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A common complaint that doctors hear nowadays is that of dizziness after eating food. People get very easily disturbed when they feel dizzy after eating sugar or other food, primarily because lightheadedness is usually experienced when one has not had food to eat for a long time. This condition of lightheadedness after eating is mostly common in the elderly and women. Young people do not usually suffer from it. In most cases, feeling light-headed after eating is followed by fainting which is an even more distressing symptom. Despite the fact that these symptoms are worrying to go through and observe, dizziness after eating sugar or other food is only serious if it happens very often.
Why do I feel dizzy after eating? Some people who regularly feel light-headed after eating tend to write it off as a normal occurrence and ignore the symptom completely. However, people suffering from this condition should beware as getting dizzy after eating may be the only early symptom of an actual underlying condition. Hence, it is best to seek medical help before a new symptom arrives.
- Postprandial Hypotension
The most common cause of nausea and dizziness after eating is postprandial hypotension, which in simpler terms is low blood pressure after meals. Postprandial hypotension is mostly found in the elderly, which explains why it is usually only older adults who experience dizziness and fatigue after eating. To explain how postprandial hypotension affects your body and causes dizziness after eating, let us first explore how the body normally works.
As you already know, blood is the main transporter of substances in the body. Hence, the blood delivers food and oxygen to all the parts of the body. When one part of the body is more active, regulatory mechanisms in our body alter certain settings in the body to direct more blood flow to the active organ. When we eat food, our whole digestive system becomes very active and the cells of this system require more food and oxygen for optimal work. Thus, blood vessels supplying the abdomen become dilated to increase blood flow and consequently, blood vessels supplying limbs and the head become constricted to help with this process. The heart also starts beating faster to ensure ideal supply of blood to all the organs.
This was how the body works in normal conditions. In some people, mostly the elderly who experience dizziness after eating, these regulatory mechanisms have gradually stopped working due to a variety of reasons such as diabetes and hypertension. The problem could be because of blood vessels that are unable to constrict. Therefore, the blood vessels supplying the abdomen will dilate as usual but the other ones will fail to constrict. Hence, the surface area for the blood will increase although the volume of blood is the same. This will cause a sudden drop in blood pressure, so there will be lesser blood than usual supplying the brain and other organs. This in turn in exactly what causes dizziness after eating.
Faulty working of the autonomic nervous system can also cause postprandial hypotension and feeling dizzy after eating such as in Parkinson's disease. If the heart is unable to beat faster when the activity of the organs increases, then it will again result in low blood pressure. This in order will lead to lesser blood supplying the brain so that one experiences lightheadedness after eating sugar.
Atherosclerosis is the name given to the condition in which blood vessels harden and cause blockage of blood flow and dizziness after eating. This is can be caused due to the formation of plaque or cholesterol. Adults with high cholesterol or smoking habits and a history of this disease in the family are at a high risk for atherosclerosis. The blockage of blood flow caused by it is the culprit that makes you feel tired and dizzy after eating.
Gastritis, simply put, is the inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract due to excess acid in the stomach which can make you dizzy after eating. This can be caused due to a diet full of oily fast food, overeating, excessive alcoholic intake, eating food that has not been cooked properly or even irregularity in diet. Drinking large amounts of hot coffee or tea can also cause damage to your digestive tract. A common symptom of this condition is lightheadedness after eating.
- Disorder of the Labyrinth
The labyrinth is a part of the inner ear which also helps in body balance. When the labyrinth is affected by an infection or other disease, our ability of body balance is greatly disturbed which leads to dizziness after eating.
- Heart Disease
If your heart is not healthy enough to pump blood in optimum amounts to all organs, blood pressure becomes greatly reduced. This leads to dizziness after eating.
- Kidney Disorders
The kidney plays a very important role in regulating blood pressure, hence any disease which damages the kidney messes with its ability to maintain blood pressure leading to the person feeling dizzy after eating.
- Thyroid Gland Disorders
The thyroid gland is essential in terms of metabolism, energy and fluid balance. Under activity of the gland (hypothyroidism) or disorders like thyroiditis disturb the normal mechanisms and lead to dizziness after eating.
- Emotional Disorders
Excessive amounts of stress or deep depression can affect the body very negatively and also cause lightheadedness after eating. Eating disorders like anorexia only worsen the symptoms.
- Foods that cause dizziness after eating
Food rich in fats like dairy or fried fast food can put a lot of stress on your digestive system and make you feel light-headed after eating. Shellfish contain some toxins that can also cause damage. Food with excessive amounts of salt or food that hasn't been cooked properly can also make you dizzy after eating. Some people also feel light-headed after eating canned foods, pickled vegetables and foods with lots of baking powder. Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverage can also make you experience lightheadedness after eating meals.
- Medications that cause lightheadedness after eating
Medicines like antihistamines, diuretics, beta blockers and blood pressure controlling medication can make you feel light-headed after eating food.
Lightheadedness after eating is often a symptom of an underlying medical condition. In order to prevent serious damage, you should seek medical attention for proper diagnosis and care. Here are some daily self-care remedies to prevent dizziness after eating.
These were some daily preventative measures you can take if you feel dizzy after eating your meals, but remember you must seek proper medical attention to diagnose any underlying condition that you may have.


Octopus Deploy Documentation
Authoring an Octopus Server extension
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This is the key NuGet package you will need in order to build an Octopus Server extension.
This namespace contains the interfaces and structures an extension can implement, which the Octopus Server will go looking for.
The key interface to be aware of is IOctopusExtension, as this forms the entry point for your extension and without it the server cannot load your extension. An example of its usage is as follows:
 [OctopusPlugin("Directory Services", "Octopus Deploy")]
 public class DirectoryServicesExtension : IOctopusExtension
 public void Load(ContainerBuilder builder)
The second important component here is the OctopusPluginAttribute, which provides the description and author metadata for the extension.
Octopus Deploy itself uses Autofac as its IoC container, and as such the extensions are provided with the container builder during startup, so they can register their own internal services.
Extension configuration
Many extensions will want to store configuration related to their own specific functionality, certainly all of the Octopus Deploy extensions do. To facilitate this, the server provides the extensions the ability to register their need to store a configuration object in the Configuration table in the database. Below is an example of a configuration object and its mapping class:
 public class DirectoryServicesConfiguration : IId
 public string Id { get; set; }
 public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
 public string ActiveDirectoryContainer { get; set; }
 public AuthenticationSchemes AuthenticationScheme { get; set; }
 public bool AllowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers { get; set; }
 public class DirectoryServicesConfigurationMapping : IConfigurationDocumentMapper
 public Type GetTypeToMap() => typeof(DirectoryServicesConfiguration);
Things to note here are:
 - The configuration object is a POCO stored as serialized JSON in the database, so properties that are enums (as above) or POCOs themselves are supported.
 - The configuration object itself must implement IId, to provide the Id for the JSON data. This is typically a constant unique to your extension.
 - The mapping class must be registered as an IConfigurationDocumentMapper in Autofac when the extension is loaded.
Configuration stores and the configure command
Now that your extension has configuration, how do you set the configuration values? The pattern we're using involves a Configuration Store and a class that implements the IContributeToConfigureCommand interface. The IContributeToConfigureCommand interface is the key part. The store is a pattern that we've found works well for us (because in some cases we have data that may need to be migrated from the server.config into the DB), but is not mandatory. An example of an extension contributing to the configure command is as follows:
 public class DirectoryServicesConfigureCommands : IContributeToConfigureCommand, IHandleLegacyWebAuthenticationModeConfigurationCommand
 readonly ILog log;
 readonly IDirectoryServicesConfigurationStore activeDirectoryConfiguration;
 public DirectoryServicesConfigureCommands(
 ILog log,
 IDirectoryServicesConfigurationStore activeDirectoryConfiguration)
 this.log = log;
 this.activeDirectoryConfiguration = activeDirectoryConfiguration;
 public IEnumerable GetOptions()
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("activeDirectoryIsEnabled=", "Set whether active directory is enabled.", v =>
 var isEnabled = bool.Parse(v);
 log.Info($"Active directory IsEnabled set to: {isEnabled}");
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("activeDirectoryContainer=", "Set the active directory container used for authentication.", v =>
 log.Info($"Active directory container set to: {v}");
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("webAuthenticationScheme=", "When Domain authentication is used, specifies the scheme (Basic, Digest, IntegratedWindowsAuthentication, Negotiate, Ntlm)", v =>
 var scheme = (AuthenticationSchemes) Enum.Parse(typeof(AuthenticationSchemes), v);
 log.Info("Web authentication scheme: " + scheme);
 yield return new ConfigureCommandOption("allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers=", "When Domain authentication is used, specifies whether the HTML-based username/password form can be used to sign in.", v =>
 var allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers = bool.Parse(v);
 log.Info("Allow forms authentication for domain users: " + allowFormsAuthenticationForDomainUsers);
Services provided by the host
This section contains the interfaces and structures related to'services' that the extensions can consume from the Octopus Server itself. In this section, we'll detail a couple of interfaces you're most likely to need. To use them install the relevant NuGet package and take a dependency in your extension constructor.
ILog from Octopus.Diagnostics
This interface provides access to the server's logging infrastructure, so your extension can log Info, Warnings, Errors etc.
IKeyValueStore from Octopus.Configuration
This interface provides access to the server.config XML file, should your extension need to read/write configuration values there.
Building the extension
An extension is simply a.NET dll, so you can build it in any way that you would normally build your.NET code.
Extension points
At the moment you can only extend Authentication but we plan to expose more of Octopus internals in the future so stay tuned and check this page every now then for updates.
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OCDP: Ontario Climate Data Portal
The Ontario Climate Data Portal (OCDP) was recently launched to ensure technical or non-technical end-users (e.g. municipalities, private sector) have easy and intuitive access to the latest robust climate data over the Province of Ontario, Canada. The OCDP incorporates the high-resolution (10 km x 10 km) climate projections developed by the LAMPS at the York University using state-of-the-science combined downscaling technique based on a large ensemble of global and regional climate model results released under the latest IPCC AR5. The 209-member ensemble accounted for projections developed by other jurisdictions such as members of NA-CORDEX, PCIC, OURANOS, University of Toronto, York University, and University of Regina. This user-friendly data portal provides both visual representations and data downloading functions of climate scenarios across Ontario using geospatial maps, including both typical and extreme climate change indicators at temporal scales from annual, seasonal, monthly to daily.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


