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2D games using Silverlight - Collision detection implementation
This article shows how to implement collision detection in a Microsoft Silverlight game application. This is the second article in a series which will show how to create a complete working game (a clone of the classic Arkanoid game).
The first article in this series 2D games using Silverlight - implementing the game loop introduced the possibility of writing 2D games using Silverlight, an approach that has benefits when targeting all of the platforms: Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 and Internet browsers. The original article covered the creation of the game skeleton for a simple Arkanoid clone called JailBreaker, and included the games loop and the game controllable loop.
This article extends the game skeleton by adding collision detection.
Collision detection implementation strategy
There are numerous strategies and algorithms for collision detection: broad detection phase, narrow detection phase, how to use dot production to estimate distance, etc. However it does not make sense to re-invent the wheel: for more complicated games there are open source physics engines, and for simple games like this there are often platform APIs that can be used to help with collision detection. For this example we use the collision detection functionality built into the platform, along with a good understanding of the simple collision detection required for this game.
Considering the game environment:
- There are few components with complex non-predictable movement - essentially just the club and ball. All other elements either stand still or fall in predictable manner - they do not collide. As a result we only need to consider a single object, the ball, for determining whether a collision has occurred.
- We only need to consider collisions in three directions along the active object movement: forward, forward diagonal up, forward diagonal down. This limitation allows us to minimize number of tests required
Collision detection in the platform:
- There is a helper class VisualTreeHelper in the platform that allows hit test on the component tree (all visible components in Silverlight application form a component tree hierarchy)
- There is a support for object animation based on StoryBoard that is suitable for steady moving objects
- the game movement is based on screen refresh rate, which is not constant across devices. To make object speed the same on different devices/conditions we need to measure the refresh rate before calculation the object next position
- During object movement, the object perception will be conducted on the next the object position because we are going to make the calculations in a hook to the screen refresh loop.
New module in the project PhysicalBody
The new class PhysicalBody is attached to a UI element statically created in XAML. It handles the element:
- position update
- object collision assessment
- checking the class container extends to keep the element position inside the container
Also it accepts gameOver and hitScores() method delegates from the class container
The position update is a simple increment of the current position based on the current body speed. Note that the body speed defines the body direction according to the coordinate system: positive value is from left to right by X axis, and from top to bottom in Y axis and negative value is in the opposite direction.
Object collision assessment
This is the crucial part of the article. The collision detection is implemented in one function and follows the strategy we have declared above in the preceding sections.
Let us examine the code:
private void assessCollision()
// get bounding box and offset the box in movement direction on one step
Canvas canvas = (Canvas)body.Parent;
// (1) for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var transform = canvas.TransformToVisual(Application.Current.RootVisual); // for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var origin = transform.Transform(new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(body) + velocityX, Canvas.GetTop(body) + velocityY));
var boundingBox = new Rect(origin, new Size(body.ActualWidth, body.ActualHeight));
// (2) check whether there are element exist on the body's way
// in three directions : forward, forward-diagonal-up and forward-diagonal-down
// (3) use VisualTreeHelper helper class to walk through elements hierarchy tree
// (4) filter out all objects except Shapes
if (isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Y), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.X, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)))
for more details please check the source code
Given approach shows how easy to implement collision detection in Silverlight game project if use only the platform means. Working example is available in source code that can be build and run on Windows Phone 7.X device. Also since Windows platform does not allow side-loading installation binaries, just for reference the same code has been deployed to a web site and can run embedded into a browser.


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Straw and silk ribbon
Given by N A Bicknell
Museum no. T.59-1936
The printed hat band on this child's straw hat depicts the aeroplane flown by French aviator Louis Bleriot (_PHONE_) on the first flight across the English channel, in July 1909. The flight is significant in aviation history because it was the first time a plane was flown across a large body of water.
The hat is of a popular shape for children in this period. The green petersham edging on the brim of the hat is also used at the centre of the crown. This green ribbon motif is decorated with large silk embroidery stitches, a style of embellishment which was frequently used in women's fashionable dress at the end of the first decade of the 20th century.

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Noun: hushing húsh-ing
 1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
 "the performers could not be heard over the hushing of the audience";
 - hiss, hissing, fizzle, sibilation
Verb: hush húsh
 1. Become quiet or still; fall silent
 "hush my baby!"
 2. Cause to be quiet or not talk
 "Please hush the children in the church!";
 - quieten [Brit], silence, still, shut up, hush up
 3. Become quiet or quieter
 - quieten [Brit], quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
 4. (mining) wash by removing particles
 5. (mining) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
Derived forms: hushings
See also: hush up
Type of: change, change intensity, conquer, curb, inhibit, irrigate, lave, noise, stamp down, subdue, suppress, wash, water
Encyclopedia: Hushing
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We know Muggle parents can have a magical child, but could magical parents have a Muggle child?
Depends what you mean by 'Muggle'.
A Squib is a person with no magical powers born to magical parents. They fall somewhere in between a wizard and a Muggle: while unable to actually perform magic, they can still access the magical world. From the Pottermore fact file:
Humans with little or no magical talent born into wizarding families, who are looked down on by the wizarding world
Appearance: Usually dressed like the rest of wizard-kind
Magic Abilities: Able to access the wizarding world, unlike Muggles, and can use certain magical objects and creatures
We even see a couple of these in the main HP stories: Argus Filch, the unpleasant janitor of Hogwarts, and Arabella Figg, the cat-loving neighbour of the Dursleys. But according to Ron, they're not very common:
A Squib is someone who was born into a wizarding family but hasn't got any magic powers. Kind of the opposite of Muggle-born wizards, but Squibs are quite unusual.
-- Ron Weasley, HP and the Chamber of Secrets
See also Is a Squib a Muggle?

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Document Publishing Using IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE)
River North has developed document Publishing services and DOORS add-on products that simplify and facilitate document publishing from DOORS.
Please contact River North Sales for further inquiries into products and services listed.
- Generate an output document in DOORS with a single-click of a drop down menu item
- Increases document publishing efficiency and productivity
- Decreases generated document variability
- Opens up ability for all DOORS users to generate documents in a controlled context
- Requires zero end-user training
- Enables an organization/project to rapidly get started producing documents with RPE
- Provides basic RPE training for a team of admins assigned the task of document publishing
- Provides mentoring during the production of the first few RPE templates
- Provides best practice guidance on usage of RPE with DOORS, such as utilization of a central RPE repository for templates enabling sharing and reuse across the enterprise which reduces template maintenance costs and document variability across projects
- Can be customized to include solutions for non-standard document publishing requirements such as the following
- Producing change bars in the generated document
- Producing an automated Requirements Index that sequentially lists requirements with associated page numbers where each requirement resides in the document - important because requirements never appear sequentially in a generated document
- Producing extracted content from embedded OLE objects in DOORS - displays the CONTENTS of DOORS embedded OLE objects such as MS Word or MS Excel files in the generated document


Why Are my Matters Not Assigned Sequential Client Numbers?
 - Why are Client Numbers being skipped?
 - Clio Manage
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Can I Change the Client Number That's Used in Matter Numbering?
The Client Number component in Matter Numbering pulls from a number that is assigned to each Contact when they are added to Clio. If a Contact does not have a Matter, their number will be skipped.
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Issue with the PriorityArray and multiple BACnet objects of the same type
I have recently discovered that if you were to create two objects of the same type which have a priority array (e.g. BV), if you set the Priority at index 3 in BV1, it will also set it in BV2. This happens because in ObjectProperties.java, the static add() function creates a new PriorityArray instance which is then passed into all objects of the same type when they are created. This means the same PriorityArray object is used and passed into all BV instances when they are created.
The solution to this is to after creating your BACnet object (AO, AV, BO, BV etc), call the setProperty() function, and create a new PriorityArray instance;
BACnetObject bv1 = new BACnetObject(.....);
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Aircraft maintenance is key for safe and efficient aircraft operations. While most studies propose cost-efficient maintenance strategies, the safety and efficiency of these strategies need to be quantified. This paper proposes a formal framework to assess the safety and efficiency of maintenance strategies by means of agent-based modelling, stochastically and dynamically coloured Petri nets, and Monte Carlo simulation. We model an end-to-end aircraft maintenance process, considering several maintenance stakeholders. We apply our framework for aircraft landing gear brakes, and use a Gamma process to model the degradation trends of the brakes. The numerical results show that applying data-driven strategies reduces the number of inspections by 36%, while maintaining the same level of safety as in the case of traditional time-based maintenance strategies. Furthermore, in order to discuss the possibility to substitute all inspections by sensor monitoring, an advanced data-driven strategy using prognostics is considered. Overall, our proposed framework is generic and can readily be applied to assess the safety and efficiency of the maintenance of other aircraft components and maintenance strategies.
- Aircraft maintenance
- Gamma process
- Landing gear brake
- Stochastically and dynamically coloured Petri nets


