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Jan 15, 2021 12:01 PM | Simone Cauzzo
Questions on modularity
Hi
I'm using gretna to compute graph measures for a weighted functional connectome of the brain.
I have some questions:
1) is it possible to use gretna with non-square matrices?
2) Do I have to define the community index vector or is it possible to estimate the number and extent of modules? What is the procedure? Whenever I try to compute participant coefficient or modular interaction there is a line in the gui that says "community index <-X" and it asks me to input a vector of iindexes, otherwise an error prompts. I would like to let the program estimate modules subdivision.
Thanks


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- 1 Do Japanese eat plain rice?
- 2 What do Japanese put on rice?
- 3 Do Japanese eat rice with every meal?
- 4 Why do Japanese eat rice?
- 5 Why do Chinese eat plain rice?
- 6 Why is it bad to stick your chopsticks in rice?
- 7 What type of rice do Chinese eat?
- 8 Is it weird to eat rice by itself?
- 9 Why do Japanese eat white rice?
- 10 What foods do Japanese not eat?
- 11 Do Japanese eat 3 meals a day?
- 12 Does rice make you fat?
- 13 Why are Japanese so healthy?
- 14 What do Japanese people say before eating?
- 15 Do Japanese Add salt to Rice?
Do Japanese eat plain rice?
The Japanese mostly consume white rice (hakumai), and occasionally brown rice (genmai), which has retained its bran and germ. The Japanese eat plain and unseasoned rice, as it serves as an accompaniment to the various already salty dishes that make up a traditional Japanese meal – vegetables, fish or meat, and soup.
What do Japanese put on rice?
Furikake (ふりかけ) is a dried Japanese seasoning that is sprinkled on top of cooked rice. Ingredients include a combination of dried fish flakes, dried egg, dried cod eggs, bonito flakes, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed and other flavourings.
Do Japanese eat rice with every meal?
Rice is served with every Japanese meal. Daily rice served with meals is usually steamed and lightly seasoned. But, rice may be cooked in a variety of ways and served with different spices and adding delicacies to make it more nutritious.
Why do Japanese eat rice?
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare did make one major update to the most recent guidelines: Because Japanese people mostly eat white rice as their main grain, and white rice is linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases, the 2010 guidelines recommend that only 50 to 65 percent of a person's diet should
Why do Chinese eat plain rice?
(The best is unpolished/less processed rice, because it is rich in B vitamins.) Rice is eaten to supplement the meal in Asia, not a main course. Rice has always been a popular carbohydrate, cheap to grow and easy to transport and store.
Why is it bad to stick your chopsticks in rice?
When you are eating food with chopsticks, especially with rice, do not stick your chopsticks into your food or rice. This is seen as a curse in Chinese culture. This is taboo and said to bring bad luck because it reminds people of the incense used a funeral.
What type of rice do Chinese eat?
As far as cooking scene are concerned, Chinese prefer japonica rice when cooking rice and porridge, while Chinese prefer japonica rice when cooking fried rice. In addition, if you want to make Japanese sushi, you should also choose japonica rice, because Indica rice is difficult to kneading into rice balls.
Is it weird to eat rice by itself?
So if you're someone who scarfs down food without chewing it much, you won't really get the full flavor of rice, which might lead to you thinking that it's plain. It's definitely tasty on its own! It's edible.
Why do Japanese eat white rice?
Japanese people stay lean despite eating lots of white rice because they're unafraid of it. They have a relationship with it where it neither scares nor intimidates them — instead of avoiding it, they enjoy it in moderate portions, with different vegetables, filling fats, and nourishing proteins.
What foods do Japanese not eat?
10 Foods Not to Serve at a Japanese Dinner Party
- Coriander (Cilantro) Personally, I love coriander.
- Blue Cheese. I guess I can't blame them for this one seeing as it's an acquired taste for all.
- Rice Pudding. Rice is the staple Japanese food.
- Spicy Food.
- Overly Sugared Foods.
- Brown Rice.
- Deer Meat.
- Hard Bread.
Do Japanese eat 3 meals a day?
Japanese Eating Habits | This Month's Feature | Trends in Japan | Web Japan. Of the 95% of Japanese that eat three meals a day, most people consider dinner to be the most important. More than 80% of them usually have dinner at home with their families.
Does rice make you fat?
White rice is a refined, high-carb food that's had most of its fiber removed. A high intake of refined carbs has been linked to obesity and chronic disease. Brown Versus White Rice.
|Protein||2 grams||2 grams|
|Fat||0 grams||1 gram|
|Manganese||19% RDI||55% RDI|
|Magnesium||3% RDI||11% RDI|
Why are Japanese so healthy?
As their diet is traditionally high in soy and fish this may also play a significant role in reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. The Japanese also have the lowest rates of obesity amongst men and women as well as long life expectancy.
What do Japanese people say before eating?
Before eating, Japanese people say "itadakimasu," a polite phrase meaning "I receive this food." This expresses thanks to whoever worked to prepare the food in the meal.
Do Japanese Add salt to Rice?
Yes Japanese rice is cooked and generally eaten without table salt or shoyu added. Sometimes though people stir a bit of miso into their bowl of rice at home. Miso is a seasoned fermented paste made of soybeans, sea salt, and koji, a fungus.

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Light, a material
emdelight®-glass is the innovative material for creative architects, interior designers and product designers.
Light as opposed to lighting
When it's light, the panels appear as high-grade, slightly translucent glass. When it's dark, they transform into a source of light. Without the use of filters, the self-lighting glass converts light into individual, versatile design media.
- Light emits from one or two opposing edges of the glass into the glass.
- The glass is coated with a white or coloured screen pattern.Each dot screens the emitted light according to the screen configuration.
- The screen structure is calculated based on panel size and pane thickness to produce a harmonious distribution of light throughout the glass.
- The panes are coated with ceramic inks. The ink is baked to create a durable coat that is scratchproof, colourfast, acid and alkaline resistant and thermally stable.
- The average coverage or screen percent per pane of 12-15 percent largely preserves the transparent character.
- Glass with a low iron oxide content (white glass), which is especially pure and clear, is used.
emdelight®-glass comes in various configurations, making it extremely versatile:
- Single-pane, tempered safety glass
- Laminated safety glass
- Insulated glass
- Flat or round shaped glass
- Slightly translucent plastics (e.g. acrylic)
- 1600 mm x 3000 mm
- is max. size for homogeneous illumination
- Pane thickness is between 8 and 15 mm
- Custom sizes are available; consult factory or sales agent
- Reduced electricity consumption
- Electrically safe due to operation on safety low voltage (max. 48 V )
- Unrivalled long service life
- Minimum thermal stress
- Extremely compact dimensions mean little installation space is required

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Yajisan-Kazusan is played on a rectangular grid, the structure of which directly resembles that of Yajilin: Some cells contain numbers with an arrow indicating an orthogonal direction.
Ostensibly, the number indicates the number of shaded cells which appear in the line of the orthogonal direction indicated by the arrow. Shaded cells may not touch orthogonally, and all unshaded cells must form a single, continuous group. However, unlike many of Nikoli's other puzzles, not all of the clue numbers are correct. Some contain values which are obviously impossible, while others simply contradict known values. In Yajisan-Kazusan, part of the solution is determining which clues are incorrect; any cells containing such clues must be shaded. The clue in a shaded square need not conversely be incorrect. Once a clue cell has been shaded, the clue plays no further part in solving the puzzle.
Because there are false clues within the grid, it can be difficult finding a good starting place. Obviously impossible values can work well: Since shaded cells cannot touch orthogonally, only about half of the cells in a row or column may be shaded.

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What does "total" really mean?
Eddie Aftandilian eaftan at google.com
Fri Sep 18 22:19:03 UTC 2020
Regard Brian's recent update to the type patterns in switch proposal (
I had some questions regarding totality.
I really like the new presentation of this in terms of totality. It helps
make clear why certain design decisions fall out of the basic principles
behind type patterns in switches. However, I'm also a bit concerned about
what "total" really means in this context.
The term "total" calls to mind a total function, which is a function
defined for all input values. But in this case, there's a carve out --
"total with remainder." The idea of "total with remainder" makes me
uneasy, since if there is a remainder, by definition the function (or
switch) is not total.
It's also not clear to me how to characterize which values are "silly" and
allowed to be in that remainder. "Silly" values are intended to be those
that the programmer shouldn't have to care about in the common case, but
that's not very satisfying as a principle.
Finally, what are the limitations of how we determine totality? For
example, consider a non-sealed abstract class A with a single concrete
implementation C. The pattern "C c" should in principle be total on A, but
practically with separate compilation it is impossible to determine that,
so we add the constraint that A must be sealed for the totality analysis to
work. Another example might be guards. Consider two guarded cases where
the booleans are simply inverted. It is clear to a human (or possibly a
static analyzer) that the switch is total, but it's probably not practical
to determine that in general.
A thought question: if you think of totality analysis as a type of static
analysis, is the proposed analysis sound and/or complete?
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>A Pocket Printer and Enterprise Architecture
Ever wonder what happened to the old Polaroid cameras—you know point, click, shoot, and out pops your photo? Very cool technology for a society that expects, no demands, instant gratification.
Polaroid photos were great while they lasted, but their pictures have become obsolete with new digital photography.
However, Polaroid has a new architecture to transform itself. They have developed a pocket printer to enable the printing of digital photos from cell phones and cameras.
MIT Technology Review, 7 January 2008, reports that Polaroid's "new handheld printers produce color photos using novel thermal-printing technology developed at Polaroid spinoff Zink Imaging…[and] will be priced at less than $150."
How does the pocket printer work?
The printer is about the size of a deck of cards. A user who takes a picture on a cell phone or camera can wirelessly send the file to the printer using Bluetooth, a common short-range wireless technology used in cell phones, or PictBridge, a wireless technology found in a number of cameras. The result is a two-inch-by-three-inch photo printed on paper engineered by Zink."
Where does the printer cartridge go in the small pocket printer?
The printing technology is similar to that of a common thermal printer…since Zink's technology eliminates the need for printer cartridges…it has led to the smallest printers on the market, and it could eventually be integrated into cell phones and cameras. It would also dispense with the inconvenience of ink cartridges that unexpectedly begin to run out of ink, and which have to be replaced. "When you go to replace an ink-jet cartridge today, it's in the $40 range," Herchen says. With Zink, a person pays only by the print. Polaroid expects to sell the photo paper for $0.30 a page."
What challenges does the pocket printer face?
"People are accustomed to e-mailing pictures to each other or sending them to each other's phones, and they probably won't want to carry around another gadget just to print pictures on the spot." But this concern can be obviated if the printer can be integrated into the cell phone or camera, in essence creating a modern digital Polaroid camera equivalent.
From a User-centric EA perspective, you've got to hand it to Polaroid to extend their expertise in instant photography to the digital photo age. They have come up with a novel idea and have executed on it, so that it is standards-based (Bluetooth and PictBridge), interoperable with other technologies (cell phones and cameras), small and affordable—thus, appealing to end-users. It would be nice to see the pocket printer work with MS Office applications, so I can print my blog and other work on the go.


