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have known about it).
 Comparing the original survey with the existing elevation of the land may still be the most reliable way to measure how much the elevation has changed. But a witness to the grade elevation would help to prove that the survey evidence is correct and that the grade elevation did not result from winds or flood waters depositing material.
 The admissibility of evidence is often a consideration that prompts land trusts to undertake regular inspections. Ratley-Beach et al, supra note 588. If written records rather than memories are the primary evidence that grade elevation has taken place, the records could be challenged as hearsay. See e.g. Fed. R. Evid. 801 and 802. But records maintained in the course of business, such as regular inspections, would generally be admissible under the business-records exception to the hearsay rule. Id. Cf. Fed. R. Evid. 803(6). The most important written record for a rolling easement would be the original survey which would be part of the original conveyance and hence not hearsay. If a survey takes place each time the land is sold, the subsequent surveys should also be admissible either because they are not hearsay either (e.g. they have been accepted by the owner and are signed by the buyer and hence an admission about the condition of the land) or they are a business record. Nevertheless, if a land trust wants to introduce as evidence photos or records of its visual observations about whether the grade had been elevated, the hearsay exception for business records may allow evidence from regular annual surveys that would not be allowed for one-time surveys. Whether decadal inspections would be treated as business records is less clear.
 Converting a possibility of reverter into an estate for years would be relatively straightforward because the land trust would be trading one type of future interest for another. If the land trust holds a conservation easement, it will generally be necessary to persuade a court that this change serves the conservation interest. A courts willingness to accept such a change may depend on how the court views uncertainty and measures designed to reduce litigation costs. If the costs of obtaining such court orders were too high, another option would be to exchange forbearance by the conservancy from then until the projected submerge date in return for the remainder on an estate for years. During most (or all) of that period, the forbearance would have no environmental significance because the submerge date would not yet have arrived.
 IRS regulations appear to allow modifications of the instrument consistent with the objectives, and even allow for judicially approved sale as long as the proceeds are used for the same purpose. 26 C.F.R. § 1.170A-14(g)(6)(i).
 For example, there may be value in having low-lying habitat just above wetland elevation.
 E.g., areas where the submerged land has already been sold to private landowners.
 For example, in Severance v. Patterson, the parcels were in the second row back from the beach when the Open Beaches Act was adopted, but along the Gulf when the case was filed. The owner challenged the application of the law to her home on the grounds that the public easement did not necessarily roll onto her property, and the court agreed. See supra note 566.
This page contains a section from: James G. Titus, Rolling Easements, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA‑430‑R‑11‑001 (2011). The report was originally published by EPA's Climate Ready Estuary Program in June 2011. The full report (PDF, 176 pp., 7 MB) is also available from the EPA web site.
For additional reports focused on the implications of rising sea level, go to Sea Level Rise Reports.


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Background/purpose: To better define the indications for peritoneal drainage (PD) in premature babies with intestinal perforation, the authors reviewed their experience with this procedure in a tertiary neonatal intensive care setting.
Methods: The charts of all neonates who underwent PD as initial treatment for intestinal perforation between 1996 and 1999 were reviewed. Those patients with pneumatosis intestinalis on abdominal radiograph had perforated necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) diagnosed; whereas, those infants with no pneumatosis had isolated intestinal perforation diagnosed. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of these 2 groups were compared.
Results: Twenty-one premature neonates had primary PD between 1996 and 1999, 10 for isolated intestinal perforation and 11 for perforated NEC. Patients with isolated intestinal perforation had lower birth weights (708 v 949 g; P <.05), were less likely to have started feedings (30% v 91%, P <.05), and the perforation developed at an earlier age (10.6 v 28.0 d, P <.05) compared with the patients who had perforated NEC. Only 2 of 10 infants with isolated perforation required subsequent laparotomy (at 10 weeks for stricture and 12 weeks for a persistent fistula). For these patients, the long-term survival rate was 90%. In contrast, 8 of 11 infants with perforated NEC required laparotomy, and although the 30-day survival rate was 64%, the long-term survival rate was only 27%.
Conclusions: Peritoneal drainage provides successful and definitive treatment for most premature babies with isolated intestinal perforation. For neonates with perforation caused by NEC, peritoneal drainage may provide temporary stabilization, but most of these infants require subsequent laparotomy, and few survive.

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Using DropDownList elements that use virtualized data sources, is it possible to set (or reset) the values programatically?
Basically I'm looking for some guidance on how to make cascaded virtualized drop down lists where I can set the values from some external event such as the click of a button.
Things I've tried so far:
1. Simply setting the value using $('_TAG_').data('kendoDropDownList').value('some value'); <== Can't set the value since it doesn't exist in the data() elements
2. Calling the read method of each drop down first via $('_TAG_').data('kendoDropDownList').dataSource.read(), then setting the value (timing issue?) <== same issue as 1 since the read hasn't finished yet.
3. Hacking the jqXHR object which appears to hang off the dataSource.read() method (again timing issue?)
$('_TAG_').data('kendoDropDownList').dataSource.read().done = someOtherFunction <== where'someOtherFunction' actually does the.value() setting, this does actually run the method, but again... timing
4. Adding the necessary element to the data via the.add method, setting the value, then doing the read <== this "appears" to work but the value isn't actually selected after the read returns. Clicking on the dropdown has the placeholder element selected rather than the value


PCL-CVS requires parts of the Elib library, version 1.0 or later. Elib can be downloaded from either the primary GNU FTP site at, or from any number of other mirror sites. Get Elib, and install it, before proceeding. It's probably also available from where you downloaded PCL-CVS, including from. Installation of the program =========================== -1. Download and install the Elib library (if it's not done yet). 0. If you're using XEmacs, you probably need Emacs' easy-mmode.el that you can find at. Copy it into the pcl-cvs source dir (it's only needed for compiling the.el files). Also, don't forget to first install the Elib library. 1. Edit the file 'Makefile' to reflect the situation at your site. The only things you have to change is the definition of 'lispdir' (usually '/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' or something similar) and 'infodir' (usually '/usr/local/(share/)info' or similar). The compiled elisp files will be copied to 'lispdir', and the info files to 'infodir'. 2. Make sure you have already installed the Elib library. 3. Type 'make install' in the source directory. This will byte-compile all '.el' files and copy all the '.elc' files into the directory you specified in step 1. It will also copy the info files (and add a corresponding entry to the info-dir file if install-info can be found). If you want to install the '.el' files as well, just type 'make install_el'. If you only want to create the compiled elisp files, but don't want to install them, you can type 'make elcfiles' instead. 4. Edit the file 'site-start.el' (or default.el) in your emacs lisp directory ((i.e. the one specified above) and enter the contents of the file 'pcl-cvs-startup.el' into it. It contains a couple of 'autoload's that facilitates the use of pcl-cvs. Alternatively, you can just use 'make install_startup'. 5. If you already had copied the pcl-cvs.startup.el file to your site-start.el, you might want to check if it is still correct since autoloads might have been added/removed. How to make typeset documentation ================================= If you have TeX installed at your site, you can make a typeset manual from 'pcl-cvs.texi' by typing ''make pcl-cvs.dvi''. If you prefer a postscript version of this file, just use ''make pcl-cvs.ps''. _TAG_ @(#)v2_9_9:INSTALL,v 1.7 1999/08/30 00:09:34 monnier Exp


Related image There are several people around the world living in rural communities where half of them are peasant farmers. Such people mostly in Africa rely most on oldest form of transportation which is walking or trekking, this form of transport limit them to access social amenities while also increase the level of poverty among them, these among others are the likely problems people living in rural areas are likely to face. To this end, introduction of road transport system in rural areas is a major solution for a sustained socio-economic development in such communities; more so, it's an important means to enhance national integration. However, here are the benefits of providing road transport in rural areas:
 1. It increases access to market centers, wherefore, encouraging commercial farming activities.
 2. Access to several rural areas is a sign of improved road network resulting into higher availability of farm inputs at a low price.
 3. It brings about employment opportunities.
 4. It increases access to social amenities.
 5. It plays a vital role of promoting development in rural communities.
 6. It promotes national integration.
 7. It is a tool for poverty alleviation.
 8. It provides continuity in moving people and agric produce from rural communities to urban areas.
 9. It provides the farmer the opportunity to quickly move perishable commodities to the market centers or places where they are needed.
 10. It promotes sense of belonging.
Nevertheless, one of the major cause of poverty in rural communities is lack of access to good road transportation, therefore, having read this article, it is understandable that, access to good road transportation is a notable factor to develop rural communities.


