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Fish Farm 1 Design
The Fish Farm problem is designed to have students apply the concepts of ratio and equivalent ratio to distribute a set number of male and female fish into three ponds. Each pond has a target ratio of male-to-female fish. As the students move fish from the tank into the individual ponds, the numerical and graphical displays of the current numbers of male and female fish will change.
For their birthday, the Carp triplets received 26 tropical fish: 13 females and 13 males. They discussed ways to divide the fish among their three tiny backyard ponds. Angel said, "I want the same number of male and female fish in my pond." "Okay," said Molly. "I want three times as many males as females in my pond." "Then I want twice as many females as males in my pond," Gar replied. Is there a way to put all 26 fish into those three ponds, while giving each triplet what he or she wants? Use the applet to explore this question.
Questions / Explorations
- How many male fish and female fish does each triplet get in his or her pond? Describe the work you did to find the solution. (Sample questions you can answer: Into which pond did you put fish first? How many fish of each kind went into that pond? Why? What was your next step? How were you sure a pond had the correct ratio?)
- Given the 13 males and 13 females, what are ALL the possible numbers of male and female fish that would satisfy the ratio of 1 male to 2 female fish in Gar's pond? Explain why these different amounts are equivalent to the ratio 1:2.
- Explain why all possible answers in question 2 result in the same pie graph for Gar's pond.
- Find a different way to distribute all 26 fish among the three ponds in the correct ratios.
- Distribute the fish into the three ponds such that only 1 female fish is left in the large tank. Is there more than one way to distribute the fish and achieve the target ratios?
- Distribute the fish into the three ponds such that only 1 male fish is left in the large tank. Is there more than one way to distribute the fish and achieve the target ratios?
- Review the concept of ratios in the form a:b.
- Print out the matching tasks from the Web page All About Ratios by Cynthia Lanius. Have students work in small groups to discuss these tasks and make convincing arguments about their answers.
- Have students discuss how to represent the ratio 2:3 in a circle graph.
- Have students find a DIFFERENT way to distribute all 26 fish among the three ponds.
- Have students distribute the fish into the three ponds such that only 1 female fish is left in the large tank. Is there more than one way to distribute the fish and achieve the target ratios?
- Have students distribute the fish into the three ponds such that only 1 male fish is left in the large tank. Is there more than one way to distribute the fish and achieve the target ratios?
- Encourage students to develop a procedure and justification for determining whether two ratios are equivalent.
The pre-activity should help students begin to think about the concept of equivalent ratios, and how a ratio might be represented in a circle graph. The post-activity is an extension of the original problem, and should give students more opportunities to experience creating equivalent ratios in both numerical and graphical form.
- understand patterns, relations, and functions
- use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
- Number & Operations
- understand and use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships;
- develop, analyze, and explain methods for solving problems involving proportions, such as scaling and finding equivalent ratios
- create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
- select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems
- use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena
- Problem Solving
- solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts
- monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving
- communicate mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others
- use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely
- ePOW (electronic Problem of the Week) activity hosted on the MathForum
- Teacher Support
- Lesson plans created by participants of the 2010 Summer Institute


A quick and inexpensive method to create a land on your master impression
thumbnailEvery dental student knows how much time and energy is spent making a perfect master impression. But for many of us, the job does not end after the impression is made. Improperly boxing and pouring the impression can lead to critical errors. Once you have collected the proper materials, this method of creating a land on any type of impression is simple and cost-effective. Read on for step-by-step instructions and a video how-to.


text: What's the difference between FEMA's Zone A and Zone V? Both zones lie within FEMA's 100-year floodplain. Zone V applies only in tidal floodplains and denotes hazards associated with storm-induced waves of at least three feet in height. Construction standards in the V-zone are more stringent in order to account for the increased risk of damage from storm surges. Can I appeal a V-Zone designation? While there is no appeal process for the ABFEs, you may appeal to FEMA after the agency formally proposes flood maps later this year.

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More Examples of Regulatory Compliance Processes
More examples of regulatory compliance processes
Another example is a process initiated as a result of a decision taken during a board of directors (or any executive management) meeting. In this example, the meeting takes place, decisions are made and processes are initiated-but the processes themselves are different every time, depending on the context of the board meeting.
For example, let's say a bank's board is worried about the risk profile of the bank, especially their loans. Therefore, they will initiate a process regarding the risk management of loans to European real estate and construction projects. In this case, the bank made large loans for the construction of commercial real estate projects in a number of European countries and those projects have reached a point where they will be asking for additional funding to enable the project's completion. In the time since the original loans were granted, both the macroeconomic and microeconomic environments have changed, causing the bank to revisit the original assumptions underlying the loans.
These loans now represent large, relatively risky loans and have the possibility of external scrutiny of the handling of those deals, so the board decided to take a closer look. It requested that the international banking division and the real estate division jointly look into the viability and risk of the projects, taking into account various deal parameters such as the current legal situation of the country involved, the macroeconomic outlook, the expected amount of financing that will be requested, the financing sources for the projects, the capital structure of the projects and the current viability of the developers.
Such a deep dive in process will generate more activity involving numerous people throughout different divisions in the bank and experts from outside the bank. The specific participants and information assembled are dependent on the specifics of the loans being examined.
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The Mekko chart below shows some of the entities affected by large data breaches. The entities are organized in columns based on their category and the width of the column represents the number of records affected. Each entity is represented by a segment in a column and the area of the segment is proportional to the number of records affected.
This chart was built using the Aploris data visualization add-in for PowerPoint. Use Aploris to efficiently build engaging, insightful business charts


text: Because switched system with nonlinear subsystems shows great difficulties in controller design by conventional methodologies, the fuzzy logic theory, which has been proven to be a practical and effective way to deal with the analysis and synthesis problems for complex nonlinear systems, is applied to design a class of hybrid fuzzy controller for switched discrete-time fuzzy system in this paper. On a basis of one step prediction of switching signal, a hybrid parallel distributed compensation (PDC) control strategy is proposed, which includes two necessary parts: the state feedback controllers for subsystems and the update feedback controllers for switching instants. In both arbitrary and dwell-time switching cases investigated, it is proved that the hybrid PDC controller contains less conservativeness than conventional switched PDC controller. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Is the poly carpet poisonous?
Poly carpet is a chemical substance that is toxic, but it is non-toxic during use. This is easy to understand! Asphalt is extracted from petroleum. It is a chemical substance that is toxic, but it is not widely used on the road. How can drivers who are not driving on the road be poisoned?
Living Room Poly Carpet
OK, Back to the topic. Poly carpet, the material is polypropylene, the professional name is polypropylene (PP). Polypropylene is a fiber made of propylene. It was put into production in 1957 and is an important role in synthetic fibers. In addition to its beautiful appearance, it also has the strong abrasion resistance and elasticity. It can maintain its original shape even after several years of use and has excellent dust and dirt resistance. From the perspective of environmental protection, polypropylene carpet is an environmentally friendly carpet. Its volatile index is qualified and will not cause any harm to the human body. Therefore, it is popular among the public and its use range is more and more extensive.
Is the poly carpet toxic? It has already been explained before, but there is also a case where the poly carpet is toxic. That is some inferior poly carpets. Because the indicators are unqualified, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not contain some toxic substances to harm consumers. Therefore, it is recommended that you buy a poly carpet to pick a good brand, not cheap. Warmly Home is also specialized in polypropylene carpets. You are welcome to go to our store to choose from a variety of poly carpets.
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|PostgreSQL 8.2.23 Documentation|
|Prev||Fast Backward||Chapter 26. Monitoring Disk Usage||Fast Forward||Next|
The most important disk monitoring task of a database administrator is to make sure the disk doesn't grow full. A filled data disk will not result in data corruption, but it may well prevent useful activity from occurring. If the disk holding the WAL files grows full, database server panic and consequent shutdown may occur.
If you cannot free up additional space on the disk by deleting other things, you can move some of the database files to other file systems by making use of tablespaces. See Section 19.6 for more information about that.
Tip: Some file systems perform badly when they are almost full, so do not wait until the disk is completely full to take action.
If your system supports per-user disk quotas, then the database will naturally be subject to whatever quota is placed on the user the server runs as. Exceeding the quota will have the same bad effects as running out of space entirely.

