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We derive discrete time model of the geometric fractional Brownian motion. It provides numerical pricing scheme of financial derivatives when the market is driven by geometric fractional Brownian motion. With the convergence analysis, we guarantee the convergence of Monte Carlo simulations. The strong convergence rate of our scheme has order H which is Hurst parameter. To obtain our model we need to convert Wick product term of stochastic differential equation into Wick free discrete equation through Malliavin calculus but ours does not include Malliavin derivative term. Finally, we include several numerical experiments for the option pricing.
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PNEUMATIC TIRE
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To provide a pneumatic tire that can suppress a difference in grounding length from occurring between a first side and a second side in a tire width direction.SOLUTION: In the pneumatic tire, a rubber surface layer part comprises a first rubber part formed of first rubber, and a second rubber part formed of second rubber with a rubber hardness higher than a rubber hardness of the first rubber. The first rubber part is arranged on a first side in a tire width direction, and the second rubber part is arranged on a second side in the tire width direction. An interface between the first rubber part and the second rubber part is arranged between a pair of main grooves arranged on an outermost side in the tire width direction. An average of tire outer diameters closer to the second side in the tire width direction than a tire equatorial plane is larger than an average of tire outer diameters closer to the first side in the tire width direction than the tire equatorial plane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
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This thesis presents a feasibility study for a low cost sensor-based combustion control system using a predictive chemical kinetic model that captures efficiencies and pollution emissions during biomass combustion. Low cost sensor module was developed, the sensors were calibrated to measure carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM) in combustion exhaust. Major combustion species in the exhaust of a commercial biomass furnace, operating with white oak, were measured. The species concentrations were measured using the low cost sensors and commercially available diagnostics. The low cost sensor outputs compare well with the reference instruments and the sensors can be employed to measure varying concentration of CO and particulate matter in combustion exhaust. A predictive chemical kinetic model was generated to simulate biomass processes. The model uses a four element chemical reactor network (CRN) and successfully simulates smoldering, ignition and flaming combustion events. The model agrees with concentration of CO and particulate matter from experiments. The sensors and CRN model can be integrated in a control system for biomass combustion that can potentially improve combustion efficiency and reduce emissions of particulate matter, CO and unburned hydrocarbons that have been linked to urban and rural air pollution resulting in adverse health effects.
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Inspired by the recent #Black in Geoscience blog post on the EGU Geodynamics Division blog, we decided to highlight Black soil scientists in a separate blog post! As we already mentioned on Twitter, our Soil System Sciences Division Outreach team is busy thinking about what we can do about the lack of diversity, esp. for Black soil scientists in our scientific community. Specifically, how can we increase the representation of Black people in soil science (Fig. 2), and foster stronger engagement and interaction between all ethnic communities!
Our division fully supports the EGU's statement on diversity and inclusion and its commitments that we are taking seriously. These commitments that we are ready to contribute to are:
- monitoring diversity of event attendees, nominees/awardees, conveners, invited speakers, and abstract authors, and identifying any sub-populations that are significantly underrepresented;
- encouraging deeper involvement in EGU activities from underrepresented sub-populations;
- funding and promoting EGU travel grants to scientists in underrepresented geographies; and
- reviewing our diversity initiatives on a regular basis.
Finally, we pledge to continue learning and disseminating about racial equality; this is where our outreach activity through Twitter and blog plays an important role, too. Before we introduce you to some of the awesome Black soil scientists around the world, let us list some resources that we find important:
1/ A great way to learn more about how Black students, staff and faculty face racism in academia is to read the Tweets under the #BlackintheIvory hashtag.
2/ We have started a Black Soil Scientists list following the wonderful example of the Geoscientists of Color list. The purpose of such lists is to support the representation of BIPOC in meetings as speakers, and in collaborations, jobs and awards. Scientists from all countries and career stages including students are welcome to sign up to both lists!
3/ Recommended reading:
- Chaudhary, B., & Berhe, A. A. (2020, June 18). Ten simple rules for building an anti-racist lab. _URL_
- Berhe, A.A. and Kim, S. 2020. Avoiding racial bias in letter of reference writing.
- Saini, A. 2019. Superior: The Return of Race Science
- Bell, R., White, L. 2020. The Geosciences Community Needs to Be More Diverse and Inclusive
4/ Initiatives to support:
- BlackAFinSTEM @BlackAFinSTEM
- Minorities in STEM @MinoritySTEM
- Academics for Black Lives @Academics4BSW
- A WOC Space @awocspace a virtual safe space that hosts daily events for women of color
5/ Twitter hashtags to follow:
If you'd like to recommend any other resource to the soil science community, please get in touch! And finally, here are some amazing soil scientists that you should know about!
I received my PhD in Soil and Plant Hydrology from Göttingen University. I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan and currently working as an Academic Assistant (~ Assistant Professor) at the Chair of Soil Physics, University of Bayreuth, Germany. The primary objective of my research is to understand the basis of crop adaptation to water-limited environment. I am particularly interested in identifying roots and rhizosphere traits that improve the acquisition of resources from the soil.
Hello everyone! I just completed my PhD research at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen where I worked on the emergent spatial patterns of urbanization and its influence on tropical urban soils, using two major metropolitan regions of Ghana as representative case study regions. I looked specifically to what extent soil fertility properties of urban arable fields may have changed as urban sprawl becomes widespread in West African cities. Through the research, we now have empirical information on how arable soils in West African cities are influenced and what some of the outcomes are. Outside research, I enjoy spending time with my friends and discussing various philosophical quandaries on the meaning and origin of life. Over the past few years, I have developed a keen interest in outdoor long-distance running, and I am hoping to participate in a marathon, at least once in my life 😊.
I am a soil scientist and political ecologist, currently a Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; and Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at University of California, Merced. My research interest lies at the intersection of soil science, global change science, and political ecology, and I aim to improve our understanding of how the soil system regulates the earth's climate and the dynamic two-way relationship between soil and human communities. I am a member of the inaugural class of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and a recipient of the Bromery Award and Fellow of the Geological Society of America. I am passionate about all things related to soil and am driven to ensure that scientific education and careers are equally accessible to people from all walks of life and that academic workplaces are free from bias and harassment.
I am Professor of Environmental Soil Physics at the University of California, Merced. Before coming to Merced, I was a postdoctoral fellow and later a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. My research interests include evolution of soil structure, nutrient and water dynamics at the soil-root interface, and sustainable agriculture. My research approach integrates laboratory and field observations with mathematical modeling and machine-learning. I received my Ph.D. in Soil Science from Utah State University and B. Sc. in Soil and Water Conservation from University of Asmara, Eritrea. I am passionate about taking pictures; it forces me to savor the present and look for beauty in the mundane.
I am a PhD Candidate in Environmental Science and Management at the Bren School at University of California Santa Barbara, where I study the fate, transport and effects of microplastics in soil systems. My scholarship is driven by my need to understand how emerging pollutants affect minority communities and the resources available to us. I am particularly passionate about the education, diversification and inclusion of Black students in STEM and actively work with initiatives that focus on providing resources and amplifying our perspectives. Outside of the science realm, I enjoy making art, nature walks and reading poetry.
I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Nature Conservancy in Seattle, Washington. I am trained as a marine ecologist and explored the effects of macroalgal decomposition on sediment biogeochemistry and the microbial community using environmental DNA (eDNA) during my PhD at UCLA. Now I'm using soil eDNA to develop a biodiversity census in the restoration of an old growth forest. Inside and outside of the lab, I hope my research in biodiversity will translate to increasing the overall diversity in science globally. Due to the lack of representation in STEM, I recently founded A WOC Space which aims to change the cultural climate for women of color in the workplace. I hope that my mentorship in the lab and exposure of soil science to women of color in the field will help to promote an inclusive future for us all!
I am a final year PhD researcher at the University of Reading. My research interest focuses on the interactions and feedbacks between two key soil organism groups (microorganisms and earthworms). They are responsible for driving and regulating soil biogeochemical cycles that are vital to the functioning of the earth system. Outside of my research, I enjoy teaching and passing down acquired knowledge. I often see myself undertaking seminars for undergraduates, prospective students and giving study aids/personal statement writing aids to school children. Away from work-related things, I enjoy playing badminton both socially and at the local competition stage. I am always up for any challenge and have enjoyed learning and participating in many sports such as ice skating, roller sports, mountain biking, skiing, and lots more. I also noticed that travelling and learning about people's culture are much more relaxing and refreshing for my brain.
Hi everyone, I am a PhD candidate at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. My research domain is biogeochemistry. Currently, my research objective is to assess the impact of tree species mixtures on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and dynamics in major European forests along a broad range of edaphic and climatic gradients. This study employs a triplet-transect approach (two-species forest and their corresponding monocultures located on the same site) to explore whether synergistic effects on SOC could be realized in mixed forests composed of species with contrasting functional traits. My career objective is to contribute to research on the development/management of species-diverse, climate resilient forests and agro-ecological systems, globally. However, I have key interest in the (sub)tropics where forest conversion is predominant with cascading effects on SOC stocks. Hoping to graduate by middle of 2021, I am open to fellowships and research collaborations.
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Hello everyone, I am currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Durham, United Kingdom. My area of interest is in gully-landslide interactions in my home country, Nigeria. Feedbacks between gully erosion and gully-induced landslides produce complex gully landforms that pose challenges to gully management and soil conservation in many parts of the world, including Nigeria. Hence, I am using combinations of remote sensing techniques, hydrological modelling, and qualitative research to improve understanding of ecogeomorphic drivers of gully


