Material improvement is an essential prerequisite for the use of renewable energy in large scale.
Production of hydrogen by electrolysis of water using renewable energy is expected to become increasingly important in the closest future. Currently, it is normally more expensive to produce hydrogen by water electrolysis than by gas reforming. Today it is only produced around 5% of world hydrogen by electrolysis. A significant reduction in the price of hydrogen produced by electrolysis coupled with rising prices for oil / gas could change this. An essential element here is that the efficiency of the electrolysis process still has a great potential for improvement.
Research activity within hydrogen production by electrolysis of water has until now been remarkably small, compared with research activity in fuel cells. This despite the fact that hydrogen produced by renewable energy is a prerequisite for the use of fuel cells could possibly lead to a reduction in the use of fossil fuels. Likewise, water electrolysis is crucial for wind, wave, hydro and solar energy, which can be used to produce fuels for transport as well. There is thus an area which is relatively open, both in research and for commercialization.
Technology developed for fuel cell research can also be used for water electrolysis.
An alternative to the conventional electrolysis technology is the use of the technique known from Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which uses proton conductive polymer membranes as electrolytes. It simply saying is about reversing a fuel cell, i.e. impose a voltage so that it "runs backwards" and then develops H2 and O2 from water, instead of burning H2. The principles of PEM fuel cells are described under research project "Fuel Cells". Because of the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in cells by electrolysis, the electrode, however, has to be more resistant than required by fuel cells and carbon / graphite cannot be used anymore for this purpose. There is thus a number of material problems (high cost) associated with PEM electrolysis technology in its current form, and this has limited its use compared to conventional alkaline electrolysis. On the other hand, such systems can operate at much higher temperatures, up to 150 °C or even 200 °C. Not least therefore they are expected to achieve much higher efficiency since a higher operating temperature means that the required energy (ΔG) for operating water decomposition process decreases. Another approach includes developing of anion conduction membranes, which can operate in Alkaline Water Electrolysis (AEC) cells, where conventional Nickel and Nickel oxide electrodes can be utilized instead. Then, the advanced coatings of such electrodes become an attractive field for further development of the efficiency enhancement.
A scheme of a water electrolyzer operating at elevated temperature.
New materials technology must be developed: Advanced surface coatings.
As shown above there is a need for new electrode materials, especially at the anode side, which both meet the technical requirements, and simultaneously is are efficiently cheap. There are, of course, in addition, a number of other issues also may be subject to further research and development, not least new cheaper catalysts are not based on precious metals, and new polymer membranes with higher conductivity etc, just as in fuel cells.
Anodes (providing OER) need developing of new materials and advanced surface coatings that are sufficiently chemically resistant to water vapor and oxygen gas mixture, combined with the high anodic potential at the electrode during water electrolysis. These surfaces must also possess sufficient electrical conductivity and electrochemical activity while keeping overpotential at low lever combined with high values of current densities.
In our research on electrode materials for water electrolysis at DTU Energy Conversion, we plan to test various refractory metals (Ta, Nb, Ti, Zr or Mo) in solid form or as their coatings, as well as their carbides and nitrides.
The assignments are offered in the manufacture of coatings, electrochemical and physical characterization and their test in electrolytic cells (New electrode materials for hydrogen production by water electrolysis). The work is closely linked to current research in fuel cells.
The section has had a longstanding collaboration with Danfoss A/S regarding coatings with refractory metals, especially tantalum, which has resulted in the creation of a new company, Tantaline, which continues to collaborate with our group. Among other partners are: Siemens A/S (alkaline anodes), GreenHydrogen.dk (alkaline electrolysis cells), Technical University of Munich (advanced coatings preparation).


