NengoDL allows Keras models to be integrated directly into a NengoDL network, through the use of nengo_dl.TensorNode (see this example). However, rather than keeping a model defined in Keras/TensorFlow, sometimes we may want to convert it to a native Nengo model (composed only of Nengo objects, such as nengo.Ensemble and nengo.Connection). One reason we might want to do this is if we want to be able to run the model on different Nengo backends. Keras models can only run in the NengoDL Simulator, but a native Nengo model can run in any Nengo Simulator (including backends for specialized neuromorphic hardware). Another reason we might want to convert a Keras model to a Nengo network is so that we can use Nengo's spiking neuron types rather than the standard Keras/TensorFlow activation functions.
Whatever the motivation, the nengo_dl.Converter tool is designed to automate the translation from Keras to Nengo as much as possible. To use it, simply instantiate a Keras model and then pass it to the Converter:
inp = tf.keras.Input(shape=(28, 28, 3))
conv = tf.keras.layers.Conv2D(filters=32, kernel_size=3, activation=tf.nn.relu)(inp)
flat = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()(conv)
dense = tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=10, activation=tf.nn.relu)(flat)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs=inp, outputs=dense)
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model)
The Converter object will have a.net attribute which is the converted Nengo network. This can then be passed to a Nengo Simulator. For example, we could run that converted Keras network in the standard Nengo (not NengoDL) Simulator:
with nengo.Simulator( as sim:
The converter also has.inputs and.outputs attributes which can be used to look up the Nengo Nodes/Probes corresponding to the Keras model inputs/outputs. For example, to see the output of the converted network:
nengo_dl.Converter has many options that control different aspects of the conversion process. For example, we could change all the tf.nn.relu activation functions in the Keras model to spiking neurons:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(
 model, swap_activations={tf.nn.relu: nengo.SpikingRectifiedLinear()})
We will not go into all the available options here; see the API docs for more details.
Keep in mind that the Converter is designed to automate the translation process as much as possible, but it will not work for all possible Keras networks. In general, the Converter will fall back to using TensorNodes for any elements that cannot be converted to native Nengo objects (set allow_fallback=False if you would like this to be an error instead). The Converter.verify function can be used to check that the output of the Nengo network matches the output of the Keras model.
Extending the converter
Since we know that it will not be possible to automatically translate all possible Keras models, the Converter has been designed to be easily extensible. So if you have a model containing elements that the Converter does not know how to translate, you can augment the Converter with custom conversion logic.
For example, suppose we have a model containing a custom Keras layer:
class AddOne(tf.keras.layers.Layer):
 def call(self, inputs):
 return inputs + 1
inp = tf.keras.Input(shape=(1,))
dense = tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=10)(inp)
addone = AddOne()(dense)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs=inp, outputs=addone)
Converter would fail to convert this model to native Nengo objects, since it does not know how to translate the AddOne layer:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model, allow_fallback=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: Unable to convert layer add_one to native Nengo objects
We could set allow_fallback=True to use a TensorNode to implement the AddOne layer, but suppose we want to use native Nengo objects instead. We need to make a custom nengo_dl.converter.LayerConverter subclass, which contains the logic for translating an AddOne layer. Note that this may require some knowledge of how Keras layers work under the hood, which is not extensively documented. Your best bet may be to look at the existing LayerConverter classes to find a similar Layer type to start from.
As an example, here is how we might translate the AddOne layer:
class ConvertAddOne(nengo_dl.converter.LayerConverter):
 def convert(self, node_id):
 # create a Nengo object representing the output of this layer node
 output = self.add_nengo_obj(node_id)
 # connect up the input of the layer node
 self.add_connection(node_id, output)
 # create a node to output a constant 1 vector
 bias = nengo.Node([1] * output.size_in)
 # connect up the bias node to the output (thereby adding one to the
 # input values)
 conn = nengo.Connection(bias, output, synapse=None)
 # mark the above connection as non-trainable (since we didn't have any
 # trainable parameters in the AddOne layer, we don't want any in the
 # converted Nengo equivalent either)
 self.set_trainable(conn, False)
 return output
And now if we try to convert the original Keras model, we can see that it is successfully transformed into a native Nengo network:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model, allow_fallback=False)
assert converter.verify()


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It is really difficult to depend on any one source for Industrial financing and as such different sources must be tackled.
Some of the important sources of financing industries in India being as under:
1. Sale of Shares:
Each industry floats shares for financing its programmes. These are offered to the public. The money raised through shares is quite substantial and if the industry has established a credit, it can raise any amount for financing its projects.
2. Voluntary Deposits:
When the industries establish their credit worthiness, the individuals, who have surplus money, deposit their amounts with the industry. In this way also sufficient amounts are raised.
3. By Borrowing Money on Interest:
When the money raised is still needed the industry approaches big financiers or houses to loan them money on interest. This amount is raised only when the industry feels that the investment is sure to have returns. Usually the rate of interest paid is much higher than the bank rate and this attracts the people to loan surplus money to the industry rather than depositing that with the banks.
4. Industrial Financial Corporations and Banks:
Government of India has set up many financial corporations such as Industrial Financial Corporation of India, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India and Industrial Development Bank of India. All these agencies and bodies are quite prepared to finance the industries in the country, so that industrial progress of the nation in any way does not retard.
5. Financial Assistance from the Banks:
With the nationalisation of banks commercial banks are liberally coming forward to help the industries, both small scale as well as large scale, to finance their projects. These banks are of considerable assistance when the industry is in financial difficulty or when it is facing serious financial crisis.
6. Managing Agency System:
Managing agencies also invest capital in the industry with the result that these provide finances for the industries; similarly funds are also raised through debentures as well. But these methods have their own drawbacks with the result that these are not in common use in so far as funding of industries is concerned.
Sources of Finance:
Capital requirements of the industry on the basis of their use can be divided into two categories, viz.:
(a) Fixed capital, and
(b) Working capital.
Fixed capital is used to provide the necessary means of production to the industrial units, like land and buildings, plant and machinery, furniture and fixtures, tools and equipment, etc.
Working capital provides all the expenses that are necessary in order to manufacture and sell the product or service offered. It is either invested in stocks of raw materials, stores and finished products, loose tools and spare parts or is needed for granting credit to customers or for meeting day-to-day administrative and other expenses.
On the basis of time, the capital requirements of industry are classified into:
(a) Short-term capital,
(b) Medium-term capital, and
(c) Longterm capital.
Short-term capital is required for a period ranging up to one year; mediumterm capital is required for a period ranging from one to five years; and long-term capital is required for a period exceeding five years.
Sources of Industrial Finance:
Industrial units raise finance to meet their capital requirements from different sources, the important among these are as follows:
1. Shares and Debentures:
A company's owned capital is split into a large number of equal parts, each part being called a share. The company invites members of the public to buy as many shares as they like. The share capital of a company is ideal for meeting the long-term requirements.
A debenture is an acknowledgement under seal of debt or loan. Uniform parts of loan are called debentures. Debentures carry a fixed rate of interest to the holders and used to finance long and mediumterm requirements of the industry.
2. Public Deposits:
The system of public deposits has been the only source of working capital for some industries in some regions of the country in the past.
On account of the malpractices of the borrowing units, the system came in for much disrepute. The system has, however, been rehabilitated by the Reserve Bank after making suitable amendments of the Companies Act.
3. Ploughing Back of Profits:
This source, in fact, is the indicator of the inner strength and stability of any enterprise. Companies can use their reinvestible surplus to finance the expansion and modernisation of existing plants and establishment of the new ones.
4. Bank Loans:
The commercial banks provide short-term or working capital to industries. They feel hesitant to finance fixed capital needs of industries because of the risky nature of the shares. Banks also do not subscribe to debentures because it is very difficult to dispose them of at a time when they are very much in need of funds.
In short, however, it should be noted that during the last 20 years bank advances to industry have shown remarkable progress. Outstanding advances of the scheduled commercial banks to industries—large, medium and small-scale—have increased from Rs.2,068 crores in March 1968 to Rs.1,02,963 crores in March, 1995. In percentage terms, however, the share of bank advances to industry in total advances declined from 67.5 per cent to 53.2 per cent during the same period.
5. Foreign Capital:
Foreign capital is also an important source of medium-term and long-term finance to industry. Foreign capital is available to the industries, both in the form of loans and equity participation. The sources of foreign capital comprise international institutions like International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, foreign governments and private investors.
6. Specialised Financial Institutions:
The most important sources of long-term finance to industry are the various financial institutions that have been specially set up to meet the credit needs of industry. Among these institutions mention may be made of the Industrial Finance Corporation of India, the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, the Industrial Development Bank of India, the Unit Trust of India and the Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India.
In brief, there are both internal and external sources of industrial finance. In the recent past, the specialised financial institutions are playing a dominant role in industrial financing.
Soundness of the Financing Agencies:
It is a matter of debate whether the present financial structure is sound enough to sustain the pressure of growing industrialisation of the country. Among all the financing agencies, the most effective and reliable source of finance are the specialised institutions or the development banks.
These institutions not only provide loans but also offer technological know-how and expert guidance to industries. The financial strength of these institutions, however, is not sound enough to meet all the credit requirements of industries.
Foreign capital is again an important source of industrial finance but it has its own limitations. Foreign capital is the most unreliable source of finance. Its availability depends upon the political ties with the ender countries. Moreover, certain political strings are attached with the foreign capital. In some cases, only project-tied capital is offered by the lending countries.
Nationalised banks are playing a useful role in the various development programmes by making finance available for different projects. But in the sphere of industrial activities, they have not been able to provide term loans to industries.
To sum up, the present financial structure is not strong enough to meet the challenges of growing industrialisation.

