Having recently finished (again) The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I wondered what is the earliest known book / novel trilogy in literature? (Yes, I know J.R.R. Tolkien wrote LOTR not as a trilogy but as the first volume of a planned two-volume work, including LOTR and The Silmarillion but the two volume work was never completed and LOTR now stands on its own in what we refer to as a trilogy.)
According to both Wikipedia and Britannica, trilogy is used to describe
Britannica's trilogy entry goes on further to say (Wiki mentions this as well, but quoting Britannica here):
The term originally referred specifically to a group of three tragedies written by one author for competition. This trilogy constituted the traditional set of plays presented in Athens by a number of competitors at the 5th-century-BC drama festivals known as the Great Dionysia. One of the first authors to present such a trilogy was Aeschylus, whose Oresteia is the only surviving example from that time.
So we have there an example of what is thought to be the earliest drama / play in trilogy form.
The Wikipedia trilogy entry mentions the epic Mahabharata (attributed to Vyāsa). According to Wiki:
The Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem known and has been described as "the longest poem ever written."
with origins in the 8th or 9th century BCE. That might make it the earliest known trilogy of an epic poem. However, I am having difficulty finding a reference to the earliest known trilogy of books/novels.
Any literature students / professors / historians / enthusiasts (or librarians) out there who may know which trio of books / novels is the earliest known example in literature (and the author)?
EDIT: for the purpose of this question let's use the Wiki/Britannica definition of trilogy quoted above.
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 I have voted to close this question as it is entirely dependent on its theoretical terms rather than the documentary record of the past. Additionally it doesn't pose a historical question in relation to the documentary record of the past; it poses a literary critical question in relation to past texts. As such I have also flagged for migration. It seems a great question which doesn't belong here. – Samuel Russell Nov 16 '18 at 6:16
 - I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it belongs the n Literature SE. – Spencer Nov 18 '18 at 16:08
 - _USER_ and Spencer - ok, Literature:SE may be better (didn't know there was a Literature:SE). I thought a literary historian may have a ready answer available. I'm not a member of Literature:SE so if this gets migrated there, hopefully someone can keep me informed of its progress. – Kerry L Nov 19 '18 at 15:14
The first and foremost example that comes to my mind is the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, written in the early XIV century.
This poem, a work of paramount importance for both Italian and World literature, is famously composed of three books, or cantiche:
 - Inferno
 - Purgatorio
 - Paradiso
Wikipedia has a category Literary trilogies. The oldest novels in the list seem to date from central Europe: Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy (_PHONE_), Alois Jirásek's Mezi proudy (_PHONE_), and Jerzy Żuławski's Lunar Trilogy (_PHONE_). I have no idea whether this reflects a bias in Wikipedia contributors or is historically accurate. The oldest listed in English is John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga (1906-21), which was published individually, then together as a trilogy, then later extended with more books. These examples may not correspond to your definition of a trilogy.
 - Thanks Stuart, +1... the category seems a little light though. It's certainly a good list to start with but I don't know how complete it is. Glad you found it! – Kerry L Nov 15 '18 at 18:07
Note that for novel sequences in general, "There is no useful, formal demarcation between novel sequences and multi-part novels."
A famous novel trilogy is Alexandre Dumas' story about D'Artagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis:
I won't pretend it is the oldest one, but it may well be the most read trilogy ever.
Robert Folkestone Williams wrote a trilogy of novels about William Shakespeare:
1838: The Youth of Shakespeare,
1839: Shakespeare and his Friends,
1844: Secret Passion.
At around the same time, Edgar Allen Poe wrote three short stories with C. Auguste Dupin, an amateur detective, as the main character:
1841: The Murders in the Rue Morgue,
1842: The Mystery of Marie Rogêt,
1844: The Purloined Letter.
These trilogies are both slightly earlier than Alexandre Dumas' Musketeers trilogy.
I know of three novels by Jules Verne that might or might not fit the definition of a trilogy.
Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant (The Children of Captain Grant) 1868, three volumes. Involves the search for the missing sea captain Grant.
Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) 1870. 2 volumes. Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus.
L'Ille mysterieuse (The Mysterious Island) 1874. Three volumes. People are stranded on an island on the Pacific Ocean and have adventures. They meet characters from The Children of Captain Grant and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea though the chronologies of the three novels are inconsistent.
These three novels are called a trilogy by this source: _URL_
It is possible that opinions may vary about whether they should be considered a trilogy.
 - Of Jules Verne's novels, De la Terre à la Lune, Autour de la Lune, and Sans dessus dessous form a tighter trilogy, even though the third story was written twenty years after the second one. English titles are From the Earth to the Moon, Around the Moon, and The Purchase of the North Pole. – b_jonas Nov 24 '18 at 15:43
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Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Albini include Albigni, Albini, Albindo, Albinati, Albinelli, Albinetti, Albino, Albinoni, Albinotti and many more.
First found in the tiny town of Sestola, just south of Bologna. In 1629 the Albinelli family was registered here. This same year the family moved to Modena and were immediately made nobility. They were also made citizens of the city of Ferrara, nearby. Also in this year, Giambattista Albinelli was made a Cappuccinian monk in Modena.
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Are you a fan of the iconic VW Golf? Curious about its weight and how it contributes to its performance on the road? Well, look no further! In this blog post, we're going to delve into the world of automotive engineering and explore just how much a VW Golf weighs.
Buckle up and join us on this fascinating journey as we uncover the secrets behind one of Europe's most beloved compact cars!
The Evolution of the VW Golf's Weight
The Volkswagen Golf, commonly known as the VW Golf, has been a popular choice among car enthusiasts for over four decades. It is one of the most iconic and best-selling models by the German automaker Volkswagen.
With each new generation, the VW Golf has undergone significant changes in terms of design, technology, and performance. But one aspect that often goes unnoticed is its weight.
When it was first introduced in 1974, the VW Golf weighed around 1,800 pounds (816 kg). This was considered lightweight at the time compared to other cars in its class. However, with advances in technology and safety features over the years, the weight of the VW Golf has gradually increased with each new model.
In 1983, with its second generation release, the weight of the VW Golf jumped up to around 2,000 pounds (907 kg). This increase can be attributed to the addition of new features such as power steering and air conditioning. These added amenities improved driving comfort but also added extra weight to the vehicle.
As we moved into the third-generation models in 1991, there was another significant jump in weight. The base model now weighed around 2,500 pounds (1134 kg), almost a thousand-pound difference from its initial release just two decades prior. This increase can be attributed to advancements in safety features such as airbags and reinforced frames.
Factors Affecting Weight
Various factors determine the weight of a car and can vary significantly depending on the make and model. In this section, we will explore the different elements that contribute to the weight of a car, specifically focusing on the Volkswagen Golf.
- Size: One of the most significant factors affecting a car's weight is its size. Generally, larger cars tend to be heavier due to their increased dimensions and the need for more materials in construction. The VW Golf falls into the compact car category and is known for its smaller size compared to other models in its class. This compact design helps keep its weight relatively low.
- Materials Used: The materials used in a car's construction play a crucial role in determining its weight. Typically, heavier materials such as steel or iron are used in older models, while newer models tend to use lighter materials such as aluminum or carbon fiber to reduce weight without compromising strength and durability. The VW Golf uses high-quality lightweight materials in its construction, resulting in a lower overall weight.
- Engine Type: Another important factor that contributes to a car's weight is its engine type. Cars with larger engines tend to weigh more than those with smaller engines due to the added components needed for increased power output. The VW Golf comes equipped with various engine options ranging from small turbocharged three-cylinder engines to larger four-cylinder machines, all designed for fuel efficiency and performance without adding excessive weight.
Comparison to Other Cars in Its Class
The VW Golf has been a popular choice among car buyers for many years due to its reliability, practicality, and overall performance. One important factor that potential buyers often consider when purchasing a new car is its weight. In this section, we will compare the importance of the VW Golf to other popular vehicles in its class, such as the Honda Civic.
To start, let's take a look at the weight of the base model of each car. The VW Golf has a curb weight (the total weight of the vehicle without any passengers or cargo) of 2,943 pounds. On the other hand, the Honda Civic weighs slightly less, with a curb weight of 2,762 pounds. This means that the Honda Civic is about 181 pounds lighter than the VW Golf.
Moving on to their dimensions, both cars have similar lengths and widths. The VW Golf measures at 167.6 inches in length and 70.8 inches in width, while the Honda Civic comes in at 182.7 inches in length and 70.9 inches in width. However, it is worth noting that these measurements may vary depending on the specific model and trim level.
When it comes to engine options, both cars offer multiple choices for their customers. The base model of both vehicles comes equipped with a four-cylinder engine; however, there are also more powerful engine options available for those looking for an extra boost in performance.

