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A heuristic aproach to solve disassembly lot sizing problems
Tutor / directorAmodeo, Lionel
Document typeMaster thesis
Rights accessOpen Access
In disassembly lot sizing problems the final objective is organize the schedule for disassembly operations in order to recover parts from an initial product in order to satisfy a given demand. This kind of reverse logistic procedures are becoming more and more important every day mainly as a consequence of environmental issues. When a product has arrived at the end of its life their parts can be recycled or used again but we need to organize the operations required in order to obtain the maxim profit and to respect some important constrains. The one studied is a two levels problem without commonality parts. In this project we propose two different methods to solve this disassembly lot sizing problem. The method 1 is divided in three different stages. During the first one, an initial solution is obtained using a fix-and-optimize heuristic. Since the solution after this algorithm can be feasible or not, an algorithm to fix it is proposed in the second stage. In the last stage we propose a tabo research in order to improve the solution. We have used another method which includes exact resolution with integer relaxation and simulated annealing to improve this initial solution. In the last section we show how both methods perform and we compare them.
DegreeMÀSTER UNIVERSITARI EN ENGINYERIA INDUSTRIAL (Pla 2014)


Dwarf Gonatanthus
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Dwarf Gonatanthus
Photo: Thingnam Girija
Common name: Dwarf Gonatanthus • Nepali: लेलधामखोस Leldhamkhos, पतरकच Patarkach
Botanical name: Gonatanthus pumilus Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Caladium pumilum, Gonatanthus sarmentosus
Dwarf Gonatanthus is a herb which is characterized by large ovate-oblong heart-shaped, Arbi-like leaves. Leaves are 8-15 cm long and 5-10 cm broad, attached to a long stalk from the middle of the blade (what is called a peltate leaf). The plant often grows on trunks of trees. Flower is a 15-25 cm long stick like spadix, wrapped in a green covering (spathe). Fruit is a head of small yellow berries enclosed in the spathe-tube. The rootstock of the plant is tuberous. Flowering: June-August.
Medicinal uses: A paste from the rhizome is applied on the chest for chest pain. Juice from crushed leaves is used as an antibiotic for wounds in humans and animals.
Photographed in Gangtok, Sikkim.
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Princess, Cooperative Game$16.98
A Cooperative game about endangered species!
A lot of creatures are disappearing because they are being over-hunted and their natural habitats destroyed. Can we do the needed research to initiate Laws and Conservation Methods to save as many endangered species as we can?
Lots of decision making for each player. The basic game plays quickly, with advanced rules for older players!
Includes: 20 endangered creature cards, 50 research, protection, hunting and habitat tokens, project marker, educational booklet with species information, rules.
Recommended age: 9+
Handmade in Canada

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So i'm going to spitball ideas. There's probably a mathematical formula for this, but heres how it plays out in my head, but I already know my plan has a couple of flaws.
Well, your target is the average. You will need to keep track of the number of tables remaining.
If there exists one or more values that equal this average, remove them from your array; they go into a table each.
Now it gets more difficult.
Find the total of all combinations of 2 values. If any of them equal the average, remove them from the array, and put those numbers into a table.
Eventually, there will be either no more sets of two-value pairings, or no more values in the array.
Repeat this process with 3 (if 3 or more elements remain), then 4, etc… until the selection set is of size TotalLength-X, where X is the number of remaining tables to fill.
Phase 3: (AKA the 'it didnt work' phase)
Repeat the process above, but store the results of each combination in a multidimensional array, keyed by the absolute value of the difference between the average and total (the distance from the average), and holding an array of combinations.
Key Sort the array.
Take an element from the first element of the array; assign it to a table.
Remove from that first key any other element that uses a component of the one you selected.
If the first key is not empty and there are more tables to be filled, remove another element from the key's array and repeat.
Repeat phase 3 until the tables are all filled.
So what's the flaw?
The flaw is that this algorithm will get as close as it can to the average at each step - but that doesn't mean it gets the best values for all the steps as a whole. You might end up with a set that generates 100-95-94-91, or a set that generates 100-99-98-20.
What you could do is add a phase 4, which combines unique combinations of sets from the Phase 3 table, and finds sets that are closest to X*Mean, where X is the number of remaining tables.
Also keep in mind that this is designed for small sets of numbers. The number of combinations of sets grows exponentially-stupid (EDIT: Actually factorially-stupid.) the more numbers exist in your set.

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Do I really need yoga blocks?
The purpose of yoga blocks and how to use blocks to enhance your yoga poses with Juni MokLead Trainer for Teacher Trainings
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If you practice yoga and haven't made yoga blocks your best friend yet, now is the time. However, not everyone feels comfortable using blocks or even knows how to use yoga blocks at all. There are so many ways to incorporate blocks into your practice. Whether you are a new yogi looking for modifications to help you access a pose or you are an experienced practitioner looking to deepen an expression of a shape, there are endless possibilities.
Yoga blocks are a really savvy tool to use to help you substantially improve your yoga practice and physical well-being. Many practitioners may feel inferior using props to assist postures, but props like yoga blocks can make postures not only more accessible, but can also deepen postures for more advanced practitioners.
Yoga blocks allow you to practice integrity of form in yoga postures, ensuring you get the most out of your yoga practice. They assure proper alignment that allows for proper muscle memory to be built (which decreases chance of injury).
Yoga blocks are props, or tools, used to help yoga practitioners in three primary ways: to make yoga poses more accessible, to act as support, and to add a challenge to develop strength. Yoga blocks allow you to practice yoga poses in a safer, more beneficial way. All that bending, twisting, and folding you do in yoga poses can be difficult, especially when you are newer. Yoga blocks are essential to doing the postures skillfully.
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How to Use Yoga Blocks
Yoga blocks can be used in a variety of ways, but in the end, to benefit you, it really comes down to three main things: lengtheningstrengthening and support.
 - Lengthen
This refers to correcting your alignment and deepening the stretch that you are in. When you are in a pose that you feel you are struggling to stay in, you would benefit by using blocks. When you don't this, you are most likely not in good alignment and therefore not obtaining the full benefit of the pose or experiencing the fullest expression. Using yoga blocks will help prevent you from over straining yourself, improve your alignment, and get deeper into your poses to become more flexible. Basically almost anytime your hands are unable to touch the ground in a pose, it would be beneficial for you to use yoga blocks. There are alternatives such as resting your hands on your shins or ankle instead, but blocks provide much more stability and comfort than doing that, which in turn helps you get deeper into the pose and improve your flexibility.
 - Strengthen
Yoga blocks are a great tool to use to build strength throughout your entire body. A lot of yoga poses are great for improving strength, but you may not be reaping the benefits because you are unable to maintain proper alignment, form, or have not built up enough strength to get into the pose. Blocks are a great way to force your body into perfect alignment and push yourself to use the correct muscles to stay in the pose. You can also use them to provide you with a little extra support in some challenging poses so you have more control over the severity of the pose, allowing you to build strength effectively.
 - Support
A lot of yoga poses that are classified as restorative can actually be pretty strenuous and ineffective if you lack flexibility. There are several ways you can use blocks in each pose to give you the support you need to deepen into the pose and unleash the tightness.
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How many yoga blocks should I get?
We recommend 2 yoga blocks (or more), considering you have 2 sides of your body to work evenly. Also, many restorative poses utilize two blocks to support multiple areas of your body to allow full relaxation in the pose.
What one yoga block can be used for:
 - Length support in one sided poses such as Triangle, Extended Side Angle and Half Moon
 - Comfort support in poses such as Hero, Fish, and Pigeon
 - Balance and alignment support in poses such as Crow and Boat
You need two yoga blocks for:
 - Length support in two sided poses such as Full Split, Downward Facing Dog, and Camel
 - Strength building exercises such as Chaturanga (low plank)
 - Comfort support in two sides poses such as Reclined Bound Angle
 - For extra support in restorative postures such as Bridge and Fish chest openers
 - If you are extra tight on one side and need extra length
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Can I use household items as yoga blocks?
Yoga blocks are ideal, but if it's not in the budget, some household items can help achieve similar results:
 - For hip support, use a thick, folded towel or a dense pillow or cushion
 - For balancing and/or "bringing the floor to you," use a thick, sturdy book (like a textbook).
So, go ahead and get a set of two blocks. The benefits of having two just seem like a no-brainer and it is really not that much more expensiveand you will have them for years to come to assist you in an endless amount of ways to advance your yoga practice!


