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Evaluation of a building's performance is still not a common part of construction and commissioning, the assumption being that a building will perform according to the design specification. Research has overwhelmingly shown that how a building is used is the critical factor, with up to 200% variation in energy consumption from identical buildings.
Sensor technologies in homes, providing data and insights into behaviour and building performance will be critical to the future of successful newbuild and retrofitting projects. A three-year project run by Coventry University with a social housing group has developed low-cost sensors which monitor temperature, humidity, CO2 levels and light, tracked against consumption of energy and water. This way landlords can find out whether excessive carbon emissions are caused by the behaviour of residents, problems with heating systems or the fabric of the building itself.
Sensors are to be tried in 150 properties owned by Orbit Heart of England. More than 200,000 items of data are generated from each sensor, crunched into a form that can be analysed by non-experts. On the basis of the 20 homes monitored and analysed so far, Orbit has been able to start making decisions on investment. For example, ground-source heating is often regarded as being energy efficient, but it needs to be permanently switched on. People more familiar with controlling the heat of a central heating system often switch the groundsource system off, which leads to a cold house with increased humidity and the potential for mould to form, resulting in unnecessary repair costs.
Having access to this type of information means that building managers and tenancy engineers can decide whether a refurbishment is needed or whether the tenant just needs more advice on how to manage the home more efficiently. Some properties will have a combination of issues that put them at risk of being below the threshold for healthy living. Sensor data allows Orbit to prioritise those that need refurbishments urgently and to highlight potential problems before they happen. The growing pressure of carbon-reduction targets aside, inefficient homes also tend to be unhealthy homes. Properly targeted retrofitting will also improve the living conditions and health of tenants.
Professor Elena Gaura is part of the Low Impact Building Centre and Director of the Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre at Coventry University. Her current research explores issues in the fields of microsensor integration and large-scale wireless sensor networks.
Registration is from 08:30 with refreshments served on arrival and the event will close by 11:30.
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On IP=PSPACE and Theorems with Narrow Proofs
Hartmanis, Juris; Chang, Richard; Ranjan, Desh; Rohatgi, Pankaj
Very recently, it was shown that the class of languages with interactive proofs, IP, is exactly the class PSPACE. This surprising result elegantly places IP in the standard classification of feasible computations. Furthermore, the IP = PSPACE result reveals some very interesting and unsuspected properties of mathematical proofs. In this column, we define the width of a proof in a formal system $\cal F$ and show that it is an intuitively satisfying and robust definition. Then, using the IP = PSPACE result, it is seen that the width of a proof (as opposed to the length) determines how quickly one can give overwhelming evidence that a theorem is provable without showing the full proof.
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Definition of cost-cutting in English:
The reduction of costs, especially in a business: the company would take a hard look at a new round of cost-cutting [as modifier]: the most extensive cost-cutting exercise in Canadian history
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Blood oxygen level dependent and adenosine-perfusion imaging correlates to invasive measurement of fractional flow reserve
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- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Blood Oxygen Level Dependent
- Significant Coronary Artery Disease
It has been shown that blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is able to detect myocardial perfusion differences. However, validation of BOLD CMR against myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) is lacking. We sought to analyze the potential diagnostic accuracy of BOLD CMR in comparison to invasively measured FFR which served as the standard reference.
BOLD and contrast-enhanced perfusion image analyses were performed at rest and during adenosine infusion in a 1.5T CMR scanner in three short axes (apical, midventricular and basal), respectively. Thirty-six perfusion territories in twelve patients were analyzed for relative BOLD signal intensity increase and for myocardial perfusion reserve. In all patients invasive FFR measurements were performed in the major three coronary arteries during adenosine infusion. A FFR ≤0.8 was regarded consistent with significant hypoperfusion.
Relative BOLD signal intensity increase was significantly higher in myocardial segments supplied by coronary arteries with a FFR ≤0.8 (p<0.05). The area under the receiver operator curve for BOLD and MPR analysis did not differ significantly for segments perfused by the left anterior descending artery (0.80 vs. 0.73), left circumflex artery (0.80 vs. 0.98) and right coronary artery (0.97 vs. 0.97).
CMR BOLD imaging reliably detects hemodynamic significant coronary artery disease and is an alternative to contrast-enhanced perfusion without use of exogenous contrast agents.
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The Best Future For Your Child: Education Savings Simplified
For parents of small children, it can be hard to imagine their child as a grown-up ready to embark on college or university. When you take into consideration the amount of money it takes to fund an education, 18 years is not a whole lot of time. The journey to your child's education is one that can seem overwhelming. As the cost of tuition continues to increase, it is never too soon to set money aside or begin the planning process.
As the distributor and investment manager of the Canadian Scholarship Trust Plans, CST Consultants Inc. (CST) focuses solely on education savings plans – it's all we are about, and all that we do. It is through the distribution of RESPs that we strive to enable all Canadian children to have the financial resources to pursue post-secondary education. As a savings vehicle for post-secondary education, the benefits of an RESP are important to your child's future education.
There is nothing more important than knowledge and having the facts when deciding on your child's educational future and how to afford it. We are here to guide you on that journey. This page is designed to answer some common questions about our RESPs, so that families can make truly informed financial decisions.
If you have additional questions about CST RESPs, feel free to reach out to a CST Sales Representative and they will be more than happy to provide assistance.
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A: A Registered Education Savings Plan or RESP is a savings vehicle that allows subscribers, such as parents, grandparents, friends and other relatives, to save for a child or other beneficiary's post-secondary education.
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A: The actual cost that students pay depends on their program of study and which school they attend. On average, tuition for university undergraduate programs for Canadian full-time students was $6,838 in 2018/2019, up 3.3% from the previous academic year. The average cost for graduate programs was $7,086, a 2.4% increase over 2017/2018.
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The institute of positive education
About the Institute of Positive Education
The Institute of Positive Education (IPE) is a ground-breaking initiative by Geelong Grammar School, the first school to embed the principles of Positive Psychology into all aspects of school life.
The IPE's primary role is to deliver transformational educational programmes to promote wellbeing throughout the world. The IPE aims to teach students valuable life skills on which they can increase their learning capacity and build a successful and happy life.
In 2018, the IPE delivered 124 training courses comprising 208 training days, which were attended by over 6000 participants. The IPE's training team has a combined total of more than 150 years of classroom and school leadership experience and over 50 years of practice implementing Positive Education. The team consists of experienced teachers (primary and secondary) and qualified psychologists and researchers.
The programmes offered by the IPE are designed to have a meaningful impact on the future wellbeing of both educators and young people so that they can flourish and contribute to their world in more positive ways. The IPE's training courses allow participants to explore the key concepts and skills of Positive Education in a practical way and all content is supported by empirical research and are evidence-based.
About Positive Education
The fundamental goal of Positive Education is to promote flourishing within the school community. Around 160,000 young people aged 16 to 24 live with depression each year. While there has been some decline in suicide rates in Australia in the past ten years, suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death in Australians aged between 15 and 24. With this epidemic of mental health problems, Geelong Grammar School made a commitment to its young people to take positive action to promote wellbeing in schools. Research is now beginning to show that Positive Education programmes decrease stress and anxiety as well as increase self-efficacy, self-esteem and optimism. Evidence-based Positive Education programmes are playing a crucial role in teaching the skills of wellbeing and promoting positive health for students. Positive Education provides strategies to get the best out of life's situations, from exercising resilience when facing adversity to using strengths when striving for future goals. A flourishing student is engaged in their learning, contributes positively to their community and nurtures many healthy relationships. Schools have a prime opportunity to impact the wellbeing of young people by implementing a Positive Education programme.
The Institute of Positive Education presents The Science of Achievement Conference taking place at the National Education Summit on Friday 30 August 2019.


