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Canine benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is associated with, if not actually induced by, an increased prostatic ability for the net formation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This conclusion is based upon the observation in this study that: 1) when spontaneous BPH develops in the beagle there is a concomitant increase in the potential capacity for prostatic tissue to metabolize steroids favoring the net formation of DHT; 2) there is a similar change in steroid metabolism in the prostate when BPH is experimentally induced in young beagles by the combined administration of exogenous androgens and estrogens; 3) various hormonal treatments of young intact or castrate dogs which did not increase the prostatic tissue's ability to produce DHT also did not induce a high incidence of experimental BPH; and 4) a highly significant linear correlation (r = 0.95) was observed between the size of the prostate gland and an increased prostatic ability for the net formation of DHT, as estimated by relative prostatic ix values which quantitatively reflect such increased metabolic activities. These overall alterations in prostatic steroid metabolism favor an increase in the net formation of DHT and may account for the well documented increase in DHT concentration associated with BPH in both dog and man. The enhancement of these events by estrogens could play a major role in the etiology of BPH.
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Could someone please help me describe the coherence and unity of Fahrenheit 451?
Coherence: One of the themes is that technology has become the ultimate pacifier. The Mechanical Hound is the reinforcer of this anti-literary, anti-intellectual world. Fire is the symbol and actual element that is used to destroy any/all books which threaten this new, technologically advanced, intellectually stagnant way of life. Using fire adds to the coherence with these symbols and the overall narrative of the story. The narrative is about the dangers of technology but also the application of it by people in power. Using fire is important because fire and the wheel are often thought of as the beginning of technology. Fittingly, when Montag starts to see things differently and reads more, he notes that fire was once used for warmth and cooking. The Myth of the Phoenix is also suggested, and here fire is portrayed as capable of destruction but also creation. So, the unity of the story is about technology, but a shift does take place. When Montag begins to see that technology (in this case fire) can be creative as well as destructive/pacifying. Literature itself is also a form of technology. Scholars often call Gutenberg’s printing press the greatest discovery in history because it allowed knowledge to spread exponentially more quickly and efficiently. Technology is the application of knowledge. The unity and coherence of the novel is that it presents this way of thinking as Montag learns it himself. In other words, we learn this as Montag does. The lesson is that technology is not inherently bad or good; it is capable of both. How technology manifests depends on how we apply it.
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Statewide Tree Damage
Look up and watch out for hazardous trees while visiting the woods in our state’s forests, parks and wildlife management areas.
Several years of severe storms and drought resulting from our changing climate and major insect infestations have left many damaged or dead trees in forests and residential areas. Damaged, dead, and diseased trees can fall without warning, potentially causing injury or property damage.
As you hike the trails or visit picnic areas and campgrounds, be extra cautious:
- Look up and be aware of your surroundings.
- Be particularly watchful when it is windy or when branches are covered with snow.
- Avoid parking, picnicking, camping, hiking, and hunting in areas where dead trees or dead limbs are more likely to fall.
- Walk around, not over, downed limbs and trees.
While the chances of being struck by a falling tree or branch are low, being vigilant while in the woods can reduce the odds even more.
- Storms in spring 2018, including nor’easters in March and tornadoes in some parts of the state in May, have left their share of broken limbs and dead and downed trees.
- The invasive, exotic emerald ash borer was discovered in Connecticut in 2012 and has been spreading across the state. This insect is inevitably fatal to ash trees. Although ash trees are not a large component of Connecticut’s forests, they are somewhat common along roadways and in residential areas.
- A gypsy moth outbreak began in 2015 in eastern and central Connecticut. It persisted through 2017, enabled by serious drought in 2015 and 2016. The drought by itself was enough to kill trees. Coupled with the gypsy moth infestation, even more trees died, especially the large oak trees that are so valued in our forests.
Widespread oak mortality, particularly in eastern Connecticut, began in summer 2017 and continued through 2018. By summer 2018, the leaves on many oak trees began to turn brown. This was caused by another insect, the two-lined chestnut borer, which attacks and kills vulnerable oak trees stressed by previous defoliations. This loss of oak trees is likely to continue into 2019.
The Good News
Despite the loss of so many trees, our forests are still healthy. A forest is more than just trees. It includes the animals, other plants, soils, landscape, and the many processes that stitch these individual items together. One way to assess the health of a forest is to observe how it recovers from disturbance. New trees and shrubs will grow in the openings created by dead and downed trees. Standing dead trees, known as snags, provide roosting sites for hawks and habitat for cavity-using birds (woodpeckers, wood ducks, some owls, and more), amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, such as squirrels. Insects and fungi thrive on downed wood, also aiding in their decomposition back to the soil. Brush piles created by downed trees and branches provide cover and homes for a variety of wildlife, including chipmunks, rabbits and snakes.
Keeping the Forests Open
DEEP is taking steps to address damaged, diseased, and dead trees, particularly in high-use areas. You may see trees marked with a dot of orange paint in picnic areas, around parking lots, and along major trails. These trees are slated for removal – please stay away from them.
You are encouraged to visit our parks, forests, and wildlife management areas, but it is important to keep in mind there is always a certain element of risk in using natural areas. Taking precautions is prudent while you enjoy the wonderful natural resources that our state has to offer.
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Global warming could have unprecedented consequences for one of the most unknown regions of the planet – the seabed of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
A rise of just 1°C could almost double the growth of life on the seabed. A rise of 2°C could change the pattern of seafloor diversity in unpredictable ways, to trigger a set of species shifts further up the ocean food chain.
Researchers report in Current Biology that in their “most realistic ocean warming experiment to date” they chose to warm an area of seabed not far from the Rothera Research Station of the British Antarctic Survey.
They placed heated panels to raise the temperature above the ambient level of a thin layer of water by 1°C or 2°C. These are the temperatures expected within the next 50 and 100 years, under global warming scenarios.
With a 1°C warming, a single pioneer species of filter-feeding invertebrate, known as a bryozoan, took off: within two months, this species, Fenestrulina rugula,dominated the community and reduced the variety of competing species.
I have spent most of my career working in temperate climates where communities experience much greater temperature fluctuations, and wasn’t expecting such a response to just 1°C of change.
Gail Ashton, marine benthic ecologist, British Antarctic Survey
A marine worm called Romanchella perrieri also got the message and grew: this time in individual size, to become 70 per cent larger than fellow worms still enjoying present temperatures.
“I wasn’t expecting a significant observable difference in communities warmed by just 1°C in the Antarctic,” says Gail Ashton, a marine benthic ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in California, who led the study.
“I have spent most of my career working in temperate climates where communities experience much greater temperature fluctuations, and wasn’t expecting such a response to just 1°C of change.”
The response to yet another degree warming was much more mixed. Species generally grew faster with warming through the Antarctic summer, but in the south polar autumn – when the temperature dropped and the supply of available food faltered – the responses were less predictable.
The message, however, is that even an apparently insignificant rise in ambient temperatures at the bottom of the sea at the bottom of the globe could have unpredictable consequences for whole ecosystems.
“This is a deceptively simple and unambiguous experiment,” Dr Ashton says.
“By putting our test plates in the ocean and conducting the experiment there, we’ve changed almost nothing except the water temperature: not the food supply, not light levels, nor the surrounding ecosystem. We can see the impact of temperature change very clearly and it’s quite dramatic.”
The finding is also unexpected. Only days before, other British Antarctic Survey scientists had found that a study of zooplankton in the same ocean suggested that shifts in sea-surface temperatures made little difference.
They reported in Global Change Biology that they looked at the distribution of a copepod called Calanus propinquus, a species important in the food chain, both in recent years and in historic studies made between 1926 and 1938.
In the interval, sea-surface temperatures had risen by an average of 0.74°C. But the plankton stayed in place, to serve as lunch for the rest of the south polar community.
Professor Geraint Tarling, a zooplankton ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey, says: “We were expecting to find a major poleward migration of the zooplankton community, as has happened in the Arctic.
The fact that the community remained in the same place despite almost a degree of warming over the past six decades shows they are far more resilient than we first thought.”
This story was published with permission from Climate News Network.
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Society has strong views on the existence of norms values and mores that it strives to preserve. However in the preservation of this breadth there exists deviance in the society. In light of this comment it is the purpose of this write up to explain the occurrence of deviance in society using the strain theory. The writer will define the terms values, deviance and the strain theory and make illustrations how the theory explains the occurrence of deviance giving relevant examples in different societies.
Values from a sociological perspective refer to the views that are shared by society and of what is desirable, acceptable and draws a line between right and wrong. The values in society are clearly defined but are rather pronounced by society in different cultures. “The failure to achieve core goals that are not the result of conventional socialization and that are easily achieved through crime” can encourage delinquency (Agnew, 2001: 343). Such goals may include the desire for money, thrills/excitement, high levels of autonomy and masculine status.
If barriers to achieving these goals are related to ascribed status, such as race or religion, people may see their inability to achieve such goals as unjust. This may encourage the adoption of illegitimate means to achieve these goals, since legitimate means are perceived to be blocked. These values are broad in any society ranging from education, economic success, marriage, cattle, and feminity or masculinity. On the other hand, Merton (1968) defines deviance as the characteristics of behaviours of individuals which violate group norms – including cultural mores and moral standards of the society.
He further emphasizes that there has to be an inducement of a negative response from the group. Key to note is that deviant behaviour is defined by the group/ society because if the group does not give a negative reaction to behaviour then the behaviour is not considered deviant. Relatively, it is important to point out that deviance is contextualized in different societies in the context of age, gender, sex, culture and geographical location. For example in Zimbabwe mbanje smoking is considered deviant behaviour if one is not in Binga but is approved in Binga amongst the old folks in the communal areas.
Similarly, gay marriages are considered deviant in some states of America and acceptable in others. It is from the bases of this explanation of deviance that Robert Merton further discussed deviance. In defining deviance and formulating the strain theory Merton was driven by the functionalist perspective that it is a necessary function in society which is beneficial. The foundation of his theory lay in understanding the causes of deviant behaviour in America during the Great Depression hence his strong emphasis on economic success and the continuous reference to the values of the American society.
Anderson and Taylor (2009) explain that according to the strain theory deviance is caused by the tensions in the gap between cultural goals and the means people have available to achieve those goals. In essence the explanation lies in that society establishes values or goals which are to be achieved by the members of that society. However the social structure or the hierarchical making of the social structure has provisions for the means of the attainment of these values or fails to provide for the means of these goals.
It is from this undertaking that deviance manifests itself as stated by Merton. He further explains that in a well balanced society people will strive to use the accepted means to achieve the societal values because of the balance. However, deviance will stem if the values and the means to the attainment of these values are not in balance. In addition, Merton (1968. 189), points out that “the sole significant question becomes: which of the available procedures is most efficient in netting the culturally approved value? It is in the bid to answer the question that Merton then suggested that deviance is naturally the making of the society. He asserts that the pressure that has been placed on the individual by the society to gain economic success will force the individual to work within the structure of society which is in existence or instead become member of a deviant sub culture. Conley (2008), further points out that “despite the fact of possibility in upward social mobility there are strains in society that limit progress to economic success”.
It is therefore, the “limitations” that eventually breed deviance as classes do not have equal access to the resources that lead to upward “social mobility” for example the low class strive to aim for economic success but have limited opportunities to success because of blockages they are most likely to turn to deviance in order to gain economic success. Merton in his theory concurs that the approved route to success by society is determined by the acquisition of education and work. He therefore points out that the unequal access to institutionalized means to success people turn to illegal opportunity structures.
He further borrows from Durkheim explanation of “anomie’ who Conley (2008) explains as the “situation in which cultural norms breakdown because of rapid change”. This comes about as the institutions which are supposed to regulate success in society such as schools fail to regulate the behaviour of individual in their quest to achieve economic success either because of limitations or non availability. It is from the limitations that the values that have been imposed by the society are not compatible with the prevailing situation in terms of either economic reality present at the moment or access to education to the populace.
As such deviance becomes a normal response to the situation as society puts a huge emphasis on success yet the means to succeed in an approved manner are not clear. As people respond Merton classified people reactions into a typology of different options that individuals have when deviance from norms is an option. These will further explain how deviance is propelled by society emphasis on social values. Merton reactions to the failure of institution to provide economic success are based on individual choices.
One such are conformists who despite the failure of the institutions to make provisions for their economic success they continue on the route of the established cultural goal of society and values that they continue to go to school/ college regardless of the fact that the returns of economic success are limited. To exemplify this an example is the Zimbabwe scenario that despite the meltdown of the economy in 2007-8 it continued to produce graduates from various colleges despite the fact of the poor economy and non availability of guarantors of employment and the use of education as a gateway to economic success which society promoted.
Similarly, the ritualists, who adhere to the structured societal values of success but they are rigid and believe in the in the means of attaining those goals through the traditional means of hard work. Despite the amount of commitment that they put to the work the ritualists is persistent and committed to his work but cares less for the attainment of wealth despite the fact that he continues to climb the socio- economic ladder.
The ritualists is characterized by his/her commitment to work cares little for bonuses they behave more or less as loyal servants who get satisfaction in the completion of tasks and care less for the economic success driven by the society. An example of these may be given to Zimbabwean teachers who despite the success they continued to religiously go to work and teach and get satisfaction in the pass rate with little regard to economic success.
The most intriguing from these typologies are the innovators these are the pillar in the strain theory in relation to deviance. The innovators realize their position in society as hinging on the fact that the discourse of society that of economic success are important and should be driven as such they adhere to the principal values of the society. However, what they disregard are the convectional means of attaining the goals that are strengthened by society, Agwew (2001. 45) states that “innovators are people who break the rule and often the laws in order to achieve the success goals that are promoted by society”. A typical example in Zimbabwe is the existence of the new word “njikiriza”. The term explains the existence of a certain class that has come into existence in Zimbabwe the group strives for success by breaking the laws to the country. For example burning money, smuggling of goods the key driver of these players is the fact that that they realize the push factors of societal value that strengthens economic success.
However the delimitation of this factor is that the room to maneuver and succeed in a legitimate manner is full of bottlenecks limited to a few individuals therefore rather than sitting back and watching the groups finds alternative means which are in contrary to the laws of the society but a route to economic success. An example of an epitomized figure in America is the gang leader Al Capone and his enterprises in the 1930s and the deviance was embraced by the populace rather than the lawmakers which is a characteristic of innovators in society.
Other examples of innovators can be the common thieves, drug dealers, prostitutes and foreign currency dealers- “osiphatheleni”. The other reaction of concern in the typology is that of the retreatists this group rejects both the cultural goals and the accepted means of attaining these goals. These can be termed as the escapists the characteristic of these people is that they retreat to their cocoons and are void of any will to pursue any goals an example of this group is are the alcoholics and some homeless people. These defy the demands exerted by society; however they succumb due to failure to strive to achieve the goals.
They fail to replace the values totally and retreat to less demanding cultural forces and build that comfort zone in deviant activities such as drug and alcohol abuse. The rebels reject both the established cultural goals and accepted means of attaining those goals but substitute new goals and new means of attaining the goals. The extreme continuum of these rebels can be noted in groups such as the Ku Klux Klan in America who vented their failure to achieve pronounced societal values by going on the rampage and killing the minority black groups.
These people can be retaliatory and express harmful behaviour towards certain groups or authority. Recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa can be explained as a form deviance emanating from the rebels who have rejected the societal values and the goals of reaching them in society. However on the lighter scale of the continuum there exists certain group which altogether abandons the society for example Zimbabweans going to live abroad. It is from these bases and the explanation of the typologies that the production of deviance emanates from the strain theory.
Hirschi (1969), acknowledges that the tendency by individuals to experience strain may develop negative emotions including anger, when they see adversity as imposed by others, resentment when they perceive unjust treatment by others and depression or anxiety when they blame themselves for the stressful consequence. It from this point of view that whenever there has been stressful event and the blocking of individual interest to accomplish societal goals there is bound to be deviance as way of response to a particular situation.
The base of the production of deviance is drawn from the fact that the tendency of people to use illegitimate means to achieve social values will inevitably lead to deviance. However, it is important to note that that it is not in finality to draw conclusion to state that the strain theory breeds deviance as acknowledge by Kornhauser (1978 )who states that using the strain theory as only the cause of deviance may problematic in the sense that “ the structural sources of deviant behavior remains but a prelude.
It has not included a detailed treatment of the structural elements which predispose toward one rather than another of the alternative responses open to individuals living in an ill-balanced social structure. It has largely neglected but not denied the social psychological processes determining the specific incidence of these responses; it has only briefly considered the social functions performed by deviant behavior; … it has only touched upon rebellious behavior which seeks to refashion the social framework. Basically this asserts that there are other precipitators to deviance which stem from society regardless of the blockages found in society. Conclusively it be ascertained that the strain theory is a precursor to the production of deviance in society. The reason being that the society mechanisms are imbalanced and not in favour of the low class who are already suffering from other social vices and hence in frustration and failure to achieve the pronounced societal values lead to reactions that are deviant in nature.
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When should I be concerned about my child's communication development?
This depends on what you are noticing in the home. A young child (9 months) who is not responding to sounds, alerting to his/her name, showing comprehension of simple words, or pointing to call attention to interesting objects, may be showing early signs of a hearing loss or language disorder. Other general guidelines: • First Words by 12-15 months • Frequent Two-Word Combinations Heard by 21-24 months • Frequent Three-Word Combinations Heard by 36 months • Intelligible speech in conversation 90% of the time by age 4 years • Grammatically complete sentences most of the time by kindergarten age
What can I do at home to help my young child's speech-language development?
Generally speaking, understanding your child's current communication level (preverbal, single word communicator, phrase or sentence level communicator, etc.) is very important in terms of what to model at home. Try not to overuse questions to get your young child to talk, but rather model comments about events as they are unfolding. Try to avoid rapid and lengthy speaking turns, and encourage turn-taking. Praise your child's efforts to communicate using all possible means: gestures, pointing, gaze, and verbal attempts.
What role do parents play in their child's therapy?
Parents play a significant role in the whole process of speech and language therapy. Although the speech pathologist evaluates specific concerns, development, and delays, the parents ultimately know the most about their child. Speech therapy is not successful without the involvement of the parents to carry out programs recommended at home and throughout their daily lives.
Will raising my child in a bilingual environment cause a delay in language development?
No. The bilingual environment will not cause a delay in your child's language development. In fact, bilinguals acquire two phonological systems in the same amount of time that monolinguals acquire one (Fabiano-Smith and Goldstein, 2010a). Furthermore, the research suggests that bilingual phonological development falls within normal limits if compared to monolinguals of the same age when assessed during the school years (Fabiano-Smith and Goldstein, 2010a). During development, a child learning two languages needs to have strong inputs of each language, but the bilingual environment will not cause a delay.
If my child has a language disorder, should we only speak to the child in one language?
No. It is important that the child receives strong language cues in each language during development. Limiting the child's language input may hinder the child's development of either language. Continue to speak to your child in the home language, and allow the child to experience the language of the classroom at school. Due to your child's language disorder, your child may need additional services to acquire language. Nevertheless, continue to speak to your child in both languages and continue to provide your child with strong models in each language.
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What is Culture?
Culture includes the values, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors and customs held by an organization. Its traditions are seldom written and are often followed unconsciously. It starts by idealizing the founder’s successes, is perpetuated through stories, evolves slowly and resists change. Metaphor Mapping addresses the every day aspect of culture that has the greatest effect on organization performance: the attitudes and behaviors of groups, their role in achieving the groups goals and their impact on other groups within the organization.
Culture Change with Metaphor Mapping
Culture is seldom changed through demands and logic. “Burning platforms” can make the need for change obvious but don’t provide a new culture. This is best addressed through symbolic images and the emotion they can generate. Metaphor Mapping’s visual symbolism can be a great aid in changing culture because it provides an emotional vocabulary well suited to the task. Metaphors and symbols can build powerful stories that are understood immediately and unforgettable. When new cultural characteristics are defined by the group themselves, in a highly participative manner, such as a workshop– the ownership will be high and the chances of the new culture “sticking” are high.
A quick example
Suppose somebody told you your group seems to be always jumping around. Your group needs a stronger sense of purpose and invest effort in getting others to do what you need them to do. It might be a pretty tough conversation. Suppose their message were augmented with before and after symbols, like below? Would that make it easier to get your head around what they’re looking for, and keep it in mind?
” Let’s stop acting like grasshoppers– no plan but lots of action…
Let’s start taking care of our assets and act responsibly– like sheepdogs!”
Some tools and an example
Village Mapping contains symbols for values, guidelines, dominant ideas, past successes and failures that lie under an organization’s culture. The Zoo is a visual metaphor language for addressing the attitudes and mindsets of groups.
Note: Metaphor Mapping comes with some built-in cultural assumptions
While Mapping gives you a free-form tool to define your cultural objectives, its use implies you have value for:
- Inclusion— since you are seeking guidance from the group in your workshop
- Grounded analysis – since you solicit the perspectives of all participants in Village maps, and agree on weaknesses
- Alignment – Since the future vision is the product of ideas generated and refined by the entire group
- Realism – Since River maps include all possible outcomes– Your objective, unintended ones and recognition of obstacles and the help needed to succeed
- Attitudes and mindsets have consequences and are controllable – Since you address them with the Zoo
- Accountability – Since Facecards makes roles and responsibilities unequivocal
- Consensus and commitment – since maps are consolidated with agreement of all
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The following error occurs when opening the Alarms dashboard:
"error creating view system:core_alarms_alarmnotes.4, please check the application logs"
In the log files the following error can be found:
"2010-08-24 11:13:24.923 ERROR [main] com.quest.wcf.core.module.ModuleManager - Error loading module: system:core_alarms_alarmnotes
com.quest.wcf.core.module.ModuleOperationException: Error loading module definition: system:core_alarms_alarmnotes; attempted conversion made no changes"
First step is to disable and re-enable the Core-Dashboards cartridge:
1. Go to Administration | Cartridges | Cartridge Inventory
2. In the drop down field "Core Type" select "Core Cartridges"
3. Search for Core-Dashboards and select it
4. Now click on the button "Disable Selected" to disable it and afterwards "Enable Selected" to enable it.
If this won't solve the issue make sure that the module "core_alarms_alarmnotes" exist in the installation:
1. Open the dashboard "Configuration | Definitions"
2. Click "Alarms -> Notes"
3. In the drop down list select "Views"
4. Find the view "Alarm Notes Table". Click upon it.
5. In the right window now scroll down to the end and check if the internal name is "system:core_alarms_alarmnotes.4"
If you do not find the view or the module, please contact Quest Support and provide the following details:
- Foglight Management Server (FMS) version
- Operating system version of the FMS
- FMS support bundle
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The climatic phenomenon is predicted to reduce crop yields and nutritional value, as well as widen the ranges of disease-spreading insects. However, the effects of heat waves on immunity to influenza had not been studied before.
As part of the study, researchers investigated how high temperatures affect mice infected with influenza virus. The study was conducted by University of Tokyo. “Flu is a winter-season disease. I think this is why no one else has studied how high temperatures affect flu,” said Takeshi Ichinohe, lead researcher of the study.
The influenza virus survives better in dry, cold air, so it usually infects more people in winter. However, Ichinohe is interested in how the body responds after infection. The researchers housed healthy, young adult female mice at either refrigerator-cold temperature (4 degrees Celsius or 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit), room temperature (22 C or 71.6 F), or heat wave temperature (36 C or 96.8 F).
When infected with flu, the immune systems of mice in hot rooms did not respond effectively. Most affected by the high heat condition was a critical step between the immune system recognising influenza virus and mounting a specific, adaptive response.
Otherwise, heat-exposed mice had no other significant changes to their immune system, they had normal reactions to flu vaccines injected under the skin. Moreover, bacteria living in the gut, which are increasingly becoming regarded as important for health, remained normal in the mice living in hot rooms.
Mice living in heat wave temperatures could mount a normal immune response if researchers provided supplemental nutrition before and after infection. Researchers gave mice either glucose (sugar) or short-chain fatty acids, chemicals naturally produced by intestinal bacteria.
“People often lose their appetite when they feel sick. If someone stops eating long enough to develop a nutritional deficit, that may weaken the immune system and increase the likelihood of getting sick again,” said Ichinohe.
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Surgical tumor removal, particularly within the breasts, suffers from imprecision related to identifying the margins of where the tumor is. That’s because tumors are often indistinguishable from healthy tissue until they’re visualized and analyzed by pathologists using laboratory microscopes. The time it takes to confirm that sampled tissue is clear of cancerous cells takes longer than a person can stay open and under anesthesia, so the final word usually comes in only after the patient has been stitched up and so too often leads to revision surgeries.
Researchers at the University of Washington have now developed a microscopy system that may provide imaging of tumor margins within about a half hour, short enough to be used intraoperatively and hopefully resulting in clean, complete excisions that don’t lead to additional procedures.