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The following is a current list of all countries and territories I have visited, based on a definition of 'country' provided by the Traveler's Century Club (TCC). I use the TCC list as it includes areas such as Taiwan, Transnistria, Canary Islands, and other areas that are not technically countries, but are distinct in some way (the total TCC count is currently 327 countries.) In addition to the TCC numbers in the table below, I also indicate the overall totals as defined not just by TCC, but also by Montevideo Convention rules (Sovereign States) and then by actual voting members of the United Nations.
227 = TCC Countries visited
173 = Sovereign Nations visited as defined by the Montevideo Convention
164 = United Nation voting member states visited
Table of TCC Countries/Territories Visited w/ Year 1st Visited


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Frederick Douglass Plantation: Archaeology unveiled
COLLEGE PARK, Md. The first exhibition to display the many archaeological finds at Frederick Douglass' childhood plantation— where he first realized that he was a slave—opened recently at the Academy Art Museum located at 106 South Street in Easton, Maryland. The exhibition is co-curated by University of Maryland archaeologists.
"Joint Heritage at Wye House" represents eight years of excavations conducted by the University of Maryland team and highlights evidence recovered from slave quarters and the Green House at one of the largest and well-documented plantations in Maryland. The major interpretive exhibition includes the rarely seen historic ledger of the plantation's rosters of slaves. It runs through October 13, 2013.
"At a time when racial tensions continue to divide, our archaeology shows that American culture is an indivisible amalgam of African and European influences," says University of Maryland archaeologist Mark P. Leone, who has led the Wye Plantation excavation. "From culinary tastes to horticulture to religion, African traditions blended with the European to shape a distinctly American culture."
The excavation uncovered evidence of life on the thriving agricultural plantation. Hundreds of slaves toiled there, along with hired labor and family members. Artifacts include house wares, food remnants, and traces of pollen from the herbs, medicines, flowers and fruit grown in the historic "Orangery," as it was later called, an 18th century feature on estates and plantations.
"We have gone to great lengths to provide a wealth of historic context to make plantation life as vivid and accessible as possible," says Academy Art Museum Curator Anke Van Wagenberg. "Our display includes books, recipes, maps, artwork. Most remarkably, we can document the generations of slaves who worked there."
The Maryland Historical Society lent the Museum the rarely seen handwritten slave ledgers, including hundreds of complete names. The exhibit includes a searchable database.
"This holds intense interest for many who live in the area— descendants of Wye slaves," says Leone. "Understanding history is a matter of pride."
Dating to 1785, the Wye Orangery may be the oldest surviving structure of its type in the United States. A significant part of the excavation has been devoted to the building. By analyzing surviving bits of pollen unearthed there, Leone's UMD colleague Elizabeth F. Pruitt was able to catalogue the arrangement and identity of species originally grown there.
"We identified more than 100 plants that grew there," Pruitt says. "It provided medicinal herbs, leafy plants, exotic fruits and array of flowers. This was a central feature of the plantation combining beauty and practicality."
The Wye Plantation has remained in the same family for 12 generations, dating back to 1659. The owners, the Tilghman family, gave Leone access and helped fund his research, as well as the exhibition.
"Joint Heritage at Wye House" is made possible by the generous support of Richard and Beverly Tilghman, the University of Maryland, College Park and the Frederick Douglass Honor Society. A


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The Current Surface Analysis map shows current weather conditions
, including frontal and high/low pressure positions, satellite infrared
(IR) cloud cover
, and areas of precipitation
. A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations. Weather maps are created by plotting or tracing the values of relevant quantities such as sea level pressure, temperature
, and cloud cover
onto a geographical map to help find synoptic scale features such as weather fronts.
The first weather maps in the 19th century were drawn well after the fact to help devise a theory on storm systems. After the advent of the telegraph, simultaneous surface weather observations
became possible for the first time, and beginning in the late 1840s, the Smithsonian Institution became the first organization to draw real-time surface analyses. Use of surface analyses began first in the United States, spreading worldwide during the 1870s. Use of the Norwegian cyclone model for frontal analysis began in the late 1910s across Europe, with its use finally spreading to the United States during World War II.
Surface weather analyses have special symbols which show frontal systems, cloud cover
, or other important information. For example, an H may represent high pressure, implying good and fair weather. An L on the other hand may represent low pressure, which frequently accompanies precipitation
. Various symbols are used not just for frontal zones and other surface boundaries on weather maps, but also to depict the present weather at various locations on the weather map. Areas of precipitation
help determine the frontal type and location.


Check whether two strings are isomorphic to each other in Python
In this article, we will learn how to check whether the given two strings are isomorphic to each other in Python. Two strings are isomorphic if there is one-to-one mapping possible for every character in string 1 to every character in string2.
Input: string1 = "aaabb"
 string2 = "xxxyy"
Output: True
Explanation: character a to character x and character b maps to character y.
Input: string1 = "aaabb"
 string2 = "zxcvb"
Output: False
Check whether two strings are isomorphic in Python
1. Firstly, check if the length of two strings is equal if not return False.
2. Create a list mark of size 256 to store mark the visited characters in string2, initialize its value to Fasleand a list map to store the mapping of every character from string1 to string 2, initialize its value to -1.
3. Now iterate the string1 from range 0 to length of string
 - Check if the current character of string1 appears for the first time in it.
 - If the current character of the string2 already appeared, then return False.
 - Else, mark the current character of string2 visited and store the mapping of the current character in the map list.
 - Now check if the current character in string1 has already appeared, then check if the previous appearance mapped to the same character of the string, if not return False.
def stringIsomorphic(string1, string2):
 m = len(string1)
 n = len(string2)
 if m!= n:
 return False
 mark = [False] * MAX_CHARS
 map = [-1] * MAX_CHARS
 for i in range(n):
 if map[ord(string1[i])] == -1:
 if mark[ord(string2[i])] == True:
 return False
 mark[ord(string2[i])] = True
 map[ord(string1[i])] = string2[i]
 elif map[ord(string1[i])]!= string2[i]:
 return False
 return True
string1 = input("Enter the string 1: ")
string2 = input("Enter the string 2: ")
print(stringIsomorphic(string1, string2))
Enter the string 1: ccddaa
Enter the string 2: xxyyzz
Enter the string 1: abba
Enter the string 2: asdd
Also read: Python string startswith() Method
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- If the dishes are not getting clean: a) Make sure the water is hot enough – it should be at least 140 degrees, which is hot enough to burn you (very hot!) – If it is not hot enough, A) Make sure you are following the proper loading procedures. Use the proper amount of detergent and make sure the detergent is fresh (check expiration or "best if used by" date.). B) select a cycle that provides for a hotter wash water temperature, C) Make sure the lower spray arm is unobstructed and is "free turning". D) Make sure the bottom inside of the dishwasher is clean and free of debris. E) turn the hot water heater thermostat up to a higher setting. F) Make sure the water is draining and not recirculating dirty water.
- If the door isn't closing:
- Make sure the latch assembly is unrestricted and latching properly.
- Make sure the door is not hitting anything. Sometimes the screws that anchor the dishwasher to the bottom of the counter top come loose and cause the door to hit the mounting brackets or the screws. Sometimes the dishwasher can twist in the cabinet opening and sit crooked in the space causing the door to hit the side cabinet.
- Make sure nothing is blocking the door from opening and closing properly.
- If the unit is leaking: Address this issue immediately as water leaking underneath can be damaging your flooring!!!!! a) Make sure you are following the proper loading procedures, including proper type and amounts of detergents (run unit through cycle empty, if it doesn't leak it is probably a loading problem). b) Make sure the racks are positioned properly. c) Make sure the door is unrestricted around the opening. d) Make sure it is sitting level in the opening. Look at the space along both sides and across the top. This is normally more of a problem if the dishwasher was recently installed. Call _PHONE_ for service if these tips do not reveal the source of the leak.
If your dishwasher is developing a film on the inside, put 6-7 drops of good quality, name brand regular liquid detergent (the type used for hand washing dishes)
in the bottom and put the machine through a regular cycle. This procedure will wash away soap scum, some mineral deposits, and grit. It will also allow the machine to work better. Important note – do not use more than 6-7 drops of detergent because oversudsing can cause a flood!
Be proactive, prevent potential floods! If the above suggestion did not work and the inside of your dishwasher is still brown and discolored from mineral stains, add one Affresh tablet (we sell it in three tablet packets for $9.95 and it works great!) and put the machine through a regular cycle. As an alternative you can also put Lime-away (available at your grocery store) or Tang Citrus Drink into the tank during the wash cycle. The citric acid from these products should remove the mineral buildup and restore the finish! There are a variety of citrus products available over the counter. Call our parts department _PHONE_) and we can send some out to you within one day! If these suggested tips do not solve the problem, call us at _PHONE_
to ask additional questions or for fast, dependable service!
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By Leah Clark
The Activity Theory
The benefits of this theory are:
- They are more happy
- They are more sociable
- They remain physically interactive longer
- They are engaged in doing activities
- They are independent
The theorist for the activity theory is Robert Havighurst which developed this theory in the 1960's.
The Disengagement Theory
This can lead to elderly people becoming depressed, lonely and this could lead to elderly losing their communications skills.
With this theory, you need to encourage and inspire elderly people to become more active (which then leads to these people being involved in the activity theory).
This theory was developed by Cummings and Henry in the late 1950's.


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This activity provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of the various ways in which agricultural pests are controlled in Queensland. It allows students to consider specific examples of the various methods that have been used and to consider the costs and benefits of each method.
The methods used include chemical control, biological control, physical control and genetic control (heritability and genetic engineering).
Science and Society
6.2 Students use scientific concepts to evaluate the costs and benefits of applications of science (including agricultural and industrial practices).
The Biosecurity Queensland pages of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) provide information on:
Internet search on articles referring to selected pest animals or weeds.
This activity is intended to highlight the costs and benefits of various pest control methods. It would be beneficial to use examples that are specific to the area in which students live. Further information on the control methods used to combat different types of pests may be obtained via collaborators listed on the DEEDI website.
Time: 30 minutes
- Accessing resources
- Collecting information
- Looking for alternatives
Students read through collected articles dealing with pest and weed control issues from the DEEDI website, research collaborators and internert searches.
Students classify the types of control methods being used as: chemical; physical; biological; or genetic. Students then discuss the costs and benefits of the various control methods they come across in their research.
Finally, students discuss any control methods being used in their area and make suggestions as to possible alternatives that allow for more sustainable use of resources.
Concept maps are another useful way of summarising understanding of issues and information from research activities such as this.
Gathering information about student learning
Sources of information could include:
- anecdotal records of student discussions
- concept maps.
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System Administration Guide, Volume 1
Example--Changing Password Aging for a User Account
In the following example, the user must keep a new password for at least one day (Min Change), and must change the password every 60 days (Max Change). The user must change the password if the account is inactive for more than 10 days (Max Inactive).


