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a default (first) wallet.
- Follow the steps Vigvam suggests: unlock the Ledger device, open the Ethereum app, or install it if you haven't done it yet.
- After completing the scanning procedure, you will be suggested to confirm what exact wallets should be added.
- You can change the wallet name here.
- Click the Continue button to finish.
- Now, you can use this wallet as well as others.
- There is always a notation that it is a wallet from Ledger in its name.
- Every time you need to sign a transaction, Vigvam will also show a window to connect the device and send a signature request to it.
Optional testing: Social Auth
- You can also create wallets using one of the following Social Auth ways: Google, Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit.
- This is an experimental feature that is not working in Firefox yet.
- Click on the social network and select the account you will use to create a wallet.
The Vigvam Testing flow: interactions with dApps.
We prepared two video tutorials on how to interact with Uniswap on Avalanche and Ethereum testnets and _URL_ on the Polygon testnet. You may conduct the same steps or create your own testing flow with these dapps. Don't forget to share your experience in our form.
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The main entrance to the walled enclosure of Ibiza
It is the main entrance to the walled enclosure of the old town of Ibiza. It is situated between the bastions of Sant Joan and Santa Llúcia, and was built between 1584 and 1585. In 1888, the moat in front of the doorway was crossed by slats of wood, which were later replaced by a drawbridge and, in the early 20th century, by a permanent bridge. The gateway is crowned by the imperial coat of arms and crown. On both sides of the gateway there are replicas of the original statues, which are kept in the Archaeological Museum.
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PCL-CVS requires parts of the Elib library, version 1.0 or later. Elib can be downloaded from either the primary GNU FTP site at, or from any number of other mirror sites. Get Elib, and install it, before proceeding. It's probably also available from where you downloaded PCL-CVS, including from. Installation of the program =========================== -1. Download and install the Elib library (if it's not done yet). 0. If you're using XEmacs, you probably need Emacs' easy-mmode.el that you can find at. Copy it into the pcl-cvs source dir (it's only needed for compiling the.el files). Also, don't forget to first install the Elib library. 1. Edit the file 'Makefile' to reflect the situation at your site. The only things you have to change is the definition of 'lispdir' (usually '/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' or something similar) and 'infodir' (usually '/usr/local/(share/)info' or similar). The compiled elisp files will be copied to 'lispdir', and the info files to 'infodir'. 2. Make sure you have already installed the Elib library. 3. Type 'make install' in the source directory. This will byte-compile all '.el' files and copy all the '.elc' files into the directory you specified in step 1. It will also copy the info files (and add a corresponding entry to the info-dir file if install-info can be found). If you want to install the '.el' files as well, just type 'make install_el'. If you only want to create the compiled elisp files, but don't want to install them, you can type 'make elcfiles' instead. 4. Edit the file 'site-start.el' (or default.el) in your emacs lisp directory ((i.e. the one specified above) and enter the contents of the file 'pcl-cvs-startup.el' into it. It contains a couple of 'autoload's that facilitates the use of pcl-cvs. Alternatively, you can just use 'make install_startup'. 5. If you already had copied the pcl-cvs.startup.el file to your site-start.el, you might want to check if it is still correct since autoloads might have been added/removed. How to make typeset documentation ================================= If you have TeX installed at your site, you can make a typeset manual from 'pcl-cvs.texi' by typing ''make pcl-cvs.dvi''. If you prefer a postscript version of this file, just use ''make pcl-cvs.ps''. _TAG_ @(#)v2_9_9:INSTALL,v 1.7 1999/08/30 00:09:34 monnier Exp


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| Volunteer Fire Assistance
Congress has determined that the protection of rural areas and rural communities from fire is of national interest therefore, there is a Federal role.
The purpose of the Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA)
Program, formerly known as the Rural Community Fire Protection (RCFP)
Program, is to provide Federal financial, technical, and other assistance
to State Foresters and other appropriate officials to organize, train
and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities to prevent
and suppress fires. A rural community is defined as having 10,000 or less
population. This 10,000 population limit for participation in the VFA
Program facilitates distribution of available VFA funding to the most
needy fire departments.
In spite of the abundance of nearby water, Missouri homes on the Lake of the Ozarks could be threatened if wildland fire strikes. Local, volunteer fire departments are the first line of defense for these houses nestled among the trees.

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Education is felt to be very important in Togo. The Togolese government has built primary
schools all over the country, and 70% of children in Togo spend at least five years in
primary education. The authorities would like to provide free schooling, but do not have
enough money, so parents have to pay fees. The annual cost per child is around £15, a
considerable sum in a country where unemployment levels are very high, wages are low and
people may go for months without receiving their wages. Many thousands of Togolese parents
cannot afford to send their children to school.
Most of the schools in Togo are state schools, but
there are also private schools, run by Christian or Islamic organisations, or by
individuals (usually former teachers). Some of the private schools in Lomé have excellent
facilities and provide a first-rate education.
The secondary schools in Togo follow a
similar curriculum to those in France and French is the language used in school (at
primary level children are taught in French and the local tribal language). Only a small
proportion of Togolese children go to high school.
Most of the schools in Togo have little in
the way of equipment, no electricity, and the language spoken in the classroom is the
second or even third language for most children. Despite these difficulties, literacy
rates are among the highest in Africa.


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Transmission of jewelry techniques and symbols within a Hopi family of jewelers
Hellyer, Christine Frances
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This study examined the methods in which the techniques utilized in the creation of Hopi jewelry were transmitted within generations of one Hopi family. The qualitative methodologies of ethnography and narrative inquiry were used to explore the questions: (1) How are the symbols and techniques of the Hopi overlay designs being transmitted within generations of a Hopi family of jewelers?, and (2) How can the teaching methods utilized by this Hopi family of jewelers inform jewelry curriculum in a public school setting? The study was conducted within one family of jewelers to seek understanding of the pedagogical means utilized and to ascertain if the methods employed are applicable to a classroom setting. In an attempt to experience the teaching methods used, I became an active participant and interned with the patriarch of the family. The jeweler had also begun teaching one of his granddaughters so I was able to witness his teaching style as he conducted her lessons as well. In addition to my experience of being an intern, interviews were conducted with three family members and the lessons were also videotaped. Analysis revealed that lessons were not usually conducted in a formal setting as we see in a traditional classroom. Instead, most of the lessons were learned by the younger family members by observing the older family members. The setting was more akin to an apprenticeship and would be very difficult to replicate in a classroom.

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Free Fly 230mm Wingspan PP Hand Launched Throwing Electronic Aircraft RC Airplane G.lider Indoor Plane Fixed Wing Trainer Toys
Uses durable PP material
Easy carrying and operating
Model : Hand launched G.lider
Wingspan : 230mm
Fuselage : 190mm
Material : PP
Flight Time : can fly 30 times when full charged, each time can last 15 seconds
1. Choose a wide area without wind or breeze. Press the "Start" button, it will flash quickly, the motor will rotate after 2 seconds, then you can start it by throwing it horizontally. Its LED turns on during flight, and after 15 seconds the motor automatically stops spinning and begins to land. The "Start" button also controls the stop of motor rotation.
2.When it is in the state of the LED slow flashing, or in the condition of spinless or slow spinning when press the "start" button, it is the result of dead battery. It must be charged by connecting its own charing cable with power bank or smartphone charger. During charging, its LED will flash lasting for 30min, and off after full charged.
3. Indoor flight must be in an area of wide living room without ceiling lamp. Only left circling flight is available for indoor flight. The size of the flight radius is changed to accommodate indoor flight by adjusting the aircraft's direction tail according to the home environment.
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Generation of Spatially Varying Polarization by Interference with Polarized Light
Interferometry is an important technique for optical metrology. As an example, a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with coherent laser source is build up in VirtualLab Fusion. Particularly in this example, two polarizers are inserted to control the polarization states of the two interfering beams. By rotating one polarizer, the changes in the interference pattern is visualized, and as a result, spatially varying polarization is generated.
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Rolling Resistance (Fuel Efficiency)
Rolling resistance will use a classification from best performance (green category "A") through to the worst performance (red category "G") – category "D" is not being used.
Rolling resistance is the main key factor in measuring the energy efficiency of a tyre. It has direct influence on the fuel consumption of a vehicle. Fuel efficiency is important to reduce both CO2 emissions and the cost of driving.
The difference between each category means a reduction or increase in fuel consumption of between 2.5%-4.5%. That's a difference of about 0.42-0.56 mpg for a 36 mpg car per category.
This figure will increase even more for light and heavy trucks.