The new device is a light-sheet microscope that images tissue without damaging it. This allows the tissue to be sent for further analysis, such as to review its molecular and genetic content, that can confirm the findings established via microscopy.
Light-sheet microscopy illuminates the tissue in slices, each slice being imaged individually. The data can be stitched together to produce volumetric images that can be navigated similar to how radiologists look at CT scans. Seeing the 3D structure of the tissue examined helps to establish its nature as being cancerous or not.
Because the slicing is done with light rather than actually physically creating slices and positioning them on glass slides, the process is quick and not too tedious.
There’s still a good deal of effort that can be applied to improving this technique to produce better, faster images. Lots of this will involve composing better algorithms that combine the imaging data into a comprehensive whole.
Here’s a University of Washington video touting the new technology:
Study in Nature Biomedical Engineering: Light-sheet microscopy for slide-free non-destructive pathology of large clinical specimens…
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HSV / HSB
Value / Brightness
Similar Colors Names
Color Harmonies (Scheme)
The complementary color of #460024 is #004622. When combined, they cancel each other out: this means that they produce a grayscale color. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast.
A triadic color scheme use three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. Triadic color harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues. To use a triadic harmony successfully, the colors should be carefully balanced - let one color dominate (#460024) and use the two others for accent (#244600, #002446).
The square color scheme has four colors spaced evenly around the color circle. This creates a balance between warm (#460024, #464500) and cool (#004622, #000146) colors in your design. The square color scheme works best if you let one color be dominant.
Adjacent / Analogous / Analogic
Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They usually match well and create serene and comfortable designs. The nearest colors, with enough contrast, of #460024 are #460001 and #450046. Choose one color to dominate and a second to support. The third color is used (along with black, white or gray) as an accent.
The split-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color #460024, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement: #014600 and #004645. This color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension. The split-complimentary color scheme is often a good choice for beginners, because it is difficult to mess up.
The rectangle or tetradic color scheme uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs: #460024 and his complementary #004622 with #462200 #002446 or #244600 #220046. This rich color scheme offers plenty of possibilities for variation. The tetradic color scheme works best if you let one color be dominant. You should also pay attention to the balance between warm and cool colors in your design.
Tints, Shades, and Tones
Adding white to the color: same hue and saturation of #460024, but brighter.
Adding black to the color: same hue and saturation of #460024, but darker.
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Workstation cranes are very useful in improving productivity, increasing quality and provide a safer work environment. A lot of people use these cranes to effectively solve the problem of handling their material and improving the performance of their business. Work station cranes can help workers to be more productive than the traditional cranes. A study conducted shows that workstation cranes increase productivity up to 28 percent compared to the traditional cranes. This increase in productivity is possible because the crane requires less effort to move than the traditional cranes. In most cases, especially a high cycle time applications, customers can cost justify the crane system with the increase in productivity.
Experience Ease of Movement with a Workstation Crane
Work station cranes are known for their ease of movement. They can move a load three times faster than the traditional crane. This ease of movement could be as a result of the enclosed track design, high strength to weight ratio and rigid runways with anti-binding end trucks. Work station crane can increase the quality of the products while reducing the cost of damaged or rejected products. Loads are much more easy to move and position, which will help minimize most of the damage that could happen to the product during the process of manufacturing it.
This overhead crane system can help you reach the typical ergonomic goal in material handling: Allowing a task to be performed by 90 percent of your workers. Workstation crane permits easy expansion or relocation. The runway length can be increased by adding runway sections, free standing support assemblies and additional bridges as needed. Work Station cranes are known to create better work force utilization. Since physical strength doesn’t become an issue with a workstation crane which can better utilize your work force. This is very true considering the fact that today’s work force is aging and it’s becoming increasingly technology based.
Workstation Crane Details
This type of crane has an enclosed track, easy movement and long life. This crane has rigid runways and a superior load positioning. Installation of a workstation floor crane is easy and can be installed on any standard 6″ concrete floor. These require no support structures so work areas are kept clear of obstruction especially when using the ceiling mounted models. It can take capacities of up to 4000 lbs. with multiple track profiles and spanning capabilities. It comes with cold rolled steel with high strength, low weight per foot ratio for smooth rolling surface for reduced rolling resistance. Workstation cranes are versatile, and can perform a wide variety of material handling functions which could produce a rapid return on investment through increased productivity.
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Unleashing the Benefits: How Owning a Dog Improves Your Health and Well-being
There’s a reason why dogs have often been called man’s best friend. These loyal and loving canine companions not only provide us with companionship but have a remarkable impact on our health and well-being. From lowering stress levels to encouraging physical fitness, the benefits of owning a dog are truly remarkable.
One of the most significant advantages of owning a dog is the positive impact on mental health. Numerous studies have shown that spending time with a dog can help alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety. The simple act of petting a dog releases oxytocin, also known as the “feel-good hormone,” which helps reduce stress and improve mood. Dogs are excellent listeners and are always there to lend an ear when we need it the most, providing a sense of comfort and emotional support.
Moreover, dogs promote social interaction and combat feelings of loneliness. Taking a dog for a walk often serves as a great conversation starter, allowing owners to connect with other dog lovers in the community. Whether it’s at the local park or during obedience training classes, owning a dog provides opportunities for friendship and socialization, which are crucial for our overall mental well-being.
In addition to mental health benefits, owning a dog has a positive impact on physical health. Dogs require regular exercise, encouraging owners to get moving and stay active. Daily walks, runs, or playing catch in the backyard not only benefit the dog’s physical fitness but also improve cardiovascular health for their owners. Studies have shown that dog owners tend to be more physically active and have lower blood pressure compared to non-dog owners.
Furthermore, having a dog can also help in maintaining a healthy weight. With their boundless energy and constant need for exercise, dogs provide the perfect motivation to stay active. Whether it’s a game of fetch or a hike in the park, incorporating regular physical activity into your routine becomes a fun and enjoyable experience when you have a four-legged companion by your side.
The benefits of owning a dog extend beyond mental and physical health, as they can also impact our overall well-being. Dogs teach us essential life skills such as responsibility, patience, and compassion. Caring for a dog requires a routine and structure, which helps create a sense of purpose and stability in our lives. The nurturing relationship with a pet can also increase feelings of self-worth and improve overall life satisfaction.
In conclusion, owning a dog can have a profound impact on our health and well-being. From increased physical activity to improved mental health, these loyal companions provide us with love, companionship, and numerous physiological benefits. The joy and unconditional love that dogs bring into our lives are truly immeasurable. So, if you’re considering getting a pet, remember that a dog isn’t just a furry friend – they can be a key to a healthier and happier life.
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By Andy Powell
Published Tuesday, December 18, 2012
| From the February 2013 Issue of FireRescue
Daily training has become a way of life for firefighters. Taking out our equipment and getting our hands dirty is what we signed up for. But as most firefighters know, training also includes sitting in a classroom. Classroom training often involves the teacher going through a PowerPoint presentation while their firefighter students try to stay awake and act like they’re paying attention. Then there’s that one person who’s more energetic than the rest and tries to answer every question. Often, only a few students will comprehend the information and remain engaged throughout the lecture.
My department has tried to come up with a different approach to classroom training to ensure everyone stays awake and participates. In other words, we’ve attempted to make the classroom more interactive and so far, our efforts have increased participation and retention. How did we do it? By using a new tool on the market: the CPS Pulse Student Response System from eInstruction, or “clickers” as we call them.
There are a variety of clicker-type systems on the market, and each has its pros and cons. The CPS Pulse is a sleek, user-friendly and rugged device that looks and operates like a remote control. The design is small enough to fit into your hand comfortably, but rugged enough to withstand abuse, and it’s easy to operate. If you’ve ever used a remote control or sent a text message, then you know how to use a clicker.
At the top of the clicker device is an LCD screen that displays not only the questions entered into the system by the teacher, but also the student’s answers to each question (the teacher has the option of displaying all the students’ answers or keeping them hidden. Each clicker also comes with a number, which helps the teacher select students at random to discuss the questions given and keeps the class more engaged.
The Pulse clicker is not only easy for the firefighters to use right away, but the instructor can also get the system up and operating in just a few minutes. The system comes with a radio frequency (RF) adapter that plugs into the USB port of any computer. The RF adapter is what communicates the answers from the clickers to the computer used by the teacher to instruct the class. The clickers use an RF signal so that a line-of-sight from the clicker to the RF adapter isn’t necessary; in other words, no one needs to try to point their clicker at the computer.
The computer that’s running the RF adapter has to have the CPS Student Response Program installed. Installing the program is quick and easy, and if you decide to use the instructions, they are very detailed. Once installed, the program provides the communication necessary between the clickers and the computer, as well as the platform needed for developing and asking questions. The questions can be developed prior to the start of class or can be asked during the lecture.
We’ve found many advantages to using the Pulse clickers in a classroom setting. First, every student becomes engaged in the lecture. The clicker gets the “quiet kid” talking. Long gone are the days of one student talking while the others try to stay awake. As mentioned earlier, one of the great features of this system are the numbers assigned to each clicker. When the teacher wants someone to answer a question, the system randomly picks a clicker number. The teacher can then call out that number, and the person with that number must participate in the discussion. And when students know that there’s a chance they might be called on in class, they tend to pay attention and become more engaged in the lecture
Another advantage: The instructor can use the answers to adjust their lecture content. For example, let’s say the instructor is giving a class on air management. During the class, the instructor asks a question about the department’s policy on when to exit a building. The students enter their answers into the Pulse system, and instructor immediately notices that most of the students answered incorrectly. As a result, the instructor can tailor their discussion to review the policy and make sure that all students understand it. This crucial feedback allows the teacher to provide quality training that the students will appreciate.
The clickers are also extremely versatile; they can be used in a large array of settings, not just lectures. For example, they can be used for test-taking, such as EMT tests promotional exams, state tests, etc. Using the clickers in this way provides the students with instant feedback. In a classroom setting, the instant feedback is provided through the instructor simply clicking a box. Once the box is checked, the whole class can see how the questions were answered. The instructor can click another box to provide the responses in a chart format. In a testing situation, instant feedback is only provided at the conclusion of the test, if the instructor decides to show the students. Each student can receive a printout of their answers and scores. There are many options available with the instructor controlling the options.
The teachers also benefits when using Pulse clickers during tests: In every multiple-choice test, there seems to be one question that could have two correct answers. To avoid this problem, the teacher can use the clicker to change the question and automatically adjust the test at its conclusion. We have found that it’s better to never throw out an answer; rather, it's best to make all answers for a particular question correct. This keeps the scoring simple and saves the instructor countless hours.
Last summer, my department used the Pulse clickers for our recruit academy; every recruit was assigned a clicker. The recruits used the devices for recording their attendance, responding to questions during lectures and taking tests. Using the clickers in these ways provided the academy with instant electronic records; it also reduced the need for office supplies, and most importantly, it saved time for the instructors.
If your fire department is like mine, you have hundreds of PowerPoint classes that are already developed and can easily be adjusted to include CPS Pulse Student Response System technology. If you’re developing a new class, instructors can tailor the class around the clickers, but if you don’t have the time to build a class, there are ready-made materials available that can be used with the CPS Pulse system.
Tip: When looking at these materials, look for something called Exam view. Exam view incorporates into the CPS Pulse Student Response System and helps decrease the time it takes to develop a class. We have discovered that for an additional cost, most publishers already participate in Exam view. You can purchase directly from the publisher or there are numerous book suppliers that can provide Exam view. Exam view is not required to be able to run the CPS system, but if you find yourself pressed for time or suffering from writer's block, Exam view is an excellent tool.
The CPS Pulse from eInstruction is extremely easy to use and understand, it fits comfortably in your hand and most importantly, it keeps students engaged and helps fuel their overall interest in the class.
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1. In which country does this novel take place?
2. What is the main character's name?
3. In which month of the year does the novel begin?
4. Why is the main character happy at the beginning of the first letter?
(a) He has left his familiar surroundings and people.
(b) He has received a job offer that will elevate his social position.
(c) He has proposed to a beautiful young woman, and she said yes.
(d) He has just completed his studies at the university.
5. What is the name of the first woman mentioned by the main character?
6. How does the main character classify the recent events that sent him away?
(a) As a "series of tragic misunderstandings."
(b) As a "misfortune doled out by Fate."
(c) As a "senseless and foolish adventure."
(d) As a "bewildering journey of discovery."
This section contains 5,463 words
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Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: January 2008
Duration: 9 hours 23 minutes
The novel is called WINGED CREATURES, and tells the story of the aftermath of a random fast food restaurant shooting, as the stunned survivors attempt to deal with their shock in very different ways. The prose is raw and intimate, leaving a visceral impression.
"[A] stark, impressive debut....While emotionally charged, the narrative isn't weighed down with sentiment as the characters search for, but don't necessarily find, closure."-Publishers Weekly
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About Color Contrast Checker Tool
This tool checks the color contrast between the foreground and background of the elements that are on the page according to the WCAG2. Color is a key component of web design and how it is used affects how accessible a website or app is. So, Color contrast is a very important component of creating a more accessible web for all users. To make your text easy to read, the contrast between the text and the background should be high.
Use this color contrast checker to determine whether your color combinations are accessible or not, and to see if your chosen color combo has the standard contrast ratios.
What is color accessibility?
There is a fundamental design principle in the Web that makes it accessible to everyone, regardless of hardware, software, language, location, or disability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability. Nonetheless, if websites, applications, technologies, or tool designs are poorly built, they couldn’t be used even by unimpaired persons or search engine crawlers.
Users must be able to perceive the information of different colors on a web page because color has such a significant role in both being visually pleasant and transmitting messages. Color accessibility is significant because it aids users with visual impairments such as poor vision or color blindness in correctly distinguishing content elements and reading/viewing them. Contrast Checker tool tests the contrast ratio of background and text colors for accessibility. Color is an important part of web design since it is used to convey personality, draw attention, symbolize action, and denote importance.
Color and Disabilities
Color blindness is a must to consider while choosing colors. Color blindness affects about 8% of the population, and picking the wrong colors can render your page unreadable for them. Red and green, for example, are two colors that are less appealing than others. For this reason, blue and yellow are typically used, and high contrast between text and backdrop should be maintained. Also, don't rely just on color as a visual signal in your design.
Colors and Texts
Contrast is extremely vital for text. The use of incorrect colors can significantly reduce readability and quickly fatigue the eyes of the reader. The most readable typography is black text on a white backdrop. Blue and white, as well as black and yellow, are two other combinations that are frequently easy to read. As an example, any people find it especially difficult to read green text on the red and red text on the green. Or a vibrating sensation is created by the combination of red and blue, which can make reading difficult.
What Is Color Contrast?
Simply put,contrast is the difference between two colors. The farther apart they are from each other, the higher the contrast. Therefore, complementary combinations will have the strongest contrast, while analogous combinations will have the weakest.
Contrasting colors, also known as complementary colors, are colors from opposite segments of the color wheel. Colors that are directly across one another on the primary color wheel provide maximum contrast.
Colors can contrast in hue, value, and saturation,but various types of contrasts have been determined by color theorists over the years. Here are some of the most important:
Contrast of Hue
Contrast of Tint and Shade
Contrast of Saturation
Combination of Contrasts
The color wheel combinations discussed above are most closely related to hue contrast. The greater the contrast between two colors, the wider apart they are. As a result, complementary colors have the most contrast, whereas analogous colors have the least.When it comes to typography, a color contrast alone is rarely enough to make the text as legible as desired. If that's the case, you might wish to combine hue contrast with another type of contrast.
The contrast between warm and cold colors is a specific example of hue contrast. Cold colors appear to be further away, whereas warmer colors appear to be closer, due to the way the human eye works. This suggests that using a warm color for a symbol is a good option.
When it comes to establishing enormous differences, value contrast is quite efficient. The most extreme contrast, black and white, can be described as a value contrast. Large differences in lightness are generally pleasing to the eyes, while low value contrasts can be effective for more subtle variances, such as in the background.
For design elements that do not require a lot of focus, saturation contrast is frequently preferable.Transparency can be defined as a collection of colors with varying saturation on a grey background. This is a technique that can be utilized to create an intriguing effect.
While any of the contrasts listed above can be used effectively on its own, it is more typical to use a combination of them, especially for text. This creates a vivid mix that can be eye-wearying. You can make a combination that is much more attractive to the eye and readable by adjusting the value and saturation.
Working against the colors' inherent values can have negative consequences. Yellow, for example, is naturally lighter than its complementary color, blue. It would be weird to have a yellow-blue combo.
What Is Color Contrast Ratio?
Color contrast ratio refers to the difference between the light levels in the foreground and the background, a measure of contrast in web accessibility. Due to the fact that colors are generated using unique codes on the Internet, we are able to accurately compare and analyze those codes off each other, resulting in a ratio.
Why Contrast Matters?
Sometimes after spending a long time in the sun or being fatigued from using a computer or mobile, your eyes yearn for a contrasted screen or inversion of color. Color blind people can often become sensitive to certain colors or shades of light and even experience physical pain when the color of the text and the background of the page they are looking at, have no contrast.
The contrast between white and black is the highest and safest level of contrast between the two colors. But sometimes, depending on the situation, you may not want to use these two colors and may need two other colors that have the best contrast for the comfort of the eyes.
What Does Color Contrast Mean For Web Accessibility?
The use of complementary colors on the Web is about finding shades that provide enough contrast between the content and the background for people with low vision impairments or color deficiencies. The colors should not only be limited to contrasting colors but instead, there should be a level of contrast in body text, logos, and essential diagrams or other pieces of content.
What is WCAG?
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in collaboration with people and organizations from around the world, with the goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally.
WCAG describes how web content can be made more accessible for people with disabilities. Web “content” generally refers to the information in a web page or web application, including:
Natural information such as text, images, and sounds.
Code or markup that defines the structure, presentation, etc.
The Best Level of Color Contrast Ratio
In WCAG2.0, the Color Contrast Standard describes the set up of requirements for AA & AAA conformance levels. The minimum contrast ratio for normal-sized text is 4.5:1 in compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
The contrast between two colors is measured by a grading system known as 'levels of conformance' . The strongest possible grade is AAA, and this is achieved with a contrast ratio of 7:1.W3C state s that although it is not always possible to achieve the highest level of conformance across an entire website, the goal should be to achieve the highest level of conformance in critical areas throughout a site, including headlines and body text.
- Section 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum): Level AA
- For body, subtext, or general copy, the goal is a contrast ratio of approximately 4.5:1 For headers or larger text (Font size 18pt or 14pt bold), the goal is a contrast ratio of approximately 3:1
- Section 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced): Level AAA
- Recommended for an expected audience that has aged or low vision.For body text, the contrast ratio can be enhanced from 4.5:1 to 7:1
WCAG Color Requirement For Image
Images must pass the WCAGcontrast requirements. Images that contain text must ensure that the contrast between the image background and the text is sufficient, especially if the images are of low quality and if the image needs to be enlarged in any way. Images of text must have a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1.
For images that do not contain text, but still convey meaning, the image components must still have sufficient contrast to ensure that the overall image is perceivable. WCAG2.1 level AA specifies that graphical objects and author-customized interface components such as icons, charts, and graphs, buttons, form controls, and focus indicators and outlines, have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1.
Color Contrast Checker is a tool that tests the contrast ratio of your background and text for accessibility. It will also indicate if the colors pass the newer WCAG2.0 contrast ratio formula. You can use color contrast checker to determine whether or not your color combinations are accessible or not.
Dopely’s Color Contrast Checker helps you determine the accessibility of your text size, color contrast, and spot checks your visual elements.
We evaluate your color combination based on WCAG guidelines for contrast accessibility.
If your combination does not meet the guidelines, we find the closest combination that meets the guidelines by modifying the color lightness. To keep the color as consistent as possible, we only modify the lightness value.
To get started with this tool, you can click on the camera icon and select the photo you want.
- There are two options for doing this:
- Select “Image to color” and then select or drop the image
- Enter the URL
Or you can manually enter your desired color code (hex) in the “Background Color” and “Text Color” fields. Sometimes, it is more convenient to enter color values by hand.
In the next step, you can adjust the contrast of your text using the roller in Hue, Saturation, and Lightness parts.
After each adjustment, check the Contrast Ratio for Large text and Normal text.
If a blue check is placed next to each component, the Contrast Ratio of your text is OK.
If a red X is placed next to each component, the Contrast Ratio of your text is not OK.
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I am working through an excellent book, Massimo Livi-Bacci's A Concise History of World Population. The long history of human populations were governed by natural limits that kept growth slow and exercised formidable checks on rapid deviations from the norm. Since the Industrial Revolution, though, the rules have changed dramatically. The world population is significantly larger than any premodern civilizations could have contemplated. The rate of growth today is enormously faster than any previous era.
One of the measures that Livi-Bacci uses to make this change apparent is this proportion:
There are about 6 billion people alive today. There have been about 82 billion people ever born in the world. That means that 7% of all the people who have ever lived are alive today. However, since people today live much longer than people in the past did, people born since 1950 (most of the people alive today) will live about one fifth of all the years that people have ever lived.
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I believe, O Lord, but may I believe more firmly;
I hope, but may I hope more securely;
I love, but may I love more ardently;
I sorrow, but may I sorrow more deeply.
I adore you as my first beginning;
I long for you as my last end;
I praise you as my constant benefactor;
I invoke you as my gracious protector.
By your wisdom direct me,
by your righteousness restrain me,
by your indulgence console me,
by your power protect me.
I offer you, Lord, my thoughts to be directed to you,
my words, to be about you,
my deeds, to respect your will,
my trials, to be endured for you.
I will whatever you will,
I will it because you will it,
I will it in the way you will it,
I will it for as long as you will it.
Lord, enlighten my understanding, I pray:
arouse my will,
cleanse my heart,
sanctify my soul.
May I weep for past sins,
repel future temptations,
correct evil inclinations,
nurture appropriate virtues.
Give me, good God,
love for you, hatred for myself,
zeal for my neighbour,
contempt for the world.
May I strive to obey superiors,
to help those dependent on me,
to have care for my friends,
forgiveness for my enemies.
May I conquer sensuality by austerity,
avarice by generosity,
anger by gentleness,
lukewarmness by fervor.
Render me prudent in planning,
steadfast in dangers,
patient in adversity,
humble in prosperity.
Make me, O Lord, attentive at prayer,
moderate at meals,
diligent in work,
steadfast in intent.
May I be careful to maintain interior innocence,
a regular life.
May I be always watchful in subduing nature,
in nourishing grace,
in observing your law,
in winning salvation.
May I learn from you
how precarious are earthly things,
how great divine things,
how fleeting is time,
how lasting things eternal.
Grant that I may prepare for death,
Through Christ our Lord.
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Understanding the mechanism of TMR starts with understanding the laser tissue interaction. While numerous devices (24,25), including ultrasound (26), cryoablation (27), radio frequency (28,29), heated needles (30,31), as well as the aforementioned hollow and solid needles have been used; none have engendered the same response that is seen with a laser. Additionally, numerous wavelengths of laser light have also been employed (32,36). Only CO2 and Ho:YAG are used clinically for TMR. The result of any laser tissue interaction is dependent on both laser and tissue variables (35-37). CO2has a wavelength of 10,600 nm, whereas Ho:YAG has a wavelength of 2120 nm. These infrared wavelengths are primarily absorbed in water and therefore rely on thermal energy to ablate tissue. One significant difference, however, is that the Ho:YAG laser is pulsed and the arrival of two successive pulses must be separated by time to allow for thermal dissipation, otherwise the accumulated heat will cause the tissue to explode under pressure. Such explosions create acoustic waves, which travel along the planes of lower resistance between muscle fibers and cause structural trauma as well as thermocoagulation (38). The standard operating parameters for the Ho:YAG laser are pulse energies of 1-2 Js and 6-8 W/pulse. The energy is delivered at a rate of 5 pulses/s through a flexible 1-mm optical fiber. It takes approx 20 pulses to create a transmural channel. Despite the low energy level and short pulse duration, very high levels of peak power are delivered to the tissue so that with each pulse there is an explosion (Fig. 4). Additionally, the fiber is advanced manually through the myocardium, and it is therefore impossible to know whether the channel is being created by the kinetic energy delivered via the mechanical effects of the fiber or whether there has been enough time for thermal dissipation prior to the next pulse.
In contrast, the CO2was used at an energy level of 20-30 J/pulse with a pulse duration of 25-40 ms. At this level the laser photons do not cause explosive ablation and the extent of structural damage is limited. Additionally, a transmural channel can be created with a single pulse (Fig. 4). Confirmation of this transmurality is obtained by observing the vaporization of blood within the ventricle using TEE.
Finally, the CO2 laser is synchronized to fire on the r wave, and with its short pulse duration arrhythmic complications are minimized. The Ho:YAG device is unsynchronized and, because of the motion of the fiber through the myocardium over several cardiac cycles, is more prone to ventricular arrhythmias.