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What is the Malawi humanitarian drone test corridor?
The Humanitarian Drone Testing Corridor in Malawi is an exciting innovation that UNICEF is pioneering in partnership with the Government of Malawi. In December 2016, the Government of Malawi and UNICEF announced an agreement to create a testing corridor for humanitarian use of drones.
In June 2017, the Drone Corridor was opened by Malawi's Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jappie Mhango and UNICEF Malawi Representative Johannes Wedenig.
Résumé: En juin 2017, le ministre des Transports et des Travaux publics du Malawi, Jappie Mhango, et le Représentant de l'UNICEF pour le Malawi, Johannes Wedenig, ont ouvert le couloir des drones.
The test corridor is the world largest test area with over 5000 square km allowing operations up to 400 meters above ground level which is specifically dedicated to the humanitarian and development uses for drones and the only dedicated unmanned flight-testing space in the continent of Africa.
What does the drone test corridor look like?
The corridor has a 40km radius (80km diameter) and is centred on Kasungu Aerodrome (with a runway length of about 1200m) in central Malawi, about an hour and a half drive from the capital city of Lilongwe.
Kasungu is home to a district hospital and a variety of rural health clinics in remote areas, enabling the testing of real humanitarian use cases such as the transport of vaccines, medical supplies or blood samples.
Testing beyond visual line of sight is possible All solutions and use cases tested in the corridor will have to abide by the UNICEF innovation principles meaning that they should be open data, shareable, and designed for scale.
Areas of application for the drone corridor
The corridor will facilitate testing in three main areas:
- Imagery – generating and analysing aerial images for development and during humanitarian crises, including for situation monitoring in floods and earthquakes;
- Connectivity – exploring the possibility for UAVs to extend Wi-Fi or cell phone signals across difficult terrain, particularly in emergencies;
- Transport – delivery of small low weight supplies such as emergency medical supplies, vaccines and samples for laboratory diagnosis, including for HIV testing.
This test corridor in Malawi is the first of its kind in Africa and will generate increased interest in Malawian technological infrastructure. Likewise, it will increase capacity among Malawian technologists and entrepreneurial students in this emerging area to remain competitive.
Scheduled timeline for the humanitarian drone test corridor
The corridor is running for 1-2 years from June 2017 and interested parties may apply on a rolling basis. Interested applicants are supposed to follow this link _URL_ to be redirected to a short application form and for more guidelines.
How is the drone test corridor set to be inclusive in Malawi?
The Malawi drone test corridor is open to industry, universities, and individuals who can apply and test a potential use case in one of the three main areas of (Transport, Connectivity, and Imagery). The drone corridor in Malawi is an opportunity for companies to provide global leadership in the emerging technology field of drones for humanitarian and development work, while simultaneously developing local experience in the country.
The corridor is designed to provide a controlled platform for the private sector, universities, and other partners to explore how drones can be used in scenarios that will benefit marginalized communities. All data generated by the flights is used to inform the Government of Malawi's plans for the use of drones in multiple scenarios. This is particularly important due to frequent flooding in some areas of Malawi and challenges in transport infrastructure.
Conditions to test in the corridor
All drone tests must be fully vetted by UNICEF and the Government of Malawi Civil Aviation Authority. UNICEF's mandate dictates that there should be no development for military or defense purposes. Companies must be vetted by our corporate screening process which will eliminate those with military ties.
Third party solutions (e.g. working on ADS-B transmitters) are welcome to apply, if they apply as a consortium or team together with UAS manufacturer – or bring their own drones.
By Joseph Semuju
Community Manager - AMO
African Mobilities Observatory - AMO, MICHELIN


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How do you store powdered milk long term?
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Do you know? Milk powder for babies is easily going bad, not just pay attention to it in summer! In addition, because infant milk nutritional facts are rich, which contains high protein content, it is easy to attract worms, then, how to prevent milk powder from getting wet? Unopened milk powder is best preserved at room temperature, dry, ventilated, dark and shady locations, such as food shelves and furniture not exposed to sunlight. Avoid putting milk powder in dark, damp and illuminated places, such as kitchen, kitchen, floor, windowsill, etc.
How to preserve the shelf life of milk powder after opening?
1. Cover the canned milk powder tightly after opening to ensure the can is sealed. Please wipe the lid with a clean and dry paper towel or cotton towel before using it. Don't wipe the lid with a wet towel.
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2. Bagged milk powder after opening is usually placed at room temperature, dry, ventilated, dark and cool places, such as food cabinets, food shelves, etc. Must seal tightly to avoid air permeability, it is best to put sealed milk powder bags in sealed cans with caps to ensure there is no air permeability.
3. Notice that the most important thing for open milk powder is to keep it as sealed as possible. It is necessary to quickly cover the lid or seal the mouth of the milk powder bag, avoid opening it for a long time because by doing that will let air or humid gas enter the milk powder can or bag, and make the milk powder moist or oxidative deterioration.
Don't put the opened milk powder in the refrigerator. Because the baby has to drink milk many times a day, milk powder will be taken and put many times, and the temperature and humidity inside and outside the refrigerator are very different, it is easy to cause milk powder deliquescence, clot and deterioration.
Make sure that the milk is good for you. Pay attention to the production date of milk powder cans or milk powder bags printed with production date and shelf life, but after opening, it can not be limited to this date. Most milk powder after opening is valid for one month, more than one month, there is the possibility of deliquescence or deterioration, can not be eaten for babies.
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Discrimination of Milk Powder Quality
1. The sealing performance of canned milk powder is better. Some canned milk powder is covered with transparent film, through which milk powder can be observed. Shake milk powder, if there is caking, it suggests that the product quality may be problematic, then you should change the milk substitute in time.
2. Canned milk powder without transparent film, if there is aeration phenomenon on the top, suggesting that the sealing of the canned milk powder may be insufficient.
(1). Bagged milk powder can be squeezed by both hands. The hands feel soft, smooth and flowing. Caking, cap blowing. If using hand to squeeze or touch of milk powder bags has a feeling of uneven or lumpy, that is indicated that milk powder has deterioration, then the milk powder can't be eaten, or it will lead the milk allergic.
(2). Tips: Milk powder after dampness can't be eaten. Milk powder after dampness can easily contaminate pathogens, so it can't be eaten. In humid conditions, we should pay attention to the preservation method of milk powder, and avoid using a wet spoon or wet hand to get milk powder, to avoid dampness of milk powder.
There is one thing we have to mention besides the bad effect of babies' health caused by spoilage and bacteria. That is aflatoxin, aflatoxin is a kind of carcinogen and a highly toxic substance. The harm of aflatoxin lies in its destructive effect on human and animal liver tissues, which can lead to liver cancer and even death in serious cases. Aflatoxin M1 is mainly found in various kinds of milk. M means "milk". It also has a brother M2.
Chinese maximum permitted aflatoxin content of milk and its products (sterilized milk, fresh raw milk, whole milk powder, evaporated milk, sweet condensed milk) and butter fresh pig tissue (liver, kidney, blood, and lean meat) is 0.5 g/kg (aflatoxin M1).
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Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld (2 June 1823 – 12 January 1907) was a German Protestant theologian.
He was born at Stappenbeck near Salzwedel in the Province of Saxony.
He studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and the University of Halle, and in 1890 became professor ordinarius of theology at the University of Jena. He belonged to the Tübingen school. Fond of emphasizing his independence of Ferdinand Christian Baur, he still, in all important points, followed in the footsteps of his master; his method, which he is wont to contrast as Literarkritik with Baur's Tendenzkritik, "is nevertheless essentially the same as Baur's."
On the whole, however, he modified the positions of the founder of the Tübingen school, going beyond him only in his investigations into the Fourth Gospel. In 1858 he became editor of the Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie. Hilgenfeld died in Jena in 1907, aged 83.
- Die elementarischen Recognitionen and Homilien (1848)
- Die Evangelien and die Briefe des Johannes nach ihrem Lehrbegriff (1849)
- Das Markusevangelium (1850)
- Die Evangelien nach ihrer Entstehung and geschichtlichen Bedeutung (1854)
- Das L'nchristentum (1835)
- Jüd. Apokalyptik (1857)
- Novum Testamentum extra canonem receptum (4 parts, 1866; 2nd ed., _PHONE_)
- Histor.-kritische Einleitung in das Neue Testament (1875)
- Die ketzergeschichte des urchristentums, urkundlich dargestellt (1884)
- Acta Apostolorum graece et latine secundum antiquissimos testes (1899)
- the first complete edition of the Shepherd of Hermas (1887)
- Ignatii et Polycarpi epistolae (1902).


