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Emulsion Microgel Particles as High-Performance Bio-Lubricants.
ABSTRACT: Starch-based emulsion microgel particles with different starch (15 and 20 wt %) and oil contents (0-15 wt %) were synthesized, and their lubrication performance under physiological conditions was investigated. Emulsion microgels were subjected to skin mimicking or oral cavity mimicking conditions, i.e., smooth hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane ball-on-disc tribological tests, in the absence or presence of salivary enzyme (?-amylase). In the absence of enzyme, emulsion microgel particles (30-60 vol % particle content) conserved the lubricating properties of emulsion droplets, providing considerably lower friction coefficients (?? 0.1) in the mixed lubrication regime compared to plain microgel particles (0 wt % oil). Upon addition of enzyme, the lubrication performance of emulsion microgel particles became strongly dependent on the particles' oil content. Microgel particles encapsulating 5-10 wt % oil showed a double plateau mixed lubrication regime having a lowest friction coefficient?? 0.03 and highest?? 0.1, the latter higher than with plain microgel particles. An oil content of 15 wt % was necessary for the microgel particles to lubricate similarly to the emulsion droplets, where both systems showed a normal mixed lubrication regime with?? 0.03. The observed trends in tribology, theoretical considerations, and the combined results of rheology, light scattering, and confocal fluorescence microscopy suggested that the mechanism behind the low friction coefficients was a synergistic enzymeand shear-triggered release of the emulsion droplets, improving lubrication. The present work thus demonstrates experimentally and theoretically a novel biolubricant additive with stimuli-responsive properties capable of providing efficient boundary lubrication between soft polymeric surfaces. At the same time, the additive should provide an effective delivery vehicle for oil soluble ingredients in aqueous media. These findings demonstrate that emulsion microgel particles can be developed into multifunctional biolubricant additives for future use in numerous soft matter applications where both lubrication and controlled release of bioactives are essential.
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6096451 | BioStudies | 2018-01-01
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Google Earth HeroSource: Android Central
What you need to know
 - Google Earth turns 15 today.
 - To celebrate, Google has put together 15 of its favorite stories.
 - It includes responding to natural disasters, protecting cultures, reuniting families, and more.
Google Earth turns 15 today. To celebrate, Google has put together 15 of its favorite Google Earth stories from over the years.
Here's to you: 15 years of Google Earth stories
Google Earth was, and still is, a revolutionary tool that lets users explore our planet with ease, viewing the planet from space like an astronaut, or diving in for a closer look. Google says that Google earth is the world's biggest publicly accessible repository of geographic imagery, combining photography, satellite imagery, 3D topography, geographic data, and Street view.
Google says that Google Earth has democratized mapmaking, and to celebrate its 15th birthday, Google has compiled 15 stories that have inspired them.
Stories include how Google Earth was used to create updated imagery in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to help first responders on the ground support rescue efforts and relief operations to help understand the hurricane's impact and coordinate the response. Or there's the English teacher who used Google Earth to create Lit Trips, tours of well-known characters in literature for use in the classroom.
Google Earth BirthdaySource: Google
Google also notes The HALO Trust, which has used Google Earth to identify and map areas containing landmines in 26 countries and territories around the world, and charities that used Google Earth and tracking devices to track elephants in real-time to help fight against poaching. There's also the story of a scientist who discovered an entirely new, untouched mountaintop rainforest in Mozambique and how, more recently, Google Earth let homesick natives in Japan return to their hometowns during Golden Week, something that wasn't possible physically because of COVID-19.
Google says it hopes that Google Earth will inspire curiosity and move people to care more about our planet and the people who live on it.
Happy Birthday, Google Earth.


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Norwegian farms - some background information
by John Follesdal
As you search for your ancestors in various Norwegian records, you will soon find yourself focusing on specific farming communities in the rural areas of Norway. The reason for this is quite simple: Norway's population has historically lived in rural areas. One historian has estimated that in 1801 approximately 80 - 90% of the Norwegian population lived in rural areas. While the percentage of farmers decreased over the following decades, farmers still constituted 75% of Norway's population in 1865. Thus, even if you find that your ancestors who immigrated to the U.S. lived in a city when they left Norway, chances are pretty good that their parents or grandparents lived on a farm.
Fortunately, researching Norwegian ancestors in farming communities is fairly easy: almost all rural communities in Norway have published a bygdebok. (See my article on bygdebøker). These books contain a treasure trove of genealogy information and are fairly easy to use even if you do not speak Norwegian. Once you have read my article on bygdebøker, you should be able to read the portions of a bygdebok that pertain to your family without too much difficulty as long as you have a good Norwegian-English dictionary. (I would recommend Einar Haugen's dictionary, probably the best Norwegian-English dictionary currently available. You can purchase this from your local bookstore or through the Ancestors from Norway bookstore. You can also print out a copy of my Norwegian-English dictionary to use as a supplement to Einar Haugen's dictionary). Unfortunately there are some words in bygdebooks, probate records and other sources that dictionary definitions fail to explain adequately: landskyld, matrikkel, jorddrotte, leilending, husmann, and strandsitter are some examples. I have therefore decided to include this article on my web site in order to provide a more in depth discussion of these words.
The leilending (tenant farmer)
In the middle ages almost all Norwegian farm land was owned by the king, the church, and a few wealthy land owners. The church, for example, received considerable real estate as gifts in return for agreeing to provide a requiem mass in the memory of the donor. In an article on the medieval history of Nordnes (near Bergen), Helen Ravnanger provides an example of such church ownership:
As far as we can determine, the Munkeliv monastery was the wealthiest monastery in Norway in the high middle ages. Torward the latter part of the 1100's the monastery owned 97 farms in the western part of Norway. During the middle ages its land holdings increased such that in 1427 the monastery owned 330 farms, most of these in the western part of Norway. By European standards this was a relatively small holding, one could say almost poor, but by Norwegian standards it was a substantial land holding. Most of the income from these farms ended up in Bergen [where the monastery was located]..
The income that Helen Ravnanger discusses in her article was called landskyld. It originated in the late Viking ages to the early Middle ages and referred to the yearly payment that a leilending (a tenant farmer) would pay to the jorddrotte (a land owner who leased out his land to tenant farmers). The word leilending is made up of two words: the verb leie (to rent) and the noun land (land). The word jorddrotte, i.e., the landlord, is made up of the two nouns jord (soil) and drotte (king or chieftain). The term landskyld is also made up of two nouns: land (land) and skyld (a fee). In bygdebøker and other sources the word landskyld is often abbreviated as landsk. while the word leilending is often abbreviated L. (Note: the abbreviation l. (lower case l), on the other hand, is frequently used to refer to the old measurement laup).
The landskyld was payable in goods that the tenant farmer produced on the farm, i.e., cow hides, butter, fish, etc., and historians believe that the landskyld was originally set at 1/6th of the gross annual production of the farm. (It is important to keep in mind that the landskyld was based on the productivity of a farm and not directly on the size of the farm. It is generally not possible to calculate the size of a farm simply by using the landskyld). Historians have not been able to establish with certainty the exact date that the landskyld system first came into use, but they do know that the system was mentioned in King Magnus Lagabøte's law from1274.
Originally farms would be leased out under the landskyld system for one year at a time. Later on the term of the leases increased to three years. This did not mean that a tenant farmer would have to move every three years: it simply meant that the landlord had the right to take the farm back at the end of the lease term. In addition to the yearly landskyld a tenant farmer also had to pay a fee for førstebygsel ved brukerskifte (an additional fee each time a new tenant farmer took over a farm), and a tredjeårstake (a fee for renewing the lease every three years).
By using my Norwegian-English dictionary you should now be able to figure out what the following sentence from a bygdebok means: Landskylda var i 1626 1 l. 21/2 pd. smør og 1 sau..
The concentration of land ownership in Norway did not last long. In the century following the Black Death, the landskyld decreased sharply due to market forces and both the king and the church began to sell their land holdings to maintain their income. As one bygdebok author has noted:
Then came the Black Death in 1350. Perhaps 2/3 of the population in Norway died. Later on, in the 1300's and 1400's there were other plagues, so the population didn't really recover. But the farms lay there, abandoned. Most probably, those who survived moved onto the best farms in the center of their communities..... The result of this was that the land owners had to decrease the landskyld in order to rent out the farms. It has been established that the landskyld in Gudbrandsdalen in 1430 had decreased to a point where it was only 17% of the old landskyld, and that it decreased even further down to 13% around the year 1500. It remained at that level until the 1600's. This decrease in income to the landowners, the nobility, and the church, is perhaps the most important explanation as to why Norway was almost a province under Denmark for such a long time period - there was no economic base for a separate Norwegian governmental system..
By 1660 the king and the church had sold off a great deal of its land holdings, and in southern Norway, for example, almost a fifth of the land was owned by individual farmers. Helen Ravnanger explains that a key economic reason for these land sales was the Black Death: "The crises in the late middle ages led all landowners to suffer a dramatic decrease in the income they received from leasing out their land. Despite its wealth, the Munkeliv monastery also experienced such problems, which says something about what other monasteries and landowners must have experienced. Like other landowners, the Munkeliv monastery experienced a sharp decrease in its income due to the drastic decreases in the population and in productivity that the Black Death brought about.". Thus, a nationwide survey of land ownership conducted in 1661 revealed the following ownership structure of land in Norway :
||Percent of land owned:
| King (krongods) and the church (kirkegods)
| Nobility (adelsgods)
| Farmers (bondegods) (where the owner farmed his own farm)
| Absentee owners of farms (borgergods / bondegods) (where the owner, who was either a farmer or a businessman, rented out his farm to a leilending)
In his book on Norwegian history, Knut Mykland writes that this survey revealed an important fact about land ownership in Norway:
The ownership structure differed, however, in the various parts of the country. In the mountain communities in eastern Norway and in Agder, except for Lista, most of the farmland was owned by the farmers themselves - 62% of all the land in the mountain areas, and 57% of all the land in Agder was cultivated by farmers who owned the land, and most of the remaining land in these areas was owned by farmers who leased the land out to leilendinger. The opposite situation existed in the outer parts of western Norway, Trøndelag and northern Norway. In the outer parts of western Norway only 6% of the farms were owned by the farmers who operated their own farms. In Trøndelag it was 5%, and in northern Norway it was only 4%. In these areas the vast majority of land was owned by the king or the church.....
From 1661 to 1721 more and more farmers purchased their own farms, and in a study on this issue, another Norwegian historian, Ståle Dyrvik, has also noted that the percentage of such ownership varied widely from region to region. Commenting on the findings of this