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Definition of heliotropism in English:
1The directional growth of a plant in response to sunlight. Compare with phototropism.
- The adaptive significance of solar tracking in snow buttercups is mediated through the impact of flower heliotropism on paternal and maternal floral environments.
- The heliotropism itself is an adaptation for survival, the plant maximizing sunlight.
- All legume plants do this, so be sure to watch your peas and beans for signs of heliotropism.
1.1 Zoology The tendency of an animal to move toward light.
- Example sentences
- Using a similar idea in the moral realm, Augustine says that we naturally seek the good and try to turn towards it, as a heliotropic flower seeks the sun.
- Like a heliotropic plant, she turned towards warmth and light, which unfortunately were the blinding flashes of cameras.
- For fourteen years, off and on, I have spent the spring on the south coast of Cornwall, in the heliotropic village of St Mawes.
Definition of heliotropism in:
- British & World English dictionary
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DC Soil Map
Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey
Locate DC Soils by Address - DC GIS Services
- Go to the DC Geographic Information Systems website.
- After you click on the above link, there is a tab at the top left labeled "Layers."
- Select a Map Category, e.g. "Environment".
- Scroll down and choose "Soil Type".
View DC Soils Descriptions and Tables Online
Interpretation of DC Soil Maps
Print soil tables and download official NRCS soils data.
- Click on Select State.
- Click on DC.
- Click on Select Survey Area.
- Click on Generate Reports.
- A table will appear with definitions of soil map codes.


text: About Us: Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science are major features of the Sloan Museum, located at 1221 E. Kearsley Street in Flint, Michigan. The Science Discovery Center allows children and adults,to explore principles of chemistry and physics through exhibit and staff presentations. The Hometown Gallery invites visitors to explore the 19th century with interactive hands on activities in three historic settings. The Pierson Automotive Gallery presents major automotive exhibits featuring vehicles from the Sloan fleet of over 80 Flint-built automobiles. Dramatic settings, video programs and hundredsof artifacts and photographs portray the areas tumultuous 20th century history in the Flint and the American Dream exhibit. Award-winning traveling exhibits fill the Temporary Gallery with a variety of educational and entertaining displays year-round. Our Mission:We create engaging experiences for everyone that inspire a lifelong curiosity in history, science and technology.


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A shell flute was a shell drilled with a pattern of holes which was used by members of the sentient aquatic Mairan species to communicate in their native language. To use the flute, a Mairan individual would place the drilled side of the shell against its blowhole and play the music-like notes of the Mairan language. In 23 ABY, when Tenel Ka, the Hapan-Dathomiri princess, was staying on Reef Fortress Island on the planet Hapes, she used the translator droid M-TD to speak with a Mairan ambassador who was using a shell flute.
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Definition of metaphysically
adv. - In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. 2
The word "metaphysically" uses 14 letters: A A C E H I L L M P S T Y Y.
No direct anagrams for metaphysically found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after metaphysically (in bold), or to aacehillmpstyy in any order:
t - sympathetically
All words formed from metaphysically by changing one letter
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Mount Tape Event Class
The Mount Tape event class occurs when a tape mount request is received. Use this event class to monitor tape mount requests and their success or failure.
Data column name
Name of the client application that created the connection to an instance of SQL Server. This column is populated with the values passed by the application.
ID assigned by the host computer to the process where the client application is running. This data column is populated if the client provides the client process ID.
ID of the database specified by the USE database statement or the default database if no USE database statement has been issued for a specified instance. SQL Server displays the name of the database if the ServerName data column is captured in the trace and the server is available. Determine the value for a database by using the DB_ID function.
Name of the database in which the user statement is running.
Amount of time (in microseconds) taken by the event.
For Mount Request events, the time of the mount time-out if a time-out occurs; otherwise, the time of the event itself (in such cases, StartTime indicates the time of the corresponding mount request).
Type of event = 195.
The sequence of a specified event within the request.
Type of event subclass.
1 = Tape mount request
2 = Tape mount complete
3 = Tape mount canceled
ID of the workload group where the SQL Trace event fires.
Name of the computer on which the client is running. This data column is populated if the client provides the host name. To determine the host name, use the HOST_NAME function.
Indicates whether the event occurred on a system process or a user process. 1 = system, 0 = user.
Name of the login of the user (either SQL Server security login or the Microsoft Windows login credentials in the form of DOMAIN\username).
Windows domain to which the user belongs.
Windows user name.
Name of the instance of SQL Server being traced.
Login name of the user who originated the session. For example, if you connect to SQL Server using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName shows Login1 and LoginName shows Login2. This column displays both SQL Server and Windows logins.
ID of the Session on which the event occurred.
Time at which the event started, if available.
physical device name [ ( logical device name ) ]. The logical device name displays only if it is defined in the sys.backup_devices catalog view.


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The National Piping Centre receives many requests for filming and visits by journalists throughout the year. We are happy to accommodate these requests where possible, however availability is limited, so if you would like to arrange a media visit, the following charges will apply:
- Print journalists, with a group of 2 or less – Free of charge. These visits must be planned around our tour times and days, and agreed in advance with the management
- Film crews with 2 or more people. Where possible we will organise a 3 hour media slot in our venue with a piper. This allows you access to the Museum of Piping to film general shots. Many of the items in our collection are on loan from National Museums Scotland (NMS). For permission to film close ups of these objects you need to also obtain permission from NMS. The cost for this visit is £250 for a 0 – 3 hour visit.
On your visit we will provide:
- Up to three hours of filming permission.
- Access to our Museum of Piping or Auditorium (if available) for your filming.
- A bagpiper in full day dress, who can speak knowledgeably about the history of piping, conduct a tour of our museum and will guide you through the basics of playing the bagpipes as you try them out.