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I had the pleasure of catching up with Terence Wallen (who’s also from Birmingham) and we chatted about so many different things; from how he started, to setting up various charities and seeing the wider scope in funding and helping others, to what his life is like in business today.
“THE JOURNEY IS WHAT MAKES IT SO MAGICAL.”
MORE SPECIFICALLY, ON THIS EPISODE OF BUSINESS MARKETING FINANCE PODCAST WITH TERENCE WALLEN, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How your goals change over time and why your goals when you first start will be very different than your goals down the road.
- Why sowing seeds in others, can come right back around
- Does a mentor need a mentor? The importance of having someone in your corner
- The benefits of having your hand in many pies
- How giving back is key
- Why you should finally put your foot down and screw the nine to five.
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Tips to Help You Learn Spanish Easily
Spanish is a language that most people enjoy studying. There are experts who are hired to help in learning Spanish. People have to put some considerations in mind so that they can smoothly learn Spanish. These tips are listed below.
People have a lot of benefits as they read the Spanish content loudly. Great proficiency in reading Spanish is embarrassed at all times. People get the chance to know the areas that they are making mistakes whenever they read aloud. There is ease is reading words as one is reading loudly. One can identify the pronunciations that they are having wrong. The beginners have to embrace reading aloud so that they can get this kind of benefit.
Source for a Helper
Getting help is essential is making one learn Spanish. There is no challenge in reading Spanish whenever there is a partner. People have to be ready to get the native speaker so that they can guide you whenever you make the mistakes. The partner will also help you to gain fluency in speaking thus making the process very simple.
Learning a foreign language requires times. One has to take the whole process slowly so that they can be the best in the long run. Be keen whit specifics about the Spanish language during the learning process. One does not wale up knowing Spanish. One has to do regular training so that they can perfect their skills. Tolerance has to be on the forefront so that one can ensure that they get the best skills.
Put Stickers On Your Area
There have to be stickers of Spanish have to be put on your environment. There is need to ensure that that one does not break the uniformity of learning Spanish. There should be marks put on the things that people use on a day to day basis. This is a tactic that people are not going to have a forgetful nature of the Spanish words.
There should be enough flashcards that should be created so that one can carry them around. These cards should contain both English and Spanish content. Flashcards do not limit one in reading Spanish at any time that they want. There is merit in reading small contents of Spanish every time. There is no single time that is not for reading Spanish. There is the simplicity of learning Spanish whenever people are using this method.
Being regular in learning is very important. This makes people have an easy way to repair. Learning bits by bit does ways with forgetting. People do have an easy time as they learn Spanish. Never getting tired of learning makes one even a better speaker of Spanish. Regularity of learning should be appreciated since it ensures that people get a smooth time as they learn Spanish.
The ideas are important in learning Spanish in a smooth way.
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Last week, the Capitol Hill area of Seattle city, USA was barricaded by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors, who demanded, among other things, abolition of police. The protests, started after brutal killing of one George Floyd by US Police in Minneapolis, have turned into full scale rioting in many parts of America. In Seattle, the protestors established a self-declared Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). As per reports, there are efforts to make such zones across America.
This aspect bears a striking similarity to the anti-CAA protests in Bharat early this year. Those were followed by establishment of illegally occupied public places across Bharat, most famously in Shaheen Bagh. Of course, the riots followed in many cities of north Bharat, specially Delhi in which dozens lost their life.
The similarity is not incidental. The anti-CAA protests were supported by leftists, specially Communists, at international level. They wrote letters of support and published misleading editorials in foreign publications in collaboration with Islamists and leftists of Bharat. Interestingly, leftist controlled Seattle city council had actually passed a politically motivated, poorly drafted and factually incorrect anti-CAA resolution. It is no wonder that the same person who introduced the anti-CAA resolution is also coordinating and supporting the CHAZ occupation.
Uncommon situations, but some common players in both protests
Before we explore the common aspects of these protests, we must be aware of three important distinctions between them:
1. African Americans in US have historically been in a very disadvantaged position. They were brought to the country as slaves and even after the Civil Rights movement of mid-20th century, continue to be discriminated against. They have never been politically powerful in the history of the country, nor have they ever dominated whites anywhere in the world. Compare that to Muslims in Bharat, many of whom formed the ruling class in Bharat for centuries. They enslaved, forcibly converted and massacred non-Muslims in millions.
2. Constitutionally, Muslims have a privileged position in Bharat even today. They have their own personal laws, specific rights as minorities such as the right to run their schools and religious institutions without undue government interference (these rights are not available to Hindus), and a sympathetic ecosystem of Islamist supporters all over the world. African Americans enjoy no such privileges.
3. African Americans in USA are protesting something real which affects them in their day to day lives. Muslims in Bharat were protesting a law which doesn’t affect them at all – CAA was introduced to provide expedited citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who have taken refuge in Bharat.
Therefore, while the protests by African Americans in USA are justifiable at one level, the protests by Muslims in Bharat are not justified by any logic. But there are some common aspects in the protests at Seattle and Shaheen Bagh. Discussing these will hopefully give us a better understanding of both and the players involved:-
1. Radicals in both protests want to challenge the sovereignty of their country and stop constitutionally appointed authorities from carrying out their jobs. The issues of police brutality and CAA were just pretexts for these elements, their real agenda is to spread anarchy and violence, and undermine democratically elected governments. It is amply clear from their evolving demands. The anti-CAA meetings had speeches about cutting off north-east from mainland Bharat, freedom of Kashmir, attacks on Parliament and Judiciary and resentment against Constitutional removal of Article 370, Supreme Court’s Ram Temple verdict etc. In US, the situation is still developing. However, we have already seen demands of abolishing police and criminal justice system, black doctors for black patients etc.
2. Some organisers of these protests are part of the same cabal that thinks ‘protest is a craft’. We have already seen the role of Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who self identifies as a socialist. The influence of communism can also be seen in the evolution of demands in USA. In Bharat, communists are the ones who support terrorists in Kashmir and the tribal heartland, oppose Ram Temple and want Bharat to be partitioned into dozens of countries.
3. The methods followed in both these situations are decidedly of communist variety. Historically, they have used the same methods in various revolutions. The use of a radicalised minority to further their agenda has been their old modus-operandi. For example, they tried to use it during Iranian revolution, although it backfired on them.
The perusal of the evidence above decidedly tells us that one common thread that binds both these events is the global left. As always, it promotes existing social differences and provides intellectual support to anti-state forces.
Dr. Ambedkar’s closing speech in the constituent Assembly on 25.12.1949 referred to the ‘grammar of anarchy’ that had no place in a constitutionalist-democratic state. In his words “We must abandon the bloody methods of revolution. It means that we must abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and satyagraha ……. when constitutional methods are open, there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us.”
There are calls for similar protests in Bharat again. Leftists in Bharat swear in his name but we should not expect them to heed the advice of Dr. Ambedkar. Therefore it is incumbent on the govt that this dangerous circus is not allowed in the country again.
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Physicists have for the first time accomplished what the second law of thermodynamics seems to forbid: transfer of heat from something cold to something hot. But don't expect to replicate the experiment at home. The weird result was witnessed last year onboard the Mir space station.
In a normal liquid, heat usually diffuses from hot regions to cold regions. If a liquid boils, heat can also move via bubbles of hot gas or liquid. These two processes generally overwhelm a third, little-known process, called the piston effect: When the liquid surrounding a bubble is heated, it expands, which compresses the bubble and warms the gas.
But there is no convection in the microgravity of the Mir space station. So a team of scientists set out to look for the piston effect. They warmed a copper-and-sapphire-walled cell filled with a drop of liquid sulfur hexafluoride and one bubble of sulfur hexafluoride. Within seconds of heating the container, the bubble temperature had risen 23% above that of the wall, the team reports in the 1 May Physical Review Letters. For this to happen, heat must have been transferred from the cooler walls to the hotter gas, they say--seemingly violating the second law.
How is this possible? The key is that the mixture of bubbles and liquid becomes acutely compressible, says John Hegseth, a physicist at the University of New Orleans in Louisiana who took part in the experiment. Heat from the walls raises the liquid pressure, instantaneously compressing and heating the gas in the bubbles. Because the fluid is so squishy, the piston effect heats the gas much faster than diffusion can carry energy back to the liquid, and the bubble temperature overshoots both that of the wall and the liquid.
Don't worry, the experiment didn't really break the second law of thermodynamics. Strictly speaking, the law applies not to changes in temperature but to changes in entropy--a related but different property. What's more, it applies only to systems in thermodynamic equilibrium. Inside the cell on board Mir, conditions were changing so fast that they left equilibrium behind. Only temporarily, however: After about 2 minutes, the second law reasserted itself, and the bubble cooled back down to the same temperature as the wall and the fluid.
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The service industry in the usa is providing an extremely important part of the gross national product. Which means that the concepts and principles of "production" have already been advantageously adapted to non-manufacturing activities as banking, healthcare and tourism.
The production function can be increasingly a worldwide challenge. Car engines stated in Japan and Germany are actually installed in American cars. Moreover, major car manufacturers in the usa have made arrangements to create cars in Japan and market them under their very own names in the usa and elsewhere. In a nutshell, then, productivity, and the concern for measuring it, will still be challenging for managers operating within an increasingly competitive global market.
Operations management systems playing a pivotal part in the fulfillment services are anticipated to are more productive through the use of operations research, a number of other tools and it. Productivity is really a major concern of managers. It implies measurement, an important part of the control process. The productivity measurement of skill workers is normally easier than that of knowledge workers such as for example managers.
Yet managerial productivity is essential, specifically for service industry operating in a competitive environment. Production management identifies those activities essential to manufacture products; it could likewise incorporate purchasing, warehousing, transportation along with other operations. Operations management includes a similar meaning, discussing activities essential to produce and deliver something in addition to a physical product.
The operations management systems model indicates inputs, the transformation process, outputs and the feedback system. Various tools and techniques make operations more productive. To be able to operate the machine, the managing of organizing, staffing and leading should be effectively completed. Controlling requires an information system that's often supported by computers. Operations research may be the application of the scientific solution to the analysis of alternatives in an issue situation, to secure a quantitative basis for coming to the very best solution.
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We may be top-notch learners, but if we don’t have a way to store what we’ve learned, what good is the knowledge we’ve gained?
Take a few minutes to imagine what your day might be like if you could not remember anything you had learned. You would have to figure out how to get dressed. What clothing should you wear, and how do buttons and zippers work? You would need someone to teach you how to brush your teeth and tie your shoes. Who would you ask for help with these tasks, since you wouldn’t recognize the faces of these people in your house? Wait . . . is this even your house? Uh oh, your stomach begins to rumble and you feel hungry. You’d like something to eat, but you don’t know where the food is kept or even how to prepare it. Oh dear, this is getting confusing. Maybe it would be best just go back to bed. A bed . . . what is a bed?
We have an amazing capacity for memory, but how, exactly, do we process and store information? Are there different kinds of memory, and if so, what characterizes the different types? How, exactly, do we retrieve our memories? And why do we forget? This chapter will explore these questions as we learn about memory.
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Hopeful news from the world of HIV/AIDS research:
… U.S. government scientists have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.
The antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, known in the scientific literature as Donor 45, whose body made the antibodies naturally.
As William Gibson put it on Twitter: “They found J.D. Shapely! Off to Colored People for a celebratory backpiece! :-D”
(If you’re not grokking the reference, you should make time to read Gibson’s Virtual Light.)
And here’s a bonus line from the little article there, that puts the incredible amount of work involved in this sort of research into perspective:
Researchers screened 25 million of his cells to find 12 that produced the antibodies.
That is one mad tiny needle in a huge meat haystack, right there.
Dengue fever is one of the most common insect-borne viral infections known to medical science, and people in areas where it is prevalent are advised to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites by whatever means necessary, in parallel with programs aimed at reducing the number of mosquitoes. [image by MiikaS]
However, new research suggests that reducing the number of mosquitos may actually increase the likelihood of people contracting fatal cases of dengue, because more regular infections help to develop a strong immune response to the various serotypes of the infection:
“… if the number of mosquitoes is reduced, people are infected less frequently and so are less likely to catch another serotype during this crucial window. This led the team to the counter-intuitive idea that fewer mosquitoes could result in more cases of DHF.”
Humans have evolved complex responses to mosquito-borne illnesses, but it appears that they can be a double-edged sword. A genetic variation prevalent in people of African descent that confers some protection against malaria has been shown to make them more susceptible to HIV, the precursor to AIDS, at the same time as prolonging their survival of the immune system syndrome.
There’s a new hope on the horizon, though, as researchers at the University of Texas think they may have found the Achilles heel of the HIV virus:
“They have identified antibodies that, instead of passively binding to the target molecule, are able to fragment it and destroy its function. Their recent work indicates that naturally occurring catalytic antibodies, particularly those of the IgA subtype, may be useful in the treatment and prevention of HIV infection… “
And the even mosquitoes have their uses – a new form of “painless” hypodermic needle has been designed using the proboscis of the blood-sucking insects as its inspiration.
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Combined Rotational/Translational Motion Correction using Autofocusing for High-Resolution Trabecular Bone Images
Lin W, Ladinsky G, Wehrli F, Song H
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
In high-resolution trabecular bone imaging, motion correction is particularly relevant due to the small voxel size and the long scan time. It is also more challenging due to low image SNR (~9). In this work, combined rotational/translational motion correction using autofocusing was demonstrated in a large clinical data set. Results show consistent improvements in image quality as visually observed and as evidenced by the changes in the architectural parameters, when compared with translational motion correction only using a 2-D navigator echo technique.
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This material must not be used for commercial purposes, or in any hospital or medical facility. Failure to comply may result in legal action.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
What is brain metastasis?
Brain metastasis is cancer that has spread within your brain or spreads from your body to your brain. Some examples are lung, breast, skin, and colon cancer.
What are the signs and symptoms of brain metastasis?
- Headaches that get worse or keep coming back
- Problems walking, speaking, seeing, or thinking
- Changes in behavior or personality
- Nausea and vomiting
- Weakness or tiredness
- Swelling in your body
How is brain metastasis diagnosed?
Signs and symptoms of brain metastasis can look like other health conditions, such as a stroke. Your healthcare provider will ask how long you have had signs and symptoms. Tell him if you are being treated for cancer or if you have had cancer before.
- A neurologic exam can show healthcare providers how your brain is working. Other names for this test include neuro signs, neuro checks, or neuro status. Healthcare providers will check how your pupils react to light. They may check your memory and how easily you wake up. Your hand grasp and balance may also be tested.
- A CT or MRI may show the size and location of any tumors. You may be given contrast liquid help to help the tumors show up better. Tell the healthcare provider if you have ever had an allergic reaction to contrast liquid. Do not enter the MRI room with any metal. Metal can cause serious injury. Tell the healthcare provider if you have any metal in or on your body.
- A PET scan uses a substance called tracer to help show injuries or diseases inside the brain, such as tumors.
How is brain metastasis treated?
You may choose treatments that help you maintain your normal activities for as long as possible. Other choices provide palliative (comfort) care to ease your symptoms. Ask your healthcare provider for more information about palliative care. Radiation and surgery may continue if you are receiving chemotherapy, radiation, or other treatment for cancer elsewhere in your body. You may also need any of the following:
- Steroid medicine helps reduce swelling in the head and body.
- Anticonvulsant medicine helps decrease or stop seizures.
- Blood thinners help prevent blood clots. Blood thinners make it more likely for you to bleed or bruise.
- Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is used to help treat brain tumors and to prevent new tumors from forming. WBRT can help you maintain your normal daily activities during treatment.
- Surgery may be used if you have a single tumor. During surgery such as craniotomy, healthcare providers open your skull and remove the tumor. Surgery can quickly relieve vision loss or other problems if a tumor is affecting an area of the brain that controls vision, hearing, or movement.
- Radiosurgery targets cancer cells without harming healthy brain tissue. You may need radiosurgery if you have more than one tumor or if you cannot have open surgery, such as craniotomy.
What can I do to manage the effects of brain metastasis?
- Prevent infections. Cancer treatments make it easier to get infections. Wash your hands often with soap and water. Carry germ-killing gel with you in case you do not have access to soap and water. Try to avoid people who have a cold or the flu.
- Treat pain. Tell your healthcare provider if you are in pain. If you need pain medicine, learn how, when, and how often to take it. Do not wait until the pain is severe before you take your medicine. Tell healthcare providers if your pain does not decrease.
- Stay safe. Cancer treatments can make you dizzy or sleepy. Prevent falls by calling someone when you get out of bed or if you need help. Ask your healthcare provider if it is safe for you to drive.
- Seek support from healthcare providers. The disease can change the way you act, think, and feel. Your memory, concentration, and ability to learn may decline. You may act without thinking or become more emotional. Talk with your healthcare provider about these changes and about continuing care, treatments, and home services. Go to all follow-up appointments.
When should I follow up with my healthcare provider?
Your healthcare provider may suggest tests such as an MRI or PET scan every 3 months. These tests help check for new or returning tumors. Work with your healthcare providers to create a follow-up care plan that is right for you.
Where can I find more information?
- American Brain Tumor Association
8550 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 550
Chicago , IL 60631
Phone: 1- 800 - 886-2282
Web Address: http://www.abta.org
Call 911 for any of the following:
- Your leg or arm feels warm, tender, and painful. It may be swollen and red.
- You feel lightheaded, short of breath, and have chest pain.
- You cough up blood.
When should I seek immediate care?
- You have new problems walking or moving one side of your body.
- You have new or worsening headaches or body swelling.
- You have a seizure.
When should I contact my healthcare provider?
- You have questions or concerns about your condition or care.
Care AgreementYou have the right to help plan your care. Learn about your health condition and how it may be treated. Discuss treatment options with your caregivers to decide what care you want to receive. You always have the right to refuse treatment. The above information is an educational aid only. It is not intended as medical advice for individual conditions or treatments. Talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before following any medical regimen to see if it is safe and effective for you.
© 2016 Truven Health Analytics Inc. Information is for End User's use only and may not be sold, redistributed or otherwise used for commercial purposes. All illustrations and images included in CareNotes® are the copyrighted property of A.D.A.M., Inc. or Truven Health Analytics.
The above information is an educational aid only. It is not intended as medical advice for individual conditions or treatments. Talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before following any medical regimen to see if it is safe and effective for you.
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5 Ways a Neural Network Helps
Streamline AML Compliance
In recent decades, we’ve discovered the astounding ways that technology can mirror the sophisticated workings of the human brain. One important example is the sub-field of machine learning that’s called deep learning. Deep learning utilizes what are called “artificial neural networks” to process nodes of information in a manner very similar to biological neurons—that is, by passing inputs from one interconnected layer to another.
Though neural networks have been the subject of scientific experimentation since the 1950s, it was in 2012 that a so-called “deep learning revolution” occurred. Computer scientists came to the conclusion that additional layers in the neural network actually enriched the system’s machine learning capabilities, instead of slowing it down. Since then, artificial neural networks have been put to good use in increasingly complex and data-heavy applications, like the anti-money laundering (AML) programs of financial institutions.
The presence of this deep learning technology signals a revolution of sorts for the banking industry, and even small and mid-sized banks may find it beneficial to join in. Artificial neural networks can enhance these banks’ existing AML compliance efforts, and more importantly, serve as a potent secret weapon against money laundering networks and terrorist financiers. If you’re a decision-maker in one of these institutions, below is a compelling argument for onboarding new compliance AML software that harnesses the power of deep learning. Find out how this new technology can streamline your AML program and strengthen your bank’s protection against financial crime.
Why Deterministic and Rules-Based Systems Aren’t Enough to Improve AML Compliance
To date, most banks depend on rules-based and deterministic systems for their AML compliance. That means that the system sets parameters that each case has to meet before it’s classified as one that merits concern. Individual transactions can be tagged as suspicious, then further reviewed by AML staff to determine whether they’re false positives. Oftentimes, the compliance team will aggregate AML data manually before it’s time to present the findings to regulators.
Though this is a straightforward approach to dealing with AML, it betrays the fact that there are many subtleties involved in transaction-related data—especially now that criminals have upgraded their methods. In the current landscape of banking, few piecemeal transactions can actually give the full picture of what’s really going on. While banks are focused on tagging individual cases as false positives or actual leads to financial crime, the more dangerous cases—the false negatives—may have already slipped through the cracks. It’s akin to deducing the ending of a novel through the details provided by only one chapter.
That said, a better alternative lies in using an artificial neural network to detect relationships between transactions. Even small and mid-sized banks could benefit from shifting their AML approach to accommodate deep learning. In fact, they may be better disposed to reap the rewards of deep learning technology than their bigger counterparts, who may already have well-developed AML infrastructure.
The Top 5 Benefits of Using a Neural Network for AML Compliance Efforts
Financial institutions that invest in deep learning-driven AML solutions may see a change in their compliance efforts right away. An artificial neural network will be able to accomplish the following things for a bank’s AML programs:
It Can Build on Deterministic Scenarios
Working with a neural network does not necessarily mean scrapping out all previous AML data gleaned from deterministic scenarios. In fact, the new system can subsume all case data from the previous one, then use the manually labeled “true positives” as reference points for further investigation. All transactions that have some relation to the true positives can then be prioritized by the neural network, thus building off of what the AML compliance team has already done and letting no leads go to waste.
It Can Accommodate Unsupervised Machine Learning When Necessary
Though it’s ideal for banks to aspire towards supervised machine learning with labeled data, a neural network can also help in cases that require anomaly detection through unsupervised machine learning. AML staff can get a head start on their new approach by clustering events or identifying outliers in the data set. These, too, can be read as indicators of suspicious customer behavior. The neural network can support the unsupervised route while banks are still transitioning to a more rigorous supervised learning method.
It Can Enhance Future Machine Learning Capabilities
Some AML staff may worry about onboarding a new system because they assume that introducing more data will be stressful. But one thing that everyone should remember about artificial neural networks is that they get smarter, and thus perform better, when they come across more data. Even as the numbers behind money laundering and terrorist financing activities grow more complex, the AML solution’s machine learning capabilities will grow more sophisticated. Ultimately, it will make it easier—not harder—for AML staff to be compliant, accurate, and responsive in their efforts.
It Can Save Banks Money on Compliance Processes
The technology upgrade to a deep learning-driven solution will admittedly demand a considerable upfront investment. But in the long term, this upgrade could win for its client bank some major savings from efficiency. A bolstered AML solution that uses an artificial neural network can decrease how much the bank spends on compliance-related penalties. It can also bring the bank’s AML compliance efforts up to speed, ensuring that less is spent on meeting evolving compliance standards in the future.
It Can Help Banks Stay Several Steps Ahead of Financial Criminals
Lastly, beyond netting good results from regulators, an artificial neural network can help banks stay faithful to the true purpose of their AML program: to fight financial crime. A system that can read into the subtleties behind money laundering and terrorist financing activities will no doubt keep banks ahead of their nemeses. With an artificial neural network identifying suspicious behaviors and drawing important conclusions, it will be much more difficult for criminals to disguise their dark methods and actually get away with their crimes.
Consider Deep Learning for Your Bank’s AML Program Today
Given the arguments illustrated above, investing in deep learning technology may be a timely move for your bank. Explore an artificial neural network for your bank’s AML program today and ensure its readiness for the challenges of tomorrow.
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A tenant is an isolated instance of Avi Vantage. Each Avi Vantage user account is associated with one or more tenants. The tenant associated with a user account defines the resources that user can access within Avi Vantage. When a user logs in, Avi Vantage restricts their access to only those resources that are in the same tenant.
If a user is associated with multiple tenants, each tenant still isolates the resources that belong to that tenant from the resources in other tenants. To access resources in another tenant, the user must switch the focus of the management session to that other tenant.
By default, all resources belong to a single, global tenant: admin. The admin tenant contains all Avi Vantage resources.
The default admin user account belongs to the admin tenant and therefore can access all resources.
If no additional tenants are created, all new Avi Vantage user accounts are automatically added to the admin tenant.
Within each user account, the role selected for the user is mapped to a tenant. If only one tenant is defined (the default admin tenant), this tenant is automatically mapped to the role selected for the user. This allows the user to access all resources, to the extent (write, read, or no access) allowed by their role.
Creating additional tenants allows a user account to have multiple roles. In this case, within the user account, each role can be mapped individually to a tenant. Or, optionally, a single role can be mapped to all tenants.
If a single role is mapped to all tenants, the default tenant for that user must be selected. The default tenant is the one the user is placed into when logging into Avi Vantage. After logging in, the user can switch the management session to other tenants as needed.
All Tenants View-only Tenant for Super Users
Avi Vantage user accounts that are enabled for super user access automatically have access to a special read-only tenant: All Tenants. The All Tenants view provides read-only access to all resources within Avi Vantage.