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For IPv6 addresses masquerading is performed only when using iptables implementation mode.
This behavior can be disabled with the option enable-ipv4-masquerade: false for IPv4 and enable-ipv6-masquerade: false for IPv6 traffic leaving the host.
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The default behavior is to exclude any destination within the IP allocation CIDR of the local node. If the pod IPs are routable across a wider network, that network can be specified with the option: native-routing-cidr: in which case all destinations within that CIDR will not be masqueraded.
Setting the masquerading interface
See Implementation Modes for configuring the masquerading interfaces.
Implementation Modes
The eBPF-based implementation is the most efficient implementation. It requires Linux kernel 4.19 and can be enabled with the bpf.masquerade=true helm option (enabled by default).
The current implementation depends on the BPF NodePort feature. The dependency will be removed in the future (GitHub issue 13732).
Masquerading can take place only on those devices which run the eBPF masquerading program. This means that a packet sent from a pod to an outside will be masqueraded (to an output device IPv4 address), if the output device runs the program. If not specified, the program will be automatically attached to the devices selected by the BPF NodePort device detection metchanism. To manually change this, use the devices helm option. Use cilium status to determine which devices the program is running on:
$ kubectl exec -it -n kube-system cilium-xxxxx -- cilium status | grep Masquerading
Masquerading: BPF (ip-masq-agent) [eth0, eth1]
From the output above, the program is running on the eth0 and eth1 devices.
The eBPF-based masquerading can masquerade packets of the following IPv4 L4 protocols:
 - TCP
 - UDP
 - ICMP (only Echo request and Echo reply)
By default, any packet from a pod destined to an IP address outside of the native-routing-cidr range is masqueraded. The exclusion CIDR is shown in the above output of cilium status ( To allow more fine-grained control, Cilium implements ip-masq-agent in eBPF which can be enabled with the ipMasqAgent.enabled=true helm option.
The eBPF-based ip-masq-agent supports the nonMasqueradeCIDRs and masqLinkLocal options set in a configuration file. A packet sent from a pod to a destination which belongs to any CIDR from the nonMasqueradeCIDRs is not going to be masqueraded. If the configuration file is empty, the agent will provision the following non-masquerade CIDRs:
In addition, if the masqLinkLocal is not set or set to false, then is appended to the non-masquerade CIDRs list.
The agent uses Fsnotify to track updates to the configuration file, so the original resyncInterval option is unnecessary.
The example below shows how to configure the agent via ConfigMap and to verify it:
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masqLinkLocal: false
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$ # Wait ~60s until the ConfigMap is mounted into a cilium pod
$ kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti cilium-xxxxx -- cilium bpf ipmasq list
eBPF based masquerading is currently not supported for IPv6 traffic.
This is the legacy implementation that will work on all kernel versions.
The default behavior will masquerade all traffic leaving on a non-Cilium network device. This typically leads to the correct behavior. In order to limit the network interface on which masquerading should be performed, the option egress-masquerade-interfaces: eth0 can be used.
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Have you just decided to switch to healthy eating? Chances are, you must have heard of the two famous healthy alternatives to traditional cooking – Air Fryer and Steam Fryer.
While both appliances can largely reduce the oil usage in foods, they work and taste differently. So what should you opt for if you wish to enjoy a variety of foods without feeling guilty or bloated?
The main difference between an air fryer and a steam fryer is that a steam fryer is just another air fryer with a steam setting. This way, you can both air fry and steam food in your steam fryer.
What is the difference between an Air Fryer and a Steam Fryer?
The primary difference between an air fryer and a steam fryer is the cooking process itself; circulation of hot air vs. circulation of steam.
As the name suggests, an air fryer cooks the food by circulating hot air across the chamber. The hot air traps the moisture within most foods to cook them without losing any flavor.
A steam fryer, on the other hand, is basically an air fryer that uses a built-in steam generator to steam the food, which results in a crisp outside with a moist inside. It also doesn't dry out the food.
What is an Air Fryer, and how does it work?
An air fryer is a kitchen appliance that can be extremely useful for people wanting to make their diet healthier. The appliance uses minimal oil and hot air to cook the food. The hot air flows through and around the food allowing it to be thoroughly and evenly cooked.
Some air fryers also come with features such as timers, temperature controls, and cooking pre-sets for different foods.
What is a Steam Fryer, and how does it work?
A steam fryer or a steam air fryer is an excellent alternative to conventional deep frying and uses steam to cook the food.
Unlike air frying, which uses little oil, no oil is used in the steaming. Instead, a steam air fryer uses a built-in steam generator to steam food without it losing its moisture. The high temperature of the steam cooks the food and also gives it a slightly crisp texture similar to deep frying.
The main differences between an Air Fryer and a Steam Fryer
We have enlisted the differences between the two appliances below for you to have a better understanding of them:
|Air fryers use hot air to circulate around the food, which results in a crispy texture similar to deep-frying, but with much less oil.
|Steam air fryers use a steam generator that releases steam to cook food, which is a healthier method than deep-frying or even air frying, since it doesn't use any oil.
|If you prefer crispy, fried-style foods and don't mind using a little bit of oil, an air fryer might be a good choice.
|If you want a healthier cooking method that's great for vegetables and delicate foods, a steam fryer could be the way to go.
|Air fryers are great for cooking foods like French fries, chicken wings, and fish fillets. Air fryers are also generally quicker than traditional ovens.
|Steam frying is great for cooking vegetables, fish, and other delicate foods since it cooks them gently and preserves their nutrients.
Air fryer vs. Steam Fryer: Which one to choose?
Before deciding on which appliance to choose, there are several factors to keep in mind before settling on either an air fryer or the steam fryer. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Both appliances are extremely healthy alternatives to traditional deep-frying. But since steam fryers do not use any oil in the steaming process, steam fryers can be considered healthier.
Taste-wise, an air fryer is clearly a winner as it retains the flavor and the texture of the food quite well during the cooking process. A steam air fryer using a steam function will make the food taste similar to boiled food and may dull out the flavors.
Air fryers are more widely available than steam air fryers rendering a large variety of models available at different price points.
Steam air fryers, on the other hand, are less popular than normal air fryers and may cost more. As they are air fryers that come with a built-in steam generator, they will obviously add more to the cost.
While the cooking time mainly depends upon the type of food being cooked, the air fryer is generally known to have shorter cooking times than steam fryers, as an air fryer uses a high-powered fan to regulate and thoroughly cook the food.
Steam fryers, on the other hand, use steam that can take longer to penetrate the food and cook it.
Both appliances are quite safe for daily use and come with features such as cool-touch handles and automatic shut-off in addition to safety features. Make sure you handle both devices with care, as both devices come with the risk of burns.
Both the air fryer and steam fryer are considered easier to maintain as they come in several parts that can be removed for a thorough cleaning. Moreover, their surface is non-stick, making them easier to wash and clean.
A steam air fryer is definitely more versatile than an air fryer as it gives you two different options to cook your food.
You can use the air fryer function when you want to achieve a deep frying touch on your food, or you can simply use the steam air frying option to steam your food. The taste and texture of the foods will vary depending on the cooking method you use.
Final verdict on Air Fryer vs. Steam Fryer
Both an air fryer and a steam fryer are healthier alternatives to deep-frying and conventional cooking. While an air fryer may be used to cook a variety of foods with a crisper texture and a flavorful taste, a steam fryer is the healthier option as steaming uses no oil.
Buying a steam air fryer gives you the best of both worlds, as you can use two different cooking methods in the same appliance.
Ultimately, the choice between an air fryer and a steam fryer depends upon your personal preferences and the types of foods you wish to cook.

