Microsoft has purchased Perceptive Pixel, a developer of large multi-touch displays, Microsoft announced today.
Perceptive Pixel already makes an 82-inch multi-touch surface that runs Windows 8. It's typically touted as a surface that's good for businesses.
For example, whenever you see a live video report on CNN, the multi-touch displays they use are made by Perceptive Pixel.
The surface can detect dozens of points of contact — from fingers, or styluses or pens.
There's still no word on how expensive the device will cost.
"We have to work on affordability," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said.
The surface is being touted as something that's powered by Microsoft Office, where you can edit documents, draw on a virtual whiteboard or interact with other Microsoft Office apps.


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Does an accelerated charge always radiate? For example the current electrons in an electric circuit when moving through a turn they are accelerated, do they radiate because of that acceleration?
 1. If the answer is no, then why not?
 2. If the answer is yes, then how small the radiation is?
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Can you clarify that you're talking about synchrotron or cyclotron radiation? – endolith Aug 12 '11 at 21:50
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An individual electron going around the loop would of course radiate. However, if we have a constant current going around the loop, there are many electrons and their individual radiations cancel each other, so there is no net radiation. They balance each other out. We can show their is no net radiation by solving Maxwell's equations on the net current, which is constant.
There would be some transient radiation when you change the current. Also, in the real world, there would be some infinitesimal radiation due to the fact that the current won't truly be constant at the microscopic level, i.e. because of Johnson noise etc.
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I do not understand how individual radiations of many electrons would cancel each other. How can we show this using Maxwell's equations, is this a standard calculation or something? Pointing out some textbook in which this is explained (or even listed as an exercise) would be greatly appreciated and helpful. – Revo Aug 10 '11 at 19:20
Well, you can formally prove it using vector potentials and Green functions, if you are comfortable with those. However for a more intuitive take, consider a single electron going around in a loop. His total vector acceleration averaged over the loop must be zero. Now imagine many identical electrons spread around the loop; the total vector acceleration for all electrons at any instant must be the same as the loop-average for a single electron, i.e. zero. Since radiation is proportional the charge times acceleration, they cancel. – user1631 Aug 10 '11 at 19:58
Hmmm, that means a current in a superconducting ring will fade away by radiation? – Revo Aug 10 '11 at 20:11
A "shut up and calculate" way to prove that a ring with current produces no electromagnetic waves is to solve Maxwell's equations for this configuration of electric currents. Thankfully, the solution for a loop with current in infinite space is readily available. It can be found in any physics textbook under "magnetostatics", along with a sketch of magnetic field lines curling around the wire. This solution is unique. No time varying magnetic or electric fields in this solution. Therefore, no electromagnetic waves. – drlemon Aug 10 '11 at 20:35
Without appealing to Green's functions and other esoterica, an easy way to see that it doesn't radiate is that since there is no time-variation in the currents, there is no parameter that would set the frequency of the waves. You might think that the period would equal the time required for an electron to go once around the circuit, but that would be different for different types of wire because of the different drift velocities. Maxwell's equations don't have velocity in them, only current. (The time to drift around the circuit is also ~1 s, so the frequency would be ~1 Hz!) – Ben Crowell Aug 10 '11 at 20:56
Generally speaking, accelerated charges radiate. For the case of a current in a wire, the acceleration is so small that the radiation is hard or impossible to detect.
For example, consider 1 amp traveling down a wire of radius 1mm. How fast do the electrons move? To solve this we need to know the number of mobile charge carriers per unit volume and a few constants. The answer is $v = $ 2 meters per day. You can convert this speed into an acceleration using the formula $a = v^2/R$ where $R$ is the radius of curvature of the corner. It is a very small number.
For comparison, the radiation that makes it so difficult to speed up electrons in a collider experiment comes from electrons that are traveling essentially at the speed of light.
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Yeah that is the intuitive answer I had in mind, electrons in a current loop radiate but the radiation is infinitesimally small because the drift velocity is infinitesimally small. – Revo Aug 10 '11 at 22:20
The answer by user1631 is also correct (I believe), but only applies to constant currents. In a synchrotron, the currents are not constant but instead come as pulses. – Carl Brannen Aug 10 '11 at 22:30
There are a couple of problems with this answer. One is that the drift velocity is not universal, as you seem to be claiming; it depends on the material. The other is that it is possible to make the acceleration as large as desired simply by making v large and/or making R small. Even with large a, there is no radiation, but your answer makes it sound as though there is. – Ben Crowell Aug 11 '11 at 14:50
_USER_; I keep going back and forth on this. First, I never said drift velocity is universal; I did the calculation with copper because this is common for circuits. Second, if you make v large enough you end up with synchrotron radiation. But I agree that if the - charges of the electrons are exactly cancelled by the + charges of the metal then there is no radiation of this sort. But an exact cancellation is not compatible with a change in the current; for the usual metals, one must have voltage to have current and this implies that the + and - charges did not cancel exactly. – Carl Brannen Aug 11 '11 at 16:33
I'm feeling really doubtful of my arguments here and would appreciate a critique so that I can go ahead and delete the answer. – Carl Brannen Aug 12 '11 at 17:30
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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing, Germany willl soon be showing off a new deep learning software that is able to measure the size of tumors undergoing treatment and detect new metastases that may otherwise be overlooked.
What's particularly interesting here is not how it outlines tumors, but that it improves its accuracy the more patient CT and MRI scans that it sees. In a test of the software using 149 scans of patient livers, the software kept getting better at outlining the relevant features.
"Our program package increases confidence during tumor measurement and follow-up," said Mark Schenk from the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing in a published statement. "The software can, for example, determine how the volume of a tumor changes over time and supports the detection of new tumors."
The details of the research will be presented at the RSNA 2016 annual meeting at the end of November in Chicago, Illinois.