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How To Longboard Pump
Want to learn how to longboard pump? The longboard pump is a common skating move, but learning how to master it takes a little practice and time. The longboard pump is a uncomplicated process of stringing moves together to prolong your ride without the use of your foot as a kicker. Learning to pump a longboard will actually be one of the first things you should learn to master. When you are out on a longboard, pumping will enable you to maintain your stride and keep you riding longer then kicking. This article will look at the process of pumping on a longboard. The process of pumping on a longboard is defined below. Learn the art of pumping on a longboard and enjoy a longer and easier ride.
 1. Stretch out and get yourself ready to ride. Longboarding can be a fun recreational activity as well as competitive sport. So, being limber and warmed up is always important. Strap on your gear and get ready to take the longboard for a spin.
 2. Push off and pick up a fair amount of speed. Place both feet on the longboard and position yourself somewhere near the middle of the board. Bend your knees slightly, placing your arms where you best like them for balance.
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When properly configured, the Android Beacon Library guarantees your app can respond to beacon events, even if the user does not manually launch the app or even if the user kills the app.
Understanding how the details of how this works requires understanding the differences between the five ways to an application can be stopped on Android:
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 2. The user goes to the task switcher and swipes an app off the screen.
 3. The operating system terminates an app due to low memory.
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When a user stops an app in case 1, all of the application's background services remain running, allowing the app to continue responding to beacon detections. When an app stops in cases 2-5, the application's background services are terminated by Android OS, meaning that beacon detections are no longer possible until the the app restarts, at least in the background.
Applications that implement the library's RegionBootstrap class will automatically restart in the background to look for beacons as soon as possible. On Android 4.3-7.x, this restart happens within five minutes of termination using AlarmManager intents, and may also be triggered by other system events including reboot and connecting/disconnecting the device to a charger. Applications implementing the RegionBootstrap will be looking for beacons whenever the device is powered, except for a five minute period after manual termination or after termination due to low memory conditions. On Android 8.0+, it may take up to 25 minutes to detect again after the app is killed. See here for more info.
It is important to note that applications that are automatically started into the background using the RegionBootstrap are usually not visible in the task switcher because no user interface elements have yet been displayed. Only once a user interacts with the app by bringing up its user interface is it available in the task switcher.
Note that this is a subtle difference from the iOS implementation of beacons, which will never detect a beacon again after an app is terminated (on iOS 7.0) or immediately detect an beacon again (on iOS 7.1+). For Android apps using this library as described above, detections are guaranteed to resume within five minutes on Android 4.x-7.x and within about 25 minutes on Android 8+.
When testing beacon detections after a force termination of an app, simply connect/disconnect the device to a charger to immediately be able to resume detections, or wait for the app to resume.
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How useful is routine pre-endoscopy viral screening?
AbstractPre-procedural screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are routinely done in several endoscopy centres in Nigeria. These tests constitute an additional layer of financial burden to the patients since most of them settle their medical bills out of pocket. At the same time, the burden of these viral infections on the society demands that all measures are taken to prevent their iatrogenic transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV among patients referred for gastrointestinal endoscopy so as to determine the relevance of routine screening before procedures. The study was a retrospective cross-sectional survey of patients referred to the Digestive Endoscopy Unit of the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan-Remo, for endoscopy from January 2015 to December 2018. A total of 432 patients were included in the study. The mean age was 48.15 (±15.89) while the age range was 12-86 years. Of these, 240 (54.7%) were females while 199 (45.3%) were males. The results of the viral screening available in the record book varied: HBV (n = 419), HCV (n = 238) and HIV (n = 417). The prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV was 4.3% (95% CI = 2.4% - 6.2%), 2.1% (95% CI = 0.4% - 4.2%) and 1.0% (95% CI = 0.2% - 1.9%) respectively. Fourteen (3.3%), 5 (2.2%) and 14 (3.4%) patients who were initially negative, were rescreened for HBV, HCV and HIV respectively for repeat endoscopy. None of these patients tested positive for the viruses. We found no evidence of viral transmission from endoscope to patients in our centre. Viral pre-screening for endoscopy in settings with low to moderate prevalence rates of HBV, HCV and HIV infections may not be necessary.
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A text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.
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You define Vanity URLs in CQ to create easy-to-remember and easy-to-search URLs on your website.
The following video demonstrates how to define a Vanity URL for a specific page on your website.
To verify the vanity URL that you created using the steps in the video, do the following:
- Go to the Adobe CQ5 Web Console (http://localhost:4502/system/console/jcrresolver).
- Enter the name of the vanity URL in the Test text box of the Configuration Test section and click Resolve.
The result of the test appears in the next line.
If you defined the URL correctly, the path value in the result displays the resolved URL.
You can also use the Sling Resource Resolver to verify issues that you face when creating vanity URLs.
For example, if the vanity URL does not exist:
Also, you defined a vanity URL but when you test the URL on the browser, another page shows up.
Again, you can use the Sling Resource Resolver to verify the resolved URL for a vanity URL. For example, you defined the same vanity URL (dealoftheday) for two pages on your website.
This issue occurs since you define vanity URLs by page. So it's necessary to go to a specific page to define a vanity URL for that page. In this case, you inadvertently set the same vanity URL for two pages.
To get around this issue, you can either go to the Sling Resource Resolver and go through the list of Resolver Map Entries. This list contains defiend vanity URLs.
Alternatively, you can use the URL Mapping feature of CQ to replicate this functionality.
To create a URL map between a /content URL in your repository and a shortened URL:
- Go to the Configuration tab of the Adobe CQ5 Web Console (http://localhost:4503/system/console/configMgr).
- Go to the Apache Sling JCR Resource Resolver section.
- Click the + sign in the URL Mappings section.
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A transposition is an operation that exchanges two adjacent substrings. When it is restricted so that one of the substrings is a prefix, it is called a prefix transposition. The prefix transposition distance between a pair of strings (permutations) is the shortest sequence of prefix transpositions required to transform a given string (permutation) into another given string (permutation). This problem is a variation of the transposition distance problem, related to genome rearrangements. An upper bound of n-1 and a lower bound of n/2 are known. We improve the bounds to n-log8 n and 2n/3 respectively. We also give upper and lower bounds for the prefix transposition distance on strings. For example, n/2 prefix transpositions are always sufficient for binary strings. We also prove that the exact prefix transposition distance problem on strings is NP complete.
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The NOTIFY and LISTEN commands work together to create a system for PostgreSQL components to communicate between themselves. Use the LISTEN command to start the backend process listening for a notification named name. Notifications are passed by the NOTIFY command, which is usually placed in rules related to changes of various database components; in this way, notifications are sent out to listeners when things are changed.
