow solution allows these different notifications and notification rules like sending the initial task reminder after 5 days and then every day, send an escalation to the initiator of the workflow after 10 days if task not completed. Being able to customize these notification email messages using tokens will be supported.
1.4.3 Rules
Maestro will be initially lightly integrated into Rules, where there will be an opportunity within Rules to create a rule which launches a new workflow. That again will allow a workflow to be launched after a specific site action has occurred.
In Closing
We would like to include the Drupal community in the development of this application, and include your ideas and feature requests as well. While initially we want to get this up and running in Drupal all feature ideas and feedback on how to properly integrate into Drupal will be considered in the initial port, and subsequently implemented in future releases.
This post contains the initial section of the Maestro spec and our plan is to publish the additional sections over the coming weeks which will get into more technical detail. That detail though is dependent on our initial high level spec and ideas/questions proposed in this document and why we are anxious for community input.
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Focusing on Business Applications but heck we do CMS and Social Networking projects too
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Looks cool!
Discuss with fago
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Hi - I encourage you to discuss your project thoroughly with fago, the maintainer of Rules. You may find a way to build an add-on to rules or otherwise collaborate on that. Plus you may benefit from his experience with this type of module.
Is this intended to be d6 or
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Is this intended to be d6 or d7 stuff? I'd suggest you to do any serious development in d7 now, it will make sure it plays well with d7, but much more important you can leverage lots new great d7 stuff, mostly entities + improved fields.
In d7, I'd suggest making your workflow task a fieldable entity, therefore any entity can be easily categorized by adding a taxonomy reference field. In d6, you can't.
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Yep, it's a rules engine, no workflow engine. You can use it to build workflows, but there is no definition that drives the workflow. But having such a workflow definition (-> entity) which allows reacting on its changes / applying changes to it makes much sense to me. Anyway, I'm working on integrating web services with rules-7.x-2.x such that this enables one to create distributed workflows.
Generally for d7 and simple workflows, I think it makes also sense to leverage the group module. Assigning the a group to an entity, let's say a node would represent a state of the node. Such we could have a group for "drafts, needing work", "drafts, needing review" and maybe also for published nodes. Then you can assign people to the groups that are allows to edit the group's content + approve it such it goes a step forward + you can define group based permissions. This is fine for usual editorial workflows, e.g. alfresco does it that way.
Assigning a task to a single user has some similarity to usual case tracking system, such as open atrium. So it might be useful to integrate with something like that, or not.
You could implement this notificiations with Rules. Questionable is just how the UI should look like. With rules 7.x it's easy to integrate existing UI components of the module somewhere else though.
Our intention is for D7
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Thanks for the quick reply fago. Our intention is to make this a D7


How to calculate the injection molding cycle?
>>How to calculate the injection molding cycle?
How to calculate the injection molding cycle?
The injection cycle of an oil pressure drove injection molding machine refers to the period from the beginning of mold closing to the end of the next mold closing. Injection molding is a cyclic process. The molding cycle is mainly composed of material storage time, injection pressure holding time, cooling time, mold opening and closing time, and ejection and withdrawal time. In this process, the cooling of the product and the measuring and storing of the screw are carried out at the same time, and the larger value of the two is taken in the calculation of the molding cycle (the cooling time generally includes the storing time).
Storage time and injection holding time shall be determined according to polymer properties, product shape and quality requirements (appearance, size, etc.). It is related to many factors such as injection pressure, injection rate, screw rotation, back pressure and temperature, and the shortest time should be sought under the premise of ensuring quality. When estimating the storage time of injection parts, 65-85% of the maximum plasticizing capacity (g/s) of the injection molding machine is generally taken. The injection process is usually divided into three stages (slow – fast – slow).
The formula is：
T=W/20~50%V + t
T: Total injection time;
W: Total amount of glue shot (the unit weight of the product is X) + the weight of the nozzle);
V: Maximum injection speed of the injection molding machine;
T: Time base required for starting and stopping of the screw;
The holding time starts after the cavity is filled and ends at the end of the holding time. The length of holding time generally depends on the requirements of the product for appearance shrinkage, size and deformation. Cooling time refers to the time from the end of holding pressure to the opening of the mold. The length of cooling time is affected by the shape of the product, the thickness of the wall, the design of cooling water for the mold, the temperature of the mold, the properties of the melt and other factors. The cooling time should be shortened as far as possible on the premise of obtaining better quality. When the product is fixed, the design of cooling water is the key factor affecting the cooling time.
The opening and closing time is affected by the machine, mold structure and other factors. The core-pulling structure (row position), opening and closing rack drive mechanism and three-plate mold (fine nozzle) mechanism will affect the opening and closing time. Generally, the opening and closing time are 4~8S for 80T~200T, 6~10S for 200T~500T, and 8~15S for 500T~1000T.
