implementation has been used in several Oracle Solaris libraries. For example, a number of math interfaces that were once defined in are now vectored to the preferred implementation of the functions in
Defining Explicit Interposition
The default search model can result in instances of the same named symbol interposing on later instances of the same name. Even without any explicit labelling, interposition still occurs, so that one symbol definition is bound to from all references. This implicit interposition occurs as a consequence of the symbol search, not because of any explicit instruction the runtime linker has been given. This implicit interposition can be circumvented by direct bindings.
Although direct bindings work to resolve a symbol reference directly to an associated symbol definition, explicit interposition is processed prior to any direct binding search. Therefore, even within a direct binding environment, interposers can be designed, and be expected to interpose on any direct binding associations. Interposers can be explicitly defined using the following techniques.
The interposition facilities of the LD_PRELOAD environment variable, and the -z interpose option, have been available for some time. See Runtime Interposition. As these objects are explicitly defined to be interposers, the runtime linker inspects these objects before processing any direct binding.
Interposition that is established for a shared object applies to all the interfaces of that dynamic object. This object interposition is established when a object is loaded using the LD_PRELOAD environment variable. Object interposition is also established when an object that has been built with the -z interpose option, is loaded. This object model is important when techniques such as dlsym(3C) with the special handle RTLD_NEXT are used. An interposing object should always have a consistent view of the next object.
A dynamic executable has additional flexibility, in that the executable can define individual interposing symbols using the INTERPOSE mapfile keyword. Because a dynamic executable is the first object loaded in a process, the executables view of the next object is always consistent.
The following example shows an application that explicitly wants to interpose on the exit() function.
$ cat mapfile
$mapfile_version 2
 exit { FLAGS = INTERPOSE };
$ cc -o prog -M mapfile exit.c a.c b.c...
$ elfdump -y prog | fgrep exit
 [6] DI exit
The letter "I" indicates the interposing nature of this symbol. Presumably, the implementation of this exit() function directly references the system function _exit(), or calls through to the system function exit() using dlsym() with the RTLD_NEXT handle.
At first, you might consider identifying this object using the -z interpose option. However, this technique is rather heavy weight, because all of the interfaces exported by the application would act as interposers. A better alternative would be to localize all of the symbols provided by the application except for the interposer, together with using the -z interpose option.
However, use of the INTERPOSE mapfile keyword provides greater flexibility. The use of this keyword allows an application to export several interfaces while selecting those interfaces that should act as interposers.
Symbols that are assigned the STV_SINGLETON visibility effectively provide a form of interposition. See Table 12-20. These symbols can be assigned by the compilation system to an implementation that might become multiply instantiated in a number of objects within a process. All references to a singleton symbol are bound to the first occurrence of a singleton symbol within a process.


Population Density
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Social Studies is often where math collides with history and steps in to answer the age-old question: "When am I ever going to use this?" Your social studies student can practice reading maps, charts and more all-inclusive concepts with this population density map of Massachusetts.


Are Cats Color Blind? – Can Cats See Color?
A cats eye is an exceptional thing of beauty. But are cats color blind? Find out more below
It's become common knowledge that cats and dogs see color differently to humans. In fact, some humans don't see colors the same as others. So what about a cat's vision, are cats color blind and are they able to see color?
The short answer would be, yes, kind of. Cat's don't see colors as vibrantly as we do and they are unable to see black or white.
They're able to perceive different colors to a degree, and a good way to explain it is that they see color similar to a human who is diagnosed as color blind.
What Colors Do Cats See?
Similar to a human who is color blind, cats can see shades of blue and green. However, reds and pinks can confuse them, these colors may appear green and purples can look like blue.
To understand what colors cats can see, we must first understand what rods and cones are. Rods and cones are found inside the eye's retina, this is for both humans and animals.
The "rods" detect light and motion while the "cones" give the ability to determine different colors.
Cats have more rods than a human which is why we think they have night vision. It's a fact that cats can see exceptionally well in the dark compared to us. Humans have more cones than cats which gives us the ability to see a larger color spectrum.
Are dogs colorblind? No, dogs have the ability to see more than black, white and grey. However, their color range and vibrancy is not the same as humans. The canine color filed mostly consists of yellows, blues and violet colors.
So What Colors Do Cats See?
Well, we know that they don't see everything in greyscale and can actually see a large range of colors.
A cat won't see the same richness or saturation of colors as humans can but they do have color vision.
Want to take a look for yourself what a cat's ability to see is like? Here is an article that business insider wrote about it.
Are Cats Color Blind? – How Do They Know Cats Are Color Blind?
Science of course!
Believe it or not, scientists use sophisticated tests involving food and color panels. They tested dogs color blindness to see if they can sense different colors.
For example, if a dog could distinguish a light color panel they would get a treat. They repeated this over and over until they had their answer to are dogs color blind. They concluded that both dogs and cats are indeed color blind to a certain extent.
Scientists now believe that dogs and cats have the ability to see blues and greens, which means they have the ability to tell the difference between yellow and blue but not red and green.
What Do Cats See When They Look At Humans?
Are you sitting down? According to research from the University of Texas at Dallas, when shown a picture of their owners face and a strangers face their cats only recognized the owners face about 50% of the time.
In the above study, the same cats were shown images of a familiar cat and a strange cat. They selected the familiar cats face 90.7% of the time. The cats also choose an image of a familiar outdoor setting over an unfamiliar setting 85.8% of the time.
So human facial recognition isn't their strong point. Instead of recognizing our face cats use their other senses to recognize us. They pick up our individual scent, the sound of our voice and even the way we feel to identify us.
Cats Field of Vision
A cats filed of vision is slightly different from that of humans. Firstly their eyes are set further apart than ours meaning they instead of 180 degrees of vision we get, a cat will have 200 degrees. That means their peripheral vision is greater than ours.
The downs side to this for cats is the distance they are able to see.
How Far Can Cats See?
A cat's vision is 20/100 to 20/200, which means that a cat would have to be 20 feet from an object to see what a human can see from 100 feet or 200 feet away.
Things we see clearly from those distances would be blurry or dull for a cat. While this may seem like a liability to us humans, for a cat it's perfect for hunting.
Do Cats Have Night Vision?
As mentioned cats have more rod cells in their eyes than we do, making it easier to see in low light or the dark than we can. This gives them the ability to detect motion in these situations and increases their ability to hunt at night.
Cats are naturally most active at dusk and dawn and if you haven't noticed sleep most of the day. Over the thousands of years of their evolution, they have developed and inherited their visual acuity.
Ever seen a picture of a cat with those glowing eyes? Well, that's actually a reflection of the light caused by something called a tapetum lucidum. In simple terms, it's basically a mirror that reflects the light when its dark outside. That's what allows your cat to have great vision in the dark.
Lastly, they have a unique ability to open their Iris widely to let more light in, you might have seen that dramatic change in the shape of your cat's eyes. You'll typically see this when playing or your cats favorite cat toy.
Can Cats See in Total Darkness?
No, cats will still need some light to see. Compared to us they need exactly 1/6th of the amount of light we do to see. Their vision is really something special and what makes them incredible hunters.
When in total darkness, cats will call on their other incredible senses such as their hearing, smell and feel to navigate their way around.
What Colors Do Cats Like?
It's hard to say if a cat is attracted to one color more than another. If your cat has a preference in toys, it's probably due to the fact of the way it feels or smells rather than the color.
They are more attracted to movement and light, which explains why they go crazy when chasing a laser. Just don't let the laser shine in their eyes or yours.
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News Eagle - Hawley, PA
 - WAHS fall play - "The Process"
 - email print
 By Katie Collins
 News Eagle Reporter
 Students at Wallenpaupack Area High School will present a new kind of theater to the public in the upcoming weeks when they present "The Process" November, 29, 30 and December 1 and 2 in the Black Box Theatre.
 The production will be an improvisational play based on theater strategy often practiced in classrooms, says WAHS drama teacher, Allison Hoffmann. Improvisational drama is used to explore character, do problem solving and learn subject matter, Hoffmann explains.
 This type of show, Hoffmann says, is "long and drawn out improvisation" where characters are created and go through "different trials and tribulations" over a period of time. The students, Hoffmann says, are greeted with different obstacles, which may give them new insight into characters as the play goes on.
 Normally, improvisational acting is not performed for an audience, but because WAHS students love it so much, the fall show will be based on it.
 Hoffmann says every improvisational play is unique, because the actors do not use scripts, like they would with traditional plays or musicals. With each performance, things within the show may change as new situations arise or characters say different things.