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SciFest LA is a hypothetical 8-day film festival devoted to showcasing science fiction movies. By curating classic science fiction movies from 1970 to 2017, the audience can enjoy all different types and sub-genres of science fiction movies such as action, animation, and mystery through the festival.Inspired by the science fiction movie "Interstellar," the discovery scene of the four dimensions, I developed a dimensional typeface as the main visual language that could be used as a framing device through different applications, for the whole festival identity system.
Ching-Fa Lung is a graphic designer who specializes in identity development that spans across multiple platforms. His design research is a harmony of understanding human behavior and narrative storytelling. By balancing creativity and rationality, he identifies and creates visual communications in dynamic ways.


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U.S. Trust Enhances Systems with 'Magic.' (Computerized Application Development Software) (Management Strategies)
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WILL THE FUTURE of applications development look like magic?
Executives at U.S. Trust Corp. in New York City would have to say yes.
The bank, with $227 billion in assets under administration, specializes in money management, private banking, and securities services. Whe faced with the task of developing a mutual fund accounting system, it decided to experiment with a new application development tool called Magic Software.
"Mutual fund accounting is a highly specialized, exacting business," said Bernard Edelstein, a senior vice president and director of computer services at U.S Trust. "We were faced with a situation where we needed to create our own system because typical porftolio systems lacke rigorous accounting components and simply didn't fit our needs."
Using Magic's design tools, the mutual fund accounting system was up and running within six months. The service, marketed under the name MultiFact, currently handles processing chores for more than 200 different funds.
Since the mutual fund accounting system was launched three years ago, U.S. Trust has sold services based on the new system through its Boston-based subsidiary, Mutual Funds Services Co.
U.S. Trust is one of the first American banks to take advantage of the Magic design tools, which were developed by Magic Software Enterprises, an Israeli firm with U.S. offices in Irvine, Calif.
In addition to U.S. Trust, a range of international organizations, including the Bank of Tokyo and the French government, are using systems based on Magic development methods.
Mr. Edelstein estimated that if the bank had used traditional programming languages, it would have taken more than two years to achieve similar results.
Proprietary systems development particularly at an institution of this size, can be tricky. Most programmers used third-generation languages, namely Cobol or "C," or fourth-generation languages such as Progress or Oracle.
Whatever the method, writing code is a tedious and time-consuming task. Creating or re-writing applications using traditional systems development tools often takes years.
U.S. Trust developers were able to work so quickly because Magic's method is codeless, meaning they were freed from actually writing the hundreds of thousands of lines of code necessary to complete the application.
Magic is also relational, so that once a change is made to one part of the application, the entire system is updated, again saving time that used to go into writing code.
"The problem with many custom development projects is that by the time the technology is up and running, it's sometimes behind the curve," said Mr. Edelstein. "We couldn't wait that long for a new system because we saw an opportunity to sell fund accounting services, which are a necessary complement to our existing lines of business."
One of the key challenges facing U.S. Trust developers was creating an accounting system that was expandable.
"This business is dynamic, with new types of instruments entering the market all the time," said Mr. Edelstein. "We needed a system that could grow as we grew our business."
In addition, the system had to be able to tie into a variety of on-line services, from trust accounting and securities processing components to porfolio management and pricing services.
Because Magic automates most common data base operations, including file processing and screen preparation, U.S. Trust developers were able to focus on strategic issues, application functionality, and end-user requirements. …


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Concerto for Horn and Wind band.
In the Chinese mythology there are four heavenly animals.
- The Chinese Dragon
- The Phoenix
- The Turtle
- Ki-Lin (unicorn)
In this concerto for horn all of these heavenly animals are presented. The hornist is a kind of storyteller and evaluates to a mythical creature as well. The concerto contains four movements:
1. The Chinese Dragon – (Long)
The Chinese dragon is one of the four heavenly animals and would also be the founder of the Imperial Family.
Dragon Queens provides rain, rivers, lakes and seas. They represent wisdom, strength and goodness. An angry Long Wang causes storm, fog and earthquakes. He protects fishermen and watercourse, but punishes wasters of water. One of them is Pan Long, it lives in the ocean. It seems to be the seahorse we all know today.
2. The Phoenix – (Feng Huang)
His song would be the source of the Chinese scale. Feng Huang lives with Ki-Lin (see also 4th movement) in the Hills of Vermilion. Only in peaceful times, or when a great wise or good emperor is born, the Feng Huang leaves the Land of Immortals to announce prosperity, accompanied by many other birds who honour him as the most beautiful.
3. The Turtle – (Wugui)
The Turtle is one of the animals who was involved in the origin of the earth. It is seen as an oracle.
4. The Unicorn – (Ki Lin)
The unicorn is an animal with male (Ki) and female (Lin) powers. It's voice is like a church bell. It was born in the heart of the earth and lives behind the clouds. It appears only to announce important events or births. (Just like Feng Huang (2nd movement)).
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Top Paying Jobs In The World
It can be very hard to give a comprehensive answer when asked which profession is most specific in the world today. Every country has it is own priorities depending on the education system and the culture. Some countries are known for mining while others are known for technology. Therefore, it can be hard to give a general answer regarding the best paying jobs.
Athletes and entertainers are earning a lot of money though it is hard to convince common folks that such talents can be a profession. We often take education specializations as the only professions that are can earn us a decent income. However, there are common highest paying jobs for most commoners. In that regard, here are some of the common top paying jobs in the world.
SurgeonsThese are individuals that are specialized to carry out surgeries. Surgery is broad and every surgeon has his or her own specialization. They are well-trained physicians who carry out surgeries on our body parts. Some of the specializations include; cosmetics, general body organ, orthopedic, and several others. Most of these surgeries help the individuals to garner up to $200000 USD annually.
With the ever-growing population of many countries around the world, there are many babies being born daily. That is the main reason why OBs or GYNs have high salaries. They help to deliver an average of about seven babies per day. In most countries, gynecologists earn up to $204,000 USD annually.
Orthodontists are specialized in the dentistry area which is often associated with problems in the mouth where common dentists are not able to handle. These individuals are also responsible for the kids' braces. There annual estimated salary in most countries ranges around $200,000 USD.
Psychiatrists are individuals who are specialized in taking care of mentally ill or challenged people. This job has many severe dangers and hazards and as well mentally exhausting. A veteran can garner up to $177,000 USD per year.
Software engineer
A software engineer is someone who is responsible for developing programs to solve our day to day problems. With the ever-growing technology, there is a high demand for IT experts who are great at developing creative software. These individuals earn a lot of money per year. Their approximate earnings in a year are about $120,000 USD.
Chief Executive Officer
There are millions of companies around the world. And every company must have its chief executive officer who is responsible for all the activities going on it that company. CEO as most call them to earn a lot of money. Some of the companies that pay their CEOs high include telecommunication companies, software development companies, computer manufacturers and many others. They can earn up to 200, 000 USD in one year.
Attorneys or Lawyer
web developerWhen you are having legal issues the right person to approach is a qualified attorney or lawyer. Their job is to defend and represents their clients in the court of law. They represent filthy rich business people, companies, and the common citizen. They have law firms that offer legal services to people. They earn approximately $129,0000 annually.…


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Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris L.), known as a remedy traditionally used as Chinese medicine, was neglected in modern pharmacy until the 20th century. Although in the Middle Ages it was respected for its wound-healing effect, the usage of this medicinal plant was confined just to the conventional pharmacy. Nowadays, because of the great dislike of synthetic materials, however, self-heal has become one of the most important target plants again. Owing to its valuable active constituents, besides its wound-healing effect, the plant can also be used as hepato-protective, antioxidant, anti-HIV, anti-cancer remedy, and it is effective against Herpes virus, as well. Its taste — and odourless extracts are applied by the food industry as natural food preservatives. Taking into account the importance of self-heal our aim was to introduce this plant species more detailed with regard to its active agents, effects and cultivation methods.