The ejection time is affected by ejection speed, ejection stroke, and ejection method (automatic, manual, and mechanical hand). Automatic ejection is generally only used for products with low appearance requirements (internal parts) or small size, and the ejection time is generally 0.5-2s. When the product is picked up by the mechanical hand, the mold can start to close the moving parts after the product leaves the mold range. The time of item extraction is generally 3~8S, which is 1~3S slower than manual product extraction.
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Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville
Georgia was one of the first southern states to build a penitentiary to confine criminals. In 1803, when the city of Milledgeville was chosen to replace Louisville as the capital of Georgia, a square of sixteen acres was set aside for a penitentiary. Governor John Milledge asked the 1804 legislature to establish a penitentiary system "with the view of softening the rigors of our penal code."
A legislative committee was set up in 1810 to revise Georgia's penal code and to set up a penitentiary. Construction on the facility began in 1812 and was completed in December 1816. Both the architect and the contractor resided in Milledgeville. The edifice included a wing for male prisoners, prison workshops, and the principal keeper or warden's house. The penitentiary occupied only a small portion of the square because two academies and the county courthouse shared the site as well. The first prisoner was received in March 1817.
During the early nineteenth century Georgians came to believe that criminals could be reformed if they were confined in a penitentiary. It was believed that criminals should be removed from all association with society so that they would be able to contemplate their actions and repent. People believed that while a troublemaker might have scoffed at the traditional idea of branding or whipping as punishment, "the prospect of confinement in the penitentiary... would put fear in his heart." Georgia followed the examples of early penal reform in Pennsylvania as a model.
The penitentiary was governed by a board of inspectors. The board, composed of nine men who were appointed each year by the General Assembly, was responsible for appointing a principal keeper, a turnkey, and one deputy for every ten convicts. The turnkey was in charge of locking and unlocking doors when inmates were put in and out of cells. Two members of the board were required to visit the penitentiary twice a week. Food for the inmates consisted of bread, Indian meal, and a daily ration of meat such as pork. No liquor was allowed.
Officials promised that the penitentiary would "perform miracles in the rehabilitation of lawbreakers."
Throughout the history of the institution there were relatively few female prisoners. Original legislation for the penitentiary called for a separate wing for women. Although many of the principal keepers urged legislators to appropriate funds for this purpose, the state never made provisions for females. The few women incarcerated there were housed in one room on the second floor near the kitchen. They typically did sewing and similar work.
Many different types of prisoners were confined in the penitentiary. In 1831 two northern missionaries named Samuel Worcester and Elizur Butler served two years of hard labor in the penitentiary. An 1830 law forbade any white person except those specially licensed by the governor to reside among the Cherokees. When Worcester and Butler refused to leave the territory, they were arrested and sent to the penitentiary in Milledgeville. In 1832 Worcester and Butler appealed their case, Worcester v. Georgia, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Their main objective was not to obtain their release but to win a declaration from the court that Georgia's jurisdiction over the Cherokee land was unconstitutional. The court did indeed rule that Georgia's 1830 act was a violation of the Constitution and that the Cherokee were an independent and sovereign nation. Nonetheless, U.S. president Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the court's decision, and Worcester and Butler remained in the penitentiary. Governor Wilson Lumpkin released them a year later.
The penitentiary attracted a great deal of attention and excitement after its construction. Many people saw the new penitentiary as "the harbinger of order and peace" and expected a tremendous change in the behavior and attitudes of the convicts. Not all of Georgia's leading citizens, however, were supporters of the penitentiary, and throughout its existence there were numerous attempts to abolish it. Some local citizens thought the penitentiary was located too close to the governor's mansion and local businesses. Others were convinced that the penitentiary would not succeed in reforming criminals and thought the state should impose harsher penalties. One Milledgeville resident referred to the penitentiary as "both a curse and an eyesore," and another called it a "festering sore in the center of town."
During the Civil War (_PHONE_) the penitentiary was used as an armory. Prisoners began manufacturing rifles, bayonets, and other armaments to supply the Confederate armies. With General William T. Sherman approaching Milledgeville in 1864 on the infamous March to the Sea, Governor Joseph E. Brown pardoned almost all of the prisoners with the stipulation that they help defend the city of Milledgeville from invading Union troops. Many of the prisoners deserted within the week. At some point during the Union occupation of Milledgeville, the penitentiary caught fire, but it is not clear whether Sherman or the remaining prisoners set the fire.
After the Civil War the state attempted to rebuild the damaged penitentiary, and prisoners were once again held there. By this time a large majority of the prison population was black. Provisional Governor Thomas Ruger initiated the convict lease system in May 1868, leasing 100 prisoners to work on the Georgia and Alabama Railroad. By 1869 almost the entire population of the penitentiary had been transferred to Grant, Alexander, and Company to work on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. The railroad company rather than the state was then responsible for feeding and clothing the convicts. A major reason that Georgia began using the convict lease system was that it was becoming too costly to maintain a penitentiary.
The original penitentiary buildings began to decay from disuse in the 1870s and fell into such disrepair that the acre was cleared for the potential development of commercial enterprises. The square is now home to Georgia College and State University.
Barry L. Brown and Gordon R. Elwell, Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2010).