 Aside from playing the lead roles, seniors Kait Kresse and Luke Bond will also be facilitators, which Hoffmann explains is typically her role in the classroom while doing process drama. The seniors will be mediators within the show, helping the other students and making sure the show runs smoothly.
 To Kresse, she says this kind of show is more complicated than any other show she has been part of because of what the actors have to be aware of with the changing of lines. She adds that she is usually "mentally exhausted" once done with play practice because the actors have to keep thinking on their feet.
 Bond agrees that the acting is more tiring because the actors have to continuously come up with their own lines throughout the production. But, Bond also says he finds the kind of play to be a lot more fun because of the "freedom to do what you want and be who you want." Usually, actors are given lines and have to stay true to them, he says, but now, the students will be able to make their characters into whomever they want, as long as they are realistic to the show.
 The plot of the play is a surprise, but an additional twist is that there will be a point where the audience will have the opportunity to be part of the show, if they want.
 Kresse calls the plot a "little extreme and weird to grasp at first." The students have been given a character, but they are responsible for creating a name and the character's background information.
 Page 2 of 2 - When Bond first heard of the play he says it was "weird and strange." But, as long as the students believe the play to be true, Bond says the audience will believe too. The play is an opportunity for people to expand their imaginations, he says.
 Rehearsals have consisted of more than just practicing scenes, because there was a large emphasis on practicing improvising so the students will be able to think on their "feet, accept ideas and believe" what they were doing Bond says. The students had to play "weird games and stuff" so they will be able to work with each other's ideas on stage, in order for there to be a "beginning, middle and an end of the story" he adds.
 Aside from the provisional acting, Bond is excited about the Black Box, with a new element of being "in the round," where the audience completely surrounds the actors as they perform.
 Kresse says being in the round is much different than being on stage because the actors will have to use tactics of balancing the stage and different ways of facing the audience so no audience member ever misses something.
 Bond says being in the round is "intricate and really different" because the audience will be much closer and so the actors will be able to see peoples' reactions. He says the round is "very different, but very exciting at the same time."
 Performances will be Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $5.00, but senior citizens are free. There are no reservations, but it is suggested that people arrive an hour prior to show time because there is limited seating in the Black Box.
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 1. The longest words with no repeated letters are dermatoglyphics, misconjugatedly and uncopyrightables. The longest word whose lettersare in alphabetical order is the eight-letter Aegilops, a grass genus. However, this is arguably both Latin and a proper noun.
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a default value to an argument in case isn't supplied:
function example(arg1) {
 arg1 || (arg1 = 'default value');
Example IE fallback in event handlers:
function onClick(e) {
 e || (e = window.event);
The following language features have been with us for a long time, all JavaScript implementations support them, but they weren't part of the specification until ECMAScript 5th Edition:
The debugger statement
Described in: § 12.15 The debugger statement
This statement allows you to put breakpoints programmatically in your code just by:
//...
//...
If a debugger is present or active, it will cause it to break immediately, right on that line.
Otherwise, if the debugger is not present or active this statement has no observable effect.
Multiline String literals
Described in: § 7.8.4 String Literals
var str = "This is a \
really, really \
long line!";
You have to be careful because the character next to the \ must be a line terminator, if you have a space after the \ for example, the code will look exactly the same, but it will raise a SyntaxError.
Not if it's null, if it's considered false. a = 0 || 42; will give you 42. This is comparable with Python's or, not C#'s?? operator. If you want the C# behavior, do a = (b === null)? c : b; – Armin Ronacher Sep 21 '08 at 22:18
sweet! works with firebug. – Rajat Dec 23 '09 at 18:55
Like the term "falsy" :) – Jonas Mar 12 '10 at 22:24
I wish there was proper || for undefined only. I was bitten by this today for 0, since I wanted to create emulation of overloaded method, so that the last argument was optional and a default value would be used instead. – egaga Apr 15 '10 at 3:47
I didn't know about the multiline string literal technique. That's fantastic, thanks. – Charlie Flowers Nov 26 '10 at 2:33
JavaScript does not have block scope (but it has closure so let's call it even?).
var x = 1;
 var x = 2;
alert(x); // outputs 2
That is a good one. It is a really important difference from most C like languages. – Martin Clarke Sep 14 '08 at 19:02
You can always do "var tmp = function() { /* block scope */ }();". The syntax is ugly, but it works. – Joeri Sebrechts Sep 30 '08 at 11:03
Or you can use "let" if it's Firefox only: stackoverflow.com/questions/61088/… – Eugene Yokota Oct 1 '08 at 0:42
or just: (function() { var x = 2; })(); alert(typeof x); //undefined – Pim Jager Jan 27 '09 at 23:17
You can access object properties with [] instead of.
This allows you look up a property matching a variable.
obj = {a:"test"};
var propname = "a";
var b = obj[propname]; // "test"
You can also use this to get/set object properties whose name is not a legal identifier.
obj["class"] = "test"; // class is a reserved word; obj.class would be illegal.
obj["two words"] = "test2"; // using dot operator not possible with the space.
Some people don't know this and end up using eval() like this, which is a really bad idea:
var propname = "a";
var a = eval("obj." + propname);
This is harder to read, harder to find errors in (can't use jslint), slower to execute, and can lead to XSS exploits.
It's interesting to note that dot-referencing is actually syntax sugar for the bracketref. foo.bar, according to the spec anyway, behaves just like foo["bar"]. also note that everything is a string property. even when you do array access, array[4], the 4 is converted to a string (again, at least according to ECMAScript v3 spec) – Claudiu Jun 24 '10 at 14:40
If you're Googling for a decent JavaScript reference on a given topic, include the "mdc" keyword in your query and your first results will be from the Mozilla Developer Center. I don't carry any offline references or books with me. I always use the "mdc" keyword trick to directly get to what I'm looking for. For example:
Google: javascript array sort mdc
(in most cases you may omit "javascript")
Update: Mozilla Developer Center has been renamed to Mozilla Developer Network. The "mdc" keyword trick still works, but soon enough we may have to start using "mdn" instead.
Fixed Google search link. – Ates Goral Sep 22 '09 at 19:06
Wow, great resource. Instantly better than crappy w3schools... – DisgruntledGoat Sep 22 '09 at 23:31
You don't even need to Google it, if you're on Firefox: just type "array mdc" into the address bar and hit Enter. – Sasha Chedygov Apr 10 '10 at 4:00
A propo this: promotejs.com, a grassroots SEO initiative to drive MDC results further up in Google search results. – Yahel Nov 11 '10 at 0:30
Now is the MDN doc center, so the'mdc' keyword is still valid :) – Aleadam Mar 14 '11 at 21:14
Maybe a little obvious to some...
Install Firebug and use console.log("hello"). So much better than using random alert();'s which I remember doing a lot a few years ago.
Just don't forget to remove the console statements before releasing your code to others who may not have Firebug installed. – Chris Noe Sep 22 '08 at 19:49
function log(msg) { if(console) console.log(msg) else alert(msg) } – Josh Sep 26 '08 at 21:33
Even better, precede log statements with ';;;' and then minify takes care of it for you. (At least, the Perl module I use has that feature, and claims it's commonplace.) – Kev Nov 10 '08 at 13:46
Josh: That won't work as console is not defined. You could check typeof console!== "undefined" or window.console. – Eli Grey Aug 13 '09 at 3:03
Always include: if (typeof('console') == 'undefined') { console = { log: function() { } }; } then you can continue to use console.log, and it just does nothing. – gregmac Sep 2 '09 at 4:37
Private Methods
An object can have private methods.
function Person(firstName, lastName) {
 this.firstName = firstName;
 this.lastName = lastName;
 // A private method only visible from within this constructor
 function calcFullName() {
 return firstName + " " + lastName;
 // A public method available to everyone
 this.sayHello = function () {
var person1 = new Person("Bob", "Loblaw");
// This fails since the method is not visible from this scope
That's not really a private function - it's more a function variable in a local scope. – Keith Sep 15 '08 at 16:28
True but by all operational definitions I can think of that's a method. It's a block of code with a name that has access to instance state and can only be seen by that instance. What's your definition of a private method? – Allain Lalonde Sep 17 '08 at 22:44
_USER_, exactly! It's easy, after spending years working with class-based OO languages, to forget that they are merely one implementation of OO concepts. Of course, the various libraries that attempt to cram quasi-class-based OO into JS don't help either... – Shog9 Sep 20 '08 at 22:23
Just wondering, does person1 have a Law Blog? ;-) – travis Sep 23 '08 at 16:11
+1 for the arrested development reference – Domenic Feb 28 '10 at 2:19
Also mentioned in Crockford's "Javascript: The Good Parts":
parseInt() is dangerous. If you pass it a string without informing it of the proper base it may return unexpected numbers. For example parseInt('010') returns 8, not 10. Passing a base to parseInt makes it work correctly:
parseInt('010') // returns 8! (in FF3)
parseInt('010', 10); // returns 10 because we've informed it which base to work with.
