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1: Start simple, but smart.
If you are newer to Simulation, you may be tempted to take whatever model you have and throw it directly into the software. Experienced users may roll their eyes at this general approach, since frequently the result it leads to is a quagmire of irrelevant details and errors.
Suppress unnecessary features (outside fillets, irrelevant holes, etc.).
Consider running the analysis on only the part (rather than the assembly).
Consider completely reconstructing the model from surface bodies (for shell elements).
Treat all contacts as totally bonded.
The primary purpose of this step is to be a kick-off point to allow you to BUILD an understanding in easy to interpret steps rather than to get caught in the weeds and hope you have the right answer when it finally runs.
So you already ran the simple model, but the results do not match the physical prototype. Next you should add small bits of detail in the relevant regions. Were some of those fillets you suppressed earlier actually drastically improving the stiffness? Re-include them and see if you observe a different result (frequently you won't). Perform these same tests by adding on other relevant details in order of priority. This procedure will also allow you to build an intuition over what is important and what is not.
A "fine" mesh isn't necessarily an accurate mesh. Typically you should test at least two or more mesh sizes to see if your results change. If I use a "fine" mesh and get 10ksi stresses, and then I change it to a "finer" mesh and get 15ksi, I don't trust either of these results. We call this process of changing the mesh "mesh convergence" since in many cases (not all cases; see "stress singularity") the results will stabilize around some number.
Are you sure you have them right? You are? No, you're not. None of the simulation fixtures and loads exists in reality. Only contacts really exist (per se; I don't want to get in a quantum physical debate here). What I'm getting at is that we use fixtures and loads to approximate the behavior of these contacts (i.e., bolted contacts, welded connections, etc). Sometimes, problems warrant modeling more precisely how your geometry is fixed. Maybe generating a 3D model in a portion of the fixture would help. Make sure you add portions of the fixturing in steps to see the incremental improvements to your results (like I said in step 2 above).
5: Give DASI a call!
We have engineers on staff and would love to show you how to apply the above principles in practice.
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Home Open Access News Health & Social Care News The effects of vaping on vascular health
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The effects of vaping on vascular health
Hookah smoking or vaping is typically conducted in social settings and smoked or vaped among groups at hookah cafes or lounges
Mary Rezk-Hanna, PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, studies the short-term effects of vaping on vascular health – she argues that electronic vaping is harmful and that a "safer" alternative to traditional hookah smoking is anything but safe
While cigarette smoking rates among high-school-aged children and young adults have reached historic lows, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use has increased exponentially in recent years. ENDS are battery-operated devices that produce an inhaled aerosol that delivers nicotine, fine and ultrafine particles and flavourings, without any combustion. Smoking refers to the inhalation of smoke generated from tobacco combustion, whereas vaping refers to the inhalation of aerosol generated from electronic delivery systems.
In 2003, electronic (e-) cigarettes entered the marketplace, and subsequently in 2007, it was patented internationally. Since their introduction, their designs and manufacturing processes have evolved and different ENDS have developed, including JUUL and e-hookahs. In 2014, e-hookahs were introduced as a newer category of ENDS and marketed as a "safer" alternative to combustible flavoured hookah tobacco smoking. Most recently, in 2019, e-hookahs were patented by Philip Morris.
Prevalence & health effects of e-hookahs
Compared to other ENDS, including e-cigarettes, little is known about the prevalence and health effects of e-hookahs. According to data from the large, nationally representative U.S. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, although e-hookahs are used less commonly than e-cigarettes, e-hookah use among youth and adults is not rare.
Among adults ≥18 years of age, 4.6% reported ever e-hookah use and of these, more than a quarter (26.8%) reported current use, as compared to ever e-cigarette use which was reported by 22.5% with 24.8% reporting current use. Among youth 12-17 years of age, 7.7% were identified as ever e-hookah users and 14.3% were ever e-cigarette users. It is important to note that these data reflect prevalence rates between 2013-2014, before e-hookahs entered the marketplace. Indeed, further studies are needed to fully characterise the potential increase in prevalence, users' characteristics, smoking patterns and behaviours, specific to e-hookah use.
With respect to potential harm from ENDS, all translational studies to date have focused on e-cigarettes. Consequently, little is known about e-hookahs. While both products fit within the category of ENDS, one must consider each product's distinct characteristics when extrapolating data comparing the two. E-hookahs are combined with and placed on traditional waterpipes, allowing the aerosol to pass through a water-filled basin, cooling and potentially altering the aerosol, before being inhaled by the user. Thus, e-hookahs replicate unique aspects of traditional waterpipe smoking, a centuries-old yet understudied tobacco product. What differentiates hookah products from all other forms of tobacco products and nicotine delivery systems is the fact that hookah smoking or vaping is typically conducted in social settings and smoked or vaped among groups at hookah cafes or lounges. Another key difference between hookah products and other alternative tobacco products is the length of the smoking or vaping session, which may last for hours.
Research in the field
Studies highlight that compared to e-cigarette products; e-hookah products are more likely to come in fruit flavours that do not contain nicotine. Indeed, hookah tobacco and vaping companies heavily market their customisable products to target adolescents and young adults, evidenced by the widely available flashy fruit-, candy-, and alcohol-flavours, compared to e-cigarettes which are often marketed as tools to help adults quit smoking cigarettes. In a study that explored ENDS perceptions among adolescents and young adults, e-hookah users were perceived as young, cool, up-to-date with technology, as compared to e-cigarette users who were perceived as older in age and addicted to nicotine.
Because the human health effects of hookah tobacco and related electronic products remain incompletely characterised, Professor Rezk-Hanna, a cardiovascular scientist, and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a randomised cross-over design study to examine the differential short-term vascular effects resulting from traditional hookah smoking and e-hookah vaping.
The study included a group of 17 healthy young adults, 21-39 years of age, who were invited to vape a single 30-minute e-hookah session and smoke a single 30-minute hookah session on two separate days, separated by a week apart. Researchers measured arterial stiffness and collected blood, to examine changes in inflammation and oxidative stress, from participants before and after the sessions. The study showed that a single session of e-hookah vaping or hookah smoking significantly increased stiffening of arteries – a powerful and independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality – with e-hookah vaping evoking a larger increase. As compared to traditional combustible hookah smoking, the vascular changes associated with e-hookah vaping were accompanied by acute increases in pro-inflammatory biomarkers.
These studies suggest that even among overtly healthy young adults, e-hookah vaping transiently leads to an accelerated increase in arterial stiffness and an increase in systemic inflammation, both of which could place them at greater risk of cardiovascular disease. These new findings support the growing concerns from ENDS use by youth raised by the scientific research community and call into question the "so-called" harm reduction claims by the tobacco industry.
A key point to consider is the fact that ENDS are evolving much quicker than scientific research to inform their regulation. Hookah tobacco and vaping products vary widely in product characteristics and contents, including nicotine and flavouring bioavailability. This lack of uniformity has dampened scientific efforts to characterise the specific constituents leading to potential harm as well as clearly outlining the human health effects, as compared to effects known from smoking traditional cigarettes.
"Individuals who vape or who are considering vaping are encouraged to acknowledge the following two points: 1. nicotine is as addictive as cocaine or heroin and that even without nicotine, vaping flavourings alone has been shown to negatively impact vascular health; and 2. because of the non-linear dose-response of combustible cigarettes with cardiovascular disease outcomes, complete cessation should be the ultimate goal (vs. vaping to reduce the frequency of smoking)." Dr Rezk-Hanna says.
Bhatnagar A, Maziak W, Eissenberg T, et al. Water Pipe (Hookah) Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. May 7 2019;139(19):e917-e936. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000000671
Stroup AM, Branstetter SA. An introduction to the electronic waterpipe. Addictive behaviors. Apr 2019;91:90-94. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.034
Dube SR, Pathak S, Nyman AL, Eriksen MP. Electronic Cigarette and Electronic Hookah: A Pilot Study Comparing Two Vaping Products. Preventive medicine reports. 2015;2:953-958. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.10.012
Rezk-Hanna M, Toyama J, Ikharo E, Brecht ML, Benowitz NL. E-Hookah Versus E-Cigarettes: Findings From Wave 2 of the PATH Study (2014-2015). American journal of preventive medicine. Nov 2019;57(5):e163-e173. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2019.05.007
Jawad M, Shihadeh A, Nakkash RT. Philip Morris patents 'harm reduction' electronic waterpipe. Tobacco control. Jun 25 2020; doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055885
Rezk-Hanna M, Gupta R, Nettle CO, et al. Differential Effects of Electronic Hookah Vaping and Traditional Combustible Hookah Smoking on Oxidation, Inflammation, and Arterial Stiffness. Chest. Jul 21 2021; doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.027
Wagoner KG, Cornacchione J, Wiseman KD, Teal R, Moracco KE, Sutfin EL. E-cigarettes, Hookah Pens and Vapes: Adolescent and Young Adult Perceptions of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Oct 2016;18(10):2006-12. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntw095
Please note: This is a commercial profile
© 2019. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Mary Rezk-Hanna
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
Email: mrezk@ucla.edu
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Exodus: Gods and Kings (Full Review)
Posted on December 12, 2014 December 12, 2014 by Brady Moore
You don't have to be a religious historian to know and love the story of Exodus. It has all of the elements of a great epic; a reluctant hero, romance, mysticism, and a very strong message about faith. At least… that's what it's supposed to have. These days, Hollywood can get their hands on any property and do their computer generated best to make it as bland as possible.
Enter Ridley Scott's Exodus. His film has all of the pieces; an already concise source material, a strong actor in Christian Bale playing the role of Prince of Egypt turned slave liberator, Moses, and a budget that allows him to skip no details or hold anything back. And yet, he seems to find a way to squander most of this in the span of an unnecessarily lengthy two and a half hours.
Scott's film doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be the story of Exodus, or just another generic swords and sandals epic. We are bombarded with an opening battle scene that serves next to no purpose and minutes and minutes of loud chariot rides through the desert, but we don't get time dedicated to the things that actually matter. Gone is the sense of camaraderie and brotherly love that is supposed to exist between Moses and tyrannical Pharoah to be, Ramesses (Joel Edgerton). And you can forget about the loving relationship between Moses and wife Zipporah (Maria Valverde). They meet, they have a conversation, they make goo-goo eyes at each other, and they are married in the next scene. There are also parts that are just flat out nonsensical: Exactly how are slaves able to go out in the wilderness to receive battle training?
Sure, the scope and grandeur of the film is appealing at times. The plagues and the overall massive size of the sets are pretty impressive. But even some of this gets lost in an epic mess. The plagues aren't given much reasoning other than God (portrayed mostly in the form of a little boy) being angry and vengeful and the parting of the Red Sea (perhaps the most famous part of the story) is the most underwhelming scene in the movie.
Sadly enough, performances aren't enough to rescue the film either. Christian Bale is good, when he isn't fighting his natural European accent, but the rest of the cast is downright forgettable. Edgerton's Ramesses comes off as a stubborn, spoiled, simpleton and Ben Kinglsey is given basically nothing to do, which is more than can be said about Sigourney Weaver's Tuya, who could've been left from the movie completely.
It's a shame the director of films like Blade Runner, Gladiator, and American Gangster picked such a worthy story to ignore plot and characterization. Exodus: Gods and Kings feels just like another loud blockbuster. If you want eye popping spectacle then, by all means, enjoy… but if emotion, cohesion or just a simple sense of adventure is what you're looking for, then just go watch Prince of Egypt.
FINAL GRADE: C-
Tags: Ben Kingsley, Christian Bale, Exodus, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Joel Edgerton, Maria Valverde, Moses, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, The Prince of EgyptCategories: Film Critic, Movie Reviews
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Q: Rank of "Characteristic Matrix": $A - \lambda I$ Matrix Analysis Horn, Johnson 1st ed. Problem: 1.2.6