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Who Procues for Whom in the World...
WHO PRODUCES FOR WHOM IN THE WORLD ECONOMY?
For nearly two decades, the share of trade in inputs, also called vertical trade, has dramatically increased. This paper suggests a new measure of international trade: "value-added trade". Like many existing estimates, "value-added trade" is net of double-counted vertical trade. It also reallocate trade flows to their original input-producing industries and countries and allows to answer the question "who produces for whom". In 2004, 27% of international trade were "only" vertical specialization trade. The sector repartition of value-added trade is very different from the sector repartition of standard trade. Value-added trade is less regionalized than standard trade.
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TY - JOUR T1 - THe assessment of social disability AU - Ruesch J Y1 - 1969/12/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003 JO - Archives of General Psychiatry SP - 655 EP - 664 VL - 21 IS - 6 N2 - TWO developments have significantly altered the assessment of deviant behavior: the introduction of computers and the emphasis on social rather than psychological functioning. The computer has become indispensable for the modern scientist. He relies on it for medical literature analysis and retrieval,1 for the establishment of electronic data banks for use in clinical medicine, for computer-based recordings of physician's findings and comments,2 and for self-administered screening systems for newly admitted patients.3,4 In the narrower field of psychiatry, there exist computer-based methods for the initial psychiatric interview,5 recording systems for all psychiatric data,6 and programs for arriving at differential diagnosis.7,8 An attempt to simulate the verbal behavior of physician and patient led to the substitution of computers for living persons.9 Man-machine interaction thus can be expected in the future to play a greater role in the SN - 0003-990X M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003 UR - _URL_ ER -


. You should obtain a plot which looks like the one in Figure 5:
Figure 5: BP's RMSD of the apo MD trajectory with respect to the holo X-ray structure
Could you comment on this plot?
Now repeat the procedure above to estimate the RMSD of the BS from the apo experimental structure. Note that you could bring back the apo_GLUCO.pdb file by clicking on the Add all button adjacent to the Erase Selected button that we used previously. Then you could delete the holo_GLUCO.pdb molecule from the list and proceed as above. You should obtain a graph like that shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6: BP's RMSD of the apo MD trajectory with respect to the apo X-ray structure
Could you comment on this plot and its comparison to the previous one?
Now, let's analyze the evolution of the CVs along the trajectory. To do this we can use the tool driver of the PLUMED package. First, we need a text file defining the CVs to be analyzed along the trajectory; driver will read the trajectory and will print for each frame the values of the CVs selected in the input file. From tutorial_files/Driver move the input file plumed_driver.dat in the folder MD/plainMD/analysis, and type:
cd analysis
plumed driver ‐‐mf_trr../../../tutorial_files/apoMD/equil-pbc.trr ‐‐plumed plumed_driver.dat
The output file COLVAR_driver lists the values of the CVs sampled along the trajectory. (you can find a pre-calculated file in the tutorial_files/Driver folder). To assess how much the CVs changed during the unbiased MD simulation, plot their values with your preferred graph viewer. Here we will use xmgrace.
Type the following commands:
grep -v "#" COLVAR_driver | awk '{print $2}' > RoG.dat
grep -v "#" COLVAR_driver | awk '{print $3}' > NCs.dat
These commands print the columns corresponding to the RoG and to the NCs into two separate files and get rid of the first line which is not correctly interpreted by xmgrace. For the sake of an easy comparison with the experimental RoG values for the apo and holo X-ray structures let's create a simple text file containing these values. Open ref.dat in your current folder with your preferred editor and type (the brackets <, > should not be included!)
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1002
0
1002
Or, if needed, the file can be found in the tutorial_files/apoMD folder. Now we are ready to plot the CVs profiles. Type:
xmgrace -nxy ref.dat RoG.dat
You will see a graph like that in Figure 7, showing the RoG of the BS of the structures sampled, together with the RoG for the experimental structures. A similar plot could be easily obtained also for the other CV chosen.
Figure 7: The RoG of the structures sampled during the apoMD simulation.
Despite it is preferable to perform these analyses on longer trajectories, you can see already from this graph that the CV we selected did not change significantly. Thus, they could be a good choice as CVs to enhance the sampling of different shapes and volumes of the BS.
Importantly, the analysis of the behavior of the CVs during an unbiased MD simulation is useful to guide the choice of the width parameter of the Gaussian-hills deposited during metadynamics. Indeed, it is customary to set the value of w to be between 1/4 and 1/2 of the average fluctuations of a CV during a short plain MD run [12,18],19]. Here, we calculate the standard deviation of the CVs over 200 frames spaced 10 ps (thus 5000 MD steps) from each other. You could calculate the standard deviation using your preferred way, either by means of a graphics plot program such as xmgrace, or by coding this into a script. Here, we will use the bash script which can be found in the directory tutorial_files/scripts to calculate the average and standard deviation of our CVs. The script takes as input the name of the file containing the values of the CVs, the column corresponding to the CV, the first and last rows delimiting the size of the data, and the stride parameter to consider one row every stride. As output, you will see on the terminal the average and standard deviation of the CV corresponding to the column you chose. The script can be used with the following command:
~/Tutorials/metaHADDOCK/tutorial_files/scripts/ COLVAR.0 column2 init end stride
To perform the analysis described above, type:
~/Tutorials/metaHADDOCK/tutorial_files/scripts/ COLVAR_driver 2 1 200 1
~/Tutorials/metaHADDOCK/tutorial_files/scripts/ COLVAR_driver 3 1 200 1
The standard deviations of RoG and NCs will be used to set up the following metadynamics run.
Metadynamics simulations
To setup a metadynamics simulation with GROMACS and PLUMED we first need three PLUMED files and an input file in the tpr format (which can be found in the tutorial_files/plumed folder). As for the PLUMED files, they are:
 - plumed-common.dat. It contains the definition of the CVs, in terms of the serial numbers of atoms to be biased within each of them, and additional information such as restraints, units, etc
 - plumed.0.dat, plumed.1.dat. Each file contains the directive to read the plumed-common.dat file, as well as information on the bias to be applied to the related CV (such as its height and the frequency of deposition of the energy hills). In this case, we set the value of the bias factor to the default of 10. Instructions on names and writing-frequency of output files are also given.
More detailed information on how to run a metadynamics simulation can be found at the following webpages:
Now go in the MD/meta folder created at the beginning of the tutorial and copy there: i) the three plumed files just described, ii) the equil-pbc.tpr file used for the apo simulation from the MD/plain folder. Now go to the MD/meta folder and create a tpr file for each of the two replicas that we are going to run:
cp../../tutorial_files/plumed/equil-pbc.tpr topol0.tpr
cp../../tutorial_files/plumed/equil-pbc.tpr topol1.tpr
Open and read plumed-common.dat to understand clearly all the instructions. As you can see the list of the atomic serial numbers is already encoded in the file. If not, you should insert the list of serials previously extracted. Open now plumed.0.dat and plumed.1.dat and insert the appropriate value of the sigma parameter where needed. You should have calculated the w parameter (sigma) values in the previous section of this tutorial by means of the script.
You are now ready to run the simulation with the following command:
nohup mpirun -npernode 2 gmx_mpi mdrun -s topol -deffnm BE_GLUCO -append -cpi BE_GLUCO.cpt -plumed plumed.dat -multi 2 -replex 5000 -nsteps _PHONE_ &
The flag "-replex" is used to specify th frequency of attempts to exchange the bias between the two replicas.
Wait for a few minutes and check the content of the directory. If the files COLVAR.X and HILLS.X are being written (you can easily check with cat or wc -l ) it means your simulation is running. As for the previous simulation, you can use pre-calculated data to analyze the trajectory.
Analysis of the metadynamics simulation
Among the various files generated during a bias-exchange metadynamics simulation, the most important ones are the files COLVAR.X (with X=0,1,…). These files report the values of the CVs sampled by the system during the simulation, and thus allow assessing if the sampling of the CVs is being enhanced or not. In this section, we will analyze the MD trajectories mainly in terms of structural variation of the BS compared to the experimental structure of the complex. We'll start by plotting the profile of the RoG as calculated along the MD trajectory. If our sampling strategy was successful, some sampled structure should feature a RoG close to that of the experimental holo protein. Copy the COLVAR.X and the ref_meta.dat files from the directory tutorial_files/plumed to your working folder, then type the following commands:
cp../../tutorial_files/plumed/COLVAR.*../../tutorial_files/plumed/ref_meta.dat.
grep -v "#" COLVAR.0 | awk '{print $2}' > RoG0.dat
grep -v "#" COLVAR.1 | awk '{print $2}' > RoG1.dat
Now type:
xmgrace -nxy ref_meta.dat RoG0.dat RoG1.dat
You should see a plot which looks like the one in Figure 8.
Figure 8: The RoG of the structures sampled during the BE-META simulation for both replicas, plotted against the experimental value of apo structure's RoG.
Based on the RoG values displayed in the plot, what can you say about the structures sampled by both simulations?
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Precautions for testing ash in muffle furnace
Note on the time of graying:
(1) The sample in the porcelain boat should be flattened, and the thickness of the sample should not be too large;
(2) When ashing, the furnace door can be opened, and the porcelain boat with the sample on the heat-resistant plate is slowly pushed into the mouth of the box-shaped high-temperature electric furnace, and the sample in the porcelain boat is slowly grayed out and smoked. After a few minutes, when the sample no longer smokes, slowly push the porcelain boat into the hot part of the high temperature furnace, and close the furnace door to burn the sample at 815±15. If there is a coal sample in the ashing process, the coal sample will be discarded and must be re-weighed.
(3) The furnace should have a chimney or venting holes to allow the coal sample to exclude combustion products and keep the air flowing during the burning process.
(4) The control system of the high temperature furnace must be accurate. The temperature rise capability of a high temperature furnace must meet the requirements for determining ash.
(5) The ashing time should ensure that the sample is completely ashed at a temperature of 815 ± 15, but it is also unfavorable to arbitrarily extend the ashing time.


