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Mixing live performance with algorithms and interfaces, A Piece of Work is the second project in Annie Dorsen's "algorithmic theater" series. A digital Hamlet for a post-humanist age, A Piece of Work deploys a set of ingeniously designed computer algorithms to generate real-time adaptations of Shakespeare's original play. New scenes, songs, scores and visuals emerge from an intricate web of technology. With an introduction by Dorsen, and screen-shots of the system as it runs, this book elaborates both the technological and the poetic procedures of algorithmic theater.


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 Alcohol and tobacco, and the risk of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Latin America: a case-control study.
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 adverse effects, Tobacco, epidemiology, Smoking, Risk Factors, Middle Aged, Male, Latin America, Humans, etiology, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Female, Ethanol, Case-Control Studies, Carcinoma, Alcohol Drinking, Aged, 80 and over, Aged, Adult
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 Cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT; including oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus) have high incidence rates all over the world, and they are especially frequent in some parts of Latin America. However, the data on the role of the major risk factors in these areas are still limited. We have evaluated the role of alcohol and tobacco consumption, based on 2,252 upper aerodigestive squamous-cell carcinoma cases and 1,707 controls from seven centres in Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba. We show that alcohol drinkers have a risk of UADT cancers that is up to five times higher than that of never-drinkers. A very strong effect of aperitifs and spirits as compared to other alcohol types was observed, with the ORs reaching 12.76 (CI 5.37-30.32) for oesophagus. Tobacco smokers were up to six times more likely to develop aerodigestive cancers than never-smokers, with the ORs reaching 11.14 (7.72-16.08) among current smokers for hypopharynx and larynx cancer. There was a trend for a decrease in risk after quitting alcohol drinking or tobacco smoking for all sites. The interactive effect of alcohol and tobacco was more than multiplicative. In this study, 65% of all UADT cases were attributable to a combined effect of alcohol and tobacco use. In this largest study on UADT cancer in Latin America, we have shown for the first time that a prevailing majority of UADT cancer cases is due to a combined effect of alcohol and tobacco use and could be prevented by quitting the use of either of these two agents.
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Students will engage in hands-on learning using FOSS kits, to practice problem-solving skills, develop positive scientific attitudes, learn new science content, and increase their scientific literacy. Mott Hall Science & Technology Academy utilizes Glencoe Science products that helps teachers differentiate and accommodate all learners! A range of labs, content area reading, discussion strategies, note-taking tools, and activities provides students with multiple experiences of each Science Standard. In sixth grade, our units of study include simple and complex machines, weather, diversity of life, and interdependence.Students are expected to work in pairs and groups, conduct experiments, gather data, and draw conclusions about the world around them. As a department wen work towards helping students become experienced scientists. We also encourage the exploration of social & ethical questions relating to science.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE"The study of science fires pupils' curiosity about phenomena in the world around them and offers opportunities to find explanations. It engages learners at many levels, linking direct practical experience with scientific ideas. Experimentation and modelling are used to develop and evaluate explanations, encouraging critical and creative thought. Pupils learn how knowledge and understanding in science are rooted in evidence. They learn to question and discuss issues that may affect their own lives, the directions of societies and the future of the world. "
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The trail left in space by using an Interstellar Drive.
The Interstellar Drive is an upgradable passive tool that allows spaceships to travel between stars.
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The Interstellar Drive is effectively a second engine (in addition to the basic engine that spaceships utilize) that is only engaged when traveling between stars. The speed of the engine slowly increases as the ship travels to an incredibly fast speed: hundreds of times faster than the speed of light. For example, light takes 4.2 years to travel from Earth's nearest star, other than the sun, to Earth itself. The Interstellar Drive allows ships to travel there in roughly one second. Providing a ship had infinite Energy, a ship could use the drive to travel from the end of one of the galaxy's arms to the centre in roughly 2 minutes. The drive cannot be used to simply travel through space: its high speed means that this would be hazardous as collisions with other space bodies would be high. The drive can only be used to 'jump' between stars. The pilots of a ship plot in the co-ordinates of a planet and the drive takes them there, through one (or a series of) jump(s). If a destination cannot be directly plotted, then the ship will use the drive to jump between several stars in order to reach a destination. All races, when progressing into the space stage, acquire the knowledge of how to construct the Interstellar Drive through alien knowledge. The power of their initial drives, however, is low, and frequent jumps must be plotted in order to traverse the galaxy. The early drive is also inefficient on energy/fuel, and therefore is much more costly.
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Default at start of Space stage 3 "Your basic interstellar drive, allows you to leave your solar system."
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Frequent Flyer 2 or
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5 "Increases your spaceship's travel range."
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Frequent Flyer 3 or
Gopher 2 badge, and
Interstellar Drive 2
7 "Increases your spaceship's travel range."
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Frequent Flyer 4 or
Gopher 3 badge, and
Interstellar Drive 3
12 "Increases your spaceship's travel range."
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Frequent Flyer 5 or
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Interstellar Drive
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The San Luis Demonstration Treatment Plant, located in Firebaugh Ca. is a Water Treatment Plant for the US Department of Interior; Bureau of Reclamation. The scope involved constructing a pilot project to demonstrate the effectiveness of treating ground water to remove heavy metals and contaminants. The water treatment plant has pressure filters, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis and advanced biological metal removal system. A distribution system involved several miles of HDPE pipe and new vertical turbine pumps that brought in the water from the farm fields to the treatment plant.
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At first contact Czechs may often seem cautious and impersonal and/or indifferent, but with a tactful approach they might become effectively engaged. You have to consider the language barrier if you don't speak reasonably fluent Czech. However, even a few words of Czech will make a good impression. Not too many Czechs are able to communicate in English or French at a comfortable level.
Czechs almost never go straight to the point and meetings start with some small talk. They like very much negotiating and the first meeting is usually just for discussion on a general level. After the first meeting, they decide whether to continue or not. You should be well prepared and remember to allow enough time.
As in most parts of the world, topics such as weather or "where are you from" are safe to begin your conversation with. Explanations regarding the purpose of your visit might also work as an ice-breaker. No special taboos exists, except that vulgarities/obscenities should be avoided as in any other country. Otherwise, anything positive that the person can relate to can break the ice; for instance, it is advisable to know at least a couple of names of Czech players in the NHL.
As Czech culture is characterized by the relatively strong sense of masculinity, other suitable general topics for a conversation are sports, beer, and politics with man, or shopping or prices with women. Czechs are usually critical of politicians but foreigners are not supposed to volunteer their opinion on Czech politics. If you want to speak about politics, remember to be neutral. For instance, don't get dragged into criticizing the former communists (or the communist regime) unless you are sure that this is not controversial topic with you're the person you are talking to; remember that he or she might be one of the former or current communists. (Even now, one in five Czechs votes for the not-too-reformed Communist Party.)
Humour is part of traditional Czech culture, sometimes this is a "wetter" kind of humour than British or Canadian "dry" humour. This does not necessarily mean a "black" humour; at the same time, it is often a humour without any political correctness, sometimes containing "racial slurs." It is also extremely important to realize that Czech have two modes of speaking to one another: a) "vykání" or "polite form"—using the 2nd person plural when talking to an adult; and b) "tykání" or "familiar form"—using the 2nd person singular when talking to a good friend, family member, or a child. When talking in Czech to an adult in the Czech Republic you must always use the polite form (vykání) unless the person asked you to use the familiar mode.
Czechs have, perhaps, a stronger sense of etiquette than Canadians. Coughing or yawning without covering your mouth, spitting in public, littering, chewing a gum when talking to another person, or not offering a seat to an older person or woman on public transit, etc. are considered impolite if not socially unacceptable. Don't forget to behave with a special courtesy to women.
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When encountering a Czech person for the first time from the country they will instantly make you feel welcome. If you tell them that you are from North America the locals initiate a conversation with you. They want to have the knowledge of our culture and determine the differences between us and their own culture. Conversations topics are usually on how the country is filled with cultural richness, arts, music and food. You're always surrounded by humour (lots of dirty jokes). Laughter comes from their history of overcoming hardship and winning victories. The one topic of conversation to be avoided is politics which always leads to debates about communism and the fall of communism. This topic always seem to leave people very bitter.
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Regional /local background, level of education, and individual temperament are key factors in determining peoples' level of comfort with touching and gestures.
Although Czechs generally have quite a developed sense of space in personal dealings with one another, the actual distance depends very much on the context of the situation and the individual inclinations of persons involved. Distance is usually greater when speaking or dealing with not-yet-familiar people. The best guidance here is to observe. After an initial obligatory handshake, gauge each person's degree of comfort with touching and their preference for personal space, and then adjust as needed while maintaining your own level of comfort.
Regular eye contact is required if you want to be judged as trustworthy. Czechs will not necessarily maintain continuous eye contact (especially when they take their time to "think through" their response), but it is considered a sign of ill or "suspicious" intentions if a person refuses to make or is avoiding eye contact.
It is customary to shake hands with both men and women when greeting them. There are set rules for initiating a handshake. For example, it is expected that one should wait until an older person or a woman offers a handshake. In a familiar setting it may be customary that men and women will give each other a hug and /or kiss on each cheek; however, foreigners are advised not to initiate such actions. While talking, men generally do not touch other men unless they have reached a fairly high level of familiarity and comfort with that person. If one of the two persons is of significantly higher age or prestige, he/she might initiate occasional touching to show his/her assurances or for emphasis. This practice applies to a lesser degree for contact between men and women and it is usually considered a test of "good manners" that a man does not initiate any touching. The rules for a woman touching another woman are similar to those for men.
Czechs make relatively little use of gestures, though perhaps they use them slightly more than Canadians. It is interesting to note that they find a lot of gesturing annoying and ill-mannered. There are some gestures that are considered rude: waving a lifted fist, waiving a pointed index finger, pointing at someone, and especially pointing one's finger to one's forehead. A common, if not overly polite way of showing disapproval is by moving one's head from the right to the left while frowning.
Canadian perspective
In the Czech culture, hand gestures are a part of who they are. A non-local may sit and watch a conversation and actually know what is going on through movement and facial expressions. When my husband visited the country for the first time, he had no knowledge of the language at all and he managed to haggle the price of a pair of shoes to half its price simply through the use of hand gestures.
Though they are very accepting of visitors it is important to be more soft spoken to the older generation. Form of verbs and pronouns are the same in Czech as in French, to be formal you use third person (similar to vous) and not as formal you use (the equivalent of tu). Czech people are very loud and expressive and yet very formal and well spoken. They will get very insulted if a person is not well mannered. A simple handshake at every gathering is well received.
Display of emotion
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Public displays of affection or anger might be more frequently observable in the Czech Republic than is the case with English Canadians but it differs significantly from one individual to another. It is not a matter whether such displays are "acceptable" but rather that they are tolerated to a larger degree than is the norm in Canada.
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I find it ironic that such an expressive culture can be so evasive towards public affection. Pornographic magazines are on full view on every newsstand, television is very explicit with a lot of nudity and the younger generation is very uninhibited in its fashion statements. Public affection is almost taboo, but getting angry in public or loud is just a way of being demonstrative.
Dress, punctuality & formality
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Work styles and dress code differ between workplaces but it is important to be punctual, orderly, and clean. The norm of working relationship at workplaces is slightly more formal than in Canada. Generally, Czechs are becoming increasingly informal. Women tend to dress nicely and wear sophisticated makeup in the "white-collar" workplace. The bigger the organization and the higher placed officials you visit, the more formal dress is expected, especially if you are to meet people for the first time in their official capacity.
Supervisors, colleagues, or anybody whom you meet for the first time must not be addressed by the first name, unless there is a mutual agreement to do so - which can sometimes come at an informal party but, more often than not, never. Using a person's professional or academic title - "Pane Profesore", "Pane Doktore", etc. - or "Pane", "Paní" (Mr. or Mrs.) with the last name are the only appropriate ways of addressing an adult until otherwise agreed.
In most Czech workplaces deadlines usually come with the expectation that they will be met; although there is often some degree of flexibility. When meeting the deadline is uncertain, people will often negotiate in good faith and/or try to explain or apologize. It is rather uncommon to work considerable overtime in order to meet a deadline, though the nature of the workplace, significance of the task ahead, or institutional custom may sometimes require it. The approach to time in terms of productivity awareness, absenteeism, etc. differs significantly between workplaces. In some of them, attitudes inherited from the former communist regime might prevail; in such workplaces disregard for the time factor is rather high and morale rather low. Also, on average, Czechs call in more paid "sick days" than in most other countries in Europe, if only to take