text: The term liveability is used to evaluate the quality of life in a region based on the surrounding physical environment and different location-based social elements. Having a reliable measurement of general well-being of individuals and societies can help the government and non-government organizations planning for better infrastructure. However, a variety of factors can impact the social perception of local environmental conditions, many of which are difficult to measure. This makes different liveability concepts quite challenging to be evaluated. In collaboration with the IRIS Research, we have conducted a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) survey on perceived liveability. This measures the existing individual perceptions of social and environmental elements in the Randwick and Green Square area of Sydney. These perceptions can be grouped according to six factors describing various aspects of liveability. A linear additive model is defined in order to calculate the required area-based liveability indices using available CATI survey data.

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Half a loaf is better than no bread
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Half a loaf is better than no bread'?
Something, even if it isn't what you ideally would prefer, is better than nothing.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Half a loaf is better than no bread'?
This proverbial saying is first found in the same place as many other proverbial sayings - John Heywood's 1546 glossary A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue:
Throwe no gyft agayne at the giuers head,
For better is halfe a lofe then no bread.
Many proverbs are a form of condensed popular wisdom and 'half a loaf is better than no bread' seems like plain common sense - few would argue with it. Nevertheless, in psychology experiments to determine whether fairness was an innate concept in humans or whether it was learned, pairs of UK and US children have been set the following test:
One child is offered four sweets (or candy if you prefer) and the other is offered one. The child with the opportunity to take four sweets is given this choice:
A. Either, you get four sweets and the other child gets one.
B. Or, you both get nothing.
Surprisingly to many, children routinely choose option B and reject the sweets, preferring to maintain a sense of fairness. In purely material terms this makes little sense as, by maintaining fairness, the choosing child robs the partner of one sweet and him/herself of four.
Heywood might have suggested 'throw no gift at the giver's head' but children don't appear to agree.
See also: the List of Proverbs.


Hacking Golang: Accessing Specific Value from Multi-Value Function Returns
In current version of Go (1.2), a multi-value returned from a function call can only be accessed by doing a multi-variable assignment:
b, c := F()
That works great. However, there are times, instead of using a two-step approach (assignment, then access) to get to targeted values, I want to access the value inline using an expression, not an assignment. Right now, however, Go does not support anything like that. For instance
the following will blow up:
type Path struct{FileName string}
The Go compiler will complain (paraphrasing here) about multi-value in a single-value context since path.Split() returns (string, string). This is as expected. I started thinking, with a language as capable as Go, is there a way to express target a specific return value and mute others so the expression above would work?
A Workaround
So I started to research how the multi-value returned by a function is represented inside Go? Is it an array, a slice, container, what? And why does fmt.Println(path.Split(...)) works without any complaint from the Go compiler? Looking for the answer to the ladder question in Go's source code for the fmt package revealed some interesting facts about the multi-values returned from a function call:
 - Multi-values returned from one function call can be passed in as multi-variable arguments to another function. Meaning, func Split()(string,string) can be passed as argument to fmt.Printf(a...interface{}). Inside, fmt.Printf(...) receives variable a as []interface{} from the compiler.
 - The compiler only does that trick (as far as I found) for function with varargs params. For instance f.Foo(a []interface{}) cannot be called with b.Bar()(string, string) as argument.
 - In other contexts, you get big fat ugly failures:
 - a []interface{} := path.Split(...) // illegal, fails compilation
 - var b []interface{} = path.Split(...) // fails with multi-value in single value context error
 - var c []interface{}; c = path.Split(...) // stil fails (as above)
So, that led me to come up with a function I call the mute function (represented by Greek letter mu, single character, simple, easy to use) as defined below.
func µ(a...interface{}) []interface{} {
 return a
See code at _URL_ mu function exploits the automatic conversion from the compiler to convert a vararg parameters in the form of "x...interface{}" to a standard []interface{}. The implication here is that I can use mu to wrap multi-values from a function call to access specific returned value by specifying an index as shown below.
NOTE: since µ() returns []interface{}, you will need Type Assertion to get the actual value.
You can see an example of the mu function on the Go Playground at _URL_ is a hack by all means. Go designers take pride in keeping things simple. Having an extra assignment step to access multi-values returned form function calls is not that big of a deal. On the other hand, while working with Go, you will inevitably run into cases where you wish there's a way to chain function calls as expressions. But right now, when your function call returns multiple values, you have to do an assignment first to unpack that value. Which feels like it is robbing Go of its functional qualities.
Jumping to Go
This post is about my impression of Google's language Go (or Golang). As the holidays approached last year (2013), I decided to pour my free time into Go. I went through the Go documentation methodically to make sure I understand the motivation behind some of the decisions regarding the language. That is very important since I carry the Java hammer around.
The result of all of my efforts culminated into the creation of an HDFS FileSystem client written in Go - _URL_ That alone is a testament of the simplicity and approachability of the language. Within 3 weekends (in Jan/Feb), I was able to put together a working WebHDFS client.
The followings are some points I wanted to share if you are thinking about jumping into Go yourself.
Jump into Go
Getting started in go is incredibly easy. To get a taste of the language you can take the Go Tour (_URL_ The tour gives you an online editor and server-side compilation service to explore several Go examples. The tour covers all major language constructs and APIs to get you started and keep you interested.
When you are ready to do Go locally, the steps are just as easy. First, download and install Go for your platform (_URL_ Next, select your favorite text editor to start slinging Go code.
The Workspace
One important point that I enjoy (as a Java developer) is the notion of Go's workspace. It is a location where Go keeps all source and binary packages organized in a specific directory structure. This simplifies many aspects of working with Go including building, testing, and dependency resolution. Because of this "Convention over Configuration" approach, one can build Go code without having to specify a long list path information (as is necessary using Java tools). For instance, the following will resolve package dependencies declared in the code, compile, and run the specified Go file:
go run hello.go
If you are from the Java camp, this may be reminiscent of what the local repository does when using the Maven tool. However, in Go, this approach is much simplistic and the workspace is a first-class citizen with the Go tools which understand how to deal with the code's organization.
For a full explanation of Go's code organization, check out 'How to Code in Go'.
No IDE Needed (Really)
If you are from the Java camp like myself, you may not believe it's possible to create complete projects without an IDE. Well, yes really, no IDE. I wrote the entire project using Sublime Text. How is that possible you may ask? Well, Go is a simple language with little surprises. In addition, the Godoc (see below) tool provides easy access to the API reference documentation whether online or offline.
Non-Ceremonious Language
I won't go into too much about the language itself as it is well documented at the _URL_ website. Nevertheless, Go takes a simplistic approach to language design by foregoing object-orientation. Go programs are collections of first-class functions, simple types, struct types, and Go's version of interfaces. Functions can be graphed unto any types (function receivers) to further organize code as computational components.
By removing the need to declare a class, a constructor, and main with program argument list, a compilable, functional Go code can be as simple as the following.
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
Run the code at _URL_
Documentation! Documentation! Documentation!
Switching sweaty Steve Balmer's chant from "Developers! Developers! Developers!.." (_URL_ to "Documentation! Documentation! Documentation! Docu..." would be an an apt way to explain the importance of documentation for the Go folks. Here are a few documentation resources.
Go's Website (_URL_)
The website has all the docs you will ever need to get started with Go including API docs, videos, best-practice articles, etc. I think the rarity of Go books has to do with the fact that the platform is so well documented on the site.
The Godoc Tool
The Godoc tool further demonstrates the importance of documentation within Go all the while keeping things simple. The following command will compile the entire golang.org website along with any source-level documentation in you own code and makes them available at http://localhost:6060/.
godoc -http=:6060
This makes all of Go's API documentation portable even when you don't have an Internet connection.
Godoc.Org (_URL_)
This website aggregate Go projects documentation from major source code hosting services including GitHub, BitBucket, Google Project, and LaunchPad. The content is indexed and made searchable. It is a really neat tool.
Go Talks (_URL_
Another fantastic source of information are the Go Tasks. This section of the website is a collection of deck slides and accompanying source code.
Fast Compile and Fast Tests
Again, being from the Java camp, I got used to my project taking minutes to compile and test. I have used that time slice (between build start and build finish) to read entire books, catch up on twitter, or even pick up a new skillset.
The story is a bit different with Go. I can compile and test my modestly-sized HDFS client project in milliseconds. That also includes running about two dozen tests (and counting). "So what?" you may say. Well, Go, it turns out, is the perfect platform for TDD. Because testing is so fast, it almost feels like there is little to no cost to integrate unit testing into your code cycle.
Solid APIs
Within its short existence, Go has garnered an impressive list of APIs (