What Do Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green Lines Mean on the iPhone Weather App or Widget?
Checking the weather has become a relatively easy process since modern smartphones have come into existence. You can now simply open an app and access the weather information of your city or another from anywhere on the planet. iOS 15 makes knowing the weather around much easier to understand and interpret as it not only notifies you about upcoming weather conditions but also gives you a glimpse of what to expect throughout the day in terms of temperature.
If you're wondering why you're using seeing bars colored in yellow, red, blue, or green inside the Weather app, we'll help you understand what they are, what those colors mean individually, and more in the post below.
Why do you see Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green lines on the Weather app/widget?
iOS 15 brings a whole new redesign to the Weather app and the latest update to the service has brought a new visual way to show you the temperature of the place you're in. If you're seeing a bar next to today's weather colored in yellow, red, blue, or green lines, it essentially tells you the temperature range for the day.
Weather app in iOS 15 DB2
You should also be able to see similar bars corresponding to tomorrow's weather info and a few subsequent days by checking out the 10-day weather forecast and the 4×4 Weather widget.
This is a welcome change to iPhone users who can now get an idea of the whole day's forecast instead of just being shown the highest and lowest temperatures for the day.
Weather Widget in iOS 15 DB1
Related: iOS 15: How To Print to PDF on your iPhone and iPad
What does every color mean?
In case you're wondering what is the temperature range for a particular day in your region, you need to first understand what range each of the colors indicated inside the Weather app corresponds to.
 - Dark Blue: Extremely Cold (less than 0°C)
 - Light Blue: Cold (0°C to 15°C)
 - Green: Slightly Cold (15°C to 20°C)
 - Yellow: Slightly Warm(20°C to 25°C)
 - Orange: Warm(25°C to 30°C)
 - Red: Extremely Hot (30°C and above)
An overview of these color codes will also appear when you open a location's Temperature Index. Here's what it looks like:
Why do I see different colors in the same line?
Depending on the weather in your region, you may see a single-colored or multi-colored line adjacent to a particular day inside the weather app.
If you only see a single line, you can expect the temperature range to remain the same throughout the day.
If you see multiple colors in the same bar, then you can expect the temperature to vary significantly between the start and end of the day. When you see multiple colors, they will be stacked in the same manner as they're listed above.
For example, if you live in a moderately warm region but expect rainfall, you may see today's weather show you a line with a combination of Orange/Yellow/Green colors.
Related: iOS 15: How To Drag and Drop Pictures, Files, Texts, Links, and More Between Apps
Why are some colored lines shorter than others?
If you're looking at the temperature range of your region for the next few days, you may notice that some colored lines are longer or shorter than the rest of them. Some lines may cover the whole length of the bar while some will have empty spaces on the left or right sides. Why is that, you ask?
The colored bars do not only show you various temperate ranges but also indicate the minimum and maximum temperatures for a particular day. To help you understand what the weather is going to be like for the upcoming days, the Weather app shows the minimum and maximum temperatures on the left and right sides of the colored bar respectively for the next 10 days.
If a day's minimum temperature matches with the 10-day forecast's minimum value, then its bar will start from the extreme left.
If a day's maximum temperature matches with the 10-day forecast's maximum temperature, then its bar will end on the extreme right side.
For days where the temperature range is shorter than the range expected for the next 10 days, their bars will be shorter.
For example, let's take a look at Copenhagen's 10-day forecast.
As you can see from Today's forecast above, the colored bar changes from green to yellow to orange to indicate the transition from 14°C to 24°C throughout the day. You will also notice that Today's forecast occupies the whole bar leaving no empty space behind. This means the maximum and minimum temperatures for the day are the same as what's expected in the next 10 days.
When you compare today's forecast to that of Thursday, you will notice that the colored bar is shorter than the one shown for today. That's because, the minimum temperature for Thursday is 16°C, which is 2°C higher than today; that's why the temperature bar shift slightly (2/10 portion; since 14-24°C is the total size of the bar) to the right side.
Similarly, Thursday's maximum temperature (21°C) is also lower than the maximum value (24°C) for the 10-day forecast and that's why its temperature bar ends 3 spaces shorter the whole size of the bar.
Depending on the weather in your region, you may see different-sized bars for different days if you're expecting significant changes in the climate.
How do you get it?
The new temperature range bars are available in the Weather app on iOS 15 Developer Beta 2 (DB2) that released last week for iPhones. If you're already on the first Developer beta of iOS 15, you can update your device to DB2 by going to Settings > General > Software Update and then installing the latest version that's available.
The new temperature bars are an exclusive feature on iOS 15 only, so if you're running iOS 14 or an older operating system, you will need to wait till this fall when Apple releases the stable version of iOS 15 to the public.
Where can you see colored temperature bars?
The colored bars that indicate the temperature range for a particular day can be seen in two different ways:
 - Inside the Weather app: You can see the temperature range for today and all subsequent days under the '10-Day Forecast' section when you view a weather card after opening the Weather app.
 - Inside the Weather app's 4×4 widget: Temperature range bars are also available when you use the 'Large' size Weather widget. However, instead of a 10-day forecast, you will only see the colored bars for the next 5 days. You won't see the temperature range in a line for today's forecast as well. Instead, you will be greeted with a periodic layout of estimated temperature for the next few hours.
I'm on iOS 15 beta. Why do I not see this?
If you're already on iOS 15 beta and you're not seeing the new temperature range inside either the Weather app or widget, then it means you're not on the newest version of iOS 15 beta. As we have mentioned above, the colored temperature bars are only visible inside the Weather app if your iPhone is running the latest iOS 15 Developer Beta 2 (DB2) that Apple released last week. You can update your device to the latest beta by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
If you're on iOS 15 DB2 but you're facing issues with the Weather app, you need to accept that you may have run into a bug that's expected from such early developmental updates. You can expect these bugs to be ironed out in future beta releases or when iOS 15 rolls out to the public. If you're facing an issue inside the Weather app, you can open the Feedback app to report it to Apple so they resolve it in the next version.
That's all there is to know about colored lines/bars in the Weather app on iOS 15.
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The following has already been listed as a feature request at Adobe Bug System and is only to illustrate the situation which is basically the lack of badly needed functionality in ActionScript 3.
The problem relates to
flash.geom.PerspectiveProjection introduced with the load of native 3D in Flash 10.
- The object is added to the stage with the defined x, y, z, rotationX, rotationY and rotationZ properties.
- For a better 3D impression, perspective projection is applied.
- After all transformations on-screen size of the object is required.
The code is illustrative and self-explanatory:
addPerspective() method adds perspective projection and
visibleBitmapBounds() returns a Rectangle with visible bounds of the object.
The result and the problem
Depending on the stage size, the result is the blue 3D-rotated plane in the perspective alongside the traceback:
Plane size: 274x365 Plane bounds: (x=256, y=209, w=274, h=365) Visible, on-screen bounds of the Plane: (x=258, y=215, w=171, h=287)
Plane size and bounds are correct to what it is without perspective transformations, but they don't help with the size of an object on screen.
So what is currently missing from ActionScript 3 entirely, is the means to get visible bounds of the DisplayObject that has perspective projection. It is especially painful if the object can't be output to stage for measuring (
If any math geniuses have a better way to get visible bounds of the object with perspective projection, you're most welcome to share it!


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On the acoustic response of a generic gas turbine fuel injector passage
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A current trend in the design of modern aero engines is the transition towards leaner combustion as a solution to satisfy increasingly stringent emission regulations. Lean combustion systems are often more susceptible to thermoacoustic instability and the fuel injector can play a critical role. This paper presents an analytical study on the unsteady air flow through a generic injector passage in response to incident acoustic waves. The injector passage is represented by a simplified geometry which comprises the main geometrical passage features. The unsteady flow through the passage is obtained by combining the elemental solutions for different parts of the passage. This enables the transfer impedance of the injector passage to be determined and the effects of different design parameters on the sensitivity of the air flow to acoustic perturbations to be examined. The convective wave associated with the unsteady swirl vane wakes is also visited and compared with the results from the numerical simulations obtained in previous works. In addition to helping derive design practices for injector passages from the perspective of thermoacoustic instability, the current analysis can also be applied as a preliminary design tool to assess the acoustic characteristics for an injector passage of the axial swirler type.


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Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia
Spider Lawn Mower Automation Design
|Authors:||Plascencia Alfredo C., Beran Vítězslav|
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|Keywords:||lawn mower robot, non-linear control, sensory system, robot navigation|
|This project proposal describes the automation of a four steering wheel lawn mower robot called spider lawn mower SLM robot. The SLM faces four issues studied in this research: slippage conditions and cutting grass edge following, multi-mobile robot formation control, a body detection within the grass in front of the robots path and auto-repeating the same known tasks.|
To this end, a mathematical model that takes into account the kinematics and dynamics of the SLM is proposed: state feedback linearization is designed as a control strategy to tackle the nonlinearities of the system, implemented and tested.


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Authors: Aneta Karasek
Addresses: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Abstract: Enterprises can influence and shape the behaviour of individuals in order to boost the innovativeness of the enterprise by applying HRM practices. The objective of the study is to identify relations between the application of a coherent bundle of HRM practices and internal sources of innovation, effectiveness of the individual phases of the innovative process, and the novelty scale of the innovation. The study was conducted among 92 innovative enterprises in Poland. The study is based upon an original bundle of HRM practices in six HRM areas significant for an innovative enterprise. The results show that there are relationships between the bundle of HRM practices and the innovativeness of an enterprise viewed in three aspects. Therefore, this article contributes to theory by original complementary approach to HRM practices and innovativeness of the enterprises. Analysis of the study resulted in a broad set of managerial implications of usage of HRM practices.
Keywords: innovativeness; HRM practices; innovative enterprise; employee behaviour; Polish enterprises; innovation; internal sources of innovation; effectiveness of the innovation process; novelty of innovation; knowledge management; organisational learning; value creation.
International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2020 Vol.28 No.1, pp.98 - 118
Received: 13 Dec 2018
Accepted: 11 Apr 2019
Published online: 14 Jul 2020 *