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A comprehensive comparison and analysis of soil screening values derived and used in China and the UK
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Journal publication date1/01/2020
JournalEnvironmental Pollution
Volume256
Number of pages9
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Early online date19/10/19
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China and the UK use different risk-based approaches to derive soil screening or guideline values (SSVs; SGVs) for contaminants. Here we compare the approaches and the derived values for 6 illustrative contaminants. China's SSVs are derived using an approach developed in the US as follows: for carcinogens, acceptable level of risk (ACR) is set at 10−6 and the SSVs calculated as 10−6 divided by the soil exposure and toxicity data; for non-carcinogens, the hazard quotient is 1 and the SSV is calculated as 1 divided by the soil exposure and toxicity data. The UK's SGVs are calculated by the CLEA model, for which the Average Daily Exposure (ADE) from soil sources by a specific exposure route equals the health criteria values (HCVs) for that route, whether for carcinogens or a non-carcinogens. The UK's CLEA model is also used here to derive SSVs with Chinese input parameters. China's SSVs, the UK's SGVs and values for Chinese conditions derived using the UK approach were as follows (mg/kg): As, <1, 35, 20; Cd, 20, 18, 11; Cr (VI), <1, 14, 29; benzene, 1, 1, 2; toluene, 1200, 3005, 3800; ethyl-benzene, 7, 930, 1200. By comparing the differences in toxicity assessment and risk characterization, exposure assessment and parameter types in the methodologies to obtain SSVs in China and the UK, and by combining the CLEA model with Chinese parameterisation, these comparisons highlight that the difference in toxicity assessment and risk characterization methods of carcinogens results in the biggest difference in SSVs between the 2 countries. However, for non-carcinogenic substances, the difference of SSVs calculation method and SSVs is small. The difference in SSVs for carcinogenic substances is also related to the route of exposure. For volatile organic compounds, the presence of indoor respiratory exposure pathways greatly reduces the differences caused by toxicity assessment and risk characterization methods. For non-volatile substances such as heavy metals, the effects of toxicity assessment and risk characterization methods are significant. The SSV of As obtained by the CLEA model with Chinese parameters is closer to the background value of soil in China. In the management of non-volatile contaminated sites such as heavy metals in China, the CLEA model can be used for risk assessment and calculation of site specific SSVs. In the future, China can use the UK method to strengthen its toxicity assessment and risk characterization methods for carcinogenic substances, to reduce the uncertainty in the risk assessment of contaminated sites and improve the scientific management of contaminated sites.


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The thematic field is dedicated to the conception, development and prototypical implementation of IT-based, everyday assisting applications for home and mobile use.
In the context of demographic change, ifak researches and develops concepts and IT-based solutions for maintaining independence at home into old age.
The ifak develops intelligent assistance systems to support people with impaired mobility in order to maintain their independence even outside of their home into old age.
The thematic field focuses on the design of systems for a secure and intuitive knowledge management of diverse personal, vital and operational data. In order to ensure a consistent exchange of data between all actors involved, the interoperability and standardization of applications, data models and data structures are considered. The activities focus on ease of use, data security and data protection.


