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L'aeroporto di Butuan (tagallo: Paliparan ng Butuan) (IATA: BXU, ICAO: RPME), definito come principale di classe 1 dalle autorità dell'aviazione civile filippina, è un aeroporto filippino situato nella parte settentrionale dell'isola di Mindanao nella regione di Caraga, nella provincia di Agusan del Norte, a circa 7 chilometri a ovest della città di Butuan. La struttura è dotata di una pista di asfalto lunga , l'altitudine è di 43 m, l'orientamento della pista è RWY 12-30.

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timeouts = { 'java' => 60 }

Before do
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end

Aruba.configure do |config|
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The Business School offers a wide range of undergraduate courses, from Accountancy to Business Management and from Human Resource Management to Law. The breadth and depth of what is on offer allows students to truly focus on their areas of interest.
But how does the Business School make sure it trains professionals who will be needed in the future?
Dr Page, Head of the Business School, said: "A state-of-the-art building is not enough. We are a small industry-engaged and student-centered Business School, that is able to deliver a distinctive and personalised education.
"Whilst being a leading UK business school for the quality of our teaching, we also have an international reputation for high quality industry research. We are embedded in our regional economy and ensure all our emerging professionals are exposed to their career industries from day one of their study. This leads to graduates with the skills needed now and in the future.
"But our facilities truly are state-of-the-art! We have a live trading room, a customer experience lab, and a moot court room. Students can also gain experience via our Legal Advice Clinic and student-led consultancy firm.
"Even during the recent lock-downs, prospective students have been joining virtual open days or dipping into our on-demand sessions. We look forward to welcoming our 2021 intake."
Dr Page is a Human Resource Management and Disability researcher, specialising in welfare reform, employment law and in-work poverty. He joined the University of Gloucestershire in September 2020 to head up the Business School.
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O'Malley Doubles-Down On "Undefeated" Record With In-Depth Argument
By Clyde Aidoo
Sean O'Malley, Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
"Suga" Sean O'Malley continues to double down on his belief that he is still undefeated in principle after designating Marlon Vera's UFC 252 win as a freak occurrence.
Sean O'Malley entered UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier III as a fighter with heaps of hype behind him. At this particular event, he found himself in a position to really catapult himself to the next level with a win over a proven fighter like Marlon Vera in the co-main event spot of a major pay per view.
Unfortunately for O'Malley, The Suga Show turned sour when a calf kick from Vera caused an injury to his right leg. This spelled the beginning of the end, and O'Malley's leg eventually gave out, providing Vera with the opening to briefly ground-and-pound him out for the victory. And thus, that's where O'Malley's undefeated streak came to an end…or at least it did to the record books, not to O'Malley himself.
"I wasn't beaten that night because my skill wasn't as good. It definitely wasn't a calf kick. If you go rewatch it, literally his big toe hit my peroneal nerve, and it caused (foot drop)," O'Malley said in his opening argumentation in an interview with ESPN released Wednesday. Calf kicks suck. They hurt bad. They don't give you (foot drop), at least not the first one.
Sean O'Malley Exits On A Stretcher After UFC 252 Loss.
"But yeah, I don't know. I didn't feel like I lost because my skills weren't better than his. I had a great training camp. Everything felt good. It happened that way. But I don't feel like I lost. And I got a lot of shit for saying that I'm 'mentally undefeated' or whatever, but it is what it is. I'm excited to get back in there and go perform."
By publicizing that he still believes he is undefeated, Sean O'Malley can expect to continue answering questions from the media and fans on why he cannot accept the fact that he does, in fact, have a loss on his record. O'Malley would take the time here to elaborate on why exactly he believes the loss to Vera is invalid and why he is rightfully considering the fight's outcome as a freak happening.
"How many leg kicks have been landed since that leg kick in the UFC, and how many times has that happened again? So is that a freak accident or no?" O'Malley asked rhetorically. "So if I spin and throw a spinning back kick and I hit someone in the head, I'm trying to do that. Do you think Chito was trying to kick my nerve with his toe or no? Do you think he went into that fight thinking, 'I'm gonna kick his nerve?'"
For what it's worth, Sean O'Malley's account of what caused his foot drop is supported by a doctor who has gone on the record discussing O'Malley's injury at UFC 252. According to Doctor Brian Sutterer, the foot drop was indeed caused by Vera's kick landing precisely on O'Malley's nerve, which eventually led to O'Malley being immobilized. O'Malley argues that such an attack nor its consequence could be foreseen, so the credit of a "victory" for Vera should come with an asterisk at best.
"If he would have kicked my calf and given me a dead leg, (and) I fell over because of my calf, which could totally happen, then I'd be like, 'This motherfucker beat me fair and square,'" O'Malley continued. "If he would have said in an interview, 'I'm gonna go in there, I'm gonna kick him in his fuckin' nerve and put his lights out,' then I'd be like, 'Damn, (he's) good. He called that shit.'"
Marlon "Chito" Vera Celebrates Victory. Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
"It sucked just because if I lost, I wanted to lose legit. I wanted to be like, 'Damn, he was the better man. I just didn't feel like that. I went out there, and I felt good. I felt like I always feel in there. I felt unstoppable. And a freak accident happened, so it was frustrating."
Sean O'Malley will have a chance to extend his self-defined undefeated streak when he faces Thomas Almeida this Saturday at UFC 260.
Do you think Sean O'Malley is a delusional sore loser? Or does he make strong points in his argument against the validity of his loss to Marlon Vera?
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Sean O'Malley: "I Can't Watch Power Slap League"


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The CouchDB replication model can be modified for other distributed update models. If the storage engine is enhanced to allow multi-document update transactions, it is possible to perform Subversion-like "all or nothing" atomic commits when replicating with an upstream server, such that any single document conflict or validation failure will cause the entire update to fail. Like Subversion, conflicts would be resolved by doing a "pull" replication to force the conflicts locally, then merging and re-replicating to the upstream server.