James C. Bonner, "The Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, _PHONE_," Georgia Historical Quarterly 55 (fall 1971): 303-28.
Mary Patricia Walden, "History of the Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, _PHONE_" (master's thesis, Georgia State University, 1974).
Nicole Mitchell, Georgia College and State University
A project of the Georgia Humanities Council, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, and the Office of the Governor.


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ADNI and UDS
ADNI Measures and the Uniform Data Set (UDS)
Logical Memory: Immediate and Delayed Recall
ADAS-Cog (Part 1)
ADAS-Cog (Part 2)
Clock Drawing and Clock Copying
Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test
Digits Forward and Digits Backward
Verbal Fluency (Animals and Vegetables)
Trail Making (Parts A and B)
Digit Symbol Substitution
Boston Naming Test
American National Adult Reading Test (ANART)
The tests and scales were chosen for use in this protocol because:
- They represent the domains of interest in this patient population
- They adequately sample cognitive domains of interest in subjects who are normal, or have MCI or AD
- Are able to measure change over two to three years in these patient populations
- Subjects enrolled will not demonstrate floor or ceiling effects
- Are reasonably efficient and can meet the practical demands of the proposed study
- Were utilized previously in the ADCS MCI trial and worked well.
All of these instruments are widely used in multi-center trials studying normals, MCI, and early AD subjects. Additionally, they are being used by Alzheimer Disease Centers as part of their collection of a Uniform Data Set (UDS) thereby reducing the amount of testing that subjects will need to undergo who are enrolled in both ADC's and ADNI.
The Uniform Data Set is part of the collaborative research facilitated by the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) among approximately 30 Alzheimer's Disease Centers funded by the National Institute on Aging.
Email for help with Uniform Data Set (UDS):
Questions about the Uniform Data Set?
Researchers affiliated with ADCs may access the UDS neuropsychology forms and Coding Guidebook at _URL_ Access to these documents is password-restricted to NACC members only (to obtain membership, contact NACC at _PHONE_ or


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Examples Decision Support Systems for River Basin Simulation
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Loucks, Daniel P.
The following are programs designed to simulate water development and management policies in river basins. They are generic in that they are designed to be applicable to a wide variety of specific river basin water resource system configurations, institutional conditions, and management issues. Each of these example programs is based on a nodelink network representation of the water resource system being simulated. Some include optimization that replaces a more detailed representation of operating policies. All contain menudriven graphics based interfaces that facilitate user interaction. These programs are appropriate for use in shared vision exercises involving stakeholder involvement in model building and simulations. The brief descriptions below have been taken from the model web pages.
Water Resources Systems; Simulations


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Death of a Salesman: From Page to Stage
AbstractConsidering the original dramatic text Death of a Salesman, the objective of the present research is to study and analyze different modes of adaptation carried out advancing from Persian page translations toward its considered stage performance. Using Ladoucer's (1995) model for the translation of drama texts, the Persian (audiovisual) stage performance and the two published Persian page translations involved, were analyzed so that the cases of alteration were identified and compared with/to one another. The results of the study revealed that in the case of page translation, alterations were carried out mostly due to linguistic and cultural mismatches and for the sake of the target readership. On the other hand, in the theatrical system, the alterations could be observed at a higher level in the form of freer adaptations, where not only the linguistic and cultural mismatches, but also the style and creativity of the theatre members, especially those of the director are involved. Thus, in the context of the theatrical production, different modes of adaptation are carried out when the authority of the theatre producer along with the value, taste, and interest of the theatre goers are to be taken into account.
How to Cite
Arjomandi, N., & Mollanazar, H. (2017). Death of a Salesman: From Page to Stage. Translation Studies Quarterly, 14(55). Retrieved from _URL_
Scientific Research Paper


an example of allocated sampling points in one survey block with two strata (high and medium density and low density of elephants).
Exclusion of areas of swamp. Swamp-land is not accessible by survey teams, and should be excluded from the survey. Large areas of swamp can be added to the not-accessible stratum from remote sensing data, and this should be done before the final survey design is made. Small areas of swamp will not be visible in remote sensed data, but will be encountered by field crews on the ground. Suitable instructions must be included in the field protocol for relocating transects or foregoing surveys on impassable ground. If a record of the amount of such ground is kept, then this can be incorporated into the estimation.
Figure 2: example of survey blocks in the Central African Forest region
Figure 3: example of survey effort allocation within a survey block
ANNEX 7: list of consultants technical reports
These reports have been produced by consultants to the MIKE Pilot Project and are available upon request.
Buckland, S.T. 2000. MIKE Central African Pilot Project: proposals for survey design
Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T. 2001. Analysis of data and survey design for the MIKE central African pilot project. Third Report - Part 1: Analysis of Pilot Data
Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T. 2001. Analysis of data and survey design for the MIKE central African pilot project. Third Report - Part 2: Recommended Sampling Design
Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T. 2001. Analysis of data and survey design for the MIKE central African pilot project. Third Report - Part 3: Analysis of Ituri Transects
Thomas, L. 2001. Predicting variation in encounter rates at pilot sites.