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: a clause at the end of a will in which the witnesses state that the will was signed and witnessed with all the formalities required by law and which often sets forth those requirements
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- Log in to your TradeGecko account.
- Go to _URL_
- Click New Application.
- Enter the details as shown below:
- On the Application Details page, click Create Privileged Access Token.
- Retain the generated API Token. This is your Privileged Access Token.
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The Inventory Location Name is required to enable inventory adjustments.
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- Go to Settings > Locations.
- Under the Label heading, retain the displayed Location Name.
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Manuscript Preparation, Copyediting, and Proofreading
Q. If a book contains only one table, is it necessary to number it?
A. No. In that case, a number would serve no purpose. Even with many tables, numbers are not always needed. Assign numbers if the author uses them to refer to the tables elsewhere in the text, or if you think readers would find them helpful for citing—for instance, in digital publications without page numbers.


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Motility is a biological term which refers to the ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process. Most animals are motile but the term applies to single-celled and simple multicellular organisms, as well as to some mechanisms of fluid flow in multicellular organs, in addition to animal locomotion. Motile marine animals are commonly called free-swimming.
The opposite of motility is sessility.
Motility may also refer to an organism's ability to move food through its digestive tract, i.e., peristaltics (gut motility, intestinal motility, etc.).[1]
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Definitions for Witnessˈwɪt nɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception:
to witness an accident.
to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.:
She witnessed our wedding.
to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
to attest by one's signature:
He witnessed her will.
(v.i.)to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence.
(n.)a person who is present at an occurrence, esp. one who is able to attest as to what took place.
a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
a person or thing serving as evidence.
a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
testimony or evidence:
to bear witness to her suffering.
Origin of witness:
bef. 950; ME, OE witnes orig., knowledge, understanding
witness, witnesser, informant(noun)
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker(noun)
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
"the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
witness, attestant, attestor, attestator(noun)
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
be a witness to
"She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
witness, find, see(verb)
perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
sb who sees a crime or accident happening
There were no witnesses to the murder.
sb who tells a court of law what they know during a trial
a witness for the defence/prosecution
sb who is at an event in order to prove legally that it happened
the two witnesses at the wedding
to see a crime or accident happen
He witnessed the robbery.
to be a legal witness at an event
two people to witness the signing of the contract
Attestation of a fact or event; the quality of witting something.
She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
One who has a personal knowledge of something.
As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
Something that serves as evidence; a sign.
To furnish proof of, to show.
This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
To take as evidence.
To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
He witnessed the accident.
To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
"I don't really want to be actively harrassed (I mean witnessed to) (...)"uE000152870uE001
Origin: From witnesse, from witnes, equivalent to. Cognate with wetenisse, gewiznessi.
attestation of a fact or an event; testimony
that which furnishes evidence or proof
one who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness
one who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts
one who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like
to see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of
to give testimony to; to testify to; to attest
to see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed
to bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify
Translations for Witness
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it
Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.
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- svědek, -kyněCzech
- der Zeuge/die ZeuginGerman
- αυτόπτης μάρτυραςGreek
- sjónarvottur, vitniIcelandic
- liecinieksLatvian
- لوونه، شاهد، شاهديPashto
- şahit, tanıkTurkish
- 目擊者Chinese (Trad.)
- nhân chứngVietnamese
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How a leaf beetle walks underwater
Posted by Xeno on August 11, 2012
Insects are experts when it comes to adhesion on dry surfaces. However, in nature, plants may be covered by water for quite a long period of time, especially after rain. The bionic expert Professor Stanislav Gorb of Kiel University, Germany, and the material scientist Professor Naoe Hosoda of the National Institute for Material Science in Japan, discovered the remarkable ability of the terrestrial leaf beetle to walk underwater. Picking up the beetle's locomotion mechanism, they designed an artificial material, which sticks to surfaces underwater.
Their scientific results are published August 8 in the online journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
"It was a productive collaboration with Naoe Hosoda," states Gorb. "It is commonly known that adhesion between two solids in air can be produced with the help of water. Just like paper that sticks to table when it gets wet." The liquid surface tension between air, liquids and solids is called capillary force. In order to stick to dry surfaces insects use such capillary forces with the aid of their oil-covered adhesive setae instead of water.
"The same principle under water remains an exciting perspective, because without air there is no capillary force. The beetle shows us how to do it. It takes air bubbles under water," explains Gorb. The beetles use air bubbles trapped between their adhesive setae to produce the needed boundary between air, liquids and solids, and thus produce capillary adhesion under water. A necessary condition for this process is some hydrophobic property of the solid. But this is no problem in nature since many leaf tops are water-repellent to some degree, explains the Kiel scientist.
Gorb: "Inspired by this idea, we have designed an artificial silicone polymer structure with underwater adhesive properties." The challenge was to find a possibility to keep air within the material. The solution was a micro structure which produces a material that is sticky underwater without using glue. Probable fields of application can be found in underwater optics or any other kind of underwater technologies.
via Science Daily | How a leaf beetle walks underwater.