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Center-surface winding uses all three of the TNT winding principles. Web tension is controlled by the surface drive connected to the lay-on or pressure roll to optimize slitting and web spreading. Feedback from web-tension load cells trims this drive to control constant web tension during winding. Lay-on roll loading applied to the winding roll controls the nip. Torque from the center drive is programmed to produce the desired in-wound tension for the desired roll-hardness profile.
Center winders can be a gap winder, where only tension is used to control roll hardness. A center winder could also incorporate a lay-on or pressure roll. This winder would use both tension and nip to control the roll's hardness. With a center winding process, the spindle torque through the center of the roll provides the web tension.
Surface-type film winders use a driven winding drum. The winding rolls are loaded against the drum and are surface wound.
A lot of science goes into winding. So-called TNT (tension, winding, torque) winding principles are well established and have been proven and modeled at the Web Handling Research Center at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Yet determining which of these principles, or the proportional amount of each, to use for proper winding of different types of materials under specific sets of conditions is still considered "art." This article is intended to help processors select the best type of winder to use in order to consistently produce high-quality, defect-free rolls of web material. We will discuss the winding principles, how they are used on different types of winders, and present product parameters for which each type of winder is best suited.
Roll hardness is developed in different ways on different types of winders but the basic principles of how to build roll hardness stay the same. To remember these principles, just remember that to consistently wind "dynamite rolls" you need TNT:
-Tension: The winding web tension.
-Nip: The nip of the pressure roll or drum.
-Torque: From the center drive or torque drum.
When winding elastic films, web tension is the dominant principle of winding used to control roll hardness. The more tension pulled and the more stretch put on the web before winding, the harder the wound rolls will ultimately be. The winding web tension is often determined empirically.
However, the maximum amount of web tension can also be determined by using 10% to 25% of the material's elastic limit. When relying only on tension to control roll density, it is important that the winding tension be tapered smoothly as the roll diameter increases. The tension taper should be between 0 and 50%. A tension taper of 25% at full roll is common.
When winding inelastic webs, nip is the dominant principle used to control roll hardness. Web tension is controlled to optimize the slitting and spreading operations. The nip controls the roll hardness by removing the boundary layer of air following the web into the winding roll. The rolling nip also induces in-wound tension into the roll. The harder the nip, the harder the winding roll will be.
The challenge for winding is to have sufficient nip to remove the air and wind hard, straight rolls without introducing too much in-wound tension in order to prevent roll blocking or deformation of the web over the high-caliper area.
Key considerations in applying the nip principle of winding are:
-The nip must be applied where the web enters the winding roll.
-The winding film's weight and the lay-on roll's weight, as well as web tension, should not affect the nip loading.
-The nip pressure should be tapered as the roll winds, to prevent "starring" and "telescoping."
-The larger the roll diameter, the more air is introduced to the nip, producing a tapered nip pressure with a constant nip loading.
Torque winding is the force induced through the center of the winding roll, which is transmitted through the web layers and tightens the inner wraps. This torque is used to produce the web tension when center winding. Therefore, "tension" and "torque" are the same winding principle. However, when the pressure roll is driven to control the web's tension, then the torque induced through the center of the roll can be independently controlled to adjust the winding roll's hardness profile.
Film winding is often referred to as an art. This is because the setting and programming of the TNT will vary depending on:
-The type and design of the winder.
-The type of web material being wound (thick/thin, extensible/non-extensible, slippery/sticky).
-The width of the rolls being wound.
-The speed of the winding operation.
There are three basic winding processes used for web materials: center winding, surface winding, and combination center-surface winding. Each process uses one or more of the TNT winding principles to build roll hardness.
A center winder could be a gap winder where only tension is used to control roll hardness. A center winder could also incorporate a lay-on or pressure roll. This winder would use both tension and nip to control the roll's hardness. In center winding, the spindle torque through the center of the roll provides the web tension.
An advantage of center winding is that this process can wind softer rolls. This type of turret winder can provide quick indexing and fast cycle times. The disadvantage of center winding is the limitation of maximum roll diameter due to the torque applied through the layers of slippery webs. In addition, center winders have a higher probability of generating scrap during roll changes.
Turret center winders are:
-Best for winding soft rolls (i.e. webs with gauge bands).
-Best for winding film with high tack.
-Best for winding small-diameter rolls.
-Easily designed for dual-direction winding.
-Able to provide adhesiveless transfers.
When surface winding elastic materials, web tension is the dominant winding principle. When surface winding inelastic materials, nip is the dominant winding principle. Surface-type film winders use a driven winding drum. The winding rolls are loaded against the drum and are surface wound.
The advantage of surface winding is that web tension is not supplied from torque being applied through the layers of film wrapped into the roll. The disadvantage is that air cannot be wound into the roll to minimize gauge bands and roll blocking problems.
Drum surface winders are:
-Best for winding hard rolls (i.e., protective films).
-Best in utilization of space and horsepower.
-Best for winding very large-diameter rolls.
-Best for minimizing waste during transfers.
-Mechanically simpler, with a single and smaller winding drive.
A center-surface winder uses both center winding and surface winding processes (see Fig. 1). Center-surface winding uses all three of the TNT principles. The web tension is controlled by the surface drive connected to the lay-on or pressure roll to optimize slitting and web spreading. The feedback from the web-tension load cells trims this drive to control constant web tension during the winding operation. The lay-on roll loading applied to the winding roll controls the nip. The torque from the center drive is programmed to produce the desired in-wound tension for the roll hardness profile desired.
The advantage of center-surface winding is that the winding tension can be controlled independently of the web tension. For high-tension applications, center-surface winders can share the tension horsepower requirements to allow small center drives. The disadvantage of center-surface winding is that the winding equipment is more expensive and complex.
Center-surface winders are:
-Best for winding high-slip films to larger diameters.
-Best for slitting and winding extensible films to larger diameters.
-Best to significantly taper in-wound tension without affecting the film width.
-Able to supply in-wound tension without stretching the web over caliper bands.
About the author
R. Duane Smith is product manager of specialty winding at Davis-Standard LLC/Black Clawson Converting Machinery. He has been associated with the company for nearly 40 years and has been awarded two patents in the area of winding. Contact: _PHONE_; email: _EMAIL_; website: davis-standard.com.


text: Abert's SquirrelSciurus aberti- L= 18 1/4–23 inches. Abert's Squirrels have a complicated relationship with ponderosa pine trees. Their favorite food is the cones of the Ponderosa Pine. They will turn the cone slowly, much like you may rotate an ear of corn as you eat it, peeling away the cone scales to reach the meaty seeds. The new buds and inner bark of the Ponderosa are also quickly consumed by the squirrel. You may think this would be bad for the Ponderosa; but the Abert's also eat ectomycorrhizal fungi, the consequence of this feeding activity spreads the spores of the fungi around. As it turns out this fungi is very beneficial to the survival of the Ponderosa Trees and the Abert's Squirrel serve a fundamental function in the propagation of the fungi. The relationship between the Ponderosa Pine and this little squirrel is quite remarkable and complex.