Joyeux Noel! This Buche de Noel may not be tasty, but it sure is cute.
The finished log is ready to decorate!
Measure 2-1/2 inches down the side of the small piece of felt. Make a mark. Fold the felt in half, and cut from the mark to the fold.
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love the decorations, the food, and the music. Seriously, I love the music, I own 60 different Christmas albums (I know, it's a sickness). Anyway, back to the topic at hand-the decorations and the food, I love 'em! This project combines both into a fun stuffed centerpiece that will last you years and years.
Don't miss part 2 of this project where we embellish the log with mushrooms and holly berries.
Cut two pieces of the Oakwood felt: one 12 inches by 18 inches for the body of the log and one 10-1/4 inches by 4 inches for the stump.
Measure 2-1/2 inches down the side of the small piece of felt. Make a mark. Fold the felt in half and cut from the mark to the fold.
Use a compass to make the circles for your log. The circle for the log's ends is 5-1/2 inches in diameter. The circle for the stump is 3-1/4 inches in diameter.
EchoLin writes: seems difficult, i guess i can't do that well.
klwheeler writes: I want to try this soon.
erika_kern writes: Yeah. . . I'm a BIG felt fan. I love how forgiving it is and I also love how people have this expectation of it and how easy it is to do something unexpected with it because those expectations are so low.
Jen1964 writes: Love it! When my daughter was 8 and wanted to learn to sew, I found she couldn't handle the skinny material easily. The practice kits were too simple and unrealistic, so we decided to start her on felt, and a needle big enough she could thread herself without getting frustrated. Felt is so forgiving, and your hands don't cramp when you hold it... and it stays put while you get used to the thimble. Everyone loved the applique pillows she made.
JennlovesSteve writes: This is so cute, I am going to make them for everyone this year!
erika_kern writes: Thanks! Oh! I loved your log too Kayte, I remember seeing it and swooning.
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susanstars writes: beautiful, Erika! I loved yours too, Kayte!
kaytet writes: cute! i love yule logs! i made one for the holidays last year!


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Бельбаса́р () — село у складі Шуського району Жамбильської області Казахстану. Адміністративний центр Єскішуський сільського округу.

Населення — 2473 особи (2009; 2381 в 1999).