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By the end of the expedition I will have spent about 60-70 days on my own in the featureless landscape of Antarctica. Coping with the mental stress of being alone for this length of time and dealing with the monotony of both my daily routine and the landscape I am skiing across is key to the success of the expedition. It also presents an opportunity to learn something about the mental processes that enable self-discipline, perseverance, motivation and, ultimately, achievement when under pressure.
In preparation for the expedition, I worked with Dr Stephen Pack, a Senior Lecturer / Researcher at the University of Hertfordshire specializing in Sport and Exercise Psychology. He is an expert in the use of psychological skills by sport performers, the implementation of psychological skills training, and the use of counselling skills in sport and exercise psychology. Dr Pack taught me some tools and
techniques that helped her prepare for, and process, the mental rigours of the expedition and the months of isolation in a demanding environment.
Using language as an indicator of mental process, Dr Pack is looking closely at the podcasts recorded during my expedition to chart my mental journey through my use of language. Combined with pre and post expedition sessions, he hopes to use this information to contribute to his main research interest which lies in perceptions of stress and coping, and the link between physical activity and psychological well-being, particularly in the natural environment. Ultimately it is hoped that my journey might provide some insight into the influence of physical activity on mental well-being and on what
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Summary of an Act
World Legislative Act #10
World Hydrogen Energy System Authority
1. Creates World Hydrogen Energy System Authority (WHESA).
2. Declares tasks of WHESA to administrate various tasks to replace existing fossil fuel system with Hydrogen Energy System.
2.1. Directs WHESA to organize short-courses, seminars, symposia and conferences in order to educate people and decision makers around world about benefits of World Hydrogen Energy System vis-à-vis fossil fuel system.
2.2. Directs WHESA to open World Hydrogen Energy Research Center (WHERC) for researchers from various countries to work on conversion of primary energy sources to hydrogen. Directs WHERC to do following:
2.2.1. Research and evaluate various methods of hydrogen production, such as electrolytic, photolytic, thermal, thermal-chemical, thermo-electro-chemical, and hybrid methods.
2.2.2. Investigate various methods of storage of gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
2.2.3. Determine and develop best ways of storage for different applications.
2.2.4. Investigate transmission and distribution of gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
2.2.5. Determine and develop best ways for different applications.
2.2.6. Research into utilization of hydrogen in residential, commercial, utility, industry and transportation sectors.
2.2.7. Research on safety and environmental effects of hydrogen, as well as on development of materials for hydrogen using systems.
2.3. Directs WHESA to assist in establishing Hydrogen Energy System Demonstration Projects wherever feasible.
2.4. Directs WHESA to assist each country to convert from present hydrocarbon/carbon fuel system to hydrogen energy system.
Declares limit of 50 years or less for transition to hydrogen energy production and utilization for equipment, plants and/or transportation
2.5. Directs WHESA to campaign compliance with uniform environmental surcharge legislation enacted by Provisional World Parliament or World Parliament. Authorizes Ministry of World Resources and Provisional Office of World Revenue to collect environmental surcharge.
2.6. Permits WHESA to define and develop other tasks.
3. Composes WHESA administration.
3.1. Directs Presidium or Provisional World Presidium to nominate WHESA Minister. Provisional World Parliament or World Parliament shall then elect Minister of WHESA. Declares three year provisional term for Minister. Permits Provisional World Parliament to re-elect Minister for successive terms.
3.2. Provisional Minister of WHESA may temporarily appoint Provisional WHESA Administrator, subject to approval of Presidium. Requires Minister of WHESA to nominate from civil service lists when lists are available, with nomination subject to approval from Presidium.
3.3. Requires Administrator to appoint General Directors for tasks enumerated under Article 2 of this Act subject to approval by Executive Cabinet.
3.4. Requires each General Director to propose technical and administration personnel, subject to approval by the Administrator. Requires Senior Administrator to use seniority lists of Civil Service Administration, if lists are available.
4. Activates WHESA as soon as Earth Federation obtains equivalent of minimum of &350,000 units of Earth credit or currency (approximately ten million 1987 U.S. dollars) from energy companies and/or philanthropic organizations, or national or sub-national governments, or as soon as world economic system can allocate adequate funds. Derives WHESA budget after activation as follows:
4.1. One quarter of one per cent of GNP of each country ratifying Earth Constitution.
4.2. Two and one half per cent of net income of each energy company, including energy mining, transportation, storing processing (to fuel and/or electricity), and marketing companies - both public and private – that take part in transformation process.
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Adopted as World Legislative Act Number 10 at third session of the Provisional World Parliament, meeting June 1987, at Miami Beach, Florida, USA, convened in conformance with the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. Formatting amendments were adopted at the eighth (2004) session of the provisional World Parliament.
Dr. Terence P. Amerasinghe, Barrister-at-Law
Secretary (1st & 3rd sessions)
Provisional World Parliament
Eugenia Almand, JD, Secretary
Provisional World Parliament


Q: In the status 'With DE for Assignment,' what does 'DE' stand for?
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The status has changed to 'With DE for Assignment' four days after submission.
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Manuscript statuses vary from journal to journal. Without knowing the exact journal you have submitted to, it would not be possible to say exactly what the status means. However, based on the journal, 'DE' can stand for either 'Deputy Editor' or 'Department Editor.'
The Deputy Editor typically performs the initial check on a manuscript – for aspects such as adherence to guidelines, quality of writing, and match with the journal's focus. Once these seem fine, they send or assign the manuscript to the Associate Editor (AE) for identifying relevant peer reviewers.
The Department Editor handles a certain section of a large journal, a smaller area of interest within the larger area of interest for the journal. (Sometimes, this role is also known as a Subject Editor.) If this is the case, the Department Editor will most likely perform a basic review of the paper for the novelty and quality of the research and then identify relevant peer reviewers. In some cases, the Department Editor may work with the AE for identifying reviewers.
As it has been only four days since submission, and again, without knowing the exact journal, it seems likely that the manuscript is with the Deputy Editor for assigning to an AE. You should know the next status in a few days. All the best!
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Funambulus palmarum
The Indian palm squirrel also known as three-striped palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family that can be easily domesticated and kept as a pet. It is found naturally in India and Sri Lanka. In the late 19th century, the Palm squirrel was accidentally introduced into Western Australia, where it has since become a minor pest that is actively targeted for eradication due to its lack of natural predators.