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- course, passage, circuit
- Holma begang. — The passage of the deep.
- region, territory, expanse
- Ofer geofenes begang. — Over the sea's expanse. (Beowulf)
- business, undertaking, service
- Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum. — He would trade for Him all this world for service.
- Fram ǽlce begange þis land ligeð tólýsed.
- religious practice
- Ðǽre godcundnesse begang — Divine worship
- superstitious or magical practice
- Sé þe lufige þisses galdres begang. — Lo, see thee here the practice of the wizard.


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Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of the Feminine
Tools to awaken the creative powers of the womb
- Contains exercises to open the womb's energetic pathways, release toxic emotions, and harness creative potential
- Reveals how the womb's energies are crucial for the spiritual shift of 2012: birthing a new civilization
- Shows how the awakened womb can also bring about male spiritual transformation
- Includes 45-minute CD to help awaken creative energies
In the past and in present-day indigenous traditions, women have known that the womb houses the greatest power a woman possesses: the power to create on all levels. Utilized in the process of giving birth, this power of creation can also be tapped in the birth of projects, careers, personal healing, spirituality, and relationships. However, because the womb stores the energetic imprint of every intimate encounter—loving or not—the creative voice of the womb is often muffled or absent altogether, affecting the emotional, mental, and spiritual health of women and their relationships.
Drawing on sacred traditions from ancient India, Tibet, Egypt, Gnostic Christianity, and Judaism, the practice of Womb Wisdom empowers women to become aware of the intuitive voice of the womb outside of pregnancy and the moon cycle to unlock this potent inner source for creativity, birthing the new conscious children, spiritual growth, and transformation not only for themselves but also for their male partners. The authors include exercises to clear the past, release toxic emotions, open the womb's energetic pathways, activate the sacred sensual self, bring balance to relationships, and harness creative potential. Including intimate, individual stories of women experiencing the opening of the womb, this book also explores the forgotten sacred sites of the womb around the world as well as how the womb's energies are crucial to birth a new civilization in the spiritual shift of 2012. The accompanying 45-minute CD includes a soundscape to assist in the awakening of these creative forces.


Georgian architecture for Schools, Leaving Cert Art-History: cracking the Georgian architecture question, our workshop tour for schools
Ireland is full of superb art and art history secondary school teachers. Yet the syllabus covers a lot of ground and some students, unsurprisingly, can struggle with the Georgian Architecture question, a question that comes up on both the Higher and Ordinary level Leaving Cert Papers, year after year.
We believe the answer is to go "back to basics" and to explain to the students in clear, simple language, exactly what lies behind and beneath the surface of Georgian architecture. What are the differences between the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian Orders, the obvious differences and the less obvious ones! What exactly does the word "proportions" mean and what are the proportions of Georgian architecture? Where do they come from? Why exactly did they become so fashionable, and what, if anything, do they "mean"
What did the likes of Edward Lovett Pearce, Richard Cassels, James Gandon, Francis Johnson, all leading exponents of architecture in this famous Georgian period do, that made them so famous and so sought after?
All this discussion is held in and around the interiors and exteriors of half an dozen outstanding examples of Georgian architecture, in Dublin city centre. By concentrating on relatively small group of key buildings, terms, ideas and architects from the Georgian era, (approximately 1720 to 1830) it helps understanding and bring the era, concepts and creative personnel to life.
The resulting insights, are designed to give teachers, and students, an edge in forthcoming Leaving Cert exams.
The "walk and talk" takes place in and around the College Green and Trinity College area. Architects and designers include Thomas Burgh, Edward Lovett Pearce, James Gandon, Richard Casssels and Hugh Darley, among others.
The tour is designed to help students understand both the origins and the underlying principals of the Georgian style, as well as notes on materials, and a "glossary" or in other words, a working knowledge of key terms and ideas.
The interpretation and discussion of buildings is led by Arran Henderson, an art historian and writer who conducts tours for the Irish Georgian Society and other cultural organizations. Arran has led over a dozen of these special tours for Leaving Cert students, and nearly 150 tours in Dublin in general, which often focus on architecture of the Georgian period.
Worksheet: To assist teachers and classroom/exam performance, the tour also concludes with two useful study sheets. One is handout for students, a summary of notes on key Georgian Dublin buildings, both featured on the tour and other important examples of the style.
The other sheet is a "refresher" test. This is given to teachers/ group leaders at the end of the tour, usually sent by email, for follow-up and revision work later, back in the classroom.
We even have additional support material available, free of charge, available on request. These includes sample answer pages and analysis of past questions, from both the Ordinary and higher Leaving Cert questions of the last 10 years.
Fees and notes: Generally, schools offer this tour to students as an extra-mural activity. Fees are thus usually paid by parents but delivered by the teacher accompanying the class-excursion. For larger educational groups, of 18 pupils upwards, fee €10 per/student. (Just €6 for DEIS schools)
For smaller educational groups (17 pupils and less) a flat fee of €150 applies. (Just €100 for DEIS schools). Please note that all fees are collected prior to tour, nearly always by the teacher/ orgainser. Schools or groups or teachers who wish or prefer to collect the money from their students and then pay in advance, via electronic payment, are also welcome to do so.
How to inquire and book.
To inquire or to reserve a tour, please choose a weekday date, then email If you include the words Georgian school Tour + the preferred date in the subject header, that is greatly appreciated, and assists a timely response. eg: Subject header: "Georgian school Tour, Monday 06/11/19. ? "
Final note: Variations, two-stage and bespoke tours.
Some teachers, including Leaving Cert History teachers, may wish to do the alternative route Georgian West tour, around Dublin Castle and adjoining area, This is focusing more on (1) the transition from Medieval to Enlightenment/early Georgian street plan and design, and (2) on the crucial role of the Wide Streets Commission, 1753 onwards.
We are naturally anxious to help in any way and will discuss and accommodate any specific requirements or emphasis you may have.
Leaving Cert History/ Honours History teachers, as well as Third level; A or S-Level teachers/tutors and lecturers should please contact Arran at the same email as above to discuss specific requirements.
The same applies to any teacher handling Language Colleges, special language needs or disability.
If you know of a teacher in a school who may benefit from the information all the social media sharing buttons are below.
Other Dublin Decoded events for visitors to the city and for recreational or historical interest groups, should see our main home with art history and architectural walks page here.
The Guide:
Arran has written and researched extensively on aspects of visual culture, art history, architectural and design history for publications like the Irish Arts Review. 25+ teaching experience, with many ages and abilities however allows him to make material accessible and engaging for students and young people.
As guide he has led walks for the Irish Georgian Society, the leading agency for advocacy, education on and protection of Ireland's 18th century architectural heritage. He has also conducted tours for Open House; the showpiece event of the Irish Architectural Foundation; and Culture Night and other leading cultural and state institutions, including Failte Ireland.
Arran's firm Dublin Decoded is rated by visitors among the best in the capital, around #6 according to the tourism site TripAdvisor, (from 300+ cultural activities listed in Dublin).
The tour is also relevant for Leaving Cert History groups
The tour is also relevant for Leaving Cert History groups, giving insights into 18th and early 19th century Irish politics and society. Note that the excursion is aimed in the first instance for Leaving Cert Art History school groups. So teachers bringing History, rather than Art history, groups should specify this fact please, in the first contact email as we may then adjust content and often even our route, accordingly.
Bray Gael Scoil on a Georgian tour, in the House of Lords
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Summitview, Washington
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Country United States
State Washington
County Yakima
 - Total 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2)
 - Land 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2)
 - Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
1,276 ft (389 m)
 - Total 967
 - Density 348.6/sq mi (134.6/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 - Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
FIPS code 53-68417
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Summitview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 967 at the 2010 census.
Based on per capita income, Summitview ranks 18th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. It is also the highest rank achieved in Yakima County.
Summitview is located at 46°35′54″N 120°38′18″W / 46.59833°N 120.63833°W / 46.59833; -120.63833 (46.598447, -120.638403).
As of the census of 2000, there were 900 people, 294 households, and 256 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 348.6 people per square mile (134.7/km²). There were 308 housing units at an average density of 119.3/sq mi (46.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.33% White, 0.33% Native American, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 3.33% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.78% of the population.
There were 294 households out of which 45.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.3% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.9% were non-families. 9.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 29.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,944, and the median income for a family was $67,083. Males had a median income of $48,036 versus $25,139 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $36,301. About 2.8% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
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Ireland and the Irish in America: A Living Musical Tradition
An Exhibit to Accompany the Appearance of Cherish The Ladies
Welcome to the Web portion of the Ireland and the Irish in America exhibit in the Rohrbach Library. The exhibit on the 2nd floor of the library features images, artifacts, and information about the relationship between Ireland and the United States and how that relationship has preserved and enhanced the traditional music of Ireland. Books from the library collection relating to the subjects of Irish history, the Irish in America, and Irish traditional music are included in the exhibit.
This Web site includes a gallery of images from the exhibit, a selected list of resources available in the Rohrbach Library, supplementary information related to portions of the exhibit, and links to the music of more than two dozen active Irish and Irish-American traditional musical artists and groups.
To visit a photo gallery of the exhibit, click here.