When doing code reviews, always look for this one. Leaving off the ", 10" is a common mistake that goes unnoticed in most testing. – Doug Domeny Jun 25 '09 at 14:31
Why not use Math.floor or Number? 10 === Math.floor("010"); 10 === Number("010"); floats: 42 === Math.floor("42.69"); 42.69 === Number("42.69"); – just somebody Dec


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So you'd like to dive right into a mystery novel but have no ''clue'' where to start? Mystery fiction is a category of literature which involves solving crimes or puzzles by a process of observation, sleuthing, and the discovery of clues.
Read more about mystery fiction at wikipedia.org
Mystery Fiction Subgenres
* Detective Fiction: features main characters who are either professional private investigators or amateur sleuths.
** Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
** Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie
* Women Detective Fiction: mystery novels in which the protagonists are female.
** Kay Scarpetta novels by Patricia Cornwell
** Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich
** Kinsey Milhone novels by Sue Grafton
* Cozies (singular: cozy): take place in a small town, country village, or a rural setting.
* Police/Procedural Fiction

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


Infield Defense in PARTs: A Major Update to Defensive Runs Saved Coming Soon
A major update is coming soon to Baseball Info Solutions' Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) system to improve our evaluation of infield defense.
Currently, DRS does not account for infielder positioning, thus relying on one "Range & Positioning" component to assess a fielder's ability to convert batted balls into outs. It also considers shift plays entirely as a team defense, attributing runs saved/lost to the team overall.
That, however, is about to change. We'll be breaking the DRS system into PARTs.
PART stands for Positioning, Air Balls, Range, and Throwing. This new system isolates each of these elements for individual fielders. It also allows us to evaluate how individual players perform defensively in shifts. BIS has been charting pre-pitch infielder positioning since 2013, which makes it possible for positioning to be evaluated.
Given that positioning is largely controlled by the team rather than individual player, it is now its own separate component. Positioning Runs Saved will be added to the team's DRS total, but not the individual player's total. Thus, an infielder's DRS is now the sum of:
* His Air Ball Runs Saved
* His Range Runs Saved
* His Throwing Runs Saved
How does this change the way we think about infield defense? We are transitioning from evaluating "how often did a player make that play?" to "how often did a player make that play given where he was positioned?" Additionally, we're able to evaluate all infield plays, not just ones involving an unshifted defense. The result, we believe, is a more accurate overall depiction of defensive performance.
How do we actually estimate the effects of positioning? The system evaluates the chance a play would be made without considering fielder positioning (using information about the batted ball's trajectory, location, and velocity and the batter's speed) and compares it to the chance it would be made considering those variables and the fielder's positioning. If a batted ball is estimated to be a high percentage out, but a fielder isn't close to it, then the team will get penalized in the form of Positioning Runs Saved—but the fielder will not.
What does all this look like in action? Let's consider Matt Chapman of the Oakland A's, one of baseball's top defensive players.
The current DRS system awarded him 18 Defensive Runs Saved for 2019. The new system, however, will have him at 34 Defensive Runs Saved. Stripping out positioning and including shift plays gives Chapman a significant boost.
Here's the breakdown at how we arrive at the new number:
* Range Runs Saved: +19
(+11 in non-shifts, +8 in shifts)
* Throwing Runs Saved: +11
(+10 in non-shifts, +1 in shifts)
* Air Ball Runs Saved: 0
* Other Runs Saved: +4
(Good Fielding Plays/Defensive Misplays, Double Plays, Bunts)
* Total Defensive Runs Saved: +34
What doesn't get included here is positioning, and the system calculates that Chapman accumulated -13 Positioning Runs Saved (-10 in non-shifts, -3 in shifts). Again, this number will still be included in the team total, but the individual player will not be penalized for it.
We can also see the gains for Chapman from including shift plays, as he was +8 for Range and +1 for Throwing in shifts. Even though the A's shifted the least of any team per BIS charting, that's a significant Runs Saved total that was previously uncredited to Chapman.
This data for Chapman and all other Major League players will soon be rolling out on, and it will also be featured in The Fielding Bible – Volume V (coming in the spring of 2020) and in The Bill James Handbook 2020 (out November 1).
 - Steve, the basis still does revolve around batted ball location, but it's more granular than traditional zones and there's also consideration for the trajectory and speed of the batted ball, among other variables.
 1. What is the process of ensuring that infielder positioning data is correct? Does this system use Statcast data for infielder positioning? If not, how is that data entered?
 - George, unfortunately we can't use Statcast data for our public metrics if the data isn't fully publicly available, and in this case, fielder positioning coordinates aren't fully available. The data is charted via video by our Video Scouts, with each positioning point being evaluated by two separate people to ensure it's as correct and complete as we can make it.
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1. Working with.m Files in LabVIEW
Although LabVIEW is a development environment built around a graphical programming language, LabVIEW also allows you to create.m files and work with text-based math. One way to work with text-based math in LabVIEW is through a script node interface. Script nodes combine text-based.m files with traditional LabVIEW graphical programming. Script nodes are resizable text-entry regions you can add to LabVIEW block diagrams.
One type of script node, the MATLAB script node, calls the MATLAB® software to execute scripts. You must have a licensed copy of the MATLAB software installed on your computer to use MATLAB script nodes because the script nodes invoke the MATLAB software script server to execute scripts written in the MATLAB language syntax.
You also can create scripts in LabVIEW with LabVIEW MathScript. LabVIEW MathScript is a text-based language you can use to write functions and scripts for use in the LabVIEW MathScript Window or MathScript Node. MathScript Nodes can process many of your text-based scripts created in a MATLAB or compatible environment. However, because the MathScript RT Module engine does not support all functions supported by the MATLAB software, some functions in your existing scripts might not be supported. You can implement such functions with a Formula Node or another script node. You can use the LabVIEW Application Builder and MathScript to build stand-alone applications and shared libraries that include functionality defined in.m files.
You can interact with MathScript in several different ways. Use the LabVIEW MathScript Window for an interactive interface in which you can load, save, develop, and execute.m file scripts. Use the MathScript Node to utilize the graphical programming environment in LabVIEW and to deploy.m file scripts as part of a stand-alone application.
The following section offers a brief walk-through of the LabVIEW MathScript Window. Later sections in this tutorial discuss the MathScript Node.
MATLAB® is a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
2. Working in the LabVIEW MathScript Window
The Getting Started window appears when you launch LabVIEW. Use this window to create new VIs and projects, select among the most recently opened LabVIEW files, find examples, and launch the LabVIEW Help. You also can access information and resources to help you learn about LabVIEW, such as specific manuals, help topics, and resources on the National Instruments Web site.
Opening the LabVIEW MathScript Window
- Select Tools»MathScript Window to display the LabVIEW MathScript Window.
- The LabVIEW MathScript Window includes a Command Window in the lower left corner. Enter the following command in the Command Window and press the key:
t = 1:10
- Notice that the result of the command you entered appears in the Output Window, located just above the Command Window. The result of this command is a vector of ten elements, where the elements start at 1 and end at 10 with a step size of 1.
- Locate the tabs labeled Variables, Script, and History at the top right of the LabVIEW MathScript Window. Click the Variables tab to display the Variables page. This page displays a list of all variables you define and previews variables that you select.
- Notice that the variable list contains an entry for the t vector you defined in step 2. Click the t in the variable list to display the contents of t in the Preview Pane located in the lower right corner of the LabVIEW MathScript Window.
- Enter the following commands in the Command Window. Press the key at the end of each line.
After you press the key, LabVIEW displays each command in the Output Window. LabVIEW does not display the output for each command because the semicolon at the end of each line directs LabVIEW to suppresses the output.
- On the Variables page, click the local variable y. Then modify the view options on the Variables page to view the contents of the y variable as a graph or as numerical elements, as shown in the following figure. You also can use these different views to modify the contents of the variable.
