note bulk88 my $a = "a"; my $b = "b"; my $offset = \$b - \$a; printf "a: %s\nAddress: %p\n", $a, $a; printf "b: %s\nAddress: %p\n", $b, $b; printf "Buffer Offset: %d\n", $offset; Why does it matter what the offset is between 2 SV *? SV *s are allocated from a pool/arena/bucket system. I dont think the delta between 2 SV *s means anything at all and I believe they are random (someone correct me if my knowledge of the SV arena allocator is wrong) (for example, someone could think that a SV * with a higher pointer is "newer" or later in the perl script than an lower SV *). Thanks for this response! It pretty much is a reflection of my understanding of Perl's memory addressing capabilities so far. As for my underlying objective, I am trying to understand the concept of buffer overflow and have been experimenting around with it a little. In particular, I have been unable to create a simple buffer overflow (in analogy to how this would be achieved in a simple C programme) and am therefore trying to gain deeper insight into how Perl manages memory allocation. It's exactly at this point that I would like to see what values certain memory addresses have been allocated. Maybe I am being harsh, since you seem to very little understanding of C, yet you are very interested in "memory allocation" and as you said "buffer overflows" (which nearly impossible in the Perl interp, XS excluded). I will post this question and answer it. Can I cause a buffer overflow on the C stack to |-|4(|<()Я a Perl machine with a [href://] or [href://] or put shellcode on the C stack and then execute it? The answer is no. If XS is involved, thats a different story. The actual contents of Perl language variables (like strings/PVs) never appear on the C stack. Perl interp does not use fixed length buffers or vulnerable printfs or strlens. Perl interp length tracks all buffers at all times, (XS excluded). Everything your see in the Perl Language is malloced from the heap, not from the C stack. The Perl language callstack and the C callstack are not related. Perl code is not compiled into C, it is compiler into Perl bytecode. Unless you are using XS, with callbacks into the perl interp with call_*(). 99% of the runtime of the Perl interp is spent in Perl_runops-* and 1 pp_* function deep after runops, from a C stack viewpoint that is. A pp_* (XS excluded) will almost never cause a second runops to appear on the C stack (except tied/magic). The Perl callstack is not maintained on the C stack, its a separate bunch of non contiguous malloced stacks, see [href://|illguts] for more. ntdll.dll!_KiFastSystemCallRet@0() ntdll.dll!_ZwWaitForMultipleObjects@20() + 0xc kernel32.dll!_WaitForMultipleObjectsEx@20() - 0x48 user32.dll!_RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx@20() + 0xd9 user32.dll!_MsgWaitForMultipleObjects@20() + 0x1f > perl512.dll!win32_msgwait(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac, unsigned long count=1, void * * handles=0x0006f998, unsigned long timeout=_PHONE_, unsigned long * resultp=0x00000000) Line 2181 + 0x19 C perl512.dll!win32_spawnvp(int mode=0, const char * cmdname=0x008230bc, const char * const * argv=0x00822fe4) Line 4249 + 0x19 C perl512.dll!do_spawn2(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac, const char * cmd=0x00822e9c, int exectype=2) Line 784 + 0x11 C perl512.dll!Perl_do_spawn(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac, char * cmd=0x00822e9c) Line 820 + 0xf C perl512.dll!Perl_pp_system(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac) Line 4277 + 0x5e C perl512.dll!Perl_runops_debug(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac) Line 2049 + 0xd C perl512.dll!S_run_body(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac, long oldscope=1) Line 2308 + 0xd C perl512.dll!perl_run(interpreter * my_perl=0x003942ac) Line 2233 + 0xd C perl512.dll!RunPerl(int argc=3, char * * argv=0x00282478, char * * env=0x00285260) Line 270 + 0x9 C++ perl.exe!main(int argc=3, char * * argv=0x00282478, char * * env=0x00282de8) Line 23 + 0x12 C perl.exe!mainCRTStartup() Line 398 + 0xe C kernel32.dll!_BaseProcessStart@4() + 0x23 The callstack snapshot was taken while the perl interp was frozen. The command was "perl -e "system('pause');". The above example is Windows only of course. If you want to see Perl bytecodes decoded, read my post [id://981970]. If you want to know how SVs allocate their buffers, see [apc://sv.c#l1461]. If you want to know how malloc works, see [href://] or for an actual implementation, this is HeapAlloc from windows, [href://]. 984280 984495


How Many Hours Do Architects Work?
Architects work for 40 hours a week and sometimes on the weekend to meet specific deadlines. If you are self-employed, the number of hours depends on how much work you have. Your work hours are also flexible as self-employed.
Architects are licensed professionals who design buildings and ensure the safety standards are met. They aim to provide a cost-effective solution and ensure the client sees the vision before starting the project. However, it requires time to complete the project, and thus, architectures have to be there in the different phases of the building's construction process.
Employed Architects Vs. Self-Employed Architects
An employed architect is spending 8 hours per day. The salary of an employee varies from state to state. On the other hand, a self-employed architect can decide to work on a project basis. If an architect has to meet a deadline, they will work extra hours to accomplish the results. Some architects can go to the extent of working for 50 hours. If you are working as a freelancer, then you have flexible work hours.
If you are an employed architect, you get a salary with benefits. When working hourly for a company, check out the benefits you get. If you are self-employed, you can opt to be paid by the project length.
Interesting Facts About Architects
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay of architects was $39.58 per hour in 2020. The entry-level education for an architect is Bachelor's degree. An architect spends most of the time in the office and visits the construction sites to review the progress of the client's projects.
An architect needs to pass the architect registration examination and has to get experience through a paid internship. It's essential to earn a bachelor's degree in architecture. Depending on the complexity of the project, it's even possible to travel for work. Your firm might operate internationally, and thus, your physical presence might be a must to oversee the projects.
An architect is spending 40 hours to complete the projects. Sometimes they work for additional hours to meet deadlines. If an architect is self-employed, they have flexible work hours.
What Hours do Architects Work? Hours: Full-time workers work approximately 45 hours per week (compared to an average of 44 hours).
What is the average time an architect works in a single day?
This works out to approximately 5 hours per week, or 1 hour more per day. This doesn't seem to support the myth that architects work in their spare time like crazy.
What is the average work week for architects?
Sometimes, travel is required to monitor the progress of a project. About 1 in 5 architects work more than 50 hours per week. It is essential to work overtime and on weekends in order to meet deadlines.
Are architects able to work flexible hours?
Most architects work full-time. Many work overtime, especially when there are deadlines. The work schedules of self-employed architects might be more flexible.
Similar Questions: How many hours do architects work?
Do architects have days off?
Vacation and Leave
PayScale found that new architects had an average of 1.3 weeks vacation. The average vacation time earned by those with one to four years experience was 1.9 weeks, while those with fiveto nine years experience were able to get 2.3 week vacation.
Do architects travel a lot?
Although each case is unique, the question about how much architects travel must also be addressed individually. However, most architects will not spend more than six month per year on their trips. Most architects travel much less than this, so it would be considered the upper limit.
Is it possible for architects to have lots of free time?
What is the best way to find time for architects? Quora. The short answer to this question is no. However, it all depends on your perspective. Architecture is for many an occupation, rather than a career.
Architecture is a career that's rewarding?
Architecture is a respected profession that offers the possibility to own your own business. It's a great career option for creative people. While architecture sounds artistic, it requires many other skills such as math and physics. You will also need strong social skills to succeed in this field.
Are architects rich?
Technically speaking, architects are "rich" in the US. A principal, partner, or manager at the top of the hierarchy generally earns more than 95-98% of the U.S. This is also how engineers and tech workers believe they are wealthy.
Are architects satisfied?
Happiness is about average for architects. CareerExplorer conducts an ongoing survey with millions of people to find out how satisfied they feel about their jobs. It turns out that architects rank their career happiness at 3.1 out 5 stars, which places them in the bottom 41%.
It is hard to be an architect.
A degree in architecture can be extremely rewarding. But it is also among the most challenging – with long hours, a huge workload and focus on detail – so it's vital to understand what you're letting yourself in for.
Are architects ready to retire?
Architects have similar views on retirement, succession and growth within their companies. Although they are expecting to receive retirement accounts, pensions, Social Security and investment dividends, it is possible that they will have to work at minimum part-time.
Are architects always busy?
Architects are busy, a new survey has found, and demand for kitchen and bath projects is "extremely strong." The American Institute of Architects reports that its members have plenty of new design work coming into their firms, and the average backlog for projects has surpassed five months.
Who should architects marry
Designers are like architects in that they tend to marry each other. Male managers and lawyers marry female designers more often than male ones. Male designers marry female secretaries and teachers.
How long does it take for an architect to learn?
The Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS), a full-time, three-year program, is designed to open doors to many different career options, whether you are in the architectural discipline or not.
Why is it that architects are paid so little?
Given the amount of work they do and the responsibilities that they have, we see that architects often make very little. In a highly competitive market, this means that you will be working long hours, under stress, with tight deadlines, dealing with demanding clients, and having to work weekends. All of this for a modest compensation.
How much can an architect earn in 2020?
The 2020 hourly average full-time wage rate for professionals in applied and natural sciences, including architects, is $43.86. This employment group earns an average of $85,000 annually, with a median weekly wage rate of $1,634.
Is architecture a stressful job?
From the first lecture we attend to the peak of our careers as architects, there are many stressful events. Our job is intense and very demanding. We must meet deadlines and plan and create the dreams of our clients.
It is smart to be an architect.
They need to possess many qualities. All building disciplines must be understood by architects, including mechanical, electrical, and structural. Smarts is required. While being smart doesn't make you a great architect, it can give you a strong foundation.
Are architects respected?
6. Respected career. It is not easy to become an architect. But it is worth the effort. Architecture is a respected profession that plays a vital role in modern society.
Are you a bad choice for architecture?
It is a drain on your money. In a cost-benefit analysis, architecture is not as competitive as other professions. The entry-level salary for architects is very low, even after college. Long hours are necessary. Many architects do not start making decent money until they are licensed and more experienced.
Do architects have to be skilled at drawing?
Do you mean "do I have to be good in drawing to get into architecture school?" then no. You will be able to demonstrate talent and technical skills, but creativity is essential.
Who is the wealthiest architect?
Norman Foster – $240 million
Norman Foster is the most wealthy architect of all times. Norman Foster net worth of $240 million (£170 million) is mainly from his high-budget projects in Europe and the US.
Can architects make millions of dollars?
Many architects work for years, then go on to an internship. They earn much less. But what we do is equally important as architects. Recent surveys have shown that the average US salary for a sole proprietor is $70,000. It is possible to make a substantial income as an architect, according to recent surveys.
Is being an architect fun?
It's a lot of fun to go to architecture school! It's great to travel, meet interesting architects around the globe, have fun with your friends, challenge yourself and work hard. It was so much fun that some people (including myself) didn't want architecture school to end.


