Connector Tester tool
There are two versions of the Connector Tester tool:
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Check out our Building a dynamic UI form tutorial for guidance on how the Form component of this tool was built to get you started with rendering your own forms using JSONschema of Tray's connectors!
The browser version
The browser version of the tool demonstrates the Connectors API in action.
It allows you to:
 1. See the input payload being built as you fill in the form for any connector operation. So you can see exactly how e.g. nested arrays are structured, what data types are involved etc.
 2. Submit the form to make an actual call and then view the response . This can be helpful for viewing how data is returned, which you might want to make use of downstream. It is also helpful for testing error responses from 3rd parties.
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Crucially you can actually edit the input payload in order to test all possible success and failure responses coming from the 3rd party.
This should be of great assistance in helping you prepare for handling all possible errors in your integrations.
The local version
The local version of the tool uses a master_token and thus has some extended functionality.
The local version demonstrates Connectors and Users API in action.
 1. You can select existing or create new end users.
 2. It demonstrates how your End Users can create authentications and interact with input boxes and DDLs to directly access the power of connectors and their operations
 3. You can see the input payload being built as you fill in the form, which will allow you to see exactly how e.g. nested arrays are structured, what data types are involved etc.
 4. You can submit the form to make an actual call and then view the response . This can be helpful for viewing how data is returned, which you might want to make use of downstream. It is also helpful for testing error responses from 3rd parties


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Delhi Window: Q & A with Nele Dechmann
Image credit: Rohan Patankar. Delhi storefront.
Nele Dechmann
Photo Credit: Mpho Mokgadi
Nele Dechmann lives and works in Zurich. She moves in a niche area between art and architecture, investigating what architecture means for society. A special focus lies on how global systems and local realities create architectural form. In this Q & A we talk with Nele about her home-not-alone research project which evolved from her work "the fake storefront" at Jaipur Panorama 2019.
1. Tell us about your project "Delhi Window."
The project looks at storefronts that are situated informally in the streets of Delhi. These storefronts are made in a very improvised way, with found materials. They occupy parts of the public streets and need to stay removable. But still they can be pretty elaborate. They all open while in function and they have closing mechanisms when they are not in use. Some of them become more and more "heavy" until they are concrete structures and become part of the fixed street-layout.
2. What is the inspiration behind this project?
The inspiration came from another project in India, "the fake storefront," which I made for the Jaipur Panorama. Back then, I took an interest in storefronts made in a colonial style. What was intriguing was the architectural style that travelled and became a direct face of the street. This architecture carries an ambivalent message; on the one hand being an architectural addition, an enrichment and, on the other hand, appearing in an imposed and perhaps even intrusive way.
But the research changed in the moment the researcher in Delhi, Rohan Patankar, took another interest in the topic of the storefront. And we had a closer look at more informal, maybe more locally grown typologies. As my intention is to learn from foreign places, I liked the shift to a vernacular phenomenon.
3. How do you intend to go about this exploration?
I want to bring part of the findings of our research back to Zurich. The idea is to use Indian printing technologies to create a product that will be out-of-the-box for Swiss printing products. I want find a way to bring the street life of Delhi into the streets of Zurich.
4. How is it to be on a home-not-alone residency? How does it compare to a 'normal' residency?
It is very different, Rohan and I only met over the computer. First of all, communication over Zoom requires more time, it is much more efficient to sit together at a table and find solutions face-to-face. But an aspect I really like is that it forces oneself to almost blindly trust a co-worker that you never met, maybe never will meet. That this very constructive collaboration through space and different cultures is possible throws a light on a very positive human aspect.
5. What do you hope will be the outcome of this residency?
There will be a printing object, of which I hope it will communicate a bit about the depth of Delhi street life in Zurich. It will be a small window into Delhi.


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Social housing and renewable energy: Community energy in a supporting role
- Annie McCabe
- Dorina Pojani
- Anthony Broese van Groenou
Abstract. The development of renewable energy offers potential for achieving distributive justice. Individuals and communities have emerged as a major force in shaping just energy transitions. This brief perspective piece provides an introductory exploration of the potential application of community energy to social housing in order to mitigate barriers to energy provision for low-income groups.
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A jQuery plugin for easy creation of responsive lightbox-style
media galleries and carousels. Features:
- Groups together your media in a lightbox-style gallery or carousel.
- Autorotating carousels.
- Carousel pager support.
- CSS transitions.
- Basic UI included.
- Lazyloads images and video through lazysizes.js.
See below for basic setup and examples.
Download from GitHub, or install from npm or bower:
You will find everything you need in the folder
- Add slidebox.css to the header of your html.
- Load jQuery in your page, preferably in the footer to optimize load times.
- On the next line load slidebox-min.js or slidebox-lazy-min.js.
- Create a gallery by wrapping your images in an element
slide-box. See the examples below, and the source of this page.
Example 1: Image Grid with Zoom
You can nest images one element deep. The parent element needs to have a class of
slide. For instance:
background-size: cover to create image blocks equal in size. Look at the CSS included on this page in /demo/demo.css.
Example 2: Carousel
Create a carousel by adding the class
box-carousel to your container. Carousels have pager support built-in. If you want a pager, include it in HTML following the structure below.
As a starting point, the default
slidebox.css provides a responsive width of 50% as a starting point, with an image ratio of 4/3. You can override this in your own CSS. For instance, if you need the carousel to have a fixed width.
The carousel above has been set to 100% of its parent by defining these styles:
Make sure to load your CSS after the included stylesheet.
Example 2A: Automatic Looping
Create a carousel that loops by itself by setting two data attributes:
- Time between slide transitions in ms.
Example 3: Lazy Loading
slideBox.js can lazyload images through the lazysizes.js plugin.
To make this work:
- Load the lazy version of the plugin: slidebox-lazy-min.js.
- Add the CSS class
lazyloadto your slide element.
- Move your image source to a data attribute called
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Newheek's digital gastrointestinal machine is mainly composed of X-ray high-frequency and high-voltage generating components, X-ray tube, electric beam limiter, image intensifier + digital camera, DR flat panel detector, inspection bed + power cabinet, maximum power: ≥50KW ; Maximum operating frequency: ≥40kHz.
Product advantages of digital gastrointestinal machine:
1. The image is clear, the contrast is high, the effect is good, and the lesion is easy to distinguish
1. The digital gastrointestinal machine adopts a high-quality image intensifier to improve grayscale, resolution and contrast, and make the image clearer.
2. Equipped with imported ultra-low-illumination digital camera (CCD), the perspective image is low-noise, rich in contrast, and high-quality. At the same time, it avoids the phenomenon of image halo, edge attenuation, image smearing, etc., which is convenient for accurate diagnosis during dynamic observation.
3. Equipped with medical high-definition progressive input and output TV system, low noise, high definition and contrast.
4. The digital gastrointestinal machine adopts imported dense-grained wire grid to further improve the quality of the radiation and the image effect is good.
5. The tube voltage rise and fall time is short, the exposure accuracy is high, and the X-ray photo has rich grayscale
2. The whole machine is easy to operate, flexible and convenient
1. The intuitively displayed man-machine interface and unique touch screen operating system make man-machine dialogue more intuitive, convenient and easy to understand; PLC programmable control technology is adopted, with high control accuracy and good stability.
2. One-button operation handle, eight-position control switch, you can easily control bed movement, perspective and spotting.
5. The humanized design of the side switch of the diagnostic bed can manipulate the bed and affect the movement of the system, making the operation near the table very convenient.
6. The spotting device and the influence system have a wide range of movement, using a maneuverable and immobile mode of operation to easily complete a series of inspections from the throat, esophagus to the lower abdomen.
Third, the safety performance of the digital gastrointestinal machine is high
Computer program control, remote operation, avoid radiation hazards to medical staff.
Company: Weifang Newheek Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
ADD: E Building of Future Star Scientific Innovation Industrial Zone of No.957 Wolong East Street, Yulong Community, Xincheng Sub-District Office, Weifang Hi-tech Zone, Shandong Province, China