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frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty
Jacob's prophecy, "Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf" (Gen. 49:27), represents the warlike character of that tribe (see Judg. 19-21).
Isaiah represents the peace of Messiah's kingdom by the words, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb" (Isa. 11:6).
The habits of the wolf are described in Jer. 5:6; Hab. 1:8; Zeph. 3:3; Ezek. 22:27; Matt. 7:15; 10:16; Acts 20:29.
Wolves are still sometimes found in Palestine, and are the dread of shepherds, as of old.


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I think the only way to eliminate the jitter is to write your own animate function that actually calls position every time the size is changed. selection is a jQuery plugin that operate selection text/caret. NET Ajax(MicrosoftMvcValidation. fixedTableRC is a jQuery plug-in for converting a well formatted HTML table to a scrollable table with fixed table header and columns. Here you can try an example form with all the security validators in action. The test layer On this page I give the necessary code to find out where an element is on the page. Built by Kyle Fox. e: myCustomDialog. css( 'left' ) vs. position() method returns an object with 2 properties, top and left, which represent the top and left positions in pixels. jQuery UI is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library. jQuery UI Draggable - Auto-scroll: 9. jQuery Documentation. Whether you're building highly interactive web applications or you just need to add a date picker to a form control, jQuery UI is the perfect choice. Removing all the stuff about the offset, you can easily get the X, Y coordinates of the click relative to the browser window. bPopup is a lightweight jQuery modal popup plugin. To access a selector, use the jQuery symbol $, followed by parentheses. The Element. If not using CSS transitions, you may include plugins/jquery. This helps illustrate where you must place the markup for the pre-rendered popup widget in relation to the jQuery Mobile page on which it is to appears. The position() method is an inbuilt method in jQuery which is used to find the position of the first matched element relative to its parent element in the DOM tree. But as jQuery is built on top of JavaScript so you can use them with jQuery as well. This is a standalone jQuery plugin and has no dependencies on other jQuery UI components. 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TRANSSHIPMENT STATION FOR URBAN SOLID WASTE: AN ANALYSIS CONSIDERING CITY LOGISTICS CONCEPTS
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LEISE KELLI DE OLIVEIRA, RENATA LÚCIA MAGALHÃES DE OLIVEIRA, LILIAN SILVIA TEIXEIRA DE AVELAR RUEDA
In this paper we analyze the impact of a transshipment station on the urban solid waste management, considering the trade-off among (i) transportation and operational costs of the transshipment; (ii) operational costs of the trips considering the transshipment station; and (iii) costs for the collection trips from the districts directly to the landfill. The study was carried out in the city of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), which produces 1,730 tons of urban solid waste per day. We have evaluated three scenarios: (i) baseline scenario, in which part of the solid waste is consolidated on a transshipment station and the other part is destined directly to the landfill; (ii) transport direct to the landfill; and (iii) consolidation of all solid waste on the transshipment station. We have evaluated these scenarios considering the cost of collecting and transporting the solid waste. We then analyzed the correlation between cost and distances: distance and total transportation cost have a positive correlation, and distance has a negative correlation with the unitary transportation cost (R$/km), i.e., when the distance increases, the cost of transportation per kilometer decreases. Our results indicate that the transshipment station has economic advantages for consolidating and transporting solid waste to a landfill. However, direct transport to a landfill is more profitable if the transportation cost (R$/km) increases up to 9.28%. If the transportation cost increases more than 15%, the operation cost of a transshipment station can increase up to 62%. However, an efficient operation in the transshipment station is critical to ensure this level of profit. Finally, the location of the transshipment station is imperative, and baseline scenario presents a better network for the urban solid waste logistics management.
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2020-01-12
Implementation technical details
The ddpcr package makes extensive use of the S3 class inheritance system in R. The plate object is implemented as an S3 object of class ddpcr_plate with the R list as its base type. S3 objects are used for two main purposes: to override the behaviour of some base R functions when applied to plate objects, and to allow plate objects to inherit characteristics of other plate objects.
A plate object is a list
Every S3 object has a base type upon which it is built. The base type of a plate object is a list, as it allows for an easy way to bundle together the several different R objects describing a plate into one. All information required to analyze a plate is part of the plate object. Every plate object contains the following nine items:
Except for the version and dirty flag, all other seven items in the plate's list have corresponding getter and setter functions for convenience. For example, the name of a dataset can be retrieved with a call to name(plate) and can be modified with a call to name(plate) <- "my data". The only information about a plate object that is not inside the plate's list is the plate type. The plate's type is already stored as the plate object's class in order for S3 to function, so including the plate type in the list would be redundant.
Using S3 for plate objects to override base generic functions
Since the plate object is an S3 object, it can benefit from the use of generic functions. There are three common generic functions that the plate object implements: print(), plot(), and subset(). The print() and plot() generics are very often implemented for S3 classes, and they are especially useful for plate objects. The print() method does not take any extra arguments and is used to print a summary of a plate object in a visually appealing way to the console. It gives an overview of the most important parameters of the plate such as its type and name, as well as the current analysis state of a plate. The plot() method generates a scatterplot of every well in the plate object and can be highly customizable using the many arguments it implements. While the base plot() method uses base R graphics, the plot() method for ddpcr_plate objects uses the 'ggplot2' package. The subset() generic is overridden by a method that can be called to retain a subset of wells from a larger plate. The subset() method uses two additional arguments, wells and samples, to specify which wells to select.
Using S3 for plate objects to support inheritance
Inheritance means that every plate type has a parent plate type from which it inherits all its features, but specific behaviour can be added or modified. In ddpcr, transitive inheritance is implemented, which means that features are inherited from all ancestors rather than only the most immediate one. Multiple inheritance is not supported, meaning that each plate object can only have one parent.
The notion of inheritance is an important part of the ddpcr package, as it allows ddPCR data from different assay types to share many properties. For example, PN/PP assays are first treated using the analysis steps common to all ddPCR experiments, and then gated with an assay-specific step, so PN/PP assays can be thought of as inheriting the analysis from general ddPCR assays. Furthermore, FAM-positive and HEX-positive assays (defined in Section 2.1) are both PN/PP assays that share many similarities, so they can be thought of as inheriting many properties of a PN/PP assay. Another benefit of the ddpcr inheritance is that it allows any user to easily extend the functionality of the package by adding custom ddPCR plate types.
Analysis of different built-in plate types
The most basic plate type is ddpcr_plate, and every plate type inherits from it, either directly or by inheriting from other plate types that are descendants of ddpcr_plate. This is useful because it means that all functionality that is common to all ddPCR experiments is implemented once for ddpcr_plate, and every other plate type automatically inherits all the methods that ddpcr_plate has. When a new plate object is created (with the new_plate() function) without specifying a plate type, the ddpcr_plate type is assumed.
Calling the analyze() function on any plate will result in running the ddPCR data through a series of steps that are defined for the given plate type, and the read droplets will be assigned to one of several clusters associated with the given plate type. The exact set of analysis steps and potential clusters are determined by the plate type. Plates of type ddpcr_plate have four possible droplet clusters: "undefined" for any droplet that has not been assigned a cluster yet, "failed" for droplets in failed wells, "outlier" for outlier droplets, and "empty" for droplets without any template in them. Plates of type ddpcr_plate have 4 analysis steps: "INITIALIZE", "REMOVE_FAILURES", "REMOVE_OUTLIERS", and "REMOVE_EMPTY". This means that any plate that is created will perform these basic steps of removing failed wells, outlier droplets, and empty droplets. Other plate types inherit the same clusters and steps by default, and can alter them to be more appropriate for each specific type. For example, PN/PP plate types use the same clusters, as well as three more: "rain", "positive" (PP), and "negative" (PN). PN/PP plate types also use the same list of steps as the base type, with the addition of steps at the end to perform droplet gating.
How the analysis steps work
The most important functionality of the ddpcr package is the ability to programmatically analyze a plate's droplet data. As described above, a plate object contains a list of ordered steps that can be accessed via the steps() command. The value of each element in the list refers to the name of the function that implements that analysis step. For example, the last step in the analysis of a basic plate of type ddpcr_plate is "remove_empty", which means that the remove_empty() function is automatically called when the analysis pipeline reaches this step.
One of the several properties of a plate object that is stored in the plate's underlying list object is its status. The status of a plate is simply an integer that indicates how many analysis steps have been taken. When a plate is created, the first step of initialization runs automatically, and the plate's status is set to one. To analyze a plate, the analyze() or next_step() functions are used. The next_step() runs the next step by examining the plate's list of steps and its current state to determine what function to call. The analyze() function can be used to run the full analysis pipeline on a plate, as it simply calls next_step() repeatedly until the analysis is completed.
There are several commonalities among all functions that implement the analysis steps:


