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15 Skin Care Products to Strengthen the Skin Barrier: Serums, Moisturizers, and Restorative Creams
Few other subjects have dominated the beauty airwaves quite like the skin barrier. Overlooked for decades in our collective quest for clear, radiant skin—which brought about the enthusiastic peeling, scrubbing, and cleansing habits that inadvertently cause damage—an intact barrier has now earned its due as the true source of skin health.
Part of this newfound recognition has to do with social media, which has ushered in barrier-friendly trends like probiotic skin care (for maintaining the surface-level microbiome) and skin-cycling routines (which alternate active treatments and restorative ones). "People have become more aware of the science behind skin conditions," says dermatologist Kim Nichols, MD. "They are more likely to self-educate using the internet, which provides them with a background on why they may be experiencing certain symptoms." Often enough, an underlying cause is a compromised skin barrier.
Research links an impaired stratum corneum (as that outermost layer is called) with a host of skin concerns; for example, studies suggest that a disrupted barrier may serve as a mechanism in acne development. Addressing the root cause is a novel means of approach. "When attempting to resolve unwanted skin conditions, such as signs of aging, sensitive skin, acne, and dermatitis, you need to repair your barrier, which has not always been the method of healing in the dermatology and skin care industries," says San Francisco aesthetician and formulator Kristina Holey, who was among the first to create products dedicated to the skin barrier. "Aggressive preservatives, exfoliation, and peels all break down this natural protection system—and now, with the resulting rise in inflammatory skin conditions, we are all focused on repair."
At the biological level, the stratum corneum's chief role is protection, as the body's first line of defense against environmental stressors, including bacteria and viruses, UV light, and pollution. It's also responsible for keeping hydration trapped within skin, where water is needed to execute important cellular functions. To do that, "a healthy barrier layer has the essential components in place: balanced pH, robust microbiome, balanced natural moisturizing factors, balanced lipid layer," Holey says.
The microbiome in particular has become an increasingly valued (and much discussed) aspect of the skin barrier; this diverse ecosystem of microorganisms at the surface is responsible for supporting the skin's immune system and controlling inflammation. "Barrier function and the microbiome do not exist independently of one another," says Holey. "Maintaining barrier-layer integrity helps skin flora stay healthy, which in turn ensures overall healthy skin."
If something is missing from the skin barrier's careful composition, things can get uncomfortable quickly. "Redness, tightness, scaling, and dryness are signs that your skin barrier is compromised," says Nichols. "The most common misconception I see among my patients is that the tingling or slight stinging [sensation] when applying products is a sign of an effective product; in fact, this signals potential skin-barrier damage." In addition to harsh formulations, certain preservatives (which interfere with the microbiome's balance) and habits like cleansing too frequently can also disrupt the barrier.
Nichols recommends seeking out ingredients naturally found within the lipid-rich stratum corneum, such as ceramides and fatty acids. Humectants like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, which draw in water, are beneficial as well, since a compromised barrier begets a kind of evaporation known as transepidermal water loss. Together, "these ingredients help to hydrate, lock in moisture, and act as a protectant for compromised skin without further irritation," she says.
While the extent of damage—and therefore the time it takes for repair—can vary, "typically, you can expect to begin seeing improvement between two weeks to an entire month," Nichols says. But patience is well rewarded, with a little help from these 15 formulas, designed for immediate and lasting care.
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Indicator Assessment
Patent applications based on genetic resources
Prod-ID: IND-162-en
Also known as: SEBI 024
Published 21 May 2010 Last modified 11 May 2021
This page was archived on 06 Aug 2015 with reason: No more updates will be done
Biodiversity has served as a major resource for patent activity across a wide swathe of science and technology sectors ranging from agriculture to cosmetics, functional foods, traditional medicines, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and emerging developments such as synthetic biology. About 9 % of European patent activity relates to biodiversity, rising to 16 % if the full spectrum of pharmaceutical activity is included. After rapid growth, patent activity for biodiversity now shows a declining trend.
The decrease from 2005 seen in Figure 1 is due to the time lag between the filing of a patent and its publication (2 years and more). This means that for recent years, the data may not yet be in the database (see Oldham and Hall, 2009). Additional work is required to link the data with wider economic and geographical information.
This indicator is discontinued. No more assessments will be produced.
Biodiversity patent trends for European countries (publication portfolio)
Note: Patent publication counts by publication year
Oldham, P. D. and Hall, S., 2009. A European Patent Indicator for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/ abstract=1397108 [Accessed 11 May 2009].
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Biodiversity as a Share of European Patent Portfolios for Target Years
Note: Data is presented as a percentage of country level patent publications for target years
Oldham and Hall, 2009.
The third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity is concerned with the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources. This objective is linked to access to genetic resources encompassing a spectrum of biodiversity and the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities. Parties to the Convention are negotiating an international regime on access and benefit-sharing to implement the third objective. Intellectual property of all types generated an estimated $110 billion in licensing revenue in 2004 and is an important issue with respect to access, benefit-sharing and 'biopiracy'. Data from the World Patent Statistical Database allows for the analysis of country portfolios for biodiversity and traditional knowledge, and of overall and sectoral trends.
Trends in biodiversity related patents are of direct relevance to the access and benefit sharing provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity in four areas:
first, patent applicants must disclose information on the materials used in a claimed invention. This provides a means to examine access to biodiversity and traditional knowledge in relation to its origin
second, sectoral trends (i.e. agriculture, traditional medicines, biotechnology) can be examined and linked to economic and geographical data. This provides a bridge to addressing issues of relevance to benefit-sharing;
third, patents provide a measure of international cooperation where inventors and companies from more than one country are involved and this is linked with the promotion of technology transfer under the Convention;
fourth, as a standardised global information system, the patent system allows for the detailed monitoring of trends in activity for patents and related forms of intellectual property across multiple areas of science and technology.
Within the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity work is currently ongoing to clarify the meaning and scope of the utilisation of genetic resources and related subjects such as the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities. The indicator can contribute to this process and be refined in accordance with the outcomes of these debates. In particular the treatment of patent activity for the pharmaceutical sector has major impacts on the indicator and requires further clarification. Additional work is also required to link the data with wider economic and geographical information and to advance understanding of the origins of material submitted for patent protection from particular countries and indigenous peoples and local communities. The use of emerging information technology and electronic whole-text patent databases will facilitate this process.
Access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing is one facet of the growing appreciation for the social and economic value of biological diversity. In the realm of innovation, new and more 'open' models for innovation and access and benefit-sharing are being proposed to serve the needs of the 21st Century and to reflect these wider values. The patent indicator can contribute to evidence-based approaches to existing trends and be adapted to meet longer term needs as new models emerge.
Growing appreciation for the economic value of biodiversity is being achieved more broadly, as documented by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report under preparation and different statements by G8, the United Nations General Assembly and the Conference of the Parties to CBD.
For the purpose of this indicator, European patent applications are defined as follows:
(i) Patent applications presented to the national intellectual property offices of the pan-European Countries;
(ii) Patent applications presented to the European Patent Office (EPO) under the EPC (European Patent Convention);
(iii) Patent applications presented to the European Patent Office or the World Intellectual Property Organization under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) when pan-European countries are mentioned among the designated Contracting States of the PCT from which protection is sought.
The draft headline indicator was developed using the World Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT, October 2007). The PATSTAT database was developed by the European Patent Office in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide an international baseline for patent statistics. For a detailed discussion on the methodology see Oldham and Hall (2009).
A key emerging issue in debates under the Convention on Biological Diversity is the scope of the meaning of utilization of genetic resources that are the focus of benefit-sharing. The indicator encompasses emerging understandings of the scope of the meaning of utilization of genetic resources.
However, the relationship between genetic resources and chemical compounds for use in the pharmaceutical and other industry sectors, known as 'derivatives', has a major impact on the indicator requiring clarification. The indicator is designed to be flexible in order to accommodate emerging understandings under the Convention.
Oldham, P. D. and Hall, S., 2009. A European Patent Indicator for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1397108 [Accessed 11 May 2009].
World Intellectual Property Organisation: www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en.
European Patent Office: www.epo.org.
OECD page on biotechnology: www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37437_1_1_1_1_37437,00.html.
Convention on Biological Diversity: www.cbd.int.
Indicator definition
The indicator shows the share of European patent applications that are based on genetic resources.
The following types of patent applications would be considered 'European patent applications':
Patent applications presented to the national intellectual property offices of the pan-European countries;
Patent applications presented to the European Patent Office (EPO) under the EPC (European Patent Convention); and
Patent applications presented to the European Patent Office or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty), when pan-European countries are mentioned among the designated Contracting States of the PCT in which protection is sought.
The CBD (art. 2) defines 'genetic resources' as genetic material of actual or potential value. 'Genetic material,' in turn, is defined as any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity. Nevertheless, there is still no conclusive answer to what resources and uses are covered by these definitions. The methodology proposed for this indicator attempts to address this uncertainty.