If $\lambda \in \sigma(A)$ $(\lambda$ is an eigenvalue of $A)$, for $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$, has multiplicity $1$ as a root of the characteristic polynomial $p_{A}(t) = \det(A - \lambda I)$, show that $\text{rank}(A - \lambda I) = n - 1$.

The hint suggests this route:
In a previous problem we have shown that
$$\frac{d}{dt}p_{A}(t) = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n}p_{A_{i}}(t)$$
where $A$ is the matrix obtained by the deleting the $i$-th row and column of $A$. Since $\lambda$ is a single root of $p_{A}$, $p_{A}'(\lambda) \neq 0$ (correct? is there another reason this is true?). This implies that at least one of the characteristic polynomials of the principal submatricies of size $n-1$ is nonzero at $\lambda$.
I'm now to conclude that one of these principle submatrices is nonsingular. I can't see why though.

A: Lemma: Let $A  \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ and $\lambda$ be an eigenvalue for $A$. Let $\operatorname{mult}(\lambda)$ denote the multiplicity of $\lambda$ as a root of $\chi_A$. Then $\dim\ker (A-\lambda I)\leq \operatorname{mult}(\lambda)$.
Here this implies $\dim\ker (A-\lambda I)\leq 1$ and since $\lambda$ is an eigenvalue we also have $\dim\ker (A-\lambda I)\geq 1$, hence $\operatorname{rank}(A-\lambda I)=n-1$ by the null-rank theorem.
Proof of the lemma: Let $F$ be a vector space such that $\ker (A-\lambda I) \oplus F = \mathbb C^n$. Let $p=\dim \ker (A-\lambda I).$
In this new decomposition, $A$ has the form
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{c|c}
\lambda I_p & B \\
\hline
0 & C
\end{array}
\right]
$$
that is to say there exists some invertible $P$ such that $A=P^{-1}\left[
\begin{array}{c|c}
\lambda I_p & B \\
\hline
0 & C
\end{array}
\right]P$
hence $\chi_A(t) = (\lambda-t)^p\det(C-tI_{n-p})=(\lambda-t)^pQ(t)$ where $Q$ is some polynomial. That implies $$p\leq \operatorname{mult}(\lambda)$$ie $$\dim\ker (A-\lambda I)\leq \operatorname{mult}(\lambda)$$

A: When you substitute $\lambda$ for $t$, the left-hand side is nonzero; thus at least one of the summands in the right hand side is different from zero.
Therefore, $\lambda$ is not an eigenvalue of $A_i$, for some $i$, which means the matrix $A_i-\lambda I$ is invertible. Such a matrix is obtained from $A-\lambda I$ by removing the $i$-th row and column, so $A-\lambda I$ has $n-1$ linearly independent columns.