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10 Myths of Yoga,The practice of Yoga exercise has turned into a widespread phenomenon recently. However, there are a number of misconceptions about the historic type of relaxation and self-transformation.
Yoga exercise is a sport. Although some people prefer to think yoga exercise is a sport because of it's physical character, it is in no way an athletic sport. Yoga exercises isn't a casual overdue that you can simply take up as a spare time activity. It takes a whole lot of effort and determination. It's the art and technology of physical, mental and spiritual advancement. The stretches and postures exercised in yoga exercise are designed to heal. Therefore no, yoga isn't a sport.
The physical side of yoga may be the most significant. Although the physical facet of yoga exercise appears like the most crucial part, it's not. Yoga exercise is about feeling at peace with the globe and relaxing your brain body and soul. As the physical element is an integral part in practicing yoga exercises, it is not the most crucial. You could do altered variations of the stretches but still obtain the same results.
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Yoga is for women. While ladies are the most yoga participants all over the world, this will not mean that males can't find their internal peace via yoga as well. Yoga gives something for everyone.
Everybody must practice the equal postures. While most yoga exercise classes consist of individuals practicing the same postures and performing the same stretches, it doesn't mean you need to join in. For instance, if your downward facing dogie looks similar to a downward facing equine, try something just a little different. That placement is obviously not really working for you personally. The needs of people vary according with their physical features. It's better to perform structures that greatest suit you.
You need to be incredibly agile. Yes, it's accurate there are some hard yoga exercises positions but that doesn't indicate that you should be very agile to apply yoga. Most postures could be modified to match all skill amounts or you can select a placement that isn't so difficult on the body.
It's good to apply outdoors. While it appear all fun and elegant in the films, practicing yoga exercise outside can in fact do more damage than good. Practicing yoga exercises outside with actually the slightest breeze could cause you to capture a cold or hinder your peaceful nature.
Incense should be burning up. Another myth we are able to thank Hollywood for. Although it may seems just like a good idea, burning up incense while practicing yoga exercise, doing this may interfere or hinder the calming process.
The twisting and submiting yoga is harmful to arthritis. Many varieties of yoga include mild and flowing motions that enable you to make use of a chair to stability. These types of yoga are ideal for someone with arthritis.
Yoga exercises is too gentle to have got any physical benefits. Yes, yoga is soft in the feeling that it's much less strenuous as traditional ways of workout, but that doesn't mean it isn't as effective with regards to slimming down or getting match. Practicing yoga regularly can improve muscle power and joint versatility while boosting feeling and managing stress. Yoga exercise also helps improve versatility and endurance.
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Maximum static inspiratory and expiratory pressures with different lung volumes
Christopher G Lausted1,
Arthur T Johnson2,
William H Scott2,
Monique M Johnson3,
Karen M Coyne4 &
Derya C Coursey2
BioMedical Engineering OnLine volume 5, Article number: 29 (2006) Cite this article
Maximum pressures developed by the respiratory muscles can indicate the health of the respiratory system, help to determine maximum respiratory flow rates, and contribute to respiratory power development. Past measurements of maximum pressures have been found to be inadequate for inclusion in some exercise models involving respiration.
Maximum inspiratory and expiratory airway pressures were measured over a range of lung volumes in 29 female and 19 male adults. A commercial bell spirometry system was programmed to occlude airflow at nine target lung volumes ranging from 10% to 90% of vital capacity.
In women, maximum expiratory pressure increased with volume from 39 to 61 cmH2O and maximum inspiratory pressure decreased with volume from 66 to 28 cmH2O. In men, maximum expiratory pressure increased with volume from 63 to 97 cmH2O and maximum inspiratory pressure decreased with volume from 97 to 39 cmH2O. Equations describing pressures for both sexes are:
Pe/Pmax = 0.1426 Ln( %VC) + 0.3402 R2 = 0.95
Pi/Pmax = 0.234 Ln(100 - %VC) - 0.0828 R2 = 0.96
These results were found to be consistent with values and trends obtained by other authors. Regression equations may be suitable for respiratory mechanics models.
While maximum respiratory pressures at the mouth have been measured in numerous subjects, less data exists to characterize maximum pressures as they vary with lung volume. Maximum pressure is volume dependent because muscle tension is length dependent, because muscle tension produces higher pressure with a smaller radius of curvature, and because respiratory tissue is elastic. Rahn et al. [1] first produced static pressure-volume diagrams from a group of adult men, and later, Cook et al. [2] produced pressure-volume diagrams from a larger group of subjects including women and children. These diagrams were useful in modeling the energetics of respiration [3] and in monitoring the progress of respiratory muscle training [4]. Yet the total number of subjects tested remained small, particularly regarding females. The present paper provides additional static pressure-volume data obtained from adult volunteers, both women and men.
Forty-eight normal subjects agreed to participate in the study. The subjects were recruited from students and staff at the University of Maryland. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and all subjects gave informed consent. The subjects' characteristics are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Age, height, weight, and lung volume data in the two groups tested shown with standard deviations.
Subjects were first acquainted with the spirometer and the test protocol. They were instructed in the definition of functional residual capacity (FRC) as the resting volume of the lung and given time to practice finding FRC. The subjects were then measured for inspiratory capacity (IC) and expiratory reserve volume (ERV) relative to FRC. Volume measurements were repeated until three consecutive maneuvers produced volumes within a 100 ml range. The average of the three volumes was recorded. Vital capacity (VC) was calculated as the sum of IC and ERV.
Maximum pressure measurements were taken from occlusions occurring at nine predetermined target volumes. The volumes were randomly ordered and ranged from 10% to 90% of VC by 10% increments. Subjects began each maneuver at FRC. Subjects were instructed to inhale or exhale, as necessary, to the desired volume. When the target volume was obtained, the occlusion valve automatically closed. The subject was told to inhale or exhale, as necessary, for two seconds. After two seconds of effort, the valve was released. This gave the subject access to fresh air for at least one minute of rest. More time was given, if desired. After all 18 measurements were taken, the test was repeated. The stronger effort, or higher maximum pressure, at each measurement was saved.
A commercial spirometery system (Collins™, Braintree, MA) was used for all the measurements. Lung volumes were monitored by the dry-seal bell spirometer. The occlusion valve and pressure transducer utilized were those located in what Collins refers to as its "universal breathing valve." Collins "Research Assistant" (RA) software controlled the occlusion valve and collected pressure and volume measurements. For the experiment, a supervisory program, "PV", was authored in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications™ to configure RA and provide feedback to the experimenters. PV was designed to fill the spirometer with an appropriate volume of fresh air prior to each measurement. It then calculated the spirometer volume corresponding to the target lung volume, taking thermal expansion into account. Occlusion was triggered automatically when the subject reached the target lung volume. As target lung volumes were randomly ordered, a randomization feature was built into PV. After each occlusion, RA returned pressure and volume data, which PV analyzed and saved to disk. The spirometer was calibrated each test day with a three-liter syringe and the pressure transducer was calibrated each day with a 10 cmH2O manometer.
The maximum inhalation or exhalation pressure magnitude (Pi or Pe) at each lung volume (VL) was recorded by the computer. The average pressure for the last one second of each effort was calculated. This pressure was then used to correct VL using the method by Cook et al. [2]. Absolute lung volumes were not measured and volumes were calculated based on the assumption that residual volume was 26% that of TLC.
Average maximum pressure values for all of the female subjects tested appear in Table 2 and values for all of the male subjects appear in Table 3. Observations were grouped according to the lung volumes at which occlusion occurred and actual volumes within each group were averaged to produce the tabled values. The pressures produced by the men were typically 64% higher than the women in expiration, and 53% higher in inspiration.
Table 2 Maximal inspiratory and expiratory static pressures at different lung volumes for the female subjects.
Table 3 Maximal inspiratory and expiratory static pressure at different lung volumes for the male subjects.
Data were then scrutinized in an exploratory manner to see if they could be easily and universally fit by a simple mathematical expression [5]. It was found that both men's and women's data could be described by an expression of the form:
Pe/Pmax = A Ln (%VC) + B for exhalation
Pi/Pmax = C Ln (100 - %VC) + D for inhalation
Here, Pmax is the asymptotically maximum pressure that could be developed by the respiratory muscles at any lung volume and Pi is the maximum inspiratory pressure that can be developed at specific lung volumes. The average value of Pmax found by determining the limit of the nonlinear P-V curve for the group of subjects was found to be 102 cmH2O for males and 66 cmH2O for females, and was found to be the same for both inhalation and exhalation directions. Least squares regression using Microsoft Excel yielded the following two equations:
Pe/Pmax = 0.1426 Ln (%VC) + 0.3402 R2 = 0.9549
Pi/Pmax = 0.234 Ln (100% - %VC) - 0.0828 R2 = 0.9642
These equations are graphed in Figure 1.
Graph of empirical equations determined to describe relative expiratory and inspiratory pressures for men and women. Some data points are coincident. Symbols: F = female; M = male; other symbols as in text.
Greater (more positive) expiratory pressures were developed at higher VL, while greater (more negative) inspiratory pressures were developed at lower VL. In women Pe increased with volume from 39 to 61 cmH2O and Pi decreased with volume from 66 to 28 cmH2O. In men, Pe increased with volume from 63 to 97 cmH2O and P1 decreased with volume from 97 to 39 cmH2O. These trends occur primarily for two reasons. First, respiratory muscles work both with and against respiratory tissue elastance to produce pressure. Expiratory efforts are aided by tissue elastance (lung recoil effects) at high VL and inhibited at low VL. Inspiratory efforts are inhibited by tissue elastance at high VL and aided at low VL. Second, respiratory muscles exert greater tension when they are stretched to greater lengths. Expiratory muscles are stretched when the lung is inflated, while inspiratory muscles are stretched when the lung is deflated. Both of these factors describe the general trend of the data.