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Ghosts of the Titanic dock at Shrewsbury library
By Doris Christelis, Contributing Writer
Shrewsbury – The Shrewsbury Public Library was recently transformed into a voyage on the Titanic for 80 lucky "passengers." Ticketholders holding "steerage" and "first class" tickets enjoyed a walking tour through the library, which had been transformed into different rooms of the Titanic in commemoration of Archaeology Month, which was October.
The tour, designed to educate and immerse the visitors in the Titanic's history, appealed to a broad range of adults and children who were able to step back in time to 1912.
"Since 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a tour seemed a good fit," said Sharon Martin, Head of Children's Services at the Shrewsbury Public Library.
After entering the "ship," "passengers" were greeted by a model of the Titanic built by Dean Gillam, who also volunteered that night in the ship's boiler room. Tours led by Martin and Dan Barbour, the young adult librarian and volunteer coordinator, then proceeded past a model iceberg with photos of the real icebergs found in the vicinity of the ship's sinking. One of the icebergs had a smear of red paint on its base and it was thought that it was the one that the Titanic struck.
Throughout the tour, analogies to Shrewsbury were made. For example, while the library is 50 feet high, the 3,000-year-old iceberg that the Titanic struck was thought to be 50 to 100 feet high. "Passengers" also learned that the Titanic was as long as the distance between the library and the Town Hall, and that the last survivor of the Titanic, Lillian Asplund, died in Shrewsbury in 2006 at the age of 99.
In a room called "Titanic by the Numbers," "passengers" learned many interesting facts including how the ship that took three years to build sank in under three hours, and that three lap dogs survived, while so many passengers perished. Also interesting was that the hull of the Titanic was only three-quarter inch thick while most "passengers" in Shrewsbury guessed it was at least one foot thick.
Further along in the tour, "passengers" were able to visualize how big the average lifeboat was by tape marked out on a rug in the shape of a lifeboat. By putting the average number of passengers that had, in 1912, made their way onto one of the Titanic's lifeboats, visitors were able to visualize how much room remained on each lifeboat and could easily imagine how many more lives could have been saved had the boats been filled to capacity.
Other rooms with volunteers re-enacting members of Titanic's crew included the "Marconi Room" where wireless operators were the first to communicate that the Titanic was sinking to 25 ships in the area using Morse Code, including the Carpathia which was the first ship to respond although it was not the closest.
In the "ship's" dining room, visitors were able to dine on items from the Titanic's actual menu on the day of the sinking – chocolate éclairs that had been served in the first-class dining rooms, and "Cabin biscuits," a staple in steerage.
Those interested in more information on the Titanic are welcome to visit the Shrewsbury Public Library, where many books are available on the subject.
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equations in HTML
Paul Topping (_EMAIL_)
Mon, 12 Sep 94 12:13 PDT
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 94 12:13 PDT
To: www-html@_URL_
From: _EMAIL_ (Paul Topping)
Subject: equations in HTML
In what I think is the latest HTML 2.0 specification, support for math has
evidently been dropped due to lack of consensus on how math should be
represented. Instead, HTML creators will have to use an Image Element. This
will be some kind of bitmap. Unfortunately, the tag does not give
sufficient alignment control to adequately do the job.
Equations, especially those that are likely to be placed in-line (as
opposed to those in their own paragraph), have a natural baseline. For
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 Here is an equation:|a + -------|.
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In this equation, the baseline of "a" should align with the surrounding
text. Unfortunately, the tag allows only top, middle, or bottom
alignment. What is needed is to be able to specify a distance from the
bottom edge of the image to the internal baseline.
I believe the utility of this kind of alignment is not limited to math,
chemical equations have similar requirements. In fact, any text-based
notation will generally benefit from such an alignment feature.
We at Design Science have some experience with this. We market MathType, a
point-and-click mathematical equation editor that currently runs on the
Macintosh and under MS Windows. On both platforms, MathType embeds baseline
position information in equations written using the os's native picture
format so that importing applications can handle baseline adjustment
automatically. Many document-centric applications on both platforms DO
handle this just fine (e.g. Aldus PageMaker, Microsoft Word,...).
I think what I'm proposing would involve adding an alignment attribute to
the IMG construct that would specify an offset (in some suitable distance
units) from the bottom of the image to the baseline within the image. I
know that adding distance values to HTML is generally to be avoided
(express structure, not specific formatting). However, this baseline offset
is really part of the image data itself. As images will normally contain
dimensions (pixels-per-inch, default height and width, etc.), this would
not be out of line.
By the way, we at Design Science are very much interested in the use of our
product in a World Wide Web and/or HTML environment, both for equations
stored as images and those stored in some future HTML markup, should such a
thing ever become a reality. If anybody out there has tried this or is
interested in discussing this, let me know.
Paul R. Topping
Design Science, Inc.
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"How about this weather?"
Social Dialog with Embodied Conversational Agents
Abstract Social dialogue can be used by an embodied interface agent both to satisfy "interpersonal" goals, such as building rapport with the user and demonstrating the expertise of the agent, and to directly or indirectly satisfy task goals, such as acquiring background information about the user. We describe the ongoing development of an embodied conversational agent that is capable of multimodal input understanding and output generation and operates in a limited application domain in which both social and task-oriented dialogue are used. An approach to discourse planning for social dialogue is described, along with an implementation and preliminary evaluation.


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Loyola MBA Requirements
Requirements for Loyola University's Quinlan School of Business
Admission requirements vary from one business school to another. Most recognized business schools, like Loyola University Chicago, have specific criteria. Maintaining the right balance of qualified students maximizes the overall learning experience. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), details of professional experience, and English language proficiency for international students are common prerequisites. Loyola asks for:
- Letters of recommendation: Requirements for Loyola's Quinlan School of Business include two letters of recommendation either from a professional or academic source. This sheds light on the applicant's professional or academic experience as accomplishments, work ethics, collaborative skills, and career goals are detailed.
- Resume: Work experience, awards, career growth, and goals provide valuable insight into an applicant's managerial and leadership capabilities and ambitions. Extracurricular and service activities show initiative and community involvement.
- Statement of Purpose: We are interested in knowing your motivation for wanting an MBA or specialty master's degree and why you have chosen our business school. We want to make sure your ethics, capabilities, standards, and vision are in line with our philosophy.
Meeting Requirements Takes Careful Preparation
MBA and specialty master's requirements are not just a mere formality. Top-ranking schools such as Quinlan screen every submission meticulously. The admission committee consists of experienced reviewers who are looking for students that are serious about advancing their careers. The following are steps you should take when planning to submit an application for admission:
- List out all the requirements (GMAT or GRE, application form, personal essay, recommendations, transcripts, etc.) so that you don't miss anything.
- Prepare for the GMAT or GRE, the higher your scores, the better your chances of acceptance.
- Write a compelling Statement of Purpose highlighting your professional interests, accomplishments, career plans, and learning goals.
- Get letters of recommendation from people who know you well as they will be able to provide all the important details about your achievements and character.
- Submit your application on time. Punctuality and respect for deadlines are important parts of any management and leadership position.


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To Join or Not to Join: Examining Patent Pool Participation and Rent Sharing Rules
40 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2006 Last revised: 4 Dec 2015
Date Written: November 15, 2006
Much of the economic analysis on patent pools is theoretical, and nearly all of the models assume that participation is automatic - any firm with a relevant patent and an option to join a patent pool is assumed to do so. But allowing firms to opt out of patent pools is a far more realistic assumption, since all modern patent pools are voluntary. In this paper, we present empirical evidence on participation rates and the factors that drive the decision to join a pool. We also summarize the various profit sharing rules found in modern patent pools, and explore the consequences of the rule chosen. Understanding how these institutions form and grow is especially important since more and more standard setting efforts are leading to patent pools for licensing the intellectual property embedded in standards. We find that vertically integrated firms are more likely to join a patent pool and among those firms that do join, those with relatively symmetric patent contributions to a standard appear more likely to accept numeric patent share rules for dividing royalty earnings.
Keywords: Patent Pools, Standards Setting Organizations, Intellectual Property, Royalty Sharing
JEL Classification: L1, O3, K21, L41
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation


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Aaron and Andrew Harrison, James Young Officially Enrolled at Kentucky
Fans in Lexington can breathe a bit easier today, as the three missing McDonald's All-Americans — James Young and the Harrison twins, Andrew and Aaron — have officially enrolled in classes at Kentucky.
What is the duplicate article?
Why is this article offensive?
Where is this article plagiarized from?
Why is this article poorly edited?


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Research Seminar: Arriola
November 30, 2015 @ 12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Jill Arriola presents her research on "Carbon Burial and Sediment Accretion in Salt Marshes: Local and Regional Perspectives"
Salt marshes are tidal wetlands which provide numerous benefits and services to coastal inhabitants, including humans, but are threatened by anthropogenic activities and sea-level rise. One of the services provided by salt marshes is carbon storage in the form of buried organic material. The rate of carbon burial relies on several factors including sediment deposition and above and below ground biomass production. Alterations in these primary factors create variability in carbon storage on local and regional scales. In this talk I present results from a carbon burial study done along a tidal creek in a pristine salt marsh within the big bend of Florida, where I find two scenarios of carbon burial and sediment accretion between the mouth and headwaters of the creek; these scenarios have implications for a future with higher sea-level rise. I also show preliminary data from a regional variability survey of salt marshes along the Gulf of Mexico, from Corpus Christie, TX to Apalachicola, FL, as well as one site near St. Augustine, FL on the Atlantic coast. Future directions for this research are to apply high resolution field and laboratory experiments in coastal NC to investigate changes in the quantity and quality of the C buried with respect to sea-level rise.