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Definition of minimax in English:
1.1 [as modifier] (In game theory) denoting a strategy that minimizes the greatest risk to a participant.
- This paper introduced the idea of minimax reasoning for lower bounding randomized algorithms, and appeared only in FOCS 83.
- Michie recalls Turing experimenting with heuristics that later became common in chess programming (in particular minimax and best-first).
- There are real problems of deciding whether a given 'game' has a global minimax or multiple local minimaxes or a minimax at all!
1.2 [as modifier] Denoting the theory that in a game with two players, a player's smallest possible maximum loss is equal to the same player's greatest possible minimum gain.
- One possible solution is the minimax search algorithm.
- In game theory von Neumann proved the minimax theorem.
Words that rhyme with minimaxclimax • Betamax • anthrax
Definition of minimax in:
- US English dictionary
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Circular mils to Square gigameters conversion
Enter circular mils value you wish to convert:
Circular mils conversion
Circular mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil or one thousandth of an inch.
Square gigameters conversion
Square gigameter is a prefixed form of square meter used to denote multiples of the square meter.
1 square gigameter = 1018 square meters


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Light affects nutrients
Sound Consumer | March 2012
So you think you're getting the most nutritious, best produce by reaching to the back of the produce shelves, or by digging to the bottom of a pile on the dry racks? Think again.
A study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists suggests consumers may wish to look instead for fruits and vegetables receiving the greatest exposure to light — usually found closest to the front or top of a display.
Researchers found that spinach leaves, for instance, exposed to continuous light during storage were more nutritionally dense than leaves continually in the dark. The researchers say light affects the leaves' photosynthetic system, resulting in a significant increase in levels of carotenoids and vitamins C, E, K and B9 (folate).


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How to Type Em Dash (or Long Dash) in Word
Em Dash or Em Rule is also sometimes referred to as Long Dash. It is a type of dash that is three times as long as a hyphen or minus sign (-). This dash is called em dash because it is one em wide.
In today's article, you'll learn about all the available methods you can use to type the Em Dash Symbol in Word using Windows or Mac.
Without any further ado, let's get started.
Em Dash [—] Quick Help
The table below contains all the information you need to type the Em Dash symbol in Word using either your Mac or Windows PC. If you are lazy to use the keyboard, you can as well copy and paste the symbol into your document.
|Symbol Name||Em Dash|
|Shortcut for Windows||Alt+0151|
|Shortcut for Mac||[Option] + [Shift] + [-]|
|Shortcut in Word (Win)||[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Num -]|
To type the Em Dash symbol in Word for Mac, press [Option] + [Shift] + [-] on your keyboard. If you are on Windows, press and hold the Alt key and type the Em Dash alt code which is 0151 on the numeric keypad, then release the alt key.
The above quick guide provides some useful information about the Em Dash symbol including shortcuts and alt codes you can use on both Windows and Mac. However, below are some other methods you can also employ to insert this symbol into your Word document.
5 ways to type an Em Dash [—] symbol in Word
Microsoft Word provides several methods for typing or inserting symbols that do not have dedicated keys on the keyboard.
In this section, I will make available for you five different methods you can use to type or insert the Em Dash symbol in Word for both Mac and Windows users.
Without any further ado, let's get started.
Using the Em Dash [—] Alt Code (Windows Only)
The Em Dash Symbol alt code is 0151.
Even though the Em dash symbol does not have a dedicated key on the keyboard, it can still be typed using the Alt Numpad Input Method which is also known as the Alt code method. This can be done by pressing and holding the Alt key whilst pressing the Em dash symbol Alt code (0151) using the numeric keypad. This method is for Windows only. And your keyboard must also have a numeric keypad.
Obey the following instructions to type the em dash symbol using the alt code method:
- Place your insertion pointer where you need the symbol.
- Press and hold the Alt key on your keyboard.
- Whilst holding on to the Alt key, press the symbol's alt code (0151). You must use the numeric keypad to type the alt code. If you are using a laptop without the numeric keypad, this method may not work for you. On some laptops, there's a hidden numeric keypad which you can enable by pressing Fn+NmLk keystrokes on the keyboard.
- Release the Alt key after typing the Alt code to insert the Symbol into your document.
This is how you may type this symbol in Word using the Alt Code method.
Using the Em Dash Shortcut (Mac and Windows)
The keyboard shortcut for the Em Dash Symbol is [Option] + [Shift] + [-] for Mac. For Windows users, use the Alt Code method or press [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Num -]. The [Num -] key means the minus key on the numeric keypad on the Windows Keyboard. This shortcut won't work if you use the minus key that's in line with the Backspace key.
To type the em dash symbol on Mac, obey the instructions below:
- First of all, place the insertion pointer where you need to type the Em Dash symbol.
- Press and hold the Option and the Shift key and hit once on the [-] (Minus or Hyphen) key.
With this keyboard shortcut, you can type the Em Dash symbol anywhere on your Mac computer.
- For windows users, press [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Num -]. The [Num -] means the minus key on the numeric keypad.
- Alternatively, press and hold the alt key and type 0151 on the number pad.
These are the steps you may use to type this symbol in Microsoft Word.
Copy and Paste Em Dash
Another easy way to get the Em Dash symbol on any PC is to use my favorite method: copy and paste.
All you have to do is to copy the symbol from somewhere like a web page or the character map for windows users, and head over to where you need the symbol (say in Word), then hit Ctrl+V to paste.
Below is the symbol for you to copy and paste into your Word document. Just select it and press Ctrl+C to copy, switch over to Microsoft Word, place your insertion pointer at the desired location and press Ctrl+V to paste.
For windows users, obey the following instructions to copy and paste the em dash symbol using the character map dialog box.
- Click on the Start button and search for Character Map. The Character Map app will appear in the search results, click on it to open.
- The Character Map dialog will appear. Click on the Advanced view check box to expand the dialog box for more options.
- On the advanced view, type Em Dash in the Search box.
- You should now see only the Em Dash on the character map dialog. Double click on the symbol to select it. Alternatively, click on the Select button.
- After you select the symbol by double-clicking on it, it should appear in the Character to copy: field, then click on the Copy button to copy the symbol.
- Switch to your Microsoft Word document, place the insertion pointer at the desired location and press Ctrl+V to paste.
This is how you may use the Character Map dialog to copy and paste any symbol on Windows PC.
Using insert Symbol dialog box
The insert symbol dialog box is a library of symbols from where you can insert any symbol into your Word document with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Obey the following steps to insert the Em Dash Symbol in Word using the insert symbol dialog box.
- Open your Word document.
- Click to place the insertion pointer where you wish to insert the symbol.
- Go to the Insert tab.
- In the Symbols category, click on the Symbol drop-down and select the More Symbols button.
- The Symbol dialog box will appear. In the Subset drop-down list, select General Punctuation to display symbols in this category which includes the Em Dash symbol.
- Select the symbol and click on the Insert button. Alternatively, double click on the symbol to insert it into your Word document.
- Close the dialog.
The symbol will then be inserted exactly where you place the insertion pointer in the beginning.
These are the steps you may use to insert the Em Dash symbol in Word.
Using AutoCorrect to Type Em dash in Word
Another approach you may use to obtain this symbol is through the AutoCorrect feature in Word.
AutoCorrect in MS Word is a facility designed for correcting spelling mistakes like thsi to this.
With this feature, you can assign your own short code to the em dash symbol. This way, you can easily type the em dash symbol using the short code. For instance, if you happen to frequently type the Em Dash symbol, you can assign a short code like EMDASH to this symbol. This way, whenever you type the text EMDASH, Word will think that you actually wanted to type — and will convert it into the Em Dash Symbol automatically.
Without any further ado, below are the steps.
- Go to the insert tab.
- In the Symbols category, click on the Symbol drop-down and select More Symbols.
- The Symbol dialog box will appear. In the Subset drop-down list, select General Punctuation from the list to display the General Punctuation symbols which include the Em Dash symbol.
- Select the em dash symbol and click on the AutoCorrect button.
- The AutoCorrect dialog box will appear. Select the 'Replace text as you type' checkbox.
- In the Replace: box, type EMDASH.
- By default, the With: box will contain the em dash sign. Just in case it is not there, please paste it there.
- Now click on the Add button and hit on OK.
At this point, whenever you type the text EMDASH in Word, it'll convert to the Em Dash symbol.
However, below are some things you should note when you are using the AutoCorrect Method to type this symbol in Word.
- AutoCorrect is case sensitive. Meaning if you type emdash (in lowercase), Word will not autocorrect it for you unless you type EMDASH (in uppercase). Whatever case you used to assign the AutoCorrect text is what Word will recognize.
- If there is any text before or after the AutoCorrect text, Word will consider the AutoCorrect text as part of the text and hence will not do any autocorrection. For example, XEMDASH will not get converted since the EMDASH is joining with another character X. However, X EMDASH will convert to X — since the X is separated from the EMDASH.
As you can see, there are several different methods you can use to type the Em Dash Symbol in Microsoft Word.
Using the shortcuts for both Windows and Mac makes the fastest option for this task. Shortcuts are always fast.
Thank you very much for stepping on this blog.
If you have anything thing to say or questions to ask about the em dash symbol, please drop it in the comments below.