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AgriGro's Turf Formula Biostimulant is an All Natural, environmentally safe, Soil and Plant Fertility Booster and Biostimulant.
Developed by a bio-chemist, Turf Formula Biostimulant can be used on all grass types and all turf situations. Golf course superintendents around the country have been using Turf Formula on their greens, tees and fairways for years.
The benefits are numerous and include better nutrient uptake, increased root mass, massive increase in microbial activity that produces stronger and healthier plants. But this is only the beginning of what it does.
Certified research has shown that soil microbes increased 3400% in 24 hours* after application resulting in more available soil nutrients, lighter and more aerated soil, and a decrease in many soil born pathogens and parasitic nematodes. The high increase of beneficial soil microbes feed upon pathogenic bacteria.
*Research was performed by the University of Missouri/Columbia. Turf Formula Biostimulant was used with Super-Cal Liquid Calcium when the tests were performed.
Turf managers are able to reduce fertilizer nutrient inputs by as much as 30% due to the increase in microbial activity and their mineralization of soil elements. That is a great benefit to the environment. Some commercial home lawn care companies are using Turf Formula Biostimulant as their primary method of fertilization and adding other nutrients as needed.
Turf Formula can be used on:
Turf Formula Biostimulant works equally well on many other plants, too.
How Does This Unique Formula Work?
The unique Turf Formula Biostimulant blend contains plant essential by-products created by the controlled activity of beneficial arobic and anarobic bacteria. Beneficial bacteria convert raw materials into plant usable substances, including essential enzymes, micronutrients, plant growth hormones, salicylic acid, amino acids, complex carbohydrates, and other important ingredients. When taken up into plants, it increases photosynthesis, disease resistance, nutrient storage and absorption, carbon fixation, root growth, and other important plant functions.
What Will Turf Formula Do in the Soil?
Plant life begins in the soil and soil microorganisms are the key to healthy soil. In tests conducted by Morning Star Labs, Moonpark, CA, Turf Formula increased soil microbial activity by 2000% in the first three days using the biostimulant alone. Soil was more aerified and lighter due to the microbial activity.
University of Missouri/Columbia combined the Turf Formula with Super-Cal with even greater effects on soil microorganism activity. Mycorrhizae fungi were greatly increased. Mycorrhizea is a vital beneficial fungi that colonize on plant roots and help roots absorb water and nutrients and actually extends the reach of roots.
In addition, research demonstrated that plant root mass increased by 35% over untreated plots. The increased root mass is able to take up more nutrients and water making the soil more productive. The increase in soil microorganisms working the soil increases the available nutrients and makes uptake more efficient. Turf Formula Biostimulant users have reported a decrease in diseases, including soil born pathogens and nematodes.
In short, you get a proven product that increases nutrient efficiency, while increasing root mass and microbial activity. This combination will increase plant health and reduce disease and fertilizer inputs and so much more.
Turf Formula Biostimulant is best when combined with Super-Cal Liquid Calcium. This is especially important in low pH soils. Super-Cal Calcium is an immediately available calcium source that is essential for root strenght and penetration. Calcium strenghtens cell walls and is necessary to maintain high microbial activity.
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Bountiful Harvest Biostimulant creates an explosion of microorganisms breaking down organic matter and soil elements for plant use. It promotes rapid root growth, plant and fruit growth, increases disease resistance, and plant health.
Simply mix with water and spray it on your plants, soil, seeds, trees, flowers, and anything that grows. There is an explosion of soil microbial activity in the first 24 hours of application. University research shows over 2000% increase in 24 hours and when combined with Super-Cal, it increases to 3400%. This means greater nutrient availability and increased plant health. Thousands of farmers, botinists, turf managers, and backyard gardeners are using AgriGro's Bountiful Harvests Biostimulants. You should too.
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Super-Cal Liquid Calcium is an immediately available calcium source for your plants, trees, flowers, and other plants. Super-Cal liquid calcium can be absorbed and used by plants from the first day it is applied.
Calcium is an important element needed in the high quantities by plants, but is often unavailable in the soil. Measuring soil pH alone will measure the total calcium, but will not give you the amount of calcium that is available to plants. Granulated lime can take up to two years before it is disolved and able to be used. Super-Cal can be immediately absorbed by plants. It also contains natural organic acids that dissolves unavailable soil calcium, so it too becomes usable by plants.
Calcium is needed in the largest amounts by plants compared to other nutrients. Healthy soils calcium levels equal 60% to 70% of the soil base saturation of cations. Calcium is essential for microbial life, for root growth, for firmer fruit, and strenghening cell walls, brighter flowers, and more. Calcium provides many more functions inside the plant. Low calcium produces poor quality plants and ample calcium helps produce healthy plants.
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AgriGro's Foliar Blend Biostimulant
Foliar Blend Biostimulant is AgriGro's all-time best selling product. It is used by farmers and growers on thousands of farms in the U.S. and in 49 countries around the world. It is now available to homeowners, community gardens, home and commercial orchards, nurseries, or anyone in need of a foliar blend biostimulant.
Foliar Blend Biostimulant goes to work the moment it is applied. Microorganisms are stimulated over 2000% within 24 hours. It increases to 3400% when combined with Super-Cal Liquid Calcium. Root growth is greatly increased, plant health and growth is increased tremendously.
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AgriGro "Ultra" - Certified Organic Biostimulant
AgriGro "Ultra" is an OMRI Certified Organic Plant and Soil Fertility Booster and Biostimulant. It can be applied to the soil, seeds, or sprayed on the plants. It works by rapidly increasing soil microbial activity, increasing root and plant health. It contains ingredients derived from seaweed plus hormones and amino acids derived from anarobic and arobic bacteria, micronutrients, and more.
This All Natural Organic Formula is a great addition to the organic gardner, organic lawn care operations, and growers of all types concerned about what is going into the soil. You can increase available soil nutrients and stimulating root and plant growth, while lowering additional fertilizer requirements. It can be used on trees, vegetables, flowers, or most anything you grow.
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Italian in character or appearance: an Italianate staircase with triple loggia
More example sentences
- Their interpretations ooze with the music's Italianate nature, and the elegance and grace they convey is exceptional.
- As its fresco-like nature suggests, much of the finished painting appears Italianate in conception.
- Unfortunately, Guleghina can't muster their Italianate style, and her portrayal has less character than those mentioned above.
late 16th century: from Italian italianato, from Italia 'Italy'.
Definition of Italianate in:
- The US English dictionary


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What is Black Phosphorus Graphite Composite?
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Black Phosphorus Graphite Composite is a new composite material made from Black phosphorus and graphite. Black phosphorus (BP) is a desirable anode material for alkali metal ion storage owing to its high electronic/ionic conductivity and theoretical capacity. An in-depth understanding of the redox reactions between BP and the alkali metal ions is key to reveal the potential and limitations of BP, and thus to guide the design of BPbased composites for highperformance alkali metal-ion batteries.
A few days ago, the team of Professor Ji Hengxing from the University of Science and Technology of China published a scientific research result in the top international magazine "Science"-they have made a major breakthrough in the research of new lithium-ion battery electrode materials: a newly designed black phosphorus composite material is possible A lithium-ion battery with the three advantages of high capacity, fast charging and long life is prepared.
Ji Hengxing introduced that if this technology is put into use, "we may be able to fully charge an electric car in about 10 minutes and drive about 500 kilometers." Long charging time has always been the shortcoming of electric vehicles. Currently, the most advanced electric vehicles on the market need to "wait" for an hour to drive about 500 kilometers. The development of large-capacity lithium-ion batteries with fast charging capabilities has always been an important goal of the electric vehicle industry.
The electrode material is a key factor in determining battery performance indicators. "If you want to increase the battery charging speed, you need a material with a fast electrochemical reaction. One of the very important criteria is whether the electrode material has a strong ability to conduct electrons and ions." Ji Hingxing said the research team hopes to discover An electrode material that can not only give the industry expectations in terms of comprehensive performance indicators but also adapt to the industrial battery production process.
The first author of the thesis, Dr. Hongchang Jin, introduced: "Energy enters and exits the battery through the chemical reaction between lithium ions and electrode materials. Therefore, the conductivity of the electrode material to lithium ions is the key to determining the charging speed; in addition, the electrode material per unit mass or volume contains lithium ions. The amount is also an important factor."
The Jixingxing team found that black phosphorus is an excellent choice. First of all, its theoretical capacity is very high, second only to single crystal silicon or metallic lithium. Secondly, as a semiconductor material, it has a strong ability to conduct electrons. Third, black phosphorus has a layered structure, and lithium ions can be quickly conducted between the layers of the black phosphorus sheet. These excellent properties make black phosphorus a very promising electrode material that can realize the fast charging of lithium-ion batteries.
Black phosphorus is an allotrope of white phosphorus, and it is an electrode material with great potential to meet the requirements of fast charging. However, a series of current studies have found that there is a certain gap between the comprehensive performance indicators of black phosphorus and expectations. Black phosphorus is prone to structural damage from the edge of the layered structure, and the measured performance is far lower than theoretical expectations. For this reason, Ji Xingxing team adopted the strategy of "interface engineering" to connect black phosphorus and graphite through phosphorus-carbon covalent bonds to make its structure more stable, and the process of lithium ions entering the black phosphorus particles is easier, which greatly improves Lithium-ion conduction, which may have been limited, is eliminated.
In addition, the electrode material will be wrapped in chemicals that gradually decompose the electrolyte during the working process. Some substances will prevent lithium ions from entering the electrode material, just like dust on the glass surface hinders light penetration. The research team put a layer of clothing on the composite material for this purpose. They used a thin polymer gel to make a dust-proof coat and "worn" on the surface of the black phosphorous graphite composite material to allow lithium ions to enter smoothly.
"Under the interface optimization of these two levels, this black phosphorous composite material has achieved a breakthrough in performance." Ji Hingxing said.
"We use conventional process routes and technical parameters to make the black phosphorous composite material into the electrode sheet. Laboratory measurement results show that the electrode sheet can recover about 80% of the power after 9 minutes of charging, and it can still maintain 90% of the capacity after 2000 cycles." Xin Sen, the co-first author of the paper and a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that if mass production of this material can be achieved, and matching cathode materials and other auxiliary materials can be found, the optimized design will be expected to achieve an energy density of 350 Wh. /Kg, and has a lithium-ion battery with fast charging capability. This means that it can make electric vehicles travel close to 1,000 kilometers, and will increase the user experience of electric vehicles to a higher level.
On this basis, the Jixingxing team will continue to explore in terms of basic research and scale preparation technology. In-depth understanding of basic scientific issues such as the microstructure, physical and chemical properties, and electrochemical reaction process of electrode materials, as well as the performance requirements of the industry for core materials, are necessary to achieve breakthroughs in battery technology and promote the development of consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and other related fields condition. "To achieve this vision, there is still a lot of work to be done, but we are full of hope for the future." Ji Hengxing said.
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Layer and trigger issues
I have a layer (intro layer) with 3 characters with a trigger for each that sends them to separate layers (i.e. character 1 layer, character 2 layer, etc). Each character layer then sends them back to the intro layer when the layer timeline ends. After all 3 characters have been clicked and the character layers viewed I want a trigger to send it to intro layer2. The character layers can also be viewed in any order. How can I do this?
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Kevin Thorn
Hi Jennifer,
First, when you say "Intro Layer" are you referring to the base layer - the slide itself?
To achieve this you would probably take advantage of a few variables. If you're not comfortable with variables, don't worry...they're not that bad.
Here's one way to set it up. In order to indicate a user has visited each of the characters you may want to add some sort of visual cue.
 1. Add something like a 'checkmark' to the Visited State of each Character.
 2. Set the base slide properties to "Resume Saved State."
 3. On each of the character layers, set a trigger to Hide This Layer when timeline ends. This will go back to base slide.
 4. Since the user clicked a character it is now in a visited state. So when step #3 completes and hides that layer, the added checkmark to that character should now be visible - Visited.
To jump to your second intro layer, you can add a fourth layer to this slide or jump to a new slide altogether.
 1. Set a Slide Trigger on base slide that Jumps To Slide # - or - Show Layer [fourth layer] > when > character1 AND character2 AND character3 are in a Visited state.
Caution here on that last trigger because it will auto jump to that fourth layer or slide 'before' seeing that final character's Visited state - checkmark. You might want to consider adding a button to the base slide set to Hidden initially. Then change the state of that button when all three character's Visited states are present. Then add a trigger to that button that shows the fourth layer or jumps to the next slide.
Good luck and hope this helps!
Jennifer Jefts
Hi Kevin,
The "intro layer" is not the base layer. I have base layer that I don't want involved in this interaction - it is a created lightbox interaction. i haven't had a chance to try your scenario, but it will it work since the intro layer is not the base layer?