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A person who emits noise (with the voice or otherwise) either loudly or a lot of the time can be described as loud. Whether this is an insult or a compliment is a matter of personal preference: some people self-describe as "loud" while many others consider "loud" people to be intensely irritating.
Units used to measure loudness:
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Great Qing Treasure Certificate
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Room 33: Asia
 Great Qing Treasure Certificate
 From China
 Qing dynasty, issued AD 1857
 The four Chinese characters arranged right to left across the top read Da qing bao chao ('Great Qing Treasure Certificate'). The serial number is printed in blue down the right-hand side. The denomination ('1000 cash coins') is printed down the centre, and the date down the left-hand side. The blue block of text below gives instructions for use. This note is modelled on earlier notes such as the Great Ming Circulating Treasure Note.
 This note was produced at a time of political turmoil in the history of China. The 1850s were disastrous for the ruling Qing dynasty. The Taiping Rebellion posed a serious threat to the dynasty, and Taiping rebels succeeded in cutting off the route to Yunnan province, the main source of copper for Chinese coins. On top of this, costly military operations and natural catastrophes, such as flooding, caused the government to suggest issuing paper money.
 Initally the emperor Xianfeng (1851-60) refused to allow this, fearing it would lead to rampant inflation as it had done in the Ming dynasty. However, in 1853 the worsening financial situation forced him to agree to issue paper money. But people did not trust it. The government issued paper money at 100% value, but only allowed people to pay 50% of their taxes in paper. So for most people, paper money was only worth half of its face value.
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Sir John Soane memorial
John Flaxman
Just a few steps from the Soane memorial is the grave of the popular funerary sculptor John Flaxman (_PHONE_). Flaxman was a self-educated artist who worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood pottery company before gaining fame as a sculptor of memorials. His work was known for its beautiful simplicity and depiction of domestic sentimentality. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1800 and in 1810 the academy created a special 'Professor of Sculpture' post for him.
Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial
The most impressive, eye-catching monument in the Garden is a huge sundial in the form of a stepped pyramid, erected in 1879 by Baroness Burdett Coutts as a memorial to those whose graves were disturbed by the railway line. Among those whose names appear on the memorial are the architect Sir John Soane, sculptor John Flaxman, Sir John Gurni and James Leon.
The memorial was designed by George Highton and is topped by a pinnacle of Portland limestone supporting a sundial. Four marble panels bear Biblical inscriptions and mosaic panels are set into the steps. The monument is surrounded by railings, on which is a plaque commemorating the composer Johann Christian Bach, who was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave in the churchyard.
One of the names listed on the monument is the Chevalier D'Eon (Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont), a French diplomat, soldier, and spy who died in 1810. D'Eon was androgynous, and successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia as a woman, acting as one of King Louis XV's network of spies known as the 'Secret du Roi' (the King's Secret). S/he spent the last 33 years of his/her life as a woman before dying in poverty. The Chevalier's grave was one of those lost when the graveyard was moved to make room for the railway to St Pancras station.
The Burdett Coutts memorial sundial
The Burdett Coutts memorial sundial
William Blake
Was St Pancras Old Church the inspiration for William Blake's poem 'And did those feet in ancient time' (often wrongly called 'Jerusalem' after Blake's poem was set to music in a hymn of that name by Sir Hubert Parry)? According to one tale, Blake knew of a legend that said Jesus had visited London with his uncle, a metal trader. A spiritual site was said to exist at the highest navigable point on the River Fleet, where St Pancras Old Church now stands, and Jesus was said to have visited the site.
Blake drew on the legend to create his famous poem. He certainly would have been acquainted with the church, for he had acted as an illustrator for Mary Wollstonecraft on several of her books, and he admired her work.
The Beatles Connection
Beatles fanatics will know the Old Church as the setting for a photo shoot for the band's Mad Day Out. John, Paul, George and Ringo used the courtyard and the church grounds for their shoot, with informal photos taken in the Gardens and formal shots incorporating the extravagantly carved west doorway arches. The musical legacy has continued in more recent years as the church has become a popular musical performance venue for the likes of Sinead O'Connor and Brian Eno.
Getting There
St Pancras Old Church is a delight, a slice of history in the heart of modern London. The church is easy to reach on foot from Kings Cross/St Pancras station. From the station exit turn west on Euston Road (A501), then right on Midland Road. Follow Midland Road north until it becomes Pancras Road. You will find the Old Church and Gardens on your right, through a set of elaborate wrought-iron gates. The church is usually open to visitors and was open when we visited.
About St Pancras Old Church
Address: Pancras Road, London, Greater London, England, NW1 1UL
Attraction Type: Historic Church
Location: On Pancras Road, north of St Pancras rail station
Website: St Pancras Old Church
Location map
OS: TQ297834
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
Nearest station: London underground station Mornington Crescent - 0.4 miles (straight line) - Zone: 2
British Library - 0.4 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
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Jewish Museum - 0.6 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
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Summary of Minnesota State Charter School Facility Law
In 1991, Minnesota passed the first charter school statute in the nation and started the first charter schools in 1992. In 1996, the Minnesota Legislature appropriated funds for a charter school lease aid grant program.
Lease aid grant statute
Minnesota law (Statute 124D.11, subdivision 4) allows charter schools to apply to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) for building lease aid when a charter school has insufficient total operating capital revenue (as defined under section 126C.10, subdivision 13). The MDE must review and either approve or deny a lease aid application using the following criteria:
 1. the reasonableness of the price based on current market values;
 2. the extent to which the lease conforms to applicable state laws and rules; and
 3. the appropriateness of the proposed lease in the context of the space needs and financial circumstances of the charter school.
The State distributes these lease aid funds on a per-pupil basis. The amount of funds perpupil unit served for a charter school for any year may not exceed the lesser of
 1. 90 percent of the approved per-pupil cost or
 2. the greater of (1) the charter school's building lease aid per-pupil for fiscal year 2003, (excluding the adjustments under Laws 2002, chapter 392, article 6, section 4; this may not exceed $1,500 for these grandfathered schools) or (2) $1,200, generally for newer charter schools.
The requirement that charter schools pay at least 10 percent of their facility costs helps ensure that schools will lease appropriate and reasonable facilities. The building lease aid may not be used for custodial, maintenance service, utility, or other operating costs. Charter schools make up the difference between state aid and actual rent by spending general aid funds.
Application process
The process for obtaining facility aid includes the following steps:
 1. Charter schools determine that their facility complies with health and safety regulations, local building codes and provisions for persons with disabilities.
 2. The charter school then submits its lease contract to MDE for review on the basis of reasonableness and appropriateness. If the lease is satisfactory, MDE approves the lease facility aid. If building modifications are necessary and appropriate, those are often subsumed into lease payments over several years.
 3. The MDE makes lease aid payments to charter schools on a monthly basis.
State funding and Federal grant
For fiscal year 2004, $17,768,623 was appropriated in state lease aid funding and the total facilities lease aid appropriation for fiscal year 2005 is $22,236,119.
Minnesota is one of four grant recipients under the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program. Minnesota will use its Federal grant to enhance its charter school facility initiative by making building improvement grants, augmenting state appropriations for lease aid, providing technical assistance in selecting appropriate charter school facilities and disseminating information about best use of facilities.
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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced on 6 February 2018 that he was asking Professor Sir Norman Williams to conduct a rapid policy review into the issues pertaining to gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.
Working with stakeholders, the Review considered:
- how to ensure healthcare professionals are adequately informed about:
- where and how the line is drawn between gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) and negligence;
- what processes are gone through before initiating a prosecution for GNM;
- how the vital role of reflective learning, openness and transparency is protected where the healthcare professional believes that a mistake has been made to ensure that lessons are learned and mistakes not covered up;
The Review also explored the lessons that need to be learned by the General Medical Council (GMC) and other healthcare professionals' regulators in relation to how they deal with professionals following a criminal process for gross negligence manslaughter.
The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group submitted evidence as part of the Review.
In summary, we stated that:
- We would be extremely disappointed if an unintended consequence of the tragic death of Jack Adcock and the following case against Dr Bawa-Garba was the regression to a blame culture in any part of the health and care system, or moves towards a more risk-averse form of healthcare
- An appropriate balance must be struck – currently the GPhC, employers, patients and professionals expect and potentially require (e.g. as part of GPhC standards) that pharmacy professionals are open and honest, and reflect when things go wrong to help organisations understand the factors that have led to an incident so that lessons can be learned/shared, yet these reflections and analysis can then be demanded as part of a criminal investigation and used against the individual involved
- It often feels as though the ultimate goal of regulatory action is to improve public safety and patient care, yet the ultimate goal of a criminal investigation is usually to punish an individual – which makes the responsible pharmacist particularly vulnerable when things go wrong
- There is vast inconsistency in the approach taken by police forces in handling incidents involving healthcare professionals and it is not clear who advises them on proportionality and reasonable expectations. Professionals have a relatively clearer understanding of what to expect from their regulator (due to decision-making guidance being published) but criminal processes are much less clear so we would welcome further guidance on this.
- Public understanding of regulatory action and the application of learning should be improved – a lack of criminal conviction does not equate to a lack of action/learning and a conviction does not automatically lead to improved safety.
- We were particularly concerned by the approach taken by the GMC in this case, especially in the context that the Department of Health recently consulted on proposals to merge several of the healthcare regulators.