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P3-VALUE: Public Sector Comparator Tool User Manual
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Chapter 3. PSC Development Overview
Agencies considering P3 procurement options for a highway project may find it useful to conduct a VfM analysis to compare the potential of different project delivery structures to provide value for money. As part of a VfM analysis, the PSC represents a baseline projection of the costs for public sector delivery that serves as a benchmark against which an agency may consider the costs of P3 procurement. The specific steps for completing a VfM analysis are:
 1. Conduct a risk assessment to identify, quantify, and allocate risks between the public and private partners.
 2. Develop a PSC estimate that indicates the potential cost of public delivery.
 3. Develop a P3 estimate (or "shadow bid") that indicates the potential cost of P3 delivery.
 4. Conduct a VfM analysis that compares the public and P3 delivery costs to assess which option provides greater VfM for the public.
The PSC Tool and User Manual utilize a hypothetical highway project as an example to demonstrate how certain assumptions affect the PSC's results and how those outputs inform the VfM analysis. As outlined in Figure 2, the PSC Tool contains four major classes of worksheets that are color-coded by purpose.
Timing & Prerequisites
Once a public agency has made the decision to move forward with a project, it may consider the options available for the project's delivery structure. If an agency is considering P3 procurement, it may conduct a VfM analysis to inform the selection of the preferred delivery structure. In developing a VfM analysis, public agencies rely on the outcomes of several other tasks conducted in a project's development (e.g., traffic and revenue forecasts and risk assessment) to inform the assumptions made in the analysis.
Agencies typically conduct a VfM analysis after completing the above tasks. An agency may consider qualitative factors earlier in the project development process to assess the potential procurement options that will be evaluated quantitatively in the VfM analysis.
Figure 2: Key Components of the PSC Tool
Function The worksheets found within the green tabs allow users to accept the PSC Tool's disclaimers, review key terms and definitions, and navigate through the tool via an 'Index' tab. It is important to note that users must accept the disclaimer on the 'Introduction' tab before accessing the remaining content of the PSC Tool.
Assumptions & Examples The worksheets found within the blue tabs provide users with an editable template of key project assumptions regarding project costs, funding, and revenue. Users enter all the PSC inputs into blue-shaded cells or select the appropriate options from available drop-down menus.
Cash Flows The worksheets found within the gray tabs present the hypothetical project's cash flows based on the assumptions input by the user in the blue tabs. Users cannot alter data in the gray sheets.
Outputs The worksheets found within the yellow tabs calculate the hypothetical project's net present cost (NPC). Users can conduct a sensitivity analysis and a scenario analysis on the NPC. There is another disclaimer users must accept prior to viewing the outputs.
Structuring the PSC
The PSC considered should be the most likely project delivery alternative to a P3. The PSC may be structured as a traditional design-bid-build alternative or it may be structured as design-build or even design-build-finance procurement if these are reasonable alternative delivery structures for the project's public sponsor.
There are a number of qualitative factors, such as those listed below, that agencies should consider when developing the PSC. Agencies should consider qualitative factors first to decide on the project delivery structure and requirements of the PSC and ultimately to decide which project delivery structure best achieves the project objectives.
 1. What would be the most efficient and realistic project delivery structure if the project is not delivered as a P3?
 2. What are the agency's objectives for the project? How do different project delivery structures help to achieve those objectives?
 3. Are there statutory, regulatory, or legal restrictions that limit the project delivery structures available to the public sponsor?
 4. Is the project affordable to the public sector under different project delivery structures?
 5. Does the agency have sufficient staff resources and capabilities to manage the procurement process and to deliver the project to the service standards and operational requirements contemplated under the PSC?
 6. Is there sufficient information of reasonable quality on public sector project delivery costs to develop a representative PSC?
 7. How will different project delivery options accelerate or delay project delivery?
 8. Will the project delivery options considered allow for more or less transparency and accountability?
 9. Will the project delivery options considered have inequitable impacts on certain populations?
 10. Are there other advantages or disadvantages associated with the project delivery options considered that are difficult to quantify, such as vulnerability costs or deferral costs?
Chapter 8 of the Primer provides additional guidance on qualitative VfM assessments.
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I've noticed that native speakers sometimes make nouns they've already made possessive, possessive again. If this is syntactically sound, I don't understand it.
For example, "her relative was mean" could alternatively be written as: "a relative of hers was mean."
Why isn't it "a relative of her was mean"?
 - There isn't a problem with any number of possessives. For instance, the following is perfectly possible: My father's doctor's aunt's neighbour's dog's vet's wife's son was avoiding me at a recent party. In the sentence, it's her relative—the relative is hers—so it's a relative of hers. I wouldn't say a father of me. I'd say a father of mine. (Although I might say that somebody is a father to me.) – Jason Bassford Jul 19 '19 at 2:49
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 To confirm, you wouldn't say "a daughter of Brenda," but "a daughter of Brenda's?" – Ella Strange Jul 19 '19 at 3:54
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 _USER_ maybe a more illuminating comparison would be a father of my since we say "my father" and not "me father" – katatahito Jul 19 '19 at 5:00
 - This question may be helpful. as well as this chart. – katatahito Jul 19 '19 at 5:04
 - _USER_ While a daughter of Brenda is not actually ungrammatical, it has an archaic, Biblical feel to me. I think a daughter of Brenda's is much more idiomatic in modern English. So, yes, I would use the explicit possessive. – Jason Bassford Jul 19 '19 at 5:33
In modern English, of is not commonly used to indicate possession, which perhaps explains Jason's comment that it feels biblical. Relationships are (generally) mutual so examples using relatives make this a little more confusing than it needs to be. If we instead think of possessing an item, like a car, a native English speaker would find the sentence "This is the car of John" strange, archaic or maybe even wrong.
My native feeling for the word of in your question, is more similar to "one of many", as in, she has many cars. "This car is one of hers." Could be short for "This car is one of her cars."
As a final example, let's consider the phrase "a part of her" and compare with "a part of hers". The first phrase says she is composed of parts and we are talking about one of them. The second says that she possesses parts but it's unclear if they are car parts or some other kind of part (like a part of her personality).
 - I understand that it feels archaic, saying, for example, that car of John. And the more I think about it the more it sounds like the car originated from a place called John. But it's technically not wrong, even though a native speaker wouldn't say it? If the consensus is "a relative of her," instead of "a relative of hers," is wrong, why isn't the same true for "a relative of John," instead of a "a relative of John's." You mention your feeling of the operation of "of" in the original example. Can you elaborate on how it's different from the other examples? – Ella Strange Jul 24 '19 at 13:13
 - Good questions! I suppose one of the things I'm trying to get at in my answer, is that the phrases "a relative of John" and "a relative of John's" feel more similar to a native speaker (than the examples I gave) because that kind of possession is mutual. When I try to analyze why they don't feel exactly the same ("a relative of John's" is preferred), my gut tells me it's the role of of. So I would say that these examples aren't different. In each case the doubled possession is preferred because the "of" isn't satisfying a native speaker's desire to communicate possession. – KCE Jul 24 '19 at 13:55
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: Large turkey-tail point is made of Harrison County flint. It is leaf-shaped or feather-shaped with a small base that has shallow side notches. It is mostly gray in color with areas of light gray, dark gray, dark brown and very pale brown. At the base and on one edge close to the tip there are small areas where the weathered outer layer of the flint core from which the point was made (cortex) is still present. The biface is unbroken, which is unusual for turkey-tail points. View on Ohio Memory.
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Diabetes Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (DMTAC)
MOH CPD Category A8: 5 points
1 APRIL 2017
List of authors:
- Albert Ting Siong Hung
- Ching Min Wei
- Malathi a/p Sriraman @ Jayaraman
- Navin Kumar a/l Loganadan
This module consists of five chapters on diabetes mellitus, its managements and complications, for the management of a Diabetes Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (DMTAC).
Chapter 1 discusses the prevalence of diabetes in Malaysia and the impact of reducing glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) on complications of diabetes. This chapter describes the DMTAC services and its protocol in Malaysia, including the forms used in documentation of this DMTAC.
Chapter 2 summarises the latest Clinical Practice Guidelines (CGP) 2015 for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This chapter includes algorithms for the management of T2DM in different conditions and the types of patients.
Chapter 3 covers the various classes of oral antidiabetes agents, including the mechanisms of action, formulations and dosages, methods of administration, adverse reactions and contraindications.
Chapter 4 describes the types of insulin available either in government or private health institutions in Malaysia. This guide is meant for all healthcare professionals especially pharmacists involve in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It covers insulin regimens, initiation, optimisation and intensification, which serves as a guide during the DMTAC sessions.
Chapter 5 includes the prevalence of diabetes and its classifications. The classifications of diabetes cover the pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosis, signs and symptoms, goals of treatment and complications. Complications of diabetes are described in details.
CONTENTS OF MODULE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO DIABETES MEDICATION THERAPY ADHERENCE CLINIC (DMTAC)
1.1 STATUS OF DIABETES IN MALAYSIA IN THE PAST 20 YEARS
1.2 ADHERENCE STATUS OF DIABETES PATIENTS
1.3 IMPACT OF REDUCING HBA1C IN DIABETES COMPLICATIONS
1.4 WHAT IS MEDICATION THERAPY ADHERENCE CLINIC (MTAC)?
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF DIABETES MTAC (DMTAC)
1.6 BENEFIT OF PHARMACIST LEAD DIABETES CLINIC
1.7 DMTAC IN MALAYSIA
1.8 SCOPE OF DIABETES MTAC
1.9 PATIENT SELECTION
1.10 WORKFLOW OF DMTAC DURING FIRST VISIT
1.11 WORKFLOW OF DMTAC FOR SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW-UP VISITS
1.12 DMTAC FORMS AND TOOLS
1.13 DISCHARGE CRITERIA
1.14 SUCCESSFUL STORIES OF DMTAC IN MALAYSIA
CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES: MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM) 2015
2.1 SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF T2DM
2.2 MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
2.3 MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES EMERGENCIES
2.4 MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC COMPLICATIONS
2.5 DIABETES IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS
2.6 PREVENTION OF T2DM
CHAPTER 3 : PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ORAL ANTIDIABETES AGENTS
3.1 CLASSES OF ORAL ANTIDIABETES AGENTS
- SULPHONYLUREAS (SUS)
- THIAZOLIDINEDIONES (TZDS)
- ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORS (AGIS)
- DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-4 (DPP-4) INHIBITORS
- SODIUM-GLUCOSE CO-TRANSPORTER- 2 (SGLT-2) INHIBITORS
3.2 NON-ORAL/NONINSULIN PHARMACOTHERAPY
- INCRETIN MIMETICS : GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 (GLP-1) RECEPTOR AGONISTS
CHAPTER 4: INSULIN THERAPY IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
4.2 INSULIN PREPARATIONS
4.3 ANALOG INSULIN 4.4 INSULIN REGIMEN
4.5 INSULIN INITIATION, OPTIMISATION AND INTENSIFICATION
4.5.1 Insulin Initiation
4.6 INSULIN INTENSIFICATION
4.7 INSULIN SIDE EFFECT
4.8 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR LONG TERM USE OF INSULIN
4.9 INSULIN PUMP
CHAPTER 5.0 DIABETES AND CO-MORBID DISEASES
5.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF DIABETES
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On the Complexity of Linear Prediction: Risk Bounds, Margin Bounds, and Regularization
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Sham M. Kakade, Karthik Sridharan, Ambuj Tewari
We provide sharp bounds for Rademacher and Gaussian complexities of (constrained) linear classes. These bounds make short work of providing a number of corollaries including: risk bounds for linear prediction (including settings where the weight vectors are constrained by either $L_2$ or $L_1$ constraints), margin bounds (including both $L_2$ and $L_1$ margins, along with more general notions based on relative entropy), a proof of the PAC-Bayes theorem, and $L_2$ covering numbers (with $L_p$ norm constraints and relative entropy constraints). In addition to providing a unified analysis, the results herein provide some of the sharpest risk and margin bounds (improving upon a number of previous results). Interestingly, our results show that the uniform convergence rates of empirical risk minimization algorithms tightly match the regret bounds of online learning algorithms for linear prediction (up to a constant factor of 2).