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IntelliJ IDEA lets you create a new or import an existing project with a SBT module. SBT is a build tool for your Scala projects. You can also use SBT for Java projects.
1. Create a New Project
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A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and that sense is retained in modern usage of the term. Also, charter can simply be a document giving royal permission to start a colony.
The word entered the English language from the Old French chartre (ultimately from the Latin word for "paper"), but the concept is universal and transcends language. It has come to be synonymous with the document that lays out the granting of rights or privileges.
Charter is sometimes used as a synonym for'rent' or 'lease', as in the 'charter' of a bus or boat by an organization, intended for a similar group destination.
A charter member of an organization is an original member; that is, one who became a member when the organization received its charter.
Any organization with a stated purpose or stated rules might be considered to have a charter, whether sanctioned by others or not.
for example a charter from eliz to raleigh


Grieving Process Compared to a Pinball MachineA person working through the different stages of grief may unpredictably bounce around from one stage to another, popping back and forth between emotions such as shock, anger or depression.
This process can be compared to the workings of a pinball machine, said the researchers of a new study published in the Mental Health Practice journal.
Margaret Baier, Ph.D., of Baylor University and Ruth Buechsel, Psy.D., of Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, explain that researchers are not trying to portray the stages of grief as a game or downplay the experience, but that the comparison can help people understand that grieving is not a linear process.
Similar to a pinball machine, there are triggers which can extend or even restart the grieving process. For example, a trigger could be the anniversary of a death or a special event that a grieving person once shared with their deceased loved one.
This pinball model can be used by healthcare professionals during therapy to show grieving people that their emotions are normal. It may also be adaptable to help those suffering through a separation, divorce, loss of employment or financial loss, said the researchers.
In the literature, the authors highlight various models and factors considered helpful with coping and adjusting during bereavement. However, they add, many of the models are misinterpreted as linear.
Patients suffering through the death of a loved one often report feeling as though they are "bouncing" from one stage to another, which elicited the image of a pinball.
The researchers say their model illustrates the grieving process in a way that helps bereaved people see and understand the emotional process they are experiencing, which in turn helps them normalize and move through the grieving experience.
This normalization may help people relax and better process grief, while offering them a sense of assurance in a seemingly chaotic time. It also helps them be prepared when grief is triggered by other events or prolonged, as in the process of complicated grief.
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A manufacturer of custom metal products, located east of Pittsburgh, is seeking an experienced Structural Steel Detailer.
- Detailer to provide shop ready drawings for approval, coordination, efficient and accurate fabrication of miscellaneous metal and structural steel.
- At times, participating in or responsible for original design.
- Field measure for accuracy in detailing.
- Provide accurate material take-off for purchasing, fabricating, and record keeping.
- At times, purchasing project material and drafting supplies.
- Minimum of an AS Degree with at least 5 years of related structural steel detailing experience.
- Capable of evaluating and gathering information from contract documents, field measurements, conversations and experience to create shop and field ready drawings with minimal supervision.
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The District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program lesson plans are free. These lesson plans are provided solely for teaching purposes. They may not be distributed commercially or as a premium.
- 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program Lesson Plans Resource Guide—This guide includes background information, reproducible coin images, and maps of the US territories. Some of the quarter lesson plans refer to resources in this guide.
- Additional Resources—Taken from the full sets of plans, this document contains a map of the United States and reproducible coin sheets for making double-sided circulating coins.
Grades 2 and 3
- Complete set of lessons and additional resources
- Lesson 1—Let's Do a Biography (District of Columbia)
- Lesson 2—Rainforest Writers (Puerto Rico)
- Lesson 3—Groovy Guam (Guam)
- Lesson 4—Trading Traditions (American Samoa)
- Lesson 5—Island Animals (US Virgin Islands)
- Lesson 6—Tropical Travel Choices (Northern Mariana Islands)


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Recession Survival Strategies For A Chartered Accountant
When Australian businesses and companies recruit a chartered accountant, then they anticipate someone who has those specialized skills along with the technical experience which goes with being an expert.
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They expect quality work, and they'll pay extra cash to an experienced professional chartered accountant in Sydney. Truly, accountants are in the ideal position of assisting their business to survive the downturn and its own fiscally messy aftermath.
The followings hints can help devise approaches to accomplish that:
1. Plan ahead. A respectable chartered accountant at Sydney understands the intricacies of fiscal planning. These financial experts attempt to predict the need in the forthcoming months. If you're among many public accountants in Sydney, then you understand this could be anywhere from a few months to a few years.
2. Assist your clients. If you can find a means to supply exactly the same (if not better) level of support at a lower price or at least, without raising the price tag, you've got a better prospect of keeping customers despite the financial recession.
3. Request discounts from providers. As they say, nothing ventured nothing gained. In an economic recession, competition for the company might be fiercer.
4. Use your tools wisely. If you're a chartered accountant at Sydney, you understand how to examine your accountancy requirements in addition to your organization.
5. Track prices. All companies have variable and fixed costs, as chartered cost accountants understand. Careful financial planning involves making comprehensive reports. Reports will be able to help you monitor and analyze prices.
6. Control expenses. Understanding what those variables are and placing steps to minimize its impact can help considerably in restraining prices.
7. Make strategic decisions depending on the large image. Think about the company your company is in and the market generally. As an expert accountant at Sydney, be informed of business and financial trends through surveys, investigations, and studies.


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Body piercing is not without risk. Sometimes a piercing may be rejected, which can cause discomfort and scarring. Spotting a piercing rejection early can reduce scarring and damage to the skin.
In this article, we look at the causes and symptoms of piercing rejection, and how to stop it from happening.
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The body may try to reject a piercing because it is a foreign object.
Sometimes, the body's immune response sees the jewelry as a foreign object and rejects it.
Piercing rejection can cause discomfort and scarring.
The following can help reduce the risk of piercing rejection:
 - choosing a qualified and experienced piercer
 - using proper jewelry
 - practicing proper piercing aftercare
Anyone who has piercings should keep a careful eye on them while they heal. Catching a piercing rejection early can reduce scarring or damage to the skin.
A piercing rejection usually happens gradually. Symptoms tend to appear several days or weeks before the body finally pushes the jewelry out of the skin in a process called migration.
Signs that a piercing is migrating and possibly being rejected include:
 - more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing
 - the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days
 - the jewelry becoming visible under the skin
 - the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger
 - the jewelry looking like it is hanging differently
 - the jewelry moving more freely than it should
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Surface piercings, such as nape piercings, are at risk of rejection, which can lead to scarring.
Any piercing has the potential to be rejected. Rejection depends on the person's immune system and how well the piercing heals. But, the body tends to reject some types of piercings more often than others.
Surface piercings are the most common types of piercing to be rejected by the body. Surface piercings travel along an area of skin, rather than going directly through a body part. The jewelry punctures only a small amount of the skin's surface.
Examples of surface piercings include eyebrows, neck, hip, and wrist.
Surface piercings may be prone to rejection just because it is easier for the body to push the jewelry out of a small amount of skin.
Non-surface piercings include the earlobe, ear cartilage, lip, or tongue. These types of piercings go all the way through the body tissue — in one side and out the other.
Non-surface piercings may be rejected less often because there is more tissue to hold them in place, making it more difficult for the body to push them out.
Sometimes, a piercing rejection occurs without an apparent cause. However, the following steps may make a piercing rejection less likely to happen.
Choose the right piercer
It is essential to select a piercer who is familiar with the body's anatomy, the healing process, and where best to place a piercing. Before getting a piercing, talk to the piercer about:
 - The type of piercing. Ask about the specific kind of piercing desired and their experience with it. Their expertise with specific piercing locations. Ask to see photos of piercings they have done in the past. These should show a variety of piercings that look well-suited to individual body types.
 - Their sterilization and safety measures. The Association of Professional Piercers state that every piercer should use an autoclave for sterilizing equipment. Good hygiene can help lower the risk of infection and trouble with healing, both of which can lead to piercing rejection.
 - Other sanitary and health measures. Ask about single-use needles, gloves, and the cleaning of hands and rooms between each customer.
Also, consider reading online reviews or talking to previous customers. Choosing an experienced, skilled, and hygienic piercer is crucial.
Choose the right jewelry
A qualified piercer should recommend a size and type of jewelry best suited to the indivdual's body and the location of the piercing.
Using a thicker piece of jewelry might reduce the risk of rejection.
Using materials such as niobium and titanium offer the lowest risk of irritation and allergies. This can also help speed up the healing process and prevent complications. Research the specific piercing beforehand and the best jewelry size and material for it.
Follow aftercare instructions
Keeping a piercing clean is vital for healing and preventing infection. Do not use harsh cleansers such as peroxide, antibacterial soaps, or alcohol, as they can irritate the skin and delay healing.
Ideally, clean the area with a sterile saline solution or a product recommended by a professional piercer.
Take care not to bump piercings, especially while they heal. An injury to the area could cause irritation, rejection, or migration. Ask the piercer about what precautions to take to protect the piercing during contact sports.
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Having a professional remove jewelry when it seems to be moving towards the surface may prevent rejection.
If the piercing appears to be migrating toward the surface, take the following steps:
 - Remove the jewelry and contact the piercer. Keeping the jewelry in increases the chances of scarring. A large scar can prevent a person having a new piercing in the same location after it heals.
 - Ask the piercer about using a different piece of jewelry. Thicker-gauge jewelry or a different shape or material may help the piercing heal and settle into place better.
Most people who experience a piercing rejection will recover without any lasting health issues. However, there may be scarring, which can range from mild to severe.
Scarring can make it difficult or impossible to get a new piercing in the same location. It may also be a cosmetic concern. People who are prone to raised or keloid scars are generally advised to avoid piercings.
Antibiotics may be needed if an infection occurs. Anyone who suspects a piercing infection should discuss it with a doctor.
Signs of infection include the following at the piercing location:
 - redness
 - hot to the touch
 - swelling
 - discharge
With proper antibiotic treatment, most piercing infections heal without long-term problems.
After a piercing rejection, people should think about what may have caused it. Did they follow proper aftercare instructions? Did the piercer use appropriate equipment, technique, and jewelry?
If the piercing was done correctly and the person looked after it properly, the rejection may just be bad luck. A person can sometimes have one rejection then have no problems with future piercings. People should consider the risk of another piercing rejection before getting pierced again.