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LED corn lights are bright, beautiful and waterproof
Lighting plays a crucial role in enhancing the ambiance and aesthetics of any space. Whether it's for residential, commercial, or outdoor lighting, LED corn lights have revolutionized the lighting industry with their exceptional brightness, beautiful design, and waterproof features. In this article, we will explore the benefits and applications of LED corn lights, why they are a superior lighting option, and how they can transform any space into a visually stunning and well-lit environment.
The Brightness of LED Corn Lights:
One of the primary reasons why LED corn lights have gained immense popularity is their exceptional brightness. These lights are designed to emit a powerful and steady stream of light, ensuring that every corner of the room is well-lit. Unlike traditional incandescent bulbs, LED corn lights produce a higher lumen output while consuming less energy, making them an energy-efficient lighting solution. Whether it's for indoor or outdoor applications, LED corn lights provide a bright and well-illuminated environment, enhancing visibility and reducing eye strain.
The Beauty of LED Corn Lights:
LED corn lights are not only bright but also aesthetically pleasing. With their unique corn-shaped design, these lights add a touch of elegance and sophistication to any space. Whether you're looking to enhance the ambiance of your home, office, or outdoor area, LED corn lights come in various colors and designs, allowing you to choose the perfect lighting solution to match your style and decor. From warm white to cool white, these lights can create a cozy and inviting atmosphere or a bright and vibrant ambiance, depending on your preference.
The Waterproof Feature of LED Corn Lights:
LED corn lights are not only bright and beautiful but also waterproof, making them suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications. Whether it's a rainy day or a humid environment, these lights are designed to withstand the elements without compromising their performance. The waterproof feature ensures that the lights remain functional and durable, even in harsh weather conditions. This makes LED corn lights ideal for outdoor lighting applications, such as gardens, patios, parking lots, and street lighting, where they can withstand rain, snow, and other environmental factors.
Applications of LED Corn Lights:
LED corn lights have a wide range of applications, making them a versatile lighting solution for various settings. Here are some popular applications of LED corn lights:
- Residential Lighting: LED corn lights can be used in homes to enhance the overall lighting and create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Whether it's for general lighting or accent lighting, these lights can transform any room into a visually stunning space.
- Commercial Lighting: LED corn lights are widely used in commercial settings, such as offices, retail stores, hotels, and restaurants. With their bright and uniform light distribution, these lights provide optimal visibility and create a professional and welcoming environment for employees and customers.
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- Industrial Lighting: LED corn lights are also suitable for industrial settings, such as warehouses, factories, and workshops. With their high lumen output and long lifespan, these lights provide efficient and reliable lighting solutions for industrial applications.
LED corn lights are a superior lighting option that combines exceptional brightness, beautiful design, and waterproof features. Whether it's for residential, commercial, or outdoor lighting, these lights offer a range of benefits, including energy efficiency, aesthetic appeal, and durability. With their versatility and wide range of applications, LED corn lights can transform any space into a visually stunning and well-lit environment. So, if you're looking for a lighting solution that is bright, beautiful, and waterproof, LED corn lights are the perfect choice for you. Upgrade your lighting today and experience the difference!


text: [en] A long deformation record (16.5 ka) showing nonsteady earthquake recurrence is established for the Aksu thrust (Tianshan, China) on the basis of cosmogenic 10Be dating of faulted surfaces. Topographic leveling across the Aksu fault scarp indicates up to 10 m uplift across a moraine abandoned 16.5 ka and similar uplift of 6 m across two inset surfaces yielding ages of 12.5 and 5 ka. Successively smaller uplifts of terraces younger than 5 ka indicate that three or more major earthquakes occurred during this period. These data show that the Aksu thrust fault was quiet for at least 7500 years and active in the last 5000 years and probably in the interval 16.5–12.5 ka. The seismic cycle along the Aksu thrust fault over the last 16,500 years was thus strongly irregular showing long quiescence and clustering, which is a challenge for paleoseismology and hazard assessment. This irregularity also makes it more difficult to estimate long-term shortening rates. Nevertheless, we are able to constrain a minimum total shortening rate (>7 mm/yr) across the southern Tianshan front for the last 12,500 years that is about a third of the total geodetic rate for the western Tianshan (20 mm/yr).


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Mosley's complex novels are serious and morally questioning, sometimes told in narrative fragments; their subjects are politics, science, and religion. This daunting combination is rendered palatable, however, by the relationships and human emotions with which his books also deal. The change from the realism of his early work to a more experimental style was signalled by Accident (1965); narrated by a philosophy don in an elliptical fashion, it concerns a triangular affair and was made into a film by Joseph Losey. Mosley's major novel is Hopeful Monsters (1990, Whitbread award), part of a project attempting to deal with the history of twentieth-century politics and experience. Spanning the period from 1919 to 1939, with a post-war epilogue, this is cast in the form of exchanges between a German-Jewish woman and a British scientist, ending with a moving reconciliation in old age. Children of Darkness and Light (1996) is a thriller with spiritual and political elements, featuring a previously cynical journalist investigating strange events involving children in Cumbria and war-ravaged Bosnia.
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The Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) is a non-profit foundation, incorporated under German civil law by the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen and by the City of Delmenhorst. It is located in the Northwest of Germany, close to the city of Bremen. Its primary goal is to support and to inspire excellent and innovative research across disciplinary borders. It offers junior and senior scholars of all ages and nationalities the opportunity to concentrate on research projects without the distraction of routine commitments and to gain insights from other disciplines and other scientific traditions. Fellows have the opportunity to cooperate with colleagues at neighboring universities (i.e. Bremen and Oldenburg) and research institutes in the region. This allows HWK to offer laboratory space for scientists from the natural sciences. Weekly fellow lectures followed by dinner, between 70 and 100 conferences and workshops per year that cover all HWK research areas and lots of informal meetings and events create a lively intellectual environment.
Scientific Priorities
HWK concentrates on four broad research fields:Brain, earth, energy, society. Dedicated to interdisciplinary dialogue HWK promotes projects that seek to explore interrelations between its four research fields.
HWK encourages projects that explore interdisciplinary research questions. Within these areas any excellent application is most welcome. There is no advance exclusion of any specific scientific discipline.
In addition, HWK hosts an art program the strengthens dialogue between humanities, science, and the arts, literature included.
Premises and Facilities
21 fully-furnished and comfortable apartments for singles, couples and families are provided for the Fellows. The lobby, the lounge, a lecture hall, a fireplace and fitness facilities offer space for academic, cultural and social activities.
Language classes and extracurricular activities for Fellows and their families help to ease integration. Fellows have their own library with direct access to the university libraries; free interlibrary loan service is also available. Several cars and public transport tickets ensure convenient access to the regional universities and research institutes.
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Hume Knowledge Graph Visualisation artists who transitioned from Realism to Impressionism
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When you are on the page you want to link to, highlight the address in the window at the top (this one is _URL_ then either right-click and choose copy or press the Control key and C at the same time to copy it.
You can either paste it directly in, as I have above, or you can highlight a work, and then choose the little symbol that looks like a globe with a chain link under it, and paste the address into the box that opens up. I did that here.
You will want to have both windows open, so you can go back and copy it again if you do something like "cut" text in your post. The cut text will replace whatever you've copied.