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When using overlay_nearest function in the QGIS expression builder, sometimes a feature considers itself as the nearest geometry, and other times not.
To demonstrate, I made a label expression:
CASE
 WHEN
 letter='A'
 THEN
 'fid: ' || "fid" ||
 '\nletter: ' || "letter" ||
 '\n\nnearest fid\'s: ' || array_to_string(
 overlay_nearest(layer:=@layer,
 expression:=fid,
 filter:=letter='A',
 limit:=2
 )
 )
 ELSE
 NULL
END
I set the feature limit at 2 to show the 2 nearest fids for each feature to show that the true nearest feature is being found second.
The points outlined in red consider themselves their nearest neighbour, the others do not. It happens also with a projected coordinate system, and with various permutations of the WHEN clause.
Can anyone explain why this is?
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Example dataset (CRS is WGS84) -- GeoPackage download link (with label expression pre-loaded)
WKT fid letter
POINT (27.7981358844261 -24.2696491141906) 1 A
POINT (27.7988424066944 -24.2678611535372) 2 A
POINT (27.7989643301811 -24.2688320385901) 3 B
POINT (27.8007927306901 -24.2685965478542) 4 B
POINT (27.7979157991226 -24.2678537822582) 5 B
POINT (27.7995823651664 -24.2670624651733) 6 A
POINT (27.7999025692956 -24.2692146208195) 7 B
POINT (27.8002376476489 -24.2696982965109) 9 A
POINT (27.7984109576877 -24.2694592018388) 10 A
POINT (27.8001260102486 -24.2667596896059) 11 B
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 the overlay_nearest function and others, respond badly if used with the same layer, here bug: github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/47201
 – pigreco
 Feb 17, 2022 at 14:46
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 Ah, thank you. I thought it was caused by the way I was filtering. If you want to make an answer, I can accept it. I was thinking a workaround could be to check the fid and if it matches, take the second array element instead of the first. Seems horribly hacky though.
 – Matt
 Feb 17, 2022 at 14:52
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The overlay_nearest function and others, respond badly if used with the same layer.
Here is a bug report: _URL_
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 - Would it help to duplicate the layer and use the duplicated layer (in fact, the same data) for overlay_nearest or does that not improve performance?
 – Babel
 May 23, 2023 at 19:22
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So far I noticed that the overlay_nearest will result in an array, where the same feature will always be at the 0-index position.
Therefore, like in this thread Drawing 10 nearest lines from each point connecting to the centroid of the 5 points nearest to each point with QGIS expression, I am simply suggesting to delete it by its index i.e. 0.
However, in such a case, the number in limit should be incremented in one more feature.
array_remove_at(
 overlay_nearest(
 layer:=@layer,
 expression:=fid,
 filter:=letter='A',
 limit:=3 -- notice this change
 )
 0)
2
 - The problem was, at the time of posting the question, that the nearest feature was only sometimes itself, and sometimes not. I haven't tried to reproduce the problem recently, but if you're getting consistent results then perhaps there has been a bug fix.
 – Matt
 Dec 20, 2023 at 19:32
 - I got you. Currently, my results are consistent. Perhaps, there was some bug or issue with data etc., it needs investigation
 – Taras
 Dec 20, 2023 at 20:19
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Scotland presses on as Vetting & Barring Scheme is put on hold
The UK government's decision to place the planned Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS) on hold for England, Northern Ireland and Wales has been swiftly followed by confirmation that a similar initiative in Scotland is to go ahead from 30 November 2010.
Voluntary registration with the VBS outside of Scotland was due to start on 26 July but will now be halted to allow for a remodelling of the scheme to what the government described as "common sense levels". Short-term the change means independent social workers will not have to pay the £64 fee to register in England or Wales, or £58 if they live in Northern Ireland.
In Scotland, however, a new scheme aimed at strengthening protection for vulnerable groups is set to commence on 30 November 2010, children's minister Adam Ingram revealed on 29 June. Confirming the launch date for the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG Scheme) he also announced the publication of a number of guidance and training materials [visit for details]. The Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG Scheme) is a new membership scheme that will replace the current disclosure arrangements for people who work with vulnerable groups.
During the first year after the PVG Scheme goes live, it will only be available to those who are joining the vulnerable groups' workforce for the first time, moving posts, or whose employment circumstances have changed. Existing members of the vulnerable groups' workforce will then be phased in over a three-year period. The phasing in period is expected to commence towards the end of 2011, subject to legislation in the Scottish Parliament.
In Scotland news of the plans to scale back the VBS in other parts of the UK were broadly welcomed as offering a chance to introduce a more 'proportionate' model closer to the Scottish PVG Scheme.
A number of other related reforms introduced in England, Northern Ireland and Wales in October 2009 remain in place, however. Organisations that are engaging individuals to work in regulated activity with children or vulnerable adults should continue to use their existing safeguarding practices, including the use of enhanced CRB disclosures where these are required by law or regarded as appropriate by employers [see summary below].
A summary of the changes still in place as a result of the formation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) last year.
 1. It is now a criminal offence for barred individuals to apply to work with children or vulnerable adults in a wider range of posts than previously. Employers also face criminal sanctions for knowingly employing a barred individual across a wider range of work.
 2. The previous barring lists have been replaced by two new barred lists administered by the ISA rather than several government departments. Now, checks of these two lists can be made as part of an Enhanced CRB check.
 3. Additional jobs and voluntary positions are covered by the new regulations, including moderators of children's internet chat rooms and large numbers of NHS and justice sector staff.
 4. Employers, local authorities, professional regulators and inspection bodies are now under a duty to refer to the ISA any information about an individual where they consider them to have caused harm or pose a risk of harm to vulnerable groups, such as why they stopped, or considered stopping, an individual working with vulnerable groups.


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Isentropic LiftLifting of air that is traveling along an upward-sloping isentropic surface.
Isentropic lift often is referred to erroneously as overrunning, but more accurately describes the physical process by which the lifting occurs. Situations involving isentropic lift often are characterized by widespread stratiform clouds and precipitation, but may include elevated convection in the form of embedded thunderstorms.
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I'm studying the Method of Images and I seemed to have come to a conundrum. Method of Images takes advantage of grounded objects, (I am currently studying spheres), to set boundary conditions. However, how would one use the idea of MoI to set the potential of a conducting sphere as constant?
Since $E = \nabla V$, a constant potential would be the electric field inside would be constant? Therefore, a density of charge inside the sphere?
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I edited your question, to fix $\nabla E = V$, which should be $E=\nabla V$. but perhaps that typo is the source of your equation. – askewchan Feb 26 '13 at 2:04
Also note that conundrum is a noun and not a verb. – Emilio Pisanty Feb 26 '13 at 16:20
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Regardless of whether it is grounded, if there were a nonzero electric field inside a conductor, it would push the charge carriers around until there were no longer forces on them.
Thus: A perfect conductor, grounded or isolated, will have a surface (and volume) of equal potential, and the electric field inside will be zero.
If the conductor is not grounded, then there will be some net charge (possibly zero) on the conductor. If it's a symmetric shape (a sphere) then it will have a uniform surface density, namely the total charge over the total surface area ($Q / 4\pi r^2$).
You cannot assume to know $Q$ on the sphere. Whether or not $Q=0$, there will be $E=0$ inside the sphere (Gauss Law), and outside the sphere there will be $E\neq 0$ if $Q\neq0$.
Adding an image charge at the origin would actually create a nonzero $E$ inside the sphere, which you cannot have inside a conductor (I'm assuming the sphere is solid). The charge on the surface of the sphere already cancels its own $E$ field inside the sphere. If you want to cancel the $E$ field outside the sphere, then an image at the origin would do that.
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So if I were to find the potential outside of a conducting sphere that is not grounded, the potential inside would have to be constant. Therefore that second image charge would have to be placed at the origin to mimic if it were grounded. – julesverne Feb 26 '13 at 17:53
_USER_ you really don't need an image charge to solve this, assuming you're trying to find the potential everywhere, just use Gauss' law. – askewchan Feb 26 '13 at 17:56
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Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association: San Diego, CA, 2009
This study focuses on elementary teachers' conceptions of flooding before and after inquiry-based Earth science content-based professional development. Several misconceptions emerged from the science content two tier pre-post test, some of which persisted throughout the institute while others led to evidence of teachers' conceptual change. On the post-test some teachers' ideas emerged as hybrid conceptions as they applied newly acquired academic language to prior conceptions. There was a significant increase (n = 17, mean gain = 4.3 (SD = 3.27, t (17) = 5.69, p <.000) from the preto post-test. The concepts most resistant to change from preto post-test were analyzing an overall topographic region, reading a map image, and hydrograph interpretation. The highest frequency of hybrid conceptions occurred as teachers attempted to add new academic language, such as storm surge and discharge, to their prior understandings. Teachers' greatest conceptual change occurred in understanding the probability and role of ground conditions in flooding events. Teachers demonstrated significant growth in their understanding of flooding concepts through scaffolded inquiry lessons modeled through the professional development. Teachers who had greater levels of prior knowledge showed the most change to a normative view of flooding. This speaks to the importance of building teachers' background knowledge before initiating professional development with complex science concepts.