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The question I have is: Suppose $x_1, x_2,..., x_k$ are linearly independent n-dimensional vectors. Show that $x_1+x_2, x_2+x_3,...,x_{k-1}+x_k, x_k+x_1$ are also linearly independent. Here k is an odd number.
I thought I had a proof done, but was told that I showed linear dependence instead. What I did was took a set of constants $a_1, a_2,..., a_k$ and set $a_1(x_1+x_2)+a_2(x_2+x_3)+...+a_k(x_k+x_1)=0$ and proved that each constant was 0. Is that right? If not, how can I prove this?
Yes, what you disclose to us are correct moves.
That is if $$a_1(x_1+x_2) +a_2(x_2+x_3) + \ldots + a_k(x_k+x_1)=0$$ implies $a_1=\ldots = a_k=0$, then you have shown that the set of vectors are linearly independent.
$$(a_1+a_k)x_1+(a_1+a_2)x_2+ \ldots +(a_{k-1}+a_k)x_k=0$$
We get $$a_1+a_k=a_1+a_2=\ldots =a_{k-1}+a_k = 0$$
From this $a_i=a_{i+2}$ for $i=1, \ldots, k-2$. $a_{k-1}=a_1$, and $a_k=a_2$.
The first part $a_i=a_j$ is $i$ and $j$ share the same parity. However, $a_{k-1}=a_1$ enable us to conclude that all numbers are equal and since they sum to $0$, all numbers must be zero.
Alternatively, it is possible to form linear system involving $a_i$ and show that its determinant is non-zero using Laplacian expansion and determinant of triangular matrices.
 - $\begingroup$ So does this work: (ak+a1)x1+(a1+a2)x2+...+(a(k-1)ak)xk=0 $\endgroup$ – Alvin Jan 28 '18 at 3:06
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 - $\begingroup$ then this is a linear combination of the xi's which are linearly independent, so each pair sum of ai must be 0? $\endgroup$ – Alvin Jan 28 '18 at 3:07
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TY - JOUR T1 - Influences on medical student career choice: Gender or generation? AU - Sanfey HA AU - Saalwachter-Schulman AR AU - Nyhof-Young JM AU - Eidelson B AU - Mann BD Y1 - 2006/11/01 N1 - 10.1001/archsurg.141.11.1086 JO - Archives of Surgery SP - 1086 EP - 1094 VL - 141 IS - 11 N2 - Hypothesis We hypothesized that increased enrollment of female medical students and different priorities of the current generation of students would be important influences on the declining interest in surgical careers.Design Students scored statements on surgical careers on 5-point Likert scales regarding agreement and whether these statements encouraged them to pursue a career in surgery. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Qualitative comments were iteratively coded using a constant comparative method.Setting Nine US medical schools.Participants A Web-based survey on the Association for Surgical Education server was e-mailed to medical students. A total of 1300 of the 1365 respondents stated their sex.Main Outcome Measures The survey asked questions pertaining to surgical life, surgical residency, surgeons as influence, equity, family, and other influences.Results A total of 680 (52%) of the 1300 respondents were male. Men and women disagreed about whether surgeons lead well-balanced lives (68% and 77%, respectively) and saw this as a deterrent. A total of 35% of women (3% men; P<.001) were discouraged by a lack of female role models. Compared with students unlikely to study surgery, lower percentages of male (74% vs 65%) and female students (85% vs 58%) likely to study surgery agreed that career choice was influenced by their decision to have a family (P=.01 for men, P<.001 for women). Of medical students who agreed that their skill sets were compatible with surgical careers, similar percentages were likely (30% men vs 24% women) and unlikely (49% men vs 54% women) to study surgery. All differences between men and women were less apparent when students likely to study surgery were compared with students unlikely to study surgery.Conclusions The decision to have a family was a more significant influence for women than men, but family and lifestyle priorities were also important to male students, supporting our hypothesis that generation and gender are both important influences on career choices. SN - 0004-0010 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.141.11.1086 UR - _URL_ ER -


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Why lip buzz or mpc buzz or leadpipe buzz. What is the difference. Besides I heard that a study showed we don't have to buzz.
Many great teachers advocated lip and or mouthpiece buzzing (to certain students).
They are used as exercises and to teach a certain concept. After the idea is understood the buzzing is stopped.
Leadpipe buzzing has more to do with AIR-flow while lip buzzing deals with Strength, range and a close embouchure setting. Mouthpiece buzzing is normally to work on a dynamic embouchure rather than static one. So that your embouchure can always adjust and shift registers as you play.
Strength exercises are short lived so as NOT to impede lip flexibility. AIR exercises are forever.
FWIW we've known since the early 60's that there is a standing wave setup in the tubing of the trumpet. I first read Schilke's report in 73 or 74. The fact that a buzz is not required does not mean that the skill learned doing it is not important.
If you only know how to dogpaddle then you can "say" you know how to swim. I doubt that a dogpaddle would win a swim meet however. Knowledge and skills always pay off.


