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package com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.css3;

import java.io.Serial;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.InvalidValueException;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.NullValueException;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.CssNameConstants;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.core.AbstractCssProperty;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.core.CssProperty;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.informer.StateChangeInformer;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.util.StringUtil;
import com.webfirmframework.wffweb.util.TagStringUtil;

/**
 *

 *
 * -webkit-flex: -webkit-flex-grow -webkit-flex-shrink -webkit-flex-basis|auto|initial|inherit;
 *
 * The flex property specifies the length of the item, relative to the rest of the flexible items inside the same container.
 *
 * The flex property is a shorthand for the -webkit-flex-grow, -webkit-flex-shrink, and the -webkit-flex-basis properties.
 *
 * Note: If the element is not a flexible item, the flex property has no effect.
 * Default value:  0 1 auto
 * Inherited:      no
 * Animatable:     yes
 * Version:        CSS3
 * JavaScript syntax:      object.style.webkitFlex="1"
 *
 *
 * The undefined value for -webkit-flex-grow, -webkit-flex-shrink and -webkit-flex-basis in -webkit-flex property is 1, 1 and 0% respectively.
 *
 *

 *
 * @author WFF
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public class WebkitFlex extends AbstractCssProperty<WebkitFlex> implements StateChangeInformer<CssProperty> {

    @Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1_0_0L;

    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(WebkitFlex.class.getName());

    public static final String INITIAL = "initial";
    public static final String INHERIT = "inherit";
    public static final String AUTO = "auto";

    private static final List<String> PREDEFINED_CONSTANTS = Arrays.asList(INITIAL, INHERIT, AUTO);

    private String cssValue;

    private WebkitFlexGrow webkitFlexGrow;

    private WebkitFlexShrink webkitFlexShrink;

    private WebkitFlexBasis webkitFlexBasis;

    /**
     * The value 0 1 auto will be assigned as the cssValue.
     *
     * @author WFF
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    public WebkitFlex() {
        setCssValue("0 1 auto");
    }

    /**
     * @param cssValue the css value to set.
     */
    public WebkitFlex(final String cssValue) {
        setCssValue(cssValue);
    }

    /**
     * @param webkitFlex the {@code Flex} object from which the cssValue to set.And,
     *                   {@code null} will throw {@code NullValueException}
     */
    public WebkitFlex(final WebkitFlex webkitFlex) {
        if (webkitFlex == null) {
            throw new NullValueException("webkitFlex can not be null");
        }
        setCssValue(webkitFlex.getCssValue());
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.CssProperty#getCssName()
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     *
     * @author WFF
     */
    @Override
    public String getCssName() {
        return CssNameConstants.WEBKIT_FLEX;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     *
     * @see com.webfirmframework.wffweb.css.CssProperty#getCssValue()
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     *
     * @author WFF
     */
    @Override
    public String getCssValue() {
        return cssValue;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getCssName() + ": " + getCssValue();
    }

    /**
     * @param cssValue the value should be in the format of 1 1 auto or
     *                 1 1 15px. {@code null} is considered as an
     *                 invalid value and it will throw {@code NullValueException}.
     * @since 1.0.0
     * @author WFF
     */
    @Override
    public WebkitFlex setCssValue(final String cssValue) {
        final String trimmedCssValue;
        if (cssValue == null) {
            throw new NullValueException(
                    "null is an invalid value. The value format should be as for example \"0 1 auto\" or initial/inherit.");
        } else if ((trimmedCssValue = TagStringUtil.toLowerCase(StringUtil.strip(cssValue))).isEmpty()) {
            throw new NullValueException(cssValue
                    + " is an invalid value. The value format should be as for example \"0 1 auto\" or initial/inherit.");
        }

        final String[] cssValueParts = StringUtil.splitBySpace(trimmedCssValue);

        if (cssValueParts.length > 1) {
            if (trimmedCssValue.contains(WebkitFlexBasis.INITIAL)) {
                throw new InvalidValueException(
                        "The string 'initial' makes the given cssValue invalid, please remove 'initial' from it and try.");
            }
            if (trimmedCssValue.contains(WebkitFlexBasis.INHERIT)) {
                throw new InvalidValueException(
                        "The string 'inherit' makes the given cssValue invalid, please remove 'inherit' from it and try.");
            }
        } else {
            if (PREDEFINED_CONSTANTS.contains(trimmedCssValue)) {
                if (webkitFlexGrow != null) {
                    webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(false);
                    webkitFlexGrow = null;
                }
                if (webkitFlexShrink != null) {
                    webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(false);
                    webkitFlexShrink = null;
                }
                if (webkitFlexBasis != null) {
                    webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(false);
                    webkitFlexBasis = null;
                }

                this.cssValue = trimmedCssValue;
                if (getStateChangeInformer() != null) {
                    getStateChangeInformer().stateChanged(this);
                }
                return this;
            }
        }

        WebkitFlexGrow webkitFlexGrow = null;
        WebkitFlexShrink webkitFlexShrink = null;
        WebkitFlexBasis webkitFlexBasis = null;

        for (final String eachPart : cssValueParts) {
            if (webkitFlexGrow == null && WebkitFlexGrow.isValid(eachPart)) {
                if (this.webkitFlexGrow == null) {
                    webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                    webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                } else {
                    this.webkitFlexGrow.setCssValue(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexGrow = this.webkitFlexGrow;
                }
            } else if (webkitFlexShrink == null && WebkitFlexShrink.isValid(eachPart)) {
                if (this.webkitFlexGrow == null) {
                    webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                    webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                } else {
                    this.webkitFlexShrink.setCssValue(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexShrink = this.webkitFlexShrink;
                }
            } else if (webkitFlexBasis == null && WebkitFlexBasis.isValid(eachPart)) {
                if (this.webkitFlexBasis == null) {
                    webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                    webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                } else {
                    this.webkitFlexBasis.setCssValue(eachPart);
                    webkitFlexBasis = this.webkitFlexBasis;
                }
            }
        }

        final StringBuilder cssValueBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        boolean invalid = true;
        if (webkitFlexGrow == null) {
            if (this.webkitFlexGrow == null) {
                webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(1);
                webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexGrow.setValue(0);
                webkitFlexGrow = this.webkitFlexGrow;
            }
        } else {
            invalid = false;
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexShrink == null) {
            if (this.webkitFlexShrink == null) {
                webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(1);
                webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexShrink.setValue(1);
                webkitFlexShrink = this.webkitFlexShrink;
            }
        } else {
            invalid = false;
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexBasis == null) {
            if (cssValueParts.length == 3) {
                throw new InvalidValueException("the given cssValue contains invalid flex-basis value.");
            }
            if (this.webkitFlexBasis == null) {
                webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(0);
                webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexBasis.setAsAuto();
                webkitFlexBasis = this.webkitFlexBasis;
            }
        } else {
            invalid = false;
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue());

        if (invalid) {
            throw new InvalidValueException(cssValue
                    + " is an invalid value. The value format should be as for example \"0 1 auto\" or initial/inherit.");
        }
        this.cssValue = cssValueBuilder.toString();

        webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
        webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);

        webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
        webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);

        webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
        webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);

        this.webkitFlexGrow = webkitFlexGrow;
        this.webkitFlexShrink = webkitFlexShrink;
        this.webkitFlexBasis = webkitFlexBasis;

        if (getStateChangeInformer() != null) {
            getStateChangeInformer().stateChanged(this);
        }

        return this;
    }

    /**
     * checks the given css value is valid for this class. It does't do a strict
     * validation.
     *
     * @param cssValue
     * @return
     * @since 1.0.0
     * @author WFF
     */
    public static boolean isValid(final String cssValue) {
        // TODO modify to make a strict validation
        if (cssValue == null || StringUtil.isBlank(cssValue)) {
            return false;
        }

        final String[] cssValueParts = StringUtil.splitBySpace(cssValue);