In this regard, it is also worth noting that while access and benefit-sharing provisions refer solely to genetic resources, the CBD also contains references to the importance of equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities.
number of patent publications
biodiversity proportion of patent portfolio
Justification for indicator selection
MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE INDICATOR
Data availability (freely available) and geographic coverage are good.
The indicator may encourage further work to refine the classification codes.
No rationale references available
Policy context and targets
Context description
Information on the number of patents being sought or granted for products and processes developed on the basis of genetic resources would provide critical insight into the role and relevance of genetic resources in diverse economic sectors and, potentially, the degree to which such role and relevance have been recognized and equitably rewarded. Since the number of patents granted in the pan-European region is significant - nearly 35 % of patents in force at the end of 2004 were granted by the contracting States of the European Patent Convention (EPC) - the information could, moreover, potentially inform not only regional but also global policies(1).
The fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources is one of the main objectives of the CBD. The implementation of the CBD goals and provisions on benefit-sharing, however, has proved difficult. Intellectual property rights, especially patents, act as incentives for trade and investment that thus promote the creation of benefits from the use of genetic resources. Nevertheless, the existence of patents for inventions based on genetic resources has also raised a number of ethical concerns and concerns on the impacts on science and innovation.
(1) Trilateral Statistical Report, 2005. In 2005, the European Patent Convention entered into force in Latvia, which so became the 31st EPC Contracting state. By the end of the year, the members of the underlying European Patent Organization were: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Other states have agreements with the European Patent Office to allow applicants to request an extension of European patents to their territory. These states are: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Other states that have recently expressed their intention to join the organisation are Norway, Malta, and Croatia.
Relation of the indicator to the focal area
Percentage of patent applications directly relates to access and benefit sharing, as it concerns the documentation of the use of genetic diversity for commercial or other use though a patent. Documenting such use is essential to enable an assessment of whether benefits from the use are equitably shared.
No targets have been specified
Related policy documents
No related policy documents have been specified
Methodology for indicator calculation
'Classification codes' are awarded to patent publications to facilitate the retrieval of information on inventions in particular technological fields. As they systematize and allow retrieval of information on inventions covered by patent publications, classification codes can also be used for a number of additional purposes, including locating and sorting through inventions based on genetic resources.
There are several classification systems that operate at the national, regional, and international level. Of these systems, the International Patent Classification (IPC) and the European Classification system (ECLA) are particularly relevant for the indicator. The IPC is the main classification system at the international level, currently being used by over 90 countries and five international patent organizations. It is frequently revised, with the latest version of the IPC - IPC 8 - containing approximately 70 000 classifiers. To ensure the proposed indicator can be compared with other patent-based information and be considered in the CBD and other international negotiations, it would make sense to take the IPC as its basis. The challenge is then to find, within the IPC, the classifications codes relevant for inventions based on genetic resources.
The steps for calculating the indicator would then be the following:
1. Determining the total number of patent applications in the pan-European region. The first step is to determine the total number of European patents applications including those presented nationally, regionally and internationally.
2. Identifying the patent applications for inventions based on genetic resources. The patent applications under each and all the relevant IPC classifiers then need to be determined. Both the total number of biodiversity-based patent applications and the specific number for certain sectors and technologies would be established.
3. Calculating the percentage that the patent applications for inventions based on genetic resources constitute in considering the total number of patent applications.
The key decision is therefore which IPC classification codes to use.
One option is to aim for a broad coverage indicator. An extensive selection of codes has been proposed to ensure all possible patent applications using genetic resources are being captured. See Annex 2 for a list of the potentially relevant codes. As can be seen from the list, there may of course be codes that capture applications that are not based on genetic resources. Further work is therefore required in order to refine the list, or to allow for more specific filtering within the codes proposed.
An alternative proposed here as a first proxy for the indicator is to use a narrow but well established set of classification codes, the ones used by OECD for patent applications for biotechnology, many of which are based on genetic resources. See Annex 1 for the list of codes proposed. The indicator would be a proxy for broader trends in the use of the components of biodiversity and related traditional knowledge in inventions. It also has the benefit of having been already used and refined by the OECD.
OECD has selected these codes through the following steps:
1. Analysis of the IPC classification, starting at the section level, followed by sub-sections, classes, sub-classes, groups and sub-groups.
2. Keyword search, identifying the IPC codes wherein these keywords are used most frequently.
3. Analysis of patents owned by biotechnology firms (OECD, 2005).
It should be noted that the OECD definition is currently being revised to include comments and suggestions received from experts and relevant stakeholders. The WIPO International Bureau, for instance, has put forth a number of additional classifications codes that it considers should be taken into account.
Of course, none of these lists match the exact scope of the proposed indicator as currently construed - 'inventions based on genetic resources.' The OECD definition for biotechnology patents is narrower, while the work of WIPO and Oldham (2006 a. and b.) on biodiversity more general is broader. In the latter, additional work would thus be necessary to determine the specific significance of patent information resulting from the calculation of the indicator to the benefit-sharing provisions in the CBD. On the contrary, narrower approaches such as the one developed by the OECD for biotechnology could be considered to follow a stricter definition of the use of genetic resources and thus be used in the implementation of the proposed indicator.
Nevertheless, given that the definition of 'genetic resources' remains imprecise at international level, a more comprehensive methodology that could later be narrowed down remains the most useful approach in the long term to a patent-based indicator for benefit-sharing.
Methodology for gap filling
No methodology for gap filling has been specified. Probably this info has been added together with indicator calculation.
Methodology references
No methodology references available.
Uncertainties
Methodology uncertainty
No uncertainty has been specified
Data sets uncertainty
Rationale uncertainty
MAIN DISADVANTAGES OF THE INDICATOR
While methodology is straightforward, and data exist, using the PATSTAT database will require more time and work.
ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS
Ideally, the broader set of classification codes could be used to ensure that all applications related to biodiversity are captured. But since an indicator based on the broad set without further work may result in an overestimation, it is proposed to use an indicator based on applications for biotechnology patents as a proxy.
No datasets have been specified.
DPSIR: Response
Typology: Descriptive indicator (Type A - What is happening to the environment and to humans?)
Indicator codes
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Plans For Belly Button Museum Embarrass Japanese Politicians
By: Stephen Carr
For its organisers, the G 8 Summit is a serious business. Eight of the world's political heavyweights are going to arrive with their huge entourages of aides, secretaries and secret service minders. The amount of paper used for translations, drafts, drafts of drafts and endless protocol instructions will in all likelihood be enough to fell half the Amazon rainforest.
One fact which has probably escaped the notice of these organisers is that most of the world is, as yet, unaware that this conference is taking place at all. Many newspaper readers' eyes glaze over at the mention of such events. Even when they are actually happening, the interest in them and the photo opportunities for politicians they give rise to, tends to be mild. News coming out of such jamborees is rarely momentous. Who can recall any of the decisions made at previous summits? "Precious few" is the answer that Okinawa's toiling legions of summiteers would be reluctant to concede is true.
However, the Summit, as is its due, has at last been given some substantial international media space, in the august pages no less, of one of America's most respected newspapers, the Washington Post. But the Summit organizers will not be pleased to learn that the article in question is frivolous in the extreme.
It concerns a letter devised by the Ginoza mayor's office and the local chamber of commerce to attract some publicity to the village, known as the Belly Button of Okinawa, because it is the point on the island where lines of longitude and latitude cross. The letter invited all the G8 leaders to have casts made of their navels. The idea was to build a Belly Button Museum after the Summit where tourists could come to view the different sizes and shapes of the insides of their leaders' navels.
Yasukatsu Urasaki, Mayor of Ginoza, was of the opinion that prints of hands and feet were boring and predictable and could be found in many places around the world. Why not do something different, he thought. Urasaki's further had the idea of casting the world leaders' navels in porcelain, though he claims the method for achieving this is still being researched.
Hirokazu Kishimoto, a Ginoza local government official, wanted to widen the scope of the Belly Button Museum to include other species. He dreamed up the idea of including the cast of an elephant's navel in the planned display. He even went so far as to contact the Tokyo zoo about obtaining the object and says they were very receptive to the idea.
What seemed like a bit of harmless fun now however, seems to have spiralled out of control. Ginoza officials in charge protocol matters affecting the G8 Summit needed to find out the addresses of Clinton, Chirac, Blair and the rest. So they contacted Japan's Foreign Affairs Ministry in Tokyo, who naturally wanted to know what was going on.
When informed of plans for the Belly Button Museum, alarm bells started ringing in Tokyo's corridors of power. Could anyone actually be making fun of the Great Summit, symbolic of Japan's newly enhanced status as a responsible world power?
It seems the answer was yes and the wrath of Tokyo's bureaucrats descended on the heads of the hapless Ginoza mayor and his friends in the Chamber of Commerce. They forbade any such project and are stonewalling any enquiries on the subject. The Ginoza mayoralty must have been given a proper dressing down, as they now deny the existence of any letters sent to world leaders on the subject of belly buttons.
Meanwhile Sachio Igei, leader of a Ginoza community group, insists that the Belly Button Museum will go ahead regardless of what his mayor or the faceless bureaucrats of the Tokyo Foreign Affairs Ministry think.
Igei believes there is a sorely lacking of a sense of humor surrounding the entire G8 gathering.