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Ogden Driggs had a very eventful trip to Europe when he was a boy.Why did his family have to leave Continental Europe in a hurry, and what famous person came home to America on the same ship?
The Driggs family had to leave Paris because the Germans had invaded France. They spent six months in England before returning to the US on Feb. 23, 1915 on the S.S. St Paul. Robert Frost and family were also on the ship.
Ogden Driggs was aboard the St. Paul when it returned to NYC 13 Feb. 1915. Poet Robert Frost and his family were also aboard. I'm guessing the quick return was due to the outbreak of WWI.
Correction: Arrival date was the 23rd of Feb.
Ogden Driggs traveled on the USS St. Paul from Liverpool, leaving Great Britain on 13 Feb 1915, along with poet Robert Frost & family. Just 3 days before, Germany had declared all waters surrounding Great Britain as a war zone. Interesting enough, Driggs also traveled as a boy from the Phillipines, via Havana, in 1913 during the height of the Moro Rebellion. On that return voyage he traveled with Chess Master Frank J. Marshall.
The Driggs family left Continental Europe in February 1915 most likely due to the danger during World War I, and on their ship (the St. Paul) was Robert Frost.
You're all correct! By his own account, Ogden and his family were evacuated to England aboard the U.S. destroyer Tennessee in 1914, and spent six months in England before heading home. He was only nine, so he probably didn't remember seeing Robert Frost aboard ship. Frost was then an up-and-coming poet, having published his first two collections while living in England.Thanks to kac for pointing out Ogden's earlier brush with war and celebrity. His folks sure knew how to pick vacation spots!
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We stand in solidarity with the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum which was vandalized sometime on July 27 or 28. The museum, located in Mid-town Houston, honors the contributions of African American members of the U.S. military who fought and died for this nation and those who continue to serve their country at home and abroad. African Americans have fought for the United States since the Revolutionary War, even as the country denied them their basic rights as citizens. This museum and the history it preserves is vital to our local community and to our nation's struggle to overcome its centuries long history of systemic racism.
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Through examining his skeletal remains, scientists found evidence that at a young age, Shanidar 1 experienced a crushing blow to his head. The blow damaged the left eye (possibly blinding him) and the brain area controling the right side of the body, leading to a withered right arm and possible paralysis that also crippled his right leg. One of Shanidar 1's middle foot bones (metatarsal) on his right foot shows a healed fracture, which probably only enhanced his noticeable limp. All of Shanidar 1's injuries show signs of healing, so none of them resulted in his death. In fact, scientists estimate he lived until 35–45 years of age. He would have been considered old to another Neandertal, and he would probably not have been able to survive without the care of his social group.


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Phlebotomy training is necessary for those individuals who want to develop specialized skills in order to collect blood from the patient with least amount of pain. Phlebotomy training is relatively new specialized procedure for collecting blood from the veins. The demand for trained phlebotomist grew within last two decades. Phlebotomy classes learning has made the procedure of blood collection a very safe and sterile method. Phlebotomy training is very important for those who are willing to get an extremely good job in a reputed hospital, research laboratories, research institutes, etc. This training involves providing guidance for handling and controlling biohazardous materials such as blood sample, unused sterile needles and used needles. Phlebotomy training is all about collecting, testing and transporting the blood samples with getting them spoiled.
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In Phlebotomy training, the students learns in detail about the human anatomy, creating patient rapport, needle technique, medical safety and the process of keeping the records. In addition to the theoretical knowledge, the student is also given practical training about handling several medical equipments including container of biohazardous waste containers, biohazardous spill kits, syringes of various sizes, dermal puncture devices, vacuum tubes, blood culture bottles, bandages, tapes, tourniquets, looking arm rest, etc. This kind of training can be done in the same way as other medical training programs. Phlebotomy training can be done as 4 year bachelors degree or a two year associate degree. Some hospitals, community colleges, research institutes also provide vocational programs from Phlebotomy training.
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After taking Phlebotomy training along with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a person may get $10 per hour and this amount of salary increases with time and experience of the phlebotomist. It can be up to $30 per hour. The salary figure after a Phlebotomy training depends on the kind of job and the place the person is working on.
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Phlebotomy training is done in order to become a certified phlebotomist. Phlebotomy certification is the best certification for a person seeking a good career in hospital field in which a person can help reduce the pain of the patient in taking blood out of patient's body. It is done through venipuncture. Venipuncture is the process of collecting venous blood which is through anti cubital vein of the forearm. Depending on the test, almost five to six millimeters of blood is extracted from the patient. To take this training there are certain requirements which has to be fulfilled by the candidate. The very basic requirement includes high school graduate or GED. But there a certain other requirements which depends on the institution a person is applying for. The time limit for the training varies from state to state but the basic time limit is mainly 2 to 4 months of sincere training. During the Phlebotomy training, the candidate must do at least 100 unassisted blood withdrawals. Along with blood withdrawals, different uses of instruments are also taught. The candidate must take an entrance test after the training so that the candidate can take phlebotomy certification. Phlebotomy training comprises of theoretical as well as clinical interaction.


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Assume that I have an Ecore-model containing a package and some classes that make reference to each other. If i create a "Dynamic Instance", Eclipse produces an XMI-file and I can instantiate some classes. Containment-relations are directly serialized to an XML-tree in the XMI (the children elements in the example). But if I instantiate references to elements that are already contained somewhere in the tree, the Editor writes Path-Expressions like in the following, for the currentChild attribute:
As far as I know this is not XPath, because:
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What is it and where can I find a information on it? I already tried to browse the EMF pages/specs but could not find it.
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It's an EMF Fragment Path. The Javadoc describes it like this:
String org.eclipse.emf.ecore.InternalEObject.eURIFragmentSegment(EStructuralFeature eFeature, EObject eObject) Returns the fragment segment that, when passed to eObjectForURIFragmentSegment, will resolve to the given object in this object's given feature.
The feature argument may be null in which case it will be deduced, if possible. The default result will be of the form:
The index is used only for many-valued features; it represents the position within the list.
Parameters: eFeature the feature relating the given object to this object, or null. eObject the object to be identified. Returns: the fragment segment that resolves to the given object in this object's given feature.
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Thanks! That helps a lot. – Juve Oct 2 '09 at 8:49
Here is a link to a related Javadoc: help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.emf.doc/… search for: eURIFragmentSegment – Juve Oct 2 '09 at 8:52
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Let $f:X \to Y$ be a holomorphic map between two smooth complex projective manifolds. Is there a good notion of pull-back of algebraic cycles by $f$ which preserves degree in the following sense: Suppose $V_1, V_2$ be two cycles in $Y$ with the same Hilbert polynomial and suppose $f^{-1}(V_i)$ are algebraic varieties. Then will the pull-backs of $V_i$ by $f$ have the same dimension and degree (as algebraic cycles)? A small comparison with the divisor case is as follows: As far as I understand that pull-back of line bundles preserves degree in the sense as above. By identifying Picard group with the divisor class group we have a similar statement as above.
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Pull-back of line bundles, say on curves, does not preserve the degree. Instead, it multiplies the degree of the line bundles by the degree of the map. Is that what you want? The Hilbert polynomial depends on the projective embedding, specifically through the line bundle $\mathcal O(1)$. Do you want $F^* \mathcal O(1)=\mathcal O(1)$? Something else? – Will Sawin Mar 9 '13 at 23:09
_USER_: I understand this fact. I meant that the ratio of the degrees of the pull-back of two line bundles with the same degree is $1$. That is what I try to explain in the beginning. – Naga Venkata Mar 9 '13 at 23:32
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Yes, as long as $f^* \mathcal O(1)$ is a rational mutliple of $\mathcal O(1)$. However, we will preserve not the dimension, but the codimension, as suggested by the case of divisors. We use the standard notion of pullback of cycles in algebraic geometry (e.g. Hartshorne appendix $A$). This behaves well with respect to the intersection pairing, so $f^* A \cdot f^* B = f^*( A \cdot B)$.
Next recall that the degree of a cycle $V$ of dimension $d$ is just $V \cdot H^d$, where $H$ is the hyperplance class. Assume $H_Y = q f^* H_X$, and let $k$ be the relative dimension of $f$. Then the pullback of $V$ has dimension $k+d$, so
$f^* V \cdot H_X^{k+d} = f^* V_1 \cdot H_X^d \cdot H_X^k = q^d f^* V_1 \cdot f^* H_Y^d \cdot H_X^k= q^d f^* (V_1 \cdot H_Y^d) \cdot H_X^k$
but $V_1 \cdot H_Y^d$ is just the class of $n$ points, where $n$ is the degree of $V$, so the degree of $f^* V$ is the degree of $V$ times $q^d f^* (pt) \cdot H_X^k$.
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A study conducted at Unesp, in São Paulo, reveals positive use of arthropod saliva.
Your dog may be carrying a very important cancer-fighting parasite: the tick. A team of researchers, led by Unesp's biology professor Maria Izabel Camargo-Mathias, was able to stem the growth of tumors by extracting the salivary gland from female ticks. The study was published at the end of 2014.
Tests performed on mice prove the effectiveness of the substance. Cancer cells were injected into the muscles of the animals and then tick saliva extract was applied. After three weeks it was noted that compared to other rodents that did not undergo treatment, the tumor cells were controlled.
The idea of using the tick's salivary gland to fight cancer didn't come out of nowhere. "There are over 400 properties in tick saliva. They are substances with various potentials, such as anti-coagulants and anti-inflammatory. So we decided to apply it to cancer cells ", explains the research coordinator, Maria Izabel, who has been studying ticks for over ten years.
"It is a substance capable of containing cell division and tumor growth" Prof. Maria Izabel
It is not known which substance is present in the salivary glands of the ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus is responsible for inhibition specifically. Further studies will be needed to know the biochemical composition of these extracts.
At first, tests were done on muscle tumors and resulted in a nearly 70% inhibition of tumor growth. Recently the team began to study the effects of the substance on the liver, lung and kidney, and found that the extract does not affect the physiological system of individuals. "It's not an anti-cancer substance because it doesn't kill the cancer cell. But it is a substance capable of containing the division and tumor growth ", reiterates Maria Izabel.


