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ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has urged global business leaders to work together with the United Nations to build a future of work that is equitable and harnesses technology to enhance people's lives, especially those who are trapped in forced labour.
Speaking to over a 1,000 CEOs at The Consumer Goods Forum's annual Global Summit in Singapore , Ryder said that "A major transformation of the workforce lies ahead of us. We can design the future of work we want, but there is general concern about what the future will bring. We should give people greater confidence in the future through good business conduct and public policies."
The remarks come just after the release of a global call to action , affirming business' commitment to strive to eradicate forced labour from global supply chains and not to tolerate forced labour within their operations. The call to action to end forced and unethical recruitment practices issued by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), in alignment with the ILO and IOM, will raise awareness and help drive responsible business practices.
"Businesses have a central role to play in fighting the global scourge of forced labour. It is not just the right thing to do, it makes economic sense too. Value chains that are free of forced labour are much more productive and sustainable than those that cut costs and whose workers toil in conditions akin to slavery", Ryder added, as he called on CGF members to implement the Priority Industry Principles on Forced Labour .
Leading into the Summit, the ILO launched a new Business Network on Forced Labour that will help enterprises make progress on the elimination of forced labour and trafficking. The Forced Labour Network will contribute to Alliance 8.7 , a global partnership to achieve Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7, which calls for the elimination of child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.
Governments must also adhere to international conventions and introduce effective policies to combat forced labour. The 50forFreedom campaign supports governmental efforts to ratify the Forced Labour Protocol adopted by an overwhelming majority by the International Labour Conference in 2014 . The Protocol, reinforces the international legal framework for combating all forms of forced labour, including trafficking in persons, and calls on ratifying States to take measures to prevent forced labour, protect victims and ensure their access to remedies and compensation.
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Commission sets out key actions for a united front to beat COVID-19
Two days ahead of the meeting of European leaders on a coordinated response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Commission set out a number of actions needed to step up the fight against the pandemic. In a Communication adopted today, it calls on Member States to accelerate the roll-out of vaccination across the EU: by March 2021, at least 80% of people over the age of 80, and 80% of health and social care professionals in every Member State should be vaccinated. And by summer 2021, Member States should have vaccinated a minimum of 70% of the adult population.
The Commission also calls on Member States to continue to apply physical distancing, limit social contacts, fight disinformation, coordinate travel restrictions, ramp up testing, and increase contact tracing and genome sequencing to face up to the risk from new variants of the virus. As recent weeks have seen an upward trend in case numbers, more needs to be done to support healthcare systems and to address "COVID-fatigue" in the coming months, from accelerating vaccination across the board, helping our partners in the Western Balkans, the Southern and Eastern neighbourhood and in Africa.
Today's Communication sets out key actions for Member States, the Commission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which will help reduce risks and keep the virus under control:
Speeding up the roll-out of vaccination across the EU
By March 2021, at least 80% of people over the age of 80, and 80% of health and social care professionals in every Member State, should be vaccinated.
By summer 2021, Member States should have vaccinated 70% of the entire adult population.
The Commission, Member States and the EMA will work with companies to use the EU's potential for increased vaccine manufacturing capacity to the fullest.
The Commission is working with Member States on vaccination certificates, in full compliance with EU data protection law, which can support the continuity of care. A common approach is to be agreed by the end of January 2021 to allow Member States' certificates to be rapidly useable in health systems across the EU and beyond.
Testing and genome sequencing
Member States should update their testing strategies to account for new variants and expand the use of rapid antigen tests.
Member States should urgently increase genome sequencing to at least 5% and preferably 10% of positive test results. At present, many Member States are testing under 1% of samples, which is not enough to identify the progression of the variants or detect any new ones.
Preserving the Single Market and free movement while stepping up mitigation measures
Measures should be applied to further reduce the risk of transmission linked to the means of travel, such as hygiene and distancing measures in vehicles and terminuses.
All non-essential travel should be strongly discouraged until the epidemiological situation has considerably improved.
Proportionate travel restrictions, including testing of travellers, should be maintained for those travelling from areas with a higher incidence of variants of concern.
Ensuring European leadership and international solidarity
To ensure early access to vaccines, the Commission is to set up a Team Europe mechanism to structure the provision of vaccines shared by Member States with partner countries. This should allow for sharing with partner countries access to some of the 2.3 billion doses secured through the EU's Vaccines Strategy, paying special attention to the Western Balkans, our Eastern and Southern neighbourhood and Africa.
The European Commission and Member States should continue supporting COVAX, including through early access to vaccines. Team Europe has already mobilised €853 million in support of COVAX, making the EU one of COVAX's biggest donors.
Members of the College said:
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said: "Vaccination is essential to get out of this crisis. We have already secured enough vaccines for the entire population of the European Union. Now we need to accelerate the delivery and speed up vaccination. Our aim is to have 70% of our adult population vaccinated by summer. That could be a turning point in our fight against this virus. However, we will only end this pandemic when everyone in the world has access to vaccines. We will step up our efforts to help secure vaccines for our neighbours and partners worldwide."
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, responsible for Promoting our European Way of Life, said: "The emergence of new variants of the virus and substantial rises in cases leave us no room for complacency. Now more than ever must come a renewed determination for Europe to act together with unity, coordination and vigilance. Our proposals today aim to protect more lives and livelihoods later and relieve the burden on already stretched health care systems and workers. This is how the EU will come out of the crisis. The end of the pandemic is in sight though not yet in reach."
Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, said: "Working together with unity, solidary and determination, we can soon start to see the beginning of the end of the pandemic. Now in particular, we need swift and coordinated action against the new variants of the virus. Vaccinations will still take time until they reach all Europeans and until then we must take immediate, coordinated and proactive steps together. Vaccinations must accelerate across the EU and testing and sequencing must be increased – this is show we can ensure that we leave this crisis behind us as soon as possible."
'Complex' emergency unfolding in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
A group of people, having fled violence in several districts of Cabo Delgado, arrive in the provincial capital, Pebma. IOM/Matteo Theubet
UN agencies voiced deep concern on Wednesday over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, where attacks by armed groups have forced more than 565,000 to flee their homes.
According to the agencies, growing insecurity and poor infrastructure are making it increasingly difficulty to reach families "completely reliant" on humanitarian assistance, amid fears that imminent rains and threat of cyclones could further compound the challenges.
"Coupled with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has become even more complex", regional heads of UN agencies in east and southern Africa said in a joint statement.
"The crisis is a complex security, human rights, humanitarian and development emergency, underscoring the imperative of continuing to provide life-saving assistance while collectively supporting Government-led long-term resilience building", the statement added.
Crisis worsening
In December, the UN officials visited Mozambique to assess the needs of the displaced populations as well as of the host communities.
They heard extremely moving accounts from displaced men, women and children in the city of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado, and in the districts of Ancuabe and Chiúre – people whose lives have been upended by conflict and insecurity.
While acknowledging that much has been done to help victims of the crisis, the UN officials stressed that with displacement increasing daily, the lack of adequate food, water, sanitation, shelter, health, protection and education, was exacerbating an already dire situation, which could be further complicated by on-going torrential rains.
Urgent support needed
The UN agencies also raised concerns over the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which is keeping most schools closed.
There is an urgent need to expand protection, healthcare, food and nutrition programmes, vaccination efforts and psychosocial counselling, and to aid displaced farming and fishing families to re-establish sustainable livelihoods, they added.
They also urged support for adequate resettlement of uprooted families straining the already limited resources of impoverished host communities, and Government efforts to effectively register and assist the displaced.
The senior officials are urging the Government of Mozambique and the international community "to step up efforts to end all forms of violence in the country, including gender-based violence and child marriage, and to invest more in women and girls as agents of progress and change," the statement said.
Over 1.9 billion people in Asia-Pacific unable to afford a healthy diet
A child is tested for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported health clinic in Bangladesh. According a UN report, malnutrition among young children and infants remains a pervasive problem in South Asia. UNICEF/Siegfried Modola
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and surging food prices are keeping almost two billion people in Asia and the Pacific from healthy diets, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.
According to the 2020 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, the region's poor have been worst affected, forced to choose cheaper and less nutritious foods. The report is jointly produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