As output rises, the difference between ATC and AVC_______ a) rises b) stays the same c)falls
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The correct answer to this question is C: the difference between these two falls as output rises. To see why this is so, let us start by looking at the definitions of ATC and AVC.
A business can be said to incur three kinds of costs. These are fixed costs, variable costs, and total costs. The total costs are made up of the fixed and the variable costs. Fixed costs are costs that are constant regardless of how much output is produced. These are things like the mortgage payments on a hotel, which does not change regardless of how many rooms are rented out. Variable costs change with the level of output. In the hotel example, costs for water usage and maid service, for example, vary depending on how many rooms are rented.
This helps us understand why average total costs (ATC) and average variable costs (AVC) will converge. As output rises, variable costs rise but fixed costs stay the same. This means that variable costs are getting to be more and more of the total costs. Therefore, the average variable cost curve will move closer and closer the to the ATC curve.
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Rune of Superior Capacity
|Rune of Superior Capacity|
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|Source Mod||Blood Magic|
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|Affected by Gravity||No|
With fewer than 15 runes dedicated to capacity, it is more efficient to use Runes of Augmented Capacity. The effects of having both runes of augmented capacity and runes of superior capacity stack, but runes of superior capacity do NOT multiply the 2,000 added by each rune of augmented capacity, only the original 10,000.
The capacity of your altar can be calculated with the formula:
1.1^S * 10,000 + 2,000 * A
Where A is equal to the number of Runes of Augmented Capacity and S is equal to the number of Runes of Superior Capacity are in place. Therefore, with 3 Runes of Augmented Capacity, and 5 Runes of Superior Capacity, you end up with a total capacity of 22,105.1, or (1.1^5 * 10,000 + 2,000 * 3).
Rune of Superior Capacity has no known uses in crafting.
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When children were born illegitimately and the father's name is not known what research strategy is suggested?
1. Check who the witnesses were at birth of child. Likelihood is that there might be a relationship
There might exist a separate section in the church book for illegitimate births.
2. Check whether the mother marries the father later and the child became legitimized by the father's acknowledgment.
3. Check confirmation records.
4. Find school records to see if school fees were paid for the child and by whom (Search in School records. One possibility "Kirchenvisitationen", "Schülerverzeichnis")
5. Was the child adopted? (Search in court records, key word: " Adoptionen", "Vormundschaft")
6. See if a will exists in which the child was bequeathed money or property. (Search in court records for "Testamente")
When parents came from a city unknown what would be the research strategy?
1. Check the witnesses at the children's baptisms. Witnesses might be relatives and there may be a place name which could give a clue.
2. Check citizenship records of present residence (Search for" Bürgerrolle", "Bürgerbuch", "Bürgerliste"," Bürgerverzeichnis", "Einwohnermeldeverzeichnis")
3. Check for journeymen or servants records (Search for "Geburtsbriefe", "Gesindebuch", "Heimatscheine", "Wanderbücher", "Gutsarchiv" records)
4. Check census records. Search for "Volkszählungen".
5. Check guild records. Search for "Innungen"
6. Check neighboring church records to see if parents appeared as witnesses.
When given and surnames are present more than once in a parish and additional persons cannot easily be assigned to each other, what would be the research strategy?
1. Establish whole families. See who has married whom and had what children.
2. Compare findings in church books with court records. 90% of the population in Germany were dependent farmers. They did not own their farms but had usufruct, for which they were taxed and recorded in administrative records. Parents would bequeath, sell, lease or retire, and children inherit personal property. All such actions were recorded in court records. ( Search in archival records, such as "Schuldund Pfandprotokolle")
3. Check tax lists. Twice a year people were required to pay taxes. See if the same heads of family pay each time. If the head of household dies, the widow continues to pay taxes until her child becomes of age and takes over or she remarries. (Search for "Steuerlisten", "Steuerrollen", "Amtsrechnungen").
When different spellings exist for a family name what would be the research strategy?
1. Be aware that spelling rules are not set until the early 1900s. Dialects can apply when writing official records. Some consonants and vowels are interchangeable. The name Triebenbach can be spelled Driebenbach, Treubenbach, Drübenbach.
2. Names can be Latinized: The name Keller becomes Cellarius, names can sound as if they are Latin, such as Debelius.
3. The priest simply made a mistake
4. Consider looking at neighboring parish registers
5. Always compare the spelling of a name with other documents available for the time period. (The most common ones are taxlists, in German "Steuerlisten", "Steuerrollen").
When church records from a parish cannot be located what should be the research strategy?
1. Check if the correct parish was chosen. A good source to check is a gazetteer.
2. Have parish jurisdictions changed?
3. Check with the diocese (Bistum) or deanery (Dekanat) if a duplicate record does exist and where it was deposited.
For Evangelical records check here (Evangelische Kirche in Thüringen)
Catholic church (Adressen, Gemeinden, Dekanate)
When church books no longer exist because they were destroyed what should the research strategy be?
Gather information from other records:
1. Tax records (Steuerlisten, Schatzungslisten) – located in state archives
2. Debt registers, citizenship records, fire insurance registers (Schuldenregister, Löscheimerlisten, Brandregister, Bürgerlisten) – located in city archives, mayor's office
3. Guild records, notary records, land records (Innungslisten, Zunftbücher, notarielle Akten, Grundbuchsachen – state archives
4. Kataster, Bannbücher (cadastral, absolvent books) – state archives, cadastral offices, finance departments
5. Tax records of parishes (Lagerbücher) – church archives
6. House lists, address books, house ownership lists, military records, vaccination records (Häuserlisten, Adressbücher, Hauswirtslisten, Stammrollen, Impflisten) – city archives
7. News papers (Zeitungen, Amtsblätter) - city archive, state archive
8. Emigration records, census records, Wählerlisten (Auswanderungsakten, Volkszählungen,
voting records) – state archive
9. Cemetery records (Gräber, Gottesacker) – city archive
Check out the archive list available for Thüringen
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The default logging configuration for Azure Web Apps in an environment in DXP has the following setting:
- Application logging is enabled, and logs are stored in the BLOB storage with 90 days retention.
You can access application logs for environments from the DXP Management Portal, as a live stream or downloaded for offline analysis.
The configuration above is applied to environments during provisioning and you can change it for the Integration environment. Contact Optimizely to change any of the following for Preproduction or Production environments:
- Get access to web server logs.
- Temporarily change logging level.
- Temporarily enable detailed error messages.
- Temporarily enable failed request tracing.
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How Long Does It Take for a Joint to Get Out of Your System?
This is the most common question asked by cannabis users. Well, there's no simple answer to this question, as there are so many variables that dictate how fast or slow a joint can take to get out of your system. However, if you're a weed user looking for answers before a scheduled drug test, there are two major factors that can make a difference—your physiology (as all people are different) and the amount of THC in a joint.
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How Much THC Is in One Joint?
In most cases, the amount of THC varies from strain to strain, from 5% to upwards of 30%. In our case, let's take an average level of 15%.
The average weight of a single joint is estimated to be 0.32 grams according to an article published by Christopher Ingraham in The Washington Post. [1]
Knowing this, we can calculate how much THC is in one average joint. Here's the math:
0.32 grams = 320 milligrams
15% THC of 320 mg = 0.15 × 320 = 48 mg THC
If you're smoking half of an average joint, then you consume 12 mg to 14 mg of THC, with about 10 mg to 12 mg going to the sidestream. On the other hand, if you're smoking an entire joint, then the average amount of THC consumed will range from 19 mg to 23 mg.
Another common joint size from the same article was 0.75 grams according to a survey among marijuana users by High Times based on 3,000 responses. Here's the amount of THC calculated from this joint size:
0.75 grams = 750 milligrams
15% THC of 750 mg = 0.15 x 750 = 112.5 mg THC
In this case, if you smoke half a joint, you will consume about 27 mg to 32 mg THC. On the other hand, if you smoke an entire joint, you'll consume between 50 mg and 60 mg THC, with a sidestream loss of about 40–50 mg THC.
Many other variables also determine how much THC is consumed. For instance, lung capacity, how much you inhale, and how long you hold your breath after each puff are some factors that will determine the amount of THC you consume. Another factor is sidestream smoke, where much THC is lost as you await the next puff.
Also important is the change in THC in the joint as you smoke. As the joint burns, more THC condenses toward its end, making the second half of the joint have a slightly higher THC level than the first half.
In the table below, you can see the approximate amount of THC in the joint depending on the THC level in the cannabis strain:
5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Pinner (0.32 gr) 16 mg 32 mg 48 mg 64 mg 80 mg 96 mg
Joint (0.75 gr) 37.5 mg 75 mg 112.5 mg 150 mg 187.5 mg 225 mg
How Long Does THC Stay in Your System?
Here's the science behind it:
According to a study, after smoking about 27 mg of ▵9-THC in a joint, THC-COOH in a smoker's urine was peaking at 180 ng/mL after 4 hours. [2]
According to another study, it was discovered that THC half-life goes from 1.4 days in the first days after smoking (without any major differences between frequent and occasional users) to approximately 4 days for occasional users and 7 days for frequent users in later days. [3]
This means that 27 mg will require about 3 days to get below the recommended 50 ng/mL drug test threshold because after 1.5 days it will be 180/2 = 90 ng/mL, and in the next 1.5 days, it will be 90/2 = 45 ng/mL.
For a confirmation test with a 20 ng/mL cutoff, infrequent users will need almost 5 days to test negative, while frequent users will need up to 7 days.
However, it's good to keep in mind that these calculations may vary significantly depending on many variables, which include age, body mass, lifestyle, and personal metabolism.
Read more: How Long Does Weed Stay In Your System?
How Long for One Joint to Get Out of Your System?
Here is the math:
In the study above, a weak marijuana strain was used. Let's take their findings and recalculate the number of days for other strains knowing how much THC is in the joint.
An average pinner with 15% THC has 48 mg of THC, which gives near 320 ng/mL of THC-COOH in the urine after smoking. This concentration will be reduced to 160 ng/mL in 1.5 days, 80 ng/mL in 3 days, and 40 ng/mL in 4.5 days, so you need almost 4 days to pass a drug test after smoking such a joint. Since THC half-life later grows to 4 and 7 days for infrequent and frequent users respectively, you may need from 8 to 11 days to get below 20 ng/mL and pass a confirmation test.
For a joint with 15% and 112.5 mg THC, the calculation will be 750 ng/mL THC-COOH after smoking, 375 ng/mL in 1.5 days, 187.5 ng/mL in 3 days, and almost 94 ng/mL in 4.5 days. With an increasing half-life it will take 8–11 days to get below 50 ng/mL and from 10 days to 2 weeks to get below 20 ng/mL.
Days to pass initial drug test with 50 ng/mL cutoff:
Pinner (0.32 gr) Joint (0.75 gr)
Casual user Heavy user Casual user Heavy user
5% 2 2 4 4
10% 3 3 6 7
15% 4 4 8 11
20% 5 5 10 14
25% 6 7 11 16
30% 7 10 12 18
NOTE! The calculations here are estimates, as personal metabolism has a major impact on the time THC needs to get out of your system.
To get THC out of your system completely down to zero, you need almost one month for infrequent users and a few months for heavy smokers.
How to Find the Exact Time?
To find the exact time a joint needs to get out of your system, you need to buy a home drug test to test yourself and control the level of marijuana metabolites in your system. One of the best home tests available is the UTest-O-Meter Multi-Level Home THC Urine Test. Unlike the usual tests, this one checks THC in the urine in 4 different levels, which are 20 ng/mL, 50 ng/mL, 100 ng/mL, and 200 ng/mL. This helps you to better understand how fast your body cleanses itself from traces of weed.
How to Reduce This Time
To speed up THC withdrawal and reduce the time a joint needs to get out of your system, you need to drink a lot of water, urinate frequently, and use marijuana detox kits to cleanse your urine and avoid failing a drug test.
 1. One of the big questions in marijuana research has been answered. Christopher Ingraham - The Washington Post.
 2. Chemistry, Metabolism, and Toxicology of Cannabis: Clinical Implications. Priyamvada Sharma PhD, Pratima Murthy, M.M. Srinivas Bharath - NCBI.
 3. Urinary Excretion of 11-nor-9-Carboxy-AgTetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabinoids in Frequent and Infrequent Drug Users. Anne Smith-Kielland, Bjørn Skuterud, Jørg Mørland - Journal of Analytical Toxicology.