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The height of a hill (in feet) is given by, where is the distance north, is the distance east of South Hadley.
(a) Where is the top of the hill located.
So. Then what? Set it equal to?
(b) How high is this hill?
This is the magnitude of?
(c) How steep is the slope (in feet per mile) at a point mile north and one mile east of South Hadley? In what direction is the slope steepest at that point?
Plug in value in gradient and find magnitude?

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What Does The Clock Is Ticking Mean?
The Clock in Ticking Meaning
Definition: There's not much time left; hurry up.
This expression is an indirect way to urge someone to go faster. It reminds the person that there isn't an infinite amount of time for something to happen.
Origin of the Clock is Ticking
It is unclear exactly when this idiom originated, but it started to increase in popularity around the second half of the 1900s.
It most likely relates to the idea that a ticking clock reminds someone of the passage of time. It keeps them aware of managing their time efficiently.
Examples of the Clock is Ticking
body clock is tickingIn the dialogue below, two men use the idiom while on a fishing trip.
Robert: We've been here for a day and a half, and we still haven't caught anything!
Marty: I know. You have to be patient. Sometimes the fish are biting, and sometimes they aren't. If we stay here long enough, I'm sure we'll catch something.
Robert: I agree, but the clock is ticking! We have to go back home in a few hours. If we don't catch something soon, we won't have time to catch anything before we leave.
Marty: Well, there's really nothing else we can do other than wait.
The second dialogue shows two students talking about the cookies they are baking.
Josh: What time does the party start?
Jeff: As I told you before, it starts at 7. I should remind you that it is already 6:30, so we don't have much time left.
Josh: I know. I'm sorry I started baking the cookies for the party so late. I'm going as fast as I can.
Jeff: I understand, but try to go a little bit faster. The clock is ticking, you know!
Josh: I know! I'll speed up the process as much as possible.
More Examples
This excerpt is from a movie review. It says that the heroes need to hurry to beat the evil villain.
 - The clock is ticking, too, because the nefarious Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks) has emerged from an ancient ocean slumber to terrorize the town, find an all-powerful crystal and steal enough gold to reform the enormous monster Goldar. –USA Today
This excerpt is about a government agency that needs to hurry.
 - There's no immediate rush for answers since Congress two years ago extended ISS operations until 2024. But the clock is ticking: the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017 President Trump signed Tuesday requires the agency begin charting the space station's future beyond 2024. –USA Today
The phrase the clock is ticking is an expression that encourages someone to rush.


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Crystal actuator based on a thermal phase transition and photothermal effect
Yuki Hagiwara, Takuya Taniguchi, Toru Asahi, Hideko Koshima
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
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Mechanically responsive materials have been increasingly explored, mainly in terms of photoisomerization. Here, we report the bending actuation of salicylideneaniline crystals induced by a thermal phase transition and photothermal effect. Long rod-like crystals bent reversibly on repeated heating and cooling near the transition temperature. The bend motion was also induced by the photothermal effect under ultraviolet (UV) and visible light irradiation, with and without phase transition. The photothermal-based temperature rise at the irradiated site of the crystal edge resulted in localised elongation near the crystal surface and slight bending due to the temperature gradient in the thickness direction. This bending motion was amplified by tip displacement at the opposite end of the long rod-like crystal. Finally, high-frequency bending actuation of 25 Hz was achieved by pulsed UV irradiation. Thus, the results of this study demonstrate the potential and versatility for mechanical crystal development based on the photothermal effect.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4876-4884
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Issue number14
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Apr 14
ASJC Scopus subject areas
 - Chemistry(all)
 - Materials Chemistry
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Gypsy Spells
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
What is Gypsy Spells?
Misinformation about Gypsies practising Witchcraft.
Gypsies, or Roma people are forbidden to practice any type of witchcraft. The reason is simple, it looked upon as deceit. It is documented in the ancient gypsy tarot reading, called Agni Tara in the card called "Deceit" explaining the stand on magic and witchcraft. Deceit in Gypsy language is called'maya' meaning fraud, creating illusion, witchcraft magic, deception. Maya is defined as pretending to exhibit or claiming to have good qualities which is not real and is associated with both passion, lust and desire (raga) and magic employed to bewilder, sinning (moha) by being overly attached to wealth and honour. Deceit is a mental factor which apprehend the quality of an object and we not only deceit others but ourselves as well of the object's value. Its function is to provide a basis for a perverse life-style, due to excessive attachment to our material gain and the respect we receive. Deceit is represented with a cat, which is called marjara in Sanskrit and its meaning is both a scarlet and a cat. Scarlet can prescribe a colour and the character of the person. Deceit is to use trickery, emotional blackmail or force to compel someone to get what we desire, as the scarlet does, using glamour to allure, to get the desired outcome. Deceiving is also killing, (maraka) and specifically, killing morality. Deceit is set up to defend a self image, a concept, or an institution. Not to deceit requires awareness, free from extravagance or debauchery of what is true. It also requires that we examine our own motivations, to be sure there isn't some trace of self-clinging behind our words. For example, people active in religious causes sometimes become addicted to self-righteousness. Their speech in favour of their cause becomes tainted by their need to feel morally superior to others.
Where the Gypsies come from?
The Gypsies are the Ancient Greeks. I know if you are racist, you will find this statement outrageous. What is the evidence of this you ask? Well, it is the language. The Greek language contains the most Sanskrit words, which remained almost identical to Sanskrit, but with different pronunciation. A good example is the word Gorgos in Greek, Gorgons in English, which originated from the Gypsy language, garg, garji, garjo, gora, ghora and ghoram translating to monsters, horrible beings, violence, rumbling, dreadful, the same meaning as the Greek word. Another example is Prometheus, which is Pramatha in Sanskrit, translating to rape, destruction, tormenting, racking, theft. Another Sanskrit word is Papo, which is the same in Greek. In Sanskrit Papo translating to protector, guardian, keeper of the secret knowledge, knower and teacher of the secret song, the highly skilled knowledge of Sanskrit vibrations, which builds a bridge between the physical and the earthy planes. You can read more about Gypsy and Greek language similarities in the Book of Agni.
Spreading racism against Gypsies on Witchcraft sites...
There are many groups and individuals who are posing as Gypsies because the name Gypsy will bring money. Meanwhile the'real' Roma people suffering from racism brought on by these pretend Gypsies by their crocked business practises. Many witchcraft sites ( showing a Romanian Woman practising witchcraft and at the same time (probably unintentionally) spreading racism against the Roma people by showing this woman from youtube who is claiming to be Gypsy (The 'Gypsy' name will bring a sure success in business, - strangely not to the Gypsy people - yet the Romanian woman shown is only a very greedy Romanian woman without any Gypsy (Rom) ancestry) who learned to make money by tricking people, thus she is a maya, a fraud, creating illusion, witchcraft magic, driven by greed to deceive those who are vulnerable.
Most Gypsy people will hide their identity due to fear of persecution and will never use 'Gypsy' as their racial identity specially not to make money from. Only those who have no Romani, Gypsy blood that will use this derogatory race name 'Gypsy' and creating more hatred and persecution to the already suffering people. Perhaps website should elaborate more on the fact how the "Gypsy" name and "Witchcraft" can be misused by the wrong people.
Is Tarot Gypsy in Origin?
Yes it is. Tarot is Gypsy, Roma in origin and had a very different purpose to what is used for today. The word Taro derived from the Sanskrit word Tara, meaning road, passing over or beyond, passage, crossroad, ferry. It is also called Tarita, a form of Durga, also known as carca, meaning inquiry, discussion, recollection, as we already possess this knowledge and all we have to do is to remind ourselves of this wisdom with the help of Agni Tara. The translation from Sanskrit suggesting that the original Tara, Tarita cards were not designed for fortune telling, but served as a guide to the right path, how to deal with our emotions, how to overcome desires, which entail jealousy, anger, hope, sadness, deceit, greed, pride, etc. The cards also give you a glimpse into the ancient Gypsy belief system of creation and into the ancient past of the Roma people.
Despite of the popular belief which is portraying Gypsies as people who roamed they lived a settled lifestyle. It is obvious from their ancient philosophical thinking which couldn't be made whilst living a roaming lifestyle.
The principles of the tarot cards are serving as a philosophy of life, helping you to find happiness, the meaning and purpose of life. These principles will enable you to understand your place within this universe, helping you to find the order and the priorities which should be of concern, to devise a proper way to live your life, to achieve balance
The lack of clear guidelines, the constant bombardments to create urges and desires become a norm today, which is largely responsible for the steady decline of ethical standards, both individually and socially in the world, resulting in the decay of humanity and eventually to the collapse of society. The cards also provide a glance into society when values are abandoned in favour of an exclusive stress on materialism, to satisfy greed and pride. Consulting the cards you are able to draw up an individual plan how to overcome obstacles, difficulties in life. This was the original purpose of the Tara Cards, to reflect and to discuss moral issues, so we can find the right passage.
The belief system of the Roma, Gypsy people so far was unknown or rather hidden and thus it become a topic for all kind of speculations. It also should be clear that the language of the Gypsies is Sanskrit, which is the base of every European languages. Therefore, the Roma were not only the founders of philosophy, laying down the foundation of religion and science, but they were the founders of almost every languages spoken in Europe and Asia today, as every language is based on Sanskrit, the language of the Roma. In Ancient times the Roma people lived in an equal and harmonious society, their knowledge of life were highly advanced and unique, yet they were humble in character due to their religious belief system. Yet all this (paradise lost) is ceased with the arrival of the Gorgons, also known as Serpents. They have changed the world into a hierarchical system, where greed and pride become the rule. They hid the real past of the Gypsies to claim ownership of their knowledge, to satisfy their greed at the same time their pride. Whilst the Roma (Gypsy) forgotten who they were because of their oppression, their enslavement, they were unable to pass down their knowledge to their children, as they were taken away and sold to someone else into slavery. Their knowledge of Sanskrit also become limited. The original Sanskrit was the most sophisticated language in the world even in today's standard, yet most meaning of the words are lost and forgotten. This is the reason for the hate, persecution and genocide of the Roma we see today, it is to cover up the truth, the origin of knowledge. The Thief become the Enemy of the Gypsies, and the Thief calls his victims 'thieves'.
The meaning of Gorgon.
We are left with many tales of the Gorgons in the ancient Greek mythology. Most people believe the only Gorgon was Medusa, however she was only one of the Gorgons. The name Gorgon derived from the Gypsy language (Sanskrit) garg and it translates to 'horrible ones". Thus, the Gorgon is not only Medusa but other creatures also fall under the same category, such as the ancient story of the Minotaur, the Harpies, the Nymphs, Centaurs, etc. These creatures were not monsters in physical sense, but they were monsters in psychological perspective. For instance the Centaur is a description of a'stallion' which exactly means what it say. A man with enormous appetite for women. The Gorgons also representing a race of people, but no one knows who they were, or rather it is a well hidden secret. Where they come from is


