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It has been noted in the literature that NPIs are degraded if there is an intervening element (typically, a non weakest member of a scale) between them and, in traditional terms, their licensor (in our terms, the exhaustifying operator). This chapter discusses this phenomenon and investigates several arguably related cases of intervention by presupposition triggers. The proposal is that this effect follows as a case of minimality. If. in probing for a Polarity Sentitive item, O finds along its path a closer alternative bearer (i.e. a scalar term), it is forced to activate the alternatives of the scalar term. In negative contexts, this brings about a positive implicature that makes exhaustification fail. Relativized minimality explains why phrasal interveners (e.g. strong quantified NPs) are generally more disruptive than heads (e.g. modals). This approach is extended to presuppositional intervention (diagnosed by V. Homer) in two ways. Some presuppositional triggers (most prominently factives) turn out to be a special case of scalar triggers (as argued by J. Romoli). Others are argued to take on the behavior (and featural make up) of strong NPIs. In all three major cases of intervention considered in this chapter, syntactic locality plays a crucial role exposing the interconnected nature of the syntax and semantics of exhaustification.
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well as to a] general audience.
[So] no, [there are] not really [others like it] because most [databases] have information about sequences. Some have [information] about the tree of life, but none of the databases are actually programmed in a way that can be accessed for a specific purpose.
In a knowledgebase like TimeTree, the focus is on allowing people to identify a pair of species and bring [together] all the results people can [gather. The] options are very straightforward and specific, and the idea is to give information to a general audience. … Researchers also will have access to data in a more complex [manner].
The primary interface is for general users, undergrads, molecular biologists, kids. Think about Google. You have a single line where you can enter your query and get a bunch of results. We will keep it as simple as possible.
So how many hits a day are you getting on the site right now, before the enhancement is through?
At present, we are getting 150 hits per day.
What else can you tell me about the technology involved on this? Any particulars about the database? Its size, capacity, et cetera.
The database currently contains results from 70 studies, with an additional 100 studies to be added. There are more than 1,000 divergence times in the database today, which will expand to 3,000 with the next edition.
How else are you funded besides by the Science Foundation? Is this the only grant supporting TimeTree?
At present, Science Foundation of Arizona is our primary sponsor. However, the development of the initial TimeTree website was sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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After a disaster, when the "normal" means to describe locations, such as street signs, are gone, the U.S. National Grid provide a standardized grid reference system that is seamless across jurisdictional boundaries and allows for pinpointing exact locations.
Since USNG is standardized, it can be understood and used as a common geographic framework for response. Learn more about how it works in USNG Overview articles.
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Use USNG hard-copy maps or online maps that enable coordinates to be described exactly. Romer readers can be used to find the exact USNG coordinates to describe any place in a uniform, standardized manner.
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Hard-copy maps of an area are an essential part of emergency management preparation.Several states and regions provide pre-made maps and atlases that include landmarks such as schools, hospitals and police stations on standardized USNG products.See if your area is covered in Map Books by State
You are walking along a forest trail and come across a seriously injured hiker. U.S. National Grid Emergency Location Markers (ELMs) could help deliver a speedy response!
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Top 10 Places to Visit Before They Disappear From the Earth
Traveling around the world to see different sites is one of the most enjoyable things in your life whose benefits cannot be ignored. The experience helps you discover skills that you didn't know you had, it gives you a sense of accomplishment among other benefits. Luckily, there are innumerable places in the world where you can visit and explore. However, some of these destinations are under threat due to neglect and climate change.
For this reason, you need to prioritize such destinations that demand more urgency to visit. Here is a list of these places that you need to visit before they disappear from the earth.
Antarctica is the southernmost continent of the earth and also the driest and coldest continent. It is also a windswept and frozen continent, and as a result, there are no permanent inhabitants. Unfortunately, this unique continent is slowly thawing.
Though there are efforts to try and spare the continent, it is likely that they will minimize the sails and cruises in the continent. Therefore, make an effort to visit Antarctica before it disappears.
#2. The Alps, Europe
The Alps in Europe are one of the best areas for winter sports fans and hikers. Unfortunately, it is likely that this will not continue for a long time since the Alps are significantly affected by the many climate changes.
This is especially because unlike other mountain ranges, the Alps in Europe are at a lower altitude. Since the Alps losses about 3% of the ice per year, it is likely that there will be no more glaciers on the mountain by the year 2050.
#3. Alaska, U.S.A.
Alaska is not only the largest but also most sparsely populated state found in the U.S. states. It is well known for its mountains, forests and diverse terrain of open spaces. Additionally, Alaska has been known as the coldest biome in the world.
However, the Alaska regions have been seen to have a dramatic rise in temperature. The rise in temperature is mainly due to global warming. The increase in temperature in Alaska is way higher than other parts of the world. Therefore, it is likely that the Alaskan tundra will be wholly destroyed within such a short time.
#4. Glacier National Park, U.S.A.
Both local and outdoor visitors have the national glacier park as their most favorite due to its gorgeous lakes and hiking trails spanning alpine meadows. For this reason, it is frustrating to hear that this beautiful park is losing its glaciers.
Initially, there were about 150 glaciers but have now reduced to 25. It is, therefore, likely that there will be no glaciers left by the year 2030. Therefore, make it your priority to visit the national glacier park before it is too late.
#5. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
The Mount Kilimanjaro found in Tanzania is well known for its beautiful snow-capped top. However, like other glaciers around the world, it is unfortunate that the beautiful snow on top of the mountain is also being destroyed by global warming. According to scientists, the mountain has lost about 85% of the snow that covered the mountain back in 1912.
Additionally, hikes around the mountain have been reduced since the trek is now more popular. It is, therefore, likely that these legendary glaciers will have disappeared entirely within twenty years.
The Maldives have stunning snorkeling sports, five-star resorts and pristine beaches that have lured tourists and honeymoon goers to enjoy them. It is, therefore, unfortunate that there is no bright future for this remarkable place. This is because the Maldives is the world's lowest-lying country with an attitude of about 1.5 meters.
For this reason, the Maldives are in great danger due to the rising sea levels. According to scientists, the Maldives will be completely submerged within the next 100 years.
#7. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is one of the most biodiverse places in the world. It is home to numerous species of fish, about 600 islands and many coral reefs. Unfortunately, due to coral bleaching and global warming, more than half of the reef has disappeared in the last about three decades. Additionally, pollution and climate change have also led to starfish outbreaks, acidification, and extreme weather. It is believed that the remaining part of the Great Barrier Reef could be destroyed by the year 2030.
#8. Venice, Italy
Venice has been a major source of attraction for many years due to its many beautiful sites. It is also known to be one of the most romantic cities in the world. However, it is important that you visit the city soon because it has shown signs of sinking over the years.
# 9. The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is found at the lowest point of the earth and is one of the most interesting and intriguing lakes in the world. It is one of the world's saltiest bodies and also known to have mad that is great for the skin. Its high salt levels have attracted visitors from around the world and also allow them to float without effort.
However, both geological and human factors have led to the demise of the Dead Sea. For instance, human activities such as industrial mineral extraction and agricultural activities have posed a danger to the Dead Sea. It is likely that the Dead Sea will have completely dried up within the next 50 years.
# 10. The Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest is a vast tropical forest which is known to be the world's largest forest. It is also the source of the Amazon River which is by far the world's largest river. The Amazon forest is a home for more than a third of the earth's animal species and plants. It contains millions of species of birds, insects, and plants, some of which have not yet been scientifically discovered.
Unfortunately, over the last few decades, the Amazon rainforest has been used for industrial agriculture, illegal logging and primarily for mining leading to its destruction. Therefore, hurry and enjoy the adventure of this vast forest before it is too late.
Additionally, severe floods have also led to the disappearance of the canals found around the city. The sinking of the city is also expected to continue since the North Pole continues to melt. Despite various attempts to save the city, climatologists are not sure these will save the city.


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The L.A. Garden Show is the largest outdoor gardening event on the West Coast that has evolved into a prestigious community gathering, as well as a premier industry event for green gardening in Southern California and beyond. The event illustrates innovative and environmentally responsible garden design and shares knowledge of eco-gardening practices through workshops, lectures, and demonstrations. It also provides specialty plants, books, and home gardening elements.
This year's event is a tribute to the home gardener and will be an active "How to" guide for living a green gardening lifestyle in Southern California. Workshops, lectures, and demonstrations will range from creating edible gardens to designing with California-friendly plants, to composting and making water-wise choices in home gardens. More>>
The Permasphere: On Friday at 10:00 am, discover a growing revolution in sustainable gardening where overlooked materials become free resources, yields increase, work is minimized, and the mutual support between people and the local environment is restored. From creating natural raised beds just outside your door to covering the back forty, sheet mulch and seed balls are all you need to bring to life extremely beautiful, low-maintenance, low-cost gardens. You'll come away with two incredibly productive and versatile techniques to use everywhere imaginable. Or learn to do it yourself:
- Tour The Permasphere all weekend: Friday, April 30, 11:00am; 1:00pm; 2:00pm. Saturday, May 1, 10:30am; 11:30am; 1:30pm; 3pm. Sunday, May 2, 11:30am; 2pm; 3pm.