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Rituals and religion help footballers cope
Superstitions can help footballers control their anxiety before a game. That is the finding of research presented at the British Psychology Society Annual Conference, held at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London this week.
Patrick Ofori from the University of Stirling interviewed 10 members of the Ghana team taking part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa about their superstitions and religious experiences. These included both formal religious rituals and individual superstitions like a lucky mascot
Comments from the players included, "My prayers give me self-belief in my abilities and confidence to play without fear", and "I feel really good any time that I do them and am able to play well too."
The interviews were transcribed and then analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. This is a technique for discovering how individuals make sense of their personal and social worlds.The analysis of the transcripts revealed that superstitious and religious rituals can be helpful or unhelpful to players depending how they are learned.
Patrick Ofori commented: "Coaches and psychologists should encourage athletes to own their rituals and integrate them into their wider coping strategies, because our findings suggest that superstitions and religious rituals can help immunise elite footballers against anxiety. They seem to increase their self-confidence and make them feel more in control of events too."
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Can Heart Rate Predict Baby Gender?
Does heartbeat determine Boy or girl?
There are lots of old wives' tales surrounding pregnancy.
If it's over 140 bpm, you're having a baby girl..
How long before you can determine the gender of your baby?
Most doctors schedule an ultrasound at around 18 to 21 weeks, but the sex may be determined by ultrasound as early as 14 weeks. It's not always 100 percent accurate, though. Your baby might be in an awkward position, which makes it difficult to clearly see the genitals.
Is 158 bpm a girl or boy?
Can you tell if its a boy or girl at 12 weeks?
At 12 weeks, we may be able to use ultrasound to determine gender based on the angle of the genital tubercle.
Does 3 lines mean girl ultrasound?
because ultrasound images as lines! … If the 3 lines are even with the end of femur and in some cases the middle line is inverted, (clitoris) baby is most likely a girl!! but scrotum need to image to give full clarity.
Does posterior placenta mean boy?
How can you tell from a blood test if its a boy or girl?
For the blood tests, women prick their fingers and send blood samples to labs. If the Y chromosome is detected, the fetus is male. Absence of a Y chromosome would probably mean the fetus is female, but could mean that fetal DNA was not found in that sample.
Why do doctors wait until 8 weeks?
What are the signs of having a boy?
Can a baby boy have a heart rate of 160?
Fact: A normal fetal heart rate is between 120 and 160 beats per minute (bpm), although some people think if it's faster (usually above the 140 bpm range) it's a girl and if it's slower it's a boy. But studies don't show that heart rate is a reliable predictor for a baby's gender.
How can we identify gender in scan report?
What is the average heart rate for a boy?
Toddler (1-3 years): 90-150 bpm. Preschooler (3-5 years): 80-140 bpm. School-aged child (5-12 years): 70-120 bpm. Adolescent (12-18 years): 60-100 bpm.
Is 156 bpm a boy or a girl?
According to this rule – it's been around for 30 years, so I class it as an old wives' tale – if your fetus's heart rate is above 140 beats per minute (bpm) you're expecting a girl, and if it's below you're expecting a boy.
Who is responsible for baby gender?
Your Baby's Development Out of the 46 chromosomes that make up a baby's genetic material, only two — one from the sperm and one from the egg — determine the baby's sex. These are known as the sex chromosomes. Every egg has an X sex chromosome; a sperm can have either an X or a Y sex chromosome.
Did you have morning sickness with a boy?
Levels of the pregnancy hormone hCG, which triggers morning sickness, tend to be higher in mothers who are pregnant with female babies. But a pregnant woman can certainly have morning sickness, even bad morning sickness, when they're carrying a boy.
How accurate is the gender blood test?
The review, which looked at 57 studies representing 6,541 pregnancies, found the blood tests gave a genuine result (sensitivity) 95% of the time and that this result was accurate or correct for gender (specificity) 98.6% of the time.
Which is the best day to conceive a baby boy after periods?


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The Effect Of Capital Expenditure And Local Revenue On Economic Growth In Cities And Regencies In Bengkulu
The main objective of regional development is to create economic growth and equitable development, including inter-regional distribution of income (PAD). Fast economic growth and low income inequality can be achieved, but both cannot be achieved simultaneously. This study aims to determine the effect of Capital Expenditure and Local Revenue on economic growth in cities and regencies in Bengkulu. The samples in this study were 10 local governments at the district/city level in cities and regencies in Bengkulu with a study period from 2015 to 2020. The data collection method used the documentation method. The data analysis used was multiple linear regression, coefficient of determination and hypothesis testing. The results of the regression test obtained the regression equation Y = 254.213 + 0.097X1 + 0.025X2. Capital expenditure (PAD) has a significant influence on economic growth in cities and regencies in Bengkulu because a significant value of 0.006 is smaller than 0.05. This means that as PAD increases, economic growth will also increase. Local Revenue does not have a significant effect on economic growth in cities and regencies in Bengkulu because the significant value is 0.531, which is less than 0.05. This means that the high or low PAD generated by a region does not really affect economic growth because there is still funding from the center. Based on the results of testing the hypothesis with the F test, the hypothesis made shows that together capital expenditure and regional original income affect economic growth in cities and regencies in Bengkulu. The results of statistical calculations show a significance value of 0.05. The coefficient of determination is 0.162, which means that changes in the independent variables together are able to explain the dependent variable by 16.2%, while the remaining 1% is explained by other factors outside the independent variables used in this research
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How do I use Person Code to limit access to a survey?
You can a limit who is able to respond to a survey by setting a person code within a survey. Person code is simply set by setting the variable p= on the URL of a survey. So an example survey URL might be like
You substitute you own value for [p_value], so the actual link might look something like this.
The actual value you use after the p= does not matter. You can use the p code to match survey responses to customer ids in other systems.
SurveyTown treats the "p" variable in a couple special ways.
- SurveyTown will store the value automatically with the survey response.
- If you check to limit taking of surveys by person code, SurveyTown will look to see if there is a response with that personcode already attached to that survey it will block the respondent from taking the survey again.
In sum, by adding a p= variable onto the end of your survey URLs you can match your survey responses to customers and limit the ability for customers to take a survey more than one time.


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Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education)
October 28, 1965
Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education) is a declaration released during the Second Vatican Council in 1965 that primarily addresses education, particularly by the Catholic Church. Gravissimum Educationis reaffirms the Church's commitment to provide a Catholic education for children at every level (from primary school to universities). It argues that every person has a right to an education, including a religious one, and that the Church has a responsibility to educate in both religious and secular terms. The declaration also states that it is the responsibility of the parents to educate and create an atmosphere of learning about religion, secular subjects, and civic virtues. In addition, Gravissimum Educationis calls for moral teachings in public schools and the placement of Catholic schools in and for non-Catholic regions.