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I have read this thread, but I don't think it addresses the same problem.
I am looking for a way to have a command in LaTeX with an interface as follows:
\placetextbox{x_in_page_percentage, y_in_page_percentage}{This is my text}
The command would place the text This is my text centered within a box that may overlap with anything else on the page, and that would be placed at the coordinates specified by the variables x_in_page_percentage and y_in_page_percentage. These variables control the location of the x in the diagram below. E.g.
 This is my text
This way, something like \placetextbox{0.5, 0.5}{This is my text} would place the text roughly on the center of the page, regardless of anything else that may be on that location.
Any thoughts how to do this?
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The eso-pic package allows you to add pictures (and text) to pages as an overlay/in the foreground [as an underlay/in the background]. The specific command used to add content to the current page is \AddToShipoutPictureFG* [\AddToShipoutPictureBG*]. The starred * versions of these commands limit the output to the current page, while the unstarred versions ship its contents out to every page.
The following minimal example illustrates the technique used to answer your question in the form of a macro \placetextbox{}{}{}:
\usepackage{lipsum}% For 'Lorem Ipsum' dummy text
\usepackage[pscoord]{eso-pic}% The zero point of the coordinate systemis the lower left corner of the page (the default).
\newcommand{\placetextbox}[3]{% \placetextbox{}{}{}
 \setbox0=\hbox{#3}% Put in a box
 \AddToShipoutPictureFG*{% Add to current page foreground
\placetextbox{0.5}{0.5}{\fbox{\Huge\textsf{This is my text.}}}%
\placetextbox{0.5}{1}{\Huge\texttt{Here is another piece of text.}}%
\placetextbox{0.1}{0.1}{\Large $\mathcal{A}_1$}%
Placement of text at absolute position on page
Other packages are also capable of doing this, including background and tikz.
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Thanks _USER_. I get the following error with eso_pic: "Option clash for package eso-pic". Before that, I get a warning that says "You have requested the package ;eso-pic', but the package provides 'everyshi'" Any thoughts why I get this? – user815423426 Aug 2 '11 at 19:42
Are you compiling the minimal example provided above? – Werner Aug 2 '11 at 19:51
I just made it compile with the minimal example above. Thanks! Any clues why I may be getting the error "Option clash for the package eso-pic" with a more complex document? – user815423426 Aug 2 '11 at 20:03
Nevermind. I just made it work. All I had to do is to include it in the document before other packages. Thanks a lot. It's a useful command to add copyright notices in papers, etc. – user815423426 Aug 2 '11 at 20:12
It doesn't work for me. It moves everything on the next page... – Karel Bílek Jun 5 '12 at 23:31
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From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
A map of the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions, and the Sevii Islands and Orange Archipelago
A region (Japanese: 地方 chihō) is an organized area of the Pokémon world. There are at most sixteen known regions that have appeared in the various Pokémon canons.
In the main series
Five regions have appeared in the main series of Pokémon games. They are, in order of appearance, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova. Each region has been the setting of at least three games (four games in the case of Unova) in the generation in which it debuts.
The regions are structured similarly. Typically, a region will have its own Pokémon League, comprised of eight Gym Leaders. Once these eight are defeated, Trainers can challenge the regional Elite Four, which may or may not be shared with another, nearby region (so far, Johto does not have its own Elite Four, as it shares it with that of Kanto). Accordingly, each one also has a Pokémon Professor, who teaches new Trainers about Pokémon and gives out starter Pokémon to them. There is usually a villainous team operating within the region that use Pokémon to further their goals.
Though there are many similarities between them, there are some major differences between the regions, such as what Pokémon are located there and what legends there are waiting to be uncovered. Visitors from another region quickly realize that the region they are visiting is far from their home, both in the way of the climate, distance and location; and in the culture of the people there.
In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Professor Oak explains that Sinnoh, Kanto, and Hoenn (and probably Johto and others) are part of a larger country, whose name has yet to be revealed. This concept is similar to the regions of Japan, which the Pokémon world has been modeled after, and from which the Pokémon nation's Kanto region takes its name. Unova is known to be located far away from Kanto and Johto, and as such may not be part of this country.
In the side series
The region of the Generation III side series games, Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Orre has similar characteristics to the main series regions but lacks some basic main series features. There are mostly Pokémon Trainers inhabiting the region. There are very few settlements and no routes. There is no official Pokémon League, but rather a variety of facilities which offer consecutive battles. There is a regional professor, Professor Krane and regional villains, Cipher and Team Snagem. Wild Pokémon only appear in rare areas called Poké Spots.
In spin off games
The regions in spin off games differ dramatically from the regions in the main series. Regions like Fiore, Almia and Oblivia are much smaller and have different cultures. They prefer Pokémon as pets instead of tools for battling. Pokémon Trainers are not present in the regions. Pokémon are not kept inside Poké Balls and wild Pokémon can be seen wandering cities as well as routes. Pokémon Rangers act as authority, helping Pokémon and people in need. There are no individual Gyms, an Elite Four or a Champion. However, Rangers can take the Capture Challenge to test their skills. Despite their peaceful natures, there are villainous teams that operate within both regions that capture and use Pokémon to further their goals of world domination. One such villainous team has been known to brainwash Pokémon using their advanced technology, causing them to lose their memories and wreak havoc.
The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series takes place in a region that is populated solely by Pokémon; humans do not live there. Most Pokémon live in dungeons, as there is shown to be hardly any modernized communities among Pokémon themselves. The only towns shown are Pokémon Square, Treasure Town, and Shaymin Village, all of which are very small. Some of the Pokémon within them form exploration teams that explore dungeons and help Pokémon in need. There is an associated federation similar to the Ranger Union in Fiore and Almia that organizes all activities for rescue and exploration teams. The Wigglytuff Guild is where beginning exploration teams live and learn the basics. The Makuhita Dojo and Marowak Dojos are places somewhat similar to Gyms in the main regions where exploration teams hone their skills.
Pokémon Snap is set on Pokémon Island, an isolated reserve home to many species of Pokémon. It appears to have a relationship with the Kanto region of the main series, as Professor Oak appears to have some authority over the island. Pokémon Channel is set in Mintale Town, which is inhabited by many species of Pokémon. Humans may live there too; there is at least one suburban area. Holon and the Trading Card Game Islands appear in the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the eponymous video games. The relationship of these regions with the others is unclear.
In the anime
The protagonists of the Pokémon anime, Ash Ketchum and his traveling companions, have visited the first five main series regions (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova) in the same order the games have been released. To accommodate plots, story arcs, and episode numbers, regions in the anime are much larger than their game counterparts. The regions are shown to have a number of cities and towns that are not present in the games. In some cases, some areas are moved to a different region from their game counterparts; for example, the Hoenn Battle Frontier in Pokémon Emerald was not in Hoenn in the anime, but instead in Kanto with the different facilities scattered all over the region rather being located on an island. Also, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen's Sevii Islands appeared in one Pokémon Chronicles episode, The Search for the Legend.
Additionally, two regions exist in the anime that do not exist in any video game.
The first is the Orange Archipelago, the tropical setting for the second season, Adventures in the Orange Islands. Located south of Kanto and Johto, it differs from the standard region formula, with only four Gyms.
The second is the Decolora Archipelago, the setting of the last part of the Best Wishes! series.
- All main series regions introduced in odd-numbered generations have had at least one Gym that has had more than one Gym Leader depending on either generation or version.
- Both anime only regions are an archipelago.
- The names of the five regions visited in the main series games are all composed of four kana: カントー (Kanto), ジョウト (Johto), ホウエン (Hoenn), シンオウ (Sinnoh), and イッシュ (Unova).
- Each region has the letter 'o' in each of its English names (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova).

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The Importance of a Large N
The letter "N" is used to indicate the number of subjects contributing data to an experiment or opinion poll. N=500 means 500 subjects were used, or 500 people were polled. This number has a powerful influence on the reliability of the results.
What is the possible effect of taking a small sample?
If you take a small sample, even a small random sample, you can get very unusual and misleading results. For example, if you drew the names of three students at random from a college registration list, you might come up with three students who were over six feet tall, purely by coincidence. But if you used a random sample of 100 students, the average height of students in the sample would resemble almost exactly the average height of the entire student body.
Why is it possible to say, with confidence, that a sample of 100 will have an average height within an inch or two of the entire student body? It is because of the so-called "Law of Large Numbers." The larger the N, the more closely a random sample will approximate its parent population. This law is really an outgrowth of basic laws of probability. Random variations go every which way. The larger the N, the more likely it is that all the variations will cancel each other out and leave you with an accurate average value.
Students sometimes ask how large an N is required before the results of a poll become trustworthy. The answer depends on the level of precision desired and the amount of variation in the characteristic being measured. A national opinion poll using a random sample of a 500 people should produce results that are very accurate, providing the sample is truly unbiased. A smaller sample of 25 or so may give representative results if there is not a great deal of underlying variation. Polls based on 5 or 10 people are seldom reliable for anything except expressing the opinions of 5 or 10 people.
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Each of the four presidents who served during Minnesota's territorial period, March 1849 to May 1858, implemented a system of appointments known as "rotation in office." Under rotation, a newly-elected president replaced incumbents, placed there by his predecessor, with his own appointees, who were members of his political party. The result was a high turnover among federal officeholders.
This article examines the political and personal influences on Presidents Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan as they made appointments to and removals from Minnesota's territorial supreme court. It shows how aspirants lobbied each new administration for judicial assignments. The scheming of Henry Rice, the territorial delegate to Congress, to persuade the Buchanan administration to appoint his slate of judges is revealed; and the importance of recommendations by U. S. Supreme Justices Robert Grier and Samuel Nelson to the President's decision to appoint Rensselaer R. Nelson to the territorial court is explored. One of the themes of this article is that political leaders in the territory gained more influence over the selection process as statehood neared.
Article 6, §3, of the constitution Minnesota voters adopted in October 1857, required judges to be elected by the people. This requirement was the consequence of many forces, not the least of which was a reaction by the voters against the practice of rotation in office.
WARNING TO VIEWERS: Because of the length of this article, it may take several minutes for it to appear on your screen.


text: A temperature dependence characterization system of microwave permeability of magnetic thin film up to 5 GHz in the temperature range from room temperature up to 423 K is designed and fabricated as a prototype measurement fixture. It is based on the near field microwave microscopy technique (NFMM). The scaling coefficient of the fixture can be determined by (i) calibrating the NFMM with a standard sample whose permeability is known; (ii) by calibrating the NFMM with an established dynamic permeability measurement technique such as shorted microstrip transmission line perturbation method; (iii) adjusting the real part of the complex permeability at low frequency to fit the value of initial permeability. The algorithms for calculating the complex permeability of magnetic thin films are analyzed. A 100 nm thick FeTaN thin film deposited on Si substrate by sputtering method is characterized using the fixture. The room temperature permeability results of the FeTaN film agree well with results obtained from the established short-circuited microstrip perturbation method. Temperature dependence permeability results fit well with the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The temperature dependence of the static magnetic anisotropy HK sta, the dynamic magnetic anisotropy H K dyn, the rotational anisotropy Hrot, together with the effective damping coefficient eff, ferromagnetic resonance f FMR, and frequency linewidth f of the thin film are investigated. These temperature dependent magnetic properties of the magnetic thin film are important to the high frequency applications of magnetic devices at high temperatures. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.