Johnsonville Fossil Plant
TVA's Johnsonville Fossil Plant is located on 720 acres of land near Waverly, Tenn. It is named for the town of Johnsonville, which was flooded during the formation of the adjacent Kentucky Lake. The town was relocated several miles south and named New Johnsonville.
Johnsonville is the oldest fossil plant in the TVA fleet. Plant construction began May 12, 1949 with the first of the plant's 10 operating units going into service Oct. 27, 1951. The final unit began generating electricity on Aug. 20, 1959.
Johnsonville can generate about 1,500 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to power approximately 800,000 homes. Units 1 through 4 also provide steam to a nearby DuPont plant in a co-generation configuration. Johnsonville is the only TVA coal-fired co-generation facility.
Nevertheless, units 1 through 4 will cease generation by December 2017, as part of a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Units 5 through 10 were idled in 2012.
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Dedicated to the preservation, restoration and interpretation of the Tavern Museum
Indian King Tavern Museum's more than 270 year-old historic building is New Jersey's first state-owned historic site (1903). It's where New Jersey completed the transition from colony to State passing laws revising election procedures, creating township governments, and setting up state courts. At the Indian King, the assembly passed measures imposing martial law, strengthening the militia, regulating a war economy, and providing emergency support to the Continental Army after its defeat at Brandywine. We know that more might be done with this marvelous space, if we had the resources available. Our mission is to obtain those resources so that more people can benefit from this amazing historical relic.


EIXO Program - Audiences with specific needs
EIXO (axis) is the foundation when building a house. This program is, in essence, the column of the Educational Service of the Carlos Machado Museum, a museum that values inclusiveness, of all and for all.
Diversity means different experiences of the world around us. In a Museum, this reality is notorious, since in its physical space, some people might have difficulties, either for physical or mental and cognitive reasons, to enjoy what the Museum has to offer in its fullness.
This project arises to make the museum the most inclusive possible through the Educational Service.
These actions take shape through visits guided by a member of the Educational Service to the various exhibitions that the museum presents, using mediation techniques and objects that meet the needs of the public; workshops that explore the Museum's collections; conversation sessions, debates, encouraging new perspectives on the museum's collections.
Within the scope of the EIXO program, we develop activities according to the needs of our audiences. Therefore, we ask interested entities to contact the Educational Service in order to prepare an appropriate visit to the specificities of each group.


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Become a Dental Assistant in Missouri - MO
In Missouri, there are three designations of dental assistants: dental assistants, dental assistants with "expanded functions" designation, and DANB certified dental assistants (CDAs). All levels of assistants help dentists and hygienists with exams and procedures, assistants with "expanded functions" and certifications can perform additional duties and work with less supervision.
How to Become a Dental Assistant in Missouri
Dental assistants can be trained on-the-job, however there are several options that allow additional responsibility in a dental practice and all require additional training and (in the case of CDAs) certification. There is no radiology requirement for assistants in Missouri—assistants can take and process x-rays.
To Become an Assistant with "Expanded Functions":
- Take and pass a state-approved dental assisting basic skills exam.
- Complete a state-approved expanded functions training course.
- Pass a competency exam and provide proof of competency to the Missouri Dental Board.


Mini Eggs
Mini eggs are about quarter of the size of a normal egg. They usually don't have a yolk inside, just the 'white' or albumen as it is technically called.
Mini Egg in an egg boxA mini egg is caused when a small foreign object enters the oviduct and triggers the normal formation of an egg, so just the same as a yolk, it gets wrapped in albumen and then popped inside an egg shell.
Normally only one mini egg is laid and then normal laying continues and it is nothing to worry about.
Mini Egg Photo Courtesy of Melanie Catley


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The tooth formula is a shorthand technique that biologist use to keep track of the teeth on a particular jaw. The formula consisted of two lines, top jaw and bottom jaw, which were used to count how many incisors, canines, premolars, and molar teeth a species had. Species A, Odocoileus virginiaus (white-tailed deer), had a tooth formula of 0033/3133. On the top jaw, the deer had zero incisor and canine teeth but have three of both the premolars and molars. On the bottom jaw, the deer had three incisors, one canine, three premolars, and three molars. Species B, Canis latrans (coyote), had a tooth formula of 3142/3143.
On the top jaw, the coyote had three incisors, one canine, four premolars, and two molars. On the bottom jaw, the coyote has three incisors, one canine, four premolars, and three molars. Both the deer and coyote skull were long and skinny towards the nose and mouth.
The coyote skull had a much rounder nose than the deer. Species C, Homo sapiens (human), had a tooth formula of 2122/2122. On both the top and bottom jaws, there were two incisors, one canine, two premolars, and two molars. In comparison to the deer and coyote skull, the human was an outcast. The human skull was a short distance from the back of the skull to the front. The human skull was very different in bone structure and longer in height than the deer and coyote skulls.
The tooth width from the deer, coyote, and human had a wide range in variety (Figure 1). There was a direct relationship between premolars one and two
Figure 1. Different tooth types in deer, coyote, and human compared by tooth width (cm). using the deer and human. The coyote had much smaller premolars than the deer and human. Figure 1 shows how similar the tooth width of a deer and coyote are. The cusps on the molars were very similar between the coyote and the human. The coyote and human molar cusps were very similar in molars one and two.
In Figure 1, the human and coyote tooth width are almost displayed the same. On molar three, the cusp sizes were very similar between the deer and coyote. The jaw length of a deer, 6.151 cm, is closest to a coyote, 5.507 cm, making the molars towards the back of the jaw more similar to each other than humans. Figure 1 gives a visual on the numbers for data and comparisons.
The tooth sharpness of each animal depended on the type of diet each animal had (Figure 2). The premolars had a linear pattern between the three animals.
Figure 2: Different tooth types of deer, coyote, and humans compared by tooth sharpness (deg.). Coyote's had the sharpest premolars, deer's in-between, and human's with the dullest premolars. Figure 2 compares the degrees of each premolar and each time, the pattern was followed. The molars had no relationship between each animal. Molar one cusp one and two are most closely related in both deer and humans. Molar two cusps one and two are most closely related to deer and human out of the three animals.
The cusps were similar but have about a ten-degree sharpness difference. The molars and cusps human's and deer's and human's were similar but have about a twelve-degree difference between sharpness. In the second molar of the human, the cusps were less sharp than the deer. Figure 2 displays that there was no pattern between the molars of the three animals.
Taking the calculated number of tooth width and dividing it by the matching jaw length found relative tooth width (Figure 3). Relative tooth width displays the tooth width relative to the length of the jaw. The jaw length of a deer was 6.151 cm,
Figure 3: Displays three different animals and how their tooth width is related to their jaw length. which was the longest jaw out of all species compared in this experiment. The coyote had a jaw length of 5.507cm while the human had a jaw length of 2.932 cm. Premolar one of the deer was most similar to the coyote. Premolar's 1, 2, and 3 were in proportion between the human and deer. The relative tooth width of the deer was very close in range while the coyote was not. By looking at Figure 3, this can be determined. The human has the highest relative tooth width out of the three species being compared.