A significant percentage of older adults live alone. According to Age UK and the U S. Institute on Aging, nearly half of adults 75 and older live alone in the U.K. and U.S. Older adults who live alone often have trouble remembering to take medication, connecting with family and friends, keeping appointments, and staying physically active.
Intuition Robotics recently introduced Elli-Q, an artificial intelligence-based robot that can act as a companion to help older people stay active and engaged. Because of the Elli-Q design aesthetic, the first public showing is at The Design Museum in London in January. The physical design consists of a tray with a two-piece articulated robot and a stand with a separate display screen that can be held in the hand or left in place. The Elli-Q robot uses lights, sounds, speech, images, and movement to communicate and to express what its creator calls "emotional expressions." The screen displays user-chosen content and can serve a two-way video communication function with family members or caregivers.
The design concept uses machine learning to react, engage, and communicate reminders and suggestions. The system monitors activity and stores information like prescriptions and calendars. Over time the idea is Elli-Q will learn the user's preferences, behavior, and personality. In addition to medication and appointment reminders, the robot will proactively recommend activities based on user history and on family input. Other potential functions include wellness and environmental monitoring, personalized music, audio books, social media access, photo sharing, and messaging.
Robotic companions such as Elli-Q have potential applications in wellness and health care for many populations. Intuition Robotics has not released pricing, technical data, or launch schedules for Elli-Q, but will run its first trial phase in the U.S. in homes of older adults in California in the Bay Area, starting in February 2017.


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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Researchers from Montana State University say population densities around national parks including Yellowstone and Glacier increased dramatically in recent decades.
The researchers say population densities rose 246 percent around Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks from 1940 to 2000.
Population density rose 210 percent around Glacier National Park in that time.
But MSU ecologist Andrew Hansen says that growth is on the low end compared to some other parks. For example, the population density around Mojave National Preserve in California is up by almost 3,000 percent.
Hansen and co-author Cory Davis are publishing their findings in Ecological Applications, a journal published by the Ecological Society of America.


Drumhead (sign)
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The term drumhead refers to a type of removable sign that was prevalent on North American railroads of the first half of the 20th century. The sign was mounted at the rear of passenger trains, and consisted of a box with internal illumination that shone through a tinted panel bearing the logo of the railroad or specific train.[1] Since the box and the sign were usually circular in shape and resembled small drums, they came to be known as drumheads.
Railroad drumheads were removable so that they could be mounted on different passenger cars (usually on the rear of observations), as needed for specific trains.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ "ABC's of Railroading: Terms of the trade". Trains (Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing): p 22. June 1991.


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Background: John Vickers is currently the NASA principal technologist in the area of advanced manufacturing. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Materials and Processes Laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and as the Manager of the NASA National Center for Advanced Manufacturing.
As principal technologist, he leads the nationwide NASA team to develop advanced manufacturing technology strategies to achieve the goals of NASA's missions. In this role he represents the Agency supporting the President's National Manufacturing Initiative and the Interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, which includes participation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies. He also he leads the NASA Technology Roadmap effort for "Materials, Structures, Mechanisms and Manufacturing."

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Definition of Dysphonia, spasmodic
Dysphonia, spasmodic: A disorder that involves the muscles of the throat that control speech. Spasmodic dysphonia causes strained and difficult speaking or breathy and effortful speech. Also known as spastic dysphonia and laryngeal dystonia.
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- Peh, mouth; Yr or Irr, to err; Mars.
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- The Tower symbolizes an arrogant technology that constantly desires more and bigger monuments to its conquest of nature. Inside of it is darkness and fire. It is a modern image of the Tower of Babel. The sunrise and blue sky suggest hope.
The Haindl Tarot weaves a tapestry of haunting beauty from the traditions of Native America, the Holy Grail, the I Ching, Kabbalah and the Norse Runes, and is the deck of choice for mystics and those seeking enlightenment. If you would like your own copy of the Haindl Tarot, you can buy it now!