        WebkitFlexGrow webkitFlexGrow = null;
        WebkitFlexShrink webkitFlexShrink = null;
        WebkitFlexBasis webkitFlexBasis = null;

        for (final String eachPart : cssValueParts) {
            boolean invalid = true;

            if (webkitFlexGrow == null && WebkitFlexGrow.isValid(eachPart)) {
                webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(eachPart);
                invalid = false;
            } else if (webkitFlexShrink == null && WebkitFlexShrink.isValid(eachPart)) {
                webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(eachPart);
                invalid = false;
            } else if (webkitFlexBasis == null && WebkitFlexBasis.isValid(eachPart)) {
                webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(eachPart);
                invalid = false;
            }
            if (invalid) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return webkitFlexGrow != null || webkitFlexShrink != null || webkitFlexBasis != null;
    }

    /**
     * sets as initial
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     * @author WFF
     */
    public void setAsInitial() {
        setCssValue(INITIAL);
    }

    /**
     * sets as inherit
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     * @author WFF
     */
    public void setAsInherit() {
        setCssValue(INHERIT);
    }

    /**
     * sets as auto
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     * @author WFF
     */
    public void setAsAuto() {
        setCssValue(AUTO);
    }

    public WebkitFlexBasis getWebkitFlexBasis() {
        return webkitFlexBasis;
    }

    public WebkitFlexShrink getWebkitFlexShrink() {
        return webkitFlexShrink;
    }

    public WebkitFlexGrow getWebkitFlexGrow() {
        return webkitFlexGrow;
    }

    public WebkitFlex setWebkitFlexGrow(final WebkitFlexGrow webkitFlexGrow) {
        if (webkitFlexGrow == null) {
            throw new InvalidValueException("webkitFlexGrow cannot be null");
        }

        if (Objects.equals(this.webkitFlexGrow, webkitFlexGrow)) {
            return this;
        }

        final StringBuilder cssValueBuilder = new StringBuilder();

        if (this.webkitFlexGrow != null) {
            this.webkitFlexGrow.setCssValue(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue());
            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                LOGGER.warning(
                        "copied the cssValue from the given webkitFlexGrow to the existing webkitFlexGrow object.");
            }
        } else {
            if (webkitFlexGrow.isAlreadyInUse()) {
                this.webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(webkitFlexGrow);
                this.webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                    LOGGER.warning(
                            "created a new object of WebkitFlexGrow as the given webkitFlexGrow object is already used by another object");
                }
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexGrow = webkitFlexGrow;
                this.webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            }
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexShrink == null) {
            webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(1);
            webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexBasis == null) {
            webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(0);
            webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue());

        cssValue = cssValueBuilder.toString();

        if (getStateChangeInformer() != null) {
            getStateChangeInformer().stateChanged(this);
        }
        return this;
    }

    public WebkitFlex setWebkitFlexShrink(final WebkitFlexShrink webkitFlexShrink) {
        if (webkitFlexShrink == null) {
            throw new InvalidValueException("webkitFlexShrink cannot be null");
        }

        if (Objects.equals(this.webkitFlexShrink, webkitFlexShrink)) {
            return this;
        }

        final StringBuilder cssValueBuilder = new StringBuilder();

        if (webkitFlexGrow == null) {
            webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(1);
            webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (this.webkitFlexShrink != null) {
            this.webkitFlexShrink.setCssValue(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue());
            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                LOGGER.warning(
                        "copied the cssValue from the given webkitFlexShrink to the existing webkitFlexShrink object.");
            }
        } else {
            if (webkitFlexShrink.isAlreadyInUse()) {
                this.webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(webkitFlexShrink);
                this.webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                    LOGGER.warning(
                            "created a new object of WebkitFlexShrink as the given webkitFlexShrink object is already used by another object");
                }
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexShrink = webkitFlexShrink;
                this.webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            }
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexBasis == null) {
            webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(0);
            webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue());

        cssValue = cssValueBuilder.toString();

        if (getStateChangeInformer() != null) {
            getStateChangeInformer().stateChanged(this);
        }
        return this;
    }

    public WebkitFlex setWebkitFlexBasis(final WebkitFlexBasis webkitFlexBasis) {
        if (webkitFlexBasis == null) {
            throw new InvalidValueException("webkitFlexBasis cannot be null");
        }

        if (Objects.equals(this.webkitFlexBasis, webkitFlexBasis)) {
            return this;
        }

        final StringBuilder cssValueBuilder = new StringBuilder();

        if (webkitFlexGrow == null) {
            webkitFlexGrow = new WebkitFlexGrow(1);
            webkitFlexGrow.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexGrow.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (webkitFlexShrink == null) {
            webkitFlexShrink = new WebkitFlexShrink(1);
            webkitFlexShrink.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            webkitFlexShrink.setAlreadyInUse(true);
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ');

        if (this.webkitFlexBasis != null) {
            this.webkitFlexBasis.setCssValue(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue());
            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                LOGGER.warning(
                        "copied the cssValue from the given webkitFlexBasis to the existing webkitFlexBasis object.");
            }
        } else {
            if (webkitFlexBasis.isAlreadyInUse()) {
                this.webkitFlexBasis = new WebkitFlexBasis(webkitFlexBasis);
                this.webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
                if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
                    LOGGER.warning(
                            "created a new object of WebkitFlexBasis as the given webkitFlexBasis object is already used by another object");
                }
            } else {
                this.webkitFlexBasis = webkitFlexBasis;
                this.webkitFlexBasis.setAlreadyInUse(true);
                this.webkitFlexBasis.setStateChangeInformer(this);
            }
        }

        cssValueBuilder.append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue());

        cssValue = cssValueBuilder.toString();

        if (getStateChangeInformer() != null) {
            getStateChangeInformer().stateChanged(this);
        }
        return this;
    }

    @Override
    public void stateChanged(final CssProperty stateChangedObject) {
        if (stateChangedObject instanceof WebkitFlexGrow) {

            final WebkitFlexGrow webkitFlexGrow = (WebkitFlexGrow) stateChangedObject;

            final String cssValue = webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue();

            if (WebkitFlexGrow.INITIAL.equals(cssValue) || WebkitFlexGrow.INHERIT.equals(cssValue)) {
                throw new InvalidValueException("initial/inherit cannot be set as webkitFlexGrow cssValue");
            }
            this.cssValue = new StringBuilder(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ')
                    .append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ').append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue())
                    .toString();
        } else if (stateChangedObject instanceof WebkitFlexShrink) {

            final WebkitFlexShrink webkitFlexShrink = (WebkitFlexShrink) stateChangedObject;

            final String cssValue = webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue();

            if (WebkitFlexShrink.INITIAL.equals(cssValue) || WebkitFlexShrink.INHERIT.equals(cssValue)) {
                throw new InvalidValueException("initial/inherit cannot be set as webkitFlexShrink cssValue");
            }
            this.cssValue = new StringBuilder(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ')
                    .append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ').append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue())
                    .toString();