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Text::Levenshtein - An implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance
use Text::Levenshtein qw(distance);
# prints "2"
# prints "2 0 3"
This module implements the Levenshtein edit distance.
The Levenshtein edit distance is a measure of the degree of proximity between two strings.
This distance is the number of substitutions, deletions or insertions ("edits")
needed to transform one string into the other one (and vice versa).
When two strings have distance 0, they are the same.
A good point to start is:
_TAG_ also Text::LevenshteinXS on CPAN if you do not require a perl-only implementation. It
_TAG_ extremely faster in nearly all cases.
_TAG_ also Text::WagnerFischer on CPAN for a configurable edit distance, i.e. for
_TAG_ costs (weights) for the edits.
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perl6 port: 2010 Steve Schulze
This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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A convoy of 21 vehicles left Xining, capital city of Qinghai Province, on Friday for a scientific mission to the Hol Xil Nature Reserve in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
This will be the country's largest scientific inspection of the nature reserve since 1990, and also the first one since the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on July 1 this year.
The 61-person inspection team consists of scientists, journalists and volunteers.
The 50-day mission's aim is to better understand the formation of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, its effect on China's and the world's climate, as well as the distribution and migration of the nature reserve's rare animals.
Hol Xil is home to Tibetan antelopes, an endangered species which are protected by the Convention on the International Trade.
The population of Tibetan antelopes has dropped from several million to below 100,000 in the past two decades due to extensive poaching and human encroachment of their habitat.
The team will also collect samples of the area's plants to establish a gene databank and try to chart the area's ecological and environment trends over the past 15 years, said the team's head Ding Lin, a researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2006)


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In Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" books, she describes her sister Mary going blind from scarlet fever. But brain and spinal cord inflammation likely caused Mary's blindness, a new study suggests.
The findings, published today (Feb. 4) in the journal Pediatrics, came from poring over the symptoms Wilder described in memoirs and books.
"Since I was in medical school, I had wondered about whether scarlet fever could cause blindness, because I always remembered Mary's blindness from reading the 'Little House' stories and knew that scarlet fever was once a deadly disease," said study co-author Beth Tarini, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, in a statement.
Wilder wrote several books describing her life as a pioneer in the mid-1800s. In one, she describes her sister Mary going blind at age 14 in 1879.
At the time, scarlet fever was one of the deadliest scourges for young children. The fever occurs when the bacteria that cause strep throat run rampant in the body, causing a rash, fever, bone and joint pain, and, in serious cases, kidney and liver damage.
To find out what caused Mary's blindness, Tarini and her colleagues investigated local newspapers, the author's memoirs and letters.
They found that Wilder described her sister's disease as a "spinal sickness" and that local newspaper reports said a "hemorrhage of the brain had set in [sic] one side of her face became partially paralyzed."
Those symptoms were more consistent with a disease called meningoencephalitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord and brain, which can result from several viruses.
"Meningoencephalitis could explain Mary's symptoms, including the inflammation of the facial nerve that left the side of her face temporarily paralyzed," Tarini said in a statement. "It could also lead to inflammation of the optic nerve that would result in a slow and progressive loss of sight."
It's not clear why the editors of the book tied Mary's blindness to scarlet fever, but one possibility is that the disease was such a well-known and feared scourge at the time, the researchers suggest.
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Surface area of a square pyramid calculator
The surface area of a Square Pyramid Calculator
Don't know how to calculate the area covered by the Square Pyramid? Mycaclu helps you to find it through the Surface area of a Square Pyramid Calculator. This free online calculator is very effective and easy to use as it does not require any skill to master.
Surface Area of a Square Pyramid Calculator
Surface Area of a Square Pyramid Calculator Result
How to use the Mycalcu Surface area of a Square Pyramid Calculator?
- Select the unit of length
- Enter the value of the base length in the respective box
- Enter the height of the pyramid
- Click on calculate to get the result
Would you like to use Surface Area of Sphere Calculator
Formula of the Surface area of a Square Pyramid
Surface Area = L² + 2L√(L²/4+H²) Where
H = Height of the pyramid
L = Length of the Square Pyramid
How to calculate the Surface area of a Square Pyramid?
- Take the square of the length for calculation of base area
- Add the areas of the four triangles
let's assume the length of the Square Pyramid is 45 feet and height is 156 feet
= L² + 2L√(L²/4+H²)
= 45²+2 x 45√(45²/4+156²)
= 9.38095 Feet³


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Kiwi project - Pest monitoring protocol
Purpose 1: To determine the animal pests which are present.
Purpose 2: To present data about our pest management activities.
Purpose 3: To support the proposed translocation of NI robin to Russell in March 2007.
Method: Combination of tracking tunnels, traps and wax tag monitoring.
Pest monitoring lines: 500 metres long, unbiased compass line, N/S where possible.
Note that other species present can include ant, weta, dog, gecko, and others.
Table 1: Structure and targeting of pest monitoring lines
|Rat||Ink card in tracking tunnel||24 hours||Peanut butter||10||50m|
|Stoat/weasel||Ink card in tracking tunnel||3 days||Fresh rabbit||5||100m|
|Cat||SA cat trap||7 days||Fresh meat/fish||3||150m|
|Possum/rat/mice||Wax tab||7 days||Glow bug||20||10m|
Timing - Activation of pest monitoring lines
Pest monitoring occupies an eight day cycle, typically beginning and ending on a Monday as shown in Table 2 below.
Timing - Frequency of activation of pest monitoring lines
- Pest monitoring lines are activated on the above schedules (Tables 1 & 2) once per month for three months.
- The first two cycles are to develop a good picture of the pests present, the scale of the pest levels, and to determine pest management action to lower their presence.
- The third cycle is to determine if the adjustment in pest management techniques has worked or otherwise.
- Further monitoring may be required at this point to fine-tune the pest management system.
- Once a stable situation is demonstrated to exist, test monitoring lines are then activated on a seasonal basis, i.e. three monthly throughout the year.
Table 2: Eight day cycle for pest monitoring
|Monday||Activate the line||10 ink cards for rats||20 numbered wax tags for possums||Set 3 SA traps for cats|
|Tuesday|| ||Collect 10 rat cards, install 5 stoat cards||Check/re-set SAs|
|Wednesday || || || ||Check/re-set SAs|
|Thursday || || || ||Check/re-set SAs|
|Friday || ||Collect stoat cards|| ||Check/re-set SAs|
|Saturday|| || || ||Check/re-set SAs|
|Sunday|| || || ||Check/re-set SAs|
|Monday||De-activate the line||Leave tunnels in position||Collect 20 wax tabs||Check, then remove or de-activate SAs|
Analysis of the pest monitoring
Please inspect the monitoring cards that we use (purchased from Connovation Ltd).
Other indicators of pest levels negatives:
- Dead wildlife (birds, skinks, etc)
- Scratchings on trees (totara are favoured by possum for example)
- Lack of flowering and fruiting by native and exotic plants
- Foliage eaten, and plants/trees dead for no obvious reason
- Wandering dogs and cats
Indicators of good pest control:
- Presence of birds
- Absence of predator sightings
- Ability of orchards to produce fruit
- Able to grow roses
- New plants survive
- Dope growing is possible without netting or poisons
A short guide
It's quite easy to learn to identify animal prints. Read our notes then study your prints.
Rats have 4 toes on the front feet and five on the back. They have lumps on the underside of their feet that leave clear marks.
Mice show as very small dots. Their prints are very similar in layout to those of rats.
Lizards tracks are quite distinctive. Attrcat them through the Trakka using 50:50 banana and honey.
Mustelids if you draw a line between toes 1 and 4 the foot pad will be outside this line.
Hedgehogs both feet are similiar to the human hand with 5 digits only with a centre pad on both feet. The central pad is closer to the toes than that of a rat.


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Trends in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Contraceptives
CitationWu, Min. 2016. Trends in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Contraceptives. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard Medical School.
AbstractObjective: Despite much speculation about the role of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) in increasing demand for prescription contraceptives in the United States, there is little published research on this topic. We sought to quantify the prevalence and magnitude of DTCA for prescription contraceptives over the last decade.
Methods: Using cross-sectional data from January 2005 through December 2014, we performed descriptive analyses on trends in DTCA expenditure for prescription contraceptives. We quantified the amount of DTCA by contraceptive method category and individual brand.
Results: During the study period, pharmaceutical companies spent a total of $1.57 billion in the United States on DTCA of prescription contraceptives. Annual expenditure for contraceptive DTCA reached a peak of $260 million in 2008, with a progressive decline to a nadir of $69 million by 2013. Of the contraceptive methods, oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have been the most heavily promoted, with Yaz – the most advertised brand – accounting for $347 million of DTCA expenditure. However, DTCA spending on OCPs peaked in 2007 and was overtaken in 2012 by the DTCA of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), the method now receiving the largest amount of DTCA promotion.
Conclusions: Direct-to-consumer advertising is a major form of promotion for prescription contraceptives. Recent trends in DTCA expenditure indicate a shift from promotion of the OCPs to the LARCs. Direct-to-consumer advertising's effect on provider and patient utilization of various contraceptive methods has yet to be determined.
Citable link to this pagehttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40620273


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A deep cooking pan, typically round, made of metal, and with one long handle and a lid.
More example sentences
- Remove plastic and wooden handles from frying pans and saucepans.
- Pots, saucepans, and other cooking implements were mostly cast from bronze.
- Strain the cooking juices into a saucepan and boil to reduce by half.
- More example sentences
- I can't end without mentioning the yoghurt - a wonderful fresh saucepanful, made every morning, to which we helped ourselves and then topped perhaps with wild strawberry jam or another variety of honey.