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Have you been taking advantage of Photoshop's radial gradient tool? Though it may not sound like much, it's actually one of the most effective tools image makers have at their disposal to "direct traffic" for their viewers. Blake Rudis of the f/64 Academy explains:
So why do photographers love to use the radial gradient tool? In short, it can act as an artificial (yet convincing) spotlight. When properly implemented, it can force a viewer's eye toward a desired focal point. Conversely, the gradient can be used to darken less important areas of an image, leading the eye away from less relevant information. When used correctly, this can combat against existing perspective to create an image with an entirely different look and feel.
What's not immediately obvious is how one actually goes about inserting a radial gradient. Here's just a few bits of information that will help you get to know the tool:
- On the bottom of the side layer palette, there's a button that resembles a half moon cookie that allows users to insert an Adjustment Layer. Upon pressing it, a drop down menu appears. After choosing the Gradient option, a linear gradient will automatically be overlaid over existing layers and a Gradient Fill dialogue box will appear.
- Changing a linear gradient to radial is simple. Just find the Radial option listed under the Style drop down.
- By default, the gradient will take on the primary colors displayed on bottom of the lefthand side toolbar. However, the Gradient Fill dialogue box contains an adjustable color bar as well as a wide range of existing presets.
- The Scale option lets users control the size of the gradient. This allows for strategic honing in, as well as more encompassing looks.
- Once you have the size and color of your gradient picked out, you can naturally incorporate the effect into your photograph by selecting the Soft Light blending mode and adjusting the opacity. Experimenting with the Blend If option can be beneficial in preserving underlying highlights and shadows, ensuring that the details of a photograph aren't lost.
"The radial gradient is a really powerful tool by itself, to be used to push and pull the eye to certain areas of the image creatively…The possibilities with the radial gradient as a spotlight like this are really just incredible."
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Access Windows Registry in VB.NET
This article describe how you can work with Windows registry in VB.NET.
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The registry has been used for storing configuration information like database connection strings, profiles etc. The reason behind registry usage is the registry can be attributed to the fact that registry access is faster than file access and also because it is a very secure system-wide data repository.
You can access the registry by using the functions which is provided by VB.NET, but in some situation you have to use another option to access the registry which is registry classes of the .NET Framework. As we use the registry to see the information about operating system and the application which is hosted by the machine, So for the security purpose you must closely scrutinize code that accesses the registry to prevent from threat to the security of the machine.
The Registry entries contain two parts: the value name and the value.
Access the Registry with VB.NET function
You can access the registry by using the following four functions, "But to use them, you must have Read and Write permission from the RegistryPermissionAccess enumeration".
 - DeleteSetting
 It deletes the key setting from an application's entry in the registry.

 - GetSetting
 It returns a key setting value from an application's entry in the registry.

 - GetAllSettings
 It returns a list of keys setting and their values from an application's entry in the registry.

 - SaveSetting
 It creates and saves an application entry in the registry.
Syntex Example of accessing the registry with VB.NET function
 Module
Module1
 Sub Main()
 ' Create the first key.
 SaveSetting("TestApp", "Startup", "FirstKey", "First")
 ' Create the first subkey.
 SaveSetting("TestApp", "FirstKey", "FirstSubKey", "FirstSub")
 'Create the second subkey.
 SaveSetting("TestApp", "FirstKey", "SecondSubKey", "SecondSub")
 Try
 ' Write the first key's value.
 Console.WriteLine((GetSetting("TestApp", "Startup", "FirstKey")))
 ' Write the first key as well as its two subkeys.
 Console.WriteLine(GetAllSettings("TestApp", "Startup"))
 Catch e As ArgumentException
 Catch e As Exception
 Console
.WriteLine(e.GetType.ToString)
 Finally
 End
Try
 DeleteSetting("TestApp", "FirstKey", "SecondSubKey")
 Try
 Console.WriteLine(GetSetting("TestApp", "Startup", "FirstKey"))
 Console.WriteLine(GetAllSettings("TestApp", "Startup"))
 Catch e As ArgumentException
 Catch e As Exception
 Console
.WriteLine(e.GetType.ToString)
 Finally
 End
Try
 Console.ReadLine
 End Sub
 End
Module
Access the Registry with .NET Framework
Just because of limited access of the GetSetting and SaveSetting function you have to use the Registry and RegistryKey classes in the namespace of the .NET framework.
You can access the subkeys and their values by using this following seven keys of the registry class.
 - ClassesRoot
 It describe the type and properties of type of the documents

 - CurrentConfig
 Information about the hardware configuration.

 - CurrentUser
 It store information about the current user preferences.

 - DynData
 It store dynamic registry data.

 - LocalMachine
 It hold the configuration data for the local machine.

 - PerformanceData
 Contains performance information for software components.

 - Users
 Contains information about the default user preferences.
Syntex Examples of accessing the registry with .NET Framework
It shows how to read a DWORD value from HKEY_CURRENT_USER
 Imports Microsoft.Win32
 Module Module1
 Sub Main()
 Dim regVersion As RegistryKey
 Dim keyValue As String
 keyValue = Software\\Microsoft\\TestApp\\1.0
 regVersion = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(keyValue,
False)
 Dim intVersion As Integer = 0
 If (Not regVersion Is Nothing) Then
 intVersion = regVersion.GetValue("Version", 0)
 regVersion.Close()
 End If
 End
Sub
 End
Module
It reads, increments, and then writes a DWORD value to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
 Imports Microsoft.Win32
 Module Module1
 Sub Main()
 Dim regVersion As RegistryKey
 regVersion =
 Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(
"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\TestApp\\1.0", True)
 If regVersion Is Nothing Then
 ' Key doesn't exist; create it.
 regVersion =
 Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(
"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\TestApp\\1.0")
 End If
 Dim
intVersion As Integer = 0
 If (Not regVersion Is Nothing) Then
 intVersion = regVersion.GetValue("Version", 0)
 intVersion = intVersion + 1
 regVersion.SetValue(
"Version", intVersion)
 regVersion.Close()
 End If
 End
Sub
 End
Module
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Learn Graph Laplacian for Sparse Frequency Domain Representation
"Learning of graph topology plays an important role in processing structure and unstructured data which can be represented as graph signals. Graph topology for a given graph signal is not always readily available from the given data and is also not unique. It is desirable to learn the graph topology for the graph signals such that the data admits the property or application. In this thesis we address the problem of estimating graph Laplacian matrix (graph topology) for signals with prior assumption that signals have sparse representation in frequency domain . This is done by first finding an optimal graph signal basis (eigenvectors of graph Laplacian matrix) and later knowing the eigenvectors, we try to estimate a sparse representation of the graph signals and its respective graph Laplacian matrix. Then we discuss the results of learning the graph for synthetic data. For application purpose, we propose a modification in an existing algorithm for image denoising and demonstrate the results for all the three class of images - natural, piece-wise smooth (depth map) and texture images. The performance is compared to that of other image denoising methods for various images and quality measures."
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Wood or Plastic?
The advantage of the professionally made wooden instruments is their excellent quality of sound. Children can perceive the difference in quality and this ability should be developed during lessons. Wood reacts very sensitively to the way it is treated by the player. Looking after a wooden recorder requires and trains a certain sensitivity which children are never too young to learn.
Instruments with a plastic head or even entirely made of plastic can have a satisfactory sound. They are to be recommended for small children as they are extremely robust. Plastic instruments do not mind being knocked about.