        } else if (stateChangedObject instanceof WebkitFlexBasis) {

            final WebkitFlexBasis webkitFlexBasis = (WebkitFlexBasis) stateChangedObject;

            final String cssValue = webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue();

            if (WebkitFlexBasis.INITIAL.equals(cssValue) || WebkitFlexBasis.INHERIT.equals(cssValue)) {
                throw new InvalidValueException("initial/inherit cannot be set as webkitFlexBasis cssValue");
            }

            this.cssValue = new StringBuilder(webkitFlexGrow.getCssValue()).append(' ')
                    .append(webkitFlexShrink.getCssValue()).append(' ').append(webkitFlexBasis.getCssValue())
                    .toString();
        }
    }

    /**
     *
     * @author WFF
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    protected void addPredefinedConstant(final String constant) {
        PREDEFINED_CONSTANTS.add(constant);
    }
}

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I question who sets up a Summer Camp with almost 100 Teenagers with a ratio at night of one Staff member for 26 Student Subjects. Who let that fly, also when you talk about staff members supervising student subjects they should be adults, not Undergraduate Students with no Counseling training. Plus, what kind of Sumner Camp does not plan daily activities to keep the students busy, we all know what to
much down time can be like for your average teenager, let alone 70 some teenagers! The parents of these students in my opinion, could possibly take legal Action against the PI and Purdue University for not making sure all the boxes were checked before Camp Dash even got started. Who knows what the long term effect of six weeks in those condictions did to each of the participants.But it sounds like Consent Forms were destroyed with all Data, which should never have happened. (Thinking Dr Weaver was trying to cover her tracks.) Please Purdue, do not let her do another Case Study involving Children.
@Karen Smith, re the evaluation of the participants for appropriateness in the study, the (Indiana Daily Student) IDS news.com article mentions that the woman who chose the participants, Tamara Hannon, a pediatrics professor at IU School of Medicine, "did not properly account for the adolescents' backgrounds" (link at end of comment). Aside from that, I am aghast at this study and everything that went wrong with it. Can't believe Connie Weaver is still employed at Purdue, based on her deceptiveness detailed in the IDS news.com article. Criminal cbarges also appear to be warranted. You can be sure her own children would never have been participants in an environment like the camp was, as surely she knows the truth of what has to have happened at prior camps, and simply the reality of children today with the breakdown of the family (yes, it is the root cause). I would never volunteer my teen to an environment like this because of how dysfunctional teens are nowadays. I'm saddened that the young people who went (and their parents), likely eager for a fun experience, have had their view of the world tainted in a way that will affect them the rest of their lives, and I speak from experience, although the specifics are different. https://www.idsnews.com/article/2018/12/purdue-iu-named-in-lawsuit-against-2017-research-study-gone-wrong
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Goinformation obtained from individuals closely related to the general proximity of the Camp Dash study. There is SO much that is missing here. I heard of people who were threatened with their jobs and who was silenced and harassed for reporting issues and concerns MONTHS before the camp began to HR. A dietician was quoted as saying "you don't cross the path of Connie Weaver or question how she runs her studies, if you want a future in the department. Even New Director Michele Foreman turned a blind eye. Add in a dietician who would do anything to get their name published with the study and greed and the lust for fame take over. Well they got their fame alright.
I now question the integrity of any Weaver lab studies. If one would dig a little deeper you would find issues with the entire BioNutrition Unit and its manager, ethics, morals and actual eduation and training of staff at the time of the study. My image of Purdue has sunk to an all time low.
Actually my belief in ANY research from Purdue will be questioned from here forward. Seems like this has been brushed under the rug. What else are they hiding that hasnt gone public and for how long?
No one has mentioned the credentials of key staff who was directly involved with monitoring blood pressures and other procedures that would require certification either, but that's not of business…..
Prof Adrian Raine should be contacted to study this group of kids. He is at U of P in Philly. Wrote book, The Biologiacal Roots of Crime. Might have something to do with the poor kid who was adopted? As well as the underlying reasons for Connie Weaver's terrible way of setting up the study. Was her motive abuse in guise of the study???? Sometimes the reason is that she needed a psych exam, just saying.
Thank you for sharing this issue and shining a light upon how important it is to continue to monitor all aspects of research. I imagine (as we can't know the details) that the idea of the children running amok was not considered during the IRB review looking at how the scientific protocol would be managed. But, as anyone who has attempted to take a birthday party of teens to a pizza joint knows, it doesn't take very long for the animals to be running the zoo!
I wonder too, what was the evaluation of the children's appropriateness for participation in the study? Surely, one would think to evaluate prior history of requiring a behavioral therapist as was alluded to by the one mother quoted in the article, might be a reasonable disqualifier for 7 weeks away from home? Just a thought….from an ethicist… thinking this might become the next classic ethics learning case.
Really?!? You blame the research participants?! It sounds like Camp Calcium was set up correctly, while Camp DASH was not. That is not the kids' fault. It's the fault of the people who set up the study!
Dude. "State statues"? STATUTES.
Tom Zeller Jr.
Thanks, Nope!
"How did everything go from 'Everything's okay' on Sunday," she said, "to 'We're ready to have him arrested on Wednesday?'"
The article doesn't provide the answer, but what the mom is complaining about has some very obvious answers. Most notably, "Because x happened on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday."
It also could be that x occurred before Sunday, but was only found out between Sunday and Wednesday.
Where x is something like filming a girl in a shower, posting it online, or any other assault, or even just any lesser bad behavior that runs afoul of the program rules.
HIPAA, not HIPPA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Of course. Thanks, Leslie.
I get that there was a problem with the study and there were behavioral issues. The issue with the young girls sticks out to me the most and seems to get overlooked. A video of her in the shower was posted on the internet! That doesnt just go away. Thats something that could haunt her the rest of her life! As a parent I would want more than a simple review of the camp protocol. Someone would have to answer to me for that!
Pat Pell
I would say that it is not a few research participants ruined the study, instead those in charge of planning what to do with the children that were enrolled. Unlike laboratory animals, teenagers cannot be caged while scientist collect their observations.
This is a loss for everyone involved, but mainly for the adolescent participants.
George Leddick
Interesting that by calling the study a "summer camp" the investigators were allowed to call supervisory personnel "counselors." In Indiana a Licensed Professional Counselor must have a masters degree in counseling plus 1500 hours of supervised practice. Luckily they didn't call the study a "hospital" and allow first year undergrads to perform brain surgery! My sarcasm is occasioned by the previous commentor, who blamed middle school age children for getting out of hand when their time was not structured. Perhaps the University should insist on IRB full board review every time children are involved.
They were never intended to be licensed professional counselors. The setup was similar to how a regular summer camp can be set up, which does not require any college experience. LPCs generally deal with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders rather than taking care of (supposedly) normal kids in this manner. Otherwise Boy Scout camps, church camps, or youth camps in general in Indiana wouldn't exist because it would be too expensive
Meagan Edwards
I was a lead counselor for camp calcium And I Know that during our research camp the lead counselors were very active with the participants as well as ensuring proper data collection and research protocols were followed! It is a shame that a few research participants can ruin a study and tarnish an amazing leader in the nutrition and research communities.
I don't think its the participants fault at all. Clearly there are behavioral problems that need to be addressed, but ultimately it comes down to the fact that the PI is responsible for providing oversight for the study and she clearly was not doing that. If she had any inkling that there were violence or sexual abuse allegations from the campers, it was her duty to report those in a timely manner and make sure that the proper authorities (IRB, OHRP, etc.) were notified. She didn't. And that's on her.
Peter Urcuioli
Oh please! A protocol not followed by the PI is regulatory non-compliance. And the deceptive behavior borders on the criminal. The punishment needs to be certain and severe.
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Purdue University Mounted a Child Nutrition Study. It Went Very, Very Wrong.
Camp DASH was supposed to be a gold-standard adolescent nutrition study. Instead, it collapsed into chaos.
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By Amy Gastelum
On July 18, an adolescent girl participating in a camp-like nutrition study at Purdue University went to the bathroom at the school's Tarkington Hall dormitory to take a shower. Soon after, her peers told her there was a video of that shower on social media. The events that followed eventually shut down an $8.8 million research study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and left one of the nation's top research institutions circling the wagons as it scrambled to investigate what had gone wrong.
The girl was one of 78 participants in a study called Camp DASH — short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension — which was being led by Purdue's Department of Nutrition Science. Researchers, assessing the effects of a low sodium diet on 11- to 15-year-old boys and girls with elevated blood pressure, were set to host the children in campus housing for seven weeks over the summer.
Dr. Connie Weaver was the principal investigator for the study. "I accept responsibility for events that occurred at Camp DASH," she said this week. "The safety and security of research participants always comes first."
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After the shower video was reported to police in mid-July, the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor began looking into several additional allegations of crimes among the adolescent study participants. At the same time, University President Mitch Daniels shut the study down two weeks early and launched a months-long investigation led by the university's vice president for ethics and compliance, Alysa Christmas Rollock.
Rollock's investigation, released this week, shows more than 30 incidents of threats, violence, or sexual abuse among the study participants, many involving calls to campus police. (Two participants were arrested in the first few days of the study.) She also found several instances of non-compliance on the part of the study's principal investigator, or PI, Connie Weaver, that may have contributed to unsafe conditions for the minor participants. Rollock also pointed out various conflicts of interest inherent in the study's design.
In response to the university's investigation, the remaining three summers of the study have been canceled and all of the collected data will be thrown out. The university's biomedical institutional review board (IRB) stated in a letter last week that it will not review any further study applications submitted by Weaver until she submits a "comprehensive remediation plan," which includes training and oversight by an outside mentor.