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Studies towards small-molecule-receptors selective for phospholipid anionic head groups in bacterial membranes
Meece, Frederick A.
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Receptors specific for inorganic anions have been described for several decades. Several of these anions, i.e. chloride, phosphate, and acetate are essential in biology. A novel neutral anion receptor specific for the phosphate containing head group of bacterial membrane fatty acids was conceptualized as part of a possible broad spectrum antibiotic. The receptor and several related derivatives were synthesized over fourteen steps. The most important step which involved placing ureidomethylene groups to a bis‐phenolic scaffold was developed as a novel method. The method was probed for scope and utility with a variety of aromatic nucleophiles. The aforementioned anion receptors were tested for binding capabilities against several inorganic anions, and against a synthetic tetrabutylammonium salt of a phospholipid. Several of the derivatives were also tested for antibiotic activity against several species of gram negative bacteria. Finally, the receptors were used to bind chloride anion in solvents containing a variable amount of water to determine if the presence of water would result in stronger anion binding.
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text: Exquisite workmanship and lavish use of precious materials distinguish this sword as a princely weapon and exemplifies the opulence and refinement of Ottoman luxury arts. Almost identical to a yatagan (now in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul) made in 1526–27 by the court jeweler Ahmed Tekel, for the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66), this sword was undoubtedly made in the same imperial workshop. The gold incrustation on the blade depicts a combat between a dragon and a phoenix against a background of foliate scrolls. These figures, like the gold-inlaid cloud bands and foliate scrolls on the ivory grips, are Chinese in inspiration, and were probably introduced into Ottoman art through contacts with Persia. This sword is one of the earliest known yatagans, distinctly Turkish weapons characterized by a double-curved blade and a hilt without a guard. Yatagans were commonplace in Turkey and the Balkans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and served as sidearms for the elite troops known as janissaries.