Working with Multi-Line Scripts
The previous exercise demonstrated how to use the Command Window to enter commands and view the output for these commands. The exercise also showed how to view and modify the contents of variables. The following exercise shows how to use the Script Editor to enter multi-line scripts and create larger, more involved scripts. Complete the following steps to create a multi-line script, run the script, and then display the results in several different display formats.
- Click the Script tab to display the Script page.
- Copy and paste the following file script into the Script Editor on the Script page. Notice the script includes percent signs (%) that precede lines of comments. Use these comments to include help documentation for the script.
% This example calculates and graphs the theoretical
% BER plots for two types of communication
% systems (BPSK and QPSK)
Eb_over_No_in_dB = [0:14];
% Purposes of the x-axis of the plot
% PSK is antipodal
xant = sqrt(2.*Eb_No);
% QPSK is orthogonal
xorth = sqrt(Eb_No);
% Use the erfc function as equivalent to
% Q function
Qant = 0.5*erfc(xant/sqrt(2));
Qorth = 0.5*erfc(xorth/sqrt(2));
% Plot the first result
% Keep the same plot in graph
% plot the second one
grid on; hold on;
v = axis;
axis([v(1:2) 10^-6.1])
xlabel('Eb/N0 in dB');
ylabel('Probability of bit error')
- Click the Run button to execute the script, as shown in the following figure.
The example script plots the theoretical value of bit error rate (BER) from a digital communication system with two different digital modulation schemes.
This example invokes several built-in functions for math, graph formatting, and other tasks. MathScript includes built-in functions for a variety of tasks, including categories such as advanced math, approximation, audio, basic math, bitwise operations, Boolean operations, utility commands, relational operators, data acquisition, digital signal processing, digital filter design, digital filter implementation, combinatorial geometry, interfacing with shared libraries (DLLs), linear algebra, linear systems, matrix operations, set membership, modeling/prediction, ODE, optimization, plotting, polynomial operations, programming constructs, resampling functions, set operations, string manipulation, support functions, time/date functions, timing functions, transforms, trigonometric functions, vector analysis, waveform generation, and window generation.
In addition to the built-in MathScript functions, you also can define functions in.m files. Complete the following steps to define a function in a.m file.
- Delete all commands on the Script Editor page. Then copy and paste the following script into the Script Editor. The script defines a function named rad2deg. This function converts an input parameter rad to degrees and returns the result in the deg output.
function deg = rad2deg(rad)
% This is a Comment
% This function converts from radians to degrees.
deg = rad.*180./pi;
- Click the Save button to save the function as rad2deg.m in the LabVIEW Data directory. By default, LabVIEW searches the LabVIEW Data directory for user-defined functions and user-defined scripts.
NOTE: Use the MathScript: Search Paths Options page to configure the default search path list for MathScript. Select File»LabVIEW MathScript Properties to display the LabVIEW MathScript Properties dialog box and select MathScript: Search Paths from the Category list to display this page.
- In the Command Window, enter the following commands and press the key after each command.
Result of the Command
Invokes the user-defined function you previously defined.
Returns the first commented paragraph as the help documentation for the user-defined function.
Invokes the user-defined function that you previously defined with a function call ("linspace") as a parameter.
The user-defined function rad2deg now is available as a function you can call from scripts.
3. MathScript Tips
This section contains a few tips for using the LabVIEW MathScript Window. The following tips might be useful as you work in the LabVIEW MathScript Window.
- Place the cursor in the Command Window and use the Up and Down arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll through the command history.
- Right click the Preview Pane on the Variables page and select Undock Window from the shortcut menu to display the variable in a separate window that you can resize.
4. Trying Out.m File Scripts
There are several online and local options that allow you to test your user-defined scripts in MathScript. Refer to the Use Fully Featured LabVIEW MathScript Today Developer Zone document (linked below) for more information about these options.
5. Using the MathScript Node, Part I
Have you ever wanted to interactively change the value of a parameter and immediately see the response? Have you ever wanted to test the algorithm in a user-defined script with real acquired data?
With LabVIEW, you can choose the most effective syntax for technical computing whether you are developing algorithms, exploring signal processing concepts, or analyzing results. You can combine LabVIEW graphical programming with LabVIEW MathScript.
You can use the MathScript Node to combine textual algorithms with LabVIEW graphical programming. You then can use knobs, slides, buttons, graphics, and other controls and indicators to instrument.m file scripts.
Creating the User Interface
This section describes how to build an example in LabVIEW that highlights the benefits of combining text-based MathScripts with LabVIEW graphical programming.
Complete the following steps to create controls and indicators in a

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10 Tallest Women Recorded in History and Their Gut-Wrenching Stories
Do you know Sandra Elaine Allen was recognized by the Guinness World Record for being the tallest woman in her era? She was 7 feet 7 inches tall.
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10 Tallest Women Recorded in History and Their Gut-Wrenching Stories
You might be somewhere around 5 or 6 feet tall, but there are people in the world who are over 8 feet and gained the spotlight for this reason. While some of them acted in movies, others began to earn early due to their unique physical appearance.
You would be amazed to know that the human body undergoes several changes until the person dies. Whether you are 4 ft or 8 ft, changes in the body are natural, and there is nothing that you can do for that.
Likewise, you don't need to do something extraordinary to add your name to the Guinness Book of World Records; sometimes, your height could do this for you.
Let us know about the tallest women in the world and the truth behind their death.
1. Ella Ewing - 8 feet 4 inches
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Ella Kate Ewing was a Missouri woman, real-life giant, and also the world's tallest female of her era. She was the only child of Anna Eliza and Benjamin F. When she was young: her family moved to Scotland County. Her abnormality appears after her 7th birthday.
When she turned 14, her height crossed other children, her parents, and other people measuring 6 ft 10 inches. Her height was a matter of dispute. Some claimed her height to be over 8 ft, but her mother said that her height growth stopped when she was 22, at 8ft 4 inches tall.
However, the Guinness Book of Records stated that she measured 7ft 4 inches tall and might have reached 8feet ¾ inches tall by the time she died. Her professional career started when she was 22, and a museum owner from Chicago offered $1000 for a 27-day appearance at his establishment.
2. Trijntje Keever- 8 feet 2 inches
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Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever is recognized as the tallest woman in history, measuring 8 feet 2 inches tall. She was the daughter of Anna Pouwels and Cornelis Keevera and died at the age of 17. Her parents took her to carnivals to earn money by allowing people to see her. She gained attention when she was nine years old and reached 6 ft 7 inches.
3. Zeng Jinlian - 8 feet 1 ¾ inch
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She was the tallest woman recognized in modern times. She was born in 1964 and lived until 1982. She belonged to Yujiang village in the Bright Moon Commune, Hunan Province, China. She began to grow when she was four months old and could lift 110lb when she was only 18 months old.
Her mother was 5ft 2½ inches, and her father was 5ft 2 inches tall. His brothers were born normal. She suffered from scoliosis and could not stand up straight. She was 8feet and 1¾ inch tall.
4. Anna Haining Bates - 7 feet 11 inches
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Anna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman and another tallest woman known for her great stature of 7feet and 11 inches. During her birth, she weighed 16 pounds and was the third of 16 children. On her 4th birthday, she was over 4 feet.
By her 15th birthday, she was 7 feet tall. She was excellent in music and literature and has also learned piano and acting lessons. In 1877, she and her husband purchased 53 ha of land and designed furniture according to their specifications.
The main part of the house had 4.3m ceilings, while the doors were 2.4m tall. She conceived two children with Martin. The first child was a girl who died during birth. The next year, she delivered a boy who survived only for 11 hours. He was the largest newborn ever recorded at 10.7 kgs and nearly 30 inches tall. She died suddenly of heart failure in her sleep, one day before her 42nd birthday.
5. Sandra Elaine Allen - 7 feet 7 inches
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Sandra Elaine Allen was an American actress and writer, recognized for her tall height. She wrote a book and grabbed the title of the tallest woman in the world for 16 years of her life. She was tall-heightened due to a tumor in a pituitary gland that caused it to release growth hormone uncontrollably.
When she turned 22, she underwent surgery. Unfortunately, her height continued to grow, and she suffered from medical problems related to gigantism. Here are some rare medical conditions that could occur at any age.
She mostly performed in the circus and was also featured in the movie Side Show and the American documentary film Being Different. In later years, she used a wheelchair because her tall legs didn't support her tall statue in a standing position. On 13th August 2008, she died due to a blood infection, kidney failure, and breathing troubles.
6. Carolina Rascón - 7 feet 5 inches
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Carolina Rascón belonged to a small mining village in Mexico and measured 7ft 5 inches tall. Not enough is known about her as she lived back in 1944.