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To be honest, before this, I don't even know about this term. But being a curious human being I ended up researching and I came across so many things about the term Pantone. Between 1956 and 1961, the New Jersey-based company was a small company that produced color cards for cosmetics manufacturers. Lawrence Herbert, an established employee, purchased the company in 1962. He soon shifted its focus, creating the first color-matching system in 1963.
"Pantone", you may have been asked for PMS colors if you've ever worked with a promotional products distributor or a printer. The second question that arises is, "What is PMS, specifically?" No, it does not refer to what you might be assuming. PMS stands for Pantone Matching System. Pantone was invented in 1963. This color-matching technique is what allows us to duplicate brand colors precisely every time because they are the same color all over the world.
In the evolving and fast-paced world of fashion, it is very important to be ahead of trends for success. From catwalk presentations to store displays, designers, and businesses are continuously looking for new ways to engage consumers with unique and intriguing collections. Pantone, a well-known color authority, is one crucial element affecting the fashion industry. Pantone's color system and annual 'Color of the Year' have evolved into strong design tools, influencing everything from fabric selection to marketing campaigns. This article investigates Pantone's impact on color trends, design decisions, customer preferences, and brand positioning in the fashion industry.
1. Establishing Color Trends:
Pantone plays a pivotal role in representing new color trends and impacting the fashion season direction. Every year, it announces the color of the year, and a shade of color has been selected that is based on extensive analysis and research of various industries. This influential color choice sets the tone for the coming year, guiding designers, fashion houses, and retailers in their color selections. Fashion professionals utilize Pantone's color trend reports to ensure their collections resonate with consumers and align with the prevailing aesthetic.
2. Guiding Design Decision
For designers, the Pantone matching system sets a standardized language that helps them to communicate the color choice effectively. With its comprehensive range of color shades, the designer can select the shades it that communicate or represent the design's desired emotion. Across the supply chain, it shows the consistency from design sketches to material sourcing and production. Designers can correctly recreate colors utilizing Pantone's approach, resulting in unified collections and preventing differences between initial design objectives and final product outcomes. JOVI fashion is the beauteous women's wear that offers both western dresses and Indian ethnic wear that also follows the shade of the Pantone color according to years to be the trendy one.
3. Enhancing Brand Positioning:
Colors are important in brand identity and awareness. Pantone's influence extends to fashion firms' branding efforts, allowing them to integrate their color choices with their company values and intended consumer perceptions. Brands may develop a consistent visual identity that resonates with their target audience by strategically incorporating Pantone colors into their logos, packaging, and marketing materials. A premium brand, for example, may pick Pantone colors associated with wealth and sophistication to strengthen its brand positioning.
4. Inspiring Consumer preferences
The color of the year always attracts attention and curiosity among consumers, leading to increased demand for products featuring the chosen shade. Fashion businesses capitalize on customer enthusiasm by including the Color of the Year in their designs, attracting attention and driving sales. Furthermore, Pantone's influence extends beyond the Color of the Year to consumer preferences. As customers grow more aware of color trends, they seek out dresses and accessories that reflect the most recent Pantone-inspired color palettes, resulting in increased sales for fashion firms that remain on top of these trends.
5. Influencing Fabric Choices and Production:
Pantone's color forecasts have an impact on the textile and fabric industries as well. When building their collections, fabric producers and suppliers consider Pantone's color predictions to ensure they offer materials that are in line with anticipated fashion trends. When designers and brands choose materials for their collections, they rely on Pantone's color system to perfectly match their desired colors. The effect of Pantone can be evident in fabric-based fashion choices such as print, pattern, and dyeing procedures.
6. Collaboration & Partnerships:
Pantone's influence goes beyond its color palette and forecasts. In conjunction with fashion designers and brands, limited-edition items, capsule collections, and joint campaigns are developed. These collaborations boost brand recognition and legitimacy for both parties, while also showcasing Pantone's power as a creative force in the fashion industry.
Pantone, the worldwide color authority, wields considerable power in the fashion industry, including JOVI Fashion and its Anarkali suit and dress collection. Pantone's annual Color of the Year establishes a trend that ripples across the fashion industry, influencing designers' choices and customer preferences. JOVI Fashion, noted for its sleek and beautiful designs, coordinates its creations with Pantone's color forecasts. They ensure that its garments are in step with current fashion trends by mixing Pantone's hues into their collections, enticing shoppers looking for up-to-date fashions. They can design aesthetically appealing ensembles that reflect the newest color trends thanks to Pantone's authority, allowing them to preserve their position as a fashion-forward company.


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QDrill generates real-time unconfined compressive strength (RT-UCS) by processing the data already collected during the drilling process. By comparing trends in RT-UCS and mechanical specific energy (MSE), the software is able to distinguish between changes in formation properties versus energy misapplication leading to drilling dysfunction. Now the driller can maintain or return to the efficient drilling window.
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Genetic diversity in public gardens
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is the proud home of Jatropha and Staghorn Fern collections that have been accredited and accepted into the Plant Collections Network, an American Public Gardens Association initiative that recognizes the importance of the genetic diversity of plant collections held by botanic gardens in North America.
This certification signifies that these two collections contribute greatly to the genetic diversity of public gardens nationwide. More than just beautiful and peaceful places, botanic gardens are growing in significance as repositories of the botanic wonders the earth holds.
Among gardens, Vizcaya is unique for its geographic and climatological location. "There aren't many public gardens in North America that are in the tropics," said Ian Simpkins, Vizcaya's Deputy Director of Horticulture. "Very few gardens can collect a wide variety of tropical plants like we can do at Vizcaya." These were some of the key factors in selecting these specific plants for the museum's first set of formal plant collections.
Not only are these the only reference collections of their kind in North America, but Vizcaya is also the only institution on the continent with registered and accredited collections of these plants.
Staghorn Fern (Platycerium)
The Staghorn Fern genus is a group of 19 fern species native to tropical climates, which means most of them thrive in South Florida. They have a wild appearance and get their common name from one of their two leaves, which resembles the horns of large herbivores, like elks and antelopes.
Many of Vizcaya's specimens were nursery grown. This is because material found in the wild is hard to come by and few gardens have similar collections. "We felt it was important to have a good taxonomic representation of this genus," said Simpkins. "That way, if someone wants to study these plants, they can come here and do so knowing that we have a wide variety and that our plants are correctly identified."
Jatropha, which doesn't exactly have a common name, is particularly interesting. A lot of them have medicinal properties and ethnobotanical characteristics. Some are also used for biodiesel and there are others that are used as fish or livestock food.
Given Vizcaya's focus on urban agriculture, urban farming, and ethnobotanical uses, this plant was a natural fit to develop into a dedicated collection.
The Jatropha are made up of two groups. One is "Old World," which grows in Southern Asia and Africa, and the other is the "New World" version that grows in the Americas. "It's a really large group of plants and the bulk of what we have is from the New World — Central and South America – and a couple of species from the American Southwest," said Simpkins. "So we decided to focus on collecting those plants."
Almost all of the Jatropha plants at Vizcaya were collected in the wild. This is important for biodiversity and the conservation of their genetics. It also grants easier access to anyone wishing to study these plants without having to travel to Mexico, Nicaragua or the desert Southwest.
CARE & CONSERVATION
The collections are not difficult to maintain because Vizcaya offers a climate in which these plants grow quite well. Both plants need warm temperatures as they, are very frost sensitive, and they need both wet and dry periods. Miami's climate fits all of those characteristics, so it's relatively easy for us to keep these plants outdoors. You will see representatives of the staghorn ferns mounted throughout the gardens at Vizcaya, and a good sense of how large these plants actually get.
"We've had a number of Platycerium bifurcatum, which is the most common species of staghorn fern, donated to us over the years," said Simpkins. "Some of these plants are three to five feet across and weigh several hundred pounds. We have these plants hanging in the trees in the main garden." The rarest species are kept safely in Vizcaya's nurseries under close supervision.
Plants also need to be protected from insects and disease as well as properly grown and fertilized. Although this means a significant amount of staff time and dedication, it is well worth it because of the importance of these collections to plant diversity and to the public garden field in North America.


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A lesson on how to deal with Negative Exponents in an equation
Stinky Kid Math
Stinky Kid Math has been developed to help students of all ages to build a solid mathematical foundation in pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry. The understanding of these concepts becomes the foundation for all math that comes afterwards, and a lack of this knowledge is often the reason people struggle in upper-level math classes. Stinky Kid Math brings math to life by making concepts relatable to creative, right-brained learners, and it makes it fun!