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The typical way stereo signals are converted to mono is by summing left and right (and perhaps attenuate the result).
Obviously, the sum approach does a poor job capturing the side material, as the greater the difference is, the more the input signals will cancel each other out.
Are there any other (perhaps more creative) methods that will allow the side events to make it through in a mono conversion?
Off the top of my head..
Sum - Adds Signals; any sounds present in both signals are reinforced by a varying amount, depending on how in-phase they are.
Subtract - Subtracts one signal from the other(same as inverting the phase of one, then adding it to the other); any sounds present in both signals are attenuated or cancelled out completely, depending on how in-phase they are.
You could add (Sum + Subtract) together, but you would be left with one of the input channels(L or R) being attenuated.
The only method I can think of is to delay one of the stereo channels, then add it to the other, to limit the reinforcement.
You could even try applying a stereo delay to just the mono element before summing.
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 - Thats not going to work - it leaves me with either L or R as result: (L + R) + (L - R) = L. However the delay idea is interesting.. perhaps delaying the side signal before summing with the mid could work – Michael Hansen Buur Jun 26 '15 at 15:43
 - Yes, you're right. How did I miss that? That's what I get for rushing an answer! I'll edit it in a bit. – Marc W Jun 26 '15 at 19:58
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differences between Long.intValue() and Math.toIntExact(Long), the following code generates a range of Long values from 5 less than Integer.MAX_VALUE to 5 more than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
Generating Range of Longs that Includes Integer.MAX_VALUE
 * Generate {_USER_ Long}s from range of integers that start
 * before {_USER_ Integer.MAX_VALUE} and end after that
 * maximum integer value.
 * _USER_ {_USER_ Long}s generated over range includes
 * {_USER_ Integer.MAX_VALUE}.
public static List generateLongInts()
 final Long maximumIntegerAsLong = Long.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 final Long startingLong = maximumIntegerAsLong - 5;
 final Long endingLong = maximumIntegerAsLong + 5;
 return LongStream.range(startingLong, endingLong).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList());
The next code listing shows two methods that demonstrate the two previously mentioned approaches for getting an int from a Long.
Using Long.intValue() and Math.toIntExact(Long)
 * Provides the {_USER_ int} representation of the provided
 * {_USER_ Long} based on an invocation of the provided
 * {_USER_ Long} object's {_USER_ intValue()} method.
 * _USER_ longRepresentation {_USER_ Long} for which {_USER_ int}
 * value extracted with {_USER_ intValue()} will be returned.
 * _USER_ {_USER_ int} value corresponding to the provided
 * {_USER_ Long} as provided by invoking the method
 * {_USER_ intValue()} on that provided {_USER_ Long}.
 * _USER_ NullPointerException Thrown if the provided long
 * representation is {_USER_ null}.
public static void writeLongIntValue(final Long longRepresentation)
 out.print(longRepresentation + " => Long.intValue() = ");
 catch (Exception exception)
 out.println("ERROR - " + exception);
 * Provides the {_USER_ int} representation of the provided
 * {_USER_ Long} based on an invocation of {_USER_ Math.toIntExact(Long)}
 * on the provided {_USER_ Long}.
 * value extracted with {_USER_ Math.toIntExact(Long)} will be
 * returned.
 * {_USER_ Long} as provided by invoking the method
 * {_USER_ Math.toIntExact)Long} on that provided {_USER_ Long}.
 * _USER_ NullPointerException Thrown if the provided long
 * representation is {_USER_ null}.
 * _USER_ ArithmeticException Thrown if the provided {_USER_ Long}
 * cannot be represented as an integer without overflow.
public static void writeIntExact(final Long longRepresentation)
 out.print(longRepresentation + " => Math.toIntExact(Long) = ");
 catch (Exception exception)
 out.println("ERROR: " + exception);
When the above code is executed with the range of Longs constructed in the earlier code listing (full code available on GitHub), the output looks like this:
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = _PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = -_PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = ERROR: java.lang.ArithmeticException: integer overflow
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = -_PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = ERROR: java.lang.ArithmeticException: integer overflow
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = -_PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = ERROR: java.lang.ArithmeticException: integer overflow
_PHONE_ => Long.intValue() = -_PHONE_
_PHONE_ => Math.toIntExact(Long) = ERROR: java.lang.ArithmeticException: integer overflow
The highlighted rows indicate the code processing a Long with value equal to Integer.MAX_VALUE. After that, the Long representing one more than Integer.MAX_VALUE is shown with the results of attempting to convert that Long to an int using Long.intValue() and Math.toIntExact(Long). The Long.intValue() approach encounters an integer overflow, but does not throw an exception and instead returns the negative number -_PHONE_. The Math.toIntExact(Long) method does not return a value upon integer overflow and instead throws an ArithmeticException with the informative message "integer overflow."
The Math.toIntExact(Long) method is not as significant as many of the features introduced with JDK 8, but it can be useful in avoiding the types of errors related to integer overflow that can sometimes be tricky to diagnose.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Peeking Inside Java Streams with Stream.peek
For a Java developer new to JDK 8-introduced pipelines and streams, the peek(Consumer) method provided by the Stream interface can be a useful tool to help visualize how streams operations behave. Even Java developers who are more familiar with Java streams and aggregation operations may occasionally find Stream.peek(Consumer) useful for understanding the implications and interactions of complex intermediate stream operations.
The Stream.peek(Consumer) method expects a Consumer, which is essentially a block of code that accepts a single argument and returns nothing. The peek(Consumer) method returns the same elements of the stream that were passed to it, so there will be no changes to the contents of the stream unless the block of code passed to the peek(Consumer) method mutates the objects in the stream. It's likely that the vast majority of the uses of Stream.peek(Consumer) are read-only printing of the contents of the objects in the stream at the time of invocation of that method.
The Javadoc-based API documentation for Stream.peek(Consumer) explains this method's behaviors in some detail and provides an example of its usage. That example is slightly adapted in the following code listing:
final List strings
 .peek(e-> out.println("Original Element: " + e))
 .filter(e -> e.length() > 3)
 .peek(e -> out.println("Filtered value: " + e))
 .peek(e -> out.println("Mapped value: " + e))
out.println("Final Results: " + strings);
When the above code is executed, its associated output looks something like this:
Original Element: one
Original Element: two
Original Element: three
Filtered value: three
Mapped value: THREE
Original Element: four
Filtered value: four
Mapped value: FOUR
Final Results: [THREE, FOUR]
The output tells the story of the stream operations' work on the elements provided to them. The first invocation of the intermediate peek operation will write each element in the original stream out to system output with the prefix "Original Element:". Instances of the intermediate peek operation that occur later are not executed for every original String because each of these peek operations occur after at least once filtering has taken place.
The peek-enabled output also clearly shows the results of executing the intermediate operation map on each String element to its upper case equivalent. The collect operation is a terminating operation and so no peek is placed after that. Strategic placement of peek operations provides significant insight into the stream processing that takes place.
The Javadoc for Stream.peek(Consumer) states that "this method exists mainly to support debugging, where you want to see the elements as they flow past a certain point in a pipeline." This is exactly what the example and output shown above demonstrate and is likely the most common application of Stream.peek(Consumer).
Stream.peek(Consumer)'s Javadoc documentation starts with this descriptive sentence, "Returns a stream consisting of the elements of this stream, additionally performing the provided action on each element as elements are consumed from the resulting stream." In the previous example, the action performed on each element as it was consumed was to merely write its string representation to standard output. However, the action taken can be anything that can be specified as a Consumer (any code block accepting a single argument and returning no arguments). The next example demonstrates how peek(Consumer) can even be used to change contents of objects on the stream.
In the first example in this post, peek(Consumer) could not change the stream elements because those elements were Java Strings, which are immutable. However, if the stream elements are mutable, the Consumer passed to peek(Consumer) can alter the contents of those elements. To illustrate this, I'll use the simple class MutablePerson shown next.
package dustin.examples.jdk8.streams;
 * Represents person whose name can be changed.
public class MutablePerson
 private String name;
 public MutablePerson(final String newName)
 name = newName;
 public String getName()
 return name;
 public void setName(final String newName)
 name = newName;
 public String toString()
 return name;
The next code listing shows how Stream.peek(Consumer) can change the results of the stream operation when the elements in that stream are mutable.
final List people
 = Stream.of(
 new MutablePerson("Fred"),
 new MutablePerson("Wilma"),
 new MutablePerson("Barney"),
 new MutablePerson("Betty"))
 .peek(person -> out.println(person))


factual-api-0.1.2: A driver for the Factual API
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This module exports functions which are used to execute queries and handle the OAuth authentication process.
API functions
makeRequest :: Query query => Token -> query -> IO ResponseSource
This function takes an OAuth token and a query (which is member of the Query typeclass and returns an IO action which will fetch a response from the Factual API.
generateToken :: Credentials -> TokenSource
This function takes a set of credentials and returns an OAuth token that can be used to make requests.
The hoauth Token type
data Token
The OAuth Token.
This token is used to perform 2 legged OAuth requests.
The service provider has granted you the request token but the user has not yet authorized your application. You need to exchange this token by a proper AccessToken, but this may only happen after user has granted you permission to do so.
This is a proper 3 legged OAuth. The difference between this and ReqToken is that user has authorized your application and you can perform requests on behalf of that user.


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The Cardiff Harbour Authority Water Safety Code is designed to promote safety in the Bay and its rivers. We want you to enjoy your experience around the water's edge, so please follow the Water Safety Code.
The main principles to follow are:
- Swimming is NOT permitted in the Bay or rivers (due to its dangerous depth and currents)
- If you see anyone in difficulty, dial 999 and ask for the Emergency Services
- Do not throw rubbish or stones in the water
- Always wear boots or shoes on the riverbanks and on the foreshore


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The most commonly used properties are:
If both pointSize and a pixelSize are specified, pixelSize will be used.
The following properties are also available:
Text { "Helvetica"; font.pointSize: 13; font.bold: true }
When integrating with C++, note that any QFont value passed into QML from C++ is automatically converted into a font value, and vice-versa.
This basic type is provided by the QtQuick import.
Font weighting is classified on a scale from 0 to 99, where a weight of 0 is ultralight, and 99 is extremely black. The following values are supported:
Capitalization supports the following values:
Font.MixedCaseNo capitalization change is applied.
Font.AllUppercaseAlters the text to be rendered in all uppercase type.
Font.AllLowercaseAlters the text to be rendered in all lowercase type.
Font.SmallCapsAlters the text to be rendered in small-caps type.
Font.CapitalizeAlters the text to be rendered with the first character of each word as an uppercase character.
Setting the hinting preference only has an effect when using the "NativeRendering" render type. The property supports the following values:
Font.PreferDefaultHinting - Use the default hinting level for the target platform.
Font.PreferNoHinting - If possible, render text without hinting the outlines of the glyphs.
Font.PreferVerticalHinting - If possible, render text with no horizontal hinting, but align glyphs to the pixel grid in the vertical direction.
Font.PreferFullHinting - If possible, render text with hinting in both horizontal and vertical directions.
See also QML Basic Types.


Low Impact Development (LID) Technologies at Providence
The Providence stormwater retrofit project integrates three emerging low impact development (LID) technologies: a green roof, permeable pavers and a rain garden.
Green Roof - 240 square feet
The retrofitted rooftop is an example of extensive green roof technology. Unlike roof top gardens, extensive green roofs are not designed for regular visitation by the public. They consist of a series of layers including a waterproof membrane, growth media and plants such as sedums, shallow rooted succulents that will withstand harsh exposed conditions. The plants filter out airborne pollutants and absorb rain and snowmelt that would otherwise travel down gutters and spouts to streets and storm drains.
Green roof installation Sedum plant
Permeable Pavers - approximately 1,600 square feet
Unlike traditional asphalt or concrete pavement, permeable pavement is composed of many interlocking pavers that present a solid surface for traffic. Small spaces between the pavers allow water to percolate through to the soil surface or to a retention area where the water gradually is absorbed into the soil. Nine parking spaces at Merrifield Fire Station 30 were replaced with permeable pavers.
Permeable paver installation
Rain Garden - 680 square feet
Rain gardens can be many sizes and shapes depending on the conditions at a site. They are designed to hold and filter water and release it slowly into the surrounding soil. In this way, rain gardens prevent oversaturation and flooding and improve water quality. Composed of several layers including layers of gravel, pea gravel, engineered soil and mulch, rain gardens are typically planted with native plants that can withstand fluctuating water levels and can be an attractive landscape component.
Rain garden
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You are probably wondering how to make an amazing fat-free potato dish. The answer is here. These baked french fries are not only fat-free but also healthy. They contain absolutely no fat and no chemicals and thus do no harm to your thighs and your bottom.
Step 1: Boil Your Potatoes
Scrub the veggies up and remove any eyes / spots you may find. Add some cold water to your pot. Slice up your potatoes (3/4″ to an inch wide and thick) and drop them in.
Boil your potatoes for 5 minutes, drain them and then put them back into the pot.
Step 2: Add Spices
Add one teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 tablespoon of flour, add onion powder, a little bit of paprika and chili into the potatoes in the pot. Salt and pepper are optional. Put the lid on top of the pot, hold it tight and then shake the dish up holding both the pot and the lid.
Step 3: Bake Your "Babies"
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Take out the potatoes and put them evenly on a cookie sheet. Put the cookie sheet into the oven. Bake your "babies" for about 20 minutes.
When the fries are ready, they will look slightly browned. Enjoy your meal!