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Android developers are expert on creating several advanced applications and Speech Input is one of the amazing apps. Android being an open program one can use any speech input program that is available in the marketplace.
Since the mobile phones have been introduced a great number of users are attracted towards it and are using it since then. Almost every individual around the world uses a mobile phone. The use of a mobile phone is not just making or getting a contact. It has a lot more uses which is why these mobile phones were released. Smartphones as the name indicates are really sensible enabling you to do a lot of things with your handheld device.
The advantages of the smartphones have attracted several people to use these advanced devices. The widely used platform for most of the smartphones is Android and this has increased in the need for Android application development. The team of delegate Android developers acknowledges the tremendous prospective that this foundation provides and therefore there are great number of developers who are developing and creating a variety of programs. Android OS allows the person to multiple processes which indicates they can use a lot of programs in their device as well within a few moments. It also offers a number of benefits to the users as well as developers. One such benefits that we are going to study about in the following paragraphs is the conversation feedback development that has been created by the Android developers.
The primary reason why an individual has a mobile phone is that they can contact anyone and everyone wherever they are. Keep in contact does not mean they have to discuss, they can textual content or also discussion or keep in contact through any of the sites. The Android edition 2.1 which is created by the developers has made interaction mush simpler by establishing the speech permitted key pad. All that needs to do is to determine to the phone and it will type the concept by itself. The Android application development is unique and awesome.
How does the speech input work?
One has to select the text messaging web page. You will find a microphone option on the keyboard. One has to just tap on that and start to determine the concept that they need to deliver. As and when you determine the phrase will get entered in the display. Once the whole textual content id determined the concept can be sent. One can use this choice anywhere and at any time. This is the latest feature that has completely provided a unique experience to the users. This speech input application can be easily downloaded from the Android market, if it is not available in the device. One can deliver an SMS very easily using this option. Android SDK allows incorporating the conversation feedback features.
If you are also planning to create any such app you can contact to the Android developers from any well-known app development company.
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Chayote or Sayote Production
Chayote (Sechium edule) popularly known as Sayote in the Philippines, is an edible plant that belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae along with melons, cucumbers and squash. The fruits are pear shaped with thin green wrinkly skin and white flesh, ranging from 10 to 20 cm in length. The flesh has a fairly bland taste, and a texture described as a cross between a potato and a cucumber. It can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed, baked, boiled, fried, or even pickled. The root, stem, seeds, and leaves of the plant are all edible. Chayote is a good source of amino acids and high in fiber, potassium, calcium, iron, and vitamin C.
Chayote vine can be grown on the ground, but it is a climbing plant that will grow onto anything and can easily rise as high as 12 meters when it can reach a tree or house. Its leaves are heart-shaped, 10–25 cm wide and with tendrils on the stem. The flowers are cream-colored or somewhat green that come out beneath a leaf or branch. If the plant is male, the flowers will show in clusters. The plant's fruit is light green and elongated with deep ridges lengthwise.
Chayote can be grown in the tropics and subtropics from sea-level to 6000 feet above sea-level. The crop is very sensitive to frost. Optimum conditions for growth and fruiting are 30C daytime and 15C nighttime temperatures. It requires 12 to 12.5 hr daylength for flowering. The plant can grow under full sun to mild shaded conditions. Fruits exposed to full sun are light yellow, while shadegrown plants produce darker green fruit.
Culture and Management:
Chayote prefers rich, well-drained soil. It can not withstand waterlogging. In wet high rainfall areas it is planted in raised hills or mounds. Good preparation of the planting hole is important. Work the soil 2 feet deep and 3 feet in diameter. Addition of organic matter will improve drainage and nutrient uptake.
Propagation and Planting
Propagation is by planting the entire fruit. Young basal shoot cuttings are also sometimes used. Place the fruit at a 45 degree angle
with the shoot downward and the narrow stem-end base slightly protruding from the soil line. Deep planting will lead to fruit rot. Space plants 7-11 feet apart. Some growers use a 12 x 12 field spacing. The trellis is about 6 feet tall and needs to be solid to support the prolific growing vines. In home-gardens the plants can be trained to grow on trees or fences. In areas with no irrigation, the crop is planted at the beginning of the rainy season. Planting material (whole fruits) are normally available locally from fellow gardeners or growers.
Chayote needs ample soil moisture for good growth. Irrigation is necessary during dry spells in the growing cycle. Do not allow the soil to waterlog, however. Sprinkler irrigation may disrupt bee activity during pollination resulting in flower abscission.
In the homegarden chayote requires little nitrogen but fruit yields do respond to potassium fertilization. Excessive nitrogen applications may promote vine growth at the expense of fruit yields. Excessive nitrogen may also result in flower abscission. Under commercial conditions rates between 300-500 lbs/acre of N are required to attain maximum yields. For maximum yields the N is applied every two months at two application points 5 inches deep at a 5 inch distance from the plant, plus 50 lb/acre of P2O5 applied all at planting, and 50 lbs/acre of K2O applied half at planting, and the second half six months after planting. In a 200 day growing season, chayote was found to absorb most nitrogen and phosphorus between 105 and 135 days after planting, and to absorb most potassium between 150 and 165 days after planting. In the 200 growth cycle chayote removed 48 lbs of N; 9.5 lbs of phosphorus, and 10 lbs of calcium on a per acre basis.
The vines flower in 3-5 months and the fruits are ready for harvest 28-32 days after pollination. Under commercial conditions the fruit is picked two or three times weekly when slightly immature, just before the seed protrudes from the apex. Yields vary from 75-600 fruit per vine which amount to 50,000 fruit per acre in commercial fields (60-100,000 lbs/acre). Yields often decline after the third year. To control growth habit and for ease of harvest, vines may be trimmed after each harvest.
Fruits must be harvested and handled carefully to prevent cuts, bruises, and spread of diseases. It is normally pre-cooled in cold rooms or through forced air. In the market, it is packaged in fiberboard boxes with dividers, each piece in a film bag, single layer, 24-30 count for 20 lbs per box. The boxes are hand-loaded or unitized on pallets. During handling the fruits are sensitive to chilling at 41F (5C), to moisture loss, and are sensitive to ethylene. Chilling injury results in swollen, watery looking spots formed on the periderm. Chayote can be stored for 4-6 weeks at 45F and 85-90 RH. Sprouting is promoted at 78F (25C).
Pests and Diseases
Diseases and insects are similar to those affecting squash and pumpkin. Roots of chayote are susceptible to the nematode Heterodera radicicola. The melon fly causes blemishes, but do not develop on the fruit. Other insect pests include cucumber beetle, squash ladybug, and the squash vine borer. Early downy mildew attacks often kills chayote before reaching maturity. Common diseases in the tropics include Mycovellosiela cucurbiticola, and Ascochyta phaseolorum. These diseases are common during the rainy season and persist until harvest. High disease incidence of Mycovellosiela and Ascochyta have also been observed in fields receiving high nitrogen fertilization rates.
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Summary: Study finds passively observing virtual reality games increases cybersickness, while actively participating in VR games diminishes feelings of motion sickness associated with virtual reality.
Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
Passive watching of a virtual reality game caused relatively severe cybersickness. In contrast, active playing of the game led to diminishing cybersickness, according to a study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
Virtual reality sickness, or cybersickness, is a significant obstacle to being able to sustain the feeling of presence in the virtual reality experience.
Upyong Hong, Ph.D., from Konkuk University, and coauthors, investigated whether the degree of cybersickness varies depending on how the virtual reality content is experienced, and whether specific eye movement characteristics are associated with changes in cybersickness. The investigators collected and analyzed eye-tracking data.
Eye movement patterns changed depending on the different levels of cybersickness. Eye movements became more restricted as cybersickness increased. The investigators concluded that "more active eye movements reduced cybersickness. Thus, the restricted eye movements in the passive watching mode can be considered the cause of the higher level of cybersickness."
"As more of our time is spent in virtual worlds, it becomes ever more important to enhance methods of detecting and quantifying cybersickness. This in turn allows us to develop techniques to prevent or mitigate its detrimental effects on the user's sense of presence," says Editor-in-Chief Brenda K. Wiederhold, Ph.D., MBA, BCB, BCN, Interactive Media Institute, San Diego, California and Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
Eye Movement Patterns Reflecting Cybersickness: Evidence from Different Experience Modes of a Virtual Reality Game
This study investigated whether the degree of cybersickness varies depending on different virtual reality experience modes (playing vs. watching) and whether specific eye movement parameters reflect changes in cybersickness.
Simulator Sickness Questionnaire results from 20 participants (10 playing and 10 watching) showed that cybersickness was much more severe in the watching mode, particularly during the second of the three total trials. Moreover, cybersickness' changing pattern was reflected in the center gaze ratio and scan-path length.
These findings imply the importance of physiological measurements for a deeper understanding of cybersickness in theoretical and practical respects.