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 - Integration of multiple sensors measurements (sonar, water surface scanner, laser elevation scanner, photography).
Sensors are attached to a cart that is attached to the top of a flume or tank on rails. Each Data Acquisition Carriage is uniquely designed to the specifications of the flume or tank in which it is used, but all carriages are built on with common mechanical, sensing, and computer components. Sensors attached to the cart can be customized for specific applications.
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During the holidays, cold weather and decadent food can make it challenging to stay active throughout the seemingly never-ending winter season. This year, ditch that boring gym workout for something a little different.
Christina Kaoh
You might have seen it at Cirque du Soleil or during Pink's high flying performance at last year's Grammy awards, and it's called aerial silks. The performances are literally dances in the air complete with extreme poses and jaw-dropping drops. However, silks are much more than an acrobatic show—they provide a unique and challenging workout that requires a combination of flexibility and strength. I spoke with aerial silks enthusiast and class instructor Christina Kaoh about her passion for the big top.
In a nutshell, what do aerials and acrobatics technically consist of? Is there a proper name for it?
The sport (or performance art, really) that I practice the most, is known by several names: aerial silks, aerial acrobatics, and tissu (which is French for "fabric"). There are other apparatuses, such as aerial hoop, or lyra, which is a circular structure suspended on a rotating point; aerial straps, which consist of straps which the performer grabs by the hand or loops their foot into; and rope, or corde lisse, which is a fabric covered rope. Static and flying trapeze are other forms of aerial arts.
How popular do you think that aerial silks currently are?
It's become increasingly used as an exercise and more and more appreciated as a performance art. People, such as myself, train in aerial arts for the pure performance aspect of it and gain the strength and flexibility in the mean time. But a lot of classes use aerial apparatus these days as fitness apparatus and build conditioning classes based on aerial moves. It's also become increasingly blended with yoga to ease practitioners into upside down poses and help increase flexibility.
How did you first get started?
I saw Cirque du Soleil and was inspired to become just as proficient in the aerial art form (i.e. just as cool) that I saw in that show, which was aerial tissu, to be specific. I remember that I saw "KA" in Vegas one summer and was blown away by how amazing all the acts were. A few months later, I saw another Cirque show that traveled through my area and resolved to find myself aerial classes. Two days later, I was learning how to climb tissu and do footlocks!
Which muscles do aerial silks work? What health benefits does it have?
Aerial arts definitely work your back, core and shoulders, to name a few. Even your legs are engaged to keep them straight, lift them up and over your head, or keep your toes pointed. It really is a total body workout that engages parts of your body that may not be engaged in more traditional forms of exercise. Learning aerial arts can make you more flexible and it is an anaerobic workout since it forces you to work against gravity and use your own body weight by pulling yourself up or over the fabric. I also think it has psychological benefits because it forces you to face your fear of heights, being upside down and being in unconventional positions.
How can I get started with aerials and acrobatics?
Just go for it! That's what I did anyway. I always hear, "I don't have any upper body strength, so I'm going to wait till I've worked out more." No. You'll build it as you go. I could never complete a pull-up before and now I can do six really good ones at a time and it all came from going to class. Each time you struggle to pull yourself up the fabric or into a pose, you are strengthening your muscles. Be prepared to work muscles you may not normally use, such as back muscles, your forearms, and your hands. Your hand grip will become much stronger in time.
What can I search for when looking for gyms?
When looking for a gym, I suggest looking at the instructor's style. How good are they with beginner students if that is your level? Some fabulous performers/coaches don't make for the most understanding or compassionate instructors for beginners. Know what you're willing to take. If they push you hard, is that going to leave you defeated, or do you thrive in that type of pressure? Most importantly, take a look at your instructor's actual technique. I learn by emulating what I see and if I'm not impressed with what I see, then I'm not willing to learn from this person. An instructor can be strong and "know" the moves, but if he or she does everything with bent knees, relaxed feet, and by swinging into moves, then it's likely that they won't correct you in straightening your legs, pointing/flexing your feet, and developing muscle control as opposed to using momentum to get into position. All those small things make the difference in a mediocre performance and a fabulous one.
Editor's Note: Christina Kaoh is an aerial silks instructor at Urban Evolution gym in Alexandria, Va. She has been practicing silks on and off for the last four years.


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(also Jola, Yola), a people living on the Atlantic coast of southern Senegal (1967 estimate, approximately 250,000 persons), in Gambia (population, 20,000), and Portuguese Guinea (population, more than 15,000). The Diola language belongs to the Atlantic family of languages. The Diola tribes include the Felup (Huluf, Karon), Bayot, Djawat, Filham, and Fuluni. Although most Diolas are Muslims, some have retained their ancient traditional beliefs. There are also small groups of Christians. The chief occupations are farming (millet, rice, and peanuts) and fishing. Opportunities exist for seasonal migratory work on peanut plantations.
REFERENCESNarody Afriki. Moscow, 1954.
Bernatzik, H. A. Äthiopien des Westens, vols. 1-2. Vienna, 1933.


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This interactive course introduces participants to the principles of writing reports concerning Police and Security Matters. Participants will learn the skills of report writing, Data Protection and Human Rights legislation.
This course is suitable for all Police Forces, Law Enforcement agencies and others engaged in investigation and prosecution of offedners. It can be adapted for other organisations required to comply with a formal reporting process. The course is interactive and participants will participate in exercises to enhance their report writing skills.
Aims and Objectives
Students will learn the principles and skills of writing reports concerning police and security matters
At the end of the course the student/participant will be able to:
- Understand and recognise what Security Reports are
- Understand the importance of Security Reports and how they can be tested.
- Recognise the different types of Security Report, and their purpose
- Understand what elements make up a Security Report
- Be able to write a competent Security Report
- Be able to review their own and others Security Reports using the SWOT model and other resources
- Understand and deliver Intelligence Reports and Briefings
- Comply with UAE Constitution and United Nations Human Rights Requirements
The course is made up of the following units:
Introduction to report writing
Applied report writing
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Intersystem communication - IBM - AS/400
CICS intersystem communication allows a CICS system to access data and to run programs and transactions on remote CICS systems.In addition, distributed applications can be developed using the standard CICS application programming interface(API). Function may be spread between local CICS systems, remote CICS systems, and non-CICS systems that use advanced program-to-program communication(APPC). Function may be distributed to workstation-based clients. Moving the presentation logic to the workstation allows the development of user-friendly front-end processes that can take advantage of the graphical environment available on the workstation.
The communication facilities offered by CICS/400 are:
 1. Function shipping
 2. Function shipping allows your local transaction to request data from a CICS resource located at another CICS system. CICS/400 automatically routes the request to the required system. You are not aware that the request is being satisfied by a remote system.
 3. Transaction routing
 4. Transaction routing allows a user at any workstation to run any transaction in a remote CICS system. The transaction runs on the remote system but appears to the user as if it is running locally.
 5. Distributed program link
 6. Distributed program link (DPL) allows a local program to link to and run a program on another CICS system. When the remote program ends, control is returned to the initiating program. Distributed program link can be used to access host data that cannot be accessed by function shipping, such as DL/I and DB2 databases.
 7. Distributed transaction processing
 8. Distributed transaction processing (DTP) allows you to have a synchronous conversation between a local program and a remote program. The programs use CICS API commands to allocate and control Advanced Program-to-Program Communication (APPC) conversations. All this is transparent to the end user.
 9. Asynchronous transaction processing
 10. Asynchronous transaction processing allows you to initiate a remote transaction. The real significance of asynchronous transaction processing is that it can be used to balance the workload. You can control when the remote transaction is started by including a time in the parameters of the command that starts the remote transaction. This facility is usually considered as a form of function shipping with the resource being a transaction.
 11. Server support for workstation-based clients
 12. CICS/400 can act as a server to workstation-based client applications, allowing CICS/400 applications to have front-end graphical user interfaces.
Function shipping, distributed program link, and distributed transaction processing, take advantage of fully protected conversations (sync-level 2), where these are available. In this case, syncpoint control extends to both local and remote CICS resources, which means that the communicating systems cooperate to ensure that all involved recoverable resources are either committed or rolled back at each syncpoint. In the event of system or conversation failure, syncpoint control, together with CICS/400 support, takes the necessary steps to protect resources at the next available opportunity.
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text: This module will examine the control of cardiac output, blood pressure and blood flow, and the central / peripheral cardiovascular interactions during exercise that limit performance. One focus will be on afferent signals generated within exercising muscles that drive and modulate cardiovascular reflexes. Another will investigate how central command associated with voluntary exercise can initiate and adjust blood pressure and heart rate responses. The factors that regulate local blood flow, in particular the vascular endothelium, will be studied in the context of distribution of cardiac output to active and inactive tissues during exercise. All these systems and their role in cardiovascular health will be emphasised by studying alterations to training and in diseases such as heart failure, hypertension and diabetes. Interactions between central cardiovascular control mechanisms, peripheral vascular control and the respiratory system during exercise will be discussed in a systems physiology approach.