What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
Technology is advancing day by day very fastly. Laptops are part of life for everybody either he is a student, teacher, doctor, engineer or writer. Everybody using laptops randomly and roughly. There are 2 to 3 laptops in every home nowadays because it is the need of everybody.
In this article, our editors have explained all the reasons which cause a laptop to short circuit. Along with this, we have added a detailed guide about fixing problems caused by the laptop short circuit.
As it is very important in our life so when its processor shows some problem many of work stuck down due to defect in laptop. People use laptop recklessly and it causes a laptop to short circuit.
First of all, we have to know what is a short circuit?
What is the short circuit?
It can be defined as low resistance of the connections in laptop. Low resistance between the circuit and power supply that are giving it to Electrical power. Due to low resistance high current will be passed and it causes a short circuit.
A short circuit can be an alternating current AC and also can be in direct current DC circuit. The short circuit in the laptop produces a high temperature that damage the whole circuit and battery can explode due to heat. You must always keep your laptop secure from a short circuit.
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
Any physical damage or any electrical damage can cause a short circuit in laptop. A short circuit will consume all the power and it causes your laptop not to turn on.
 If your adapter is working when you put up on the wall and then stop working when you connect it into your laptop then it means short circuit takes place in laptop. When two wires in the circuit that should not be connected, they get connected short circuit takes place.
Causes of Short Circuit in Laptops and how can we fix it
There are many causes of a short circuit in a laptop:
Spilling of liquid:
The electrical circuit of the laptop can be damaged by the spilling of water or liquid on it. A liquid can cause these types of damage:
 - A short circuit caused by wet liquid (problem removes after liquid cleaned and dried)
 - A short circuit caused by dried liquid residue
 - Corrosion (especially with Coke or Pepsi)
 - Electronic components damaged by above short circuits
During using a laptop if you spill water or any liquid on a laptop, it can cause a short circuit. It is very common that we keep eating and drinking during work on the laptop. So it can cause a short circuit.
Fix it:
if you spill liquid while using your laptop then these tips can give you fighting chance to salvage parts of your laptop.
 - Turn off your laptop immediately.
 - Unplug the laptop from its power cord. Press the power button for the 4 seconds that it turns off the power of a laptop or shut down the laptop.
 Remove the battery of the laptop. Disconnect the battery from the laptop.
 Clean the laptop with a highly absorbent cloth that it cleans visible liquid on a laptop so that it could not cause a short circuit.
Dry it with dryer and wait for 3 hours then you can use a laptop easily.
Issues in Laptop Power supply can cause a short circuit
Check power supply by plugging it into the wall of outlet to check the LED of the power supply lights up. The power adapter should not plug into the laptop, only the wall of the strip outlet.
Laptop adapters have LED light, which allows users to identify either current is passing from the adapter or not.
If the LED light is not turning on, check it in another outlet. If you still see no light, then the surge protector in the cable is burnt and the cable needs replacement.
Fix it:
 this can be resolved by buying a new adapter for the charging of laptop otherwise it would because of short circuit. Because burnt cable could not provide a sufficient amount of current to the laptop.
High Voltage:
Due to damage to the cable or power supply or any other cause of high voltage. Any problem with electricity that increases the voltage input can cause a short circuit of laptop.
High voltage effects on the circuit of the laptop that decrease the resistance of current and large amount of current pass from the circuit and short circuits happens. High voltage can also cause errors in the laptop processor.
Fix it:
Test the output voltages. Put a positive pin inside the cable power connector that inserts into a laptop. Put the negative pin on the outside of a cable connector. Check the digital display to see the reading.
Test that the output is correct by reading the recommended output levels. Replace the power cable if the voltage output has a large variability.
Low Voltage:
Due to an error in power supply, not proper current can pass from the power supply and it causes a short circuit in the laptop.
A laptop requires a sufficient amount of current for charging so when not proper current converts into the socket of power, it causes a short circuit to the laptop.
Fix it:
By replacing a power supply, one can secure its laptop from short circuit.
Hardware devices cause short circuit:
A short circuit can also be caused by any defective hardware devices like floppy, USB, DVD, CVD or CD player hardware. Because this hardware might contain any virus that affects the circuit and short circuit can take place.
Fix it:
Use millimeter or an ohmmeter for testing of short circuits in the laptop. Put the positive pin inside of the power connector of the laptop. Put a negative pin on the outer metal part of the connector. Check the millimeter digital display. If reading is less than 3 ohms, it is an indication of a short circuit.
Remove devices like CD, DVD, and ROM, battery, Floppy or any other connected device to see if it is the cause of the short circuit.
Turn on the laptop without these devices to see either laptop starts or not.
Dust and improper placing:
Laptops should be placed on a neat and clean surface. A person should use a protector for its screen and its body that it can be protected from the dust. Because dust particle form clog into the laptop which can affect the circuit and short circuit can take place. You should always maintain a clean laptop.
The irregular placing of laptop or placing a weight on the laptop can cause short circuit and damage of the laptop. A laptop should place on the plain surface to protecting from the damage.
Fix it:
This problem can be solved by drying out the dust from the circuit by the dryer. Blow dry moves out the dust particles from the circuit.
How to prevent a laptop to short circuit?
there is some safety precaution to prevent from the short circuit:
 - While using laptop avoid the use of liquid or water near the laptop.
 - Avoid taking the coffee or tea during using a laptop but if you don't work without these things then take them with special care.
 - You can also use motherboard protector that if something is spat on the motherboard it will not cause the short circuit.
 - The power supply should be placed at a safe place that it could not breakdown or damage.
 - A laptop should be placed in its bag and power supply with it.
 - The laptop should be used in room temperature because high temperature can cause a short circuit. You can use a laptop without a battery.
 - Make sure that electricity supply is in range, and then connect the power supply with laptop otherwise short circuit can take place due to insufficient or high voltage.
 - A laptop should be placed out of the reach of kids.
 - Hardware devices should be installed in the laptop after rechecking that they are free from virus, these drives interrupt the circuit and shirt circuit takes place.
 - A laptop should place in a dry and clean surface.
 - Any weight gaining thing should not place on the laptop it damages the laptop and short circuit might be possible.
Final Words about Electrical Short Circuit in a Laptop
As we are talking about the short circuit of a laptop so I am sharing my story of laptop. We all know that load shedding and electrical fluctuations is a common problem from the last few years.
so 6 months ago my laptop was on charging and suddenly load shedding happens and I forget to remove my laptop from charging. Now, when the light comes it comes with high voltage power and it damages many electronics in the area.
Fortunately, only the laptop was on charging other appliances was not switched on, so when checking my laptop its power supply was not working.
High voltage damages my laptop charger by not my laptop because the laptop power supply contains a protector. whenever high voltage or improper voltage passes from it, it acts as a fuse and destroy itself and protect the laptop from the damage. So in this way, my laptop remains safe from a short circuit.
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Definitions of pod:
- noun: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
- noun: a group of aquatic mammals
- noun: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
- noun: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- verb: produce pods, of plants
- verb: take something out of its shell or pod
Example: "Pod peas or beans"
- name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #79710)
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To get started recording magic wand gestures:
- Upload the Magic Wand Capture sketch to an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense board
- Connect to the board using the Bluetooth button below.
- Wave the wand to make gestures. They'll be recorded and displayed on the right.
- Review the gestures, add labels by clicking on the '?', and remove mistakes.
- Download the gestures as a JSON data file, ready for model training.