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- Extract the plug carefully. Use a firm grip to avoid dropping.
- Rinse inside and outside of the bottom part of the blind plug with 5-10mL of water while holding it over the beaker to capture the liquid.
- Pour entire contents of the Standardette® Solution into the beaker.
- Rinse the inside of the ampule 5 times with intermediate swirling into the beaker. Use 5- 10mL of water for each rinse.
- Top up volume in beaker to ~80mL with DI water.
- Rinse a 50mL burette twice with approximately 10mL of the Thiosulfate solution.
- Clamp the burette in position and fill the burette to just above the zero mark with the Thiosulfate solution.
- Release any bubbles from the tip of the burette.
- Bring the Thiosulfate solution meniscus down to or below the zero mark, read, and record the burette reading to the nearest 0.01mL.
- Add 3g of ACS grade Potassium iodade followed by 4mL of 1:1 HCl.Ensure that the Potassium iodade is entirely free of Iodate ions.
- Titrate while stirring. Solution will be dark brown.
- Add 1mL of Starch solution (0.4%SS + 0.3%CH2O) when solution becomes light brown in color.
- Stir vigorously as the endpoint approaches, adding fractions of a drop of titrant using a glass stir rod.
- Look for a fading and lagging endpoint. There will be a very slight blue starch color remaining which will fade in approximately 5 minutes.
- Read the burette to the nearest 0.01mL.
- Complete the titration in exactly 3 minutes.
- Correct the volume of titrant to 20°C.
- Normality = Meq on the label /mL of Thiosulfate solution used


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Date: 6/3/96 at 18:16:4 From: George Dickenson Subject: Painting a field A football field is 120 yards long with 10 yards at each end zone, and 60 yards wide with lines marked 5 yards apart except for the end zones. One can of paint will stripe 300 linear feet. How many cans would it take to stripe a football field?
Date: 6/14/96 at 0:56:23 From: Doctor Brian Subject: Re: math problems There are two sidelines 120 yards long. Or is it 140 - that is, does the 120 include the end zones or not? There are then either 23 or 27 stripes for yard lines, depending on whether the field is 120 or 140 yards long. To determine the total length of the lines we either have: (2*140) + (27*60) = 280 + 1620 = 1900 yards or (2*120) + (23*60) = 240 + 1380 = 1620 yards. Since each can paints 100 yards, divide into the total number of yards to get either 19 or 16.2 cans. -Doctor Brian, The Math Forum Check out our web site! _URL_
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How To Choose Court Ordered Courses to Fulfill Requirements? [Answered]
Being arrested and going through court proceedings can be one of the most stressful times in your life. In some instances, a judge may require defendants to complete specific courses during a probationary period, in exchange for a more lenient sentence, to regain a driver's license or other arrangements. Be aware of your options when choosing which courses to take from which provider in order to ensure your efforts fulfill your obligation.
Thinking Course
A court-ordered decision making course can help you to reevaluate the options you're faced with and make choices based on the impact they will have on your future and build a path to achieving your goals one decision at a time. Some of these courses are in-person courses that require you to be in a specific physical location at a specific time. Others are online courses that offer flexibility in terms of scheduling and location, allowing you to maintain the obligations you already have on your time.
Anger Management
In addition to fulfilling court-mandated requirements, an anger management course can enhance your abilities to navigate relationships and understand that emotions need not control your life. You may be required to complete a specific number of hours of the educational course, and some course providers offer extended or condensed versions of the course, depending on your specific needs.
Substance Abuse
Identifying the signs and effects of substance abuse is often covered in these courses. Choose a professionally licensed course provider to make sure your content gives you the most possible benefit. Improve your understanding of the costs of addiction in order to make more constructive choices.
Fees for court-mandated courses can vary widely, and content is not always quality. Double check that the courses you take to fulfill requirements meet the standards specified by your agreement. Ensure that you will receive written proof of course completion to present at your next court appearance and move forward with your life.
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Data is a collection of numbers gathered to give some information. To get particular information from the given data quickly, the data can be arranged in a tabular form using tally marks. The following are the points related to data:
- Data can be organized using (I) marks in a group of five such that four can be represented as (IIII) while for each 5th mark a line slash (/ or \) is drawn across these four lines as shown in figures.
Hence, we conclude that the above pictures represent '5'


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A reaction in which one or more reactive reaction _USER_@ (frequently radicals) are continuously regenerated, usually through a repetitive cycle of elementary steps (the '_USER_@ step'). For example, in the chlorination of methane by a radical _USER_@, Cl· is continuously regenerated in the chain _USER_@ steps:
In _USER_@ reactions, reactive intermediates of the same types, generated in successive steps or cycles of steps, differ in _USER_@, as in:
See also:
chain branching
chain transfer
degenerate chain branching
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PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1094 [Terms] [Paper]
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The construction sector in developing countries has propelled economic growth in the most recent period, yet analysis of growth performance has failed to take this into account. This article is a comparative analysis of the relationship between the construction sector and aggregate output for a panel of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using a panel generalized methods of moments (GMM). After accounting for the effects of institutional set up, cross sectional heterogeneity and non-linearity, our results revealed that the construction sector affects growth positively and most importantly, developing the right institutions could further enhance this impact. The intrinsically non-linear relationship between construction and output growth is very mute in our sample, suggesting that, SSA countries have not yet reached the stage of development where construction growth becomes trivial. We further show that East Africa experienced a robust impact of construction on economic growth compared to West and Southern Africa.
Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
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I am trying to do something that I believe should be very simple. I am trying to change the forecolor of a textbox depending on what is in the text box. Meaning if the text box has a value of 'UP', I want the forecolor to be RED. If the text box has a value of 'DOWN', I want the forecolor to be BLUE. I am use to programming in SQL (Oracle) over 10 years ago and I would simply state something like: if the textbox.text = "UP" then textbox.forecolor =; ELSIF textbox.text = "DOWN" then textbox.forecolor =; ELSE textbox.forecolor =;
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For Hallowed Ground
For Hallowed Ground is a turn based digital board game where you play as one of three teams to try to capture the sacred lands. The board is made up of hex tiles where the player can move to and engage in exciting combat casting unique spells with faith. Faith is gathered at temples scattered around the map.
Turn Rules
The player must move all their pieces using at most two (2) of three (3) movement abilities, but not less than one (1) movement abilities. These abilities are:
 1. Move
 2. Attack
 3. Rotate
Some basic turns would be something like:
 1. Move to a purple tile with first piece and attack.
 2. Attack to a red tile with second piece and rotate.
 3. Move to a blue tile with third piece and rotate.
 4. Move to a blue tile with fourth piece and end turn.
Spells are powerful abilities acquired from the Gods. These are the real game changers because they can be used at any time during your turn. However, you must be in a certain formation (a particular way your pieces are placed on the board) to cast the spell.
Player Input
The player can either click on the tile they want to select or they can tab through their units. These are separated into 2 different functions.
If the mouse is clicked, the code forms a raycast at the mouse position.
It then passes the hexTr into SelectTile, which selects a tile based on the selection method.
Artificial Intelligence
The AI in this game is developed by Josh Mahler (that's me!). It uses a Utility based AI to tell the player's opponents how to take their turns.
UtilityAction is the base class for everything scorers.
I used a Weighted Random algorithm for this. This uses "weights" or numbers given to the computer based on the board position it's in and where opponents are facing. The function is a bit long so I will split it up into multiple pictures.
Weighted Random Figure 1.1
Weighted Random Figure 1.2
The position it's in is based on the health it's currently and if it can reach a nearby shrine and/or biome tile. I created a heatmap for the possible tiles everyone can move and attack to. This is the second part of the setup for the algorithm. This tells the AI where it is best suited to move to. This causes the player's opponents to sometimes flank the player and move behind where the player's pieces are currently facing.
Orientation/Rotating Pieces
If you rotate a piece, it shows the new tiles the piece can move to. This is the function that gets called as the middleman for that process. It may not seem like much, but it is the most helpful function I created for this project.
Tools for Designers
I created some tools early in production for this game. These are the map maker, moveset maker, and formation maker. All these tools are easy to use and let the designers go wild with creative ideas. These tools helped in the later production of the game, particularly when we had to create a tutorial.
Moveset Maker
This image is showing off one possible use of the moveset maker tool. The designers would come up with where the piece can attack (red) and move (blue) on paper. This would get translated to the middle image (blue -> blue, red -> red, overlap -> purple). This can all be finished in 5-10 minutes using this tool.
User Interface
The UI/UX in this game is the game. The scrollable field and formations are the obvious UI choices in the game because they stand out. However, all the hex tile color changes are done in a complex way. I could not have done this project without one resource, This was a savior during all stages of production and definitely deserves some praise. I used the axial coordinate system as the main way to reference hexes. In the map maker tool, they are instantiated in an odd-row horizontal layout, then translated to an axial coordinate to get the name of the tile. Only when the user wants to rotate a piece is it ever referencing something other than axial coordinates. I take the axial coordinate of the tile and rotate it using cube coordinates. Then I get translate the cube coordinate back to axial coordinate to get the tile.
The camera can rotate and zoom as well. Holding Alt allows you to rotate the camera as you see fit. Holding middle mouse button (scroll wheel) allows you to translate the camera. Scrolling with middle mouse button allows you to zoom in and out with the camera.
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In census practice a distinction is made between the resident population 1 or de jure population 1 of a given area, which consists of the people who habitually live in that area, and the actual population 2, or de facto population 2, which is made up of the persons in the area on census day. In the resident population, temporary absentees 4 are included with those permanent residents 3 who are present in the area on census day; the actual population consists of residents together with visitors 5 or transients 5. The two methods of enumeration will give different results even for the country as a whole. The place where a person lives is called the place of residence 6. For administrative reasons, certain persons who live together in large communities (i.e. boarding schools, military persons in barracks, prisoners, etc. (cf. 110-5*) are often separately enumerated. These persons form the institutional population 7. Special rules are used to enumerate homeless 8 or persons of no fixed abode 8.
 - 6. The term domicile is a technical legal term for legal residence and denotes the place where a person is legally deemed to reside. This may differ from his actual residence. In the United States of America, the de jure population is the population of usual residence.
 - 7. In the United States of America the term institutional inmates is reserved for persons living under care or custody in correctional institutions, hospitals for mental disease and tuberculosis, homes for the aged, handicapped and dependent or neglected persons; other residents of group quarters include such persons as students in college dormitories, or soldiers in military barracks.