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ctor(corefSystem.dictionaries(), corefSystem.semantics()); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("ERROR: cannot create DeterministicCorefAnnotator!"); e.printStackTrace(); throw new RuntimeException(e); } Annotation To feed the resolving system, we first need to understand the structure of annotation, which represents a span of text in a document. This is the most tricky part in this post, because to my knowledge there is no document to explain it in details. The Annotation class itself is just an implementation of Map. Basically, an annotation contains a sequence of sentences (which is another map). For each sentence, we need to provide a seqence of tokens (a list of CoreLabel), the parsing tree (Tree), and the dependency graph (SemanticGraph). Annotation CoreAnnotations.SentencesAnnotation -> sentences CoreAnnotations.TokensAnnotation -> tokens TreeCoreAnnotations.TreeAnnotation -> Tree SemanticGraphCoreAnnotations.CollapsedDependenciesAnnotation -> SemanticGraph Tokens The sequence of tokens represents the text of one sentence. Each token is an instance of CoreLabel, which stores word, tag (part-of-speech), lemma, named entity, normailzied named entity, etc. List<CoreLabel> tokens = new ArrayList<>(); for(int i=0; i<n; i++) { // create a token CoreLabel token = new CoreLabel(); token.setWord(word); token.setTag(tag); token.setNer(ner); ... tokens.add(token); } ann.set(TokensAnnotation.class, tokens); Parse tree A parse tree is an instance of Tree. If you use the Penn treebank style, Stanford corenlp tool provide an easy to parse the format. Tree tree = Tree.valueOf(getText()); ann.set(TreeAnnotation.class, tree); Semantic graph Semantic graph can be created using typed dependencis from the tree by rules. However the code is not that straightforward. GrammaticalStructureFactory grammaticalStructureFactory = new EnglishGrammaticalStructureFactory(); GrammaticalStructure gs = grammaticalStructureFactory .newGrammaticalStructure(tree); SemanticGraph semanticGraph = new SemanticGraph(gs.typedDependenciesCollapsed()); Please note that Stanford Corenlp provide different types of dependencies. Among others, coreference system needs "collapsed-dependencies", so to set the annotation, you may write ann.set( CollapsedDependenciesAnnotation.class, new SemanticGraph(gs.typedDependenciesCollapsed())); Resolve coreference At last, you can feed the system with the annotation. The following code is one example. It is a bit long but easy to understand. private void annotate(Annotation annotation) { try { List<Tree> trees = new ArrayList<Tree>(); List<List<CoreLabel>> sentences = new ArrayList<List<CoreLabel>>();// extract trees and sentence words // we are only supporting the new annotation standard for this Annotator! if (annotation.containsKey(CoreAnnotations.SentencesAnnotation.class)) { // int sentNum = 0; for (CoreMap sentence : annotation .get(CoreAnnotations.SentencesAnnotation.class)) { List<CoreLabel> tokens = sentence .get(CoreAnnotations.TokensAnnotation.class); sentences.add(tokens); Tree tree = sentence.get(TreeCoreAnnotations.TreeAnnotation.class); trees.add(tree); MentionExtractor.mergeLabels(tree, tokens); MentionExtractor.initializeUtterance(tokens); } } else { System.err .println("ERROR: this coreference resolution system requires SentencesAnnotation!"); return; }// extract all possible mentions // this is created for each new annotation because it is not threadsafe RuleBasedCorefMentionFinder finder = new RuleBasedCorefMentionFinder(); List<List<Mention>> allUnprocessedMentions = finder .extractPredictedMentions(annotation, 0, corefSystem.dictionaries());// add the relevant info to mentions and order them for coref Document document = mentionExtractor.arrange( annotation, sentences, trees, allUnprocessedMentions); List<List<Mention>> orderedMentions = document.getOrderedMentions(); if (VERBOSE) { for (int i = 0; i < orderedMentions.size(); i++) { System.err.printf("Mentions in sentence #%d:\n", i); for (int j = 0; j < orderedMentions.get(i).size(); j++) { System.err.println("\tMention #" + j + ": " + orderedMentions.get(i).get(j).spanToString()); } } }Map<Integer, CorefChain> result = corefSystem.coref(document); annotation.set(CorefCoreAnnotations.CorefChainAnnotation.class, result);// for backward compatibility if (OLD_FORMAT) { List<Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple>> links = SieveCoreferenceSystem .getLinks(result);if (VERBOSE) { System.err.printf("Found %d coreference links:\n", links.size()); for (Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple> link : links) { System.err.printf( "LINK (%d, %d) -> (%d, %d)\n", link.first.get(0), link.first.get(1), link.second.get(0), link.second.get(1)); } }// // save the coref output as CorefGraphAnnotation //// cdm 2013: this block didn't seem to be doing anything needed.... // List<List<CoreLabel>> sents = new ArrayList<List<CoreLabel>>(); // for (CoreMap sentence: // annotation.get(CoreAnnotations.SentencesAnnotation.class)) { // List<CoreLabel> tokens = // sentence.get(CoreAnnotations.TokensAnnotation.class); // sents.add(tokens); // }// this graph is stored in CorefGraphAnnotation -- the raw links found // by the coref system List<Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple>> graph = new ArrayList<Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple>>();for (Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple> link : links) { // // Note: all offsets in the graph start at 1 (not at 0!) // we do this for consistency reasons, as indices for syntactic // dependencies start at 1 // int srcSent = link.first.get(0); int srcTok = orderedMentions.get(srcSent - 1).get( link.first.get(1) - 1).headIndex + 1; int dstSent = link.second.get(0); int dstTok = orderedMentions.get(dstSent - 1).get( link.second.get(1) - 1).headIndex + 1; IntTuple dst = new IntTuple(2); dst.set(0, dstSent); dst.set(1, dstTok); IntTuple src = new IntTuple(2); src.set(0, srcSent); src.set(1, srcTok); graph.add(new Pair<IntTuple, IntTuple>(src, dst)); } annotation.set(CorefCoreAnnotations.CorefGraphAnnotation.class, graph);for (CorefChain corefChain : result.values()) { if (corefChain.getMentionsInTextualOrder().size() < 2) continue; Set<CoreLabel> coreferentTokens = Generics.newHashSet(); for (CorefMention mention : corefChain.get


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Outage Probability and BER of the Ground to Train Communication Link of a Curved Track in Raining Turbulence with Pointing Errors
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We model the outage probability and bit-error rate (BER) for an intensity-modulation/direct detection optical wireless communication (OWC) systems for the ground-to-train of the curved track in rainy weather. By adopting the inverse Gaussian models of the raining turbulence, we derive the outage probability and average BER expression for the channel with pointing errors. The numerical analysis reveals that the rainfall can disrupt the stability and accuracy of the system, especially the rainstorm weather. The improving of the shockproof performance of the tracks and using long wavelength of the signal source will improve the communication performance of OWC links. The atmospheric turbulence has greater impact on the OWC link than the cover track length. The pointing errors caused by beam wander or train vibration are the dominant factors decreasing the performance of OWC link for the train along the curved track. We can choose the size of communication transmitting and receiving apertures to optimize the performance of the OWC link.
KeywordsGround-to-train, curved track, inverse Gaussian model, optical wireless communications, raining turbulence
Document typePeer reviewed
Document versionFinal PDF
SourceRadioengineering. 2017 vol. 26, č. 4, s. 938-945. ISSN _PHONE_/4


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Article ID: 294901
This article was previously published under Q294901
When you print a TEXTAREA element that is larger than a single page, Internet Explorer only prints the first page of the TEXTAREA.
To work around this problem, hide the TEXTAREA element, and copy the contents of each TEXTAREA in a newly created DIV element during the onBeforePrint event. After you print the page, remove the DIV element during the onAfterPrint event, and the TEXTAREA becomes visible again. See the "More Information" section for a code sample that demonstrates this workaround.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
The following code illustrates how to reproduce this problem:
In the actual results, only one page appears in preview, and only one page is printed. In the expected results, several pages should appear in preview, and all of the pages should print.
WorkaroundThe following code illustrates how to hide the TEXTAREA elements and replace them with DIV elements that contain the contents of the initial TEXTAREA elements:
For more information, see the following Microsoft Web site:
Introduction to Regular ExpressionsFor more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Article ID: 294901 - Last Review: September 29, 2012 - Revision: 4.0
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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.


Hot Rolled vs Cold Rolled Steel, What's the Difference?
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The company has a group of cooperation teams engaged in the DIN Steel industry for many years, with dedication, innovation spirit and service awareness, and has established a sound quality control and management system to ensure product quality.
When purchasing material, it's hard not to get sticker shock. Costs have more than doubled on most types and grades over the past year. With those increases comes the need to understand exactly what you are buying so you can make an educated selection of the best material for your application at the lowest cost. When buying mild steel plates, there are two common varieties for you to choose from, and the devil is in the details.
Hot Rolled vs. Cold Rolled Steel
All steel is the same, right?
Wrong.
When selecting the type of steel for your steel plate you need to understand the difference between the two common varieties, cold and hot. Knowing the difference between their price and precision can greatly affect your end results.
So what are the differences between hot rolled vs cold rolled steel?
Hot Rolled Steel (HR A36, HR A1011, HR A1018, etc.)
Steel becomes much more malleable when heated. To manufacture a hot rolled steel plate, a billet is heated in a furnace at a temperature of about 1700° F, then fed into giant rollers which impart thousands of tons of pressure to form the material with a fair degree of accuracy.
It is passed through the rollers multiple times until the desired dimensions are achieved. After forming, the plate cools and the shape is set. Because steel shrinks as it cools, the final dimensions of hot rolled steel are not as precise as the cold rolled variety.
A hot rolled steel plate will typically have the following characteristics:
 - A somewhat rough, scaly finish
 - Slightly rounded edges from being fed through rollers
 - Slight distortion and loss of dimensional accuracy.
Because it costs less to process, hot rolled steel is typically less expensive to buy. For non-critical applications, the cost savings might be an acceptable tradeoff for dimensional imperfections and a rough finish.
If your finished product needs to have a high degree of dimensional accuracy and a smooth finish, plan to spend more time fabricating hot rolled material to achieve your desired results. Hot rolled steel is also often offered in a "Pickled & Oiled" or "P&O" variety, which has been picked in acid to remove mill scale, then oiled to prevent rust.