The All Tenants tenant cannot be mapped to any roles within a user account. The All Tenants tenant is automatically made available to all super user accounts.
Create a Tenant
To create a tenant:
- Navigate to Administration > Tenants, and click Create.
- Enter a name for the new tenant.
- Optionally, enter a description.
- Click Save.
The new tenant appears in the tenant table.
The admin account is automatically added to each new tenant.
Add an Existing User to a Tenant
To add a user to a tenant:
- Navigate to Administration > Users.
- Click on the edit icon next to the user name.
- Click Add Tenant and select the new tenant. (If the new tenant does not exist yet, click Create Tenant.) A new set of mapping fields appears.
- Select the role from the Role pull-down list.
- Click the minus sign next to any mappings that are no longer needed.
After the unneeded mapping is deleted:
- Click Save.
Single Role for All Tenants
This option allows the user account to access any tenant from the same role. In this case, the default tenant must be selected. The default tenant is the one into which the user is placed after logging in.
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Russell et al./Current Biology
Researchers tracked the movements of seals through wind farms rooted in the ocean floor. These seals followed the layout of the turbines closely, demonstrating that they were foraging for food, say scientists.
Ocean wind turbines generate more than just electricity. They also appear to be creating a buffet for seals, say scientists.
When rooted in the ocean floor, a wind farm can become a sort of artificial reef, a home for invertebrate animals. These animals attract predators, which in turn attract species higher up the food chain, eventually leading to the fish that seals eat.
Read more at: Christian Science Monitor
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SC Prototyping board
The SC Prototyping board provides a convenient and efficient test-bed for interfacing the Altera series of FPGA development kits. A Clearly marked 0.1″ grid with GND, +5V and +3.3V throughout makes interfacing simple and elegant. Easy access to labelled SC connector pins for fast, reliable wire wrapping connections.
- 4-Layer PCB with convenient 0.1″ pitch spacing holes
- Convenient +3.3V, +5V and GND marked access points
- Fan-out of Santa Cruz Connectors
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Dental implants are an excellent solution for teeth that are cracked, deteriorated, and unhealthy. They can effectively help an individual achieve a healthy, beautiful smile and prevent future dental issues.
Dental implants are designed to function like your natural teeth, and just like your teeth, they are subject to gum disease or “peri-implantitis” (The destructive inflammatory process that will affect the soft and hard tissues surrounding the dental implants.)
The main difference between natural teeth and implants is that the portion of the implant that lies beneath the gum line consists of titanium instead of natural root.
To properly care for your teeth and dental implants, please follow these tips:
Dental implants are just as susceptible to infection as natural teeth because the area between the implanted tooth and the gum traps food and bacteria. Therefore, the best way to remove it is with regular flossing and brushing twice a day.
Pay special attention to cleaning your back teeth and removing food particles from in between your teeth.
You should avoid regularly using abrasive or harsh treatments and rinsing with acidic fluoride washes. These substances can break down the protective materials on the implant.
Can Dental Implants Get Stained?
Although there are whitening agents that can safely be used on dental implants, they are like natural teeth in that they can also become stained. Be sure to watch your coffee and tea intake, and brush thoroughly after you drink either of these. Smoking can also stain dental implants.
An electric toothbrush may be more helpful than a regular toothbrush for keeping your teeth clean because the vibration can better remove plaque below the gum line. Mouthwash or salt water is also highly recommended for eliminating bacteria on implants.
The main concern is being careful not to scratch the titanium surface of the implant that is below the gum line, as this can sometimes cause the implant to fail.
If you already have concerns about the color of your implants, we suggest visiting your dentist to learn about brightening options. Bonding materials and professional polishes are other options for correcting implant discoloration.
At the Dentist
Regular dental cleanings and checkups are important for the health of your teeth and implants. Having your teeth cleaned at least twice a year is vital to your oral health, and sometimes more frequent visits are recommended depending on your needs. You may require X-rays every year to check the bone around the implants and ensure everything is healthy.
Maintaining Overall Healthy Gums, Teeth, and Implants
Good oral hygiene is essential to a beautiful smile. Brushing and flossing every day, at least twice a day, removes most of the plaque and bacteria buildup that causes tooth and dental implant issues.
Although flossing may seem like a simple thing to do, many people skip flossing when brushing their teeth.
Patients often visit our practice in Beverly Hills and ask Dr. Zadeh for ways to improve their oral hygiene, only to be told to brush and floss at least two times a day. You can greatly improve your smile with daily flossing!
If you are brushing your teeth without flossing, there are food particles, sugar, and other cavity causing elements left behind. These damaging components are removed better with floss, leaving your teeth clean and reducing bacteria and harmful particles in your mouth.
Not sure if you’re flossing properly? Follow this technique for optimal efficiency:
- Choose a type of dental floss that you like.
- Tear off 18 inches of floss.
- Wrap the ends of the floss around either your middle or index finger on each hand.
- Grip the floss tightly between your thumb and finger.
- Gently insert the dental floss between your teeth. Be careful not to snap the floss, or you could damage your gums.
- Move the floss gently back and forth against the tooth on both sides and underneath the gum line. Repeat this process in between all of the upper and lower teeth.
- Be sure to floss against the backside of a tooth even if there is no tooth behind it.
- If for any reason you cannot use traditional floss, there are devices that can be used as alternatives, such as dental flossers, vibrating flossers that massage the gums, or interdental cleaners. Although these can cost more than conventional floss, flossing is an essential step in your daily routine that should not be skipped.
Regardless of the type of floss you choose, be sure to use it daily to significantly reduce your risk of gum disease, tooth decay, and other oral hygiene problems. Proper brushing and flossing can also prolong the life of your dental implants and natural teeth!
Please contact our practice in Beverly Hills by calling (310) 273-2020. Our team is happy to schedule an appointment with Dr. Zadeh, where you can further discuss how to keep your dental implants healthy and clean.
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Abstract: As the global population is projected to age substantially in coming decades, the number of individuals who will develop Alzheimer disease (AD) is expected to rise dramatically. We have come to understand that AD is likely to be multidetermined through interactions between heritable causal and susceptibility genes, environmental exposures, midlife health status, and lifestyle choices. In addition, mounting evidence suggests that the neuropathological processes characteristic of AD can be detected several years before the onset of clinical symptoms. Thus, AD is now considered to have presymptomatic, prodromal (mild cognitive impairment), and dementia phases. Through cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, volumetric neuroimaging, functional neuroimaging, and cognitive stress tests, individuals at significant risk for developing dementia can now be identified with greater sensitivity and specificity. Consequently, there is growing attention to identify interventions to halt or delay the onset of AD. The biological capacities of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity and the related concepts of brain and cognitive reserve provide a rationale for developing techniques to maintain or enhance the cognitive abilities of older persons to sufficiently prevent dementia. This has led to the emergence of a new “brain fitness” commercial industry in which “products” are being marketed and sold to consumers to “keep your brain sharp.” However, most available brain fitness products have scant scientific evidence to support their effectiveness. Nevertheless, ongoing research advances do support the potential for memory and other intellectual functions to be strengthened and maintained through cognitive training, physical exercise, dietary choices, social engagement, and psychological stress reduction.
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Clear hubris move by China - let's see what we can do and what happens. It worked for Putin. Setting down in another country's territories and removing or extracting natural resources is clear violation of International Law [which means nothing, of course]. But these are excursions into exploitation of a country or countries from which they do not fear retaliation. And they are holding the U.S. by the short hairs economically. The world will be far less livable if China keeps movie toward Super Power status and spreading its wings.
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Family Abuse or Domestic Violence Protective Orders
There does not need to be an outstanding charge against your abuser in order to seek a protective order. Even if there is not an outstanding charge against your abuser, you still may be eligible for a protective order. You can seek a protective order whether or not the abuser is charged with a crime.
To get a protective order, the victim must first contact the Court Service Unit in their jurisdiction to make an appointment to file a petition. To be eligible for a protective order, one of the following statements must be true about the petitioner (victim) and respondent (abuser):
- They must be cohabitants (living together), or have lived together within the last 12 months (Cohabitants can include parents and children, step - or adoptive parents, and their children, brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandchildren and in-laws)
- They must be spouses or ex-spouses
- They must have a child in common (together)
- Alternative housing provided by the respondent
- A prohibition of contact between the abuser and the victim
- A prohibition of further acts of abuse
- Exclusive possession of a jointly owned or rented residence--The abuser can be ordered out without affecting the title or lease
- Protection for other family or household members
- Sole use of a jointly owned motor vehicle
- Temporary custody or visitation of children
Stalking or Bodily Injury Protective Orders
There are 2 other additional types of protective orders available in Virginia. Victims and offenders do not need to be family or household members to seek these types of protective orders, but the offender must have been charged with one of the following offenses: stalking, sexual assault (rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery) or physical assault (assault and battery resulting in physical injuries, maiming, malicious wounding.) To seek a ‘Stalking of Bodily Injury' Protective Order, victims must complete a petition at the General District Court Clerk's Office. The clerk will set a hearing date for an initial hearing; a second hearing may also be required to finalize the protective order.
Important information to consider about protective orders:
- A violation of a protective order is a Class 1 Misdemeanor, carrying up to a $2500 fine and one year in jail.
- Caution: A protective order is only a piece of paper. As such, there is never a 100% guarantee that the violence will stop just because a piece of paper indicates it should.
- Even permanent protective orders can only be granted for a maximum of 2 years.
- Either petitioner or respondent can petition the court to modify the protective order at any point after it is granted.
- Permanent protective orders go into a statewide, nationwide system, so that police are alerted to the protective order upon a call from the victim indicating another incident with the abuser.
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The narrator usually speaks at the beginning and ending of each episode. In the beginning of an episode he usually informs the audience of what Ash Ketchum and his friends are doing or where they're heading. Sometimes he'll even explain what they did in the previous episode. He would usually conclude the episode with what Ash and company had learned during the episode or say what they were planning to do next. In movies, he usually is only heard at the beginning giving an overview of the Pokémon world.
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Jim Goad writes:
Just as mainstream history has Photoshopped all the warts off Nelson Mandela and MLK, Ali is now strictly framed as an inspirational figure who “spoke out against racism.” (Certainly they don’t mean the time he condemned interracial sex before a cheering crowd of Klansmen?)
The sad truth is that by shellacking history with a paintbrush soaked in modern pieties, they’re suppressing how hilariously insensitive Ali was. For example, after being forced into an impromptu photo session with The Beatles in 1964, he reportedly turned to an associate and asked, “So who were those little faggots?” (…)
But sad to say, despite their well-deserved reputation as tremendous athletes and sparkling entertainers, many American blacks have an unfortunate tendency to do dopey things when attempting to “reclaim” their lost heritage. For example, when they renounce Christianity in favor of Islam, they are merely trading one group of their former slave masters for another. Likewise, the original Cassius Marcellus Clay—after whom the boxer was named—was a white anti-slavery crusader who fought with the Union in the Civil War, whereas Muhammad Ali of Egypt was a warlord whose army enslaved the Sudanese.
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Accsoon CineEye2S Pro
SKU: CINEEYE2SPRO | FREE U.S. shipping on all orders over $50!
You Already Have the Monitors. Now Have More.
CineEye 2S Pro not only transmits a wi-fi signal directly to iOS or Android devices, but now also allows for a video signal to be sent to dedicated receivers. This means that you can plug the receivers into anything with an HDMI or SDI input: professional monitors, commercial televisions and projectors. The best part: by introducing dual channel transmission and reducing negative interference, those receivers can be over a thousand feet away and still give you complete control over the situation.
Low Latency, High Quality Signal
With an average latency of under 60ms, the CineEye 2S Pro has nearly undetectable lag while its strong dual channel wireless signal maintains a high-quality image. By using a dual channel signal, the CineEye 2S Pro is also highly resistant to outside interference, and automatically modifies and selects channels that have the least resistance. The transmitter also alters the bitrate and video quality of the outgoing signal in order to
maximize connection and framerate to make sure you are always able to monitor what is happening.
Take control of your power.
By swapping from an internal battery to a battery cradle for both the transmitter and receiver units, you can now supply the CineEye 2S Pro with power from any Sony-style NP batteries. Keep extra batteries on-hand for all day shooting or plug the CineEye 2S Pro into ground power via the built-in DC input on both the transmitter and receiver. Now, you can send beautiful HD video to your monitors for as long as the shoot requires.
Pro Control in the palm of your hand.
Already boasting features such as focus peaking, zebras, false colors for exposure, and LUT overlay that Accsoon users have come to love – the CineEye 2S Pro opens up possibilities by providing complete control over your camera. The CineEye 2S Pro App lets you start and stop the camera remotely, change the aperture, shutter speed, or even ISO. Minimize crew movement and noise while maintaining control from a distance.
“The Accsoon CineEye 2S Pro is easily the most exciting market to come into the video transmission market in the last couple of years. All of the features that the original CineEye brought into the hands of the user are still here, and they’re better and more powerful. Range, signal quality, and versatility have all improved significantly and with the introduction of the ability to update firmware – can only get better,” says Michael Bogue, Accsoon brand manager at Mac Group.
Powerful and Budget Friendly
With its high-end features typically found in expensive transmitters combined with its budget price - the Accsoon CineEye 2S Pro will grow to be an essential part of both budget videographer’s and high-end cinematographer’s kits.
- Wireless Range:
- 1200' / 400 m (Line-of-Sight)
- Number of Channels:
- Frequency Range:
- 2412 to 2472MHz 5180 to 5580 MHz 5660 to 5825 MHz
- RF Power:
- 2.4GHz & 5 GHz
- Operating Temperature:
- 14 to 104°F / -10 to 40°C
- Video Connectors:
- 1 x HDMI Input 1 x SDI Input
- Video Format:
- 1080p at 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30,50 59.94, 60 fps 1080i 50, 59.94/50fps 720p/576p/480p
- LUT Support:
- 1 x 1/4"-20 Female
- 4.92 x 3.03 x 1.22" / 12.5 x 7.7 x 3.1cm
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A unitary electrode mounting and packaging system for roughening the skin of a patient and applying an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring electrode to the skin in a single step. A sheet of a thin plastic material is folded over itself to form a U-shaped carrier having an upper panel connected to a lower panel by the fold. The upper panel supports an electrode and an amount of an electrically conductive gel in a pocket that is covered by the electrode. The lower panel includes an abrasive or roughened material on the bottom surface of the lower panel opposite the electrode. To place the electrode on the skin, the carrier is positioned against the skin of a patient such that the roughened material contacts the skin and pressure is applied downwardly on the electrode. A tab connected to the lower panel then is grasped and pulled by an individual such that the roughened material abrades the skin beneath the carrier to clear the portion of the skin located beneath the electrode. Continued pulling of the tab then deposits the electrically conductive gel and the electrode on the portion of the skin cleared by the roughened material on the lower panel.
1. A medical electrode system, comprising:
a medical electrode having a contact surface adapted to contact the skin of a patient; and
an electrode carrier, comprising a top panel interconnected with a bottom panel, wherein the contact surface of the electrode is releasably secured to an upper surface defined by the top panel and wherein the bottom panel defines a downwardly facing surface, and wherein at least a portion of the downwardly facing surface includes an abrasive area.
2. The medical electrode system of
3. The medical electrode system of
4. The medical electrode system of
5. The medical electrode system of
6. The medical electrode system of
7. The medical electrode system of
8. In a medical electrode package wherein an electrode is releasably secured to a first surface defined by a substantially flat carrier panel, the improvement comprising an abrasive area disposed on a second surface defined by the carrier panel, wherein the second surface faces in a direction opposite that of the first surface, wherein the carrier panel comprises a top wall and a bottom wall with a fold area therebetween, wherein the first surface is defined by the top wall and the second surface is defined by the bottom wall.
9. The improvement of
10. The improvement of
11. The improvement of
12. The improvement of
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14. A method of applying an electrode to the skin of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a carrier including an upper panel and a lower panel disposed beneath and interconnected with the upper panel, the upper panel releasably supporting an electrode and the lower panel including an abrasive material opposite the upper panel;
b) placing the abrasive material on the lower panel against the skin of an individual;
c) holding the electrode stationary; and
d) pulling the lower panel and upper panel outwardly from beneath the electrode.
15. The method of
a) grasping a tab formed on the lower panel that extends outwardly from beneath the upper panel; and
b) pulling the tab outwardly in a direction parallel to the upper panel.
16. The method of
17. The method of
18. The method of
The present invention relates to electrocardiogram monitoring electrodes, and more specifically to an improved integral mounting and packaging system for the electrodes.
In order to monitor the condition of a patient, electrocardiogram or ECG monitoring electrodes are positioned on the body of a patient in the vicinity of the heart. The electrodes pick up electric signals generated by the heart and transmit the signals to a monitor which provides a visual representation of the heart signals to a physician for analysis of the condition of the heart. The electrodes are designed for a single use and are individually packaged in disposable packages that allow quick access to the electrode contained therein.
In order to provide an accurate representation of the signal for analysis by the physician, the electrodes must be placed in direct electrical contact with the skin of the patient. For the electrodes to be placed in direct electrical contact with the skin, it is desirable to remove the hair and a portion of the epidermis or external skin layer prior to the application of the electrode to the skin of the patient. This is normally accomplished by first cleaning the site to which the electrode is to be applied using rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball. This will remove oils secreted from the skin from the site. After the site is cleaned, a razor is used to remove the hair on the site. Finally, an abrasive pad or equivalent is rubbed against the skin of the individual on the location where the electrode is to be positioned to remove a portion of the epidermis, or the outer layer of the skin. After the hair and epidermis portion have been removed by razor and rubbing the pad against the skin, the electrode may then be positioned on the skin in the prepared location.
To further enhance the electrical contact of the electrode with the skin, an amount of an electrically-conductive gel is utilized with the electrode. The gel can either be applied to the contact side of the electrode or incorporated within the electrode. When the electrode and gel are positioned on the skin, the gel spreads outwardly between the electrode and the skin to provide a conduit between the skin and the electrode to enhance the transmission of electrical signals emitting from the heart of the patient to the electrode.
While the use of the separate abrasive pad and ECG electrode is adequate to provide sufficient electrical contact between the electrode and the skin of the patient, in certain situations the speed of the preparation of the skin using the separate abrasive pad is not fast enough to adequately serve the needs of the patient. For example, in situations where the patient is in cardiac arrest, the application of the ECG electrodes to the skin of the patient in a proper manner needs to be accomplished as fast as possible. As a result, the time needed to properly prepare the skin of the individual using the abrasive pad increases the time needed to properly apply the electrodes to the patient, possibly to the detriment of the patient.
Therefore, it is desirable to develop a simple mounting and packaging system for an ECG electrode which allows a physician or other medical personnel to quickly prepare the skin of the patient and apply the electrode. The improved system should entail a minimal number of steps in preparing the skin, unpackaging the electrode and applying the electrode, so that the minimal amount of time is needed for the application of the electrode to the patient.
Furthermore, since it has recently been found that it is only necessary to abrade or prepare the skin on an electrode application site in order to obtain good electrical contact between the electrode and the skin, it is desirable to develop a self-prepping electrode that can easily prepare the skin of a patient through the hair of the patient.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved mounting and packaging system for an ECG electrode which enables the skin of the patient to be prepared through the hair of a patient and the electrode to be applied to the skin in a single step.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved mounting and packaging system for an ECG electrode that can be formed in conjunction with other separable mounting and packaging systems for separate ECG electrodes such that a number of electrodes can be packaged together in a single unit.
It is still another object of the invention to provide an improved mounting and packaging system for an ECG electrode that also contains an amount of an electrically conductive gel that is applied to the skin with the electrode.
It is still a further object of the invention to provide an improved mounting system for an ECG electrode that can be readily modified to accommodate ECG electrodes of various configurations and sizes.
The present invention is an improved mounting and packaging system for an ECG electrode that allows medical personnel to prepare the skin of the patient and apply the electrode in a single step. The system includes at least one carrier formed of a single sheet of a flexible material that includes an upper panel and a lower panel joined to one another by a fold. The upper panel includes a depression over which the electrode is releasably attached. An amount of an electrically conductive gel is disposed within the depression and covered by the electrode. Opposite the electrode, the lower panel includes an abrasive surface that is used to contact and prepare the skin of the patient for the application of the electrode. Opposite the fold, the lower panel of the system further includes a tab that is grasped by an individual in order to utilize the mounting and packaging system and prepare the skin and apply the electrode to the individual in a single step.
To apply the electrode to the patient, the individual places the mounting and packaging system against the skin of the patient such that the abrasive surface of the lower panel of the system contacts the skin of the patient. The individual grasps the electrode to hold the electrode in the desired position over the skin. The individual then grabs the tab on the lower panel and pulls the tab such that the abrasive surface on the lower panel is dragged along the patient's skin, removing a portion of the epidermis from the skin of the patient. Continued pulling of the tab removes the upper panel and exposes the conductive gel disposed within the depression and the electrode such that the gel and electrode are subsequently positioned in contact with the prepared surface of the skin of the individual.
Various alternatives and other embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken together with the drawings.
The drawings illustrate the best mode presently contemplated of carrying out the invention.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a number of carriers forming a mounting and packaging system constructed according to the present invention and supporting a number of ECG electrodes and joined to one another;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along line 2—2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the carrier of FIG. 1 applied to the skin of a patient;
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of the carrier of FIG. 3 illustrating the electrode in a partially mounted position;
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of the carrier of FIG. 3 with the electrode in a generally fully mounted position;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of a sheet forming a carrier of the system of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the formation of the abrasive surface on the sheet of FIG. 6.
With respect now to the following detailed description in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the disclosure, an improved ECG electrode mounting and packaging system 8 formed of a plurality of carriers 10 supporting a number of disposable electrodes 12 is illustrated in FIG. 1. The carriers 10 are formed of a piece 13 of flexible material, such as a soft plastic, that is separated into a number of individual sheets 14 by lines of perforation 16 extending between each sheet 14. Other satisfactory materials for the material of carriers 10 include laminated paper.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 6, each sheet 14 includes an upper panel 18 that defines a top surface 20 and a bottom surface 22, and a lower panel 24 which defines a top surface 26 and a bottom surface 28. The upper panel 18 and lower panel 24 are joined by a generally U-shaped fold 30 that extends between adjacent edges of the upper panel 18 and lower panel 24 in order to define a space 32 between the upper panel 18 and lower panel 24.
The upper panel 18 includes a circular, concave pocket or depression 34 disposed in the center of the upper panel 18. The depression 34 extends downwardly from the top surface 20 of the upper panel 18 such that, at the lowermost portion of the depression 34, the bottom surface 22 contacts the top surface 26 of lower panel 24. The depression 34 is filled with an electrically conductive gel 36 which is used to enhance the electrical contact of the electrode 12 with signals transmitted through the skin 37 of the patient. The gel 36 used can be any commercially available electrolyte gel, with a preferred gel being a silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) gel.
The gel 36 is retained within the depression 34 by the placement of the electrode 12 over the top of the depression 34. The electrode 12 is generally circular in shape and has a diameter greater than the diameter of the depression 34 so that the electrode 12 completely covers the depression 34. The electrode 12 is secured to the top surface 20 of the upper panel 18 around the depression 34 by an adhesive (not shown) which is capable of retaining the electrode 12 on the upper panel 18 until the sheet 14 is pulled away from the electrode 12. The electrode 12 includes a contact surface 38 that is disposed in contact with the gel 36 and receives the signals transmitted through the skin 37 of the patient and a contact 39 disposed opposite the contact surface 38. The contact 39 is connected to the contact surface 38 and can be connected to a signal lead wire (not shown) extending from a monitor (not shown) in order to transmit the signal received by the contact surface 38 to the monitor for viewing by medical personnel. The monitor that the electrode 12 is connected to can be any device used to monitor or diagnose an ECG, such as a defibrillator or electrocardiograph, for example. The electrode 12 can be any commercially available ECG monitoring electrode which is made to be disposed of after a single use, such as the electrode Part No. 9431-303 manufactured and sold by Marquette Electronics, Inc. of Jupiter, Fla.
Opposite the upper panel 18, the lower panel 24 includes a roughened, abrasive material or area 40 disposed on the bottom surface 28 of the lower panel 24. The roughened area 40 is used to remove the portion of the epidermis from the skin 37 of the patient. As best shown in FIG. 7, the roughened area 40 can be formed on the bottom surface 28 of the lower panel 24 prior to folding into the configuration for the strip 10 by drawing sheet 14 between an extrusion punch 106 and an extrusion die 108. The punch 106 and die 108 include a number of pins 110 and channels 112, respectively, that engage and deform the bottom surface 28 of the sheet 14 to create the roughened area 40 on the bottom surface 28. Alternatively, the abrasive area may be formed by an abrasive material separate from and applied to bottom surface 28 of the lower panel 24 in a conventional manner. When the abrasive area 40 is formed by an abrasive material separate from the sheet 14, the material can include granules of a hardened substance such as silica or other suitable materials which provide an abrasive property to the bottom surface 28.