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LearnQuest Badge Program - WebSphere Message Broker
LearnQuest is working to offer digital badges upon successful completion and attainment of course objectives.
Badge Courses WebSphere Message Broker Series offered by LearnQuest:
This badge holder can develop, deploy, and support platform-independent message flow applications that focuses on using WebSphere Message Broker.
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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- Creating and implementing a message flow
- Analyzing runtime error scenarios
- Using problem determination tools and flow control
- Implementing message model
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Recommended next steps:
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BROC SPROUT 2 is a unique nutraceutical grade Whole Broccoli Sprout Capsule containing the two essential components necessary for the production of Sulforaphane: the naturally occurring Myrosinase enzyme and the Glucoraphanin compound. When you swallow BROC SPROUT 2 capsules the chemical reaction between these two components takes place and Sulforaphane is produced within your body.
Sulforaphane is only produced when the key Myrosinase enzyme and Glucoraphanin compound are combined in the presence of moisture (saliva or water) and lasts just minutes once generated. This makes BROC SPROUT 2 capsules the global benchmark for potency and convenience!
Beware of products making unsupported claims. Almost every product on the market talks about sulforaphane and the science surrounding it, but does not provide any scientific data confirming its ability to actually deliver sulforaphane to your body.
Genuine capsule. Every batch of BROC SPROUT 2 manufactured is tested at an independent US laboratory for its Sulforaphane Yield, confirming its ability to deliver sulforaphane to your body. Sulforaphane dosage used in a range of human clinical trials is approx. 20mg per person per day. The BROC SPROUT 2 suggested daily dosage of two capsules per day delivers approx.15 – 20mg per person per day
- Young Whole Broccoli Sprouts are the most potent natural dietary source of Sulforaphane.
- BROC SPROUT 2 capsules contain the two essential components necessary for the production of Sulforaphane: the naturally occurring Myrosinase enzyme and the Glucoraphanin compound.
- When you swallow BROC SPROUT 2 capsules, the chemical reaction between the Glucoraphanin compound and the Myrosinase enzyme takes place and Sulforaphane is produced within your body.
- BROC SPROUT 2 capsules are unique, as they are made entirely from Young Whole Broccoli Sprouts without herbicides, additives or harmful chemicals of any kind.
- Products must contain BOTH the vital Myrosinase enzyme and the Glucoraphanin compound, in-order for Sulforaphane to be produced within your body. Beware of false claims by other products!
- Beware Of False Information. There are products currently on the market that claim to produce Sulforaphane, or even claim to contain sulforaphane (sulforaphane is unstable and cannot be stored). Some of these products are branded as 'extracts', others are derived from seeds or contain other ingredients; some of these even brand the Glucoraphanin as Sulforaphane Glucosinolate (SGS). Most DO NOT contain the naturally-occurring Myrosinase enzyme. It's important for consumers to understand that it doesn't matter how much of the Glucoraphanin compound is present, if a product does not contain the naturally-occurring Myrosinase enzyme, then no sulforaphane can be generated by that product.
Statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.


There is only a few words about the VG_A_8 format in the 1.1 spec:
The VG_A_8 format is treated as though it were VG_lRGBA_8888, with
R=G=B=1. Color information is discarded when placing an RGBA value into a
VG_A_8 pixel.
So what does the 1 in
Code :
Is it stand for 255 (0xFF) or 1 when the value for R/G/B is [0..255]?
(I think 255 is reasonable but 1 is not.)


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The Iowa State University Extension explains one way to differentiate between a spruce tree and a pine tree is to look at the needles. Spruce needles grow directly from a branch individually, and pine needles grow in bunches of two, three or five. Also, the bark of a spruce tree is rough rather than smooth, which sets them apart from fir trees.Continue Reading
The needles of spruce trees are sharp, pointed and square. One reliable way to identify a spruce tree is to take a needle and roll it between two fingers. If the needle rolls easily between the fingers, it is a spruce tree. Fir tree needles are flat, are soft and don't roll easily between fingers.
Spruce needles are attached to their branches with stalk-like projections. When the tree sheds its needles, these projections remain on the tree. The color and length of needles aren't reliable indicators for identifying spruce trees because these characteristics vary.
Cones of spruce trees are long and flexible rather than rigid. The scales on spruce tree cones are thinner and less woody than those on pine trees. These cones grow to between 8 and 26 inches long, and their size varies from tree to tree.Learn more about Trees & Bushes