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The Widerdonum
Princess Reisha
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Set between the end of the First Rose War, and the Thorne Rebellion, is the story of Princess Reisha, the Nechteran Revolt, and the Widerdonum.
The Nechteran Revolt
A smaller kingdom bordering the Middle Kingdom, Nechtera is considered to be a snd rate power and not generally a threat to the great power of the Middle Kingdom. Yet events in Nechtera will threaten to plunge most of the continent into a bloody struggle that could take decades to be fought out. The Revolt begins as a basic peasant uprising caused by a combination of taxation and several years of moderate drought. As the peasants muster and throw out the tax collectors, there is a build up of levies and militia soldiers on the side of the Nechteran nobility. In most cases, such a revolt would be easily put down and end as a minor footnote in the ledgers of history, but such would not be the case.
A traitor in the Royal Court does the unthinkable, he assassinates most of the entire royal family. The King of Nechtera, Thetavra the Wise suffers the most painful death as he is horrificly and slowly mutilated with a ceremonial sword of his King's Elite Guard. The rest of the royal family and most of those in line for the throne of Nechtera die from poison. The Poinson Tasters never knew that their vessels were treated with the antidote to the poison, thus protecting them while the unadulterated poison went on to slay those of noble blood.
This Revolt then took on a new aspect as the death of most of the Royal family shook the morale of the Royalists, and gave new fire to the rebels. It seemed that the commoners would rise up to eclipse the divine mandate of the nobility to rule. Many of the nations and Kingdoms that bordered Nechtera made plans to invade the small kingdom and put down the peasant revolt with their own troops, but faltered. Such an act of war would be nothing more than an act of war and might galvanize their own peasantage to rise up as the Nechterans had. Instead, the various nobles and the Blue faction of the Middle Kingdom's court produced an heir and avatar of their faction; Princess Reisha.
Now only 2nd in line to the throne, and with the first person missing and presumed slain, she had a right of succession to return to Nechtera and assume control of the nobility that remained. As a symbol of her right to rule, she carried an heirloom of the Nechteran Kings, a Dwarven Bow of sublime craftsmanship and unequalled power. This bow had been passed down from generation to generation, tracing it's way back to the first King of Nechtera and their ancient alliance with the dwarves of the mountains.
The Staging Point
Most of the events above will take place before the PCs become involved and will be backstory elements. Much of it may be well known, such as the peasant revolt, and the assassination of at least the King of Nechtera. Those with better connections might know the full extent of the assassin's attack. Those with political connections and noble influence might know that several other Kingdoms have begun to muster loyal forces to put down the Nechteran revolt if it threatens to spill out of the small kingdom, though at the moment their hands are tied by a grudging respect for the law and fear of causing the revolt to spread even faster than it already has.
Princess Reisha has arrived in the border city of Menethor, less than half a day from Nechtera. The mood in the city is tense, and the main tavern of the city is a simmering pot of apprehension and anxiety. In addition to reports of rebels siezing and burning Noble carvans and wagons, their are also reports of looting, pillage, and murder pouring out of Nechtera, along with a good stream of refugees who only wish to escape the fighting with their lives and a bit of their prosperity. On the other side, a full division of footmen have gathered under the tenative command of the Princess, as well as several dozen knights of the Blue and Green noble factions.
The Princess doesnt wish to agitate the matter any further and feels that if her intelligence is correct, the remaining Royalist forces can put down the revolt with a minimum of bloodshed or outside assistance. She doesnt wish to she her homeland ravaged by any more conflict than it has already faced. To this end, she is taking a small group of highly skilled professionals (IE the PCs) with her to assist in the operation and will send for the bulk of her forces only if dire need presents itself. As a symbol of her desire to rejoin the estranged peasantage and the nobility, she has since requisitioned and donned the armor of the folk hero and knight Errant, Huran.
A Bitter Homecoming
Crossing into Nechtera with the PC party and perhaps a dozen other mounted warriors, mostly green and blue knights, but a single yellow garbed advisor as well, they encounter signs of battles. There are refugess on the road, bandits are operating more openly and brazenly then ever, and there might even be a combat heavy encounter with an outrider band of Peasant Marauders. The scene in the capital is bittersweet. The locals cheer for the return of their loved princess, but there are signs that the city itself has seen heavy fighting, and the Royalist forces remain demoralized and lack any sort of strong leadership.
The Campaign that follows consists of gathering the Royalist Troops and rallying them under Princess Reisha and her cadre of professionals and knights. The first orders of conflict are clearing the roads of bandits, a task that she might send for her Middle Kingdom troops to take care of under the auspice of the bandits raiding across the border. The next order of action involves the PCs leading elements of the Royalist forces against rebel strongholds, and doing search and destroy missions against the more mobile forces of the Rebels. Eventually the campaign should end with a siege of the Rebel's last stronghold with the final goal being the capture of the rebel leaders and the end of the revolt.
The Revolt is more than a simple peasant uprising against what is percieved to be noble excess in a time of near famine. The conditions were right, and various members of the Yellow Faction, growing weary of Reisha and her Green's interference and outrage over her turning the rule of the Middle Kingdom over to the Viceroy after the First Rose war, inflamed the conflict. Using their merchant contacts, the Yellow faction funneled cheap weapons and armor into Nechtera, along with discrete mercenary advisors to train the peasantage into a half-way functional force that might overthrow the hide-bound aristocracy of Nechtera. The end goal was for a radical change in Nechtera's political alignment, bringing them away from the traditional viewpoint of the blues with strong Green tendancies firmly into the progressive clutches of the Yellow faction.
It is also the Yellow faction that has done much work to keep other kingdoms at bay while their experiment boils furiously. Discovering that Princess Reisha herself is going to attempt to quell the affair has them almost giddy. with the Princess away and heading into a danger zone, the Yellows are freed from higher level of scrutiny. To take advantage of this, they secretly have an assassin or two hired to attempt to kill the Princess in the field, but it has to look like she was killed in combat.
Expanding the scenario
The quelling of the Nechteran Revolt is a look into the dichotomy of Noble right to rule versus the radical idea of rule by the people. While Reisha will wish to support and protect the common people, she does so out of Noblesse Oblige, not out of a democratic spirit. It is the duty of the noblity to protect the common people, and to be worthy of their fealty, just as the common people have the duty of serving the nobility and being worthy of their protection. The entire campaign has a heavy military and combat theme, with the two factions squaring off across the kingdom.
Once Reisha is in charge, and the Royalists rallied under her and the PCs (now military advisors and leaders) the battles will quickly turn against the revolting peasants. The Royalists are better trained, better armed, and more experienced. The Peasants have larger numbers, but almost non-existant discipline and lack morale in large scale battles. The end of the campaign should have the peasants surrendering in large numbers, a few fighting a slowly failing guerilla war against the Royalists and an increasingly pressed strongpoint for the remaining rebels.
If the PCs are very successfull in routing the peasants, and preventing the last stronghold from becoming a siege situation, they should be able to secure agents of the Yellow Faction before their escape. If a siege results in taking the last rebel city/fortress, the Yellow agents will escape and aside from the standard espianoge and court back-stebbery no one will be the wiser to their machinations. Unless the siege turns into an absolute abattoir or lasts more than a year, they will find a prisoner being held since the


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Announcements for philex
philex – Cross references for named and numbered environments
Philex provides means for creating and cross-referencing named or numbered environments. Possible uses would be equations, example sentences (as in linguistics or philosophy) or named principles. Cross references may refer either to the number, or to a short name of the target environment, or to the contents of the environment.
Philex builds on the facilities of the linguex package.


A Greek word referring to the imitation of nature or culture. Often used as a term to describe recognisibility, it is the opposite of abstract (Abstract Sounds). A mimetic sound, is similar to a sound from nature or human culture. For example: the way in which a flute might imitate a bird, or the way in which granualr textures might sounds like pebbles / rocks falling.


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On the EVE Online forums, Ellente Fervens makes a request that crops up occasionally: the directional scanner should have an option to update automatically, shifting a tedious and repetitive task away from the player to the computer. Conceptually, I agree with this idea. This is sci-fi, and we are piloting complex ships no doubt stuffed with computing power. It should be possible to give the ship computer a set of commands such as, 'keep d-scan updated, and if an unknown ship or scanning probes are detected then initiate an emergency warp back to the tower'.
Practically, however, I do not agree with such a change. EVE Online is not just a sci-fi environment, it is also and primarily a game. The interest and entertainment comes from player skill, and the progression of that skill. If you take away the skill from the game, by placing control in the hands of a computer, you are taking away the reason to play the game. This, I would argue, is one reason why AFK-[anything] is considered wrong, or at least unsporting. You play a game to be involved, and removing that involvement is seen to be detrimental to enjoyment.
As an example, the act of scanning is obviously algorithmic. Arrange probes in a set pattern, scan, pick a signature, centre the probe pattern on that signature, reduce the range of probes, scan. Repeat until signature is 100% or probe range is minimised, bookmark and/or ignore the signature, and reset; repeat until all signatures are bookmarked or ignored. In reality, there should be no pilot interaction for scanning. Launch your probes, let the computer do everything, and analyse the results at your leisure. But the lack of interaction gives no reason to be at the controls, to be playing the game.
Similar arguments could be made for other aspects of New Eden life, such as planetary interaction. I don't know myself, but I suspect there is an algorithmic method for finding sources of planet goo, extracting it, and shipping it to space. It would save a lot of fiddling around if you could just tell your computer to do it for you. And it would probably do a better job, too. Manufacturing also has algorithmic properties, when considering what blueprints to buy and research, and when to install lots of separate jobs to get a resultant ship off the production line. This isn't unusual.
Part of the reason there are so many processes that can be reduced to automation is that EVE Online is essentially a simulation, already running on computers, and already reduced to algorithms. This is clearly demonstrated by acknowledging that mission-running can be automated. The rats are always the same, and will always react the same way, because that's how they've been designed. Modules, planetary equipment, and probes will never deteriorate, so each subsequent process will be exactly the same as the previous one. Anything that has been programmed can be automated.
That's not to say scanning shouldn't be done automatically. But if it is, there must be some reason for players to want to scan manually. Generally, a common theme in gaming is to reward player interaction over player non-interaction. In this case, it would be that automated scanning would take at least twice as long as manual scanning. Note how this still makes no sense from a realism viewpoint, as a computer would be able to arrange probes much more quickly than a human. But if the processes were realistic then player interaction would be detrimental to progress, which is antithetical to the idea of gameplay. And there is a firm precedent, as autopilot takes you more slowly to your destination than does manual navigation.
If you consider the parts of the game that cannot be automated, that are not algorithmic, you will see a common pattern: player involvement. PvP is the defining aspect of EVE Online, and with good reason. Once you get other players, other people, involved, predictability is thrown out of the window. There may be aspects of PvP combat that can feel repetitive, or could be done more quickly by a computer, but there is always variation, always uncertainty, and that cannot be easily accounted for by an algorithm. The heart of EVE Online shows that player interaction and skill is rewarded over mechanically reproducing certain actions.
Now to bring the discussion back to d-scan updating automatically. Yes, conceptually it should be possible. Computers can do this easily. And there seems little reason to object to it. After all, the player still needs to analyse the results, and ephemeral ships or probes can still be missed if a capsuleer takes a drink or is otherwise distracted. But this isn't futuristic spaceship life, this is a game. Player interaction needs to be rewarded over player non-interaction. Automated d-scanning, if it happens, would need to update slowly, and significantly slowly than is possible manually.
A thirty-second automatic update of d-scan may be acceptable to consider. Any less and d-scan would come close to being the w-space version of a populated local channel, negating the base concept behind w-space. You could argue that this period is too long, and a pilot would be better off updating d-scan manually. Well, that is pretty much my point. An automated d-scan updating every thirty seconds is better than nothing, but updating it manually is better still. There needs to be risk, but specifically risk that can be mitigated by players being alert to those risks. There is limited automation in games for a reason, even if those reasons deny realism. The game needs to be player driven, lest we end up with computer-vs-computer gameplay whilst us meatbags with our slow-firing neurons sit back and watch what is essentially alternative TV.


text: But if we take a full mineral water bottle and hold it upside down, then there is a series of fights going on between the liquid, which is trying to get out under the pull of gravitation, and the air, which is trying to push its way past the liquid to fill up the space in the bottle. Sometimes the air pushes back the water, and sometimes the water pushes back the air. This means that the air is thrown into little disturbances, which we hear as gurgles. We say that water gurgles, but it is the air that is disturbed by this contest between it and the water. We call these disturbances 'gurgles'.