A: The algebraic multiplicity of eigenvalue $\lambda$ is $1$ so the geometric multiplicity will be $\le1$. Let $v$ be the eigenvector corresponding to $\lambda$, then $(A-\lambda I)v=0$ gives only one linearly independent eigenvector as its solution which in turn implies that $rank(A-\lambda I)=n-1$.

A: let $A$ be a $n\times n$ matrix, and if $c$ is an eigenvalue of the characteristic equation, then $|A-cI|$ would be $0$ and hence it won't be a full rank matrix (rank $< n$)

*

*In fact, if it is a simple eigenvalue i.e. its algebraic multiplicity is 1, same as geometric multiplicity, then the rank would be $n-1$.

*If it has algebraic multiplicity > $1$ and $\operatorname{dim}\big(\operatorname{Ker} (A-cI)\big)=g$ (geometric multiplicity), then the rank would be $n-g$.( According to the rank nullity theorem which says that $\text{nullity} + \text{rank} = n$, here nullity is $g$, so we have rank of the characteristic equation $= n-g$)

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Q: JDesktopPane won't hide it's frame I wanted to hide my JDesktopPane in a trigger of button. But this won't hide itself. I created a static void method that hides the frame and calling this in actionPerformed. Do I need to run another EDT to hide my frame? Any tips would appreciated.
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class JDesktoppane extends JFrame
{
JDesktopPane desktop;
JMenu menu;

public JDesktoppane()
{
   super("TITLE");
   int inset = 80;
   Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();

   setBounds(inset, inset,
           screenSize.width - inset*2,
           screenSize.height - inset*2);

    //Set up the GUI
   desktop = new JDesktopPane();
   //Setting JDesktopPane as Container
   setContentPane(desktop);
   setJMenuBar(createMenuBar());
   //Make dragging a little faster but perhaps uglier.
   desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
}

public JMenuBar createMenuBar()
{
    JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();

    menu = new JMenu("CLICK ME");

    JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("CLICK ME AGAIN");
    item.addActionListener(listener);
    menu.add(item);

    bar.add(menu);

    return bar;
}

ActionListener listener = new ActionListener()
{
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        createFrame();
    }
};

public void createFrame()
{
    InternalFrame frame = new InternalFrame();
    frame.setVisible(true);
    desktop.add(frame);
}

public static void createAndShowGUI()
{
    JDesktoppane p = new JDesktoppane();
    p.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    p.setVisible(true);
}

public static void hideGUI()
{
    JDesktoppane p = new JDesktoppane();
    p.setVisible(false);
}

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            createAndShowGUI();
        }
    });
}

}

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class InternalFrame extends JInternalFrame
{
public InternalFrame()
{
    addComponentsToPane(getContentPane());
    pack();
}

ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        JDesktoppane.hideGUI();
    }
};

private void addComponentsToPane(final Container pane)
{
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    JButton btn = new JButton("HIDE ME");
    btn.addActionListener(listener);
    panel.add(btn);
    pane.add(panel);
}
}

A: In hideGUI you are creating a new window and then hiding that:
public static void hideGUI()
{
    // creating a new window
    JDesktoppane p = new JDesktoppane();
    p.setVisible(false);
}

I think what you mean to do is somehow give the InternalFrame a reference to the original window that you create in createAndShowGUI.
You could do something like this:
public class InternalFrame extends JInternalFrame
{
    JDesktoppane parent;

    public InternalFrame(JDesktoppane parent)
    {
        this.parent = parent;

        addComponentsToPane(getContentPane());
        pack();
    }

    ActionListener listener = new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            // note
            parent.setVisible(false);
        }
    };
    ...
}

And:
public void createFrame()
{
    //                                      vvvv
    InternalFrame frame = new InternalFrame(this);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    desktop.add(frame);
}

It's a little strange though, for the internal pane to have a button which hides its parent. A more idiomatic way would be to have a JMenuBar or something like that with an option for it. (And do you have a plan to get the window back? Usually if you want to hide a window, you just minimize it.)


MURFREESBORO – Famed football coach Lou Holtz will be the keynote speaker for the 2015 Rutherford Society Gala Jan. 24 at Embassy Suites, according to a news release from he Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation.
Foundation officials said Holtz is the only college football coach to take six different teams to bowl games, win five bowl games with different teams and have four different college teams ranked in the final Top 20 poll.
When Holtz took over as Notre Dame's 27th head football coach in November 1985, he brought with him a well-proven reputation as a fixer of football programs after a series of repair jobs at William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas and Minnesota, officials said. Notre Dame was the consensus national champion in 1988 .
The Rutherford Society Gala is an annual event to recognize donors of $1,000 or more annually to the Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation, officials said. This black-tie event features nationally known speakers, which have previously included former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts.
The 2015 Rutherford Society Co-Chairs, sisters Kit Ramsay and Shannon Parsons, are committed to the presence of a successful local hospital in Rutherford County, according to the release.
"Both Kit and Shannon give so much of themselves to the Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation," Anne Davis, Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation director, said in the release. "We are deeply honored to have their involvement again this year in this premier event, which will undoubtedly be remembered for their personal trademarks of creativity and new ideas."
Twenty-six seasons as a collegiate head coach earned Holtz a sterling reputation for turning pretenders into contenders — for taking football programs and elevating them a level or two on their way to the top 20. But nowhere has he done this as impressively than at Notre Dame, officials said.
After his departure from Notre Dame after the 1996 season, he joined CBS Sports' College Football Today for two seasons as a sports analyst and worked with United States Filter (a global provider of water treatment) as a customer relations spokesman. Holtz went on to become head coach at the University of South Carolina from 1999 to 2004. There, he led the Gamecocks to back-to-back January 1 bowl games for the first time in the history of the school and defeated Ohio State in consecutive bowl appearances.
Currently, Holtz serves as a college football studio analyst on ESPN. He appears on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN College GameDay programs, as well as serves as an on-site analyst for college football games.
For more information on the Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation or to join the Rutherford Society,contact Lindsey Fournier at 615-396-4996 or visit www.sths.com/rutherford/Pages/How-to-Help/Saint-Thomas-Rutherford-Hospital-Foundation/Rutherford-Society.