If there's one thing I've learned from this past year's goal-setting exercise, it's the importance of approaching goals gradually and consistently by making the work happen automatically. To that end, here are some of my goals for 2015 and the accompanying tasks I'll have to keep up in order to keep myself in check.
Goal #1: Run a half marathon in under two hours.
System: Run at least 15 miles a week.
So far, I'm planning to run four half-marathons (DC, Seattle and LA Rock N Roll Half Marathons and the Maui Half Marathon) and several DC Area 5k Races. I haven't fully committed and registered for any races just yet, but I'm looking to register as soon as I get paid later this week!
Goal #2: Have at least 3,000 unique page views in the last thirty days.
System: Draft two blog posts a week. Publish at least one post a week.
After thinking about ways to make blogging more of a consistent habit, I realized I needed to focus on writing about something that I'm truly passionate about. That was easy — travel! I wanted to do something different though, so rather focusing on blogging about my travels, I thought it'd be interesting to blog about exploring the DC through public transportation. You can check out that blog here: DC Metro Trip.
System: Work through the Road to Code Guide. 20 hours per week.
I've really REALLY wanted to become more technical. However, I've found it absolutely difficult to try to focus on learning to code. This is going to be the year I finally commit and become a front end web developer!
Goal #4: Use my Mandarin Chinese more often.
System: Review my Mandarin Chinese at least 30 minutes a week.
This has been and on-again, off-again goal I've had since I graduated college. After studying abroad in both Shanghai and Taipei, as well as majoring in the language during college, I'd hate to think I'd completely lose my ability to use the language due to lack of use. So far, I've found a new website, Italki, that lets me connect with professional tutors and language partners to use my Mandarin. Hopefully, this will be just the thing to help me retain my Chinese!
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World number two miner Rio Tinto is developing the southern part of the vast mountain deposit with first production from the massive $20 billion project not expected until late 2018 at the earliest.
The northern part of the Simandou concession is held by BSG Resources, a company in the stable of billionaire diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, and Brazilian giant Vale (NYSE:VALE).
All work on the section awarded to BSGR by a former Guinea dictator in 2008 and 50%-sold to Vale in 2010 has been halted as the government of Guinea under its first democratically elected president Alpha Condé revisits all mining contracts entered into under previous regimes.
BSGR was awarded the rights days before the death of Guinea dictator Lansana Conté in 2008 after spending more than $160 million exploring the prospect.
Conté had not long before stripped the Simandou blocks from Rio Tinto which had held the exploration rights since the late 1990, ostensibly over the Anglo-Australian company's failure to develop the deposits.
The awarding of the rights are now the subject of Swiss and US anti-corruption investigations. BSGR denies the claims while Vale is not under investigation.
The Wall Street Journal reports (sub) Condé said in a recent interview BSGR likely violated a clause in the country's mining code prohibiting the transfer of exploration rights with the Vale deal.
Vale has not commented on the matter but a BSGR spokesperson denied any laws were broken, "because the Brazilian miner's stake wasn't in the subsidiary that holds the rights to the concession," and the transfer happened Vale has not commented on the matter but a BSGR spokesperson denied any laws were broken, "because the Brazilian miner's stake wasn't in the subsidiary that holds the rights to the concession," and the transfer happened "at all times in accordance with the Mining Code and with the full knowledge and approval " of the government at the time.
The Brazilian company acquired the interest for $2.5 billion, but stopped payments to BSGR after the first $500 million was forked over.
The committee reviewing the 18 historical mining agreements held hearings in December and January and is expected to deliver a decision by the end of the month.
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Last month Condé visited Brazil where he met with Vale's director of corporate affairs Rafael Benker. Condé was in the country on invitation of the Lula Institute, an NGO founded by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula is said to have close ties to B&A Mineração, an infrastructure and mining investment company set up by Roger Agnelli, former boss of Vale and a large Brazilian bank. Late last year BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) sold its 40% stake in its massive Nimba project in the same district as Simandou to B&A.