"The outbreak of COVID-19 and a lack of decent work opportunities in many parts of the region, alongside significant uncertainty of food systems and markets, has led to a worsening of inequality, as poorer families with dwindling incomes further alter their diets to choose cheaper, less nutritious foods," the agencies said.
"Due to higher prices for fruits, vegetables and dairy products, it has become nearly impossible for poor people in Asia and the Pacific to achieve healthy diets, the affordability of which is critical to ensure food security and nutrition for all – and for mothers and children in particular."
As a result, progress is also slowing on improving nutrition, a key target for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As of 2019, over 350 million people in the region are estimated to have been undernourished, with an about 74.5 million children under five stunted (too short for their age) and 31.5 million suffering from wasting (too thin for height).
'Impact most severe in first 1,000 days'
The UN agencies went on to note that while nutrition is vitally important throughout a person's life, the impact of a poor diet is most severe in the first 1,000 days, from pregnancy to when a child reaches the age of two.
"Young children, especially when they start eating their 'first foods' at six months, have high nutritional requirements to grow well and every bite counts," they said.
The agencies called for an integrated systems approach – bringing together food, water and sanitation, health, social protection and education systems – to address underlying factors and achieve healthy diets for all mothers and children.
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Tablet PCs are becoming more popular these days, and for good reason. They're compact and easy to use and can be every bit as powerful as their cousins with keyboards. They're designed to let you write on the screen with a stylus the same way you'd write on paper with a pen. However, most web sites and other software aren't designed to accept handwriting. This is where the Tablet Input Panel really shines--it converts almost any handwriting to typed text your applications can use. In this tutorial we'll learn how to enter text quickly and accurately.
NOTE: As with the previous tutorial, this tutorial applies to tablet computers, touchscreens, and tablet/pen input devices. You can also "write" if you only have a mouse or trackball, but some of the following instructions won't apply.
Since Tablet Input Panel is specifically designed to let you send your text-converted handwriting to other applications, many of the tools in the Input Panel won't work properly if there is no other application available to send text to. So let's start by opening up Notepad.
Now, open up the Tablet Input Panel by tapping its tab. You'll see a small writing area with a group of black buttons on the right side. In the top border of the window, you'll see the options for writing and keyboard, the Tools menu, and a group of four buttons you may not recognize. These buttons are called "correction video buttons," and what they do is show you little animated clips that demonstrate how correcting, deleting, splitting, and joining text works.
If you don't want those to be visible, the next button (next to the red Close icon) lets you hide or display them.
As you begin to write, the cluster of black buttons at the right will disappear and a button labeled Insert will appear at the bottom of the Input Panel box. If you don't have another application open that you can transfer text into, clicking it will just clear the screen and bring back the buttons. The button might also be greyed out if don't have any other application running, which is why we started by opening Notepad.
By default, the Tablet Input Panel recognizes your handwriting word by word. If you'd prefer to have it recognize character by character, you can switch from the default Writing Pad (Write in freehand style) to the Character Pad. Tap Tools, and choose 'Write character by character'. The writing pad will change to one with spaces in which to write each character. If you choose this method of text entry, be aware that the Tablet Input Panel will recognize each character without considering its context in a word, and you won't have the handwriting dictionary available.
As you approach the end of the line, Tablet Input Panel will add more space. Don't hyphenate words at the end of the line—just start writing the whole word on the next line instead.
When you've written everything you want to write, tap the Insert tab and your writing will appear in the other application.
Writing on the Tablet Input Panel is just like writing on paper with a pen, and if you make a mistake and want to do the whole thing all over again, you can correct it as you would with a pen. If your tablet stylus has an eraser, follow the manufacturer's instructions for using that. If you don't have an eraser, or don't want to use it, you can have a little fun with the corrections. Draw a line through what you wrote and it will vanish. Scribble it out as you would with a pen, by using M-or-W-shaped lines, circular lines, or angular lines. Just about everything meant to look like a scribble will be accepted as a "delete this mistake" command.
But what if you don't want to do the whole thing all over again? This is where those commands that have their own little animated videos come in. If Tablet Input Panel has run two words together, you can use the Split command to add a space inbetween. If one word has been incorrectly recognized as two, you can use the Join command to put the pieces back together. The very best way to learn how these commands work is to watch the videos. In this case, a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.
If a word is misspelled or recognized incorrectly and you want to fix a few characters, tap the word. You'll see the correction area appear--the word's characters are separated. Look right above the writing area and you'll see several suggested corrections for the word you've chosen.
If one of those is what you meant to write, tap it and the Tablet Input Panel will make the correction automatically. If nothing appropriate appears, just write over the characters that came out wrong. The handwriting recognition is still active, so you may see the whole word change while you're doing this, as Tablet Input Panel tries to anticipate the corrections. If you start to write in the space between two words, Tablet Input Panel will give you more space to write in.
If you are writing character by character, tap the incorrect character and you can then choose the correct one from the list at the top of the window or write over the incorrect character with the correct one.
Once you've got something written and are satisfied with it, click the Insert tab and you'll see your text appear in Notepad.
If you're using Tablet Input Panel to insert text into a program or web page, and after you've inserted the text you see that you've made a mistake, select the incorrect text and it will appear in the writing pane, so you can then make corrections.
You're probably already familiar with the way AutoComplete works, especially if you have a smartphone. The Tablet Input Panel looks at what you've written, and makes an educated guess at what you're going to write. A list of suggestions will appear above the writing area. To use one of those suggestions, just tap it.
Text prediction is more sophisticated. It takes a look at what you've already written, and anticipates what comes next. The more you use the Tablet Input Panel, the better the text prediction will get. It's only available in English (U.S. and U.K.), French, Italian, German and Spanish. It's also available in the character-by-character mode in Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
It takes a while for Tablet Input Panel to build up enough data to start making suggestions. I haven't used it quite long enough, so I can't illustrate that here. I'll have to keep writing.
If you don't want to use either or both of these features, tap 'Tools -> Options -> Text completion', and un-check the items you don't want.
Like the Insert tab at the bottom of the screen, the black buttons at the right do nothing if you don't have an application open into which to insert converted text. If you still have text in the Input Panel screen, tap Insert to send it to Notepad. The black buttons will reappear on the right side of the text entry panel. These buttons act directly on the text in the other application you're using. Try tapping them to see this at work.
There are also buttons that open up the Number panel and the Symbols panel. You can have both of those panels open at once, if you wish, and tapping the keys in those panels puts the numbers or symbols directly into the other application. They don't do anything if you have no other application available to send the characters to.
The Web button only works if you've got your web browser open, and includes keys for common components of URLs. Open your browser and place your cursor in the address bar at the top of your browser screen. Tap the http:// button, followed by the www. button, and watch those appear in the address bar.
In the text box, write 7tutorials (or any other website address), correct it if necessary, and tap Insert. Then tap the .com button and the Enter button, and there you go.
As you experiment with Tablet Input Panel, you'll see that it does very well at recognizing just about any handwriting and changing it to accurate text. Making corrections is easy, and Tablet Input Panel comes with built-in buttons that let you enter common symbols and web address components with just one tap.
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The report was considered by Broxtowe Council's Strategic Planning and Economic Development Committee on September 7. Six possible alignments were considered, of which two were rejected, with no preferred option emerging from the study.
The Phoenix Park to Kimberley journey time would be approximately 12 minutes, with the report stating that the main obstacle is bridging the A610 road. For part of its length the tramway could follow the alignment of former railways.
The four options still to be studied in more depth range from 5.98km (3.7 miles) to 6.31km (3.9 miles). Each would have five new stops, and are estimated to cost (at this very early stage and without contingency) between £129m and £157m.
If the councils were to press ahead now with studies to determine a preferred option, the report indicates that it would take some seven years before the line was operational - allowing for the Transport and Works Act Order process, contract letting and construction.
The neighbouring Amber Valley Borough Council has expressed an interest in extending the line from Kimberley through Eastwood to Heanor and Ripley. The Mott MacDonald report includes a possible alignment for this further extension and notes that construction "appears technically feasible but would require land acquisitions and demolitions".
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Q: Performance issues of #pragma omp atomic with OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 I have observed an unexpected (for me!) behavior of an openmp code which I am writing. The code structure is the following:
#pragma omp parallel for
for(int i=0;i<N;i++){
 // lots of calculations that produce 3 integers i1,i2,i3 and 3 doubles d1,d2,d3
 #pragma omp atomic
 J1[i1] += d1;
 #pragma omp atomic
 J2[i2] += d2;
 #pragma omp atomic
 J3[i3] += d3;
}