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The Comprehensive Evaluation of Electronic Learning Tools and Educational Software (CEELTES)
Volume 14, Issue 2 (2015), pp. 243–264
Pub. online: 13 October 2015 Type: Article
13 October 2015
13 October 2015
Despite the fact that digital technologies are more and more used in the learning and education process, there is still lack of professional evaluation tools capable of assessing the quality of used digital teaching aids in a comprehensive and objective manner. Construction of the Comprehensive Evaluation of Electronic Learning Tools and Educational Software (CEELTES) tool was preceded by several surveys and knowledge obtained in the course of creation of digital learning and teaching aids and implementation thereof in the teaching process. The evaluation tool as such consists of sets (catalogues) of criteria divided into four separately assessed areas - the area of technical, technological and user attributes; the area of criteria evaluating the content, operation, information structuring and processing; the area of criteria evaluating the information processing in terms of learning, recognition, and education needs; and, finally, the area of criteria evaluating the psychological and pedagogical aspects of a digital product. The specified areas are assessed independently, separately, by a specialist in the given science discipline. The final evaluation of the assessed digital product objectifies (quantifies) the overall rate of appropriateness of inclusion of a particular digital teaching aid in the teaching process.


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ApiEST-DB - Apicomplexan EST Database ApiDots (formerly ApiESTDB) is a database integrating mRNA/EST sequences from numerous Apicomplexan parasites. ESTs and mRNAs were clustered and further assembled to generate consensus sequences. These consensus sequences were then subjected to database searches against protein sequences and protein domain sequences. The underlying relational structure of this database allows researchers to analyze these data and pose biologically interesting questions.
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Comparasite is a database for comparative studies of transcriptomes of parasites, which are defined by the full-length cDNAs from various apicomplexan parasites. It integrates seven individual databases consisting of numerous full-length cDNA clones that we have produced and sequenced: 12 484 cDNA sequences from Plasmodium.falciparum, 11 262 from P. yoelii, 9 633 from P. vivax; 1 518 from P. berghei, 7 400 from Toxoplasma gondii, 5 921 from Cryptosporidium parvum, and 10 966 from the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Putatively counterpart gene groups are clustered and comparative analysis of any combination of six apicomplexa species is implemented, such as interspecies comparisons regarding protein motifs (InterPro), predicted subcellular localization signals (PSORT), transmembrane regions (SOSUI), or upstream promoter elements. By specifying keywords and other search conditions, Comparasite retrieves putative counterpart gene groups containing a given feature in common or in a species-specific manner. By enabling multi-faceted comparative analyses of genes of apicomplexa protozoa, monophyletic organisms that have evolved to diversify to parasitize various hosts by adopting complex life cycles, Comparasite should help elucidate the mechanism behind parasitism. Our full-length cDNA databases and Comparasite are accessible from


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Using Cohort Analysis to Optimize Customer Experience
A bad experience with any of the activities in the value stream can result in a dissatisfied customer and a loss of revenue. The goal, then, is to create a journey that provides maximum value to customers while also being highly efficient and profitable for your business.
As you strive to improve the customer journey, how can you determine the effectiveness of your efforts? One method is through cohort analysis.
What is Cohort Analysis?
Cohort analysis compares the behavior of two or more groups of people. Each group shares an internal characteristic and is referred to as a "cohort."
Our last article looked at the experience patients have in a doctor's office. Taking that journey as an example here, we can create cohorts based on the week in which patients visited the doctor. Week one maps to cohort one, week two to cohort two, and so on. In this case, the week the patient visited the doctor would be the cohort's internal characteristic.
Grouping people into cohorts enables you to look at multiple areas of a business, such as the methods for acquiring, retaining, and generating revenue. It can also give you insights into which customers you should focus on, which channels of communication work best, and which areas need an investment of resources to improve the experience.
Our doctor's office journey has eight touch points, and we want to see if all of them are improving:
- Patient check-in at the front desk
- Waits to be called for further information
- Called to the front desk to validate personal and insurance information
- Waits to be called again to see the doctor
- Called to go to a room to see the doctor
- Waits for the doctor
- Speaks with the doctor
- Returns to front desk to make a follow up appointment or pay for services
How to Conduct Cohort Analysis
Start by defining your business question. To insure your research will deliver insights, it's important to spend time defining your business question. It should be based on the objectives of the business and the problems the research will attempt to solve.
In our example we want to know: "Do our improvements reduce the wait time for our patients?" We want to measure the effectiveness of the changes we've made and see if customer experience is improving. You may have to iterate and refine the question to ensure it aligns with business objectives.
Define a metric (or set of metrics) that offers insights into your business question. In the above example, time is the key metric that we use to answer our business question. We want to understand how much time a patient spends waiting at each touch point in the journey.
Define your cohorts. Our cohorts are based on the week during which the patients visit the doctor. In other situations you may define your cohorts differently. For example, if you were looking at an e-commerce site you might define your cohorts as customers who purchased within 24 hours of creating an account and customers who did not.
Perform the analysis. In a typical week the doctor sees 100 patients. Each cohort column shows the average amount of time the 100 patients spent at each touch point.
In our data set, prior to making any changes, the total waiting time was 131 minutes which we can take as our baseline to compare other weeks against. By comparing our different cohorts against this baseline, we see a decrease in overall non-value added time by about fifteen minutes a week. It also becomes apparent that the wait time in touch point number six does not decrease. This insight can lead us to perform further investigation into the drivers preventing the decrease.
To gain further insight you might also look at your data through internal and external lenses to understand what could be influencing the changes. For example:
- Your business. Take a look at anything internal that can impact the data. Are staffing levels appropriate? Any there issues with technology breaking down? Is the doctor overbooked?
- The outside world. Take a look at any external forces that could influence business. Do holidays impact the business? Does the economy have influence? Are there any recent events in the media that should be considered?
Conducting cohort analysis is another method for breaking down the customer journey to track improvements and gain insights into where the experience breaks down. It gives businesses the tools they need to discover opportunities for improving efficiency and becoming more profitable.
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text: Building and maintaining effective financial models See-Through Modelling provides a solid theoretical and practical basis for becoming an advanced financial modeller in Excel. It gives the theory and practical detail necessary to build and maintain a financial model yourself. This is done with particular reference to project finance and by drawing upon the lessons learned from UK PFI. In this book Dominic Robertson covers the key aspects of financial modelling, including: - Financial theory - Modelling theory - Excel theory and techniques - A step-by-step practical guide to building a project finance operating model - Computer set-up and efficient use - Keyboard skills - Macro-economic data collection He also includes key practical techniques such as how to: - Greater strategic vision due to vast forecast flexibility - Lower risk of modelling errors due to standardised modelling - Decrease reliance on individual analysts due to increased ease of model interchange - Clear, detailed and holistic modelling function training outline Learning to build a UK PFI project finance model is an extremely good place to start to learn financial modelling. UK PFI is like the world in miniature with simplified operations and simplified finance but containing all the accounting and cash elements that make for a wide-ranging experience. See-Through Modelling is for finance directors who are looking for a deeper understanding of the dynamics of their enterprise and those who want to understand the benefits of adopting a see-through modelling strategy within their enterprise. It is also an invaluable resource for aspiring financial modellers in general and project finance modellers in particular.