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   const { brawl, fight }: any = await userModel
                                          .findOneAndUpdate(
                                               { _id: req.userData._id },
                                               { $inc: { 'fight.remaining': -1 } },
                                               { 'new': true }
                                           )
} else {
   const { brawl, fight }: any = await userModel
                                          .findOneAndUpdate(
                                               { _id: req.userData._id },
                                               { $inc: { 'brawl.remaining': -1 } },
                                               { 'new': true }
                                          )
}

// typescript error here
// "Cannot find name brawl", and "Cannot find name fight"

console.log(brawl, fight)

not sure why typescript cannot find name brawl and fight,
it could be a problem with typescript error handling
in the case of if else statements,
but if script is running, no problem has occurred.

A: const and let are block scoped so they are not available in a higher scope than the block in which they are declared in.  You are trying to access them outside the block they are declared in.  You can declare them with let in the higher scope.
let result: any;
if (!challengeType) {
   result = await userModel.findOneAndUpdate(
           { _id: req.userData._id },
           { $inc: { 'fight.remaining': -1 } },
           { 'new': true });
} else {
   result = await userModel.findOneAndUpdate(
           { _id: req.userData._id },
           { $inc: { 'brawl.remaining': -1 } },
           { 'new': true });
}

// typescript error here
// "Cannot find name brawl", and "Cannot find name fight"
const { brawl, fight } = result;
console.log(brawl, fight);

You may have to fix some TypeScript syntax as I don't really know TypeScript, but you should get the general idea here.

Actually, you can DRY this up a bit and remove a bunch of repeated code.
const queryType: string = challengeType ? 'brawl' : 'fight';
const { brawl, fight }: any = await userModel.findOneAndUpdate(
                              { _id: req.userData._id },
                              { $inc: { [`${queryType}.remaining`]: -1 } },
                              { 'new': true });
console.log(brawl, fight);

not sure why typescript cannot find name brawl and fight

Because you're trying to access those variables outside the scope in which they are declared.  The body of an if or else is a separate block scope and both let and const are only available inside that scope (note var is function scoped, not block scoped).

it could be a problem with typescript error handling in the case of if else statements,

No, it's not a typescript problem.  It's how the language is designed.  It is a feature of the language to limit the scope that variables can be accessed in.  Javascript is the same in this regard.