Cold Rolled Steel (A653, A879 CQ, A1008, etc.)
Cold rolled steel starts off as hot rolled steel. After cooling, the hot rolled steel is then annealed or tempered. The cold rolling process improves dimensional accuracy and produces a better surface finish.
Cold rolling also increases the strength of the material up to 20%. This allows cold rolled steel to be used in applications that require a greater degree of precision and hardness with increased wear resistance and a lower likelihood of deformity. Cold rolled steel will also require less work to achieve a paint-ready surface finish.
Cold rolled steel will be:
 - Smoother and more uniform in appearance
 - Squared on the edges
 - More likely to warp when heated
Expect to pay about twice as much for cold rolled steel, but you'll be getting a better product for your money that will require less fabrication time to produce a finished product. Either way, plan on bringing a trailer to the supply house: loaded with money to pay for the steel and then to carry it back to your shop while crying.

Want to learn more about hot rolled vs cold rolled steel? Visit our website or call _PHONE_. Whether you are looking to do business with us or just want to learn more, we're here to help!
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Concrete Pavement (CP) Road Map
By combining more than 250 research problem statements into 12 fully integrated, sequential, and cohesive tracks of research, the CP Road Map will lead to specific products that will dramatically affect the way that concrete pavements are designed and constructed. The innovative track structure and cross-track integration will at once help the research teams focus on their designated tasks and effectively share information where tasks overlap.
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
The home of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of Research, Development, and Technology, the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) is a federally owned and operated research facility in McLean, Virginia. Ongoing research spans six categories: human-centered systems; materials technology; operations & intelligent transportation systems (ITS); pavements; safety; and structures.
The TFHRC Web site contains an extensive section on pavement research, including software, publications, and several pavement-research programs that focus on the structural design, material mix, and construction specifications.
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, the mission of the Transportation Research Board — one of six major divisions of the National Research Council — is to promote innovation and progress in transportation through research. The TRB fulfills this mission through the work of its standing committees and task forces addressing all modes and aspects of transportation; publication and dissemination of reports and peer-reviewed technical papers on research findings; and through the management of cooperative research and other research programs.
American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
Representing concrete pavement contractors, cement companies, equipment and material manufacturers and suppliers, the mission of American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) is to make Portland cement concrete the material of choice for airport, highway, industrial, local road pavements.


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1. Test of English Language
2. Test of Quantitative Aptitude
3. Test of Reasoning
Unlike Banking and other Competitive Exams, there are no General Awareness and Computer Knowledge sections in this exam.
They syllabus for these three sections will be similar to the normal bank PO exams. But the difficulty level will be low.
Test of Quantitative Aptitude : In the notification they clearly mentioned that the main intention of this test is to find out how fast and accurate you are in dealing with numbers. So focus more on simplification and Data Interpretation.
- Simplification (BODMAS / Squares / Roots etc)
Data Interpretation / Analysis
LCM / HCF
Simple & Compound Interest
Profit, Loss and Discounts
Time and Work
Time, Distance & Speed
Mixture and Allegation
Test of English Language :
Grammar & Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension of a passage
Filling the sentences with appropriate words.
Test of Reasoning :
Classification / Odd man Out
Directions & Distance
Input – Output Arrangements
Statements and Conclusions
Seating Arrangement (High Level)
Analytical Reasoning (High Level)
Non verbal Reasoning
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How To Split First Name and Last Name In Google Sheets
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G'day guys, Chris Higgins from Electric Monk here. Hope you're doing well.
So today I've got a really fantastic Google Sheets tip to share with you, and I'm only slightly embarrassed to admit that I have only just discovered this feature in the last few months. Now this is one of those features where if you're aware of it and you use it often, you'll likely think that this is the dumbest tutorial in history. However, if you're not already aware of this feature, then this video will probably... maybe change your life.
So let's jump into Google Sheets and have a look at what's going on. You can see here I've got my sample list of contacts. These are all students at a particularly prestigious boarding school, and we've got a column for their name, their email address and their assigned school house.
The problem that we've got is that all of the students' names have been entered as full names in a single column rather than being split into separate columns. If you work with a lot of contact data, you will have received CSV files just like this yourself. And the issue is that platforms like HubSpot typically store names as two separate properties - first name and last name - and they won't actually allow you to upload any contact data if the names aren't formatted correctly. So, we need to find a way to split these names out into separate columns before we can upload this data into our CRM.
Now, the obvious answer is to go through them all line by line, cutting and pasting the surname values into a new column. And that's manageable if you've got a list like this that only contains 40 or so names, but if you're dealing with a file that includes hundreds or perhaps even thousands of names, that can be really time consuming.
So it turns out that there is a feature in Google Sheets that enables you to split data into multiple cells, and it makes it ridiculously quick to format a list of contacts just like this one. So the first thing we need to do is create a new empty column next to our full name column, which you can do by right clicking and selecting the Insert column option. It's worth eyeballing your list of names at this point to see if you've got any contacts with middle names or titles, because at the end of this process each name is going to be split into its own cell. So if you do have any contacts with three or four names, make sure you create a couple of extra columns to accommodate them. Once you've got your empty column in place, you need to highlight the column that contains the names that you want to split, then click Data, and then click Split text to columns.
You should then see this small tool bar that asks you what separator you'd like to use. Choose Space, and then that is literally it. Your names should now be split out into separate columns. The final thing you need to do is just ensure that your column headers are updated so that they'll be recognised when you import them into HubSpot.
I really hope you found this useful and please do feel free to let me know in the comments if there are any other MarTech tutorials that you'd like me to create. Cheers!


Divorce Can Significantly Impact a Person's Investment Portfolio
Many things can change for a person here in Colorado as a result of getting a divorce. One is what their investment portfolio looks like. This is because investments are among the assets that are sometimes marital assets and thus are sometimes subject to being split up between the divorcing spouses in the divorce asset division.
How specifically a divorcing couple's investments are dealt with in an asset division can have major portfolio-related impacts on both of the members of the couple. Among the things the specifics of an investment division in a divorce can impact for a divorcing individual are:
 - What investment-related decisions will be before them following the divorce.
 - How balanced their portfolio is.
 - Whether their portfolio has any particular holes in it.
 - What sorts of changes a person may want to make to their portfolio following the divorce.
Given the major changes a divorce can have on a person's investment portfolio, some find conducting a review of their portfolio helpful following a divorce.
Of course, paying attention to the portfolio-related impacts of a divorce is not only important after a divorce has occurred, but also during the divorce process. Given the impactful nature that how investments are divided in a divorce can have, it can be very important for a person to keep their long-term financial and investment goals in mind when in negotiations regarding such asset division. Given the many complicated issues that can happen during divorce property division and the major long-term impacts property division can have, a divorcing individual may want the help of a family law attorney when it comes to the issue of property division in their divorce.