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Billionaire Robert F. Smith just paid it forward for nearly 400 graduating seniors at Morehouse College.
The AJC reports that during his remarks at Morehouse's Sunday morning commencement exercises, Smith surprised everyone in attendance by announcing that his family was providing a grant to eliminate the student debt of the entire Class of 2019.
The gift is estimated to be worth $40 million.
Smith received an honorary doctorate from Morehouse today and was the class' commencement speaker.
"This is my class and I know my class will pay this forward," Smith said in his remarks.
The outlet spoke with one mother, Tonga Releford, whose son is a member of the graduating class.
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Her son's student loans are approximately $70,000, something her family no longer has to worry about thanks to Mr. Smith.
This isn't Smith's first gift to the prestigious college. Earlier this year Smith announced a $1.5 million gift. It officially established the Robert Frederick Smith Scholars Program at Morehouse College and was said to be for scholarships and an outdoor park for studying.
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A new study of online shoppers and how they use click and collect services has revealed that around 44% of those who buy online from DIY and 'out of town' retail brands would rather collect their goods themselves from a store than have them delivered to their homes.
The research commissioned by retail communications specialist Quail Digital found that 47% of those surveyed said that convenience as the main reason for choosing collection while 17% cited cost saving and 13% did not want to be tied to a delivery time. Among the least important factors was the ability to buy additional items.
In addition, the traditional male stereotype of disliking shopping was borne out in the survey with men rating having goods ready and a quick transaction with store staff as key priorities, although they also valued the ability to ask questions and get advice.
When arriving at the collection point, having the goods ready for collection was by far the most important criteria with 67% of respondents rating this as the number one priority.
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According to the gender breakdown in the research, some female shoppers also rated cost saving and not being tied to a specific delivery time as key reasons for choosing to collect their goods.
By region, Scottish shoppers were the most likely to collect their orders, with people in Northern Ireland least likely. For shoppers in the East Midlands speed of transaction was key, although they were also most likely to buy more items. People in East Anglia rated not being tied to a time slot as most important and they also appreciated designated parking. Convenience and having their cars loaded was most important to shoppers in the South East.
"Prompt collection of click and collect is likely to make or break the success of the service, and that needs efficient staff communication in store," said Downes. "On-line ordering is about efficient fulfilment, so getting the order from storage area to customer is all-important.
"If DIY and other out of town retailers want to encourage more take up of click and collect they could consider the drive thru model where operators have fine-tuned fulfilment of car-bound order taking. With a combination of order points and headsets, store staff are pre-alerted to customer's arrival, with wireless headset communication maximising the prep time to expedite orders from storage areas and getting them into the hands of the customer efficiently."
In the drive thru sector, where retailers assess their performance based on speed of transaction and order accuracy, Downes suggests a similar approach would be useful to monitor and benchmark click and collect services. He said: "Target times for the complete fulfilment part of the service would be a good measure of success. Keeping customers engaged is simply a matter of creating a good experience and in this case that means a quick and efficient service based on good communications."