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40 interesting anime that you can't stop watching!
We have prepared a list of recommended anime for those who are starting to explore the wonderful world of Japanese animation. From must-see classics to juicy novelties that have received praise wherever they have gone. Join us on this great tour!
Which Manga Tokyo Revengers Character are you ?
40 interesting anime
40. Odd Taxi
This series, sometimes called eccentric, has one of the best writing developed in 2021. The dialogue is great and clever, and the story is masterfully carried out. The story centers on a walrus named Hiroshi Odokawa, who lives a normal life. His job as a taxi driver, however, leads him to meet the most fascinating people: a young man who wants to go viral, a mystery nurse, a trio of idols, a duo of comedians who are having a hard time, and a known criminal. .
But his quiet life is about to change when the case of a missing girl directly involves him in the investigation.
Note: There is a feature film announced with no scheduled date.
39. 86: Eighty-Six
Episodes: 11 + 12
According to the Republic of Saint Magnolia, their war with the Giardia Empire has no human casualties of any kind. However, this is nothing more than propaganda. The Alba, high-class human beings with silver hair within the Republic, live quietly behind protective walls. But those who look different are a faction known as 86. And they are the ones with the terrible task of taking on their enemy's automated robots.
38. Vanitas No Karte
Vanitas, a vampire who was born under the blue moon, has been rejected by his peers all his life. According to legend, Vanitas created a grimoire, a cursed book of spells, that he would eventually use to get revenge on all the vampires who ridiculed him.
Noé Archiviste, in the nineteenth century in Paris, is looking for the famous grimoire. But what he finds is an eccentric doctor named Vanitas, who carries with him that very book that he is looking for. He soon discovers that this very particular man is the very author of the book.
Note: The second season is yet to be released.
37. Fruits Basket
Seasons: 3 + Optional feature film
Episodes: 25 + 25 + 13
Tohru Honda wouldn't dare complain about her life, even if everything was going wrong for her. She currently lives in a tent, but is grateful that she has a place to sleep. But when a torrential rain leaves her homeless, she discovers that her store was trespassing on private property, and that it was in the Souma territory.
Yuki Souma, the prince of her school, offers her a place to stay, and Tohru refuses, at first. Thanks to her kind heart and insistence, the girl agrees, but only on the condition of paying them with housework and helping them in House. Now, with this new connection to the mysterious and popular boy at her school, Tohru is the envy of her entire class, but things take a turn for the worse when the young woman discovers a secret that her family has hidden for years: if they are embraced by the opposite sex. , they become animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Note: The series will have a feature film, but since it does not affect the plot of the same, it will not be counted within the canon.
36. Dr. Stone
Taijuu was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of confessing his feelings to the girl of his dreams. However, before he could say what he felt, the whole of humanity suffers from a catastrophe that turns them to stone. Millennia later, Taijuu wakes up in an era where modernity has disappeared. Nature has taken over their space while humanity disappeared. And although he thinks he is alone, Taijuu meets his friend Senkuu, a young man who has been for years since he woke up from the stone, and dreams of bringing humanity back to modern times, one experiment at a time. .
Note: There is a third season announced for 2023.
35. Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.
Also known as Komi Can't Communicate . Hirohito Tadano has only one idea in mind when he begins his classes in high school: not to get in trouble. But, already on the first day, he screwed up without knowing it: he sat next to Komi, the most beautiful and popular girl in the whole class, and the rest of the boys see him as a rival to beat.
Komi is mysterious and quiet, but Hirohito will soon discover that in reality, the girl longs to have friends, but suffers from such a serious anxiety disorder that she does not allow her to talk to others. When they find a way to communicate, Hirohito learns that the girl wishes to have a hundred friends before finishing school, and Hirohito promises to fulfill her dream, thus becoming her first true friend.
Note: There is a second season announced, but since we don't know how many episodes it has, we won't add it yet.
34. Sonny Boy
When 36 students are transported, along with the school building, to another dimension, the problems begin. First, some begin to show supernatural powers, which creates a feeling of inferiority in those who do not have. And although the student council tries to maintain order, they discover that this new world comes with a set of strict rules that, if not followed, transport them back to another dimension. They will have to resolve all their internal conflicts if they intend to return home.
33. Moriarty the Patriot
The series takes place in the 19th century, when Great Britain has been transformed into the largest empire the world has seen. But not everything is perfect, since economic disparity has created an extremely rich class, and an extremely poor one. From the other end of the spectrum, mired in poverty, we see an anonymous child prodigy, who dreams of ending this difference. That boy manages to establish the necessary connections to create an undeniable influence in society, and little by little, he dedicates himself to ending the corrupt and thieves of the world. The problem? It is that he looks more like a criminal than a hero, and this brings him problems with Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective in England.
32. Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san
When Naoto Hachiouji meets Hayase Nagatoro, it would never be expected that he would be a victim of constant harassment from the girl. He makes fun of her tastes, her hair and her hobbies, but in reality, Naoto realizes that the girl just wants to get her attention. And thanks to this discovery, they establish a curious friendship that, even with their jokes, makes both of them have a lot of fun. And of one thing he is sure, his life will never be boring again with that girl in it.
31. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Humanity has been nearly eradicated by an organized group of artificial intelligences, and a scientist tries to stake it all on a relic from the past. One hundred years before, Vivy existed, an artificial intelligence designed to bring happiness through her songs. His stage is in an almost abandoned amusement park, where he does not have a sufficient audience to feel that his role is sufficient. But everything changes when a robot from 100 years in the future appears before her and enlists her help in order to save humanity.
30. Kimetsu No Yaiba
Episodes: 26 + Feature Film + ??
Based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu No Yaiba is a fantastic exponent of shounen with elements of samurai and fantasy. The series centers on Tanjiro Kamado, a young man who supports his family and works selling coal.
One day during one of his sales it gets very late for him, and the mountain he lives on is notorious for night demons that are dangerous. At dawn, he returns home, to find a scene that would change his life forever. His entire family has been massacred, and his sister is the only survivor, but she is transformed into a demon.
After meeting a demon hunter who tries to assassinate her, Tanjiro shows him that his sister is still conscious, and is not a threat to him. Under the protection of this hunter, Tanjiro will seek a way to save her and transform her back into a human, but first he must become a demon hunter and learn to defend himself, if he intends to travel in search of a cure.
Note: The series has a second season whose number of chapters has not been confirmed, since it is currently being broadcast.
29. Beastars
Paru Itagaki created a fantastic story that mixes animal dynamics with human society and its nuances. Beastars is a very interesting work with experimental CG animation that mixes romance with animal instinct.
Legoshi is our protagonist, a menacing-looking gray wolf. But despite his height and physique, Legoshi is very shy and quiet, he does not like to be the center of attention. When he meets a white rabbit named Haru, his interest in her ranges from an almost uncontrollable instinct to sink his teeth into her and protect her.
This baffling sensation baffles him, and he becomes convinced that his desire for Haru is romantic. Seeing that the girl seems to be popular at school, he tries his best to get close to her and get her attention, but a couple of chance encounters bring out his shyest (and sometimes most animalistic) side to a woman who doesn't seem be afraid of nothing.
Note: The series has a confirmed third season, with no scheduled date.
28. Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kaguya-sama: Love is War is one of the best romantic comedies of recent years. Created by Aka Akasaka, it is a story where love is a war field.
What happens when the royalty of the school falls in love? Well, a war, of course! Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya are the leaders of the Shuchiin school student council, and both are respected by all as equals. Also, the whole school thinks they would make a great couple.
The funny thing is that both Kaguya and Miyuki like each other. The feeling is mutual, but … they don't want to confess. Their ideals and their way of thinking prevent them from being vulnerable, so they treat the matter with a silk glove and look for a way to push the other towards a possible confession with games, manipulation and deceit. Could it be that someday the feelings of both will come to light?
27. To Your Eternity
Directly from the pen of the acclaimed Koe No Katachi, Yoshitoki Ooima demonstrates through an ever-changing soul the infinite goodness of the human being, as well as the terror and selfishness that they can demonstrate in the face of the unknown.
At first, a sphere was created. That sphere takes the form of the first being to show it enough momentum, a wolf. As a wolf, he discovers human warmth from a child who welcomes him as his pet.
Thus begins human contact with the immortal being, who is on Earth for the purpose of learning from humans. With this mission, you will understand loss and pain, and you will grow and become more and more powerful in the process.
Note: The series has a second season announced, with no scheduled date.
26. Tokyo Revengers
Ken Wakui has created one of the most incredible self-improvement stories of the last generation with Tokyo Revengers. The plot plays on the concept of time jumps and fixing the past, changing the future over and over again to achieve a goal.
Takemichi Hanagaki is a young man who had it all twelve years ago. A group of friends who supported him, a beautiful girlfriend … but that was twelve years ago. Right now he is in the lowest moment of his life, ashamed of his decisions and thinking about how little he wants to live. When he learns on the news of the violent death of that girl who was his girlfriend during school at the hands of a street gang, he feels even more miserable.
But when he finds himself in a situation that nearly kills him, he discovers that he can travel back in time, and saving Hinata's life is now his priority.
25. Dragon Ball Super
Episodes: 131
Scripted by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Super is a breath of fresh air for DBZ fans who were totally disappointed in the failure of Dragon Ball GT .
This new series takes place a few months after the end of the events of Dragon Ball Z , when Goku defeats Majin Boo and restores peace to Earth, although not for long.
Dragon Ball Super presents new and powerful threats to the Z Warriors, such as Beerus, The God of Destruction, as well as other powerful gods who try to destroy our planet, in the best Martial Arts Tournament style.
24. Boku no Hero Academia
Episodes: 13 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25
Kouhei Horikoshi takes the repetitive formula of shounen and creates something fantastic and special with My Hero Academia. Izuku Midoriya is our protagonist, a young man who dreams big, despite not having the ability that 90% of the population already has: a gift.
Despite this, he does not let himself be defeated, and continues to investigate to be a hero, writing down everything in his notebooks. But when one day a classmate from his school is in danger, Izuku, without powers, runs to his aid, and this arouses the curiosity of the greatest hero that history has seen: All Might.
And after this fateful encounter, Izuku listens to the words that he dreamed of hearing since his childhood: «You too can be a hero.»
23. One Piece
Episodes: 1004 (on air)
Airing since 1999, One Piece is one of the longest anime of all time. Created by Eiichiro Oda , the anime is based on the manga of the same name, originally published in 1997.
The plot of the story centers on the pirate Monkey D. Luffy and his group, the «Straw Hat Pirates». The objective of the young man is very «simple»: find the One Piece and become the King of the Pirates.
The mythology of One Piece is full of different races, such as mermaids, dwarves, giants, among other strange creatures that inhabit the different seas described in the anime.
Like many shounen , One Piece shows the growth and maturity of the protagonist, as he faces super strong opponents in different story arcs. If you are a fan of this genre of anime, One Piece should definitely be on your must-have list.
22. Ajin
Ajin is one of the coolest seinen ( 18-40 year old) anime of recent times and is a Netflix original series.
The plot revolves around the existence of the Ajin, who are a kind of immortal human beings. Due to the rarity and eccentricity of this type of people, the government offers a great reward for whoever captures an Ajin, to be able to subject them to experiments, because they are interested in knowing more about them and how to exploit their immortality for their own benefit.
21. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
If you are an anime fan, you have surely heard of Lelouch Lamperouge . A warrior prince who uses the power of his Geass (a powerful eye that forces anyone to follow the orders of whoever owns it) to destroy the world as we know it and build a new, kinder and more perfect society, like his sister always dreamed.
This is the plot of Code Geass , a sensational anime whose character design is made by CLAMP ( Sakura Card Captor and Chobits ).
In addition to having great looks, strong characters, and an interesting and complex storyline, Code Geass is also an excellent critique of the definition of justice, offering important insights into the way we live in society today.