The volume dependence of Pi was much more pronounced than the volume dependence of Pe in both women and men. This can be seen as a higher slope of the inspiratory equation compared to the expiratory equation in Figure 1. This may reflect a combination of strength differences between diaphragm (largely responsible for inhalation) and abdominal muscles (largely responsible for exhalation) recruitment of intercoastal muscle (largely responsible for posture maintenance), and different mechanical advantages of each type of muscle as the lung volume varies.
The Laplace equation may be relevant here. This equation states that enclosed pressure is proportional to the product of wall tension and wall thickness and inversely proportional to the radius of curvature. The Laplace equation for a sphere differs from that of a cylinder by a factor of two. Pressure in a sphere (P =
) is twice that of a cylinder (P = ), all other things being equal.
The diaphragm is positioned under the lungs and curves upward in a somewhat spherical shape. As it contracts, it becomes flatter, meaning that its radius of curvature increases. Lung volume increases as the diaphragm contracts. If the Laplace equation can be applied to the respiratory system, then it would show that inspiratory pressure should decrease as radius, and thus lung volume, increases (Pi ∝ , as long as wall tension and thickness remain steady).
The abdominal muscles are arranged differently, more like wrapping around a cylinder. The abdominal muscles flatten at smaller lung volumes instead of larger lung volumes, and the Laplace equation indicates that higher pressures should be developed at larger lung volumes (P ∝ V).
Both effects have been observed. Inspiratory pressures increase as lung volume decreases and expiratory pressure increases as lung volume increases. There is roughly a factor of two between the dependence of pressures upon lung volumes for inspiration and expiration. This could well be related to the difference in the Laplace equation for a sphere and a cylinder.
The pressure-volume data obtained in this study are of the same general magnitudes as those previously reported [1, 2, 6]. Rahn et al. [1] studied Pi in 11 men and Pe in 12 men using similar methods. The highest pressures from three efforts at each of six starting volumes were recorded. Measurements were read from a mercury manometer connected to the subjects' noses. Pressure-volume data closely match the results of the present study. Craig [6] produced pressure-volume diagrams from 10 men using methods similar to the present study. Pressures were taken from a mercury manometer connected to the subjects' mouths. These data also closely match the results of the present study. Cook et al. [2] studied 17 males and 9 females using two techniques. One technique was a conventional occlusion maneuver. The other technique involved subjects breathing into or out of large, fixed volumes. The compressibility of the air in differently sized containers provided for various ultimate lung volumes. The volumes were calculated from Boyle's Law using peak pressures that could be sustained for 1–2 seconds. Five volumes were used. It was concluded that the results of the occlusion method and the compression method were the same. In women, the compression-method Pi values were similar to those of the present study at high volumes, but slightly higher at lower volumes. The Pe values were similar at low volumes, but much higher at higher lung volumes. In men, the compression-method Pi values agree well with those of the present study. However, the Pe values are much higher than those of the present study at the higher volumes. Cook et al. [2] suggested that their Pe values might have been higher than the Rahn et al. values because of the use of mouth pressure measurements rather than nose pressure measurements. It was also hypothesized that these Pe values exceeded Craig's values due to better mouthpiece sealing.
As the results of this study are more in agreement with work of Rahn et al. [1] and Craig [6], it is more likely that there is another reason for the discrepancy. Aside from muscle strength alone, Pe and Pi are highly effort dependent. Subjects may limit their maximum pressures due to factors such as pain in the ear or general discomfort. During some maximum pressure maneuvers, researchers have observed changes in hemodynamics leading to loss of consciousness [7]. It is possible that the subjects of the Cook et al. [2] study were more highly motivated. It is also possible that these subjects were of above average strength.
Numerous authors have collected maximal pressures at a single VL. Most recently, Wilson et al. [8] measured maximal Pe and Pi in 87 women and 48 men using partial occlusion and Bourdon gauges. The women were found to have Pe = 93 ± 17 cmH2O and Pi = 73 ± 22 cmH2O and the men were found to have Pe = 148 ± 34 cmH2O and Pi = 106 ± 31 cmH2O. It could be expected that the Pi and Pe values from a single volume study would exceed the values from a multiple volume study because more efforts are made at the optimal VL in the single volume study, while muscle fatigue can be a factor in the multiple volume study.
Judging from inspiration values, this does not appear to be the case. In the present study, women were found to have Pi = 66 ± 32 cmH2O at VL = 12%VC and men were found to have Pi = 97 ± 46 cmH2O at VL = 14%VC. These values are virtually identical to the Wilson et al. [8] data. On the other hand, women in this study were found to have Pe = 61 ± 39 cmH2O at VL = 84%VC and men were found to have Pe 97 ± 42 cmH2O at VL = 81%VC. These values are considerably smaller than the Wilson et al. data. The Pe values of the single volume study fall in between the maximum Pe values of the present study and the maximum Pe values of the Cook et al. [2] study.
Satisfactorily describing maximum lung pressures with mathematical expressions can be helpful for respiratory mechanical modeling [3]. It is not likely that maximal pressures would be developed in young, healthy adults during quiet breathing. During exercise, and especially during expiratory flow limitation, however, maximum pressures may well be developed. For example, modeling the effects of respiratory masks during hard work could use these equations to calculate respiratory work rate. These equation forms are good because pressures and lung volumes both appear as relative rather than absolute values. That way, both men's and women's pressures could be determined with the same equations despite large differences in absolute pressures developed. Respiratory models for those conditions could well use the equations developed here.
Although we have no data to support the notion, it is possible, if their respiratory mechanics changed proportionally, that maximum pressures developed by patients with respiratory impairments could be described by the same equations as developed here. That is because these equations are in relative pressure and volume form. One would expect that Pmax could be much lower in diseased patients, but P/Pmax could be scaled the same. If this were so, then equations developed here could have more universal value.
Maximum pressures at the mouth have been determined to depend on lung volumes. Equations to describe these pressures have been developed, and these are in a form that may be useful for modeling and predictive purposes.
ERV expiratory reserve volume of the lung:
FRC functional residual capacity of the lung:
IC inspiratory capacity of the lung:
Pe volume-dependent maximum expiratory pressure:
cmH2O
Pi volume-dependent maximum inspiratory pressure:
Pmax volume-independent maximum pressure:
name of supervisory computer program
proprietary data acquisition and analysis program from Collins
TLC:
total lung capacity, L
lung volume, LVC
VC:
vital capacity of the lung, L
Rahn HA, Otis AB, Chadwick LE, Fenn WO: The pressure-volume diagram of the thorax and lung. Amer J Physiol 1946, 146: 161–178.
Cook CD, Mead J, Orzalesi MM: Static volume-pressure characteristics of the respiratory system during maximal efforts. J Appl Physiol 1964, 19: 1016–1022.
Johnson AT: How much work is expended for respiration. Front Med Biol Engr 1993, 5: 256–297.
Tzelpix GE, Vega DL, Cohen ME, Dennis McCool : Lung volume specificity of inspiratory muscle training. J Appl Physiol 1994, 77: 789–794.
Johnson AT: Multidimensional curve-fitting program for biological data. Comput Prog Biomed 1984, 18: 59–64. 10.1016/0010-468X(84)90057-6
Craig AB: Maximal work of one breathing cycle . J Appl Physiol 1960, 15: 1098–1100.
Milic-Emili J, Orzalesi MM, Cook CD, Turner JM: Respiratory thoraco-abdominal mechanics in man. J Appl Physiol 1964, 19: 217–223.
Wilson SH, Cooke NT, Edwards RTH, Spiro SG: Predicted normal values for maximal respiratory pressures in caucasian adults and children. Thorax 1984, 39: 535–538.
This study was supported by the University of Maryland.
The Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, WA, 98103, USA
Christopher G Lausted
Biological Resources Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
Arthur T Johnson, William H Scott & Derya C Coursey
GE Healthcare Technologies, 3114 N. Grandview Blvd W-553, Waukesha, WI, 53188, USA
Monique M Johnson
U.S. Army Edgewood CB Center, APG, MD, 21010, USA
Karen M Coyne
Arthur T Johnson
William H Scott
Derya C Coursey
Correspondence to Arthur T Johnson.
The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.
CGL wrote software and procedures, and conducted many of the tests. ATJ suggested the experiment, wrote much of the paper, and determined the form of equations. WHS provided support, including planning, protocol, and supplies. MMJ assisted with planning and conducted many of the tests. KMC assisted with planning and conducted many of the tests. DCC provided data analysis support.
Lausted, C.G., Johnson, A.T., Scott, W.H. et al. Maximum static inspiratory and expiratory pressures with different lung volumes. BioMed Eng OnLine 5, 29 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-5-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-5-29
Lung Volume
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We'll cover the creation of manual blocks in eZ Flow and eZ Publish, so stick around if you'd like to brush up on your knowledge.
I have a present for you all. In this article we will cover not one, but two topics which will actually be wrapped in a nice little functionality which you can use. So, we will cover the custom actions of eZ Publish, and the restrictions on content browsing.
In this article, you will learn how to create your custom fetch functions which will help you in further development of your module. Also, this is a natural continuation of the last article because we will use the examples from the custom database table we created earlier to set up the new fetch functions.
If you need to brush up on your knowledge, I recommend reading the last Confessions of an Apprentice. If not, read on!
As you have probably realized by now, we are delving deeper into the PHP side of eZ Publish as this series of articles progresses. We continue in this spirit, so if you read on, you will find out how to create a database table and manipulate the data from it, using eZ Publish tools.
In the new article of our eZ Publish intermediate guide, we talk about siteaccesses and how they can be used for creating multiple pages of a site.
In the new edition of Confessions of an apprentice we will show you how to easily change layouts on a portion or portions of your website.
As promised in the last article, this one will be all about the views. We will create a simple view, and show you how to use views to further improve your projects. So, read on!
In the last article we have created our own template operator, introducing a new functionality to our eZ Publish extension and, ultimately, to the whole site. But what happens if we want to introduce a whole set of functionalities wrapped in a neat package? Read on to find out!
Welcome to the first article in a series of articles concerning development in the eZ Publish CMS. In this, the first article of a new series concerning the intermediate developers we take a look at the creation and usability of template operators. First, we will get an overview of template operators in general, after that, I will explain the creation of a custom template operator. So, read on!