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Why? > Australian Legislation & Harmonisation > WA Legislation
Western Australia Legislation
Victorian Legislation has the same structure as other Australian jurisdictions, however specific requirements set out mainly in the regulations does differ from other Australian jurisdictions.
The following information courtesy of WorkSafe WA.
Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1984
The Act is the law passed by Parliament that set out the overriding occupational health and safety obligations of duty holders, along with powers of inspectors, compliance requirements and administrative issues.
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984
Regulations are designed to set out specific safety requirements. Compliance with Regulations is mandatory. Regulations are more detailed and prescriptive than the Act.
Codes of Practice
A code of practice is defined in the Act as a document prepared for the purpose of providing:
- practical advice on preventative strategies; and
- a practical means of achieving any code, standard, rule, provision or specification relating to occupational safety and health in Western Australia.
A code of practice may contain explanatory information. The preventative strategies outlined do not represent the only acceptable means of achieving a certain standard.
A code of practice does not have the same legal force as a regulation and is not sufficient reason, of itself, for prosecution under the Act.
The codes of practice are developed by the Commission for Occupational Safety and Health.
Codes of practice:
- should be followed, unless there is another solution which achieves the same or better result; and
- can be used to support prosecution for non-compliance
Guidance Notes provide detailed information on the requirements of legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice and cover a broad range of issues, hazards and topics relating to occupational safety and health.
They are developed by the Commission for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Here are some interesting points from a study of over 775 fiat currencies.
- Shortest life span: 1 month
- Average life span: 27 years
- Longest life span: 317 years (pound sterling). However, the pound sterling has lost 99.5% of its original value.
So, what happened to these currencies?
- 20% failed through hyperinflation
- 21% were destroyed by war
- 12% destroyed by independence
- 24% were monetarily reformed
- 23% are still in circulation
So… 41% of fiat currencies were destroyed by the very policies NATO countries are undertaking every day? That sounds promising for economic stability and recovery!


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This woodland wildflower is somewhat unusual because its foliage has withered away by the time the flowers bloom. Both the foliage and flowers are attractive; the latter help to brighten the gloomy corners of woodlands during the summer. Wild Leek has the widest basal leaves (23½" across) of any Allium sp. in the state. A similar species, Allium burdickii (which is also called 'Wild Leek'), has basal leaves that are about 1-2" across. Other wild Allium spp. have leaves that are narrow and strap-like (less than ½" across). Wild Leek has about 25-50 flowers in each umbel, while Allium burdickii has 10-20 flowers in each umbel. Wild Leek has reddish leaf petioles and flowering stalks that are often reddish at the base, while the petioles and stalks of Allium burdickii are light green throughout. This latter species is restricted to wooded areas in NE Illinois and it is less common.
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The role of pre-compliance testing is to provide an early indication of whether equipment is likely to meet the requirements when full compliance testing is carried out. Whilst not fully conforming to the requirements of the relevant standard, it should still be carried out in a manner which will give meaningful results. However, there is no specific definition of pre-compliance testing other than 'that which is not compliance testing' and companies should be aware that a test which is deficient in a relatively minor detail and one which bears little resemblance to the compliant form may both be offered as pre-compliance testing. There are 3 main ways in which pre-compliance testing may differ from compliance testing:
Each deviation from the standard produces an increase in the measurement uncertainty of the test and the risk to the company, both of which are often not quantified.
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is the body responsible for accrediting laboratories in the UK. A laboratory applying for accreditation must demonstrate that it operates a comprehensive quality policy and that it possesses both adequate test equipment and technical ability in order to be able to carry out the tests in the prescribed manner.
Accredited laboratories are subject to regular scrutiny by UKAS and many manufacturers see this as offering them a significant degree of confidence both in the testing carried out and in making their Declarations of Conformity.
Euro-Norme (EN) standards published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Community can be used to demonstrate compliance with the essential requirements of the EMC Directive. For most apparatus there are two types of standard which may be used:
Product standards relate to specific types of apparatus e.g. household appliances, lighting or information technology equipment. For apparatus where no product standard exists, the generic standards may be applied. These are based on intended operating environment and consequently may apply to a wide range of apparatus.
The European Commission issues lists of standards which have been published in the OJ. A consolidated list is the subject of another Technical Information Note in this series.
Generic standards are defined for two operating environments:
and for each environment, there are both emission and immunity standards available.
Some apparatus is intended to be used in both environments and in this case careful selection of the emission and immunity standards should ensure that the requirements for both environments are met. In general, if a piece of apparatus meets the emission requirements of the residential, commercial and light industrial environment and the immunity requirements of industrial environment then the requirements of both environments should have been satisfied. Specific advice, however, should be sought in each case.
All EMC tests have an uncertainty, or tolerance, associated with them. The uncertainty budget is derived from a number of contributions such as test equipment calibration and test repeatability.
The measurement uncertainty is often most noticeable during emission testing whereby a 'grey area' is formed around the limit line. Where emissions are measured within this area, the equipment under test cannot be said to have passed or failed the test. It is a UKAS policy that in such cases a statement is given as to whether the equipment is more likely to have passed or failed the test based upon the position of the result within the uncertainty band.
This is a question of balancing cost against risk. To be 100% confident, all the testing should be carried out with the equipment under test in a final, production state, however there may be cases where the perceived risk to the validity of other test results as a consequence of a modification is small. An accredited test laboratory will always document the modification state in which each test was performed.
In cases where significant modifications are made during testing, a manufacturer would be advised to integrate the modifications into a new unit and re-submit it for testing.
In the main the answer is yes, depending upon how similar the products are. There are two mechanisms for doing this, one is through Extended Justification, ie a technical argument presented as part of the Technical Documentation (TD) and the second is by the use of standards. There is more information on the second mechanism contained in the May 2007 issue of the European Guide. The principle of each is to define and demonstrate compliance for the worst case model in the range and then draw up a technical argument that the EMC performance of 'lesser' models should not be worse.
For equipment which cannot be taken to a laboratory for testing, a range of 'on-site' or 'in-situ' tests can be performed using test equipment taken by the laboratory to the manufacturer's premises. There are no harmonised standards currently available for on-site testing and test results must be included within the TD.
Alternatively, manufacturers may consider testing smaller sub-systems and including the results within the TD. We recommend you seek competent advice whenever TD including an Extended Justification is being considered.
Some EMC test standards require the testing of multiple samples, usually for emissions, others do not. However, manufacturers should be aware that a batch of test samples will produce a spread of results which will not be identified from a single test sample. In cases where a single type test is performed, adequate margin should be allowed below the specified limits or manufacturing tolerances.
For more information about this topic and how York EMC Services Ltd can help you further, please contact us.
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Why use Skip Logic on your forms
Surveys are being carried out in shopping centres, the workplace, training establishments, in hospitality and many other sectors. Survey forms can often be lengthy and include unnecessary questions. Other important information as regards to or elaborating on a specific question is often omitted.
Administrators who know how people react when faced with a series of questions can easily make the experience more efficient and user friendly by using Skip Logic in their forms. Being able to bypass irrelevant questions hastens the survey time and improves the experience of the interviewee. In turn this can reflect on the professionalism of marketing companies or other organisations that are carrying out surveys or audits.
Skip Logic can be used on a form where a question requires the responder to make a choice. The function can also be used to bypass unnecessary questions, perhaps even skipping a whole section within a form based on the answer to a previous question. To increase efficiency, an administrator can build a customised route through questions presented on a survey or any other form. There are many examples of where Skip Logic can be used on survey forms.
A favourite example of ours, is to imagine If your question is to find out the respondents favourite Ice Cream, they need to have a choice! (Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Pistachio, Mix)
If the respondent picks "mix", this gives you the opportunity to ask a follow up question or skip other questions that may have been related to the other flavours.
For this example, If "Mix" was chosen, you can then ask for a detailed description of the "Mix" flavour of choice.
Alternatively, if "Pistachio" was chosen, you can ask a more specific follow up question like "Do you like any other types of Nut other than Pistachio?".
Another example is if you have a question that requires the person to state whether they are "married" or "single". Based on the answer, a further question might require details of a spouse or alternatively move to the next question or section if the responder is not in a relationship.
A responder could be asked to provide an answer based on which mode of transport they used to travel to work. The options might be "car, bus, bicycle or walking". These options present the administrator with the chance to ask follow up questions on how long it took to get to work by each mode of travel, bus routes used, travel alone or car share.
At NestForms, Skip Logic is easily applied when using certain components within your form that allow you to ask key questions. You can find more information by viewing the Skip Logic help page on the NestForms website.
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COMES, pleading. In a plea, the defendant says, "And the said C D, by E F, his attorney, comes, and defends, &c. The word comes, venit, expresses the appearance of the defendant, in court. It is taken from the style of the entry of the proceedings on the record, and formed no part of the viva voce pleading. It is, accordingly, not considered as, in strictness, constituting a part of the Plea. 1 Chit. Pl. 411; Steph. Pl. 432.
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Secure shoelace knot is a variation of the two loop shoelace knot. It is one of several more secure
alternatives to the common shoelace knot. Secure shoelace knot is made by looping the top part of the
knot twice instead of once, which results in a finished knot of almost identical appearance but with
the laces wrapped twice around the middle.
It is relatively easy to tie and easy to untie.
Good for slippery laces.
Used for tying shoelaces in sports, mountain climbing, boating and other activities where secure
yet easily untied knot is needed.
To release just pull by the free ends just like ordinary shoelace knot.
Way more secure than the standard shoelace knot.
Turquoise Turtle Shoelace Knot, Shoemaker's Knot, Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, Surgeon's Shoelace Knot,
Double Slip Knot
1. Start by tying an overhand knot just like in standard shoelace knot.
2. Fold both lace ends into loops.
3. Put one loop over the other.
4. Feed one loop through the hole in the middle.
5. Feed second loop through the hole from the opposite side.
6. Pull both loops to tighten the knot.