Do Trout Have Teeth?
Most species of trout do have teeth, although depending on the species the teeth may be located in different places. For example, rainbow trout have a mouth that doesn't go past the back of their eyes and teeth that are located along the roof of their mouth whereas other species of trout have teeth that are located along the base of their tongue (known as hyoid teeth).
When some trout are feeding they often engulf their prey. Sometimes they may follow their moving prey very slowly or their prey may be carried by the current in front of a trout which has happened to open its mouth. When this happens the trout's gills flare up and the prey is sucked into the fish's mouth. Here, the prey is then trapped by the tongue against the roof of the mouth as a means to "test" the food and it is then either swallowed or expelled. This process is done very quickly.
To engulf some prey would pose a deadly threat to these fish. For instance, the Freshwater crayfish is equipped with spikes and a spine that would catch in the throat of a trout and result in choking the fish. It is for this reason that the crayfish must be grasped and turned tail first toward the throat and then swallowed. This grasping feeding system is done by the trout using its small, sharp grasping teeth.
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10 Wonderful Ways To Say Thank You In Lithuanian
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Lithuania is a beautiful country that has lots of things to be thankful for. So, if you plan to travel to Lithuania, you must learn how to say Thank you in Lithuanian (ačiū). Thank you (ačiū) in Lithuanian is one of the basic phrases that you need to learn because it is beneficial in different situations. For example, you can use this in asking for directions, ordering food, shopping, and other daily conversations. It is also a sign of politeness and respect for the locals and their culture.
Why Say Thank You?
How To Say Thank You In Lithuanian?
Lithuanian is one of the oldest languages in the world. It is a Baltic language spoken mainly in Lithuania. It may not be one of the most spoken languages worldwide and in Europe like German and French, but learning Lithuanian is worth it in the long run, especially when you get to travel to their beautiful country. So, If you want to know how to say Thank you in Lithuanian, check the words and phrases below.
1. Ačiū
The first thing that you need to learn is ačiū. It might sound like you are sneezing, but this is the Lithuanian translation of Thank you. This is the most common way to say Thank you in Lithuanian. This two-word phrase is as important as saying hello (labas) and sorry (atsiprasau) because it is typically used in daily conversations.
2. Dėkoju
If you want a bit less formal, you can say dėkoju, which means Thanks in English. There are situations when people want it to be short, like in text messages and chat. Of course, if you are a beginner and a non-native speaker, you should still go with ačiū.
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3. Labai Ačiū
If you have received help from someone and express your deep gratitude towards that person, you can say labai ačiū. Yes, ačiū is already enough to express your gratitude but going a little extra will make it more sincere.
4. Vertinu Tai, Ką Padarei
Being appreciated is one of the best feelings in the world. So if you appreciate someone who did something nice to you, don't hesitate to let them know how you feel. You can say Vertinu tai, ką Padarei.
5. Milijonas Jūsų Dėka
Call it exaggerating but, if you are really thankful to someone who did something way past your expectations, you can express it this way. Saying Milijonas jūsų dėka is like saying, "I would never get tired of saying. Thank you over and over again."
6. Ačiū Tau Už Viską
You will probably be hearing this a lot during farewells, the end of classes, and even break up. However, the phrase Ačiū tau už viską has a wider and deeper ranger than just the word "Thank you." It encompasses lots of moments that other person spent time to help you. So, to express how thankful you are, you can say Ačiū tau už viską.
7. Aš Tau Vieną Skolingas
There are other ways to say Thank you without using the word Thanks or Thank you. This is an example of these phrases. Of course, if you help someone out, you won't expect returns, but people sometimes say, "I owe you one." (aš tau vieną skolingas) to express their deep gratitude. It is also like saying, "I'm here if ever you're the one in need."
8. Aš Būsiu Amžinai Dėkinga
There are times when you will be indebted to someone, and there's nothing wrong with that. But, unfortunately, some people are shy to be indebted to others. Living in this world is hard when you are always on your own. So, accept help from other people. You can express your gratitude by saying, "Aš būsiu amžinai dėkinga." You don't have to be humiliated by accepting help from others. Just think that one day, they might be needing your help too, and that's your opportunity to give back.
9. Priimk Mano Giliausią Dėkingumą
If you want to go a little formal and Priimk mano giliausią dėkingumą is an expression you should learn. Formal expressions like this are usually used in written communication or emails.
10. Man Tai Daug Reiškia
The last way to say Thank you in Lithuanian that you will be learning in this post is Man tai daug reiškia. This phrase is sometimes used with ačiū, just like in other languages. But, it can stand alone, and people will still understand its meaning when it has been said to them.
So, there you have it! You now have different words and phrases that you can use to say Thank you In Lithuanian. Just like what is said above, Lithuania is a wonderful country. So, if you want to travel and visit the country, you will surely be saying, "Thank you, Lithuania!" or "Ačiū, Lietuva." This fantastic country and people will really give you a memorable trip that you'll always cherish.
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Through Ling App, you will learn about translations, but you will also learn how to speak, read, and write in Lithuanian. You don't have to be worried about schedule and budget because Ling App will provide you free language lessons at your own pace. So don't wait any further. Start learning Lithuanian now. Surely, you'll thank me later!


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This is the sixth in a series of seven factsheets on the theme of community engagement, that draws on the results and lessons learned from the PRRINN-MNCH programme. This particular factsheet focuses on working with religious leaders to improve maternal, newborn and child health. The key messages are:
- Religious leaders can play an important role in disseminating MNCH information across a large population and persuading communities to change established behaviour and attitudes.
- Religious leaders can also help to promote a shift in thinking away from 'charity' towards broader-based support for the least supported who are likely to suffer the heaviest burden of ill-health.
- A facilitative approach is required where religious leaders are supported to use health-related information to devise their own key messages and preferred means of communicating them.


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What Is Oregon Grape Used for Today?
| What Is the Scientific Evidence for Oregon Grape?
| Safety Issues
The roots and bark of the shrub
(also called Oregon grape) have traditionally been used both orally and topically to treat skin problems. They were also used for other conditions such as gastritis, fever, hemorrhage, jaundice, gall bladder disease, and cancer. In addition,
was used as a bitter tonic to improve appetite.
According to some experts,
is identical to the plant named
, but others point to small distinctions.
, commonly called
, is a close relative of these herbs, but is not identical.
What Is Oregon Grape Used for Today?
Oregon grape is primarily used today as a topical treatment for
. Growing evidence suggests that it may help reduce symptoms, although it does not seem to be as effective for this purpose as standard medications.
Oregon grape has been proposed as a treatment for other skin diseases, such as fungal infections (such as
However, the evidence is either extremely preliminary or inconclusive. For example, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 88 people with eczema tested a cream containing extracts of
The results failed to show benefit overall.
Many studies have been performed on purified berberine, a major chemical constituent of Oregon grape and other herbs such as goldenseal, but it is not clear whether their results apply to the whole herb. In addition, impossibly high dosages of the herb would be required to duplicate the amount of berberine used in many of these studies. (For more information, see the article on
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Oregon Grape?
Evidence from two
studies and one comparative trial suggest that cream made from the herb Oregon grape may help reduce symptoms of psoriasis, although it does not seem to be as effective as standard medications.
In a double-blind study published in 2006, two hundred people were given either a cream containing 10% Oregon grape extract or placebo twice a day for 3 months.
The results indicate that the people using Oregon grape experienced greater benefits than those in the placebo group, and the difference was statistically significant. The treatment was well tolerated, though in a few people it caused rash or burning sensation.
Benefits were also seen in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 82 people with psoriasis.
However, the study design had a significant flaw: the treatment salve was darker in color than the placebo, possibly allowing participants to guess which was which.
Another study found that dithranol, a conventional drug used to treat psoriasis symptoms, was more effective than Oregon grape.
Regrettably, the authors fail to state whether this study was double-blind. Forty-nine participants applied one treatment to their left side and the other to their right for 4 weeks. Skin biopsies were then analyzed and compared with samples taken at the beginning of the study. The physicians evaluating changes in skin tissue were unaware which treatments had been used on the samples. Greater improvements were seen in the dithranol group.
in which 443 participants with psoriasis used Oregon grape topically for 12 weeks found the herb to be helpful for 73.7% of the group.
group, it's not possible to know whether Oregon grape was truly responsible for the improvement seen, but the trial does help to establish the herb's safety and tolerability. (See Safety Issues below.)
Laboratory research suggests Oregon grape has some effects at the cellular level that might be helpful in psoriasis, such as slowing the rate of abnormal cell growth and reducing inflammation.
Topical ointments or creams containing 10% Oregon grape extract are generally applied 3 times daily to the affected areas.
Oregon grape appears to be safe when used as directed. In the large open study described above, only 5 of the 443 participants reported side effects of burning, redness, and itching.
However, because Oregon grape contains berberine, which has been reported to cause uterine contractions and to increase levels of bilirubin, oral consumption of Oregon grape should be avoided by pregnant women.
Safety in young children, nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
There is an additional concern regarding the berberine content of Oregon grape. One study found that berberine impairs metabolism of the drug cyclosporine, thereby raising its levels.
This could potentially cause toxicity.