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Why water meters?
To aid in water conservation and infrastructure life span, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District will be installing water meters in all TNRD-owned Community Water Systems. The anticipated timeline for metering project completion is approximately two years.
- Water conservation
Perhaps the single most important reason to implement water metering is to encourage water conservation. Currently our flat rate billing system provides no incentive for customers to manage water use. This fact combined with the hot dry climate of the BC interior, means many customers will irrigate far longer than what is actually needed, which in turns drives up total water demand.
- Fair billing
Approximately 45 of the 1100 water services on TNRD systems are currently metered. Therefore most customers are paying a flat rate for their water service. This creates a system where customers that use very little water pay the same amount as customers who use large amounts of water. In this scenario, the low water users are, in effect, paying to provide water to the highest usage customers. Implementing water meters will allow for fair billing where customers who conserve and/or simply use less, will pay less, and customers who waste water, will pay more.
- Leak detection
All water systems leak to some degree. However, leakage is a significant problem in many of the TNRD systems as most of the water systems were built using non-standard materials and non-standard construction. One of the main advantages of installing water meters on the property line (in pits) is that the meters will help identify services that have leakage within private property.
- Reduction in infrastructure and delivery costs
High water consumption contributes to equipment wear and shortens operating equipment life cycle, leading to higher operating and capital costs.
Lowered water consumption will reduce capital costs and extend the lifespan of expensive filtration systems that are needed for communities served by surface water. Before building the needed water filtration facilities on these systems, the maximum day water demands need to be brought down to more reasonable levels. Otherwise, adding water filtration will simply remain unaffordable.
In addition, when water demands are reduced, the electricity costs associated with pumping.
- Increased access to grant funding
In order to make the cost of future water treatment facilities more affordable, it will be critical to obtain Grant funding from both Federal and Provincial levels of Government. In recent years, Grant programs are increasingly giving preference to community waters systems that use of water meters to encourage water conservation.
As approved by the TNRD Board of Directors, an application for the Federal Gas Tax Fund - Strategic Priorities Fund to install water meters in all 11 TNRD water utilities was prepared and submitted in June 2017. It was announced in March of 2018 that the Gas Tax funding was approved. This means that there is no meter installation cost to our existing customers.
Benefits of water meters
Water usage on many of the TNRD Community Water Systems is extremely high, especially during peak use days in the summer months. Through increased conservation, water meters will reduce the peak day demands, which will, in addition to reducing operating costs, reduce the cost of adding future water treatment/filtration to these systems.
Expensive filtration systems are needed for systems served by surface water. Keeping water consumption down will keep those costs down as well. This is in keeping with the TNRD's mandate to meet Canadian Drinking Quality guidelines and Interior Health Authority standards for drinking water, and to keep costs down for water system customers.
Metering, along with an accompanying fee structure, ensures consumer accountability. When people become more aware of their water usage, they tend not to waste it, thereby reducing their overall water consumption.
Water metering will also assist in identifying and isolating system leaks for repair. Leaks can constitute a significant portion of a community's water consumption.
For inside meter installations, the meter will be placed immediately after the main shut-off for the house/building, typically in the basement (Figure 1).
E-Series Water Meter
For outside water installations, the meter pit is installed next to the shut-off valve where the water service enters the property (Figure 2). The meters transmit data wirelessly to utility system operators. Approximately two-thirds of properties serviced by TNRD water utilities will have meters installed in water meter pits, and approximately a third will have meters installed inside.
Water meters contain a long life lithium battery that lasts for approximately 20 years.


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|Media Release: Serrated Tussock & African Lovegrass|
Grassy, perennial weeds like Serrated Tussock and African Lovegrass are the scourge of the Monaro. They rapidly invade native and introduced pastures and significantly impact on the environment and agricultural productivity. Furthermore, dense infestations of African Lovegrass pose a significant fire risk and if not managed effectively can endanger life and property as a result of grass fire.
Serrated Tussock and African Lovegrass will produce viable seeds by November/December each year, with Serrated Tussock typically seeding from as early as late October in some areas. Both are declared noxious weeds and must be effectively controlled prior to seeding*. Help yourself and your neighbour and avoid costly legal action by ensuring that these weeds are controlled NOW.
* Note: Legislative provisions have allowed for the relaxation of control requirements for African Lovegrass within the Cooma-Canberra corridor.
A couple of handy tips:
If controlling Serrated Tussock and African Lovegrass by chemical application first consider timing, whether the plant is actively growing and whether chemical application is likely to impact on any off-target organisms. Two chemical options are commonly used for controlling Serrated Tussock and African Lovegrass, each with very different properties.
Fluproponate is available either in granular or liquid form and is typically sold as Taskforce, Kennock, Scuffle or GP Fluproponate. Because Fluproponate takes several months to kill the plant, if used alone it will not prevent Serrated Tussock from seeding when used this late in the season.
Glyphosate is sold under a large range of trade names, though is most commonly and historically known as Roundup. Glyphosate provides a quick kill when plants are actively growing, though will provide varied results if plants are stressed or not actively growing. African Lovegrass during early spring is typically in winter dormancy and will not be effectively controlled using Glyphosate alone.
From late spring through to autumn Glyphosate alone can generally provide effective control, or if the plants appear stressed a Glyphosate/Fluproponate mix is likely to provide the best results. Some Glyphosate products have been developed for use in aquatic situations. These products are specifically formulated with built-in 'aquatically approved' surfactants and should be used where infestations are situated in aquatic or other sensitive environmental areas.
Prior to using any chemical always read and understand the label and ensure that you have obtained the appropriate experience, skills and accreditation. For more information, contact your local Council weeds officer or agronomist. Watch this space for information on non-chemical control methods.
If you require further information, please contact Roger Roach on (02) 6455 1942.
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Solar Scholars to lead three solar energy workshops
Bucknell Environmental Facts
- 95 percent of campus energy is produced by co-generation plant
- Greenhouse gas emissions are down 45 percent from pre-1998 level
- All campus stationery is chlorine-free and contains 100 percent post-consumer fiber content
- Environmental studies major created in 1979
- Bucknell Environmental Center established in 2006
The Saturday workshops will be held Feb. 16, March 1, and April 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
"Attendees can expect to learn the basics of designing, siting, and installing a small-scale residential solar array," said Jess Scott, a Bucknell senior and member of the campus Solar Scholars program. "They can expect to learn how solar energy works -- from the time the sun hits a solar panel to the time a light bulb turns on in their home."
Scott, the student organizer behind the recent Focus the Nation teach-in, a daylong effort to focus attention on global climate issues and potential solutions, said that participants can expect to "come out of this workshop with an understanding of solar energy strong enough to play an integral role in the design and installation of their own array."
Among the topics that will be discussed at each of the five-hour workshops are how to determine the correct type and size of solar system, the steps of installing and operating a solar system at a home or small business, solar cost analysis, battery and wiring basics, and system comparisons.
To attend the solar workshops, contact Jess Scott.
The workshops are the continuation of the work of the Solar Scholars program, a solar energy design and education program started on six
Electricity from the solar array, when not fully used at the center, is fed to the national electric grid.
Another Solar Scholars design and installation project was recently completed on the Bucknell campus with the construction of two arrays at Bucknell West. Electricity from the panels -- one stationary and one that tracks the sun -- is powering a student living space and panel data are being collected for classroom analysis and being shared with the other schools participating in the Solar Scholars education program.
Bucknell University Environmental Center co-director Craig Kochel with the center's solar panel.
Contact: Office of Communications
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When to use eloquent upserts
You've probably come across a situation before where you needed to do some kind of mass update or sync with external data. A naive way you might approach this could be similar to below.
collect($csvContacts)->each(function (array $row) {
 $contact = Contact::updateOrCreate(
 ['email' => $row['email']],
 ['name' => $row['name'], 'address' => $row['address']]
Under the hood, this will make 2 queries for each record. First, it will find the first row matching all of the key/value pairs in the first array. If a row already exists, it will update it, otherwise a new row is inserted.
With small imports this will work fine, but imagine you had 100,000 rows in your CSV. This would result in 200,000 queries, which is going to take forever.
Using Upserts
When using upserts a single query is made containing all the rows. This query includes on duplicate key update on MySQL and on conflict... do update set on Postgres which instructs the database to update records if they already exist in the database.
It's important to note that you must have either a primary or unique index on the column you are upserting on the database. If you forget to add the index you'll get an error.
Obviously, making a single query is much more efficient and lets the database internally compute duplicate rows (which is very quick since you have an index on the column).
It's also a good idea to chunk these queries into blocks, especially if your queries are inserting/updating lots of data. If you don't do this, you may hit query size limits on some databases.
 ->map(function (array $row) {
 return Arr::only($row, ['email', 'name', 'address']);
 ->each(function (Collection $chunk) {
 Contact::upsert($chunk, 'email');
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Calculation of the Average Ground-Stress Components from Measurements of the Diametral Deformation of a Drill Hole / L. A. Panek
- Conference Author:
- Fifth Pacific Area National Meeting of the Society (1965 : Denver, Colo.)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (27 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables
- Additional Creators:
- Panek, L. A., American Society for Testing and Materials, and ASTM International
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China's largest, hottest, and driest desert sits in the westernmost part of the country. Filling the Tarim Basin,
Dust blew out of the Taklimakan Desert in early November 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on November 2, 2012. Part of the Taklimakan Desert appears along the left edge of the image. Dust plumes—thick enough in places to completely hide the land surface—blow away from the basin's eastern margin.
- World Wildlife Fund, McGinley, M. (2007) Taklamakan Desert. Encyclopedia of Earth. Accessed November 2, 2012.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.
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Possession: A Romance
A. S. Byatt
Possession is a rich, layered novel featuring both a romance between two Victorian-era poets, and present-day relationships between academics who have made their careers as experts on the poets' lives. Roland Michell is a kind of perpetual student, researching the life of Randolph Henry Ash. Maud Bailey is established in her career with a university's women's studies center; her specialty is the poet Christabel LaMotte. When the book opens, Roland has made an interesting discovery indicating Ash may have had a relationship with a woman other than his wife. His inquiry leads him to Maud. Together they assemble a picture of a romance between Ash and LaMotte, which turns prevailng academic opinion upside-down. Others begin to pursue the prize and the associated professional glory.
Byatt employs several creative devices to develop the characters and tell the story. Ash and LaMotte's relationship is reconstructed primarily through artifacts (letters, journals) obtained by Roland and Maud. Byatt "reproduces" them in their entirety so the reader feels like part of the research team. The romantic storyline also unfolds from several points of view, with each person having only a partial picture. The reader can see it all. And as the Victorian mystery is solved, the lives of present-day characters become increasingly interconnected. Byatt concludes the novel by tying up several threads and adding a quite satisfying postscript. ( )