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Why Does Wine Go Bad and How Long Opened Wine Lasts
One of the most common questions that I get from students in my Introduction to Wine classes is about bad wine. People want to know, why does wine go bad, how do you know if a wine has gone bad, and can you do anything to prevent it?
Why Does Wine Go Bad?
There are lots of reasons a wine can go bad. Poor bottling, microbial contamination and storage problems are just the beginning. Each of these issues has specific signs to look for, which makes it easier to tell a wine that's gone bad from a wine that's just not to your taste.
Signs of Bad Wine
- Smells like barnyard, sweaty horse, Band-Aids or manure: Brettanomyces, aka "Brett", in sommelier shorthand, is a bacteria that, in small doses, is not necessarily unpleasant. Left unchecked, wine becomes undrinkable.
- Tastes like sauerkraut: Lactic acid bacteria gone wild gives this nose-wrinkling smell.
- Has a strong vinegar quality: This is the smell of volatile acidity and acetic acid, which usually develops in wine after exposure to oxygen. But rogue yeasts can create this flaw in the winery.
- Has a damp basement, moldy cardboard, or wet dog odor: A sign of TCA contamination, aka "cork taint". TCA stands for 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole, which is a harmless, potent-smelling compound that most often occurs when chlorine-based cleaners come into contact with wood. Even in minute amounts (as in parts per trillion), it can affect the way a wine smells and tastes. If present in a barrel or winery equipment, entire lots of wine can be affected– meaning the cork is not always the culprit.
- Smells of rotten eggs, onions, cabbage: Wines that got too little oxygen during the winemaking process can develop volatile sulfur compounds, including ones called mercaptans. There's no mistaking this flaw, even if you've never smelled a rotten egg. These wines are said to be "reduced," meaning it was fermented without enough oxygen. Fortunately, this flaw often disappears shortly after the wine is opened. If it doesn't, you can add something copper to your glass (such as a pre-1982 penny), which reacts with sulfur compounds and can magically eliminate the stinky smell.
- Tastes like chemicals: A flawed fermentation can give off a strong paint thinner or acetone scent. Sadly, nothing can help make a wine with this flaw taste better.
- Looks dull and brownish; smells bitter, nutty or like balsamic vinegar: If you detect any of these symptoms, you're encountering oxidized wine, probably from a faulty closure. Oxygen seeped in and ruined it. Oxidation happens eventually to all opened wine.
- The appearance of fizz or bubbles in a still wine: Whoops, your wine has started to re-ferment. Someone bottled a wine without sterilization, and the yeasts began munching on leftover sugar.
- You notice the cork pushing up past the bottle rim, or a wine leak is visible on the cork: In still wines, this is a sign of heat damage. The smells and flavors of heat damage are often subtle, making a wine look and taste duller than it should. Just one day sitting in a hot delivery truck can damage a wine, even if it doesn't leave visible evidence.
A common reason that wine goes bad is that, after it was opened, no one drank it fast enough. (This is not usually a problem around my house, trust.) That's because the moment you pull the cork on a bottle, powerful chemical changes start to occur in the wine. Oxygen rushes in and sulfur dioxide, which is added to nearly all wines as a preservative, dissolves into the air.
In time-limited doses, exposure to oxygen can make a wine taste more harmonious and expressive, turning up the volume on its flavors and smoothing them out. But the clock is ticking: in as little as two days, oxidation can spoil a wine and, soon enough, this process will turn it to vinegar. First, the fruity aromas disappear, then its flavors turn dull and flat, with a sharp or bitter edge, and the color changes. White wines darken and turn brownish; reds get lighter and browner. Soon, a wine that used to smell like apples or cherries may smell like vinegar or cider.
Now that you know how oxidation affects your bottles, you're probably wondering how to extend the life of opened bottles.
How Long Opened Wine Lasts
How to store opened wine without it going bad depends on the type of wine and how you store it. The graphic below breaks it down. Generally, the lighter the wine, the faster it goes bad. Tannins in wine help preserve them as does alcohol—which is why robust reds and fortified wines last longest. Richly sweet dessert wines will also stay fresh longer than dry varietals.
My go-to method of slowing down the spoilage of opened wine—both red and white—is to decant it into as small a container as possible and stick it in the fridge. I keep a few empty half-bottles (375ml) and their corks handy for this, but any old jar will do (just make sure it doesn't still smell like kimchee or barbecue sauce or whatever you last had in your fridge). Presto! This step roughly doubles the shelf life of wine.
"Even reds?" you're asking. Yes, even reds. The bacteria that turn wine into vinegar (acetic acid, to wine chemistry geeks) feed on oxygen. By exposing the wine to less oxygen, you're starving the bacteria and slowing down spoilage. They also multiply like crazy at room temperature, so chilling the wine keeps their party to a dull roar.
Of course, there are lots of gadgets out there claiming to preserve wine, ranging from plastic vacuum pumps to spray cans of nonreactive gas. In my experience, with one giant exception, none of these make a huge difference. I recommend that, if you do pump or gas your wine, you also store it in the fridge.
The shining exception to these devices is the Coravin, which is easily the most effective—and expensive—tool ever invented to solve the problem of leftover wine. With Coravin, you don't actually open the wine at all—you extract it through the cork via a fine needle, which also pumps argon gas into the bottle as a preservative. You can dole out glasses of wine over a period of months from a bottle, with no notable difference in freshness. I've enjoyed white wines that were first poured via Coravin more than a year prior, then stored at room temperature, and they still tasted juicy and vibrant. At parties, I sometimes let guests have sips from several "Coravinned" bottles, then pick the wine they like best.
Remember: It can be tricky to decipher whether a bottle has gone bad from something that just isn't your taste. At the end of the day, if the smell and taste aren't to your liking, listen to your senses. This could be due to a poor pairing or perhaps the type of wine and where it's from just isn't pleasing your palate. At the end of the day, you should always drink wines you enjoy.
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Mismatch between wages and cost of living
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The mismatch between wages and cost of living has been a longstanding issue and it surely has no one-size-fits-all solution but we need to start somewhere at some…
Amid the challenging economic condition originated from the pandemic, many people have also been struggling to cope with cost of living which do not appear to be in the same trend with the incomes of many Malaysians as they have been severely affected due to cost-cutting measures by their employers. Therefore, this calls for a compatible and sustainable solutions.
Although inflation is trending at low levels, cost of living is said to extend beyond prices. According to the World Bank's study, the issues pertaining to cost of living include stagnant growth in incomes, elevated household debt as well as unaffordable housing.
Based on the statistics from the Department of Statistics (DOSM), mean household income at the national level grew by 4.3 per cent in the period between 2016 and 2019 whilst mean disposable income (income after current transfer deductions) went up by 4.5 per cent in the same period.
Across income groups, mean household incomes for the B40, M40 and T20 also grew throughout the same period.
But the question is, are the latest statistics reflective of the current reality, especially after the unprecedented occurrence of the pandemic?
Mean household expenditure increased by 4 per cent during the 2016-2019 period. Among all expenses, food and beverages accounts for the biggest portion at 17.3 per cent and within the income groups, B40 households allocate high share of their expenditure on food compared to those in other income groups.
But this also comes with the fact that food prices are on an increasing trend compared to other CPI items. Given that the low-income households tend to spend more on food, should food prices continue to accelerate quicker than other items, these households would certainly feel the pinch from higher inflation rate.
Additionally, household debt is at a high level — 82.7 per cent of GDP in 2019. Financial literacy amongst Malaysians is also poor, particularly among youths. Not only we have increased unemployment due to Covid-19, there is also an issue of underemployment.
When discussing about cost of living, the status of poverty should also be considered because the poor household group is the most unfortunate amongst all.
Poverty is measured using the poverty line income (PLI) whereby the concept and methodology is based on the minimum requirement of nutritional food and non-food items (clothing, housing, transportation and others) required by each household to live an active and a healthy life.
In 2019, the national PLI was revised higher from RM908 in 2016 (based on previous methodology) to RM2,208. As a result, the absolute poverty rate has jumped from 0.4 per cent in 2016 to 5.6 per cent in 2019.
But concern pertaining to this matter arise because the current PLI has not taken into account of the Covid-19 pandemic which have affected socioeconomic well-being of many.
Since then, more people have lost their jobs, have had to undertake pay-cuts or have been put on unpaid leave. Given the challenging circumstances, households might have to resort to earning side incomes or search for any possible means to make ends meet, i.e. join the informal sector.
According to the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, based on the estimates by DOSM after taking into account of the pandemic, poverty rate could be lifted by 3 per cent points from the current official 5.6 per cent.
So, we could see more than the previously-reported 405,441 households living in poverty because of the heavy blow from the crisis.
Cost of living, purchasing power and the income level of households to purchase food and non-food items at minimal level (PLI) also vary across states. The general perception is that the cost of living in the urbanised states are more expensive than the less developed states. But for some states, such might not be the case.
If we were to look at the PLI by state, Sabah and Labuan topped other states including developed ones like KL and Selangor with their high PLIs — RM2,537 and RM2,633 respectively. Poverty rate in Sabah was also the highest at 19.5 per cent.
This shows that it is also costly living in East Malaysia, not only in the big cities.
Wage gap between states is also not helpful in supporting the cost of living. An example can be taken from EMIR Research's focus group discussion in 3Q20 whereby a discussant from Sabah mentioned that there is a need to standardise salaries across the country given that the cost of living in Sabah is as high as in the urbanised cities but the salary gap is very huge!
These are the ground realities which might not be completely represented by several official statistics but they can be substantially felt by being on the ground.
Current minimum wages remain low ranging at RM1,100-RM1,200 despite the effort to remove the disparity in wages between Peninsular and East Malaysia.
Let's say a 1-person household earns RM1,200 per month and lives in Kuala Lumpur but the minimum amount of income to acquire basic necessities at minimal level is RM2,216, how would this individual live comfortably given the huge gap?
Even data has shown that labour share of income in Malaysia is much lower than some advanced economies such as Singapore and Korea. This is likely to be evident in sectors that are labour-intensive, sluggish in technological progress and dependent on low-skilled workers.
Increase in wages should be done alongside the upskilling/reskilling of workers (education) and also create more high-skilled jobs through high-value investments. That way, as skillsets of employees expand and become relevant to the demand required by industries, employees will then be able to demand for higher wages.
The mismatch between wages and cost of living has been a longstanding issue and it surely has no one-size-fits-all solution but shouldn't we start somewhere?
(Sofea Azahar is research analyst at EMIR Research, a think tank focused on strategic policy recommendations based on rigorous research.)
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Indigenous Australians continue to face extreme levels of disadvantage in living standards, life expectancy, education, literacy, health and employment. The Dot Com Mob believes that a lot of this disadvantage is caused by a widening gap in the literacy levels between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people that is perpetuated by the 'digital divide' in Australia.
The majority of Indigenous students in remote Australia do not meet the national minimum standards for reading, writing and numeracy. By the age of 15years, only 29% of Indigenous students living in remote areas are reaching the national minimum reading standard. This is compared with the national figure of 92.1% of students reaching the minimum standard (NAPLAN 2008).
Indigenous students also are half as likely as non-Indigenous students to complete Year 12. In 2006, 22 per cent of Indigenous 19 year olds in remote areas had completed year 12 compared to 57 per cent of non-indigenous 19 year olds. Only 11 per cent of Indigenous people aged 20-64 years in remote areas has a qualification of certificate III or higher, compared to 41 per cent of non-Indigenous people.
Communities in remote areas are less likely to have schools and health services and most importantly access to the internet. Only 20% of Indigenous people in remote areas have reported using the internet in the last year, whilst 67% of non-Indigenous people in remote areas reported using the Internet.
In 2006, 93 000 people lived in 1,187 discrete Indigenous communities:
- 94 per cent of these communities were in remote and very remote areas.
- 245 communities (21 per cent) had a primary school, and 40 (only 3 per cent) had a secondary school that
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Access to the Internet can overcome a lot of these disadvantages associated with geographical isolation and the Dot Com Mob is supporting initiatives that provide free public access to computers and the Internet in remote communities.
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In business, the essential part of business is the language that is used as a medium of interaction. Not only does language play an important role in a business that runs locally in a country, but it is just as important when a company goes international because if there is more than one language spoken and written in a country, what more to say if the company goes global. Thus, it is essential to conduct a business language training course whether or not the company is operating within the country or outside the country.