Question: What Does Airtight Container Mean?
Whats is a seal?
1 : a sea mammal that swims with flippers, lives mostly in cold regions, bears young on land, feeds on fish and other sea animals (as squid), and is sometimes hunted for its fur, hide, or oil.
2 : the soft fur of a seal.
Kids Definition of seal (Entry 2 of 3).
What does blight mean?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 botany. a : a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) potato blight. b : an organism (such as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight.
What is the meaning of indisputable?
English Language Learners Definition of indisputable : impossible to question or doubt : not disputable. See the full definition for indisputable in the English Language Learners Dictionary. indisputable. adjective. in·dis·put·able | \ ˌin-di-ˈspyü-tə-bəl, in-ˈdi-spyə- \
What do you store in an airtight container?
Sugars: Sugar is hydroscopic, meaning it attracts moisture, so make sure to keep sugars in airtight containers to prevent clumping. Rices, Beans, and Whole Grains: Airtight containers keep moisture and outside flavors and odors out. Spices: Make your spices last longer by keeping them in airtight containers.
What is a good airtight container?
Keep Food Fresher for Longer with the Best Airtight Food Storage ContainersRubbermaid Brilliance Pantry Organization & Food Storage Containers. … Anchor Hocking TrueSeal Round Glass Food Storage Containers. … OXO Good Grips 5-Piece POP Container Set. … Airscape Coffee and Food Storage Canister.More items…•Jan 11, 2021
What is the best airtight container?
The Rubbermaid Brilliance Pantry Food Storage Containers are the best dry storage containers for most people. The lids and containers in this set are very sturdy and seal tightly, even after multiple runs through the dishwasher.
Can you store baking soda in a Mason jar?
Yes, you can. You can also store your baking powder in glass jars.
Why is Tupperware bad for you?
Is a Ziploc bag airtight?
Ziploc bags have a tight seal, but they are not completely airtight. The unique zipper seal will minimize the amount of air that can slowly seep into the bag to keep your foods fresher longer.
Do airtight containers keep bugs out?
Airtight containers are designed to keep your food fresh and eliminate the risk of pantry pests. So, it's almost impossible for weevils to enter a high-quality airtight container. If you notice any bugs appear in your airtight container, it's likely there were already microscopic weevil eggs in your food.
Can mold grow in airtight containers?
Spores are indeed everywhere. And your food wasn't sterile when you put in the container. So leave a "sealed" container with food long enough, and if there is enough water in the container, something will grow.
What are airtight containers used for?
The airtight lids keep foods, such as cookies, crackers, chips, and cereals form becoming stale for a longer period of time when stored at room temperature. Plastic containers work well for all types of storage. They store well together and can really help organize a storage area.
Can you store fruit in an airtight container?
Cherries: Keep in airtight container. Don't wash cherries until ready to eat – any added moisture encourages mold. Citrus: Store in a cool place with good airflow and never in an airtight container. Berries: Berries are fragile.
What is the safest food storage container?
Glass Storage ContainersSafest: Glass Storage Containers The safest choice for food storage is glass. A couple of years ago, glass food storage containers were hard to come by and expensive.
How do you store flour for years?
You can leave your flour in its original bag, but for long-term storage, it's best to move it to an air-tight container that can protect against smells (flour will absorb odors) and liquids from the freezer walls.
How do you know if a container is airtight?
What do you mean by airtight?
1 : impermeable to air or nearly so an airtight seal. 2a : having no noticeable weakness, flaw, or loophole an airtight argument. b : permitting no opportunity for an opponent to score an airtight defense.
Is it better to store food in glass or plastic?
Glass is generally safer than plastic when it comes to food storage. You can heat and re-heat glass containers over and over without worrying about any chemical leeching into your food, and they're more durable, so your containers won't be dyed or smell like food residue after a while of use.
Is a jar an airtight container?
Canning (Mason) jars will be airtight once the lid is screwed on only if the jar, lid, and ring are not compromised. However, there will still be air inside the jar. The only way to remove air from the jar is by following the safe canning practices recommended by the USDA, which forms a vacuum.
Do airtight containers work?
Keeping food in airtight containers slows down oxidation Plus, storing your food in airtight food containers help prevent rancidity, especially in oily and fatty foods, since oxidation is the reason why these foods go rancid.


text: The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of a game called Star Power to teach professional skills to mechanical engineering undergraduates. The game was conducted as an activity in a final year Professional Practice unit. A survey in the form of a questionnaire was administered to participating students in the following semester of studies after a summer break. The survey showed that the majority of the students believed they had improved their professional skills from playing Star Power. Although the game is typically used in the teaching of sociology, this study demonstrated that the game can provide a rich and versatile setting in which different elements of professional skills that are important to an engineer can be incorporated and developed.


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Why is the USS Arizona Underwater?
The USS Arizona is the resting place to hundreds of sailors. The Navy decided to leave them and the ship there after an inspection a few months after the attack. It was determined that there was so much damage taht the ship was a total loss and could not be salvaged. Though, it should be noted that some parts from the Arizona were taken for use on other ships during WWII.
After deciding that the ship could not be salvaged, was not a navigation risk and would be left where she was, the Navy had a decision about what to do with the men who perished on board. It was decided that the men would be considered buried at sea because it would be too difficult to remove them in a respectful manner.
The decision to leave the USS Arizona underwater at the bottom of Pearl Harbor was made after much deliberation. The same decision was made for the USS Utah. The USS Oklahoma was similarly sunk in the attack, but raised and put in drydock in 1943. In 1944, the USS Oklahoma was decommissioned. She eventually sunk to the bottom of the ocean as she was towed to the US mainland. All of the other ships sunk or damaged during the attack were returned to service.
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Customers can use Bealls Outlet Credit Card while shopping at Bealls Outlet stores. This card comes with the collaboration with Comenity Bank, which in fact, issues your credit account. Bealls Outlet Credit Card comes bundled with features like
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Definition of Prebasal
1. situated in front of a base [adj]
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1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"prebasal plate not exposed. a!.—Ventral pores not existing on segments beyond the... prebasal plate exposed at the middle, the basal plate being a little..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The femora; with apreapical and the tibia; with a prebasal and apical fuscous band, with close set fine hairs underneath on the venter and on antenna? and..."
3. The Myology of the Raven (Corvus Corax Sinuatus.): A Guide to the Study of by Robert Wilson Shufeldt (1890)
"Here, in the subject before us, a special slip is thrown off for attachment from the deep flexor tendon as it passes over the prebasal joint in question,..."
4. The Myriapoda of North America by Charles Harvey Bollman (1893)
"Coxal pores one, concealed ; prebasal plate concealed ; coxa of... prebasal plate concealed; anterior coxal pore hidden by ventral plate;..."
5. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1893)
"Coxal pores one, concealed ; prebasal plate concealed ; coxa of... prebasal plate concealed: anterior coxal poro hidden by ventral plate;..."
6. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1884)
"The prebasal ridge of d4 is developed on its outer two-thirds only, and is connected with the anterior lobe by a minute link. The anterior lobe, like all..."
7. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"... series of large silvery or buff spots ; there are also infra-mesial and prebasal series of similar spots, the latter usually smaller than the former...."
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The centre was started in 1941. Swami Krishnarupananda is its swami-in-charge.
 1. A library (with 3675 books) and a book showroom.
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Activities of the sub-centre at St. Julien D'Hotman:
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Interacting with Emotional Clients: The Importance of Empathy in Private Investigation
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Sometimes, the cases you take on as a private investigator are emotionally intense for those involved. It is likely that private investigators will often interact with distraught clients. While it is not one of the most glamorous parts of the job, how you interact with these distressed clients is an important part of your role as a private investigator. Below are a couple of reasons why treating your emotional clients with empathy is important and some tips to help you maintain compassion as you interact with your clients.
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The dictionary definition of empathy is "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." While you may not have experienced what your client is going through, taking the time to understand their perspective is not only respectful as a human being but also an important part of running your business effectively. Clients are more likely to return in the future when they feel the investigator handled their case with the utmost care and integrity. They are also more likely to divulge sensitive information that helps the case if they feel you are trustworthy. Handling cases with empathy can also be good for you, as an investigator. You will be …read more
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text: [en] T2 control charts are used to monitor a process when more than one quality variable associated with the process is being observed. Recent studies have shown that using variable sampling size (VSS) schemes results in charts with more statistical power for detecting small to moderate shifts in the process mean vector. This paper presents an economic-statistical design of T2 control charts with variable sample size and control limits (VSSC). We build a cost model of a VSSC T2 control chart for the purpose of economic-statistical design using the model of Costa and Rahim (J. Appl. Stat. 28:875–885, 2001). This cost model constructed involves the cost of false alarms, the cost of finding and eliminating an assignable cause, the cost associated with production in an out-of-control state, and the cost of sampling and testing. We optimize this model using a genetic algorithm approach. Furthermore, VSSC and VSS T2 charts are compared with respect to the expected cost per unit time.