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Unformatted text preview: Econ 103 UCLA, Fall 2010 Answers to the Problem Set 1 by Dmitry Plotnikov Part 1: True or False and explain briefly why. 1. The expected value of a discrete random variable is the outcome that is most likely to occur. FALSE. The expected value of a random variable can lie (and usually does) between the possible outcomes of possible outcomes of a discrete random variable. This happens because by definition it is a weighted average of these outcomes. 2. If two random variables X and Y are independently distributed, then E ( Y ) = E ( Y | X ). TRUE. If X and Y are independently distributed, distribution of Y does not depend on X, thus E ( Y | X ) can not depend on X and has to be equal to E ( Y ) 3. A probability density function tells the probability that a random variable is less than or equal to a certain value. FALSE. It is a cumulative distribution function that tells the probability that a random variable is less than or equal to a certain value. 4. V ar ( X + Y ) = V ar ( X ) + V ar ( Y ) + 2 Cov ( X,Y ) TRUE. Follows from the definition of variance. 5. V ar ( X- Y ) = V ar ( X )- V ar ( Y )- 2 Cov ( X,Y ) FALSE. V ar ( X- Y ) = V ar ( X )+ V ar ( Y )- 2 Cov ( X,Y ) because V ar (- Y ) = V ar ( Y ). 6. If XY = 0, then X and Y are independent. FALSE. If two random variables are uncorrelated it does not mean they are independent. However the opposite is true. 7. Let Y be a random variable. Then the standard deviation of Y equals E ( Y- Y ). FALSE. Using properties of expectation operator E ( Y- Y ) = E ( Y )- Y = Y- Y = 0.Also, by definition, the standard deviation of Y is equal to Y = p E [( Y- Y ) 2 ]. 8. Assume that X, Y and Z follow the distribution N ( ; 2 ). Then W = X + Y- Z is normally distributed. TRUE. Any linear combination of normal random variables is normally distributed. 9. Assume that Y F 1,. Then Y 2 1. TRUE. Property of F-distribution. Replacing m = 1 in F m, = 2 m (see Lecture 1) the result follows. 1 Econ 103 UCLA, Fall 2010 10. Observations in a random sample are independent of each other. TRUE. Definition of a random sample. 11. If is an unbiased estimator of, then =. FALSE. If is an unbiased estimator of, then E [ ] =, but in general will not exactly equal. 12. If the p-value equals 0.96, then we cannot reject the null hypothesis. TRUE. We cannot reject the null if p-value is greater than the significance level (which usually equals 0.01, 0.05 or 0.10) 13. The standard error of Y equals the standard deviation of Y. That is, SE ( Y ) = Y. FALSE. It was calculated in class that V ar ( Y ) = 2 Y n. Thus SE ( Y ) = Y n 14. Assume that H : Y = Y, and H 1 : Y > Y,, and Y is normally distributed. To compute the critical value for this 1-sided test, we divide by two the positive critical value of the 2-sided test....
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This java applet generates Fresnel diffraction patterns, which are the shadows cast by small apertures when using a plane source of monochromatic light as a light source.
When you start up the applet, a circular aperture will be used. This is the pattern generated when a plane source of monochromatic light is shined on a small circular hole (about 5 mm across) in an otherwise opaque object. The red line is the outline of the geometrical shadow (the shadow which would be cast if there were no diffraction).
You can select a different aperture shape (such as a half plane, double slit, triple slit, rectangle, etc.) from the Aperture popup. Or you can change the size of the circle by dragging the red line with the mouse.
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Loutraki is a seaside resort on the Gulf of Corinth, in Corinthia, Greece. It is located 81 kilometres (50 miles) west of Athens and 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Corinth. Loutraki is the seat of the municipality Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi. The town is well known for its vast natural springs and its therapeutic spas.
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A Sharing Circle provides a unique group discussion process in which guests share their experiences and insights in response to topics assigned by moderators. A Sharing Circle is loosely structured while assuring cooperation and effective communication. It originated in both traditional aboriginal and native american cultures and is also referred to as a talking or healing circle.
Symbolically speaking, a circle aligns motions and keeps the energy flowing, while representing wholeness, completion, communication and cycles of life. Traditionally, Sharing Circles brought together people who are committed to helping one another with healing. The circle would be initiated by a chief of the tribe with participants responding to his words. Smudging would often be used to begin the ceremony. As a basic rule, speakers are not interrupted while sharing their knowledge and perceptions. Instead, a talking stick is passed around, giving the keeper of the stick permission to talk uninterruptedly.
Specter chose this unconventional format for her dialogues to provide a dynamic, open and body-friendly experience, while bridging knowledge from different disciplines. The Circle allows us to break away from a strictly intellectual exchange, and to create a positive environment in which people can share their experiences freely. Guest speakers are invited to introduce themselves briefly to the circle, and to add to the conversation with any personal or professional experience.
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Tortilla Soup Essay
Multicultural Psychology Significance
 Tortilla Soup provides an interesting perspective on the changes in the role of women from a background that has very specific characterization of it. Martin Naranjo's family is imbibed with its Mexican-American but at the same time reflects the modern traditions as reflected in Martin's profession as a chef and in the upbringing of his daughters. However, it is clear that there are unspoken rules regarding the social and gender roles of the daughters both real and created by the individuals themselves.
 Each daughter also reflects distinct personalities and represents characterizations of Hispanic women in society. The movie points out hat these characterizations are not so much prescriptive as they have become inherent in the women that when conflicts arise, a need for intense personal reflection develops. At the same time, the daughters are being challenged to be part of American society and to embody its premise of female emancipation. Another important issue that the film discusses is the changing dynamics of family in American and multicultural societies.
Cultural Themes
 The themes discussed in the movie revolve around social and gender issues. The underlying challenge for Martin's three daughters, Leticia, Carmen and Maribel, is how to define their roles in today's society and how to resolve it with their cultural heritage. Effort has been made to establish that the family that the family is very open to modernity which highlights that the conflict is not a head-on controversy between modern and traditional values. Thus, the cultural themes are explored through personal experience of the daughters.
 The traditional view of Hispanic women is that they are to be most concerned with home and hearth. The social roles of women have been traditionally associated with maternal functions and contrary characterizations are often viewed as the result of bad relationships or a lack of interest or even a hatred of men. In the case of the Martin's daughters, they are all unmarried and have pursued or are pursuing professional interests. Though Leticia has had her unfortunate romance, this is not highlighted as a dominant reason for her single hood but rather there is suggestion of the state being a conscious and deliberate choice.
 Another socio-cultural issue that is being addressed is the consideration of economic and professional interest over personal choice. As illustrated in Carmen's choice not to pursue cooking as a career because of financial security, the need for social and financial security precedes the personal fulfillment in the selection of a profession. Furthermore, there is a realization for all of the characters, particularly in Maribel, the need for cultural identity and acceptance. There is equal pressure for the characters to preserve traditions and the need to be just like everybody else.
 The most major issue that the movie discusses is gender role that result from both tradition and modern ideas. In either case, the issue of conformity is an issue that has to be dealt with. The sisters all have their individual concept of the role of women in society and they all struggle to conform to these notions and at the same time break away from them. More than any other factor related to gender, the aspect that they all struggle most with are notions regarding femininity. In fact, there is no denying that each sister knows that they are women of their time but what they struggle to learn in the movie that femininity is also a personal perspective.
Gender Roles and Cultural Factors
 Gender roles are learned through socialization and society is defined if not bound by culture. At the same time, culture is created by relationship and interactions of these roles. Thus, gender and culture reinforces each other. One interesting facet that the movie highlights is the gender perceptions are both internal and external: it is taught to us but unless people themselves support the idea, then the roles can not persist. Another important realization is that each culture has a different perspective on the gender roles developed by another culture. As seen Hortensia's interactions with the family, these roles often also cause conflict since there are varied interpretations neither of which can reflect fully the perception of another.
 At the same time, whereas family has been the main means of identification for Hispanic women s presented in the movie, the shift of focus to professional life also creates new challenges to attain what have been considered as ideals of the gender which include femininity and maternal roles. The formation of their identity however is dynamic and is continually being influence by the circumstances of the individual sister, their family, their developing social experience and individual search for fulfillment.
Individualistic Versus Collectivist Cultures
 As illustrated by Martin's edict of Sunday dinners to be family affairs, the gatherings are the family's main means of keeping in tough with each other and discussing issues. The tradition is not just a means of maintaining traditions but also assessing the changes in each others' lives. There is a suggestion and even a popularization of the idea that individualism contradicts collectivism.
In the case of Maribel, the struggle is most apparent because of the nature of her social experience: as much as she seems to be the least attached to traditions, she also is has the most clear headed view of her identity and her history. Though there are often contradictions in the perspectives that she presents, her character indicates that the conflict of individualism and collectivism is often mired in a lack of personal resolution or identity.
 Similarly, in the case of Carmen, her choice of pursuing her career instead of pursuing a culinary career like her father reflects the conflict of individualistic identity which is greatly associated with professional development in the workplace. However, it should also be realized that personal value and significance of one's work, it is also often used as a means of identifying one's class or social consequence. Some social scientists even have theorized that these so-called struggles of women between individualistic and collectivist cultures only create glass ceilings that have served to discredit women in the workplace as well as establish social restrictions to the roles they take in society.
Communication Styles and the Theme
 It is apparent from the beginning of the film that the family enjoys a very close and intimate relationship regardless of the undercurrents in the movie. At first it seems that the characters are entrenched in their familial roles however, as the movie develops, it is clear that the characters' rapport extends beyond family ties. Martin's dialogue with his daughters indicates more of a paternal role. In contrast with his interactions with other characters in the film, he is significantly less opinionated and seems to utilize food as his main means of communication.
 As the film develops its conclusion, there is no significant shift in the family roles by the four main characters. American society has greatly emphasizes the individualism where as Mexican or Hispanic traditions play greater value on family or collective identity. For the latter, the tendency may in fact be a consequence of the need to maintain historical identity or a common and shared experience.
In conclusion, the movie presents the idea that as much as people try to create individual identities, cultural backgrounds and perspectives influence them both consciously and subconsciously. The major changes are generally internal in nature but are reflected in the more open exchange between Martin and his daughters. The undercurrents that at the beginning of the movie seemed to threaten conflict are now presented as typical of any family which may remain unspoken but nonetheless accepted.
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Sunlight, Snow, and a Twig
March 5th, 2012
We had a big snowfall last week and the snow has been melting for the last few days. I came across this little scene yesterday:
The direction to the sun is clearly marked by the twig's shadow. What's striking to me is the melt hole around the twig. Why is it shaped the way it is? The sunward face of the twig is warmed by the sun and then re-radiates infrared light that melts the snow – why didn't it preferentially melt the snow in front of the twig? This appears to be a profound mystery. So here's my attempt to explain this oddity.
Four factors are at work:
1. the incoming sunlight, which warms the front surface of the twig
2. conduction of heat from the front surface of the twig to the rear surface of the twig, and down the twig
3. convection via meltwater moving down the twig
4. convection via air warmed by the surface of the twig
None of these factors immediately explain the evidence. So I went for another walk, examining lots of twigs in the snow, and the answer became obvious: the long axis of the hole's cross section falls directly underneath the twig. In other words, it's the tilt of the twig that determines the shape of the hole. This in turn explains the process by which the hole is formed: frost forms on the twig during the night, then melts during the day. The meltwater flows partly down the twig, then at some point becomes so large and heavy that it drops off the twig. On nights with heavy frost, the meltwater drops near the top of the twig; on other nights, it flows a ways down before dropping.
Finally, there's another observation to be made here, arising from the fact that I noticed this oddity in the first place. I don't think that many people would have noticed it; why did I notice such a trivial phenomenon? I think that the answer lies in my process-heavy approach to thinking. I do not see the universe as a collection of things, I see it as a system of processes. For me, the universe is not an arbitrary collection of facts (like odd-shaped holes around twigs). Everything I see fits into the system of processes that I have learned over the decades. But this observation struck me because it did NOT fit into my system of processes. Something was awry and I had to set it straight.