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Minister for Water, the Hon Dave Kelly MLA visited a Busselton dairy this month for an overview of DairyCare effluent and fertiliser projects in the catchment.
The DairyCare project is addressing nutrient runoff from dairy farms under the Revitalising Geographe Waterways program.
Dairy farmer Wesley Lammie showed Minister Kelly through the farm's dairy shed and outlined proposed changes to improve their effluent system. "We have recently invested in new equipment to reuse effluent on our pastures and are close to finalising our effluent management plan through the DairyCare project," explained Wesley.
The Geographe Catchment supports close to a quarter of the dairy farms in the state and is an important industry on a local and state scale.
Due to the importance of the dairy industry and the contribution of nutrients to waterways in the catchment, GeoCatch has been working with Western Dairy and Geographe farmers over the last 15 years to reduce nutrient loss off dairy farms.
"Our ongoing partnership with Western Dairy is critical to the success of our programs," said GeoCatch DairyCare Coordinator Bree Brown, "The Minister was impressed with our engagement with the industry and local dairy farmers."
Most dairy farmers in the Geographe Catchment have been involved in incentivised dairy effluent upgrades and over 40% of farms have been involved in comprehensive soil testing and nutrient mapping projects.
Both areas of nutrient management involve many challenges but GeoCatch remains committed to working with farmers and the dairy industry to improve water quality and assist in farmers being able to reuse nutrients on dairy farms.
The DairyCare project was launched in May 2016 and is being delivered by GeoCatch in partnership with Western Dairy through Revitalising Geographe Waterways project.
Photo caption: GeoCatch DairyCare Coordinator Bree Brown, Hon Dave Kelly BA MLA Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; and Science, dairy farmer Wesley Lammie and Brian Piesse (Western Dairy).


WAG (estimate)
Because WAGS are simply guesses, they can be very difficult to substantiate. A scientific wild-ass guess (SWAG) is a WAG that is explained in terms of assumptions and informal calculations made to arrive at the estimate. For example, coming up with a WAG for a project completion date, a project manager could explain that a similar completed project took six months but also that there are fewer developers available currently, so the project might take an extra month. The scientific part of the SWAG is the additional explanation and calculation.
Planning poker, a team building activity for achieving group consensus, is a popular tool for creating WAGs that are more likely to be realistic.
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Arc suppression coil controller is used for function
Publisher: Administrator Release time: 2019-7-25
The line selection function of the arc suppression coil controller is known in the industry. Few of the arc suppression controllers have the line selection function, but what we want to tell you is that the arc suppression controller produced by our company is really equipped with If there is a line selection function, there is no need to separately select a line selection device after having this function. The arc extinguishing coil controller can have 2 sections of busbars and 40 lines at the same time. It can control two sets of arc extinguishing devices (one control two). It is suitable for grounding methods such as neutral grounding, grounding through fixed arc suppression coils, grounding through auto-tuning arc suppression coils, grounding with high resistance, and grounding through arc suppression cabinets. The arc suppression coil controller collects system fault signals in real time, and uses multiple line selection methods for comprehensive line selection. The arc-suppression coil controller with line selection function specifically includes: intelligent group ratio phase ratio method, harmonic ratio phase ratio method, wavelet method, first half wave method, active component method, energy method, and zero sequence current abrupt amount method . The arc suppression device determines the effective range of various line selection methods through rough set theory, and automatically performs credible quantitative evaluation of the fault line selection results obtained by each line selection method based on the characteristics of the fault signal. The line methods are fused together to maximize the complementarity between the various line selection methods. In order to avoid the fault signal being disturbed and causing wrong selection, the device adopts the continuous line selection method, and the data is collected again for analysis at a certain time (1 second). As long as the fault does not disappear, the device's line selection calculation does not stop. The arc suppression coil controller with line selection function can accurately identify complex fault types such as direct grounding, resistance grounding, arc grounding, intermittent arc grounding and other complex fault types.The arc suppression coil controller with line selection function can solve two points of different lines. Non-inverting ground fault.


35.2. Lisp objects in CLISP
Three kinds of storage are distinguished:
 1. CLISP data (the heap), i.e. storage which contains CLISP objects and is managed by the garbage-collector.
 2. CLISP stack (called STACK), contains CLISP objects visible to the garbage-collector
 3. C data (including program text, data, malloced memory)
A CLISP object is one word, containing a tag (partial type information) and either immediate data or a pointer to storage. Pointers to C data have tag = machine_type = 0, pointers to CLISP stack have tag = system_type, most other pointers point to CLISP data.
Immediate objects
32-bit CPU
64-bit CPU
In addition to the above,
Let us turn to those CLISP objects that consume regular CLISP memory. Every CLISP object has a size which is determined when the object is allocated (using one of the allocate_*() routines). The size can be computed from the type tag and - if necessary - the length field of the object's header. The length field always contains the number of elements of the object. The number of bytes is given by the function objsize().
CLISP objects which contain exactly 2 CLISP objects (i.e. CONSes, COMPLEX numbers, RATIOs) are stored in a separate area and occupy 2 words each. All other CLISP objects have varying length (more precisely, not a fixed length) and include a word for garbage-collection purposes at their beginning.
The garbage collector is invoked every now and then by allocate_*() calls according to certain heuristics. It marks all objects which are alive (may be reached from the roots), compacts these objects and unmarks them. Non-live objects are lost; their storage is reclaimed.
2-pointer objects are compacted by a simple hole-filling algorithm: fill the left-most object into the right-most hole, and so on, until the objects are contiguous at the right and the hole is contiguous at the left.
Variable-length objects are compacted by sliding them down (their address decreases).


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What to Expect in an IRS Audit of Your Dispensary (or other cash business)
Marijuana dispensaries are five times more likely to face an IRS cash business audit. In 1970, lawmakers approved Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code as a punitive measure in the "war on drugs" which was just starting at the time. Until December 2014, cannabis businesses often classified their marijuana as Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to evade its extreme provisions. But then, the IRS drastically redefined COGS as it pertains to cannabis enterprises.
Under existing law, the business can add the cost of employee time to prep the product onto the actual cost. That loophole is no longer available, as far as the auditors are concerned. There has been some movement to repeal 280E. But given the vast amount of money that the government collects from these businesses, that's probably not likely.
How Does the IRS Target Cash Businesses for Audit?
Cannabis businesses operate in a legal grey area, and that's often strike one. However, the IRS obviously needs more than the type of business to increase cash business audit scrutiny. So, if there is further evidence that a cash-intensive business may have inaccurate records, that's usually strike two. Such preliminary evidence includes:
- Perennial losses or low profit margins that are not consistent with a successful business or that the owner does not seem to correct,
- Bank balances that increase, or debt balances that decrease, as profits remain flat,
- A lifestyle that the reported business profits cannot sustain, or
- Persistently low sales.
In this game, two strikes and you're out.
Cash Business Audit Methods
Once auditors target cash-based businesses, they first try to use the least invasive means. Typically, an auditor confronts a business-owner with the aforementioned audit badges and gives the owner the opportunity to present a defense. If the auditor doesn't like the answers, more invasive means are available. The IRS also considers these methods to be very accurate, so they're used quite often.
- Tax Return Data: The IRS usually compares previous years to the current year, the supporting schedules to the primary return form, and the returns of other similar businesses to the audited enterprise.
- Reliability of Taxpayer's Information: Unexplained gaps often indicate that the records may be incomplete. Moreover, the IRS has very high standards in terms of records retention. If the taxpayer falls even a little bit short in this area, the Service usually assumes the worst.
- The Minimum Income Probe: As far as the IRS is concerned, these probes are almost absolutely conclusive, so this tool is probably the most common indirect cash business audit and income reconstruction platform. We'll examine it in detail in a future post.
- LUQ Expenses or Deductions: The IRS also has a method for categorizing amounts that are large, unusual, or questionable. The method is fairly objective, but as the Service likes to point out, tax audits are a combination of art and science.
During this process, examiners commonly ask for cash register tapes or other such records, receipts and invoices, bank deposit records, and reconciliation worksheets. Auditors do not expect the owner to have the same recordkeeping system as everyone else, but they do expect a system to be present.
It's very important for marijuana dispensariesto know about IRS cash business audit procedures and methods, because it's usually only a matter of time before the examiners knock on their doors.