Weaver did not respond to repeated requests for comment for this story, but in a statement released on Tuesday, she said "I am deeply saddened by the instances that caused Camp DASH to end early. As the principal investigator, I accept responsibility for events that occurred at Camp DASH. The safety and security of research participants always comes first."
Rollock's report recommends that any employee who failed to follow university protocol should be required to complete "remedial education and/or be disciplined for such noncompliance."
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So far, there's been no delineation by Daniels about whether this will happen or to whom. In an email message Brian Zink, a spokesman for the University, only reiterated the university's new protocols for future studies like Camp DASH, and new rules governing work done by Weaver.
But the internal investigation, police records, local reports on the shutdown over the summer, and interviews with both university staff and some of the families involved — several of whom requested anonymity for fear of either official reprisals or backlash within their communities — paint a picture of a research study that, despite multiple levels of vetting, was poorly structured, inadequately overseen, and undermined by deliberate cost-cutting. Several participants were removed at various points over the six-weeks leading up to the shutdown, and campus police responded to multiple calls for assault, sexual abuse, and threats to use deadly weapons, in addition to the shower video incident.
The university's own investigative report and the decisive cancellation of the DASH study last week culminates a tumultuous four months for prestigious Purdue and the surrounding community. But even with the investigation completed, the collapse of Camp DASH leaves behind lingering questions about how adult researchers and other university personnel could have allowed the study to spin so wildly out of control, and whether further fallout is forthcoming — at Purdue and beyond.
"The Purdue study and the internal investigation raise several issues about the role of the IRB, the human research protection program, and the [vice president] for research," said Karen Maschke, an expert on the ethical and legal issues related to human-subjects research and a member of the Hastings Center, an independent interdisciplinary research institute, "not only at Purdue but at other universities as well."
According to police reports and the university's internal report, an undergraduate counselor indicated to investigators that on June 20, not long after the launch of the study, Weaver was notified of reports that a camper had inappropriately touched other study participants. The police report indicates that the offending camper had been promptly removed from the program, but it remains unclear whether camp staff reported this incident — or any others — to the Department of Child Services, which is required by Indiana law.
The university report also indicates that in addition to sexual harassment, Weaver was aware of "violent actions of a male participant against other participants," including an incident where a child received second-degree burns, but that she did not report these incidents to the university's Institutional Review Board until July 5, 2017.
The report indicates that Weaver may have had reason to withhold reporting until July 5. After two incidents of violence in the first week of the study, campus police voiced deep concern about the safety of the participants, and the university IRB informed Weaver that if there were another violent incident before July 5, they would suspend the study.
According to the report, on June 30, Chief John Cox, head of the Purdue University Police Department, contacted Howard Zelaznik, then the school's associate vice president for research, to recommend ending the camp and sending all of the participants home. "[I]t is now my position there is an imminent threat to the health and safety of the children attending Camp DASH," he wrote. Cox later stated he could support the continuation of the camp if changes outlined by Weaver were put in place.
But as Rollock's report concludes, the problems continued. "Timely reporting of incidents was haphazard and in most instances, did not comply with university policies and procedures," her report states. "There is also a question as to whether reporting in accordance with state statutes regarding suspected child abuse and neglect were satisfied. This report will not analyze this issue due to deference to law enforcement authorities."
Failure to comply with the state's mandatory reporting law is considered a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, but the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor's office did not respond to multiple queries about whether any adult involved with camp DASH is being investigated.
As to whether the adults on hand understood the law and its requirements, the report suggests that they should have — in part because the researchers running the study indicated to the IRB that all study personnel were trained in these matters, including directly by police who came to a week-long training session prior to the start of camp.
The Rollock report, however, suggests this was not the case. According to the investigation, there were several inconsistencies between the study design that Weaver submitted and what actually unfolded as the program got underway. Only seven of what was reported to be 132 people staffing the study — which included everyone from counselors and lab workers to food preparation staff — had background checks completed, for example. There was also no registered nurse on staff to distribute medications, and oversight of the participants was generally much less thorough than initially indicated to — and approved by — the IRB, as well as to parents who enrolled their children.
One Greenwood, Indiana mother, who spoke to Undark but asked not to be named, said that when she dropped her 12-year-old son off at Camp DASH in June, she felt normal "first day of camp jitters." Her biggest concern at the time was that her son might not like the food — a reasonable worry since the study would be controlling their diets. Now she is waiting to hear whether the boy will be formally charged on 13 allegations involving incidents with other campers — problems she said she never heard about until almost two weeks into the study, when she received a late-night phone call from Weaver, who told her to come get her son right away.
"At Purdue, we consider the safety of our entire community — faculty, staff, students, and visitors — to be our highest priority," Purdue University's president, Mitch Daniels, said in a letter this week. Visual: Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty
The mother is careful not to minimize the behavior of her son, whom she said was adopted, along with his sister, by her family after years in foster homes. "He does need to realize the seriousness of the matter and that his actions have consequences," she said.
But the mother also added that she felt things could have been dealt with, and perhaps de-escalated, much sooner, particularly given that her husband had visited the campus two weeks after dropping off their son. During that family visit day, all was apparently fine. Three days later, the boy was kicked out. "I just feel like some of the communication was kind of lacking."
The mother said that Weaver, who has a long record of successful study camps with adolescents dating back to 1990, did not describe the problems with her son over the phone, and that the two women did not speak at all when the mother arrived at midnight to collect her son. She also recalled that neither the boy, nor the counselor sleeping down the hall, were aware that night that the boy was being removed from the camp, though Weaver did later agree to speak to the boy's therapist, the mother reported.
Still, the mother says she remains confused as to why it took so long for Camp DASH personnel to intervene — and loop her in — on any trouble involving her son.
The work Weaver has contributed to nutrition research using a camp-like setting has helped put her and Purdue's Nutrition Science Department on the map. She's highly celebrated, for example, for a previous study called Camp Calcium, which examined the way adolescent bodies absorb and utilize calcium. This research directly contributed to current federal dietary calcium recommendations for adolescents.
In that sense, it was not surprising that a study application she was a part of would be approved by what is arguably one of the most rigorous processes for the approval of the use of human subjects. "The trial design was peer-reviewed at NIH prior to funding," the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which funded the study, said in a prepared statement, "and was then reviewed and approved by the Camp DASH Steering Committee, the Purdue Biomedical IRB, and the NHLBI-appointed Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB).
"The DSMB included experts in conducting adolescent/child dietary studies," the institute added.
Nominally, those Camp DASH leaders were Weaver and Berdine Martin, a Purdue research scientist who also sits on the university's IRB. They also worked closely with one of Weaver's doctoral students who goes unnamed in the report.
One former Camp DASH counselor who asked not to be named for fear of running afoul of university leadership, said a handful of "head counselors" answered to these lead researchers, and that they primarily managed data entry and data collection details. The head counselors, the former counselor said, were rarely involved in day-to-day activities with the participants, which was left to a fleet of undergraduate student workers. The report suggested that some of these counselors may have engaged in inappropriate behavior with some of the child participants.
According to the university's investigation, a total of 70 counselors and head counselors staffed the study, although both the former counselor who spoke to Undark, as well as social media postings from as far back as February — used by university representatives to recruit study employees — indicate the number of counselors may have been as low as 40.
The sleeping arrangements were set up in Purdue's Tarkington Hall Dormitory. Adolescent study participants were paired by similar age and gender in each dorm room, while one undergraduate college student counselor of the same gender slept in his or her own room down the hall. Staffing was lighter at night with sometimes only three counselors on staff for 78 participants, according to the Rollock report.
This arrangement struck at least one outside expert consulted by Undark as odd.
A Facebook page sought to recruit adolescent participants for the Camp DASH — and 7 weeks of "fun" and free room and board.
Even if the NIH approved the trial design for the Camp DASH study, they would have relied on the university's IRB to work out the details for the protection of study participants, said Celia Fisher, an ethics professor at Fordham University and director of the school's Center for Ethics Education.
Fisher, who has spent several decades working on issues of research ethics involving vulnerable populations, and who chaired the creation of the current American Psychological Association ethics code, said that in order for this study to be approved by the university IRB, she would have expected the gold standard in counselors. "To have a sleepover camp for young teenagers supervised by 18 to 21-year-olds who do not have an adult supervisor there monitoring," she said upon learning the counselors were primarily undergraduate students, "I can't even."
The former counselor, who only worked day shifts, said the week of pre-study training before the camp began focused primarily on accurate data collection during meals. There was also HIPAA training, and a visit from campus police and the fire department to discuss health and safety on campus. The counselor said there was no training on how to manage behavior.
The counselor also affirmed the Rollock report, saying there wasn't much structure to daytime programming and that the adolescent participants were often bored and beset with downtime. Small groups of participants often waited for long periods while each was physiologically tested. "We were in, like, classrooms where there were no windows or anything…and you had to stay in this room for like 4 hours." Another Purdue employee who worked with the participants in a daytime program said the camp seemed chaotic. When the participants arrived for the program, the undergraduate counselors "were not engaged with the children when we were having activities," the employee said. "They were just off in a corner with their phones."