Language training is usually given to new employees that have just joined a company. In most countries, the essential language training would be English as most medium of business is in English. For example, Shell which is a well known oil and gas international company which has invested a lot of funds in making sure that all their employees are proficient in the English language both conversational and written context of the language and are given top notch language training for it.
Of course most companies would use English as the main medium of instruction but there are companies that originally do not use English as a medium of instruction but their own mother tongue as a means of business. This bit of information holds true for companies that are from China that uses Mandarin or Cantonese, Canadian and French companies that uses the French language, North and South America that has companies using Spanish as medium of instruction.
Once you have come to know that you will be working with a company that needs you to learn a new language, it is smart to learn the language beforehand through a proper language course. This is important because not only does it show that you are hardworking where you initiated the learning by yourself without having the company to nag you to do so but it is an advantage for you once you arrive to that country. The upperhand of receiving a language course before you go to that country is that you will be able to talk to the natives, read documents and signs without hassle.
The more common business language training given to employees that are about to be relocated to another country would be with French or Spanish. For employees that are going to be transferred to Canada or the western African continent, French courses would usually be conducted. The reason that French courses are conducted is that French is the major language spoken throughout the countries within the area and learning it would ease the transition in getting used to the new language.
Besides that, Spanish lessons are usually given as a business language training when an employee has plans to be transferred to either North or South America or western Europe. Spanish is the first language in many of these countries and it would be helpful to go around the town knowing some of the language already.
If an employee wants to be rewarded with their hard work in their French courses and Spanish lessons, they can choose to sit for examinations that is internationally recognised. The international examination for a French course is known as DELF and DELE for the Spanish lessons.
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Why Citrus Trees Are Painted White
My girlfriend and I recently drove through Arizona, and while most of it was desert, we did see a few orchards of citrus trees. However, it was odd to see that many of the tree trunks were painted white. I was curious to learn more about this, so I did a bit of research. Here's what I found.
Citrus tree trunks are painted white to reflect sunlight off the tree's bark in the winter season. This prevents the tree's sap from entering a thaw and freeze cycle that might damage the tree's tissues. The reflective paint also keeps citrus trees from becoming sunburnt in the summer.
So, using white paint on your citrus trees helps prevent damage to their tissue and trunks in the summer and winter, but should you paint your trees? If so, what's the best way to paint them? Let's take a closer look.
Should You Paint Your Citrus Trees White?
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Consider painting, or "whitewashing", your citrus trees if you live in an area that gets cold, dry, and sunny winters. The white paint will help protect the tree during extreme heat in the summer, and the freeze and thaw cycles in the winter.
To determine if you should paint your citrus tree trunks white, it's helpful to know a bit about what happens to citrus trees during freeze and thaw cycles.
Citrus tree painting is most common in desert areas like Arizona or in parts of California that have a higher elevation, where the temperature difference between day and night is enough to throw off the tree's sense of dormancy.
To better see how warm days and cold nights can damage a citrus tree, think of how you use hoses during the winter. During freezing weather, hoses generally need to be drained of all water. If there's water left inside, the hose will expand and rupture the hose from the inside-out. The same can happen with citrus trees.
When it's warm, citrus tree sap normally moves up and down its tissues. However, during freezing weather, the flowing sap will become stuck from the cold. It also expands as it freezes, which bursts plant cells and tissues.
Because of this, the citrus tree could then crack or split, which exposes the tree and increases the risk of pests or disease from bacteria or fungus.
Trees can also become dehydrated and stressed by the lack of flowing sap, as the cold and dormant roots won't provide water or nutrients to the active tissues.
This stress from infection or dehydration can stunt the citrus tree's growth or fruit production for all of the next growing season and beyond.
So, where does white paint come in?
White paint reflects the strong winter sunlight off of the citrus tree's trunk and prevents the tree from warming and waking up from its dormancy. By keeping the tree's temperature lower during the warm days, the freezing nights aren't as drastic. This prevents the tree from going through extreme internal temperature swings and protects the tissues from bursting.
Because of this, the tree remains stable and in a sort of stasis throughout the dormant, winter season.
What Else Does White Paint Protect a Citrus Tree From?
Whitewashing a citrus tree when it is young also protects the thin bark from sunscald damage, which is caused by the strong sun beating directly onto the tree bark without the protection of foliage or other shade. It's essentially a sunburn for trees.
Also, painting the trunk white adds another layer to the thin bark that can help with light physical damage, like something hitting or scraping the trunk.
Some orchardists also rely on the painted bark to help them spot borers, as their sawdust trails show up more easily on the white paint than they do on the plain bark of an unpainted tree.
Is Paint Bad for Citrus Trees?
The paints used by gardeners or orchardists are usually a lime-based whitewash or a latex-based paint, which don't harm the tree, although there are drawbacks to the latex paint (more on this below).
The white paint is applied to the outside of the bark, which is itself a shield or barrier for the tree's inner tissues, so there's little to no absorption in the tree.
However, not all paint is safe for use on trees. Oil-based, enamel, semi-gloss paints, and paint primer should never be used, as these penetrate and stain the bark of the tree.
What Kind of Paint Is Used on Citrus Trees?
The best paints to use on citrus trees are:
 - Whitewash (also called limewash)
 - Casein paint
 - Latex paint
Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons of these paints and see which one is best for citrus trees.
Latex Paint
If you're painting your own tree, you may want to consider avoiding latex-based paint.
The latex in paint, even in indoor grades, is derived from petrochemicals. This means they produce fumes known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that cause respiratory harm to life that's close enough to inhale them, and its run-off contaminates groundwater.
Fortunately, there are safer, organic alternatives.
Limewash is a type of whitewashing, and one that specifically uses, you guessed it—lime. It's an old term for white paint made with hydrated lime, or calcium hydroxide.
The process of manufacturing limewash involves taking limestone and treating it with heat and water to change its chemical makeup. It's also considered an environmental, or green product.
To make limewash for your citrus trees, you'll first need ten pounds of crushed lime. Start by adding three pounds of salt to twelve quarts of water, and then slowly add the ten pounds of crushed lime, stirring as you go.
However, if DIY isn't your thing, check out the selection at limeworks.us.
Casein Paint
White paint made from casein, or milk proteins, is easily made at home and is another good alternative to white latex paint.
To make casein paint, add the juice of one lemon to a quart of skim milk. Leave this out overnight. The next day, strain out the curds with a sieve or cheesecloth. The curds can be pulverized and used as paint or, to make their color even whiter, combined with four tablespoons of dry artist's pigment.
How to Apply White Paint on Citrus Trees
It's best to paint citrus tree trunks in the early fall before things start to get really cold, but if you're already in the winter season, apply the paint on a warm day. All you need is your whitewash of choice, a paintbrush, and a plan.
Here are some more tips on how best to apply whitewash citrus trees:
 - Whitewash young citrus trees as well because their bark is still thin and can be easily burned by the sun.
 - Plan to paint in the morning when the outdoor temperature is 50ºF and rising. Do it as early as you can to give the paint time to dry before nighttime and the cool temperatures arrive. But if you do it too early while the air is still cold, the paint itself may freeze on the trunk, which defeats the purpose. So plan accordingly!
 - A normal paintbrush is really your best bet for whitewashing. Some people like to spray the white paint onto the trunk, but this makes good coverage difficult, especially if there's a breeze.
 - If you're using casein paint, use it as soon as you can after you've strained it. If you wait too long, the paint will spoil and be very unpleasant to work with.
 - Apply the paint from the base of the tree up to where the trunk splits into branches. If you're painting a young sapling in spring or summer to protect it from scald, paint it up to the point where the foliage begins shading the trunk.
 - Paint all sides of the tree, not just the southern exposure.
 - If you're using limewash, keep stirring the paint pretty frequently as you go along to keep the lime fragments suspended in the water, or to keep the milk proteins from separating.
 - The trunk will need two or three coats of paint to get good coverage and color.
 - Refresh the paint on your citrus trees once a year in the fall, and you'll have thriving citrus trees for many years to come.
If you'd like to learn more about whitewashing, here's a video by Enjoy Transformation that shows how to make a traditional limewash.
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Using AI to spot causative relationships in overlapping medical datasets
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A combined team of researchers from Babylon Health and University College has created an algorithm that they claim can find causal relationships among information in overlapping medical datasets. They have written a paper describing their algorithm and have uploaded it to the arXiv preprint server. They will also be giving a presentation describing their research at this year's Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence meeting.
Finding a systematic way to sift through data to find the cause of a given condition in a single sick person is a major challenge in AI research. If a patient has been sneezing more than normal lately, is it because an allergen has been introduced into their environment? Or have they caught a cold? Worse, maybe they have a in their sinuses or brain. The for seeking the right answer in such scenarios is human-based. Doctors ask questions and search their memory for answers. If they are unable to find one, they may consult with other doctors or study medical textbooks or online databases.
This system has its merits, of course, it being the best available. But it also has drawbacks—it is limited by human memory and resourcefulness. Many believe there is a better way—let a computer do it. This is not currently possible, but scientists are working on it. In this new effort, the researchers have introduced a system with an that analyzes data from disparate, overlapping datasets and finds causal relationships.
The algorithm is based on the concept of entropy, in which any system becomes more disordered over time. The researchers propose that entropy exists with information in datasets, as well, and that causal forces are more ordered than the data that describes the outcome of their effects. That being the case, it should be possible to work backward to find the cause—and that is just what their algorithm does.
The system was able to correctly assess the size and texture of breast cancer tumors when comparing datasets in which the causal relationships were already known—it determined that they did not have a, but both were an indicator of whether a tumor was benign or malignant.
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A Cold Water Extraction, or CWE for short, is primarily used to separate tylenol from opiate-based pain-relievers because tylenol is known to be damaging to the liver in large doses, so CWE's are what you use when your doctor is a complete asshole and prescribes you weak pain medication. Opiates dissolve readily in cold water, while tylenol seeps to the bottom.
The CWE process goes as follows:
1. Crush up said pills (Vicodin, Percocets, etc.) into as fine of a powder as possible. You should be doing one CWE for no more than five pills at once.
2. Take about 150mL of water and bring it to a warm temperature--make sure it is not hot or the opiate will be destroyed and your efforts compromised. You should be able to stuck your finger in the water and hold it there comfortably. Think of about the same temperature as a heated pool.
3. Mix the powder in with the warm water and stir.
4. Put the glass in the freezer and let it chill for about 30 minutes.
5. Take it out and filter the water through a coffee filter into an empty glass. What you see in the bottom of the first glass in the freezer when you first take it out is the APAP. If you're doing a CWE, you don't want that, so filter through a coffee filter. Pour carefully and slowly. Make sure you have the coffee filter secured.
6. Lastly, to speed up the process, gently squeeze the coffee filter to empty any remaining water into the glass.
And you're done. The result is a slightly cloudy mixture, but will taste bitter.
Perform a Cold Water Extraction on that shit bro.
The process of extration, commenly used for extracting codeine from other painkillers (paracetamol, ibuprofen) it is usually combined with in legally avaliable pills. it is a fairly simple process however time consuming but necassary to get the nice codeine. i will go into detail but read no further if you've ever recreationally taken any other opiates (morphine, heroin) as codeine is a weak form and won't give you a buzz you'll OD before you get 'there'.
first get yourself some codeine and paracetamol tablets (co-codamol) then boil some water. depending on the strength of the tablets you want to empty around 300mg of codine so calculate howmany pills you need. then pour boiling water over the pills mix them into the water, then allow to cool, preferably in a fridge then filter the water using coffee filters, the liquid left will be diluted coedine without binders or paracetamol. result
'argh mate cold water extraction is effort, but its worth it'
'nah man since i had those morphine based pills codeine just don't work'