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In Celtic* mythology, Danu (also known as Dana, Anu, and Don) is a fertility goddess and mother of the Tuatha Dé Danaan, a group of Irish gods. The worship of Danu originated in eastern Europe, and because she was associated with rivers, many European rivers carry versions of her name, including the Danube, the Don, and the Dnieper.
deity god or goddess
Some scholars believe that the Tuatha Dé Danaan were gods of the people who inhabited Ireland before the Celts. When these deities were defeated by another group, the Sons of Mil, they went to live underground. Each god received a personal domain, and the group eventually became known as "the little people" of Irish fairy stories.
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This exercise system originated in Sweden where trotting is a major sport.
It may well be the reason for the Swedes' supremacy in this field as their horses are exercised from six months to maturity by a natural and simple method that causes no ligament or joint stress to their horses.
The exercise yard consists of a series of corridors side by side. Each one is fairly narrow - 6 to 10 yards wide and 100/200 yards long. The corridors are separated by 2 strands of tape and closed at the ends with 3 strands.
One horse is put into each corridor for 2 to 3 hours. It is important that the horses should be beside each other. They will tend to run up and down the full length of the corridor out of curiosity, competitiveness to their neighbor, or just out for playfulness. As each horse is confined to it's own corridor it is unable to injure itself or either of it's neighbors. When the horses stop running and playing it is either because they have become used to their companions or because they have exercised enough. At the next session it is then necessary to vary each horse's routine by either switching corridors or putting a strange or more fiery horse beside it.
After few month with this form of natural exercising horses, foals and even older horses will have developed good, hard muscles, improved wind and stronger hearts. It is not necessary to lunge or ride them by the hour and this will develop a natural competitive spirit.
With tape corridors their training starts, quite naturally, at weaning. By the age of two a horse reared this way has the build of a mature athlete and is raring to begin formal training.
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Household income in Kent County—not to be confused with an individual's income—is defined by the Census Bureau as the sum of income generated by all the people over 15 years old who occupy a housing unit, such as a house or an apartment. A family is a type of household. A person living alone in a housing unit is also a household. In addition, households may be composed of unrelated people living together, like partners or roommates.
Every year, the Census Bureau contacts over 3.5 million households across the country to participate in the American Community Survey (ACS). For locations with populations under 60,000, the ACS is only available in 5-year estimates, rather than single-year periods. The 5-year estimates provide greater geographical granularity but a less granular time period.
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How does household income vary by household size in Kent County, Delaware?
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How does household income relate to home ownership in Kent County, Delaware?
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SSL Pinning in Swift
Every Mobile application needs to retrieve information from the server to display it to the user. However, there can be some sensitive information shared between the application and the Server, for example, the username and password of the user.
With iOS 9, Apple provided App Transport Security (ATS), which forces the application to maintain a secure network connection by adopting HTTPS protocol and Transport layer security. This makes the application not communicate with a non-secure (http) connection. However, it is possible to bypass App Transport Security by setting up man-in-the-middle attacks that may use self-signed certificates. In this article, we will discuss how we can implement SSL pinning in iOS applications to secure network connections. We will also cover the basics of Transport Layer Security and man-in-the-middle attacks.
Transport Layer Security
Apple provides us App Transport Security (ATS), which allows us to transmit data over a secure (HTTPS) network by implementing Transport Layer Security (TLS). It enables us for the data sharing over a secure network in the following three steps.
 1. The connection is initiated from the client by sending the payload, which includes the supported version of TLS and cipher suite, which is being used for encryption. The Server sends the selected cipher suites and a digital certificate in the response, which is verified at the client's end whether the digital certificate is authentic or not.
 2. If the digital certificate is verified successfully at the client's end, then it generates a pre-master key encrypted with the Server's public key included in the certificate. The Server uses its private key to decrypt the secret, which is used to generate a master key.
 3. The client and server use plaintext encryption and cipher text decryption by using the private key.
In this process, the client trusts the digital certificate provided by the Server. A certificate works as identity proof for the Server. A certificate is a text file that contains the Server's information and follows X.509 standard. It must be signed by the trusted certificate authority.
Man-In-The-Middle Attack
In a man-in-the-middle attack, the attacker sets up an SSL proxy server to intercept the data being sent by the client to Server. The SSL proxy performs the encryption and decryption between the client and the Server. For example, Charles, which is a proxy server, works between the app and the Server and intercept the data for testing purpose. Charles works in the following phases.
 1. The data is encrypted at the application's end using Charles ProxyCertificate's public key instead of using Server's public key.
 2. Charles decrypts all the data with its private key and communicates with the Server with Server's public key. Here, any developer can read the data which is being sent by the app to Server.
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SSL Pinning is a technique used in swift to prevent man-in-middle attacks. In this process, the app validates the Server's certificate again after the SSL handshaking. There is a local copy of trustful certificates maintained at the client's end and compare them with the Server's certificates at runtime. The connection is aborted in case if a mismatch between Server's certificates and local copy occurs.
One disadvantage of this technique is, it requires an app update whenever the pinned certificate expires. However, we can also violate this by also pinning future certificates in the application. Instead of pinning the whole certificate, we can use the hashed public key, which will be the same across the future certificates.
SSL Pinning is performed in the following two steps.
 1. The certificate's digital signature is validated first. The app may use any of the embedded root certificates, or we can supply our certificate.
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As we now have a certificate, we can prepare a policy or use a standard basic policy for X.509 certificates. Consider the following code to prepare a policy.
We can also create our policy by calling SecPolicyCreateSSL(_:_: ), which accepts Server (bool) and hostname.
Apple provides SecTrust object to validate both certificates and policies. Implement the following code to validate certificates and policies.
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Pieces of sugar cane are chewed for their sugary syrup, and are a popular street food in South Asia. This was the original use of sugar cane - sugar extraction came later. Traditional methods are still used to produce characteristic Indian sugars such as gur.
Plant a cane
Look for fresh sugar cane in food shops - you can grow a piece on your window sill.
Jams and jellies
Sugar is an excellent preservative - hence its use in jam.
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Sugar cane has been at the centre of bitter disputes over its role in health, European Union sugar subsidies and the transatlantic slave trade. It provided the original incentive for European expansion and colonisation which has shaped the world forever.