Undergraduates were not prepared to handle such supervisory roles, the employee added. "You can't just decide that you're gonna work with troubled youth. There's a lot that you really need to do and there's a lot of things that you need to learn. Things like, how do you do non-violent communication? How do you de-escalate a situation?
"These kids were not trained. They were not at all ready," the employee added. "And that goes squarely back to the university and the PI."
In response to Rollock's recommendations, Daniels wrote in a letter to the university community that all future studies with the "unique characteristics of the DASH study" will conform to standards established by the American Camp Association, the Association of Camp Nursing, and the Higher Education Protection Network. He added they will also require a qualified camp administrator tasked with camp operations and management.
It's not clear in Rollock's report or in Daniels' letter why the university's Institutional Review Board didn't have those requirements in place already. It's also not clear why the IRB wasn't independently confirming assertions made by Weaver, including that her staff had completed background checks, or that there was a registered nurse on staff to disseminate medications. Instead, the people disseminating medications were a nursing student and someone who had an EMT license in the 1990s, according to the internal investigation. The internal report mentions briefly that one of the head researchers in the study, Berdine Martin, also sat on the IRB, but makes no recommendations regarding the conflict of interest inherent in those simultaneous roles.
Fisher says that not all IRBs are created equal, and that they vary significantly from institution to institution — primarily because there are no federal regulations requiring that all members be scientists or know anything about scientific ethics. Instead, IRB members are generally pulled from the faculty pool and are not paid for this committee work, Fisher explained. They also have a diverse range of expertise that is not always suited to every study being reviewed. "They may try very hard to apply ethical standards," Fisher said, "but if they have no understanding of the type of research that's being conducted, then they may not be able to identify all the risks and benefits of the participation."
Fisher also says while most members of university Institutional Review Boards are genuinely interested in the protection of human subjects, "the problem is the lack of expertise and the lack of funding that they get."
It's difficult to know where Purdue's IRB falls on the continuum. But there are no specific recommendations in the published internal review regarding changes to the board.
The report also makes clear that the accumulating costs of staff and supplies for the expansive study had made Weaver's budget increasingly tight. "This led to an environment of cutting costs," the Rollock investigation stated, "wherever possible."
Such cost cutting included housing the participants in a non-air conditioned residence hall, which investigators said saved $25,000.
Maschke of the Hastings Center said that while there are certain federal regulations governing IRBs, "expecting an IRB to task someone with confirming that a [principal investigator] has fulfilled all of the requirements of the approved protocol" is not common practice.
"This should not have to be 'whistleblower' scenario, but it often turns out that way," Maschke said in an email message. "Since IRBs typically don't monitor studies while they are being conducted, the burden is on someone to report something – and if the PI is one of the problems, then there has to be a known (and protective) process in place to report concerns. And there has to be a written policy about how institutional offices will respond, when, to whom they will respond and report, etc.
"What's glaringly missing from the Purdue internal report is any mention of these issues."
Just what the full implications of the failed study will be for university researchers and other Purdue personnel remains to be seen. In the meantime, families of young alleged victims and perpetrators across the region are grappling with the fallout of a scientific undertaking that, by virtually all accounts, failed to adequately ensure the well-being of child participants.
Tippecanoe County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kristen McVey told Undark that it's been difficult to coordinate so many investigations between the three states from which the young study participants were drawn, but that they plan to complete their investigations and make formal charges in the coming days.
This story may be updated with additional input from sources as it becomes available.
Amy Gastelum is a writer, radio producer, and registered nurse based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has reported for Public Radio International's "The World," NPR, and Guernica Magazine, among other publications.
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Game 2, NBA FINALS: Golden State Warriors @ Toronto Raptors - Sunday June 2nd, 8pm ET TSN
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Jclaw
Sun Jun 2nd, 2019, 09:57 AM
It's the trifecta tonight:
Scott Foster (#48)
Tony Brothers (#25)
Ed Malloy (#14)
Has that ever happened before??!!
They're more than famous....
rocwell
Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
It looks like the science of jinx-ism is far from settled.
Drake got Draymond. lol.
Start planning the parade route.
veda-parabolist
MixxAOR wrote: View Post
Watching the game, that stat doesn't even come as much of a surprise. But I might say, rather than that the Warriors "forced" so many late-clock shots, that the Raptors "chose" to run the clock down so late. And not even talking about 4th quarter running the time down while ahead (maybe that could account for like 5 of the 23 shots?). Just in general, so many guys on the Raps just seem to pass up shots for the extra pass (sometimes decent open shots), and it's not until the end of the clock that someone has to hoist it. Say what you want about this strategy, being "too unselfish," and so on, but when it works it looks good, when it doesn't, it just looks like guys are afraid to shoot.
But it seemed to work fairly well in Game 1 so I guess better to appreciate it at this point.
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Everyone is understating the abilities of Marc Gasol. Yes, he had an above average game 1 compared to those he's had with the Raptors.
Gasol can give you 90% percent of those stats every night. This guy has played in huge games at the national level, and stood toe to toe with team USA.
This is championship level Gasol and expect it every game
Another thing that goes understated is the amount of raptors veterans (Gasol, Lowry, Serg) that have never one a chip. I think that alone gives you an extra gear. Should be fun Game 2.
Gasol is also the biggest guy on the court now. No need to deal with Embiid or Brook Lopez. Draymond is the biggest guy who can defend him and he cant.
I think they need to get gasol more involved under the basket... it's easy since Green cant handle him (and for sure guys like Damian Jones will have no shot) and if there is a mismatch Gasol can exploit or pass it out if they try to double team.
The Raptors extend their lead to two games. Book it.
Over the course of the playoffs, the incredible Raptors defense takes a lot of energy to play, as a result the key players are gassed on offence, and that is why they clang so many open looks.
Nurse needs to extend the bench to give the starters more rest, that will in turn improve their shooting and allow them to cash in all the nice opportunities the offense is generating, but too often squandering, at least before the last game where they did better in this regard. The extended bench just needs to focus on keeping he defensive intensity up, the scoring will come when the starters score better by having their breath and their legs under them.
Kerr needs to put as much pressure on the Raptors defense as possible, make them chase and rotate like mad, extending his teams possessions as much as possible to force the Raptors to play their incredibly intense defense for as long as possible, even if this doesn't actually increase the Warrior offensive production, it will hurt the Raptors when they are on offense and there starters are too tired to shoot effectively. They also need to prevent the Raptors from extending their rotation by exploiting their bench players and forcing them off the court.
Mitchell Duong
See what adjustment they have for Pascal, and if they send help, let Kawhi cook. Go Raptors.
octothorp
I think this outlines a divergence between the East and West. This is a challenge that GSW haven't had to deal with in the playofs in a long time: a team that generates most of its offense through the frontcourt. They're more used to teams like Portland, Houston, Clippers, OKC, where if you can shut down the guards, you're in great shape, so having as many options you can switch onto the guards is an asset. The East has become much more frontcourt-focused (at least at the upper echelon) with all of Toronto, Milwaukee, and Philly having the ball in the hands of skilled bigs as much as possible. They are not necessarily well-equipped with their current healthy personnel to deal with this.
This series is SO far from over. Lose game two and RR will predictably implode.
Win and go up 2 after two home games and it's still not over.
Play every game like it's game 7, never let up, no passengers, protect home court ....
Damn straight ...It's far from over...
GSW didn't get here because they are lucky or are the beneficiaries an NBA conspiracy.
But right now they are hobbled.
Durant is out again tonight. Possibly for games 3 and 4 as well. Who knows.
Igudoula is nicked up. How bad? The MRI is clear..but his face sure said something wasn't right when he came down and grabbed his hammy.
Lots of talk about adjustments by GSW..but those two being hurt forces Kerr's hand to rely on a thin bench to play a lot more minutes than he would probably like to. Raps need to and will punish the longer bench minutes being played by Cook , Jerebco and McKinnie. As the Warriors continue to play short handed the Raps are getting another long athletic defender back in OG.
The lord helps those those who help themselves..The Raps take advantage again of home court and the invariable injuries teams sustain in a long season and playoff run.
It's closer.but still a Raps W.
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veda-parabolist wrote: View Post
Love the schuman quote...they forced them to the last six seconds...not that the raps moved the ball around looking for the best shot that materialized later in the possession ....or a strategy to slow the pace down and milk the clock as the game wound down.
This is a bit like saying the guys arm broke only on the third attempt while he was being curb stomped.
Too many days days between games.
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Sun Jun 2nd, 2019, 12:13 PM
The Warriors are the top dogs for a reason, no game is going to be easy, and if we play at 80% of our capabilities we will get smoked. Got to approach Game 2 with the exact same intensity as Game 1
The key for me is making sure we have more possessions than them. Giving up offensive boards and turnovers to GSW = death. We are at our best when we lock them in the halfcourt
The name's Bond, James Bond.
Superjudge
All I know is this.
Toronto's hurdle was to make it to the NBA finals, the NBA did NOT want this and the whistles show it.
Toronto made it anyhow.
Now, there is no benefit to the NBA to screw the Raps, you can see it in the way they are pumping up the city on the telecasts, on all the NBA media outlets. Toronto is getting fair treatment now, on and off the court.
If Toronto wins, they will have earned it, and if they lose, from what I saw game one from the officials, there shouldnt be much to complain about.
I hope they can win today but Warriors are going to come out guns blazing. I think this game will really tell us which way the series will go. Hope boys can come through.
Maybe drake added a Draymond tattoo last night to go with his Curry and Durant ones