Extact latitude and longitude from eopatch
Hello everybody!
I'm new in eolearn. I executed the full example of slovinia.
In order to adapt the code to my study area I need to have the latitude and longitude of each point of an epoatch.
How could I do that please!
Hi Sophie,
You will find some useful elements in this post. Maybe _USER_ has made some progress and can give some tips?
Hi _USER_.lamare _USER_
I would like to help. But, I am still seeking the solution. There is no much documentation. I am trying to find something.
If there is any improvement it be shared.
Take a look at this stack overflow post, it should help you. You have the corner coordinates and pixel size from your eopatch, and I'm thinking you can assume zero rotation and thus use the simplified calculation.
Otherwise, I found some inbuilt eolearn functions that can help: eopatch_to_dataset & new_coordinates, but you would need to experiment with them (they are seldom used):
from eolearn.visualization.xarray_utils import eopatch_to_dataset, new_coordinates
# Convert patch to xarray
ptch = eopatch_to_dataset(eopatch)
# Get coordinates in lat lon (check the input and output CRS
# they may be different for you)
latlon = new_coordinates(ptch, CRS('32633'), CRS('4326'))
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Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation 2017 09 26() doi 10.6002/ect.2016.0340
Several scoring systems have been developed to noninvasively predict the presence of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Hepatitis C virus and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are the 2 most common indications for orthotopic liver transplant and are associated with disease recurrence that can lead to fibrosis progression. Here, we evaluated the performance of commonly used fibrosis scores in assessing the presence of advanced fibrosis in patients after orthotopic liver transplant.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Our study consisted of consecutive patients with hepatitis C virus or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease who underwent a liver biopsy after transplant and had laboratory measurements within 1 week of biopsy. Graft fibrosis was determined by an experienced pathologist (stage F0-F4). Advanced fibrosis was defined as stage F3-F4. The following fibrosis scores were calculated for each patient: aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio, aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index, and fibrosis-4 index.
We analyzed 93 patients with median age of 59 years (25th and 75th percentile of 53 and 64 y) and median body mass index of 31.8 kg/m² (25th and 75th percentile of 27 and 37.6 kg/m²). Of total patients, 41 (44%) were diabetic. Median time to liver biopsy posttransplant was 27.7 months (25th and 75 percentile of 10.8 and 59.9 mo). We found that 54 patients (58%) had no fibrosis, 15 (16.1%) had F1, 8 (8.6%) had F2, 7 (7.5%) had F3, and 9 (9.7%) had F4. Overall, advanced fibrosis (F3-F4) was present in 16 patients. Aspartate aminotransferase/alanine amino-transferase ratio, aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index, and fibrosis-4 index were not significantly different between patients with and without advanced fibrosis (all P >.05). The calculated fibrosis scores had poor diagnostic accuracy for presence of advanced fibrosis posttransplant.
Commonly used liver fibrosis scores are not accurate in predicting the presence of advanced fibrosis in patients after liver transplant.


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Sometimes, a module that has gone through some changes, or has been designed as a drop-in replacement for another module, will have a compatibility interface that mimics another module or another version. These alternate interfaces make it easier to move up to the new module without changing existing code.
However, these additional interfaces can get confusing. They can also preserve older-style constructions and habits, and make it harder to move ahead to well-factored, orthogonal code. Finally, such constructions are often an additional burden on the module maintainer, and may be dropped in future module releases. It's a good idea to update your code to use a module's primary interface.
With longer programs, it's important not to try to make all interface changes at once. Change the interface for a small section, test it, check it into CVS, and repeat. Once you've removed all of the old interface from a file or module, you can change the 'use' statement to avoid importing the functions that you no longer need. Make sure that you run tests afterwards.
CGI is a good example. The CGI module has a compatibility interface with the old routines which make it easier to start using CGI in old code. Once you've updated to CGI, you can go through the code and update the interface in small steps. Once you think you've eliminated all of the code using the old ReadParse/%in interface, you can remove the ':cgi-lib' from the 'use CGI' declaration. Testing the code after that will tell you whether you've gotten rid of all of the old calls.
Change If/Then to Hash Lookup
Condition: You have a series of if/then/elsif statements mapping one set of values to another
Resolution: Build a hash table mapping the two sets of values, and turn the set of if/thens to a subroutine lookup.
if ( $fruit eq 'lemon' ) { $color = 'yellow'; } elsif ( $fruit eq 'orange' ) { $color = 'orange'; } elsif ( $fruit eq 'tomato' ) { $color ='red'; }
changes to:
our %Fruit_Colors = ( lemon => 'yellow', orange => 'orange', tomato =>'red', ); $color = $Fruit_Colors{$color};
 1. Build hash mapping conditionals to values.
 2. Replace conditional statements with hash lookup.
 3. Test.
Frequently, programmers moving to Perl from other languages will have to map one value to another. Unused to the power of Perl's hashes, they will build huge chains of if/then statements-- if $foo is 'doogie', set $bar to 'howzer', or if $foo is'michael', set $bar to 'knight', etc. These huge clusters are impenetrable to the eye. Plus, if at any time you need to alter these values, you need to go spelunking into lightless code-caverns, searching for just the right conditional.
The idiomatic Perl solution is to use hashes any time one is mapping one set of values to another set of values. With a hash, it's easy to see what maps to what. Even better, you can put the hash at the top of your file, where it's easy to find and alter without messing around deep inside the code.
Build a table. Start at the top of your conditional block and add one line similar to michael => "knight" for each conditional. Then you can replace the conditional block with a simple hash lookup.
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Refactorings by other users.
Other lists of refactorings:
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lines from both versions, instead of leaving conflict
markers. This tends to leave the added lines in the
resulting file in random order and the user should
verify the result. Do not use this if you do not
understand the implications.
Defining a custom merge driver
The definition of a merge driver is done in the '.git/config'
file, not in the 'gitattributes' file, so strictly speaking this
To define a custom merge driver 'filfre', add a section to your
[merge "filfre"]
name = feel-free merge driver
driver = filfre %O %A %B
recursive = binary
The 'merge.*.name' variable gives the driver a human-readable
The 'merge.*.driver' variable's value is used to construct a
command to run to merge ancestor's version ('%O'), current
version ('%A') and the other branches' version ('%B'). These
three tokens are replaced with the names of temporary files that
hold the contents of these versions when the command line is
the file named with '%A' by overwriting it, and exit with zero
were conflicts.
The 'merge.*.recursive' variable specifies what other merge
driver to use when the merge driver is called for an internal
merge between common ancestors, when there are more than one.
When left unspecified, the driver itself is used for both
internal merge and the final merge.
Checking whitespace errors
The 'core.whitespace' configuration variable allows you to define what
'diff' and 'apply' should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
the project (See linkgit:git-config[1]). This attribute gives you finer
control per path.
Notice all types of potential whitespace errors known to git.
Do not notice anything as error.
Use the value of 'core.whitespace' configuration variable to
decide what to notice as error.
Specify a comma separate list of common whitespace problems to
notice in the same format as 'core.whitespace' configuration
If you have these three 'gitattributes' file:
(in $GIT_DIR/info/attributes)
a* foo!bar -baz
(in.gitattributes)
abc foo bar baz
(in t/.gitattributes)
ab* merge=filfre
abc -foo -bar
*.c frotz
the attributes given to path 't/abc' are computed as follows:
1. By examining 't/.gitattributes' (which is in the same
line matches. 'merge' attribute is set. It also finds that
the second line matches, and attributes 'foo' and 'bar'
are unset.
2. Then it examines '.gitattributes' (which is in the parent
directory), and finds that the first line matches, but
't/.gitattributes' file already decided how 'merge', 'foo'
and 'bar' attributes should be given to this path, so it
leaves 'foo' and 'bar' unset. Attribute 'baz' is set.
3. Finally it examines '$GIT_DIR/info/attributes'. This file
a match, and 'foo' is set, 'bar' is reverted to unspecified
state, and 'baz' is unset.
As the result, the attributes assignment to 't/abc' becomes:
foo set to true
bar unspecified
baz set to false
merge set to string value "filfre"
frotz unspecified
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If the attribute 'export-subst' is set for a file then git will expand
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expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if
linkgit:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
as those for the option '--pretty=format:' of linkgit:git-log[1],
except that they need to be wrapped like this: '$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$'
in the file. E.g. the string '$Format:%H$' will be replaced by the
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Parablennius incognitusMystery blenny
Max Size: 6 cm
Sea Temperature Range: N/A
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: N/A
Occurrence: Infrequent (6.0% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