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Professor Christine Moffatt, the chair of the governing board of trustees of the International Lymphoedema Framework
Anna Kennedy, a board trustee of the International Lymphoedema Framework, reflects on improving the management of lymphoedema worldwide.
The International Lymphoedema Framework (ILF) aims to improve the management of lymphoedema and related disorders worldwide by sharing resources and expertise and supporting individual countries to develop a long-term strategy for the treatment of lymphoedema. Engaging with patients is central to all aspects of its work, including the areas of research and development. The governing board of trustees is led by Professor Christine Moffatt (chair) and consists of opinion experts and leaders in their field from around the world, all of whom volunteer their time and expertise.
National frameworks
There are currently 12 countries with established national frameworks, namely Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United States. Several more countries are in various stages of development. National framework partners are united in their vision to change how lymphoedema is diagnosed, treated and reimbursed around the world. They support the mission of the ILF and withhold its philosophy, including the commitment to having patients at the heart of all activities and collaborating in multidisciplinary partnerships between all stakeholders in their country.
The work of the ILF
The ILF has a proven track record of challenging important issues and creating methodologies that engage with multiple stakeholders to gain consensus. This is reflected in the ethos of working in partnership with industry and patient groups as well as academics and clinicians on documents such as the Best Practice Document (2006), which gained international endorsement, and multi-country research projects such as LIMPRINT. The ILF is committed to generating high-level evidence and continuing reviews of international research.
LIMPRINT
The ILF has identified a number of key priority areas that are inhibiting the recognition of chronic oedema as a major emerging public healthcare problem. These include the need for international epidemiology to provide evidence of the size and impact on healthcare services. This is being addressed within the LIMPRINT study, an international epidemiology study focused on providing evidence to support the development and reimbursement of services and to demonstrate that chronic oedema and lymphoedema are a major global issue.
The collaborative LIMPRINT project involved 40 sites located in nine countries with data collected on more than 15,000 patients. Preliminary analyses on this dataset revealed that the majority of people with lymphoedema were female (73%) and had secondary lymphoedema (84%), 16% of the cases had wound issues in addition to lymphoedema and 34% were also obese. Cellulitis was found to be a major problem. Many cases of oedema were actually non-cancer-related and were commonly discovered in people with co-existing conditions. Patients were seen within different settings, including both hospital and community sites, residential and care homes, and even a prison. These results further emphasise the burden on patients, healthcare systems and societies in general. It reinforces lymphoedema and chronic oedema as a global public health problem.
The outcome data from this study will be published as 17 papers as a supplement of the Lymphatic Research and Biology Journal and will be presented at the ILF 2018 conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
This extraordinary achievement was made possible through the engagement and involvement of volunteering experts and patients.
Chronic Oedema Outcome Measures (ILF-COM)
A second aspect that has not received sufficient attention is the lack of agreed international standards and methods for assessing and reporting the outcome of treatment of patients with different forms of chronic oedema. The lack of agreed outcomes of a successful treatment is prohibiting many developments, including reimbursement of chronic oedema care in many countries, evaluation of clinical and patient-centred outcomes within services, benchmarking of chronic oedema care, and robust clinical studies using internationally agreed outcomes.
This project aims to develop an internationally agreed set of outcome measures for patients with chronic oedema. The overall goal for this endeavour is to agree and validate international measures that will be used by the lymphoedema community in both clinical practice and research. This in turn should assist in providing robust guidance for reimbursement agencies.
This project, like all others, will be developed in close collaboration with industry partners.
With an ageing population linked to increased longevity, there is a rising prevalence of lymphoedema and chronic oedema including the growing 'at risk' population. To achieve maximum scope for early identification and intervention and improve patient outcomes, quality of life and reduce the burden on health services, it is considered essential that healthcare professionals of all disciplines have a basic understanding of lymphoedema, its causes, how to recognise it, and components of treatment, as well as being able to provide patients with basic education and support.
Lymphoedema Education Benchmark Statements (LEBS) have been developed through a process of expert panel consensus. This document identifies minimum standards and content, which should be built into existing professional healthcare curricula without the need for additional teaching sessions.
The expected outcomes are to:
Facilitate a degree of global consistency and governance in relation to lymphoedema education in healthcare professional curricula;
Provide an external source of reference and guidance to be used (in conjunction with the requirements set by professional, statutory and regulatory bodies) for the development and enhancement of courses and programmes with agreed expectations and standards against which they may be measured; and
Produce resources that may have multiple educational uses at different levels for patients and professionals.
Stage 1 saw the launch of a user-friendly web-based document (www.lympho.org). Stage 2 of the project will focus on supporting the global ILF community to develop, disseminate and evaluate LEBS in their own country and to develop assessment and evaluation tools.
Lymphoedema affecting children, teenagers and young adults is a rare condition that has received very little attention due to poor general and medical knowledge. It is recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a rare disease but also an orphan one, meaning there is currently no cure. The chronic nature of lymphoedema impacts many aspects of a child's life but particularly social, family and educational.
The focus document Care of Children with Lymphoedema (2010) was the initial step of the ILF's international strategy to define and improve the care of children with lymphoedema that firmly encompasses the views and needs of the children and their families. It can be downloaded free of charge from www.lympho.org. The focus is on empowering children, their families and the health professionals who care for them. That means creating additional tools (such as books and videos) and guiding people to the resources and services already available around the world. One important aspect is the ILF Children's Camps. These important events bring children and their families together, not only to learn more about self-care for lymphoedema but also to build networks of families coping with the same situations. The ILF also uses these camps to gain first-hand feedback on research related to quality of life with children, its prevalence and impact.