Thanks to the Harrumpher guy, who has provided the missing focus for this thing, the adventures of life with trigeminal neuralgia (TN). It's been a periodic motif here for several years and, aside from the material that an uncommon chronic disorder provides, it may serve as a useful springboard into other topics. So then.
The adventures left off with the joys of Gabapentin, one of the staples of medicated life with TN. I've added a third staple: Baclofen. Best-known as a muscle relaxant, it also has anti-seizure properties, the same properties that make Carbamazepine and Gabapentin useful for TN. I've been on it for just under eight weeks, and adding it seems to have done one very important thing. My breakthroughs are now contained in hours, at most a couple of days. In the ten years or so that I've been doing Carbamazepine plus Gabapentin, breakthroughs have been the horror that is always lurking around the corner. My primary trigger, to repeat, is temperature changes: that can mean cool or cold breezes, going from a warm space into a cold one, or vice versa. My secondary one, developed over the last four or five years, is dental work on my affected (left) side. At this point, with heavy meds and a ridiculously increased pain tolerance, the brief episodes these stimuli bring on are bupkis. The problem is that any of them, with very little warning, can break through the curtain of medication and bring on a global-scale episode, pain that not only repeats, but escalates. Thus the Clonazepam, which can come out as soon as an episode shows signs of getting out of hand. Even Clonazepam can only contain each episode, because once breakthroughs are established, they go on. In my case, they go on for six to eight weeks, two or three episodes a day lasting one to three hours each, of pain ranging from barely tolerable to extraordinary. Since one rarely has episodes in sleep, you can do the math. During a breakthrough I may waste half my waking hours hosting the Beast's rambles, and the same amount of time after the episode recovering from having my brain kicked about like a soccer ball.
With Baclofen, so far, episodes sputter out in a short time with little or no resort to Clonazepam. So far. When one lives with this Beast, one grows highly sceptical of any treatment. Many of them work for some people. Some work for all people. For a while: until the Beast finds a way around the treatment and comes back. It's a good thing that Baclofen works, but so far it makes me so drowsy that I only dare take it before bedtime. That may have to change if there's a breakthrough, because "before bedtime" is when I least need help. And oh yes: it's very tough for me to take Baclofen and Clonazepam together. Clonazepam alone can make me disoriented and reckless, as well as drowsy.
I find that both together put me down altogether for six to seven hours.
Is the game worth the candle? We'll see. Next, we take another tour of the great surgical solution question.