Sir Isaac Newton's life rendered as KML
Italian boffins suggest "georeferenced" lives of notable people
Forget biographies in conventional books. Forget e-books too, while you're at it. A pair of Italian boffins have mashed up the idea of "Georeferences" and an ancient Roman form of travel guide called itineraria to create Keyhole Markup Language (KML) tours of a notable person's life.
A.C. Sparavigna and R. Marazzato, both of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy, proposed the idea on ArXiv a few weeks ago.
The pair have since published a work-in-progress life of Newtown as KML.
ACME Mapper is the pair's weapon of choice, as it uses Google Maps and creates data in a format that is easy to annotate with details of a subject's life. That annotation, the pair feel, makes for a great educational tool.
"In our opinion, the most important feature of KML is the possibility of implementing a comprehensive virtual tour, based on a movie and the use of balloons, which can be run on Google Earth," the pair write. "We proposed these virtual tours to describe the lives of famous persons for teaching purposes."
The Newton KML file does not offer the most elegant or comprehensive experience imaginable, but Sparavigna and Marazzato promise an updated version soon. ®
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Pylons 'will ruin views that inspired Wordsworth'
A descendant of William Wordsworth is campaigning to prevent giant pylons from blighting the magnificent Lake District views that inspired the romantic poet.
Christopher Wordsworth, the poet's great-great-great-great-grandson, has urged National Grid to abandon plans to install pylons as close as six metres from the boundary of the Lake District National Park. The row of 50m (160ft) structures would connect to a proposed nuclear power station at Moorside, near Sellafield.
In October, National Grid suggested burying the new power lines within the national park and removing existing pylons, leaving the park free of them for the first time in 50 years.
Burying the lines will cost up to £460 million more than suspending them from pylons, adding up to 40p a year to the average


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Accumulation of N2-(trans-isoestragol-3′-yl)-2′-deoxyguanosine (E-3′-N2-dG) DNA adducts derived from the alkenylbenzene estragole upon repeated dose exposure was investigated since the repair of this adduct was previously shown to be inefficient. To this end human HepaRG cells were exposed to repeating cycles of 2 h exposure to 50 μM estragole followed by 22 h repair to mimic daily exposure. The E-3′-N2-dG DNA adduct levels were quantified by LC–MS/MS after each cycle. The results show accumulation of E-3′-N2-dG DNA adducts at a rate of 17.53 adducts/108 nts/cycle. This rate at the dose level calculated by physiologically based kinetic (PBK) modeling to result in 50 μM was converted to a rate expected at average human daily intake of estragole. The predicted time estimated to reach adduct levels reported at the BMD10 of the related alkenylbenzene methyleugenol of 10−100 adducts /108 nts upon average human daily intake of estragole amounted to 8–80 (in rat) or 6–57 years (in human). It is concluded that the persistent nature of the E-3′-N2-dG DNA adducts may contribute to accumulation of substantial levels of DNA adducts upon prolonged dietary exposure.
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- DNA adduct accumulation
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RadDataBoundListBox supports per-item animations for viewport items that are added or removed from the viewport. This may happen when items are added or removed from the data source, or when the ItemsSource property is reset.
The following properties are exposed by RadDataBoundListBox which can be used to initialize and adjust the item animation support for a particular scenario:
 - ItemAnimationMode
 - ItemAddedAnimation
 - ItemAddedAnimationInterval
 - ItemRemovedAnimation
 - ItemRemovedAnimationInterval
The ItemAnimationMode property defines how the animations set to the ItemAddedAnimation and ItemRemovedAnimation properties will be played. By using this property you can explicitly instruct RadDataBoundListBox to play item animations only when the data source is initially set and items are popuplated into the viewport, when items are added/removed from/to the source collection or when the data source is reset.
The ItemAddedAnimation property is used to define the animation which will be used to animate items being added to the viewport.
The ItemRemovedAnimation property is used to define the animation which will be used to animate items being removed from the viewport.
The ItemAddedAnimationInterval property is used to define time interval between each separate adding animation. This interval serves as a delay between two separate item animations. This property is not considered when the async balance mode is set to be Standard.
The ItemRemovedAnimationInterval property is used to define time interval between each separate removing animation. This interval serves as a delay between two separate item animations.
RadDataBoundListBox also exposes the ItemAnimationEnded event which is fired each time a container item animation ends.
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Thermal interactions between the process and workpiece
: Neugebauer, Reimund; Drossel, Welf-Guntram; Ihlenfeldt, Steffen; Richter, Carsten
Shamoto, Eiji ; College International pour L'Etude Scientifique des Techniques de Production, Paris:
3rd CIRP Conference on Process Machine Interactions, PMI 2012 : October 29-30, 2012, Nagoya, Japan
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012 (Procedia CIRP 4.2012)
Conference on Process Machine Interactions (PMI) <3, 2012, Nagoya>
Fraunhofer IWU ()
process; thermal effect; machining
According to an international status report, up to 70% of the errors in cutting production can be traced back to timeand processdependant temperature fluctuations. In particular, thermal effects from processing lead to the deformation of machine components.
This affects the tool and the workpiece. This paper considers the research into interactions between process-related and thermal deformations with a focus on the high-precision machining of large workpieces. Previously conducted investigations have demonstrated the effects of the heat flow into the structures of workpieces during the machining process. As one might expect, deformation occurs, which leads to deviations in shape and position. In the same way, length changes due to process-heat transfer can be observed on the tool side. This leads to displacements of the centre point of the tool, which are dependent on the tool geometry and process parameters. However, resulting production errors can often be reduced by improved process control. Considering an example from the field of mould construction, this problem has been discussed from a practical perspective. Starting with experimental analyses, the heat flow into the workpiece related to the inherent deformation was measured. This was realised using thermographic systems and displacement sensors. Relevant parameters that have a significant influence on the process were to be identified in these tests. Heat-transfer effects were analysed while varying these parameters. In the same way, this should provide support for simulative analyses and facilitate the verification of these analyses. Using computer models, it was possible to detect and evaluate thermoelastic displacements before the processing. Based on this, the findings led to appropriate countermeasures, such as the use of a modified machining sequence. The aim of all of these investigations is the development of optimal machining strategies to help reduce manufacturing errors.