Many significant documents have been published by the ILF over the years as relevant resources to the international community. Examples include Best Practice for the Management of Lymphoedema (2010); Compression Therapy: A Focus Document on Compression Bandaging (2012); The Management of Lymphoedema in Advanced Cancer and Oedema at the End of Life (2010); and Surgical Intervention: A Position Document on Surgery for Lymphoedema (2012). These publications are free for download from the ILF website (www.lympho.org). The Journal of Lymphoedema is also affiliated with the ILF.
Annual ILF international conferences allow for creative and important methods of collaboration with the wider community and are a central vehicle for organising and presenting the ILF's work. The next conference is being co-hosted with the Dutch National Lymphoedema Framework and will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 6-9 June 2018. The venue is the legendary former steamship ss Rotterdam, with all sessions, guest accommodation and entertainment taking place on the ship. The hosts look forward to welcoming you on-board. Registration is open; visit www.ilf2018conference.org for more information.
To learn more about the ILF and stay informed about the goals and activities of the ILF as well as the work of our national frameworks, partner organisations, affiliates and industry partners – join the international lymphoedema community as an individual affiliate. You will be added to the distribution list of quarterly communications and also be eligible for reduced registration rates to ILF conferences. Sign up at http://www.lympho.org/becoming-an-affiliate/
Anna Kennedy
ILF Board Trustee
Executive Director, Canadian Lymphedema Framework
Editor, Pathways Magazine
contact@lympho.org
www.lympho.org
This article will appear in issue four of Health Europa Quarterly, which will be published in February.
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Apart from the time my daughter made me sit through Dawn of the Dead with her, I have never watched a zombie movie in my life, but this for this Halloween I decided to embrace my dark side and have a bit of fun creating a Powertex Zombie Hand.
I made a hole in the base of the mache hand, and placed it over the top of the Powertex Wooden Base, securing it with masking tape.
I then bulked out the top of the base with tin foil so that there was not a sudden edge where the hand met the pole, and covered with masking tape and Powertex. (It doesn't matter what colour Powertex you use for this as it will all be covered up anyway.
I painted the hand with Red Powertex Hardener, and then went to town with dribbling Black, Red and Green Powertex on top of this, spraying with my bister and blasting with a hair dryer to create lots of bubbles and textures.
Top Tip: I keep my old Powertex containers that just have a few dribbles left in them for this purpose, I love a the effect of dribbling and spraying with bister, so absolutely nothing goes to waste by doing this.
I then soaked my torn sleeve in Black Powertex – being sure to keep the edges nice and raggedy, and also turning it inside out to make sure all of the inside of the sleeve was also thoroughly coated, before sliding it on over the base and playing with it to create lots of interesting creases in the fabric.
The sleeve took a bit of persuasion to stay in place, so I wrapped some clingfilm round it and left it overnight so that it would harden in the position I wanted it to be in.
Once the sleeve had set in place, I added some plastic spiders to really spook it up. The spiders I used were plastic ones so I secured them in place with superglue.
I also wanted to add a bit more weight to my sculpture so I painted a couple of small tiles with Black Powertex and placed my Powertex Wooden Base on top of these.
Now it was time to add the final touch of colour.
I chose to use Red and Burgendy to give the effect of dried blood and fresh blood, along with the Golden Olive for the zombified hand.
The shirt I dry brushed with White and did the Spiders in Silver before going over the whole thing with the Wonderfully Spooky Terragreen to finish it off.
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They took 6 weeks leave in Summer and Jack took her on her own Grand European Tour. They kissed on the Rialto bridge, climbed every mountain in Austria (!), visited Aphrodite's rock and ended their tour at Monets garden in Giverney France. Here inspired by the surroundings, Jack knew he had found his true soul mate and so just had to ask the question……….
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One might think that with the Bible as the center of Christianity, the unity of Christians could be easily realized. Unfortunately, this has not proved to be true. This inability of Scripture to unify the Lord's people proves that the LETTER of the Bible cannot really replace the living Christ as the center of our faith. The Bible speaks to us of the Life and work of God, and since "life" is greater than its manifestation, it cannot be expressed completely in any logical or theological form. Therefore, the Bible itself cannot escape being understood in many different ways. Thus we see how, in the wisdom of God, it is impossible to make the Scriptures the end or final authority in themselves, for they only express God's authority TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SPIRIT.
Let us pause to remember. In rejecting the authority of the Roman Church, the reformers turned to the Scriptures as the authority for their faith and actions. In the fierce conflict of the early days of the Reformation, it was natural that they should seek the security of some objective standard to meet the seemingly unlimited politico-ecclesiastical power of Rome. Therefore the position of the Bible as the God-inspired testimony of the apostles' personal faith in Christ gradually changed and became the source of Protestant "dogma" and the criterion of acceptable faith. REPLACING THE ROMAN POPE, THE BIBLE BECAME THE CENTER OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES.
And so on the one hand there are the so-called fundamentalists who, accepting the Bible as the "infallible Word of God," believe there is no mistake in the whole Bible, not even in one phrase or manner of wording. To them it is, in the most literal sense, the Word of God from cover to cover, and their faith is utterly dependent on its literal infallibility.
On the other hand there are liberals who try to compromise Biblical truth with science. Denying the spiritual in favor of the rational, or adopting the results of the higher and lower criticism, they reject the inspiration of the whole Bible.
There are yet others, though, who take the whole Bible to be the Word of God as do the fundamentalists, but in a little different way. They believe that the Spirit acts in the words of the historical records to reveal the LIVING Word. They recognize the Bible as the record of God's revelation of Himself throughout history, climaxing in Christ–an inspirited record resulting from the activity of the Spirit in the individuals who wrote it. There is only one center of Christianity, and this center is spiritual fellowship with God through Christ–LIFE UNION WITH GOD IN CHRIST. When there is this koinonia–fellowship–there is the Body of Christ, the Ekklesia. The Ekklesia exists where there is this life-union with God through Christ. Only this union with God in Christ can be the CENTER of Christianity.