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Become a Volunteer for Our Rabbits
- Set up hopping areas and pens to provide exercise and socialization for rabbits.
- Using safe rabbit handling techniques and designated training protocols, transport rabbits to hopping areas and pens.
- Interact with potential adopters to screen for suitability and to identify those rabbits that provide the best match for that adopter and their home.
- Monitor interactions between potential adopters and rabbits.
- Greet visitors to rabbit area and provide information about our facility and adoptable rabbits in a friendly, professional manner.
- Maintain clean rabbit cages during shift.
- Monitor rabbit health and behavior and report any issues or changes to staff.
- Provide fresh water as needed.
Special Capabilities and Requirements
- Must be able to learn and use safe rabbit handling techniques and practices when interacting with the animals.
- Must be able to learn and retain various protocols and follow direction of staff.
- Must be able to provide friendly, knowledgeable customer service and to answer questions in a professional manner, deferring to staff if guidance if needed.
- Must be able to pick up and carry rabbits to and from hopping area.
- Attend General Orientation Session.
- Attend training session with experienced rabbit volunteer.
Please bring your completed volunteer application to the animal shelter and turn it in to front desk personnel or email it to _EMAIL_.


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The Impact of the Adversary's Eavesdropping Stations on the Location Privacy Level in Internet of Vehicles
The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has got the interest of different research bodies as a promising technology. IoV is mainly developed to reduce the number of crashes by enabling vehicles to sense the environment and spread their locations to the neighborhood via safety-beacons to enhance the system functioning. Nevertheless, a bunch of security and privacy threats is looming; by exploiting the spatio-data included in these beacons. A lot of privacy schemes were developed to cope with the problem like CAPS, CPN, RSP, and SLOW. The schemes provide a certain level of location privacy yet the strength of the adversary, e.g., the number of eavesdropping stations has not been fully considered. In this paper, we aim at investigating the effect of the adversary's eavesdropping stations number and position on the overall system functioning via privacy and QoS metrics. We also show the performances of these schemes in a manhattan-grid model which gives a comparison between the used schemes. The results show that both the number and the emplacement of the eavesdropping stations have a real negative impact on the achieved location privacy of the IoV users.
Citation : Babaghayou, M., Labraoui, N., Adamou, A., Ferrag, A., Maglaras, L. (2020) The Impact of the Adversary's Eavesdropping Stations on the Location Privacy Level in Internet of Vehicles. 5th IEEE South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference (SEEDA-CECNSM 2020), Corfu, Greece, September 2020.
Research Institute : Cyber Technology Institute (CTI)
Peer Reviewed : Yes


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To other users,
 I was wondering, is it possible for the robot to react at voice commands?
And what actions could a robot do generally?
Another batch of questions are: It says that a robot has a personality. Does it? In what way can we witness it?
Could it's actions be based on their personality or does it only apply to artifical intelligence?
I hope I can get some advice. Thank you.


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Noun(1) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant(2) the act of cutting something off
(1) They produce numerous biological effects including promotion of leaf senescence and abscission, stomatal closure, inhibition of root growth, and germination of non-dormant seeds.(2) Ethylene is involved in many biological processes, like fruit ripening, flower and leaf abscission, senescence, many stress acclimations, and growth.(3) In the absence of water deficit, leaf water potential changes very little, or not at all, during senescence in species where the life span of leaves is terminated by abscission, as in soybeans and other dicots.(4) By contrast, drought hastens ripening and seed maturation for tomato and reduces fruit abscission for lychee trees.(5) leaf abscission in trees(6) The presence and balance of plant hormones have been shown to affect abscission of leaves, flowers, and immature and mature fruit.(7) abscission layer
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Drawing from the history of swimwear and specifically the bikini, which was named after an island in the South Pacific where the atomic bomb was tested, Frankenhein Handmade Swimsuits is born. The bikini first appeared in the mid 1940's during a time of war and post war when materials were scarce and people made do with what they already had. Most of the fabric and materials were for military use, and were limited when it came to fashion or garments. When the bikini debuted, its style was not accepted by contemporary culture at the time, but it continues to be an iconic symbol of explosive change.
Taking inspiration from this history and the concept of improvisation, we create up-cycled swimwear from dead stock fabric (left over fabric from larger manufacturing businesses), existing garments, cast off, recycled, and scrap materials. We want to extend the life of cast-off materials headed to the garbage, creating unique, functional swimwear from pre-existing materials in the process.
We embrace the DIY (do it yourself) theory. We can offer suggestions and help to those who would like to build their own surfboard from broken boards or make a swimsuit from recycled materials. We are here to pass on and share inspiration through history, creative energy, problem solving, and recycling/reusing.


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- Written by Sandra Lee
The Coxey Building Ruins, one of the centerpieces of Ariel-Foundation Park, were originally built to be a steel-casting plant. The building's namesake, Jacob Coxey, made waves when he built the huge factory complex in the early 1900s, but it never became the booming steel plant he envisioned. Instead, after Coxey's brief and failed attempt at steel casting, the building became the home of the Mount Vernon branch of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. At its peak, the PPG factory was one of the area's major employers, with entire families, including many Belgian immigrants, working to shape and cut glass together.
Proximity to readily available natural gas and fine sand made the factory the perfect place for glassmaking, and it was here that a new process of glassmaking, called the Pennvernon process, was invented. This process, in which glassmakers pulled ribbons of molten glass through rollers up to three stories high, dominated glassmaking globally from its invention in 1925 until the 1970s. In the 1950s, a new and more efficient process of glassmaking, called "Float Glass," was invented and eventually replaced the Pennvernon process as the dominant way of making glass. Unable to adapt to this new glassmaking process, the factory was forced to close in 1976. What remains of the 89,250-square foot building today are a few crumbling walls and three elevator shafts, but the legacy of the industry it represents is alive and well in Ariel-Foundation Park.


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall BC, Second Floor
One difficulty in the routine analysis of fine root diameter response to environmental stimuli is the lack of scanners with resolutions above 189 p mm-1 (4800 dpi). A 10% change in diameter of a 0.1 mm diameter root is 0.01 mm or 2 pixels at 189 p mm-1. Because of innate variability, images need to have a resolution that has a 4 pixel shift when a 10% change occurs (i.e. 378 p mm-1 or better). Some pasture grasses have fine roots in the 30 micron diameter range, requiring resolutions of 1324 p mm-1 or a relative pixel size of 0.8 micron. We have achieved a resolution of 1600 p mm-1 by coupling a computer controlled stepper motor X-Y-Z system to a Zeiss dissecting microscope and a 14 Mp digital camera. The system can be programmed to do image slicing, thus providing high resolution images of three-dimensional objects without depth of field artifacts.