CLIME is kicking off the 2011-2012 season.
Sol Lederman writes: I'm helping to organize a summit in London in November to further the vision of Conrad Wolfram and his organization, computerbasedmath.org, which aims to recreate the math curriculum to have computers do the computing while kids do the thinking.
We would love to see people at the summit who have a strong commitment to math education reform, whether those people be in education, government, or the private sector. If you are aligned with Conrad's vision (more information below) and would like an invitation to the summit, please send me an email and I will send you an invitation.
Keith Devlin will be speaking at the Momath event in NYC on Sept. 6th and 7th. I hope someone tapes him. Maybe I will.
October 19-21, 2011 - NCTM Regional Conference in Atlantic City. CLIME will be exhibiting and promoting Math 2.0.
February 14, 2012 - AMTNJ Winter Conference, Somerset, NJ. Presentation.
April 25-27, 2012 - NCTM Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Presenting and exhibiting.
Andrew Coulson who spoke at our 2005 CLIME BOF meeting is the president of Mind Institute. His twitter page.


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Transplant Games 2018 Recap – Part 3
(This is Part 3 of the TGA recap. Want to read Parts 1 & 2? Click here: Transplant Games 2018 – Part 1 & Part 2.)
Sunday was another early morning with a full day of events at the track. Derek was signed up for two events and the 1500m was scheduled to go off first, around 8:00a.
A track meet is a complicated event when everyone knows what to expect, but when you add in the wide range of athletes competing at the Transplant Games, it gets even more complicated. The events got a late start, but the group organizing the events were able to make up some time by grouping lots of heats together. Shout out to the Salt Lake City Parks and Rec for being so calm and gracious while wrangling some very anxious and confused athletes.
Derek ran his 1500m in a heat that included his age group as well as the 20-29 year olds and the 40-49 year olds. This meant he was fortunate enough to have a young rabbit lead him out and pace him for the whole race. Before the race one guy told Derek, "I sure hope you don't plan to lap me." To which Derek replied, "That is 100% my plan."
The 1500m is the longest track race that the Transplant Games puts on. At the Cleveland Games, I discovered there's a wide variety of abilities that choose to run this race. Two years ago, I ran a 5:56 and finished in second place – to Andy Wahlstrom, a kidney recipient who finished in 5:35. When the schedule came out for the Salt Lake Games, I immediately looked to see if Andy Wahlstrom was going to show, and saw his name on the heat sheet. I was happy to see there'd be some competition, but also concerned I would lose to him again. He had become my secret nemesis since Cleveland and I wanted to beat him so bad. I knew I was faster than 5:35 after two years of running, but did Andy also get faster?
As I arrived at the track, I kept my eye out for Andy. A fellow 1500m runner recognized me from two years ago, and introduced himself as Anthony. Weirdo me ignored his introduction and immediately said "Are you Andy Wahlstrom? I've been stalking your time for the past two years." That wasn't a weird way to start a conversation at all, nope. Thankfully, Anthony is good friends with Andy, and made me feel like my question was normal, or at least pretended it was. So, I leaned into my role as Mr. Weird Stalker guy. I told my quick story, and found out that Andy would be arriving late, but would definitely be competing. I felt like I was being set up for a punch line.
As we gathered at the start, Andy was nowhere to be seen. Instead, as Logan mentioned, I was grouped with 20-49 year olds, and I recognized one faster guy from the 5k who was in the 20-29 age group.
Big group for the waterfall start.
The gun went off to start the race, and Mr. Fast and I went out at a decent pace. I was following his lead through 200m, and thought of passing him but then thought better of it. I figured I should sit on his shoulder and, if I was lucky, he'd pull me to a new PR. I kept up with him through laps one and two. At that point, I felt like I was running the same pace and the gap between us magically widened. I couldn't make up the distance and it continued widening. In my haze of running, I didn't know whether I got slower or he got faster.
Float like a butterfly, run like a cheetah. (This is my favorite caption for when I catch Derek mid-air during a race.)
We passed much of the field on the final lap and I put in a good effort to close the gap (which didn't happen). Mr. Fast finished in 5:17, and I finished in 5:23, successfully earning a gold medal for my age group, a PR for me, and beating the 2016 version of my nemesis! I spoke to Mr. Fast after the race and gave him my perspective of the race. "Did you like my surge on lap 3?" He asked. No, I really didn't, and honestly felt a little empty because I didn't get to meet and race Andy Wahlstrom.
That guy just behind Derek still has a full lap left to go.
The 100m race came soon after and as they lined us up in our age groups I met a guy a few years older than me from Iowa who coached track at my high school in Des Moines (Go RoughRiders!) before he got sick. What are the chances? Freddie is fast. Like, really fast. He's a heart and kidney recipient and later in the day when I stood on the edge of the track watching him run the 4×100 relay, he destroyed the field in the anchor leg. The group of people standing around me were stunned by his speed. "That's Freddie," I said. "He coached track at my high school."
Freddie nearly died waiting for his transplants. A viral infection was attacking his heart and eventually caused his kidneys to fail. Doctors gave him an artificial heart and put him on dialysis but weren't optimistic about his chances.
And then they got the call. An organ donor gave him his life back. An organ donor made it possible for him to watch his newborn son grow up and to lay down a scorching time in the 100m. Freddie is 47 years old, had a heart and kidney transplant just four years ago and ran the 100m in 11:51. To put that in perspective, the national high school record for the 100m was set in 2014 and is 10 seconds. Try running a 100m in your late 40s. It feels all kinds of wrong.
Before I watched him run I asked him for some advice since last time I ran the 100m I shredded my quads. He told me to stay on my toes.
As we lined up for the start of my race I looked to my sides and realized I was racing in a full heat of D2 (Division 2 is for athletes who are either living donors or tissue/bone marrow recipients) and one of my competitors was a bona fide triathlete. Leading up to this race I had decided on two goals: 1) Don't get hurt 2) Don't come in last place.
That's me crossing the line in 6th. The 1st and 2nd place finishers were so fast they are already well out of the frame.
Well. I didn't get hurt and I came in second… to last place. I begged my legs to please go faster, please. But I was at my limit. The winning time in my heat was 13.85 seconds. Woof. My time was 17.96, which if you consider I did very little sprint training leading up to this, is… not too bad. More than anything I was just happy to be walking normally after the race. I decided to be proactive and ice down my legs to prepare for my next race, the 200m.
In between races we hung out with friends. Derek was interviewed by the Chris Klug Foundation and they put together a great little video, take a look!
As he was finishing up this interview and getting ready to race the 800m, the race organizers decided to run the relay events and our scrappy Team New England managed to get four runners, including Derek, to form a team. Watching Derek run a 100m race is a little like watching a freight train try to beat a Ferrari off the line. He is fast and strong, but his body is not built for sprints. It will come as no surprise to any of you that he made it work.
For the 4x100m, my goal was two-fold: 1) Don't get hurt 2) Don't drop the baton. As the third leg, you have plenty of time to think about your decisions in life as the baton makes its way to you. As Logan correctly pointed out, I'm not a 100m sprinter. I pick medium-to-long distances because fewer people enter those races. I knew when to receive a baton, but not much else.
As my teammate, Sheree, came down the straightaway, I became antsy to start running. I started my run and realized I was very early. Should I run now? No, wait. Now? No. Let's jog slowly? Nope. Ok… Now! Am I running too fast? Where's the baton?
So much happened in those few seconds I was waiting for Sheree and then I magically had the baton in my hand and knew I had to run FAST. I started running and then found another faster pace. It was VERY uncomfortable and I felt like a mis-aligned axle on a car.
Pretty spry for a distance runner!
Is this the pothole where the car will fall apart? I have no idea what my time was – it could've been 10 seconds or 100 seconds, but I felt every step and muscled through it. As I finished my turn, I looked to my teammate – she was in lane 8 instead of lane 7! I wanted to yell out and make things right, but I was also losing steam. Somehow, we met in lane 7.5 and the hand-off was smooth. As smooth as a barreling out-of-control misaligned axle can be when it meets up with a teammate standing still for the hand-off!
Derek getting ready to hand off to the anchor leg.
Somehow it worked and I remember giving Wendy the baton and following up with a stiff push in the back to start her run like they do in short-track speed skating. I don't know if it helped, but I like to imagine it did. Our team successfully made all the hand-offs, and now it was up to a final sprint to hold off everyone else. We finished in 2nd place in our division (co-ed team of transplant recipients) and I couldn't be prouder. I had so much fun running this silly little race!