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Biped robot walking control on inclined planes with fuzzy parameter adaptation
Yılmaz, Metin and Seven, Utku and Erbatur, Kemalettin (2010) Biped robot walking control on inclined planes with fuzzy parameter adaptation. In: IFAC Workshop Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing (ALCOSP 2010), Antalya, Turkey
The bipedal structure is suitable for a robot functioning in the human environment, and assuming assistive roles. However, the bipedal walk is a poses a difficult control problem. Walking on even floor is not satisfactory for the applicability of a humanoid robot. This paper presents a study on bipedal walk on inclined planes. A Zero Moment Point (ZMP) based reference generation technique is employed. The orientation of the upper body is adjusted online by a fuzzy logic system to adapt to different walking surface slopes. This system uses a sampling time larger than the one of the joint space position controllers. A newly defined measure of the oscillatory behavior of the body pitch angle and the average value of the pelvis pitch angle are used as inputs to the fuzzy adaptation system. A 12-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) biped robot model is used in the full-dynamics 3-D simulations. Simulations are carried out on even floor and inclined planes with different slopes. The results indicate that the fuzzy adaptation algorithms presented are successful in enabling the robot to climb slopes of 5.6 degrees (10 percent).
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Edward Conor Marshall O'Brien
(3 November 1880–18 April 1952) was an intellectual, Irish aristocrat, republican, nationalist, pioneer in modern maritime theory, owner and captain of one of the first boats to sail under the tri-colour of the Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
, during his circumnavigation in the Saoirse
. Reputedly this was the first small boat to sail around Cape Horn
Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island...
. This is slightly unfair to Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Canadian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World...
, the Bostonian, who was the first single-handed yachtsman to successfully pass this way (in 1895) although in the end, extreme weather forced him to use some of the inshore routes between the channels and islands and it is believed he may not have actually passed outside the Horn proper. Given the scale of Slocum's achievement it might be considered unfair to deprive him of the honour! Although it was nearly 30 years later, a strict definition of "the first small boat to sail around outside Cape Horn" could indeed cover the 42-foot (13 m) yacht Saoirse, sailed by Conor O'Brien with three hands, who rounded it during a circumnavigation of the world between 1923 and 1925 It was the first boat flying the Irish tri-colour
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to enter many of the world's ports and harbours). He was a ship builder/designer (notable boats include the Saoirse and AK Ilen
), gun runner for the IRB during the war of independence in Ireland, captain of a ship sailing in the merchant navy during WWII.

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The Hefei TV tower is taken as an analytical case to examine the control method with a fluid viscous damper under wind load fluctuation. Firstly, according to the random vibration theory, the effect of fluctuating wind on the tower can be modeled as a 19-dimensional correlated random process, and the wind-induced vibration analysis of the tower subjected to dynamic wind load was further obtained. On the basis of the others' works, a bimodel dynamic model is proposed. Finally, a dynamic model is proposed to study the wind-induced vibration control analysis using viscous fluid dampers, and the optimal damping coefficient is obtained regarding the wind-induced response of the upper turret as optimization objectives. Analysis results show that the maximum peak response of the tower under dynamic wind load is far beyond the allowable range of the code. The wind-induced responses and the wind vibration input energy of the tower are decreased greatly by using a fluid viscous damper, and the peak acceleration responses of the upper turret is reduced by 43.4%.
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Water Impact Penetration Tester
Water Impact Penetration Tester is used to determine the water resistance of fabrics under low impact conditions, and to predict the rain resistance of wearing fabrics.
Spray a certain amount of water from a height of (610±10) mm from the sample to be tested to the suSMace of the sample with a certain tension, and attach a known weight of absorbent paper on the back of the sample. After spraying, weigh the mass of absorbent paper again and calculate the permeability.
One end of the specimen is clamped on the steel plate with the metal spring clamp along the width direction. The length of the metal spring clamp mouth is (152 ± 10) mm, and the total mass is (152 ± 10) mm（ zero point four five + zero point zero five ）Kg metal spring clamps the other free end of the sample, and the test suSMace of the sample is subject to spray. Weigh the mass of white absorbent paper (152 ± 10) mm × (229 ± 10) mm to the nearest 0.1g And insert it between the sample and the test bench.
Pour (500 ± 10) ml of reagent into the funnel of the tester to spray the sample, and avoid vortex as much as possible during water pouring.
After the completion of spraying (2S after the continuous spraying stops), take out the absorbent paper carefully, and quickly weigh the mass of the absorbent paper to the nearest 0.1g
Testing Scope: Waterproof fabric, Coating fabric, Diving suit, Medical Protective Clothing Material, etc；
1. Funnel height: 610mm ± 10 mm
2. The angle of slip and loss platform is 45 °;
3. Nozzle inner diameter 45.4mm, 25 holes, 0.99mm ± 0.005mm.
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text: Electrocardiograms (ECG) and laboratory data were studied in 130 neurosurgical patients before and after neurosurgery. The following results were obtained: 1. The postoperative ECG showed ST-T changes in 21 % of the cases with subarachnoid hemorrhage, 15 % with cerebral tumor, 37.5 % with supracellar tumor and 50 % with Parkinson syndrome. 2. In 50 % of subarachnoid hemorrhage and 47 % of cerebral tumor, postoperative ECG deteriorated within 1 week. After 2 weeks such deterioration was observed in only 37 % in the former cases and 43 % in the latter. 3. Postoperative ECGs were improved or unchanged in 83 % cases of cerebral bleeding, 75 % (within 1 week) and 83 % (after 2 weeks) of intracerebral bleeding, and in all of Parkinson syndrome. However, in the cases of supra-cellar tumor, postoperative ECGs deteriorated 100 % within 1 week and 75 % after 2 weeks. 4. Serum K(+) and Ca(++) were decreased significantly in the group with deteriorated postoperative ECGs. The R. B. C., Hb and Ht were decreased regardless of postoperative ECGs. 5. Postoperative ECGs deteriorated when the operation time lasted longer than 6 h or blood loss during the operation was over 1,000 ml.


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Tailoring the Consumer Connection: The Role of Personalized Packaging and Gender in Influencing FMCG Purchase Intentions Across Product Categories
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Inspired by the increased use of personalized packaging as a marketing tool within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, this thesis examines the impact of personalized packaging communication on consumer purchase intention. Through this exploration, we delve into the interaction between personalized packaging, gender, product category (hedonic vs utilitarian), and perceived hedonic value, thereby offering a comprehensive understanding of how these factors interact to influence buying decisions in the market. Hence, the study aims to answer the following research question: "How does the presence or absence of personalized packaging, combined with gender (male vs female) and product category (hedonic vs utilitarian), interact with perceived hedonic value to influence consumer purchase intention in the FMCG market?" Further, the literature review sets the foundation for the research's hypothesis, methodology and analysis. Based on previous findings, we propose that personalized packaging will increase consumers' purchase intention, and the perceived hedonic value of the product will mediate the relationship. Further, we suggest that product categories can be delved into a bidimensional division; utilitarian and hedonic products, where the product categories operate as a moderator. Additionally, gender is hypothesized to moderate the relation, where females are more positively affected by the concept. Lastly, we believe that there is a moderated mediation effect between the variables. Furthermore, to answer the hypotheses, we conducted a regression analysis and a moderator-, mediation-, and moderated mediation analysis using the PROCESS macro, respectively, model 1, 4 and 8, v.4.2 (Hayes, 2022) for SPSS. Our findings discovered an isolated impact of personalized packaging on the intention to purchase, along with a mediating effect of perceived hedonic value. It also revealed a genderbased effect, indicating that females react more favorably to personalized packaging. However, contrary to our expectations, the type of product (utilitarian vs hedonic) did not influence any relationships. Further, we discuss the findings, the limitations of the research, along with opportunities within the field.
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Improvement plan for private hospital
The Problem: Weak profitability of a key asset within a private hospital portfolio
Our client, a leading UK Private Hospital Operator, had identified an underperforming asset within its network, and approached Credo for support in determining why the hospital was operating at below its target revenue and target margin, and for support in identifying measures to improve the financial performance.
Our Approach: Review of utilisation and profitability, development and impact modelling of potential improvement scenarios
The hospital was believed to be underutilised, with a mixture of procedures and specialties – some of which were believed to be far more profitable than others. Our approach therefore involved supporting the development of a cost allocation model that calculated the profitability of individual procedures, and undertaking a review of hospital utilisation by key department and specialty.
This allowed us to identify procedures or groups of procedures that were low margin and / or resource intensive. We worked closely with hospital management to understand the interdependencies between procedures, specialties, funder groups and individual surgeons and the risks associated with realigning the activity-mix of the hospital. We worked with the client to develop a number of potential scenarios for the hospital going forwards, and we modelled the financial impact of each, allowing the creation of a performance improvement plan.
The Result: Strong understanding of current performance, improvement plan created
The findings of the profitability review were embraced by Clinical and Non-clinical Hospital Management, and a process to realign the activity-mix of the hospital and review options for the development of adjacent services was undertaken.


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Get kids talking about relevant issues before you read a book aloud to them by using an anticipation guide. This anticipation guide is meant to give students time to think about and discuss pertinent issues that come up Cynthia Kadohat's book Kira-Kira, which was the winner of the 2005 Newberry Medal. Students answer seven questions and then share their responses with a partner. (You could extend this activity by turning one or more of these questions into a class discussion.)
Be sure to collect these guides from your students so you can hand them back to each child at the end of the book. THEY will be surprised to see how their thinking has changed as a result of the book.
Please rate this product after you've used it in your classroom. Thank you!
I am a former fourth and fifth grade classroom teacher who is now a part-time literacy consultant. I have two master's degrees: one in elementary education from Hunter College and one in literacy from Teachers College (Columbia University).