I have compiled three different versions of this code:
1) with openmp (-fopenmp)
2) without openmp
3) with openmp, but without the 3 atomic operations (just as a test, since atomic operations are necessary)
When I run version 1) with environment variable OMP_NUM_THREADS=1, I observe a significant slowdown with respect to version 2); while version 3) runs as fast as version 2).
I would like to know the reason for this behavior (why do atomic operations slow the code down even if single-threded?!) and if it is possible to compile/rewrite the code in such a way that version 1) runs as fast as version 2).
I attach at the end of the question a working example which shows the aforementioned behavior. I compiled 1) with:
g++ -fopenmp -o toy_code toy_code.cpp -std=c++11 -O3

2) with:
g++ -o toy_code_NO_OMP toy_code.cpp -std=c++11 -O3

and 3) with:
g++ -fopenmp -o toy_code_NO_ATOMIC toy_code_NO_ATOMIC.cpp -std=c++11 -O3

The version of the compiler is gcc version 5.3.1 20160519 (Debian 5.3.1-20).
The execution time of the 3 versions is:
1) 1 min 24 sec
2) 51 sec
3) 51 sec
Thanks in advance for any advice!
// toy_code.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cmath>
#include <omp.h>
#define Np 1000000
#define N 1000

int main (){
        double* Xp, *Yp, *J,*Jb;
        Xp = new double[Np];
        Yp = new double[Np];
        J = new double [N*N];
        Jb = new double [N*N];

        for(int i=0;i<N*N;i++){
            J[i]=0.0;
            Jb[i]=0.0;
        }

        for(int i=0;i<Np;i++){
            Xp[i] = rand()*1.0/RAND_MAX - 0.5;
            Yp[i] = rand()*1.0/RAND_MAX - 0.5;
        }

        for(int n=0; n<2000; n++){
        #pragma omp parallel for
        for(int p=0;p<Np;p++){
            double rx = (Xp[p]+0.5)*(N-1);
            double ry = (Yp[p]+0.5)*(N-1);
            int xindex = (int)floor(rx+0.5);
            int yindex = (int)floor(ry+0.5);
            int k;
            k=xindex*N+yindex;