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Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond
Tue November 20, 2012
Thousands Of Trees Gone, Ripped Out By Sandy
Originally published on Tue November 20, 2012 5:14 pm
New York City lost almost 10,000 trees from the winds of Superstorm Sandy and the nor'easter that followed. That's far more trees lost in the city than in any other storm for which tree damage was recorded.
Walking through Central Park, Ken Chaya peers past a stone arch, observing the damage and uprooting of about 800 trees. He knows more about the park's trees than just about anybody else; he created a map that charts every single one of the roughly 20,000 trees.
"Looking over Glen Span, I can count 1-2-3-4-5 — at least five — fresh cuts of mature trees," he says, also noting the number of tree crews.
The city's Parks and Recreation Department, which looks out for street trees as well as those in parks, went on alert way before Sandy arrived. Five days before the storm, the department was already making arrangements with tree crews from around the country.
For several years, the department has noticed dramatic changes in weather. Bram Gunther, chief of forestry, horticulture and natural resources for the department, notes the unprecedented string of natural disasters in the last two years: two tornadoes, a freak storm that took down 500 Central Park trees, an unusual early winter storm and Tropical Storm Irene.
"When that happened, that really opened our eyes, and it opened our eyes to the power of these storms which we had not experienced directly in New York City, at least since I was a child," Gunther says.
Irene took down about 3,400 trees throughout the city, while Sandy claimed three times that amount. Many of those trees were old, beloved and as large as 6 feet in diameter.
"The bigger the tree, the more carbon it captures, the more particulate matter it filters, the more storm water it captures," Gunther says, "so it's a huge number in terms of environmental benefits and what it does for a community."
A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that the city's more than 5 million trees remove 42,000 tons of carbon and about 2,000 tons of air pollution per year. They also have a whopping monetary value of $5.2 billion.
Twenty-four hours after the storm, the department sent people walking, riding and bicycling all 33,000 blocks of New York City with handheld computers, reviewing damage and putting in work orders.
"We do every single one to assess and evaluate the damage of the trees and the safety of that particular block," explains Gunther, who monitored all the computers from his mobile command center.
In Central Park, Chaya points to a 75-year-old black locust. "Its trunk was just yanked out of the ground by the wind," he says.
Nearby, a downed tree has pulled up a huge rock — a piece of Manhattan schist, the 450-million-year-old bedrock that lies beneath Manhattan. Chaya says there is only a little layer of soil over the bedrock and trees can't sink a deep tap root, so they branch out horizontally. In a storm, many of the trees just topple over.
The city is already ahead of schedule in its commitment to plant 1 million trees by 2017. Because newly planted trees are small, Chaya says, it'll be years before the city can truly be what he calls an urban forest.
"Our urban forest, it's fading, we're losing it," he says.


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means "optional" or "discretionary" (antonym obligate
), used mainly in biology in phrases such as:
- Facultative anaerobe, an organism that can use oxygen but also has anaerobic methods of energy production
- Facultative biped
A facultative biped is an animal that is capable of walking or running on two legs, often for only a limited period of time, in spite of normally walking or running on four limbs or more. Well-known examples include many lizards such as the Basilisk lizard, and even some cockroaches when running...
, an animal that is capable of walking or running on two legs in spite of normally walking or running on four limbs or more
- Facultative carnivore, a carnivore that does not depend solely on animal flesh for food but can also consume non-animals.
- Facultative heterochromatin, a tightly packed but non repetitive form of DNA which can lose its condensed structure and become a transcriptionally active gene
- Facultative lagoon
Facultative lagoons are a type of stabilization pond used for biological treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater. Sewage or organic waste from food or fiber processing may be catabolized in a system of constructed ponds where adequate space is available to provide an average waste...
, a type of stabilization pond used for biological treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater
- Facultative parasite
A facultative parasite is an organism that may resort to parasitic activity, but does not absolutely rely on any host for completion of its life cycle....
, a parasite that can complete its life cycle independent of a host
- Facultative photoperiodic plant, a plant that will eventually flower regardless of night length but is more likely to flower under appropriate light conditions


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Question about covariance
Can anyone help me with this question?
A data has 100 observations in a plot graph relating 2 variables, x1 and x2:
- Mean of x1 = 10
- Mean of x2 = 5
- Standard deviation of x1 = 0.6
- Standard deviation of x2 = 0.2
- Covariance of x1 and x2 = -0.1
(Therefore there is a relatively strong negative relationship between x1 and x2 since correlative coefficiency = -0.833333)
Which statement summarizing relationship between x1 and x2 is true?
a) 1 unit increase in x1 is associated with 0.1 unit decrease in x2
b) 1 unit increase in x2 is associated with 0.1 unit decrease in x1
c) 1 unit increase in x1 is associated with 0.17 unit decrease in x2
d) 1 unit increase in x2 is associated with 2.50 unit decrease in x1
e) 1 unit increase in x1 is associated with 0.28 unit increase in x2
I know for sure it's not e), since x1 and x2 have a negative (inverse) relationship, but other than that I have no idea how to solve it. Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thanks.
Re: Question about covariance
You are dealing with the following linear regression model
x1 = alpha + beta*x2
So, x2 is the predictor (independent variable), whereas x1 is the response variable (dependent variable).
You have already correctly computed the unstandardised regression coefficient, which is the correlation between the variables: -0.8333. you now want to compute the standardized coefficient, which is beta.
Beta = covariance (x1, x2) / variance(predictor)
Since x2 is the predictor:
Beta = covariance(x1,x2)/variance(x2)
Beta = -0.1/(0.2^2) = -2.5
This means that one unit increase in the standardized x2 is associated with 2.50 units decrease in x1.
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Implementing Improved Slicing in ndarray 0.11
Implementation of combined slicing and subviews as a single operation in ndarray 0.11.0
ndarray 0.11 has a convenient new feature: combined slicing and subviews as a single operation. ndarray is a Rust crate that provides an n-dimensional array type and associated functionality for general elements and for numerics.
This article discusses the implementation of the new feature. It's a story of type hacking: zero-sized types, associated types, traits for compile-time type manipulation, and pointer casting.
The primary type in ndarray is the ArrayBase container type, which is represented internally as:
 - the data representation (e.g. a contiguous memory block for owned arrays),
 - a pointer to the first element,
 - a sequence of n axis lengths, and
 - a sequence of n axis strides.
The two generic type parameters in ArrayBase are:
 - S: the data ownership (owned arrays own the block of data; array views only have a pointer to it)
 - D: the dimensionality of the array (e.g. Ix1 for 1-D arrays, Ix2 for 2-D arrays, etc.)
ArrayBase is used for both owned arrays and views of arrays. Note that the number of dimensions of the array is typically fixed at compile time, although there is a dynamic dimension type IxDyn if needed.
Slicing methods such as.slice() create a view a subset of the data in an array. With a step other than 1, it's also possible to do things such as view every third index along an axis or reverse the order of an axis.
For example, let's say you have a 3-dimensional array of shape 2 × 2 × 3 (i.e. 2 submatrices of 2 rows and 3 columns):
let arr = array![[[ 1, 2, 3],
 [ 4, 5, 6]],
 [[ 7, 8, 9],
 [10, 11, 12]]];
assert_eq!(arr.shape(), &[2, 2, 3]);
You could create a slice with
 - Both of the submatrices, but in reverse order: 0..2;-1
 - The first row in each submatrix:..1
 - The even-index columns in each submatrix:..;2
let slice = arr.slice(s![0..2;-1, 0..1,..;2]);
 array![[[7, 9]],
 [[1, 3]]]
assert_eq!(slice.shape(), &[2, 1, 2]);
Here, slice is a view of a subset of arr (without copying).
Subview methods such as.subview() create a view restricted to a single index along an axis, and then remove that axis from the view. This produces a view with one dimension less than the input array.
For example, let's select the first (index 0) row in each submatrix (axis 1) of arr. The new shape is [2, 3] because axis 1 was removed from the view.
let subview = arr.subview(Axis(1), 0);
 array![[1, 2, 3],
 [7, 8, 9]]
assert_eq!(subview.shape(), &[2, 3]);
Combining slicing and subviews
ndarray 0.11 makes it possible to combine slicing and subviews in a single operation. To get the same result in earlier versions of ndarray, you'd have to chain together multiple.slice() and.into_subview() calls while being careful about their order. For example,
let arr = Array4::::zeros((12, 10, 6, 9));
// old
let slice = arr.slice(s![3..7,..,..;2,..]).into_subview(Axis(3), 5).into_subview(Axis(1), 4);
// new
let slice = arr.slice(s![3..7, 4,..;2, 5]);
In this example, 3..7 and..;2 indicate slices of axes 0 and 2, and 4 and 5 indicate subviews of axes 1 and 3. The new version is more concise and is easier to use correctly than a series of.slice() and.into_subview() calls.
Implementing this feature was interesting because so much needed to be handled at compile time. The goals were:
 1. Allow a combination of slicing and subviews in a single operation.
 2. Provide compile-time checking of the number of dimensions in the slicing argument. For example, it should be a compile-time error to call Array1::zeros(5).slice(s![..,..]).
 3. Determine at compile time the number of dimensions of the output array/view after slicing. (Otherwise, we'd always have to return a dynamic-dimensional array.)
 4. Provide a representation of slicing information that can be passed around or stored in a variable.
 5. Minimize the use of generic type parameters.
One option was to create a macro that expands to a series of.slice() and.into_subview() calls, like this:
slice!(arr, [3..7, 4,..;2, 5])
This approach was backwards-compatible, but it didn't address goal 4 (providing an object that could represent the slicing information). Additionally,
slice_move!(5 + &slice!(arr, [3..7, 4]) - 9, [..;2])
wasn't quite as easy to read as
(5 + &arr.slice(s![3..7, 4]) - 9).slice_move(s![..;2])
So, I decided to focus on modifying the s![] macro to support subviews.
Representing slicing information
The first step was to define a representation of the information necessary to perform a slice.
In earlier versions of ndarray, this was &[Si; n], where each instance of Si
pub struct Si(pub Ixs, pub Option, pub Ixs);
represented a slice of one axis. The signature of.slice() was
impl ArrayBase
 S: Data,
 D: Dimension,
 pub fn slice(&self, indexes: &D::SliceArg) -> ArrayView;
where D::SliceArg was [Si; n] for fixed-dimension arrays and [Si] for dynamic-dimension arrays. The s![] macro simply provided a compact way to construct a &[Si; n] instance.
In ndarray 0.11, the replacement for Si had to be able to represent either a range with step (slice) or an index (subview). Rust made this easy with an enum:
pub enum SliceOrIndex {
 Slice {
 start: isize,
 end: Option,
 step: isize,
Now that.slice() could take subviews in addition to slicing axes, the dimension of the output array/view could be different from the dimension of self. As a result, the function signature needed to have a generic parameter Do:
pub fn slice(&self, info: &SOMETHING_HERE) -> ArrayView
 Do: Dimension;
So, s![] couldn't just return &[SliceOrIndex; n]; it needed to include Do. The slicing information had two parts: the output dimension and the actual sequence of SliceOrIndex. I combined these in a struct
pub struct SliceInfo {
 out_dim: PhantomData,
 indices: T,
where T was [SliceOrIndex; n] when the SliceInfo was produced by s![].
Constructing SliceInfo
In order to construct a SliceInfo instance, the s![] macro had to build an array [SliceOrIndex; n] and determine the output dimension type after slicing. Both problems were solved with traits:
 - Use Into to convert each argument to SliceOrIndex.
 - Use a new trait SliceNextDim to determine the output dimension type.
The SliceNextDim trait provided a way to update the output dimension while iterating over the arguments.
pub trait SliceNextDim {
 fn next_dim(&self, PhantomData) -> PhantomData;
Starting with $dim = PhantomData (0-dimensional) and calling SliceNextDim(&$arg, $dim) on each argument $arg to update $dim determined the output dimension. The implementation of SliceNextDim for index (subview) arguments specified that D2 = D1 since the corresponding axes were not included in the output, while the implementation for range (slice) arguments specified that D2 = D1::Larger since the corresponding axes were included in the output.
This was great because all the types are determined automatically at compile time! The return type from s![] was &SliceInfo<[SliceOrIndex; n], D>.
Argument coercions
The signature for.slice() was now
pub fn slice(&self, info: &SliceInfo) -> ArrayView
 Do: Dimension;
where D::SliceArg was [SliceOrIndex; n] for fixed dimensions and [SliceOrIndex] for the dynamic dimension (IxDyn). Automatic coercion of