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Why the need for the Flight Corridor Safety Program?
The Flight Corridor Safety Program's purpose is to maintain the flight paths to and from SEA by removing obstructions that would impede safe and efficient takeoffs and landings. To date, all obstructions identified around SEA have been trees.
These trees either were penetrating the airport's airspace or were expected to grow tall enough, within approximately the next five years, to penetrate the airport's airspace and pose a hazard to flight operations.
The FAA requires the Port of Seattle to ensure there are no obstructions on or around SEA that could affect flight safety. Obstructions hazardous to air navigation are defined by the FAA as features that "affect the safe and efficient use of navigable airspace and the operation of planned or existing air navigation and communication facilities."
Washington state law expressly identifies obstructions that "in effect reduce the size of the area available for the landing, taking-off, and maneuvering of aircraft thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein" as "airport hazards." This provision also declares that the creation or establishment of airport hazards is a "public nuisance."
Rules & Regulations Serving as the Basis for the Program
- Federal Aviation Regulation Part 77 — Safe, Efficient Use, and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace
- Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139 — Certification of Airports
- FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300.13B — Airport Design (.pdf)
- FAA Airport Improvement Program Grant Assurances for Airport Sponsors (.pdf)
- Revised Code of Washington 14.12.020, Airport Hazards Contrary to Public Interest
- Revised Code of Washington 14.08.030, Acquisition of Property and Easements — Eminent Domain — Encroachments Prohibited
Example of FAA Protected Surfaces
50:1 Approach Surface Example
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Microbial adhesion in flow displacement systems
Onderzoeksoutputpeer review
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Flow displacement systems are superior to many other (static) systems for studying microbial adhesion to surfaces because mass transport and prevailing shear conditions can be adequately controlled and notoriously ill-defined slight rinsing steps to remove so-called "loosely adhering organisms" can be avoided. In this review, we present the basic background required to calculate mass transport and shear rates in flow displacement systems, focusing on the parallelplate flow chamber as an example. Critical features in the design of flow displacement systems are discussed, as well as different strategies for data analysis. Finally, selected examples of working with flow displacement systems are given for diverse biomedical applications.
Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)127-141
Aantal pagina's15
TijdschriftClinical microbiology reviews
Volume19
Nummer van het tijdschrift1
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StatusPublished - jan.-2006
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Forest Gourmet Club 2021
"Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity." – Guy Fieri
Includes: VOS instructor, cooking gears, ingredients and follow up debrief notes.
Dates: September 12, 19, 26 and October 3, 17.
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Price: $55/person/Saturday or $185.00 for four Saturdays.
Instructor: Melissa Ellingham
Forest Gourmet Club Overview:
With years of experience in the culinary industry, our certified chef, Melissa Ellingham, is interweaving her passion for health and the outdoors to create a space for youth to safely explore the joys of cooking. Forest Gourmet Club will be focusing on nutritious, family-friendly foods while incorporating as many seasonal and local ingredients as possible. Each week we will focus on new skills and different cuisine. All cookware and ingredients will be provided.
Understanding wellness; how nutrition, movement, rest, and emotional health create a healthy body.
Cooking safely, consistently, and efficiently
Knife safety, etiquette, and chopping techniques (julienne, dice, mince, etc)
Minimizing food waste; how to use every part of the ingredient
Organization and cleanliness; basic FoodSafe lessons and time management.
Cooking methods (stewing, roasting, poaching, frying, etc) and how they structurally affect the ingredient.
Cultural awareness; using food as a tool to explore the world while we are stuck inside.
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In addition, we will also be following the BC Centre for Disease Control's "COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for Child Care Settings". These guidelines can be found here.


A few years ago, I posted about how to extract the contents of an MSI file without having to go through the process of installing it. The tool used to do this was called Less MSIerables. This tool does do the job, but the UI is a bit clunky to use, it has a few bugs, and occasionally fails to extract the contents of a file. On top of this, it looks like this tool is not actively developed (it was last updated in 2005), so I recently started to look for an alternative.
It turns out that Microsoft provide this functionality as part of MSIExec that comes as part of the Windows installer. To extract the contents of any MSI file, simply run the following:
msiexec.exe /a installer.msi /qb TARGETDIR=C:\temp
This will extract the complete contents of the MSI file to the specified directory.
msi


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How to play bunny run 2018 game:
- On the computer, use the mouse to play.
- On the mobile, touch the screen to play.
- Your task here is Click your mouse to jump. Dodge bears, spikes, and reach the door.
- Playing this game helps children to be clever with their hands, improve their logical thinking. Besides, this game also helps children explore the world more.