All running backend processes that are listening for a specific notification are sent that notification when a NOTIFY command is issued for it by any of the processes. When a backend process receives a notification, that notification is sent to the client application (such as psql), which then handles the notification in whatever manner it is written for. For more information about this method of IPC (inter-process communication), see NOTIFY."
You can use any valid string no longer than 31 characters for the name of the notification to listen for (this is also true for the NOTIFY command). To stop a backend process from listening for notifications, use the UNLISTEN command.
The following example configures and executes a listen/notify sequence from psql:
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The difference between 360 Virtual Tour and Virtual Reality
The difference between 360 Virtual Tour and Virtual Reality
Let's discuss the difference here.
What is virtual tour?
A 360° virtual tour is a digital marketing tool with an actual photography from a number of 360-degree cameras that are stitched together, to appear as a seamless whole. It provides photo or video of given environments such as real estate, hotels, resorts, casinos, education, tourism destinations, restaurant, clubs and more. Viewer can look around within the content created, but doesn't allow to navigate it or control anything beyond the direction you're looking, in 360 you're simply along for the ride. It's mostly about immersive visual experiences.
A 360° virtual tour can be viewed in many ways. You can watch 24/7, 365 days – even when you are closed through any smartphone, tablet, and computer as you scroll through your Facebook feed, using your finger to move around to get the 360 degree perspective.
Let's look at 360° virtual tour:
On the other hand, virtual reality or VR is a lot more immersive than a 360° virtual.
But, what is virtual reality?
In the most basic of explanations, virtual reality is a way to immerse users in an entirely virtual world. You are able to interact with the surroundings and are granted basic freedoms that 360 video simply can't match. Simply put, you can control the experience. It create an alternate world for you and place you inside it.
Let's look at virtual reality, or VR:
To conclude, Virtual Tour and and VR are different technologies and serve their own purposes. Now that you know what are some of their differences and where they stands amongst the current technologies for entertainment and business, go ahead and learn to how to use them.
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Definition of a Crime Victim
The Attorney General's Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance define a victim as a person that has suffered direct physical, emotional, or pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of a federal crime. If the victim is a non governmental institution, such as a bank or corporation, this definition includes a representative of that institution. Government agencies are not considered victims for the purpose of victim services but federal government employees who are harmed in the performance of their duties are considered victims. If the victim is deceased, under 18 years of age, incompetent or incapacitated, this definition includes one of the following persons (in order of preference): a spouse, a legal guardian, a parent, a child, a sibling, another family member; or another person designated by the court.
Definition of a Witness
The Attorney General's Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance define a witness as a person who has information or evidence concerning a crime, and provides information regarding his or her knowledge to a law enforcement agency. Where the witness is a minor, the term witness includes an appropriate family member or legal guardian. The term witness does not include a person who is solely a defense witness.
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Human Computing and Crowdsourcing in Search
Human Computation is an emerging paradigm that organizes human efforts to carry out a computation or task that computers cannot do well, like detecting objects in videos. In this paradigm, humans become a type of processing unit and crowdsourcing serves as a tool for distributing computations to humans. In recent years, crowdsourcing has been popularized by commercial crowdsourcing platforms like Amazon's Mechanical Turk and has reached an industrial scale, involving millions of Internet users who offer the human processing power. However, unlike CPUs, humans are, well, humans and are influenced by a great many things, including their own motives and aspects of the computation task.
In this lecture we use the evaluation of search engines as a context for studying various aspects of crowdsourcing. In order to measure the performance of a search engine human assessments of search results are needed. Since online search engines involve millions of queries a day and at least 10 times as many retrieved documents, such a task seems like a perfect match for human computing. However, there are many issues to consider, as we will show through a number of experiments conducted using Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
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Difference Between Fixtures and Jigs
The words fixtures and jigs are common terms used in machine shops. Although both are used as tools to mass-produce parts, they have two distinct functions.
Fixtures are used to hold work pieces in at specific location. For example when parts are machined on a machining center or wire EDM, they are clamped into a fixture which reduces the amount of set up time. This eliminates set up errors and brings down production cost. As all machine shops owners are aware of, the best machine tool is one that is making parts and not sitting idle. Fixtures need to be heavy and rigid, and machined with precision in order to have consistent results.
A jig is a tool that guides another tool in order to improve the accuracy of the part during machining. Often a jig is used in drilling, boring, and tapping operations so the drill doesn't wobble or stray away from the location where it's suppose to be. They are also used to make sure a part is drilled to a specified depth without the need constantly check and re-drill if needed.
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Noun: temperature tem-p(u-)ru-chu(r)
 1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
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Crean and Associates subject matter experts perform pogo analysis of 1st and 2nd stages of new Launch rockets. Pogo is a behavior that occurs due to coupling of a liquid fueled vehicle's propellant feedline modes of vibration with axial structural modes of the vehicle and is driven by the thrust feedback of the engine. Axial vibrations create disturbances that travel through the engine and are manifest as thrust oscillations. The resulting interaction can result in a system that is unstable. If this happens, the resulting vibration can be extremely violent and can potentially cause loss of the vehicle and payload.
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"The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business. The purpose is to facilitate unambiguous electronic communication of quantities together with their units. The focus is on electronic communication, as opposed to communication between humans. A typical application of The Unified Code for Units of Measure are electronic data interchange (EDI) protocols, but there is nothing that prevents it from being used in other types of machine communication."
The National Library of Medicine provides several resources for working with UCUM:
- Online validation & conversion of UCUM units. Users can enter UCUM expressions on the page and validate them or convert them to other expressions.
- Batch validation of UCUM units. Users can submit a CSV (a spreadsheet format) file with a column of UCUM unit expressions, and the validator will return another CSV file with the addition of a column that reports on the validity of each unit expression.
- Examples of commonly used UCUM codes. This document is based on real-world usage of UCUM in data from Intermountain Healthcare.
- Validation and Conversion: A web service for validating and convertng UCUM units, and also for obtaining base unit information.
- Autocompletion and searching: A web service for searching the UCUM unit data. Includes synonomy.
- ucum-lhc: A library providing APIs for validating and converting UCUM units as a downloadable package. Includes a suggestion feature for incorrectly typed units.