Vanleeuwe, H. 2000. Training of MIKE Field-team, testing, and implementing of MIKE survey methods, Odzala – Congo.


'Kaleidoscope' is a visual response to the work of Philip K. Dick.
This piece experiments with the process of collage; using found imagery - predominantly from botanical textbooks.
Philip K. Dick was a science fiction novelist whose work examines social and political themes, metaphysics and altered states. Continually questioning reality, Dick often explored paranoia, schizophrenia and drug abuse. Inspired by psychedelic and optic art, this piece is a kaleidoscopic collage influenced by Philip K. Dick and particularly 'A Scanner Darkly'.
Hand-cut collage.


-called bra, denoted \langle\psi|, which is also said to correspond to the same physical quantum state. Technically, the bra is the adjoint of the ket. It is an element of the dual space, and related to the ket by the Riesz representation theorem. In a finite-dimensional space with a chosen basis, writing |\psi\rangle as a column vector, \langle\psi| is a row vector; just take the transpose and entry-wise complex conjugate of |\psi\rangle.
 - Inner products (also called brackets) are written so as to look like a bra and ket next to each other: \lang \psi_1|\psi_2\rang. (The phrase "bra-ket" is supposed to resemble "bracket".)
The angular momentum has the same dimension as the Planck constant and, at quantum scale, behaves as a discrete degree of freedom. Some particles possess a kind of intrinsic angular momentum that does not appear at all in classical mechanics and arises from Dirac's relativistic generalization of the theory. Mathematically it is described with spinors. In non-relativistic quantum mechanics the fundamental representations of SU(2) are used to describe this additional freedom. For a given particle, it is characterized quantitatively by a non-negative number S that, in units of Planck's reduced constant ħ, is either an integer (0, 1, 2...) or a half-integer (1/2, 3/2, 5/2...). For a massive particle of the spin S, its spin quantum number m always assumes 2S + 1 possible values from the set
\{ -S, -S+1, \ldots +S-1, +S \}
As a consequence, the quantum state of a particle is described by a vector-valued wave function with values in C2S+1 or, equivalently, by a complex-valued function of four variables: one discrete quantum number variable is added to three continuous (spatial) variables.
Many-body states and particle statistics[edit]
For more information, see Particle statistics.
The quantum state of a system of N particles is described by a complex-valued function with four variables per particle, e.g.
|\psi (\mathbf r_1,m_1;\dots ;\mathbf r_N,m_N)\rangle.
Here, the spin variables mν assume values from the set
\{ -S_\nu, -S_\nu +1, \ldots +S_\nu -1,+S_\nu \}
where S_\nu is the spin of νth particle.
Moreover, the case of identical particles makes the difference between bosons (particles with integer spin) and fermions (particles with half-integer spin). The above N-particle function must either be symmetrized (in the bosonic case) or anti-symmetrized (in the fermionic case) with respect to the particle numbers. If not all N particles are identical, but some of them are, then the function must be (anti)symmetrized over respective groups of variables, for each flavour of particles separately according to its statistics.
Electrons are fermions with S = 1/2, photons (quanta of light) are bosons with S = 1 (although in the vacuum they are massless and can't be described with Schrödingerian mechanics).
Apart from the symmetrization or anti-symmetrization, N-particle spaces of states can thus simply be obtained by tensor products of one-particle spaces, to which we return herewith.
Basis states of one-particle systems[edit]
As with any Hilbert space, if a basis is chosen for the Hilbert space of a system, then any ket can be expanded as a linear combination of those basis elements. Symbolically, given basis kets |{k_i}\rang, any ket |\psi\rang can be written
| \psi \rang = \sum_i c_i |{k_i}\rangle
where ci are complex numbers. In physical terms, this is described by saying that |\psi\rang has been expressed as a quantum superposition of the states |{k_i}\rang. If the basis kets are chosen to be orthonormal (as is often the case), then c_i=\lang {k_i} | \psi \rang.
One property worth noting is that the normalized states |\psi\rang are characterized by
\sum_i \left | c_i \right | ^2 = 1.
Expansions of this sort play an important role in measurement in quantum mechanics. In particular, if the |{k_i}\rang are eigenstates (with eigenvalues ki) of an observable, and that observable is measured on the normalized state |\psi\rang, then the probability that the result of the measurement is ki is |ci|2. (The normalization condition above mandates that the total sum of probabilities is equal to one.)
A particularly important example is the position basis, which is the basis consisting of eigenstates of the observable which corresponds to measuring position. If these eigenstates are nondegenerate (for example, if the system is a single, spinless particle), then any ket |\psi\rang is associated with a complex-valued function of three-dimensional space:
\psi(\mathbf{r}) \equiv \lang \mathbf{r} | \psi \rang.
This function is called the wavefunction corresponding to |\psi\rang.