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Rising Stars was a targeted effort at improving academic achievement by rewarding high-growth schools with both a cash incentive and public recognition. About 10 percent of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) elementary and high schools received awards, which were $10,000 per school in 2002-2003 and $8,000 per school in 2003-2004. An awards dinner and banner presentation recognized the achieving schools. Schools were evaluated based on incremental gains in state assessment scores, along with changes in high school graduation and dropout rates. The cash award was quasi-discretionary, with schools free to fund special projects as they saw fit – awards were used to purchase books and supplies, fund field trips and support school activities.
- Early example of recognition and rewards tied to student growth at the school level – now an element in principal achievement awards.


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Strong ground motion scaling relations for the Central United States cannot be obtained by applying regression analysis to the existing, sparse data base. Adaptation of the corresponding Western United States data base must be done carefully because the important problems of differences in regional anelastic attenuation, magnitude scales, and earthquake source physics still have to be resolved. Until this is done, empirical relations have to be adapted, but some test of their validity must be made. Since the Central United States data set is not a valid test, synthetic seismograms can be used to test some of the assumptions and results.
The Central United States ground motion scaling problem differs from usual experience in that the nature of ground motion scaling at distances greater than 100 km from the source is of utmost importance. Numerical techniques are used to generate SH time histories in a four layer Central United States earth model. A study of model parameters indicates that simple deductions based on the scaling of pulses are applicable to the high-frequency surface wave trains at large distances and that spatial attenuation for these waves should be of the form
An attempt to apply the results of the numerical study to the existing Central United States data base is not too impressive because of the limited frequency range of the synthetics and lack of detailed knowledge about earth structure in the Mississippi embayment, from which the actual data were obtained.