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Mood and Memory"Clear thinking" can mean many things. It can mean feeling less worry and more optimism, or it can mean being less forgetful. But no matter how you define it, clear thinking is essential to good health. The first step toward better clarity is properly feeding your brain. Let me explain how you can do that, according to your specific need.
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database example'),
 ('07 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t2':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t2' VALUES ('11 Test Basic database example'),
 ('12 Test Basic database example'),
 ('13 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t3':
INSERT INTO util_test.t3 VALUES (1, '14 test fkeys'),
 (2, '15 test fkeys'),
 (3, '16 test fkeys');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t4':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t4' VALUES (3, 2);
#...done.
If the database to be exported does not contain only InnoDB tables and you want to ensure data integrity of the exported data by locking the tables during the read step, add a --locking=lock-all option to the command:
shell> mysqldbexport --server=root:pass@localhost \
 --export=DATA --bulk-insert util_test --locking=lock-all
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE 'util_test';
# Exporting data from 'util_test'
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t1':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('01 Test Basic database example'),
 ('02 Test Basic database example'),
 ('03 Test Basic database example'),
 ('04 Test Basic database example'),
 ('05 Test Basic database example'),
 ('06 Test Basic database example'),
 ('07 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t2':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t2' VALUES ('11 Test Basic database example'),
 ('12 Test Basic database example'),
 ('13 Test Basic database example');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t3':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t3' VALUES (1, '14 test fkeys'),
 (2, '15 test fkeys'),
 (3, '16 test fkeys');
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t4':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t4' VALUES (3, 2);
#...done.
To export a database and include the replication commands to use the current server as the master (for example, to start a new slave using the current server as the master), use the following command:
shell> mysqldbexport --server=root@localhost:3311 util_test \
 --export=both --rpl-user=rpl:rpl --rpl=master -v
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
#
# Stopping slave
STOP SLAVE;
#
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Exporting metadata from 'util_test'
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS 'util_test';
CREATE DATABASE 'util_test';
USE 'util_test';
# TABLE: 'util_test'.'t1'
CREATE TABLE 't1' (
 'a' char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
#...done.
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE 'util_test';
# Exporting data from 'util_test'
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t1':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('01 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('02 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('03 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('04 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('05 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('06 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('07 Test Basic database example');
#...done.
#
# Connecting to the current server as master
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST = 'localhost',
 MASTER_USER = 'rpl',
 MASTER_PASSWORD = 'rpl',
 MASTER_PORT = 3311,
 MASTER_LOG_FILE = 'clone-bin.000001' ,
 MASTER_LOG_POS = 106;
#
# Starting slave
START SLAVE;
#
Similarly, to export a database and include the replication commands to use the current server's master (for example, to start a new slave using the same the master), use the following command:
shell> mysqldbexport --server=root@localhost:3311 util_test \
 --export=both --rpl-user=rpl:rpl --rpl=slave -v
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
#
# Stopping slave
STOP SLAVE;
#
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
# Exporting metadata from util_test
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS 'util_test';
CREATE DATABASE 'util_test';
USE 'util_test';
# TABLE: 'util_test'.'t1'
CREATE TABLE 't1' (
 'a' char(30) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=MEMORY DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
#...done.
# Source on localhost: ... connected.
USE 'util_test';
# Exporting data from 'util_test'
# Data for table 'util_test'.'t1':
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('01 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('02 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('03 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('04 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('05 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('06 Test Basic database example');
INSERT INTO 'util_test'.'t1' VALUES ('07 Test Basic database example');
#...done.
#
# Connecting to the current server's master
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST = 'localhost',
 MASTER_USER = 'rpl',
 MASTER_PASSWORD = 'rpl',
 MASTER_PORT = 3310,
 MASTER_LOG_FILE = 'clone-bin.000001' ,
 MASTER_LOG_POS = 1739;
#
# Starting slave
START SLAVE;
#
PERMISSIONS REQUIRED
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No spectacular Hawk-moths today, nothing even particularly brightly coloured or intriguing at all…except for this little creamy white one with two distinctive black spots and lots of speckles.
I couldn't ID it so turned to Twitter and got an identification from lep expert Sean Foote within minutes – Anania perlucidalis (Hübner, 1809) and about the same time by Chris Knott on the Facebook group "Moths UK Flying Tonight". The species only has an official scientific name, the modern common name is Fenland Pearl, and is not necessarily in the books. In fact, it's not in my book at all under either name, which is perhaps why I struggled to find it.
According to the UK Moths site, it was first seen in the British Isles on a Huntingdonshire fen, just up the road from us here in Cambridgeshire. It's a localised species, lives on fenland and coastal parts of East Anglia and the South East of England. The site says little is known about the lifecycle of this species although it is thought that the larvae feed on Cirsium and Carduus thistles. The Wikipedia is very terse but corroborates it as a June-July and August flyer depending on location and that the larvae feed on Cirsium.


Algorithms for MDX-query generation in multidimensional OLAP-cubes
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When working with multidimensional databases, there is a problem of long time access to data. Most servers that support OLAP-technology store data on disks, thus increasing the access time to the required data. An alternative method to store data is using RAM; this, however, imposes a limitation on the amount of memory. The Palo server is organized in accordance with MOLAP principles, and uses random access memory as data storage. Access to the data and metadata of the server is currently provided only through atomic Web requests. Use of MDX extends the functionality of access to the server, and also unifies the protocol of access to data. The result of the study is the subsystem generating MDX-queries for data retrieval from multidimensional cubes of OLAP-server Palo with interactive graphical interface. The project solved the tasks of analyzing software tools for working with MDX-queries, examining the syntax of an MDX-query for data retrieval, developing algorithms for extracting data and metadata from OLAP-cubes, and implementing the MDX-query generation sub-system for retrieving data from an OLAP-cube with interactive graphical interface. The results can be used to build remote access subsystems to the Palo OLAP-server.