Serialization - extended_type_info
C++ Boost
Runtime Interface
The serialization library needs a system like type_info/typeid() to perform the following functions
 1. given a pointer to a type T discover the true type pointed to.
 2. given an "external" key - determine what type of object to create.
The problem with std::type_info
extended_type_info is an implementation of std::type_info functionality with the following features: Exported types are maintained in a global table so that given a string key, the corresponding type can be found. This facility is used by the serialization library in order to construct types serialized through a base class pointer.
Runtime Interface
namespace boost {
namespace serialization {
class extended_type_info
 // this class can't be used as is. It's just the
 // common functionality for all type_info replacement
 // systems. Hence, make these protected
 const char * m_key;
 extended_type_info(const unsigned int type_info_key);
 void key_register(const char *key);
 const char * get_key() const {
 return m_key;
 bool operator<(const extended_type_info &rhs) const;
 bool operator==(const extended_type_info &rhs) const;
 bool operator!=(const extended_type_info &rhs) const {
 return!(operator==(rhs));
 // for plugins
 virtual void * construct(unsigned int count = 0,...) const;
 virtual void destroy(void const * const p) const;
 static const extended_type_info * find(const char *key);
} // namespace serialization
} // namespace boost
Generally, there will be one and only one extended_type_info instance created for each type. However, this is enforced only at the executable module level. That is, if a program includes some shared libraries or DLLS, there may be more than one instance of this class correponding to a particular type. For this reason the comparison functions below can't just compare the addresses of this instance but rather must be programmed to compare the the actual information the instances contain.
extended_type_info(unsigned int type_info_key);
This constructor should be called by all derived classes. The argument should be the particular implementation. For this default implementation base on typeid(), this is the value 1. Each system must have its own integer. This value is used to permit the inter-operability of different typeinfo systems.
void key_register(const char *key);
Assign a unique character string identifier to this extended_type_info instance and add it to the corresponding global trable. This key is used to identify a type accross different instances of the program. In this way, one instance may know what type to create when necessary. For this purpose, it must be the same in all program instances which refer to the same type.
It may sometimes be referred to as a GUID - a Global Unique IDentifier.
const char *get_key() const;
Retrieves the key for extended_type_info instance. If no key has been associated with the instance, then a NULL is returned.
bool operator<(const extended_type_info & rhs) const;
bool operator==(const extended_type_info & rhs) const;
bool operator!=(const extended_type_info & rhs) const;
These functions are used to compare two extended_type_info objects. They a strict total ordering on all instances of this class.
Construct a new instance of the type to which this extended_type_info record corresponds. This function takes variable list of up to 4 arguments of any type. These arguments are passed to the type's constructor at runtime. In order to use the facility, one must declare a type sequence for the constructor arguments. Arguments for this function must match in number and type with those specified when the type was exported. This function permits one to create instances of any exported type given only the exported GUID assigned with BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT. If these types are defined in DLLS or shared libraries. When these modules are loaded at runtime, these constructor can be called until the module is unloaded. These modules are referred to as plugin.
virtual void destroy(void const * const p) const;
Destroy an instance created by the above constructor.
static const extended_type_info * find(const char *key);
Given a character string key or GUID, return the address of a corresponding extended_type_info object.
In order to be used by the serialization library, an implementation of extended_type_info, (referred to as ETI here), must be derived from extended_type_info and also implement the following:
template
static extended_type_info &
static const extended_type_info &
Return a pointer to the instance of extended_type_info which corresponds to type T. Normally these instances are static objects so this just amounts to returning the address of this static object.
template
const extended_type_info *
ETI::get_derived_extended_type_info(const T & t) const;
Return a pointer to the extended_type_info instance that corresponds to the "true type" of the type T. The "true type" is the lowest type in the hierarchy of classes. The type T can always be cast to the "true type" with a static cast. Implemention of this function will vary among type id systems and sometimes will make presumptions about the type T than can be identified with a particular extended_type_info implementation.
bool ETI::less_than(const extended_type_info &rhs) const;
Compare this instance to another one using the same extended_type_info implementation.
The serialization library includes two distinct extended_type_info implementations.
is implemented in terms of the standard typeid(). It presumes that RTTI support is enabled by the compiler.
is implemented in a way that doesn't rely on the existence RTTI. However, if the export facility is to be used to serialize types through base class pointers, those types are required to implement a virtual function with the signature:
virtual const char * get_key();
which returns a unique string the most derived object this class. This function must be virtual in order to implement the functionality required by ETI::get_derived_extended_type_info as described above.
The test program test_no_rtti implements this function in terms of the extended_type_info API above to return the export key associated with the class. This requires that non-abstract types be exported. It also demostrates the inter-operability with between two different implementations of extended_type_info.
© Copyright Robert Ramey 2005. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at _URL_


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La communication dans l'œuvre romanesque de Jacques Savoie
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This paper explores the nature of communication in Jacques Savoie's novels. Many of the characters experience difficulties in making themselves understood by others, especially by their loved ones. Some of these challenges are psychological while others are related to the relationship between the characters. This study examines the both the factors that obstruct communication as well as those that foster it. Of particular interest are the related issues of language and its interpretation. While the state of mutual understanding is often attained through dialogue, the much more elusive state of communion is reached through art, specifically through music and poetry. Several of Savoie's novels are testament to the power of art to communicate not only the nature of the world but its beauty.


Stud definition lgbt
What does stud mean slang?
What does it mean when a girl is a stud?
A consensus appeared to exist that "studs" are those assigned female at birth who wear "male" clothing and are more generally masculine than other individuals assigned female at birth.
What does stem stand for Lgbtq?
Sandra is one of 55 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workers—including faculty members, students, and staff—who were interviewed for a study about what it's like to identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) in STEM.
What is a FEM LGBT?
Fem/Femme/Feminine/Fem of Center – set of attributes, society's expectations behavior that are typically associated with women or girls. Gender Non-Conforming – refers to people who do not follow other society's ideals or stereotypes about how they should look or act based on the sex assigned at birth.
What does stud earrings mean?
noun. The definition of a stud earring is a small piece of jewelry that is worn through a small hole in the earlobe. An example of a stud earring is a small diamond set in gold and worn in the earlobe.
What is stud dog?
A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species (stallion, bull, rooster, etc.) usually imply that the animal is intact—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring.
What do Boi mean?
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What do you call a female bromance?
A womance is a close but non-sexual, non-romantic relationship between two or more women. … The emergence of the terms bromance and womance has been seen as reflecting increased relationship-seeking as a modern behavior.
What does it mean to YEET?
What does the R stand for in Lgbtq?
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
What does a stem do?
Stems are usually above ground, although the stems of some plants, such as the potato, also grow underground. Stems may be herbaceous (soft) or woody in nature. Their main function is to provide support to the plant, holding leaves, flowers, and buds; in some cases, stems also store food for the plant.
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Like many in finance and accounting, tax departments have historically relied on spreadsheets for tax data collection, provisioning and reporting. With Tax accounting still a leading cause for financial restatements and material weaknesses, a purpose-built tax provisioning application can materially decrease accounting close cycles while delivering increased accuracy and transparency.
This white paper highlights:
- The problems caused by using spreadsheets for tax provisioning
- The advantages provided by aligning financial reporting and tax provisioning


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 - Several other HMG-box proteins also play important roles in lymphocyte development [ 17 ]. Mice doubly deficient in lymphocyte enhancement factor-1 (LEF-1) and T cell factor-1 (TCF-1) have a complete block in development of T cells [ 18 19 ], while deficiency of SRY-box containing protein 4 (SOX-4) in mice results in a lack of pro-B cell expansion and mild perturbation of thymocyte development [ 20 ]. Unlike these HMG-box proteins, however, we find that the HMG-box of TOX is more closely related to the DNA binding domain of sequence-independent HMG-box proteins.
 - Nuclear localization signals are also highly conserved in SRY-box and other HMG-box proteins [ 37 ]. Basic residues outside of the HMG box motif may also function to stabilize DNA binding by these proteins [ 38 ].
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Preservation and Renewal
In April of 1945, the congregation of St. John's A.M.E. marked the end of a two-year separation from Lafayette Square with a grand procession from Allen A.M.E. to its restored church on North Carrollton. A church fire in the winter of 1943 had severely damaged the building, rendering it unsafe for worship. Despite numerous wartime financial and material obstacles and the ever-present temptation to sell the burnt church and build anew elsewhere in the city, the congregation opted to remain on Lafayette Square and restore its historic sanctuary. Such heroic acts were not uncommon on the Square and form an integral part of the Square's history. In 1873, the Church of the Ascension rebuilt its sanctuary after a fire had destroyed the roof and church interior. About a hundred years later, in 1993-4, St. James Episcopal restored the same church after a second fire had destroyed the 1873 roof and interior. Both churches stand today as symbols of renewal, thanks to their congregations' commitments to historic buildings and the preservation of Lafayette Square.
The only detached private residence to occupy a prominent corner lot on Lafayette Square, and one of the first residences constructed here, the Sellers Mansion set the neighborhood standard for fashionable living. Built in 1868 for Matthew Bacon Sellers, the president of the Northern Central Railway, the three-story brick house with mansard roof rivaled its outer suburban contemporaries in size, quality of craftsmanship, and attention to detail. Its carved stone lintels, patterned slate roof, original roof cresting, and its two classicizing porticoes, one of which still retains its elegantly carved wooden columns and capitals, identified this household as one of taste and affluence. Although carefully restored in the 1960s and adapted to a variety of community uses through the early 1990s, the Sellers Mansion stands vacant and in an advanced state of deterioration. Although plans are said to be underway to rehabilitate the mansion, the mansion's physical condition worsens by the day.
Although steeped in history and abounding in historic buildings by prominent Baltimore architects, Lafayette Square is not a designated historic district. As a result, few—if any—property owners in the area are eligible for historic preservation tax credits and other rehabilitation incentives currently offered by the city, the state of Maryland, and the federal government. Lafayette Square survives today because of the care and expense the Square's residents and institutions have devoted to the maintenance and preservation of their buildings since the 1920s and because of the tireless efforts of the Lafayette Square Association to encourage homeownership and architectural stewardship in the neighborhood. Financial assistance for historic preservation is just one of the many short-term benefits of an historic district designation. A revitalized neighborhood and a renewed sense of pride in the community and its history are among the many lasting benefits.