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How likely is it that Amesbury novichok is from Skripal batch?
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Experts say nerve agent degrades slowly and direct contact is most likely route of exposure
A police officer stands at a cordoned-off litter bin near the scene of the Wiltshire novichok poisoning.
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The latest novichok case raises the question of whether the British couple Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley were exposed to the same source of the nerve agent that poisoned the Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
There has been no official comment on this question, but it is scientifically plausible that the agent might persist for long enough, particularly if it was contained in some way.
Novichok is not a single chemical, but a family of nerve agent compounds that the Soviet Union developed in the 1970s and 80s from chemicals normally used for insecticides and other non-military purposes. Like sarin and mustard gas, their exact chemical structures and properties are considered classified in the UK, the US and other countries.
"How long they take to degrade is certainly not data that is publicly available, but from discussions with people at [the defence laboratory] Porton Down, I understand they are slow to degrade," said Alastair Hay, an environmental toxicologist at the University of Leeds who investigated the use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds in Halabja in 1988. "This is one of the reasons the Skripals were unconscious for so long – it doesn't break down readily in the body."
Novichok chemicals left in the environment would degrade in two main ways: through hydrolysis – being broken down by water – and evaporation. Traditional nerve agents such as sarin are relatively susceptible to these processes. The fact that sarin evaporates quickly means people are rapidly exposed through breathing it in during a chemical attack.
Novichok agents are understood to evaporate far more slowly. "They've been deliberately designed by chemists to be more robust and hang around for longer," said Andrea Sella, a professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London.
The flip-side is that they pose a lower risk to people in the vicinity of a contaminated area. Hay said: "Direct contact is the most likely route of exposure."
The authorities are now engaged in an urgent and expanded cleanup operation. They will also be hunting for forensic evidence that might be relevant for both cases. Access to a bulk sample would give scientists far more information than what they have been able to ascertain so far from blood samples from the Skripals and trace samples from their front door.
"There's the feeling that there's a little crock of forensic gold out there," Sella said. "That would give them a real chemical fingerprint which would give you far more information."
This article was amended on 10 July 2018 because an earlier version referred to mustard gas as an organophosphate compound. This has been corrected.


Question: Can Worms Eat Potatoes?
Do worms like banana peels?
They'll make short work of what otherwise would have taken up space in your trash.
To make food easier for the worms to consume it is good to chop or puree it..
Do worms like coffee grounds?
Soil-borne bacteria and fungi break down the various chemical components of coffee grounds after several months. Earthworms are also able to use this food source. Earthworms consume coffee grounds and deposit them deep in soil. This may account for noted improvements in soil structure such as increased aggregation.
Do worms eat carrots?
Carrots are a good worm food but you have to consider that worms don't feed on materials that are fresh so the carrots and any other organic material that you add to your worm farm has to start to decompose to enable the worms to feed on it.
Do worms eat egg shells?
Worms will swallow eggshell powder to add grit. Since Red Wigglers don't have teeth, they need a bit of grit to help break down the food scraps. Eggshells are perfect for this.
What should you not put in a worm farm?
What To Not Feed WormsMeats, bones, fat and anything oily or greasy.Dairy products including butter, sour cream, milk, whole eggs (egg shells are ok) and cheese.Canned sauces, peanut butter and other processed food.Citrus foods like lemons, limes and oranges.Onions and garlic.Spicy foods such as hot peppers.More items…•
Do worms like oatmeal?
Aside from animal manure, you can also feed them the following organic wastes: … Starchy food wastes – these can be in the form of bread, oatmeal, and pasta. Bedding materials – the materials that you place inside the worm bin can also be consumed by your red wigglers.
What is the best food for worms?
The Best Worm Foods for Your SoilFruit peelings (not citrus)Melon rinds.Carrots.Coffee grounds.Teabags.Bread.Cereal (unsweetened)Pasta (plain)More items…•
Can worms eat tomatoes?
*Tomatoes are slightly acidic, but worms still seem to like it and will tolerate it just fine in moderation. … Those fruit trimmings can go to your hungry worms and they'll turn your kitchen waste into some of the most rich, nutritional compost you can get your hands on!
Do worms eat bread?
Fruit and vegie scraps, teabags and coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, small amounts of bread or pasta, moist cardboard and newspaper. you're not overfeeding your worms. Uneaten food will begin to smell and attract unwanted pests. … This means you can feed your worm farm a few handfuls every few days.
Do worms eat grass clippings?
What can I use as a worm blanket?
You can use several sections of newspaper soaked in water. Or, use a worm blanket made from jute. Jute worm blankets are all-natural, breathable and just the right thickness to hold in moisture. Some worm bins come with a blanket.
How fast do Worms multiply?
How do you attract worms?
See how to attract worms to the garden! When the frost leaves the ground, the earthworms start moving upward in the soil looking for mates….What a Worm WantsReduce tilling your soil.Leave organic matter on the surface.Add manure and compost.Ditch the chemicals.Use an organic mulch to keep soil moist and cool.
What should you not feed worms?
Do worms eat cucumbers?
One thing to remember is that the worms are not going to eat the food right away. It has to start decomposing a little before they chow down. That might take a day or two for cucumber peelings or melon rinds and a little longer for pumpkin or squash. Here you can see cucumber peelings that are almost all eaten.
Can worms eat cabbage?
Worms tend to avoid plants in the brassica family. Contrary to their reputation, worms are not able to eat anything and everything you put into a worm bin. … Brassicas (cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, turnips, etc.) and alliums (onions, garlic, shallots, scallions, leeks, chives, etc.)
Do worms eat rice?
Bread, rice, pasta, processed foods – you can add the odd crust or bits of cooked rice off the dinner plate, but don't add lots of starchy foods. Worms don't like them and they may go off or attract pests. … Worms love coffee grounds but mix them with other foods and paper.
Can you put coffee grounds in a worm farm?
Coffee grounds have about the same amount of nitrogen as grass clippings – 2% or so, meaning they heat up quickly when added to compost and help turn the entire pile into a beautiful dark rich soil. They are also very suitable for the worm farm, with those little guys loving used coffee grounds.
Do worms eat hair?
The key point here is that worms eat organic matter. … They will also eat shredded newspaper, egg cartons and cardboard. And while this one always prompts people to screw up their faces, worms will also consume human (and pet) hair and nails.
Are tea bags good for worms?
Tea Bags: Yes! The tea bags will start to break down in the worm bin, and the worms will finish off the contents. The string and paper tab might not break down as quickly. You can rip them off before saving a tea bag.
How do you maintain a worm bed?
Lift up the bedding and underlying material to bring air into the system. Keep your worm bin in an environment with a fairly constant temperature that is neither too hot nor too cold. Never keep your worm bin in an area that receives direct sun exposure, or in an area that will become colder than 5 degrees Celcius.