There's no denying Monaco is a playground for the rich and famous, but back in the old days, it also served as a destination for Hollywood royalty to mingle with actual royalty. Prince Albert, the son of American silver screen star Grace Kelly, spoke with Anderson Cooper for a 60 Minutes special, during which he recalled the famous faces who would drop by his home as a child.
"I remember different parties and luncheons in the summer, where we'd have Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck come by," Albert revealed. Anderson laughed, "It's nice to imagine Sinatra around here." Princess Grace and Frank famously starred in the 1956 musical comedy film High Society together, along with Bing Crosby. While Monte-Carlo was a playground for movie stars, the "palace gardens" were Albert's as a child.
It's no surprise that Hollywood A-listers would pop by the Monaco royal's home given that his mother was an Oscar-winning actress. Albert's parents, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III, tied the knot in a fairytale wedding back in 1956. Like his glamorous parents, Albert and his stunning wife Princess Charlene continue to mingle with well-known faces today, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sylvester Stallone and more.
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Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655) was an English politician.

Life
He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts. He spent most of his life residing in Riborough in Norfolk.

In 1649, Robert Bacon succeeded his older brother Edmund as baronet. Bacon was buried at Ryburgh in Norfolk

Robert Bacon died on 16 December 1655, at Ryburgh, Norfolk. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by Edmund, a son of his seventh son.

Family
Bacon was married twice. He had nine sons and three daughters by his first wife, Anne Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, of Cambridge. Among his sons were Nathaniel, Edmund, Henry, Francis, and Drury, all of whom died young. The other sons were Nicholas, Hobart, and Robert. Nicholas married Margaret, and Robert married Catherine.