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THE CHANGES in electrical potential along the walls of the esophagus can be expected to reflect motor activity. The electrical activity may be recorded in a manner similar to that used in recording intraluminal pressure.1,2 The present study is a comparison of hiatus hernia patients with a control group.
Combined pressure-electrode probes were used, consisting of three open-end pressure tubes placed 5 cm or 2.5 cm apart. Silver ring electrodes were mounted adjacent to the open ends for recording the pressure and electrical potentials simultaneously from the same sites.The probe was introduced perorally into the esophagus and passed to a distance of about 50 cm distal to the upper incisor teeth. It was then withdrawn until the distal probe end was located 40 cm from the incisors. The external portion of the probe was taped to the chin. A series of recordings of pressure and electrical potentials


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Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Museum
Pays Tribute to Black Riding Culture History
The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee recently opened an exhibit exploring the evolution of the African American motorcycle culture. Through this exhibit that debuted in February, Harley-Davidson recognized the contributions of African Americans and riding clubs like the Buffalo Soldiers, who helped to create the Harley-Davidson motorcycling experience and culture. The exhibit is now open to the public where you can learn many things about blacks' relationships with Harley-Davidson and the black riding culture. No visit to Milwaukee is complete without visiting the Harley-Davidson Museum, where blacks are now honoured.
At the Harley-Davidson Museum you can learn about Benny Hardy, a black custom bike builder who helped to create what is considered one of the most famous motorcycles in the world, Captain America that was featured in the iconic motorcycle movie, Easy Rider. On hand for the opening of the Harley-Davidson Museum's tribute to black riding culture exhibit was Sugar Bear, a man who was taught by Hardy. He also customized his own chopper that was showcased in the main entrance to the museum for the black history exhibit.
Some of the early black riders who were a part of clubs like the Buffalo Soldiers, East Bay dragons and the Chosen Few were also on hand for the opening of the black history tribute. One early rider present was a man that goes by the name of P. Wee, a popular club leader who once had his own shop. "He said he never considered that he would be a part of Harley-Davidson history. He said he just loved the bikes and liked to ride." Attending this event also were a few female riders who were just as enthused about their Harleys as the men. They told us about the stereotypes they faced as women riders. Despite some of the stereotypes, women are still riding Harleys more and more, and loving it.
The Harley-Davidson Black History museum exhibit includes bikes, documents, photos and memorabilia of Harley-Davidson legendary riders like William B. Johnson, the first African American Harley-Davidson dealer and Bessie Stringfield, the first known African American woman to ride cross-country on a Harley motorcycle in the 1930s and 1940s all by herself. The black history exhibit gives bike enthusiasts and the general public a chance to connect with and understand the black riding culture. Through this exhibit African Americans get to see how they played a part in the history of Harley-Davidson.
The Harley-Davidson brand is indeed the bike of choice for many black riders still today. It is number one motor cycle in terms of sales and popularity among African Americans, who have been riding and forming clubs since motor cycles became popular. The legendary members as well as modern-day members seemed very proud of their Harley-Davidson bikes which many said they would not trade for the world. Some of the early riders have had as many as three or four bikes and still ride today.
"African Americans have influenced and helped shape motorcycle culture throughout our history. Riding culture is seen differently today because of their numerous contributions to it," said John Comissiong, director of African American outreach marketing, Harley-Davidson Motor Company. "We're number one in sales to African Americans, and not only are we very proud of our shared history, we're always looking for new stories to tell."
You can read stories about the black riding culture on Iron Elite, a community section of the Harley-Davidson website showcasing African American rider stories, motorcycle customization and legendary riders. On the site you can also view customized bikes and learn more about key African American motorcyclists who have made significant impacts on the sport of motorcycling. You can also visit the Harley-Davidson site to learn about events that the company supports like Atlantic Beach Bike Week, Daytona Black Bike Week and the National Bikers Round-Up, where thousands of African American riders gather in the spirit of true riding culture.
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- Assess the existing sewerage network with regard to structural condition, hydraulic condition, infiltration and operation of Storm Overflows.
- Prepare outline proposals for Sewerage Rehabilitation of the network so as to improve the operation of the overall Sewerage System and to provide capacity to cater for new developments.
- Prepare outline proposals to extend the sewerage network to cater for new development in areas not currently served with a Sewerage Infrastructure.
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My Name is Not Isabella is a children's book by Jennifer Fosberry with pictures by Mike Litwin that tells the story of a day in the life of a little girl named Isabella who dared to dream. She dreams of being an astronaut, a doctor, and an activist among other things, telling her mom what she will do to help change the world.
This is a great story for any little girl to inspire her to dream big and believe in herself. You can never start believing in yourself too soon and never dream too big. In a world full of stories about princesses and fairies, it's refreshing to see a book teaching girls that they can be whatever they set their minds to.
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condition in a finite dimensional normed space. Actually, the finite dimension requirement is due to some technical difficulties in order to prove some compactness properties. The problem is as follows:
We assume that the mapping is continuous and we put We need the following hypothesis:(H5) there exists a constant such that the mapping satisfies Now, we are ready to state and prove the following result.
Theorem 9. If the assumptions (H1)–(H3) and (H5) are satisfied, then problem (51) has at least one solution.
Proof. Let us define the operator by First, we notice that by using the same technique as that in the proof of the Theorem 8 we can establish that if, then ; that is, the operator maps the space into itself.
To prove that has a fixed point we use Schaefer's fixed point theorem. We proceed in four steps.
Step 1 ( is continuous). Let such that in ; then
Taking into account the assumptions (H2)-(H3) and (H5) and using Lemma 7 we get Calculating the integrals in the right-hand side we obtain So and accordingly, is continuous.
Step 2. Let and. Define ; then for any we have
Estimating the right-hand side we obtain implying that Hence is uniformly bounded.
Step 3 (we prove that is equicontinuous). Let ; then, for any, we have So As, the right-hand side of the previous inequality tends to zero, which means that is equicontinuous.
We point out that the closures of the subsets,, and,, are bounded in (); hence they are compact.
As a consequence of the previous steps and the -type Arzela-Ascoli theorem we conclude that is completely continuous.
Step 4. Now, we show that the set is bounded.
Let ; then, for some. Thus, for each, This shows that the set is bounded.
We conclude by Schaefer's fixed point theorem that the operator has a fixed point such that, which means that is a solution to problem (51).
Next, we establish the continuous dependence of the solution upon the initial value. We have the following.
Proposition 10. Under the hypotheses (H1)–(H3) and (H5) the solution of problem (51) depends continuously upon its initial value if
Proof. Since is a solution to (51), then it satisfies the integral equation (19). Let be a solution to problem (51) with initial value. Then satisfies the integral equation Estimating the difference between solutions and to (19) and (67), respectively, we get Taking the supremum over the interval we find that where which proves that the mapping is continuous from.
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Objectives: This study aims to determine the prevalence of burnout in medical students across all five years, and to investigate factors that might contribute to and protect from its effects.
Method: The design uses a cross-sectional, self-administered survey of medical students at The University of the West Indies–Cave Hill, and consisted of a modified Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey with additional items developed by the authors.
Results: One hundred and nineteenstudents representing all years participated in the survey: 28.8% male and 78.2% female. Students with high scores of emotional exhaustion (EA), depersonalization (DP) and personal accomplishment (PA) were reviewed. There were significant differences in emotional exhaustion (t = -2.916, df = 104, p = 0.004) and personal accomplishment (t = -2.567, df = 91, p = 0.012) between the basic science and clinical years. Pearson's r correlations showed a moderate positive relationship between age and personal accomplishment (r = 0.38, n = 92, p < 0.001). Older persons tended to have greater personal accomplishment scores. Persons with financial constraints in the past 12 months had significantly higher emotional exhaustion scores (t = 2.23, df = 103, p = 0.28) and depersonalization scores (t = 2.295, df = 95, p = 0.24) than those who did not. No differences were found in relationship to ethnicity, educational histories, parental educational histories, marital status, or effect of serious illness in self or family.
Conclusions: The study supports the notion that medical students in general have a high degree of emotional exhaustion that increases as they progress academically.
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I'm having a hard time getting off the ground with this, and am trying to move away from ArcGIS / arcpy.
I have a shapefile with a network of polylines. I want to find/count all 2-way intersections, 3-way intersections, 4-way, etc. This would involve, I think:
 - splitting all lines at intersections
 - deleting identical segments (with some spatial tolerance)
 - create points at the end of each new line segment
 - buffer the line ends, and count the number of points near/at each line end
I would like to do this in a python script. Is this overall plan easily implementable in pyQGIS? An outline of the calls I would be using would be very helpful.