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The Historic Village at Allaire is a living history museum that interprets the Howell Iron Works Company founded in 1822. The museum demonstrates historic crafts such as blacksmithing, hearth cooking, carpentry, tinsmithing, and many others...
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The Historic Village at Allaire was once an iron-producing, factory-town known as the Howell Iron Works, Co. The Village was a self-sufficient community containing a carpentry and pattern making shop, a blacksmith shop, a bakery, a boarding house, a blast furnace, mills to finish iron products, a school, a church, a general store with a post office, and workers' home. Iron produced at the village was shipped to New York City by wagon and steamship. It was used to produce steam engines parts in a factory also owned by our proprietor, James P. Allaire. The Howell Iron Works was a typical community at the time and speaks to the experiences of the economic and social changes of those who experienced early Industrial America.
The 23-acre museum is located within Allaire State Park. The property was donated to the State of New Jersey for use as an educational and recreational center by the estate of Arthur Brisbane.
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In this step-by-step guide we show how to connect a data source to the IoT platform from IBM via MQTT using the OPC router as MQTT client.
The IBM Watson-Internet of Things platform is IBM's IoT solution in the Watson system. Devices can be created in the IoT platform. The devices are sent and assigned current data via MQTT. With its various plug-ins for connecting subsystems, the OPC Router is the ideal data provider for devices of the Watson IoT platform. Watson serves as MQTT Broker, which is connected with the MQTT Client Plug-in of the OPC Router.
Connection OPC Router - IBM Watson
MQTT connection of the IBM Watson IoT platform
The connection takes place in following steps, which we explain in detail below.
 1. Setup of the IoT platform in IBM Watson
 2. Configuration of the device
 3. Configuration of the MQTT Client
Setup of the IoT platform
 1. Log in to the IBM Watson interface and navigate to the "Dashboard". Then click "Create" to create a resource:IBM IoT Console Dashboard
 2. Search in the library for "label:lite iot" to find the "Internet of Things Platform". Then select and create:IBM IoT Watson create Ressource
 3. Name (1) and create (2) the newly created IoT platform:IBM IoT Watson Ressource Name
 4. Start the IoT platform afterwards:IBM IoT Watson Ressource Start
Creating a Device
1. After starting the platform, the device overview opens automatically. Select "Create a device" here:
IBM IoT Watson Create Device
2. The new device must be named in the next step. First name the type (1), then the device itself (2) and then continue (3).
IBM IoT Device Name
3. In the next step, meta data for the device can be maintained. It is optional. Continue with "Next":
IBM IoT Device Meta Data
4. In the following security settings, the default settings can be accepted and continued with "Next":
IBM IoT Watson Device Security
5. In the last step, the data are summarized and the device can be created with "Finish":
IBM IoT Watson Finish Device
6. The created device is displayed with its access data for MQTT. These are important for the following MQTT client configuration. Here you can find the organization ID (1), the assigned type name (2), the device ID (3) and the authentication token (4):
IBM IoT Watson Device Information
Configuration of the MQTT Client
In the MQTT Client the device information must be transferred to the MQTT connection configuration. In the OPC Router (other clients are comparable) the data is used as follows:
Broker connection: The organization ID (here 7nahdt) becomes together with "" the broker connection address.
Client ID: The Client ID consists of Organization ID (1), Device Type (2) and Device ID (3). the format is "d::".
Username: The fixed string "use-token-auth" (4) is used as username to indicate that a token is being used.
Password: The password is the authentication token (5) specified in the device information.
OPC Router IBM Watson MQTT Configuration
Example: Temperature transmission to the IoT platform with the OPC Router
In this example, temperature acquisition data is loaded from an SQL database and formatted as JSON and sent to the configured IBM Watson IoT device. The MQTT client integrated in the Watson IoT console displays the received data.
OPC Router IBM Watson Connection
IBM IoT Watson Client
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Connect your production systems graphically with the IBM Watson IoT platform via MQTT with the OPC Router
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- Outdoor Boiler Bypass Kit for Downdraft Furnace
Outdoor Boiler Bypass Kit for Downdraft Furnace
$215.14 $249.50
For a downdraft forced air furnace, the water to air heat exchanger must be located below the furnace. But in the off cycle, excess heat will radiate from the heat exchanger and the furnace has a safety feature that will sense extra heat and turn on the fan only mode. This cycle continues and overheats the building. This kit bypasses flow of hot boiler water around the heat exchanger during the off cycle to prevent this overheating.
A downdraft furnace is commonly used in manufactured homes, and mobile homes commonly referred to as a "Single Wide" or a "Double Wide" homes. A downdraft forced air furnace pushes air over a gas heat exchanger downward into air ducts located under the floor of the home. These are highly efficient furnaces and their designs have passed the test of time.
However, when adding a water-to-air heat exchanger to such furnace, the heat exchanger often needs to be installed at the bottom of the furnace, instead of the standard plenum location for an updraft forced air furnace. This often requires raising the furnace a few inches to install the heat exchanger, and a box must be fabricated in which to install the heat exchanger.
The reason the heat exchanger is installed underneath a downdraft furnace is because normally the heat exchanger is installed downwind of the blower fan. In some cases, the heat exchanger can be installed in a return air duct that is above the downdraft furnace and before the blower fan, but this is not often possible, or reliable, because this orientation relies upon the blower fan sucking air through the heat exchanger, and that often will not work. A qualified HVAC contractor may need to be consulted.
If the heat exchanger is installed underneath the downdraft furnace, this will create a problem - but we have the solution! The problem is that when the thermostat no longer calls for heat and the blower fan shuts off, hot water will continue to flow through the heat exchanger under the downdraft furnace. This is a normal and required part of the system since the outdoor boiler pump must run continuously. The problem that this creates is that since heat rises, there will be considerable heat rising from the heat exchanger into the downdraft furnace. These downdraft furnaces have a temperature sensor in them as a safety feature. When that sensor senses higher than normal temperatures, it thinks that there is still heat that must be removed from the furnace so it turns the downdraft furnace blower fan back on to cool it off. Since the heat exchanger continues to radiate heat, this blower fan will run continuously and the home will become overheated indoors.
The solution is to BYPASS the heat exchanger when the house thermostat turns off the downdraft furnace blower fan. This is accomplished using this product: Kit - Bypass for Downdraft Furnace.
This Bypass Kit will, once the indoor furnace blower fan shuts off, stop water from flowing from the outdoor boiler through the water-to-air heat exchanger, and re-route the flow of this hot water back to the outdoor boiler.
This kit contains the following items:
1 - HSSFA71U (Control Valve Actuator - 24V)
1 - HS599-00533 (3-Way Control Valve Body 1")
1 - HSF1PT (Fitting - PEX 1" Tee)
3 - HSF1PMPT (PEX 1" Crimp x 1" NPT Brass Male)
12 - HSF1PCR (Fitting - PEX 1" Crimp Copper Ring)
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How bent spaghetti break
Bent dry spaghetti do not break in half but instead in three or more pieces. With the aim to explain this surprising phenomenon, we studied a related problem, namely the dynamics of an elastic rod that is bent quasi-statically and then suddenly set free. Counter-intuitively, we find that the mere release of the rod induces a stress increase. The multiple breaking of bent rods, like dry spaghetti pasta, can then be understood as a cascade of releases (loss of cohesion upon breakings) followed by stress increases leading to new cracks.


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Point Fermin Lighthouse Needs an Ownerposted: 7/30/2012
The move is part of the federal government's effort to dispose of lighthouses across the nation that it says are no longer needed as aids to navigation because of technological advancements in vessels' navigation electronics.
The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 allowed a clear path for the federal government to relieve itself of costly lighthouse maintenance while also leaving the historic structures in the hands of capable and preservation-minded owners. The bill gives government agencies and nonprofit corporations a chance at being awarded a "free" lighthouse, as long as they maintain the property and act as lighthouse stewards.
Currently, the lighthouse is managed as a museum by the city of Los Angeles' Department of Recreation and Parks. The department has worked with a team of volunteers on the property to run tours and maintain the lighthouse since its $2.4 million renovation and public opening in 2003.
"Our lighthouse is unique because of the combination of its wonderful history, its stick-style Victorian architecture and its beautiful surrounding gardens," said Kristin Heather, the Point Fermin historic site curator.
Heather, a city employee, said the department has submitted its letter of intent to own the property and continue running programs at the site as it currently does.
Built in 1874, Point Fermin Lighthouse was the first navigational light on San Pedro Bay. The lighthouse's stick-style construction was designed by Paul J. Pelz, a draftsman for the U.S. Lighthouse Board, and only three structures of similar construction remain standing.
The lighthouse remained in active use until Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, and it was turned off during a coastal blackout, prompted by concern that the light might be used as a beacon for Japanese planes in an attack on the West Coast. The lighthouse operated as a lookout tower through the duration of the war, and the light was never turned back on. Point Fermin Lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 1972.
Since its passage 12 years ago, the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act has facilitated the ownership exchange of 84 lighthouses to new stewards.
The process requires three separate agencies to work together: The Coast Guard must identify which lighthouses are no longer required as aids to navigation and pass that information on to the General Services Administration, which must issue a Notice of Availability.
When letters of intent are received from prospective owners, the application process is handled by the National Parks Service, which awards the lighthouse to the organization it deems most deserving.
According to Point Fermin's Notice of Availability, the site must be used for education, park, recreation, cultural or historic preservation purposes, with commercial activity prohibited unless approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
The 3.5-acre property includes the lighthouse tower and surrounding garden, an office and garage building, a concrete storage structure, an electronics shack, a former guest quarters structure and a non-operational light signal beacon.
Point Fermin Lighthouse is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and it is closed Mondays.
Admission is free, but a donation is requested for each visitor. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult, and children smaller than 3 feet, 4 inches tall may not be admitted to the tower. For more information, call _PHONE_.