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Ability to detect and to isolate faults which may affect the system depends essentially on instrumentation architecture. This is why, before designing an industrial supervision system, determination of monitoring ability based on technical specifications is important. Used methods in the consulted literature are based on a model given as a set of collected data in different modes (faulty and normal) or under complex differential equations. In the present paper it will be shown how the behavioral, structural and causal properties of the bond graph model can be used for monitoring ability analysis (which part of the system is over, just or under constrained) with no need of calculation. The developed method is applied to the designing a real time monitoring of an electromechanical system.


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Over the past couple of weeks we have been researching some reports regarding encryption not handling attachments correctly. During the process, the error that kept printing on the back end processing was ""Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"". If Outlook sends a message using the RTF format (which is not very common outside Outlook) for bold text and other text enhancements, it includes the formatting commands in the winmail.dat file. Receiving email clients that do not understand the code therein display it as a stale attachment. To make matters worse, Outlook may also pack other, regular file attachments in the winmail.dat file. That's the bad news, the good news is that fix is a piece of cake.
In Outlook 2010 you go through File, then Options and check the box below:
In Outlook 2007 you go through Tools, then Options:
1. Go to the Mail Format tab.
2. Under Compose in this message format:, make sure either HTML or Plain Text is selected.
3. Click Internet Format.
4. Make sure either Convert to Plain Text format or Convert to HTML format is selected under When sending Outlook Rich Text messages to Internet recipients, use this format:
5. Ok to submit.
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Arthur Miller makes formal choices related to theme and conflict in Death of A Salesman. This results from the historical context and Miller's personal vision. Discuss theme and conflict in Death of A Salesman.Cite speeches and scenes that illuminate the theme in each case and that bring out the conflict.
Write 2 pages, double-spaced.
Attached is the act: "Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller" read through it and write the paper.


[Zbrafish] IACUC approval for commercial vendors
Bill Trevarrow via zbrafish%40net.bio.net (by trevarro from uoneuro.uoregon.edu)
Mon Jun 23 16:00:20 EST 2008
Greetings DMA,
There are many facets to your recent post. Here
are some considerations that occurred to me:
With respect to a pet store source of fish:
- There are several considerations; availability
and expense, fish genetics and fish pathogens.
- Some pet store fish are extremely robust and fecund.
- Pet stores in general do not always get their
fish from the same source. The store may get them
from different wholesalers and each wholesaler
may get them from different producers. Petco,
however, being a large corporation, is probably
getting their ZF from a single source with a long
term contract.
- The quality and genetics will vary as the sources change.
- Large non-laboratory fish sources are probably
more likely to harbor diseases.
- Passing fish through pet stores in general
(including large corporate fish stores) often
exposes them to the diseases of fish that have
passed through the fish store in the past.
- These fish may also be easier to get through
the larval stages and therefore useful in
initially developing nursery care.
With respect to how your facility is operating:
- It sounds like you have a very small set-up and
are not breeding your next generation of fish.
You just want to purchase them. This reduces the
importance of maintaining a completely disease
free facility. The losses you might have in your
worst case scenario (all fish dead, pathogens in
all tanks) can be relatively easily fixed (bleach
everything, re-establish proper functioning of
your filtration, and buy new fish).
This won't work in a large facility maintaining
many different lines, some of which may be
genetically unique. Even if the establish lines
are available, getting them and quarantining them
into the facility is a big hassle.
- However, this does not remove your
responsibility of taking good care of your fish,
trying to get healthy ones, and avoiding sick
With respect to the IACUC:
- Try using common sense with the IACUC. What has
the history been of the fish you got from that
source? How many other approved fish sources are
out there? What are the requirements for approval
and how realistically relevant are they to your
zebrafish colony? Records such as longevity of
the different groups of fish may be useful in
these discussions.
With respect to the intended use of the fish:
- If you are not using them for genetics then pet
store fish maybe fine, however, if your are doing
molecular biology them you are doing genetics and
it could matter. Also other factors (such as
disease) may effect experimental results.
>Hi all, especially those of you with insight into veterinarians.
>I have an approved protocol to work with fish embryos; my
>"colony" (school?) of fish consists of two ten gallon tanks with
>filters etc, about 20 fish, and it is in my lab, not the animal
>quarters. In that protocol I listed ZIRC as the source of the
>adults. I have found, however, that my local Petco sells perfectly
>healthy fish for about $1 each, and shopping there has the advantage
>that I can pick out big fat females and good looking males, and I
>don't have to buy in pairs.
>Here's the but - Petco is not an "approved vendor" and the vet on my
>IACUC committee (on which, by the way, I serve as the fish & amphibian
>expert) has put a hold on my purchasing of new fish until I can get
>some kind of health certificate.
>Has anyone figured out a workaround for this problem? I'm trying to
>get in contact with the store manager, but it's a Petco for pete's
>sake - what is the likelihood that they will have the kind of
>documentation needed for an IACUC committee composed almost entirely
>of mouse people?
>Does anyone else just use pet store wildtypes? Am I making a huge
>mistake by doing that? (I don't do any genetics, so I don't need
>Any wisdom or practical advice will be very welcome.
>Zbrafish mailing list
>Zbrafish from net.bio.net
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Bill Trevarrow
Thoren Aquatics
944 Almaden Street
Eugene, OR 97402
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failed the game
No doubt they would have risked too much on any given trial. They could have had a string of seven or more losing trades that would have made it impossible for them to recover their initial starting balance? Or It could have been that some participants had only one, two, or three HUGE LOSSES that reduced their account down to extremely low levels.
Also, some participants probably tried to increase their stake size after one, two or three losses hoping that they could recover the loss. (Martingale strategy). Problems with martingale strategies develop when the streak of consecutive losses causes the risk / reward ratio to blow out of proportion. What happens when there is a streak of fifteen losses in a row? (Is it logical to risk losing $700 by trying to save $100?)
On the other hand if the participants had used Anti-martingale strategies, which means increasing the amounts they risked on each trial after winning streaks they would have done better.
The lesson's from the experiment with the 40 Ph.D.s is loud and clear.
1.Do not risk too much money on any one position due to unknown timing and length of losing streaks.
2.There is a correct (Optimum) amount of money to risk on each trial. (position size). This amount can be calculated dependent on the rules of the game /system.
In case you are wondering what was the correct answer to the position size in the above experiment. The optimum amount to achieve the maximum gain was for the participants to risk 20 percent of their new equity each time. The balance of their accounts would have grown to about $7,500.
For trading purposes risking 20% of your closing balance would be regarded as a very high risk strategy. Very poor money management. Lets look at the effect on our account should we start with a string of consecutive losses.
Our starting account balance $1,000
less 20% loss number1 -$200 $800
less 20% loss number2 -$160 $640
less 20% loss number3 -$128 $512
less 20% loss number4 -$102 $409
less 20% loss number5 -$82 $327
less 20% loss number6 -$65 $262
less 20% loss number7 -$52 $209
After a bad string of 7 losses our account is now down to $209. We now need to make 378.5% to recover. See how risking 20% of our account balance is way to much.
Risk between 1% to 3%
Jack Schwager's book Market Wizards (1989) day and trend follower Larry Hite says about money management;
"Never risk more than 1% of the total equity on any trade. By only risking 1%, I am indifferent to any individual trade."
The general consensus on money management is that a trader should limit his risk up to about 3% maximum on any one position.
Does this seem reasonable?
Let check it out with the above previous seven in a row loss.
Our starting account balance $10,000
less 3% loss number1 -$300 $9,700
less 3% loss number2 -$291 $9,409
less 3% loss number3 -$282 $9,127
less 3% loss number4 -$274 $8,853
less 3% loss number5 -$266 $8,587
less 3% loss number6 -$258 $8,329
less 3% loss number7 -$250 $8,079
After our bad string of 7 losses our account is now down to $8,079. We now need to make 23.8% to recover.
Using our maximum money management 3% risk rule shows a recovery from a shocking 7-in-a-row loss situation is very feasible. Only 23.8% to recover compared to our earlier example of 378.5% if we risked 20% of our balance per trade. See how good money management can protect us!
As you noticed, we had to increase our account size from $1,000 to $10,000 to make our stop loss sizes reasonable. This shows that the smaller your account the more difficult it will be to apply proper money management rules.
To Learn more indepth details about money management - specifically; position sizing methods go here
See also the article section dealing with money management here.
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Matrix Attachment Regions: Regions of the CHROMATIN or DNA that bind to the NUCLEAR MATRIX. They are found in INTERGENIC DNA, especially flanking the 5' ends of genes or clusters of genes. Many of the regions that have been isolated contain a bipartite sequence motif called the MAR/SAR recognition signature sequence that binds to MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION BINDING PROTEINS.
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If you're enrolled in a Marketplace plan, income or household changes may affect the coverage or savings you are eligible for. It's important to update your application if you experience any of the following changes:
- Changes to your expected income for the year
- Changes in health coverage:
- Someone in your household getting an offer of job-based insurance, even if they don't enroll in it
- Someone in your household getting coverage from a public program like Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or Medicare
- Someone in your household losing coverage, like job-based coverage or Medicaid
- Changes to your household or individual members:
- Birth or adoption
- Placing a child for adoption or foster care
- Becoming pregnant
- Marriage or divorce
- A child on your plan turning 26
- Gaining or losing a dependent some other way
- Moving to a permanent address in your state.
- Note: Don't update your application if you move out of state. See what to do when you move out of state.
- Corrections to name, date of birth, or Social Security number
- Changes in status:
- Change in disability status
- Change of tax filing status
- Change of citizenship or immigration status
- Change in status as an American Indian/Alaska Native or tribal member
- Incarceration or release from incarceration
Why report changes to the Marketplace?
- Changes like higher or lower income, adding or losing household members, or getting offers of other health coverage may affect the coverage or savings you're eligible for.
- For example, if your income estimate goes down or you gain a household member, you may qualify for more savings than you're getting now.
- On the other hand, if your income estimate goes up or you lose a household member, you could owe money when you file your federal tax return.
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can be configured with any view registration mechanism: _USER_ decorator, ZCML, or imperative add_view styles.
Most web applications need to accept form submissions from web browsers and various other clients. In Pyramid, form submission handling logic is always part of a view. For a general overview of how to handle form submission data using the WebOb API, see Request and Response Objects and "Query and POST variables" within the WebOb documentation. Pyramid defers to WebOb for its request and response implementations, and handling form submission data is a property of the request implementation. Understanding WebOb's request API is the key to understanding how to process form submission data.
There are some defaults that you need to be aware of when trying to handle form submission data in a Pyramid view. Having high-order (i.e., non-ASCII) characters in data contained within form submissions is exceedingly common, and the UTF-8 encoding is the most common encoding used on the web for character data. Since Unicode values are much saner than working with and storing bytestrings, Pyramid configures the WebOb request machinery to attempt to decode form submission values into Unicode from UTF-8 implicitly. This implicit decoding happens when view code obtains form field values via the request.params, request.GET, or request.POST APIs (see pyramid.request for details about these APIs).
Many people find the difference between Unicode and UTF-8 confusing. Unicode is a standard for representing text that supports most of the world's writing systems. However, there are many ways that Unicode data can be encoded into bytes for transit and storage. UTF-8 is a specific encoding for Unicode, that is backwards-compatible with ASCII. This makes UTF-8 very convenient for encoding data where a large subset of that data is ASCII characters, which is largely true on the web. UTF-8 is also the standard character encoding for URLs.
As an example, let's assume that the following form page is served up to a browser client, and its action points at some Pyramid view code:
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The myview view code in the Pyramid application must expect that the values returned by request.params will be of type unicode, as opposed to type str. The following will work to accept a form post from the above form:
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def myview(request): # the.decode('utf-8') will break below if there are any high-order # characters in the firstname or lastname firstname = request.params['firstname'].decode('utf-8') lastname = request.params['lastname'].decode('utf-8')
For implicit decoding to work reliably, you should ensure that every form you render that posts to a Pyramid view explicitly defines a charset encoding of UTF-8. This can be done via a response that has a ;charset=UTF-8 in its Content-Type header; or, as in the form above, with a meta http-equiv tag that implies that the charset is UTF-8 within the HTML head of the page containing the form. This must be done explicitly because all known browser clients assume that they should encode form data in the same character set implied by Content-Type value of the response containing the form when subsequently submitting that form. There is no other generally accepted way to tell browser clients which charset to use to encode form data. If you do not specify an encoding explicitly, the browser client will choose to encode form data in its default character set before submitting it, which may not be UTF-8 as the server expects. If a request containing form data encoded in a non-UTF8 charset is handled by your view code, eventually the request code accessed within your view will throw an error when it can't decode some high-order character encoded in another character set within form data, e.g., when request.params['somename'] is accessed.
If you are using the Response class to generate a response, or if you use the render_template_* templating APIs, the UTF-8 charset is set automatically as the default via the Content-Type header. If you return a Content-Type header without an explicit charset, a request will add a ;charset=utf-8 trailer to the Content-Type header value for you, for response content types that are textual (e.g. text/html, application/xml, etc) as it is rendered. If you are using your own response object, you will need to ensure you do this yourself.
Only the values of request params obtained via request.params, request.GET or request.POST are decoded to Unicode objects implicitly in the Pyramid default configuration. The keys are still (byte) strings.