Superposition of pure states[edit]
One aspect of quantum states, mentioned above, is that superpositions of them can be formed. If |\alpha\rangle and |\beta\rangle are two kets corresponding to quantum states, the ket
is a different quantum state (possibly not normalized). Note that which quantum state it is depends on both the amplitudes and phases (arguments) of c_\alpha and c_\beta. In other words, for example, even though |\psi\rang and e^{i\theta}|\psi\rang (for real θ) correspond to the same physical quantum state, they are not interchangeable, since for example |\phi\rang+|\psi\rang and |\phi\rang+e^{i\theta}|\psi\rang do not (in general) correspond to the same physical state. However, |\phi\rang+|\psi\rang and e^{i\theta}(|\phi\rang+|\psi\rang) do correspond to the same physical state. This is sometimes described by saying that "global" phase factors are unphysical, but "relative" phase factors are physical and important.
One example of a quantum interference phenomenon that arises from superposition is the double-slit experiment. The photon state is a superposition of two different states, one of which corresponds to the photon having passed through the left slit, and the other corresponding to passage through the right slit. The relative phase of those two states has a value which depends on the distance from each of the two slits. Depending on what that phase is, the interference is constructive at some locations and destructive in others, creating the interference pattern. By the analogy with coherence in other wave phenomena, a superposed state can be referred to as a coherent superposition.
Another example of the importance of relative phase in quantum superposition is Rabi oscillations, where the relative phase of two states varies in time due to the Schrödinger equation. The resulting superposition ends up oscillating back and forth between two different states.
Mixed states[edit]
A pure quantum state is a state which can be described by a single ket vector, as described above. A mixed quantum state is a statistical ensemble of pure states (see quantum statistical mechanics). Mixed states inevitably arise from pure states when, for a composite quantum system H_1 \otimes H_2 with an entangled state on it, the part H_2 is inaccessible to the observer. The state of the part H_1 is expressed then as the partial trace over H_2.
A mixed state cannot be described as a ket vector. Instead, it is described by its associated density matrix (or density operator), usually denoted ρ. Note that density matrices can describe both mixed and pure states, treating them on the same footing. Moreover, a mixed quantum state on a given quantum system described by a Hilbert space H can be always represented as the partial trace of a pure quantum state (called a purification) on a larger bipartite system H \otimes K for a sufficiently large Hilbert space K.
The density matrix is defined as
\rho = \sum_s p_s | \psi_s \rangle \langle \psi_s |
where p_s is the fraction of the ensemble in each pure state |\psi_s\rangle. Here, one typically uses a one-particle formalism to describe the average behaviour of an N-particle system.
A simple criterion for checking whether a density matrix is describing a pure or mixed state is that the trace of ρ2 is equal to 1 if the state is pure, and less than 1 if the state is mixed.[9] Another, equivalent, criterion is that the von Neumann entropy is 0 for a pure state, and strictly positive for a mixed state.
The rules for measurement in quantum mechanics are particularly simple to state in terms of density matrices. For example, the ensemble average (expectation value) of a measurement corresponding to an observable A is given by
\langle A \rangle = \sum_s p_s \langle \psi_s | A | \psi_s \rangle = \sum_s \sum_i p_s a_i | \langle \alpha_i |


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Discovering Universal Reality (PDF Copy)
In contemporary physics, the location of primordial energy is considered to be in the structure of matter and its fields. It has been shown in this book that the primary source of cosmic energy arises in the dynamics of space that originates and creates matter and fields, thereby showing that current physical theories are clearly on the wrong track with regard to the basic properties of space. On the nature of the mass and charge of the electron (and matter in general), a new insight is presented ― mass and charge are created due to the breakdown of space in rotation.This work considers the fundamentals of matter. The theory expounded here discovers one fundamental particle that structures all other elementary particles, including atoms. All matter is shown to be created from only one basic entity ― fluid space in dynamic condition.


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Using the case study, assignment instructions, Content readings, and external research, develop your Section II. Process Analysis. The case study tells you that the executives and employees at MTC have identified a need for an effective and efficient hiring system. As you review the case study, use the assignment instructions to take notes to assist in your analysis. As the stakeholders provide their needs and expectations to improve the process, identify steps that could be improved with the support of a hiring system. Also look for examples of issues and problems that can be improved with a technology solution.
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Use the outline format, headings and tables provided and follow all formatting instructions below.
A. Hiring Process
At the beginning of this section, write an introductory opening sentence for this section that addresses what the complete table provides. Reference processes and analyzing process improvements. Additional research can expand your knowledge of these areas.
The first step in analyzing the process is to document what the current process steps are and who is responsible for doing them. Therefore, the table provides the current steps in the manual hiring process provided by the case study. Remember, a process is a series of steps to perform a task; therefore, think about what the users are doing as part of the hiring process. Retain the as-is process steps provided; do not remove or revise these. Complete the second column by identifying the stakeholder responsible for this step based on the interviews in the MTC Case.