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Taking the first part, if it's of any help GRASS v.clean break (in the Sextante toolbox) will split polylines at line intersections, into new polylines. N. – nhopton Aug 14 '12 at 9:43
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There are a number of ways to approach this and several different ready-to-go python modules at your disposal. However I cannot directly comment on the Qgis calls but am confident most if not all of these processes are available and documents in the API: _URL_
Going in order of your requests:
> splitting all lines at intersections
You can first test to see which lines intersect and then find the intersecting points between any two lines.
There is an excellent example of how to do this in python on compiledreams.com:
Part 1) Testing for line intersection Part 2) Finding the point of intersection
Alternatively you can use the python module Shapely that offers a robust set of geometric relationship methods including intersection. Fiona was also written to work very nicely with shapely and can provide a means of data-structure translation (assuming you will be using a friendly GDAL/ORG format)
Qgis does offer similar capabilities but depending on the size of the dataset could be rather time consuming.
> deleting identical segments (with some spatial tolerance)
I am not sure where you would be getting identical segments from because you are essentially breaking a line feature at the point and making what was one two separate line features.
> create points at the end of each new line segment
So if we break a line a = [(2,0),(2,1),(2,2),(2,3)] at the intersection point of line b = [(0,2),(1,2),(2,2),(3,2)] we would get a1 = [(2,0),(2,1),(2,2)] and a2 = [(2,2),(2,3)] as the return. There is no duplicated geometries and the endpoints of the lines would be the first and last vertices's in the array. So for a1 it would have endpoints e1 = (2,0) and e2 = (2,2).
>buffer the line ends, and count the number of points near/at each line
So again shapely offers a very easy method to do this by any number of units you choose (same units as the input data is in).
Alternatively, you would define a radius around each point and create a separate polygon feature that acts as the buffer. [I am going to forgo writing out the algorithm here because I doubt that this is what you really want to do].
Then you would test to see which points fall within the buffer polygon while keeping a simple count.
Similar to the testing if lines intersect example above you can test if a point is within a polygon using an algorithm like the one defined here: _URL_
You can however just find all of the intersection points within a certain distance of any given intersection with some threshold distance. This would also save the need to create buffer polygons and performing various tests.
Without knowing much about your specific end goal you can also treat the network of polylines just as that by treating it as a network graph. This could simplify the whole process by using Networkx, which also lets you read in shapefiles. Although the topological relationships between the line features must be accurate already (meaning having already broke lines at intersection points). The counting of intersections is then just a matter of calculating the network statistic of "degree", which again is a simple method call in Networkx.
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 - Use "curl" to experiment using the service.
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Lingwo.ws is an open specification for a way to design RESTful web services. I've described earlier why this is desirable, but to summarize:
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merged tables. If no other tools are available, you can use diff(1) to collect differences between the /before and /after files, and merge manually with a text editor.
 The following example assumes that the merged results are available in /after.
 7. Load the merged data into NIS+. The following example uses the group table.
 # nisaddent -m -f /after/group group
 8. Remove LDAP entries that should not exist after the merge.
 A. If there are LDAP entries that do not exist in the (now merged) NIS+ data, and that should not exist in LDAP after the upload, you must remove those LDAP entries.
 Your LDAP server might provide a convenient method for removing multiple entries, such as a way to delete all entries in a container. If this is not the case, you can use ldapsearch(1) to generate a list of entries for each container. For example, to generate a list of all entries in the ou=Rpc container, use ldapsearch(1) as follows.
 # ldapsearch -h server-address -D bind-DN -w password \
 -b ou=Rpc,search-base 'objectClass=*' dn | \
 grep -i ou=Rpc | grep -v -i \^ou=Rpc > /tmp/delete-dn
 See Performance and Indexing for an explanation of the meta-arguments (server-address, bind-DN, for example).
 B. You can now edit the result file (/tmp/delete-dn) to specify only those entries that should be removed. Alternatively, in order to remove all entries in the container, use the file as is, and rely on the NIS+ upload to restore the LDAP data. Either way, you should backup the LDAP data before performing the ldapdelete operation below.
 C. Use ldapdelete to remove LDAP entries, redirecting stdout (which usually is one blank line for each entry removed) to /dev/null.
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It can often be difficult for businesses to make the decision to book a corporate away day for their team. You might think that your team isn't perfect, but they're still working to an acceptable standard. To help you identify whether an away day is right for your team, we've put together a list of 8 signs that your team could benefit from a corporate away day.
1. Team members have trouble with communication
One of the first signs that your team needs a corporate away day is that they are either struggling to communicate, or communicating poorly.
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Lack of communication often means that wires get crossed and things are frequently misunderstood. Or perhaps due to poor communication, people do not feel comfortable enough to share ideas and contribute to the team.
One way to assess whether the communication in your team needs to improve is to analyse the language used. One sure sign of poor communication is the frequent use of 'no,' or 'but.' If people become defensive about their ideas, they are more likely to shut down the ideas of others with a 'no' or a 'but', causing a breakdown in collaboration and perpetuating a negative environment.
Research shows that negative communication not only creates an uncomfortable office atmosphere, but also leads to lowered employee productivity, increased employee turnover and a less profitable company.
2. Your team struggles with negativity
Another sign that your team needs a corporate away day will come from a persistent negative atmosphere or negative use of language in the workplace.
Perhaps your team are acting selfishly, they are pessimistic, or they are letting negative events outside of the workplace effect their performance and attitude at work. Negativity is particularly damaging as it can be infectious in the workplace. If one employee has a poor attitude, it can quickly spread to the rest of the team.
Negativity in the workplace often leads to absenteeism, poor performance and low morale, all of which impacts on your company's ability to deliver excellent service.
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Lack of clarity about the direction of the team, business goals or overall purpose can all contribute to a dysfunctional team.
Do your team meetings frequently take 2 hours rather than 10 minutes? This is a clear sign of lack of clarity within the team. If your team enters a meeting without proper planning, or without clear direction, then meetings are likely to frequently overrun. Lack of clarity also means that team members work in silos. Lack of clarity on common goals can often result in individuals focusing on their own role and responsibilities, with little idea about the roles and importance of others.
All of this not only harms communication and productivity, but also effects employee buy-in. When employees have clarity about the goals, aims and plans of the company, and even better, when they are allowed to become a part of shaping these, they are more likely to engage with work in a long-term, meaningful way.
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Another one of the signs that your team needs a corporate away day is that there is always 'workplace drama.'
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American Society of Employers research into workplace drama shows that workplace drama can affect the company's bottom line. Employee turnover is likely to be high, productivity is likely to be low, and morale is often poor in a volatile, negative office environment.
Of course, you can never expect that all members of your team are going to get on with each other 100% of the time. However, if workplace frictions are a frequent occurrence in your office, you need to take action to resolve this issue.
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Lack of accountability can be one of the clear signs that your team needs a corporate away day.
Lack of accountability can often mean that employees are unable or unwilling to admit to faults. This often makes it difficult to pinpoint why projects are delayed or completed incorrectly. But why does this mean that your team is dysfunctional?
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Train timetabling with dynamic and random passenger demand: A stochastic optimization method
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Urban rail transit, Train timetable, Stochastic optimization, Variable neighborhood search algorithm
Considering the dynamics and randomness of passenger demand, this paper investigates a train timetabling problem in the stochastic environment for an urban rail transit system. With the scenario-based representation of passenger distribution, an integer nonlinear programming (INLP) model is first formulated to simultaneously optimize the total number of train services, headway settings and speed profile selection decision during the planning time horizon, in which the expected total service cost is treated as the objective function. Through an analysis of the features of the nonlinear constraints, a reformulation method is proposed to develop an equivalent integer linear programming (ILP) model that can be easily solved by commercial software. Moreover, a variable neighborhood search algorithm is developed to find the approximate optimal solutions for large-scale problems within the tolerable computing time. Finally, two sets of numerical experiments, with the operation environments of a simple urban rail transit line and Fuzhou Metro Line 1, are implemented to verify the solution quality and effectiveness of the proposed methods.
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Gong, C., Shi, J., Wang, Y., Zhou, H., Yang, L., Chen, D., & Pan, H. (2021). Train timetabling with dynamic and random passenger demand: A stochastic optimization method. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 123, 102963.