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Fellow Since 1999
Goth Seenghar Foundation
This description of Nazir Ujjan's work was prepared when Nazir Ujjan was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 1999.
Nazir Ujjan is showing small and landless farmers how they can use seed banks, coupled with access to technology to break the cycle of reliance on moneylenders and large landowners, overcoming many challenge in the rural area where he has been working where only five percent of the arable land is owned by small farmers and functional literacy is minimal.
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A novel two-step method for cross language representation learning
Cross language text classification is an important learning task in natural language processing. A critical challenge of cross language learning arises from the fact that words of different languages are in disjoint feature spaces. In this paper, we propose a two-step representation learning method to bridge the feature spaces of different languages by exploiting a set of parallel bilingual documents. Specifically, we first formulate a matrix completion problem to produce a complete parallel document-term matrix for all documents in two languages, and then induce a low dimensional cross-lingual document representation by applying latent semantic indexing on the obtained matrix. We use a projected gradient descent algorithm to solve the formulated matrix completion problem with convergence guarantees. The proposed method is evaluated by conducting a set of experiments with cross language sentiment classification tasks on Amazon product reviews. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed learning method outperforms a number of other cross language representation learning methods, especially when the number of parallel bilingual documents is small.
|Conference||27th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 2013|
Xiao, M. (Min), & Guo, Y. (2013). A novel two-step method for cross language representation learning. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems.


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I've seen this flower in bloom for some time now, but only after the arrival of my now favorite field guide, [see references at the end of this post] did I even try to identify it.
It is Lantana camara, a plant known to and named by Linneaus himself. He gave it the genus name Lantana, which is an ancient Latin name for a Verbena species (L. camara is in the Verbena family). The species name camara is a South American common name for the plant, so Linneaus must also have known where the plant came from.
Two questions about this plant: 1) why are there both yellow and red flowers in the flowerhead, and 2) is it a weed or a wildflower?
First, more description:
The flowerheads are dome-shaped, made up of many individual flowers, which are tubular and have 4 petals. The buds are in the center of the flowerhead, the young open flowers are yellow, and the old flowers are red. I'll come back to these colors later.
The plant is a shrub with hairy square stems that may or may not have thorns. This one does:
The leaves are toothed and opposite, a lighter green color below.
What does this plant smell like? My field guide describes the odor as pungent, but I've seen many, many descriptions of the aroma. I first saw the smell described on the web as cat pee. I didn't think it smelled like that, so I began looking for other descriptions. At one site I found different individuals describing the odor as, respectively, "citrus-sage, spicy, [an objectionable] mixture of mint and camphor with a touch of onion, horrible, chicken droppings, none."
This is an amazing list – it makes me wonder whether the soil where it grows doesn't have something to do with the smell. Personally, I found the smell fairly strong but not unpleasant, falling somewhere between the citrus-sage description and spicy. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden recommends including L. camara in a "fragrance garden!"
Now, is it a wildflower or a weed? The eternal question. Here in Central (and northern South) America, where L. camara is native, it can be enjoyed for its own sake. It has been cultivated for more than 300 years so obviously has an esthetic appeal. But L. camara is listed in the Global Invasive Species Database because it can be invasive outside Central and northern South American. In Australia, it is listed as a "Weed of National Significance."
The Global Invasive Species Database does list many uses for L. camara including as a herbal medicine (research in India shows that leaf extracts have antimicrobial, fungicidal, insecticidal, and nematicidal activity.) The shrubs benefit bird species and the flower is a "…major nectar source for many species of butterflies and moths."
L. camara has been described as an excellent hummingbird shrub that seems even more attractive to butterflies. Which brings me back to the red and yellow colors. My field guide says that the "…old, deep-orange flowers, which persist for some time, provide landing surfaces for butterflies, deter nectar-robbing Trigona bees from accessing the bases of the newer, inner flowers…" This sentence is tantalizing. Nectar-robbing bees?
Further searching on the web turned up an article called "Nectar Robbing and Pollination of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae)" [see references at the end of this post]. It turns out that 1) several flowers in the inflorescence open each day, usually about dawn, 2) newly opened flowers are yellow and start to change color after about 9 hours and the color continues to deepen as the flowers age, 3) yellow flowers contain pollen and nectar but by the time they are red-orange, they have "negligible pollen and no nectar," and 4) the stingless bee Trigona fulviventris bites holes in the bases of the stamens of L. camara and robs nectar without performing pollination.
The authors learned that with orange and reddish-orange flowers present, the yellow flowers are not robbed as often as they are in the absence of those flowers. Butterflies are the pollinators of L. camara, and the authors suggest that the flower has evolved to feed both its robber and its pollinators.
I haven't found any studies yet about hummingbirds and L. camara. Here in Panama, birds (flycatchers, honey-creepers, and tanagers) have been seen eating the berries (this according to my field guide), but no word on hummingbirds and nectar or pollination. Many sites that sell garden plants list L. camara as a plant that attracts hummingbirds, but I notice that the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden has not checked the "attracts hummingbirds" box but has checked the "attracts butterflies" box.
Now, at least, I know to keep a close watch on this attractive wildflower/weed. I've seen a moth on it, but no bees, butterflies, or hummingbirds. Time to go take a deeper look.
Favorite field guide: Zuchowski, Willow. 2005. A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica. Zona Tropical, Miami, 529 pp.
Article in Biotropica: Barrows, E.M. 1976. Nectar Robbing and Pollination of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae). Biotropica, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 132-135. doi:10.2307/_PHONE_.
- Annuals give gardens a welcome splash of color (seattletimes.nwsource.com)