The next step is to identify how a hiring or applicant tracking system could improve each step in the process and how the business will benefit from that improvement. For each of the as-is process steps provided, complete the To-Be Process column in the table. indicating how this step in the process will be done using the hiring or applicant tracking system. For each process step, the statement should be concise and include an action verb and align with improving or replacing the current manual, as-is process step provided. Then complete the Business Benefits of the Improved Process column by explaining how this part of the process can contribute to the overall business strategy think at a higher level than the specific process step. Review the examples provided in the Hiring Process table. For each to-be process step, identify the result of using the system, as shown in the two examples. While it is true that the system will speed up each step of the process, think about how MTC would benefit more strategically from using an automated system to perform that step.


What's the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
Alaska's Tongass and Chugach National Forests provide many different things to the people who rely on them for food, recreation or a living, but because the forests work for free, the value of the services they provide is sometimes hard to recognize. As part of a growing movement to figure out the dollar value of those forest "products," however, scientists for the first time have estimated the value of the Tongass and the Chugach National Forests to Alaska's commercial salmon industry.
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Darts is an old traditional game played in the home and places of social gathering. Darts involves throwing of darts into a target (dartboard) which is divided by wires and numbered one to twenty, the object to score as many points as possible.
Darts is one of the most popular games played across the country both socially and competitively, and can be played equally by both men and women. darts is commonly played in homes, pubs and clubs with many darts leagues and tournaments.
Darts is equally popular in urban and country areas. Darts is normally played indoors, and can be played anywhere where there is room to hang an 18inch diameter dartboard, and room to throw the darts a distance of 8 feet.
Players of almost any age can play and enjoy darts. The game of darts involves the throwing of sharp pointed darts so children should be supervised by a responsible adult until they can be trusted to behave sensibly, regarding safety.
Darts can be enjoyed by the widest of ranges of people of all abilities. A steady throwing arm is an obvious advantage, as is a firm grasp of arithmetic, as the game involves a lot of adding and subtracting of scores, tactically necessary.
A game of darts is usually contested between two players, throwing alternately a series of three darts. Starting from a set score (normally 301 or 501) A player wins the round (leg) by reducing his score to zero, the last dart of the round must hit a double score or the inner circle of the bull. A throw that would reduce a players score to below zero does not count. There are three rounds (legs) to a game.
Dedication necessary when playing darts depends entirely on the individual, whether playing socially, competitively or professionally. As with all sports to progress to higher levels of the game regular practise is essential darts is no exception. Darts is a game of throwing accuracy and mathematical tactics as well as great fun.
In modern times the ever popular game of darts is played professionally as well as by amateurs and has seen a huge increase in popularity, due mainly to being a highly televised sport, this has led to many highly prized competitions and tournaments.
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A set of three darts can be purchased from around £10. A dartboard can be purchased from £25 upwards, although cheaper children's versions are available.
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Chapter 26: The Senses
This tutorial explores the different types of sensory receptors in the skin that provide detailed information about mechanical stimuli.
26.1: Process Animation: The human ear
26.2: Process Animation: The human eye
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Personal Assessment of Strengths, management homework help
To prepare for this assignment, make sure to complete the StrengthsFinder quiz located in the back of your book. This will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Click here for a video tutorial on how to complete the quiz and view your results. Then, view information about your top five strengths at "Start Here – An Overview of the StrengthsFinder Movement," found at. Then view information about your top five strengths at "Strategic – Learn more about your innate talents from Gallup's Clifton StrengthsFinder!" found at.
 1. Describe your initial reaction to finding out your top five strengths.
 2. Explain how your top five strengths relate to your leadership style. Determine how they relate to the key functions you would need to perform as a manager.
 3. Determine what traits you need to work on the most to become a good leader. Then, explain whether these traits differ from the strengths you need to be a good manager.
 4. Indicate which of your strengths you anticipate you will use the most in college or a future career.
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Reverberation control of work spaces and of other living areas in buildings is a specialty of ITS, having an extended experience for many applications.
In relation to regulatory texts and standards, this consists in implementing (in various forms e.g. acoustic suspended ceiling, wall-mounted absorbent lining, screens, baffles and suspended absorbent elements) sound-absorbing materials, in quality, in quantity and in location satisfactory to the objectives and specific constraints of each project: acoustic performance, but also, and depending on the context: lightness and possibilities of fixing on the available supports, resistance to moisture, oxidation, cleanability, decorative function...