Topic: Gliding in Draco lizards and tree snakes
"The agamid lizard genus Draco (consisting of the so-called 'flying dragons') exhibits an array of morphological traits associated with gliding." – A.P. Russell & L.D. Dijkstra (2001) Journal of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 253, page 457
Gliding geckoThe ability to glide has evolved independently in a surprising diversity of animals, including reptiles, mammals, frogs, ants, fish and even in some species of squid. Gliding is defined as descent through the air at an angle of less than 45° to the horizontal, and this mode of locomotion has been achieved through a range of impressive morphological and behavioural adaptations that generate the required aerodynamic forces (upward 'lift' exceeding air resistance, or 'drag').
Among the distinct mechanisms of gliding that are known, several provide excellent case studies in convergent evolution, as they have evolved repeatedly in unrelated groups. Our current example deals with a number of distantly related reptile species in which we find lateral wing-like membranes (technically termed 'patagia') that are supported by musculo-skeletal adaptations that result in excellent gliding performance: One agamid lizard (Draco, the 'flying dragon') and four lineages of extinct reptiles have independently evolved a pair of gliding membranes that expand laterally from the dorsal trunk region, supported by rod-like structures made of modified, elongated ribs or dermal bone deposits within the skin. The lateral patagia are unfolded through the action of specialised muscles and ligaments, permitting control of direction and velocity in the air.
Gliding membranes
DracoIn the agamid genus Draco, elongated dorsal thoracic ribs support a broad patagium that flares outwards between the fore- and hind-limbs; membrane extension and movement during flight is under voluntary control, dependent on rib-associated muscles and ligaments. Draco glides from tree to tree in search of food, mates, to chase territorial males, and to avoid predators; smaller species (e.g. D.melanopogon and D. quinquefasciatus of Borneo) tend to occupy lower levels of the trees, as their large wing surface area : body mass ratio requires a shorter initial 'ballistic dive' before achieving enough lift for a level glide, whereas larger species (e.g. D. fimbriatus) are high canopy specialists, requiring an initial launch from higher up to generate enough lift to carry their greater body mass. XianglongDorsal ribs have been found to support gliding membranes in several extinct reptiles, including the basal squamate Xianglong zhaoi (Early Cretaceous), Late Triassic lepidosaurs Kuehneosaurus and Icarosaurus siefkeri, and the very distantly related mid-Triassic (220 Ma) archosaur Mecistotrachelos apeoros.
A late Permian lepidosaur has been identified as gliding on a rod-supported patagium, but in this species – Coelurosauravus jaekeli – the support structure is not rib derived, but made of bony material deposited within the skin. CoelurosauravusOur understanding of reptile relationships reveals that these reptiles all evolved rod-supported patagia independently, a conclusion supported by observed variation in patagium outline, aerodynamic properties and precise musculo-skeletal arrangements between species. Indeed, the extinct Xianglong exhibits possibly the most aerodynamic and maneuverable rib-supported patagium, with a typical aerofoil cross section (thickened at the leading edge, tapered to the trailing edge) and wings that were much longer laterally than antero-posteriorly (in contrast to Draco, for example, whose 'wing' patagium is longer in the anterior-posterior dimension than transversely).
Furthermore, Mecistotrachelos was probably more maneuverable than Draco, owing to thickened elongated ribs near the base of its unusually long neck, suggestive of strong muscle attachment for excellent control over its membranous 'wings'. Beyond general comparisons of gliding patagia, the Cretaceous lizard Xianglong points to a more subtle instance of convergent evolution, as it strengthens its patagium with parallel collagen fibres in a manner only seen elsewhere in very distantly related taxa, namely the pterosaurs (capable of true flight) and the Triassic delta-wing glider Sharovipteryx, indicating that these three reptile groups independently converged on the use of collagen fibres to critically reinforce flight membranes.
Gliding tree snakes
Gliding snakeIn discussing reptiles with rib-supported patagia, it would be impossible to avoid a most fascinating group of gliders, namely the gliding tree snakes. Two species of tree snake from the forests of S.E. Asia have been well studied; they are the paradise tree snake Chrysopelea paradisi, and the golden tree snake C. ornata of the snake family Colubridae. These snakes use a uniquely specialised body shape and aerial behaviour to produce controlled glides that equal the performance of the gliding agamid Draco melanopogon. The research of J. J. Socha has shown that Chrysopelea paradisi achieves lift, after jumping into a dive from a perch in the trees, by passing "lateral travelling waves posteriorly along a long dorsoventrally flattened body".
During descent the ribs are splayed outwards so that the ventral (lower) surface is concave, and in combination with stereotypic lateral undulations, the whole body effectively functions as a single, aerodynamic wing. C. paradisi has more concave ventral surface than C. ornata, and it also has lower body mass for its length, making it a better glider than C. ornata, capable of gliding more than twice as far between the trees, chasing prey or avoiding predation. Although not structurally identical to Draco-type gliding lizards, the principle of using expanded ribs is the same, representing a convergent adaptation for generating lift.
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I'm trying to build a simple Scapy script which manually manages 3-way-handshake, makes an HTTP GET request (by sending a single packet) to a web server and manually manages response packets (I need to manually send ACK packets for the response).
Here is the beginning of the script:
import logging
# Import scapy
from scapy.all import *
# beginning of 3-way-handshake
TCP_SYN=TCP(sport=1500, dport=80, flags="S", seq=100, options=[('NOP', None), ('MSS', 1448)])
my_ack = TCP_SYNACK.seq + 1
TCP_ACK=TCP(sport=1500, dport=80, flags="A", seq=101, ack=my_ack)
TCP_PUSH=TCP(sport=1500, dport=80, flags="PA", seq=102, ack=my_ack)
# end of 3-way-handshake
# beginning of GET request
getString = 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n'
request = ip / TCP(dport=80, sport=1500, seq=103, ack=my_ack + 1, flags='A') / getString
# help needed from here...
The script above completes the 3-way-handshake and prepares the HTTP GET request.
Then, I've to send the request through:
Now, after the sending, I should obtain/manually read the response.
My purpose is indeed to read the response by manually sending the ACK packets of the response (this is the main focus of the script).
How can I do that?
Is the send(_) function appropriate, or it's better to use something like response = sr1(request) (but in this case, I suppose ACK are automatically sent)?
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Use sr(), read the data in from every ans that is received (you'll need to parse, as you go, the Content-Length or the chunk lengths depending on whether you're using transfer chunking) then send ACKs in response to the last element in the ans list, then repeat until the end criteria is satisfied (don't forget to include a global timeout, I use eight passes without getting any replies which is 2 seconds).
Make sure sr is sr(req, multi=True, timeout=0.25) or thereabouts. Occasionally as you loop around there will be periods where no packets turn up, that's why HTTP has all those length specs. If the timeout is too high then you might find the server gets impatient waiting for the ACKs and starts re-sending.
Note that when you're using transfer chunking you can also attempt to cheat and just read the 0\r\n\r\n but then if that's genuinely in the data stream... yeah. Don't rely on the TCP PSH, however tempting that may look after a few Wireshark sessions with trivial use-cases.
Obviously the end result isn't a completely viable user-agent, but it's close enough for most purposes. Don't forget to send Keep-Alive headers, RST on exceptions and politely close down the TCP session if everything works.
Remember that RFC 2616 isn't 176 pages long just for giggles.
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Did you try:
responce = sr1(request)
print responce.show2
Also try using a different sniffer like wireshark or tcpdump as netcat has a few bugs.
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We have all seen videos of Golden retrievers happily enjoying a taste of human food. The joy and excitement on their faces are enough to warrant any pet owner to offer them a bite or scoop of whatever they are eating, especially when it comes to ice cream.
Can Golden retrievers eat ice cream? Maybe, depending on the kind of Ice cream it is.
Is Ice Cream Healthy For a Golden Retriever?
Ice cream is delicious, tasty, and refreshing on a very hot day. No Golden Retriever can refuse a scoop of ice-cream. Does that make it healthy for it? Maybe, depending on the type of ice-cream and ingredients used in its manufacture.
Just like many other types of food developed for human consumption, ice-cream is not a dog-friendly food. Store-bought ice-cream contains dairy, a lot of sugar, and certain flavors that can be dangerous to dogs.
Before giving your dog any type of ice-cream, consider asking your veterinarian for their expert opinion. The vet can determine the kind of ice-cream and quantity that should be issued based on your dog's medical history.
Dairy Products And Dogs
Although dairy products are not toxic to dogs, they can cause some serious discomfort. According to an article by Anna Burke "Can Dogs Drink Milk?" most dogs are lactose intolerant and hence have difficulty breaking down and digesting milk. Other dogs have trouble drinking milk, but they can handle other dairy products such as cheese and plain yogurt.
However, some dogs can have adverse reactions to the presence of dairy in their diet and end up having allergic reactions and other health complications.
How can I tell if My Golden Retriever is Lactose Intolerant?
It is not easy to determine whether a dog is lactose intolerant. Usually, a pet owner only finds this out when they offer their pups dairy products.
In other instances, the dog may not be lactose intolerant, however, when it consumes a large amount of milk, ice cream or any other product with dairy, it can induce signs similar to those of lactose intolerance. These include loose stool, gas, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Sugar and Dogs
Just like humans, dogs are attracted to sweet foods. Anything that has sugar would automatically be appealing to dogs' taste buds. It is for this reason that dogs rarely turn down anything that contains sugar, including ice cream, even if it may not be healthy for them.
Sugar provides energy which is crucial in maintaining certain bodily functions and aids in active play. Store-bought dog food and treats often contain a lot of sugar used to mask the bitterness of some of the ingredients used in the food's manufacture.
Just like human beings, the risks of consuming too much sugar are also experienced by dogs, hence, when feeding golden retrievers and any other dog for that matter, ice-cream, it is important to consider the impact it has on the dog's health.
The increased levels of sugar intake can destabilize the dog's healthy diet leading to other health complications.
Additionally, Colleen Paige, the author of The Good Behaviour Book for Dogs: The Most Annoying Bog Behaviours. . . Solved!" claims that the excess sugar in a dog's diet can lead to uncooperative, hyper, and unfocused behavior when they are on a sugar high, and sleepy, lethargic, moody, and irritable behaviors after the sugar-high dissipate.
What about Sugarless Ice-cream?
If sugar is so dangerous, then is it okay to give my golden retriever sugarless ice-cream? Maybe.
Ice cream that is manufactured without sugar is often sweetened with other artificial sweeteners that can be harmful to dogs. Xylitol, for instance, is one such sweetener.
Liz Palika's article, "Dogs and Sugar: Good or Bad?" defined xylitol as sugar alcohol derived from plants. It is very sweet and has a myriad of dental benefits. It is for this reason that it is used in toothpaste, mouthwash, gums, butter, candies, and baked goods.
As beneficial as it is to human beings, it is extremely toxic to dogs. If a dog consumes any product that contains Xylitol, then it can cause the dog's blood sugar levels to drop.
The dog can exhibit symptoms such as vomiting, lethargy, coordination problems, seizures, and eventually liver failure. Hence, when offering your golden retriever sugarless ice-cream, check the ingredients to ensure it does not contain Xylitol.
Ice-cream Flavour and Dogs
One of the reasons ice cream is such a delicacy is because it can be issued in different flavors. From Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla, Coffee, Blueberry, Raspberry, Bubble-gum, just to name a few. As enjoyable as all these flavors are to humans, some are toxic to dogs.
An article by Katherine Ripley, "Can Dogs Eat Ice Cream?" states that chocolate is one of the few flavors that are toxic to dogs because they are not able to process theobromine, a component within chocolate itself.
For the safety of your golden retriever, it is best to ensure that the only flavor of ice-cream given is plain vanilla.
Dangers of feeding Golden Retrievers Ice cream
Like all other dogs, when golden retrievers are given large quantities of ice cream regularly, they are in danger of:
Due to the excess sugar in the body and the inability of insulin to break down all the sugar. This can also be due to the body's inability to utilize the insulin being produced.
Due to the increased calorie intake levels of the dog as a result of added sugars and a destabilized diet
As a result of lactose intolerance
Rapid Liver Failure
Due to the consumption of Xylitol
Hypoglycemia or blood sugar drop
Due to the consumption of Xylitol
- Sugar Addiction
What Kind of Ice-Cream is good for My Golden Retriever?
Clearly, store-bought ice cream poses a great danger to a dog's health. If you are to give your dog ice-cream as a treat, its best to ensure that the ice-cream issued is purely vanilla flavor and does not contain Xylitol.
It is also important to ensure that the quantity is very minimal to guarantee that the dog's healthy diet is not destabilized. A whole scoop is surely too much! However, just a lick or two should be okay.
If you would like to incorporate Ice-cream as a treat for your golden retriever, since there isn't an option where you can get ice-cream that does not contain sugar, dairy, or artificial sweeteners, it is best to make your own Ice cream!
If your dog absolutely has to have ice cream as a treat, then it is crucial to ensure the best, healthier, safer option is selected, this is Home-Made Ice cream. With it, you can regulate the amount of sugar used and additionally ensure that dairy is not present.
The Banana Treat Ice-cream Recipe described below is an example of a simple homemade nice-cream treat for your golden retriever:
Banana Peanut Butter Ice-Cream Treat
3 Ripe Bananas
1 Tablespoon of Peanut Butter
Peel the bananas (Cut them or leave them whole) and freeze them, for 2 hrs or overnight
Blend the Bananas in a Powerful Blender or Food Processor
When you achieve a creamy texture, add a tablespoon of peanut butter
Continue blending until it is mixed well
Serve immediately or store in a sealed container in the freezer for a much firmer ice cream.
Other simple Home-made dog ice-cream recipe
- Banana Strabery Ice cream
- Banana Ice cream
Alternatives to Dog Ice-Cream
If you do not want to give your golden retriever ice-cream, consider other alternatives. For instance, frozen yogurt. It is fermented, contains less lactose, and is easier for dogs to digest. Ensure that the yogurt is not a commercial brand, as it will have a lot of sugar content, instead buy plain and unsweetened yogurt.
Nice Cream is another viable option in place of ice-creams. It is a vegan ice cream alternative that is made from bananas. It is safe for dogs to consume this; however, consider checking the number of bananas the dog should consume as described in the article "Can my dog eat bananas?"
Conclusion– Can Golden Retrievers eat ice cream
As pet owners, we celebrate the joy our pets have when we offer them delicious treats and other foods that get them happy and wagging their tails. However, even with the joy our golden retrievers give us, it is important to consider that not everything will be beneficial to their health.
As a pet owner, when you consider giving your dog ice cream, take a moment and check the type of ice-cream you are going to give them. If it is not sugarless then consider whether your retriever may be lactose intolerant and give as little as possible as you await the reaction from the dog.
If the coast is clear, consider adding just a bit more, as directed by the veterinarian. If you would like to incorporate ice-cream as a treat, then consider home-made ice-cream and other fruit-based desserts as an alternative to commercial ice-cream.