What is Max assist?
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Maximal Assist: Maximal assist means that the physical therapist performs about 75 percent of the work during mobility and you perform 25 percent of the work. Minimal Assist: Minimal assist means that you perform 75 percent of the work to move and the physical therapist provides about 25 percent of the work.
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Regarding this, what does full assist mean?
Total Dependence (Two + Assist) Full performance by others during entire period. o Can be broken down into moderate assist (hands on assist required most of. the time by two persons to maintain task), heavy assist (high level of caution.
Secondly, what are FIM levels? The FIM is an 18-item ordinal scale, used with all diagnoses within a rehabilitation population. FIM scores range from 1 to 7 (1 = total assist and 7 = complete independence). The FIM measures independent performance in self-care, sphincter control, transfers, locomotion, communication, and social cognition.
Also Know, what are the three levels of assistance in transfers?
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 - Levels of Assistance. Independent, Supervision, Stand by assist/close guarding.
 - Independent. Patient is consistently able to perform the activity safely.
 - Supervision.
 - Stand by assist/close guarding.
 - Contact Guard Assist.
 - Minimal Assistance.
 - Moderate Assistance.
 - Maximal Assistance.
What is MOD independent?
Mod I = Modified Independence. Also: SBA = Standby Assistance, CGA = Contact Guard Assistance, Min A = Minimal Assistance, Max A = Maximal Assistance, Total A = Total Assistance or Totally Dependent.
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What are the 5 levels of medical care?
There are five levels, or echelons, of care, each progressively more advanced. Level I care provides immediate first aid at the front line. Level II care consists of surgical resuscitation provided by highly mobile forward surgical teams that directly support combatant units in the field.
What is a Level 1 patient?
Level 1 (PATIENTS at risk of their condition deteriorating, or those recently relocated from higher levels of care, whose needs can be met on an acute WARD with additional advice and support from the critical care team.) This level includes all complex PATIENTS requiring support for multi-organ failure.)
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What is a level 3 nursing home?
What is a Level 2 assisted living facility?
Assisted Living Level II facilities offer an intermediate level of care with some assistance with personal care and health care services. Assisted Living Level 2 facilities provide: 24-hour supervision (does not include 24-hour continuous visual monitoring) 24-hour assistance in obtaining emergency medical care.
What is ambulation and mobility?
Mobility is the ability to move (which could include just the arms, for instance), while ambulation means walking, specifically.
What does assisted ambulation mean?
To ambulate with assistance means to help an individual get on their feet and start walking with the help of someone else or something.
What general actions would you take when assisting a person to ambulate?
To help a patient back to bed, have patient stand with back of knees touching the bed. Grasp the gait belt and help patient into a sitting position, keeping your back straight and knees bent. Allowing a patient to rest after ambulation helps prevent fatigue.
What is the correct lifting equipment to use for a person who can weight bear but is not able to ambulate?
A sit to stand lifter, like the Quickraiser, is used for persons who are able to weight bear. A sling lifter is designed for people who are unable to participate in the transfer and cannot weight bear.
What does functional mobility mean?
Functional mobility is defined as the manner in which people are able to move around in the environment in order to participate in the activities of daily living and, move from place to place. Movements include standing, bending, walking and climbing.
What is physical assistance?
Physical Assistance Care for Seniors
Right at Home offers physical assistance services for seniors, elderly or disabled with the trust, reliability and responsiveness that you are looking for in a home care provider. Keeping a senior loved one mobile is an important part of elder care safety.
What is bed mobility physical therapy?
The ability to move around in bed is called bed mobility. Your physical therapist can work with you – in the clinic, in the hospital, or at home – to maximize your bed mobility. He or she may prescribe specific exercises to help improve the way you are able to scoot, roll, and sit up or lie down on your bed.
How do you care for an immobile patient?
Position the patient with the head of the bed elevated 30 to 45 degrees unless medically contraindicated; turn and reposition the patient every 2 hours. Besides supporting respiration, proper positioning and repositioning helps protect the skin and minimize the potential for breakdown.
What does mod I mean in physical therapy?
Modified Independent Mod I Patient completes task using device (e.g., staff; but no actual assistance (e.g., hand placed lightly on back to steady patient without actual support).
What is a good FIM score?
This score is a value that ranges between 18 and 126. The FIM score can also be further broken down based on its motor and cognitive components. The motor component of the FIM score can range between 13 and 91, while the cognitive component can range between 5 and 35.
How do I get FIM certified?
Credentialing and Re-Credentialing
Once you complete a workshop to become credentialed as a FIM or WeeFIM clinician, you must complete and pass a credentialing FIM or WeeFIM examination with a score of 80+%. After the workshop, you will be allocated a FIM ID.
What is the FIM used for?
Objective. The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) is an 18-item measurement tool that explores an individual's physical, psychological and social function. The tool is used to assess a patient's level of disability as well as change in patient status in response to rehabilitation or medical intervention.


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Experimental Study on Spark Assisted Compression Ignition (SACI) Combustion with Positive Valve Overlap in a HCCI Gasoline Engine
The spark-assisted compression ignition (SACI) is widely used to expend the high load limit of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), as it can reduce the high heat release rate effectively while partially maintain the advantage of high thermal efficiency and low NOx emission. But as engine load increases, the SACI combustion traditionally using negative valve overlap strategy (NVO) faces the drawback of higher pumping loss and limited intake charge availability, which lead to a restricted load expansion and a finite improvement of fuel economy. In this paper, research is focused on the SACI combustion using positive valve overlap (PVO) strategy. The characteristics of SACI combustion employing PVO strategy with external exhaust gas recirculation (eEGR) are investigated. Two types of PVO strategies are analyzed and compared to explore their advantages and defects, and the rules of adjusting SACI combustion with positive valve overlap are concluded.