The lower panel 24 further includes a tab 42 disposed opposite the fold 30. The tab 42 extends outwardly from the lower panel 24 beyond the side of upper panel 18 opposite the fold 30. The tab 42 is adapted to be grasped by an individual using the carrier 10, as will be explained, to draw the abrasive material 40 across the skin 37 of the patient and apply the gel 36 and electrode 12. The tab 42 is formed on the lower panel 24 by cutting away a pair of end portions 43 from opposite sides at one end of the sheet 14 to form a tab 42 of a desired shape for grasping by an individual to employ the carrier 10.
Referring now to FIGS. 3-5, the operation of the carrier 10 to place the electrode 12 on the skin of the patient is illustrated. Initially, a carrier 10 is detached from the system 8 along the perforation 16. The detached carrier 10 is then positioned on the skin 37 of the patient such that the abrasive area 40 on the lower panel 24 is positioned against the skin 37, with the upper panel 18 and electrode 12 spaced above the skin 37. The individual placing the electrode 12 on the skin 37 then holds the electrode 12 in position by pressing down on opposite sides of the electrode 12, as indicated by the arrows A in FIGS. 3-5. The individual then grasps and pulls the tab 42 on lower panel 24 laterally outwardly in a direction away from the upper panel 18, shown by arrow B in FIGS. 4 and 5, such that the fold 30 is drawn beneath the upper panel 18. In doing so, the roughened area 40 on the bottom surface 28 of the lower panel 24 is drawn across the skin 37 of the patient. As the roughened area 40 moves across the skin 37, it removes an amount of the skin 37 to improve the contact and electrical conductivity between the skin 37 and the contact surface 38 of the electrode 12.
Referring now to FIG. 4, as the tab 42 is pulled to move the lower panel 24 out from beneath the upper panel 18, the depression 34 becomes bent backwards or retracted under the electrode 12, thereby exposing and depositing the gel 36 on the skin 37 of the patient. Simultaneously, upper panel 18 peels away from electrode 12 as fold 30 is drawn below electrode 12, to separate electrode 12 from upper panel 18. Because the individual is holding the electrode 12 in position, the electrode 12 remains directly over the gel 36 when the upper panel 18 is withdrawn and applies the gel 36 between the electrode 12 and the skin 37. Continued pulling on the tab 42 deflects continually more of the depression 34 such that substantially the entire amount of gel 36 is deposited from within the depression 34 onto the skin 37 of the patient between the electrode 12 and the skin 37. The individual continues to pull on the tab 42 until the entire sheet 14 is completely retracted from between the electrode 12 and the skin 37, leaving the electrode 12 and gel 36 disposed on the prepared location on the skin 37. The electrode 12 can then be hooked up to the monitor to display the signals generated by the heart of the patient, while the sheet 14 can be disposed of in a conventional manner.
It can thus be appreciated that carrier 10 provides a simple, efficient and effective arrangement for both packaging electrode 12 and rapidly applying electrode 12 to the skin of a patient. The presence of skin abrading material on lower panel 24 eliminates the need for separate skin abrading supplies, and provides skin abrasion and electrode application in a single step operation.
While the above description illustrates the best mode currently used to practice the invention, other modifications and embodiment are also considered to be part of the invention. For example, the depression 34 can have any size or shape in order to accommodate the desired amount of gel 36. The sheet 14 can also be used to support and position any medical device other than an electrode 12 which requires the skin 37 of the patient to be prepared prior to applying the device.
In addition, it should be understood that the present invention contemplates simultaneous skin abrasion and electrode application in other arrangements than the specifically described components and operation. For example, abrasive area 40 on lower surface 28 of lower panel 24 may be applied to less than the entire area of bottom surface 28, so long as the width of abrasive area 40 corresponds to the diameter of electrode 12. Further, lower panel 24 may have a length greater than that of upper panel 18 so as to increase the length of abrasive area 40, if a greater amount of abrasive is required to attain proper skin abrasion. Further, in an alternative embodiment, it is contemplated that carrier 10 may be in the form of a single panel having electrode 12 mounted to its top surface and having abrasive 40 on its bottom surface. In this type of arrangement, the electrode 12 must release from the panel as the panel is moved laterally from between the electrode and the skin. A system of this type contemplates adhesive release upon application of lateral force, or a separate adhesive carrier which provides adhesive release when a lateral force is applied. This type of arrangement would be especially advantageous upon development of a material which can function both to temporarily adhere the electrode to the packaging material and to also remain with the electrode and perform an electrically conductive function, such that the packaging of conductive gel 36 along with the electrode can be eliminated.
Various alternatives are contemplated as being within the scope of the following claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter regarded as the invention.
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In the last week I have gotten this twice, ” This PC Cant run windows 11 ” ” This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/WindowsSysReq “
Both times it has been related to virtual machines. The first time was when I tried to install a Windows 11 VM locally with VirtualBox, and the second time was when I tried to set up a Windows 11 machine on a NUC with ESXi.
Well the solution is pretty simple, just follow these steps 🙂 Enjoy your virtual Windows 11 machine.
- Start installation and continue until error. Then press back.
- Press Shift+F10 to open the Command Prompt.
- Type regedit and press the Enter button.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup.
- Right-click on Setup > New > Key.
- Name it as LabConfig.
- Right-click on LabConfig > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Name it as BypassTPMCheck.
- Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1.
- Create another DWORD value named BypassSecureBootCheck.
- Set the Value data as 1.
- Click the OK button.
- Exit Command Prompt and try again 🙂
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Color Organ Kit
Love lights and music? The Color Organ is a great way to learn about audio electronics. This kit consists of four major circuit blocks: an amplifier stage, a virtual ground circuit, 3 filter circuits for bass, mid, and treble frequencies, and a comparator circuit to measure signal magnitude.
To build this kit, you will need the following items:
- Soldering iron
- 12VDC power adapter (Adaptaplug tip "L")
- Wire cutters
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The Perfect Storm Protocol
About the Perfect Storm Protocol
Theory: This protocol is based on the theory that is necessary to revert cancer cells into normal cells by inhibiting growth of cancer causing microbes. Electropulsing is used as an agent to directly target the microbes inside the cell.
The High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier
Theory: This device is is based on the theory of reverting cancer cells into normal cells. The technology goes back to the 1930s and was developed by Dr. Royal Rife. This is sometimes called a “Rife Machine.” See the “High RF Frequency Protocol” article.
The Liver Flush
Theory: As the major organ responsible for detoxification of the body, it is theorized that “flushing” the liver will remove microbes and parasites in the organs, allowing for optimal immune system activity.
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[Quotes and Insights #25]
A persistent myth holds that Marx and Engels had unlimited faith in humanity’s ability to conquer nature and create ever more abundance — and no interest in sustainability or ecology. The myth falls apart when we examine what they actually wrote.
“Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature takes its revenge on us. Each victory, it is true, in the first place brings about the results we expected, but in the second and third places it has quite different, unforeseen effects which only too often cancel the first.
“The people who, in Mesopotamia, Greece, Asia Minor and elsewhere, destroyed the forests to obtain cultivable land, never dreamed that by removing along with the forests the collecting centres and reservoirs of moisture they were laying the basis for the present forlorn state of those countries.
“When the Italians of the Alps used up the pine forests on the southern slopes, so carefully cherished on the northern slopes, they had no inkling that by doing so they were cutting at the roots of the dairy industry in their region; they had still less inkling that they were thereby depriving their mountain springs of water for the greater part of the year, and making it possible for them to pour still more furious torrents on the plains during the rainy seasons.
“Those who spread the potato in Europe were not aware that with these farinaceous tubers they were at the same time spreading scrofula.
“Thus at every step we are reminded that we by no means rule over nature like a conqueror over a foreign people, like someone standing outside nature — but that we, with flesh, blood and brain, belong to nature, and exist in its midst, and that all our mastery of it consists in the fact that we have the advantage over all other creatures of being able to learn its laws and apply them correctly.”
— Friedrich Engels, The Part Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man
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Following the events of the side quest The Survivor, Ikrie can be found at the Snowchants Hunting Grounds where she has decided to camp out for the time being. When Aloy visits, Ikrie calls out to her and offers a challenge.
Ikrie explains that Lauvuk has agreed to allow her to use the Hunting Grounds on her own terms and she has developed a challenge to perform alongside Aloy.
To complete this challenge, Aloy will have to defeat 4 Scrappers, 3 Grazers, 2 Tramplers and 1 Fire Bellowback to get the gold medal. The amount of ammunition is also limited to only 5 Fire Arrows, 30 Hunter Arrows, and 25 Hardpoint Arrows,
- 3rd place (Bronze): 5/5 Machines Killed
- 2nd place (Silver): 8/8 Machines Killed
- 1st place (Gold): 10/10 Machines Killed
Tips and Tricks
- The trial does not have a time limit nor ranking based on completion speed, so precision and caution should be prioritized.
- On this trial, Aloy will only be equipped with her current outfit and an un-modded Shadow Hunter Bow.
- The number of Arrows is the same regardless of difficulty.
- Shooting the last arrow while still having the Fire Bellowback alive will end the trial, even if it is a Fire Arrow that is about to trigger a Blaze explosion that could have killed the last machine.
- Frozen Machines are more vulnerable to Impact Damage, taking less arrows to kill than those that aren't. This also affects the durability of their components before breaking.
- There are 3 Logpile traps in the arena; memorizing their location and using them taken down multiple small machine or dealing massive damage to larger ones could save a lot of arrows, especially useful on higher difficulties
- When dealing with the Scrappers, aim for the radar device or the Power Cell. This deals more damage compared to shooting the body. Getting to higher ground where they can't follow is a good way to get a clear shot and avoid interruptions by physical attacks, but Scrappers can resort to ranged attacks which might force players to take cover to save their life.
- Shoot Blaze canisters on frozen Grazers with Hunter Arrows for high damage.
- Destroying a Trampler's processing unit will set them ablaze, which will result in them slowly burning to their deaths
- However, if Ikrie freezes them again it will override the burning effect. Lure them away before destroying the processing unit.
- ↑ Inside the Extraordinary Reward Box for First Place
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Purpose of review: Several viruses have been associated with lymphomageneisis. Epstein-Barr virus is associated with B-cell lymphomas in immunosuppressed patients as well as some cases of Burkitt's lymphoma, some T and natural killer lymphomas and approximately 40% of cases of Hodgkin's disease. Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 and human herpes virus 8 genomes are also found in tumor cells in some types of lymphoma, while there are epidemiological data linking hepatitis C and lymphoma. The presence of the viral genome in all these malignancies offers the prospect for therapeutic interventions targeting virus-encoded proteins.
Recent findings: Immunotherapy with antigen-specific T cells has efficacy in immunosuppressed patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated posttransplant lymphoma and in some patients with Epstein-Barr virus-positive Hodgkin's disease. Preclinical studies are focusing on agents that block Epstein-Barr virus-encoded proteins or induce lytic cycle agents. In hepatitis C virus-positive lymphomas, responses have been reported with immune modulation. Increasing knowledge of cellular pathways modulated by viruses provides additional potential targets for therapy.
Summary: While the contribution to oncogenesis of Epstein-Barr virus in B-cell lymphoproliferative disease arising in immunosuppressed patients is clear cut, its role and that of other viruses in lymphomagenesis is less clear in lymphomas developing in immunocompetent patients. The presence of viral genomes in these lymphomas, however, offers targets for intervention and approaches under evaluation include adoptive immunotherapy, interferon, and small molecules targeting aspects of virus biology.
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The patent system, as it stands, is kind of a silly mess. The usual cycle is that companies patent anything and everything they can get away with in order to prevent themselves from being trolled only to then troll others with their menagerie of ridiculous patents. It’s a numbers game, and something’s bound to stick. For example, Go Daddy now has a patent for “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” in their stable. Perhaps someone should patent “announcing a relationship status change on a social website” before Facebook gets there first.
In Go Daddy’s defense, they very specifically claim the process of having the domain registrar hooked to a social account, like Facebook or Twitter, and then announcing a domain name registration on a delay to that account. On the other hand, this doesn’t seem all that different from announcing, well, anything else on a social website. It’s also a rather broad patent, as “social websites” doesn’t just include what one might traditionally consider traditional social media outlets — YouTube and Flickr are social websites.
It’s not like this has been an easy process for the company either. They originally filed in late 2009 and have been going back and forth with the examiners in their attempts to achieve the patent. In essence, Go Daddy split the tiniest of hairs in order to slide this one past, but the implications of this particular patent likely mean that it will only further confuse the issue when other advances include similar functionality.
Anyone that argues this particular ability that Go Daddy’s just been granted is a true representation of innovation likely doesn’t understand the meaning of the word.
Relevant to your interests
- Ask Patents was actually launched to help stop this kind of tomfoolery
- Google+ might finally allow anonymous profiles
- Samsung owes Apple a lot of money
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The intangible nature of training coupled with the number oriented measure of ROI, makes 'Training ROI' a holy grail for learning and development professionals. Because of this, most organisations are reluctant to embark on an ambitious project to put in place a framework to measure the effectiveness of training. However, companies are now beginning to realise that ROI (in its usually accepted format) is not the only way of measuring the effectiveness of training. An effective framework for training starts with aligning all training activities to the business objectives of the organisation. This presentation shares some key insights based on the Kirkpatrick Model for evaluation of training effectiveness and shows the critical need for HR to play a strategic role in organisations today.
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I've got a database with about 100 tables and I need to build a join query to get specific data from two of them. I know one but not the other. Basically I need something like:
select <tables> from <database> where exists table.column name;
How can I do this?
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The term escrow is used to describe an arrangement whereby a third party receives and disburses monies from another party. In the real estate industry, an escrow account is a trust held in the name of a borrower, which is used to pay obligations such as private mortgage insurance, homeowner's insurance, and real estate or property taxes.
The most commonly encountered example of escrow involves transactions between a borrower and their mortgage company. Under these conditions, the escrow account monies are collected monthly, along with the mortgage payments. This arrangement makes it easier for the homeowner to budget for the amounts owed. It also provides the mortgage company with a mechanism to ensure insurance premiums and taxes are paid on the property.
Allowing mortgage companies to control escrow accounts lowers the risk of non-payment on these obligations or insurance shortfalls. This mechanism effectively lowers the overall risk of the mortgage, enabling the lender to offer lower interest rates to the consumer.
The amount of money needed in an escrow account is constantly calculated, and evaluated, by the mortgage company. As property taxes and insurance costs change over time, adjustments are made to mortgage payments to account for shortfalls or overages in the escrow account.
When the principal of a loan is repaid in full, the balance in the escrow account is returned to the borrower.
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Some Questions from the Netherworld
by Nicholas Hildyard
first published 18 April 2016
The term “energy transition” usually signifies a shift away from fossil fuels and the technologies that require them. The question that then follows is: how is this shift to be paid for?
But there are pitfalls in looking at climate and energy like this. This public lecture given in Vienna and organised by Attac Austria and others, explores different ways of organizing nature, economy and society. It raises questions about the orientation of many mainstream discussions; the fetishising of technology; finance; accumulation; and organising.
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Upon completion of this page, you should be able to discuss three scenarios with greater-than-normal forecast uncertainty, which can lead to large errors in specific weather forecasts.
With the stats and discussion so far in the lesson, you should have the impression that:
- most short-term weather forecasts (a few days or less into the future), while not perfect, are accurate enough to be useful
- weather forecasts several days into the future or more can still be accurate and useful if they're less specific about details (exact temperatures, exact timing of precipitation, exact precipitation amounts, etc.)
- the perception of forecast accuracy suffers sometimes because of the sources people use for their forecasts (apps that only show a single weather icon with no further context or that give highly specific information too far into the future, for example)
But, while most weather forecasts that are communicated appropriately are accurate enough to be useful, sometimes weather forecasts (even short-term ones) go very wrong. My goal in this section is to present a few common scenarios when this can occur, so that if you're following along with weather coverage, you may be able to spot instances when the weather forecast for your location has a lot of uncertainty and may go awry. We're going to focus on three scenarios -- weather patterns with large gradients, cases where small-scale processes (like atmospheric convection) are major factors in the weather, and cases where the conditions depend highly on the exact path of a strong mid-latitude or tropical cyclone.
Beware of Large Gradients
I've said a few times throughout the course that large gradients are areas where "interesting" weather tends to happen, and unfortunately, large gradients tend to present huge forecasting challenges. Why is that? As you may recall, a gradient is the change in some variable over a certain distance, so large gradients mean that large changes exist over a short distance. As an example, check out the observed snowfall analysis from January 22 through January 24, 2016 from the "Blizzard of 2016." Note the large gradient in snowfall amounts along the northern edge of the storm's wake.
If you focus on Pennsylvania, in the central part of the state, some areas received more than 20 inches of snow, but along the northern border (less than 100 miles to the north), no snow fell at all! As an extreme example, Scranton, Pennsylvania received less than 2 inches of snow, while Allentown (about 50 miles to the southeast), received more than 30 inches! Such rapid changes in snowfall over a small distance mean that very subtle (and hard-to-predict) changes to the storm can drastically change the amount of snow that falls at any location within the large gradient. In this case, a slightly more northern track of the storm would have meant feet of snow for Scranton, instead of just 1.8 inches.
Indeed, areas along the western and northern edges of big East Coast snow storms (and other strong mid-latitude cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere) can be areas of large forecast uncertainty, and the confidence in the specific forecast at any single point is pretty low. The predictions for very heavy snow in the "heart" of the storm tend to have higher confidence. So, if you find yourself near the edge of where significant precipitation may fall (in other words, in a region with a large gradient), keep in mind that your forecast is particularly challenging, and small changes in the storm's behavior could mean big differences in the weather you experience.
The same can be said for regions with large temperature gradients (where strong fronts are located). For example, a long stationary front that extended from off the New England Coast back to a low near the Nebraska / Kansas border on April 13, 2018 (check out the 15Z analysis of sea-level pressure and fronts) had a large temperature gradient associated with it. Temperature forecasts within the large gradient were particularly challenging because of the large changes over a small distance.
Unless a forecaster or computer model predicted the gradient exactly right (not likely, even a day in advance), there were bound to be some "surprises" in the temperature forecast. In fact, parts of Pennsylvania made it well into the 80s, while it was just 48 degrees Fahrenheit in Erie, with a chilly northeasterly wind blowing off the waters of Lake Erie (the lake waters are still quite chilly in April). Temperatures ranged from the 40s to the 70s within one county, and the sharp gradient continued toward the east along the southern tier of New York. Good luck to the forecasters who had to deal with that! So, when you're located in an area where a strong front is located be aware that your temperatures could change quickly, and that the temperature forecast for your region is more uncertain than usual. It's a good idea to prepare for a wide range of temperatures because it could easily end up much warmer, or cooler, than the forecast says (or if you have to travel even a small distance, temperatures could be drastically different). So, beware of gradients! They're areas where big weather changes happen over small distances, which can wreak havoc on a forecast.
Scenarios in which small-scale weather processes are very important in the forecast can also give weather forecasters headaches. What do I mean by "small-scale weather processes?" Atmospheric convection is a good example. On some days, the development of thunderstorms through convection might seem random, because isolated thunderstorm cells seemingly pop up on a whim. But, thunderstorms never really erupt randomly, even if it appears that way. As you learned previously, thunderstorms tend to form when air parcels can become positively buoyant after being given a nudge upward. Sometimes that nudge comes from a large feature, like a cold front, but other times the nudge comes from small areas of subtle low-level convergence. These small, subtle "triggers" are often missed by the network of weather observation sites, and computer models often struggle to simulate them properly.
Because the "triggers" for thunderstorm development aren't measured or modeled very well, confidence in exactly where or when thunderstorms might erupt is often low. Forecasters can often identify a region of the country or state where thunderstorms will likely develop, but pinpointing exactly when and where is more difficult. For example, check out the animation of simulated radar reflectivity from nine consecutive computer model runs. All forecasts in the animation are valid at the same time (00Z on September 22, 2018), and are from the same computer model. The "oldest" forecast in the animation (first frame) is from the model run 60 hours before the valid time, while the "newest" forecast in the animation is from the model run 12 hours before the valid time (last frame). Do you see the changes in the predicted line of storms from model run to model run? The location of the line and the location of the most intense cells jumps around quite a bit.
A take-home message from the animation above is that even sometimes within one day of the development of thunderstorms, the exact locations and intensity aren't clear. In this particular case, a squall line was likely to develop along a cold front, but the exact timing and location of the most intense parts of the line were uncertain, even 12 to 24 hours in advance. Pinning down details gets even harder when thunderstorms are more of the widely scattered "pop-up" variety. In such cases, model forecasts for radar reflectivity often bear little resemblance to each other, as the exact locations of individual thunderstorms jump around a lot. These situations can really cause problems for automated minute-by-minute or hourly forecasts.
Dependency on Major Cyclone Tracks
To some extent, challenges brought about by the exact tracks of major mid-latitude or tropical cyclones are connected to the issues with large gradients that we already discussed. A slightly different low track for the "Blizzard of 2016" for example, would have resulted in vastly different snowfall amounts in the northern half of Pennsylvania in the example above. Similarly, if you're in an area where a change over in precipitation may occur during a winter storm (from snow to sleet and freezing rain, for example), a small deviation in the storm track can change the weather you experience a lot by causing changes in precipitation type either much slower or faster than expected (perhaps leading to much more or less snow than anticipated, respectively).
As another example, check out the rainfall forecast for Hurricane Florence (2018) from the Weather Prediction Center, issued about three days before the storm made landfall. Note that much of eastern Virginia was predicted to get anywhere from 6 to 15 inches of rain (orange and red shadings). Now, check out the actual rainfall estimates from Florence, and focus in on the circled area in eastern Virginia. Most of that region received less than two inches of rain (and some areas less than one inch)! The forecast did correctly highlight eastern North Carolina as the area that would see the heaviest rain (a large area of 15 inches or more), but the forecast for eastern Virginia wasn't very good. That's because Florence ended up taking a more southern path once inland, instead of turning immediately northward, which shifted some of the very heavy rain into South Carolina instead of Virginia.
But, what if the storm had come in 50 or 100 miles farther north than it actually did? Some of those areas in eastern Virginia, which didn't see much rain, would have seen a deluge (and serious flooding, most likely). Sometimes, a mere difference of 50 or 100 miles in the path of a mid-latitude or tropical cyclone can mean the difference between catastrophic impacts and impacts that are much more manageable. Unfortunately, errors of 50 or 100 miles are fairly common even just a few days in advance.
The delicate forecast scenarios outlined in this section are the times when highly specific forecasts are most likely to go wrong. They're also the situations when a fully automated forecast or an "icon" on a weather app is most likely to mislead you. When the forecast gets complicated, that's when a human meteorologist can really help by giving additional context and explaining a range of possibilities. So, I think having some trusted weather sources (beyond just an app) can be very useful, especially for those times when high-impact weather may be coming your way. Up next, we'll talk about finding trusted weather sources in the age of social media. Read on!
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1 TOO strong I was to conquer sin,
When 'gainst it first I turned my face;
Nor knew my want of power within,
Nor knew the omnipotence of grace.
2 In nature's strength I sought in vain
For what my God refused to give;
I could not then the mastery gain,
Or lord of all my passions live.
3 But, for the glory of thy name,
Vouchsafe me now the victory;
Weakness itself thou know'st I am,
And cannot share the praise with thee.
4 Because I now can nothing do,
Jesus, do all the work alone;
And bring my soul triumphant through,
To wave its palm before thy throne.
5 Great God, unknown, invisible,
Appear, my confidence to abase,
To make me all my vileness feel,
And blush at my own righteousness.
6 Thy glorious face in Christ display,
That, silenced by thy mercy's power,
My mouth I in the dust may lay,
And never boast or murmur more.
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Benefits of Visual Basics
Visual basics, popularly known as visual aids are tools that presenters and educators use to deliver an idea in a more efficient manner. It is essential that these tools are tailored to target a specific audience. However, presenters and teachers should only use these visual tools as helping aids and not rely on them in class.
1. Effective learning
An obvious benefit of visual basics is their role as education aids in presenting data more effectively. They aim at serving a wider audience as they have elements to help students who are not able to interpret images, graphs and charts. Therefore, presenters usually make an effort of making these visual aids easy to comprehend, for instance they can use slide shows.
2. Better presentation
Another reason why visual aids have become popular is the fact that they have visual capacity. They often range from posters to postcards and computer presentation. I am sure you are familiar with overheard projectors, which represent a particular data through enlarged pictures and text. Research has shown that visual aids may stimulate thinking.