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Serialization: Serializing an Object
The article Serialization: Making a Serializable Class shows how to make a class serializable. Once you have a serializable class, you can serialize objects of that class to and from a file via a CArchive object. This article explains:
You can let the framework create the archive for your serializable document or explicitly create the CArchive object yourself. You can transfer data between a file and your serializable object by using the << and >> operators for CArchive or, in some cases, by calling the Serialize function of a CObject-derived class.


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I have a shared OneNote notebook. When someone visits the share link, they go to the first page of the first section. Is it possible to create a link to a different page in the notebook, so this is the first page that is displayed?
To generate a link to a page in OneNote Online:
- In the Navigation Pane, right-click the page tab in the Navigation Pane to which you want to generate a link.
- Select Copy Link to this Page.
- In the Copy Link dialog that appears, press CTRL-C or right-click the link and select Copy to place the link to the clipboard.


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Simulation of Interstitial Atom Diffusion in FCC Metals with Point Defects
This work is devoted to simulation of interstitial atom diffusion in fcc metals with point defects. We used the molecular static and the Monte Carlo methods. An activation barrier set for different configurations of the carbon–vacancy complexes is simulated by the method of the molecular static (MS). Then we calculate atom jump rates for these configurations. The simulation of the carbon and vacancy migration in an fcc metal is realized on the basis of obtained atom jump rates by using the Monte-Carlo (MC) method. In particular, the calculations were made for the system of the nickel-carbon. In the result of that interstitial atom diffusion coefficient has been obtained at different temperatures.
M. Danielewski, R. Filipek, R. Kozubski, W. Kucza, P. Zieba, Z. Zurek
L. V. Selezneva and A. V. Nazarov, "Simulation of Interstitial Atom Diffusion in FCC Metals with Point Defects", Defect and Diffusion Forum, Vols. 237-240, pp. _PHONE_, 2005