The Dream Team: Derek, Wendy, Sheree, Alexia
The medal ceremonies were a bit of a disaster so when they finally gave the awards for the 4×100 relay, only Derek and Sheree were there to accept the prize.
Immediately after the relay Derek sprinted to the corral to get queued up for the 800m. I chased after him with some electrolytes. He was breathing heavy but still super cheerful which was so impressive to me since his original race day plan did not involve a running a speedy 100m right before an 800m.
By the time the 800m rolled around, I was tired. I ran a 5k the day before (close to a PR), a 1500m in the morning (a PR), and JUST SPRINTED 100m. What better warm-up for my final race? I had high hopes, but also tried to stay realistic; my legs were tired. I could tell myself "leave it all on the track", but that only works until the muscles stop responding. Two laps of the track and I'd be done.
Andy Wahlstrom was still around and ready to race. I was very excited and had a great conversation with him while we were waiting. As the organizers were telling us to get on the track, I had to tell the volunteers, "We're having a special moment here." Andy asked me what I expected my time to be and I said I ran Cleveland in 2:55 and recently ran a 2:36. His response gave me hope: "Under 3?! Oof." We toed the line to start the race and at this point everyone in the race had become good friends. The race organizer reminded us not to cut anyone off at the start and one of the competitors said, "Don't worry, Derek will lead us out." BIG EXPECTATIONS.
The gun went off and I had the inside position. I could feel Andy on my shoulder running extra distance around the corner and I wondered whether he would try going for the lead, or sit on my shoulder. He decided to let me lead and I felt good about this. I could run my own pace and when he started kicking all I had to do was keep pace! As we rounded the other end of the track, The Andy Cheering Squad came alive. A few seconds ago, I didn't know they existed and now I felt like I was on his home turf! I kept the lead through the first lap (at 1:18) and rounded the corner. My legs started to hurt (as they usually do in this race) and I questioned every life choice leading up to this point. But, I was leading and convinced myself to keep running.
Derek in the lead after lap one.
On the straightaway, I heard Andy's heavy breathing and out of the corner of my eye I could see him as he started to pass me! The Andy Cheering Squad is going wild! I can't let this happen, I told myself. I asked my sore muscles to push harder and they did what any reasonable muscle would do at that point: NOPE, NOT TODAY. Andy started pulling away. As I rounded the final turn to the straightaway, I gave myself a pep talk: "This is what you've been working for, you can reel him back in." And again my muscles said: "Sorry, no. This is the pace you will be running." I saw Andy cross the finish line and I finished 7 seconds later in a respectable 2:39. He was doubled over at the finish line and it took him a minute to compose himself.
Andy crossing the finish line first, Derek follows.
I immediately gave him a bear hug, congratulated him on his run, and told him how much he inspired me. He responded with, "I had the advantage of altitude training in Colorado." It was a simple response, but I realized that 1) he had pushed me to do extraordinary things over the past two years and 2) telling him how he's influenced my training made him run harder in the race.
In the video above, there's a clip of Logan and I talking to Andy after the race. It turns out Andy didn't make the 1500m because he arrived just as we were finishing the race. His experience in track race scheduling has NEVER had the 1500m race first. That's forgivable and I was happy I could still race him in the 800m. He turned out to be a very nice guy.
After Cleveland, I used to tell people that I earned silver in the 1500m, "but it was to a kidney recipient" as a jab and an excuse. This time, I know I earned a silver medal, and the gold medal deservedly went to Andy, who I will be training to beat at the next Transplant Games in New Jersey, 2020.
Organ recipients at the Transplant Games have a multitude of shared experiences. We've all had a doctor tell us that an organ from a recently deceased person will function better than the one currently keeping us alive. We have twice daily pill reminders for the rest of our lives that we've received this amazing gift of life and should make it the best life possible. The Transplant Games are the one place where I know I'm running against people who are just like me, people who have received transplants. When I race a 5k or a 10k at home, I might be running against a transplant recipient, but I can usually tell myself: I'm the only liver recipient in my age group and believe it.
Now, imagine a stranger coming up to you and saying, "I met you once and you've inspired me to train for two years to get better." That's what I said to Andy and it's the best compliment I can give. I hope that some folks I ran with this year are inspired to better their times because of what they saw me do.
Lined up for the 800m, Andy is directly to my right.
Medal ceremony for the 800m. Missing from the photo: Andy Wahlstrom: The Nemesis.
After Derek's last race it was time for my 200m. When I arrived at the corral I noticed a lot of my friends from the morning 100m race had bowed out, leaving only three of us. One was the woman I just barely out touched in the 50yd breast stroke, a heart valve recipient and the owner of a crossfit gym (!). The other woman I competed against was a former Marine and living kidney donor.
Getting pumped up for my race with my coach, Melvin.
I decided to bring Melvin along for the 200m to help calm me down and to prevent me from taking the race too seriously and it was a great decision. I took off at the gun and immediately felt my quads and remembered what Freddie, my fellow Iowan and high school track coach said: stay on your toes. I adjusted my gait so I was pushed forward onto my toes and it helped! As I made my way down the straight away, our new friend and teammate Sheree started chanting: MELVIN! MELVIN! MELVIN! And soon enough the whole crowd joined in. I even managed to make an effort to really kick at the end, but both of my bad ass competitors beat me handily. When I crossed the finish line the three of us (and Melvin) hugged and laughed and cried. There's a lot of crying at the Transplant Games. They're mostly tears of joy, but they are also a release valve, a way to let go of some of the stress and pain and trauma each of us endured in our respective transplant experiences.
Oh look, no one is behind me!
In my mind I have always imagined myself as fast, but I have never actually been fast. I was a mediocre sprinter on my junior high track team and a slow sprinter on my JV High School swim team. When I played soccer, I usually took the center forward position and rarely found myself in a situation in which I would need to get from one end of the field to the other ahead of someone else. Somehow I made it through 44 years on this earth thinking the only thing preventing me from being fast was truly believing I was fast.
Somehow, finally, I came to the conclusion that I am not even remotely fast, I am slow. When I ran the 100m and the 200m I watched as the women ahead of me pulled away, while I willed my muscles to respond, to suddenly work in a way they hadn't been trained for. The only response was a twinge of pain, a message from my body to my brain that my legs were at their limit.
Those red marks on my legs were from the ice packs I put on immediately following my race. Being proactive about my eventual pain was a delightful lesson I learned from Cleveland. I felt totally fine the next day. Ice is amazing!
This year I had more competition than I did in Cleveland. More living donors and tissue recipients signed up to compete than ever before. D2 athletes are vastly outnumbered by the D1 athletes at the Transplant Games, but we are growing in number. Our mission at the games is to show people that donating an organ or receiving donated tissue doesn't hold us back, and in many ways makes us stronger. I gave Derek part of my liver in an effort to save his life, but I think the opportunity to donate that piece of liver saved mine. Without the Transplant Games I'm not sure I would have been inspired to start swimming laps again, or to teach myself to run.
I joked with Derek after the 100m that maybe everyone else would drop out of the 200m because it was so late in the day and they'd be tired and then maybe I could medal. And he reminded me that showing up is a pretty important part of any competition. I got third place in the 200m because I showed up to the last race of the day, after waiting around at a hot, sunny track all day and letting my muscles stiffen up. Three of us showed up to race, and I ran as hard as I could to prove to myself I earned that bronze.
Thanks to all of you for following us on this adventure. It's exciting to be able to share our triumphs with you and we both hope we made you all proud.
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Q: Kubernetes in Docker KinD - Node notready I'm following this article https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/05/21/wsl-docker-kubernetes-on-the-windows-desktop/ but I'm facing and issue.
So Windows 10, WSL2 enabled with Ubuntu 22.04 and Docker Desktop.
Using Kind I tried to create a cluster using the command: kind create cluster --name wslkind
But after that, a kubectl get nodes shows:
NAME                    STATUS     ROLES    AGE     VERSION
wslkind-control-plane   NotReady   master   8m22s   v1.17.0