ICU Processes and Procedures
ICU Release Version Number Policy
ICU version number consists of up to four digits separated by dot.
 - First two digits are used for major release number. Major release numbers for C and J are always synchronized.
 - Even number at the second digit indicates an official release (e.g. 4.2)
 - Odd number at the second digit indicates a development release (e.g. 4.3.1) for next major release.
 - Third digit in an official release number indicates a maintenance update which is applicable to both C and J.
 - Incremented only when C and J have common changes, such as CLDR update.
 - For example, CLDR 1.7.1 changes are integrated into ICU4C 4.2.1 and ICU4J 4.2.1.
 - Third digit in a development release number indicates a milestone
 - ICU4C 4.3.1 -> ICU4C 4.4 development milestone 1
 - Fourth digit in an official release number indicates a maintenance update only applicable to either C or J.
 - For example, ICU4C resolved some platform specific build issues and no equivalent changes in J.
Ticket Life Cycle
Here is a description of the life cycle of an ICU Trac ticket, a feature request or a bug report, from initial submittal through implementation and review to release.
Feature Proposals and Design
 1. All API design proposals (for any additions and changes) must be proposed on the icu-design mailing list.
 2. The proposal email itself must include: (See the template subpage)
 1. The proposed (new or changed) API signature(s)
 2. A Trac ticket number
 3. A Suggested API reviewer
 4. A deadline for comments (usually one week from proposal).
 3. Background information in the proposal can be helpful if the topic is complex. If there is a lot of information, write a design doc.
 4. The API signature must be reviewed by someone before submitting, and the reviewer must reply to the posting.
 5. In the ICU core team meeting, we have a regular agenda item to confirm recent API proposals (before or after code submission). Here we confirm that someone has reviewed it and no one objects.
 6. New/changed API that is discovered to not have proposal is withdrawn at or before the API Freeze milestone.
 7. We will try to write a tool to find API additions. The idea is to add a text file to the repository with expected additions/changes, and to check the actual set of APIs against that.
 8. There should not be major API additions after the API Slush milestone. Small additions (for example, new methods on existing classes) should be ok.
 9. Major functionality/new API or disruptive changes need to be implemented on a branch. The API there must be reviewed and confirmed before merging it to the trunk.
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Design Documents
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I have send an Encrypted email to Lotus notes in-box, If I access that email from my local Its giving true, If the same email is running different system Its giving false. Is it setting issue? My code look like logger.debug("This Email is encrypted? "+document.isEncrypted()); my Local logger is printing "This Email is encrypted? true" If i run the same email form some other system its printing "This Email is encrypted? false" This is the document properties. Field Name: Encrypt. Data Type: Text Data Length: 1 bytes Seq Num: 1 Dup Item ID: 0 Field Flags: SUMMARY
I don't know My code is behaving differently in different places.
Thanks for the help.
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The isEncrypted() property is not related to the Encrypt field. That field is just a UI switch. The isEncrypted() property is based on the $Seal item, or on SMIME content if the message is in MIME format.
There are two questions that are probably related to what you are seeing:
 - Are you using two different Notes ID files to read the message?
 - Are you using the same version of Lotus Notes on both systems?
If you open an encrypted message in the Notes API, and your current Notes ID file contains the correct private key to decrypt the message, then the message is automatically decrypted. This happens in a layer down below the LotusScrpt and Java APIs, so these APIs see that the document is not encrypted and return false. But apparently IBM changed this in version 8.5.2. Here's a link that reports that in 8.5.2 the isEncrypted() will return true. It seems that IBM has fixed the code so that it now knows the right answer even though the automatic decryption was already done.
And of course, if you open an encrypted message in the Notes API using a Notes ID file that doesn't contain the correct private key to decrypt the message, IsEncrypted() will always return true.
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Thanks for replying Richard. I am using same notes id for reading the message. Yes there is two different versions. I am using lotus 8.5 and my testing system has lotus 8.0 on that. Is it version issue? – Sarma Oct 1 '12 at 16:55
This post on the IBM DeveloperWorks forum indicates that it is not a version problem until 8.5.2: www-10.lotus.com/ldd/nd85forum.nsf/… – Richard Schwartz Oct 1 '12 at 19:22
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Tristan - Meaning of Tristan, What does Tristan mean?
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Tristan - Meaning of Tristan
What does Tristan mean?
Meaning of the name Tristan
[ 2 syll. tris-tan, tr-ist-an ] The baby boy name Tristan is pronounced in English as TRIHS-TahN or in French as TRiyS-TAON †. Tristan is used chiefly in the English, French, German, Romanian, and Welsh languages, and its origin is Celtic. Drystan (Celtic) is an original form of Tristan. The name is derived from either the Celtic 'drest' (meaning din, riot, tumult), or else from the Latin 'tristis' via Old French. The form Tristram was first adopted by English speakers in the early 12th century, famous from the hero of the Celtic folklore tale of tragic romance between Tristram and Isolde. Tristram was a Cornish knight, one of the most noble of King Arthur's Round Table, while Isolde was an Irish princess; they fell in love with each other after unintentionally drinking a love potion meant for Isolde and her fiance, King Mark of Cornwall. The Old French derivation from 'tristis' is associated with the tragic nature of the legend. The legend was later retold in many notable works, including Lord Tennyson's poems Idylls of the King (1859), and Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde (1865), further promoting the popularity of the name. The name Trista (English) is the female form of Tristan.
Tristan is a widely used name; it has 32 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Trestan, Trestin, Treston, Trestton, Trisan, Trisden, Trist, Tristain, Tristam, Tristán, Triste, Tristen, Tristian, Tristin, Triston, Tristram (used in Welsh too), Tristran, Tristrand, Tristyn, Trys, Tryst, Trysten, Trystian, Trystin, Trystn, Tryston, and Trystram. The contraction Tris, and the variant spelling Trystan (used in Welsh too) are other English forms. Drystan (Welsh), Tristano (Italian), and Tristão (Portuguese) are foreign variants of Tristan.
Tristan is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 1996 with 0.273% of baby boys being given the name Tristan. It ranked at #68 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2015, its usage was 0.192% and its ranking #101, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2015, 9 times more boys were named Tristan than the next most popular name, Tristen. Tristan has mostly been a baby boy name, though in the past century it has also been used for girls. In 2002, the name Tristan was given to 13 times as many baby boys than girls.
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The Gopher applied positive jing in battle in concurrence with Toph's utilization of neutral jing.
Jing is a term that describes the myriad of options toward which one can direct his or her energy, both internally and externally. According to Bumi, they correspond to tactics and strategies in battle.[1]
Known types
According to Bumi, there are, at least technically, eighty-five distinct types or "degrees" of jing, although only the main three have been mentioned:
 - Positive jing, corresponding to advancing or attacking.
 - Negative jing, corresponding to retreating or evading.
 - Neutral jing, corresponding to waiting and listening, or, as Bumi described it, "doing nothing".[1]
Positive jing
Octopus form
The octopus form is one of the many techniques in waterbending that allows waterbenders to maintain a balance between positive and negative jing.
Positive jing is an aggressive expression of chi. As such, it complements the more aggressive tactics of firebenders during combat. Firebenders typically prefer action to inaction or conflict avoidance, relying heavily on preemptive strikes to overwhelm their opponents with sheer power. These positive jing attributes are also found in the attitudes and personalities that are common among the people of the Fire Nation.
Negative jing
Negative jing is mostly exercised in airbending, reflecting the Air Nomads' pacifistic lifestyle and their philosophy that all life is sacred; they assert that fighting is only to be used as a last resort when conflict cannot be avoided.[2] Airbenders are more mobile fighters compared to earthbenders and possess a highly dynamic fighting style; to "avoid and evade" is recognized as a typical airbender tactic.[3]
In the case of waterbending, common maneuvers involve following the moon and the ocean's example of "push and pull".[4] As such, waterbenders will alternate between and maintain a balance of both positive and negative jing in combat, allowing them to turn defense into offense as they use their opponent's force against them while conserving their own.
Neutral jing
Toph's vision
Seismic sense is a specialized technique under earthbending which utilizes concepts involved with neutral jing.
Neutral jing is stated to be the key to earthbending. Fundamentally, neutral jing involves listening, though seemingly doing nothing, and waiting for the right moment to strike. When in combat, earthbenders are more stationary combatants, usually waiting for their opponent to come to them, while standing their ground and meeting their opponents' attacks head-on, before delivering a deadly strike of their own. Neutral jing forms the basis of true earthbending, and is the concept used by the first earthbenders, the badgermoles. The idea is also fundamental in seismic sense, a perceptive fighting style used by select benders, one of whom was Toph.[5]
As highlighted, someone who has mastered neutral jing is someone who waits and listens before striking. Bumi relied on neutral jing while earthbending, to the extent that he refused to flee Omashu even when Aang came to his rescue. His desire to wait for an opportune moment to strike was initially baffling to his soldiers and to Aang, although the Avatar later accepted Bumi's decision.[1] The monarch eventually freed himself during the Day of Black Sun, recognizing it as the precise moment to strike as his captors were defenseless without their firebending.[2]
Discussion about the concept of jing between Avatar Aang and King Bumi:
"I don't understand. Why didn't you free yourself? Why did you surrender when Omashu was invaded? What's the matter with you, Bumi?"
"Listen to me, Aang. There are options in fighting, called jing. It's a choice of how you direct your energy..."
"I know! There's positive jing when you're attacking, and negative jing when you're retreating!"
"... and neutral jing when you do nothing!"
"There are
three jings?"
"Well, technically, there are eighty-five, but let's just focus on the third. Neutral jing is the
key to earthbending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike."
"That's why you surrendered, isn't it?"
"Yes, and it's why I can't leave now."
"I guess I need to find someone else to teach me earthbending."
"Your teacher will be someone who has mastered neutral jing. You need to find someone who waits and listens before striking.
Aang and Bumi.[1]
 - Jīng or Jīn (勁) means "power" or "energy" in Chinese.
 - Knowledge of jing seems to have been well known or was at least common knowledge prior to the Hundred Year War, as Aang and Bumi seem to understand its ideas with relative ease, while many modern earthbenders fail to exhibit knowledge of the concept.
 - The concept of jing, while it can be reflected as the differences of options open to a person in battle, actually also corresponds to all aspects of a person's life and not just on the battlefield.
 - A parallel to the series' concept of jing would be the "fight or flight" response in psychology; certain personality types are more inclined to act in accordance to a particular jing.
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Say you are a Chinese woodworker and, during your seven years of apprenticeship you have made a full set of tools. Because much of your work will be on site, you will have to find yourself a toolbox to carry your tools around.
Introduction to Chinese Toolboxes
On first sight toolboxes are simply boxes to hold and transport tools. Upon further inspection one quickly realizes that toolboxes are fairly complicated tools that must meet many often conflicting requirements. On one hand tooboxes must store and protect tools while they are not in use on the other hand, the tools must be easily accessible in the toolbox such that the work of the woodworker is not slowed down.
Much of the work of a Chinese woodworker was done on site. Cabinet makers (including their apprentice) were hired for a few weeks or months, ate and literally lived in the home of the contractor while working on the furniture. For that reason Chinese woodworkers had to carry their tools to the respective job site. In other words the Chinese toolbox had to be light and small enough to be transported to the jobsite as well as containing a complete set of tools.
History of Chinese Toolboxes
Chinese toolboxes have been around since professional woodworkers have been around. Obviously there is a need to carry an extended set of tools from one jobsite to another. In contrast to Western woodworkers where toolboxes at times became a purpose in itself, Chinese toolboxes never seem to have been elevated to that level.
Types of Chinese Toolboxes
Old prints of Chinese cabinetmakers at work often show tools that peek out of a woven bamboo basket.
The toolbox that I have seen in use at Liu Shifu's shop was a wooden box that contained all his tools with exception of the frame saws.
Liu Shifu's toolbox is not dissimilar to a Western toolbox. Compared to Western toolboxes Liu Shifu's toolbox is relatively small box. The box has a hinged lid that opens the top and a small drawer in the front and a handle on each side. The box has a padlock on it's front.
The lid of the toolbox has a simple bar that holds ten chisels in place. Two wide board divide the main box into two layers. Removing the front board shows that the drawer slides on two L-shaped rail.
The lid is well fitted to the box. As typical for Chinese carpentry corners are mitered. It is not clear what joinery was used to assemble the toolbox. It could also not be determined what type of hinges were used to fit the lid to the box.
Altogether the toolbox appears to be well-worn. It is very likely that Liu Shifu designed and built this box for his own use possibly from left over wood.
With the exception of the top edge of the box, Liu Sifu has as no moldings, carvings or other adornments of any kind. It is a simple well-executed box that is build for a single purpose: storing the tools of a professional woodworker.
Usage of Chinese Toolboxes
As mentioned in the introduction, much of Chinese furniture was built at the customer's location. A major advantage of Chinese woodworking tools over American tools is that almost all woodworking tools had wooden bodies and hence much less weight than American tools. It is truly impressive how many tools Liu Shifu was able to store in a, by American standards, small toolbox. Although Liu Shifu seems to work mainly out of his shop, it is conceivable that he uses his toolbox to perform repair work in the field.
Modern Chinese Toolboxes
Given the similarity between Liu Shifu's traditional toolbox and equivalent toolboxes in the West, I would not be surprised if there is very little difference between contemporary Chinese toolboxes and Western toolboxes. In fact, it appears to be very likely that a large percentage of modern Western toolboxes are manufactured in Chinese factories.
Chinese Toolboxes in the West
The similarity between Liu Shifu's toolbox and Western toolboxes is indeed striking. But it is completely unclear if this similarity is simply coincidence or if Western woodworkers adapted for and function of Chinese toolboxes. Of course we don't have any information how traditional Liu Shifu's toolbox is. In addition the history of Chinese toolboxes is completely unclear. Lastly, it is certainly conceivable that Chinese woodworkers adapted Western designs for their toolboxes.
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Introduction: Women's rights refer to freedom at all ages and its separation from more general rights such as human rights is according to a theory that is recognized for all human beings at birth, but advocates for women's rights show that for some reason women and girls outnumber men These rights are excluded and include physical integrity and autonomy, labor rights, property rights, education rights, guardianship rights, and other rights. In this article, the purpose is causal-comparative and comparative study of physical rights. The society of bad girls and runaway girls is in District 4 of Tehran.
Methods: In the present study, with the sample size using the available sampling method, 60 people were selected according to the objectives and hypothesis of the research. 30 belonging to the group of abused girls (due to poor economic and cultural conditions, unemployed father and finally the violent behavior of one parent with the child) and 30 fugitive girls (kept in the centers). In this study, a questionnaire of feeling lonely by Russell, Pilva and Cortona (1980); The body image questionnaire of Bron, Kash and Mulka (1990) and the Tuckman Negligence Questionnaire (1991) were administered to the sample group. In this study, the collected data after analysis in SPSS24 software were analyzed based on descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance).
Results: The results showed that the effect of the group on the scores obtained from the questionnaire of loneliness, body image and procrastination is significant; This means that there is a significant difference between the scores of these variables between the subjects of the two groups (abused girls and runaway girls).
Conclusion: Also, the mean of variables of total loneliness and procrastination in abused girls was higher than the runaway girls group, and the body image variables of the abused girls group were lower than the runaway girls group. A large number of girls have been subjected to physical, psychological, etc. violence in the family, so in this regard, counseling and social support measures should be taken for these women by the authorities and the government.