QK Type Spaces and Bloch Type Spaces on the Unit Ball
DOI: 10.4236/apm.2019.910042 PDF HTML XML 114 Downloads 264 Views
Abstract
Different function spaces have certain inclusion or equivalence relations. In this paper, the author introduces a class of Möbius-invariant Banach spaces QK,0 (p,q) of analytic function on the unit ball of Cn, where K:(0,∞)→[0,∞) are non-decreasing functions and 0<P<, p/2-n-1<q<, studies the inclusion relations between QK,0 (p,q) and a class of B0α spaces which was known before, and concludes that QK,0 (p,q) is a subspace of B0(q+n+1)/p, and the sufficient and necessary condition on kernel function K(r) such that QK,0 (p,q)= B0(q+n+1)/p.
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Hu, R. (2019) QK Type Spaces and Bloch Type Spaces on the Unit Ball. Advances in Pure Mathematics, 9, 857-862. doi: 10.4236/apm.2019.910042.
1. Introduction
Q K spaces were first given by Hasi Wulan and Matts Essen around 2000. In recent years, Q K type spaces have caused extensive research (cf. [1] - [11] ). To study a new kind of function space, we usually need to establish the relationship between that and those known to all. The notion of the spaces Q K on the unit ball was defined by Xu Wen in his paper [4]. According to Hasi Wulan, Q K type spaces Q K ( p , q ) on unit disk were introduced and investigated, and the conditions on K such that Q K ( p , q ) become some known spaces were given (cf. [5] ). About multiple variables, the definition of Q K , 0 ( p , q ) on unit ball were given by Xu Wen (cf. [6] ), and the author has studied the inclusion relations between Q K ( p , q ) spaces and B q + n + 1 p spaces on the unit ball (cf. [7] ). In this paper, the author introduces the Q K , 0 ( p , q ) spaces and B 0 q + n + 1 p spaces on the unit ball of n , studies the inclusion relationship between them. Firstly, establish the relationship between the norm of the function which belongs to Q K , 0 ( p , q ) and the norm f B 0 α , proof that the Q K , 0 ( p , q ) is a subspace of B 0 q + n + 1 p ; and then obtain the necessary and sufficient condition of kernel functions K ( r ) when Q K , 0 ( p , q ) = B 0 q + n + 1 p .
2. Preliminaries
Let a B n and φ a be the involution of B n satisfied φ a ( 0 ) = a . d v ( z ) is the volume measure on B n , normalized so that v ( B n ) = 1 , and d λ = d v ( z ) ( 1 | z | 2 ) n + 1 is the Möbius invariant volume measure on B n (cf. [4] ), d σ is the normalized surface measure on S n , the measure v and σ are related by (cf. [12] )
B n f ( z ) d v ( z ) = 2 n 0 1 r 2 n 1 d r S n f ( r ζ ) d σ ( ζ ) . (1)
Let f ( z ) = ( f z 1 , f z 2 , , f z n ) denote the complex gradient of f, and ˜ f ( z ) = ( f φ z ) ( 0 ) is the invariant gradient of f (cf. [12] ). ˜ f ( z ) and f ( z ) are related by ( [12] )
( 1 | z | 2 ) | f ( z ) | | ˜ f ( z ) | ( 1 | z | 2 ) 1 2 | f ( z ) | . (2)
The Möbius invariant Green function is defined by G ( z , a ) = g ( φ a ( z ) ) , where
g ( z ) = n + 1 2 n | z | 1 ( 1 t 2 ) n 1 t 2 n + 1 d t . (3)
Definition 1 Let K : ( 0 , ) [ 0 , ) is a right-continuous, non-decreasing function, for 0 < p < , p 2 n 1 < q < , we say that a holomorphic function f belongs to the space Q K , 0 ( p , q ) if
lim | a | 1 B n | ˜ f ( z ) | p ( 1 | z | 2 ) q + n + 1 p K ( G ( z , a ) ) d λ ( z ) = 0 . (4)
Definition 2 B 0 α space is defined by
B 0 α = { f H ( B n ) : lim | a | 1 ( 1 | z | 2 ) α 1 | ˜ f ( z ) | = 0 } . (5)
The constant C can represent different values in different places in this paper.
3. Main Results
In this paper, the author demonstrates that Q K , 0 ( p , q ) is a subspace of B 0 q + n + 1 p as the first main result and it is of great help for the second one.
Theorem 1. Let 0 < p < , p 2 n 1 < q < , then Q K , 0 ( p , q ) B 0 q + n + 1 p .
Proof Let E ( a , r 0 ) = { z B n , | φ a ( z ) | < r 0 } , then
B n | ˜ f ( z ) | p ( 1 | z | 2 ) q + n + 1 p K ( G ( z , a ) ) d λ ( z ) E ( a , r 0 ) | ˜ f ( z ) | p ( 1 | z | 2 ) q + n + 1 p K ( g ( φ a ( z ) ) ) d λ ( z ) = | z | < r 0 | ˜ ( f φ a ) ( z ) | p ( 1 | φ a ( z ) | 2 ) q + n + 1 p K ( g ( z ) ) d λ ( z ) K ( g ( r 0 ) ) | z | < r 0 ( 1 | z | 2 ) p | ( f φ a ) ( z ) | p ( 1 | φ a ( z ) | 2 ) q + n + 1 p d v ( z ) ( 1 | z | 2 ) n + 1 C | z | < r 0 ( 1 | φ a ( z ) | 2 ) q + n + 1 p | ( f φ a ) ( z ) | p d v (z)
We have ( 1 | φ a ( z ) | 2 ) = ( 1 | z | 2 ) ( 1 | a | 2 ) | 1 z , a | 2 , when | z | r 0 , 1 r 0 2 ( 1 + r 0 ) 2 ( 1 | z | 2 ) | 1 z , a | 2 1 ( 1 r 0 ) 2 , and since | f ( z ) | p is subharmonic, that
B n | ˜ f ( z ) | p ( 1 | z | 2 ) q + n + 1 p K ( G ( z , a ) ) d λ ( z ) C ( 1 | a | 2 ) q + n + 1 p | z | < r 0 | ( f φ a ) ( z ) | p d v ( z ) = C ( 1 | a | 2 ) q + n + 1 p 0 r 0 r 2 n 1 d r S n | ( f φ a ) ( r ς ) | p d σ ( ς ) C ( 1 | a | 2 ) q + n + 1 p | ( f φ a ) ( z ) | p = C ( 1 | a | 2 ) q + n + 1 p | ˜ f ( a ) | p
Thus, we have lim | a | 1 ( 1 | a | 2 ) q + n + 1 p | ˜ f ( a ) | p = 0 when f Q K , 0 ( p , q ) , then f B 0 q + n + 1 p .
The following result is the further study on the equivalence between Q K , 0 ( p , q ) and B 0 q + n + 1 p .
Theorem 2. Let 0 < p < , p 2 n 1 < q < , Q K , 0 ( p , q ) = B 0 q + n + 1 p if and only if
0 1 ( 1 r 2 ) n 1 r 2 n 1 K ( g ( r ) ) d r < . (6)
Proof Sufficiency: By theorem 1, we only need to show that B 0 q + n + 1 p Q K , 0 ( p , q ) .
Since 0 1 ( 1 r 2 ) n 1 r 2 n 1 K ( g ( r ) ) d r < , for given ε > 0 , then there exists r 0 : 0 < r 0 < 1 , such that
r 0 1 ( 1 r 2 ) n 1 r 2 n 1 K ( g ( r ) ) d r < ε .
Let E ( a , r 0 ) = { z B n , | φ a ( z ) | < r


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ator. Many of the close-up observations focused on studying the strange 20 kilometer high mountain ridge that gives the moon a walnut-shaped appearance.
The new Cassini images show where the bright and dark different regions mix. On the dark side, there appear to be patches of white ice on dark mountainsides. Blobs of dark material appear on the bright side. There are regions where impact craters have punched through the dark material, revealing white material underneath.
The moon's irregular walnut shape, the mountain ridge that lies almost directly on the equator and Iapetus' brightness contrast are among the mysteries scientists are trying to solve. Cassini's multiple observations of Iapetus will help to characterize the chemical composition of the surface; look for evidence of a faint atmosphere or erupting gas plumes; and map the night-time temperature of the surface. These and other results will be analysed in the weeks to come.


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The high lead tin bronzes are superior bearing alloys when all properties and costs are considered. Four alloys constitute a representative group of materials most widely used for bearings and bushings:
- MTEK 83-7-7-3 / C93200 (83% Copper, 7% Tin, 7% Lead, 3% Zinc)
- MTEK 80-10-10 / C93700 (80% Copper, 10% Tin, 10% Lead)
- MTEK 79-6-15 HI LEAD / C93900 (79% Copper, 6% Tin, 15% Lead)
- MTEK 943 / C94300 (70% Copper, 5% Tin, 25% Lead)
Their load carrying capacity varies directly with their tin content although it will also be affected by the presence of small amounts of other alloying elements, such as nickel and phosphorus. Lead in the alloy is insoluble and is finely dispersed mechanically in the copper-tin matrix. This combination gives good load carrying capacity and toughness due to the copper-tin content and gives lubricity, conformability, and embedability (the ability of a metal to enclose foreign particles within itself) due to the free lead that is frozen into the alloy.
These alloys are superior bearing alloys when all properties and costs are considered. They range from maximum operating temperatures of 450°F / 230°C and load capacities of 4,000 lbs. per square inch for those with the highest tin content, to maximum operating temperatures of 400°F / 200°C and load capacities of 3,500 lbs. per square inch for those lowest in tin content.
These are typical bearing bronzes and are generally available in the form of standard stock bushings and bars. Very high leaded bronzes are included in this group. These contain lead in quantities up to 25% and are excellent as a bearing material. MetalTek's Bearium® bronzes – a family of alloys that feature a proprietary lead in content of 18% to 26% - are examples of a high-lead material that offers superior performance in this type of application.
For guidance in selecting the appropriate high lead tin bronze in your application, contact us.