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TRAINING PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE & DIAGNOSTICS
TRAINING PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS PROGRAM
TRAINING TROUBLESHOOTING AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
Pumps and compressors are generally critical machines in any production process, and hence it is vital that maintenance is most effective for these units. This course aims to provide delegates with a comprehensive understanding of how to use a combined predictive and preventive maintenance approach to achieve maximum reliability and greatest understanding of any deterioration that may occur.
Who Should Attend
Engineers, supervisory and technical staff involved in the monitoring, predictive maintenance and diagnostics of pumps and compressors.
The program assumes familiarity with the design and construction of pumps and compressors. From this starting point it adopts an analytical approach to understanding the failure of all types of pumps and compressors.
From a component-by-component perspective, the program investigates the root causes of failure, and relates these to operating conditions and process parameters. Design, installation, lubrication and wear related failure mechanisms are identified and a detailed understanding of the troubleshooting and diagnostic methods needed to detect and identify these is developed.
The program provides participants with the knowledge needed to be effective in the inspection, monitoring and diagnostics of pumps and compressors, with emphasis placed upon the importance of a combined condition monitoring and strip-down inspection approach to maintenance.
The program is delivered in a combination of lecture style and computer-based training. In addition, a significant amount of time is set aside for small working group activity when addressing case study problems. Extensive use is made of case study material to underline the key aspects of the course and to give the delegates exposure to current best practice.
PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS PROGRAM OUTLINE
Friction, lubrication and wear mechanisms.
Adhesive wear, abrasive wear, fatigue and fretting
Machinery life cycles
Mechanical issues, balancing and alignment
Statistical reliability analysis
DAY – 2
Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for imbalance
Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for looseness
Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for misalignment
Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for gear problems
Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for bearing problems
Cavitation, causes and prevention
Anti-friction bearings: types, lifetime, mounting, applications, related problems
Plain and pad bearings, thrust bearings: operation, maintenance, incidents
Mechanical seals, types, operation, related problems
Other seals for positive displacement pumps and reciprocating compressors
Performing a balance
Overall and spectral measurements
Introduction to spectrum analysis
Shape, size, amount, chemical composition of debris
The role of condition monitoring in pumps and compressor maintenance Diagnostic methods
Capabilities and limitations of condition monitoring, and the need for a combined approach
The importance of plant inspection
Measurement devices, and what to monitor and where
Jadwal Pelatihan Transindo Tahun 2021 :
- 06 – 07 Januari 2021
- 21 – 22 Januari 2021
- 09 – 10 Februari 2021
- 22 – 23 Februari 2021
- 16 – 17 Maret 2021
- 29 – 30 Maret 2021
- 07 – 08 April 2021
- 20 – 21 April 2021
- 19 – 20 Mei 2021
- 10 – 11 Juni 2021
- 22 – 23 Juni 2021
- 06 – 07 Juli 2021
- 27 – 28 Juli 2021
- 04 – 05 Agustus 2021
- 19 – 20 Agustus 2021
- 07 – 08 September 2021
- 22 – 23 September 2021
- 12 – 13 Oktober 2021
- 28 – 29 Oktober 2021
- 09 – 10 November 2021
- 23 – 24 November 2021
- 09 – 10 Desember 2021
- 20 – 21 Desember 2021
Catatan : Jadwal tersebut dapat disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan calon peserta pelatihan.
Investasi dan Lokasi pelatihan:
- Yogyakarta, Hotel Neo Malioboro (7.500.000 IDR / participant)
- Jakarta, Hotel Amaris Tendean (7.500.000 IDR / participant)
- Bandung, Hotel Neo Dipatiukur (7.500.000 IDR / participant)
- Bali, Hotel Ibis Kuta(7.500.000 IDR / participant)
- Surabaya, Hotel Amaris, Ibis Style (7.500.000 IDR / participant)
- Lombok, Sentosa Resort (7.500.000 IDR / participant)
Catatan : Apabila perusahaan membutuhkan paket in house training, anggaran investasi pelatihan dapat menyesuaikan dengan anggaran perusahaan.
- FREE Airport pickup service (Gratis Antar jemput Hotel/Bandara/Stasiun/Terminal)
- FREE Akomodasi Peserta ke tempat pelatihan.
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Cascading StyleSheet (CSS) Link Text Formatting in NetObjects Fusion
When you add a link to some existing CSS-formatted text, you might get unexpected formatting results. For best results, set only color properties for CSS link styles.
Check your CSS link formatting settings in two places:
- Style View, Text tab, and
- Page View, on the Menu select Text, Edit Text Styles.
In each of those areas, set only the desired color. Leave all other settings on "Automatic." Why?
- If you define a font size for link text, the link style font size will override the font size of the page text when you make a link in your page.
- This behavior is probably NOT what you want.
To check your link style settings for each possible CSS style level, in Page View's Text Styles dialog, check all the available Scope settings. If you do that, you will get no odd formatting with text links.
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Medical centres often show promotional videos in waiting rooms to help spread awareness about a centre's services, vaccinations, medical alerts and health related topics.
When a centre does this, it really needs to ensure that everyone has equal access to the spoken information by using open captions in the videos.
By providing open captions in videos, there is more chance people will understand the messages. Open captions ensures that people who can't hear the TV sound, including those people who are deaf or have reduced hearing, can read along and receive the same information in the video content.
This is an inclusive approach.
So what are you waiting for? Press Play on Accessibility
Contact Universal Captions for more information.
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An organ such as an antenna that is used for testing things by touch.
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- it has been used as an argument that the antennae are primarily tactors.
- Cuvier regards them as a kind of tactors, and they also present some analogy to antenna.
- Tactors are capable of a much more varied perception than we should on the first thought be inclined to suppose.
early 19th century: from Latin, from tangere 'to touch'.


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September 1, 2000
Stories from pioneer union organizers in the maquilas and banana plantations of Guatemala and Honduras who have inspired campaigns against sweatshops across North America. Provides first person accounts of life in the maquilas.
"Every stitch of every garment we wear contains the hidden story of a woman's life and struggles. In Women Behind the Labels you can finally read these stories for yourself -- and be inspired by the courage and determination that shines through them!"
- Barbara Ehrenriech, US feminist journalist and political analyst
"The women we meet in Women Behind the Labels and the many workers like them throughout Central America and Asia, are the inspiration for our student campaigns in the North. Their stories of strength, courage and leadership make me proud to be part of the struggle for worker and human rights."
- Sangeeta Kerai, Students Against Sweatshops-Canada


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1. a large number of things or people considered together
- a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
2. an informal body of friends
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
Sentences with crowd as a noun:
- After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.
- There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
- That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.
1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
Similar word(s): herd
2. fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
- The students crowded the auditorium
3. to gather together in large numbers
- men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
4. approach a certain age or speed
Similar word(s): push
Sentences with crowd as a verb:
- The man crowded into the packed room.
- They crowded through the archway and into the park.
- He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
- tried to crowd her off the sidewalk


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Home Healing & Spirituality
Logic suggests a more spiritual mindset could enrich the planet too
by Giles Crosse, Ourfutureplanet.org, 19 April 2010
Giles Crosse retreats into a calmer world
London, UK -- Might reexamining the importance of Buddhist and other spiritual principles reawaken our appreciation of the balance between man and planet?
A lot of people think so. After all, there are several overarching principles to spirituality and sustainability that share very similar traits.
Satish Kumar, author, ecologist, pacifist and advisor to Our Future Planet, has no doubt that Buddhism can play a vital role in explaining ways we can achieve happiness and look after our world.
"Buddhism essentially says that all things are related," he explains. "Humans and nature are all connected. The word nature itself can essentially mean to be born. Nature, nativity, post natal, pre natal, all of these words have their root in being born."
"So the birds in the sky, the deer, the trees and the rivers, they are all our kith and kin. What we do to nature we do to ourselves. This is about the unity of life, and we need to show respect for life, and not damage other life. Harming other beings has to be the ultimate last resort."
A moment's thought about how this relates into global sustainability shows that extending this mindset would have immediate benefits.
There's no way business leaders or governments following such doctrines would consider mining Alaskan oilfields, to the destruction of indigenous wildlife, or forcing indigenous communities out of historical homelands, in search of a quick dollar.
"We are all sentient beings," continues Kumar. "And as such we need to respect, and be respected. Cutting, polluting, overfishing, these are not respectful ways of living. We also tend to think in terms of human superiority over the web of life. But this is not our environment, it is the environment."
"In terms of livelihood, we can look for a simple life to live simply," he says. "We can minimise our impacts, we can practice restraint. Not everything belongs to us and we can minimise our needs. Two of the curses of modern civilisation include vanity and waste. Without these we can look only to vital needs and reduce our needs."
"We can increase our imagination, we can look to find delight in different dimensions, in things like music, poetry, art, nature and flowers. Voluntary simplicity and minimalism, minimalising what we need in our life," he goes on.
Again, such approaches illustrate only too clearly the impacts humanity has on the planet, many of which, spiritualists argue, serve only to deepen human discontent and harm our potential for compassion.
"We need to be less possessive, less concerned about owning, pleasure, love, care, compassion, these are important." suggests Kumar.
"We can live well and simply. Why have 20 pairs of shirts, when five is sufficient. Why have ten pairs of shoes in the house, more than one computer, more than one television. Why not have one television and come to watch it together as a community or as a family?"
"Buddhism is not about denial, it is about walking the middle path, it is not about all or nothing," he reveals.
Web portals such as The Buddhist Channel suggest, 'Failure to appreciate and observe the most basic lessons have led us to the crises we are now faced with.'
'If people had pursued the concept of immunity and moderation, we would not be trapped in the current financial crisis, which stems largely from excessive consumption,' it suggests.
'If people were sufficiently aware of the interconnection of their actions with the environment, we would have consumed more wisely without leaving such harmful effects on the world around us.'
The idea is that failing to practice moderation has led to an excessive reliance on consumption, demanding more and more for the individual and putting a higher and higher price on our planet to offer up these resources.
A glimpse down Western high streets, where consumers jostle for the latest offering, before photographing their new toys on mobile phones, might illustrate where we have strayed off the path. A little more mindfulness would probably do the world of good.