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This simple thing never clicked for me before I saw it on Reddit: In many keyboard shortcuts on Windows and MacOS, adding the shift key makes the shortcut do the opposite of what it normally does.
A few examples (On a Mac, replace ctrl or alt with cmd):
 - ctrl-z = undo; shift-ctrl-z = redo
 - space = page down; shift-space = page up
 - ctrl-tab (same on Mac) = next tab; shift-ctrl-tab = last tab
 - alt-tab = next app; shift-alt-tab = last app
 - ctrl-t = open new tab; shift-ctrl-t = re-open last closed tab
You'll notice that on almost any shortcut for moving around, you can add shift to move in the opposite direction.
Sometimes shift puts a different twist on the action:
 - ctrl-n = new file/document/item; shift-ctrl-n = new folder/smart item
 - ctrl-v = paste; shift-ctrl-v = strip formatting and paste (great for moving text between documents and emails)
 - ctrl-r = refresh; shift-ctrl-r = refresh really hard
So add shift to your favorite keyboard shortcuts, and do everything backward in heels.
Just a note that shift-ctrl-v doesn't work in Office apps. You have to use ctrl-alt-v and select "unformatted" (or whatever the equivalent language is) to strip the formatting.
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SOOS Natural reserve
The SOOS natural reserve with its peat bogs and moors is the home of a number of endangered species of plants and animals. The mud volcanoes (mofettas or fumaroles) and mineral springs and gases emergences are another point of interest. Get enchanted by the intact nature.
There is a 1200 metres long educational path leading through the SOOS reserve on wooden walkways. The walk will widen your knowledge of zoology, botany and geology.
What you will see in SOOS:
- Well-preserved peat bogs and their biotopes
- Gas emergences and hot mineral springs
- Mud volcanoes (mofettas or fumaroles)
- Rare plant species
- Endangered animal species
If you plan to take a trip to the SOOS reserve or the other places of interest of Western Bohemia you can take advantage of the services of the Bohemia Hotel: comfortable accommodation, excellent restaurant, wellness services, arrangement of a guide for your trips to the vicinity etc.
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Apple has swiftly addressed a security vulnerability in its recently launched mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro, by releasing visionOS 1.0.2. This update focuses on fixing a vulnerability in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other web applications. The identified bug, officially tracked as CVE-2024-23222, could potentially enable malicious code to execute on affected devices. Apple had previously addressed this vulnerability in iOS 17.3 for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple TV, highlighting the widespread nature of the issue across its product ecosystem. However, it's worth noting that no patches were provided for the Apple Watch.
While the security patch was released promptly, there is no immediate clarity on whether the vulnerability was actively exploited, specifically targeting the Vision Pro headset. Apple has not disclosed information about potential malicious activity or the identity of those exploiting the vulnerability. WebKit vulnerabilities are often targeted by malicious actors, such as spyware developers, seeking to exploit weaknesses to gain access to the device's operating system and the user's personal data. These vulnerabilities can be exploited when users visit a compromised website or use an in-app browser.
The rapid release of a security patch underscores Apple's commitment to addressing potential threats promptly, particularly as it launches innovative products like the Vision Pro. As technology advances, ensuring the security of mixed reality and augmented reality devices becomes increasingly critical to safeguard user privacy and prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information. Apple's proactive approach in releasing security updates for its latest hardware reflects the ongoing challenge of staying ahead of potential security threats in the dynamic landscape of modern technology. Users are encouraged to apply the visionOS 1.0.2 update to mitigate the identified vulnerability and enhance the security posture of their Vision Pro devices.