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Join us at the International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC) and the International Thermal Expansion Symposium (ITES).
Mineral oil is an astonishingly versatile compound. This complex mixture forms the purest of all-natural oils. So pure, it is frequently used in biomedicine, cosmetics, and food processing. Mineral oil is known to have low thermal and electrical conductivity and a great lubricant, making it an excellent choice for industrial and electrical industries. Understanding the thermal conductivity of mineral oil is especially important when using it as an electrical insulator and heat transfer agent.
So, how does one measure the thermal conductivity of mineral oil? In this application sheet, we set out to measure the thermal properties of mineral oil at temperatures ranging from 0 to 100°C with the THW-L200 sensor and our Measurement Platform Versatile (MP-V).
A 20mL sample of Mineral Oil was measured for thermal conductivity (W/m·K), thermal diffusivity (mm²/s), and volumetric specific heat (MJ/m³K) using the Measurement Platform Versatile (MP-V) with the Transient Hot Wire (THW-L200) sensor. The MP-V with THW method measures the absolute thermophysical properties of liquids and phase change materials.
Petroleum companies derive mineral oil from fossilized organic matter found deep underground. After time at deficient oxygen levels, the biological matter turns into layers of oil and gas – this is how gasoline and kerosine are derived. When these products are refined to remove all impurities (heavy metals, nitrogen, aromatic compounds, etc.), you get the purest natural oils, mineral oil.
This highly refined petroleum product comprises a complex combination of hydrocarbons and alkanes. The chemical composition is variable and set by the manufacturer depending on the desired performance and properties. The colourless and odorless oil has applications in various industries (Table 1). While all mineral oil is refined, white mineral oil used in food and medical applications is purified to remove any ingredients that may damage health.
The thermophysical properties of mineral oil are the characteristics that describe how it behaves under different conditions of temperature, pressure, and flow. Some of these properties include density, thermal conductivity, and viscosity. As mentioned previously, specific properties may vary based on the composition set by the manufacturer. In general, mineral oil is known for having low density, insulative capabilities, and generally having higher viscosity than water.
Table 1. Different applications of mineral oil.
Featured in Table 1 are some of the many applications of mineral oil across various industries, including fabrication, lubrication, pesticides, cosmetics, food processing, and pharmaceuticals. Light mineral oil, deemed safe for consumption, is primarily used as a laxative for humans and animals. It is also commonly used in creams and ointments to hydrate dry skin and can even be a binding agent in food processing.
Less refined mineral oil is widely used for industrial applications with low thermal and electrical conductivity. Being nonconductive is a crucial component of coolants and thermal fluids in electrical systems. Mineral oil is a known lubricant frequently used in precision grinders and hydraulic systems. This complex compound has seemingly endless applications because of its favourable properties.
The MP-V is designed to test the absolute thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat, and thermal effusivity of solids, liquids, pastes and powders. The MP-V features a powerful combination of transient plane source (TPS, ISO 22007-2) and transient hot-wire (THW, ASTM D7896-19) methods with a variety of compatible sensors.
Transient methods share similar theories with differences specific to their primary design. The sensors are electrically connected to a power supply and sensing circuit. A current passes through the sensors and increases temperature, which is recorded over time. The heat generated is then diffused into the sample at a rate dependent on the thermal transport characteristics of the material.
The MP-V features the proprietary intelligent Transient Plane Source (iTPS) function designed for testing and analysis automation. iTPS requires only the sample name as user input, and each sample's appropriate sensor and test parameters are determined.
The Transient Hot Wire (THW-L200) sensor is one of the many sensors offered with Thermtests' Measurement Platform Versatile (MP-V). The THW-L200 sensor provides simple yet accurate measurements of liquids and phase change materials (PCMs) from 0.01 to 2 W/m·K via the transient hot wire method and has a temperature range of -50 to 200°C. This sensor can withstand 20 bar/300 psi of pressure and adheres to an internationally recognized testing standard by complying with ASTM D7896-19. All Thermtest THW sensors have 2% accuracy and 1% reproducibility of measurements, making them a highly accurate and precise instrument for measuring the thermal conductivity of fluids.
The THW sensor has a detect current setting that determines the appropriate amount of current to apply based on a test measurement. By reading the test measurement results, a current will be set that results in an optimal temperature rise of the sample during testing. The sensor can be easily inserted into the sample holder, which has a capacity of up to 20 mL of liquid.
For this experiment, the thermal properties of Fisher ChemicalTM Mineral Oil were measured with the Measurement Platform Versatile (MP-V) and the Transient Hot Wire (THW) method. Roughly 20mL of the sample was added to the provided sample holder to be measured. Optimal parameters were determined using the detect current setting to achieve appropriate temperature rise and accurate, repeatable results.
Table 4. Thermophysical measurements of Mineral Oil with THW-L sensor.
|Temperature (°C)||Thermal Conductivity (W/m·K)||Thermal Diffusivity (mm2/s)||Volumetric Specific Heat (MJ/m3K)|
Mineral oil is a widely applicable, highly refined petroleum product. Understanding the thermal conductivity of this pure, natural oil is crucial for its use in many industries. The MP-V THW method accurately and reliably measures the thermal conductivities of liquids and phase change materials. This accuracy is apparent from the minimal disparity between measured values and expected values of mineral oil. The THW-L200 sensor successfully measured the thermal conductivity of mineral oil within 2% of the expected literature values.
Huang, L., & Liu, L.-S. (2009). Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of food and agricultural materials using a transient plane-source method. Journal of Food Engineering, 95(1), 179–185. _URL_
Mineral oil. ChemicalBook. (2023, September 1). _URL_
Nadolny, Z., & Dombek, G. (2017). Thermal properties of mixtures of mineral oil and natural ester in terms of their application in the Transformer. E3S Web of Conferences, 19, 01040. _URL_
Shivokevich, P., Olsen, S., & Canary, C. (2021, March). Mineral Oil – Technical Report. Agricultural Marketing Service. _URL_


Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has recently developed a graphite foam that useful in doubling the LED lights' lifespan. Graphite foam itself is a lightweight and flexible graphite crystal structure material to work with, creating the possibility of cheaper design with more effective passive cooling elements for LEDs.
This is perhaps also a remark for new wave of game changing technology, where electric car owners will start using electricity to recharge their vehicles, and a reduce in household's lightbulbs electricity usage will in short term, contribute to balance the overall energy consumption level. And hopefully in the long run, more household green energy harvester will be invented, thus further decrease or eliminate electricity bills whenever it is possible.
Base on research conducted by Oak Ridge,'s scientists, a 10-degree decrease in the temperature on an LED is capable to double its lifespan. This is the particular reason behind why LEDs are designed with heat sink components that usually made of copper or aluminum.
[Â Source: CleanTechnica ; Oak Ridge National Laboratory ]


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Mercurio che passa davanti al sole (Mercury Passing before the Sun)
Giacomo Balla, Italian, 1871 - 1958
This large Futurist drawing belongs to an important series of a dozen or more paintings and drawings made following Balla's observation, probably using a telescope with smoked lenses, of a partial eclipse of the sun by Mercury on 7 November 1914. Here the larger yellow mass of the sun is crossed by the smaller orb of Mercury, with slashing diagonal rays of white light, segments of bright blue sky, and the greens and blacks of unknown optical effects. The dominant peach tone, now faded, was once a stronger reddish purple color.


Combined Translation Function to Determine the Relative Position between A and B
We still have to determine the relative $z$ translation between molecules A and B. The following X-PLOR script file accomplishes this. This is also an example of a translation function with a fixed portion (molecule A). The $x,z$ positions of molecules A and B are known up to a 0.5 translation. Therefore, four translation functions have to be carried out.
translation12.inp
The first translation function is successful with a correlation coefficient of 0.45. The corresponding Mathematica plot is shown in Fig. 19.5.
Figure 19.5: Translation function.
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Get the most out of your Robelle Tools
Working with Files With Unprintable Characters
By Robelle Staff
While working on a file that was originally produced by a PC program (PPTIA, the PowerPoint Internet Assistant from Microsoft), we transferred the file to our HP-UX system and needed to clean it up before putting it up on our Web server. The file was not editable in Visual mode because many lines contained unprintable (non-printing ASCII) characters. These were shown as dots/periods on the Visual mode screen, and Qedit showed a question mark at the start of each line to indicate that there were questionable contents.
1. What were these characters?
2. How could I get rid of them?
Answer 1: We used the Char and Decimal options of Qedit's List command to see the numeric values of the offending characters. For example:
qux/list $h $c 35
35
0000: 0D3C 4832 3E52 6F62 656C 6C65 2043 6F6E 7375 6C74 .
Robelle Consult
000A: 696E 6720 4C74 642E 3C2F 4832 3E20
ing Ltd.

We knew the line should have started with
, but it had an extra mystery character at the start, which was shown as a dot on the right side of the List output. In the example, on the left side we can see that the character has a hex value of 0D.
Answer 2: The Change command can replace the offending character with a normal printing character, so that it can be edited in Visual mode, or we can use Change to remove the character by changing it to nothing. You can specify strings in the Change command by their numeric values. The numeric values must be specified in decimal, from 0 through 255. We know the hex value, 0D. Using the handy calculator built into Qedit, we see that hex 0D is decimal 13:
qux/=$0d
Result=13.0
Now we can change the character whose value is 13 to nothing. We'll do it in all lines of the file. First we put Qedit into "decimal mode", then we do the Change command:
qux/set decimal on
qux/change '13 "" all
35
Robelle Consulting Ltd.

36

37
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3 lines changed
There were a number of other mystery characters besides 0D/13. These we changed to other printing characters. When we had figured it all out, we put together a Use file with the change commands, so that we could easily make the same change to all the files created with PPTIA. The Use file had these lines in it:
qux/l ufix
1 set dec on
2 cq '9 " " @ {HT tab}
3 cq '11 "
" @ {VT vertical tab, new line}
4 cq '13 "" @ {CR}
5 cq '145 "'" @ {opening single quote}
6 cq '146 "'" @ {closing single quote}
7 cq '147 \"\ @ {opening double quote}
8 cq '148 \"\ @ {closing double quote}
9 set dec off
Another Way to Identify Nonprinting Characters
The following question came to us from the support mailbox:
"I have a QEDIT file that is displaying a "?" at the beginning of some lines. I understand that this indicates that the line contains nonprintable characters. How can I get QEDIT to display the data so that I can determine what the data is?"
One way to display the data is by using QZMODIFY as follows:
The Visual screen with an unknown character in the line will resemble the following:
===>
Start of file 1 QED21739.PAUL.ACCOUNT
*?sadlkfjslkdj.flkfjkl
^ unknown character
// .....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....
Set modify to QZMODIFY: /set mod qz. Now modify the line in question: /m1
Qedit will display the line, but the cursor will not be underneath the line, it will be on the line.
Press the spacebar until the cursor is directly on top of the line with the mystery period, then press Control-W followed by a question mark (?).
1 sadlkfjslkdj.flkfjkl
Qedit will then display the data:
ASCII character code = #25 , %000031, $0019
In this case, the character was a decimal 25 = octal 31 = hex 19. Press the Return key to get out of modify mode.
1 sadlkfjslkdj.flkfjkl
If you need to change this character, then use Set Decimal On and single quotation marks to isolate the decimal 25. For example,
/set dec on
/c '25 "#" 1
1 sadlkfjslkdj#flkfjkl
1 line changed
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The Heart of the Continent
Voyageurs National Park lies within the heart of the North American Continent. Here you can see and touch rocks half as old as the world, experience the life of a voyageur, immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of a boreal forest, view the dark skies, or ply the interconnected water routes.
So leave your car behind and set out on the water highways of the North Woods.
A Story in the Rocks
Every story has a begining. Voyageurs' story begins in the rocks.Read More
Travelers of the North Woods
The waters provided the highway; the fur-bearing animals provided the goods; the North Woods provided the materials; the voyageurs provided the skill.Read More
Voyageurs National Park lies in the Southern tip of the Northern Boreal Forest. The mix of hardwood and conifers create the inspiring scenic views.Read More
The Boreal Forest brings with it not only a diversity of tree and plant species but also a unique array of wildlife.Read More
No matter what age, there is something for everyone. Become a junior ranger, a night sky explorer and more.Read More
Flowing west and north to Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg, and into Hudson Bay, this glacial-scoured basin became a long-distance travel corridor.Read More
Did You Know?
Volunteers helped to maintain and clear park trails, such as the 24 mile-long Kab Ash Trail.