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Empty event
Object event
Function event
Full event
Once the event is setup, when it fires it will activate the trigger, which will activate the transition on your Animation Controller. If you want to setup controller events similar to VRChat gestures, you'll want to set a trigger to activate your transition on a press event, and another for the deactivation transition on a release event.
# Events
We've seen how to use events to make animations happen, but there's a lot more that you can do with them. First lets look at what an event looks like. There's 4 parts to an event that you have to worry about. First, what triggers the event. It can be any of the things in the Event Manager component, or the combo components, or even from a third party plugin, like CustomKeyEvents. Second, you need to drag a game object into the field that says None (Object), whatever object you pick will be the one affected by the trigger. Third, you have to select which function from that game object you want to use. Click on the field that says No Function and pick the function you want the event to use. Here you will see all the public methods with at most 1 argument that are available to the object or its components. Finally, under the function you just picked you will be able to set the argument to that function, if any.
We saw how to do this with the animator component on the previous section, but you can use this for many other things besides triggering events. You can make it play audio clips using the PlayOneShot function from an Audio Source component. You can start particle systems, or make them emit a certain number of particles. You can turn objects on and off. You can edit materials. There's endless posibilities, so go drag some objects in and see what you can get out of them.
# CustomKeyEvents
This plugin allows you to set event triggers to controller actions. You will need CustomKeyEvents.dll (Unity Asset) in your Unity project in order to add those to your avatar. The user will also need CustomKeyEvents.dll in their Plugins folder for them to work in game.
# Full Body Tracking: Ra Ra Rasputin~
If you want to create an avatar with Full Body Tracking support you'll have to add 3 more Objects, one for each of the Vive Trackers in your feet and hip. Place those Objects in the same level you placed the ones for the hands, and name them LeftLeg, RightLeg, and Pelvis.
Full body objects
These Objects work exactly the same way as the hand objects, you want to position them on the Avatar like they're positioned physically on your body. Make sure to pay attention to the orientation of the tracker.
Tracker object
Tracker axis
Now that they're in the correct place, you'll want to create the targets by navigating the Armature to the feet and pelvis bones, the ones the IK calls Left Foot, Right Foot, and Pelvis. Right click on those bones and select Create Empty. An Object called GameObject will appear as a child to the bones, you want to rename them into LeftLegTarget, RightLegTarget, and PelvisTarget and drag them into LeftLeg, RightLeg, and Pelvis respectively.
Once complete your hierarchy should look something like this:
Full body hierarchy
Now that all your Objects and Targets are ready, you'll have to add them to the IK Manager Advanced script. You also want to set the values of both leg's and pelvis' Position Weight and Rotation Weight closer to 1, but feel free to experiment with the values.
Full body IK Manager
# Unity 2018
So, you're probably wonder why now I'm telling you to use Unity 2018.1.6f1, when previously we said you shouldn't use any 2018 version. Well, the game has changed, figuratively, and literally. Beat Saber now uses Unity 2018 instead of Unity 2017, and as such the avatars need to be created with Unity 2018 to work correctly. You will need to set the Scripting Runtime Version to.NET 4.x Equivalent if it isn't already. For that you need to go to Edit -> Project Settings -> Player and in the window that appears open the Other Settings tab, and scroll down to the Configuration section.
Script runtime
You're going to need to use the new version of CustomAvatar.dll in your Unity project. Delete the old one if you have it; this project contains the correct one—and replace it with this one. Preferably in the assets folder while Unity isn't running. You might have to re-add your components. If the asset doesn't have the arrow that lets you see all the scripts, right click it and select Reimport.
New asset
# PureDark's avatar plugin?
PureDark's plugin has been integrated into the main plugin. A few things have changed. Make Children Visible is no longer needed, first person view is enabled by default, and is toggleable with the Home key on your keyboard. To add exclusions to the first person view, you can use the First Person Exclusion component. Avatar VRIK Fix is now called IK Manager Advanced, and since it's all in one plugin it's no longer needed to provide cross compatiblity, so only one of either IK Manager or IK Manager Advanced is needed. The controller events components were removed, and will appear on their own plugin.
# I can't find the IK scripts or the Avatar exporter
Make sure you're using Unity 2018.1.6f1, not 5.6.3p1, not 2017, and you've followed these directions. If your CustomAvatar.dll asset doesn't have the arrow that you click to show the scripts, try deleting and re-importing the CustomAvatar.dll Asset to Unity.
# I can export avatars but they're invisible in game. ↵
You can toggle first person view by pressing Home. If they're invisible in your desktop window, make sure that you used the correct Beat Saber shaders, and Unity 2018.1.6f1.
# Only my avatars are T-Posed
Well I'm very sorry, but this means that you did something wrong while creating your avatar. There's no way to know just what you did wrong, because so many things have the same effect. The only advice we can give you is make sure that you followed the guides exactly, and maybe watch a video to follow along.
# Videos
Here is a video of me making an avatar, narrated by Megalon. [5:57]
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I know nothing about making avatars or using either Unity or Blender, I just threw shit at the wall blindly for 3 days and this is what stuck. But until someone who actually knows what they're doing makes a guide, this is all there is.
# ♥ Special Thanks
 - ikeiwa, for creating this fantastic plugin.
 - xyonico, for rewriting this fantastic plugin.
 - PureDark, for making the fantastic plugin that fixes many issues.
 - Emma, for making the first guide that led me to figuring this out, and helping with this one.
 - Megalon, for providing the ASMR for the video.
 - Ella, for making fun of me until I got gud, helping with the website design, parts of this guide, and putting up with all my dumb questions.


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A joint study was conducted between BMW and Goodyear with the objective of analysing the cause and identifying methods to reduce the structure-borne interior noise in a vehicle driving on rough road surfaces. A vibro-acoustic characterization of the car was performed by measuring the car vibro-acoustic transfer functions and by using a transfer path analysis technique to identify the main suspension parts affecting the interior noise at target frequencies. The vibration transmissibility characteristics of the tire were measured and also simulated by Finite Element in [1-200Hz] frequency range. The vibro-acoustic interaction between the tire and car sub-systems was examined. A Finite Element sensitivity analysis was used to define and build new prototype tires. A 3dB(A) interior noise improvement was obtained with these new tires at target frequencies.


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Students find examples of parts of speech and use comic strips to demonstrate their place in a sentence.
- 4 panel comic strips from newspapers-each student will need two complete comics, they can be related or not, depending on the desire of the student
- white printer paper-5 sheets per student
- decorating materials
- Students will recognize which part of speech a word is by how it is used in a sentence
1. Students fold one paper in half vertically and illustrate one side as the front cover. This may be done with a character's face as in the example on the image.
2. Fold all the other 4 sheets of paper in half vertically and then cut all 5 sheets in half horizontally. Combine the sheets in book format and staple together.
3. On the left side page glue a comic panel with one of the words underlined.
4. On the right side page write the word, the part of speech, and the definition of the part of speech
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This was a great, if in cohesive group of panelists. They've each done really interesting research on different architectural expressions of 'women's spaces' in three different US institutions: contemporary Mosques, Gymnasiums at the turn of the century, and Settlement Houses in the early 1900′s.
Maryam Eskandari gave a very compelling presentation on the need to re-examine mosque typology and explore the gender hierarchy assumptions embedded in that typology. Essentially, her work has determined that mosques prioritize men's space, making the front of the mosque inaccessible to women, and allocating the separate women's prayer space as ½ to 1/5 the amount of space allocated to the men. She talked about radical activists in the US staging Rosa Parks-style interventions in this model. And, she advocated for the role of architects in changing the typology, making contemporary mosque design reflect the changing politics of the practice of Islam in the US where communities are more open to mixed gender prayer spaces.
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In 1878, William J. Scott donated the property on which Scott Elementary is now housed to Atlanta Public Schools. He was a Methodist minister who ministered to Georgians in many different areas of the state. He died on May 2, 1899. He made the donation of land because of his strong desire to advocate for children's education. Since that donation, William J. Scott has continued to advocate the rights of all the students that enroll in this outstanding establishment.
That all students should be given the opportunity to learn in a positive environment.
That students should be given the opportunity to recognize the need to set high goals for academic, social, and physical development.
That all students are capable of learning.
That all students should experience success.
That it is necessary to have an alliance among school personnel,parents, and the community for our program to be successful.