            #pragma omp atomic
            J[k]+=1;
            #pragma omp atomic
            Jb[k]+=1;
         }
         }

        delete[] Xp;
        delete[] Yp;
        delete[] J;
        delete[] Jb;

return 0;
}

A: If you enable OpenMP, gcc has to generate different code that works for any number of threads that is only known at runtime.
In this particular case take a look at output of gcc -S (slightly shortened by lables).
Without OpenMP:
.loc 1 38 0 discriminator 2  # Line 38 is J[k]+=1;
movsd   8(%rsp), %xmm1
cvttsd2si   %xmm0, %edx
cvttsd2si   %xmm1, %eax
movsd   .LC3(%rip), %xmm0
imull   $1000, %eax, %eax
addl    %edx, %eax
cltq
salq    $3, %rax
leaq    0(%r13,%rax), %rdx
.loc 1 40 0 discriminator 2   # Line 40 is Jb[k]+=1;
addq    %r12, %rax
.loc 1 29 0 discriminator 2
cmpq    $8000000, %r15
.loc 1 38 0 discriminator 2
addsd   (%rdx), %xmm0
movsd   %xmm0, (%rdx)
.loc 1 40 0 discriminator 2
movsd   .LC3(%rip), %xmm0
addsd   (%rax), %xmm0
movsd   %xmm0, (%rax)

The loop is unrolled making this rather complicated.
With -fopenmp:
movsd   (%rsp), %xmm2
cvttsd2si   %xmm0, %eax
cvttsd2si   %xmm2, %ecx
imull   $1000, %ecx, %ecx
addl    %eax, %ecx
movslq  %ecx, %rcx
salq    $3, %rcx
movq    %rcx, %rsi
addq    16(%rbp), %rsi
movq    (%rsi), %rdx
movsd   8(%rsp), %xmm1
jmp .L4
movq    %rax, %rdx
movq    %rdx, (%rsp)
movq    %rdx, %rax
movsd   (%rsp), %xmm3
addsd   %xmm1, %xmm3
movq    %xmm3, %rdi
lock cmpxchgq   %rdi, (%rsi)
cmpq    %rax, %rdx
jne .L9
.loc 1 40 0
addq    24(%rbp), %rcx
movq    (%rcx), %rdx
jmp .L5
.p2align 4,,10
.p2align 3
movq    %rax, %rdx
movq    %rdx, (%rsp)
movq    %rdx, %rax
movsd   (%rsp), %xmm4
addsd   %xmm1, %xmm4
movq    %xmm4, %rsi
lock cmpxchgq   %rsi, (%rcx)
cmpq    %rax, %rdx
jne .L10
addq    $8, %r12
cmpq    %r12, %rbx
jne .L6

I'm not going to try to explain or understand all the details of what is happening here, but thats not necessary for the message: The compiler has to use different atomic instructions that are likely more costly, especially lock cmpxchgq.
Besides this fundamental issue, OpenMP may mess with the optimizer in any imaginable way, e.g. interfer with unrolling. I've also seen a curious case where the intel compiler actually generates more efficient serial code for an OpenMP loop.
P.S. Consider yourself lucky - it could be much worse. If the compiler cannot map the atomic instruction to a hardware instruction, it has to use locks which would be even slower.

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Advances in anaesthesia and pain medicine in the last 150 years have facilitated many of the great advances in surgical care. Anaesthetists are passionate about teaching and in your medical school anaesthesia rotation you will have opportunities to learn skills that will last your career whether you choose anaesthesia as a specialty or not.
As an anaesthetist working in a busy university department I have seen many medical students rotate through our department over the years. Some students are able to maximize the learning opportunity and there are key pointers to help you do this.
1. Be prepared: take responsibility and look after your patient: Find out about your surgical list the day prior and review the patient's past medical history and surgical procedure. Think about any impact this might have on anaesthetic technique. On the day of surgery arrive early at least 30 minutes before the operating room starts and introduce yourself to the patient. This will give you time to review the history and examine the patient, review laboratory results and think about a plan before your anaesthetist arrives. Answer any questions for your patient and make sure they are warm and comfortable. Introduce yourself to the operating room staff. When the anaesthetist arrives introduce yourself and review the patient. Ask the anaesthetist how you can help with care of the patient and discuss some objectives for the day (see #2). Stay till the operating room finishes unless you have a prior engagement. If you are really keen, consider doing some call with one of the staff or residents. It is a great way of seeing what happens in a hospital after hours.
2. Learn some applications that will have impact on your future career: In anaesthesia you will have opportunities to learn many skills that are not available in your other rotations. These include ability to hone your intravenous access skills, ability to manage the airway of an unconscious patient (note-endotracheal intubation is only one small part of this), learn about pain management for patients after surgery and intravenous fluid resuscitation. There are many other things to learn including physiology and pharmacology of anaesthesia drugs and even some physics if you are really keen! Make a list (if one is not already provided) of key learning objectives for your rotation and ask your anaesthetist or undergraduate coordinator how they can help with achieving these objectives.
Anaesthesia is somewhat different from other rotations in that you will be assigned with an anaesthetist each day of your rotation. It is a great opportunity to learn from an experienced physician. Enjoy the 1:1 supervision and read around the subject, take the opportunity to ask lots of questions, ask to assist with the case if possible and take responsibility for some part of the case (e.g. monitoring and charting fluid balance). Get to know the other members of the perioperative team including the critical relationship between anaesthetist, surgeon and members of the nursing staff.
More than anything, don't forget to look after your patient and have fun with a great learning opportunity!


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Мошенский — русская фамилия; имеет женскую форму Мошенская.

Известные носители
 Мошенский, Авксентий Леонтьевич (1900—1981) — советский генерал-майор.
 Мошенский, Валерий Захарович (род. 1957) — украинский политик.
 Мошенский, Михаил Леонидович (1947—2000) — белорусский предприниматель.
 Мурский, Лев Исаакович (Мошенский; 1897—1950) — российский театральный актер, педагог и режиссёр.
 Мошенский, Филипп Савельевич (см. Список депутатов Верховного Совета СССР 3 созыва)

Мошенский — админ. территориальные единицы
 Мошенской район Боровичского округа Ленинградской области

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Grants for Undergraduate Research
Student Honors and Awards
Weinberg department and program research funds
Some Weinberg College departments and programs also have funds to support student research, including research expenses and summer stipends. Contact the departments and programs for details. Northwestern's Office of Undergraduate Research maintains a searchable list of research opportunities that includes many of those offered by Weinberg units, as well as many other options on campus and around the world.
University-wide research funds
Northwestern University Undergraduate Research Grants (URG)
Northwestern's Office of Undergraduate Research administers Undergraduate Research Grants (URGs) that are open to undergraduate students from throughout the university. This office is the primary source for summer research grants for Northwestern students, as well as for grants for research during the academic year. The office also provides funds for students presenting their work at conferences. In addition, they maintain web pages with tips for applying for research grants and information on other research funding opportunities. Detailed information on applying for URG funding, including deadlines and procedures, is available on Northwestern's Office of Undergraduate Research website.
Northwestern University Office of Fellowships
The Office of Fellowships provides information and guidance for students regarding national and international fellowship competitions. The fellowships fall into many different categories, and some provide opportunities for conducting research, including research carried out overseas. See the Office of Fellowships website for more information.
Research Assistant Awards
Students interested in getting started in research through working with faculty members on their projects are encouraged to explore the Undergraduate Research Assistant Program run by the Office of Undergraduate Research. The program pays students an hourly wage to work on faculty research projects over the academic year or summer. Projects are initiated by faculty, but students are encouraged to contact faculty with whom they would be interested in working. To learn more, contact Peter Civetta, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.