text: Dissociation can be broadly understood as alterations in consciousness where integrated processing of psychological and/or sensory information is disrupted. Following Schumaker's (1995) suggestion that dissociation elicited by religions ritual provides the basis for religious beliefs, the current aim was to empirically assess the relationship between dissociation, religious ritual, and religious beliefs. Four samples with varying levels of religious commitment were administered the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity-short form, and the Maranell Religious Ritual Scale. Dissociation scores were highest in the young Catholic sample and lowest in the Fellowship group. However, these results are largely affected by the covariate of age. No relationship was found between dissociation, religious attitude, and religions ritual in the student sample. However, small to moderate significant correlations were found in the Catholic sample. Results are discussed with reference to Schumaker's theoretical proposal and directions are suggested for future assessment of the dissociation-religiosity relationship.


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The Importance of Semen Sample Liquefaction and Viscosity for Semen Analysis
In addition to the obvious issues with sample loading in the SQA testing capillary, would concentration readings be higher or lower in a sample which has not fully liquefied?
1. Running a non-liquefied (or viscous) semen sample will most probably result in inaccurate results for the following reasons:
2. The sample is poorly represented. In a fully liquefied sample, sperm cells are evenly spread throughout the semen volume and this makes the sample taken for analysis more representative of the entire ejaculate.
3. Concentration and other semen parameters may vary in both directions in the case of running a viscous sample.
4. Motility may be lower in viscous samples.
According to the WHO 5th manual, each highly viscous or non-liquefied semen sample should be treated to bring it to normal viscosity prior to testing (WHO 5th ed. manual, p. 13-15;)


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A dual reaction-mass dynamic vibration absorber for active vibration control
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Traditional dynamic vibration absorbers (DVAs) consist of a mass-spring-damper system and are an effective means of attenuating structural vibration over a narrow frequency band. The effective bandwidth of the DVA can be increased by the addition of an externally controlled force, generally applied between the reaction-mass and the primary structure. Such devices are known as hybrid DVAs. This thesis presents a new hybrid DVA configuration which utilizes two reaction-masses in parallel. On this proposed hybrid dual-mass (DM) DVA, the control force is applied between the reaction-masses. It is shown that in broadband control applications, the proposed DM-DVA requires less control force to achieve the same primary attenuation as the traditional hybrid single-mass (SM) DVA. The hybrid DM-DVA was compared to the hybrid SM-DVA with two tests. A numerical simulation of the hybrid DVAs attenuating a single-degree-of-freedom structure was performed. To achieve an equal amount of primary attenuation, the hybrid SM-DVA required 65% higher root-mean-square (RMS) control effort than the hybrid DV-DVA. The numerical model also demonstrated that the hybrid DM-DVA was less sensitive to changes in the system as compared to the hybrid SM-DVA. Additionally, a prototype hybrid DVA was built which could be configured as either the hybrid SM or DM-DVA. The prototype hybrid DVA was used with the feedforward Filtered-X LMS algorithm to control the vibration of a fixed-free beam. The hybrid SM and DM-DVAs attenuated the primary response by a factor of 11.5 and 12.3, while requiring control efforts of 4.9 and 2.7 V/N RMS, respectively. Thus, the hybrid DM-DVA required 45% less control effort while yielding a higher attenuation ratio in this experiment. These results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed DM-DVA for broadband control applications as compared to the traditional SM-DVA.
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Refolding of denatured RNase A as a model of inclusion bodies was performed by reversed micelles formulated with sodium di-2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane. In the novel refolding process, a solid-liquid extraction was utilized as an alternative to the ordinary protein extraction by reversed micelles based on a liquid-liquid extraction. First, the effects of operational parameters such as concentration of AOT, Wo (=[H2O]/[AOT]), and pH were examined on the solubilization of solid denatured proteins into a reversed micellar solution. The solubilization was facilitated by a high AOT concentration, a high Wo value, and a high pH in water pools. These conditions are favorable for the dispersion of the solid protein aggregates in an organic solvent. Second, the renaturation of the denatured RNase A solubilized into the reversed micellar solution was conducted by addition of glutathione as a redox reagent. A complete renaturation of RNase A was accomplished by adjusting the composition of the redox reagent even at a high protein concentration in which protein aggregation would usually occur in aqueous media. In addition, the renaturation rates were improved by optimizing water content (Wo) and the pH of water pools in reversed micelles. Finally, the recovery of renatured RNase A from the reversed micellar solution was performed by adding a polar organic solvent such as acetone into the reversed micellar solution. This precipitation method was effective for recovering proteins from reversed micellar media without any significant reduction in enzymatic activity.
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When was johnny cash born? When did his brother die?
Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, AR. His older brother, Jack, died when he was 12 years old.
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Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author who was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country icon, his songs and sound spanned other genres including rock and roll and rockabilly —especially early in his career—and blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice, for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for a rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls;]page needed[ and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally began his concerts with the phrase "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.", followed by his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
Country music
Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas.
The Grammy Legend Award, or the Grammy Living Legend Award, is a special award of merit given to recording artists by the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.
The first Grammy Legend Awards were issued in 1990 to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liza Minnelli, Smokey Robinson and Willie Nelson. The honor was inaugurated to recognize "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field". The next year four more musicians (Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash and Quincy Jones) were acknowledged with Grammy Legend Awards. The award was given to Barbra Streisand in 1992 and Michael Jackson in 1993.
Pine Bluff metropolitan area
The Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a three-county region in southeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Pine Bluff. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 100,258. It is also a component of the larger Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area.
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Kingsland, Arkansas
Kingsland is a city in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 447 at the 2010 U.S. census. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is famous as the birthplace of Johnny Cash.
June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. She played the guitar, banjo, harmonica and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009. She was ranked No. 31 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002.
Johnny Horton
John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first hit, a number #1 was in 1959, with When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
During 1960, Horton had two other successes with "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's movie, North to Alaska, and "Sink the Bismarck". Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
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In this paper, the authors present a new STAKCERT KDD processes for worm detection. The enhancement introduced in the data-preprocessing resulted in the formation of a new STAKCERT model for worm detection. In this paper, they explained in detail how all the processes involved in the STAKCERT KDD processes are applied within the STAKCERT model for worm detection. Based on the experiment conducted, the STAKCERT model yielded a 98.13% accuracy rate for worm detection by integrating the STAKCERT KDD processes.


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What if you want to select by column name, e.g. only selecting columns with name :a and :b? This can do that:
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Here's the tricky one. What if you want to select by column name, but you want to match the column name against a regular expression (say only names containing a vowel)? The $where method only lets you select rows of data based on a query — it's a row-wise filtering operation. We want column-wise filtering on column-names.
My first attempt involved taking the dataset, turning it into a clojure map, then filtering on the map's keys, and finally turning it back into an Incanter dataset. But doing so ran into a problem in Incanter: to-dataset and to-map are not inverse functions of each other.
That is to say, there exists a file of data *filepath* that can be read into Incanter with read-dataset such that this does not work: (to-dataset (to-map (read-dataset *filepath*))). For example, if the file is a CSV spreadsheet file with missing data in some cells (not nil, not 0, just no data).
Turns out the solution is much easier:
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The idea is to create a list of column names of the columns you want, then use that list of column names with $ to select them out of the dataset.
Column-wise selection isn't as convenient as selecting row-wise, but this is one way that works.


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Purpose: The use of medical scribes has emerged as a strategy to increase clinic workflow efficiency and reduce physician burnout. While oncology clinics may be ideally suited to scribe integration because of the high burden of documentation, oncology-specific scribe research has been limited. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of scribe integration on clinic workflow efficiency and physician satisfaction and quality of life in outpatient oncology clinics.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective, concurrent qualitative and quantitative analysis of patient visit durations and survey data for 129 attending physicians affiliated with an academic hospital's cancer center between January 2017 and January 2019. Thirty-three physicians were paired with scribes in each physician's individual clinic or clinics.
Results: In terms of clinic efficiency, physicians with scribes had a 12.1% decrease in their overall average patient visit duration compared with their own time before receiving a scribe (P <.0001) and spent significantly less time completing charts at the end of the day (P =.04). Compared with their peers, oncologists with scribes showed a 10%-20% decrease in the duration of all patient visits. Scribes also contributed to patient care, as shown by 90% of physicians surveyed who strongly agreed that they spent less time at the computer and more time with patients; 100% of physicians surveyed strongly agreed that scribes improved their quality of life.
Conclusion: The integration of medical scribes into oncology clinics across several oncologic disciplines has the potential to reduce burnout through increasing physician satisfaction and quality of life, improving patient care, and streamlining clinic workflow.