Concerning work premises
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to reduce the reverberation of noise on partitions when it is likely to significantly increase the level of noise exposure of workers:
- the Decree of 30 August 1990 regulates the decrease of the noise level by doubling the distance at source in the premises (workshops, production facilities) where machinery and apparatuses are to be installed, capable of exposing workers to a level of daily noise level greater than 85 dB (A), whether it is a room empty of any machine or production facility or premises after installation of machinery and production equipment
- the NF S 31080 standard (which is not mandatory) sets acoustic performance levels and criteria by type of space for offices (individual, collective, open space) and associated spaces (meeting / training room), relaxation area, restaurant): reverberation time and spatial decay rate (as appropriate)
Concerning teaching establishments
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to limit noise in nursery and elementary schools, colleges, high schools, regional institutions of special education, universities and institutions of higher education, general, technical or professional (public or private), by imposing reverberation time limits:
- the Decree of 25 April 2003 regulates teaching and practical premises, administrations, libraries, information and documentation centers, music rooms, meeting rooms, teachers' rooms, medical premises and infirmaries, multipurpose rooms, dining rooms
Concerning premises in health facilities
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to limit the noise, by imposing reverberation time limits:
- the Decree of 25 April 2003 regulates the dining rooms, staff rest rooms, public reception areas, accommodation or care spaces, examination or consultation rooms, medical offices or consulting rooms, premises and circulations accessible to the public
Concerning sports halls
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to reduce the noise:
- the standard NF P 90207 sets maximum permissible values for the reverberation time (depending on the volume) and the sound decay values in space (depending on the area) for rooms reserved for the practice of some sports: gymnastics, athletics, volleyball, handball, basketball, tennis, fencing, table tennis
Concerning institutions for childrens under 6 years
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to reduce the ambient sound levels:
- in France there is no regulation nor standard, but nevertheless a broad consensus regarding the reverberation time of the atriums, games rooms - and activity - of the different sections, sleeping rooms, offices, medical rooms, staff rooms, halls and stairwells that may be crossed regularly by children
Concerning restaurants, bars, places with amplified music broadcasting
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to improve the sound comfort:
- in France there is neither a regulation nor a norm but a broad consensus regarding the reverberation time
Concerning operas, theaters, cinemas, concert halls
The reverberation control aims, for such applications, to adjust, with respect to needs whose evaluation is of great complexity, many performance indicators:
- (in addition to the reverberation time) clarity at 50 or 80 ms (C50, C80), early decay time EDT (Early Decay Time), speech transmission index STI, central time TS, definition D50, sound force G, lateral efficiency (LF and CFL).


Manger son pain noir :
Manger son pain noir (Eating black bread) is an expression that means going through a difficult period, having difficulties.
This expression comes from the rebirth, bread becomes a common food. Noble people eat white bread which is better while poorer people ate black bread. This meant that they were in difficulty.
For example : Les étudiants pendant la période de pandémie mangent leur pain noir.
Manger de la vache enragée :
Manger de la vache enragée (Eating rabid cows) means having an angry attitude. In this expression we have the word 'vache', the cow, and 'enragée', rabid which means someone who has rabies (the disease) or is very angry.
This expression comes from the fact that in the past, when there was no food, some people were forced to eat meat from sick animals that sometimes had rabies.
For example : Elle a mangé de la vache enragée ou quoi? Elle a l'air énervée.
French Idiomatic Expression - Manger de la vache enragée
Manger à tous les râteliers :
Manger à tous les râteliers (Eating at all racks) means taking advantage of all possible sources, taking advantage of as many things as possible selfishly.
'Un râtelier' is a rack, an object in which animals can eat.
Animals will often eat at all racks and take advantage of their neighbors' food.
For example : Il mange vraiment à tous les râteliers. Il demande de l'argent à ses parents, à son oncle et maintenant à son frère.
Manger son chapeau :
Manger son chapeau (Eating your hat) means acknowledging your mistake.
Admitting that one has made a mistake is something difficult to do in general, eating one's hat is also difficult, hence the meaning of this expression.
This expression would originate from the equivalent English expression.
For example: Parfois, il faut savoir manger son chapeau pour favoriser la communication.
French Idiomatic Expression - Manger son chapeau
Manger sur le pouce :
Manger sur le pouce (Eating on the go) means eating very quickly. The thumb here represents the finger.
When we eat on the thumb, we don't sit at the table, we're going to eat a sandwich, so we're going to use our hands, our thumbs.
For example : Le midi, j'ai une pause très courte donc je mange sur le pouce.
Manger dans la main de quelqu'un :
Manger dans la main de quelqu'un (Eating out of someone's hand) means being submissive and dependent on someone.
When you eat out of someone's hand, you are like an animal that has been domesticated, you have no control.
For example : Depuis qu'il a une piscine, tout le monde lui mange dans la main.
French Idiomatic Expression - Manger dans la main de quelqu'un
Manger les pissenlits par la racine :
Manger les pissenlits par la racine (Eating dandelions by the root) means being dead.
The expression comes from the fact that when someone is dead and buried the flowers grow above him and the roots are then his only food.
For example : Je n'ai pas hâte de manger les pissenlits par la racine.
Manger du lion :
Manger du lion (Eating lion) means having a lot of energy. This expression is a metaphor in reference to lions, which are animals full of energy and strength.
For example : Tu es en forme ce matin. Tu as mangé du lion?
French Idiomatic Expression - Manger du lion
Your turn, make a sentence with one of these idiomatic expressions, write it in comment!


Farmers forced to become warehousing titans
Producers are growing weary over the steady stream of buy-it-early advice. All the stories of impending shortages are fuelling skepticism.