Products Idle Timer Shutdown - Definition, Detection and Analysis
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Idle Timer – Definition, Detection and Analysis
What does "idle" mean and why is it so important?
In the sense of power management, idle means that a computer is powered on but it isn't running any productive or useful code. Idle PCs just consume energy and produce heat.
Intelligent Idle Shutdown
Typical idle times are for example:
 - After work & on weekends – (20%-30% of users forget to switch off their computers at work)
 - Lunch times
 - The rest of the night after long backups, virus scans, patch management etc.
 - The rest of the night after long downloads, movie compressions, DVD burnings
 - Time between periodic activities such as "every 2 hours do …"
 - There are many other examples of how computers can waste energy without being productive
The goal: minimize idle times to maximize power savings
The challenge: prevent unwanted shutdowns
Does shutting down computers at a certain time minimize idle time?
One idea to avoid energy waste – at least overnight - could be to define fixed times – say 30 minutes after work – and switching off all computers at that time. Most solutions do just this.
This idea sounds great at first glance – but in practice, it doesn't really work. Just imagine there is a long, unplanned meeting going on … or that a user has just connected to a Live Meeting for a PowerPoint presentation late in the evening. Some of our customers are hospitals without any set "opening" and "closing" hours… Computers are used on demand and at any time – so the power management solution has to be able to deal with such flexible working models while trying to maximize energy savings.
Bottom line: in most cases, simply shutting down computers at a set time is not a good solution – ultimately, it causes many issues, frustration for users and has a negative impact on their work efficiency.

This is where intelligent idle definition and detection come into play
With an intelligent idle definition we can tell the system what we consider to be productive. For example we could tell the system that an active backup process, burning a DVD, virus scan, TV recording, presenting a PowerPoint etc. are productive tasks for us.
In addition, we also could tell the system that all times between Mondays – Fridays 8am – 1pm are productive for us, too.
The system would keep the computers on whenever and as long as they are performing productive tasks or are in productive times, as defined by the administrators (or the users, if allowed to).
The ideal solution is to configure fixed up times whenever needed and intelligent idle analysis at all other times.

Idle Detection - How does it work?
The idle definition allows very easy analysis such as simply the load on the CPU, HDD utilization, currently running applications, use of the mouse and the keyboard, scheduled tasks, or even analysis of any sounds or noises around the computer.
However, idle analysis can also be more complex when needed. Some examples are:
 - network traffic
 - presence of Terminal Sessions
 - pending documents in the printer queue
 - analysis of any running process or service and the current activity levels
 - state of any network device- may it be inside the LAN or somewhere else in the world
 - state of the backup process
 - active virus scanner
 - current memory usage
 - ongoing TV recording
 - time based - define times in which PCs are seen as productive and won't be shutdown, no matter what they really do.
 - just to mention a few - there are many others…
Whenever the idle detection system identifies any productive task or time, it resets the idle timer and keeps the computer powered on.

The powerful combination of a flexible scheduler and the intelligent Idle Detection are just a few unique attributes that set Auto Shutdown Manager above all other solutions on market.
For more details see the feature overview here or get you free 45 days evaluation copy here
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Endpoint.Address object by using the System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress constructor. Pass a string value that specifies the WSDL to the LiveCycle service (for example, http://localhost:8080/soap/services/OutputService?blob=mtom.) You do not need to use the lc_version attribute. This attribute is used when you create a service reference. However, specify ?blob=mtom to use MTOM.
 - Create a System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding object by getting the value of the OutputServiceClient.Endpoint.Binding field. Cast the return value to BasicHttpBinding.
 - Set the System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding object's MessageEncoding field to WSMessageEncoding.Mtom. This value ensures that MTOM is used.
 - Enable basic HTTP authentication by performing the following tasks:
 - Assign the LiveCycle user name to the field OutputServiceClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName.
 - Assign the corresponding password value to the field OutputServiceClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password.
 - Assign the constant value HttpClientCredentialType.Basic to the field BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Transport.ClientCredentialType.
 - Assign the constant value BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly to the field BasicHttpBindingSecurity.Security.Mode.
 3. Reference an XML data source.
 - Create a BLOB object by using its constructor. The BLOB object is used to store data that will be merged with the PDF document.
 - Create a System.IO.FileStream object by invoking its constructor and passing a string value that represents the file location of the PDF document to encrypt and the mode in which to open the file.
 - Create a byte array that stores the content of the System.IO.FileStream object. You can determine the size of the byte array by getting the System.IO.FileStream object's Length property.
 - Populate the byte array with stream data by invoking the System.IO.FileStream object's Read method and passing the byte array, the starting position, and the stream length to read.
 - Populate the BLOB object by assigning its MTOM field with the contents of the byte array.
 4. Define search rules.
 - Create a Rule object by using its constructor.
 - Define a text pattern by assigning a string value that specifies a text pattern to the Rule object's pattern data member.
 - Define the corresponding form design by assigning a string value that specifies the form design to the Rule object's form data member.
 Note: For each text pattern that you want to define, repeat the previous three sub-steps.
 - Create a MyArrayOf_xsd_anyType object that stores the rules.
 - Assign each Rule object to an element of the MyArrayOf_xsd_anyType array. Invoke the MyArrayOf_xsd_anyType object's Add method for each Rule object.
 5. Set PDF run-time options
 - Create a PDFOutputOptionsSpec object by using its constructor.
 - Set the file URI option by assigning a string value that specifies the location of the PDF file that the Output service generates to the PDFOutputOptionsSpec object's fileURI data member. The File URI option is relative to the J2EE application server hosting LiveCycle, not the client computer.
 - Set the copies option by assigning an integer value that specifies the number of copies that the Output service generates to the PDFOutputOptionsSpec object's copies data member.
 - Set the rules that you defined by assigning the MyArrayOf_xsd_anyType object that stores the rules to the PDFOutputOptionsSpec object's rules data member.
 - Set the number of bytes to scan for the defined text patterns by assigning an integer value that represents the numbers of bytes to scan to the PDFOutputOptionsSpec object's lookAhead data method.
 6. Set rendering run-time options
 - Create a RenderOptionsSpec object by using its constructor.
 - Cache the form design in order to improve the performance of the Output service by assigning the value true to the RenderOptionsSpec object's cacheEnabled data member.
 Note: You cannot set the version of the PDF document by using the RenderOptionsSpec object's pdfVersion member if the input document is an Acrobat form. The output PDF document retains the PDF version of the Acrobat form. Likewise, you cannot set the tagged PDF option by using the RenderOptionsSpec object's taggedPDF method if the input document is an Acrobat form.
 Note: You cannot set the linearized PDF option by using the RenderOptionsSpec object's linearizedPDF member if the input PDF document is certified or digitally signed. For information, see Digitally Signing PDF Documents.
 7. Generate a PDF document
 Create a PDF document by invoking the OutputServiceService object's generatePDFOutput method and passing the following values:
 - A TransformationFormat enumeration value. To generate a PDF document, specify TransformationFormat.PDF.
 - A string value that specifies the name of the form design.
 - A string value that specifies the content root where the form design is located.
 - A PDFOutputOptionsSpec object that contains PDF run-time options.
 - A RenderOptionsSpec object that contains rendering run-time options.
 - The BLOB object that contains the XML data source that contains data to merge with the form design.
 - A BLOB object that is populated by the generatePDFOutput method. The generatePDFOutput method populates this object with generated metadata that describes the document. (This parameter value is required only for web service invocation).
 - A BLOB object that is populated by the generatePDFOutput method. The generatePDFOutput method populates this object with result data. (This parameter value is required only for web service invocation).
 - An OutputResult object that contains the results of the operation. (This parameter value is required only for web service invocation).
 Important: When generating a PDF document by invoking the generatePDFOutput method, be aware that you cannot merge data with an XFA PDF form that is signed, certified, or contains usage rights. For information about usage rights, see Applying Usage Rights to PDF Documents.
 8. Retrieve the results of the operation
 - Create a System.IO.FileStream object by invoking its constructor and passing a string value that represents an XML file location that contains result data. Ensure that the file extension is XML.
 - Create a byte array that stores the data content of the BLOB object that was populated with result data by the OutputServiceService object's generatePDFOutput method (the eighth parameter). Populate the byte array by getting the value of the BLOB object's MTOM data member.
 - Create a System.IO.BinaryWriter object by invoking its constructor and passing the System.IO.FileStream object.
 - Write the contents of the byte array to the XML file by invoking the System.IO.BinaryWriter object's Write method and passing the byte array.
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