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In today's world, it is imperative that organizations continuously innovate because their long-term survival is threatened when they do not. Research has shown that two elements are required for an organization to be innovative: an innovative climate and an effective leadership style. Recent studies have begun to explore the relationship between the ethical dimension of leadership and outcomes of an innovative climate, such as promotion of technological innovation and support for innovation.
While there is evidence that ethical leadership may improve innovative climate, the relationship between the two constructs has not been explored. The purpose of this study was to begin the exploration of the possible link between ethical leadership and innovation climate, along with its five dimensions.
Four hundred eighteen participants who work in a variety of industries and occupations participated in the study. Of this number, 359 participants were online panelists of an online research company, and 59 were students and instructors in Bachelor and Masters level courses at three Oregon universities. The former completed the questionnaire over the Internet, and the latter completed hard copy questionnaires in the classroom.
A 5-point Likert score questionnaire was used in the study; it encompassed the ten statements in the Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS) and the 61 statements in the Siegel Scale of Support for Innovation (SSSI). The results showed significant positive correlations between ethical leadership and innovation climate and ethical leadership and each of the five dimensions: continuous development, ownership, normal for diversity, leadership, and consistency.
This study sets the stage for future empirical research regarding the relationship between two important constructs, both of which are required for long-term organizational success. They provide evidence that at least from the employee's perspective, a leader's ethical behaviors have a positive relationship with multiple dimensions of an innovation climate.
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The Lambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB) commemorates Treaties Recognition Week on November 2-6, joining school boards across the province in promoting education and awareness about treaty rights and treaty relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Ontario.
This year, the LKDSB Indigenous Education Team is continuing to focus on increasing awareness and understanding of Wampum Belts and their importance to understanding treaties and treaty relationships in Canada. During Treaties Recognition Week, students and staff will engage in curriculum activities ranging from painting with local Indigenous artist Moses Lunhum to presentations that address how Wampum Belts are used to communicate agreements and provide a mutual understanding of land stewardship and resource sharing.
"As part of an ongoing commitment to supporting Indigenous Education and increasing knowledge and understanding throughout the LKDSB, staff and students will participate in curriculum activities during Treaties Recognition Week to build on staff and students' understanding of Wampum Belts, treaties and treaty relationships in Canada," said Director John Howitt.
The LKDSB recognizes the traditional land of Aamjiwnaang First Nation; Eelŭnaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Delaware Nation), Kettle & Stony Point First Nation; and Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nation. The LKDSB appreciates the ongoing support and partnership of the four First Nations to collectively promote education and mutual understanding of Indigenous histories and perspectives.
For more information about LKDSB's Indigenous Education, visit: _URL_
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Proceeding of IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Language and Environments, pp 51-53, Arlington, September 2002.
HCIL-2002-04, CS-TR-4346, UMIACS-TR-2002-27, ISR-TR-2005-26
This paper proposes a novel user interface to manage the dynamic layout of multimedia objects in the Multimedia Bulletin Board (MBB) system. The MBB has been designed and implemented as a prototype of an asynchronous communication system that enables rich communication and collaboration among users of multimedia objects such as text, image, moving picture, sound, voice, web, office document, and other files. The layout properties of the multimedia objects on a board (e.g. x-y position, size, z-order, partial occlusion, explicit and implicit links, etc.) show important and useful information on the user dynamics occurring within a board. However, a fixed layout created and edited by multiple users may prevent users from recognizing and identifying useful information. This paper resolves this problem with a novel user-controlled layout strategy made visible with dynamic layout templates (DLT). Users can reorganize the objects to extract meaningful information related to time, source, geographic location, or topic.
Keywords: Multimedia Bulletin Board (MBB), asynchronous communication, collaboration, graphical user interfaces, layout management, dynamic layout template (DLT)