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Casing corrosion mitigation in brine production wells
Challenges with casing corrosion in brine production wells
- Production wells suffer from the hyper-saline working environment, with corrosion causing havoc on ferrous materials.
- Corrosion affects the downhole well completion and life of the producing well.
- Corrosion has an impact on both finances and well as environmental concerns, and is an issue that needs to be taken seriously as a project moves into production.
- Accurate and fast corrosion monitoring systems are needed to effectively manage well maintenance so that overall field production is not affected.
Casing corrosion a wide-spread problem
The natural tendency of ferrous material to corrode, is only accelerated in the brinefield, where salinity levels can reach 250 – 280kppm – as salty as it gets. In hyper saline environments, corrosion is a major factor as tools and equipment are devoured at an accelerated pace. Mitigating this loss of material is essential to well integrity, which affects production and sustaining capex of a mine.
The consequences of corrosion in casing are loss in wall thickness and strength, leading to a reduction in ductility, usually leading to casing deformation or total failure.
Un-monitored corrosion can cause unexpected casing failures, resulting in expensive and complicated repair jobs. If left unattended this can lead to aquifer cross contamination and loss of production.
Casing corrosion is often accelerated where there has been damage to the casing during installation, or wear from repeated running of drilling equipment or pumps inside the casing.
Monitoring of corrosion
The operator must continually monitor and inspect the infrastructure to gauge the integrity of down hole and surface piping equipment. A variety of corrosion monitoring techniques are available. Some corrosion measurement techniques use in line monitoring tools placed directly in the production system. These tools are exposed to the flowing production stream. Other techniques involve laboratory analysis.
The weight loss technique using coupons, a direct visual identification method, is a well-known and simple monitoring method. This technique exposes a specimen of material – the coupon – to the process environment for a given amount of time before a technician removes it from the system and analyses is it for its physical condition and the amount of weight loss. However, the coupon alone cannot be used to accurately pinpoint the time or location of a corrosion event such as a leak.
Apart from this, the coupon technique is useful where easy access is available for placing and extracting the coupon, making it essentially impossible for the well's down-hole tubular and casing strings.
The remaining options are non-destructive measurement techniques that incorporate one or more of the various logging tools that are deployed down hole on wireline.
Advances in down-hole corrosion monitoring
Logging techniques for monitoring downhole corrosion include ultrasonic, electromagnetic and mechanical methods that yield detailed information about the location and extent of a corrosion event.
Ultrasonic monitoring employs an ultrasound source to perform measurements and generate images of the downhole environment.
Most ultrasonic tools work by the principle of pulse echo measurement. Measurements include cement evaluation, open hole imaging and corrosion imaging.
An ABI televiewer, transmits an ultrasonic signal at a frequency of 1.2 MHz is designed for cement evaluation and pipe inspection.
The quality of the cement bond is directly related to the degree of casing resonance: a good cement bond dampens the acoustic signal and causes a low amplitude secondary signal to be returned to the transducer; a poor cement job or free pipe allows the casing to ring and returns a higher amplitude echo.
Additionally, the ABI measurements include 2D internal radius imaging of the casing – derived from the wave line of the main echo from the internal surface – and the 2D casing thickness, derived from the frequency response.
The ABI tool records two echoes: the main echo from the internal surface of the casing and the smaller echo from the external surface. The radius and thickness of the casing are computed from the arrival times of the two echoes. The relative sizes, or amplitudes, of the two echoes are qualitative indicators of the casing condition.
Ultrasonic inspection provides several advantages as a corrosion measurement tool, including its sensitivity to both internal and external defence and instantaneous in-field notification when a defect is encountered.
In addition, the technique requires access to only one side of the material to gauge the condition of the entire object and obtain detailed exterior and interior images of the pipe.
However, inspection is difficult for materials that are irregular in profile, such as filters.
Operators may also employ another corrosion monitoring method: electromagnetic (EM)-based inspection. The basic principle of this technique involves measuring the changes to a magnetic field as it passes through a metal object; the changes are related to the condition of the material such as its thickness and its electromagnetic properties.
There exist two types of EM corrosion monitoring tools. The first, a flux leakage tool, magnetizes the metal object using an electromagnet. When the magnetic flux encounters a damaged section of the metal; coils on the tool's sensors detect this leakage. While this method is useful for measuring abrupt changes in pipe thickness, such as pitting or holes in the inner string, and the location of these changes, it is less effective for monitoring the steady increase of corrosion or corrosion that varies gradually over a large section of pipe or concentric casing configurations.
The second EM-based monitoring technology-the remote field eddy current tool-measures the signal of not only the primary EM field but also the secondary field from the induced eddy currents in the surrounding pipe.
The EM casing inspection tool has been used to detect large holes, casing splits and corrosion-related metal loss from both the internal and the external surfaces of casing.
These measurements can be obtained without the operating company having to pull completion tubing out of the hole, saving rig time, intervention expenses and interruption to production.
An initial reconnaissance run is carried out while the EM casing inspection tool is lowered on wire-line, in order to flag areas of interest for later detailed diagnostic scans to be run when later logging up to the surface. The tool can record a continuous log of both the average inner casing diameter and the total metal thickness, providing corrosion estimates. The tool reads overall metal thickness, enabling detection of corrosion of the outer casing. Radius measurements if the inner casing can be carried out despite the presence of most types of scale.
Identification of horizons with greater corrosion can be identified when the tool is used across several boreholes, allowing for future mitigation measures to be taken at these levels.
In addition to the acoustic and electromagnetic monitoring techniques discussed, mechanical methods are also helpful.
Multifinger mechanical caliper tools rely on direct contact with the pipe wall to measure the deformations arising from the loss of metal due to corrosion or the build-up of scale, however, they do not give any information about the external condition of the pipe wall.
The multifinger caliper tool can be deployed with as many as 60 fingers, depending on internal casing diameters, providing a 3D mechanical image of internal pipe-wall variations.
Repeated measurements can track corrosion over time, allowing Operators to make decisions based on real, and not inferred, data, without the need for removal of the casing until the required time, optimizing down time.
Combining Measurements for Improved Corrosion Monitoring
The combination of various tools greatly improves the operator's understanding of reasons for localized corrosion.
Improved Corrosion Mitigation Through Management
Greater understanding of tubing integrity can be obtained from the use of downhole corrosion monitoring tools allowing the operator to make more-informed and cost-effective mitigation and repair decisions.
As more and more steel pipes are placed in hyper-saline environments, corrosion monitoring will become and increasing problem, and an adequate monitoring system is essential to allow operators to make both profitable and environmentally responsible decisions.
For assistance in monitoring well condition, contact Zelandez, the pioneering brinefield specialists.
Our Insight product PipeSight offers detailed analysis of the well casing condition and completion, using the benefits of the EM, Multi-Finger and Acoustic Televiewer tools.