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Will you change yourself for just ONE person?
So im just thinkin that people these days are so idiot!they just change themselves for just one person..what is the importance?does we really need it?i mean if someone asks you to change yourself for him/her will you do it?if that person is really right or he/she is very important for you??or will you just you know dont care what other people say bcoz its YOU and they can never be YOU.
as for me..i dont know.it depends i think.i mean if what he/she like to change to me really affect other people and my relationships to them then why not BUT for just one person?
well,i would not change, at least not intentionally but if you really like someone you change without realizing but not in a bad way. but if someone insists on me changing for him telling me that "i don't like that about you", "try to be more like this or that" it's instant dump, or if i'm in a bad mood, he should pray that i don't have anything around me to throw at him.
It really depends, but I doubt I'd change anyhow.
No matter how hard i try i can't change who i am.
i refuse to change who i am unless there is a REALLY good reason for it, life or death perhaps? either way, people should like me for who i am and if they cant accept it it would be their problem.
Maybe. It all depends. I'm not very happy about the way I am anyway so it's fine with me.
I'm a very adaptive and easily influencable person. I tend to change small or unimportant opinions and habits to match the people around me.
Though there are some really important things that I don't change on a whim like my hobbies and personal beliefs.
So yes and no. I do change to fit in and I probably would change my self to a extent if I was in love with someone but my core will always stay the same.
I would not nor do I ever think I will change who I am and if people have a problem with it they just have to deal with it.
Change myself for One person?
hmm.. just wanna know is this ONE person worth it?
But even if he is and even if he means a lot to me... I still won't I love the way I am and this person especially if he loves me, should accept me for who and what I am even in my grossest thing that I do. I think that's how a person should love someone, the acceptance of the person for who he/she is.
The only way I would change myself for my girlfriend would be if it is a change for the better. If it is just a change for the sake of change, then I definetly would not do it, and it would become painfully obvious that she doesn't like me for who I am.
I don't see why I would want to change, everything about me makes me... unique. For one person to take that away from me? hell no.