20. Jujutsu Kaisen
Seasons: 1 + Feature Film
Yuuji Itadori is a young man with admirable physical condition. He could easily be a member of any sports team in his class, but has never been accepted on a loyalty issue. He is a member of the occult club because his dear companions asked him to join due to lack of members, and he accepted.
When his partner finds an ancient artifact and decides to study it one night, he unleashes a calamity at the school, putting all three of them at risk.
Yuuji in a desperate attempt to help, decides to eat this artifact, which puts him in even more trouble. Now he shares his body with a millennial magical being, named Ryomen Sukuna, and the sorcerer society is after him to kill him.
But thanks to a prominent wizard named Gojou Satoru, the boy ends up transferring to the school of wizardry to learn how to use his new magic for good.
19. Yuu Yuu Hakusho
Yuu Yuu Hakusho is one of the anime classic 90s that every fan needs to see! Literally, its translation is «The Report of the Playful Ghost».
Based on the manga written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, Yuu Yuu Hakusho tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a young criminal who dies while trying to save the life of a child.
As his death was not being expected by the rulers of the underworld, they decide to revive Urameshi to occupy the position of supernatural detective, while evaluating whether the boy deserves to go to heaven or hell. Thus, the young man goes on to investigate cases related to demons and ghosts that invade the world of the living.
18. Hunter x Hunter
Hunter x Hunter is another title that you cannot miss and a good suggestion for those who want to immerse themselves in the world of anime. This anime featured two adaptations: the first released in 1999, and the second in 2011.
Here we are going to refer to the second version of the anime, considered the most complete, since it adapts all the plot arcs seen in the manga.
The universe created by Yoshihiro Togashi is very rich, with a unique magic system (through the use of Nen , which is the energy of one's own aura, basically) and with a quite characteristic mythology.
Each Hunter x Hunter arc is almost like a standalone anime, with different themes and the inclusion of exclusive characters. Although the viewer continues to see the trajectory of Gon Freecss, the protagonist, and his friends evolve in search of what it means to be a Hunter, the plot does not end only with that and presents differentiated stories with their own autonomy.
The anime proposes a reflection on humanity, with interesting and controversial topics such as prejudice, inequality, poverty, family, among others.
17. Death Note
What would you do if you owned a notebook capable of killing all your enemies? This is the weapon that Light Yagami, a high school student, uses to «fight evil». When the young man discovers the Death Note, he decides to write on it the names of all the criminals in the city, in order to achieve a more peaceful society.
However, Light's plans end up being interrupted by L., a private detective who became one of the most iconic characters in the series, in addition to Ryuk (the «god of death»), obviously.
16. Tenchi Muyo!
Episodes: 26 + 26 + 26 + 26
Tenchi Muyo! is a series of anime, manga and light novels, created by Kajishima Masaki and Hiroshi Hayashi, about a young man named Tenchi Masaki, which was so successful that it became a franchise.
The series is divided into two seasons that have no connection to each other, as if each one happened in a parallel universe: Tenchi! Universe (1st season) and Tenchi in Tokyo (2nd season).
However, in all series, Tenchi Masaki and the space girls (Ryoko, Ayeka, Sasami, Mihoshi, Washu and Kiyone) are present to face the various enemies that appear, be they warriors from another galaxy or demonic spirits!
Tenchi Muyo! It is a series that different audiences like, from shōjo to shounen.
15. One-Punch Man
This is another anime that (unexpectedly) was hugely successful and cannot go unnoticed by Seinen fans enjoying good battle scenes.
One-Punch Man tells the story of Saitama, a young man who begins an intense training with the goal of becoming the strongest superhero in the world … and he succeeds!
Capable of defeating his foes with just a single blow, this bald, yellow-uniformed, rubber-gloved hero (sexy, huh?) Has wowed audiences with a humor and attitude bordering on the ridiculous at times.
One-Punch Man is a festival of clichés from traditional shounen storytelling , but it has already conquered the hearts of a legion of otaku . To understand the reason, you will have to watch the series and let yourself be «infected» by this fever!
14. Charlotte
In an alternate world, some individuals possess special powers that only develop when they reach puberty. This is the case of Otosaka Yuu, a young man who discovers that he is capable of «possessing» people's minds … but only for 5 seconds.
This is what makes Charlotte different and what makes this anime quite an interesting option for those looking for a story that stands out from the usual: the limitations of the powers of the characters.
For example, there is a girl capable of becoming invisible, but only to one person at a time, and another who manages to be possessed by spirits, but only by her sister's … And this is how this team of people with «super «powers.
13. Death Parade
For those who want to flee from anime full of battles and blows, Death Parade is one of the most interesting novelties that is surprising fans.
Based on the short Death Billiards, the anime shows that when two people die at the same time they are sent to mysterious bars that are run by bartenders , spirits who act as judges of those places.
There, people must participate in a series of games that serve to try to decide their respective destinies: reincarnate on Earth or condemned to wander eternally through the void.
Death Parade is a very intense and grim psychological thriller . If you like this genre of anime, it's already taking time to see it!
12. Attack on Titan
Without a doubt, this is one of the most acclaimed anime of recent times. Based on the shonen manga created by Hajime Isayama, Attack on Titan tells the story of a world devastated by the attack of giants that have devoured a large part of the Earth's population.
A group of survivors live isolated inside a great wall, but not for long … When the peace of the place is threatened, Eren Jaeger, a young man with special abilities, gathers an army with the mission to destroy the terrifying creatures.
Attack on Titan is an unpredictable series, as they show something at first that could easily change completely later on. That's why we tell you that if this is your first stop in the anime world, it will set the bar too high for what comes next.
Note: There is a second part of the fourth season scheduled for winter 2022.
11. Orange
Episodes: 13 + Feature Film
What would you do if you could change the past? Takamiya Naho is very clear about it … This young student is the protagonist of Orange , a spectacular drama series aimed at the shōjo and seinen public , and which is based on the manga by Ichigo Takano.
Naho receives on the first day of class a letter sent by herself 10 years in the future. At first, she is totally ignorant of its content, which warns of some supposed events that would lead to a tragedy.
After realizing that the letter is real, Naho begins to follow all the directions written by herself in the future in an attempt to save her friend Kakeru Naruse from a horrible fate.
10. Sword Art Online
An anime for those who are fond of games! Sword Art Online tells the story of a group of friends who, in the distant future, use a team called Nerve Gear to get into an MMORPG game.
But, something terrible happens and the youngsters get caught up in the game. To get out, they will have to face all the challenges and bosses in the game. Oh, and dying is not an option, otherwise the brains of the participants can be literally melted!
Note: The series has multiple spin-offs, among which are Sword Art Onlie Alicization and Sword Art Offline .
9. Kiseijū: Sei no Kakuritsu
Also known as Parasyte , this is another anime that is unsuitable for sensitive eyes. With grotesque images capable of disturbing the sleep of many, Kiseijū tells the story of a group of alien parasitic worms that have invaded Earth to control the bodies of human beings.
Izumi Shinichi, a 17-year-old student, was one of those victims … Well, more or less. A parasite tried to invade Shinichi's brain, but was unsuccessful and can only dominate the child's right hand.
With the help of Migi – the name of the parasite that happens to live in the boy's hand – Izumi transforms into a superhero who fights the other parasites.
8. Monster
Escaping a bit from shounen anime , Monster is one of the most acclaimed seinen among fans. Based on the manga of the same name, created by Naoki Urasawa, Monster is produced by Madhouse, which is already a good start.
The story accompanies the neurosurgeon Kenzou Tenma, a successful doctor with a commendable reputation, but who sees his life totally change after a tragic episode.
This anime has been praised for being quite faithful to the manga on which it is based, and both manage to maintain a plot with constant suspense without losing the dramatic tone. And by the way, the series has one of the best villains in history!
7. Erased
The aspiring mangaka , Satoru Fujinuma is a young man with quite peculiar power: he manages to travel in time whenever some tragedy happens.
When his mother is brutally murdered, Fujinuma goes back 18 years in time to attempt to alter a series of events that led to the rise of the dangerous serial killer responsible for the crime.
The manga that inspired this anime is composed of 8 volumes. Netflix produced a highly successful live-action series that has won over fans due to its great fidelity and quality, as well as delving deeper into the psychology of the characters than the anime itself.
6. Another
If you are a fan of horror anime, Another cannot be missing from your list.
Based on the light novel by Yukito Ayatsuji (and which was later adapted into the manga), this anime has a great load of supernatural suspense that delights its followers.
The young Sakakibara is transferred to the North Yomiyama school, going to a class that is far from normal.
Horrific deaths and constant fear haunt the students, who believe they are trapped in a curse that began 23 years ago when one of the students died. Or at least that was what was thought.
5. Cowboy Bebop
Without a doubt, this is one of the cult anime among fans of the genre. Cowboy Bebop is different from most Japanese animations. With purely cinematic scenes, an impressive color palette and a spectacular soundtrack, watching this anime is almost an obligation of how good it is.
Cowboy Bebop tells the story of a group of bounty hunters in a future where humans have migrated to other planets in the Solar System. The human population has grown disproportionately, as have criminals, and it is up to the members of the Bebop ship to hunt down the evildoers. With this plot as a base, each episode explores mature and philosophical questions, such as loneliness and existentialism.
Cowboy Bebop has a lot of influence from American culture, mainly from western films and from the mafia and jazz of the 40s.
4. Bakuman
From the creators of Death Note themselves , Bakuman is the anime that every aspiring mangaka has always wanted to see. The anime's story revolves around Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito, two young men who want to become the best mangakas in the world.
Ignoring the teen drama present in the anime, Bakuman is a true class on how manga creation works. The production stages, the relationship between author and publisher, the difficulties of having the manga approved and how to keep it weekly among the best sellers … all of that is portrayed in this anime.
Bakuman also makes a satire (and tribute) to various contemporary anime and manga, such as One Piece and Naruto.
3. Psycho-Pass
Episodes: 22 + 11 + 8
With a touch reminiscent of Minority Report , Psycho-Pass is ideal for those who enjoy science fiction stories, with a dense, complex plot and quite stylish characters.
Psycho-Pass depicts a futuristic dystopian world, where all human beings are considered probable criminals, until proven otherwise. People are constantly analyzed and observed, being punished before even thinking of committing any type of crime.
The anime addresses very interesting questions about the human psyche and reflections on the meaning of good and evil. Another good suggestion for anyone who wants to flee from senseless blows.
2. Berserk
This is one of the most popular seinen series in the world. Recently, its creator, Kentaro Miura, passed away, and it is unknown if the manga's story will ever come to an end.
Berserk revolves around a former mercenary and cursed swordsman named Guts who lives on a mission to hunt down the demonic Apostles. The series has many scenes of graphic violence and other elements that are not suitable for a child audience.
The fighting in Berserk is epic, but that is not what makes the series so wonderful, but the density of the plot and the quality of growth of each of its characters.
The series has different adaptations, but if we can give an advice, it is preferable to skip the most recent ones, especially the one made in 2016-2017, since their quality leaves much to be desired. To see a good adaptation of Berserk, we invite you to take a look at the first one, which was made in 1997, but if you want to enjoy history and drawing in all its splendor, it is preferable that you read the manga.
1. xxxHolic
Another CLAMP masterpiece, with characters so charismatic that it is impossible not to get hooked!
xxxHolic tells the story of Watanuki Kimihiro , a young student who has the gift of seeing and attracting spirits. While he was being attacked by one of those entities from beyond, Watanuki desperately enters Ichihara Yuuko's tent.
Yuuko's shop is anything but normal. She has the ability to make «dreams come true». Watanuki wishes to stop seeing spirits, but as payment for Yuuko to fulfill his wish, the young man will have to work in the woman's shop.
And that is where we are «captured» by the wonder that is xxxHolic . Each episode features a different client that Yuuko attends, dealing with themes that are inspired by legends and typical superstitions of the Japanese imaginary.
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Q: Randomly join two dataframes I have two tables, one called Reasons that has 9 records and another containing IDs with 40k records.
IDs:
+------+------+
|pc_pid|pc_aid|
+------+------+
|  4569|  1101|
| 63961|  1101|
|140677|  4364|
|127113|     7|
| 96097|   480|
|  8309|  3129|
| 45218|    89|
|147036|  3289|
| 88493|  3669|
| 29973|  3129|
|127444|  3129|
| 36095|    89|
|131001|  1634|
|104731|   781|
| 79219|   244|
+-------------+