Interactive: How much does rent cost in your suburb?
The Murphy family bought the St Mary's Rd house for 400 pounds in 1900.
The Murphy family paid a meagre £400 for the Auckland waterfront property 118 years ago.
Today, the dilapidated St Marys Rd property is now about to leave the family's hands with the house having a rateable valuation of $2.475 million.
It even has a celebrity in the neighbourhood in the form of Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, although the family joke they're unsure if that's a selling point or not.
Harcourts agent Cynthia Klenner said she's been inundated with queries since putting the property, which has views over the West Haven Marina, on the market on Wednesday.
The house sits on a freehold 865sq m site and is zoned for a single dwelling but has views out over the harbour and the Harbour Bridge.
Photos taken from inside are like a step back in time, with original furniture still in situ, most of which has since been taken away.
In one room, the heat burn mark from the cast iron stove stains the wall above as the discoloured and ripped wallpaper from years gone by masks the home's walls.
In another room, there's an aged piano with chair, table and recliner positioned to get prime views.
Descendant Peter Rossiter, 60, recalled watching the clip-ons being added to the bridge.
Rossiter lived in the house up until the end of 2016. He said it had held precious memories from over the years but it was finally time to let the property go.
The original old Singer sewing machine along with other antique furniture in one of the four bedrooms.
More antique furniture however it has all since been sold to West Auckland secondhand store Just Plain Interesting.
"It was a bit difficult at first but it's got to go, I've got to move on and most of the memories are in my head anyway, but the house is only timber and iron ... now that it's empty it's not a home."
Some of these memories include watching his older brother, John, sit on the steamroller as road crews built what's now State Highway 1 and watching the clip-ons being added to the harbour bridge from his bedroom window.
The furniture, some of which was more than 100 years old, had since been sold to second hand store Just Plain Interesting in West Auckland.
"They've seen better days. They've had a bit of borer in them and are sort of holding themselves together."
He said his mother and her brothers were brought up during the Depression which left them clinging to whatever possession they had.
"They were brought up during the Depression and they used to hoard things and keep things ... I found rates bills going back to 1908."
He admits it will be the end of an era when the keys are finally handed over but he was keen to move on.
He hoped a new house would be built in the same vein as the family villa.
Klenner said as the area was categorised as "special character" a new house would have to be "built to heritage" under the Auckland Unitary Plan or in keeping with the historical nature of the area.
The land size - 865sq m - was one of the largest in the area to be sold, she said.
"Most people would say that the house is too far gone but it's about the land and location and what [the new owner] can do with it."
John Rossiter, 62, was looking forward to selling the property and wondered if Peters would be much of a selling point.
When asked what he wants to happen to the house he wasn't sure.
"I don't know what's going to happen to it but it just has to go. It's beyond me. Personally I would like to keep it myself but I can't afford to do it up, I would be working forever and just can't do it."
He was aware neighbours had expressed interest in buying the property.
"People have been interested in it for years and years."
Both he and his brother were born in the house, he said, however he moved out 47 years ago.
Growing up, their family never owned a car, instead they either walked or travelled by boat.
The water also used to lap the family property where they would spear flounder.
"Our family, we're a pretty tight-knit family and it was just handed down through all the family who lived there over the years and handed down on to the next and the next.
"My mother passed away 20 years ago but her brother was still in there, my uncle, until about 12 years ago, and my brother was living there."


It seems the start of this project becoming actuality is just around the corner, literally.
Paramount Theme Park Murcia Spain.
The exciting creation in Alhama de Murcia Spain could be only 2 years away with the building of a Theme Park by Paramount to measure up to Disney in Paris. The first was stone laid on May 31 2012, ground was broken for the planned Paramount Theme Park and Lifestyle Centre.
The Theme Park will be built on land North West of Cartagena only 25 miles from San Javier Airport. The accurate specifics of the Paramount Theme Park have yet to be announced but one thing is for certain it will be a big improvement. It will benefit the local economy; estimates are that it will found around 20,000 jobs for the public. Up to 15000 rooms will be required to cater for the holiday makers. Not only will Paramount Pictures build a theme park but they will additionally concentrate all European film production at the park. Current estimates are that it will allure an predicted 3 million extra visitors to the area a year. If all goes to plan it will be operative in 2015.
Why is the Murcia region such a good place to holiday. One of the big attractions is a lot of sun, charming sandy beaches in easy reach, affordable residence and great transport links. You can centre your holiday on the beach with miles of BLUE Star beaches on the Mar Menor at Lo Pagan, Santiago dela Ribera, Los Alcazares and merely 25 minutes away from the Paramount Park or within just 45 minutes you have all of the astonishing beaches at Campoamour, Cabo Roig, La Zenia, Playa Flamenca, Punta Prima, Torrevieja, La Mata, Guardamar and La Marina.
Recruitment will begin towards late 2013 for the superior management of the facilities, then into 2014 for the staff who will be serving at the facilities on a daily basis, with a priority being given to the residents of Murcia and Alhama. Recruitment is likely to begin via the internet, as well as a purpose constructed office on the site, as appeal is predicted to be large.
The value of property inside the region is anticipated to start to creep up once the initially stone is put in place, meaning that there is just a small window of time left to snap up a bargain property in what will come to be one of the biggest and extremely pleasant tourism and investment areas in the whole of Spain.
For those who love their golf, just slightly inland, but still within easy access to the beaches and Paramount, are places like Los Alcazares golf, Roda golf, Las Ramblas golf, Campoamor golf, Villamartin golf and La Marquesa golf which is part of the exclusive Ciudad Quesada and many, many more all just minutes away from our office in Benimar and our office in La Siesta, El Chaparral and San Luis so if you are considering purchasing a property in Spain, because of their future rental and growth, the investment potential here, due their proximity to the beaches the golf and the new Paramount Theme Park makes these properties excellent quality for money.