text: Precipitation kinetics were investigated in select Fe, Ni, and Al alloys using a CALPHAD based precipitation model based on Langer-Schwartz theory. Thermodynamic and kinetic data are taken from commercially available CALPHAD software, but reliable interfacial energy data for precipitates needed for the calculations is often lacking. While models exist to approximate these interfacial energies, this study has focused on deriving more reliable estimates by comparison with experimental data. By performing simulations with thermal histories, nucleation sites, and precipitate morphologies that closely replicate experimental data found in literature, the interfacial energies were optimized until volume fraction and mean radius values closely matched the published data. Using this technique, interfacial energy values have been determined for carbides in Grade 22 low alloy steels, delta phase in Ni 625 and 718, SPhase in Al 2024, and Q' and β'' in Al 6111, and can be used for future predictive precipitation simulations.


Similarities between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin
Topics: Battle, Military strategy, Operation Barbarossa Pages: 2 (413 words) Published: April 12, 2004
Hitler and Stalin: A Comparison
Both Hitler and Stalin were both military geniuses although their evils tend to heavily outweigh their good deeds. They were both expert propogandists and were amoral and willing to do whatever they could to better their country, they were also both quite paranoid and good strategists.
Their expert propoganda skills came into play to allow them to both attain and keep power. Hitler has been described as the world's greatest propogandist saying that he was nearly able to brainwash people with his words. Their propoganda skills were also the reason they were able to commit the atrocious acts they commited without being overthrown. It seems they were very smart to be able to control their people like this.
Another quality they both had in common was their complete and utter lack of morals. Hitler had no grief when he sent millions of Jews to concentration camps, nor did Stain feel any anguish as he killed thousands upon thousands of his fellow countrymen, both of these acts had another thing in common. They were both done for the good of the Mother/Fatherland. This shows that both men had extreme pride in their countries and would do literally anything to make them a stronger country although not necessarily a nicer place to live in.
Another similarity they had between them was their exteme paranoia, with Stalin eradicating most of his commanding officers shortly before WW2. Hitler was plagued with various mental illnesses and temporay spouts of blindness caused by a mustard gas injury he recieved in WW1. This caused Hitler to be quite suspicious of anyone.
While they were both very odd men, no one can say that were not extremely smart in the military operations, both of them running strong, effiecient militaries, which they used to conquer much of Europe, they were both quite found of infantry based warfare, Hitler invented the Blitzkrieg, or "lightning war" which he used to quickly capture a good chunk of Eureope....
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Re: st: svy:tab why standard error and confidence intervals for count are different than for
From (Jeff Pitblado, StataCorp LP)
Date Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:01:02 -0600
Pramod Adhikari <> asks why the standard errors of
weighted counts and weight percentages do not follow the same relationship
as the corresponding point estimates:
> I am using svy:tab to generate estimate for a variable; one in terms of
> percentages and another in terms of weighted numbers. The results in the
> first table show that 95.3% said yes to H1, with a standard error of
> 0.51896%. Given the size of the population (weighted population size of
> 9577.258); I should be able to estimated the weighted population with
> the estimated percentage. In terms of weighted counts, 95.3196% of
> 9577.258=9129.0 said yes to H1. This weighted number is available in the
> second table.
> Since the standard error of the estimated prevalence is 0.51896%, I
> would have thought that I can convert this percent to count. In terms of
> weighted count it should be 0.51896%*9577.258=49.70. However, the
> results in the second table show that the standard error of the weighted
> count is whooping 390.4 compared to 49.7.
> Are the variance estimation methods different for counts and
> percentages? I would appreciate any pointer to the literature or any
> explanation to this anomaly.
> Thanks in advance.
> (Stata output omitted)
The estimated percentages are really -meanestimators and Pramod's "weighted
numbers" are really -totalestimators. -svy: tabulateuses -svy: meanand
-svy: totalto perform most of it's point and variance estimation. So this
boils down to the following discussion.
For simple random sampling (SRS), we have the following relationship between
the mean and total estimators:
 mean = total/N
where it is understood that 'N' is the sample size. Furthermore, this
relationship is supported in their standard errors:
 SE(mean) = SE(total)/N
This happens because 'N' is fixed before sampling occurs, so
 Var(mean) = Var(total/N) = Var(total)/N^2
So why doesn't this relationship hold for complex survey data?
The answer to the question is in -[SVY] variance estimation-.
The mean estimator is
 mean = total/W
where 'W' is the sum of the sampling weights, which is rarely a known or fixed
quantity (prior to sampling). Thus 'W' itself is a total estimator and'mean'
is the ratio of two total estimators. The variance of'mean' is then
 Var(mean) = { Var(total) - 2*mean*Cov(total,W) + mean^2*Var(W) } / W^2
which is at the bottom of page 160 in [SVY] Stata Survey Data Reference Manual
Release 11.
Note that when the sampling weights are all constant, then
 Var(W) = 0
 Cov(total,W) = 0
and we are back to the SRS relationship between'mean' and 'total'.
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He is currently a Distinguished Engineer at IBM Almaden Research Center near San Jose, California, and is leading a multi-lab research program on Unified Activity Management, which is exploring how to make activity the central organizing construct in the IBM Workplace platform. The Unified Activity Management (UAM) project is defining a new organizing framework for supporting collaborative work around the concept of human activity by creating a Unified Activity representation, architecture, and user experience. Activities are what we do everyday. An activity is any coherent set of actions that we take towards some end, be it specific or vague. Effective business activities involve a combination of formal and informal work, often spread among a variety of people, tools, systems and service providers. An explicit activity object is needed to represent the collection of relationships that emerge between people, the artifacts they work on, their communication and coordination, the calendar, and the business processes they use to complete their work. As presented in the below figure, the unified activity management integrates formal business processes with the informal collaborations needed to accomplish business objectives.
I was also part of this program lead by Tom when in IBM. I helped explored the collaborative activity patterns as building blocks in workplace and helped design the activity centered project management tool for IBM Workplace (former Lotus Workplace). I published two papers as the first author on these threads.
Tom Moran is the founding Editor of Human-Computer Interaction. In 2003 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. In 2004 he won the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a good friend of my adviser Jack. They coauthored the book Design Rationale: Concepts, Techniques, and Use and had many other collaborations.


Selway River Recession Analysis
Selway River Recession Analysis
This graph represents a recession analysis for the Selway River near Lowell.
The above analysis is based on 12 years of data between _PHONE_. Often the Selway River has multiple peaks, so this analysis is based on only when stream is receding. Increases in streamflow were ignored or if stream was not decreasing. If rain event or additional snowmelt generated a streamflow increase, the rising part of hydrograph was ignored, and only the recession flow was used to determine average recession rates.
Analysis is a guide to assist with recession flow determination, results vary and depend upon future streamflow peaks and past, current and future climatic conditions (additional rain and / or extreme hot or cool air temperatures).
To use: if today's mean daily flow is 15,000 cfs (Day 12) and launch date is 13 days out, flow may be just over 5,000 cfs (Day 25) on launch date. If a streamflow increase occurs between now and launch date, start over when stream starts receding.