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The early years of the decade 1990 occupies a special place in the history of Indian economy. It is because at that time Dr. Manmohan Singh, India's then finance minister was the one person who was solely responsible for changing the renovating the entire economy which is why today loans in business are playing a very vital role in the shaping of the economy.
Today, almost every kind of loans is available in the market. But till few years back loans in India was an abhorred term. It is because most of the people in India had the perception that availing any kind of loans is the symbol of a person depleting financial condition. But as the economy changed so did the perception in the mind of people changed. This ultimately resulted in the blossoming of the loan market in India.
The 1990 incident also opened the doors for many foreign investors to come and invest into this potentially rich economy. Finally, all this led our country to the overall development of economy. In which there was the emergence of numerous entrepreneurs, sole proprietors and the corporate houses. But this was not enough as at that time the loan market was only starting to develop. Hence, there is an acute need of loans for business.
These loans for business are nowadays available at quite reasonable rate of interest. Such loans are available in the bracket of Rs. 25000 to Rs. 10 lacs. People interested in availing these loans avail them for the purpose of financing the business, investing or for the expansion of business. These types of loans are available in both the secured as well as the unsecured version. While in the secured loans, the loan aspirants need not to put any of his/her asset as security with the money lender or with the money lending authorities. Since, there is involvement of asset hence; the rate of interest in these types of loans is on the lower side. On the other hand the unsecured loans for business do not require any asset of the loan applicant to be pledged as security with the lending authorities. But the only thing that can put a borrower in a spot of bother is the rate of interest that is charged by the lenders on these types of loans.
Normal perception about these loans for business is that they are very difficult to avail and at the same time are also very difficult to repay back too. But now as the policies of government have liberalised to large extent therefore now people don't hesitate or think twice before availing loans for business.
Another famous type of loans that has emerged in the recent times is the NRI loans. These types of loans are exclusively meant for the Non Resident Indians. These loans allow the Indians living abroad to come to their native place and purchase a residential property for themselves. The rate of interest on these loans is very affordable and also the mode of repayment is very flexible. The most important condition to avail these loans is the concerned person should be a graduate. The borrower should have a regular source of income i.e. either he should be a salaried professional or a business man. If the person is a business man then it is necessary for him to display the past record of his business i.e. balance sheet and other important documents. This will help his cause of availing the loan.


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Republican Marsha Blackburn is running for a US Senate seat in Tennessee. And she says that women would rather have recognition than equal pay for equal work. Republicans fully support out of touch candidates like Rep. Marsha Blackburn. And then they wonder why they're having so much trouble with women voters. Blackburn, who currently serves […]
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Stop what you're doing right now and listen to this song. It's absolutely perfect for these times that we're living in right now. This week, following the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump said that this is a "very scary time for young men," because women can falsely accuse them of […]
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Post Office will get deal to pay social grants by Friday
MPs still concerned with timeline of implementing the new payment system
21 November 2017 | By Barbara Maregele Parliament | Cape Town
Jeff Radebe, chairperson of the Interministerial Committee (IMC), said that a deal for the South African Post Office to take over the social grant payment system will be done by Friday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
"Subject to cost effectiveness" the South African Post Office will be providing four essential services needed to pay social grants on 1 April 2018. This was the assurance given by Jeff Radebe, chairperson of the Interministerial Committee (IMC) on Comprehensive Social Security, which has also been tasked with overseeing the phasing out of the current service provider – Cash Paymaster Services.
Radebe was speaking at a joint meeting with Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on Tuesday morning.
Negotiations between the South African Security Agency (SASSA) and the Post Office deadlocked earlier this month when the Post Office was only awarded one of the four services needed to pay social grants. On 2 November Members of Parliament (MPs) instructed National Treasury to intervene and mediate talks between the two state entities. A week later, Radebe, told MPs that by 17 November, they would have signed a "hybrid model" contract which includes SASSA, the Post Office, Home Affairs and the State Security Agency.
On Tuesday, Radebe said that the Post Office would be given preference to provide the four services to SASSA by 1 April. These are corporate control accounts, special disbursement accounts, card production and distribution and opening accounts for new beneficiaries.
"This protocol forms the foundation for the signing of a further detailed collaborative agreement between SASSA and [the Post Office] with the detailed project plan which will be submitted to the IMC by 6 December and to the panel of experts/Constitutional Court by 8 December," he said. Radebe said that once the dedicated team has assessed which functions would be "cost effective" for the Post Office, a final agreement could be signed by Friday.
Radebe said on 10 November, the Financial Institutions and the Banking Council of South Africa "agreed in principle" to create a special account for beneficiaries. He added that more meetings were planned to discuss in detail how these commercial accounts will operate.
"We are all well on course to finding a solution to these problems," said Radebe. He said the Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) developed a new "communications strategy" on 17 November to "keep grant beneficiaries informed".
MPs raise concerns
Most of the MPs welcomed the announcement but raised their concern with the timelines and technical capabilities needed for the new payment system.
DA MP Tim Brauteseth asked, "What is Plan B if it turns out that [the Post Office] is not cost effective?" Brauteseth also had questions about recommendations listed in a report by the panel of experts that was submitted to the Constitutional Court on Monday. He said that the panel recommended that National Treasury investigate SASSA officials to decide if anyone should be prosecuted for criminal conduct. "I also want Scopa to hold [SASSA] to account. We are more hopeful today, but ask that Scopa will not forget its mandate. There's lots of people who brought us to where we are now," he said.
IFP MP Mkhuleko Hlengwa said, "The reality is that the IMC under the president was not functional. As MPs, we must take credit for pushing this until something was done. I also want to know what is the benchmark for cost effectiveness? Does this mean CPS could stay? They are corrupt."
Hlengwa also asked if there would be enough time to test the new system as most grants for December and January are currently being paid. "The next round of payments will only be done in February next year so when will this be tested? It's still my firm belief that people in the Department [of Social Development] and SASSA deliberately engineered this crisis."
EFF MP Ntombovuyo Mente said, "With all four services given to [the Post Office], I want to get their view about their readiness to do all of those four services. I also want to know from the IMC if the talks with the commercial banks considers deductions? If we are experiencing those deductions, won't it be much worse for beneficiaries?"
When told that she was not allowed to question other officials directly in the meeting, Mente said, "If they are just here to sit and look at us then we are engaging in a fruitless and wasteful exercise. This means the rest of the delegation doesn't need to be here."
Responding to questions by MPs, Radebe said they would have a better understanding of the detailed plan by 8 December. He said they were currently studying the expert panel's report and would respond to it soon. "That's why we found it important to meet with the panel of experts on 14 November … We are trying our best to ensure that we deliver on this." He assured MPs that CPS would not be involved in the new system.
Radebe also assured beneficiaries that their SASSA cards have been extended and will not expire on 31 December as printed on the cards.
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Q: Does Cosmos DB query cost go up significantly when a query becomes cross-partition (even with partition keys present)? I need to read several documents from a cosmos db container, for which I know the partition keys.
If I were to do a point read for each, this would be an RU cost of about 1 per document.
So I noticed when running some queries that there may be a cheaper way:
Running a well-indexed query that returns one result costs 3 RUs. But if I have a query that has several OR conditions in the WHERE clause, scaling this out becomes cheaper:
SELECT * FROM c
WHERE c.id = 'a'
OR c.id = 'b'
OR c.id = 'c'
//...