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Absences & Make Up Lessons
We know that sometimes things come up – illness, injury, holidays, school events – and that you may not be able to make your scheduled lesson every week. But what should you do if you can't attend your lesson? Please just let us know and book a makeup lesson. (There is a 70c administration charge per makeup lesson booked).
Make up lessons are booked at a date and time that suits you. You can even use make ups for siblings providing they are in the program, and can do a makeup at either centre. It is very important that you let us know if your child cannot attend their regular lesson so that we can offer make ups to customers and ensure everyone gets the lessons they are entitled to. The best way to let us know if your child cannot make a lesson is via our app, Nepean Swim.
Have you downloaded our App yet? It is available at both the App Store and Google Play, just search for Nepean Swim. Its free, and allows you to access information and special features at your fingertips. Please use this app to inform us of your child's absence from their lesson, so that we can offer the space to someone else for a make up lesson! Thank you for your cooperation in this – we want everyone to be able to do both their lessons, and make ups, when life gets in the way of your regular lesson!


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Adding the Parameter Trigger to a SiteSpect component allows you to use parameters in the URL to match on:
- Parameter Name – Enter the name of the Parameter variable you want to match.
- Parameter Value – Enter the value of the Parameter variable you want to match.
Using Parameters is a standard way to generate dynamic content on web pages and web applications. Parameter names and values (variables) are part of the URL or are sent in the request when an HTML form is submitted. For example, consider the following URL: (e.g., /details.asp?id=5783). In this example, id=5783 are the Parameter Name and Value.
The variables submitted by an HTML form are the input, textarea, button, and other HTML form components in the form source. SiteSpect can use these details to help you define whether a page or page component from your website matches.
To match the Parameter Name and Value, you must complete both the Parameter Name and Parameter Value fields. In addition, both fields must match in order for the Trigger to be met. You probably also want to add a URL Trigger as well (even though SiteSpect doesn't require it), so that you don't ask SiteSpect to check every URL for the specified Parameter Name.
For example, to match the product detail pages for a list of SKUs (2435, 4665, and 5783), use the following:
The following image shows the above example that uses both a URL and a Parameter Trigger. Notice the word AND between them on the page. This means that both conditions must be true in order for this set of Triggers to match.
To match when a Parameter is optional, prefix the Parameter Name with a question-mark (?); the match succeeds if either the variable is not in the request at all or it is in the request and the Parameter Value also matches.
To match when the cart page (/cart.asp) is viewed but not when it is updated use the following:
In addition to the Regex option shown in the figure above, Parameter Triggers allow the following matching options:
- Does not contain
- Starts with
- Does not start with
- Ends with
- Does not end with
- Does not match exactly
- Does not match regex


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Help desks and customer service organizations that have successfully journeyed from being reactive to being strategic generally follow a similar path. Often the steps include the following:
> Develop a call reduction strategy. The most common approach to call reduction is root-cause analysis; a process designed to eliminate the source of key problems. Root-cause analysis, which ought to be undertaken monthly, categorizes calls by type and technology and then discovers common causes for those calls. Next it acts to diminish the number of future calls by refining user training or the development of new online help screens. For example, one help desk found that new employees called the help desk an average of four times per month, while those who had worked at the company for a year or more averaged only one call per month. By providing a half-hour IT orientation to all new employees, the help desk reduced call volume from new users by 60 percent. But don't overlook the obvious. Another help desk reduced incoming calls by nearly 5 percent just by informing callers how their problems had been solved. The next time users encountered the same problem, they were able to solve it without the help desk.
> Free agents to work on call abatement projects. Since abatement projects are the heavy-lifting task of call desk centers, they need to be undertaken well out of earshot of ringing phones. The most common excuse for agents being unavailable for planning is they are trapped in 911 mode. To release agents for call abatement, try to assign additional resources to staffing on the phones or else be prepared for a short-term increase in the call volume can be reduced. Contractors can be particularly useful as a stopgap resource for answering telephones while regular agents focus on call reduction efforts.
See the following link for a great White Paper on the topic:


text: Aseptic loosening attributed to cement fracture and the subsequent disruption of fixation interfaces remains a major long-term failure mode of cemented arthroplasty. Knowledge of the fracture strength of bone cement, especially in fatigue, is an important indicator of cement integrity and the potential for fixation failure. In current practice, orthopaedic surgeons may choose to utilize antibiotics in bone cement for prophylaxis or treatment of a known infection. However, the antibiotics, bone cements and mixing methodologies employed lead to variability in the quality of the end product. During 2003, several orthopaedic manufacturers received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510[k] clearance for their pre-packaged antibiotic-loaded bone cement for use in the second stage of a two-stage revision situation where the initial infection has been cleared. This availability provides a more uniform cement mix with known mechanical and elution characteristics at the 0.5 to 1.0g level of antibiotic per 40g of polymer powder. This study evaluated the influence of antibiotic inclusion on the porosity, strength and fatigue life of Surgical Simplex P bone cement when employing both vacuum and hand mixing technologies.


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IO-Link Device Validation (Compatible or Identical)
Use Device Validation to make your IO-Link port smart. You can link IO-Link ports to operate only when a compatible or identical IO-Link device is attached. This example illustrates:
- Port 1 – Device Validation set to identical. Identical Device Validation can only function if the IO-Link device contains a serial number.
- Ports 2, 3, and 5 – Device Validation set to compatible, which means these ports only operate if a compatible (same Vendor ID and same Device ID) IO-Link device is attached to the corresponding port.
- Port 4 – after clicking SAVE, this port is configured for compatible device validation