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Hemp benefits, facts and MAINSTREAM: where does it all come from?
Hemp: where does it all come from?
Hemp and CBD products are now in the mainstream. They are available on the high street and from
online retailers. As more and more people recognise the benefits of these products, and as the range
of available products increases, there's an interesting question at the back of many people's minds
Where does it all come from?
Hemp: where does it all come from?
Hemp seems exotic but, in fact, it grows well in the European climate. Despite hemp's mainstream
with the cannabis plant, it has many recognised benefits, also performing well in terms of
sustainability and environmental responsibility. Hemp production in the UK is on the increase but is
still small, with approximately 1000 hectares currently growing – compared to 33,000 hectares
under cultivation across the rest of Europe, including France and the Netherlands.
Despite the small amount of hemp currently grown in the UK, production in this country is set to
increase. There is a steady growth in the understanding of hemp-derived CBD, and hemp has many
industrial uses too.
Hemp: where does it all come from?
This is not new: in the sixteenth century it was essential for making ropes and
sails, and Henry VIII made it mainstream for larger farms to dedicate land to growing hemp. Today, the
plants and seeds can be used in animal feed, and the fibres can be used as effective insulators and
building materials. Hemp fibres can be woven into a soft durable fabric too – the famous Tilley hat,
so beloved of cricketers and adventurers, now comes in a very fine hemp version.
Hemp: where does it all come from?
Currently, hemp grown in the UK is only rarely used for the extraction of CBD. Unless grown with a
Home Office licence permitting production for medical testing, hemp may only be grown in the UK
to use the leaves and stalks for industrial purposes. This means that CBD oils and other CBD
enhanced products for human consumption, currently come from other countries. Nearly all CBD
products for the UK currently come from the USA and Europe.
Hemp: where does it all come from?
There are signs that things
will change – earlier this year Lincolnshire based Bridge Farm was sold to the US private equity fund
Artemis Growth Partners for about $81m (£66m). Bridge farm is licensed to grow hemp for medical
research purposed and for export. While this has little impact on domestic CBD production, it shows
real confidence in UK hemp and CBD production and it may provide a hint as to future relaxation.
But change will be slow. For the foreseeable future, expect your high-quality CBD to come from
Holland, France or the US.
History mainstream facts and benefits
Europe and the US, however, are not the only sources of hemp or CBD. By mainstream, the six biggest
producers of hemp are China, Canada, USA, France, Chile and North Korea. Production tends to be
for mixed purposes, and it is difficult to be clear as to how much of the world's crop is primarily for
CBD. Many producers grow it for the fibres which make good textiles; it uses only a fraction of the
water required to produce a similar weight of cotton. Nevertheless, the global increase in hemp
cultivation does include increased production for CBD. At a time when the whole world's economy
needs a boost, the UK is missing an opportunity.
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Stone used in construction of tajmahal?
The materials used in the construction of the Colosseum were concrete, tufa stone, marble and wood.
Sahajan built tajmahal
concrete, or the key stone (stone in middle of an arch construction)
Taj Mahal was built by the mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen.
NO tajmahal is bigger
limestone and granite
it is made of red stone
the materials that are used for the construction of pantheon in rome are, first of all the most abundantly used material is roman concrete, then stone, brick, wood.
red sandstone was used to build the qutub minar
to provide better platform to foundation
Yes, but before proper construction could begin Shah Jahan's son imprisioned him in the red fort in agra until his death. The foundations are across the river to the existing taj mahal.
Roman construction used mainly wood, brick and stone, with tiles for roofings. Many of the buildings were constructed of brick and faced with marble. Stone, that is, marble was often used for temple pillars. The roofing tiles and the innards of the aqueducts and sewers were of ceramic tile. Roman construction used mainly wood, brick and stone, with tiles for roofings. Many of the buildings were constructed of brick and faced with marble. Stone, that… Read More
After the completion of Tajmahal, Emperor Shah Jahan planned to create a carbon copy of this Tajmahal, not in a real manner but in a virtual one. The Mehtab Bagh which is just to opposite of Tajmahal, adjacent to the Yamuna river was once the idea of Emperor Shahjahan to convert in to a virtual Tajmahal. He structured the layout of the Mehtab bagh fully identical with that of Tajmahal base area and planned to… Read More
The "Richmond Bridge" London, England. The design is a stone arch bridge constructed of Portland stone, construction started 1774 and completed 1777. The "Richmond Bridge" Richmond, Tasmania. The original name was "Bigge's Bridge and was constructed of sandstone, construction started in 1823 and completed in 1825.
The materials were Ashlar (dressed stone) and brick
The tajmahal started building in the year 1631 and completed in 1653 it took 22000 workers and 22 years to build it
The question is nugatory, since many sedimentary rocks are widely used for construction. Indeed, limestone and sandstone are the most widely-used structural stone types.
it will be protected by me
Stone, steel & concrete
Gniess is mainly mined for use in construction--building slabs, countertops, stone facings.
there is tajmahal
In order to carve the mystical stone, you must have the Construction technology full.
After being quarried it can be "roasted" in a revolving cylindrical "oven" to produce cement. Cement is in concrete and mortar, so the limestone has helped the construction of buildings and bridges. Indeed during the last World War there were even boats made from concrete. Limestone itself can be used as the foundation for road construction, and, like other types of stone, is used to construct stone buildings and stone walls. Lime and limestone are… Read More
1632 years old
He build TajMahal
bricks or stone, depending of their size and date of construction.
11th century. This is when Chepstow Castle began construction and Chepstow is the first stone castle made.
iron, steel, concrete, stone, wood, and composites are the most common materials used in bridge construction!
No, Tajmahal is at Agra (India).
Taj Mahal is in city of Agra, India
soling is done before laying the foundations and to provide better strength to the foundation. it is done by means of stone aggregate of random sizes between 50mm - 150mm.
One way is in the type of shelter construction that is made. Local stone materials are often used close to their point of origin.
The skeleton is made up with steel Steel framework, concrete and stone along with wood
Basalt is used in construction (building blocks, facades, cobblestones) or can be heated and extruded to form stone wool.
Margaret Bye Richie has written: 'Stone houses' -- subject(s): Design and construction, History, Stone houses
Early castles and castles that needed to be constructed quickly were built of wood and put on the tops of small hills, which were sometimes man made. This type of construction was used longer and more commonly in Eastern Europe. Later, more permanent castles were built of stone. They were also often placed on hill tops, but sometimes were built on islands, or just in the middle of flat areas. This was probably the most… Read More
No, Tajmahal is in subtropical zone.
the tajmahal was built from the white marbles
how kilomiter mumbai to tajmahal
khali jaga/ Empty Land....


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Using a Virtual Lidar Approach to Assess the Accuracy of the Volumetric Reconstruction of a Wind Turbine Wake
Scanning Doppler lidars are the best tools for acquiring 3D velocity fields of full scale wind turbine wakes, whether the objective is a better understanding of some features of the wake or the validation of wake models. Since these lidars are based on the Doppler effect, a single scanning lidar normally relies on certain assumptions when estimating some components of the wind velocity vector. Furthermore, in order to reconstruct volumetric information, one needs to aggregate data, perform
... data, perform statistics on it and, most likely, interpolate to a convenient coordinate system, all of which introduce uncertainty in the measurements. This study simulates the performance of a virtual lidar performing stacked step-and-stare plan position indicator (PPI) scans on large-eddy simulation (LES) data, reconstructs the wake in terms of the average and the standard deviation of the longitudinal velocity component, and quantifies the errors. The variables included in the study are as follows: the location of the lidar (ground-based and nacelle-mounted), different atmospheric conditions, and varying scan speeds, which in turn determine the angular resolution of the measurements. Testing different angular resolutions allows one to find an optimum that balances the different error sources and minimizes the total error. An optimum angular resolution of 3 • has been found to provide the best results. The errors found when reconstructing the average velocity are low (less than 2% of the freestream velocity at hub height), which indicates the possibility of high quality field measurements with an optimal angular resolution. The errors made when calculating the standard deviation are similar in magnitude, although higher in relative terms than for the mean, thus leading to a poorer quality estimation of the standard deviation. This holds true for the different inflow cases studied and for both ground-based and nacelle-mounted lidars.


Sialolithiasis Treatment in India
We all have heard of kidney stones. But salivary stone?! Not heard of it? remove salivary stone by sialolithiasis treatment at RICHARDSONS DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL HOSPITAL
What is a sialolith ?
Sialolithiasis is a condition that causes stones to develop in the channels that pass saliva, also known as the salivary ducts. Salivary stones are small deposits of calcium and other minerals. A stone can form from salts contained in the saliva. These are termed as sialoliths. Three main groups of salivary glands are present: submandibular(beneath the lower jaw), sublingual (beneath the tongue) and parotid (in front of the ear).
Why does it occur?
Stones are particularly likely to form when people are dehydrated or take drugs that decrease saliva production. People with gout are also more likely to form stones. Salivary gland stones are most common among adults.
What might be the symptoms?
While these stones generally cause no symptoms as they form, patients may begin to notice their existence after they reach a size that blocks the salivary ducts. When a blockage occurs, saliva starts to backflow, causing pain and inflammation. The salivary gland swells up painfully. The pain and swelling worsen after eating, particularly when people eat something that stimulates saliva flow (such as a pickle or lemon juice) because when the duct is blocked, the saliva has no place to go and the gland swells. The swelling may go down after a few hours, and the duct may release a gush of saliva. Some stones do not cause any symptom. Patients often report intermittent pain that worsens when treatment isn't sought right away. A blocked duct and gland filled with stagnant saliva may become infected with bacteria.
Sialolithiasis Surgery
A swelling beneath the lower jaw
Sialolithiasis Treatment
CBCT Sialolithiasis
CBCT of Sialolithiasis
What is sialolithiasis treatment?
For salivary gland stones, both conservative and surgical treatment options are available. It depends on the size and severity of the stone. Radiological and clinical evaluation is done to determine the position, size and depth of the stone. Dental x-rays, CT, CBCT scans,USG, sialographyetc are a few.
Medical treatment includes: pain relievers (analgesics), adequate hydration, massaging the glands, improve saliva flow with lemon juice or wedges, sour candy, or a combination. Or medications to improve salivary glow called sialogogue .
 If the stone does not pass on its own, or is of a bigger size, surgical intervention is required.
The following are the options for sialolithiasis treatment :
 - Some superficial stones may be massaged or manipulated out by the clinician.
 - Deeper stones require surgical removal, a procedure done under general anesthesia.
 - A newer treatment that uses shock waves to break the stone into small pieces is another option.
 - A procedure calledsialoendoscopy, can diagnose and treat stones in the salivary gland duct using very small cameras and instruments.
 - If stones become infected or come back often, complete removal of the gland must be done.
So if you seem to have a sialolith or show the symptoms of it, RICHARDSONS DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL HOSPITAL is the go to place. Get it treated and live better.
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The keyword/phrase "learning from each other" relates to, and is part of, the classification(s) listed below, as used in the text or auxiliary documents of the QUFD website and in Father Jerome's scientific writings.
philosophy of mind
The GENERAL CONTEXT of such use is:
The term refers to an ideal of "learning" (Socratic learning), where the gain of knowledge is a cooperative and (w)holistic endeavor, to everyone's benefit. Contrary to such, most of today's learning is NOT cooperative or holistic, but is, instead, competitive (another of Satan's "tools", resulting in disadvantage and distress to many). See listing for "learn".
Father Jerome's DICTIONARY of KEYWORDS/PHRASES used in his scientific writings and at his QUFD website
Father Jerome's PSYCHOSOCIOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of Terms/Phrases used in Monograph III of his QUALIA Series
Father Jerome's SPECIALIZED DICTIONARY of KEYWORDS/PHRASES pertaining to Bose-Einstein Condensates of Non-Matter and Incorporeality, as used in his Works, in QUFD Physics and in the 'QUFD Textbook' Website
Also see Father Jerome's BLOG, for info about his latest Book,
"God, Lucifer and You! A ScienceBook of Quantum Physics and Reality, for 5 year old Kids and Adults!"