Visual basics are effective in learning as they increase one’s interest in a particular subject. Basically, they break monotony in offices, meetings and in classrooms. In addition, they are more interactive, encouraging active participation from the audience.
4. Simple to create
Due to advancements in technology, you can use visual basics to add interactive effects to your project. Format, effects and color can be customized to ensure the presentation is interactive, not to mention that they are simple to create. Also, a variety of software applications are at your disposal, including Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint.
5. Financial presentation
Visual aids can help emphasize a certain feature, making them invaluable in presenting financial data. Since they break data into manageable pieces, visual basics help to reach a wider audience.
Although visual basics are effective in presenting data, some people may not know how to utilize software applications like Apple Keynote.
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Play it safe
How to mitigate increasing tech-related risks in the workplace, according to this Houston expert
New technologies — driverless vehicles, delivery drones, and AI — are making an accelerated push into operational excellence across industries, and are generating a lot of attention. Hype notwithstanding, we need to also think also about safety and risk and how to prevent safety incidents before they occur so that safety operates in partnership with new technologies and innovation.
Today, safety as process that is wrapped into ones' organizational culture requiring companies to look beyond intended performance and innovation breakthroughs, to their own assumptions about safety. And how it works and does not work, despite best efforts, financial investments and operations programs that are intended to create a culture that is incident free in the workplace.
When firmly in place, an effective safety culture instills an environment where employees differentiate between events which, while detrimental to performance, have low probability of generating an incident, and those with seemingly minimal impact on performance, yet high probability of escalation into full-blown safety incidents, accidents and sometimes deaths.
Six safety principles
Creating safety in the workplace requires a new and different mindset which incorporates six sustainable safety behaviors:
- Leadership consistently practice positive regard and good intent to articulate, demonstrate and reinforce employee behaviors that exemplify a commitment to safety.
- Leadership clearly communicate safety objectives and provide employees information to enable and empower employees to make value-based decisions and set priorities consistent with their levels of accountability and roles in the organization.
- Leadership supports employees identifying real and perceived barriers to a safe environment in compliance with policies, regulations and risks.
- Leadership practice positive employee regard to encourage, and assume good intent to accept, constructive challenges to policies and practices that have little or no value.
- Leadership support and create an environment in which commitment to identify risks during the course of one's work activities and take action, when first seen, creates a mindset that will genuinely transform the organization.
- Leaders are visible and consistently viewed by employees as champions of safety every day.
Safety mindset threats
Many current safety efforts occur after the incident takes place. In other words, after an injury happens — someone falls off a lift, for example — actions are taken to prevent similar injuries in the future. This is known as reactive safety and is not an ideal solution. If we can determine the why of an accident, safety can become proactive.
An effective safety program trains everyone, and encourages safety precautions, as well as strives to understand and reduce risk, rather than waiting for an accident to occur.
With an effective safety program in place your focus is always on preventing injuries before they occur and targeting 80 to 90 percent of the risk. Through utilization of this kind of process worker-controlled program, precautions can prevent injuries, reinforces these behaviors, identifies and removes systems, conditions and obstacles that make it difficult or impossible to take the right precautions.
In addition, employees may be practicing vicious compliance, in contrast to authentic commitment to process safety, in which they follow management's policies, procedures and other mandates "to the letter", even in situations where other choices would make more sense.
The workforce may act unilaterally based on their own assumptions, for example:
- "They talk a good game about process safety, but I know it's really about getting the work done. I'll operate to get the desired production rate, even if this pushes the equipment to its limit." Indeed, the oft-ignored employee assumption and resulting belief is that production trumps process safety.
- Employees' reliance upon personal experience to evaluate risk of low-frequency events: "As an employee, my experience teaches me that I've worn my personal protective equipment 100 times and there has never been an incident. So, if I don't wear it this one time, especially since I am so busy, it seems to me that the associated risk of an incident is quite low. So, why does management constantly 'get on me' about wearing it? Aren't there more important issues facing us?"
Routine behavior often includes silence or compliance, but with little challenge of issues or conversation about what could or might happen. As a result, management may perceive that all is well when in fact employees have significant concerns and issues.
To avoid major safety incidents, both known and unknown, an organization can take process safety to the next level by:
- Exploring and challenging deeply-held beliefs, values, and assumptions by examining the underlying antecedents of process safety behaviors and utilizing new technology systems that shut down operation when a safety situation is first detected before an incident occurs.
- Achieving the desired operational discipline, including paperless documentation, setting expectations, defining critical cyber secure procedures, and linking executive bonuses to achieving safety goals.
- Focus on practicing a leveraged safety program that delivers results in the most effective and efficient mean possible by frequently focusing on decreasing threats, risks and increasing attention and communications to prevention, detection and correction.
The ultimate effective safety process and program relies upon effective use of new technologies in the workplace self- and organizational awareness, and the constant, never-ending focus on safety everyday and minute that we spend in the workplace.
Mark Hordes is principal at Houston-based Mark Hordes Management Consultants LLC, an organizational consulting advisory.
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The intervals in this chord are only Root and Perfect Fifth
Name variations for this chord:
- D Powerchord
The D Powerchord is made up of the notes D, and A.
Chords with only the root and the Fifth are called Power chords; they have a powerful sound, especially on a distorted guitar.
Notes that compose the D 5 chord:
Chord structure of the Powerchord chord:
Visually impaired people might find useful the D 5 accessible text-based description for this chord.
- Chord boxes are sorted from the easiest to the hardest. Learn how to read chord diagrams.
- If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
- You find more chord shapes, as well as full fretboard maps, in the ebook Chords Domination | Play Any Chord You Want Across All The Fretboard
Want a printable pdf?
Download the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!
Find more chord tones fretboard maps in the ebook Chords Domination
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Millennials have changed the way we communicate and as they move into the workforce, they expect the flexibility to be as productive, collaborative and connected in the workplace as they are in their personal lives. By 2015, millennials will make up the majority of the workforce, requiring companies to change the way they do business to accommodate these new workstyles. This shift starts with technology, but in the end is about creating a more collective and connected way to work for everyone.
Listen to the webinar to learn about the adjustments companies must make to attract and retain top talent in this new workforce reality. In discussion with PwC, we’ll cover:
- Key Findings from PwC’s latest research, NextGen: A Global
- How millennial workstyles encourage a more collaborative way to work for everyone.
- Organizational and cultural changes to consider to strengthen talent recruitment strategies
- The role technology plays in creating a more collaborative workplace.
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Summary: Some of the sport injuries are preventable, unfortunately not all of them. We’ve collected some of the most common sport injuries and a few useful tips and tricks to avoid them.
Sport injuries and prevention
Sport injuries can happen to anyone, and there are many reason why it actually does. If you regularly exercise you might “over-exercise” some of your body parts, and that is when you can get hurt. Others don’t exercise at all, and from one day to the other they decide to run a Marathon with a week’s preparation (not a good idea at all!).
- The first and most important rule to avoid sport injuries is to exercise with your brain switched on (that is train smart!). If you haven’t done much exercise recently, do start with a light approach, and give yourself and your body time to get used to the movements, and build some muscles. Elevate the weight, length, and effort continuously as oppose to a fast and aggressive plan.
- My second suggestion is best to stay in shape. If your build a continuous exercise routine in to your daily life (be it swimming, weigh lifting, running, yoga…etc) your body has a better chance to adjust when you try something else or something more.
- Warm up, stretch after your routine and give yourself enough time to exercise. Hurried movements, lack of attention are a constant source of injuries.
- We are all different! So there might be a chance that you keep all the reasonable rules and you still get hurt. It happens… and how you handle your recovery can make a significant difference in your health.
The most common injuries:
1. Pulled muscles
There are many reasons for this type of injury to happen such as:
- Neglecting stretching, or not stretching properly
- Not warming up properly
- Lack of flexibility
The most commonly affected muscles are the calves and hamstrings, but you can pull many different muscles depending on the sport you are doing, and the condition your body is in. The best way to prevent a pulled muscle is to stretch properly, and work out when you are feeling ready for it. If you are tired and demotivated, give yourself a day off, put your feet up with a good book, and call it a “mental health day”.
2. Ankle sprain
Most common amongst runners, soccer players, and generally people doing aerobic exercises such as jumps, runs, and sudden moves. Sprained ankles happen when the foot turns inward and you put your weight on your leg. These fairly painful mis-steps can lead to twisting ankles, but also hurting ligaments and tendons. One of the best ways to avoid these sprains is to strengthen your ankles with specific exercises. My favorite one (low maintenance, and can-practice-without-a-gym-or-equipment-kind of way) is to take the stairs in my office. It not only strengthens my ankles, but also give a good pump for my heart, and shapes my gluts.
3. Groin pull
A sharp pain caused by sudden and heavy moves. What you feel is discomfort, swelling, and occasional bruising on the inner thigh. Not fun… and it is sufficient to say that once it happens the best is to give your body enough time to recover. If you don’t rest, you might end up with a long-term condition. The advise here again, exercise with moderation and let your body adjust properly before you push for more.
4. Knee injury:
Also called “Runner’s Knee,” that covers a whole list of various injuries related to the kneecap. Despite the name, not only runners can get it but all athletes using their legs actively. To avoid this injury, I recommend to use good shoes and don’t get attached to your beloved trainers for too long. The average lifespan of a pair of good trainers is around 500 hours. Pay attention and reward yourself with a shiny new pair when the time is up. Lastly, don’t run on hard surface such as asphalt, but rather choose a running track or softer ground.
5. Shin splints
When your shinbones get hurt due to muscle inflammation is called shin splint. Most often runners get it, especially the ones that train hard, or the ones without previous training experience. If you start too quickly or push your limits too hard, this type of injury can easily happen. In prevention the most useful tips are to wear good shoes, workout with moderation, stretch and warm up properly according to the exercise you do.
6. Lower back pain
Mostly cyclists, golfers, tennis players, and runners are affected because of the uneven, sudden, and unbalanced movements, and body use. Proper warm-up is crucial to avoid the injuries that are actually avoidable. Why do I say this? Because some of these injuries happen due to weakness in your body, and you might do everything the right way and still get injured. That is because of the nature of the sport, and lack of balance in movements.
7. Tennis elbow
It is the plague of tennis and golf players. The repetitive, one-handed movements cause pain and degeneration on the inside of the elbow. Tennis elbow comes with pain and inflammation and once it appears, the best is to rest until the body recovers. You can also practice some forearm strengthening exercises such as wrist curls, or squeezing a rubber ball.
Don’t pay the price! Instead apply it to your sport injuries…
What is the PRICE method? It is a commonly used method treat less severe sports injuries at home.
- P — protect from further injury
- R — restrict activity
- I — apply ice
- C — apply compression
- E — elevate the injured area
Go to the doctor if…
Pushing through with sport injuries have limits. Even if you are used to having pain (which is already not a good sign), but your symptoms are not going away within a few days, and if anything they worsen, it is a good indication to book your doctor’s appointment. Here are a few good reasons to do so:
- Broken bones, bleeding, and deep cut, or infected skin
- You can’t use your limbs properly (walking with a strong limp, can’t lift a glass, strong pain shoots in your neck when turning to the side…and there are many more. The message here is when you experience pain that you need to compensate by not using the injured part of your body is a sign to ask for help.)
- Extreme swelling and strongly discolored skin (of course our skin reacts differently to everything, but you know your body the most. If the color of your affected skin differs from the rest of your body a lot, that is a sign of a potential problem)
- It is not healing or getting better in a few days time
- PRICE therapy doesn’t help and your pain level elevates
Pain in sports is good they say. But I think there is difference between pain and pain. When you struggle and you’re hurt, it is best not to delay professional help because you can cause irreversible damage to your body.
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Sea otters are a keystone species. They play an important role in the health and stability of near shore marine ecosystems. They eat sea urchins and other invertebrates that eat vast quantities of giant kelp. In the absence of sea otters, these grazing animals can annihilate kelp forests and consequently the wide diversity of animals that depend upon kelp habitat for survival. Providing habitat is one of many services kelp offers to the marine ecosystem.
In this video, Vancouver Island University marine biologist Jane Watson eloquently explains why kelp is so important.
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Encrypted Messaging Apps Targeted By Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission is attempting to increase its powers to gather information from encrypted messaging apps.
In a bill floated in the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, ACIC claim these apps are solely the domain of criminals. If granted additional powers, the AFP and ACIC will be able to access these apps and their information without the knowledge of the Australian citizens using them. This obviously poses a problem for journalists, who use WhatsApp and similar software to receive anonymous tips.
“These platforms are used almost exclusively by serious and organised crime groups and are developed specifically to obscure the identities of the involved criminal entities and enable avoidance of detection by law enforcement,” the ACIC state (incorrectly).
“They enable the user to communicate within closed networks to facilitate highly sophisticated criminal activity”.
“Criminals are increasingly using the Dark Web and dedicated encrypted communication platforms to facilitate and undertake a wide range of serious crimes, including money laundering, illicit drug and firearms smuggling, and the production and dissemination of child exploitation material.”
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Knowing how can you tell if someone is lying is an essential life skill. Being able to tell if someone is lying will save you from distress in platonic, intimate, and professional relationships. With the exception of sociopaths, whenever someone is lying, they feel emotional discomfort. This emotional discomfort leaks in facial expressions, body language, speech, and conversational content. Ahead are some important tips on how to tell if someone is lying.
- They avoid you. Or, at least avoid talking to you. Whenever someone is lying, they want to avoid having conversations with you because they don’t want to arouse any suspicions. Sometimes, they have not thought up the lie completely.
- They leave out details in the conversation. Whenever people leave out the essential “5W’s” – who? what? where? when? why? – in the conversation, it is likely that they are hiding something. The shorter the sentences the more suspicious you should be. Too many one word answers is a big red flag that someone is lying.
- They won’t look at you in the eye. Whenever someone is lying, they are likely to feel shame or guilt. When people feel ashamed or guilty, they avoid eye contact. So, if someone was previously making eye contact with you, and they suddenly look elsewhere, you should suspect that they’re lying.
- They get fidgety. This is similar to the lack of eye contact response. If someone is lying they may build up nervous energy. Fidgeting is one way to release nervous energy.
- Their voice or pace of speech changes. A quite reliable way to tell if someone is lying is to pay attention to how they talk. If someone was speaking loudly and then start speaking quietly, they may be lying. Their subconscious is telling them that the softer they speak, the less likely their lies will be heard. Paying attention to the pace of speech is also important. If a human starts speaking quickly out of the blue, they might be trying to force the lie out fast so other person will not be able to process it. Noticing that a person is speaking more slowly than usual is also a good way to find out if someone is lying. This may indicate that they are making up the lie in their head as they are speaking.
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You wake up to a big noise. You just got out of a black hole in your Escape Ship. You remember your ship being attacked, but that's pretty much it. You got knocked out when your colony exploded too close to your pod. What is happening? Where are you?
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Folic Acid (Vitamin B9)
What Is Folic Acid Powder?
Folic acid powder is a powdered, synthetic form of vitamin B9 (folate) that has higher rates of absorption than naturally occurring folates. Vitamin B9 is an essential vitamin that the human body cannot produce on its own. The FDA requires certain foods, such as bread, crackers, and cereal, to be fortified with folic acid because of the critical role in the body.
Folic acid powder (vitamin B9) is water soluble and can be used by the body in the same ways as naturally occurring folates, including the formation of new cells.
Folic Acid Powder Benefits
Folic acid powder supports many important functions in the human body and is an important part of prenatal supplements.† Folic acid powder also helps support cardiovascular health and may even help maintain healthy mood and support brain function.†
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† These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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The power inverter can convert DC12V to AC110V. It is still very practical, while there are still many people worrying about that the car inverter is harmful to the car battery because they think anything that needs to sue the automobile battery supplies, more or less will have some impact on the battery and will bring worse effect on the battery if it is used improperly. So we just need to find out the correct way to use the inverter, which will help reduce the damage to the battery!
The car starts the engine by using the electricity from the car battery and then generates electricity after the engine starts. Some of the electricity generated is used by the engine (mainly the spark plug), and the rest is stored in the battery. When the battery is full, the extra energy is wasted.
The car power inverter works when the engine starts and stops. When the engine starts, the inverter uses the extra electricity, so there is no any harms to the battery. While when the engine stops and the inverter still works, it uses the electricity from the battery power storage. So in that case, the battery is always in the repeated status of charging - consumption - charge - consumption. It doesn’t matter if the inverter works for a short time, while if you need to use the inverter for a long time, please start the engine and use the inverter 10 to 20 minutes later, or the car battery may be run out.
Don’t keep the air conditioner on when the engine stops working, because that may waste a lot of power and may make the battery died within several minutes. And also use as fewer appliances as possible when the car stops. The battery life will become shorter if it is always in the status of electricity loss.
If only the inverter is plugged in the cigarette lighter without any other electrical appliances, then it is equivalent to no load. If there is a load (such as a 65W laptop plugged in), and assume that the inverter has 90% efficiency, then it is equivalent to 72W of power supplied by the battery. Battery life is related to the number of charge and discharge, so how many electrical appliances are plugged in the cigarette lighter means how many times of battery charge and discharge are added. In that case, the battery life is certainly affected, but not very much, and for those small electrical appliances, the impact to the battery is just like playing a radio. Of course, a good battery will be more durable, relatively can withstand the load of the toss. There is a battery specifically designed for the frequent use of electronic devices in the car, that will bring fewer damages to the battery and the car.
1. The inverter shall be used in accordance with the user manual.
2. The output voltage of the inverter is 220 volts ac, and this 220 volt is in a small space and mobile state, so be careful. Keep it in a safe place (especially away from children!) in case of electric shock.
3.When not in use, it is best to cut off its input power.
4. Do not place the inverter near the sun or heater outlet. The working environment temperature of the inverter should not exceed 40 ?.
5.choosed must be consistent with the inverter dc input voltage. For example, a 12V inverter must be used with a 12V battery.
6. The output of a power inverter must be higher than that an electronic appliance needs, especially for those high power appliances like refrigerator, air conditioner, which may require some extra electricity.
7. The input voltage of an inverter has a positive and a negative electrode. Connect the two properly and the power cord must be thick enough as well as not too long.
8. The car should be placed in a ventilated and dry environment to keep away from the rain. Keep it 20cm distance away from the surrounding objects, and away from flammable and explosive goods. Don’t place it in an environment with over 40? temperature.
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Work Package 5 ‘Evaluation, testing and validation of design’ aims to design and implement an impact assessment of the experimental labs. A rigorous impact assessment methodology will be elaborated and implemented, including quantitative and qualitative methods, aiming at measuring and registering the results of the experimental labs in connection to the expected results and planned objectives, in terms of impact (if the expected objectives have been reached at the level of participants in relation to changing of behaviour and adopting the techniques and instruments in the professional activity) and process (applicability of the labs' design).
Among other activites, the methodology includes organazing a focus group with at least one representative of each of the participants’ categories, aiming at understanding in-depth the impact the experimental labs had on their personal behaviour and on their professional activity.
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Vitamin B6 is a coenzyme intended to provide nutritional support for metabolism, red blood cell synthesis, and nerve tissue. It helps the body make several neurotransmitters (chemicals that carry signals from one nerve cell to another). It is needed for normal brain development and function.
This vitamin also helps the body make the hormones serotonin and norepinephrine, which influence mood, and melatonin, which helps regulate the body’s clock.*
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The conditions inside a burning building are perilous and can change rapidly. For firefighters searching for people trapped within a burning building, these risks can be exacerbated in a matter of seconds as exposure to high temperature may cause their personal protective equipment (PPE) to fail. This is particularly true in the presence of infrared radiation, which can rapidly increase the temperature of a firefighter’s environment without warning.
Lacking an early warning detection system, firefighters are reliant on their own senses; however, this can put them at risk. By the time they recognize the danger signs, firefighters can find themselves in a thermal environment that can cause the facepiece of their self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to fail.
Traditionally, firefighters are taught to rely on the sensitivity to high temperatures of their ears—and often burnt ears—as the indication that they are in a dangerous thermal environment. Due to improvements in head protection, however, firefighters no longer feel that heat on their ears to experience this warning; instead, they often find out when their SCBA facepieces begin to bubble, soften or even melt. In reality, it may only take 60 seconds of exposure to Class IV fires (500-1832°F) and heat fluxes of 10-100 kilowatts per square meter before the SCBA equipment begins to degrade.
This is why the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) First Responders Group (FRG) is working to provide firefighters with a timely warning system that PPE failure is imminent, allowing them to exit the area and head to safety before it’s too late.
FRG is now working with TDA Research, Inc. in a Phase Two Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop the Burn Saver Thermal Sensor, a battery-powered device that will be carried by firefighters and detects thermal changes in their operating environments. The goal of the effort is to develop a lightweight instrument that uses color-coded lights to signal environmental temperature increases, including a warning that they should immediately leave the area when PPE failure is imminent.
The Burn Saver system is designed to recognize different types of thermal conditions through algorithms that are being developed by TDA researchers. Laboratory testing continues to characterize temperature conditions and heat profiles to ensure the algorithms accurately characterize thermal environments encountered by firefighters. The Phase II development effort will also examine possible design configurations using the thermoplastic material that is planned for the commercialized device to make the unit lighter than the current metal prototypes and optimize the final design to minimize the size of the Burn Saver device.
“The capability for firefighters to continuously detect, monitor and analyze thermal environmental threats in real time, and quickly respond, is essential to FRG’s efforts to decrease the number of PPE failures and improve firefighter safety,” said FRG Project Manager Bill Deso.
SCBA facepieces can be damaged by excessive heat. Burn Saver can alert firefighters when they are in dangerous thermal environments and provide warnings to evacuate before their PPE is damaged, helping minimize risk to firefighters. (Photos provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology)
For more information about the Burn Saver Thermal Sensor, please contact [email protected].
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First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: One who stammers
- French: Stammerer
First name variations: Blaze, Blaiz, Blaize, Blasha, Blasia, Blayse, Blayze, Blaza, Blazena, Blazia, Blase, Blasius, Blazej, Blasi, Blasien
Last name origins & meanings:
- French: variant of Blaise.
- Quebec city records for 1666 show a Blais from the Poitou region of
France. Another bearer, from the Angoulême region, was documented
in Ste. Famille, Quebec, in 1669.
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Ways to Benefit from Communities of Practice with CAE Healthcare
For anyone seeking to get the most out communities of practice for healthcare training, Amanda Wilford suggests the following choice options:
1. Sign up for a CAE Healthcare webinar
These synchronous, 90-minute distance educational sessions are free to attend and hosted by CAE Academy experts. Learn how to transform your simulation programs; create authentic patient simulation scenarios and/or plan, design and manage a sustainable and successful training center (using CAE Learning Space for debriefing, formative and summative assessment, and research). These online training courses and webinars bring the learning directly to you via computer or laptop enabling you to save on travel costs, too!
2. Register for an onsite educational session
CAE Healthcare's "Training for Life” and "Essentials of Simulation" sessions (available in Florida, Germany, Thailand and elsewhere), are interactive gatherings where you can learn more about both the technology and educational techniques that are shaping the future of simulation. Attendees can acquire CEUs, gain insights and build skills to advance simulation programs and, ultimately, improve patient care.
3. Follow CAE Healthcare on social media
Engage as a customer. Engage as a brand loyalist. Engage as a member of the global healthcare community who is concerned with matters relating to patient safety, improving the quality of care, and developing better trained healthcare professionals through innovations in healthcare simulation.
CAE Healthcare uses its social media communication channels to broaden the conversation surrounding the challenges faced, everyday, by healthcare professionals and lends an expert voice to the discussion. We share relevant industry insights, event updates, CAE Healthcare product news (and the many ways your simulation center can save on valuable resources), and we inform our followers about simulation training happenings all over the world with exciting photos and compelling content.
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Supporting commercial goals by asking ‘why?’
As there is no one-size-fits-all approach to developing an effective IP strategy, GJE ensures it has a thorough understanding of its clients’ objectives and developments within their businesses so that it is able to offer the right form of assistance at the right moment in time. This means frequently asking the question ‘why?’ explain Ross Cummings and Ruth Wright, Senior Associates at the firm. For early-stage funding rounds, for example, it is vital that a life sciences company is aware of what its IP is and why it has it. According to Ross and Ruth, this means being able to answer questions such as: ‘Why are you spending money on this patent application?’ or ‘Why haven’t you filed for patent protection?’ In doing so, they can ascertain if patenting a technology will add value to a company and ensure that the right protections are in place so that it is well positioned for valuations.
Further down the line, asking ‘why’ enables GJE’s attorneys to establish whether filing a new patent application or undertaking a freedom to operate search is strategically relevant or whether a client’s budget would be better allocated elsewhere.