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Thunderstorm Phobias in Dogs
Thunderstorm phobia is a disorder in which there is persistent and exaggerated fear of storms, or the stimuli associated with storms. To treat this condition, your veterinarian should have some grasp of pathophysiology, as this phobia involves physiologic, emotional, and behavioral components.
Thunderstorm phobia occurs in both dogs and cats, but dogs are often more susceptible to this type of fear. If you would like to learn more about how this condition affects dogs, please visit this page in the petMD health library.
Symptoms and Types
Stimuli that elicit fear include rain, lightning thunder, strong winds, and possibly changes in barometric pressure and static electricity. This fear may then induce one of more of the following signs:
It may also affect some body systems in a variety of ways, including:
The exact cause of thunderstorm phobia is unknown, but it may include a combination of the following factors:
A veterinarian will rule out any conditions which can cause similar behavioral responses such as separation anxiety, barrier frustration, and noise phobias. Otherwise, they will conduct further tests to identify any conditions or abnormalities that may have arisen from effect of the fear to the thunderstorm.
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Bubble Wrap City Artwork
If you and your family shop online, there's a good chance you have some bubble wrap around the house. It always feels a shame to throw it out! Instead, use leftover packing materials to make a great city skyline! Making this skyline is a great way to recycle some bubble wrap, learn the very basics of printmaking, and consider some urban architecture.
small paint roller (usually available in 2 packs at dollar stores or similar)
tempera or acrylic paint
big sheets of paper for printing
1. protect your work surface and kid's clothes – this one's messy!
2. cut shapes from bubble wrap. We tried different squares, rectangles, and triangles.
3. squirt some paint into bowls or plates. Making an urban landscape seemed to call for black, grey and blue, but you could try some other colors!
4. have kids coat roller in paint, then roll paint onto the "bubbly" side of the bubble wrap, one piece at a time.
5. when pieces are quite covered in paint, have your artist flip them over and press onto the paper (like a stamp) with their hands.
6. try different colors on different pieces. You can use the same roller, and let the colors mix. Watch as your "city" emerges!
Scissor-ready kids can try cutting their own shapes (keep in mind, bigger shapes are easier to work with).
If you have some on hand, try different sizes and patterns of bubble wraps for different effects.
Note how different combinations of shapes can make different buildings!


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A program to draw and save backgrounds for games.
Instructions: 1. Choose a size if the tile. 2. Choose the colour of the background. 3. Choose the layer to grow. 4. Choose the colour of the layer. 5. Choose the desired split. Line or arc. 6. Press the circle next to title of the layer to begin growing. 7. Press the export button to save.


What I want to do is putting in high-pass filter effect on each image constituting a video by using Adobe Premiere Pro 13.1.2.
Premiere Pro has a high-pass filter for audios but it does not have a high-pass filter for videos as far as I can see. Photoshop does.
I also have AfterEffects; the way to use it is welcome as well.
Any idea?
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The high pass plugin in Photoshop doesn't exist natively in After Effects or Premiere. The Find Edges tool approximates the kind of effect you're after, but given that it's for a scientific assessment of something, probably won't work for you: mona lisa with Find Edges applied
You could try something like the Unsharp Mask in After Effects or Premiere, and then apply it back to the original image using a Difference mode - gives this kind of effect:
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If the high pass is what you need, I would export the video as an image sequence, then Automate a Batch in Photoshop to apply it (probably overnight).
What do you consider a high-pass filter for videos if I may ask?
When talking about audio, the high pass filter operates similar to a low-cut, in that it cuts away the lowest frequencies of the audio spectrum and lets the high frequencies pass.
Are you looking for curves? You can adjust the shadows and the highlights of an image (which wouldn't be called high-pass or something similar tho). You can do that using lumetri color. However, comparing to a high-pass, low-cut, low-pass or high-cut, the curves don't actually cut away the brightest or darkest areas, that way you would blow out the highs and crush the blacks, which would result in a fault, not really a stylistic choice but rather actually breaking the image.
If you tell us what you want to achieve with this filter we might be able to tell you the correct name and where to find it.
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 Photoshops High Pass Filter selects all edges so you can only apply sharpening to those. – Timothy Lukas H. May 29 '19 at 11:25
 - The video I want to apply a high pass filter is one which is generated from a kind of scientific instrument and contains scientific data. Each frame of the video has high-frequency patterns, signals I care about, and low-frequency patterns, the noise. To extract the high-frequency patterns from each frame of the movie, I want to apply a high-pass filter in PremierePro. If it's impossible, I would convert the video into a bunch of still frames and take them to Photoshop and apply the high-pass filter in Photoshop. Then, let Premiere Pro load the images as a sequence and export as a video. – Taiki Bessho May 31 '19 at 6:52
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Prior to video games existed the idea of horror. Like film and literature before it, games have tried to emulate the same panic and fear-inducing concepts of its brethren. It's safe to say that for the most part that they have failed. Games have essentially devolved from creating tension and real suspense in favor of grotesque abominations and cheap thrills.
I may be merely generalizing, but there hasn't truly been a genuine horror experience in video games. There have been bits and pieces of a more grandiose idea but nothing beyond that. Here are five suggestions I have for developers to create realistic horror in video games.
5. Good Controls
So let me get this straight — I'm a government agent trained in all manners of fighting techniques, except I am limited to the movements of a Lego brick. How cool is that? Back in old school Resident Evil this concept was used to usher in the feeling of tension through limited movement. Today this is known as poor control mechanics. Giving players free control of their character means focusing less on the "tension" of controlling like garbage and more on creating real horror. Go figure.
4. Inferential Fear
Fear is something that occurs organically in our minds. As such, every aspect of your experience should be just that, organic. I don't need grotesque imagery or nightmarish halls of the infernal to scare me. All it takes is for you to simply walk up and steal the small sense of security I have. Show the player how real the fear in your world is to the fear that exists in real life. All children are afraid of the dark, as unorthodox or as illogical as that may seem. Yet since we were little, we knew we were never alone in the darkness.
3. Death
The idea of failure in games is what makes games less emotionally thrilling. By nature, games are designed in a way that warrants multiple playthroughs. That doesn't mean demeaning the overall experience however. It has become paramount to arm the player with godlike powers, thus dispelling the instantaneous illusion of fear. The player must be shown immediately what death and failure means, and in an overall sense the negative aspect that death represents. That is to say, you should not be cheap or overall weak in your game design. Rather, invest your time to make your player helpless against the idea of fear.
2. Not Seeing is Believing
Too often in horror, we are treated to the true face of evil. The Antagonist that represents all our nightmares and horrifying experiences. The effect is two-fold; while you immediately display terror and a mix of emotions, you show the player what to expect. This isn't necessarily a bad thing; it's just used with too much liberty in video games. How many times do I have to kill the annoying enemy that scared me from the first hour? By the end of the game, I'm just annoyed and frustrated at the monster, rather than feel tense and frightened. Use a little more tact and show players that the idea that the monster you created is a lot more terrifying than the actual creature.
1. Be Scary
How's that for being redundant? When all else fails at the end, just remember that being a sadistic turdball works too. Give the player connections, ties through character development and interaction. Then show the player what you do best — being scary. Prey on them. Show them the deep psychological aspects of the human mind. Shatter their expectations of what is real and not real. So deeply ingrained to the point where they fear the myopic details of their lives. Show them why people are afraid of the dark.
These suggestions are far from complete, or for that matter well reasoned. However, I still have hope for a truly scary video game to come along. Hopefully Alan Wake fills that niche. Yes that was a shameless plug; hooray for being professional.
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 Personally, I find it hard by all forms of media to be scared. I think what makes me like older horror games (Resident Evil etc.) is the fact the the atmosphere is truly dark. As you said, restrictions in movement were what made those particular games thrilling, but I loved the puzzle elements along with the scarcity of ammo. I miss survival horror games that actually forced you to be resourcful, giving an aspect of well.. survival. Opposed to the action shoot em up that Resident Evil is today.
 If they brought back the bad controls just to bring back the dark atmosphere of RE, it would be a fair trade to me. The camera angles made it a cinematic experience for me, not knowing what lurks around the corner.
 Freedom of control make things less scary, for me at least :)