Reasons:
+-----------------+
|          reasons|
+-----------------+
|        follow up|
|         skin chk|
|      annual meet|
|review lab result|
|        REF BY DR|
|       sick visit|
|        body pain|
|             test|
|            other|
+-----------------+

I want output like this
|pc_pid|pc_aid| reason
+------+------+-------------------
|  4569|  1101| body pain
| 63961|  1101| review lab result
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In the reasons I have only 9 records and in the ID dataframe I have 40k records, I want to assign reason randomly to each and every id.

A: The following solution tries to be more robust to the number of reasons (ie. you can have as many reasons as you can reasonably fit in your cluster). If you just have few reasons (like the OP asks), you can probably broadcast them or embed them in a udf and easily solve this problem.

The general idea is to create an index (sequential) for the reasons and then random values from 0 to N (where N is the number of reasons) on the IDs dataset and then join the two tables using these two new columns. Here is how you can do this:
case class Reasons(s: String)
defined class Reasons

case class Data(id: Long)
defined class Data

Data will hold the IDs (simplified version of the OP) and Reasons will hold some simplified reasons.
val d1 = spark.createDataFrame( Data(1) :: Data(2) :: Data(10) :: Nil)
d1: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [id: bigint]

d1.show()

+---+
| id|
+---+
|  1|
|  2|
| 10|
+---+

val d2 = spark.createDataFrame( Reasons("a") :: Reasons("b") :: Reasons("c") :: Nil)

+---+
|  s|
+---+
|  a|
|  b|
|  c|
+---+

We will later need the number of reasons so we calculate that first.
val numerOfReasons = d2.count()

val d2Indexed = spark.createDataFrame(d2.rdd.map(_.getString(0)).zipWithIndex)

d2Indexed.show()
+---+---+
| _1| _2|
+---+---+
|  a|  0|
|  b|  1|
|  c|  2|
+---+---+

val d1WithRand = d1.select($"id", (rand * numerOfReasons).cast("int").as("rnd"))

The last step is to join on the new columns and the remove them.
val res = d1WithRand.join(d2Indexed, d1WithRand("rnd") === d2Indexed("_2")).drop("_2").drop("rnd")

res.show()

+---+---+
| id| _1|
+---+---+
|  2|  a|
| 10|  b|
|  1|  c|
+---+---+

A: pyspark random join itself
data_neg = data_pos.sortBy(lambda x: uniform(1, 10000))
data_neg = data_neg.coalesce(1, False).zip(data_pos.coalesce(1, True))

A: The fastest way to randomly join dataA (huge dataframe) and dataB (smaller dataframe, sorted by any column):
dfB = dataB.withColumn(
    "index", F.row_number().over(Window.orderBy("col")) - 1
)
dfA = dataA.withColumn("index", (F.rand() * dfB.count()).cast("bigint"))
df = dfA.join(dfB, on="index", how="left").drop("index")

Since dataB is already sorted, row numbers can be assigned over sorted window with high degree of parallelism. F.rand() is another highly parallel function, so adding index to dataA will be very fast as well.
If dataB is small enough, you may benefit from broadcasting it.
This method is better than using:

*

*zipWithIndex: Can be very expensive to convert dataframe to rdd, zipWithIndex, and then to df.