Buddhist Annealing: Wireheading Done Right with the Seven Factors of Awakening
Hi everyone!
I recently went on a two-week meditation retreat. I'm on the grid again, slowly catching up with things (please be patient if you sent me messages – I will get to them eventually).
Seven Factors of Awakening
I had a great retreat. There is a lot that clicked into place, and in time I will share it in posts, articles, and videos. For now I just wanted to share an interesting insight I got. In brief, I found that there is a seamless way to blend the Buddhist "Seven Factors of Awakening" and QRI paradigms, in particular those of Wireheading Done Right and Neural Annealing:
Seven Factors of Awakening and Wireheading Done Right
The overall idea here is that in order to sustain a state of consciousness where meditation has benefits one needs to have a state of mind that has a lot of control over itself. In particular, there is a zone in the valence / arousal space that is ideal for meditation, namely, the region that is positive valence and middle-of-the-road arousal. In this light, when your mind is too excited and restless you should put emphasis on the tranquilizing factors (concentration, equanimity, and tranquility). When your mind is too sluggish or sleepy, you put extra emphasis on the exciting factors (investigation, energy, and joy). And the balancing factor (mindfulness) is what allows you to keep track of this process without getting distracted by the hindrances. This allows you to cybernetically stay in the zone most conducive to meditative development.
Importantly, I think that the factors themselves are best developed in that zone. So it may be futile to ask someone who is panicking to focus on tranquility IF they have not focused on tranquility before when they were in the optimal zone. So for a lot of people developing the seven factors is going to be a bootstrapping process. Pragmatically, I expect that e.g. people with chronic pain might benefit from actual painkillers in order to reduce the pain enough to then be close to the zone where they can actually practice and develop the seven factors effectively. When the painkillers wear off at least they will have gotten some practice time, and then applying equanimity to the pain will be easier (I think that it is both ineffective and cruel to ask someone in pain to "just have equanimity about it" if they haven't already developed equanimity when they were in the zone).
In addition to valence and arousal, the seven factors also allow you to cybernetically stay in the zone for two additional key dimensions. Namely the dimension of "clinging vs. letting go" and the dimension of "noise vs. purity". In this light, we have that energy increases fast euphoria (positive valence and positive arousal), joy increases valence, investigation identifies trends that take you out of the zone and maintains purity, concentration increases purity, equanimity increases valence a little and "letting go" a lot, tranquility induces slow euphoria (positive valence and negative arousal), and mindfulness oversees the whole process while also increasing "letting go". Together they can help you stay in the optimal zone along these four dimensions! They are, in effect, a "natural way" to do Wireheading Done Right.
Seven Factors of Awakening and Neural Annealing
In addition to the lens of Wireheading Done Right, Neural Annealing also interfaces with the Seven Factors of Awakening quite well. Namely, you can think of them as "welding tools" for wholesome annealing!
In brief, you first need to use "flow" which "melts" the structures of your world-simulation and makes them flexible and amenable to modifications. Then you use the seven factors in order to direct the evolution of the flow into healing and harmonious dynamics. Doing this over and over will, over time, allow you to create a very wholesome and healing flow. More specifically, here are the seven factors as seen through the lens of Neural Annealing:
Balancing Factor
 1. Mindfulness
 1. Maintain flow in the foreground
 2. Focus on the texture rather than the content of flow
 3. Monitor for the arising of hindrances and inclining the mind away from them
Energizing Factors
 1. Energy
 1. This is what happens when you "pluck" the flow. Naturally, this energizes the eigenmodes of the flow! It is like the light that gets trapped between two parallel mirrors. Energy illuminates the harmonics of the flow you are cultivating.
 2. Joy
 1. The judicious selection of sets of eigenmodes that are consonant together
 2. Given joyous flow, deepening the joy entails energization, blending, and annealing of the consonant gestalt (cf. Focus on Positive)
 3. Investigation
 1. Examining the texture of flow. Testing it to determine the presence of hindrances.
 2. It is listening for the ring of the flow (with its objects) and diagnosing what is in it
Tranquilizing Factors
 1. Tranquility
 1. Cultivating tranquility entails developing highly-efficient cooling structures that channel flow and dissipate energy quickly (cf. Focus on Rest)
 2. Equanimity
 1. Not interfering with energy transit and dissipation by letting it recruit as large of a piece of flow as possible for its diffusion
 2. At a high-enough concentration (in my experience), equanimity undergoes a phase change. It becomes very fluid which balances out the forces inside you. I can see how in large enough amounts this would significantly reduce the suffering associated with intense pain.
 3. Concentration
 1. It is hard to tell "what you do" to increase concentration. As far as I can tell it requires a lot of skillful rhythmicity that guides awareness in a way that prevents its falling away.
 2. A rough metric for concentration might be: amount of energy of flow that is in phase, in harmonic relationship, and synchronized. Thus, for any level of concentration there are many possible "solutions". Only on the very high-levels of concentration do experiences become constrained to only a few types. The combinatorial space becomes smaller as concentration increases.
The holy grail here would be the creation of a high-entropy alloy that blends together all seven factors. It's a bootstrapping process. As you start developing some of the factors, you can use them to weld the flow in such a way that developing the other factors becomes easier. Then you can start developing two or more factors simultaneously (e.g. "tranquil equanimity" or "joyous concentration"). In time, one climbs the gradient that fortifies the presence of the factors in the mind, making it a home for wholesome qualia computing.
Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday!
The Goal: To Anneal a Wholesome Annealing Toolkit
(the Holy High-Entropy Alloy of the Seven Factors of Awakening)
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 3. Patri Friedman · April 15
 I'm curious how samadhi & jhana fits into the neural annealing and your other models for joy. Why does a simple repetitive process feel so good? Is it about harmony between sub agents? Does concentration somehow add neutral energy and promote annealing (what Buddhists call "purification of mind")? Or is it something else?
 Given that jhanas are (to some degree) bliss states, they seem highly relevant to any investigation of achievable joy for humans.
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First, read my other post HERE to understand the information about "domestic student status."
HOWEVER: Children born overseas who's parents are NZ Citizens or Residents, where the child has come here on a Visa (eg visitor or student visa) and none of the other definitions apply, then they do NOT have domestic student status.
Without domestic student status there are some things they cannot access....
- They are not required to attend school by law, nor can they for free, but only as fee-paying international students.
- They cannot (do not need to) gain a home education exemption and thus can not get the Supervision Allowance
- They cannot access free enrolment in Te Kura (the Correspondence School) otherwise available to students over 16 for high school qualifications.
But they are still entitled to health care...
This means that a foreign-born child of a NZ citizen/resident who does not have domestic student status is still entitled to:
- Free primary health care for under 13's
- Vision and hearing checks
- Free dental care under 18
- Publicly funded health and disability services such as a hospital, primary health care doctor etc
Some might consider this good news......
To be clear....
- If the parent is a NZ citizen or has NZ residency, the child was born overseas and is here on a Student visa, then the child does not have domestic student status. However, if the other parent is here, for example, on a work or study visa, then the child would still have domestic student status through that parent. Crazy, I know - but essentially it means children here solely because their parents are citizens/residents of NZ have less recognition than children who's parents are foreign nationals here to work or study.
- If a parent is a NZ citizen other then by descent, their foreign-born child is entitled to citizenship-by-descent (and a NZ passport), and as the application fees for citizenship are less than the fees for a student visa, then those parents might choose to apply for citizenship for the child rather than a visa. With citizenship, they would have domestic student status.
- If the parent is a citizen-by-descent themselves, their foreign-born child is not entitled to citizenship, and so would come here on a visa, and thus not have domestic student status. They might choose to delay a residency application for their child (due to the high cost) and so until they submit one, the child continues not to have domestic student status (assuming they don't have it through the second parent as above).
- If a family choose to put an application for citizenship or residency in for the child who is here on a student visa, then as soon as that application is submitted and is being considered by Immigration NZ, the child has domestic student status and is subject to enrollment or exemption requirements.
How schools can work around this.....
This does not apply to home education - if your child does not have domestic student status, you can carry on home educating them; there is no paperwork to complete.
Options to consider if you want your child to have domestic student status
- First, check all the definitions in the Gazette notice and find out if your child would already have domestic student status due to circumstances such as the other parent's visa or other situations covered in the gazette notice.
- Consider whether your child is eligible for citizenship-by-descent, and if so, consider applying for that
- Make an application for residency for your child


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ParallelEnumerable.Any Method (ParallelQuery)
Determines whether a parallel sequence contains any elements.
Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
public static bool Any(
 this ParallelQuery source
Type Parameters
The type of elements of source.
Type: System.Linq.ParallelQuery
The sequence to check for emptiness.
Return Value
Type: System.Boolean
true if the source sequence contains any elements; otherwise, false.
Usage Note
The query was canceled with the token passed in through WithCancellation.
source is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
One or more exceptions occurred during the evaluation of the query.
This overload of the Any method causes a fully-buffered merge to be performed before the result is returned. The merge behavior can impact performance or cause an out of memory exception in large enumerables. To avoid the merge behavior, use the overload of Any that takes a Func parameter, or else use an alternative method such as FirstOrDefault.
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Aqueous solvation models for ions of the 2nd group.
Abstr Pap - Am Chem Soc 2004 Mar; 227(Part 1):INOR-580
Heats of hydration for the Group II metal ions are fairly large. Experimental values for Be2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ are -584, -456 and -381 kcal/mol, respectively. The ability of CHARMM and AMBER force fields to effectively reproduce these large values was tested. Free energies of hydration were computed using the free-energy perturbation method. A thorough variation of the Lennard-Jones van der Waals parameters showed that both radial distribution functions and the energetics of Mg2+ and Ca2+ solvation can be reasonably reproduced within the framework of nonpolarizable force fields. However, this approach fails for the smallest representative of Group II Be2+. We demonstrate using the TlP3P water model that it is not possible to simultaneously model both solvation effects accurately. The physical/chemical reasons for this are discussed, and compromise strategies of Be2+, modeling are suggested.
Metals; Metal-compounds; Analytical-methods; Analytical-processes; Analytical-chemistry
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It may be tempting to go crazy with panelGroupLayout components in ADF Faces and ADF Mobile. The panelGroupLayout is not the universal hammer. In many cases, you will have a simpler structure (easier to maintain, more predictable, faster performing, more flexible) if you build your structure using a panelGridLayout or tableLayout instead.
When you are given a mock-up of what the application should look like, you may not know how to break it down into something simple. Either print out the design on a piece of paper or open it up in a graphics program where you can draw some lines.
- Draw vertical lines representing potential column divisions (red)
- Draw horizontal lines for potential row divisions (green)
- Now that you have a basic grid structure, use a different color (yellow) to draw x marks where you see cells that need to span multiple columns or rows:
- You may find that your column lines really don't make sense (in this case, the 2 middle columns had no cells in them that didn't need to span into a nearby column. This is an indication that there probably ought to be 2 separate grids or tables. Use a new color (magenta) to draw a line where the division makes sense and repeat the process again:
Now you can go back to coding your gridRow/gridCell or rowLayout/cellFormat components because you can visually see where the content goes and where you need to use a special columnSpan or rowSpan. As an added bonus, you now have the ability to specify the sizes for your cells as well as the horizontal and vertical alignments of your cells–something panelGroupLayout would not allow you to control.
Notice that the labels and fields of grid 2 (columns 1 and 2) are showing separate components. This is done so that there can be matching horizontal alignment among the fields of the two rows. If these were input or select components, you would need to use simple="true" (to hide the built-in label) and then use separate outputLabel components that reference them.
While we are only using consecutive grids in the example discussed in this article. You might come across a need to nest a grid inside of another grid. Do not excessively nest panelGridLayout nor tableLayout components (if you have 3 or more deep, consider a re-evaluation of your structure). You may find it helpful if someone else reviews your structure. Your goal should be to create something simple.


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