Such questions can also assist in maintaining alignment between a company’s IP strategy and its commercial goals. This includes generating income from non-core assets via a licensing deal or disposal or benefitting from off-target IP through a cross-licensing agreement, for example. In this way, IP can provide a commercial advantage even if it falls outside of a company’s key target areas. As Ross points out: “IP is a property right; just because you are not living in a house, having moved to another town, does not mean you give it away. You would sell it or rent it out; you have an asset there worth monetising.”
However, it is important that ownership of an invention is fully established before commencing licensing deal negotiations. This should be established as early in a company or product’s lifecycle as possible, notes Ruth, because not doing so can present a number of obstacles. If documentation requires the signatures of those involved at the early stages, and those people have since moved on to other companies or moved abroad, for example, then the process can be particularly onerous. Further complexity arises if the invention is a result of a collaboration or when the inventor is an academic and the company begins life as a spin-out. As universities can differ in their approach to ownership of rights, this should be considered from the get-go, especially if the inventor moves between universities, adds Ruth.
Staying on top of international IP timelines and budgets
When it comes to protecting innovations across jurisdictions, Ross and Ruth are unanimous on the key consideration for companies: deadlines. GJE works closely with clients to ensure that timelines for extending IP registration applications abroad after an initial local filing are met, drawing on the expertise of its team of records specialists. In addition, the firm utilises its knowledge of international systems to advise companies of associated cost implications, so that they can budget ahead of time.
Through a network of international specialists, the firm’s attorneys can also provide jurisdiction-specific guidance on protecting innovations internationally, as there are variations between what can be patented where. These variations require different approaches to patenting inventions in the diagnostics and software space in Europe than they do in the US, for example. “It’s the same with treatment methods. Different approaches are required and the outcomes are different depending on which country you look at,” says Ross. “We’re used to dealing with those differences and advising clients on how to go about that.”
Teaming up to deliver cross-discipline expertise
It is not just different jurisdictions that require different IP strategies. As the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) increases within life sciences, the combination of expertise needed to protect innovations also shifts. One of the most significant trends in medtech currently is the growth of companion apps, notes Ruth. “With the rise of the iPhone and people wearing devices like Fitbits, people are getting used to having companion apps for devices. That’s no less true of the medical devices area than consumer electronics,” adds Ross. An insulin-monitoring implant may connect with a mobile device to deliver notifications that inform the patient when they need more insulin, for example, or a connected inhaler could monitor how well a drug has been inhaled.
Patenting such technologies necessitates specific knowhow across a range of specialist areas, from biology to software to materials science. While all GJE attorneys have a technical degree in a relevant area of expertise, many also have relevant research degrees and/or industrial experience. GJE makes use of this expertise and takes a collaborative, cross-discipline, and team-led approach to support the unique challenges and objectives of each client as the digital landscape evolves.
Providing for investors’ increasing IP expectations
With experience spanning from spin-outs to IPOs and trade sales, working on behalf of both investors and investees in life sciences, GJE is equipped to offer well-informed advice to both parties. The firm has a dedicated investor group and is also a member of numerous business angel and business incubator networks. It offers a full range of services to investors, including IP due diligence, IP audits, and competitor patent landscaping.
Of particular note to those companies seeking investment is Ross’ observation of changing investor sentiment. “The life science investors we work with all agree that they cannot invest in a new life science company unless there is an IP portfolio, preferably patents, protecting the company’s key pipeline products. Also, investors now not only want to see patents, they want to see strong patents,” he explains. “In the past, weak or off-target patents were often used to bolster life science SME pricing, but this is not possible now. Investors now conduct more detailed IP due diligence, and irrelevant IP will be removed from consideration.”
While this increased focus on IP relevancy is generally identified as occurring within the biotech sector, Ruth also sees it as a growing trend within medtech as some investors move into this area from biotech and pharma, bringing this mind set with them. Ultimately, whichever sub-sector an investor or company may occupy, ensuring an IP strategy is relevant and commercially aligned remains key.
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A dented spider like a snow drop white
On a white Heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of lifeless satin cloth –
Saw ever curious eye so strange a sight? –
Portent in little, assorted death and blight
Like the ingredients of a witches’ broth? –
The beady spider, the flower like a froth,
And the moth carried like a paper kite.
What had that flower to do with being white,
The blue prunella every child’s delight.
What brought the kindred spider to that height?
(Make we no thesis of the miller’s plight.)
What but design of darkness and of night?
Design, design! Do I use the word aright?
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Software for the air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration industry
Simple coil design methods that work
The fin-and-tube heat exchanger is probably the most common piece of equipment found in any air-conditioning installation. These heat exchangers are typically referred to as coils and are designated by the fluids in the tube. So, a chilled water coil is a fin-and-tube heat exchanger used for cooling air where the coolant is chilled water and the direct expansion coil is a fin-and-tube evaporator found in a vapour compression cycle.
These two coil types are primarily used to cool air. In most cases, the temperature of the coolant at the coil inlet is in the order of 6 ºC and at typical air-conditioning temperatures, this would result in a coil surface temperature that is below the dew point of the air being cooled. The consequence of this is that there will be condensation on the coil surface and this condensate is clearly evident by the water flowing out of the drain pans of many installations.
Methods to design and select heating coils are based on an overall heat transfer coefficient multiplied by the appropriate temperature difference. In cooling coils where there is condensation, the temperature difference is not the correct driving force since the latent heat of condensation is not accounted for.
There have been different ways of dealing with this shortfall. These include the introduction of a sensible heat factor to modify the outside film coefficient, use of a log mean enthalpy difference and the effectiveness method based on a saturation specific heat. In this paper, we develop the equations and by simulation, illustrate the validity of the effectiveness method for solving wet surface cooling coils.
The conventional LMTD method
The LMTD method is a well-known way of calculating a heat exchanger size. The idea is that the heat exchanger has a pre-defined heat transfer coefficient and that the driving force for heat flow is the temperature difference.
Q = Uo Ao dt
This is the same equation as would be used to calculate heat flow across a wall of known conductivity. The difference in a heat exchanger is that the temperature of the fluids changes significantly.
Without going into the details here, it can be shown that the effective temperature difference for parallel and counter flow configurations can be calculated from the following equation.
dt = (dti – dto) / ln (dti / dto)
Hence the name, log mean temperature difference. In the case of a cross flow and multi-pass configurations, you would have to apply an additional correction factor.
The problem with the LMTD method is that the fluid leaving conditions must be known in order to calculate the duty. Clearly, if you know the leaving conditions, then you already know the duty. This makes the performance calculation of an existing coil an iterative process. A difficulty that often appears during the course of a simulation is that successive estimates of the leaving fluid temperatures could result in a negative (dti / dto) and consequently a program crash.
The e-Ntu method is based on the concept of an efficiency rating and is defined by the following equation.
Q = e Qmax
The maximum duty can be easily determined when you realize that the fluid with the lowest capacity rate Cmin will have the largest temperature difference. In an ideal heat exchanger, that is one with an efficiency of 100%, the fluid with the lowest capacity rate will experience the maximum possible temperature difference or the inlet temperature difference (ITD).
ITD = thi – tci
Qmax = Cmin ITD
Now you can see the benefit of this method since it is based on inlet conditions only and the actual duty is bounded between 0 and Qmax or in other words, an effectiveness of 0 to 1.
It turns out that the effectiveness can be derived for many of the common heat exchanger configurations. These are well known and published in most heat transfer books in the form shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Effectiveness of a single pass counter-flow heat-exchanger
For a counter-flow configuration, the effectiveness can be calculated from the following equation,
e = (1 – e –Ntu (1-Cr) ) / (1 – Cr e –Ntu (1-Cr) )
where the number of transfer units Ntu = Uo Ao/Cmin and the capacity ratio Cr = Cmin/Cmax
In developing theories, we often make assumptions to simplify the result so it would be instructive to be able to make a practical comparison.
If we break the heat exchanger into a number of small pieces, it would be possible to calculate the heat flow at each step without making any assumptions.
Figure 2. Thermal model of dry cooling
At each step, from tai to tao in the thermal model shown in Figure 2, the outside and inside heat transfer relationships need to be reconciled
dq = ho dAo (ta – ts)
dq = Ui dAi (ts – tw)
This allows the determination of the surface temperature, ts and consequently the differential heat flow dq that is summed to get the total heat flow.
Looking at each fluid in turn, it is also possible to calculate the next temperature from
dq = Ca dta and dq = Cw dtw
In a counter flow arrangement, this is an iterative process since in the direction of the airflow we would have to start with a guess of the leaving water temperature. At the end of the cycle, the water inlet temperature must be compared with the known inlet water temperature and the initial guess revised until a solution has been found.
Dealing with condensation
When the surface temperature falls below the dew point temperature of the air, there will be condensation. This complicates matters since the energy balance must now include the mass and energy flow of the condensate.
This means that there are two energy equations on the air-side, accounting for sensible and latent heat.
dqs = ho dAo (ta – ts)
dql = hd dAo (Wa – Ws) hfg
By summing these two equations, it can be shown that the total energy can be approximated in terms of an enthalpy potential.
dqt = hd dAo (ha – hs)
So, the potential for heat transfer is the enthalpy difference between the moist air and the enthalpy of saturated air at the surface temperature.
Simulation of a cooling coil with condensation
By incorporating the enthalpy potential, we can now simulate the performance of a cooling coil with condensate. In Figure 3, we see that the surface is wet and therefore the enthalpy at the surface is that of saturation air at the surface temperature.
Figure 3. Thermal model of wet cooling coil
In addition to the heat transfer, we can calculate the condensate flow from dm = hd dAo (Wa – Ws) and consequently the absolute humidity at the next step as the simulation proceeds. The psychrometric chart in figure 4 shows the actual simulated process and the by-pass model based on the Ntu method.
Figure 4. Psychrometric chart showing simulation and Ntu model
Notice that I have chosen a water supply temperature that would ensure a fully wet coil. In practice, it is possible that the inlet coil surface temperature could be above the air dew point and the coil would start out dry. As the air moves through the coil, it would be exposed to a lower temperature and condensation would start somewhere in the coil. This complicates the Ntu process since the coil should really be split into a dry and wet portion. The results of a wet coil model are however close enough not to warrant this precaution. In the case of a partially wet coil, Braun et al have suggested using the average between the wet and dry duties.
Problems with the LMTD method
The problem with the LMTD method is that it is only valid for single-phase heat transfer. The reason is that the driving force is based on a temperature difference.
If your instinct was to consider a log mean enthalpy difference, you would be on the right track. In fact, there are many references that adopt this approach (Kuehn et al ).
Another approach would be to apply a sensible heat correction factor to the outside film coefficient. This would give an overall coefficient 1/Uo = SHR/ho + B/Ui. This modification is based on the air-side duty of dql = (ho Ao dt)/SHR and gives good correlation but does not always behave well numerically.
Validity of e-Ntu
If the LMTD method doesn’t work for a wet coil, why then should the e-Ntu method be any different? The reason that it does work is that the maximum duty is based on the correct driving force.
In a wet coil, the maximum duty is
Qmax = ma (hai – hswi)
And the duty can be calculated directly from Q = e Qmax
For a wet coil, we now need to find a way to calculate the effectiveness.
If we equate the air and water-side duties
ma (hai - hao) = mw Cpw (twi - two)
and define a saturation specific heat as
Cs = (hswi - hswo) /(twi - two),
we can replace the water temperature difference and re-arrange the energy balance equation into a form that looks similar to the dry case.
ma Cs (hai - hao) = mw Cpw (hswi - hswo)
By similarity, we can define the air capacity rate as Ca = ma Cs and adopt the effectiveness method in the same way that we did with a dry process. The definition of the saturation specific heat has given us this advantage.
Reference e-Ntu Method
The conventional e-Ntu method does work well, but is difficult to program since you need to determine the maximum and minimum capacity rate in order to calculate the capacity ratio. In addition, you must base the maximum duty on the fluid with the minimum capacity rate. So, if for example you change the flow rate of the air, the relative positions of the fluids need to be revised.
A possibility is to define a reference fluid and use this instead of the minimum capacity rate fluid. If we select air to be the reference fluid, the duty can be calculated from the following.
Q = e Qair
Qdry = ma Cpa (tai - twi)
Qwet = ma (hai - hswi)
e = (1 – e –Ntu (1-Cr) ) / (1 – Cr e –Ntu (1-Cr) )
Cr = (ma Cs) / (mw Cw)
If there is no condensate, the coil is dry and Cs = Cpm. For a wet coil, we can define Cs based on the idea of the saturation specific heat.
Cs = (hswo – hswi) / (two – twi)
An additional useful step is to break up the Ntu into the outside and inside parts and combining these like parallel heat flow paths.
Ntu = Ntuo / (1 + Cr Ntuo/Ntui)
where Ntuo = ho Ao / (ma Cpa) and Ntui = Ui Ai / (ma Cpw).
By integrating the air-to-surface energy balance, this leads to the definition of a coil bypass factor, b.
∫ma dha = ∫hd dAo (ha – hs)
b = e –Ntuo
Where from the definition of the bypass factor, the leaving air state can be determined.
b = (hao – hadp) / (hai – hadp) = (Wao – Wadp) / (Wai – Wadp)
Comparison of Results
The calculated performance of a particular chilled water coil can now be compared with the above methods. There are too many variables to give an exhaustive list so I have selected a coil size and reference condition. Each test is based on the variation of a single parameter
Barometer = 101.325 kPa (sea level) On coil = 25.0 / 17.0 ºC (dry bulb and wet bulb temperature) Coil size = 533 high x 720 mm long x 4 row x 8 fins per inch Air face velocity = 2.50 m/s Water inlet temperature = 5.5 ºC Water velocity in tube = 1 m/s Design water temperature difference = 5.0 ºC
Table 1 Total and Sensible heat (kW) for the different methods
The results shown are a small set of the range of conditions that were tested. In all cases, the total duty calculated by the e-Ntu method has proved to be within 0.6% of the simulated results.
Notice that the standard LMTD method is generally not suitable for calculating the duty of a wet coil. As the airflow is increased, the coil surface temperature increases and results in less condensate. As this happens, the errors associated with the LMTD method are reduced.
We have developed the equations of the wet effectiveness method and have shown by simulation that the results conform to the results of a step-by-step calculation.
By applying the log mean temperature method to the simulated results, it is clear that this method cannot be applied directly to a coil where condensation takes place.
For computer solution of cooling coils, the e-Ntu method offers a significant advantage over the LMTD method. This is mainly due to the effectiveness being bounded in the range 0 to 1.
By adopting a reference fluid, it is possible to replace the conventional effectiveness method. Although not material to the result, it does simplify the computer code since it removes the need to determine the minimum and maximum capacity rate fluid.
NomenclatureA Area, m2
adp Apparatus dew point, ºC
C Capacity rate, kW/K (= m Cp )
Cpm Mean heat capacity of moist air at constant pressure, kJ/kgK
Cpw Heat Capacity of water, kJ/kgK
Cs Saturation specific heat, kJ/kgK
h Moist air enthalpy, kJ/kg
ho Air side film coefficient, W/m²K
hd Mass transfer coefficient, kg/m²s
hfg Latent heat of evaporation, kJ/kg
m Mass flow, kg/s
Ntu Number of transfer units
Q Overall heat transfer rate, kW
t Temperature, ºC
U Heat transfer coefficient, W/m²K
W Humidity, kg/kg
b Bypass factor
Braun, JE Klein SA and Mitchell JM “Effectiveness Models for Cooling Towers and Cooling Coils”, ASHRAE Transactions 1989 Vol. 95, Part 2
Wilbert Stoecker & Jerold Jones “Refrigeration & Airconditioning”, 2nd Ed. 1982, McGraw-Hill
ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook (SI), 2001, Chapter 6
ASHRAE Systems and Equipment Handbook (SI), 2000, Chapter 21
Kuehn TK, Ramsey JW and Threlkeld JL “Thermal Environmental Engineering”, 3rd Ed., 1998, Prentice-Hall
The inspiration for this paper was the fantastic work done by Jim Braun. Thanks to Jim and Prof Sandy Klein for some valuable communications. Thanks also to Hans Damhuis for his comments in proofreading the final draft.
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Shockingly, a plant-based diet may produce more carbon dioxide that originally thought, leading scientists to question whether a vegetarian diet is any better for the environment than a diet containing meat.
In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists concluded after analyzing the eating habits of 2000 French adults that carbon emissions from growing fruits and vegetables generated a higher level of greenhouse gas than previously thought because in order to get the same amount of protein in a meat-based diet, a vegetarian needs to consume up to 9 pounds of fruit and vegetables daily to equal a smaller serving of meat.
All aspects of a food’s lifecycle were taken into account, including the cooking method.
Approximately 1,600 grams of carbon dioxide were emitted for every 100 grams of meat produced, more than 15 times the amount of greenhouse gas emitted during the production of fruits, vegetables and starches. It is also 2.5 times higher that gas emitted from fish, eggs, pork, and poultry.
However, when the researchers looked the grams of carbon dioxide emitted per 100 kilocalories the gap narrowed. 857 grams of greenhouse gas, the highest level, was still emitted to produce 100 kcal of meat, but it was only three times the emissions level from a similar amount of energy from fruit and vegetables.
The fruits and vegetables themselves are not high in greenhouse gasses, but it the production of the volume necessary that raises the level. In fact, the vegetarian diets studied produced 5000 grams of CO2 emissions per day per person.
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1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain.
2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven. Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more. (Shak) He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth. (Mrs. J. H. Ewing)
3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.
4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something. Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. (Dryden)
5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
6. To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
Origin: Wedged; Wedging.
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc, in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers.
2. (Science: geometry) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
Wedges of gold.
4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form. In warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. (milton)
5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. Fox wedge.
(Science: geometry) The portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter.
Origin: OE. Wegge, AS. Wecg; akin to D. Wig, wigge, OHG. Wecki, G. Weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. Veggr, Dan. Vaegge, Sw. Vigg, and probably to Lith. Vagis a peg. Cf. Wigg.
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In this paper, we propose variants of deep learning methods to segment head and operculum of the zebrafish larvae in microscopic images. In the first approach, we used a three-class model to jointly segment head and operculum area of zebrafish larvae from background. In the second, two-step, approach, we first trained binary segmentation model to segment head area from the background followed by another binary model to segment the operculum area within cropped head area thereby minimizing the class imbalance problem. Both of our approaches use a modified, simpler, U-Net architecture, and we also evaluate different loss functions to tackle the class imbalance problem. We systematically compare all these variants using various performance metrics. Data and open-source code are available.
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It all began with a group of citizens concerned about representation on the issue of taxation. Addressing this issue led them to author the first chapters in Pennsylvania’s reapportionment story.
Perhaps because taxation was such a fundamental issue to our founders, it was only the number of taxable inhabitants that formed the basis for district sizes (not population). This remained true in the 1790, 1838, and 1857 revisions. Our Constitution underwent a major rewrite in 1874 and was adjusted to use population as the foundation for district sizes rather than just the taxable inhabitants.
Our founders firmly believed that unified political subdivisions offered the citizens of Pennsylvania the strongest representation possible. This belief was protected and preserved in all four of these State Constitutional revisions.
As Pennsylvania’s constitution neared its bicentennial, winds of change began to blow in national circles that might alter our nearly 200 year tradition for representation.
In the 1960s, the US Supreme Court began rendering decisions that indicated systems like the one used in Pennsylvania were starting to conflict with principles of equality. These rulings did not forbid political subdivisions from remaining whole or disqualify unified political subdivisions from forming the basis of districts. In short, they said political subdivision could not be left whole in State districts if it violated principles of equality. For population equality, a 10% overall deviation between districts was established by the court as a “minor deviation” from equality. They believed that this deviation would strike a balance between allowing states (like Pennsylvania) to, in most cases, continue to honor their long-standing tradition of keeping political subdivisions whole without sacrificing equality.
The Pennsylvania Legislature, along with many other states, went back to the drawing board in the late 1960s to adjust their system of State Reapportionment to reflect these US Supreme Court rulings. Most requirements retained the same terminology used in 1874:
- Districts were to be formed of “compact and contiguous territory”.
- “As nearly equal in population as may be” – was modified to “as nearly equal in population as practicable” and applied to both Senate and House districts.
- “No ward, borough or township shall be divided in the formation of a district” was applied to both Senate and House districts and modified to include counties and cities (previously protected by the now eliminated ratio system) and prefaced by “unless absolutely necessary”.
These changes allowed Pennsylvania to comply with the new standards but still protect unified political subdivisions in the strongest terms possible – “no” and “absolutely”. It acknowledged the inevitable nature of dividing some political subdivisions in complying with equality requirements, while limiting the circumstances that allowed for a division.
Approved in 1968, this new system for apportioning state representatives and senators has been used in the five most recent redistricting cycles (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, and 2011).
Learn more in related articles:
- Does Representation Matter to Me?
- Should Political Subdivisions Stay Whole?
- What is Redistricting?
- Pennsylvania’s Redistricting System
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CNC Machinist / Programmer
We are seeking a skilled and experienced individual for a new CNC Machinist / Programmer position with our client in the Peterborough area.
The CNC Machinist / Programmer will prepare and operate CNC machines to perform tasks such as drilling, grinding and milling to produce high quality parts and materials in a fast-paced setting.
The successful CNC Machinist / Programmer candidate will be able to deliver desired results by interpreting blueprints, mechanical drawings and other specifications, translating instructions into computer commands.
CNC Certified candidates preferred, but 4th year apprentices will also be considered.
- Weekly pay and competitive salary
- Benefits available after 3 months
- Potential for permanent hire for top performers
- A foot in the door with a top employer in the region
- Full time hours
CNC Machinist / Programmer Responsibilities:
- Prepare and operate CNC machines to perform tasks such as drilling, grinding, milling etc.
- Translate instructions into computer commands
- Prepare and load raw materials and parts onto the machines
- Prepare a test run to check if the machines produce outputs according to specifications
- Set machines to complete full cycles to fabricate large number of parts
- Supervise the machines while they execute the tasks and make any necessary adjustments to produce a better result
- Inspect and measure finished products and compare them with requirements to determine if the process has been completed properly
- Check and maintain machinery daily to ensure functionality
CNC Machinist / Programmer Requirements:
- CNC Certified or 4th year apprentice
- Skill in operating CNC machinery and tooling as well as precision measurement tools
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical documents and drawings
- Computer savvy with basic understanding of computer programming and CAD/CAM
- Mechanical aptitude and good math skills
- A keen eye for detail and results-driven approach
- Good communication abilities
- High school diploma or equivalent; certificate or diploma in engineering or relevant discipline is a plus
- Daily access to reliable transportation
- Lives in or can commute daily to Peterborough
Please submit your “CNC Machinist / Programmer” resume in MS Word format.
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There are different types of document formats and templates available to the users of computers and the internet. These two technological breakthroughs have made the lives of individuals and professionals very fast and convenient. Jobs that used to take days can now be completed in hours and sometimes even minutes. It is much easier to do documentation and record keeping nowadays. With one click you can achieve a lot. These formats and templates are not only useful for professionals but also for educational purposes. One very commonly used educational document in institutions is called the lesson plan.
What is a Lesson Plan?
An educational document that used by teachers to present the detailed explanation of their method of instruction and course to be covered in a class is called a lesson plan. It can be prepared for daily basis or on weekly or even yearly basis depending on the requirement of the school management and teachers. It acts as a guideline of instructions for teaching a class. The lesson is a teacher plan of teaching. It is not only written on a piece of paper but is also present in the minds of the teachers. It is very helpful to provide the teacher with a plan as well as an execution method for the lesson to be delivered. It can be created using this sample plan. This template is very helpful and advantageous.
In short there are few contents in every such plan that includes the following:
- The goal of the teacher
- How that goal is reached
- Appraisal method
This template is created using MS Word and all the above things have been arranged in following sections.
- Lesson Objectives
- Summary of Tasks/Actions
- Take Home Tasks
Below is a screenshot along with a download link to download this template
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Have you ever heard someone say coffee is too acidic for them? Perhaps they mean they don't prefer that flavor. Maybe they mean it does something to them physically. What is acidity? Is it even a factor we should consider?
When we speak about acidity in coffee, we are not really speaking about the measurement of acid (pH). Instead, we are describing our perception of flavor. All coffee acidity lands somewhere between milk/saliva (6pH) and tomato juice or beer (4pH). Coffee is slightly more acidic than the saliva in your mouth. Weird, huh? I propose then, most of the variation we taste in acidity is due to the types of acids found rather than the concentration of them. We perceive a certain acid compound as lemon instead of lime or orange because lemon is higher on the pH scale than orange, so our brains immediately connect that flavor to its level of acidity. This is the difference between perceived acidity and measurable acidity.