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Administering a defined contribution plan
A defined contribution plan is generally administered by a pension committee, which is the first responder for the plan and must ensure that the plan is in conformity with the relevant laws.
The pension committee is responsible for the administration of the plan and the management of the pension fund. Furthermore, it has an important role to plan in providing information to plan members. It must act with prudence, diligence and competence, like any reasonable person.
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I'm pretty sure celery is 芹菜. qin2 cai4
I heard people referring to bok choy as qin cai as well, but I believe it was qin1 cai4. Is this correct? When I look up bok choy, it is 白菜 bai2cai4 which sounds phonetically similar to bok choy.
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what this mean pakchoy? what this mean bokchoy? Why? what the different pakchoy and bokchoy? – user3058 Jul 21 '13 at 7:06
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You probably mean qing1 cai4 (青菜). It is used for green vegetables in general, but is also used for Chinese cabbage.
现代汉语规范词典 has this to say: 1. 名 一般指小白菜或油菜。 2. 名 泛指蔬菜。
小白菜 is typically translated as Chinese cabbage or bak choy in dictionaries and also used like this in many places in China, in other places people often mean baby bak choy when they use 小白菜.
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Baby Pak choi, Shanghai Pak choi, or mei quin choi (Chinese: 上海白菜; pinyin: Shànghǎi báicài; Japanese: 青梗菜, chingensai) refers to greener varieties where the varioles are also green. It is simply a less-mature version that could develop into the white-stemmed variety with more time to grow before being harvested. In Shanghai and other eastern China provinces, it is simply called qīngcài (青菜; literally blue/green vegetable) or qīngjiāngcài (青江菜; literally "blue/green river vegetable").
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芹菜 is celery.
小白菜 is not actually bok choy. The proper English name is "baby bok choy". Bok choy is a much larger vegetable that looks a little bit like a head of lettuce. It doesn't come in the form of individual stalks and one bok choy weighs a couple of pounds.
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As theGoose mentioned, it depends on where in China you are. In many places 小白菜 really means bak choy and not baby bak choy. – BertR Apr 2 '12 at 7:46
bok choy in Mandarin (Northern part of China) saying is 小白菜 (baby bok choy). The north don't just say bok choy, it's always added a 小 (baby, little, small) before anything else. That's their culture of saying things than the Cantonese at the southern part of China. The Cantonese saying is just the two words bok choy or 白菜子. The 子 at the end means 'baby,little, small, tiny' refer to as 小 (baby, small) in Mandarin. Mandarin put the '小, baby, little' at the beginning of the phrase while the Cantonese leave it at the end of the phrase. It all ended up the same meaning, it just reverse it.
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qin1 cai4 means 青菜 or 小白菜.
some people used to say qin1 cai4
I'd like call it 小白菜.
白菜 is bigger than 小白菜
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Making of a 360 Surgical Training Experience. Ten things you should know!
When you are learning surgery through observation, it is not just about learning the steps. It is about learning the whole experience of what goes in and around the operative area.
Surgery is a symphony of so many acts in synchrony. The surgeon, the anesthesiologist, the scrub nurse, the imaging assistant, the different devices around and of course, in the centre of everything, the patient.
Such an experience is hardly captured when we witness a video of the closeup of the surgical area.
With this thought in mind, we got the opportunity to create a few 360 learning experiences. The first was about an advanced cardiac procedure by shooting it with a 360 camera Insta Pro. What came out was a great experience which was taken by cardiologists globally. This experience not only took the cardiologists to a cath lab but also gave them graphical information about the procedure steps one after the other.
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 1. A detailed recce of the operation theatre environment is needed before the actual shoot. The exact camera position needs to be finalized so that it does not interfere with the surgery in progress and at the same time does not compromise on the view of the surgical area.
 2. The lighting of the OT is important. The ambient light and the overhead lights on the surgical field can conflict with each other to produce a sharp contrast and may disturb your output. The same goes with any bright light from the widows if any.
 3. A good orientation of the surgeon in charge is very important. The surgeon needs to be mindful of the fact that unlike in a 2D camera shoot, everything in the environment is being captured. Hence, everyone in the operating room must be aware when a capture is in progress. The entire surgical team must be oriented about the shoot. Only the needed personnel should ideally be present in the OR. Else, the viewer may have a disturbed experience due to the crowd in the environment.
 4. The director of the shoot should be aware of the steps of the surgery and what is important. The director must know when to tell the camera person to start and stop capture. The 360 high resolution cameras like the Insta Pro get heated up and go on a standby after every 10 to 20 minutes of active capture. Hence, it becomes even more important to pace the capture with respect to the important elements of the surgery.
 5. The surgeon should be given a wireless microphone for live recording of the steps. The surgeon should be guided how to prompt the director about the exact step being performed.
 6. A separate scripted voice over must be recorded for the final output and it is not advisable to use the live conversation during the shoot as the voice over.
 7. While editing the stitched output, a low-resolution version of the outputs is to be used as proxy, which are later to be replaced by the expected resolution after the final edit is done.
 8. While overlaying any graphical elements over the 360 footage, the resolution and position of the graphic elements should be tested well. Else, the attention of the user may be diverted.
 9. The user experience should be meticulously designed so that the viewer does not miss out on important elements in the surgery due to distractions in the environment.
 10. The surgical learning experience should not exceed 15 minutes. Else. there is a risk of the VR device being heated up and a break in the experience flow.
Creation of such surgical 360 experiences is gaining momentum. There is a need to give an actual on-field experience to the surgeons, medical students and all the stakeholders who are involved in understanding the latest advances in the surgical solutions, which can be provided with this immersive and portable experience.
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Rad-X is a chem in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Rad-X is an anti-radiation chemical that can significantly reduce the danger of irradiated areas. When combined with an advanced radiation suit, Rad-X can create near-immunity to radiation, even at moderate medical skill levels.
Rad-X is reasonably common and can be used frequently. Like stimpaks and RadAway, Rad-X is non-addictive, and its effectiveness is controlled by the Medicine skill. Taking multiple doses of Rad-X does not increase the total radiation resistance (the effects do not stack). Instead, the drug's active time is lengthened (the effective time stacks).
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Vietnam cat meat trade revealed: Pets stolen, drowned, bludgeoned and boiled as appetite grows for animal flesh
More than a million cats are killed in Vietnam for their meat every year in a secretive, brutal and growing trade that risks spreading diseases to humans, an undercover investigation has found.
Pets and strays are stolen from the streets and even from people's homes, trafficked across the country without food or water, and slaughtered in unsanitary and agonising ways, according to campaigners.
Thieves have even clashed violently with cat owners, and in some cases have been reportedly killed in brawls.
The animals may be drowned, bludgeoned with a hammer, boiled alive or electrocuted, investigators for the Four Paws animal welfare organisation said. Their findings are based on months' worth of surveillance of holding areas, traffickers and restaurants, and speaking to traders.
A live cat is sold for around £5 a kg, and 1kg of raw meat costs £6.50. Restaurants offer dishes prepared with cat meat for about £5, the research found.
Black cats are worth even more: traders sell them alive for £6.50 a kg, and their meat can fetch £16.50 a kg.
Four Paws and the UK-based Change For Animals Foundation, which collaborated on the research, say cat meat dishes, known as "Little Tiger", are growing in popularity despite increasing pet ownership in Vietnam.
In January, a ban on slaughtering cats was scrapped, leading to a surge in demand for cat meat. It is especially popular in the north but is spreading south, as far as Ho Chi Minh City, the investigation found.
Earlier this year The Independent revealed how sales of dog and cat meat had risen in Vietnam and Cambodia since the outbreak of the coronavirus, because people believe it has "warming" properties that head off flu viruses.
Some restaurants buy animals directly from thieves and slaughter them on site, but most buy from wholesalers or slaughterhouses, according to the researchers. They believe the coastal tourist resorts of Da Nang and Hoi An in central Vietnam are hot spots for cat thefts.
"At the wholesalers we discovered many cats with collars — a clear sign that they were pets. During our research, we also met many pet owners who were desperately looking for their stolen cats," said Katherine Polak, a Four Paws expert and vet in Southeast Asia.
"Authorities usually turn a blind eye because they are often involved in the trade, either profiting from bribes or are consumers themselves."
Lola Webber, co-founder of Change For Animals Foundation, said: "In holding areas, wholesalers keep cats crammed into cages for days until they have enough to cover transport costs.
"Over hundreds of kilometres the cats are transported without water, food and sufficient ventilation to slaughterhouses scattered throughout Vietnam. Some wholesalers even use luggage compartments on regular passenger buses for the trafficking."
Up to 200 cats have been seen in cages on buses.
Many cats die of exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration or injuries caused by their capture and transportation. After they are inhumanely killed, their fur is removed and the skin burned, before the carcasses are gutted and frozen.
Slaughterhouses are a perfect breeding ground for new diseases to emerge that could infect humans, with potentially catastrophic results, the campaigners say.
"Practices used in the cat meat trade could also potentially lead to the outbreak of zoonotic diseases, as we have seen with Covid-19, due to insanitary conditions, brutal and unhygienic treatment of animals, multi-species transport, holding and slaughtering facilities, and cross-border transportation and handling," said Dr Polak.
She said younger generations consider cat meat an exotic delicacy, but for older people, consumption is usually linked to customs, superstition and the lunar calendar. "Some locals are convinced that eating cat meat repels bad luck. Others eat it, especially from black cats, because they believe it has healing effects, although there is no scientific evidence for this."
The investigations identified northerly Hanoi and the Thai Binh province, with high numbers of restaurants, as popular places for eating the meat.
"We also know that many cats, often pre-killed and frozen, are coming in from Southern China as the cat population is decimated in Hanoi due to the trade," Dr Polak said.
"While the consumption of dog meat in Asia is increasingly being discussed in public, the equally brutal cat meat trade is still relatively unknown."
Two months ago a couple accused of poisoning dozens of pet dogs and cats with cyanide so that they could be butchered were arrested and charged with theft.
Four Paws and Change For Animals are calling on the Vietnamese government to reinstate the ban and strengthen laws to stop pet thefts.
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Power Pick Global warehouse management software can now implement different picking methods in horizontal carousel applications to improve efficiencies. Speed picking does not have to be complicated, overwhelming or cumbersome. Horizontal carousel systems integrated with Power Pick Global warehouse management software can increase productivity by 2/3, increase throughput by 500% and increase accuracy up to 99.9% all within a smaller footprint.
Incorporating software within a standalone horizontal carousel system allows for light directed picking, making the work flow at a much faster pace. Power Pick Global warehouse management software can control just one horizontal carousel or a pod of carousels, which consists of two or more carousels next to each other or stacked on top of the other. The software manages the bin locations for each part stored within the carousel. With the touch of a button, the carousel spins into place to present the part to the operator for picking. Light towers mounted in between carousels direct the operator to the exact pick location within the carousel and displays the quantity to pick – increasing picking productivity and improving pick accuracy.
Operations picking one order at a time can increase throughput with batch picking. A batch picking station can be integrated into the horizontal carousel workstation. Orders are loaded into the Power Pick Global software and are sorted for the worker, each order is segregated into a tote on the batch station. The carousels spin to fulfill multiple orders at once. For example, if two orders require the same part, the carousels will spin to that location, the light towers will direct the worker to pick the appropriate quantity for both orders. After picking the required parts from the carousel, the worker simply turns to the batch station and batch lights indicate the correct quantity for each order. Fulfilling multiple orders with one pick increases throughput. With higher throughput, operations can often extend order cutoff times.
Power Pick Global can also increase productivity using pick banding. Pick banding applies when the carousels are too tall for a worker to pick from the top bin location. For example, if the horizontal carousels are 14' tall, the worker would require a lift table (lift platform) to pick from the upper portion of the carousel. Using a pick banding strategy the carousel would present parts for picking from the top band of the carousel which require use of the lift table, then move down to the bottom band to complete the picking. Pick banding eliminates moving the lift table up and down in between picks, increasing picking speeds and efficiencies.
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This week we have celebrated the inaugural Tokelau Language Week (29 October – 4 November). The theme is Ke mau ki pale o Tokelau: Hold fast to the treasures of Tokelau. We have posted a blog each day highlighting cultural treasures from Tokelau in Te Papa's collections.
Today, I want to share with you a photograph that relates to our second post this week about the Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau from Porirua. I recalled spotting it on a Facebook friends post several months ago so I invited him to share his memories of the photograph in this blog as it relates to this small collection presented to the museum in the 1986.
My thanks to Kevin Sesale Setefano for sharing the photograph and the words below. Faka fetai!
Malo ni Tokelau,
This is a photo taken at the Iulio and Silila Setefano family home in Warspite Avenue, Porirua, back in 1986 where a Tokelau project workshop programme was held over the duration of a month.
The Tokelau government funded an art and craft project development by Alepano Savelio involving the Tokelau traditional craftsmen shown in the photo. This was to be displayed in the National Museum, which was on Buckle St, Wellington at the time. It was the first display of Tokelau crafts to be done there and ceremonies took place.
The elder craftsmen from Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo Tui Tokelau are very unique, and range in their styles and techniques. They make the treasures and survival tools that have been taught over many generations in Tokelau and that continue to this day, so we can teach our young people in New Zealand the crafts for their journeys and pathways to come.
As the young people in the photo, Savelio Ioane and myself (Kevin Sesale Setefano) we were helping and supporting the elders with the traditional project. For us, it was about active listening and the importance of understanding workmanship, understanding how Tokelau tools can keep us alive. These were important survival skills in order for our kaiga (family) to support themselves through daily living in Tokelau. The project was very interesting and at times entertaining. As the elders told their stories and worked on the crafts, they had hilarious discussions between themselves as they shared their versions of the Tokelau culture with each other.
Tokelau arts and crafts will continue on if the traditional workmanship and skill sets are passed on to younger generations. Tokelauans' have moved around the world and have needed to learn other skills and undertake education to survive in the European world. However, the knowledge and education that I received will never be forgotten and will be passed down to next generation to carry on.
Finally, I say faka fetai to the Elders and Tokelau people
Aloha lahi atu koutou and Kaiga
Kevin Sesale Setefano