Saturday, September 25, 2010
Accessing Previous Loop Data
When programming with loops, you often need to access data from previous iterations of the loop. For example, you may have a VI that reads the temperature and displays it on a graph. If you want to display a running average of the temperature as well, you need to use data generated in previous iterations. Two ways of accessing this data include the shift register and theFeedback Node.
Shift Registers
Use shift registers on For Loops and While Loops to transfer values from one loop iteration to the next. Shift registers are similar to static variables in text-based programming languages.
shiftregs.png A shift register appears as a pair of terminals, shown in Media 1, directly opposite each other on the vertical sides of the loop border. The right terminal contains an up arrow and stores data on the completion of an iteration. LabVIEW transfers the data connected to the right side of the register to the next iteration. Create a shift register by right-clicking the left or right border of a loop and selecting Add Shift Register from the shortcut menu.
shift register transfers any data type and automatically changes to the data type of the first object wired to the shift register. The data you wire to the terminals of each shift register must be the same type.
To initialize a shift register, wire any value from outside the loop to the left terminal. If you do not initialize the shift register, the loop uses the value written to the shift register when the loop last executed or the default value for the data type if the loop has never executed.
Use a loop with an uninitialized shift register to run a VI repeatedly so that each time the VI runs, the initial output of the shift register is the last value from the previous execution. Use an uninitialized shift register to preserve state information between subsequent executions of a VI. After the loop executes, the last value stored in the shift register remains at the right terminal. If you wire the right terminal outside the loop, the wire transfers the last value stored in the shift register.
You can add more than one shift register to a loop. If you have multiple operations within a loop, use multiple shift registers to store the data values from those different processes in the structure. The block diagram in Figure 1 uses two initialized shift registers.
Figure 1
Figure 1 (shiftregex.png)
Stacked Shift Registers
To create a stacked shift register, right-click the left terminal and select Add Element from the shortcut menu. Stacked shift registers let you access data from previous loop iterations. Stacked shift registers remember values from previous iterations and carry those values to the next iterations.
Stacked shift registers, as shown in Figure 2, can only occur on the left side of the loop because the right terminal only transfers the data generated from the current iteration to the next iteration.
Figure 2
Figure 2 (stackshiftregex.png)
If you add two more elements to the left terminal, values from the last three iterations carry over to the next iteration, with the most recent iteration value stored in the top shift register. The second terminal stores the data passed to it from the previous iteration, and the bottom terminal stores data from two iterations ago.
Feedback Nodes
feedback.png The Feedback Node, shown in Media 4, appears automatically in a For Loop or While Loop if you wire the output of a subVI, function, or group of subVIs and functions to the input of that same VI, function, or group. Like a shift register, the Feedback Node stores data when the loop completes an iteration, sends that value to the next iteration of the loop, and transfers any data type. Use the Feedback Node to avoid unnecessarily long wires in loops. The Feedback Node arrow indicates in which direction the data flows along the wire.
You also can select the Feedback Node on the Structures palette and place it inside a For Loop or While Loop. If you place the Feedback Node on the wire before you branch the wire that connects the data to the tunnel, the Feedback Node passes each value to the tunnel. If you place the Feedback Node on the wire after you branch the wire that connects data to the tunnel, the Feedback Node passes each value back to the input of the VI or function and then passes the last value to the tunnel. The Accessing Previous Data VIexercise contains an example of this behavior.
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What happened on this day in history: The U.S.S. Maine explodes, the first Teddy Bear is sold, and more from February 15th.
1564: Galileo Galilei Is Born
Galileo Galilei is born in Pisa, Italy. An astronomer, physicist, and engineer sometimes referred to as the father of modern science, Galilei is credited with inventing an early version of the thermometer and a more advanced telescope that allowed him to study the cosmos. His belief that the universe consisted of planets circling the sun — and not the Sun circling the Earth, as stated by the Catholic Church — resulted in his trial before the Roman Inquisition and subsequent house arrest, which lasted until his death in 1642.
1898: The U.S.S. Maine Explodes
The U.S.S. Maine explodes in Cuba's Havana Harbor. More than half of the sailors aboard the ship died, and a subsequent inquiry ruled that the Maine had been blown up by a mine. This helped drum up support for the United States to declare war on Spain — leading to the Spanish-American War — but recent research has suggested that the explosion was caused by an accidental fire, not an underwater mine.
1903: The First Teddy Bear Goes On Sale
The first Teddy bear goes on sale. The toy was popularized after the public learned that President Theodore Roosevelt had refused to shoot a bear that his aides had tied up for him to kill during a hunt. A cartoonist depicted the incident in the Washington Post, which led to the widespread sale of teddy bear toys.
1939: "Butcher Baker" Serial Killer Robert Hansen Is Born
Robert Hansen is born in Estherville, Iowa. A serial killer known as the "Butcher Baker," Hansen abducted, raped, and murdered at least 17 women in and around Anchorage, Alaska, between 1971 and 1983. Hansen captured and then released many of his victims into the wild just so that he could hunt them down.
1965: The Maple Leaf Becomes Canada's Official Flag
The maple leaf is inaugurated as Canada's national flag. The maple leaf had long been a symbol of Canadian identity and this new flag replaced previous versions that featured the British Union Jack. Ever since, February 15th has been celebrated as National Flag of Canada Day.