Here, the cost for the first condition was 3, but adding each new condition was only about 0.3 RUs. This made me fairly happy, as it seems to be a good way to optimize cost.
However, I decided to actually create a DB with a bunch of data and high provisioned RUs to make sure that this holds when there are more underlying physical partitions. So I made a container with 40k provisioned RUs and about 300k records (for about 400MB of data). I ran a query like
SELECT * FROM c
WHERE c.id = 'a'
OR c.id = 'b'
OR c.id = 'c'

And with each new condition, the cost went up only 0.3RUs. Nice.
But then when I added a fourth OR condition, the cost went up by 3 RUs. Same for the 5th.
Why does the cost increase by 0.3 initially but then by 3 later on?
Is it the case that the first three records I pulled happened to be on one physical partition, and the others were on their own partitions?
Subsequent OR clause additions seem to increase the cost by anything between 1.5 and 3 RUs...

A: If you know the Ids and PartitionKeys you want to read, a cost-effective solution is to use ReadMany.
This is supported on the .NET SDK: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmos-dotnet-v3/blob/master/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Usage/ItemManagement/Program.cs#L425
and Java SDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/read-many-items-fast-with-the-java-sdk-for-azure-cosmos-db/

A: The cost of a query depends entirely on the work done to execute the query.
The cost cannot be directly related to the number of filter predicates (OR / AND conditions). However, a couple of major components of query charge is the amount of index pages scanned or documents loaded. If the addition of OR conditions doesn't change these components, then there won't be much difference in RU costs.
As indicated in the answer above, if you have id and pk values, use ReadMany and pass an array of id and pk values. If not, then you'll need to use a query. Query is ALWAYS going to be more expensive than equivalent point operations because the service needs to parse your query, build a plan, execute it, return data, etc.
To answer your second question on whether the data is on different physical partitions, it's possible. Impossible to know with the information given.
What I can say for sure is that cross-partition queries will grow increasingly more expensive and slow as you increase RU/s on the container or as the container grows in storage, requiring more physical partitions.
Fundamental in all this is that cross-partition queries do not scale. You need to model your data and implement a partitioning strategy that will allow your database to scale as load grows, making sure you are avoiding cross-partition queries at high volume.


The site of Saltford mill has been in use since the time of the Domesday record when two watermills were listed in Saltford. At that time they would have been corn mills housed in simple wooden structures of which nothing is known.
In later centuries fulling, the thickening process of hand-woven woollen cloth was carried out in buildings which would have been far more substantial. Fulling ceased in the late 1600s with the bankruptcy of the owner, but the present building may well contain fragments of that earlier structure.
Battery Mill No 1, comprising: 1 waterwheel (15' x 3' 6"); 3 hammers; 245 hammer heads; and 48 anvils.
Battery Mill No 2, comprising: 1 waterwheel (15' x 3' 6"); 3 hammers; 199 hammer heads; and 36 anvils.
Rolling Mill, comprising: 2 waterwheels, each 15' x 3' 6"; driving 3 pairs of shears; and 2 pairs of rolls (5' 6" and 3' 6").
The 1903 OS map shows that the mill then stretched as far as the present roadside. Battery work ceased in 1908 and by 1932 the OS map shows that the western battery mill had been demolished.
The roof structure and pantiled roof are thought to survive from the early brassmaking period, having been subjected to extensive repairs funded by English Heritage in 1995.


Since his appointment as Music Director of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra in 1990, Claude Lapalme has made his mark as a superb conductor, an exceptional arranger and an outstanding Music Director. As a conductor, Paris newspaper Le Figaro has called him "remarkable and superb"; the Toronto Globe & Mail, "assured and highly effective"; the Havana Granma, "surprisingly dexterous, warm and sincere"; the Edmonton Journal, "a breath of fresh air"; and the Calgary Herald, "vigorous and attentive to detail." A 1991 Laureate of the Besançon International Conducting Competition, he has conducted orchestras around the world, including the Moscow Radio and Television Orchestra as well as numerous ensembles in Hungary, the United States, Cuba, France and the Netherlands. His Canadian credits include the Edmonton Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Winnipeg Symphony, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, the Hamilton Philharmonic and numerous others. His own Red Deer Symphony has been featured on several CBC broadcasts, and has collaborated with, among others, Alberta Ballet, Edmonton's Pro Coro and Calgary's Early Music Voices. The orchestra has also toured the province of Alberta as far north as Fort McMurray.
Mr. Lapalme has become an eminent orchestrator and arranger, having composed orchestra charts for the likes of Ian Tyson and Marvin Hamlisch. His arrangements, noted for the precision of their composition as well as their expressive lushness, have been performed by top Canadian, American and Australian orchestras where they have been called "gorgeous" and "spine-chilling." His orchestral arrangement of Ian Tyson's Four Strong Winds, an exclusive composition for the Edmonton Symphony, was premiered to a standing ovation by an audience of over five thousand people. He also wrote five exclusive arrangements of Canadian popular songs for the Edmonton Symphony's "Great Canadian Songbook" project.
Maestro Lapalme has also a strong connection with baroque music, having been trained at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. He is the founder and Music Director of the newly minted Alberta-based period instrument ensemble, Rosa Barocca.
For his achievements, Claude Lapalme has received recognition awards from both the City of Red Deer and the Government of Alberta. He resides in Red Deer with his wife, cellist Janet Kuschak.
Born in Montreal but a Red Deer resident since 1990.
L'eau des collines by Marcel Pagnol; Jan Vermeer; and Moonstruck.