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HBO's 537 VOTES Debuts October 21
537 VOTES, a high-octane feature documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, debuts WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. Through interviews with key insiders and a wealth of archival footage, the film examines the events in the battleground state of Florida leading up to and after election day in November 2000, when a chaotic voter recount resulted in Texas Governor George W. Bush winning the presidency by a razor-thin margin. 537 VOTES looks beyond the headlines of undervotes, recounts and hanging chads to reveal the players and politicos locked in a strategic battle for the future of the United States.
537 VOTES will be available on HBO and to stream on HBO Max.
537 VOTES is directed by Billy Corben and produced by Emmy® and Peabody Award winning Corben and Alfred Spellman. The film is executive produced by Emmy® and Academy Award-winner Adam McKay ("The Big Short," HBO's "Succession") and Todd Schulman.
In early 2000, the international custody battle over a six-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, triggered a political earthquake in the swing state of Florida, ultimately swaying the outcome of the presidential election. With Miami's largely conservative Cuban American population outraged at the Clinton administration's handling of the repatriation of Gonzalez, many called for "el voto castigo:" the punishment vote, to harm Vice President Al Gore's chances at the ballot box. Miami-Dade County mayor, Democrat Alex Penelas, dubbed People magazine's "Sexiest Politician," is surprisingly absent from Gore's side as election fever mounts. After election day, with the margin of victory hinged on Florida, weeks of chaotic ballot recounts, lawsuits, counter lawsuits and public protests ultimately ended with George W. Bush winning the presidency by a mere 537 votes.
With humor, verve and new insights, 537 VOTES exposes the key players who contributed to the chaos in the contested Florida county, featuring interviews and archival footage of insiders and political operatives at the time, including Roger Stone; Joe Geller, Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party; Al Cardenas, Chairman of the Florida Republican Party; Cuban American anchorman Rick Sanchez; political consultant Armando Gutierrez; Bush campaign operative Brad Blakeman; Democratic Mayor Alex Penelas; author of Cuba Confidential, Ann Louise Bardach; Democratic political operative Jeff Garcia; Miami political reporter Michael Putney; Gore attorney Mitchell Berger; and Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi.
On election day, November 7, 2000, in one of the narrowest election margins in history, it all came down to Florida, where the state's 25 electoral votes would decide the next president of the United States. The press called Florida for Gore and then retracted it, and Fox News called it for Bush. Gore called Bush to concede, and then all networks deemed Florida "too close to call." Gore then retracted his concession and the recount began.
Both parties braced for a bitter and lengthy legal battle. Bush's campaign mobilized its troops, rallying local Cuban Americans and national GOP figures such as former Secretary of State, James Baker. In turn, Gore's side hired former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and called for a manual recount in four Florida counties, including Miami-Dade. Under heavy scrutiny were 10,750 "no vote" ballots, where "dimpled," "pregnant" or "hanging" chads were not counted by the tabulating machines. After 36 days of legal maneuvering and appeals on both sides, the U.S. Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled to stop the manual recounts, thereby granting the presidency to George W. Bush on December 12, 2000.
537 VOTES pulls back the curtain on a momentous episode in electoral politics, revealing that it was more than just faulty ballots that impacted such a decisive episode of American history. An eye-opening look at the presidential election that had far-reaching global repercussions and set the tone for the future of partisan politics in the United States, the film gives an entirely new perspective on political hustle and hype. It is a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks voting doesn't matter and a sobering look at what it takes to make sure every vote is counted.
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Q: Click on an image in gridview and view it in full screen As said in the title i want to click on the images displayed at my gridview (which is polulated by selecting images from the device) and view the image in full screen. code for the gallery is
public class Gallery extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Button btn, Back;
    int PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE = 1;
    String imageEncoded;
    List<String> imagesEncodedList;
    private GridView gvGallery;
    private GalleryAdapter galleryAdapter;
    protected static ArrayList<Uri> ImagePaths = new ArrayList<Uri>();
    private ArrayList<Integer> mSelected = new ArrayList<>();
    private static final String TAG = "Gallery";
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_gallery);

        btn = findViewById(R.id.btn);
        Back = findViewById(R.id.svb);

        gvGallery = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gv);