7. Delores Pullard - 7 feet 5 inches
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Delores Pullard was 7ft 5 inches, but everyone said that she was 8ft tall. She was the tallest woman in the world back then and passed away in 1971 after surgery complications.
8. Maria Fassnauer - 7 and a half feet
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Maria Fassnauer was considered the tallest woman of her time. She was born to Josef and Theresia in Ridanna. When she was 21 years old, she was taken into service along with her sister as a waitress and as an attraction to be exhibited at receptions.
Between 1906 to 1913, she toured fairs in Germany, England, and Austria in the traditional South Tyrolean costume on which they made her wear a male hat to give more attention to her height. After several health problems, she returned to her country and spent her last years. She died on the family farm when she was 38 years old due to heart failure.
9. Malee Duangdee - 6 feet 8 inches
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Measuring 6 feet 8 inches tall, Malee Duangdee was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest woman in the world. She died of a heart attack in her hometown at the age of 24.
The doctors said she had a long history of chronic diseases, including heart attack, brain tumor, and other diseases. Her tragic death also followed several illnesses related to high blood pressure.
10. Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova - 6 feet 8 inches
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She is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player and also the third tallest player in the league. Born in the village of Shpakovskaya and grew up in Tosno, Maria wears size 15 (US) shoes and is 6ft 8 inches tall. The other players in the league are 7 ft and nearly 6 feet 10 inches tall.
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The Sociological Analysis of Universal Celebration of International Workers' Day
Timothy Ojewuyi Blessing
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The Sociological Analysis of Universal Celebration of International Workers' Day
Sociologically, the purposes of holidays are to cease the everyday activities, to stop work and have a break that is recognised and endorsed by others. Holiday is an inseparable part of building a strong bond between family, and our community. It gives us a sense of being as an important part of the community and a way to express what is important to us. Holiday is an invaluable tool for a macro-sociological analysis because it reflects a society's attributes and also serve to modify these attributes. Holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance. This means that, with every holiday, there must be an historical events behind it.
The historical event behind International Workers' Day was an ancient European spring festival and it became manifested with the conscious efforts of socialist and communist groups that demanded a time for honouring workers and the working class. The holiday became universally promoted with the efforts of International Workers Association in 1904 to commemorate the socio-historic man slaughter of protesting labourers in Haymarket Square in Chicago, USA in 1886 by calling on "all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the eight-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace."
Therefore, the first of May is a widely recognised as a public and national holiday in many sovereign countries across the globe. In fact, over 90 countries out of 195 countries in the world recognised May 1st as a public holiday. Though, some countries regarded it as a labour day while some called it International Workers' Day.
From my sociologist perspective, the celebration of International Workers' Day is a conscious effort of integrating labourers and workers into the community since they are vital part of the bigger society. Durkheim is of the opinion that collective consciousness is crucial in explaining the existence of the society because it does not only produces society but it also holds it together. With holiday like this, labourers and workers feel delighted as being part of the wider community of the world and it will definitely abolish what Durkheim called Egoistic suicide and Fatalistic Suicide.
According to Durkheim egoistic suicide is when a man becomes socially isolated or feels that he has no place in the society and he destroys or kills himself. This is the kind of suicide committed by self-centred person who lacks altruistic feelings and he/she is usually cut off from main stream of the society. While Fatalistic suicide is the type of suicide that is due to overregulation in society. The examples of fatalistic suicide are under the overregulation of a society, when a servant or slave commits suicide, when a barren woman commits suicide. Perhaps, that is why Durkheim argued that human beings become aware of one another as social beings, not just animals through their collective consciousness.
Also, the activities on the day, that is 1st of May, bring about unity, peace and sense of belonging. On the day, most citizens in different countries do engage in different public and group activities like parade, marches, public lectures and family shopping. Parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and sometimes accompanied by bands, floats or a large of balloons basking in the celebration of the day while in some other countries like Nigeria public lecture is staged where the president in the spirit of National May Day Celebration will address the nation in Abuja, the capital city at the Eagle Square. The president himself will be there to give a speech, and thousands of people will crowd the square to hear him, also, there are numerous events across Nigeria on this day, organized by schools, labour unions, hospitals, and various other institutions in Nigeria to make the day a memorable one.
As a reflection of holiday, most people also use the opportunity of "no work routine" to spend qualitative and quantitative time with their families. Families can decide to visit amusement parks, zoological garden, cinema, shopping mall, dam, Lake, beach, game reserve or any other places of interest that can unite the family and also bring peace of mind.
In conclusion, one will agree that International Workers Day celebration is a part of social inclusion that will give workers and labourers sense of belonging to the community. It will remove sense of inferiority, promotes contempment, satisfaction and brings about social recognition. Inwood (1992: 245-47) and Margalit (2001: 128-129) discuss the meaning of recognition as the act of acknowledging or respecting another being, such as when we 'recognise' someone's status, achievements or rights. Definitely, international Workers Day celebration gives labourers and workers the recognition and sense of belonging that they deserve because they are people that their activities can either make or mar the progress of any nation.
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Sometimes one needs to simulate a Poisson point process on a disk. I know I often do. A disk or disc, depending on your spelling preference, is isotropic or rotationally-invariant, so a lot of my simulations of a Poisson point process happen in a circular simulation window when I am considering such a setting. For example, maybe you want to consider a single wireless receiver in a Poisson network of wireless transmitters, which only cares about the distance to a transmitter. Alternatively, maybe you want to randomly sprinkle a virtual cake. What to do? A Poisson point process on a disk is the answer.
I will simulate a Poisson point process with intensity \(\lambda>0\) on a disk with radius \(r>0\). The simulation steps are very similar to those in the previous post where I simulated a homogeneous Poisson point process on a rectangle, and I suggest going back to that post if you are not familiar with the material. The main difference between simulation on a rectangle and a disk is the positioning of the points, but first we'll look at the number of points.
Number of points
The number of points of a Poisson point process falling within a circle of radius \(r>0\) is a Poisson random variable with mean \(\lambda A\), where \(A=\pi r^2\) is the area of the disk. As in the rectangular case, this is the most complicated part of the simulation procedure. But as long as your preferred programming language can produce (pseudo-)random numbers according to a Poisson distribution, you can simulate a homogeneous Poisson point process on a disk.
To do this in MATLAB, use the poissrnd function with the argument \(\lambda A\). In R, it is done similarly with the standard function rpois. In Python, we can use either the scipy.stats.poisson or numpy.random.poisson function from the SciPy or NumPy libraries.
Locations of points
We need to position all the points randomly and uniformly on a disk. In the case of the rectangle, we worked in Cartesian coordinates. It is then natural that we now work in polar coordinates. I'll denote the angular and radial coordinate respectively by \(\theta\) and \(\rho\). To generate the random angular (or \(\theta\)) values, we simply produce uniform random variables between zero and one, which is what all standard (pseudo-)random number generators do in programming languages. But we then multiply all these numbers by \(2\pi\), meaning that all the numbers now fall between \(0\) and \(2\pi\).
To generate the random radial (or \(\rho\)) values, a reasonable guess would be to do the same as before and generate uniform random variables between zero and one, and then multiply them by the disk radius \(r\). But that would be wrong.
Before multiplying uniform random variables by the radius, we must take the square root of all the random numbers. We then multiply them by the radius, generating random variables between \(0\) and \(r\). (We must take the square root because the area element of a sector or disk is proportional to the radius squared, and not the radius.) These random numbers do not have a uniform distribution, due to the square root, but in fact their distribution is an example of the triangular distribution, which is defined with three real-valued parameters \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\), and for our case, set \(a=0\) and \(b=c=r\).
In summary, if \(U\) and \(V\) are two independent uniform random variables on \((0,1)\), then random point located uniformly on a disk of radius \(r\) has the polar coordinates \((r\sqrt(U), 2\pi V)\).
From polar to Cartesian coordinates
That's it. We have generated polar coordinates for points randomly and uniformly located in a disk. But to plot the points, often we have to convert coordinates back to Cartesian form. This is easily done in MATLAB with the pol2cart function. In languages without such a function, trigonometry comes to the rescue: \(x=\rho\cos(\theta)\) and \(y=\rho\sin(\theta)\).
Equal x and y axes
Sometimes the plotted points more resemble points on an ellipse than a disk due to the different scaling of the x and y axes. To fix this in MATLAB, run the command: axis square. In Python, set axis('equal') in your plot; see this page for a demonstration.