Previously, we talked about acid content linked to crop elevation. The range of variation between the highest-grown coffees and the lowest is narrow. Jeff Borack over at Angel's Cup measured the acidity in three coffees from different altitudes. The results are revealing:
Sumatran coffee (low acidity) - 4.6pH
Panamanian coffee (medium acidity) - 4.5pH
Kenyan coffee (high acidity) - 4.3pH
Our experimenter said there is "a small but direct correlation with flavor and pH." The Sumatran was "particularly flat," and the Kenyan variety used is one of the most acidic. Although there may be some correlations between taste and acidity, it is more important to recognize that the variation in numbers are small and the range of perception enormous. A small change in numbers here shows up as dramatic changes in flavor.
Other factors that contribute to lower measured acidity are roast level and water brewing temperature. Cold brew has less acid because cold water extracts different compounds than hot water. Water is a solvent, whereas hot water is an aggressive solvent, reaching deeper and extracting more compounds. As coffee is roasted to darker levels, acids also diminish. We'll discuss that later.
There is another factor of acidity to consider: does it cause stomach issues? The conclusion after Angel's Cup experiment is that "the difference in pH between very acidic and very flat coffees is probably not significant enough to cause or prevent stomach issues." Although there is evidence showing lower-grown coffee has less acid, it's negligible to claim it would be better or worse for anyone claiming it causes stomach irritation. More likely, the caffeine content activates the systems of the bowels and even increases the development of stomach acid. There could also be particular varieties of coffee that agree or disagree with people. More factors than acid content are responsible for acid reflux and other issues.
There are three identifiable factors that show measurably lower acid content: low altitude, darker roast, and cold water brewing. Our goals in choosing coffees and the way we tend to roast don't contribute to low acid. Pleasantly perceived acidity is important in coffee. It gives the cup life and vibrancy. Without it, a coffee would be described as dull, flat, or boring. We buy, roast, and brew to find a balance of clarity, sweetness, and pleasant acidity.
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DNA methylases can be used to alter the apparent recognition specificity of restriction endonucleases (1). These altered specificities are unique and increase the list of cleavage sequences which can be used by molecular biologists. Unique cleavage specificities are created in vitro by methylating DNA at sequences which overlap the recognition sequence of a restriction endonuclease. These modified sequences are resistant to cleavage by the restriction endonuclease.
Two classes of overlaps can be described. The first class of overlap occurs with restriction endonucleases which recognize degenerate sequences and methylases which act on only one of the subsets. For example, HincII (NEB #R0103) recognizes the degenerate sequence GTPyPuAC which represents the four sequences GTCGAC, GTCAAC, GTTGAC and GTTAAC. M.TaqI (NEB # M0219) methylates the sequence TCGA at the adenine residue. Those HincII sequences (GTCGAC) which contain the internal sequence TCGA are resistant to cleavage by HincII after methylation by M.TaqI, but all other HincII recognition sequences are cleaved. The new cleavage specificity can be described as GTPyAAC. The second class of overlap occurs at the boundaries of the recognition sequence of a restriction endonuclease and a methylase. For example, a BamHI (NEB # R0136) site (GGATCC) followed by GG (or preceded by CC) overlaps an M.MspI (NEB #M0215) site (CCGG). M.MspI will methylate the 5´ C (mCCGG) and result in a BamHI site methylated at its internal cytosine residue (GGATmCCGG) that is now resistant to cleavage by BamHI.
Since the number of restriction endonucleases with recognition sequences long enough to create megabase DNA fragments is limited, multistep protection/cleavage reactions can be used to create rare cleavage sites. A well characterized example involves protection of DNA with M.FnuDII (mCGCG) followed by cleavage with NotI (NEB #R0189) (GCGGCCGC). This combination blocks NotI cleavage at the overlapping NotI/M.FnuDII site CGCGGCCGC (equivalent to GCGGCCGCG). As a result, the subset of NotI sites preceded by a C or followed by a G will be resistant to cleavage thereby increasing the apparent NotI specificity approximately twofold (1).
An additional product available from New England Biolabs which takes advantage of methylation to alter apparent recognition specificities is the CpG Methylase (M.SssI) (NEB #M0226). CpG methylase methylates the cytosine residue in the dinucleotide sequence 5´...CG...3´ and can be used to alter the cleavage of restriction endonucleases that overlap this sequence.
The altered specificities are generated using a two-step in vitro procedure: methylation of DNA by a site-specific methylase, followed by cleavage of the DNA by a restriction endonuclease. DNA methylases, from the type II restriction/modification systems of bacteria, methylate under conditions similar to those of restriction endonucleases with the exception that methylases require S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as a methyl group donor. Therefore it is generally acceptable to carry out the methylation reactions using standard restriction endonuclease buffers to which SAM (supplied with each vial of methylase) has been added. It should be noted that methylases do not require divalent cations for activity and that virtually all DNases (restriction endonucleases, exonucleases and non-specific endonucleases) require a divalent cation (usually Mg++).
The Cleavage Products
In vitro methylated DNA fragments are in most respects indistinguishable from unmethylated DNA fragments. We have observed no difficulty in the ligation of these fragments. There are two notable exceptions with regard to DNA fragments that have been methylated by cytosine methylases. When sequencing DNA by the chemical method of Maxam and Gilbert (2), 5-methylcytosines do not generate a band in the C reaction channel. This should not be a major concern because the absence of a band on a sequencing gel can be predicted to occur at the recognition sequence of the methylase. The more significant problem is a reduced transformation efficiency with certain methylcytosine-modified DNAs when cloning in most common strains of E. coli. This reduction in transformation efficiency may be caused by endogenous restriction systems in E. coli : mcrA (rglA) restricts HpaII methylated DNA (3), and mcrBC (rglB) restricts HaeIII, AluI, HhaI and MspI methylated DNA (3). The problem can be avoided by cloning into E. coli strains which lack the Mcr systems. For additional details, see Restriction of Foreign DNA by E.coli K-12.
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Your teeth are not only the most important tools for chewing and enjoying your food but also serve your smile and personality. Investing in your teeth will serve you a lifetime of scrumptious foods and a radiant healthy smile.
Modern day dentistry can cost exorbitant amounts, not to mention the time, pain and anxiety you may have to go through. It is always wise to make a little time for a preventive regimen than endure the consequences of neglect and procrastination.It is essential to have a dental consultation and basic dental cleaning (scaling and polishing procedures) once every six months. The dentist will carry out a thorough examination to catch any early signs of cavities, gum disease or other more fatal diseases such as cancers. Most problems in the mouth usually go undetected until a later stage where treatment may be more invasive and costly.
After a thorough check-up, the dentist may advice certain investigations such as X-rays to confirm certain diagnosis. He/ she will then advice treatments required catering to your individual needs. These may include the following:
ORAL HYGIENE EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTIONS:
After a thorough history and examination, you will be advised on your brushing habit. You will be given tips and tricks to care for your teeth and gums and make your oral hygiene immaculate suiting your individual needs.
You may be asked to keep a diet diary; your dentist will then educate you on ways to amend your diet while also catering to your sweet tooth without causing damage to your teeth.
SCALING AND POLISHING
Tarter/ calculus and plaque deposit in teeth and gums is a common phenomenon in most people. This is a hard deposit of calcium, bacteria, salivary components and food. If it’s left in place for a long time, it can lead to gum disease or cavities.
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Hyperdynamic lines and wrinkles may develop due to repetitive movements over the long time and aging process, hereditary features, stress and environmental factors. Most facial rhytides form perpendicular to the direction of underlying muscular contractions.
As your skin loses its elasticity, it becomes thinner and less able to stretch and rebound, thus wrinkles are formed. For example, glabella, forehead and crow’s feet lines are good examples of this process, although lines’ number and patterns are different for every person.
Botulinum Toxin Type A prescription medicines such as Botox®, Azzalure® and Bocouture® enable medical professionals to treat underlying courses of these mimetic lines. They are injected to temporarily weaken the muscles and, therefore, soften the lines.
Muscle-relaxing treatments are performed by an experienced Nurse Practitioner after face-to face consultation, enabling the practitioner to identify personal requirements,medical history, procedure suitability and giving all relevant information to the patient. At Novello Skin we provide post-treatment services with follow up appointment in 2 weeks after initial treatment for result evaluations.
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ETV, partnering with the SC State Department of Education and the K-12 Technology Initiative, created StreamlineSC to improve and manage learning resources in South Carolina schools. Free for all South Carolina’s preK-12 community, including Public, Private and Home Schools, Child Care Centers, After-School Programs, Local Libraries, and Higher Education Institutions.
- Community leaders and school officials can track and evaluate StreamlineSC utilization in the classroom;
- Teachers now have resources that are easy to use and address specific school standards;
- Students are empowered and engaged through the interactivity of the internet;
- ETV is providing training, and will assist in integrating resources into lesson plans.
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The journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines was the only woman to be awarded a Nobel this year, sharing the Peace Prize with another journalist, Dmitri A. Muratov of Russia. Together, they were recognized for “their courageous fight for freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”
The lack of women awarded in the sciences this year felt like a “giant step backward,” said Sandy Robert, the chief executive of the Association for Women in Science.
“The participation, leadership, and recognition of women and minorities in science has grown over the last 50 years,” Ms. Robert said in a news release. “We encourage award committees to make more of an effort to identify underrepresented scientists and learn about their work.”
One woman, Marie Curie, was honored twice, winning the Nobel in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel in Chemistry in 1911.
Last year, several women were honored. The Nobel in Chemistry was jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing. The Nobel in Physics was shared by two men and a woman, Andrea Ghez, for discoveries that have improved understanding of the universe, including work on black holes. And the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück, one of America’s most celebrated poets.
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What Is Mail Theft? Why Should I Be Aware of It?
Your mail can be a valuable target for identity thieves. What is mail theft? Mail theft is a felony that occurs when someone steals, takes, or abstracts your mail. Mail thieves can mine your mail for cash and checks, and also to obtain personal information that can be used to commit identity theft.
In this article, you’ll learn about these three topics:
- Types of personal information thieves can collect
- How thieves can use your information to commit identity theft
- How to help protect yourself against mail theft
Types of personal information thieves can collect
Your mail may contain important details about you and your financial accounts. These individual pieces of your personally identifiable information can be combined by a mail thief to commit a variety of crimes.
Here’s a partial list of information thieves might collect:
- Name and address
- Social Security number
- Telephone numbers
- Email address(es)
- Credit card and bank account information
- Pre-approved credit card offers
- Employment history
How thieves can use your information to commit identity theft
Once a thief has gathered stolen personal information, that thief may choose a specific path to profit—for instance, obtaining a credit card in your name and running up charges. Another option? An identity thief may sell the information to a fraudster or crime ring. Either way, your data could be used illegally in a lot of ways, including these:
- Identity theft
- Employment-related fraud
- Loan fraud/payday loan fraud
- Bank fraud
- Benefits fraud
- Tax refund fraud
How to help protect yourself against mail theft
Here are 20 tips.
- Review your consumer credit reports annually. Check for accounts you didn’t open and other signs of fraud. You have access to one free credit report per year from each of the three major credit reporting agencies. To access your free reports, visit com.
- Shred unwanted documents that contain personal information before throwing them out.
- Deposit mail in U.S. Postal Service collection boxes or give it directly to your mail carrier.
- Don’t leave mail in your mailbox overnight or on weekends.
- Never give personal information over the phone or the Internet unless you initiated the contact.
- Check expiration dates on credit cards. Contact the issuer if you don’t get a replacement before they expire.
- Sign your new credit cards.
- Match credit card receipts against monthly bills and check financial statements for accuracy.
- Notify the U.S. Postal Service if you’re changing addresses or leaving town and want your mail held.
- Anticipate the arrival of a valuable letter. If it’s late, notify the sender right away. Notify your local post office if you believe it has been stolen.
- Consider a U.S. Postal Service post office box. Thieves are more likely to target unwatched neighborhood boxes. A post office box is likely a more secure option if your mail has been stolen repeatedly.
- Don’t send cash or sensitive information through the mail.
- Be watchful for suspicious characters around your neighborhood mailboxes. Report anyone loitering or behaving strangely near your mailbox.
- If you see mail theft in progress, call the police. Next, call the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455. You can also make a report online.
- Watch for patterns—for instance, if your mail repeatedly fails to arrive. Alert the sender if you didn’t receive a check you were expecting. Call your bank or credit card company if you ordered a replacement card that hasn’t arrived.
- Beware of fake changes of address. Thieves sometimes file a change of address form to access your mail. The U.S. Postal Service will send a validation letter to your old and new address when a change is filed. If you did not file the change, follow the letter’s instructions and call to alert Postal Inspectors of the bogus request. As for a legitimate change of address, you can do it online at usps.com for $1. Or, you can change your address for free with a trip to the post office or by phone. Call 1-800-275-8777.
- Talk to your postal carrier about when the mail is delivered. That way, you’ll know when to pick it up.
- Check your mail closely. Don’t throw away letters from banks, credit card companies, utilities or businesses without reading them. You may receive a bill or statement for an account you don’t recognize. In that case, call the company to inquire.
- Switch to paperless billing and statements online to reduce the amount of sensitive information you receive in the mail.
- Talk to your neighbors. They may not realize that their mail may have been stolen, too. It helps to have everyone on guard. You might consider starting a neighborhood-watch group.
Mail theft is a federal, felony crime, and anyone convicted of mail theft could face up to five years in federal prison and fines of up to $250,000. Thieves take that risk. That’s a reminder you have something valuable to protect, especially when it comes to your identity.
Editor’s note: This content was lightly edited and updated on April 9, 2018.
Symantec Corporation, the world’s leading cyber security company, allows organizations, governments, and people to secure their most important data wherever it lives. More than 50 million people and families rely on Symantec’s Norton and LifeLock comprehensive digital safety platform to help protect their personal information, devices, home networks, and identities.
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And he received this brief rule from Master Romuald, which he was very careful to practice throughout his life:
1. Sit in the cell as in paradise;
2. cast all memory of the world behind you;
3. cautiously watching your thoughts, as a good fisher watches the fish.
4. In the Psalms there is one way. Do not abandon it. If you who have come with the fervor of a novice cannot understand everything, strive to recite with understanding of spirit and mind, now here, now there, and when you begin to wander while reading, do not stop, but hasten to correct yourself by concentrating.
5. Above all, place yourself in the presence of God with fear and trembling, like someone who stands in the sight of the emperor;
6. destroy yourself completely,
7. and sit like a chick, content with the grace of God, for unless its mother gives it something, it tastes nothing and has nothing to eat.
In summary, Saint Romuald ’ s seven-step Brief Rule for novice-hermits comprises a surprisingly rich set of exercises for training in contemplation which succinctly cover the following topics:
(1) posture, place, solitude, inner peace, and joy;
(2) detachment and liberation for concentration;
(3) self-observation and analysis for purity of mind and heart;
(4) attentively praying the Psalms as seeds of meditation;
(5) reverent, compunctious practice of the presence of God;
(6) intensive ascetical inner overcoming of faults;
(7) childlike humility and receptivity to grace.
If this summary strikes the reader as rather modern and up-to-date, there is a simple explanation: the basic process of the inner Christian reform as lived and transmitted by Anthony, Romuald, Francis, and Charles de Foucauld is a permanent fixture, like the death and resurrection of Christ, which does not change with passing trends in spirituality.
By radiantly living and teaching the powerful principles of his Brief Rule, Saint Romuald made a major contribution to the spiritual health of the Church in the West, because he renewed in it that essential element of its inner life: the contemplative, semi-eremitical small community. Today his sons are continuing to make that healing gift to the House and People of God.
An Abortion Allegory? - I don't care for horror movies, but perhaps this one could be interpreted as an anti-abortion movie.
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National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Health Literacy Web Site Enhanced with Cultural Resources!
The NN/LM Health Literacy web site now includes content related to culture in the context of health literacy. As part of a project of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellowship Program, Diana Almader-Douglas evaluated the existing health literacy web-based resource at the NN/LM, and determined that it would be beneficial to address the importance of culture in understanding health literacy.
Culture is one component of health literacy, but it is also a critical element of the complex topic of health literacy. Culture shapes communication, beliefs, and the comprehension of health information. By enhancing the NN/LM Health Literacy web page with content and links to valuable resources about health literacy in a cultural context, users will be able to better meet the health information needs of vulnerable and diverse population groups they serve. The new content raises increased awareness about vulnerable and special populations, and highlights the connection to health disparities and health literacy. For a better understanding of culture and health literacy, consider visiting these additional resources:
Benjamin RM. Improving Health by Improving Health Literacy. Public Health Rep. 2010, Nov-Dec; 125(6):784-785.
United States Department of Health & Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration (HSRA). Culture, Language and Health Literacy.
United States Department of Health & Human Services. National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services Outreach Activities & Resources. Multi-cultural Resources for Health Information.
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It is said that the color of the sky is due to the scattering of certain wavelengths of light. If there is heavy moisture, the water droplets will scatter the light in all directions (think of a cloudy day). With higher humidity, the dewpoint is higher and there is more moisture in the air, causing the sky to have a palish blue tint to it. The lower humidity allows the brilliant blue to shine through and that is evident today. :-)
Here is a pic of the sky at the beach a few days ago. It had that palish look to it even though the humidity dropped the night before:
The image of the sky I am seeing today is much brighter. I'm too lazy to capture an image of it and upload it, so in the mean time.... enjoy Google image's beautiful, bright, blue sky.
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Boots of the Traveller (Thaumcraft 5)
- This page is about the Boots of the Traveller from Thaumcraft 5. For other uses, see .
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The Boots of the Traveller is an armor added by Thaumcraft 5. It allows the player to jump 3 blocks and as well as walk, run and swim faster. The player will also automatically move up blocks without needing to jump, like walking up Stairs.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A bristly plant of the borage family, with bright blue flowers.
Anchusa and other genera, family Boraginaceae: several species, including the Eurasian A. arvensis and the widespread viper's bugloss
- ‘Flowers range from peonies, delphiniums, various brooms and gorses, mallows, asters and periwinkle through to buglosses, mandrake, daises, narcissi, irises and orchids.’
- ‘Common bugloss has fleshy, hairy leaves that grow smaller in size towards the top of the stem.’
- ‘A series of footpaths lead through bluebells, bugloss and other seaside flowers and birdwatchers flock to the cliff edges to watch migration and movements during the ebb and flow of the tide.’
- ‘Viper's bugloss was introduced from Europe in colonial times.’
- ‘Now add bright blue Brunnera macrophyylla (Siberian bugloss), yellowish-green lady's mantle, and Geranium x magnificum.’
Late Middle English: from Old French buglosse or Latin buglossus, from Greek bouglōssos ‘ox-tongued’, from bous ‘ox’ + glōssa ‘tongue’.
In this article we explore how to impress employers with a spot-on CV.
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We often hear management gurus advising us that effective and successful leaders know how to prioritise their work and the work of their company. To an extent, they are correct. What is left unsaid and not discussed is how those priorities are interrupted. By that, I do not mean the strategic opportunities that arrive, which need to be considered so they can be accepted or rejected. Instead, I mean the more practical issues that occur day to day.
You can see this in senior management meetings. When the Chief Executive or a corporate director is interrupted from the meeting, consider the issue that requires their meeting to be interrupted. What is so pressing that it cannot wait until the meeting is over to be considered? Moreover, do they take time out of the meeting to deal with the interruption? I was once part of a high-level strategy team, which included several top managers. During the discussions, which were going to decide the company’s fate, the senior managers continually checked their smartphones. In the end, the plan failed and the company collapsed. I could not understand what could be so important on an email that could not wait for the hourly meeting to finish. What this told me was that whatever was in the email was more important than the company’s future.
What is more important your inbox or the presentation?
By looking beyond those senior managers, I noticed that the senior manager’s direct reports were doing the same with their meetings. If you look down the levels of the organisation, middle managers take their signals from senior managers. In meetings, are the middle managers checking their smartphones for the latest emails? By doing this, they are signally what their priority is. The email is more important than the presentation. They may need to do this because their senior managers expect them to be on call. To an extent, this cannot be avoided.
Is it the meeting is boring or the email is exciting or both?
At the same time, when managers are checking their smartphones, it may be because the presentation is poor, off target, or simply not of interest. In other words, the manager is prioritising the time differently because the meeting is poorly designed. In that case, you have a different issue. The meeting, its agenda, and its content can show that not enough care has been given about why it is being given, what the agenda has, and how the presentations (or discussions) that make up the meeting are designed and delivered. I am not talking about these interruptions, as they are symptomatic of the context. Instead, I mean the interruption that CEOs or senior managers allow.
The topic tells a story.
When the CEO or senior manager is interrupted, they are sending an indirect signal that the issue, which interrupts, is more important than the one being discussed. I have focused on this issue because of a story that Peter Drucker told in the Effective Executive. He said he had a weekly meeting with a CEO, which covered Drucker’s management project. The meetings lasted exactly 90 minutes, only focused on one topic, and ended on time with no interruptions. Drucker asked how the CEO was able to achieve this feat. The CEO said, “I instructed my secretary that only two interruptions were allowed. The first was if the President of the United States called. He does not call. The second is if my wife calls. She knows not to call me at work.” With that simple story, Drucker showed that the CEO could focus because there was no higher priority for those 90 minutes He would not allow himself to be distracted during the meeting. He also knew there would be no problem that could not wait for 90 minutes.
One could argue that this story is only valid for CEOs who are in a business that does not have breaking news, or immediate updates. Yet, very few CEOs are dealing with those types of operational issues. If they are, then there are issues that need to be considered. Why can’t the CEO delegate those decisions? In some cases, you may have a CEO who personally edits any press release. When you see that type of interruption, you begin to see what the organisation prioritises. What is it about editing a standard press release that makes it the job of the CEO? Why are they unable to delegate to their Head of Communication, the Senior Press Officer, or their spokesperson? When you start to see these patterns, you realize that what distracts the leader is what guides them.
The person who is allowed to interrupt tells another story.
Just as the topic, which is the basis for the interruption, can tell you about what is a priority, so does the person who is allowed to interrupt. The status of the person who is allowed to interrupt tells you how the senior manager or CEO delegates and prioritises. If they allow junior officers to interrupt, then it is likely the topic. If it is a senior officer, or a colleague, then it is their status and not the topic. In either case, the CEO or senior manager is telling the participants at the meeting, what is more important: the meeting or the interruption. If this happens regularly, such as, senior managers allow (or are required to let) junior finance officers (press officers) (health and safety officers) (corporate governance officers) to interrupt, then finance (press, health and safety, corporate governance) is the priority for the organisation despite what may be stated by the company’s public statements.
The analysis does not work for middle managers or junior managers because they cannot control their time or their meetings in the same way as a CEO or a senior manager. However, the next time you are at a meeting where the CEO or a Company Director is interrupted, take note of the topic and the person who is interrupting. Both of these will tell you more about what the organisation’s senior leadership, and by extension the organisation, consider a priority.
- Leadership is not a conversation (thoughtmanagement.org)
- Myths and Realities of Senior Management Teams (artpetty.com)
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There are different types of traditional crowns:
- Ceramic — These are used for restoring front teeth and are popular in this area for their ability to blend with your natural tooth color. The crown is made of a porcelain-based material.
- Porcelain-fused to metal – This crown provides a stronger bond than regular porcelain because it is connected to a metal structure. It's also extremely durable.
- Gold alloys – This crown is a mix of gold, copper and other metals. In addition to providing a strong bond to the tooth, it doesn't fracture or wear away the tooth itself.
- Base metal alloys – This crown is made up of non-noble metals that are highly resistant to corrosion and make for a very strong crown. It also requires the least amount of healthy tooth to be removed prior to fitting.
To make and place a traditional crown typically takes two separate appointments:
- The first appointment involves preparing (shaping) the tooth, taking an impression, and placing the temporary crown. The time needed to perform these steps can range from 30 minutes to an hour.
- During the time period between the two appointments, a dental laboratory will fabricate the crown. Two weeks or so are usually allotted for this process.
- When the patient returns for their second visit, the provider will cement the finished crown into place. This step can usually be completed in about 20 minutes or so.
Your provider at Connerton Dental Care will evaluate whether a traditional crown is a good option for you. Call us at 813-527-0920.
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Authors: TARIK EL-SAYED ALI, SALAH ABDEL-AGHFAAR ABDEL-AZIZ, HAFEZ METWALI EL-SHAAER, FATEN ISMAIL HANAFY, ALI ZAKY EL-FAUOMY
Abstract: Some new 4-oxo-4H-chromone derivatives bearing nitrogen heterocyclic systems were achieved by treatment of 3-[(4-aminophenylimino) methyl]-6-chloro-4-oxo-4H-chromene (2) with some aldehydes, cyclic oxygen, and halogen compounds, followed by heterocyclization. Significant antifungal activities were observed for some of the prepared compounds. Structures of all products were confirmed by elemental analysis, IR, ^1H-NMR, and mass spectra.
Keywords: Chromone, nitrogen heterocycles, antifungal activity
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