ACLU guide to running an online business that respects privacy & free speech
Danielle from the ACLU sez, "The ACLU has just released a new guide for tech companies on why they should and how they can better protect user privacy and free speech. The guide features dozens of real-life case studies from A(mazon) to Z(ynga) and updated recommendations for policies and practices to take the guesswork out of avoiding expensive lawsuits, government investigations, and public relations nightmares. It walks companies through essential questions and lays out steps to spot potential privacy and free speech issues in products and business models and address these issues head-on."
Five things companies can do to protect user privacy and free speech:
Respect your data.
Companies should carefully evaluate the costs of collecting and retaining data to avoid the fallout, lawsuits, and government fines that Path suffered for silently uploading users' contacts.
Stand up for your users' rights.
Companies can earn public praise and user trust for protecting user privacy rights like Amazon or for supporting free speech like Facebook.
Plan ahead.
Incorporate privacy and security from start to finish, and evaluate these practices as the company grows.
Be Transparent.
Give users the ability to make informed choices by letting them know what data you collect, and how it can be used, shared, or demanded by the government. Transparency reports like Google's are important tools.
Encourage users to speak freely.
Give users control over the content they access and the tools they use rather than censoring content like PayPal.
ACLU Guide: Tips for Companies on Protecting User Privacy and Free Speech in 2013 (Thanks, Danielle!)
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Last month, a robot plane safely carried passengers 500 miles from England to Scotland and back again, the British consortium operating the plane revealed Monday.
Dubbed "the Flying Test Bed," the plane is a normal 19-seat Jetstream—the kind a corporate executive might fly in—that was converted to fly autonomously.
The group behind the plane is Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment (Astraea), a business consortium funded by the British government and private businesses.
The test flight wasn't completely autonomous—a human pilot onboard entered the cockpit to steer the plane through take-off, and then later the landing. The majority of the flight, however, that long tedium of maintaining a plane at cruising altitude, was in control of the remote pilot, with autonomous systems doing much of the actual flying.
While this was a test flight, it didn't interrupt normal air traffic, and it's 500-mile round-trip between Warton, England, and Inverness, Scotland, occurred in regular commercial airspace, shared with other airplanes.


Events not seen in CAPC
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After upgrade Events are not seen in the Performance Management.
We see the following error is seen in the Data Aggregator /opt/IMDataAggregator/apache-karaf-2.4.3/data/log/karaf.log* files (your installation path may vary if not default).
ERROR | EventPush | 2018-07-06 07:51:44,269 | EventProducerWS | or.eventproducer.EventProducerWS 945 | | | Failed to push xxx events: org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Marshalling Error:
It also references the wrong host name or IP address for the Performance Management server.
Another place to look is the DA:8581/rest/emregistration page. The eventConsumerURL should point to the correct Performance Management host but may not if this error is seen.
Wrong IP address registered with the DA
All supported Performance Management releases
To trouble-shoot do the following:
Run the following from the Data Aggregator :
 curl -v http://:8281/EventManager/EventManagerWS.asmx?wsdl
This command should succeed. If it doesn't then the IP is wrong in the event manager general table possibly because there are multiple NICs on the box
Do the following:
 - Edit the Event Manager data source and change the IP in the Host Name dialog box to the correct IP address. This is going to update the "General" table for the EM database after it syncs. You can verify that by doing the following
 mysql -unetqos -pPASSWORD em
 Replace PASSWORD with your MySQL password.
 select * from general;
 - Assuming it updates run the following SQL to identify the sourceid of the Data Aggregator data source:
 select sourceid, sourcetype,consolename from netqosportal.data_sources2 where SourceType = 262144;
 Example output:
 | sourceid | sourcetype | consolename |
 | 3 | 262144 | Data [email protected] |
 In that example the sourceid is 3, your installation may have a different sourceid.
 - Take the sourceid value for the Data Aggregator Data Source form the previous step and run the following SQL:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = ;
 Using the example above (again your id may vary) you would run:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = 3;
 - This will re-register the Event Manager with the Data Aggregator. It may take upwards of 15-20 minutes for the values to transfer around via normal synchronization cycles in Performance Management.
 - The errors will be resolved when we see the eventConsumerURL value on the http://DA:8581/rest/emregistration page reflecting the correct Performance Center server host name or IP address.


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Justice for girls
The report Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Hawaii Juvenile Justice System: 2000-2010 shines light on many important issues related to the state's juvenile justice system, especially those related to runaways ("Juvenile Injustice," Jan. 2). Dr. Chesney-Lind touched on one point that I want to elaborate on a little more: Many of these youth struggle with trauma from abuse, violence and/or neglect, and exhibit trauma symptoms like self-injury and running away.
[The Weekly] mentioned Wahi Kanaaho as a program that reconnects youth with their culture and community. Another resource girls and their families can turn to is Project Kealahou, a federally funded, trauma-informed program within the Department of Health. Inspired by other girl-focused programs like Girls Court, Project Kealahou provides support to all girls who need it, including those in the juvenile justice system, by providing services such as trauma therapy, mentoring, support groups and cultural education. Gender-responsive programs like Project Kealahou are important to making sure girls at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility and other facilities get the support they need to overcome their past traumatic experiences and create a better life.
The Project is also working on system-level policy development and initiatives to address trauma and the special needs of girls. For more information, please visit [projectkealahou.org].
Tia Roberts Director, Project Kealahou Honolulu, HI


The Sower's Road
The Sower's Road
Linear processes are everywhere in everyday life. They achieve reason and order. Farmers sow fields by spreading seeds handful at a time, gravity and distance split them up into spaces. I approached this piece using sand as seeds 'sown' onto the glass, then letting the direction of physical forces to create the tail lines behind them. The 3 panels represent 3 different areas where this has naturally occurred and the viewer will often see their own meaning to the blocks.
 Size: 100cm x 220cm
 Medium: Metal dust on glass with lacquer
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Program Launch: Success Center for First-Gen, Limited-Income Students
New student success center will unite formerly separate resources and provide students with mentors, financial support, and more.
Phillips & Deleon / IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication / February 2022
About the case: First-generation Latinx students in technical and professional communication (TPC) and other graduate programs represent a growing percentage of students, yet stories of their experiences within higher education remain muted. The authors analyzed 10 Latinx testimonios (culturally situated narratives) wherein they voice their experiences as first-generation students in US graduate programs. Testimonialistas expressed how they navigate the complexities of being first-generation students and described how they persist and enact social justice. Situating the case: TPC programs may examine the relationship between social injustices and student retention and recruitment efforts, yet there is a dearth of literature regarding specific obstacles that Latinx students face. The authors examined how they build success through coalitional action and culturally informed tactical decision-making.
Methods: The authors recruited participants who self-identified as first-generation Latinx students in TPC and other graduate programs. The authors conducted and recorded semistructured interview sessions based in testimonio and intersectional feminist methodologies. The authors used qualitative data coding and MAXQDA coding software to assemble and map social justice themes at work across the testimonios. Results: Analysis suggests that first-generation Latinx graduate students draw on complex informal and formal networks to aid their success, desire more effective culturally responsive mentorship, and develop tactical decision-making skills to circumvent oppressive behaviors. Conclusions: The authors suggest that directors, mentors, administrators, faculty, and Latinx students begin with a social justice framework to better listen to, understand, and address first-generation Latinx college experiences and build cohort-based support mechanisms into programmatic objectives and professional development sessions.


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Have you seen what acid dye can do? After doing a good deal of reading about how you only need the primary colors of acid dyes and that by mixing the primary colors you can make any color with acid dye, I decided to venture out in my own usual way. Instead of opting for the primary colors and carefully weighing and measuring everything to build a color, I decided to use the pre-mixed colors and "break" them into their component colors. The results are more fun than you can imagine!
The rules are there for a reason, but what is the reason? Pre-dissolving the dyes is necessary regardless of color, as no one wants to have dye granules in their yarn or fiber. Heating the dye pot is needed to activate the dye. The two aspects that can be manipulated to get amazing results is the distribution of the acid in the dye pot, and the pre-wetting of the fiber. These are rules that are in place to give uniform results within the batch and to make it possible to repeat colors from one batch to the next. This is a great tool for mass production, but for small batch artistic dye work, it may not be the best way.
I use food grade citric acid in my dye pot. It takes a scant tablespoon to four gallons of water. The citric acid is sold in most health food stores in a white granulated form. To achieve a broken dye, add the citric acid to the pot and stir minimally. This will allow the acid to dissolve without being evenly distributed through the dye pot. The variations in the ph within the dye-bath will cause certain colors to be taken up more readily than others. For example, using ProChem Violet 818, it breaks into a very dark purple, a blue, and a deep mauve.
The other factor that can be manipulated when dyeing protein fibers is pre-wetting the fiber. Leaving a portion of the yarn or roving floating on the top of the soak water and only wetting it as it is placed into the dye pot, will cause an uneven take-up of the dye solution. The resulting yarn or fiber will be various shades of the same color. If you combine this technique with the layered dye bath, the results are phenomenal!
It just proves that while most rules are there for a reason, some can be broken to achieve amazing results!