Leisuressence is a reinterpretation of leisure experiences that straddles categories. See what this new trend means for your business.
At the heart of Leisuressence is the reinvention of free time, creating a new wave of leisure activities. Time-strapped, experience-seeking consumers demand multi-faceted leisure occasions, including travel, dining, fitness, and culture, that can be reinvented into experiences that straddle categories.
Flights are no longer just a means to get to new countries—they're also the gateway to new experiences, and holidays are now becoming opportunities to learn new skills, follow an influencer's digital footsteps, or get fit. Daily routines are also becoming large experiences—dining establishments have become social media-worthy backdrops, and fitness centers are now digital playgrounds for adults. This merging of multiple experiences is what successful brands of the future will have to cater to.
Singapore's Pure Fitness gym has launched the country's first "immersive fitness" concept. Cinema-quality video content is projected onto a screen in a cycling studio, giving patrons the sensation of riding over steep glaciers and through a space age city in an interesting mix of exercise, gaming, and fantasy. This kind of immersive fitness experience blurs the lines between the wellness and leisure industries.
To cater to those seeking a taste of France without the jetlag and the expense, Japanese business First Airline offers two-hours "flights" to Paris, Rome, Hawaii, and New York. Once onboard, passengers sit in first- and business-class seats in an airplane mock-up and are served four-course dinners before immersing themselves in 360-degree virtual reality tours of the city—all for just 6,600 yen ($62).
Leisure industries, including dining, travel, and fitness, will shift their roles from consolidators and hosts to experience coordinators. Going forward, the new customer journey could see consumers booking a beach holiday on Traveloka and soon after receiving a coupon for a sunhat or summer outfit from Zalora.
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Psychedelic and colorful, the tie-dye prominent in the '60s and '70s has returned to the runways, giving 21st-century fashion a playful twist.
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While astrology and the fate of the stars have held us captive in recent years, belief in superstitions, myths, and elements beyond our control stretches deep into fashion's past. Here are fashion's greatest superstitions.
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One of B.C.'s largest youth soccer clubs, the Surrey-based Central City Breakers, has been suspended from play pending an investigation into charges against the organization's management team, who are alleged to have broken several of the organization's bylaws and even indirectly diverted funds to another club.
The suspension was handed down last Friday by the South District Girls' Soccer Association (SDGSA), the authority that oversees the Breakers' female players, following a series of complaints against the club, including the improper use of club funds to support the Canadian Eagles, a club that the complaint says is not affiliated with the district or B.C. Soccer.
The suspension means the club cannot register any female players or participate in any B.C. Soccer-sanctioned events.
Surrey Metro Soccer, which oversees the boys who play for the Breakers, has also been notified of the allegations and was expected to issue a statement outlining its position on the case Monday evening, according to a source close to the matter. An estimated 2,800 boys and girls play for Central City Breakers teams.
Details of the allegations are contained in a four-page letter sent to the SDGSA earlier this month by Amar Bains, a member of the Breakers and the former vice-president in charge of equipment. In the letter, Bains claims the club violated four of its own bylaws around with whom the club can be affiliated, timing of the annual general meeting and conflicts of interest.
Specific attention was paid to the alleged support the Central City Breakers have been providing to the Canadians Eagles FC.
In his letter, Bains claims the two clubs share seven board members and that "monies have been paid" from the Breakers to the Eagles, a violation of club bylaws.
"I am asking that both the South District Girls Soccer Association … and the Surrey Metro Soccer Association (SMSA) hold account the CCFC (The Central City Football Club, same as Central City Breakers) for its abuse of power," Bains wrote.
While suspended, the club can't register any female players or participate in any B.C. Soccer-sanctioned events.
"The club believe the district has acted unfairly in this matter and intends to pursue the issue with B.C. Soccer," the statement read.
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De Pecanwood Golf & Country Club is een countryclub in Hartbeespoort, Zuid-Afrika. De club is opgericht in 1998 en heeft een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 72.

Naast een golfbaan, biedt de club ook een kuuroord en een tennisbaan aan waar je ook tennislessen kunt volgen. Er is een bootclub aanwezig, dat naast de golfbaan ligt en uitzicht heeft op een dam, de "Hartbeespoortdam".

De baan
De golfbaan werd ontworpen door de golfbaanarchitect Jack Nicklaus. De fairways en de tees werden beplant met kikuyugras, een tropische grassoort, en de greens met struisgras.

Er zijn zeven waterhindernissen aanwezig op de golfbaan en een deel van de golfbaan ligt naast de Hartbeespoort Dam.

Golftoernooien
 Nelson Mandela Invitational: 2000 & 2001
 Eskom Power Cup: 2007

Zie ook
 Lijst van golfbanen in Zuid-Afrika

Externe link
  Officiële website

Zuid-Afrikaanse countryclub
Zuid-Afrikaanse golfclub
Golfbaan in Zuid-Afrika
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Q: Does moving characters into string invalidate iterators? So iterating over a string and using operator[] or insert to change characters can invalidate the iterator.
Is that also the case for an iteration like this?
std::string str = "ABCD";
for(auto&& c : str){
    for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i){
        switch(c) {
            case 'A':
                c = 'B';
                break;
            case 'B':
                c = 'C';
                break;
            /*...*/
        }
        //do something
    }
}

This code works on gcc and msvc but I don't know if I can trust it. I'm using C++14.

A: You are modifying existing characters of string so it is completely safe. Iterators are invalidated when the size of the string storage may change, e.g. when you append a new character, there might be a need to allocate a bigger string buffer, so all the iterators pointing to previous buffer may become invalid.

A: You can modify any element of a collection without invalidating its iterators.  A string is a collection of characters, so this guarantee applies, including assigning via operator[] (contrary to the claim in the question).  Modifying the value of a character in a string using a reference, as in the same code, is well-defined and the results are predictable.
What you can't do is add or remove elements, so you must not re-use iterators after functions such as replace or operator+=.


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Persigar, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Garut, is an Indonesian football club based in Garut, West Java. They currently compete in the Liga 3.

Squad (2021-22)

Notable players
  Johan Juansyah
  Zaenal Arif
  Edi Hafid
  Elby Nugraha Rahardjo
  Ana Supriatna
  Rudi Geofani
  Nova Zaenal

Supporter
GARMAN (Fullname: Garut Mania) is Supporter of Persigar Garut.

Kit Suppliers
 Vilour (2011-2010)

References

External links
    Liga-Indonesia.co.id

Football clubs in Indonesia
Football clubs in West Java
Association football clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Indonesia


Although this isn't Beyoncé's first time on the Superbowl stage — the singer previously performed at Super Bowl XLVII back in 2013 with Destiny's Child — this performance is no less exciting, as the pop diva is set to sing her latest single, "Formation." And if you can't get enough of this dynamic duo (because really, who ever could?), you can even catch a cameo of their daughter, Blue Ivy, in the newly-released "Formation" music video. Think Blue Ivy tossed a rose or two into her dad's epic gift to mom? One thing's for sure... Come halftime, all eyes will be on Queen Bey, but with a gift like that, we're sure she only has eyes for one!