Signed sets and ballots, part 2
Recall, from my previous post, that our goal is to find a combinatorial proof showing the correspondence between signed sets and signed ballots, where a signed set is just a set of n elements, considered positive or negative according to the parity of n, and a signed ballot is an ordered list of sets, considered positive or negative according to the parity of the number of sets.
So, how should such a proof look? For a given number of labels n, there is a single signed set structure, which is just the set of labels itself (with a sign depending on the parity of n). On the other hand, there are lots of ballots on n labels; the key is that some are positive and some are negative, since the sign of the ballots depends on the parity of the number of parts, not the number of labels. For example, consider n = 3. There is a single (negative) signed set structure:
(I will use a dashed blue line to indicate negative things, and a solid black line for positive things.)
On the other hand, as we saw last time, there are 13 ballot structures on 3 labels, some positive and some negative:
In this example, it is easy to see that most of the positives and negatives cancel, with exactly one negative ballot left over, which corresponds with the one negative set. As another example, when n = 4, there is a single positive set, and 75 signed ballots:
This time it is not quite so easy to tell at a glance (at least not the way I have arranged the ballots in the above picture!), but in fact one can verify that there are exactly 37 negative ballots and 38 positive ones, again cancelling to match the one positive set.
What we need to show, then, is that we can pair up the ballots in such a way that positive ballots are matched with negative ballots, with exactly one ballot of the appropriate sign left to be matched with the one signed set. This is known as a signed involution: an involution is a function which is its own inverse, so it matches things up in pairs; a signed involution sends positive things to negative things and vice versa, except for any fixed points.
In order to do this, we will start by assuming the set of labels is linearly ordered. In one sense this is no big deal, since for any finite set of labels we can always just pick an arbitrary ordering, if there isn't an "obvious" ordering to use already. On the other hand, it means that the correspondence will be specific to the chosen linear ordering. All other things being equal, we would prefer a correspondence that depends solely on the structure of the ballots, and not on any structure inherent to the labels. I will have quite a bit more to say about this in my third and (probably) final post on the topic. But for today, let's just see how the correspondence works, given the assumption of a linear order on the labels. I came up with this proof independently while contemplating Anders Claesson's post, though it turns out that the exact same proof is already in a paper by Claesson and Hannah (in any case it is really just a small lemma, the sort of thing you might give as a homework problem in an undergraduate course on combinatorics).
Given some ballot, find the smallest label. For example, if the labels are \{1, \dots, n\} as in the examples so far, we will find the label 1.
 - If the smallest label is contained in some part together with at least one other label, separate it out into its own part by itself, and put it to the right of its former part. Like this:
 - On the other hand, if the smallest label is in a part by itself, merge it with the part on the left (if one exists). This is clearly the inverse of the above operation.
 - The only case we haven't handled is when the smallest label is in a part by itself which is the leftmost part in the ballot. In that case, we leave that part alone, switch to considering the second-smallest label, and recursively carry out the involution on the remainder of the ballot.
 For example:
 In this case we find the smallest label (1) in a part by itself in the leftmost position, so we leave it where it is and recurse on the remainder of the ballot. Again, we find the smallest remaining label (2) by itself and leftmost, so we recurse again. This time, we find the smallest remaining label (3) in a part with one other label, so we separate it out and place it to the right.
This transformation on ballots is clearly reversible. The only ballots it doesn't change are ballots with each label in its own singleton part, sorted from smallest to biggest, like this:
In this case the algorithm recurses through the whole ballot and finds each smallest remaining label in the leftmost position, ultimately doing nothing. Notice that a sorted ballot of singletons has the same sign as the signed set on the same labels, namely, (-1)^n. In any other case, we can see that the algorithm matches positive ballots to negative and vice versa, since it always changes the number of parts by 1, either splitting one part into two or merging two parts into one.
Here's my implementation of the involution in Haskell:
type Ballot = [[Int]]
ballotInv :: Ballot -> Ballot
ballotInv = go 1
 where
 go _ [] = []
 go s ([a]:ps)
 | s == a = [a] : go (s+1) ps
 go s (p:ps)
 | s 'elem' p = delete s p : [s] : ps
 go s (p:[a]:ps)
 | s == a = sort (a:p) : ps
 go s (p:ps) = p : go s ps
(The call to sort is not strictly necessary, but I like to keep each part canonically sorted.)
Here again are the 13 signed ballots for n = 3, this time arranged so that the pair of ballots in each row correspond to each other under the involution, with the leftover, sorted ballot by itself at the top.
If you'd like to see an illustration of the correspondence for n = 4, you can find it here (I didn't want to include inline since it's somewhat large).
This completes the proof that signed sets and signed ballots correspond. But did we really need that linear order on the labels? Tune in next time to find out!
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To Join or Not to Join: Examining Patent Pool Participation and Rent Sharing Rules
40 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2006 Last revised: 4 Dec 2015
Date Written: November 15, 2006
Much of the economic analysis on patent pools is theoretical, and nearly all of the models assume that participation is automatic - any firm with a relevant patent and an option to join a patent pool is assumed to do so. But allowing firms to opt out of patent pools is a far more realistic assumption, since all modern patent pools are voluntary. In this paper, we present empirical evidence on participation rates and the factors that drive the decision to join a pool. We also summarize the various profit sharing rules found in modern patent pools, and explore the consequences of the rule chosen. Understanding how these institutions form and grow is especially important since more and more standard setting efforts are leading to patent pools for licensing the intellectual property embedded in standards. We find that vertically integrated firms are more likely to join a patent pool and among those firms that do join, those with relatively symmetric patent contributions to a standard appear more likely to accept numeric patent share rules for dividing royalty earnings.
Keywords: Patent Pools, Standards Setting Organizations, Intellectual Property, Royalty Sharing
JEL Classification: L1, O3, K21, L41
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation


Question: What Is The Rajput Caste?
Is Bisht a Rajput?
Bisht/Bist is a title used in communities living primarily in the Central Himalayas, Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Bishts are on most occasions Jajmaans/Rajput and sometimes Brahmins.
It was a title generally given to the chief of army or a war-lord..
Who is most powerful caste in India?
4 Major Caste Groups in India: According to VarnaBrahmans: Brahmans are at the top in Varna hierarchy. … Kshatriyas: Next to Brahmans are the Kshatriyas in varna ranking. … Vaishyas: Vaishyas rank below Kshatriyas, but fall within the ambit of ritually high Varna. … Shudras: ADVERTISEMENTS:
Is Chauhan a Rajput?
Chauhan, Chouhan, Chohan, or Chohhan, is a surname of the Rajput caste from north India.
Are Rajputs scheduled caste?
Any estimates of those claiming Rajput lineage or caste are necessarily inexact. The Indian census has not recorded caste affiliation since 1931 (except in the case of Backward or Scheduled Castes).
Is Solanki a Rajput?
Solanki is a clan name commonly associated with the Jats and Rajputs in India but which has also been borrowed by other communities such as the Saharias as a means of advancement by the process of sanskritisation.
Did Rajputs eat meat?
So what do the Rajputs eat now that their menu has been depleted by more than half? They were always meat eaters, since hunting provided them with entertainment and social status besides good food. Fish and seafood does not figure in their cuisine due to geographical location and topography.
Where is Rajput?
Is Rajput a powerful caste?
We have always seen Rajputs as zamindars, the powerful caste in Rajasthan. … But as the population increased, the land of the Rajputs got divided among families. Their land size has shrunk. Rajputs are no longer the big zamindars as they once used to be.
Is Rana a low caste?
Indian (Gujarat, Bombay city, and Rajasthan): Hindu and Parsi name meaning 'king' in modern Indian languages. … The name Rana was used as a title by some Rajput kings. As a surname, it is now found among Rajputs as well as several other communities.
Is Rajput a low caste?
The Rajputs, in states such as Madhya Pradesh are today considered to be a Forward Caste in India's system of positive discrimination. … But they are classified as an Other Backward Class by the National Commission for Backward Classes in the state of Karnataka.
What is the category of Rajput?
English: A Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, "son of a king") is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.
How many caste are there in Rajput?
There are thirty-six rajput clans. The following are further subdivided:Bargujar (Raghav), Bais, Guhila (Gehlot), Parmar,Naru, Chauhan, Nirwan, Paramara or Panwar,Solanki, Rathore,Tomar/ Tanwar, Kachwaha. The various subdivisions of these clans are detailed below.
Is Rajput higher than Jatt?
There is no comparison. Jats are a race and Rajput is a caste. … In exchange Brahmins gave Rajput status of being a high caste but made Rajputs lose all connections to their Jatt heritage. Rajput genes are hence most mixed with other Hindus and not same as the genes found in Hindu Jaats, Sikh Jatts or Muslim Jatts.
Is Thakur a Rajput?
Das noted that while the word thakur means "god", it is also used to refer to the father–in–law of a woman. It is also used for a Brahmin, Jat, and Rajput. … Sons of thakurs were given the Sanskrit title of Kumara ('prince'), popular usage being Kunwar in the North and Kumar in Bengal and South India.


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Testosterone has historically been linked to sexual dysfunction; however, it has recently been shown to affect other physical and mental attributes. We attempted to determine whether changes in serum testosterone could play a role in chronic or degenerative diseases. We used two separate genetic instruments comprising of variants from JMJD1C and SHBG regions and conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization for type II diabetes (T2D), gout, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease and depression. For the JMJD1C locus, one unit increase in log transformed testosterone was significantly associated with RA (OR = 1.69, p = 0.02), gout (OR = 0.469, p = 0.001) and T2D (OR = 0.769, p = 0.048). Similarly, one unit increase in log transformed testosterone using variants from the SHBG locus was associated with depression (OR = 1.02, p < 0.0001), RA (OR = 1.254, p < 0.0001) and T2D (OR = 0.88, p < 0.0001). Our results show that low levels of serum testosterone levels may cause gout and T2D, while higher than normal levels of testosterone may result in RA and depression. Our findings suggest that fluctuations in testosterone levels may have severe consequences that warrant further investigation.
Keywords: Alzheimer's Disorder (AD); Gout; Mendelian Randomization (MR); Schizophrenia (SCZ); Testosterone; Type II Diabetes (T2D).