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OPTEX will showcase a range of newly released outdoor sensors and visual verification solutions as well as preview its new high mount, outdoor PIRs – the QX Infinity (QXI) series for the EMEA region at Sicurezza as part of its Italian distributor's stand, HESA. For the first time in Europe, the new high mount (2.2m-2.7m) outdoor sensor, the QXI series will be presented at Sicurezza. The family of outdoor PIRs and Dual-tech sensors provide a 120° wide and 12m detection area. The new Quad technology provides very reliable detection performance within a compact and sleek design. It also features OPTEX's sensing analytics, the Super Multi-Dimensional Analysis (SMDA) reduces noise created by the environment. Launched earlier this year, the wide range of 180° outdoor intrusion sensors, the WX family that includes the WX Infinity (WXI) and the WX Shield (WXS) series will be showcased at the event. Intrusion alarm systems Italy is a very important market for us which is why we launched our App-based visual verification solution here first Both provide low-mount, pet tolerant detection up to 12m, wired and wireless models and feature two independent 90° detection zones, meaning the detection area, the sensibility and masking can be set independently on the left and the right zones. The WXS additionally provides a flexible mount option (0.8-1.2 or 2m), and dual-technology models. HESA's stand will also include live demonstrations for OPTEX's App-based visual verification solutions and enhanced short range LiDAR series. The REDSCAN RLS-2020 series is now Grade 3 meaning it can be added to graded intrusion alarm systems, giving installers the opportunity to enhance the site security by adding virtual walls and ceilings. With the latest firmware version, the RLS-2020S model features an extended detection range to 30m radius and 95°. Visual verification solution Mark Cosgrave, Western Europe Divisional Manager at OPTEX EMEA is pleased to be returning to Sicurezza: "2017 proved to be a fantastic show and we are excited to have a dedicated area on HESA's stand. Italy is a very important market for us which is why we launched our App-based visual verification solution here first and will preview the new QXI here as well. I am looking forward to hearing the feedback from the market at the show."
Reflections On A Shrinking IFSEC 2019 In London
Time for an indepth review of IFSEC 2019 in London. This show had fewer exhibitors than previous shows, and the 'vibe' was definitely more low-key. Fewer exhibitors meant larger aisles and plenty of room to breathe, and the slower pace provided time for exhibitors to reflect (often negatively) on the return on investment (ROI) of large trade shows. There was little buzz on the first day of the show, but spirits picked up on the second day (when, not coincidentally, some exhibitors served drinks to attendees at their stands). Enterprise security solutions One eye-catcher was smart wireless security provider Ajax Systems' stylish black stand Many exhibitors compared IFSEC unfavorably to ISC West in the United States and even to Intersec in Dubai. Others seemed willing to be lured back to Birmingham (previous location for IFSEC) to participate in the upstart competitor, The Security Event, next spring. However, not all the IFSEC 2019 reviews were negative. Vaion made the most of their small stand toward the back of the hall. They experienced brisk traffic right up until the end of the show. Happy with the response, the provider of real-time enterprise security solutions reportedly has already committed to IFSEC 2020. Other exhibitors also made the most of their space at IFSEC; one eye-catcher was smart wireless security provider Ajax Systems' stylish black stand. Vaion made the most of their small stand toward the back of the hall Latest new products Nedap launched a new product, AEOS 2019.1, that is five time faster and more stable than its predecessor. It uses HTML5 – no more reliance on Adobe. Feedback has been good. The company has also increased its integration of open security standards (OSS). Traka showcased smart lockers, which are modular, scalable, and staff can easily replace broken equipment. Product features can be adapted to specific sectors (i.e., retail, prisons). Traka spends 30% of its revenue on research and development, developing their own engineering. The company has seen massive growth in the UK and Europe. Hanwha Techwin lured visitors into the centre of their stand with drinks and ice cream, surrounded by the latest new products. Hanwha promoted their investment in a manufacturing facility in Vietnam and showcased Wisenet cameras with enhanced 4K images, digital auto tracking, and less motion blur for clearer images. Video verification product A multi-sensor model captures wide areas with a single camera. Hanwha also offered some value-priced cameras that feature easy self-install and are swappable. Optex launched a new product called 'the Bridge', a video verification product that bridges CCTV on a digital video recorder (DVR) to intruder alarms. Hanwha showcased Wisenet cameras with enhanced 4K images UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter announced 'Security By Default', a set of minimum requirements that will guarantee users that network video security products are as secure as possible in their default settings right out of the box. Hikvision promoted their support for Secure by Default and expressed hopes the initiative would be embraced by other companies and create a new best practice for camera cybersecurity. Hikvision also promoted their retail solution, which includes on-site redaction for GDPR compliance, shelf detection incorporating artificial intelligence, and use of heat mapping to analyze customer foot traffic. Generating revenue Safety and Security Things (SAST), another IFSEC exhibitor, is in the process of creating an 'app store' for the security market. Striving to achieve critical mass with participation by a wide range of systems integrators and manufacturers, SAST has a goal of launching to the public in Q1 next year in time for ISC West. Hanwha Techwin is among the players that have already joined the alliance A pilot version will debut this autumn, and they already have 26 apps and six camera manufacturers toward that goal. With a staff of 120, mostly based in Munich, SAST expects to begin generating revenue in 2020 and to grow rapidly. An investment by Bosch is financing start-up operations. Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) is creating standards and a platform to enable the sale of apps in the security market. Large industry players Hanwha Techwin is among the players that have already joined the alliance, and OSSA is seeking to add other large companies, such as Axis, Genetec and Hikvision. Engaging integrators, app developers and software providers as well as camera manufacturers will generate widespread support to ensure the initiative succeeds. Although currently most OSSA members are based in the EU and Asia, it is a global organization open to any company in the world. Many large industry players are now missing from the IFSEC show floor; the most noticeable new abstainer this year was Milestone. And the downturn seems likely to continue: Exhibitors were largely noncommittal about returning next year, although organizers were urging them during the exhibition to sign up for 2020.
Intersec Saudi Arabia 2019 Records The Presence 111 Exhibitors From 20 Countries
The 3rd edition of Intersec Saudi Arabia got underway with 111 exhibitors from 20 countries zooming in on the Middle East's largest commercial security and fire safety market. Running for three days at the Jeddah Centre for Forum and Events, Saudi's foremost security, safety, and fire protection trade show targets the Kingdom's vast market which is estimated to grow at an annual compound growth rate of 7.7 percent over the next seven years. It was opened yesterday in a pre-show ceremony by Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Amr, the director-general of Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Civil Defense. Economic Diversification Plans According to 6WResearch, homeland security and policing currently holds the lion's share of Saudi's market spend A report released on the side-lines of the show by consultancy firm 6WResearch said the total spend on Saudi's commercial security, information security, homeland security and policing, physical and perimeter protection, and fire safety markets was worth US$8.5 billion in 2018, a five percent increase over the previous year. By 2025, the market will be worth US$14.4 billion, driven by a combination of increased investments in infrastructure in line with the Saudi Vision 2030, the stabilisation of oil prices, and the government's ongoing economic diversification plans. According to 6WResearch, homeland security and policing currently holds the lion's share of Saudi's market spend, at US$4.6 billion in 2018. This is followed by information security (US$2.6 billion), commercial security (US$838 million), fire protection (US$273 million), and physical and perimeter protection (US$198 million). Integrated Platform The impressive opportunities are underlined by a long list of manufacturers and suppliers this week in the Red Sea port city, spearheaded by the show's launch partners eager to boost business opportunities. Hikvision, the world's largest video surveillance provider, is among these, and is putting the spotlight on its latest suite of technologies, much of which is powered by Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. Others include Al Alameya, Axis Communications, Bristol, Drager, Genetec, NAFFCO, Nedap, and ZMR. With 69 per cent international participation, more than 500 brands, and an enlightening three-day conference program, Intersec Saudi Arabia caters to growing demand for an integrated platform providing crucial access to one of the world's most promising markets. Intersec Saudi Arabia is licenced by Messe Frankfurt Middle East, the organiser of Intersec in Dubai, the world's largest trade fair for security, safety, and fire protection. Safety And Security Industries Intersec Saudi Arabia is a vital platform bringing together key stakeholders in the Kingdom's security, safety, and fire protection industries" "Safety and Security is high on the agenda of Vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and there is a perennial requirement of safety and security products, fire protection and the accompanying innovations that are displayed at this event," commented Zahoor Siddique, Vice President of Intersec Saudi Arabia's organiser ACE Exhibitions. "Intersec Saudi Arabia, apart from targeting the five million population of the Western Region inclusive of the annual pilgrimage, round-the-year Umrah pilgrims, oil and gas installations, airports and seaports, the multitude of events taking place Kingdom wide, is the ideal meeting and networking showcase for safety and security industries." Andreas Rex, Show Director of Intersec, added: "Intersec Saudi Arabia is a vital platform bringing together key stakeholders in the Kingdom's security, safety, and fire protection industries. In its 3rd edition in 2019, it will once again be at the forefront of the latest technologies and solutions dedicated to meet the demand of the Middle East's largest market." Smart Patrol Solutions GET Group Holdings was among those launching new products in the Saudi market, including its latest Smart Patrol solution that assists law enforcement agencies by providing full 360 degrees surveillance, body-worn cameras, speed detection and violation as well as identification of wanted people and vehicles. GET also launched its AI-Powered process automation solutions to manage and optimize enterprise and government operations. Mrs. Maysoon Jamal, CEO of GET Group Holdings, said: "The Saudi security market is crucial to our business and our products especially for government and law enforcement agencies. We're looking for great growth in three main categories: Secure card printing especially through our Heidi and GET/Toppan ID Card Printers, Smart Patrol Solutions, and Robotic Process Automation." Promising Markets Intersec Saudi Arabia is held under the patronage of the Saudi Ministry of Interior, and supported by the Saudi Civil Defense Other exhibitors this week include Optex Europe Limited and Fiber Sensys, both of which recently joined forces to better serve Saudi Arabia and the regional market in deploying perimeter protection and intrusion detection systems. Intersec Saudi Arabia is held under the patronage of the Saudi Ministry of Interior, and supported by the Saudi Civil Defense. It features a three-day security and fire safety conference program operating under the wider theme of 'Safety, Civil Security and Technology: Future Integrated Solutions'. Intersec Saudi Arabia 2019 covers the key product groups of Commercial Security, Information Security, Perimeter & Physical Security, Homeland Security & Policing, Fire & Rescue, and Safety & Health. 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Q: "Closed interval" on ordered topology
Let $X$ be linearly ordered by a relation $\leq$. Taking as a subbase for topology on $X$ all sets of the form $\{x;x<a\}$ and $\{x;x>a\}$, for $a\in X$. Can be $\{x\in X; a\leq x\leq b\}$ a open set, for $a<b$, in $X$?