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Studies have shown that although guilt is a feeling that is more common among men, women tend to feel this emotion more intensely. In this study, researchers tried to analyze if feelings of guilt and their intensity, especially when habitual, could be different between the sexes. Researchers also attempted to understand other factors like "interpersonal sensitivity" and anxiety coupled with aggression, which could affect guilt. Results have shown that the difference between the sexes does indeed lie in these two factors and that, "habitual guilt was found to be more intense in women than in men in all age groups."
Researchers had in a previous study explored feelings of guilt in teenagers between ages 15 and 19 and among adults in the 25 to 48 age group. They noted that teenage girls experienced deeper guilt than teenage boys but that adults showed no such gender disparity. For this study, the researchers tried to explore if these differences persist in adulthood. There have been studies that show that "problems in interpersonal relationships tend to evoke guilt (interpersonal guilt) and moral dilemmas more often in women." This is labeled as "interpersonal sensitivity." Besides, anxiety along with outward anger and inward anger known as "anxiety aggressiveness" also guides guilt. There have been no studies exploring the difference between the genders, caused by these factors "interpersonal sensitivity" and "anxiety aggressiveness," and this prompted the present study.
- The study group of 360 participants was divided into three age groups. The first one consisted of 156 teenagers (ages ranging from 15 to 19). The second group involved 96 adults (aged 25 to 33) and the third group had middle-aged adults (ages ranging from 40 to 50).
- They were all given an initial questionnaire that asked them to relate a situation that made them feel guilty and rate the amount of guilt that they felt. Based on this, they were determined to be habitually guilty or not.
- The guilt-evoking situations were also analyzed to see if they were interpersonal or not. For example, not visiting one's aged mother was interpersonal while indulging in an extra drink was not.
- Similarly, from a questionnaire that quantified the anxiety and anger felt due to these guilt-evoking situations, measures of "anxiety aggressiveness" were also determined.
- Results showed that "the experiences of habitual guilt reported by women were more intense than those reported by men."
- These results are different from a previous study by the researchers that showed that adult men and women suffer from guilt equally.
- More women reported interpersonal events (86.5 percent) than men (76.5 percent), in all the age groups. Also the anxious-aggressive factor was seen more among women, irrespective of age. Women in their middle age had the highest anxious-aggressive component.
- Of concern is the fact that "interpersonal sensitivity" is the lowest among young men between ages 25 and 33.
One of the perceived shortcomings of this study was some of the gender behaviors in reporting feelings. Earlier studies have said that men may hide their actual emotions and women may exaggerate their emotions and expressions; in this study, sometimes women may have held back from expressing themselves, making analysis unpredictable. Researchers plan to explore these questions in future studies.
This study shows that women feel habitually guilty more often than men. This gender difference is mainly due to interpersonal relations and the anxiety and anger that they feel, if placed in a situation that evokes a feeling of guilt. One of the expected results from this study is the lack of empathy towards relationships and family, in young men. On the other hand, "anxious aggressiveness" can lead to deeper mental health problems than habitual anxiety. This lack of "interpersonal sensitivity" as well as "anxious aggressive" behavior could be tackled by a change in "educational practices and socializing agents," according to the study authors.


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Georgian Inventions
There were many important inventions made and discovered during the Georgian period:
 - Abraham Darby invented cast iron which could flow into moulds when heated. This made it much easier and cheaper to make complex metal shapes like iron rails for steam trains to run on or large structures like the famous Iron Bridge crossing the River Severn in Shropshire.
Iron Bridge
 - Sir Humphry Davy invented the Davy lamp in 1815. It had a fine metal mesh which would protect the flame inside from causing an explosion when put near dangerous gases like methane found in coal mines.
 - The first power loom was built by Edmumd Carwright in 1785. It allowed textile making to be done much faster than if a human had done the same work and was soon used in over 250,000 machines in England.
Mule spinning machine at Quarry Bank Mill
 - Josiah Wedgwood was born in Stoke-on-Trent and became famous for the industrialisation (making things in factories, not workshops) of pottery
1780 Wedgewood dish (UBC)
 - Robert Peel (born in Bury) established the Metropolitan Police Force for London in 1829. Although unpopular at first, the 1,000 constables (nicknamed 'Bobbies') proved very successful in cutting crime and by 1857 all citities in the UK were obliged to form their own police forces.
Peel statue Bury - - 186004
 - Michael Faraday made the first electric motor in 1821. It is thanks to his many experiments with electric power that electricity became so usable in techology.
 - In 1759, John Harrison devised the first ever clock to keep the time exactly. From Greenwich Mean Time, sailors could then determine how many hours they were before or after that time and thus able to determine their longitude (degrees East to West position) on the globe.
Harrison's Chronometer H5
By the end of the Georgian period, factories, blast-furnaces and mines were taking over large areas of the British landscape.
Industrial cities like Birmingham (nicknamed 'the Black Country') soon became incredibly smoky and contributed to quite an unhealthy environment to work in.
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In email communication, people often use "can you do X" instead of "please do X". Is this a more polite form, or is this just an idiom which means exactly the same?
If I use "dig this hole" as an abstract example, I can write this in several forms:
- Can you dig this hole?
- Can you dig this hole.
- Can you please dig this hole.
- Please dig this hole.
Do these forms have some different but measurable level of politeness? I feel that (2) is a bit rude, but may be just careless spelling; is my feeling justified?
If I want to ask someone to "dig this hole", which is the most polite way to do that?
I am interested mostly in email communication, because this is the only way I use English now. But maybe considering spoken language can help.


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History continues to play a role in conflicts. But what can historians do to prevent the abuse of history for political purposes? Historians without Borders in Finland aims to further public discussion about history and to promote the use of historical knowledge for peace-building and conflict resolution.
May 19-20 Historians without Borders organised an international networking conference 'Historians without Borders: The Use and Abuse of History in Conflicts' which constituted the starting point of an international network of Historians without Borders.
Martti Ahtisaari Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Bernard Kouchner Co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières
Margaret MacMillan Professor at the University of Oxford
Peter Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Romila Thapar Professor Emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ibrahim Gambari Chairman and Founder, Savannah Center for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development
1917 in Finnish and Russian Historiography | Writing a Common History for Israel and Palestine | Turks and Armenians, 1915 and after | Colonial History or History of Colonialism | The Presence of History in East Asia: Why Can't Bygones be Bygones? | Power, Diplomacy, Revolution or Society in Modern Mediterranean History? | US – Latin American Relations in Historiography
Discussion and decision on the establishment of an International Network of Historians without Borders and on the follow-up for the initiative.


text: Objectives In this study, we aimed to determine reference values for normal breast and areolar skin elasticity using shear wave elastography. Methods The right breasts of 200 female participants were evaluated. The age, weight, body mass index, menopausal status, and parity number of all participants were noted. The elasticity values and thickness of the areolar skin and 4 quadrants of the breast skin of all participants were measured. To assess the reproducibility of shear wave elastography, a randomly selected subgroup of 35 participants was reevaluated by a second observer. Results The mean age of the participants +/- SD was 48.79 +/- 10.74 years (range, 18-79 years). The mean elasticity measurements for the superior, inferior, lateral, and medial regions of the breast and areolar skin were 33.54, 29.84, 30.16, 29.20, and 31.35 kPa, respectively. The mean of the 4-quadrant measurements of breast skin elasticity was 30.68 +/- 9.11 kPa. Age had a moderate negative correlation with breast skin elasticity (r = -0.353; P <.001) and a weak negative correlation with areolar skin elasticity (r = -0.237; P =.001). The parity number had weak negative correlations with breast (r = -0.150; P =.034) and areolar (r = -0.207; P <.001) skin elasticity. The interobserver agreement varied from good to excellent (intraclass correlation coefficients, 0.67-0.91) for the breast and areolar skin elasticity measurements. Conclusions Shear wave elastography is a reproducible imaging modality for evaluations of breast and areolar skin elasticity, and our results may provide important pilot data for evaluations of clinical entities that affect the breast and areolar skin structures.


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How Sierra Nevada does it:
FuelCell Energy has upgraded its 1 megawatt Direct Fuel Cell (DFC) power plant at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to use fuel created from a waste byproduct of the brewing process.
The brewery's fuel cell power plant had been running on natural gas. Now, in an effort to increase efficiency and be more environmentally friendly, it runs on the brewery by-product methane.
Manufacturing.net reports that 20-40% reduction in fuel costs for the plant is possible by the 250 to 400 kilowatts of electricity that it can produce via biogas.


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The double escapement action was developed by Sébastien Erard in the 1800's and is now ubiquitous among grand pianos. (Chopin exploited this innovation to its maximum. A perfect example is seen in his 10/7 etude; notice the pattern of double notes in the lower voice of the treble clef).
Yes, that's the effect of the double escape mechanism.
Regarding Chopin however: he preferred to play on Pleyel pianos (as opposite to Liszt e.g.). Pleyel pianos did NOT have the double escapement action that time. That means, it is at least questionable that Chopin eploited this innovation.
However, the Pleyel pianos did have a short keyway, and had a very light action in conjunction with light hammers. Maybe fast repetitions were possible too without that mechanism.
So Chopin e.g. preferred to use the same finger for key repetitions (in opposite to the useage of different fingers, e.g. 4-3-2-4-3-2 and so on), I think that was stated somewhere in the Eigeldinger book "Chopin as seen by his pupils".