        for (int y = 0; y < ImagePaths.size(); y++) {
            galleryAdapter = new GalleryAdapter(getApplicationContext(), ImagePaths);
            gvGallery.setAdapter(galleryAdapter);
            gvGallery.setVerticalSpacing(gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing());
            ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams mlp = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) gvGallery
                    .getLayoutParams();
            mlp.setMargins(0, gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing(), 0, 0);
        }

        btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent();
                intent.setType("image/*");
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
                intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
                startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE);
            }
        });
        Back.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                startActivity(new Intent(Gallery.this, NewNoteActivity.class));
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        try {
            // When an Image is picked
            if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE && resultCode == RESULT_OK
                    && null != data) {
                // Get the Image from data
                Uri mImageUri;
                String[] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
                imagesEncodedList = new ArrayList<String>();
                if (data.getData() != null) {

                    mImageUri = data.getData();

                    // Get the cursor
                    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(mImageUri,
                            filePathColumn, null, null, null);
                    // Move to first row
                    cursor.moveToFirst();

                    int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
                    imageEncoded = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
                    cursor.close();

                    ImagePaths.add(mImageUri);
                    galleryAdapter = new GalleryAdapter(getApplicationContext(), ImagePaths);
                    gvGallery.setAdapter(galleryAdapter);
                    gvGallery.setVerticalSpacing(gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing());
                    ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams mlp = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) gvGallery
                            .getLayoutParams();
                    mlp.setMargins(0, gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing(), 0, 0);

                } else {
                    if (data.getClipData() != null) {
                        ClipData mClipData = data.getClipData();
                        ArrayList<Uri> mArrayUri = new ArrayList<Uri>();
                        for (int i = 0; i < mClipData.getItemCount(); i++) {

                            ClipData.Item item = mClipData.getItemAt(i);
                            Uri uri = item.getUri();
                            mArrayUri.add(uri);

                            // Get the cursor
                            Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, filePathColumn, null, null, null);
                            // Move to first row
                            cursor.moveToFirst();

                            int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
                            imageEncoded = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
                            imagesEncodedList.add(imageEncoded);
                            cursor.close();

                        }
                        for (int y = 0; y < mArrayUri.size(); y++) {
                            ImagePaths.add(mArrayUri.get(y));
                            galleryAdapter = new GalleryAdapter(getApplicationContext(), ImagePaths);
                            gvGallery.setAdapter(galleryAdapter);
                            gvGallery.setVerticalSpacing(gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing());
                            ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams mlp = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) gvGallery
                                    .getLayoutParams();
                            mlp.setMargins(0, gvGallery.getHorizontalSpacing(), 0, 0);
                        }

                    }
                }
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(this, "You haven't picked Image",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Something went wrong", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .show();
        }

        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

    }

}

and the code for the adapter which puts the selected images on the grid view is the following
public class GalleryAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    private Context ctx;
    private int pos;
    private LayoutInflater inflater;
    private ImageView ivGallery;
    ArrayList<Uri> mArrayUri;
    public GalleryAdapter(Context ctx, ArrayList<Uri> mArrayUri) {

        this.ctx = ctx;
        this.mArrayUri = mArrayUri;
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mArrayUri.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getItem(int position) {
        return mArrayUri.get(position);
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        pos = position;
        inflater = (LayoutInflater) ctx
                .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

        View itemView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.gv_item, parent, false);

        ivGallery = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.ivGallery);

        ivGallery.setImageURI(mArrayUri.get(position));

        return itemView;
    }
}

Ohh and before someone tells me that there are other same questions with my own , i know . i tried all of them and i couldnt get things to work on my own situation.
I know that i want to get the uri from a selected image so i can pass it to another activity i created which makes it fullscreen. I just dont know how to get it
This is what i have tried. But how can i get the uri of the clicked image ?
final Uri[] uri = {new Uri};
    gvGallery.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int Uri,long id) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            uri[0] = (android.net.Uri) GalleryAdapter.getUri();
            Intent intent =new Intent(getApplicationContext(),FullScreenActivity.class);
            intent.setData(uri[0]);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    });

and inside the gallery adapter
  public Object getUri()
    {
        return mArrayUri;
    }

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