This spring, analysts sounded more certain than ever that fertilizer availability would be a big problem. The same logistical problems curtailing grain movement were expected to spill over into fertilizer delivery.
Scribes including this one, dutifully advised producers to have their fertilizer supply lined up well in advance. In the end, the typical spot shortages occurred, but no supply disaster materialized. Maybe it would have been different if seeding had occurred during a shorter time frame, but to producers it looks like yet another false alarm.
The most recent scuttlebutt is to stock up on glyphosate before the price goes up. Some producers will probably heed the advice while others will roll their eyes and proclaim that they've seen this movie before.
There have been more shortages of specific products in recent years, whether it's Reglone desiccant or certain brands of fungicides. You might have to call around to different suppliers or switch to another product.
It's useful to have products in your own warehouse well in advance of the season of use, but how far should producers go to guarantee supplies? How much needs to be secured how far in advance?
In recent years, there have been alarm bells over the possibility of a diesel fuel shortage. Refinery problems have caused some short-term shortages in Western Canada, but this hasn't coincided with seeding or harvest.
Still, the fear of a diesel shortage has convinced some producers to in-crease their on-farm bulk storage capacity. Theoretically, this may also provide an opportunity to make diesel purchases when prices are more favourable.
This is certainly the situation with fertilizer. Most of the time, nitrogen and phosphate are less expensive in the fall than the following spring. This past year, the difference was dramatic. The price saving went a long way to paying for storage capacity.
This is not without risk. Does anyone insure their stored fertilizer? Bins can leak or fall over. Product can be stolen. And there are occasional years when prices don't follow the expected trend.
Producers will often pre-purchase most of their fertilizer, while leaving a portion for purchase around seeding time so they can more closely match their needs. It's certainly a benefit to the supply chain to have a lot of the fertilizer in place before the season of use.
Harvest is just starting, but soon you can expect to start seeing advertisements to buy canola seed for next year. The newest and best varieties might be in short supply.
With the corn price graph resembling a downhill ski slope, it's reasonable to expect the price of nitrogen to continue dropping, but at some point decisions will need to be made about next year's supply.
For a world economy that prides itself on just in time logistics to avoid storage costs, it seems that farmers have become warehousing titans. Not only do they need storage for 1.5 times a normal crop, but they also need to store a large proportion of their inputs long before they're needed.
Warehousing capability can help farmers lower purchase prices, just like grain storage can help marketing plans. But it takes deep pockets and many farmers are now wary when another supply problem is rumoured.
How do we sort out what's real and what's just marketing?


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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe the epidemiology, prognostication, and treatment of outand in-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA and IHCA) in elderly patients. RECENT FINDINGS: Elderly patients undergoing cardiac arrest (CA) challenge the appropriateness of attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Current literature suggests that factors traditionally associated with survival to hospital discharge and neurologically intact survival after CA cardiac arrest in general (e.g. presenting ryhthm, bystander CPR, targeted temperature management) may not be similarly favorable in elderly patients. Alternative factors meaningful for outcome in this special population include prearrest functional status, comorbidity load, the specific age subset within the elderly population, and CA location (i.e., nursing versus private home). Age should therefore not be a standalone criterion for withholding CPR. Attempts to perform CPR in an elderly patient should instead stem from a shared decision-making process. SUMMARY: An appropriate CPR attempt is an attempt resulting in neurologically intact survival. Appropriate CPR in elderly patients requires better risk classification. Future research should therefore focus on the associations of specific within-elderly age subgroups, comorbidities, and functional status with neurologically intact survival. Reporting must be standardized to enable such evaluation.
|Numero di pagine||8|
|Rivista||Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology|
|Stato di pubblicazione||Published - 2021|
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine


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Weapons and Tools
From ancient times the Celts were using battle axes in the wars against their enemies. As the new world was populated by Europeans, the battle axes came with them. While built for war, they became the primary tool for home building of log cabins.
The French, Dutch, and English traders provided iron Tomahawks to the Native Americans as trade items. The Native Americans originally had a small stone axe. By trading with the Europeans, they acquired axes, which were very heavy, weighing two to three pounds each. As time went by, the Europeans learned to make steel Tomahawks to use as trade items, which gradually became lighter and smaller. These were more suitable for hunting and for war parties. They were a cross between the stone axe and the battle axe. Tomahawks became one of the primary tools, as well as weapons, for Native Americans.
The word Tomahawk is derived from Tomahak or Tamahaken from the language of the Algonquin Indians of Virginia. After the 1700s the Native Americans used the Tomahawk with great success. After seeing what the Native Americans did with the Tomahawk in warfare, the traders, settlers, and frontiersmen also adopted the Tomahawk for close combat.
Used in Wars
State militia soldiers serving during the Revolutionary War often carried a Tomahawk mostly instead of a sword. The Continental Congress of the United States in a resolution dated July 18, 1775, decreed that militiamen must provide themselves with a sword or Tomahawk in addition to muskets and bayonets. The patriot militia of King's Mountain carried Tomahawks instead of swords.