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Although Toyoura sand has been widely used as a standard material for physical model tests (particularly centrifuge model tests), its path-dependent stiffness degradation curves are rarely reported in the literature. This leads to difficulties in back-analyzing and understanding the physical tests involving significant changes in the direction of stress paths (such as unloading problems). In this study, path-dependent stiffness degradation curves of medium-dense Toyoura sand were determined by carrying out a series of stress-path triaxial tests, with local strain measurements. In the triaxial tests, four typical recent stress histories (changes of path direction = 0, 90,-90, and 180°) were simulated. The measured small strain stiffnesses of Toyoura sand were then used to calibrate an advanced hypoplastic model that accounts for pathdependent soil stiffness at small strains. To justify the validity of the calibrated hypoplastic model and model parameters, a Type A numerical prediction and a centrifuge model test were carried out to simulate a typical unloading problem (i.e., excavation) in medium-dense Toyoura sand. Triaxial test results show that a 180° reversal in the direction of the stress path increased the initial secant modulus of Toyoura sand by eight times. The path dependency of soil stiffness, however, vanished when the deviatoric strain exceeded 0.3%. The ground deformations (resulting from excavation) predicted by the numerical analysis show reasonable agreement with the measured data from the centrifuge test. This suggests the potential applicability of the calibrated soil model and its model parameters in predicting or back-analyzing other physical model tests in Toyoura sand.
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- Soil Science


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Packed full of fascinating facts and figures, this timeline will take you on a journey through the ancient world, starting with the rise of civilisations in Iran and Greece, stopping off in Asia for the emergence of the early Chinese dynasties, before returning to Greece and Persia to witness the legendary battles between these two ancient superpowers. And finally onto the rise and fall of the Roman empire.
Along the way, you will also get to learn about important ancient civilisations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. No part of the world is left out. And you will also get to read about the development of writing and mathematics, and find out about the legendary Greek philosophers whose theories about the world remain relevant even today, more than 2,000 years later.
The timeline serves not only as a great educational tool for teachers and students wanting to learn about the far past but also as a showcase of the kind of rich media interactive experiences you can create using ChronoFlo Timeline Maker.
The fascinating historical facts are brought to life through the use of ChronoFlo's multimedia capabilities. Key events are accompanied by photography or illustrations. The events are also categorised on the basis of the continent or location where they took place, and each category has been given a different color, helping viewers to distinguish between them.
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House Speaker Azis Syamsuddin. (BETWEEN PHOTOS / Reno Esnir / wsj / aa)
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Azis Syamsuddin asked the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) to warn hospitals and health facilities that produce a lot of Covid-19 medical waste so that they have good facilities and management.
He emphasized that it is necessary to regulate and manage medical waste such as using an incinerator so that it does not accumulate and be disposed of carelessly, which can cause new health problems and have a negative impact on the environment.
He explained that the Jakarta Environment Agency (LK) recorded medical waste originating from 182 health service facilities (fasyankes) in the capital reaching 6,678 tons during the Covid-19 pandemic from April 2020-24 January 2021.
Meanwhile, recently, researchers from LIPI, IPB, and the Open University found PPE waste in the form of medical masks, gloves, hazmat, raincoats, face shields polluting the area at the mouth of the Marunda and Cilincing rivers towards Jakarta Bay.
Azis hopes that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) together with the regional government (pemda) clean up the area in the mouth of the Marunda and Cilincing rivers, so as not to disturb the marine ecosystem in these waters.
"The Ministry of Health is able to ask hospitals and health facilities to increase their medical waste management capacity, given that the Covid-19 cases are still increasing and reaching 1.17 million cases (data as of 9 February 2021)," he said, Thursday (11/2) .
He asked the Ministry of Health through the Directorate General of Waste, Waste and B3 Management to oblige hospitals and health facilities to create a good medical waste management system such as sorting, storage, and final waste management so that it can be adjusted to several regulations.
First, the Covid-19 Health Care Facilities Waste Management Guidelines.
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text: Lists. Quasar Lists are used to display rows of information, such as a contact list, a playlist, or menu. Each row is called an item. Items can also be used outside. This is a list of quasars. Proper naming of quasars are by Catalogue Entry, Qxxxx ±yy using B coordinates, or QSO Jxxxx±yyyy using J coordinates. List of quasars · List of named quasars · List of multiply imaged quasars. This table contains the Million Quasars (MILLIQUAS) Catalog, Version b (30 July ). It is a.. b 30Jul16 See list of changes above.