A describe is giving this reason:
Ready            False   Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:14:54 +0100   Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:02:26 +0100   KubeletNotReady              runtime network not ready: NetworkReady=false reason:NetworkPluginNotReady message:Network plugin returns error: cni plugin not initialized

I don't know how to fix that issue.
I'm expecting a ready status of the nodes

A: I gave up with WSL + Docker Desktop. Instead I installed Docker Engine on Ubuntu directly on the wsl and no issue anymore.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove -t docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

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President of the EMC
Pirmatov Eshmurat Azimovich
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan was elected President of the Eurasian Academy of Mining Sciences
By the decision of the SAC and the Presidium of the EAMS
(Protocol No. 2 of 11/23/2018)
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Academician of EAMS was elected President of the Eurasian Mining Congress
Biographical information.
Born on June 20, 1952 in the village of Kirovo, Tashkent district, Tashkent region, UzSSR. In 1974, he graduated with honors from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute with a degree in metallurgical engineer.
Candidate of Technical Sciences (1986).
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2003).
In 2009, he was elected an academician of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences.
Since 2016 - Academician of the National Academy of Mining Sciences of Kazakhstan. Author of monographs "Equipment for pressure treatment of powders and powder blanks" (Chelyabinsk, 1992), "Peculiarities of obtaining tungsten products depending on the genesis of the source ores of Kazakhstan" (Almaty, 2003), more than 170 scientific articles.
1974-1980 - master, art. master, deputy head of the shop of the Uzbek Combine of refractory and heat-resistant metals (Chirchik, UzSSR).
1982 - Deputy. shop foreman, shop foreman, Deputy Chief Engineer for new equipment and technology, chief Engineer, General Director of UZKTZHM.
1999 - Deputy Director General for Science of UZKTZHM.
2002 - Deputy . Director of Science of the Institute of High Technologies of JSC NAC "Kazatomprom" (Almaty).
2004 - Director of the Refining plant of JSC NAC "Kazatomprom" (village of Taukent South Kazakhstan region).
From September 2004 to October 2012 – General Director of Stepnogorsk Mining and Chemical Combine LLP.
Currently, he is the General Director of the company "SARECO".
Awarded the order "badge of Honor" (1986), medals "For the construction of BAM" (1982), "Eren enbegi ushin" (2005), "of the Constitution of Kazakhstan 10 years" (2005), the "Merited worker of the nuclear industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan" of the 1st degree (2007),
"10 years since the formation of JSC "Kazatomprom" (2007). Honorary citizen of the city of Stepnogorsk.


Catholic News World : Wow World Cup Finals Croatian Coach Prays the Rosary for his Team and Entrusts all to God!
Wow World Cup Finals Croatian Coach Prays the Rosary for his Team and Entrusts all to God!
World Cup football (soccer) coach Zlatko Dalic, for the Croatian team, is a devout Catholic who prays the Rosary, even during the matches. The Croatian football team reached the World Cup final on Wednesday evening, after beating England for the first time. The team has a new coach since last October and he is now considered the coaching discovery of the World Cup. Dalic is a devout Catholic who prays the rosary every day. Even during a game he has the rosary always with him. In an interview he mentioned his faith; "Everything I've achieved in my life and in my career, I owe my faith, I'm very grateful to the Lord," he told Croatian radio stations. "If a man loses hope, then he must rely on the merciful God and our faith."
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"The rosary is always with me, and when I feel a little rough, I put my hand in my pocket, clasp the rosary, and everything becomes simpler".
Dalic explains that rosary he has with him, was blessed in Medjugorje (the place where he goes to pray and where he went before leaving for Russia), it is not for superstition, nor is it, in this case, a prayer to win the game. The squeezing in his hand is instead the sign with which he, through the intercession of Mary, entrusts himself with faith to the Lord in every moment of his life, also professional.