Learn Photography: Art School Pros and Cons
Learn Photography: Art School Pros and Cons
Some people eat, dream, and breathe photography, so when it comes to pursuing it as a career, it may seem like a natural choice for them to attend "a really good art school". But is art school really worth it? Many experts say, "No," citing that many of the people who are successful in the field are self-taught individuals who do not have any formal education or degrees. Others say, "Yes," citing that majoring in photography can help an aspiring photographer become well-rounded, refine his technique and develop a personal style.
Better knowledge of art history, photography history, and the liberal arts. When you attend a four-year college you will have to take classes in general topics like art history, biology, mathematics, English and the foreign languages.
Refined skills. People go to college to refine their skills, and art school is no different. If you choose to go to art school, you will have the opportunity to refine your natural photography skills and learn from people who have been in the business.
Stronger understanding of lighting and composition technique.
When you take classes that are specifically focused on photography, you will learn how to light, contrast and compose photographs better. This can give you a stronger advantage over someone who has no formal education.
Tuition expense. Four-year art colleges and private universities are extremely expensive, and public universities are increasing in cost. Ask yourself: "Am I prepared to be $120,000 in debt by the time I graduate? Can I afford to live on my own and pay for my own equipment with debt while earning an average starting salary of $26,000?" If you feel comfortable with that decision, you realize that you need to make significant sacrifices before and after university.
Equipment expense.
Photography equipment--especially quality photography equipment--is extremely expensive. A good lens, camera, or simple accessory can cost as much as a subcompact car, and even though you only have to buy these items at least once every few years, they are still a significant expense. Your continuous supplies, such as film, developing chemicals, flash cards, software updates and filters will also cost you a significant amount of money.
Employment is harder to find with a BFA. Employment is not guaranteed with any degree, but a degree in something as specific as photography can limit your skill set. If you want to go to school for photography, then major in business and minor in photography, or take on a double major. Photographers spend 80 percent of their time running their business and 20 percent of their time shooting, so it is more beneficial to an aspiring photographer to have a degree in business and adequate experience in photography.
Possibility of having to pursue more education. If your photography career does not work out--and if you only have a photography degree--teaching may be one of your only options. A post-graduate certificate in education or a Master's of Fine Arts in photography is your only routes in that case.
A Better Plan
You may be better off getting an Associate's degree in photography from a community or technical college, fulfilling your general education requirements, and transferring to a four-year college to pursue a business degree. If you are still passionate, get in touch with a professional in your area and assist him or her during the summers. He or she can help you refine your ability to take pictures, build a portfolio, and foster business sense. This way, if photography does not work out, you have another degree to support you.
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"DarkLight: looking for dark matter at the JLab Free Electron Laser" The Dark Forces explanation of dark matter predicts a low mass (0.01-10 GeV/c^2) scalar or vector boson that kinetically mixes with the photon. DarkLight will look for evidence of the dark force by search for an electron positron resonance in ep->epee scattering. The experiment makes use of the 1MW free electron laser beam, a dense H2 target and a detector able to measure all three final state leptons and the recoiling proton, allowing full reconstruction of each event. After briefly reviewing the theory, I will describe our experiment and several other experiments exploring other parts of the parameter space.


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Cary Institute's motto, "the science behind environmental solutions," is motivating a new collaborative venture. In November, a delegation from the Cary Institute met with other scientists, policy leaders, and media experts to plan a new partnership intended to bridge the gap between science and policy.
Named the Northeast Science and Policy Consortium, the joint venture will provide objective information on serious environmental problems so as to better inform critical decisions facing our society. The effort will establish a strategic flow of information that synthesizes scientific research, disseminates material through press releases and educational reports, and briefs policymakers at regional and federal levels.
The six institutions leading the effort are the Cary Institute, Ecosystems Center/Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Harvard Forest/Harvard University, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Syracuse University, and the University of New Hampshire. Efforts are underway to secure grant funding for the consortium, and Gary Lovett's research into invasive forest pests and pathogens is among the first of four projects to launch the initiative.

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While the rest of the country wallows in sugary hearts and roses, native Oregonians know that the real holiday today is Oregon's Statehood Day. Granted statehood on February 14, 1859, our state is 147 years old.
Two simple questions that should provoke complex answers:
What does Oregon mean to you? Why do you live in Oregon - rather than somewhere else?


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Child & Youth Support Worker
Posted: March 18, 2021
Job Title: Child & Youth Support Worker
The Child & Youth Support worker is responsible for maintaining a safe, secure environment for children and youth residing at the Shelter and JPH, or when using child care facilities. The position is also responsible for program development, administration and program delivery for children and youth within the Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre.
The Child & Youth Support Worker will be responsible for providing care and support to children and youth who have been exposed to family and domestic violence or other crises. They must ensure the development and safety of these children in accordance with relevant federal and provincial legislation and policies. The Child & Youth Support Worker will be respectful of children, youth and parents, and ensure that equipment and facilities are clean, safe and well maintained.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan and provide age-appropriate programming for children residing at the shelter or JPH, as well as those attending shelter programs. Plan and implement activities to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of the children/youth in the program.
- Provide scheduled child care activities on a weekly basis. Provide varying levels of care for the children of the center including: educational activities/reading, games, storytelling play and physical activity, arts/crafts/musical activities, etc. Assist school aged children with homework and school work. Ensure that children are NOT preoccupied by television/movies and that they are engaged in activities that will attribute to their learning and development.
- Develop youth programming while ensuring that a variety of counseling/educational activities, sports/recreation activities, cultural and other programming activities are planned according to program policies and requirements and ensure positive implementation. The goal is to develop varying levels of programming that are age appropriate.
- Ensure the communication of programming information is distributed to all involved.
- Establish trusting relationships with children, youth and mothers in the Shelter/JPH and communicate with these children, youth and their families to determine their needs and interests.
- Supervise and lead activities for children and youth and monitor the use of equipment and facilities.
- Create relevant educational/training programs for youth to develop their skills.
- Work with mothers to strengthen their understanding and ability to support their children. Offer appropriate parenting advice and support.
- Coordinate child and youth activities with other community organizations.
- Develop a database of child and youth related organizations and activities/workshops offered.
- Respond to the needs of children and youth by providing them support with compassion and understanding in a non-judgmental manner.
- Act as a role model, exhibiting appropriate parenting skills and provide advice and guidance to mothers.
- Voice concerns regarding children's mental and/or physical health to child's guardian and DMSCC Program Coordinator. Follow Child Welfare and Shelter protocol for reporting.
- Provide client transportation as required.
- Assist in orientation of staff and volunteers as to the special needs of children who have witnessed and are victims of family and domestic violence.
- Be an active team member and promote the team "vision." Be willing to assist/help co-workers when needed and encourage open communication amongst staff.
- Work with staffing by providing suggested strategies to best support participants (children, youth, parents/guardian).
- Perform other related work as assigned by the Program Coordinator and/or designate.
- Early Childhood Development Certificate Level I, II or III; Diploma in Child & Youth Care; degree preferred. Related education and training will be considered.
- 2-3 years at minimum of experience in child care or related area.
- Experience working with children who have been exposed to family and domestic violence, emotional and social challenges. Experience working with children from diverse backgrounds.
- High degree of resourcefulness, flexibility, adaptability, and crisis intervention skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and strong computer skills.
- Clear Criminal Record Check and Child Welfare Check.
- Standard First Aid/CPR, ASIST Certification, and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training is considered an asset.
- Valid Class 5 driver's license, free from restrictions.