Rules for Fortress
Family: Fortress
Categories: Thinker's
Variants: Chessboard, Beleaguered Castle, Streets and Alleys
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Fortress is one of a fascinating group of games in which no cards are ever hidden. The entire deck is laid out, face up and visible, at the start of the game.
Shuffle the deck and lay out all the cards in ten tableau piles. Each tableau pile fans sideways, with all cards face up and visible. Arrange the tableaus in two columns or "wings" of five piles each, one wing on the left and one on the right, with a vertical column of four foundations in between them. The top tableau of each wing starts with six cards; the others with five each. The foundations start out empty.
Top cards of tableaus are available for building on each other, either up or down in suit. Aces may be played to the foundations, which build up in suit. Empty tableau piles may be filled with any available card.
The goal is to move all the cards onto the foundations.
You should create and keep an empty tableau pile as soon as you can. Use it as a "way station" to move a build from its original pile to a third, destination pile. Peel the build off its original pile into the empty pile, then peel it off the empty pile and onto the destination pile.


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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Charles Wilkinson, historian and author of "The People are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon," will speak at Oregon State University on March 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Memorial Union lounge.
In "The People are Dancing Again," Wilkinson tells the history of The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians – 27 tribes speaking at least 10 languages – who were brought together on the Oregon coast through treaties with the federal government in _PHONE_. For decades after, the Siletz people lost many traditional practices, saw their languages almost wiped out, and experienced poverty, ill health and a loss of cultural identity.
By 1956, the tribe had been "terminated" under the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act, their land was sold off and they lost federal health and education benefits. After years of refusal to give in, in 1977 they became the second tribe in the nation to have its federal status, treaty rights and sovereignty restored.
"The book has been an unusually comprehensive and intense collaboration between author and tribe, with over 100 interviews," Wilkinson said. "The book is rich with the tribal voice."
Wilkinson is Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, and a respected expert in tribal law and history. He is the author of many books, including "Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon," "Treaties, and the Indian Way," and "Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nation."
Songs honoring Wilkinson and the Siletz tribe will be performed by a local Native American drum group.


text: The Super Serpentine Reactor employs a length of tubing that is weaved onto a plastic platen using a cross stitch pattern. The pattern employed ensures the maximum number of changes in direction in 3-D space possible. By forcing the flowing fluid to make rapid changes in direction it is possible to significantly improve the mixing patterns achievable in a flowing stream. This phenomenon has been employed in knotted reactors and the Super Serpentine Reactor provides a measure of rigidity and predictability to the reactor. Use of the Super Serpentine Reactor will increase radial dispersion while minimizing axial dispersion. In fact, it is possible to actually reduce axial dispersion compared to a straight length of tubing by using the Super Serpentine Reactor.


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Extended Side Angle Pose
What is Extended Side Angle Pose?
Extended side angle pose, or utthita parsvakonasana in Sanskrit, is a standing pose that's often sequenced in between warrior poses. From warrior two, the yogi leans their torso toward their bent leg and reaches their arm in line with the torso. The pose provides a deep stretch to the groin and hamstrings.
- Begin in warrior two with the right leg bent.
- Exhale and lean the torso to the right. Rest the right forearm on the right thigh and reach the left arm overhead.
- To deepen the pose, exhale and lower the right fingertips to the floor. Stretch the left arm alongside the ear so that it's in line with the torso.
- Breathe while holding the pose.
- Inhale and return to warrior two. Change sides and repeat.
- Look toward the floor if there is neck pain
Benefits of Extended Side Angle Pose
- Strengthens the legs, knees and ankles
- Strengthens the core
- Stretches the groin and hamstrings
- Relieves shoulder stiffness
- Relieves sciatica
- Improves elimination
Extended Side Angle Pose Details
- Sanskrit Name
- Utthita Parsvakonasana
- oo-tee-tah PARSH-vah-ko-NAH-sah-nah
- Pose Level
- Urdhva (Toward the sky)
- Pose Type
- Core, Standing Poses, Strength


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CASA Student Views
What do the data tell us?
MIT students rated their level of agreement with statements about sexual assault that are generally false, but considered widely held. This included statements such as "A person who is sexually assaulted or raped while she or he is drunk is at least somewhat responsible for putting themselves in that position." While the majority of respondents did not agree with these statements, both undergraduate and graduate male respondents were more likely than female respondents to agree.
When asked if they thought their peers would agree or disagree with these statements, both male and female respondents indicated their male counterparts would agree with the statements. For example, 7 out of 10 undergraduate female respondents thought that their male counterparts would agree with the statement "When someone is raped or sexually assaulted, it's often because the way they said 'no' was unclear or there was some miscommunication."
What are we doing in this area?
MIT staff and students have been developing educational messages and a social marketing campaign to help correct "rape myths".


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Assembly Rules: studying trait based assembly rules by comparing observed functional diversity to random references; identifying traits influenced by environmental filtering and competition
Biological invasion: pattern of plant invasion in Hungary; studying invasiveness by comparative ecological and experimental methods.
Phytosociology: syntaxonomical revision of Molinietalia meadows, development of Hungarian Phytosociological Database
Development new methods for data analysis: functional diversity, fidelity, co-occurrence based niche-width, validation of classification, semi-supervised classification.
- Attila Lengyel: Diversity patterns of Hungarian mesophilous meadows. Doctoral School of Biology, ELTE
- Annamária Fenesi:Traits influencing the invasion success of
annual plant species., Doctoral School of Biology, ELTE
- Lajos Balogh: Plant invasions in Western Hungary, Doctoral School of Botany, University of Pécs
- Basic statistics in R for biologists. ELTE, Budapest


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Penn-designed non-invasive MRI screening method is cost-effective, statistically powerful
When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively and non-invasively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Using an MRI-based algorithm effectively differentiated cases 75 percent of the time, according to the study, published in the December 26th, 2012, issue of Neurology-, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The non-invasive approach reported in this study can track disease progression over time more easily and cost-effectively than other tests, particularly in clinical trials testing new therapies.
Researchers used the MRIs to predict the ratio of two biomarkers for the diseases - the proteins total tau and beta-amyloid - in the cerebrospinal fluid. Cerebrospinal fluid analyses remain the most accurate method for predicting the disease cause, but requires a more invasive lumbar puncture. "Using this novel method, we obtain a single biologically meaningful value from analyzing MRI data in this manner and then we can derive a probabilistic estimate of the likelihood of Alzheimer's or FTLD," said the study's lead author, Corey McMillan, PhD, of the Perelman School of Medicine and Frontotemporal Degeneration Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Using the MRI prediction method was 75 percent accurate at identifying the correct diagnosis in both patients with pre-confirmed disease diagnoses and those with biomarker levels confirmed by lumbar punctures, which shows comparable overlap between accuracy of the MRI and lumbar puncture methods. "For those remaining 25 percent of cases that are borderline, a lumbar puncture testing spinal fluid may provide a more accurate estimate of the pathological diagnosis."


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WALNUT INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD: PROSPECTS FOR RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION
Economically sustainable walnut production in the future will depend on the development of more efficient and more environmentally-acceptable orchard management practices. Development of copper-resistant strains of walnut blight or bacteriosis (Xanthomonas campestris pv. juglandis) necessitates accelerated research on epidemiology and control of this most destructive disease. Alternative sustainable pest management practices will be required for the control of Codling moth (Cydia/Carpocapsa/Laspeyresia pomonella), the key walnut pest.
Increasing costs and more limited water availability and quality will continue to encourage the use of more efficient irrigation systems. However, increased irrigation will increase the likelihood of root and crown rot diseases (e.g. Phytophthora and Armillaria).
Emerging technological innovations will provide greater opportunity for more rapid communication and the benefits of increased exchange of ideas as we address the walnut problems of the future.