I'll now give some code in MATLAB, R and Python, which you can see are all very similar
%Simulation window parameters r=1; %radius of disk xx0=0; yy0=0; %centre of disk areaTotal=pi*r^2; %area of disk %Point process parameters lambda=100; %intensity (ie mean density) of the Poisson process %Simulate Poisson point process numbPoints=poissrnd(areaTotal*lambda);%Poisson number of points theta=2*pi*(rand(numbPoints,1)); %angular coordinates rho=r*sqrt(rand(numbPoints,1)); %radial coordinates %Convert from polar to Cartesian coordinates [xx,yy]=pol2cart(theta,rho); %x/y coordinates of Poisson points %Shift centre of disk to (xx0,yy0) xx=xx+xx0; yy=yy+yy0; %Plotting scatter(xx,yy); xlabel('x');ylabel('y'); axis square;
Note: it is a bit tricky to write "<-" in the R code (as it automatically changes to the html equivalent in the HTML editor I am using), so I have usually used "=" instead of the usual "<-".
_TAG_ window parameters r=1; _TAG_ of disk xx0=0; yy0=0; _TAG_ of disk areaTotal=pi*r^2; _TAG_ of disk _TAG_ process parameters lambda=100; _TAG_ (ie mean density) of the Poisson process _TAG_ Poisson point process numbPoints=rpois(1,areaTotal*lambda);_TAG_ number of points theta=2*pi*runif(numbPoints);_TAG_ of Poisson points rho=r*sqrt(runif(numbPoints));_TAG_ coordinates of Poisson points _TAG_ from polar to Cartesian coordinates xx=rho*cos(theta); yy=rho*sin(theta); _TAG_ centre of disk to (xx0,yy0) xx=xx+xx0; yy=yy+yy0; _TAG_ par(pty="s") plot(xx,yy,'p',xlab='x',ylab='y',col='blue');
Of course, with the amazing spatial statistics library spatstat, simulating a Poisson point process in R is even easier.
library("spatstat"); _TAG_ spatial statistics library _TAG_ Poisson "point pattern" object ppPoisson=rpoispp(lambda,win=disc(radius=r,centre=c(xx0,yy0))) plot(ppPoisson); _TAG_ point pattern object _TAG_ x/y values from point pattern object xx=ppPoisson$x; yy=ppPoisson$y;
Actually, you can even do it all in two lines: one for loading the spatstat library and one for creating and plotting the point pattern object.
Note: "lambda" is a reserved word in Python (and other languages), so I have used "lambda0" instead.
import numpy as np; _TAG_ package for arrays, random number generation, etc import matplotlib.pyplot as plt _TAG_ plotting _TAG_ window parameters r=1; _TAG_ of disk xx0=0; yy0=0; _TAG_ of disk areaTotal=np.pi*r**2; _TAG_ of disk _TAG_ process parameters lambda0=100; _TAG_ (ie mean density) of the Poisson process _TAG_ Poisson point process numbPoints = np.random.poisson(lambda0*areaTotal);_TAG_ number of points theta=2*np.pi*np.random.uniform(0,1,numbPoints); _TAG_ coordinates rho=r*np.sqrt(np.random.uniform(0,1,numbPoints)); _TAG_ coordinates _TAG_ from polar to Cartesian coordinates xx = rho * np.cos(theta); yy = rho * np.sin(theta); _TAG_ centre of disk to (xx0,yy0) xx=xx+xx0; yy=yy+yy0; _TAG_ plt.scatter(xx,yy, edgecolor='b', facecolor='none', alpha=0.5 ); plt.xlabel("x"); plt.ylabel("y"); plt.axis('equal');
The third edition of the classic book Stochastic Geometry and its Applications by Chiu, Stoyan, Kendall and Mecke details on page 54 how to uniformly place points on a disk, which they call the radial way. The same simulation section appears in the previous edition by Stoyan, Kendall and Mecke (Chiu didn't appear as an author until the current edition), though these books in general have little material on simulation methods. There is the book Spatial Point Patterns: Methodology and Applications with R written by spatial statistics experts Baddeley, Rubak and Turner, which covers the spatial statistics (and point process simulation) R-package spatstat.


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Definition of teredo
noun(plural teredos) Zoology
- a wormlike bivalve mollusk with reduced shells that it uses to drill into wood. It can cause substantial damage to wooden structures and vessels. Also called shipworm.
- Genus Teredo, family Teredinidae: several species, in particular T. navalis
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek terēdōn; related to teirein 'rub hard, wear away'


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A typical U.S. family spends about $1,900 a year on home utility bills, and a large part of that energy is wasted. Beyond your pocketbook to the environment, electricity generated by fossil fuels for a single home puts more carbon dioxide into the air than two average cars.
Yes, there are 29 Miele canister and upright vacuum cleaner models, and each has clear differences from the others. But there are only five basic vacuum cleaners used to build them. There are four basic canisters, the S2, the S5, the S6 and the S8, and one basic upright, the S7.
Different sets of features or accessories, unique to each model within the basic type, are used to create the vacuums that make up the series. Keep this in mind and it's much easier to choose the best Miele vacuum for your home or office. Continue reading
The Vatican Museums will construct a special vacuum cleaner and ventilation system to tidy up visitors before they can see the Sistine Chapel. Each visitor will be "dusted, cleaned and chilled" before they can enter.
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An ion doping process was performed by using a basic ion shower system. After ion doping and subsequent activation of the dopants in the Si film by excimer laser annealing (ELA), we studied the crystallinity of the Si surface using UV-reflectance spectroscopy and the sheet resistance by using 4-point probe measurements. To prevent excessive temperature increase on the plastic substrate during ion shower doping, the plasma shower was applied in a series of short pulses. As a result, dopant ions were efficiently incorporated and were activated into the a-Si film on plastic substrate after ELA. The sheet resistance decreased with increase of actual doping time, which corresponds to the incorporated dose. Also, we confirmed a distinct relationship between the crystallinity and the sheet resistance. This work shows that pulsed ion shower doping is a promising technique for ultra-low-temperature poly-Si TFTs on plastic substrates.
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IBM Forms Watson Healthcare Advisory Board
ARMONK, N.Y. - 01 Mar 2012: IBM today announced the formation of a new Watson Healthcare Advisory Board. The board members include medical leaders with expertise in areas such as primary care, oncology, biomedical informatics and medical innovation. They will provide IBM with insights on health care issues that could be positively impacted by Watson technology adoption.
The advisory board will specifically focus on medical industry trends, clinical imperatives, regulatory considerations, privacy concerns, and patient and clinician expectations around the Watson technology and how it can be incorporated into clinician workflows. The initial nine-member board represents leading organizations in various areas of healthcare delivery, and includes:
Watson represents a new class of industry-specific analytical solutions and decision support systems that use deep content analysis and evidence-based reasoning and natural language processing. By accurately extracting medical facts and quickly understanding relationships buried in large volumes of data, such as electronic medical records, family medical history, and the latest clinical research, the technology can help accelerate and improve clinical decisions, reduce operational waste, and enhance patient outcomes.
"Watson represents a technology breakthrough that can help physicians improve patient outcomes," said Dr. Herbert Chase, a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University. "As IBM focuses its efforts on key areas including oncology, cardiology and other chronic diseases, the advisory board will be integral to helping align the business strategy to the specific needs of the industry."
"The depth of leadership, talent and experience represented on the Watson Healthcare Advisory Board will be instrumental to advancing how IBM Watson technology is put to work in the healthcare industry," said Manoj Saxena, general manager of IBM Watson Solutions. "IBM's Watson technology has the potential to profoundly impact the quality of patient care by fundamentally transforming how medicine is taught, paid for and practiced."
The Watson computing technologies are currently being developed and commercialized by IBM in collaboration with the healthcare industry in order to help doctors and healthcare professionals improve diagnosis and treatment in areas such as chronic disease and oncology.
The recommendations of the Watson Healthcare Advisory Board will be shared with IBM clients and used by IBM's global team of healthcare industry professionals. This group of more than 4,000 professionals and 60 medical doctors are working with clients to create smarter healthcare systems, focused on the patient, aimed at reducing medical errors, achieving better patient safety and quality outcomes, and saving lives. IBM has undertaken more than 3,000 healthcare transformation projects around the world from small hospitals to national healthcare systems.