It won't be the first time and certainly not the last; the plane assigned for your trade has been delayed. Bummerrr! As an importer of fruit and vegetables, you especially want to know: How long will the delay last? When will my pallets arrive? And you will think with concern: will the quality of the fruit and vegetables still be the same? Where do those delays come from and how can you avoid delays? We asked one of our airfreight agents.
Where do the delays come from?
The transport chain from 'farm to fork' is often long and because so many parties are involved, there are also various reasons that cause delays. Below we name a few:
 - One of the reasons is that too much trade has been accepted by the airline, causing a back log. I can hear you thinking: why does an airline take one extra trade and leave the fresh products behind? This is due to the relatively lower transport costs for the fruit and vegetable sector. Especially in this time of Corona, which means there is less air traffic, airlines are having a hard time financially and trade is being looked at more profitable business like medicines and machines. These parties are willing to pay more for the space on the plane and for that reason space is made and (part of) the fruit and vegetable trade remains at the airport.
 - Another possibility is damage to parts of an aircraft. Then there are three options: repair the plane, use another plane to fly to the destination or cancel the flight at all. Any option will cause delay. If the flight is cancelled, a number of airlines will postpone each flight, creating a snowball effect, which also delays the trade of every other flight. When another device is used, there may be less space available and trading may be delayed as a result.
 - If the trade is delivered too late, it will arrive at the aircraft too late and cannot be taken on board.
 - Human errors are often also made. Think of leaving a skid or taking too much trade when it won't fit. Airlines that are very reliable in terms of delays from experience; CargoLux and Singapore Airlines.
Fruits and vegetables versus medicines
Why do airlines still schedule fruit and vegetables at all if they can earn more from other items such as medicines? The reason for airlines to transport fruit and vegetables, despite low rates, is the continuity with which they place orders over the year.
Can we be informed sooner of delays?
There is often quite a bit of discussion about the provision of information about delays. In some cases, customers are even more aware than agents. This may be due to the time difference, but also to the lack of information or miscommunications from the airlines. Temperature loggers are sent along with orders where temperature plays an important role. You could already notice a delay from here, unfortunately no separate notifications are sent from here to report a delay.
How do we solve delays?
We hardly have any influence on the airlines and human errors, but what everyone in the the entire chain can do is, among other things:
 - Customers to place orders in time with BE Fresh
 - Meeting deadlines and communicating about the status
 - Arrival of trucks with the right temperature to load the cargo straight away
 - Send the correct documents.
In short, we all have to be sharp to avoid creating our own delay.


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text: The 26th International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids provides a platform to present and exchange recent achievements on the fundamental and applied research of nuclear tracks, including that in etched track detectors and nuclear emulsion. The scope of this conference covers various branches of science and technology such as space radiation, nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, neutron dosimetry, heavy ions, radon, radiation biology, geology and dating, laser driven particle acceleration and track nanotechnology. The formation process of tracks in solids is also a research topic that has been investigated from the viewpoint of radiation physics, radiation chemistry and simulation. This is a unique international conference where attendees from many different fields will come together to discuss on the fundamental principles and applications of nuclear tracks, which has a long history established in 1957. This Conference is jointly organized by the International Nuclear Track Society and Kobe University, which is also supported by the Ionizing Radiation Division (The Japan Society of Applied Physics) and the Japan Society of Nuclear Track Detectors.


Designing Interior Environments that Support Human Health
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GBCI: _PHONE_
Read article here: Designing Interior Environments that Support Human Health
Purpose of Article
The article looks at how designers can create interior environments that promote human health, wellbeing and productivity
of the occupants. The article talks the reader through the various aspects of interior design that impact human health
and wellbeing, and introduces strategies that can help achieve a healthier indoor environment.
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the impact the design of an interior environment can have on its occupants in terms of health, wellbeing
and productivity.
2. Understand how human health and wellbeing is now an important and essential aspect of holistic sustainable design.
3. Understand the connection between environmentally-focused design strategies commonly seen in green building
rating systems, and human health-focused interior design strategies.
4. Differentiate the various interior design strategies that can positively impact different aspects of human
health and wellbeing.
Quiz by: Alison Walker


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Soft Set Theoretic Approach for Dimensionality Reduction
A reduct is a subset of attributes that are jointly sufficient and individually necessary for preserving a particular property of a given information system. The existing reduct approaches under soft set theory are still based on Boolean-valued information system. However, in the real applications, the data usually contain non-Boolean values. In this paper, an alternative approach for attribute reduction in multi-valued information system under soft set theory is presented. Based on the notion of multi-soft sets and AND operation, attribute reduction can be defined. It is shown that the reducts obtained are equivalent with Pawlak's rough reduction.


text: Alzheimer disease (AD) research faces challenges to successful enrollment, especially to clinical trials and biomarker studies. Failure to recruit the planned number of participants in a timely manner threatens the internal validity and success of clinical research, raising concerns about external validity and generalizability of results, and possibly leading to disparities in disease treatment. Methods to improve recruitment exist, but require varying levels of staff effort and financial resources, and evidence of effectiveness is often lacking or inconsistent. In this review, we summarize some of the available methods to improve AD research recruitment, the available literature to support or refute these strategies, and some of the experiences at the authors' AD Research Centers. We discuss the use of community-based participatory research principles and participant registries as a means to enhance research enrollment and increase diversity of research samples.


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Path length can mean one of several related concepts:
In physics, there are two definitions for "path length." The first is defined as the total distance an object travels. Unlike displacement, which is the total distance an object travels from a starting point, path length is the total distance travelled, regardless of where it travelled. The second is synonymous with wavelength and is used in calculating constructive and destructive interference of waves.
In chemistry, the path length is defined as the distance that light (UV/VIS) travels through a sample in an analytical cell. Typically, a sample cell is made of quartz, glass, or a plastic rhombic cuvette with a volume typically ranging from 0.1 mL to 10 mL or larger used in a spectrophotometer. For the purposes of spectrophotometry (i.e. when making calculations using the Beer-Lambert law) the path length is measured in centimeters (rather than in meters).
In a computer network, the path length is one of many possible router metrics used by a router to help determine the best route among multiple routes to a destination. It consists of the end-to-end hop count from a source to a destination over the network.
More simply, in general computer terminology, it can mean simply the total number of instructions executed from point A to point B in a program - Instruction path length.


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Researchers have demonstrated that certain types of pain coping are correlated with less pain severity and disability and that there are differences between Caucasians and African-American pain patients in their use of specific coping strategies. However, the extent to which racial group differences exist in the associations between pain coping strategies and pain severity, interference, and disability is unclear. Furthermore, the role of education in these associations is uncertain. We recruited a diverse community sample of individuals with chronic pain and their spouses to examine this issue (N =105). Participants completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, Multidimensional Pain Inventory, and Sickness Impact Profile. Results showed that African-American participants reported significantly more pain severity, interference, and disability and reported using diverting attention and prayer and hoping pain-coping strategies significantly more often than Caucasian participants; however, only the racial group difference in prayer and hoping remained when controlling for education. We also examined whether race and education interacted with coping strategies in relating to pain and disability. Significant three-way interactions were found for physical and psychosocial disability, suggesting that educational level should be included in analyses exploring racial group differences. The results suggest the need for pain treatments that take into account the educational and cultural context of pain.
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Cano, Annmarie; Mayo, Ainoa; and Ventimiglia, Matthew, "Coping, Pain Severity, Interference, and Disability: The Potential Mediating and Moderating Roles of Race and Education" (2006). Psychology Faculty Research Publications. Paper 2.