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Her Parents Abandoned Her At The Age Of 3, But Wild Dogs Raised Her As Their Own Feral Child
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Stories of children raised by animals are popular in folklore and literature - The Jungle Book for one - but there are more documented cases of this happening in reality then you'd think. While few and far between, there have been incidents when orphaned or abandoned children were taken in by animals. Called feral children, such kids often fail to develop language and basic social skills. One such case involved a Ukranian child named Oxana Malaya. Neglected by alcoholic parents at age three, Malaya took refuge with a wild dog pack.
After she was discovered - five years later - the world was captivated by the story of the girl raised by wild dogs. Malaya was the subject of many documentaries and articles over the years. She was dubbed the "Dog Girl" - a term she really doesn't prefer, who would? - and while her reintroduction into society has been difficult, she has successfully transitioned. Here's everything there is to know about how one girl survived living in the wild among animals.
 - After Five Years With Her Dog Pack, The Animals Tried To Protect Her From Authorities
 Oxana Malaya was discovered in Ukraine in 1994. According to accounts, a neighbor noticed there was a little girl living in the woods and contacted authorities. When Malaya was discovered, she was living with a pack of wild dogs.
 The dogs instinctively protected Malaya from the officers, having accepted her into their pack.They had to be bribed with treats so authorities could take Malaya. She was believed to have been living with the dogs for roughly five years.
 - Her Adoption By The Dogs Was Due To Horribly Negligent Parents
 While the details remain somewhat unclear, Malaya likely ended up in the care of the dog pack due to neglect on behalf of her negligent, alcoholic parents. When she was three, according to the story, her parents left her outside one night. Malaya crawled into a nearby hovel where wild dogs congregated.
 Her parents never tried to find her, so she ended up being adopted by the pack and forgetting basic language and social skills.
 - It Was Difficult For Her To Shed Her Dog-Like Tendencies
 Even years after being found, at 23, Malaya still displayed tendencies similar to wild dogs. She would shake her head when wet to get off the water. She would hide things given to her, much like a dog hides food or supplies. She also walked in a somewhat dog-like fashion and would still occasionally walk on all fours like a dog.
 - Her Intelligence Was High Considering Her Separation From Society
 When child psychologist Lyn Fry met with Malaya as part of a documentary, she was actually surprised with Malaya's intelligence and overall development. Malaya's drawing skills matched that of a five or six-year-old and she had a sophisticated enough grasp of language to understand prepositions.
 She was also able to recognize herself in the mirror without trouble. Most feral children are much farther behind in terms of development.


Comparison Between Offshore Structural Engineering Design and Building Design
Comparison Between Offshore Structural Engineering Design and Building Design
Introduction to offshore structural engineering design
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Offshore structural engineering is a relatively new field of engineering concerned, particular mainly in the design and installation of fixed offshore platforms for various purposes. It was in year 1947, when the first steel structure was installed in the middle of ocean of the Gulf of Mexico. It was differ from the conventional structural engineering (building structural engineering) mainly in the problems which have to be considered in the transportation phase of the structure to the offshore construction site, installation method of the structure, the ability of the structure to withstand the specific design loading, mainly the severe environmental loading during its intended life. The primary driving force behind this technology was come from the oil and gas industry, which was one of the largest energy resources industries in the world. This industry needed fixed platform for exploitation of the extensive hydrocarbon which deposited deep below the sea bed. However, the offshore engineering not limited solely to the oil and gas industry, but also for the important applications for the military and navigational purposes.
An offshore structure is usually specified simply as a requirement at a designated offshore site for an operational deck having a prescribed minimum working area and carrying a prescribed minimum weight loading. Normally in oil and gas industry, offshore structures can be categorized into three types based on its function, which are oil drilling platform, processing platform, and living quarter platform. Oil drilling platform usually is the largest and most complicated platform among the three. It contains the machineries and power supply plants needed to perform oil drilling. Processing platform is mainly dealing with the processing of the raw oil and gas materials come from the oil drilling platform, while the living quarter platform provides shell and living facilities for the workers working for the offshore oil drilling. Living quarter platform normally been built nearby the oil drilling platform for the convenience of the mobility of the workers. Despite, sometimes there will be bridges connecting living quarter platform to the oil drilling platform.
For the offshore structural engineering design, environmental loading is one of the most critical issues in compare to building structure. Unlike building structures, offshore structures have to withstand the very strong wind force (wind force in the middle of ocean is much stronger than the wind force acted on the onshore building structures), current and waves, possibly with the hazards from floating ice and earthquakes, and the changes of tides. Besides environmental loading, dead imposed loads of the platform have to be considered in detail during the design phase. The operating load is very critical to be considered particular in designing oil drilling platform. The oil drilling machine will produce a very large impact on the platform during its operation. In addition, the design process has to consider the installation method and transportation of the structure to the offshore construction site. Due to the location of the construction site, which is in the middle of the ocean, there are many factors needed to be considered in the platform design, for example, method of transporting the platform and jacket to the construction site, weather condition, wave and current, method of installation, and method of conducting piling foundation.
Loading factor
Before proposed offshore structure design can be analyzed, it is necessary to have quantitative estimates of all significant loadings that the structure is likely to be experienced and withstand mainly environmental loadings and dead loads.
During the storm conditions, overwater wind is significant in the design of offshore structures because of the very large forces it induced on the upper exposed parts of the structures, which is the platform. Wind speed during the hurricane conditions can exceed 100mph, which can cause 100kips or more of horizontal forces on a platform structure.
Surface waves during storm condition are also of major importance in the design of offshore structures because of the large forces produced by the water motion on the submerged parts of the structure, which are the jacket legs. Wave height is the difference between maximum and minimum elevations of the water surface. During storm condition, the wave height can exceed 50ft, with associated water motion, it can induce horizontal forces of few hundred kips or more on an offshore structure.
Currents can contribute significant impact to the total forces exerted on the submerged parts of the structure. Currents generally refer to the motion of water that arises from sources other than surface waves. There are 4 types of currents:
1. Tidal currents = Currents which arise from astronomical forces exerted on the water surface.
2. Wind drift currents = Currents from the drag of the local wind on the water surface.
3. River currents = Currents from the discharge of the rivers
4. Ocean currents = Currents from the drag of large-scale wind systems on the ocean
During the storm conditions, currents of the ocean at the water surface can exceed 2ft/sec or more, which can contribute rise to the horizontal structural forces about 10% or more, of the wave induced forces.
Wind force
The wind force exerted on a structure depends on the size and shape of the structural members in the path of the wind, but more importantly, it depends on the speed of the wind blowing. The greatest wind speed at a particular site can be estimated from the analysis of local daily weather records. However, because of the fluctuations of wind speed over any measuring time, such records necessarily consider averaged wind speed measurement over a finite of time. For general structural design purposes, 50-year recurrence interval is used, but for offshore structures, to avoid the possibility of unusually high loss of life and property in extreme condition, 100-year interval is normally been used. Table below shows that 100-year return period of wind speed assumed (referenced to 10.0m above MSL) in construction of BLB wellhead platform which located in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (MTJDA).
(m/s) Direction
1-hr mean 20.0 19.8 19.0 14.5 18.4 17.4 17.0 16.0 20.2
1-min mean 23.6 23.3 22.4 17.1 21.7 20.5 20.0 18.8 23.8
3-sec gust 26.6 26.4 25.3 19.4 24.5 23.1 22.6 21.3 26.9
The wind speed assumed for offshore structures design is normally about 10% greater than those nearby coastal stations, which act as a station to measure the wind speed of the particular area, for conservative purpose.
However, wind speed varies with height above MSL. Therefore, it is necessarily to calculate the wind speed in different height. For BLB wellhead platform design, the formula for calculating the wind speed at different height is based on the American Petroleum Institute (API) standard.
VH = VR x [ 1 + C x ln (H/HR) ]
C = 5.73 x 10-2 x ( 1 + 0.0457 x VR )1/2
VH = Wind velocity at specific height (m/s)
VR = Wind velocity at reference height usually 10m above MSL (m/s)
HR = Reference height, usually 10m above MSL (m)
H = Height above MSL (m)
Wind force