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A Missouri railroad pioneer; the life of Louis Houck by Joel P. Rhodes describes Louis Houck as "a self-taught Cape Girardeau railroader whose network of more than five hundred miles of track transformed southeastern Missouri in the late nineteenth century. Louis Houck also helped establish the college now known as Southeast Missouri State University and wrote a noted history of Missouri" (Provided by publisher).
This noted history, A history of Missouri from the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the state into the union has been digitized as well as another of his books, The Spanish regime in Missouri.
Other books by Houck that are available to read at the Library Center are Memorial sketches of pioneers and early residents of Southeast Missouri and Early Census of Southeast Missouri.
The map above is from Missouri Magazine, April 1936, page 16. There is no article with the map but there is this caption "This map of Missouri's old Indian trails is considered the most authentic now in existence. Being copied from the papers of Louis Houck. One of the state's most valued historians. Students please preserve this reprint as it will not appear again soon and there are many inquiries pertaining to the above mentioned early trails."
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Several other forum members have described dataloggers for high-bandwidth datastreams, often status data from moving vehicles. I have completed a project that flexibly collects data from two or three dozen low-bandwidth sensors placed around my house, taking VC0706 pictures; measuring temperatures, pressures, water depth, power usage, and so on; and controlling relays.
The sensors are connected to peripheral stations, each built around a Teensy 3.5 and a real-time clock. The stations have identical hardware & software, but they can be configured through text files on the Teensies' uSD cards to work with different sensors and then either to use their XBee tranceivers to send the data to a central base station, or to timestamp & store received data locally.
The base station is built around another Teensy 3.5 and clock. It timestamps received data and then can store it locally for later transmission or transmit it immediately (through a USB connection) to a Windows program.
The Windows program is built around a relational database. Received data are stored in the database, and the database can be mined for graphs and statistics. Here's a sample graph:
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Comprehensive risk assessment of groundwater drawdown induced subsidence
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019
We present a method for risk assessment of groundwater drawdown induced land subsidence when planning for sub-surface infrastructure. Since groundwater drawdown and related subsidence can occur at large distances from the points of inflow, the large spatial extent often implies heterogeneous geological conditions that cannot be described in complete detail. This calls for estimation of uncertainties in all components of the cause-effect chain with probabilistic methods. In this study, we couple four probabilistic methods into a comprehensive model for economic risk quantification: a geostatistical soil-stratification model, an inverse calibrated groundwater model, an elasto-plastic subsidence model, and a model describing the resulting damages and costs on individual buildings and constructions. Groundwater head measurements, hydraulic tests, statistical analyses of stratification and soil properties and an inventory of buildings are inputs to the models. In the coupled method, different design alternatives for risk reduction measures are evaluated. Integration of probabilities and damage costs result in an economic risk estimate for each alternative. Compared with the risk for a reference alternative, the best prior alternative is identified as the alternative with the highest expected net benefit. The results include spatial probabilistic risk estimates for each alternative where areas with significant risk are distinguished from low-risk areas. The efficiency and usefulness of this modelling approach as a tool for communication to stakeholders, decision support for prioritization of risk reducing measures, and identification of the need for further investigations and monitoring are demonstrated with a case study of a planned railway tunnel in Varberg, Sweden.


Nobel Prizes and Laureates
Nobel Prizes and Laureates
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
John Cornforth, Vladimir Prelog
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Vladimir Prelog - Facts
Vladimir Prelog
Vladimir Prelog
Born: 23 July 1906, Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died: 7 January 1998, Zurich, Switzerland
Prize motivation: "for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions"
Field: organic chemistry, stereochemistry
Prize share: 1/2
Nature is full of organic substances - chemical compounds that contain the element carbon and that can be transformed in a multitude of different chemical reactions. At the end of the 1940s, Vladimir Prelog began researching the connection between the structures of organic molecules and how they react. His studies included ring-shaped molecules of medium size and how reactions can arise when different parts of the molecule come in contact with one another. He also studied substances that occur in two different reversed forms and how they react.
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BUS 520 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Week 7 Assignment 1
 - Leader Profile (Prework for Week 9 Assignment 3) – Submit Here
 In Assignment 3: Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance, you will conduct an interview with someone who you consider a leader (e.g., current or former boss, a pastor or spiritual advisor, a friend who can be considered a leader, etc.). You will then use the information that you gather during the interview to write about the leadership characteristics he / she possesses. Take a few minutes to review the specific criteria for Assignment 3 before you begin creating the Leader Profile. Next, complete the following steps:
 1. Identify an individual in your community that you believe to be leader.
 1. Contact the individual to determine if he / she will be able to participate in this project for school.
 2. Schedule an appointment to conduct an interview. Assignment 3 is due Week 9, so please plan accordingly.
 Note: As you think about the type of information you will need to gather from your chosen leader during the interview, use your outline from Assignment 2 as approved by your professor to guide your interview process.
 1. Submit the following information in a Word document:
 1. Provide a brief two [2] paragraph biography of the selected person, which includes a description of the individual, his / her job title, and name the organization where he / she works.


SMWCon Spring 2015
smartMediaWiki - smart extension of SMW
Talk details
Description: Extending Semantic Media Wiki in smart ways
Speaker(s): Wolfgang Fahl
Slides: see here
Type: Talk, Presentation, Regular talk
Audience: Everyone
Length: minutes
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 - SMW has lots of features.
 - SMW is complicated.
 - SMW can be very useful.
smartMediaWiki is an approach to get extended results from the use of SMW. The goals are:
 - simplicity
 - staying on the problem side
 - allowing to specify the problem in a way that SMW results can be derived "right there in the wiki".
At SMWCon Spring 2015 smartMediaWiki is presented on all three days:
 1. on the first day there will be a tutorial which is not about smartMediaWiki but is using it for educational purposes to explaing concepts of the semantic web
 2. on the second day there is a talk on smartMediaWiki itself
 3. on the third day there is the option to meet with people interested in applying the smartMediaWiki approaches and dive into details
1st day Tutorial[edit]
see Introduction to Semantic_Concepts
. This is a tutorial for people generally interested in using Semantic Mediawiki and learning more about the background of it.
 - What does Semantic Web mean?
 - What is a semantic wiki?
 - How is semantic data stored in a semantic wiki?
 - What are triples?
 - How do i query data?
 - What import and export options are there?
 - How do I present query results?
2nd day smartMediaWiki talk[edit]
 - Why is a smart approach to using SMW necessary?
 - What is smartMediaWiki?
 - How does it work?
 - What can I do with it?
3rd day smartMediaWiki meeting[edit]
Meeting with people interested in applying the smartMediaWiki approaches and dive into details.
About the Speaker[edit]
Wolfgang Fahl is founder and owner of BITPlan, Germany. He teaches Softwarearchitecture but is also involved with software development projects a lot. Wolfgang has been using MediaWikis since 2007. He was e.g. involved with during his Newzealand Sabbatical in 2008.
You'll find Wolfgang on the web at:


Do Holes Make Moles?
November 3, 2010
Surprising first ancestor of bizarre marsupial moles
The mysterious origins of Australia's bizarre and secretive marsupial moles have been cast in a whole new and unexpected light with the first discovery in the fossil record of one of their ancestors.
The find reveals a remarkable journey through time, place and lifestyle: living marsupial moles are blind, earless and live underground in the deserts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia, yet their ancestors lived in lush rainforest far away in north Queensland.
In the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team led by Professor Mike Archer, of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), reports the discovery of the remarkable 20 million-year-old fossil at the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil site.
Although related to kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials, living marsupial moles far more closely resemble Cape golden moles, which burrow through the desert sands of Africa. The two golden-furred animals not only look indistinguishable when seen side by side but share many other similarities in their teeth and skeletons that reflect their subterranean lifestyles.
Yet the Cape golden mole is a placental mammal – the group that includes rats, bats, elephants and humans "" and these two very different branches of the mammal family evolved from a common ancestor at least 125 million years ago, says Professor Archer. Having diverged in ancestry, however, their similar lifestyles have meant that they have converged in anatomy.
"This fossil discovery came as a real shock," he says. "Until now, we had always assumed that marsupial moles must have evolved in an unknown ancient Australian desert because, like Cape golden moles, the living marsupial moles survive only in deserts.
"Yet this ancestral Australian mole, which is not as specialized as the living form, has been discovered in ancient rainforest deposits""not deserts. The fossils suggest that they became mole-like while burrowing through the mossy floors of those ancient forests."
This missing link has solved a second mystery about how the highly specialized V-shaped teeth of the living marsupial mole evolved. Although they are almost identical to the teeth of their African counterparts, it is now clear that they went down a completely different evolutionary pathway to get there, says co-author Dr Robin Beck of the American Museum of Natural History.
"This ancient link makes it clear that marsupials followed a completely different path from placentals but ended up with almost identical-looking teeth."
Co-author UNSW Associate Professor Suzanne Hand said: "It goes to the heart of global debates about relationship versus convergence – whether animals are similar because they are closely related or similar because they have had to adapt to related challenges. It's also exciting because it so beautifully demonstrates just how adaptive Australian marsupials can be when given the right evolutionary challenges and enough time to meet them."
Riversleigh research is supported by the Xstrata Community Partnership Program North Queensland and the Australian Research Council. The fossil has been named Naraboryctes philcreaseri, with the species name honoring Phil Creaser, a strong supporter of the CREATE Foundation. _URL_
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For a given combination of values for the free variables, an expression may be evaluated, although for some combinations of values of the free variables, the expression may be undefined. Thus an expression represents a function whose inputs are the values assigned the free variables and whose output is the resulting value of the expression.
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Who in your organization gets to make the big decisions about your web site? Multiple departments trying to control what goes on the site and conflicting ideas about the site's purpose are a common recipe for heartache, frustration, wasted opportunities, and worst of all, a confusing digital presence.
Establishing a web governance framework for your organization's digital presence is essential to raising quality and improving user experience. A web governance framework expresses roles, responsibilities, rules, and standards for organizational web development. Implementing a standards-based framework for production will keep developers, content creators, and UX practitioners focused on the essentials instead of fighting fires and each other. Web governance smooths the way for easier collaboration and more agile development.
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In this day-long workshop, noted governance expert Lisa Welchman will explain how to create a web governance framework for your organization. She'll offer practical steps for creating a complete set of web policies and standards. Participants will leave with a detailed understanding of how to begin the process for creating web governance frameworks for their own organizations.
- A quick overview of web governance
- Convincing stakeholders that you are, indeed, a web expert who deserves a seat at the decision-making table
- How web standards support agile development
- How web strategy impacts and informs web governance
- What should go into your organization's web policies and standards
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- Implementing standards so enforcement is easy
- Conducting a web policy and standards audit for your organization
- Determining who gets to establish web standards in your organization