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What is the most abundant type of white blood cell?
Which blood cell is most abundant?
Red Blood Cells (also called erythrocytes or RBCs)
Known for their bright red color, red cells are the most abundant cell in the blood, accounting for about 40 to 45 percent of its volume.
What is the most abundant WBC quizlet?
Terms in this set (7)
 - granulocytes. group of leukocytes containing granules in their cytoplasm.
 - neutrophils. The most abundant type of white blood cell. …
 - eosinophils. granular white blood cells that attack parasites and also help to control and limit the inflammatory response.
 - basophils. …
 - agranulocytes. …
 - monocytes. …
 - lymphocytes.
Which type of WBC are most abundant and least present?
White blood cells include neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. Among these different types of WBCs, neutrophils are the most abundant and make 60-70% of the total WBCs present in the blood. Basophils are the least abundant WBCs and make only 0.5-1.0% of it.
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Which is more abundant white blood cells or platelets?
From the chart we can see the most abundant cell in human body is Erythrocytes (red blood cells) : 4.5 – 5.5 millions per mL. Platelets are 1,40,000 – 4,00,000 per mL. White blood cells are 5,000 – 10,000 per mL. Neutrophils, lymphocytes and basophils are all included in this number.
Which is smallest WBC?
Monocytes are the largest type of WBCs while lymphocytes are smallest.
What is the most abundant type of cell in the human body?
What is the correct total WBC count?
The normal number of WBCs in the blood is 4,500 to 11,000 WBCs per microliter (4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L).
What is an abnormal increase in white blood cells?
Leukocytosis, an increase in the number of white blood cells to more than 11,000 cells per microliter of blood (11 × 109 per liter), is often caused by the normal response of the body to help fight an infection, or to some drugs such as corticosteroids.
Which white blood cells are responsible for specific immunity?
Lymphocytes are white blood cells responsible for the more targeted immune response.
What foods increase white blood cells?
1. Citrus fruits
 - grapefruit.
 - oranges.
 - clementines.
 - tangerines.
 - lemons.
 - limes.
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How many types of white blood cells are there?
You have five types of white blood cells: neutrophils. lymphocytes. monocytes.
Why is WBC in urine?
The most common cause for WBCs in urine (leukocyturia) is a bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI), such as a bladder or kidney infection. In addition to WBCs, bacteria and RBCs may also be seen in the microscopic examination.
What is the main function of white blood cells?
White blood cells are part of the body's immune system. They help the body fight infection and other diseases.
What is the most abundant protein in blood?
Albumin, the most abundant protein in plasma, constitutes ca. 60% of the entire amount of proteins in plasma at approximate concentration of 50 mg/mL.
Where is the principal site of Haematopoiesis in adults?
In adults, hematopoiesis of red blood cells and platelets occurs primarily in the bone marrow. In infants and children, it may also continue in the spleen and liver.
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Andrea received his PhD in Biosciences from the University of Exeter working both on the genetics and the function of a particular plasmid family found in Campylobacter jejuni. He started his first postdoctoral position at UCL in 2017. His main research interest is Bacterial Genomics: he focuses on the description of the changes in genotype in carriage strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae following vaccine introduction in the settings of the Malawi's second largest city (Blantyre), both from a genomic and a functional genetic point of view. During his postdoc, he also worked on describing the differences between lineages of Streptococcus agalactiae characterised by a different virulence profile.
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1) Gori A, et al. 2020. Pan-GWAS of Streptococcus agalactiae highlights lineage-specific genes associated with virulence and niche adaptation. mBio 11(3):e00728-20.
2) Obolski U, Gori A, et al. 2019. Identifying genes associated with invasive disease in S. pneumoniae by applying a machine learning approach to whole genome sequence typing data. Sci Rep 9(1):4049.


When it comes to undressing in front of others, it shouldn't matter whether a person verbally identifies as male or female. Verbal statements don't change biological facts.
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A FEW months ago, the state of Washington decided to allow people to choose locker rooms based on an internal sense of whether they are male or female instead of sticking with the longstanding, sensible practice of designating locker rooms for use by men or women based on clear biological realities. So it should come as no surprise that a man walked into the women's and girls' locker room to change at a public pool on Feb. 8.
When the man walked in to undress, the locker room was occupied by women and members of a girls' swim team, presumably in various states of undress. Quite understandably, some of them "became alarmed" and complained to the Seattle Parks and Recreation staff. Although the man said "the law has changed and I have a right to be here," the staff asked him to leave the women's locker room, which he did.
So, was the man allowed to be in the women's locker room or was he not? Seattle Parks and Recreation issued a statement suggesting that the man would not have been asked to leave if he had simply verbally identified as a woman.
So let's get this straight. If the same man, under the same circumstances, had only said, "Relax ladies, I'm a woman, too," the Parks and Recreation staff would have allowed him to use the women's locker room? It sure seems that way. Why would they stand for that? Because it's actually what the law seems to require.
A man can say he's a woman until he's blue in the face, but when he undresses in a locker room occupied by women and girls he violates their privacy, potentially exposes male anatomy to innocent young girls, and risks triggering significant trauma for any women or girls who bear the scars of sexual assault.
For these reasons and more, our society has long recognized that biological realities demand that males and females not be forced together when bathing, changing clothes, using the restroom, or engaging in other activities where privacy is compromised. This common-sense belief in modesty and privacy—not animosity toward any demographic—impels our society's insistence on separate locker rooms and restrooms for the two sexes.
Ultimately, when it comes to undressing in front of others, it shouldn't matter whether a person verbally identifies as male or female. Such verbal statements don't change biological facts. But state bureaucrats have turned a blind eye to rubber-meets-the-road realities and entered the land of make believe. Regrettably, the price Washington women and girls are already paying for this fantasy is far from imaginary.