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As you know, prone can take either an infinitive or a gerund as its object:
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infinitive: prone to get headaches
verb + verb's object
meaning, hasn't had headaches before
gerund: prone to getting headaches
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meaning, might have had headaches before
gerund's object: prone to headaches With that said, your example sentence, This plant is prone to be attacked by insects, has an infinitive verb, so it should work, but its verb is BE + a past participle, which makes it look like a passive verb, and which is why it reads awkward--or rather, it doesn't seem to fit the pattern prone to + infinitive + noun.
noun's object / ellipsis
default meaning, has had headaches before
=> Is it ungrammatical? No.
infinitive: This plant is prone to attack by insects.
meaning, insects might attack the plant.
gerund: This plant is prone to being attacked by insects.
meaning: insects have attacked the plant or like plants before.
BE + past participle: This plant is prone to be attacked by insects.
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 In United States constitutional law, police power is the capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants. Under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the powers prohibited from or not delegated to the Federal Government are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. This implies that the states do not possess all possible powers, since some of these are reserved to the people. The exercise of police power can be in the form of making laws, compelling obedience to those laws through legal sanctions, physical means, or other forms of coercion and inducements. Controversies over the exercise of police power, particularly the use of physical means, arise when its exercise by the federal government conflicts with the rights of the states or when its exercise by federal or state authorities conflicts with individual rights and freedoms. Police powers are, from the point of view of state courts, also restricted by state constitutions. The concept of police power is used by federal courts which do not have jurisdiction to interpret state constitutions: from the point of view of federal constitutional law, states have general police powers except where restricted by the federal Constitution.
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Does Florida Law Treat Inheritance as a Marital or Non-Marital Asset?
When dividing property during a divorce, the question "Is an inheritance a marital asset in Florida?" may cross your mind. As you may know, any marital assets – the property that you and your spouse own together – will be split during the property division process. But what about inheritance?
Whether an inheritance will be considered a marital asset depends on multiple factors, including whether:
 1. The inheriting spouse kept the inheritance separate;
 2. The inheriting spouse commingled the inheritance with other marital assets; and
 3. The inheritance was left to one or both spouses.
Equitable Distribution and Inheritance
In order to understand whether an inheritance will be "split" between divorcing spouses, you need to know how Florida's equitable distribution process works.
After a divorce, Florida courts divide marital property in a manner that is not only fair but also equitable. However, the process of property division is not necessarily "equal."
Unlike community property states that split all assets acquired during a marriage equally, Florida's family law provides that while the distribution should be fair, courts may adjust that division when adjustment is appropriate for the couple's unique situation.
To do so, courts will review and consider a plethora of factors, including:
 - Each spouse's contributions to the marriage;
 - The duration of the marriage;
 - The financial circumstances of the parties; and
 - Contributions of spouses to each other's career or education, among many other factors.
Is Inheritance a Marital or Non-Marital Asset in a Florida Divorce?
Under Florida law, courts can divide only marital assets and debts. Any assets acquired during the marriage by spouses are considered marital assets (real estate, cars, mortgages, cars, bank accounts, and others).
If the item was acquired only in your name, a Florida court would likely consider it a marital asset. Thus, if you bought a car during the marriage but the vehicle is listed in your name, it may still be considered a marital asset.
But is an inheritance, which you received during the marriage, a marital asset, too? If an inherited home or another asset was put in both spouses' names, the inheritance is considered a marital asset.
Non-marital assets and liabilities are any items acquired by either spouse before the marriage. Generally, gifts and inheritance received during the marriage are also considered non-marital assets, unless the inherited asset was put in both spouses' names.
Also, any income received from non-marital assets and items exchanged for non-marital assets is considered separate property. For example, if you inherited a home in the course of a marriage and decided to rent out that house, any rent money you receive is considered non-marital assets.
Was Inheritance Commingled with Your Marital Assets?
Commingling is mixing or converting the non-marital assets into marital assets during the marriage. This can happen if a spouse does not treat his or her non-marital assets separately and ends up commingling marital with non-marital assets.
As a result, any commingled non-marital assets lose their special status. Thus, if you inherited a home and decided to sell it, and then used that money to purchase marital property or pay joint debts, you have committed what is known as commingling.
However, a knowledgeable Orlando property division attorney may help prove to the court that the commingled non-marital asset should not be treated as a marital asset during your divorce proceedings. Reach out to Donna Hung Law Group to talk about your options. Call at _PHONE_.


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Several case studies conducted by the IMI-GetReal project planned to use registry data to inform their data analysis. For example, by using individual participant data (IPD) from a patient registry in a network meta-analysis to establish the relative effectiveness of medicines in situations where no head-to-head RCT data is available. For some case studies, the registries seemed very willing to engage with the case study teams and provide access to registry data. However, for other case studies, registry data access was declined, despite compliance with the registry holders' procedures for access.
To apply for data access, each case study team had to comply with the general procedures required by each registry. This generally included filling out an application form and submitting a research proposal. These documents were subsequently reviewed by the scientific advice committee, general advisory committee, or both. Afterwards a final decision was made.
Each proposal needed to be tailored to the specific registry holder. For example, case study teams were encouraged by registry advisors to involve academic groups, which conventionally perform all statistical analyses for the registry, as a means of increasing the chance of access approval. In some cases, this meant that clearance was required from GetReal (as well as funding) to involve other academic groups affiliated with the registry to participate.
Issues with access to registries
The following list outlines some of the common issues that were experienced when applying for access to registry data. We recommend that these should be considered before approaching registry holders for access to data:
- Timelines too short: timelines were sometimes unrealistic and difficult to maintain because of the time needed for the application procedure, difficulties in engaging the registry steering committees, expected timelines for approval used by steering committees, and cleaned registry data being unavailable within the case study time frame.
- Difficulty submitting a data access application: in some instances it was difficult to submit an application for data access to the steering committee. For example, sometimes little information was known about when the registry steering committee would consider the application.
- Access affected by registry type: accessibility to disease-specific registries was particularly difficult compared with product registries.
- Access affected by the disease area of the registry: access to registry data on chronic diseases may be easier than for oncologic indications. For example, the case study team of the IMI-GetReal rheumatoid arthritis case study were actively approached by the registry to inform them of the availability of a new update of the data.
- Clean data: once IPD from a registry is made available, cleaning the data is often a lengthy process.
- Ongoing academic research: in some instances, data access was declined because of a conflict of interest, for example, when academic work (such as a PhD thesis) was performed by parties involved in the registry. In other instances, data access was granted under the provision that analysis conducted would not interfere with the academic work being done by registry affiliates.
- Legal aspects: guaranteeing patient consent may be cumbersome and current European legislation on privacy of health data are also restrictive.
- Collaboration: working together with researchers directly involved with the approached registry can be constructive in gaining access to registry data. Alternatively, it may be possible to outsource the analysis to the research team directly associated with the registry.
- Purchasing registry data: some registries provide the possibility to purchase their data. Although this may be an option, it can be very costly and require substantial funding.
- Network: having a connection with one or more individuals involved in a registry is crucial to gain data access, since they can help initiate the dialogue on applications for data access.
Issues with the registry data provided
When access to registry data was granted, most often summary or aggregate data were provided, rather than access to IPD. This could present several obstacles, depending on planned analyses, since aggregate data does not conventionally include detailed information on covariates. As a result, it becomes difficult for research teams to examine the effects of covariates on observed outcomes. This may be a strong limitation when patient characteristics and treatment patterns, for example, have a considerable effect on the outcome measure (for example, overall survival).
Amr Makady and Rachel Kalf, Zorginstituut Nederlands (ZIN)