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שְׁתֵּי מְדִינוֹת לִשְׁנֵי עַמִּים The other day, I introduced the Hebrew term that means, in English, for a change. I mentioned that the root of that word is שׁ.נ.ה (sh.n.h) and that its core concept is repetition, but I think it's also important to point out that the word for two is related as well: something repeated is done for at least the second time.So while we're on the subject of two, here are the ways to say it in Hebrew:
שתים refers to two people or objects that are grammatically feminine.
כַּמָּה נָשִׁים יֵשׁ פֹּה? שתים. How many women are here? Two. (Women can only be female). Wait, there's more… In Modern Hebrew, שנים and שתים are used where two is used as a noun, such as in an answer to a question.
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שְׁתֵּי מְדִינוֹת לִשְׁנֵי עַמִּים two states for two nations We use the feminine שתי in the phrase שתי מדינות, since the word for state -מְדִינָה- is a feminine noun. We use the masculine שני in the phrase לשני עמים, since the word for people – עַם- is a masculine noun.
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- 10-1⁄2" square of cream print
- Solid green, solid pink, and light green print scraps
Finished block: 10" square
Cut the Fabrics
Click on "Download this Project" above for pattern pieces. Before beginning, read All About Appliqué in download. Choose a method of appliqué, then refer to the instructions for your chosen appliqué method to make templates (if necessary), cut fabric pieces, and prepare them.
From solid green, cut:
- 4 of Pattern A
From solid pink, cut:
- 1 of Pattern B
From light green print, cut:
- 1 of Pattern C
Assemble the Block
1. Prepare and position the appliqué pieces on the cream print 10-1⁄2" square (Appliqué Placement Diagram).
2. Using your chosen appliqué method and threads that match the fabrics, appliqué the pieces in place, starting with the leaf pieces and working in alphabetical order.


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Victims of crime have a natural interest in taking action to prevent themselves, their families or their homes and possessions being victimised again. Research suggests that victims of crime do act on crime prevention advice more readily than do non-crime victims.
The Federal Government and the Australian States and Territories have a range of crime prevention programs.
- New South Wales Crime Prevention Division
The Crime Prevention Division was formed as part of the NSW Attorney General's Department in May 1996. It is the New South Wales Government's key agency for advice on crime prevention policy and programs in New South Wales.
- South Australian Crime Prevention Unit
The aim of the South Australian Crime Prevention Unit is to work with other agencies and sectors in order to reduce or prevent crime. Aside from its work with the Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Ministerial Forum, the CPU undertakes a range of crime prevention projects and programs within South Australia. These projects and programs are located within two streams. The streams are local crime prevention programs and special projects.
- Crime Prevention Victoria (CPV)
Crime Prevention Victoria (CPV) is an agency established to develop and implement a comprehensive crime prevention and anti-violence strategy and provide information and support on best practice models of crime prevention. In particular, CPV will deliver on the State Government's policy of tackling crime and its causes. The focus will be on targeted research and data analysis, information and evidence-based action.
- SAFER W.A.
SAFER W.A. is a whole-of-government and whole-of-community initiative to build safe and secure environments for all Western Australians. SAFER W.A. enables local communities to identify the priority local law and order problems and to develop effective local solutions.
- Office of Crime Prevention
The Office of Crime Prevention will coordinate the implementation of a whole of Government crime prevention strategy; evaluate the success or failures of crime prevention strategies; provide policy advice about crime reduction initiatives to the whole of Government; independently collect, analyse and publish crime statistics; and continue the NTsafe grant scheme and community liaison and support activities.
- Crime Prevention and Community Safety Council
A Crime Prevention and Community Safety Council was established to create a safer and more secure Tasmania by developing partnerships between community and government to focus on crime prevention. The Crime Prevention and Community Safety Council consists of eleven members representing government and the community. The aim of the Council is to reduce levels of crime in Tasmania, and to assist people in Tasmanian communities to feel safe.
- National Crime Prevention
The National Crime Prevention Programme's objectives are to identify and promote innovative ways of reducing and preventing crime and the fear of crime.
- Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Ministerial Forum (National Anti-Crime Strategy)
The Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Ministerial Forum comprises the Ministers representing each Australian jurisdiction and New Zealand. The Forum evolved out of the National Anti-Crime Strategy which was a shared initiative of State and Territory Governments in Australia.
- New Zealand Crime Prevention Unit
The New Zealand Crime Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Justice is responsible for undertaking coordination between government, local government, iwi, Pacific Island groups and other community organisations for facilitating the crime prevention and community safety partnership and the development of specific crime prevention responses; coordination of community input on crime prevention and community safety issues and contribution to policy advice on such issues; and management of the purchase of crime prevention and community safety programmes and initiatives from safer community councils, iwi and Pacific people's groups.
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We report a case of pneumococcal neonatal meningitis in an Italian girl, occurred 3 days after birth. CSF microscopic examination revealed the presence of Gram Positive diplococci, identified as S. pneumoniae after detection of pneumococcal capsular antigen. Tests for Group B Streptococcus on mother and child were both negative. The case was peculiar because in industrialized countries the most common agents responsible of neonatal meningitis are GBS, E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes, where pneumococcal meningitis in the neonatal period is quite uncommon: It is then necessary to consider that, in any case of early onset neonatal meningitis, S. pneumoniae is a possible yet uncommon causative agent, and that the microbiological profile of early onset neonatal meningitis in industrialized countries might change substantially because of migratory streams and the subsequent diffusion of emerging microorganisms, which are unusual at the present time.
Mirri G, Borrominia A, Martinelli N, Maggiore F, Casero D, Veronelli E and Agosti M
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Volume 12 Supplement 1
Breast cancer knowledge among women with learning disabilities and their experiences of breast mammography
© BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
Published: 18 May 2010
As the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities rises, so too do cancer prevalence rates in people with learning disabilities. Despite the efforts of government policies to ensure equal access to improve health screening, the uptake for breast mammography within this population still remains lower than that of the general population. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the knowledge of breast cancer among women with a learning disability and to explore their experiences of breast mammography.
A qualitative approach using four focus groups with women with learning disabilities was employed, and a semi-structured interview schedule aided the process.
Associated risks, preventative factors and signs and symptoms of breast cancer were extremely limited with their sources of knowledge primarily coming from carers or nursing staff. Positive attitudes towards breast mammography were reported; however, these women also described negative feelings of fear and anxiety, attributed to a lack of understanding about the screening process. Emotional support and information were seen to reduce negative feelings. A lack of information and embarrassment were identified as the main barriers to screening. Ongoing support from others such as family members and carers, accessible information and health promotion and education were considered to be main solutions for encouraging attendance for breast mammography.
This study highlights the need for health promotion and education for women with a learning disability, their family carers and staff working with this target group in order to enhance the knowledge and awareness of breast cancer and screening. This not only will aid in reducing the adverse affects of breast mammography but will ensure that informed decisions about breast screening are made. More accessible multiformat information for women with a learning disability is essential in order to facilitate health promotion and education.