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The essence of the garden of the Pazo de Oca resides in the inseparable unity of water, stone and vegetation. Although built very far from the Court, the reference in its design was the Baroque court garden, characteristics that explain why it is known with the hyperbolic metaphors of "Galician Versailles" or "northern Generalife". Despite the numerous transformations they have undergone, these gardens are characterized by the harmonious coexistence of their different stages, from the Renaissance garden bordering the palace to the landscape reforms that, in the 19th century, the gardener of the Royal Palace of Madrid, Fançois Vié, introduced connecting it with the surrounding terraced mountain. However, it is the imprint of the Baroque garden of the first half of the 18th century that is best perceived, as it focused on its ponds which, in addition to constituting the axis around which the garden is arranged, condense all their symbolic baroque style. Forming a figurative boat of tricentennial boxwood that contains another inverted boat on which they sail, evoking the virtues and vanities of the world, two boats, one for fishing and the other for war.
The palace dates back to a primitive late medieval fortress although it was fundamentally transformed in the 18th century when, in addition to a large stately apartment, a beautiful Baroque chapel was built that presides over both the garden for leisure, and the square for work. The restoration work on these gardens, directed by the Duke of Segorbe, president of the Casa Ducal de Medinaceli Foundation, has had as its guiding criteria the conservation of the aforementioned harmonious stylistic diversity and the double character of an ornamental garden and a productive garden both being fundamental characteristics of all pazo gardens.
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The Alabama School of Math and Science (ASMS) launched the school's STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Ambassador program during the 2014-2015 school year.
Through this program, ASMS students and staff spread awareness across Alabama about the importance of STEM education. STEM Ambassadors visit elementary and middle schools to conduct science experiments, such as helping students build and launch model rockets. Schools can also schedule to tour ASMS and perform lab demonstrations alongside STEM Ambassadors in ASMS classrooms.
"Our mission at ASMS is to provide academically motivated Alabama students with exceptional preparation in the fields of math and science, empowering them to improve their community, state, and nation," ASMS President Dr. Monica Motley says. "The ASMS STEM Ambassador program is another step in that direction. Our students get to inspire other students across the state about the importance of STEM education and show students that hands-on learning can be fun."
For information, please contact ASMS Public Relations Coordinator Amber Day at _EMAIL_ or _PHONE_.
Below are photos from recent STEM Ambassador demonstrations.


Is an IQ of 126 good?
An IQ of 126 allows someone to become a member of the International High IQ Society, as an IQ of at least 124 is required to enter. The high IQ range is 115 to 129. This range includes 15 percent of the population.
An IQ equal to or greater than 130 is required for a person to be considered "gifted." A person with an IQ of 130 or higher is eligible for membership in Mensa. An average IQ is between 90 and 109. An IQ score must be obtained from an official IQ test in order for it to hold any meaning.
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The Adventure Aquarium and New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, one of the country's top aquariums and leading regional educational institutions joins 23 other marine facilities in becoming part of the growing network of Coastal America Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers.
By becoming a Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center, the Aquarium and the Academy will gain access to the scientific resources of 16 federal agencies that will offer items such as ship time, technical expertise, exhibits, and educational materials, as well as chances to collaborate on research projects.
"This designation is just as important for our nation as it is for the city of Camden and Adventure Aquarium and the Academy," says Monica Medina, principal deputy under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere. "By improving public awareness of coastal issues through education and outreach, Adventure Aquarium and the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences play a vital role in raising public awareness. We hope that the young aquarium visitors of today are the marine scientists of tomorrow."
As a Learning Center, Adventure Aquarium and the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences will focus on educating their visitors about the nature and value of coastal resources. They will join an international network of marine educational institutions that are addressing our growing coastal problems by creating a better informed public.
"We are thrilled that Coastal America has designated Adventure Aquarium and the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences as the Region's only Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center," says Adventure Aquarium's Executive Director Kevin Keppel. "This valuable partnership only further strengthens our ability to educate and enlighten Adventure Aquarium guests and our surrounding community about the importance of protecting our coastal environment."
Billing itself as the country's "most touchable" aquarium, the Adventure Aquarium on the Camden Waterfront is the fifth largest aquarium in America. The Aquarium and its education partner, the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences take special pride in offering a rich and culturally relevant environmental program for underserved urban audiences in the Camden/Philadelphia region.
Coastal America, an interagency federal partnership that works to protect, preserve and restore the national coastal ecosystems, established the Learning Center network in 1996. The 24 designated Learning Centers work with federal partners to educate and engage the public in protecting coastal ecosystems.
Adventure Aquarium houses 200,000 sq. ft. of public space, more than two million gallons of water and 431 species. The Aquarium and the Academy serve over 800,000 visitors annually and draw well over 300,000 participants to a wide variety of shows, movies, lessons, tours and field programs.
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at _URL_.


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last line of the proof uses the only premise(s) that is given; or no premise if nothing is given.
Then if no premise is given, the sequent is called theorem. Therefore, the definitions of a theorem in system L is:
- a theorem is a sequent that can be proved in system L, using an empty set of assumption.
or in other words:
- a theorem is a sequent that can be proved from an empty set of assumptions in system L
An example of the proof of a sequent (Modus Tollendo Tollens in this case):
|p → q, ¬q ├ ¬p [Modus Tollendo Tollens (MTT)]|
|Assumption number||Line number||Formula (wff)||Lines in-use and Justification|
|1||(1)||(p → q)||A|
|3||(3)||p||A (for RAA)|
|1,2,3||(5)||q ∧ ¬q||2,4,∧I|
An example of the proof of a sequent (a theorem in this case):
|├p ∨ ¬p|
|Assumption number||Line number||Formula (wff)||Lines in-use and Justification|
|1||(1)||¬(p ∨ ¬p)||A (for RAA)|
|2||(2)||¬p||A (for RAA)|
|2||(3)||(p ∨ ¬p)||2, ∨I|
|1, 2||(4)||(p ∨ ¬p) ∧ ¬(p ∨ ¬p)||1, 2, ∧I|
|1||(5)||¬¬p||2, 4, RAA|
|1||(7)||(p ∨ ¬p)||6, ∨I|
|1||(8)||(p ∨ ¬p) ∧ ¬(p ∨ ¬p)||1, 7, ∧I|
|(9)||¬¬(p ∨ ¬p)||1, 8, RAA|
|(10)||(p ∨ ¬p)||9, DN|
Each rule of system L has its own requirements for the type of input(s) or entry(es) that it can accept and has its own way of treating and calculating the assumptions used by its inputs.
- Jennings, R. E., Continuing Logic, the course book of 'Axiomatic Logic' in Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
- Zarefsky, David, Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning Parts I and II, The Teaching Company 2002
- Abductive reasoning
- Correspondence theory of truth
- Defeasible reasoning
- Hypothetico-deductive method
- Inductive reasoning
- Propositional calculus
- Retroductive reasoning
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an n type semiconductor has majority charge carriers as the electrons then why is it said to be neutral and not negatively charged?
Asked by ABHINAV SHARMA | 19th Nov, 2012, 12:33: PM
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If we see the lattice structure of n type semiconductors we can see that the original silicon atoms and also the doped ie, impurity atoms(pentavalent atoms)both are neutral.not ionised. but when impurity is added to the original semiconductor, then 4 out of the 5 valence electrons of the impurity atom get bonded with the 4 valence eletrons of the semiconductor.So one of the 5 outer most valence electrons of the impurity atom remains unpaired,ie, free to move. So in these n type semiconductors a number of such unpaired electrons are available for conduction.
We talk about these free electrons as majority charge carriers.
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- A lotion rubbed onto the skin to protect it from the harmful effects of the sun: make sure to pack plenty of suntan lotionMore example sentences
- Rhodes has the best sunshine record of any island in the Mediterranean, so packing floppy hats and suntan lotion is a must.
- We made sure to pack food, water, plenty of suntan lotion and our snorkel gear.
- Boys in those days wouldn't dream of applying suntan lotion.
More definitions of suntan lotionDefinition of suntan lotion in:
- The British & World English dictionary


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Sub Exercise() Dim Tracks As Integer End Sub
Instead of using As Integer, you can use the % type character. Therefore, the above declaration could be done as follows:
Sub Exercise() Dim Tracks% End Sub
After declaring the variable, you can assign the desired value to it. If you assign a value lower than -32768 or higher than 32767, when you decide to use it, you would receive an error.
If you have a value that needs to be converted into a natural number, you can use CInt() using the following formula:
Number = CInt(Value to Convert)
Between the parentheses of CInt(), enter the value, text, or expression that needs to be converted.