*monotonically_increasing_id: Need to be used with row_number which will collect all the partitions into a single executor.

Reference: https://towardsdatascience.com/adding-sequential-ids-to-a-spark-dataframe-fa0df5566ff6


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Q: Adding fuzziness to a query Is there a simple way to add a fuzziness level to a user entered search query in Lucene?
I'd like to avoid having to parse their entered text if possible.
At present if they enter green boxes I use a multifield query parser with boosts which easily generates the following for example:
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What I'd like to then do is convert this to:
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It looks like I'd need to parse the query and add the fuzziness to each term but I was wondering if maybe there's a simple way to add the fuzziness?

A: Another way is to subclass and override MultiFieldQueryParser.getFieldQuery, having it call getFuzzyQuery.


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Piano professor, Dr. Michael Boyd's performance lauded
(Re-posted from ToledOvations a blog of Sally Vallongo, music writer for the Toledo Blade)
A KEYBOARD TRIUMPH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
"Just so you know: this recital hall is tornado safe," said Michael Boyd, University of Toledo's resident piano guru, at the start of the second Dorothy MacKenzie Price recital Sunday in the Center for Performing Arts.
Well, there were storms of many kinds that day, but the best and most constructive happened inside the hall.
There, Teresa McCollough, a longtime friend of Boyd and busy performer, shared some of her impressive performing gifts with a large and enthusiastic crowd.
The dual-ing pianists first met at Eastman School of Music, where both earned graduate degrees.
McCollough wound up in San Francisco, where Boyd has been doing some performing in recent years.
So, it was time to bring her back eastward, for a powerfully symmetrical program that skated along the edge of music from the 20th century – McCollough's passion.
|The first half comprised American folk song-inspired pieces by Frederic Rzewski and Tobias Picker.
Boyd joined McCollough for the double-keyboard opener, The Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. It summoned the machine-like force and rhythm of Elias Howe's invention to open, revealing the simple melody which morphed into a bluesy theme, winding up gently in a simulation of a mill shutdown.
By contrast, Picker's languid musical exploration for solo piano meandered like the two Southern waterways in its name, Old and Lost Rivers.
Rzewski's second piece, Down by the Riverside, opened with the old melody directly offered, then proceeded to disassemble it into smaller phrases, mixing quotes from other songs in for contrast.
Still, the big hit of the program came post-intermission, when the old college buddies tackled Igor Stravinsky's huge and tumultuous Rite of Spring in an arrangement which came from the composer via both Boyd's and McCollough's studios.
It was a great tribute to the ground-breaking composer on the centennial of this major work.
The level of ensemble was exquisite, as if a single brain drove both pairs of hands. And both brought no-holds-barred power plus estimable finesse to their performances.
Hearing this piece from a single instrument was a revelation.
As Boyd said afterward, "It's like watching a film in black-and-white."
While no one would trade the color and texture of a big orchestra playing it, what emered so clearly were Stravinsky's complex construction, enormous dynamic contrasts, and melodic and harmonic depictions of season.
Enjoying it, of course, was major benefactor Dorothy MacKenzie Price, who not only funds the season but also had provided the big Yamaha concert grand on which McCollough performed.
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T.J. Gerckens, who joined the UT Department of Theatre and Film faculty September 2012, is a professional lighting designer and member of United Scenic Artist, the union of professional designers in the entertainment field. He has worked professionally in dance, opera, and theatre lighting for over 17 years. He is best known for his collaborations with international playwright/director, Mary Zimmerman, in over 14 professional production that extend from Broadway, Off-Broadway, Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., Goodman and Court Theatres in Chicago.
Lawrence E. DiStasi and Anjali Bhimani in Lookingglass Theatre Company's production of "Metamorphoses."
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School supplies – including textbooks, stationery and a uniform – will set parents back $570 for primary school children and $780 for secondary students.
When other costs – like tuition fees, camps, excursions, sporting equipment and transport costs – are taken into account, this skyrockets to $3,621 for each primary school child and $6,957 for secondary students.
That's equivalent to a whopping national spend of $20.3 billion.
Kate Browne, mother of two and personal finance expert at Finder, said the beginning of a new year marked the dreaded back-to-school shop for parents across the country.
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Tuition fees are the biggest expense, costing parents on average anywhere between $175 for a public primary school to $23,269 for a private secondary school, adding up to a national spend of $12.8 billion.
Other hidden fees include excursions, costing primary students $122 per year and secondary students $267 per year, and transport to and from school, costing $477 and $569 respectively.
Browne said there are ways parents can cut down the back-to-school bill.
"When it comes to 'losable' items like lunch boxes and water bottles, stick to budget-friendly brands. There's no point in buying something fancy if you're going to have to replace it 6 months later.
"You can extend the lifespan of backpacks and shoes by shopping around for something durable, but keep in mind you'll need to replace your kids' shoes regularly as they grow.
"Avoid forking out on a new uniform every year by buying a few sizes up – it might look a bit large on them now, but they'll quickly grow into it.
"Start shopping early and look out for back-to-school sales. This can save you hundreds of dollars over the year, especially on pricey items like laptops."
Devices like laptops and tablets, while not used in all schools, come at a steep price too.
Research from the Australian Scholarships Group found parents can expect to pay $462 per year on devices in primary school and $734 in secondary school.
A recent Finder survey found 56% of parents believe they should not be responsible for equipping their children with a device for school.
This includes 43% who think the device should be provided by the school and 13% who say children don't need a device at school.
"With Queensland's return to school delayed by 2 weeks as Omicron surges, parents in the Sunshine State have a little extra time to shop around," Browne said.
Average primary school spend
Average secondary school spend
National spend
Source: Finder, Australian Scholarships Group
Finder used pricing data from Kmart, Officeworks and the Athlete's Foot to calculate the average annual cost of back-to-school items for primary and secondary school students.
Analysis assumes some items (e.g. notebooks and pens) are purchased annually, while others are purchased less frequently (e.g. uniforms).
Data on tuition and the cost of uniforms, textbooks and other equipment was sourced from Futurity Investment Group (formerly the Australian Scholarships Group).
Demographic data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics were used to calculate aggregate spending figures.


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Annotation Type PlanningSolution

@Target(value=TYPE)
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public @interface PlanningSolution

Specifies that the class is a planning solution.
 Each planning solution must have at least 1 PlanningEntityCollectionProperty
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 The class should have a public no-arg constructor, so it can be cloned
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 This annotation describes declarative properties of the planning solution.
 The planning solution class must also implement Solution,
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solutionCloner

          Overrides the default PlanningSolution.NullSolutionCloner to implement a custom Solution cloning implementation.

solutionCloner

public abstract Class<? extends SolutionCloner> solutionCloner

Overrides the default PlanningSolution.NullSolutionCloner to implement a custom Solution cloning implementation.

 If this is not specified and the Solution does not implements PlanningCloneable,
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