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Carnegie Science Center and Carnegie Mellon University announce five new inductees to Robot Hal of Fame®. Hall of Fame to Have Permanent Home at Carnegie Science Center in 2009
Byron SpiceTuesday, April 21, 2009Print this page.
PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2009 — Carnegie Science Center and Carnegie Mellon University announced today the 2010 class of inductees into the Robot Hall of Fame® at a press preview of roboworldâ"¢, the Science Center's new robotics exhibition opening June 13 and the permanent home for the Hall of Fame.
The five members of the class of 2010 are:
NASA Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
DaVinci Medical Robot System
Huey, Dewey, and Louie, from the 1971 film "Silent Running"
T-800 Terminator, from the 1984 film "The Terminator"
The Robot Hall of Fame®, created in 2003 by the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and embodied breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. Robots are selected for recognition and induction by a jury of scholars, researchers, writers, designers and entrepreneurs.
The five robots announced today will be officially added to the Robot Hall of Fame® at an induction ceremony at the Science Center in 2010.
"As with our last group of inductees, real robots again outnumber the fictional ones," said Matt Mason, director of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. "We in the robotics field believe this is the beginning of a trend, as robots such as Spirit and Opportunity, Roomba, and DaVinci are approaching or even exceeding performance levels that once were only imagined."
T-800 Terminator, the cyborg assassin portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984's "The Terminator," has capabilities still well beyond anything today's roboticists could cook up. Designed by the military computer Skynet, it can withstand repeated shotgun blasts, crash through walls, and keep running for 120 years on its power cells. But the T-800 also is notable for its intelligence; it can speak naturally (or at least as naturally as Schwarzenegger), read human handwriting, and use its machine learning software to grow more knowledgeable with every contact made with humans. The signature line, "Hasta la vista, baby," came from T-800's ability to learn and mimic human behavior.
"The Terminator represents humankind's greatest fear of robots: that they may one day turn on us, their creators, and seek to exterminate the human race," said Don Marinelli, executive producer of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center. "Terminator is a low-budget science fiction movie that continues to resonate with reviewers and critics alike. So much so that in 2008, The Terminator was deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry."
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the names given to three service drones by Freeman Lowell, the lone surviving crewman of the space freighter Valley Forge in the 1971 movie "Silent Running." The "legged robots are far closer in capability to today's mobile robots than to T-800, helping Lowell maintain trees and plants that have become extinct on Earth. Carnegie Mellon, for instance, now has two federally sponsored programs for exploring the use of robots in apple orchards and orange groves. In the film, Lowell, played by Bruce Dern, eventually tries to make the three drones more like humans, teaching them to play poker, plant trees, and even perform surgery on his injured leg.
Spirit and Opportunity have outperformed the expectations of NASA engineers. The pair of wheeled rovers landed on Mars five years ago for what was to be 90 days of exploration that might cover two-thirds of a mile. Today both are still at work with more than five miles on Spirit's odometer and close to 10 on Opportunity's. Spirit is ailing, with one of its six wheels busted and operating on just 30 percent of normal power because of dust on its solar panels. Spirit continues running, however, as it explores a plateau called Home Plate in the valley known as the Inner Basin. Opportunity is crater hopping on the other side of the Red Planet, driving between several craters only a yard or two in diameter as it makes its way to a large crater called Endeavour.
Roomba, a product of iRobot Corp., isn't nearly as exotic as Spirit and Opportunity. Martian dust doesn't cling to Roomba; rather, the robotic vacuum spends its time sucking dust and other grime off of carpets, floors, and rugs. With more than 2.5 million of the disk-shaped robots sold worldwide since 2002, it is one of the most successful consumer robots to date. Users are known to name their Roombas and have even established Roomba websites and Yahoo! discussion groups.
DaVinci, built by Intuitive Surgical Inc., operates on a totally different scale than the other robots in this class of inductees. Rather than ranging far and wide, this robotic system helps surgeons do intricate surgery on a very small scale. DaVinci is used during minimally invasive surgery, sometimes called keyhole surgery. The robot itself is unable to make decisions on its own or to make automatic incisions. But the robot translates the movements of the surgeon's hands into precise micro-movements, manipulating tiny surgical instruments that are inserted into the patient through one-centimeter-diameter incisions. More than 200 are in use worldwide for procedures such as repair of the heart's mitral valve, removal of the prostate gland, and weight-loss surgery.
About Carnegie Science Center
Carnegie Science Center brings the world of science alive for visitors of all ages. One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Science Center features more than 400 hands-on exhibits, three live demonstration theaters, a four-story IMAX® Dome theater, an interactive full-dome digital planetarium, a science-of sport exhibition, a Cold War submarine moored on Pittsburgh's Ohio River, and a world-renowned model railroad display. Carnegie Science Center is located at One Allegheny Avenue on Pittsburgh's North Shore next to Heinz Field. Visit www.CarnegieScienceCenter.org or call 412.237.3400 for more information.
About Robot Hall of Fame
The Robot Hall of Fame® was created in 2003 by Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science to recognize and honor the real and fictional robots that have inspired imaginations and achieved technical excellence. For more, see www.robothalloffame.org.
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Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a collection of four distinctive museums dedicated to exploration through art and science: Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. In 2008, the museums reached more than one million people through exhibitions, educational programs, outreach activities, and special events.
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}

@end

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Q: How to add a loop to scrape the next page of a website My code below works but I want it to do the same exact thing but with the next page of the URL variable, this would be done by adding the number 1,2,3 depending on the page.
The code essentially scrapes a website that has the thumnails of various videos, it then returns the link to each video. I want it to do this for each page available
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import re
import urllib.request
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen

URL = "domain.com/"

page = requests.get(URL)
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.content, "html.parser")

endof = soup.find_all('div',class_="th-image")
links = [a['href'] for a in soup.find_all('a', href=True)]
endoflinks = links[8:-8]

index = 0
for a in endoflinks:

    index+=1

    dwnlink = "domain.com"+ endoflinks[index]

    r = requests.get(dwnlink)
    f = open("output.txt", "a")
    print(r.url, file=f)
    f.close()

A: This should help you get going:
URL = "domain.com/"

for i in list(range(0,10)):
    print("domain.com/"+str(i))
    r = requests.get(URL+str(i))
    f = open("output.txt", "a")
    print(r.url, file=f)
    f.close()

domain.com/0
domain.com/1
domain.com/2
domain.com/3
domain.com/4
domain.com/5
domain.com/6
domain.com/7
domain.com/8
domain.com/9


When a lease application is submitted from a public website, it will bear a status of Public Pending, and will display in red, as shown in the screen shot below. In order to indicate that the application has been received, approved, or otherwise, the status must be changed. This is done from the Lease Apps>Statuses tab.
There are five default lease application statuses that can be assigned to an application: received, accepted, rejected, withdrawn, or cancelled. Additional statuses can be created as desired from the Admin>Statuses section. For more information, click here.
1. From the desired property, select the Lease Apps sub tab at left. A screen similar to the one below will appear.
2. In the right pane, you will see all of the applications submitted on the property, with each applicant's name appearing as a header. If needed, click the + adjacent to an applicant's name to expand the information.
3. To change the application status, click the Statuses sub tab, shown circled above.
4. In the Change Application Status field, click the drop down arrow. Select the new status.
5. If the status change occurred a date other than today, enter the date in the Effective Date field.
6. If you wish to disable any auto tasks that might trigger based on the status change, enable the Disable Auto Tasks checkbox.
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@import UIKit;

/// A view that holds a variable amount of text and adjusts its intrinsic content size accordingly.
@interface ChildViewUsingAutolayout : UIView

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel;

@end


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<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

namespace Contributte\Guzzlette\DI;

use Contributte\Guzzlette\ClientFactory;
use Contributte\Guzzlette\SnapshotStack;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use Nette\DI\CompilerExtension;
use Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType;
use Nette\Schema\Expect;
use Nette\Schema\Schema;
use stdClass;

/**
 * @property-read stdClass $config
 */
class GuzzleExtension extends CompilerExtension
{

	public function getConfigSchema(): Schema
	{
		return Expect::structure([
			'debug' => Expect::bool(false),
			'client' => Expect::array()->default([
				'timeout' => 30,
			]),
		]);
	}

	public function loadConfiguration(): void
	{
		$builder = $this->getContainerBuilder();
		$config = $this->config;

		$builder->addDefinition($this->prefix('snapshotStack'))
			->setType(SnapshotStack::class)
			->setAutowired(false);

		$builder->addDefinition($this->prefix('clientFactory'))
			->setType(ClientFactory::class)
			->setArguments([$builder->getDefinition($this->prefix('snapshotStack')), $config->debug]);