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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishturmoiltur‧moil /ˈtɜːmɔɪl $ ˈtɜːr-/ ●○○ noun [singular, uncountable] CONFUSEDa state of confusion, excitement, or anxietypolitical/emotional/economic/religious etc turmoil the prospect of another week of political turmoilin (a) turmoil Ashley gazed at him, her thoughts in turmoil.
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turmoilOur arrangements are thrown into complete turmoil.He shivered, his thoughts in turmoil, his pulse racing.But he must have endured more mental turmoil as his rookie replacement lit up White Hart Lane.The big thing actually seemed happy to have caused so much turmoil and confusion.They did so again amid the turmoil caused by the collapse of Soviet power in 1991.The earliest had left their homeland during the turmoil of its unification.In the midst of this turmoil, life on the surface at Holy Trinity went on much as it always had.political/emotional/economic/religious etc turmoilThis new party was briefly banned for arousing political turmoil that led to street insurrections in October 1993.He was beginning to feel as if he had just switched roller-coasters - from one set of emotional turmoil to another.In addition to their own emotional turmoil, parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.But the political turmoil that landed her father in prison prevented her from returning home.It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose.Yet all this faded into insignificance when compared to the political turmoil it was causing.Beyond the political confusion, there were other factors that wrought economic turmoil in the wake of partitioning the country.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Jay go to Williamsburg?
(a) To get local news.
(b) To arrange a mortgage.
(c) To buy jewelry.
(d) To sell tobacco.
2. What can Mack tell about Lizzie when he sees her riding her horse?
(a) She has been beaten.
(b) She has never been on a horse before.
(c) She is an expert rider.
(d) She is pregnant.
3. The Jamissons decide to let Mack ________________.
(a) Marry Sara.
(b) Die.
(c) Be tortured.
(d) Escape.
4. In what country does the novel primarily take place?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Austria.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Germany.
5. Why does Lizzie want to call off the wedding to Jay?
(a) She realizes that the man she really loves is Robert.
(b) Jamisson people have been investigating the coal on Hallim land.
(c) She needs more time to think about the marriage.
(d) She found out that Jay has been secretly seeing her best friend.
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Driver CPC to be monitored for unnecessary repeat training
Following a review of CPC training for drivers as a requirement of EU Directive 2018/645, adopted by the government, and recommendations from the European Commission, the DVSA are to monitor the 35 hours periodic training requirement to ensure there are no unnecessary specific training repeated.
To ensure continued professional development, knowledge of continued safe driving and road safety, training undertaken should benefit drivers and their jobs. Drivers records will be monitored to identify training that does not support professional development. The result could be action that includes revocation of the Driver Qualification Card (DQC) where unnecessary repeat training is identified.
DVSA will only allow repeated specific training if it supports a drivers development, giving an example as 'more than one day's training being required to maintain the qualification to drive dangerous goods'. They will be working with training bodies to ensure repeat training is not delivered unless it is necessary for a drivers professional development.


Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance for Slovenia
Improving the Governance of Adult Learning
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A well-coordinated adult learning system will be essential to support the achievement of Slovenia's long-term development goals. The transformational effects of globalisation, technological progress and demographic change on life at work and outside of it amplify the importance of getting adults' skills right.
OECD research shows that individuals, employers and society benefit from adults having higher levels of skills. Slovenia has achieved significant improvements in student performance and tertiary attainment in recent decades. Yet today, many adults in Slovenia have only low levels of basic skills. Participation in adult learning remains below Slovenia's targets, especially for low-skilled, unemployed and older adults, and workers in small businesses. Against the backdrop of a growing economy and awareness about the importance of skills, Slovenia's government, social partners and stakeholders have a unique opportunity to improve how they share responsibility and work together in the adult learning system.
This report outlines how Slovenia can strengthen the enabling conditions for co-operation, co-operation between specific actors (ministries, municipalities and stakeholders), and co-operation on specific challenges (promotion and financing). It recommends eight actions that government, social partners and stakeholders can take to strengthen co-ordination and co-operation, in order to improve participation, outcomes and cost-effectiveness in adult learning.
Priority challenges in adult learning requiring co-operation
In Slovenia, as in other OECD countries, two complex challenges facing the adult-learning system are: motivating more adults to learn and appropriately funding adult learning effectively and efficiently. Having strengthened the "enabling conditions" for co-operation (Chapter 2) and improved co-operation between specific actors (Chapter 3), Slovenia should take a more co-ordinated approach to addressing these two challenges as a priority. This chapter presents each of these priority areas in turn with 1) an overview of the current arrangements, roles and responsibilities; 2) a discussion of the opportunities for improvement; 3) examples of good practice from Slovenia and abroad; and 4) recommended actions to better address these two challenges, in order to boost adults' learning and skills.
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text: When you get your electricity bill, the chances are high that you look at the total cost first. Most likely, you stop at that and don't bother examining the number of kilowatt-hours (kWh) you've consumed. Maybe you don't even know what those numbers mean and what's the difference between a kW and a kWh. Well, you're not alone. Many people, including some who work in the energy industry, don't know what a kilowatt is (kW) is, more so how it differs from kilowatt-hours(kWh). Some think the two are the same. They're not. If you want to get a grasp of where your utility bases the amount you pay for your energy bills, this article might be of help.


Workday Adaptive Planning Knowledge Center
FAQs for Sheets
How-to: Configure parameters that automatically update
Yes, you can do this by linking together your time parameters. You can link any time element, except for timespan, to a single period parameter.
Example: You have a report with three segments with separate time parameters that you want to set up so that update automatically changing one parameter will automatically update the other parameters.
To link parameters:
 1. Drag and drop the first time element to the parameter bar
 2. Then, drag and drop the other two time elements on top of the first parameter
 3. After adding the parameters, right-click on the Period parameter to verify that the elements are connected
 In Parameter Settings, several dynamic time options are available when you scroll to the top of the Initial Choice setting such as current month and last actuals month.
How-to: Calculate percent of sales for an account
You can use the Display as Percent report element to display results for multiple accounts.
Example: You have a revenue account called Book Sales want to know what Book COGS is as a percentage of Book Sales.
To calculate percent of sales:
 1. Click Display As and add the % of Account element to your report
 2. Right-click on the newly added % of Account element and select the Book Sales account as the denominator for the calculation
 3. Add any account that you want to see as % of Book Sales
How-to: Create a subtotal for different time periods from different versions
You can use the Custom Display As element to create a subtotal.
Example: You want to create a subtotal using the first six months a budget version and the last six months of a forecast version. Assuming that your report already has 2 segments set up (#1 first 6 months for the budget version and #2 last 6 months for the forecast version), we can set up a third segment that will contain our calculations for the subtotal.
To create a Custom subtotal:
 1. Add a new segment
 2. From the Calculations menu, add a Difference element to the new segment
 3. In the Difference Options, include the two versions that you want to use for the subtotal and make sure to offset the Subtract Version 6 months Backwards
 4. From the Calculations menu, add a Custom Calculation element below the difference element in the segment that sums the last 6 months
 - Because the difference element is offset, it will sum the first 6 months with the last 6 months
 5. From the Display As menu, add a Custom element to the bottom of the segment and include the formula below where "offset version" is the version offset in the Difference element
 - if(this.version.name = "offset version", -ACCT.this, ACCT.this)
In the steps above, we are using a workaround to make the difference element a sum instead. The reason we use the difference is because it allows us to operate with 2 different versions in a single calculation, where as it is impossible, currently, to formulaically refer to values in another version from you current version.
How-to: Create a variance between two different versions and time periods
You can create a report that shows the variance between Budget 2020 version for FY2020 and Budget 2021 version for FY2021 by offsetting the time for one of the versions forward or backward.
To create the report:
 1. Place both the Budget 1 and Budget 2 versions in one segment
 2. Add a 2020 Time element to the segment or Filter
 3. Right-click on the Budget 2 version and select Properties
 4. Shift the version forward by 12 months.
 - By shifting the time forward, the Budget 2 version will display data for 2021 when the Budget 2 version is displaying data for 2020
 5. Add a Difference element next to the versions.
 6. Right-click on the Difference element, select Properties and verify that the Difference element is creating the proper variance and that the Budget 2 version is shifted forward by 12 months.
The resulting report should give you 3 columns: one for Budget 2020, one for Budget 2021, and one for the variance between the two versions.
How-to: Remove total rows for accounts
Totals can't be removed for a parent account in Report Properties. When the option to "Show totals at bottom" is checked in Report Properties, the total for the parent account will be shown as a row at the bottom of the rollup. When you uncheck "Show totals at bottom," the totals will appear in the same row as the parent account at the top of the rollup. As a workaround to remove totals, you can remove totals by dragging each account to the report builder separately.
To remove totals:
 1. From Design Elements, add a custom header to the report, right-click to select Properties, and update the label to represent the parent account
 2. Drag and drop the accounts that rollup to the parent account that we didn't add to the report to prevent displaying its total
How-to: Reverse the sign for non-GL accounts in Reports
Because the reverse sign feature in reports only applies to GL accounts, you can use a custom calculation to reverse the sign for non-GL accounts in a matrix report.
Example 1:
 - Formula -1*ACCT.Example
 - Translation: Multiplies the account by -1 to reverse the sign for the account
Example 2:
 - Formula: if([Budget]<[Actuals], div(([Budget]-[Actuals])/[Actuals])*-1, div(([Budget]-[Actuals])/[Actuals]))
 - Translation: If the Budget value is less than Actuals, then take the variance and multiple by negative one, otherwise just take the variance
How-to: Create a rolling 12 month average report