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1 October 2009
A picnic basket linked to Agatha Christie, soil samples collected before the Channel Tunnel was built and a radioactive rock used in a Nobel Prize-winning experiment feature in a provocative new exhibition at UCL.
Disposal?, which opens on Monday 19 October 2009, invites you to comment on the most challenging question faced by museums today: What should we collect and hold on to and what should we get rid of?
The exhibition includes objects which would not normally be on display, such as a crusher which can apply the weight of 150 hippos, a collection of plastic dinosaurs and slides containing microscopic fossils.
Among these are five objects earmarked for disposal that the public can vote on. This is one of several ways in which people can contribute their views on the collections: on what they think is important, what should be collected and what they feel would be better off elsewhere.
Featured pieces will include:
- A picnic basket belonging to Agatha Christie's husband's second wife Barbara Parker. The husband, Max Mallowan, was a famous archaeologist. Parker donated the hamper and its contents to UCL. The contents included Minoan pottery, a key, a doorknob, beads and a copy of The Times.
- Soil samples collected before the building of the Channel Tunnel. Archaeologists take such samples to see if a site contains archaeological material. These samples were stored at UCL soon after they were taken, but have never been analysed.
- A radioactive mineral sample which emits alpha particles, but which is historically important. William Ramsay (1852–1916), a former head of UCL Chemistry, used it to discover helium in one of a series of Nobel Prize-winning experiments.
The exhibition will also host two events:
- 'Fight at the Museum: Rescue My Object!' on Tuesday 20 October, 6.30pm – 9pm, will see experts battle to convince an audience to save their favourite object housed in different collections at UCL.
- 'Treasured? Hunt' on Wednesday 28 October, 6pm – 9pm, will invite people to seek out intriguing objects and specimens in store and decide for themselves just how treasured objects should be.
Disposing of objects by museums is controversial, conjuring up emotive images of collections thrown into skips or valuable artworks lost to the nation through private sales. With ever-decreasing resources and ever-expanding collections, museums are under serious pressure. Collections are fast becoming unsustainable – ethical but tough decision-making is essential to museums' survival.
In a research-led university such as UCL, collections have to keep pace with cutting-edge innovations and new discoveries. While active collecting always goes on, responsible and regular disposal is essential for collections to stay manageable.
Subhadra Das, UCL Collections Reviewer, says: "UCL Museums & Collections hold thousands of fascinating and historically important objects which are used for teaching and research. Like all museums, they also contain objects whose roles and use are unclear or problematic. Some objects may no longer be useful, some are too big or have become damaged and some should never have been collected. In the past such things have sometimes been disposed of thoughtlessly – by putting them in the skip. This exhibition is about thoughtful disposal."
The exhibition runs from Monday 19 October to Saturday 31 October 2009, is open to the public and is free of charge. Opening hours are Monday-Friday 10am-7pm, Saturday 10am-6pm. The exhibition is in the Chadwick Building, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
Media contact: Jenny Gimpel
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Update (10/27/2023): The seventh Philadelphia school in 2023 closed due to asbestos. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Southwark Elementary School closed in October. Most students would attend South Philly High School. It's the first school closure in Philadelphia of the 2023-2024 school year.
Update (05/01/2023): The sixth Philadelphia school in 2023 was closed due to finding asbestos. According to CBS News, Universal Vare Charter School is temporarily closed asbestos was detected during a routine check.
Update (04/25/2023): Another school in Philadelphia closed due to asbestos. According to NBC10 Philadelphia, C.W. Henry School in the Mount Airy neighborhood closed due to finds of the cancerous substance. This makes five Philadelphia schools to close because of asbestos just in 2023.
There's another chapter to the ongoing asbestos crisis in Philadelphia public school buildings.
According to the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia and other media outlets, two more Philadelphia schools closed due to discoveries of dangerous asbestos. This makes multiple reports in the last few weeks of Philadelphia schools dealing with asbestos sightings.
According to the reports, Frankford High School and Mitchell Elementary School closed down the second week of April, after Spring Break ended. Virtual learning began Tuesday, April 11. There are approximately 900 students at Frankford High and 350 students at Mitchell Elementary.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the issue occurred due to inaccurate record-keeping of asbestos-containing plaster. The records inaccurately labeled the plaster as "non-asbestos containing" and safe for decades.
Reports state Frankford High School may reopen within a week after closing, but Mitchell Elementary School should remain closed for the rest of the school year. While virtual learning is a temporary solution for the students, the plan reportedly is to find an in-person setting for Mitchell Elementary students for the remainder of the school year.
What Is Asbestos?
Asbestos is a dangerous mineral that can cause mesothelioma cancer, lung cancer and other deadly diseases. It is a fire-resistant and durable substance capable of preventing fire damage in buildings. However, as years pass with no renovation or repairs, asbestos can decay and fragment, which releases sharp fibers that can cause cancer if inhaled or ingested.
During the 20th century, many buildings were constructed with asbestos inside of the walls, in roof tiles and more. School buildings were part of the group, and many old school buildings that haven't been renovated in decades still contain decaying asbestos.
Asbestos Concerns Among Philadelphia Schools in 2023
These are the third and fourth Philadelphia buildings to close due to asbestos just in 2023. Building 21 High School closed down in March as students were relocated to Strawberry Mansion High School. The next week, Mastery Charter Simon Gratz High School was shut down. They reopened soon after.
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, approximately 400 students from Building 21 High School have occupied one floor of Strawberry Mansion High School since the school closed.
As of October 2023, there have been seven Philadelphia schools to close since March 2023:
- Building 21
- Frankford High
- C.W. Henry Elementary
- Mastery Simon Gratz High
- Mitchell Elementary
- Southwark Elementary
- Universal Vare charter school
There have been other Philadelphia schools dealing with asbestos prior to 2023. The crisis began in 2019, when Benjamin Franklin High School and Science Leadership Academy shut down. Five more schools shut down in 2019 and four schools shut down in 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If not for the pandemic shutting down in-person learning, there might have been more asbestos sightings in other schools a lot sooner than in 2023.
- 2 Philadelphia schools discuss next steps following asbestos discovery. ABC6. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 04/12/2023.
- Frankford High School. Great Philly Schools. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 04/12/2023.
- Mitchell Elementary School. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 04/12/2023.
- Asbestos is closing two more Philly schools — one for the rest of the year. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 04/13/2023.
- South Philadelphia school temporarily closed after finding asbestos. CBS News. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 05/01/2023.
- Asbestos closes Southwark Elementary School. Most students to relocate to South Philly High. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved from: _URL_ Accessed: 10/27/2023.
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Cask Strength: The Ins and Outs
What is cask strength?
Is it how strong the cask is? Is it the stress it can withstand in a rick (barrel) house stack? Does the kind of wood the cask is made of determine its strength? Does high charring weaken a cask and reduce its long term usefulness? Is the strength of a cask measured in units of elephants? I jest, of course. Actually cask strength has nothing to do with any of these!
Cask strength (also known as barrel proof in the world of US whisky) is a term used to describe a spirits alcoholic strength. It is measured in alcohol by volume (ABV) or proof. Proof is always double the ABV. So a whisky labeled at say one hundred proof will have an ABV of fifty percent alcohol. The remaining fifty percent being predominantly water. The term proof originated in the British Navy where sailors were issued rum rations, a practice that ended only in the 1970s. The "proof" they treasured was that their rum had not been watered down. The test: would sample stop gun powder from igniting? Only a full proof spirit would ignite. Too much water and the rum would not ignite. There would be no bang, no happy sailors.
A whisky that has been bottled at the proof that the spirit ended up at after its aging period is cask strength. It goes directly from the cask to the bottle. No further water has been added to dilute and reduce the proof. It is generally considered the premium offering and purest expression of a distilleries flagship malt.
A distillate maybe diluted reducing ABV directly after distillation. It is common to add water and lower the ABV before cask aging begins. Taking the whisky down from anywhere around 160 proof to a more common 140 – 100 proof. There are the obvious business benefits to adding the water as the distilleries have more whisky to age, raising the amount the distilleries have to bottle. But more importantly it is and should be a question of style and flavor profile. Interestingly enough Buffalo Trace have just released a series called the Experimental Collection which takes the exact same whiskies and starts the barrel aging process at four different proofs, ninety through one hundred and twenty five.
If the lowering of proof has happened before the new make spirit is put into barrel, the resulting fully matured whisky can still be bottled and sold as cask strength, because that is what it will be.
I love drinking cask strength whisky. Its amazing how many aromatics are released with just a few drops of water or by chilling and diluting with some ice. I get myself set up at home with a dropper and a glass of water (if you don't have a dropper a straw and a thumb will do!) and settle down to experiment. When pouring a cask strength whisky look for the formation of small beads around the edge of the glass. It's an obvious sign of high alcohol content! I always nose and taste the whisky as it is straight from the bottle. Then I add a drop or two of water and see what happens. Has the nose changed? Is there more obvious sweet or fruit elements to the taste? Below are a few of of my favorite cask strength bottlings if you can make the time to experiment with these it will be fun and delicious. Cheers.
Longrow Red Cabernet Sauvignon 52.1% ABV
Aged initially for seven years in bourbon casks and then transferred into Cabernet Sauvignon hogsheads, this is a fantastic limited-run addition to the Longrow family from the Masters at Springbank. I am generally automatically suspicious of wine finishes on my single malts as I have been let down by them on occasions. It was the Rocks from Bruichladdich that restored my belief, and would Springbank ever disappoint? I think not! The Nose: complex and beautiful. Buttery smoked haddock, coal and soap come to mind. Adding a drop of water brings on a leathery citrus-rind element. The Palate: incredibly full, with rich peaty notes that combine with red fruit and licorice in a truly harmonious way.
Glen Spey 21 year 50.4% ABV
A limited Edition single malt from Glen Spey on Speyside. The Nose: full of ripe tree fruit tones apple, pear, peach and even a hint of plum. A little water brings out creamy vanilla and a touch of chocolate. The Palate: starts with coconut and vanilla. The fruit comes through nicely giving a beautiful round sweetness.
Glen Farclas 2001 59.7% ABV
This Glen Farclas is a single barrel example bottled at eleven years old. Its robust nature sets itself apart from most other sherry cask Speyside malts. The stills at Glen Farclas are still heated on a direct fire basis. Direct fire heated pot stills are rare now in Scotland and the caramel created on the hot spot is a Glen Farcals signature. The Nose:earthy vine fruit tones, walnut shell, mustard seed & touch of fresh sugar cane. The Palate: vine fruit, hazel nut, pudding malt notes, touch of caramel, baking spice intense nutmeg long finish slightly aggressive but completely delightful in nature.
Dun Bheagan Caol Ila 22 year Old 55.4% ABV
This is a single barrel private bottling from Dun Bheagan, something of a rarity as Caol Ila will not release single casks to private bottling companies now. The distillery is currently running at full capacity just to meet the demand for the mighty Johnnie Walker blends of which Caol Ila is a major part so they have not got the spare barrels or inclination to share! The Nose: sweet char, high toned floral components, salted mango. Left to sit a for a while notes of honey roasted bacon emerge. The Palate: spicy vine fruit, chimney ash, earthy honey, sweet bacon fat and finishing charred wood.
Old Weller 107 The Original Wheated Bourbon. 53.5% ABV
Last, but not least, the Buffalo Trace produced Weller Antique 107 wheated bourbon. This is fantastic juice that never fails to impress. The Nose: rich full of corn, caramel, brown sugar. The Palate: overall sweet grain, sweet spice and this amazing dark chocolate. This bourbon shines when served on the rocks.
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- Science of Mineral Resources Division
- UCHIDA, Etsuo
- Yamazaki, Atsushi
- Geoexploration Engineering Division
- SAITOH Akira
- KAMURA, Kazuo
- Development and Environmental Engineering Division
- KURIHARA, Masanori
- FURUI, Kenji
- Resources Processing and Recycling Division
- OWADA, Shuji
- TOKORO, Chiharu
- Materials Processing Engineering Division
- FUWA, Akio
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- OKOCHI, Hiroshi
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Laboratory of Geochemistry of Mineral Resources
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_USER_ order to obtain geochemical information useful for mineral exploration, we are attempting to elucidate the formation mechanism of mineral resources. We focus on hydrothermal deposits related to granitic rocks, and aim to elucidate physicochemical factors controlling the formation of ore deposits. To achieve this, geological survey experiments and numerical simulation of the interaction between rocks/minerals and hydrothermal fluids (under the supercritical conditions) are carried out.
_USER_ addition, petrological investigation is conducted for stone materials used for masonry cultural heritages (such as the Angkor monuments, Cambodia) in order to elucidate their construction processes. Moreover, for the conservation of precious cultural heritage, the deterioration mechanism of stone materials is investigated.