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Screentendo is a desktop application that allows you to turn a selection of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros.
I've never built a Cocoa app or used Sprite Kit before, so it was a great excuse to play with both technologies. You can get the (very hacky) source code here.
How does it work?
When Screentendo is launched, a semi-transparent window appears which can be moved and resized over other application windows. After placing the Screentendo window over an area of the screen, clicking inside the window will cause the app to render a game level based on the content beneath it.
There are two basic steps to Screentendo; image processing to determine the structure of the target region, and the level generation.
The first step is to fetch the target region underneath the Screentendo window. The following shows an example targeting a chart within Google Sheets (in Safari):
- The app uses the CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo API (from the Quartz Window Services) to get a list of windows in the users current session, in the order in which they appear on the screen
- From this list of windows, the application fetches the window data (window ID, bounds, size, etc) for the Screentendo window and the second window in the hierarchy (the Safari window covered by Screentendo)
- With the target window information, CGWindowListCreateImage is used to retrieve a screenshot of Safari
- The screenshot is then cropped to the bounds of the Screentendo window, using the difference between the Safari window origin and the Screentendo window origin (as shown below), and the Screentendo window's width and height:
Screentendo overlaying target application (chart in Google Sheets)
The cropped image is then passed through a number of image filters, before finally being converted into a format that Screentendo can use to render a game level:
Motion blur – this helps to reduce the impact of general noise and small visual artefacts in the image:
Luminance filter – the average luminance threshold of the image is calculated, and then reduced to the two colours based on the calculated threshold:
Pixellation filter – a pixellation filter is applied to simplify the image detail, and prepare it for sub-blocking:
Black and white pixellated image
Sub-blocking – the image is then split into sub-blocks (by default, 10×10 pixels):
Sub-blocked image (enlarged)
Average block colour to array – for each sub-block in the image, the average colour of the block is calculated. A 2-dimensional array is created, and any sub-block with an average colour which is mostly black is set to '1′, and any sub-block with an average colour which is mostly white is set to '0′:
2-dimensional array representing the image block structure (enlarged)
Level generation and game logic
The 2-dimensional array representation of the image is passed to the GameScene class, which is responsible for generating the game level.
Iterating over the array, any values of '1′ are generated as blocks, and '0′ values are ignored:
Blocks during level generation
Blocks, cloud, background and player sprites
When the array has been processed, the background, clouds, and player sprite are then added to the scene. The rest of the game play relies on a basic physics implementation based on the Sprite Kit physics engine (to handle player physics, detect collisions, animate flying block debris, etc).
The app also has a menu option to change the block size (small, medium, large). A smaller block size increases the resolution, but takes longer to process.
This app is a proof-of-concept hack, and has a few shortcomings. Image processing is currently really (really) slow – sub-blocking the image takes a long time (each sub-block is an NSImage, which is a pretty inefficient way of solving this problem, but quick to implement). The current implementation also requires a reasonably distinct contrast in the underlying image for the block detection to work. Finally, the physics is a little screwy – I didn't set out to write a Super Mario Bros emulator, just something that would work "well enough" – and as such, there are some issues with ghost vertices (particularly with vertical walls) that I didn't get round to resolving.
The code is available over at the GitHub repo.