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In 1863 Bill Fairweather and his party discovered gold in southwestern Montana. They were on their way to Yellowstone Country from Bannack but were waylaid by a band of Crows. While hiding from the Indians in a gulch they found gold. They named the gulch after the alder trees lining the gulch. Alder was one of the great gold producers of all time. The site of the largest placer gold strike in world history. It produced $10,000,000.00 during the first year.
A year later the boom town of Virginia City had a population of 10,000. People lived in makeshift tents and shacks and every third construction was a saloon. The site gave birth to two of Montana's most famous towns: Virginia City and Nevada City.
The discoveries at Alder Gulch drew people away from Bannack, reducing the population, making Virginia City the territorial capital from 1865 to 1875.
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President John F. Kennedy awarded the first National Medal of Science on February 18, 1963 to Theodore von Kármán for his leadership in science and engineering basic to aeronautics. Von Kármán was also cited for his effective teaching, contributions in many fields of mechanics, counsel to the Armed Services, and for his promoting international cooperation.
Since its creation by Congress in 1959 as part of Public Law 86-209, the National Medal of Science has honored individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, chemistry and social sciences." Four decades later, more than 400 of America's scientists, thinkers, and discovers have been honored with this medal.


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Analysis and Synthesis of Head Motionfor Life like Conversational Agents
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This study aims to investigate which and what motions of lifelike conversational agents play essential role to make the agents natural. Some preliminary experimental results and future plan are shown. Embodying conversational agents is intended to imitate paralinguistic channel or back channel which plays important role in human-human conversation. Although there have been not a few lifelike conversational agents developed, appearance and behaviour of the agents are far from being natural, and merits of embodying have not been realized that much. One of the main reasons is the lack of natural motions of the agents, including the motion of head, mouth, eyes and eye brows. To improve the quality of these motions, several pioneering works have been reported [1–3]. To tackle the problem, the present study was started conducting a subjective test of head motion and analysis of head motion using signal processing techniques.


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The GJK algorithm depends upon a function in its loop that updates the simplex and search direction for the next iteration (which is often called something like DoSimplex() or ProcessSimplex()). In order to find the next simplex, the algorithm divides the current simplex into regions, and determines which region contains the origin.
Here is an example of the regions for a 1-simplex (i.e. a line). In this example, the simplex previously only contained point B, and then point A was added in the direction of the origin.
GJK simplex regions
Now it makes sense to me why the origin can't be in region 4, since we just came from there. However, I can't think of any case where the origin would be in region 1 either. We just traveled from B to the origin, and if we didn't reach the origin, then we know there was no collision. So won't the origin always be in 2 or 3? Why does every algorithm always check whether the origin is in region 1?
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I discovered my answer. If the origin is in region 1, then it is a termination condition. It means that the origin isn't inside the Minkowski Difference, and therefore the shapes are not colliding. We just return the single point so that the next loop will terminate, and we can keep our support code general, without any special casing for exiting early.
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Sun drying minimizes food wastage
Quality products and longer shelf life
40 % of cultivated plant crops in East Africa are wasted, because they reach decay before use. Therefore, there is a great need for solutions, that can increase shelf life.
Drying can extend the shelf life of most plant crops from 2 days up to 2 years.
In this way, farmers are not forced to sell their crops at a few days' notice, which otherwise significantly decreases the market price. At the same time, drying significantly reduces the weight of the product, which means that transport costs are also reduced significantly.
Therefore, easy access to drying will improve the situation in many ways for both farmers and consumers of various plant crops.
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Optimization of Stochastic Strategies for Spatially Inhomogeneous Robot Swarms: A Case Study in Commercial Pollination
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CitationBerman, Spring, Radhika Nagpal, and Ádám Halász. 2011. Optimization of stochastic strategies for spatially inhomogeneous robot swarms: a case study in commercial pollination. In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'11): September 25-30, San Francisco, CA, 3923-3930. Los Alamitos, Calif: IEEE Computer Society Press.
AbstractWe present a scalable approach to optimizing robot control policies for a target collective behavior in a spatially inhomogeneous robotic swarm. The approach can incorporate robot feedback to maintain system performance in an unknown environmental ﬂow ﬁeld. We consider systems in which the robots follow both deterministic and random motion and transition stochastically between tasks. Our methodology is based on an abstraction of the swarm to a macroscopic continuous model, whose dimensionality is independent of the population size, that describes the expected time evolution of swarm subpopulations over a discretization of the environment. We incorporate this model into a stochastic optimization method and map the optimized model parameters onto the robot motion and task transition control policies to achieve a desired global objective. We illustrate our methodology with a scenario in which the behaviors of a swarm of robotic bees are optimized for both uniform and nonuniform pollination of a blueberry ﬁeld, including in the presence of an unknown wind.
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Since $\tfrac 1 2$ is less than the critical probability for oriented bond percolation in two dimensions $\approx.633$, a theorem of Licea-Newman-Piza applies and there is a rigorous lower bound $$\xi \ge 1/3$$ for your model. (cf. Theorem 4.3 in Howard - Models of First-Passage Percolation)
Suppose that $\gamma_n = \gamma^-_n \cup \gamma^+_n$ (i.e. the geodesic $\gamma_n$ meets the origin), so that $$2^\xi n^\xi \approx d(\gamma_n) = \max\{d(\gamma^-_n), d(\gamma^+_n)\} \approx n^\xi, $$ which suggests a contradiction since $2^\xi > 1$ by the lower bound $\xi \ge 1/3$.
Here's why it doesn't work. The exponent $\xi$ is precisely defined as the minimal power of $n$ such that the following hold: $$\lim_{n\to\infty} \mathbb P\left[d(\gamma^\pm_n) \le n^\xi \right] = 1 \qquad \mathrm{and} \qquad \lim_{n\to\infty} \mathbb P\left[d(\gamma_n) \le (2n)^\xi \right] = 1.$$ Since the $\approx$ signs above are really inequalities, there is no contradiction above.
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That's very interesting. I did not know that there is a (provable) lower bound for xsi and this certainly looks very relevant. (In fact stronger than my question...) – Gil Kalai Apr 28 '10 at 6:08
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Here is a sketch of a germ of an idea that might work. But don't take it too seriously.
Consider the space $E_k$ of grid paths from $(0,0)$ to $(2k+1,0)$ with nonnegative $x_2$-coordinate and Euclidean length $2k+3$. Associate such paths with functions in the obvious way. Now there are $\binom{2k+2}{2}$ such paths, $2\binom{k+1}{2}$ (i.e., proportionally just less than one half) of which contain the middle edge. Now there exists an assignment of edge lengths and corresponding coefficients $\{a_j\}_{j=1}^k \in \{0,1\}^k$ s.t. the sum $\gamma = \sum_{j=1}^k a_j \gamma_j$ is a shortest path (provided we require a nonnegative $x_2$-coordinate).
If the $a_j$ and $\gamma_j$ are selected uniformly at random, then the probability that the middle edge will be contained in $\gamma$ is asymptotically $2^{-k/2}$.
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Talking about naive attempts, I thought maybe a simple solution along these lines could be found, but I couldn't:
I denote by $p_k(n,2r)$ the probability that a shortest path from the origin to $(n,2r)$ contains the segment $(\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\rfloor,k)$ to $(\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\rfloor +1,k)$. A simple observation is that $p_k(n,2k)=p_k(n,0)$ (consider reflecting the path on the line $y=k$ in the region $x > \lfloor \frac{n}{2}\rfloor$). The idea is to show that $p_k(n,2k)$ is close to $p_0(n,0)$ for small $k$. One can do this maybe by considering a new rectangular grid spanned by $(1,\frac{2k}{n})$ and $(-\frac{2k}{n},1)$ (with suitable edge weight distribution) and trying to find the new $p_0'(n,0)$ which should be a good approximation of $p_k(n,2k)$.
Now if one can find a slowly decreasing function $f$ so that $p_k(n,2k)\approx f(p_0(n,0))$ in the range, say $|k|\le \sqrt{n}$ then $$1=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}p_k(n,0)=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}p_k(n,2k)\approx \int_{-\sqrt{n}}^{\sqrt{n}}f(p)dp \geq c\sqrt{n}p_0(n,0)$$ for some constant $c$. If $\lim_{n\to \infty}p_0(n,0)>0$ then the above inequality is obviously false for large enough $n$.
ETA: I realize this approach works if we were able to prove $$\liminf_{n\to \infty} p_{0}(n,0)=\liminf_{n\to \infty} p_k(n,0)$$ for any fixed $k$.