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Three shift registers are illustrated above. The outermost moves by discrete jumps, it is in one state for an entire second before jumping into the next state. The middle register moves continously from second to second, occupying fractional second states. The innermost shift register is a quantum shift register. It is a representation of the continuous motion by a combination of orthonormal basis functions located at the integer second points. The areas of the circles in the quantum shift register show the magnitude of the basis contribution, and the colors of the circles show the relative magnitude of the real (red) and imaginary (blue) basis contributions.
The Quantum Classical Shift Register is Copyright © 2009 by Roger E Critchlow Jr, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. All rights reserved. Permission granted for reproduction for personal or educational use.


7 Ways to Deal With Arrogant People
7 Ways to Deal With Arrogant People
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Arrogant people do think that they are and will always be right. They get stuck to false assumptions and ignore hearing what other people say. They will use superior language, bully people, and become bigoted of people, or just act total rudely.
They consider themselves excellent. How you react to them becomes necessary when peace of mind is considered.
Your reply to an arrogant person is also a representation of your uprightness as a person who holds up himself.
Sometimes it becomes difficult to be sound these people because they can begin to pick away your self-confidence.
We run out of words and forget how to react to the situation.
How to save yourself from the verbal attacks of an arrogant person?
If you cross paths with these people who are self-stuck, do follow these suggestions.
So, How to deal with arrogant people? We have added different strategies to the tricky points.
Here are 7 Ways to deal with arrogant people
1. Have high self-confidence:
One of the best ways to face an arrogant person is by displaying your high confidence. Always enter into conflicts with arrogant people only when you are strong and have a depth of knowledge about a matter.
Only then you'll know where are they going wrong. It is important to point them out. It will help you get less victimized by them. You will notice how their behavior changes when that can't relate to you. Instead, they would start saying bad things that are unjustifiable. But have faith in yourself. Confusing them in their own words is your bigger trick.
2. Remember they are insecure:
Try finding sympathy in yourself if you can. Arrogant people bullies and harasses people to take control of them. It's just a reflection of their fear of being controlled. They would never admit their wrongs and stuck to pretenses. Thus they would never take account of your advice or suggestions, no matter how hard you make him try to believe. As being self-centered and the inability of open-minded, their life experiences are less. It becomes too hard to sympathize with someone of this quality.
Do not put them down. Just let them enjoy the fruits of their insecurities because they are never able to see their shortcomings.
3. Don't let it get to you:
Once you allow them to rule or control you, they won't leave a dot to not put you down. They have a very low mentality of finding happiness in other's troubles. Much like a narcissistic nature. This is much easier said than done. Just imagine, what if the person isn't trying to be rude towards you and just try hard to figure out the bigger view. There could be other reasons for a person's conduct. Try spotting them out and blur out these scornful criticisms.
Just laugh it out. Do not stress over it.
4. Be empathetic, but don't try to fix the person:
One's demand for superiority is profoundly grounded and ranges from lower appreciation to a deep craving for approval to a lack of compassion for those who seem less successful. Only the domineering person can deal with such a problem and with a continued push. On the other side, it brings peace to your heart and possibly to the circumstances if you have compassion for the grief of others.
5. Be mindful:
Whatever we decide to do, we should do them carefully and with much love as practicable. They make others lose their temper and become the worst version of themselves. You need to be very careful while handling these people. They are rotten from inside and would spread that rot within us too. We should be careful while dealing with them. Try to perform the sport of your life rather than trying to fit into someone else's. Be faithful to yourself always.
6. Try changing the topic of the conversation:
If nothing works wonders, try to change the topic of conversation. Arrogant people love to dominate over one particular topic, and if the decision to change the topic has been taken, they will bounce back. They will become defenseless. If you try switching to something that is neutral or something you know more about, they will try to find a way to jump back to the previous topic. They play dominating roles in our society. When people like us ask them anything out of the syllabus, they wouldn't answer them or might speak badly about you. After all, this is what they know.
You should try to be calm in such situations.
7. Avoid interaction at all possible means:
If you are in close proximity with such a person, your days can be tough. Do whatever it takes, to lessen the effect of this soul. Do not get close to them or park cars near their cars, I mean never!
When you meet them just smile and exchange glances. You might say "good morning", "good day" just in case, or occasional "hmm".
Do not let them know that you're avoiding them and don't want to interfere in any of their matters.
Find more ways to walk out and ignore these people. To maintain your own understanding, it's best to keep a proper distance between you.
Just dodge them by any means!
Written by Alecia Bennett
I hold a master's degree with a clinical psychology specialization. Currently pursuing school counseling courses. I have attended various programs related to mental health issues. A person who takes a keen interest in writing anything about the human mind and behavior.
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9 Possible Signs You Have a Low Sense of Self-worth
9 Possible Signs You Have a Low Sense of Self-worth