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1) First of all, I have to construct the semi direct product "from H to Q", it is written has $H \lambda Q$ in my notes. I have $H = C_{17}, Q = C_2$.
So I did $Aut(C_{17}) = C_{16}$ and then you can see that 2 divides 16 and so you want to work out how many elements of order 2 there are in $C_{16}$. Doing $\varphi{16} = 2$ and so I have just 2 elements of order 2 in $C_{16}$ and so there are just 2 semi direct products. How do I know what these semi-direct products are? Am I right in assuming that one is the trivial semi direct product, i.e the direct product?
2) Another question, I have to say how many semi direct products there are from H to Q (same notation as before. I have
$H = C_{42}, Q = C_{3}$
So I then get $Aut(H) = C_6 \times C_2$. So from here, I can see that 3 doesn't divide 2 but divides 6 so I just look at that. I want the number of elements of order 3 in $C_6$. I get there are 3 elements of order 3. Assuming $C_6 = \{a,..., a^6\}$ then the elements of order 3 are $a^2, a^4$ and $a^6$. So from here I get there are three semi direct products for this question. My question is this though, lets assume I had something like $Aut(H) = C_6 \times C_3$, then how would I work this question out? As 3 divides 3 from the other $C_3$ so I can't just ignore it like in the question I had to do. What would I do here? I'm assuming I would have to work out the number of semi direct products in this, and then how would I combine the two?
EDIT: Oh hang on, I need to be able to work out the number of elements in a given order to be able to answer my second question don't I? Dang. Still can't do that :(
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Is $\,\phi 16=2\,$ meant to be "the Euler function of 16 is two"? Because it is completely wrong: a cyclic group of finite order $\,n\,$ has exactly one (cyclic, of course) subgroup of any order $\,d\,$ dividing $\,n\,$, and thus a cyclic group of even order has one unique subgroup of order two and thus one unique element of order two...od you meant something else? – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 21:56
Perhaps he means that there are two elements satisfying $x^2=1$, which do indeed give rise to the two semidirect products, one of which is a direct product? – Derek Holt Jan 6 '13 at 22:00
_USER_ Yeah it was, but I've kind of rushed it when I was typing and mixed everything up in my head, sorry. What I wrote on my paper was this: 2 divides 16 and so we want number of elements of order 2 in $C_{16}$. I.e $ord(a^k) = 2 = \frac{16}{(k, 16)}$. Re arranging this gives us $(k, 16) = 8$ and so we get two elements of order 2 in this semi direct product. The elements or order two that I get (just to show you I understand what I've done) are, if $C_{16} = \{a, a^2,..., a^{16} \}$, then the two elemnts are $a^8$ and $a^{16}$. I think thats correct. – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:03
No _USER_, it still isn't correct: $\,a^8\,$ is the only element of order two, whereas $\,a^{16}=1\,$ has order 1. Of course, and as Derek commented, you seem to be interested in elements which fulfil $\,x^2=1\,$. – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:08
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You seem to be seeking semidirect products $\,C_{17}\rtimes C_2\,$, for which we must know the possible homomorphisms $\,C_2\to\operatorname{Aut}(C_{17})\cong C_{16}\,$. Since $\,C_{16}\,$ has one single element of order $\,2\,$ there is one unique non-trivial homomorphism as above, which gives the non-abelian group of order $\,34\,$, determined by the action $\,c\cdot a=:a^c=a^{-1}\,\,,\,\,C_2=\langle c\rangle\,\,,\,\,C_{17}=\langle a\rangle \,$. Thus, we can say that
$$C_{17}\rtimes C_2=\left\{(c^i,a^j)\in C_{17}\times C_2\;\;;\;\;0\leq i\leq 16\,\,,\,0\leq j\leq 1\right\}$$
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The other homomorphism is the trivial one, which gives us the direct product $\,C_{17}\times C_2\cong C_{34}=$the cyclic group of order $\,34\,$
As for your second question: $\,\operatorname{Aut}(C_{42})\cong C_2\times C_6,\,$ so how many homomorphisms $\,C_3\to C_2\times C_6\,$ can you find?...
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How do you get this non abelian group? Where does the $a^c = a6{-1}$ comes from? Also, how do you know under what operation this comes? For your question, like I said, there would be 3 semi direct products. $C_6$ has two elements of order 3, $a^2, a^4$ and one element of order 1, $a^6$. The element of order 1 gives the direct product. The other two semi direct products would be commuting ones as they have the same order. I don't know what they would be though. I don't know the method to show this. – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:30
That was supposed to say, where does the $a^c = a^{-1}$ come from – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:36
It is known that any non-trivial homom. as described in the answer gives a non-abelian semidirect product, but you can prove it directly...An even-order automorphism group of a cyclic group has only one automorphism of order two: the involution (or inversion) automorphism, taking any element to its inverse...I don't understand your question "how do you know under what operation this comes"...The continuation is fine, but the two non-trivial semidirect products are isomorphic, so you get only one (up to isomorphism) non-abelian group in this way, AND the abelian one from the trivial hom. – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:39
That operation question was just, you wrote you get that semi direct product (SDP) under that operation. What does that basically mean? So with the other bit, there are two semi direct products, but one of them is non abelian, the other one is and the trivial homomorphism? Sorry, that bit didn't make much sense to me. Also, are they isomorphic as they both have the same order? – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:46
_USER_, I can't make a complete exposition about semidirect products here. There are excellent books that deal with it, look it up. Just for a taste: $$(c^i,a^j)(c^k,a^r):=(c^{i+(-1)^jk},a^{j+r})$$ since the action is inversion: $$(c^k)^{a^j}=c^{(-1)^jk}$$ as $\,(c^j)^a=c^{-j}\,\,,\,(c^j)^{a^2=1}=c^j\,$ – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:54
About your first question, you want to construct $$G=N\rtimes H$$ wherein $N=\Bbb Z_{17}=\langle n\rangle, H=\Bbb Z_{2}=\langle h\rangle$. You started correctly because we need some homomorphisms which can construct the proper relations for $G$'s. So you took $$\phi:H\to Aut(N)$$ You noted that correctly that $|Aut(N)|=16$ but we should be careful that any generators of $N$ would be mapped to


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Origin: slidan
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slide1 W3 past tense and past participle slid
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slide something across/along etc
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A localization method based on an enhanced particle filter incorporating tournament selection and Nelder-Mead simplex search (NM-EPF) for autonomous mobile robots navigating in a soccer robot game field is proposed in this paper. To analyze the environment, an omnidirectional vision device is mounted on top of the robot. Through detecting the white boundary lines relative to the robot in the game field, weighting for each particle representing the robot's pose can be iteratively updated via the proposed NM-EPF algorithm. Thanks to the hybridization effect of the NM-EPF, particles converge to the actual position of the robot in a responsive way while tackling uncertainties. Simulation and experiment results have confirmed that the proposed NM-EPF has better localization performance in the soccer robot game field in comparison to the conventional particle filter.
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|期刊||International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control|
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Let $Y$ be the number of heads in a an $X$ toss sequence of flipping a coin with probability $p$ of heads. Show that $Y \sim \mathrm{Pois}(p \lambda)$ if $X \sim \mathrm{Pois}(\lambda)$.
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This looks a lot like homework, and if so, please add the homework tag. Hint: Use the law of total probability to calculate $P\{Y = k\}$ from $P\{Y = k\mid X = n\}$ and the known values of $P\{X = n\}$. – Dilip Sarwate Feb 19 '13 at 13:54
Sure. Right, so that's what I have been doing, but it's not obvious. – darksky Feb 19 '13 at 13:56
Further hint: Can you tell what is the value of $P\{Y=10\mid X = 4\}$? How about $P\{Y=10\mid X=15\}$? You will need to use the fact that for a specific $k$, $P\{Y=k\mid X=n\}$ is zero for some choices of $n$, cancel some factorial terms in the rest, and sum a series. – Dilip Sarwate Feb 19 '13 at 14:02
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Note that $Y\mid X=x\sim\mathrm{bi}(x,p)$ for $x=0,1,\ldots$ and so $$ P(Y=k\mid X=x)=\binom{x}{k}p^k(1-p)^{x-k},\quad k=0,\ldots,x. $$ Thus $$ P(Y=k)=\sum_{x=k}^\infty P(Y=k\mid X=x)P(X=x)=\sum_{x=k}^\infty\frac{x!}{k!(x-k)!}p^k(1-p)^{x-k}\frac{\lambda^x}{x!}e^{-\lambda}, $$ which by letting $x!$ cancel out we can write as $$ \frac{p^k}{k!}e^{-\lambda}\sum_{x=k}^\infty \frac{1}{(x-k)!}(1-p)^{x-k}\lambda^x. $$ Now write $\lambda^x$ as $\lambda^{x-k}\lambda^k$ and do a change of index so the sum starts at $x=0$. Then you should end up with $$ \frac{(p\lambda)^k}{k!}e^{- p\lambda}. $$
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Well, your expression is actually incorrect. It should be $e^{- \lambda}$ – darksky Feb 19 '13 at 14:27
_USER_: You're right. I edited it, and it should be correct now. – Stefan Hansen Feb 19 '13 at 14:32
Can you please show some outline of the steps needed to go from second to the third line? – darksky Feb 19 '13 at 14:34
_USER_ The sum can be written as $$e^{-\lambda}{p^k\lambda^k\over k!}\sum_{j=0}^\infty {\bigl[((1-p)\lambda\bigr]^j\over j!}.$$(First cancel the $x!$. Then factor out $p^k e^{-\lambda}/k!$ and change indices in the sum.) – David Mitra Feb 19 '13 at 14:35
Thanks David! This is what I needed help with. – darksky Feb 19 '13 at 14:39
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It is easiest to use probability generating functions $\mathcal{P}_Z(t) = \sum_{m=0}^\infty t^m \mathbb{P}\left(Z=m\right) = \mathbb{E}\left(t^Z\right)$. The probability generating function of a binomial random variable equals $\left(1-p + p t \right)^n$. Thus: $$ \mathcal{P}_Y(t) = \mathbb{E}\left(t^Y\right) = \mathbb{E}\left(\mathbb{E}\left(t^Y|X\right)\right) = \mathbb{E}\left( (1-p+t p)^X\right) = \mathcal{P}_X(1-p+ t p) = \exp\left(\lambda \left( \left(1-p + t p \right) -1 \right) \right) = \exp\left(\lambda p (t-1) \right) $$ The latter is the probability generating function of $\operatorname{Poi}\left(\lambda p \right)$.
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Unfortunately, we haven't learned probability generating functions yet. – darksky Feb 19 '13 at 14:22
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