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Hydrogen Iodide and hydrogen peroxide are inorganic compounds with chemical formulas, HI and H2O2, respectively. Let us explore more about the reaction between HI and H2O2.
H2O2 is a colorless corrosive liquid. HI is a colorless, corrosive oily liquid. H2O2 interacts with acids easily due to its basic nature.
In this article, we will learn about a few properties based on the reaction HI + H2O2, like the type of reaction, the product formed, buffer solution, conjugate pairs, etc.
What is the product of HI and H2O2?
Iodine gas ( I2) and Water (H2O) are formed when HI reacts with H2O2.
H2O2 + HI → I2 + H2O
What type of reaction is HI + H2O2?
HI + H2O2 is classified as a redox reaction, producing iodine gas and water.
How to balance HI + H2O2?
The equation for the reaction between HI + H2O2 is balanced using the following steps.
- The general equation is H2O2 + HI → I2 + H2O
- Calculate the number of moles of each element involved in both the reactant and product side of the reaction.
- The number of I atoms can be balanced by adding 2 to HI on the reactant side.
- To balance H atoms on the product side we add 2 to H2O on the product side.
- Thus, the overall balanced reaction is given by – H2O2 + 2HI → I2 + 2H2O
HI + H2O2 net ionic equation
The net ionic equation between H2O2 + HI is – H2O + H+ + I– = I2 + H2O
The following steps are followed to derive the net ionic equation:
- Write the balanced molecular equation along with the physical state.
- H2O2 + 2HI →I2 + 2H2O
- Now, write the ionic form of each of the substances existing in aqueous form and capable of complete dissociation in water. HI is a weak acid that does not completely dissociate into ions in an aqueous form. Hence, the complete ionic equation is – H2O + OH– + H+ + I– = I2 + H2O
- We find that the complete ionic equation is identical to the net ionic equation.
- H2O + OH– + H+ + I– = I2 + H2O
HI + H2O2 conjugate pairs
The conjugate pairs of H2O2 and HI are as follows:
- I– is the conjugate base of HI.
- The Conjugate acid of H2O2 is H+.
HI + H2O2 intermolecular forces
The intermolecular forces in H2O2 and HI are as follows:
- Dipole-dipole interactions and dispersion forces are observed in HI. This is because HI is a polar molecule due to the difference in electronegativity of the H and I atoms.
- However, for H2O2, the major intermolecular force is the ionic bond between the hydrogen and hydroxyl ions.
HI + H2O2 reaction enthalpy
The enthalpy of the reaction for HI + H2O2 is –188.26 kcal/ mol.
Is HI + H2O2 a buffer solution?
HI + H2O2 is not a buffer solution. A buffer solution is always the mixture of a strong acid or base and it's corresponding salt. This is not the case for HI + H2O2 reaction mixture.
Is HI + H2O2 a complete reaction?
HI + H2O2 is a not complete reaction, as H2O2, does not dissociate completely in reaction.
Is HI + H2O2 an exothermic or endothermic reaction?
HI + H2O2 is an exothermic reaction as the reaction enthalpy is negative.
Is HI + H2O2 a precipitation reaction?
The reaction between HI + H2O2 is an example of a displacement reaction, where insoluble I2 gas is released as the product.
Is HI + H2O2 an irreversible reaction?
HI + H2O2 is an irreversible reaction because of the formation of iodine gas which is released from the reaction medium.
Is HI + H2O2 a displacement reaction?
The reaction between HI + H2O2 is a displacement reaction.
Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydrogen Iodide react to yield Iodine gas as a product. This reaction is a very popular displacement reaction. Also, I2 is widely used in printing inks and dyes, catalysts, animal feed supplements, and photographic chemicals. Iodine is also used to make polarizing filters for LCD displays.
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- At the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco, VMware announced a new service-defined firewall that helps customers secure their software no matter where or how it's hosted.
- VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger tells us that it's part of the $69 billion company's push into cybersecurity.
- The challenge for VMware: Bridging the world of IT admins and developers, where it's seen the most success, with the very different world of cybersecurity.
- Gelsinger says that the solution is to provide products, like the new firewall, that make it way easier for developers to secure their software even as it gets deployed.
- Gelsinger also suggests that cybersecurity pros, in turn, need a better understanding of how hard it can be to build secure software in a world dominated by cloud computing.
For VMware, the next big frontier is in helping customers guard their apps against hackers and other bad guys.
At this week's RSA Conference, the premiere conference for the world of cybersecurity, the $69 billion cloud software company announced the VMware Service-defined Firewall — a rethinking of the traditional firewall, aimed at helping companies solve the problem of protecting software when it's hosted across multiple servers and clouds.
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger tells Business Insider that this firewall is a big part of the company's renewed focus on cybersecurity as a central part of its mission — regardless of which clouds or devices customers' are on.
"We're the company that makes [cloud infrastructure] okay for our customers, makes it more efficient, scalable, et cetera," says Gelsinger. "but we've never until the last couple of years really said, 'Hey, we can now start changing the security dialogue in a fundamental way.'"
That means changing the way VMware talks to customers. While the company has long held a good relationship with developers and IT departments, the company has had to learn to talk more directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other decision-makers in the security organization.
"You know, yeah, [IT admins] made their career on us. They believe in us," says Gelsinger. "But he's not the guy making the security decisions, right? Right now we have to get him walking down the aisle to the CISO."
The opportunity is also the challenge, says Gelsinger: It has to learn how to bring that IT admin and the CISO onto the same page — which is not always easy, given their very different priorities.
"We've really come to believe that the only way you solve this is by bringing these two worlds together in a fundamentally different way than has been the case," says Gelsinger.
A new kind of firewall
Take, for example, this new VMware Service-defined firewall, which will compete with the likes of Cisco and Palo Alto Networks in the network security business.
In the old days, a firewall was designed to protect a company's internal networks from outside intrusion. But things have changed: Any single piece of software might need to connect to the cloud (or multiple clouds), to smartphones, even to industrial robotics or self-driving vehicles. It's pointless to secure the network's perimeter, suggests Gelsinger, when a company's own software is barely within it.
VMware's new firewall, rather, focuses on protecting an application, no matter where and how it's running, integrating with the VMware software that its customers are already using to power their cloud infrastructure, Gelsinger says.
That makes it easier for the developer and the CISO to work together, says Gelsinger: It means that the security is already baked in, making life that much easier for the CISO. Plus, Gelsinger says, it means that VMware customers can start cutting down on security products (Gelsinger says this can get up into the hundreds), only using just a few.
Conversely, Gelsinger says that the CISO's office needs to have a good understanding of modern cybersecurity. He provocatively suggests that companies should "fire" their security teams until they prove that they can build an app, too — as an exercise in demonstrating that modern cybersecurity isn't quite that easy for developers.
In general, he believes that the whole IT industry, beyond just VMware, needs to shape up on cybersecurity, as hacking attacks and the spread ofprove that there's much work to be done. He says that at VMware, getting serious about cybersecurity has meant doubling down on testing, validating, and fixing its software on the fly. It's worth it, he says, but he likens it to going to the gym — it's the work you have to do to get stronger.
"Those are new muscles for us to build," says Gelsinger. "That's why I think some of it is painful."


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The Benefits of Oat Straw Stems Powder for Optimal Health
Jan 14, 2024
Introduction
Welcome to herbalsextract.com, your trusted online source for naturopathic/holistic products, vitamins, supplements, and health markets. In this article, we will delve into the wonders of oat straw stems powder and its benefits for optimal health.
What is Oat Straw Stems Powder?
Oat straw stems powder is derived from the green, unripened stems of the oat plant (scientifically known as Avena sativa). While oats are commonly recognized as a nutritious food, oat straw stems powder comes from the herb's stems and leaves rather than the grain. It is produced by harvesting the oat plant when the seeds are still in the milky stage, then drying and grinding the stems into a fine powder.
The Nutritional Powerhouse
Although oat straw stems powder may not receive as much attention as other widely known superfoods, its nutritional profile is impressive. This powder contains a wide array of essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, making it a valuable addition to any holistic health routine.
Vitamins
Oat straw stems powder is a rich source of various vitamins, including vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B3 (niacin), and vitamin E. Thiamine plays a crucial role in energy production and maintaining a healthy nervous system. Niacin contributes to cellular health, metabolism, and brain function. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that protects cells from oxidative damage.
Minerals
The powder is abundant in minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium, and silica. Calcium supports strong bones and teeth, while iron is essential for oxygen transportation and energy production. Magnesium plays a crucial role in muscle function, nerve transmission, and maintaining a healthy immune system. Silica helps promote healthy hair, skin, and nails.
Antioxidants
Oat straw stems powder contains a variety of potent antioxidants, such as flavonoids and phenolic compounds. These antioxidants help protect the body against free radicals, reducing the risk of chronic diseases and supporting overall well-being.
Health Benefits of Oat Straw Stems Powder
Now that we have a better understanding of its nutritional composition, let's explore the incredible health benefits associated with oat straw stems powder:
1. Improved Cognitive Function
Oat straw stems powder has been traditionally used as a brain tonic, thought to enhance cognitive function and improve mental clarity. It contains compounds that may help increase blood flow to the brain, supporting concentration and memory.
2. Stress Relief
When life becomes demanding, oat straw stems powder can lend a helping hand. It is believed to have stress-reducing properties, promoting a sense of calmness and relaxation.
3. Digestive Support
The high fiber content of oat straw stems powder can aid digestion and relieve constipation. It may also help soothe irritated stomach linings, promoting a healthy digestive system.
4. Skin Health
Thanks to its antioxidant properties and silica content, oat straw stems powder can contribute to healthier skin. It may help reduce inflammation, minimize the appearance of wrinkles, and support overall skin vitality.
5. Bone Support
Calcium is essential for strong bones, and oat straw stems powder offers a natural, plant-based source of this mineral. Regular consumption may contribute to maintaining healthy bone density and preventing osteoporosis.
How to Incorporate Oat Straw Stems Powder into Your Routine
Adding oat straw stems powder to your daily health regimen is a simple and convenient way to experience its benefits. Here are a few ideas:
1. Smoothies and Juices
Mix a teaspoon or two of oat straw stems powder into your favorite smoothie or juice for a nutritious boost.
2. Tea Infusion
Steep oat straw stems powder in hot water for several minutes to create a soothing and nourishing herbal tea.
3. Homemade Energy Bars
Incorporate oat straw stems powder into your homemade energy bars or protein snacks for an added nutrient punch.
4. Capsules or Supplements
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These pages provide a water model of an electrical circuit. In this case, the gerbil running in its wheel and the bucket pump are the equivalent of a battery. The water represents the flowing electrons. The membrane in the middle is the circuit's capacitor. The spinning waterwheel represents the resistor which powers the light bulb. This model is part of the UVA Virtual Lab collection.
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By Philippine News Agency
People in Ilocos Norte can expect more bamboo and mangrove plantations to rise in low-lying areas in the next three years.
With a budget allocation of P104.5 million, the Ilocos Norte-based Department of Environment and Natural Resources is set to rehabilitate some 2,213 hectares of landslide-prone areas in the different towns and cities here to be planted mostly with bamboo, mangrove propagules and some indigenous tree species.
Engr. Sheila Camagon, Land Management Officer III of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said that for 2017 to 2019, the enhanced National Greening Program (NGP) will now focus on rehabilitating the lowland and beach areas stretching about 155.37-kilometer coastline from Badoc to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
Over the last five years, about 52 people's organizations involving 4,282 manpower were commissioned by the DENR to plant over 12 million seedlings in the mountainous part of the province covering some 21 hectares mostly in the towns of Vintar, Nueva Era and Piddig that forms part of the so-called "green wall" of Ilocos Norte.
In line with the DENR's nationwide goal of planting bamboo on a total of one million hectares by 2022 as required under the Enhanced National Greening Program, Ilocos Norte is eyeing to plant some 1,090 bamboo seedlings in the next three years.
Forest experts in Ilocos Norte recognize bamboo as the best conservation material because it is easy to propagate and can deliver high return on investment in just a few years' time. Bamboo experts in the country also attest to the capability of bamboo to sequester carbon and is an alternative for wood.
Meanwhile, it has already been proven through numerous studies that mangroves do not only protect islands from storm surges but also serve as spawning grounds for shrimps and other marine life.
Prior to the commencement of the enhanced NGP, a convergence initiative reforestation program starting 2017 to 2028, DENR officials convened a meeting with local experts on bamboo technology, agriculture, food and sustainable development and on watershed and water research from the state-run Mariano Marcos State University to come up with an action plan and ensure the proper implementation and management of the project.
A series of trainings was also conducted for people's organization leaders, NGP coordinators, site coordinators and local government unit representatives to enrich their knowledge on bamboo propagation, plantation establishment and maintenance, economic enterprise and product marketing.