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Practices at: BMI The Park Hospital
He is lead cancer clinician for the Urology Department and member of the International Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer Collaboration. He is also Director of the Nottingham Fellowship in Robotic and Laparoscopic Urology, and has extensive expertise in robotic surgery for prostate and renal cancer.
In 2014, he performed East Midland's first robotic prostatectomy, and has since introduced robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic pyeloplasty, laparoscopic retroperitoneal nephrectomy and local anaesthetic transperineal (LATP) prostate biopsy to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He is a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Executive Committee in Urological Oncology, a reviewer for the BJUI, Journal of Urology and European Urology, and has published extensively in the field of urological cancer.
Tom Walton qualified with a first-class honours degree from Nottingham University Medical School in 1998. After basic surgical training he undertook a period of research focusing on the molecular basis of prostate cancer, leading to the award of Doctor of Medicine.
His urology training was undertaken in the Trent region, during which time he spent a dedicated fellowship year training in laparoscopic surgery. In 2010, Tom was awarded the Keith Yeates Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons for outstanding performance in the FRCS(Urol) examinations.
Following completion of surgical training he spent a further year training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology in Melbourne, Australia under the tutelage of Professor Anthony Costello and Professor Declan Murphy.
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A Hybrid approach for PNN-Based MRI Brain Tumor Classification and Patient Detail Authentication Using Separable Reversible Hiding
The objective of this study is to employ Probabilistic Neural Network with MRI image and data processing techniques to implement an automated brain tumor classification and to propose a novel scheme for separable reversible data hiding in encrypted MRI images. Medical Resonance images (MRI) contain a noise caused by operator performance which can lead to serious inaccuracies in classification. The use of artificial intelligent techniques for instant, neural networks, and fuzzy logic show great potential in this field. Hence, in the classification process, Probabilistic Neural Network is applied. Decision making is performed in two stages: feature extraction using the principal component analysis and the Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN).In authentication phase, the medical practitioners can encrypt the original uncompressed image using an encryption key. Then, data-hiding is performed by compressing the least significant bits of the encrypted image to create a sparse space to accommodate patient information. If the receiver has the encryption key, the additional data and the original content can be encrypted and recovered without any error by exploiting the spatial correlation in natural image. Probabilistic Neural Network gives fast and accurate classification and isa promising tool for classification of the tumors and separable reverse hiding technique is an entrusted technique for information authentication.
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Turtle nests: a total of 320 hatchlings this season
Miguela Xuereb
Seven turtle nests around Malta and Gozo have yielded a total of 320 hatchlings during this nesting season, the Environment and Resources Authority said on Friday, noting that this was the most successful turtle nesting season in local recorded history.
On Friday, officials dug up the last known turtle nest at Għadira Bay following a successful incubation period.
This nest yielded a further 10 hatchlings thus bringing the nest's total to 71 hatchlings and bringing this year's turtle nesting season to a successful close.
Out of the seven nests, three went unreported up until the time of hatching.
ERA explained the reasons behind the unsuccessful nests found at St Thomas Bay, Marsaskala and the first reported nest at Għadira Bay.
The low success rate in the case of St Thomas Bay was due to the nest being located in a central part of the beach and thus being exposed to heavy foot traffic.
ERA remarked that this situation showed clearly what can occur if a turtle nest is not properly protected through legal and physical on-site measures such as cordoning. In this instance protection was not given to the nest as it was not reported, hence proper measures could not have been put in place.
In the case of the first reported nest at Għadira Bay, the low success rate can be attributed to the heavy rainfall which was experienced towards the end of the incubation period. ERA noted that the location of the nest was susceptible to flooding due to its elevation and its proximity to the path through which rainwater is discharged to the sea.
The environmental watchdog said that while mitigation measures were implemented through the use of sandbags and gullies, the nest ultimately yielded a total of 17 hatchlings.
ERA thanked Nature Trust Malta, the Environment Ministry, and all the volunteers who contributed their time.


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After performing an aerodynamic analysis in Fluent, the drag coefficient, lift coefficient, pressure coefficient, lift and so on can be analyzed. Resistance and lift coefficients must set before calculating (Solve->Monitor->Create). Make sure to correctly set the reference pressure, projected area and speed values in Report->Reference Values. The pressure coefficient can be displayed in a contour plot (Display->Contours) by selecting Pressure and Pressure coefficient for the variable. It can also be plotted with Plot->XY Plot. Drag and lift can be integrated from Report->Force. Displaying the drag and lift of a wall cell requires custom field function (Define->Custom Field Function) to be created with Pressure * function of projected area in drag or lift direction. It can then be displayed in a contour diagram. Note: The projected area of the wall cell in the x, y, z directions use the mesh variables X Surface Area, Y Surface Area, and Z Surface Area.
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Acoustophoresis: the art of combining acoustics and microfluidics The manipulation of particles is an essential feature of Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices. LOC-systems provide a platform where biochemical assays can be miniaturized, integrated and automated in a simple, portable, fast and cost-efficient way [1]. Acoustophoretic devices are a type of LOC systems in which particles can be moved and spatially localized by sound. An acoustophoretic system is typically made of a chip with embedded


Britain to limit funding for new power-only biomass plants
Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:15pm EDT
* New biomass plants to get subsidy only if they harness heat too
* Subsidy for new plants to apply only up to 400 MW capacity
* State funding for all biomass plants to be phased out by 2027
By John McGarrity
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - New standalone biomass power plants in Britain will not be eligible for some subsidies unless they generate heat at the same time, under new government proposals, meaning many new plants could be cancelled, an industry lobby said.
Britain's government said on Wednesday it aimed to deny public money via guaranteed minimum power prices to dedicated biomass plants that do not generate both heat and electricity.
"The lack of a strike price for new build biomass means support for this important technology has effectively come to an end, and we urge the Government to reconsider," said Gaynor Hartnell, chief executive with the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
She said that as heat output, known as combined heat and power (CHP) could not easily be built into projects that had already been approved, many would be scrapped:
"Developers cannot simply add CHP to these projects retrospectively, so they will most likely be cancelled."
CHP is seen as much more efficient as the heat from power generation is used to warm homes and businesses.
The government is steering a landmark energy bill through parliament that aims to unlock 110 billion pounds ($168 billion) of new energy investment to replace ageing capacity and lower carbon emissions.
Policymakers also plan to restrict subsidies for biomass to 400 megawatts per plant through a different type of subsidy called the Renewables Obligation, as also outlined on Wednesday.
Restrictions on this form of subsidy will only apply to new projects and not conversions from coal-fired power planned by companies such as Drax, Britain's biggest power station.
"It is new, so-called dedicated biomass power stations that will have a cap on subsidies, and not those plants that are switching to wood from coal," a spokeswoman for Drax said.
This means that large scale, controversial imports of wood pellets to Britain will continue.
On Wednesday, Edward Davey, Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, told BBC Radio that importing wood and burning it as biomass was not the long-term answer to the country's energy needs, leading to suggestions that the government was reversing its previously policy of support.
Drax and other large generators switching to biomass from coal will have subsidies phased out by 2027, meaning they will then have to pay all the costs of burning wood instead of the highly-polluting fossil fuel.
"This is something we already knew and does not mark a change in government policy," the Drax spokeswoman added.
Britain's energy ministry said in a statement that it had always been clear that biomass is a transitional technology, "to be replaced by other, lower carbon forms of renewable energy in the medium to long term".
Drax has already converted 660-megawatts of output to biomass, and plans to switch two similar sized units to wood pellets by 2017.
Green groups are concerned that growth in Britain's bioenergy industry will mean the felling of virgin forests for fuel, a practice that was commonplace in Europe and North America before coal was used to power the industrial revolution.
They say that carbon footprint of harvesting trees and shipping wood pellets across the Atlantic is much higher than power companies estimate.
Drax said the fuel it imports has cut emissions in converted units by 80 percent compared with burning seaborne coal, and that the wood used, much of which is sourced in the southern United States, is certified as sustainable.
But not all plants that have switched to biomass have decided to maintain power generation.
Last week, RWE npower said it would close a newly converted 750-megawatt biomass plant at Tilbury by July 21 because of a forecast drop in UK power prices and lack of capital from the Germany-based parent RWE.
Last year Drax scrapped plans to build a new dedicated biomass plant on its site in North Yorkshire, citing the need for better government support.


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Yarra River extraction for open space irrigation
DELWP, City of Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
As a result of changes in land use in central Melbourne, City of Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens have the opportunity to take over licences to extract river water from the Yarra River which is in excess of the needs of the River. In a dense city environment where the delivery of alternative water schemes such as stormwater harvesting or recycled water supply for irrigation can be difficult, the utilisation of 'end of catchment' river water is a valuable possible addition to a water supply portfolio. Securing a fairly reliable alternative water supply could support liveability, sustainability and recreation aims of the Council and the Botanic Gardens.
E2Designlab and CMP were engaged to appraise options for the extraction, treatment and transfer of river water across the city, determining the most efficient scheme and providing a concept design and cost estimate. The extraction of freshwater upstream of Dights Falls required an extensive transfer network to the central city, where several routes were considered, including the reuse of abandoned infrastructure and co-delivery with planned infrastructure. Extraction of brackish water downstream of the Falls was also considered. A comprehensive cost-benefit analysis informed the selection of serviced demands and the selection of the transfer route which would offer the greatest flexibility for the future.
Water Sensitive City Outcomes:
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Machiavelli say a prince can make himself feared without making himself hated?
(a) By giving pardons to criminals.
(b) By leaving people's property alone.
(c) By taking the women away.
(d) By hanging only unpopular criminals.
(a) Political intrigue.
(b) The arms of others.
(c) Free elections.
(d) Appeals to the Pope of Rome.
3. Why is a reputation for cruelty necessary for a prince?
(a) To defend himself from mercenaries.
(b) To show his tough love.
(c) To maintain control of his army.
(d) To keep people from asking too much.
4. What does Machiavelli suggest may make a hereditary ruler unpopular with his people?
(a) Outrageous vices.
(b) Staying away from the princedom for long periods of time.
(c) Using his army to gain more territory.
(d) Never changing the way they are accustomed to being ruled.
5. Why does Machiavelli say that the sultans of Turkey and Egypt had to listen more to the military than to the people?
(a) The people did not understand the threats of invasion.
(b) All the men were drafted into the military.
(c) Their countries were controlled by the military.
(d) The best people were in their militaries.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the two types of government identified by Machiavelli?
3. How does Machiavelli think New Dominions were formed?
5. Aside from granting favors to his subjects during a siege, what does Machiavelli suggest a wise prince might do?
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