		$builder->addDefinition($this->prefix('client'))
			->setType(Client::class)
			->setFactory('@' . $this->prefix('clientFactory') . '::createClient', ['config' => $config->client]);
	}

	public function afterCompile(ClassType $class): void
	{
		$config = $this->config;

		if ($config->debug) {
			$initialize = $class->getMethod('initialize');
			$initialize->addBody(
				'$this->getService(?)->addPanel(new \Contributte\Guzzlette\Tracy\Panel($this->getService(?)));',
				['tracy.bar', $this->prefix('snapshotStack')]
			);
		}
	}

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By Blanca Paraíso MD, PhD, MSc (gynecologist), Neus Ferrando Gilabert BSc, MSc (embryologist), Óscar Oviedo Moreno MD (gynecologist), Zaira Salvador BSc, MSc (embryologist) and Romina Packan (invitra staff).
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a hormone produced by the neurons of the hypothalamic arcuatus nucleus and then secreted into the portal circulation of the pituitary gland.
Its function is to regulate the production of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) by the pituitary gland, which is essential for the proper functioning of the male and female reproductive systems.
In recent years, numerous GnRH analogs have been synthesized for use as drugs in assisted reproduction treatments.
Below you have an index with the 7 points we are going to deal with in this article.
Characteristics of GnRH
GnRH Analogues
Drugs with GnRH analoges
FAQs from users
Why can't the GnRH hormone be detected in blood?
Which GnRH analog drugs offer the best results?
What effect do gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists have?
What is the flare-up effect of GnRH analogs?
How does a GnRH analog treatment for uterine myomatosis look like?
GnRH is a decapeptide, i.e. its structure is made up of 10 amino acids arranged in a linear sequence. Furthermore, since it is produced by neurons, GnRH is considered to be a neurohormone.
Other relevant characteristics of GnRH are the following:
The gene that encodes the precursor of GnRH is located on the short arm of the chromosome 8.
The secretion of GnRH is pulsatile, that is, it is released into the portal system by pulses of different amplitude and frequency.
Its half-life is very short, about 2-4 minutes.
GnRH cannot be detected in peripheral blood, so it cannot be quantified in a normal blood test.
The peak of GnRH activity begins at puberty and continues throughout the reproductive life of both men and women.
GnRH has an endocrine function: it travels to the pituitary gland through the portal system, activates its receptor and stimulates the release of FSH and LH from the adenohypophysis.
These pituitary hormones then travel through the bloodstream and exert their function on a woman's ovaries or a man's testicles.
In women, the frequency of the GnRH pulses controls the production of FSH and LH throughout the menstrual cycle, which is critical to proper cycle functioning. Unlike in men, where GnRH is secreted in pulses of constant frequency.
The pulsatile activity of GnRH can be seen interrupted or altered by different factors, which would affect the male and/or female reproductive function as the case may be. These factors are the following:
A malfunctioning of the hypothalamus, whether due to dysfunction, trauma, or some type of tumor.
Hyperprolactinemia: a high prolactin level decreases GnRH activity, which occurs mostly during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and high insulin levels who have increased GnRH pulsation, which leads to disordered LH and FSH activity.
Those affected by Kallmann's syndrome who have an absence of GnRH due to a congenital defect.
On the other hand, FSH and LH synthesis are also normally inhibited due to the negative feedback of androgens and estrogens on the pituitary gland.
GnRH analogs are a type of molecule that has been artificially created by replacing some amino acids within the original GnRH molecule.
These new molecules imitate the shape of GnRH and also have a high affinity for its receptors in the pituitary gland.
Therefore, GnRH agonists can bind easily to the receptors and prevent the action of natural GnRH.
An analog is a substance with similar characteristics to another substance which, without being identical to it, can fulfill some of its functions.
In short, the action of the GnRH analogues consists of blocking the normal function of GnRH and preventing the flow of FSH and LH from the pituitary gland to the gonads.
Operation of the GnRH analogs
This ability of the GnRH analogs has been used to create the drugs that are administered during assisted reproduction treatments, such as artificial insemination (AI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF).
These are drugs used during the ovarian stimulation phase to achieve a stop of the pituitary gland and keep the ovaries at rest. In this way, the number of developed follicles and the moment of ovulation are controlled.
There are two types of GnRH analogues that act differently:
have a longer half-life and great affinity for the GnRH receptor in the pituitary gland. After agonist-receptor binding, a sudden release of gonadotropins occurs, which is known as the flare-up effect. However, if GnRH agonists continue to be administered continuously, the receptors are eventually blocked and stop responding, so that FSH and LH secretion is suspended.
GnRH Antagonists
its inhibitory effect is more direct. Once the antagonist has joined the receptor, the latter is immediately blocked.
Nowadays, assisted reproduction professionals tend to schedule ovarian stimulation protocols with antagonists rather than agonists due to the multiple advantages it offers.
As we have already explained, the main effect of GnRH analogs on the female body is to block the release of gonadotropins by the adenohypophysis.
This action allows the synchronization of the cohort of follicles recruited by the ovary at the beginning of ovarian stimulation. In this way, homogeneous follicular growth can take place, reducing the variability of ovarian response to gonadotropins administered exogenously.
In summary, the use of GnRH analogs allows the gynecologist to have better control of the ovarian stimulation process in the patients, and to know which is the most appropriate moment to trigger ovulation and to program the artificial insemination or ovarian puncture according to the case.
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Depending on whether GnRH agonists or antagonists are used during the controlled ovarian stimulation phase, we will talk about long or short protocols, respectively.
This is because the agonists take longer to take effect, as we have already mentioned, while the antagonists have an immediate effect and will require fewer days of administration.
The commercial names of the agonists used in the long cycles and their active principles are as follows:
Synarel
This is a nasal spray containing nafarelin.
Procrin
the active ingredient is leuprorelin acetate and is administered subcutaneously.
Decapeptyl
Depending on the type of presentation, it is administered either subcutaneously or intramuscularly. It contains triptorelin as active ingredient.
GnRH analog drugs
As for the antagonists used in the short cycles, we find the following drugs:
Cetrotide
contains cetrorelix and injection is done subcutaneously
Orgalutran
its active ingredient is ganirelix and is administered subcutaneously.
If you are interested in obtaining more information about the drugs used in assisted reproduction, you can continue reading here: What Medication Are Used for Ovarian Stimulation?
By Óscar Oviedo Moreno MD (gynecologist).
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH) is a hormone released by neurons in the hypothalamus in a pulsatile form. It stimulates the release of gonadotropins (LH and FSH) by the adenohypophysis.
This hormone is rapidly metabolized and for this reason cannot be quantified in the blood.
By Blanca Paraíso MD, PhD, MSc (gynecologist).
There are several types of analogs, which differ by small variations of components of the molecule. These would be leuprorelin acetate, triptorelin, nafarelin, buserelin, and goserelin. There are several presentations (daily, monthly, quarterly ...), indicating at each time the most appropriate for the effect you want to achieve. Each type of analog also has its route of administration, which may be subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intranasal.
It has not been demonstrated that any of the agonists marketed is superior to another, although the subcutaneous route provides constant bioavailability and little variation between patients, while intranasal or inhalation absorption may be more variable.
By Zaira Salvador BSc, MSc (embryologist).
The main effects produced by the use of analogs that are GnRH agonists are, on the one hand, the initial release of gonadotropins (flare-up effect) and then blocking the release of these gonadotropins, preventing the communication between the pituitary gland and the ovary so that there is no follicular development or ovulation.
All this occurs temporarily when the reserve of FSH and LH in the pituitary is empty. Normally, the total blockage of GnRH receptors occurs between 5-10 days after the first administration of the agonist.
When the GnRH analog binds to its receptor, there is a massive release of the hormones FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone). This is called the flare up effect.
This release of gonadotropins occurs endogenously, that is, the pituitary gland, located in the brain, synthesizes and releases these hormones into the bloodstream.
The flare-up effect occurs approximately in the first two days after the administration of a GnRH agonist. After this time, the pituitary gland becomes desensitized to the initial effect of the agonist, and gonadotropin synthesis is blocked.
Although the most common treatment for removing fibroids is surgical, GnRH agonist analogs can also serve as drug treatment to reduce the size of these fibroids.
Due to their effects, GnRH agonists cause a state of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with very low estradiol values in women. This can help reduce fibroids and possible associated symptoms such as bleeding.
However, these drugs have unwanted side effects, and, after stopping treatment, the fibroids may grow back. For this reason, GnRH agonists are only used where indicated and as a pre-surgical step to facilitate surgery.
Hemos hablado de las gonadotropinas como hormonas que tienen un efecto sobre el aparato reproductor femenino y masculino. Si quieres entrar en detalle sobre estas hormonas, puedes seguir leyendo en los siguientes artículos:
What is the Role of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)?
What is the Luteinizing Hormone or LH?
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FAQs from users: 'Why can't the GnRH hormone be detected in blood?', 'Which GnRH analog drugs offer the best results?', 'What effect do gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists have?', 'What is the flare-up effect of GnRH analogs?' and 'How does a GnRH analog treatment for uterine myomatosis look like?'.
Blanca Paraíso
MD, PhD, MSc
Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and Ph.D from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Postgraduate Course in Statistics of Health Sciences. Doctor specialized in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Assisted Procreation. More information about Blanca Paraíso
Neus Ferrando Gilabert
BSc, MSc
Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of Valencia (UV). Postgraduate Course in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH). Experience managing Embryology and Andrology Labs at Centro Médico Manzanera (Logroño, Spain). More information about Neus Ferrando Gilabert
Óscar Oviedo Moreno
Bachelor's Degree in Medicine & Surgery from the University of Caldas (Colombia). Specialist in Internal Medicine by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá. Degree standardized in Spain in 2003. Specialist in Gynecology & Obstetrics from the Complutense University of Madrid, with residence at Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos de Madrid. Expert in Reproductive Medicine and Certification in Obstetric-Gynecologic Ultrasound (levels I, II and III). More information about Óscar Oviedo Moreno
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). Biotechnology Degree from the National University of Ireland en Galway (NUIG) and embryologist specializing in Assisted Reproduction, with a Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI) More information about Zaira Salvador
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Q: Flatten nested json in Scala Spark Dataframe I have  multiple jsons coming from any restapi's and I don't know the schema of it. I am unable to use the explode function of dataframes , because i am unaware about the column names, which is getting created by spark api.
1.Can we store the keys of the nested arrays elements keys by decoding values from dataframe.schema.fields, As spark only provides the value part in the rows of the dataframe and take the top level key as column name.
Dataframe --
+--------------------+
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+--------------------+
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Is there any optimal way to flatten the json by using the dataframe methods via determining the schema at the run time.
Sample Json -:
{
  "stackoverflow": [{
    "tag": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "scala",
      "author": "Martin Odersky",
      "frameworks": [
        {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Play Framework"
        },
        {
          "id": 2,
          "name": "Akka Framework"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
    {
      "tag": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "java",
        "author": "James Gosling",
        "frameworks": [
          {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Apache Tomcat"
          },
          {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "Spring Boot"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note - We need to do all the operations in dataframe , because there is a huge amount of data , that is coming and we cannot parse each and every json.