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Investigation into factors that affect recover rate after exercise. What is recovery rate?
* Age
* Gender
* Temperature
* Weight
* Height
* Blood pressure
* Fitness level
Do males have a faster recovery heart rate than females?
I believe that genders will affect the recovery rate after exercise because the male human has always had certain physical advantages over females such as increased muscle mass, larger bones and great aggression / aggressiveness in times where needed. Knowing this I could say that probably in exercising hands would have to put further effort to keep up with the work rate of a male human BEING / TO KEEP THE WORK RATE BALANCED.
The question opposed is whether or not the hearty rate of the male will recover faster than that of the female. My hypothesis is that the males heart rate would fall considerably faster than a female after a certain amount of time participating in intense physical activity. To be honest it is known already that males dominate females in the physical world in most cases. In addition to what I had said earlier males have much larger natural muscle mass, less body fat and a physique that is designed for superiority in the physical world. Therefore it can only be assumed that the most important muscle of all (the heart) would also superior in its performance. What I am trying to insinuate is that after physical activity – males heart reacts / work faster than the heart of a female.
What are the best methods to measure some factors:
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Resting heart - rate| 1).carotid pulse (neck)2).redial pulse (wrist)Place index and middle finger on either side of neck and count the number of beats per min.* Place index and middle finger on opposite wrist about ½ inches on the inside of the joint in line with the index finger. Count number of beats in one min.| * Not accurate * Relying on yourself * Not precise. It's possible that you can skip beats.| wight| Same as what u wrote for the | Best equipment|
Recovery rate| Some as best equipment| |
What equipment and methods am I going to use?
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Resting hour| Heart rate monitor| We would use a heart rate monitor because it is precise and gives a digital reading. Why it is good to have a digital reading is because you can clearly see the observation.| height| ruler| We would use a ruler because its accurate. However using a ruler is not 100% precise units are small (mm)| Blood pressure| Blood pressure monitor| Accurate and precise| weight| Digital and electronic scale| Accurate and precise| Recovery time| Heart rate monitors (time for one minute record). Then rest for 1 min.Take Heart rate for one minute. repeat steps 1-2 until resting heart rate is achieved| Accurate and precise because it is digital.|
How to measure heart rate
Measuring Heart Rate
Your heart rate can be taken at any spot on the body at which an artery is close to the surface and a pulse can be felt. The most common places to measure heart rate using the palpation method is at the wrist (radial artery) and the neck (carotid artery). Other places sometimes used are the elbow (brachial artery) and the groin (femoral artery). You should always use your fingers to take a pulse, not your thumb, particularly when recording someone else's pulse, as you can sometimes feel your own pulse through...
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death statistics from 178 participating member countries, including SA, motor collisions are the 6th most common cause of death (going for 5th) in developed nations with an average rate of 20,8 per 100 000/population in the year 2000 (30,8 for males, 11,0 for females).
 In the year 2000, a widely published survey found that African nations had the world's highest road traffic mortality rates, with most countries having a rate of more than 30, Eritrea having the highest rate of 48,4 in the world, compared to the low rates given for Sweden (2,9), United Kingdom (3,5), Holland (4,1), Germany (5,5) and France (6,9). In the 2000 survey, South Africa's rate was given as 33,2, which was almost three times higher than the rate for the United States (12,3). But that was 11 years ago. What is SAs rate now?
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Bird Species of the World's Boreal Forests
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Sandgrouse are a unique set of birds found only in Africa and Eurasia. The relationship of these birds to other groups has been one of the most hotly debated issues over a period of centuries. They are primarily ground-feeding birds of deserts, scrub, and grasslands, which may explain the name "grouse". Linnaeus originally assigned them to the same genus as European grouse.
Sandgrouse share several trits with pigeons, including their long wings and the practice of making long flights daily between breeding or feeding grounds, and pools of water at which they drink. Some of their plumage and musculature is pigeon-like, but in 1867 Thomas Huxley reviewed their skeletons and came to the conclusion they were neither a grouse or pigeon, but balanced somewhere between, and assigned them to their own order, the Pteroclomorphae. Over time, however, the idea they were related to grouse at all was slowly dropped and by the mid-20th century many placed them as a suborder among the pigeons.
In 1967, G. L. Maclean proposed a relationship between sandgrouse and shorebirds, based primarily on field observations. The fact they do not drink like pigeons, they don't give cooing sounds, they don't build stick nests, their eggs were pigmented (not white) and the young can immediately fend for themselves are all reasons they aren't that close to pigeons. More recently, DNA and other biochemical evidence confirms a closer relationship to waders in the Charadriformes. But the birds are still quite unusual, and are now placed in their own order, the Pterocliformes, between the waders and the pigeons.
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You are given a class hierarchy with an instance of the class Dog. The class Dog is a child of mammal and the class Mammal is a child of the class Vertebrate. The class Vertebrate has a method called move which prints out the string "move". The class mammal overrides this method and prints out the string "walks". The class Dog overrides this method and prints out the string "walks on paws". Given an instance of the class Dog,. how can you access the ancestor method move in Vertebrate so it prints out the string "move";


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Sometimes I see a character say この世 and I'm not sure why they don't just say この世界? Is it just an old way of saying it or is there a specific reason?
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What do you mean by "why they don't just say"? Why would the default choice for "world" be 世界? – Earthliŋ Nov 2 '13 at 21:41
_USER_: :) I think that OP is more familiar with the word 世界 than with the word 世. – Tsuyoshi Ito Nov 2 '13 at 22:19
Such a strange question. We have been using Yo (using romaji for a purpose here) longer than 世界 because the former is the original Japanese word and the latter was borrowed from Chinese later on. – l'électeur Nov 2 '13 at 23:23
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It is hard to tell the difference but the word あの世 might help you to understand the difference.
あの世 means 'the other world' which you go when you die. So, its opposite この世 means "land of the living" or "this life" or... the world, which is not just the earth. On the other hand, この世界 is almost the same as the earth. Well, you could say that この世界 includes Mars or Mercury or other planets, but for example, 世界一 definitely means 'No.1 on earth'. People say 宇宙一 for 'No.1 in the universe'
Hmmm... it's hard to explain in English..
この世 has a kind of religious or spiritual connotation. Just remember that I'm talking about この世. There are a lot of words which include the character 世, and each word has its own subtle nuances.
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hi, i was wondering does anyone know anything about egyptian uses of different herbs (perfuming,incense, medicinal etc.) im curious about herbs that were popularly used in ancient egypt, and what types of herbs they had connections to, either by native growth, or by trade with other countries.
Here are some remedies that the Ancient Eyptians used with herbs:
: Used as an incense to remove demonic possession. Used as an ointment to relieve headaches, or drunk to relieve stomach aches.
: Remedy for snake bites and fevers. Also used to heal broken bones and sores after being mixed with honey.
: Mostly used for stomach upsets.
: Uses included relieving toothache and headaches.
: Drunk to banish fevers. Also was used as an insect repellent.
: Mainly used for headaches.
Plants used in perfumary:
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a perfume called Kyphi engraved on the temple walls of Edfu and Philae.
Cinnamon, Juniper Berries, Cyperus, Cardamom, Marjoram and Lotus, were among the many ingredients in perfume making. Along with animal fat, oil and sweet wine.
I believe that many of the Ancient Egyptians herbs and spices were imported from the Mediterranean, although in the later years the Egyptians attempted to grow many foreign plants in their land.
Frankincense and Myrrh were used as incense as offerngs in rituals to the gods. These resins were imported from Central Africa via Nubia.


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Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World, Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014.
Summary: Most advocacy and activism efforts have been organized around secular principles. The authors explore what organizing and advocacy work that is deeply and thoroughly rooted in Christian principles would look like and illustrate this from their years of experience.
Many community advocacy efforts have been organized around principles first developed by Saul Alinsky in the 1930's. They hinge on an oppositional model that sees the other as "enemy" who needs to be forced or compelled to act justly by law or the pressure of a people movement.
Salvatierra and Heltzel do not deny the place of these efforts and in fact talk about both "serpent" and "dove" power as Christians make common cause with other activists. But they also contend that Christians have deep resources in their faith in which their organizing activities ought and may be rooted.
They begin with a historical survey of three justice movements: the civil rights movement, justice movements in Latin America and Cesar Chavez work in advocating for migrant crop workers. And one of the revelations of this book to me was to learn what a deeply spiritual man Chavez was, regularly fasting, and living at the level of those for whom he advocated.
The book then takes each step in the organizing process and re-roots it in faith-based practices:
- Goal setting as dreaming God's dreams.
- Starting place: hearing the call of the poor, which if done well results in a dance of solidarity between poor and privileged.
- Strategy: discerning the kairos issue at the root of the deep lies that perpetuate injustice and combating these with the truth. This also means addressing issues of power and hope and speaking prophetically.
- Recruitment: what does it mean to both practice and mobilize Christ-centered community, mobilizing all the gifts of that community.
- Leadership development: this not only involves discerning the gifts and calling of others but modeling the servant leadership crucial to organizing.
- Sustainability: the importance of cultivating the deep spiritual practices and rhythms that sustain hope and energy.
As mentioned in the summary the authors illustrate their principles with stories from their years of organizing. At the end of each chapter, Alexia addresses a "letter" to her daughter and another young woman that sums up the chapter in her hopes for their organizing work.
It has struck me increasingly that a significant form of gospel witness is when Christians come alongside others making common cause around matters of justice and human flourishing and thoughtfully and graciously contribute the distinctive perspective that is shaped by their faith. Salvatierra and Hetzel give us a marvelous example of what this looks like in the nitty-gritty of organizing.
Editor's Note: Thank-you to Bob Trube for sharing his reviews with Emerging Scholars! Bob first posted the above review on Bob on Books. As you may remember, Faith-Rooted Organizing is part of Campus Resources from InterVarsity Press: 2015-2016 Academic Year Edition. If you're still searching for books to read this summer and/or prepare a reading group for the fall, be sure to check out this list with attention to the Four Commitments and the Focused Ministries of InterVarsity Graduate & Faculty Ministries. Enjoy. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director, Emerging Scholars Network
Bonus: InterVarsity Press interview of Rev. Alexia Salvatierra (3 minute, 14 seconds).