I think the answer is no, beause $\{x\in X; a\leq x\leq b\}^c=\{x;x<b\}\cup\{x;x>a\}$ is a open set.
Its correct?

A: The answer to your question is "Yes, $\{x\in X;\;a\leq x\leq b\}$ for $a<b$ can be an open set."
There are a number of ways this can happen. The trivial but slightly boring one is if your order has endpoints $a$, and $b$ such that $\forall x\in X\; a\leq x$ and $\forall x\in X\; b\geq x$. Then $X=\{x;a\leq x\leq b\}$ and is open. An example of this is $[0,1]$ with the order inherited form $\mathbb{R}$.
A less trivial example is any linear order which is at least partially discrete. This just means you have a few points such that there is nothing between them. A small example would be $\{1,2,3,4,5\}$ ordered the usual way (with order inherited from $\mathbb{N}$. In this case every singleton is open. We will just quickly show it for $\{2\}$. We can take the open sets $\{x;x>1\}$ and $\{x;x<3\}$ their intersection is open and is exactly $\{2\}$. Since the union of open sets is open every set in this topology is open (it is the discrete topology) and thus in particular the set $\{x;1\leq x\leq 2\}$ is open for example.
This second argument can be extended to arbitrary linear orders for which the ray topology gives us a discrete topological space (I believe these are exactly the discrete linear orders but I might be wrong something strange might happen with tricky enough orders like say $\omega\times \mathbb{Z}$). Certainly an easy example of a bigger space which is discrete under the ray topology is $\mathbb{Z}$ and for it all the sets you describe will be open.

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What is your brain age? Chances are it's older than your actual age and much older than the average woman's brain.
A new study carried out by the Washington University School of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that women's brains appear younger than their chronological age, while men's brains appear to be older.
The brain of both genders tends to shrink as people get older, but it turns out that the male brain also ages faster than the female brain.
Is grandma a bit sharper than grandpa? That's what the findings seem to indicate.
Brain Energy Metabolism
Like most bodily process, the brain relies on sugar for fuel. However, the way it metabolizes sugar changes as we get older.
Babies and children, for instance, use some of their brain fuel in a process called aerobic glycolysis that sustains brain development and maturation through life, while the rest of the sugar is utilized for day-to-day bodily functions like thinking and moving.
A considerable portion of brain sugar is still devoted to aerobic glycolysis in adolescents and young adults; however, the fraction drops steadily as we age until it plateaus at very low levels in our 60s.
Men / Women Brain Age Difference
A woman's brain ages slower than a man's brain.
The study had 121 women and 84 men between the ages of 20 and 82 undergoe PET scans to measure the cerebral flow of oxygen and glucose in their brains.
Researchers then assessed brain metabolism of each person by observing the fraction of sugar used during aerobic glycolysis in various regions of the brain.
When the metabolic data were fed into a computer program to calculate brain age, they found that women's brains were on average 3.8 years younger than their chronological ages, while the brains of men were 2.4 years older.
Women's brains appeared younger than men's even among the study's youngest participants, who were in their 20s.
As noted by lead author Manu Goyal, MD, "the average difference in calculated brain age between men and women is significant and reproducible."
Cause(s) Of Brain Age Difference
Hormones levels, cerebral blood flow, and gene expression possibly explain why men's brains age faster.
Scientists have long known that the brains of women are more resilient to cognitive decline, with older women tending to score higher in tests of reason, memory and problem solving than men of the same age.
They believe sex differences during brain development likely set the stage for brain aging later in life. Differences in hormones levels, cerebral blood flow, and gene expression may make the female brain more resilient to aging-related stressors.
"It's not that men's brains age faster — they start adulthood about three years older than women, and that persists throughout life," Goyal said.
In other words, women don't experience as much cognitive decline in later years because their brains are effectively younger throughout life.
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Men and will surely use the study results against each other in the battle of the sexes.
These findings will certainly fuel the longstanding arguement between men and women as to which sex is the smarter, more intelligent one.
We can see some guys taking it as prove that men are mentally more mature than women, while their female counterparts could take it as an indication that men are senile imbeciles.
Popular culture is oozing with supposed examples of intellectual and behavioral differences between the sexes, such as the idea that men are funnier than women, but it's not clear if the patterns demonstrated by the study have any such implications .
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