A: Try to avoid flattening all columns as much as possible.
Created helper function & You can directly call df.explodeColumns on DataFrame.
Below code will flatten multi level array & struct type columns.
scala> :paste
// Entering paste mode (ctrl-D to finish)

import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
import scala.annotation.tailrec
import scala.util.Try

implicit class DFHelpers(df: DataFrame) {
    def columns = {
      val dfColumns = df.columns.map(_.toLowerCase)
      df.schema.fields.flatMap { data =>
        data match {
          case column if column.dataType.isInstanceOf[StructType] => {
            column.dataType.asInstanceOf[StructType].fields.map { field =>
              val columnName = column.name
              val fieldName = field.name
              col(s"${columnName}.${fieldName}").as(s"${columnName}_${fieldName}")
            }.toList
          }
          case column => List(col(s"${column.name}"))
        }
      }
    }

    def flatten: DataFrame = {
      val empty = df.schema.filter(_.dataType.isInstanceOf[StructType]).isEmpty
      empty match {
        case false =>
          df.select(columns: _*).flatten
        case _ => df
      }
    }
    def explodeColumns = {
      @tailrec
      def columns(cdf: DataFrame):DataFrame = cdf.schema.fields.filter(_.dataType.typeName == "array") match {
        case c if !c.isEmpty => columns(c.foldLeft(cdf)((dfa,field) => {
          dfa.withColumn(field.name,explode_outer(col(s"${field.name}"))).flatten
        }))
        case _ => cdf
      }
      columns(df.flatten)
    }
}

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import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
import scala.annotation.tailrec
import scala.util.Try
defined class DFHelpers

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scala> df.printSchema
root
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scala> df.explodeColumns.printSchema
root
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scala>


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Q: Finding the equation of the normal to parabole I'm trying to solve the following problem:

Find the equation of the normal line to the parabola $y=x^2+4x+1$,
  which is perpendicular to the line connecting the start of coordinate system
  with the top of the parabola.

Can someone help me to start? I don't know how to start.
Thanks

A: HINT
We can proceed as follows

*

*find the vertex of the parabola, that is $(x_0,y_0)$

*determine the slope $m$ for the line connecting the origin with the vertex

*find the tangent line to the parabola with slope $m$

*determine the perpendicular to this tangent at the given point

A: As @user approach:
At first you are true on $(-2,-3)$, the vertex of parabola, Now we have:
$$m_{tangent}=\frac{-3}{-2} = y_x' = (x^2+4x+1)' = 2x+4 \Longrightarrow x=-\frac{5}{4}$$
$$-\frac{2}{3}=-m_{tangent}^{-1}=m_{normal}=\frac{y-y_0}{x-x_0}=\frac{y+39/16}{x+5/4} \Longrightarrow 32x+48y=-157$$