Annan lifted the points in this Ladbrokes SPFL 2 encounter at Galabank on Saturday against a very competent Montrose team who were always chasing the game after Annan scored twice without reply in the first half.
It was once again their recent signing Smart Osadolor whose two goals proved to be the decisive factor between the 2 evenly matched teams. The striker who has already hit the net scoring 4 goals in the opening fixtures continued his early season scoring form with a further 2 goals. Osadolor opened the scoring with a superb worked goal in the 12th minute when he was part of a superb four man passing move down the left hand side culminating with Osadolor striking a low crisp shot into the corner of the net after some fine football involving Josh Todd and Rabine Omar down the right which cut open the Montrose defence.
The Annan striker was also at the heart of Annan's second goal in the 21st minute. Annan broke swiftly from defence exposing Montrose and all of a sudden Flynn and Osadolor were against one defender and 4 passes later Osadolor squared the ball for Flynn to stoke the ball into the net from 6 yards. It was Fynn's third goal of the season and was testament to the player ability to get into the box and to get on the end of the final ball from midfield which proved decisive.
It was the perfect start for Annan against a Montrose side who appeared to struggle to contain the smooth moving Annan team who looked very much up for the task and had Peter Watson's 33rd minute effort gone in instead if striking the cross bar the game could have been over at half time.
It was however a different storey in the second half with the game evenly contested. Annan missed a golden opportunity to increase their 2 goal advantage in the 48th minute when Weatherson's fee kick was parried by Jordan Miller and Martin McNiff's follow up from 3 yards was somehow saved by keeper when it looked easier for McNiff to score.
After this let off Montrose started to get their game together and in the 51st minute they were back in the game with a superb taken goal by Graham Webster who connected brilliantly with Scott Johnston's cross swung in from the left to the back post with Webster finishing with a volley into the roof of the net.
Annan rallied from the set back with Weatherson heading over the bar in the 56th minute closely followed by an Osadolor shot from 15 yards which flashed past the upright.
Montrose started to dictate the play without really testing Hart in the Annan goal, Graham Webster came close with a good effort in the 70th minute with his shot just missing the target.
Montrose then suffered a further set back when Keeper Jordan Miller sustained a shoulder injury when under pressure from an Annan corner. A minute later Osadolor had a goal chalked-off side as Annan's pace one again exposed the Montrose defence.
Annan looked to have secured the points in the 86th minute when Weatherson's header from a Rabine Omar picked out Osadolor inside the 6 yard box with a volley into the roof of the net via the cross bar.
Despite this set back Montrose pulled a goal back deep into injury time from the penalty spot after Ross McCord was fouled and McCord dispatched the goal into the corner of the net to bring to an end another close encouter.
It is early doors but it is already more than evident that after 4 games, all of the teams have been defeated with each team more than capable of beating the opposition. The league positions at the end of the year will be dependant more than ever on home form and obtaining victories as opposed to draws and you can forsee the situation developing that battle to stay clear of the bottom spot could go down to the last day of the season.
ANNAN ATHLETIC: Jordan Hart, Steven Black, Steven Swinglehurst, Martin McNiff, Peter Watson, Steven Sloan, Rabin Omar, Mathew Flynn, Peter Weatherson, Josh Todd, Smart Osadolor. SUBS NOT USED:-Blair Currie, Ryan McStay, Jamie Watson, Scott Norman, Liam Park.
MONTROSE : Jordan Miller ( Ross Salmon 79 min), Ryan Ferguson, Andrew Steeves, Greg Pascaszio (Jordan Rioch 76 min) ,Matthew Allen, Ross McCord, Scott Johnston, Paul Watson (Terry Masson 24 min), Graham Webster, Gary Ferguson, Ross Campbell. Subs Not Used Ryan Kenneth, Declan Milne, Dale Reid, Kyle McCleod.


CHIPIE started on December 16th 1967, in Carcassonne, south of France, right next to the infamous medieval City. Jean-Michel Signoles, only aged 17, created the Chipie brand. At first he customised vintage second-hand clothes imported from the US, before opening, 4 years later, his first production factory. As early as the 70's, the brand had developed a strong identity as one of the national leaders in denim. However, as well as denim, it is also creativity and the development of labels that distinguish Chipie in jeans. Chipie was one of the first to feature their labels as more than just a means of identification. A label is designed and developed in accordance with the style of the garment and projects an idea or a theme. Each garment has its own individual image, and this is what made the Chipie products with labels sewn on the outside so fantastically successful. The label came out of hiding and, pioneered by Chipie, became an image-maker recognised by the consumer.