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Preserving RNA Before Isolation
Appropriate storage of cells or tissue samples prior to RNA isolation is critical for preservation of intact RNA within those samples. RNAlater is an aqueous solution designed specifically to maintain RNA integrity during storage of fresh tissue and cell samples. Below are some commonly asked questions regarding RNAlater®
1) How do I use RNAlater to store my tissue/cell sample?
- For fresh tissue, simply cut samples to a maximum thickness of 0.5 cm in any one dimension and submerge in 5 volumes of RNAlater.
- Cultured cells should be pelleted, resuspended in a small volume of PBS, then mixed with 5-10 volumes of RNAlater.
- Once in RNAlater, samples can be stored for up to 1 day at 37°C, 1 week at 25°C, 1 month or more at 4°C, and long-term at -20°C or -80°.
2) Does storing samples in RNAlater have advantages over freezing samples on dry ice or in liquid nitrogen?
3) Has RNAlater been tested with my tissue or with blood samples?
4) Which downstream applications can be used with tissue stored in RNAlater?
Note: RNAlater is not recommended for use with tissues that will be sectioned using a cryostat.
5) How can I ship my sample in RNAlater?
6) Can I add RNAlater to samples that are already frozen?
- A different product, RNAlater®-ICE, is used with samples that are already frozen. RNAlater-ICE transitions tissue from a frozen to a non-frozen state. The frozen tissue is simply placed in RNAlater-ICE and left at -20°C overnight. Treated tissues can then be used directly in standard homogenization and isolation protocols and processed like fresh tissue.
- RNAlater and RNAlater-ICE provide flexibility for sample collection and storage, and help ensure that high quality RNA is preserved in samples. Both are available in a variety of convenient sizes.


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Why doesn't Python have a "with" statement like some other languages?
Starting with Python 2.5, Python does in fact have a with statement, which is used to control execution of code in a specific context:
with manager() as ctx:... do something with ctx...
Here, the object returned by the call to manager will be called before and after the with-body has been executed, no matter what happens inside the statement. This is primarily used for resource management. For example, the following statement guarantees that the file is closed after the file has been processed:
with open(filename) as f: process(f.read())
However, this article is about the kind of with-statement that's available in Object Pascal and several other languages, where it is basically used to add the attributes of a given object to the current scope. In pseudo-Python, it could look something like:
with-object obj: attrib1 = value attrib2 = value
where attrib1 and attrib2 would then refer to object attributes, rather than a local variable with the same name.
Unfortunately, there's no obvious way to implement such construct for Python, since it would be ambiguous.
Some languages, such as Object Pascal, Delphi, and C++, use static types. So it is possible to know, in an unambiguous way, what member is being assigned in a "with" clause. This is the main point — the compiler always knows the scope of every variable at compile time.
Python uses dynamic types. It is impossible to know in advance which attribute will be referenced at runtime. Member attributes may be added or removed from objects on the fly. This would make it impossible to know, from a simple reading, what attribute is being referenced — a local one, a global one, or a member attribute.
For instance, take the following incomplete snippet:
def foo(a): with-object a: print x
The snippet assumes that "a" must have a member attribute called "x". However, there is nothing in Python that guarantees that. What should happen if "a" is, let us say, an integer? And if I have a global variable named "x", will it end up being used inside the with block? As you see, the dynamic nature of Python makes such choices much harder.
The primary benefit of "with-object" and similar language features (reduction of code volume) can, however, easily be achieved in Python by assignment. Instead of:
function(args).dict[key][index].a = 21 function(args).dict[key][index].b = 42 function(args).dict[key][index].c = 63
ref = function(args).dict[key][index] ref.a = 21 ref.b = 42 ref.c = 63
This also has the side-effect of increasing execution speed because name bindings are resolved at run-time in Python, and the second version only needs to perform the resolution once. If the referenced object does not have a, b and c attributes, of course, the end result is still a run-time AttributeError exception.


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Luigi Bazzani (Italian, _PHONE_)
A Pompeian Interior, 1882
Oil on panel, 28 3/4 x 22 inches
Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right: Luigi Bazzani/ROMA 1882
The 1748 rediscovery of Pompeii's amazingly preserved urban fabric inspired many 19th-century artists to imagine scenes from Roman daily life. The anecdotal charm, sumptuous color, and archaeological accuracy of A Pompeian Interior typifies this genre. Like Alma Tadema, the painter of what can be called "everyday antiquity," Bazzani probably relied on readily available photographs of ancient sites to create his compositions. The artist recreates the main central hall or atrium of a Roman villa, lighted by an opening in the roof, and a basin, called an impluvium, to collect rainwater that then flows into an underground container for everyday use. The impluvium and the winged-lion table in this painting appear to be based on those in the House of Meleager in Pompeii, featured in a photograph owned by Alma Tadema, who also used the table in his painting Glaucis and Nydia, 1867 (The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Luigi Bazzani, also called Bazzanetto, first studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in his native Bologna, Italy. After traveling to France and Germany, Bazzani settled in Rome, where he specialized in genre and landscape subjects, as well as set designs for theaters. He exhibited regularly from 1893 in Rome, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and Paris. A teacher of perspective and set design at the Academia di Belle Arti in Rome from 1892 to 1896, Bazzani became a member of academies in Rome, Bologna, and Perugia.


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Extended Air Defense Task Force
Definition/Scope: The Headquarters Extended Air Defense Task Force (EADTF) was developed in order to strengthen common security and air defense goals and to promote standardization within the respective ground-based air defense forces. Therefore, it was determined that a tri-national (United States/ Netherlands/Germany) Extended Air Defense Task Force organization would be established. The initial headquarters was activated at Siegerland - Kaserne, Burbach, Germany on 2 August 1999. The official inauguration ceremony took place on 3 December 1999. The HQ EADTF relocated to Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany, in July 2004, due to the restructuring of the German ground-based air defense forces and the subsequent closure of the facilities in Burbach. The mission of the EADTF is to Plan, coordinate and provide liaison for US/NL/GE combined air defense activities, training, exercises, and interoperability tests. On order, assume mission related command and control functions or augment an Extended Air Defense organization. The Uited States terminated its membership in July of 2008.
Broader Terms:Strategic Defense
Narrower Terms:ballistic missile defense


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In the scope of the ESA project "New Guidance Schemes for the Terminal Area Energy Management (TAEM) of Atmospheric Re-entry", the nonlinear guidance and control approach initially developed for Mars entry was adapted for an Earth re-entry. The scheme was applied to two types of Earth atmospheric entry missions (ISS and Lunar return missions), and a subscale Apollo-like vehicle was modeled.
The reference low-g (<3g) trajectories, which are especially challenging given the limited aerodynamic capabilities of the capsule, were optimised for both missions using the ASTOS software.
Despite these demanding requirements, the performance achieved by the nonlinear guidance scheme yielded further proof of both the validity and the performance of the proposed solution to the guided entry problem. In particular, lunar return trajectories all remained within a 2km circular radius, with >80% of cases within 250m.
The tasks involved in this project included:


text: Primary stability is essential for the success of cementless femoral stems. In this study, patient specific finite element (FE) models were used to assess changes in primary stability due to variability in patient anatomy, bone properties and stem alignment for two commonly used cementless femoral stems, Corail® and Summit® (DePuy Synthes, Warsaw, USA). Computed-tomography images of the femur were obtained for 8 males and 8 females. An automated algorithm was used to determine the stem position and size which minimized the endo-cortical space, and then span the plausible surgical envelope of implant positions constrained by the endo-cortical boundary. A total of 1952 models were generated and ran, each with a unique alignment scenario. Peak hip contact and muscle forces for stair climbing were scaled to the donor's body weight and applied to the model. The primary stability was assessed by comparing the implant micromotion and peri-prosthetic strains to thresholds (150 μm and 7000 µε respectively) above which fibrous tissue differentiation and bone damage are expected to prevail. Despite the wide range of implant positions included, FE prediction were mostly below the thresholds (medians: Corail®: 20–74 µm and 1150–2884 µε Summit®: 25–111 µm and 860–3010 µε), but sensitivity of micromotion and interfacial strains varied across femora, with the majority being sensitive (p < 0.0029) to average bone mineral density, cranio-caudal angle, post-implantation anteversion angle and lateral offset of the femur. The results confirm the relationship between implant position and primary stability was highly dependent on the patient and the stem design used.


by JJ Connolly, ES Svendsen, DR Fisher, LK Campbell
Landscape and Urban Planning 109:76-84
As a way of understanding the complexity and importance of the network of stewardship groups involved in protecting and advocating for the local urban environment, the authors investigated 2,767 non-profit and informal community environmental advocacy groups in New York City. These organizations were surveyed, and "bridge organizations," i.e., mid-level groups that "started out engaged in local organizing and eventually began to centralize the work of many small organizations while connecting resources across scales and sectors," were identified. The 13 bridge organizations were approached for open-ended semi-structured interviews to determine their specific activities and how their bridging role evolved. The authors found that the importance of these bridge groups is growing, that most have a simultaneously collaborative and antagonistic relationship with government agencies, and that an earlier heterarchic (non-hierarchical) atmosphere around stewardship in New York City was essential to their development.
Region: New York, New York
Publication Type: Journal article
Keywords: ecosystem services, governance, New York, non-profits, policy, stewardship, surveys and interviews, and urban forestry