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i have this exercice Let the problem $$y'=f(y) g(x), y(x_0)=y_0$$ if $f(y_0)=0$ what are the conditions on $f$ for the probleme admits a unique solution thank's
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Use the Picard-Lindeloef's Theorem to give a sufficient condition... – Alex Apr 19 '13 at 22:24
$f(y)$ has to be Lipschetz continuous by Picard-Lindeloef's theorem. – Mhenni Benghorbal Apr 19 '13 at 22:45
We use Picard theorem to $f(y) g(x)$ not just to $f(y).$ or not? – lili Apr 19 '13 at 22:48
_USER_: Read the theorem carefully, if $y'=G(x,y)$, then we require $G$ to be Lipschitz continuous in $y$ and continuous in $x$. – Mhenni Benghorbal Apr 19 '13 at 23:12
ok! $f(y)$ must be lipschitz. But why lipschitz continuous? if $f$ is lipschiz, so she is continuous! – lili Apr 20 '13 at 9:30
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$$f(y)g(x)=h(x,y) $$
If both $h(x,y)$ and $\displaystyle\frac{\partial h}{\partial y}(x,y) $ are continuous over some rectangle $R$ then for $(x_{0},y_{0})\in R$ the solution exists and it is unique
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In Chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why does Scout think that the world is going to end and on what does Mr. Avery blame this weather?
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Scout's response to waking up in the morning after a long night's sleep and seeing strange objects falling from the sky is probably not unusual for a small child living in the Deep South. It was her first sight of snow, and she had no idea what it was.
"The world's endin', Atticus!"
It was Jem's first look at snow as well, but at least he figured out what it was. When the kids went outside to play in Miss Maudie's yard (they were trying to save the snow in their own yard), they were harassed again by Mr. Avery. He had already blamed Jem and Scout for the unusually cold recent weather, telling them that it "was written on the Rosetta Stone" that children who behaved badly caused the seasons to change. This time he blamed them on the snow as well, telling them that it was the first time it had "snowed in Maycomb since Appomattox"--the sight of General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in 1865.
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