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Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Academic Programs Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
About the B.S. and B.A. in Mathematics Degrees
Cedarville's B.S. or B.A. in mathematics degree is an academically rigorous program that will equip you to think about the source, implications, and purpose of mathematical knowledge in the context of a holistic Christian worldview. You will receive rigorous mathematical training and be thoroughly prepared for graduate work in mathematics or employment in industry or government.
Mathematics is about making rigorous connections between beautiful patterns. These patterns may be very abstract structures or they may be more direct models of the physical world. Amazingly, the most theoretical of mathematical subjects may have powerful applications, and often applications inspire interesting mathematical ideas.
Why Study Mathematics at Cedarville?
Mathematics Program Highlights
Thorough Orientation
As a freshman, you will take the introductory course Beautiful Math Structures and Thinking, constructed just for freshmen. This course is a "pre-professional" introduction to mathematics that builds community among incoming math majors and offers an exciting introduction to many modern mathematical ideas not seen in calculus class, such as propositional and predicate logic, set theory and infinite cardinals, n-dimensional space, fractals, discrete dynamical systems and chaos.
Because of the rigor of the program and its small size, students frequently interact with each other and with faculty, and as a result establish strong relationships. They also plan occasional social events to help foster further interactions among students, and between students and faculty.
Variety and Flexibility
Mathematics is a powerful subject that prepares students for a variety of careers in multiple industries. In addition to a strong core of courses that includes calculus and differential equations, logic and methods of proof, and linear algebra, we offer a variety of upper-division math courses, including both theoretical and applied electives, such as abstract algebra, real variables, numerical analysis, dynamical systems, topology, number theory, and operations research.
The B.A. degree has a strong math curriculum, but also has room to add minors or a double major.
The B.S. degree has more depth and breadth in mathematics itself, which is valued in some industries and by graduate schools.
We also offer a minor in actuarial science that prepares students to pass the first two actuarial exams (and includes some material from other exams) as well as fulfilling some of the VEE (Validation by Educational Experience) requirements of the profession.
During your capstone course, you will choose a mathematical topic that interests you and study it in-depth, both individually and in a group and give a presentation of your findings at the end of the semester. Some recent capstone topics include Econometrics, Sporadic Groups and Error-Correcting Codes, Airline Planning and Recovery, Chaos, Discrete Random Structures, and Medical Imaging.
Excellent Preparation
You will receive excellent instruction and be prepared to succeed. Our students who took the ETS Major Field Test in Mathematics placed in the 99th percentile. This test measures content knowledge in undergraduate mathematics.
You will learn from highly qualified professors with broad and varied research interests, including abstract algebra, real and complex analysis, topology, statistics, combinatorics, and applied mathematics. They hold Ph.D.s from institutions such as Princeton University, the University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, among others. They are at Cedarville because they love the Lord, enjoy teaching, treasure the opportunity to invest in college students, and are crazy about mathematics!
What Can I Do With a B.A. in Mathematics?
What can you do with a math degree? Graduates from our program have pursued a variety of careers, including the following:
Actuaries at companies such as Lincoln Financial Group, WesternSouthern Life, CMG Life Services, snf Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina
Assistant Head and Scheduling Deputy in the Mathematics Department at Purdue University
Department of Network Security, U.S. Bank
Director of Custom Analytics at Dunnhumby USA
Federal Reserve Board
Huntington Ingalls Industries/Newport News Shipbuilding, simulation department
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Mathematics Education Professor at Virginia Tech University
Risk Analyst for ABS, consulting on Department of Defense contracts
Rocket Scientist at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Scientist in Natural Language Processing at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Server Product Design Finance at Amazon
Software Developer at Northrop Grumman
Teacher at STEM academy in Springfield, Ohio
Our graduates have also attended graduate schools and earned master's degrees and Ph.D.s in math as well as other fields. Some of those graduate schools include:
Air Force Institute of Technology (M.S., Applied Math; M.S., Information Assurance; M.S., Engineering; M.S., Operations Research)
Auburn University (Ph.D., Mathematics)
Clemson University (Ph.D., Mathematical Sciences)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., Mathematics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (M.B.A., Finance)
Purdue University (Ph.D., Mathematics)
The Ohio State University (Ph.D., Mathematics Education)
University of Michigan (Ph.D., Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics)
An internship is not required for a math major, but it can be a very valuable and rewarding experience. Our math majors have completed internships with companies and organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Air Force Institute of Technology, U.S. Bank (Network Security Division), and various insurance companies. You can also enhance your mathematics education by participating in an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates).
You will have the opportunity to attend undergraduate math conferences at nearby universities, and female students can attend the Nebraska Undergraduate Conference for Women in Mathematics. You may also be nominated to attend the annual Ohio Space Grant Consortium Student Research Project Symposium.
You may be invited to participate in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition. The Putnam exam is a national exam that measures mathematical creativity. One recent Cedarville student, who was in the top 500 (out of 3,000-4,000), was awarded a place in a program called Math in Moscow, where he spent a semester studying math in Moscow with Russian mathematicians (in English). Also, the Computer Science program sponsors an annual Computer Programming contest in which many math majors participate.
You'll join your fellow math majors for informal "Math Nights" for mathematically minded students and professors.
Campus Employment Opportunities
You will be able to earn income on campus while using your math skills. You can tutor students through The Cove, Cedarville's academic enrichment center, or privately on your own, or even participate in tutoring ministries through Cedarville's Christian Ministries office. You can also find employment as a grader for mathematics professors.
Actuarial Science Minor
Hear from some of our recent alumni to learn what they're doing with their degrees. Then, imagine what you can do with a mathematics degree from Cedarville University!
Our professors stay current and active in their field by conducting research and publishing in prestigious academic journals.
We're proud of our successful graduates! 96% of recent graduates from the Department of Science and Mathematics were employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.
Science and Math Preview Day
Experience the hands-on demonstrations and professor interactions that make Science and Math Preview Day at Cedarville informative and fun.
Six New Majors Eligible for Choose Ohio First Grants
In addition to six new majors being eligible, work-based learning experiences will be made available to every Choose Ohio First scholar.
Caring Well. Staying Well. Operating Plan
The 26-page comprehensive guide outlines Cedarville's strategies and protocols for living, learning, and working in community during this academic year.
Adjusting to COVID-19, University Announces Revised Fall Schedule
Classes will begin August 17 and Christmas break will start November 25.
Trustees Make Forward-Focused Decisions Amid Coronavirus Challenges
Cedarville University's Board of Trustees approved curriculum for a physician assistant (PA) program, approved a new dean for the school of education, and affirmed eight other new faculty members at its annual May meeting.
Darrin Frey, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Mathematics
Location ENS 368
Kevin Roper, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Science and Mathematics
Mathematics Program Curriculum
Building on your core liberal arts and Bible minor courses, you will take the mathematics core, which includes Calculus 1, 2, and 3; Differential Equations; Linear Algebra; Research Methods in Mathematics; and Logic and Methods of Proof. At the upper level, you can begin to tailor your degree with electives that suit your interests and career goals, whether they be theoretical or applied, and then complete your program with your capstone research project.
This major is offered with a bachelor's-to-master's accelerated completion plan.
Beautiful Math Structures and Thinking
Capstone Experience in Mathematics


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Otumfuo complains about officiating in Ghana Premier League
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Life patron and owner of Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has complained about the performance of referees in the Ghana Premier League and other local referees.
The performance of the referees in local concerns have become a major concern to many stakeholders as some have attributed the decline in patronage of the league to the abysmal performance of most of the referees.
We are just eight weeks into the 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League and about ten-match officials have already been sanctioned by the Ghana Football Association for bad performance and negligence.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II added his voice to calls for improved officiating in the local league when the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association led by president Kurt Okraku paid him a working visit at the Manhyia Palace.
"If you don't make sure to protect the game from bad officiating, it will spoil the game. We also have to be trustful because if we don't get a worthy winner for out league, they will easily fall off when its matters most (Africa competition)."
"Thus, is because the rules work perfectly7 at this highest level. The referees should be firm in their calls if it's a penalty, they should take it and should hesitate to do same when it's offside," the Overlord of the Asante Kingdom added.
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