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for New Puerto Rican Parrot Aviary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The endangered Puerto Rican Parrot will soon have a new facility to aid in its recovery. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners, will break ground and begin construction of a new aviary.
About one acre at the Caribbean National Forest (commonly known as El Yunque) will be used to relocate operations from an old military installation to a state-of-the-art facility at a cost of roughly $2.5 million. The facility will have a nursery, hospital, hurricane room, kitchen and outdoor cages. Congress appropriated $1.7 million to build the aviary. Additional funds will come from private donations and other partners. As part of their continued partnership with the Service, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Parrot International and other organizations are working to raise the necessary funds.
The Service is working closely with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the U.S. Forest Service to bolster the conservation and recovery of Puerto Rico 's only native parrot species.
Bright green feathers, with a red forehead, white rings around its eyes and wings that flash blue-turquoise in flight, the Puerto Rican Parrot is the only native parrot in the United States. It is the most endangered parrot and one of the ten most endangered birds in the world. Currently, there are less than 200 parrots alive.
A captive breeding program set up more than three decades ago has helped lift the Puerto Rican parrot population from a low point in 1975, when only 13 wild birds were recorded. Thirty five parrots raised in captivity have been released into the wild.
Today, 158 captive parrots live in one of two aviaries, one managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service in El Yunque and the other managed by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is located in Rio Abajo, Utuado Puerto Rico.
The Service aviary supports the only existing wild population of parrots through fostering, emergency care of sick and injured wild nestlings, and boosting the wild population through captive releases. However the management needs of the species have outgrown the management options available at the present location. Frequent landslides isolate the facilities, power failures are frequent, space is limited, and the environment is extremely humid affecting both the parrots and our dedicated staff.
The Forest Service prepared an Environmental Assessment and multiple surveys of the construction site. No threatened or endangered plant species were found in the area. The Forest Service did find two endemic tree species of special concern known as Tortugo prieto (Ravenia urbanii) and the Puerto Rican rain tree. These trees were relocated to the Forest Service Nursery or other nearby locations.
The site is potential habitat for endangered or threatened animals: the Puerto Rican Boa (Epicrates inornatus), the Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter venator), Puerto Rican Brad-winged hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and Chupacallos tree (plendedron macranthum). During construction contractors will ensure that if any of these species or new species are discovered the project will be held up for the safe removal of the species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System that encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices, and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores national significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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Anson County, North Carolina
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== Places/Localities ==
== Places/Localities ==
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|Anson County, North Carolina|
Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Anson County Courthouse
N Green Street P O Box 352
Wadesboro, NC 28170
Death & Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913
marriage records from 1869 and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce from 1868
Probate records from 1750 & court records from 1770
"The county was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. It was named for George Anson, Baron Anson, a British admiral, who circumnavigated the globe from 1740 to 1744, and later became First Lord of the Admiralty. Like its parent county, Anson County was originally a vast territory with indefinite northern and western boundaries. Reductions in its extent began in 1753, when the northern part of it became Rowan County. In 1762 the western part of Anson County became Mecklenburg County. In 1779 the northern part of what remained of Anson County became Montgomery County, and the part east of the Pee Dee River became Richmond County. Finally, in 1842 the western part of Anson County was combined with the southeastern part of Mecklenburg County to become Union County."
Anson County was named in honor of British Admiral Lord George Anson, a First Lord of the Admiralty. He commanded the vessel which brought Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Germany, to her future husband King George III. Germans to the area around Anson County, as did many settlers from the British Isles, Africa, and Moravia. In 1750 Anson County was formed from Bladen County. At that time, it reached all the way to the Mississippi River. Although it has been cut in physical size five times since then, the people of that county have enabled its presence to reach beyond the Mississippi to the far corners of the world.
1868--A courthouse fire destroyed many records.
Retired North Carolina State Archivist Thornton Mitchell's article can help you discover your Anson County ancestors despite record loss:
- Mitchell, Thornton W. "Problems of Anson County Records," The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 1989):66-68. FHL Book 975.6 B2s v. 15 (1989).
- Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- Marlboro County, South Carolina
For tips on accessing Anson County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
- Beaverdam. Constituted 1790.
- Cartledge Creek aka Dockery's Meeting House, near Rockingham, N.C. Organized about 1774. Currently located in Richmond County.
- Fork of Little River. Church built 1758. Later located in Montgomery County.
- Hitchcock. Constituted 1772. Edwards published a membership list dated 1772 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 128. Later located in Richmond County.
- Pee Dee River. Constituted 1785.
- Rocky River, Burnsville, N.C. Began before 1772.
Church of England
- St. George's Parish. Established 1749.
- Anson County Heritage, North Carolina, 1995. Wadesboro, N.C.: Don Mills & Anson County Heritage Book Committee, 1995. FHL Book _PHONE_ H2ac.
- [Burns] Kelman, Helen Parker. Parkers of Anson Co., N.C. with the Burnses and Curlees. Raleigh, N.C.: H.P. Kelman, c1993, 2001. FHL Collection.
- [Curlee] Kelman, Helen Parker. Parkers of Anson Co., N.C. with the Burnses and Curlees. Raleigh, N.C.: H.P. Kelman, c1993, 2001. FHL Collection.
- [Gulledge] Wiggins, Marie Gulledge. "Anson County, North Carolina Marriages," "Anson County, North Carolina Records," and "Anson County, North Carolina Court Records," Marie G. Wiggins Genealogical Collection Including Variant Surnames. MSS. Microfilmed 1993: FHL Film _PHONE_ Items 3-5.
- [Hardin] Craig, Marion Stark. Benjamin Hardin (IV): _PHONE_ (Revolutionary War Soldier and Pensioner) and Wife, Elizabeth Scott and Their Family Connections: A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Ark.: M.S. Craig, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 H219c.
- [Helms] Myers, Sara M. and Sallie C. Pressley. George Helms and Tilman Helms, _PHONE_: History & Genealogy of the Helms Family, Pioneers of Anson & Meck. Counties, North Carolina, Five Generations. Cassopolis, Mich.: S.M. Myers, 1981. FHL Book 929.273 H369m.
- [Huntley] Redfearn, Daniel Huntley. History of the Redfearn Family. Miami, Fla.: n.p., 1942. FHL Book 929.273 R247 1942.
- [Jarman] German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94.
- [McLendon] Redfearn, Rosalind McLendon. The McLendons of Anson County. Wadesboro, N.C.: n.p., 1957. FHL Film 496748 Item 1.
- [Moore] Austin, Nancy Jane Moore and Mary Lois Moore Yandle. The Moore Families of Anson and Union Counties, North Carolina: _PHONE_. Charlotte, N.C.: N.J.M. Austin, c1988. FHL Fiche _PHONE_ (5 fiche).
- [Parker] Kelman, Helen Parker. Parkers of Anson Co., N.C. with the Burnses and Curlees. Raleigh, N.C.: H.P. Kelman, c1993, 2001. FHL Collection.
- [Preslar] Dunn, Edwin C. Some Genealogical Notes on the Preslar/Presley Family of Anson Co., N.C. Albuquerque, N.M.: E.C. Dunn, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 P926d.
- [Presley] Dunn, Edwin C. Some Genealogical Notes on the Preslar/Presley Family of Anson Co., N.C. Albuquerque, N.M.: E.C. Dunn, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 P926d.
- [Redfearn] Redfearn, Daniel Huntley. History of Redfearn Family. Miami, Fla.: n.p., 1942. FHL Book 929.273 R247 1942.
- [Redfearn] Redfearn, Daniel Huntley. History of the Redfearn Family. Miami, Fla.: Redfearn, 1954. FHL Book 929.273 R247 1954.
- [Redfearn] Redfern, Michael Robert. The History of the Redfearn Family Revisited. Louisville, Colo.: M.R. Redfern, c2005. FHL Book 929.273 R247rm.
- [Reed] Craig, Marion Stark. Benjamin Hardin (IV): _PHONE_ (Revolutionary War Soldier and Pensioner) and Wife, Elizabeth Scott and Their Family Connections: A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Ark.: M.S. Craig, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 H219c.
- [Reed] Craig, Marion Stark. Joseph Reed (Died 1751) of Anson County, NC & Wife, Elizabeth, Who Married James Deacon and Lived in Rowan County, NC: A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Ark.: M.S. Craig, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 R251cm.
- [Sheppard] Sheppard, Thomas C. The Sheppard Family: Descendants of William Sheppard of Anson County, North Carolina. Fairmont, W.Va.: T.C. Sheppard, 1992. FHL Film _PHONE_ Item 6; digital version at Family History Archives.
- [Taylor] Taylor, James L. Stephen Taylor and Descendants, Johnston and Anson Counties, North Carolina and Westward 1750's-1996. Typescript. Microfilmed 2001: FHL Film _PHONE_ Item 14; digital version at Family History Archives.
- [Wall]] Thomas, Anne Wall. The Walls of Walltown: The Known Descendants of James Wall of Anson County, North Carolina. Carrboro, N.C.: A.W