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Attempts to relay mail by issuing a predefined combination of SMTP commands. The goal of this script is to tell if a SMTP server is vulnerable to mail relaying.
An SMTP server that works as an open relay, is a email server that does not verify if the user is authorised to send email from the specified email address. Therefore, users would be able to send email originating from any third-party email address that they want.
The checks are done based in combinations of MAIL FROM and RCPT TO commands. The list is hardcoded in the source file. The script will output all the working combinations that the server allows if nmap is in verbose mode otherwise the script will print the number of successful tests. The script will not output if the server requires authentication.
If debug is enabled and an error occurrs while testing the target host, the error will be printed with the list of any combinations that were found prior to the error.
Use this to change the IP address to be used (default is the target IP address)
Define the destination email address to be used (without the domain, default is relaytest)
or smtp-open-relay.domain Define the domain to be used in the anti-spam tests and EHLO command (default is nmap.scanme.org)
Define the source email address to be used (without the domain, default is antispam)
smbdomain, smbhash, smbnoguest, smbpassword, smbtype, smbusernameSee the documentation for the smbauth library.
nmap --script smtp-open-relay.nse [--script-args smtp-open-relay.domain=,smtp-open-relay.ip=,...] -p 25,465,587
Host script results: | smtp-open-relay: Server is an open relay (1/16 tests) |_MAIL FROM: -> RCPT TO:
Author: Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
License: Same as Nmap--See _URL_


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7.2 Alias Objects
The raw data for the Alias record, suitable for storing in a resource
or transmitting to other programs.
- Resolve ([file])
Resolve the alias. If the alias was created as a relative alias you
should pass the file relative to which it is. Return the FSSpec for
the file pointed to and a flag indicating whether the Alias object
itself was modified during the search process. If the file does
not exist but the path leading up to it does exist a valid fsspec
- GetInfo (num)
An interface to the C routine GetAliasInfo().
- Update (file, [file2])
Update the alias to point to the file given. If file2 is
present a relative alias will be created.
Note that it is currently not possible to directly manipulate a
resource as an Alias object. Hence, after calling
Update() or after Resolve() indicates that the alias
has changed the Python program is responsible for getting the
data value from the Alias object and modifying the
Send comments on this document to _EMAIL_.


WANON BRIDGE (สะพานวานร)
Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - November 2009
Updated June 2019
Saphan Wanon or the Monkey Bridge and sometimes called Thep Mi Bridge is an old
bridge located on the city island in the southern part of Ayutthaya in Pratu Chai Subdistrict. The bridge is situated behind the
Ayutthaya Historical Study Center. Wat Am
Mae (vanished) stood before in its vicinity (south).
The brick bridge was built over
Khlong Pratu Thep Mi, which connected the old
Lopburi River (later Khlong Mueang or City Canal) in the north with the Chao Phraya
in the south at Pratu Thep Mi. The northern part of the canal was called by the
Lam Khu Pak Sra and cut through the Bueng Phra Ram area. Khlong Pratu Thep
Mi was partly filled in after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 and is as thus at present
The foundations of the Wanon Bridge are still visible. The brick bridge in European style
was probably identical to
Saphan Pa Than. It was an arched construction with three
sharply curved bows, the middle one higher and wider than the two others, making it
possible for boats to pass underneath.
The Wanon Bridge is mentioned in the old texts of the
Kamhaikhan Khun Luang Ha
, the Kamhaikhan Khun Luang Wat Pradu Songtham and the Athibai phaen
thi phra nakhon si ayutthaya
from Phraya Boran Rachathanin wherein is written that
there was "
a brick bridge called Monkey Bridge, from Great Khaek Village Road
to Net Village Road across the Thetsami Gate Canal …
" [1][2]
The Wanon Bridge connected west towards the
White Clay Bridge (also called Sing
Bridge) over
Khlong Chakrai Noi and east towards the Talat Jin Bridge over Khlong
Pratu Jin.
Some remnants of the Wanon Bridge were still visible until the Year of the Great Flood
(2011). In the years after, there was a large overhaul of all the monastic ruins in and
around the City of Ayutthaya. The old structure was unfortunately not preserved and a
completely new bridge was constructed in situ. The bridge is situated in geographical
coordinates: 14° 20' 55.01" N, 100° 33' 57.68" E.
[1] Phanna phumisathan phranakhon si ayutthaya: ekkasan jak ho luang [Geographical
description of Ayutthaya: Documents from the palace]. Edited by Winai Pongsripian.
Bangkok: Usakane, n. d. [2007].
[2] Athibai phaen thi phra nakhon si ayutthaya - Explanation of the map of the Capital
of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd edition and
Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office - Nonthaburi (2007).
Wanon Bridge from the south
Wanon Bridge from the north
Wanon Bridge from the east
(Wanon Bridge from the south - 2009)
(Wanon Bridge from the east - 2009)
(Wanon Bridge from the north - 2009)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(The Wanon Bridge on Vingboon's map which was published in 1665)


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Posted Oct 14 2011
A grocery bag can withstand 300N of force before it rips apart. How many kilograms of apples can it safely hold?
If given the same acceleration, why is a heavy cleaver more effective for chopping vegetables than an equally sharp knife?
Calculate the acceleration of a 300,000kg jumbo jet just before takeoff when the thrust of its engine is 500N.


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Why Mini Holland is good for our schools
The school run accounts for at least one in every five cars on London's roads, and is a major cause of congestion, pollution & frustration for road users. And its a major contributor to road danger – many parents say they drive their kids to school because its too dangerous to walk! Fear of road traffic injury is the key reason people give for not cycling and that parents give for limiting their children's independence.
In Waltham Forest 14% of children age 11 are overweight and over 23% are obese or overweight. Every hour you spend in a car makes you 6 percent more likely to be obese. Every kilometer you walk (about.6 of a mile) reduces it by almost 5 percent. So making active travel safer and easier means better physical health, fewer car journeys and less congestion, pollution & road danger.
Within living memory, children & young people have lost the independence previous generations have enjoyed. Now we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to change this. Communities need streets free from non-essential motor traffic in order to thrive. We need safe streets where children can make friends, invent new games and learn to compromise with each other. By creating convivial streets we can help young people can develop independence, confidence and social awareness. 'Mini Holland' principles can contribute to creating a borough where young people can feel they have a stake in their own communities.
Through the Mini Holland programme our local authority is moving to create an environment where parents once again feel able to allow children their freedom. Empowering parents & young people to take ownership of their neighbourhoods can help to halt the decline in physical activity and informal social interaction. The current situation is severe, for example in Walthamstow's High Street Ward, one quarter of 10 & 11 year olds are clinically obese (with 40% considered overweight by Public Health England )and more broadly there is evidence that mental health problems have doubled in young people over the past 30 years.
As children grow many yearn to walk to school with friends instead of with fussing parents or carers, however far fewer are allowed that freedom today than just twenty years ago. Many parents & carers fear the consequences of allowing a child to cross even side roads alone and in some cases this leads to not being allowed out of the house at all. Such is the decline in informal street play on the pavements of the borough, that any child lucky enough to be allowed out in front of their home may well find their street deserted, there's no one to play with any more.
In particular the Mini Holland 'Village' schemes are taking significant steps towards reversing the decline in childhood freedom. With bold measures like those seen in Walthamstow Village, our streets can once again be places where children, young people and the vulnerable come first.


Lower bounds on locality sensitive hashing
Rajeev Motwani, Assaf Naor, Rina Panigrahy
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
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Given a metric space (X, dx), c ≥ 1, r > 0, and p,q ∈ [0, 1], a distribution over mappings ℋ : X → N is called a (r, cr, p, o)-sensitive hash family if any two points in X at distance at most r are mapped by ℋ to the same value with probability at least p, and any two points at distance greater than ℋ are mapped by ℋ to the same value with probability at most q. This notion was introduced by Indyk and Motwani in 1998 as the basis for an efficient approximate nearest neighbor search algorithm and has since been used extensively for this purpose. The performance of these algorithms is governed by the parameter ρ = log(1/p)/log(1/q), and constructing hash families with small p automatically yields improved nearest neighbor algorithms. Here we show that for X - ℓ1 it is impossible to achieve ρ ≤ 1/2c. This almost matches the construction of Indyk and Motwani which achieves ρ ≤ 1/c.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)930-935
Number of pages6
JournalSIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
Issue number4
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
 - Mathematics(all)
 - Locality sensitive hashing
 - Lower bounds
 - Nearest neighbor search
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Identifying the type of medical transport is an important step that always needs to be the safest for the patient, based on the patient's current medical needs, mobility status, and environment.
MEDICAL NEEDS are based on the patient's condition, vital signs, level of consciousness, illness acuity, and factors that need to be accounted to prevent worsening.
THE PATIENT'S CONDITION: It is based on the Circulation, Airway, Breathing, and state of consciousness status of the patient.
The Patient condition types are defined are as follows:
- Undetermined: The patient is awaiting physician and/or assessment.
- Good: The Vital signs are stable and within normal limits. The patient is conscious and comfortable. Indicators are excellent.
- Fair: The Vital signs are stable and within normal limits. The patient may be uncomfortable but is conscious. Indicators are favorable.
- Serious: The Vital signs may be unstable and not within normal limits. The patient is acutely ill. Indicators are questionable.
- Critical: The Vital signs are unstable and not within normal limits. The patient may be unconscious. Indicators are unfavorable.
- Treated and released: The patient received treatment but was not admitted to a facility.
- Treated and discharged: The patient was treated, admitted, and discharged home or to a facility.
- Treated and transferred: The patient received treatment at one facility and was then transferred to another facility.