Pen Debugging
Shake Shake Shake
Having troubles writing? Cap your pen and try shaking it! We've found that mixing up the ink and disturbing any settling cures many errant writing problems.
The Circuit Scribe is a lot like a regular rollerball pen. Sometimes the tip clogs up, or it dries out if you leave the cap off too long. We also have some special considerations because the ink's conductive material – silver – is so dense. We address some of these issues in this document.
1) Clogged Tip
This could happen if the large silver particles used as the conductive material in the ink jam inside the pen tip. The best way to break a clog is to tap the side of the pen on a hard surface, like the edge of the table, and try writing again.
2) Dried Tip
This can happen if the cap is left off. If it's just a dried chunk of ink on the outside of the tip, you can scribble with Circuit Scribe until it starts working. If the ink inside the tip cavity is also dried up, write with the pen on a damp paper towel.
3) Silver Settling
The ink is mainly composed of silver and water. Since silver is much more dense (10x!!) than water, it is normal for the silver particles to sink to the bottom of the ink reservoir. Depending on how you store your pen, it can take on a few appearances:
If the pen is tip-down, the particles will settle towards the tip, leaving a clear fluid above. The pen should work normally, but eventually the ink will have less and less silver in it until it's not conductive anymore. If the ink is settled this way, agitate the pen or store it tip-up until the silver concentration has evened out again.
If you store the pen on its side, the ink reservoir will look like it's split in two half cylinders – a silver half and a clear half. The pen should work normally, but if you don't like the way this looks, you can agitate the pen or store it on the opposite side for a while so the particles settle in the other direction.
4) Pen Leaking
A leaking pen is uncommon, but unfortunately it does happen sometimes. You've probably noticed that most pens have a clear gelatinous plug on top of the ink reservoir. Ours has this too. It keeps ink from spilling out the backside of the ink tube. However, all ink pens will leak if you break the gel plug by shaking the pen upside down. Since our tube diameter is wide and Circuit Scribe ink is quite dense, it's a bit easier to break our gel plug than the plugs in other pens.
Try to be gentle with Circuit Scribe. But if it does leak, you can take action. Be sure to wipe the outside of the pen with a damp paper towel and wash your hands with soap and water. You can continue using Circuit Scribe, but be mindful of future leaks.
If your pen arrives leaking, please contact us -- we will replace it. If leaking happens over time, you may need to purchase a new Circuit Scribe.
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- NEW! 64 SFP Blade
 Adds data rate and media flexibility from 10m to 32G including RJ45 copper Ethernet and copper/fiber media conversions
 The Game Changer in Lab Infrastructure Automation
 The ONLY Layer 1 switch that supports any media from 10mb to 128Gb in the SAME CHASSIS
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 Sustain continuous test lab operations with remote configuration and test execution
 - Finally a viable Layer 1 solution!
 You no longer have to choose between performance/features and affordability. ColdFusion is the ONLY Layer 1 Switch to offer:
 - Any media: Multimode, Singlemode, AOC, DAC, RJ45 copper Ethernet in the same chassis
 - Any speed: from 10mb to 128GB
 - Highest scale: 512 10/32GB SFP ports or 256 QSFP 128GB ports (1024 using 1:4 breakout cables)
 - Flexible, affordable, scalable configurations
 How does a Layer 1 Switch Work?
 The easiest way to think of a Layer 1 switch, also known as a physical layer switch, is as an electronic patch panel. Completely transparent connections between ports is performed based on software commands sent over the control interface. In testing environments, this allows the tests to be as accurate as if there were a patch cord between the devices.
 Why is Layer 1 Important?
 Automating the physical connectivity in a lab environment is the final roadblock to total automation. If the physical layer is manually configured, human intervention will always be required. This also supports a low-contact, work-from-anywhere environment.
 - Test configurations executed in seconds vs. hours
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 - Human error, errant results, and retests are eliminated
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Here's how you can use the Drum Machine on BandLab Web:
- Click the Red Create button on your homepage at _URL_
- Choose Let's Make Music
- You will be prompted with the Add New Track screen, choose Drum Machine.
- The Mix Editor will open with the drum machine ready to go and an open pre-programmed sequence, Pattern A & B, already populated in the drum machine.
- Select which Kit you want to use from the drop-down menu at the left of the drum machine window and the sounds of the programmed sequence will change.
- Hit your spacebar and drums will play in a loop over and over again.
- Click on the boxes within the drum machine to add or remove a sound from the sequence. You can choose a different pattern from the right to start fresh.
- When you like a particular sequence, you can click the button in the bottom right of the Drum Machine that says Pattern A (through H) and the sequence will be added to a track as a loop. You can quickly program different patterns and switch between them in the new Drum Machine.
- Once the loops are in the track, you can extend them or move them around however you wish.


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Physics and Earth Sciences Mission Statement
The Physics and Earth Sciences Department at Framingham State University strives to provide an excellent education in physics, physical science, and the geological sciences for all students. We seek to inculcate in our students a scientific appreciation of the physical universe, an understanding of the underlying patterns and connections in nature as embodied in natural laws, and the quantitative and reasoning skills that are necessary for an individual to think like a scientist. Through innovative and interactive teaching methods based on current science pedagogy, we seek to enable the student to learn and practice the scientific method, relate content in the classroom to their daily experience, and to ponder the complex relationship between science, the environment, and society. The department is committed to encouraging diversity in our program.
Physics and Earth Sciences Major Learning Objectives
- Acquire basic knowledge and a conceptual understanding of the subject.
- Understand and apply the scientific method to solve problems.
- Develop math, problem solving, and reasoning skills appropriate to the subject.
- Acquire basic laboratory skills (if applicable).
- Understand the subject's relation to society and the environment.
- Develop sufficient critical thinking skills to assess science and technology issues as citizens and in society.


Cannon boy
First name origins & meanings:
 1. French: Official of the church
 2. Old English: Knowing
 3. Old French: Cannon
First name variations: Cannan, Canning, Kanon, Canon, Canal, Canon, Chann, Channe, Channon, Channing
Last name origins & meanings:
 1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Canann or Ó Canann (Ulster), or Ó Canáin (County Galway) 'son (Mac) or descendant (Ó) of Canán', a personal name derived from cano 'wolf cub'. In Ulster it may also be from Ó Canannáin 'descendant of Canannán', a diminutive of the personal name.
 2. English: from Middle English canun 'canon' (Old Norman French canonie, canoine, from Late Latin canonicus). In medieval England this term denoted a clergyman living with others in a clergy house; the surname is mostly an occupational name for a servant in a house of canons, although it could also be a nickname or even a patronymic.
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The Social Significance Of Ghana's 2002 District Level Elections – In The Upper East Region
"This paper attempts to analyse the social structure of the District Assemblies created by the District Assembly Elections of 2002. The Upper East Region of Ghana, which is the poorest region in the country, is the focus of the study. The analysis is situated against the background of the social, economic and political conditions of the region at the time of the District Assembly Elections of 2002. It was discovered in the study that some 61% of the 270 people who were elected to the District Assemblies were mainly teachers and farmers, and that out of thirtyfive women candidates only seventeen, or 48.55% were successful. In addition, only one out of ten disabled candidates was able to make it to the Assembly. The Assemblies created by the Election of 2002, therefore, are predominantly constituted by able-bodied male teachers and farmers. Both society and Government have a major responsibility to ensure that more women get elected in future elections, to ensure their full and free participation in Ghana's democratic political system."