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Calcium ions, and calcium binding proteins play a role in many cellular processes. Among the proteins bind Ca 2 + ions, with the EF-hand motifs, is distinguished group of proteins called S100 family of proteins. Most S100 proteins have been discovered in the last decade and this family now has 20 proteins. These are proteins with similar primary structure as have 30? 60% amino acid sequence identity. Individual S100 proteins are present in certain cells and tissues, and their function is not fully understood. However, the suggested involvement of S100 proteins in many processes, such as phosphorylation, regulation of enzyme activity, adhesion, neuronal survival and regeneration of nerve cells or apoptosis, indicating that these proteins may play an important role in the cell and intercellular communication.
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the most widely consumed dietary supplements worldwide. Its anticancer potential has been demonstrated in various studies. However, ginger roots obtained from different geographical locations showed extensive variability in their activities, mainly due to differences in the levels of bioactive compounds. Here we evaluated the effect of these differences on the anticancer activity of ginger by performing efficacy-based fingerprinting. We characterized the fingerprint profiles of 22 ginger samples using liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy, followed by a principal component analysis (PCA) and pearson correlation analysis. We also evaluated the anti-proliferative effects (IC50) of these samples on triple-negative breast cancer cells using the MTT assays. The supervised PCA identified a subset of analytes whose abundance strongly associated with the IC50 values of the ginger extracts, providing a link between ginger extract composition and in vitro anticancer efficacy. This study demonstrated that variation in the ginger fingerprint profiles resulting from differences in their chemical composition could have a significant impact on efficacy and bioactivity of ginger extracts. Also, this first-of-a-kind efficacy-based fingerprinting approach proposed here can identify potent anticancer candidates from the ginger fingerprint without the need for isolating individual components from the extracts.
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Imagine I generate some polyomino (_URL_ with $N$ unit squares, under the constraint that I want to maximize the number of shared edges between unit squares, or equivalently, minimize the effective surface area of the tiling.
To be a bit more specific, say I give you $N$ unit squares and ask you to do as you wish with them in terms of making a connected polyomino. Once you've finished, I then count how many many of the $4N$ tile edges are shared between two tiles. Your goal is to maximize this count.
How well can we do as a function of $N$? What tiling geometry is optimal - perhaps a rectangle or a square?
We are inspired by this earlier question: (Polyominoes with double contact)
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Can I pick them or are they given to me? Are they congruent? In general it can be quite hard to decide if a set of polyominos (even if they are congruent) tile a rectangle. By surface area do you mean the smallest rectangle containing all the tiles? Imagine two congruent polyominoes made as follows: fit together four $1 \times 100$ strips to make the outer layer of a square of side $101.$ Now delete the middle $97$ squares from the top. The best way to nest two of these together has only about 6 edges shared. We can achieve $101$ shared edges but that is almost twice the area. – Aaron Meyerowitz Jan 9 '13 at 1:32
_USER_ Meyerowitz You are given $N$ tiles, and you can make a tiling as you wish with them. You don't have to necessarily make a rectangle, you just need to minimize the number of edges where some $(N+1)th$ tile can be placed. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 2:09
_USER_ Meyerowitz I have added to the problem description. Please let me know if you think my question is still underspecified. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 2:15
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The question is: Consider all the polyominoes $P$ made with $N$ unit squares (cells). Let $E(N)$ be the least perimeter (i.e. number of external edges) among them. What is $E(N)$ and which polyominoes attain it?
Let $k=\lceil \sqrt{N}\rceil$ be the least integer no less than $\sqrt{N}.$ If we could use real numbers for the sides then the least perimeter would be $4\sqrt{N}$ coming from a square. But we will have $E(N)$ an even integer with $E(N) \ge 4\sqrt{N}$.
A short answer is that the lower bound is sharp: $E(N)$ is the least even integer no less than $4\sqrt{N}.$ This means that $E(N)=4k-2$ when $(k-1)^2 \lt N \le (k-1)k$ and $E(N)=4k$ when $(k-1)k \lt N \le k^2$. The tile is unique when $N=k^2,k^2-k-1$ and $k^2-k$ but otherwise there can sometimes be many tiles, especially for $N=k^2+1$ and $N=k(k-1)+1$.
At the end is a tile of area $N=1025$ with perimeter $130$. It arises from appropriately removing $8+10+2+1=21$ cells from the corners of a $31 \times 32$ rectangle. The polyomino and bounding rectangle both have perimeter $130.$ The tiles with perimeter $E(N)$ will be exactly the polyominoes obtained like this: Start with a rectangle of area $ab \ge N$ and perimeter $2a+2b=E(N)$, then appropriately remove $ab-N$ cells from one or more of the corners. In the case of $N=1025$ the bounding rectangle could be $28 \times 37$ with $11$ cells removed or even $27 \times 38$ less one corner cell. Any dimensions $(a,b)=(32-j,33+j)$ with $ab \ge N$ would be possible.
Note that the transition from $E(N)=4k-2$ to $E(N)=4k$ happens at $N=k^2-k+1$ since $4\sqrt{k^2-k}=2\sqrt{4k^2-4k} \lt 4k-2$ but $4\sqrt{k^2-k+1}=2\sqrt{4k^2-4k+4} \gt 4k-2.$ It is clear why the transition form $4k$ to $4k+2$ is at $N=k^2+1.$
The bounding box of a polyomino $P$ is the minimal rectangle which completely contains it (so all 4 sides of the box share an edge with $P$.) If the area of $P$ is $N$ and the bounding box has dimensions $a \times b,$ then clearly, $ab \ge N$. Also $E(N) \ge 2a+2b.$ This is because when we walk around the boundary of $P$, an edge at a time, we go up at least $a$ times, down at least $a$ times, and left and right at least $b$ times each. We will assume that $a \le b$ since we can always rotate $P.$
Depending on $N$ there may be many or few choices of $a,b$ with $N \le ab$ and $2a+2b=E(N)$. Consider again $N=1025=25 \cdot 401.$ If $ab \ge N=1025,$ then $2a+2b \ge 130$ since the minimum over real values is $4\sqrt{1025} \gt 128.$ But we need an even integer. So any of $(a,b)=(32-j,33+j)=(32,33),(31,34),(30,35),(29,36),(28,37),(27,38)$ are possible. $27 \cdot 38=1026$ is big enough but $26 \cdot 39=1014$ would not be. In general, to have area at least $N$ in a box with $2a+2b =4k+2$, we have $(a,b)=(k-j,k+1+j)$ with area $N \le k^2+k-j^2-j$ so $0 \le j \le \frac{-1+\sqrt{4(k^2+k-N)+1}}{2}.$ The calculations for $(a,b)=(k-j,k+j)$ when $E(n)=4k$ are similar.
Even though we could get area exactly $1025$ with a $25 \times 401$ rectangle, the perimeter of $851$ is much worse than $130.$ Now we have arrived at a blue polyomino $P$ with area $1025$ which fits in a $32 \times 33$ bounding box. The $8+10+2+1=21$ black squares are in the bounding box but are not part of $P$.
For any $N$, the polyominoes with area $N$ and perimeter $E(n)$ will those obtained from a bounding rectangle of area $ab \ge N$ with a total of $ab-N$ cells removed in this fashion from some or all the corners.
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_USER_ Meyerowitz This is very interesting to read. However, my intention was to ask about a polyomino construction and to refer to "sides" as the sides of the squares composing the polyomino. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 4:23
$Aaron Meyerowitz For example, a simple cross with tiles at {{0,0},{1,0},{0,1},{-1,0},{0,-1}} would have 12 "free" sides, whereas one could approximate a rectangle with tiles at: {{0,0},{0,1},{1,0},{1,1},{1,2}} that only has 10 "free" sides. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 4:34
_USER_ Meyerowitz Oh! I meant, I will give you $N$ copies of unit squares, and you make one polyomino, and try to minimize the number of "free" unit square sides. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 6:46
_USER_ Meyerowitz At no point does one try to fit or nest together assemblies of more than one unit square. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 6:47
_USER_ Meyerowitz In retrospect, my question was atrociously worded. Hopefully I have made it clearer. – Azure Jan 9 '13 at 6:50
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ABSTRACT: Market manipulation is a poorly understood phenomenon, due in part to difficulties in applying conventional antitrust tools to explain loss-based opportunism. Because trading to intentionally incur losses violates assumptions concerning the self-interest hypothesis and the need for market power to move prices, traditional tools need revisions to explain manipulative behavior. In this paper, we assist this process by developing a framework to explain manipulation as the intentional loss of money on price-making transactions to benefit the value of related price-taking positions. This framework could simultaneously improve liquidity and compliance by providing definitional and analytic certainty concerning what behavior constitutes manipulation.


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Augments "Phantom Roll"
 - Occasionally supercharges rolls with bonuses usually only received if a specific job is in party, without the need for that job to be present. Chances of effect happening seem to be around 31-33%.
 - Does not need to be worn during Double-up. Supercharged Phantom Roll effect will persist throughout the duration of the roll, unless you bust.
 - Does not increase the extra bonus received if the associated job is present in the party.
 - Does not apply to any rolls which lack a specific party bonus job (rolls learned after level 75).
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Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
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Cannot be auctioned, traded, bazaared, or delivered.
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A tricorne (also spelled: tricorn) is cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points that was popular during the late 17th century and 18th century. It fell out of style shortly before the French Revolution. At the peak of its popularity, the tricorne was worn as civilian dress and as part of military and naval uniforms. Its distinguishing characteristic was a practical one: the turned-up portions of the brim formed gutters that directed rainwater away from the wearer's face, depositing most of it over his shoulders. Before the invention of specialized rain gear, this was a distinct advantage. Typically a tricorne would be worn with one of the three points facing forward directly above the forehead the other two parallel to the shoulders. Corsairs in Final Fantasy XI clearly take a little more liberty in how their hats are worn and folded.
A commodore is a naval rank used historically and presently by several navies. The rank of Commodore derives from the French commandeur, which was one of the highest ranks in orders of knighthood, and in military orders the title of the knight in charge of a commenda (a local part of the order's territorial possessions).


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Finders of Personal Property
This lesson covers the law governing the rights of finders of personal property which is generally covered near the beginning of a Property course in law school. It addresses the possibility that the personal property might be lost, mislaid or abandoned because the true owner is unknown.
Learning Outcomes
1. Restate the elements necessary for one to become a finder of personal property.
2. State the elements of abandoned property.
3. Relate the elements of lost property.
4. Evaluate the potential application of statutory changes to the common law regarding finders.
5. Explain treasure trove and its application in the United States.
6. Assess the relative rights of finders, owners and other competing parties.
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