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ACT OF SETTLEMENT (1781)
The Act of Settlement 1781 was passed by the British Parliament on 5th July 1781 to remove the defects of Regulating Act of 1773. The key provision of this Act was to demarcate the relations between the Supreme Court and the Governor General in Council. This Act is popularly known as " The Amending Act of 1781" or "Declaratory Act of 1781".
The basic and fundamental aim of this Act was to establish a new system of Courts to remove the grievances against the Supreme Court and the failure of the Regulating Act's aim of controlling administration through Judiciary.
The conflict between the Supreme Court and Supreme Council reached its apex during _PHONE_. Then, the Supreme Council filed a petition against the improper working of supreme court in Bengal. Similar petition was filed by various zamindars, company's servants and so on. The Parliament, therefore, appointed a Committee (Touchet) to enquire into this matter and report as quickly as possible. Then the Committee submitted its report and as a result the Parliament passed the Act of Settlement in 1781.
Reasons for passing of Act of Settlement 1781:-
- Though the Regulating Act of 1773, brought a major change in the Government's system, but there were certain loopholes which this act failed to achieve. Those loopholes were further fulfilled by the "Act of Settlement 1781"
- Some issues arose with the Administration of Warren Hastings, which led to a lot of discontent and criticisms amongst people. Some of the examples of such issues are :- Patna Case, Cossijurah Case, Nand Kumar Case and so on.
- There was a huge rift between the Supreme Court and Governor-General in Council which imbalanced the Administration to a certain extent.
- Agitation by the people since there was an interference by the Government in personal laws of the communities.
Aim of the Act of Settlement 1781:-
- To indemnify the Governor-General and the Officers of the Council who acted under their orders in undue resistance made to the process of the Supreme Court.
- To remove the doubts and difficulties of the Regulating Act and the Charter which basically created divisions between the Government and Court.
- To provide assistance to the Government of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa so that the revenue can be collected with certainty at any point of time.
- To protect the Rights, Usages, and Privileges of the Indigenous people.
Features of the Act of Settlement 1781
- The Governor-General and Council were exempted from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for the acts done in official way.
- It excluded the matters related to revenue from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- It even exempted the servants of the company from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for their Official actions.
- It provided that the Supreme Court should have the Jurisdiction over all the Inhabitants. It also asked the Court to administer the personal law of the "Defendants".
- It laid down that the appeals from the Provincial Courts could be taken to the Governor-General-In Council but not to the Supreme Court.
- It basically empowered the Governor-General-In-Council to frame Rules and Regulations for the Provincial Courts and Councils.
The above saying proves, that the "Act of settlement 1781" was the first attempt in India towards the Separation of the Executive from the Judiciary by defining the respective areas of Jurisdiction.
The "Act of Settlement 1781" tried to reconcile the differences and misunderstandings between the Supreme Court and Supreme Council to ensure the harmony in the working of these two vital organs of the Government System. So now let's look at some more provisions of this act.
They are as follows :-
- This Act provided that the Governor-General and Council were completely immune from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for the orders passed or Act done by them in public.
- The Supreme Court had no Jurisdiction in the matters concerning the collection of revenue.
- The Jurisdiction of the "Supreme Court" was precisely defined in this Act. Section 9 of the Act of Settlement provided that the person who had any interest or control over lands and rents into the provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa were immune from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- This Act provided that the person who were employed in company or under the Governor General were excluded from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in matters relating to Inheritance, Succession, Contracts except wrong Trespasses.
- This Act provided that no action can be taken against any Judicial Officer in the Supreme Court for any act done by him/her in exercise of his/her Judicial functions.
- The British Parliament for the very first time gave recognition to the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of the Provincial Courts which were Independently existing. (Under this Act)
- This Act specified that the Civil and Religious Usages of the Natives and their Ancient Rites must be Protected, Preserved and Safeguarded.
- The framing of Rules and Regulations for conducting Civil Suits and Criminal Trials were only possible due to this Act, since it empowered the Governor-General and the Council for the same.
Landmark case :-
In Bampton V. Petumber Mullick Case, the dispute arose regarding the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over Indians regarding a part of land which was partly situated in Calcutta and partly outside it. "Section 17" of the Act of Settlement explicitly provides that the Supreme Court shall have Jurisdiction over all the Indigenous people of Calcutta.
Later it was found that the Supreme Court shall have the power and Jurisdiction over the Indigenous people of Calcutta but their cases relating to Inheritance, Succession, Rent, Goods and so on shall be decided with their Personal law i.e Hindu law for Hindus and Mohammedan law for Muslims.
Though this Act benefitted a large section of the people but still there were certain impacts of it on the society.
- This Act completely favoured the Council and gave them a Superior authority over the Judiciary.
- The Executives were strongly Strengthened to ensure that the Britishers were able to maintain their hold on the Indian Empire.
- It was the very first attempt to basically Separate Executive branch of Government from Judiciary.
Though this Act failed to remove the flaws of the Regulating Act of 1773 but it proved to be of a great support in bringing the changes to the system of the Administration and Justice.
Author: Shreya Kaul,
STUDENT AT AMITY UNIVERSITY MP (2020-25)


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- Fulfil and fulfill are both correct spellings of the same word. It means "to put into effect," "to achieve," "to carry out," or "to realize."
- Fulfil is the spelling commonly used in English speaking countries like the UK and Australia.
- Fulfill is the spelling commonly used in the United States.
- In Canada, they use both spellings.
Fulfill is one of those words with multiple spellings. It can end with two l's or with one, depending on where the person writing the word is from.
Fulfil vs. Fulfill—What's the Difference?
We use fulfill to say that we did something we promised, that we carried out a duty, or that we realized or put into effect something that someone entrusted us to do.
There are two ways you can spell the word—fulfill and fulfil. Neither of the spellings is wrong. The longer one, fulfill, is the spelling you'll see people use in the United States:
In other English-speaking countries, people spell the word fulfil:
You can come across both spellings in Canada.
Most of the inflected forms of the word retain the double l, regardless of dialect. That's why you'll see fulfilling, fulfilled, and fulfiller in all English speaking countries. A notable exception is the word fulfillment, which follows the same rules as the root word:
Fulfill in the US
Fulfil outside of the US
American English and British English are different in many small, almost unnoticeable ways. When it comes to spelling, Americans usually prefer the shorter words, like "benefited" over "benefitted" or "check" over "cheque", but every once in a while they choose to use the longer spelling, like fulfill.


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A document discusses (1) a Monte-Carlo-based methodology for probabilistic prediction and analysis of orbital lifetimes of spacecraft and (2) Orbital Lifetime Monte Carlo (OLMC) — a Fortran computer program, consisting of a previously developed long-term orbit-propagator integrated with a Monte Carlo engine.
OLMC enables modeling of variances of key physical parameters that affect orbital lifetimes through the use of probability distributions. These parameters include altitude, speed, and flight-path angle at insertion into orbit; solar flux; and launch delays. The products of OLMC are predicted lifetimes (durations above specified minimum altitudes) for the number of user-specified cases. Histograms generated from such predictions can be used to determine the probabilities that spacecraft will satisfy lifetime requirements.
The document discusses uncertainties that affect modeling of orbital lifetimes. Issues of repeatability, smoothness of distributions, and code run time are considered for the purpose of establishing values of code-specific parameters and number of Monte Carlo runs. Results from test cases are interpreted as demonstrating that solar-flux predictions are primary sources of variations in predicted lifetimes. Therefore, it is concluded, multiple sets of predictions should be utilized to fully characterize the lifetime range of a spacecraft.
This work was done by Washito Sasamoto of Langley Research Center and Kandyce Goodliff and David Cornelius of Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.


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