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UPDATE: Fixed typing error in 2nd paragraph (greater than -> less than or equal to)
UPDATE2: Fixed typing errors pointed out by Gil Kalai
UPDATE3: I put off the detailed version from my webpage
UPDATE4: The solution is wrong, as pointed out to me by Nathanaël Berestycki. It is of course not enough to consider only the path that goes directly from the origin to (n,0). I didn't read the problem properly. Sorry.
I don't know whether this problem is still open, but I think I have found an elementary proof for the original question. It is almost too simple to be true, but I don't see any mistake. Here's the sketch:
All numbers here are natural numbers between $0$ and $n$, and $n$ is sufficiently large. Fix a (large) $K$. Let $x_l$ be the smallest $x < n/3$, such that for all $1\le j \le K$, the length of the path $(x,0)\rightarrow (x,j) \rightarrow (x+K,j)$ is less than or equal to the length of the path $(x,0)\rightarrow (x+K,0)$. The arrow indicates that we take the direct path. For definiteness, set $x_l = \lfloor n/3 \rfloor + 1$ if such a number does not exist, but note that it exists with probability going to one as $n\rightarrow \infty$. Note further that since we took the smallest $x$ with the above property, conditioned on $x_l$, the lengths of the edges to the right of the vertical line $x=x_l+K$ are still independent, of the same law as before, and independent of the configuration to the left of this vertical line.
Now define $x_r$ by mirroring the above definition at the line $x=n/2$ (the largest $x>2n/3$, such that....)
Then, the paths $(x_l+K,j)\rightarrow(x_r-K,j)$ are independent for $0\le j\le K$, hence, with probability going to $K/(K+1)$, there exists $1\le j \le K$, such that the path $(x_l+K,j)\rightarrow(x_r-K,j)$ is shorter than $(x_l+K,0)\rightarrow(x_r-K,0)$.
Combining the above observations, with probability $K/(K+1) + o(1)$, there exist $x_l < n/3$, $x_r>2n/3$ and $1\le j \le K$ such that the path $(0,0) \rightarrow (x_l,0)\rightarrow (x_l,j)\rightarrow (x_r,j) \rightarrow (x_r,0) \rightarrow (n,0)$ is shorter than the path $(0,0) \rightarrow (n,0)$. Letting first $n\rightarrow \infty$, then $K\rightarrow\infty$ finishes the proof.
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Dear Pascal, it is a bit too sketchy for me to follow but it looks promising! (Also I supppose the vertical line is x=x_l+K). – Gil Kalai Sep 25 '11 at 13:26
_USER_: Thanks for having a look at the proof and pointing out the typos. I'd be glad to write down a detailed version, if the problem still interests you. – Pascal Maillard Sep 25 '11 at 17:22
Dear Pascal, yes definitely it is an interesting problem on its own, several people tried to prove it (including us) and it has some applications regarding geodesics in the random metric described by FPP. – Gil Kalai Sep 25 '11 at 19:51
Dear Pascal, the conjecture is from 2002 by Benjamini, Schramm and myself in the paper cited in the question itself.front.math.ucdavis.edu/0203.5262. It is mentioned at the bottom of page 2 and the top of page 5. Actually on page 5 a slightly stronger version that we needed is mentioned and maybe your method apply there too. –


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Many children in West Virginia suffer from poverty, health concerns, drug and alcohol abuse and a variety of other challenges. But high on the list of problems facing them is the state's education system, according to the new Kids Count report.
Kids Count, a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, looks at the well-being of children in all 50 states. Each year a report ranking each state's children in areas ranging from economic well-being to health issues is released.
"Education is the worst ranking of any domain (measured by the Kids Count study in West Virginia)," said Margie Hale, state executive director of the program.
West Virginia's education system was rated 47th in the nation, ahead of only Mississippi, New Mexico and Nevada. In comparison, Ohio ranked 18th and Pennsylvania eighth.
Kids Count relies heavily on a few sets of statistics to set its rankings, so the study should not be viewed as a definitive look at any state's education system. In addition, some of the numbers checked may not have strong relationships to quality public schools. For example, one number in the Kids Count report is the percentage of children in Head Start programs - but evidence on whether such involvement helps education in later life is decidedly mixed.
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Is Ahimsa related to Hamsa (both the symbol and the name)? If so, does this lend credence to those who view Hamsa as being of non-Jewish (at best, or pagan, at worst) origin?
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Probably not. One is from Sanskrit and one from Arabic. – b a Jan 22 '13 at 2:41
Are you asking whether the object (hamsa_ is related to the practice (ahimsa), or whether the words are related (etymologically)? Could you clarify in your question, please? – msh210 Jan 22 '13 at 3:22
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Ahimsa is from the Sanskrit for non-violence: Origin: Sans ahimsā, non-injury < a-, not + himsā, injury < IE *ĝheis-, to wound < base *ĝhei-, to hurl, projectile.
Hamsa is the Arabic for "five", and since the hand has five fingers (or four + a thumb, for the pedants), it is an obvious connection.
Now, the origin of the hamsa symbol is a whole other question which I have neither time nor space to answer here. Perhaps another time.
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You're telling me that the entire world uses the same numeral system and drinks tea because of medieval interactions between Indians and Arabs, but the use of two nearly identical symbols with nearly identical names and (remotely) similar meanings must be coincidence? – Seth J Jan 22 '13 at 12:55
Well, ahimsa is not a symbol - it is a theological/philosophical concept in Hinduism/Jainism/ Buddhism, with an established etymology as described above. Now, the concept of ahimsa is sometimes represented (mainly in Jainism) via a hand with the wheel of dharma in the middle. Visually, it is definitely similar to the hamsa, so I totally get where you're coming from. Unfortunately, I'm not enough of a scholar of Jainism to tell you when that symbol was adopted. Was it inspired by the hamsa? Possibly. Does it "come from" the hamsa? Most likely not. – Noam Sienna Jan 23 '13 at 4:17
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Cereal alkylresorcinols (AR), a group of phenolic lipids mainly found in the outer parts of wheat and rye kernels, are currently being studied for the possibility to use them as biomarkers for the intake of whole grain wheat and rye foods. In this work, AR were localised in grains by using light microscopy and gas chromatographic analysis of hand-dissected botanical and pearling fractions. GC-analysis of hand-dissected fractions showed that more than 99% of the total AR content was located in an intermediate layer of the caryopsis, including the hyaline layer, testa and inner pericarp. Microscopic examination showed that the outer cuticle of testa/inner cuticle of pericarp was the exact location, and that no AR were found in the endosperm or in the germ, suggesting that AR could be used as a selective marker of testa.
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2. Think massive waterfalls on the edge of the large crater, flowing down into lush tropical forests below.
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TY - JOUR AU - Cooke, Gavan Michael AU - Tonkins, Belinda M PY - 2015/10/31 Y2 - 2021/08/03 TI - Behavioural indicators of welfare exhibited by the common European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) JF - Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research JA - JZAR VL - 3 IS - 4 SE - Evidence Based Practice DO - 10.19227/jzar.v3i4.142 UR - _URL_ SP - 157-162 AB - The common European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is frequently found in public aquaria in Europe. These remarkable creatures make fantastic display animals due to their rapid colour/texture/behaviour changes associated with feeding or camouflage. They possess extremely fragile bodies and soft tissues, adaptations thought to have evolved to evade predators, and in captivity cuttlefish can damage easily when startled or fleeing perceived threats and these injuries rarely heal, can cause permanent damage and even death. Knowing the signals which typically occur before damaging behaviours can reduce such incidents and therefore dramatically improve their welfare. Another aspect of captive animal welfare is providing suitable enrichment. Cuttlefish are adept at revealing how they feel about their present circumstances through deimatic displays, threat signals and defensive behaviours. Here, based on approximately two thousand hours of observations a very detailed welfare-focused behaviour table, a table summarising tank requirements/enrichment in cephalopods and an example care sheet derived from the observations are presented. This paper provides the resources to determine and prevent behaviours likely to precede damaging behaviours. Collating behaviours and sharing them with aquarists can be a valuable tool in preventing injuries and assessing wellbeing in captive animals. ER -


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Luomala, Harri (2004) Exploring origin of food as a source of meanings for Finnish consumers: A qualitative comparison of meanings in Swedish, German and French food. In: Report from NJF seminar 366, Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists, pp. 53-55.
The findings show that Finnish consumers attach partly overlapping partly distinct cognitive, affective, and normative meanings to Swedish, German, and French food. Swedish and French foods are perceived healthier than German food. Finnish consumers also think that Swedish and French food is of high quality, safe and pure while in the case of German food consumers were more doubtful.
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