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Stylizing stylization: The case of Aigia Fuxia
SourceMultilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication
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This paper examines language stylization in Aigia Fuxia (The Fuchsia Goat'), a highly popular Greek Cypriot sitcom, where the (imagined) linguistic and socio-cultural'self' of a dialect-speaking community is subjected to extreme and aberrant stylization. The overarching filmic and generic trademark of Aigia Fuxia is its consistent pinpointing of its intertextual relations to well-established Cypriot comedic media genres, in which the language and the lifestyle of the 'rural' part of the speech community is performed following specific generic and linguistic conventions. Aigia Fuxia dismantles these conventions through the artful deployment of a medley of content, generic, and filmic choices and, crucially, through extreme dialect stylization, ultimately a 'de-authenticizing' move, especially as it goes hand-in-hand with other linguistic choices, which are dissonant both in terms of genre and in terms of the series' baseline stylized dialect register. In this paper we show that such bricolage generates rich interpretive potential.. from a filmic perspective, the use of techniques which may befuddle viewer expectations regarding the genre cunningly pinpoint the processes whereby generic and narrative conventions are constructed; from a sociolinguistic perspective, the extreme stylization of the Cypriot Greek dialect may be seen as performative destabilizing of dominant folk linguistic constructs about standard language and dialect in a context of dialect leveling and emergent diglossia resolution.


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Sugaya Yasuyuki Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology
A new numerical scheme is presented for computing strict maximum likelihood (ML) of geometric fitting problems having an implicit constraint. Our approach is orthogonal projection of observations onto a parameterized surface defined by the constraint. Assuming a linearly separable nonlinear constraint, we show that a theoretically global solution can be obtained by iterative Sampson error minimization. Our approach is illustrated by ellipse fitting and fundamental matrix computation. Our method also encompasses optimal correction, computing, e.g., perpendiculars to an ellipse and triangulating stereo images. A detailed discussion is given to technical and practical issues about our approach.
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transom - mullion connection
Unlike conventional systems, the transom is not attached to the mullion with the use
of screws or any kind of connecting blocks.
On both ends of the thermally broken transom, a special TPE end piece is installed.
These end pieces have a triple function
 - firstly, the function of a sliding piece in the mullion chambers whilst
installation of the transom
 - secondly, the creation of a watertight connection between the transom and the mullion
 - thirdly, to allow the absorption of differential movements of the building or
thermal dilatations or contractions
As such, the transom is pinched in the slots of the mullion and an optimum connection between transom and mullion is obtained :
 1. following the x-axis (the longitudinal axis of the transom), the transom can dilate free
 2. following the y-axis (the longitudinal axis of the mullion) the transom is perfectly blocked
 3. following the z-axis (the axis perpendicular to the plane of the curtain wall) the transom is perfectly blocked as well
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The Nature of Periodic Points
Letform a– cycle of an analytic functionThen
The derivative oftakes the same value at each point of the– cycle so tha
Sincewhere the functionis applied p times, we can deduce using the Chain Rule that
Puttinggives 1 above.
is the product of the derivatives ofat the points of the – cycle sois also the product of the derivatives ofat the points of the– cycle and similarly for the other points
The derivative ofat the point of a– cycle determines the nature of the point. Part 2 above implies that all the points of a- cycle have the same nature and we can talk of the nature of the– cycle as a whole.
Ifis a periodic point with periodof an analytic functionthenand the corresponding– cycle are
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Example of Report Text: Football Game
English Admin – Learning English Online. Today we give you an example of report text. It is about a famous game in the world. Yes this report text is about football game. What does a football game look like? Don't stop reading! Because the the game of football is described in simple and clear way to show how a report text in English is.
A report text can be very similar to a descriptive text. However, they can be distinguished easily from the object which is discussed. A report text commonly describes things in general while descriptive text tends to explain the characterization of a specific thing. Bellow are some other sources to learn a report text in English
- What is Report Text?
- 10 Contoh Report Text Bahasa Inggris Berbagai Topik
- 11 Contoh Report Text bahasa Inggris
Some important sources above can help you understand a report text. However understanding a text does not only read the sample essay but also analyzing the text. That we have to do when learning reading comprehension. So continue to read and analyze the sample below!
Football is a game played by two teams of eleven. They try to score by kicking or heading the ball into the other team's goal. Ten of the players can not use their hands. The goal keeper can handle the ball to stop it going into the goal.
Games similar to football have been played for many centuries. The rules of the games were written down in 1863. In England, the FA ( Football Association ) cup was first played for in 1872. In the same year, England played Scotland in the first game.
Today the most important International Competition is the World Cup which takes place in every four years. Brazil and Italy have each won the world cup three times.
This sample of report text about football play is taken from: report-text.blogspot.com/2009/06/football_02.html
Analyzing Generic Structure of Report Text about Football Play
Most report text sample is organized by the writer though the 2 important elements. They are
1. General Classification: Showing general participants stated in the first paragraph
Football is a game played by two teams of eleven.
2. Descriptions: Showing feature and detail information on how is the thing like
Games similar to football have been played for many centuries.
Today the most important International Competition is the World Cup which takes place in every four years.
Have you got idea why that short essay about football game is classified as an example of report text in English? Absolutely right if you answer based on the elements of generic structure. Hopefully it help you learning English.


Bentsen surname meaning, origin - danish surname Bentsen
The meaning of the surname Bentsen is: Means "son of BENT".
The surname Bentsen is present in the lists: Surnames, Danish surnames, Surnames start with letter B.
Number for the surname Bentsen
The number of the surname seven (7) characterizes talented people who are able to achieve great success both in the scientific field and in the Humanities. The ability to think, analyze, and plan their actions, and the ability to attract others, helps people with the surname Bentsen become the head of various groups of people and organizations.
Stones of the number 7 for the surname Bentsen: malachite, jade, carnelian (carnelian), pearl, jet, obsidian, hematite (Bloodstone), onyx, opal, amethyst, emerald, Selenite, flint, rhodonite, fluorite.
Planet number 7: Neptune.
Zodiac Signs number 7: Pisces, Virgo.
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getrusage() reports kernel counters that are updated only once application loses context and a switch to kernel space happens. For example on modern Linux server kernels that would mean that getrusage() calls would return information rounded at 10ms, desktop kernels - at 1ms.
getrusage() isn't usable for micro-measurements at all - and getmicrotime(true) might be much more valuable resource.
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
getrusage — Gets the current resource usages
$who= 0 ] )
This is an interface to getrusage(2). It gets data returned from the system call.
whois 1, getrusage will be called with
Returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call. All entries are accessible by using their documented field names.
Example #1 getrusage() example
$dat = getrusage();
echo $dat["ru_nswap"]; // number of swaps
echo $dat["ru_majflt"]; // number of page faults
echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_sec"]; // user time used (seconds)
echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_usec"]; // user time used (microseconds)
Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.
- Your system's man page on getrusage(2)
The author of the article mentioned in the previous post says "Once I got a negative value for both times - I have absolutely no clue how that can happen.". This is because time in microseconds is not padded with zeros from the left, therefore, you cannot concatenate the two numbers. Instead, you should normalize the values and then add them up: