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Natural resource management in an institutional disorder :the development of adaptive co-management systems of moose in Sweden
Abstract (Summary)The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the development of adaptive co-management systems and of the role the State plays in promoting or hampering such a development. Natural resource issues are often characterised by conflicting interests and in general implemented by conventional, top-down management systems. Therefore this thesis also investigates the effect conflicting interests and institutional path dependencies have on the development of adaptive co-management systems. The Swedish moose management system was established in the beginning of the 20th century as the State was trying to rectify a "tragedy of the commons" situation since moose at the time was almost extinct. The administrative system erected can be characterised as a conventional, top-down, singlespecies management system, and had features of both corporate arrangements and legal-rational bureaucratic administrative models. Due to high administrative costs and the explosion of the moose population in the late 1970's which resulted in significant grazing damages on commercial tree species, the State changed its policies. One change in formal rules allowed for hunting rights owners to establish so called Moose Management Units (MMU) which entailed that they gained management rights, and thereby could decide on their own the number of moose to be shot in a hunting season. This is a critical right since approximately 1/3 of the moose populations are decimated during a hunting season and this right is therefore an efficient tool for controlling the size of the moose populations. The State also made alterations in the corporate arrangement, from primarily only including the hunting interest organisation SAHWM to increase landowner interests' influence in the public administration. A quantitative study of the MMUs revealed that these can not be characterised as adaptive co-management systems to a high degree due to inadequate monitoring, inability to meet management goals, and failure to apply ecosystem management. Part of the reason for this is that there is an ecological and social misfit since MMUs are too small to contain its own moose populations. Another reason is inadequate knowledge regarding population dynamics on behalf of the local resource users. However, there were variations not only among MMUs but also on the regional level as to the extent of adaptive co-management characteristics. Two counties were selected for further study due to the fact that the MMUs in one county had more characteristics of adaptive co-management systems than in the other one. The case studies revealed that high levels of conflicts in a corporate arrangement hampered the development of adaptive comanagement systems. In the county with low conflict levels regarding the moose question, a key steward holding a key position in the moose administrative system was a critical actor in promoting the development of adaptive co-management systems. It is concluded that devolution of management rights does not automatically foster adaptive co-management. Nor is a centralized system easily converted to a bottom-up system. The study shows that institutional change is path dependent but also that the State has an important role to play in developing adaptive co-management systems. This is particularly decisive if an ecological and social misfit is likely to arise since the State then can provide linkages both on an organisational level but also on a geographical level and thereby mitigate potential negative effects of local resource systems. However, this role differs significantly from that in conventional resource management and therefore it is also important that the organisation and tasks of the State is ensured legitimacy among both the public and affected resource users.
School:Luleå tekniska universitet
Source Type:Doctoral Dissertation
Date of Publication:01/01/2008


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 Water supply constraints can significantly restrict electric power generation, and such constraints are expected to worsen with future climate change. The overarching goal of this thesis is to incorporate stochastic water-climate interactions into electricity portfolio models and evaluate various pathways for water savings in co-managed water-electric utilities. Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) is used as a case study to explore the above issues. The thesis consists of three objectives: Characterize seasonality of water withdrawal intensity factors (WWIF) for electric power generation and develop a risk assessment framework due to water shortages; Incorporate water constraints into electricity portfolio models and evaluate the impact of varying capital investments (both power generation and cooling technologies) on water use and greenhouse gas emissions; Compare the unit cost and overall water savings from both water and electric sectors in co-managed utilities to facilitate overall water management. This thesis provided the first discovery and characterization of seasonality of WWIF with distinct summertime and wintertime variations of +/-17% compared to the power plant average (0.64gal/kwh) which itself is found to be significantly higher than the literature average (0.53gal/kwh). Both the streamflow and WWIF are found to be highly correlated with monthly average temperature (r-sq = 89%) and monthly precipitation (r-sq of 38%) enabling stochastic simulation of future WWIF under moderate climate change scenario. Future risk to electric power generation also showed the risk to be underestimated significantly when using either the literature average or the power plant average WWIF. Seasonal variation in WWIF along with seasonality in streamflow, electricity demand and other municipal water demands along with storage are shown to be important factors for more realistic risk estimation. The unlimited investment in power generation and/or cooling technologies is also
 4. MEASURING LOCAL GRADIENT AND SKEW QUADRUPOLE ERRORS IN RHIC IRS
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 The measurement of local linear errors at RHIC interaction regions using an ''action and phase'' analysis of difference orbits has already been presented [2]. This paper evaluates the accuracy of this technique using difference orbits that were taken when known gradient errors and skew quadrupole errors were intentionally introduced. It also presents action and phase analysis of simulated orbits when controlled errors are intentionally placed in a RHIC simulation model
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 The time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory supplemented with the regularity and single-valuedness quantization condition for the gauge invariant component of the wavefunction is applied to the description of the centroid energy and escape width of isoscalar giant quadrupole resonances in 16 O, 40 Ca and 110 Zr. Calculations are performed using the Skyrme SIII effective interaction. An important role of the finite oscillation amplitude in the mean-field dynamics is emphasized. (orig.)
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 Modern particle accelerators often rely on superconducting radio frequency (SRF) technology for accelerating cavities. In particular in CW operation, very high quality factors up into the high range are desirable, since one of the main cost drivers of such an accelerator, the cryogenic refrigeration plant, is inversely proportional to Q{sub 0}. Present day superconducting cavities are generally made of solid Niobium. A possibility to increase the quality factor as well as accelerating fields is to use thin film coated cavities. Apart from Niobium thin films, other superconducting materials, such as MgB{sub 2}, NbN and Nb{sub 3}Sn are promising candidates. Measuring and understanding the RF-properties of superconducting thin films, specifically the surface resistance, is needed to drive forward this development. Currently only few facilities exist capable of measuring the surface resistance of thin films samples with a resolution in the nano-ohm range at the operating frequency of typical cavities(e.g. L-band). A dedicated test stand consisting of a quadrupole resonator is therefore being constructed at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. This system is based on the 400 MHz quadrupole resonator at CERN, with the design adapted to 433 MHz (making available the higher harmonic mode at 1.3 GHz) and optimized with respect to resolution and maximum achievable fields using simulation data obtained with CST Microwave Studio as well as ANSYS. The simulated design is being manufactured. An outlook for future physics runs is given.
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 We have calculated quadrupole moments, Q zz , of helium in several of its doubly excited states and in two of its singly excited Rydberg states, and of the alkaline-earth atoms Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba in their ground and low-lying excited states. The calculations use well-converged, frozen-core configuration-interaction (CI) wave functions and, for interpretive purposes, Hartree-Fock (HF) atomic wave functions and single-term, optimized, molecular rotor-vibrator (RV) wave functions. The quadrupole moments calculated using RV wave functions serve as a test of the validity of the correlated, moleculelike model, which has been used to describe the effects of electron correlation in these two-electron and pseudo-two-electron atoms. Likewise, the quadrupole moments calculated with HF wave functions test the validity of the independent-particle model. In addition to their predictive use and their application to testing simple models, the quadrupole moments calculated with CI wave functions reveal previously unavailable information about the electronic structure of these atoms. Experimental methods by which these quadrupole moments might be measured are also discussed. The quadrupole moments computed from CI wave functions are presented as predictions; measurements of Q zz have been made for only two singly excited Rydberg states of He, and a value of Q zz has been computed previously for only one of the states reported here. We present these results in the hope of stimulating others to measure some of these quadrupole moments
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 Voltage-holding data for three quadrupole electrode sizes and inter-electrode spacings are reported. The dependence of the breakdown voltage on system size and its influence on the optimum quadrupole size for beam transport in a multiple beam array are discussed
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 The construction and performance of small cylindrical electrostatic quadrupole, which is installed in JM-400 pulse electrostatic accelerator, are described. This electrostatic quadrupole is not only used in neutron generator, but also suitable for ion injector as well as for low energy electron accelerator
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 We investigate the enhanced electric dipole-dipole interaction of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) supported by a planar metal film waveguide. By taking two nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center electric dipoles in diamond as an example, both the coupling strength and collective relaxation of two dipoles are studied with the numerical Green Function method. Compared to two-dipole coupling on a planar surface, metal film provides stronger and tunable coupling coefficients. Enhancement of the interaction between coupled NV center dipoles could have applications in both quantum information and energy transfer investigation. Our investigation provides systematic results for experimental applications based on a dipole-dipole interaction mediated with SPPs on a planar metal film.
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 Improved understanding of complex interactions between nanoparticles will facilitate the control over the ensuing self-assembled structures. In this work, we consider the dynamic changes occurring upon dilution in the self-assembly of a system of ferromagnetic cobalt nanoparticles that combine magnetic, electric, and steric interactions. The systems examined here vary in the strength of the magnetic dipole interactions and the amount of point charges per particle. Scattering techniques are employed for the characterization of the self-assembly


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Recorded Webinar | Assessing Water Use and Impacts using LCA
The recording of this SimaPro webinar covers new regionalized water flow data from the ecoinvent v3 database as well as new water footprint methods.
Contents of the webinar:
- Regionalized impact factors for water flows
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The French grading system is based mostly on a 20-point grading scale: it is used above all in secondary schools and universities.
The French high school diploma baccalauréat uses the 20-point scale, with the following mentions (honors):
 - 14–15.9: good (bien: B)
 - 12–13.9: satisfactory (assez bien: AB)
 - 0–9.9: fail (insuffisant)
Primary schools generally use a 10-point grading scale or a letter grade like the ECTS grading scale. French universities traditionally use the 20-point grading scale, generally in a stricter way than secondary schools, which means that students are unlikely to receive marks as high as they did in secondary school. The case of the classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles is particular in the sense that class ranking rather than marks usually reflect the student performance. An average mark of 7 can therefore be considered as a satisfactory grade if the student performs to be in the top of his class.
The ECTS grading scale is more and more common in the post-secondary education system, since it is the standard for comparing study performance throughout the European Union. The GPA grading scale is becoming more and more common as well, since it eases the comparison with American students.
Some Grandes écoles use "exotic" systems, like Ecole Centrale de Lille, which uses a three-letter scale system:
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 - S: Satisfactory (satisfaisant)
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between the input pattern and the output pattern obtained from the analysis of the I/O behavior of the target process. Specifically, given a predefined input pattern and an output pattern of a particular process, the goal of the detection algorithm is to determine whether there is a match in the patterns and the target process can be identified as a keylogger with good probability.
 The first step in the construction of a detection algorithm comes down to the adoption of a suitable metric to measure the similarity between two given patterns. In principle, the AKP representation allows for several possible measures of dependence that compare two discrete sequences and quantify their relationship. In practice, we rely on a single correlation measure motivated by the properties of the two patterns. Consider, for example, the case when the buffer size is smaller than the minimum
 number of keystrokes Kmin. Under this assumption, the buffer is flushed out at least once per time interval. The number of keystrokes left in the buffer at each time interval determines the number of keystrokes missing in the output pattern. Depending on the distribution of samples in the input pattern, this number would be centered on a particular value z. The statistical meaning of the value z is the average number of keystrokes dropped per time interval.
 A fundamental factor to consider is, however, the number of samples collected. While we would like to shorten the duration of the detection algorithm, there is a clear tension between the length of the patterns and the reliability of the resulting value of the PCC. A very small number of samples can lead to unstable results. The adverse effect of low variability in the input pattern can be best understood when analyzing the mathematical properties of the PCC. The correlation coefficient reports high values when the two patterns tend to grow apart from their respective means. A larger number of samples are beneficial especially in case of disturbing factors. As reported, selecting a larger number of samples could, for
 example, reduce the adverse effect of outliers or measurement errors. The detection algorithm we have implemented in our detector relies entirely on the PCC to estimate the correlation between an input and an output pattern. To determine whether a given PCC value should trigger detection, a thresholding mechanism is used. Our detection algorithm is conceived to infer a causal relationship between two patterns by analyzing their correlation. Detection can be done by identifying the input and output correlation appearing to be different and we come to the conclusion that somebody has traced our activities and they had seen the output in the monitor. After identifying the hacker, detection algorithm is used to detect the keylogger from the system, this will provide enhanced security features to the user. Concretely, the goal of our algorithm is to produce an input pattern of length N that minimizes the PCC measured against all the patterns in the training set. Without any further constraints on the samples of the target input pattern, it can be shown that this problem is a nontrivial nonlinear optimization problem.
 Partner Generator
 Our pattern generator is designed to support several pattern generation algorithms. More specifically, the pat- tern generator can leverage any algorithm producing a valid pattern in AKP form. We now present a number of pattern generation algorithms and discuss their properties.
 The first important issue to consider is the effect of variability in the input pattern. Experience shows that correlations tend to be stronger when samples are distributed over a wider range of values. In other words, the more the variability in the given distributions, the more stable and accurate the resulting PCC computed. This suggests that a robust input pattern should contain samples spanning the entire target interval Â½0; 1&. The level of variability in the resulting input stream is also similarly influenced by the range of keystroke rates used in the pattern translation process. The higher the range delimited by the minimum keystroke rate and maximum keystroke rate, the more reliable the results.
 A robust pattern generation algorithm should allow for a minimum number of false positive. When the chosen input pattern happens to closely resemble the I/O behavior of some benign process, the PCC may report a high value of correlation for that process and trigger a false detection. For this reason, it is important to focus on input patterns that have little chances of being confused with output patterns generated by legitimate processes. Fortunately, studies show that the correlation between realistic I/O workloads for PC
 users is generally considerably low over small time intervals. The results presented are derived from 14 traces collected over a number of months in realistic environments used by different categories of users. The authors show that the value of correlation given by the PCC over 1 minute of I/O activity is only 0.046 on average and never exceeds
 0.070 for any two given traces. This suggests that the I/O behavior of one or more processes is in general very poorly correlated with other I/O distributions. The pattern generated is a discrete sine wave distribution oscillating between 0 and 1. The sine wave grows or drops with a fixed step of 0.1. This algorithm explores the effect of constant increments and decrements in the input pattern. When the N samples are constrained to assume all the values from the set S, the optimization problem comes down to finding the particular permutation of values that minimizes the PCC considering all the patterns in the training set.
 Table 1 Detection Results
 KeyLogger Detection
 To evaluate the ability to detect real-world keyloggers, we experimented with all the keyloggers from the top monitoring free software list [5], an online repository continuously updated with reviews and latest develop-ments in the area. To carry out the experiments, we manually installed each keylogger, launched our detection system for N _ T ms, and recorded the results; we asserted successful detection for PCC _ 0:7. In the
 experiments, we found that arbitrary choices of N, T, Kmin, and Kmax were possible; the reason is that we observed the same results for several reasonable combinations of the
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 Table 1 shows the keyloggers used in the evaluation and summarizes the detection results. All the keyloggers were detected within a few seconds without generating any false positives; in particular, no legitimate process scored PCC values _ 0:3. Virtuoza Free Keylogger required a
 longer window of observation to be detected; this sample was indeed the only keylogger to store keystrokes in memory and flush out to disk at regular time intervals. Nevertheless, we were still able to collect consistent samples from flush events and report high PCC values.
 In a few other cases, keystrokes were kept in memory but flushed out to disk as soon as the keylogger detected a change of focus. This was the case for Actual Keylogger, Revealer Keylogger Free, and Refog Keylogger Free. To deal with this common strategy, our detection system enforces a change of focus every time a sample is injected. In addition, some of the keyloggers examined included support for encryption and most of them used variable- length encoding to store special keys.
 Another potential issue arises from keyloggers dumping a fixed-format header on the disk every time a change of focus is detected.
 Figure 3-Impact of N, T , and Kmin on the PCC
 Nonetheless, as we designed our detection system to change focus at every sample, the header is flushed out to disk at each time interval along with all the keystrokes injected. As a result, the output pattern monitored is simply a location transformation of the original, with the shift given by size of the header itself. Thanks to the location invariance property, our detection algorithm is naturally resilient to this transformation.
 4. RELATED WORK
 While ours is the first technique to solely rely on unprivileged mechanisms, several approaches have been
 recently proposed to detect privacy-breaching malware, including keyloggers. Behavior-based spyware detection has been first introduced by Kirda. Their approach is tailored to malicious Internet Explorer loadable modules. In particular, modules monitoring the users activity and disclosing private data to third parties are flagged as malware. Their analysis models malicious behavior in terms of API calls invoked in response to browser events. Those used by keyloggers, however, are also commonly used by legitimate programs. Their approach is therefore prone to false positives, which can only be mitigated with continuously updated white lists.
 Subsequently, we presented an implementation of our detection technique on Windows, arguably the most vulnerable OS to the threat of keyloggers. To establish an OS-independent architecture, we also gave implementation details for other operating systems. We successfully evaluated our prototype system against the most common free keyloggers [4], with no false positives and no false negatives reported.
 Other experimental results with a homegrown keylogger demonstrated the effectiveness of our technique in the general case. While attacks to our detection technique are possible and have been discussed at length in Section 6, we believe our approach considerably raises the bar for protecting the user against the threat of keyloggers.
 5. FUTURE WORKS
 Future work will focus on extending our approach to spyware programs that do not rely on the Browser Helper Object or toolbar interfaces to monitor the users behavior. We also plan to extend our characterization with more sophisticated data-ow analysis that would allow one to characterize the type of information accessed (and leaked) by the spyware program. This type of characterization would enable a tool to provide an assessment of the level of maliciousness of a spyware program.
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In this paper, we presented an unprivileged black- box approach for accurate detection of the most common keyloggers, i.e., user-space keyloggers. We modeled the behavior of a keylogger by surgically


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van Oosterhout, M. F. M., T. Arts, J. B. Bassingthwaighte, R. S. Reneman and F. W. Prinzen. Relation between local myocardial growth and blood flow during chronic ventricular pacing. Cardiovasc Res. 53:831-840, 2002.
Several studies have shown that, per unit mass, myocardial blood flow (MBF) and oxygen consumption are similar in hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic ventricles. This observation may be explained by the degree of myocardial growth matching the increase in oxygen demand. Such matching may, however, not be perfect at the local level, because substantial heterogeneity of MBF exists within the ventricular wall. We investigated to what extent local growth and MBF are matched after redistribution of workload within the left ventricular (LV) wall. Redistribution of workload was established by ventricular pacing at physiological heart rate, which induces asynchronous activation and contraction. Local wall mass (2D-echocardiography) and MBF (fluorescent microspheres) were determined in the canine LV wall before (t=0) and after 6 months of normal sinus rhythm (SHAM group, n=5) or 6 months of pacing at the LV free wall (PACE group, n=8). During acute pacing MBF (ml/min/g) increased with increasing distance to the pacing site. Local relative MBF (rMBF, local MBF normalized to mean MBF in the LV wall) varied from 0.8 adjacent to the pacing site to 1.2 in remote regions. After 6 months of pacing these regional differences had disappeared, probably due to changes in wall mass, which increased with increasing distance to the pacing site (by up to 39+/-13%). In SHAM animals rMBF at t=0 correlated well with rMBF 6 months later (r=0.71). In PACE animals, however, this correlation was poor (r=0.33), because rMBF increased in regions close to the pacing site with initial rMBF1. CONCLUSIONS: After redistribution of workload within the LV wall as induced by ventricular pacing, local load-regulated growth tends to equalize MBF distribution, but local adaptation of MBF also depends on initial MBF.

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Summary: Alles in Allem is an intermediate German program designed to be used in one semester or two quarters. The program consists of a main text, a grammar manual, and a laboratory manual. The main text is a consumable reading-based text organized into 12 chapters containing high-interest readings embedded in a variety of interactive activities and exercises that promote the development of the four basic language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing). The g...show morerammar manual is a complete but brief grammar review, coordinated with the main text. The laboratory manual contains readings from the main text together with a variety of comprehension activities. The program is ideal for instructors who desire a smoother (i.e. easier) transition from the first to second year and for students who may not have yet reached intermediate proficiency levels (a problem often encountered at smaller institutions and many 2- and 4-year colleges)....show lessEdition/Copyright: 95
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- Security of the data is extremely important when online surveys are used. The IRB therefore recommends that researchers use the encrypted version of commercial software (e.g. Survey Monkey). This version, sometimes referred to as a professional version, protects the confidentiality of the transaction. There is usually a fee for the encrypted version.
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"We are making every effort to ensure that no one knows what your responses were on the survey. Survey Monkey (or other commercial software) is a well known company that collects data for online survey research. The researchers have purchased an encrypted version of their product to reduce the risk to subjects that their responses will be viewed by unauthorized persons. However, the study is not being run from a secure http server such as those used to handle credit card transactions, so there is a small possibility that responses could be viewed by unauthorized third parties, such as computer hackers."
- Please include the online version of the survey with your application. The IRB requests the online version to ensure the following:
a. The survey includes the necessary language. Most commercial software vendors (e.g. Survey Monkey) will allow you to create surveys for free.
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Radiant Run: The Chromatic Charger of the Twilight Fields
As twilight descends upon the Twilight Fields, a mystical energy stirs within the meadow. Amidst this serene expanse, where the sky kisses the earth in a symphony of colors, emerges the Chromatic Charger, a steed composed of the very essence of the spectrum. Known to the awed onlookers as Aetherius, his presence is as fleeting as the setting sun, his coat a canvas of vibrant hues that dance with the fading light.
Aetherius is no ordinary being; he is the weaver of day into night, his majestic trot an artist's brush across the canvas of the world. With every graceful movement, his mane and tail leave behind a trail of multicolored stardust, igniting the sky with the colors of hope and promise. The flora of the fields, touched by his light, shimmer with an ethereal glow, singing praises to the horse that races with the wind.
Legends tell of a time when the world knew only the drabness of dusk, until Aetherius burst forth from the heart of a dying star. His arrival brought forth the richness of color, the purples of twilight, the oranges of dawn, and the infinite blues of the day. He became the harbinger of change, the herald of ends and beginnings, his every appearance a reminder of the cycle of day and night, of life and dreams.
As the last light of day retreats behind the distant mountains, Aetherius gallops across the threshold of night, his figure becoming one with the shadows. Yet, the glow of his passage lingers in the hearts of those who witness it, a memory to cherish in the quiet of the night. In the realm of Twilight Fields, the legend of the Radiant Run lives on, whispering the eternal dance of light and darkness.
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These two words are often confused. Rein is related to horses. Reign is related to kings and queens.
So where does the confusion lie?
In a phrase like reining in – he reined in his activities because he was exhausted – reining in refers to holding the horse back, restricting its movement.
In a phrase like free rein – he was given free rein to organise the office as he wished – free rein refers to slackening off the horse's rein so that it can move more freely.
But confusion can arise when you consider that being given free reign could also refer to being free as the ruler to do what you want.
So consider whether you are talking about rein as in a horse-related metaphor or as in a king-related metaphor. There are places where either would be suitable, but there are definitely places when only the horse one makes sense!


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Maximal expiratory flow at 25% forced vital capacity (V25), V25 divided by height (V25/HT), and mean transit time (MTT) were calculated from the same forced expiratory maneuver performed in welding workers. The values were compared to determine variations between individuals and changes with age and chest X-ray findings. The results showed that MTT may be a less variable and equally sensitive measurement of the function of peripheral airways as compared with V25 and V25/HT. Its usefulness in the detection of the early changes of pneumoconiosis, however, must be further investigated in a prospective cohort study on workers exposed to various kinds of dust.
Magnetic field at the chest in 93 male workers exposed to asbestos dust in an asbestos products factory in China was studied by local magnetization and flux-gate gradiometry. The average field intensity at 12 measurement points over the anterior chest wall was compared among workers with and without asbestosis and among workers of different working age. The field intensity in workers with asbestosis and those suspected to have asbestosis on the basis of X-ray findings was significantly higher than that in workers without asbestosis. It was also found that the field intensity increased with working age. It is suggested that dynamic measurement of magnetic field in the lung of workers exposed to dust containing ferrimagnetic particles would at least serve as a quantitative method for estimating lung dust loads and be valuable for pneumoconiosis prevention.


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Implementing Backtrack in Production System: A TMS based Approach .
Keywords: Production System languages, Dependency directed backtracking, Rete Net operations .
AbstractOPS5 is one of the most widely used Production System languages. The control strategies provided in OPS-like languages are extremely weak and consequently during problem solving, frequently dead-ends are encountered. We have made an attempt to perform dependency-directed backtracking within the framework of an OPS-like interpreter which employs a Truth Maintenance System for reasoning with past actions. The conditions for backtrack are characterised by the violation of a set of domain-specific constraints and signaled as contradictions in the Dependency Network (D-Net). We have developed a system, called OPS91, which comprises an enhanced match-select-act cycle operating on a D-Net as working memory. This cycle is explained with reference to the D-Net structure and the correlation between the D-Net and Rete-Net operations. The revision algorithm and null conflict set resolution strategy are detailed. The performance of the system is evaluated and broad guidelines on the programming strategy are presented.
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Jaidev, M., Prakash, G., & Parameswaran, N. (2013). Implementing Backtrack in Production System: A TMS based Approach . Defence Science Journal, 43(2), 151-158. _URL_
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text: 台灣經濟發展過程中，進口替代及中間財有重要之地位在，因此本文選定中間財來衡量進口替代之效果。 本研究採用Hsu（2006）之Chenery及Full-information衡量公式來衡量進口替代效果。兩衡量公式結果皆顯示台灣中間財產業於民國70、73、90年有進口替代現象產生，主要原因在於部門影響，而引發其為主因可追究於紡織業、化工原料業、塑膠業、石油煉製品業所致。進一步探討中間財產業下之石化業的進口替代現象，化工原料業及石油煉製品業引發的效果最為顯著，肇因於石化原料的國內需求增加使得其增產，增產原因來自於中油及台塑這兩家公司的石化原料擴產所致。中油及台塑這兩家公司對台灣石化業及中間財之進口替代現象，有極大之重要性在，而政府所給予的協助也不可抹滅。 Abstract: In the development of Taiwan economy progressing, the import substitution and the intermediate goods industry have the important involvement; therefore this study designated the intermediate goods industry weighs effect of the import substitution. This study uses Hsu (2006) Chenery and Full-information weight formula weighs the import substitution. The results of these two weights formulas all illustrate there are import substitution in the Taiwan intermediate goods industry in 1981、1984、2001 periods. The main reason lies in the effects of the sectors, and the initiating principal factor to be possible to investigate to the textile industry, the industrial chemicals industry, the plastic industry and the petroleum products industry. Further discussions of the intermediate goods industry import substitution phenomenon indicate the initiation effect of the petrochemical industry, the industrial chemicals industry and the petroleum products industry are most remarkable. The causal reason is that the increasing of the petrified raw material domestic demand makes the production increase. Moreover the reason of increasing production comes from the expansion of Chinese Petroleum Corporation and Formosa Plastics Group petrified raw material produces. Chinese Petroleum Corporation and Formosa Plastics Group both have the enormous importance to the import substitution phenomenon of the intermediate goods industry in Taiwan petrochemical industry, and the assistance from the government puts a lot of support on it.


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Panera Bread has become a well-known restaurant that provides quality food and service. Access the following resources then answer the questions below.
- TV ad "So Much More than Green"
- TV Ad "Made the Right Way"
- Panera Bread YouTube Channel
- Panera Bread Website
- Panera Bread Facebook
- Panera Bread Twitter
- Panera Bread Pinterest
- After watching the television ads, discuss each component of attitude formation and how the ads approach each. Which attitude component sequence is most dominant? Explain why.
- Look at the consumer values listed in the chapter. Which consumer values do you see promoted in the television ads? Explain.
- In selecting a restaurant, which of the three evaluation alternatives is used most frequently by consumers? Explain how Panera Bread approaches the evaluation of alternatives in its television ads as well as the YouTube channel.
- What information and videos are on Panera Bread's YouTube channel? Discuss why you believe Panera Bread places these items on the YouTube channel.
- Examine Panera Bread's website, Facebook page, Pinterest page and Twitter page. What common elements do you see? What differences do you see? How well does Panera Bread integrate these digital sources with its YouTube channel and television ads? Explain.
- Examine the consumer buyer behavior trends presented in the chapter. Which trends does Panera Bread seem to utilize in its marketing communications? Explain with specific examples from their resources listed.


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MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS
Donka Shopova, Igor Niagolov
Pages: 404-412 Published: 28 May 2015
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Abstract: This paper explores the performance of the water resource systems located in the Tundja River basin, Bulgaria. It includes multiple water intakes and two large reservoirs with complex purpose. The reservoir cascade "Koprinka" -"Jrebchevo" is used to regulate the water in the basin of the Tundja River and contribute to the increasing complexity of water allocation and implementation of rational use of water resources. The goal of this paper is to test the impact of various transferred water amounts to the Stara Zagora irrigation fields on the satisfaction of water consumers with irrigation water from the reservoir "Jrebchevo". Summarized research of the influence of water amounts supplied through HPP "Stara Zagora" on irrigation from reservoir "Jrebchevo".
Keywords: complex water resource systems, water resource management, decision support system
Cite this article: Donka Shopova, Igor Niagolov. MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety 9, 404-412 (2015). _URL_


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Which VESA standard do I have?
Which VESA standard do I have?
Almost all manufacturers of monitors / televisions (such as Acer, Asus, Benq, Dell, Eizo, Grundig, HP, LG, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Telefunken, Toshiba) provide on the back of the screens corresponding threaded holes for the attachment to a mount systems. The horizontal and vertical pitch of the threaded holes results in the VESA standard. If there is no VESA recording on the back of the TV sets (for example, on a Metz and Loewe model), VESA adapters are used. Below we will give you the answer on how to find out which VESA standard you have.

Your VESA standard can be determined in two ways:
 1. Look at the back of your monitor for threaded holes. The VESA mounting is in the middle of the backside. Mostly the base column of the screen fixed at the VESA mounting. Measure the horizontal and vertical distance of the screw holes (center to center).
 If the distance between the VESA holes is 400 millimeters wide and the height is 200 millimeters, as in the picture on the TV, this corresponds to a VESA measurement of 400 x 200 millimeters (VESA norm = horizontal distance in mm x vertical distance in mm). The 400x200 comply with the VESA MIS-F standard.
 1. If you have the data sheet of your monitor, you will find the VESA information there. Alternatively, you can enter the model number of your TV on the manufacturer website of your screen manufacturer and find there the information you need for the VESA recording.
Common / known VESA standards are:
Most of the monitors are divided into three VESA standards: VESA MIS-D, VESA MIS-E and VESA MIS-F. TVs and monitors up to 14 kg usually have the VESA-MIS-D port, which has a square hole pattern of 75x75 or 100x100 mm. VESA MIS-E compliant monitors are equipped with a rectangular hole pattern of 200x100 mm and carry up to 23 kg. Large televisions usually have the VESA MIS-F standard, which has a hole pattern of 200mm pitch (e.g., 400x200, 600x400mm). However, deviations like 300x300 mm are not uncommon.
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The evolution and history of European women coincide with the evolution and the history of Europe itself. According to the Catalyst, 51.2% of the population of the European Union in 2010 is composed of women (in January 2011, the population of the EU was at 502,122,750).[1]
Categorically, modern-day women in Europe are women who live in or are from the European continent, which includes women from sovereign states such as women from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (composed of women from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and Vatican City.
European women also include women from states with limited recognition internationally, such as Abkhazia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia, and Transnistria.
There are also women of Europe who comes from dependencies and other territories such as Åland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.
Women from these states, including those that are from European microstates, dependencies and territories, have developed their own culturally-related characteristics.
European women in sovereign states[edit]
Main article: Women in Albania
Women in Albania are European women who live in or are from Albania. Albanian women reside within a conservative[2] and patriarchal society. In such a traditional society, the women of Albania have subordinate roles in communities that believe in "male predominance". This is despite the arrival of democracy and the adoption of a free market economy in Albania, after the period under the communist Party of Labor.[3] Based on the 500-year-old Kanun of Leke Dukagjini, a traditional code of conduct, the main role of Albanian women is to take care of the children and to take care of the home.[2]
Main article: Women in Andorra
Legally, women in Andorra have equal rights under the laws of the Principality of Andorra. Politically, Andorran women won 15 seats during their country's parliamentary election of 2011; for this reason, Andorra became the first nation in Europe and the second country internationally to have elected a "majority female legislature". Among the problems that confront Andorran women at present are the existence of violence against them, the absence of government departments that deal with issues about women, and the non-existence of shelters for battered women that are managed by the government of Andorra.[4]
Main article: Women in Armenia
Due to the patriarchal nature of traditional Armenian culture and society,[5] women in Armenia are normally expected to be virtuous and submissive, safeguarding their virginity until marriage. Most Armenian women thus customarily assume the roles of housewives and mothers.[6] Nonetheless, some Armenian women have attained prominence in business and politics.
Main article: Women in Austria
The legal position of women in Austria improved since the middle of the 1970s. Based on a December 1993 study about the status of Women in Austria, the priority of legislation in Austria is based on the equal treatment of both genders rather than having equal rights only. Thus, Austrian women benefit from their government's attempt "to compensate for gender-specific inequality of burdens". However, despite of the legislative improvement in relation to the status of women in Austrian society, the concept of traditional roles prevailed. Austrian men regard most household chores and child-rearing responsibilities as being within the realm of Austrian women. Both education and gender are the basis of income levels.[7]
Main article: Women in Azerbaijan
Women in Azerbaijan nominally enjoy the same legal rights as men; however, societal discrimination is a problem.[8] Traditional social norms and lagging economic development in the country's rural regions continue to restrict women's roles in the economy, and there are reports that women have difficulty exercising their legal rights due to gender discrimination.[8]
Main article: Women in Belarus
The modern-day characteristics of women in Belarus evolved from the events that happened within in the history of Belarus, particularly when the "concept of equal rights for women was first developed and substantiated in the late 16th century". The so-called Grand Duchy Charter of 1588 - one of the most important legal documents in Belarusian history - protected the dignity of Belarusian women under the law.[9] Women in Belarus and their contribution to Belarusian society is celebrated annually on the 8th of March, during International Women's Day.[10]
Main article: Women in Belgium
Women in Belgium are European women who live in or are from Belgium. Generation after generation, Belgian women are able to close the so-called "occupational gender gap". In younger generations, this is due to the increasing availability of "part-time jobs in services" for women. In 1999, the average earnings of a Belgian woman was 91 percent of the salary of a Belgian man. When not doing part-time jobs, Belgian women still "do more of the domestic work", depending on the agreement between female and male partners.[11]
Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]
Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are European women who live in and are from Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), women of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been affected by three types of transition after the Bosnian War (_PHONE_),[12] namely: the "transition from war to peace", economic transition and political transition. The resulting effects include: the lowering of their public and social standing because their focus is to "engage in domestic duties" in their homes. Some Bosnian and Herzegovinian women opted to travel outside the country to search for jobs.[13] The more vulnerable women among the social classes are women from the rural area. They are "more marginalized" because of lower level of education and their inclination to tradition, where they rely on men as "primary owners of land and other assets". They also have been described as with "limited access to land, training, modern farming techniques, finances and equipment", thus earn low wages.[13]
Main article: Women in Bulgaria
Historically, before the founding of the nation now known as Bulgaria, the women in Bulgaria belong to family units of Bulgarian people whose men and grown-up male children practice a nomadic form of living because the latter were involved in breeding sheep and other cattle. Prior to the onset of the Balkan Wars, due to this nomadic activity of Bulgarian society, the women, such as those who reside in the towns of Kotel, Zheravna, Smolyan, Shiroka Luka and Dospat, only meet the male members of the communities during Christmas season until the end of February. In terms of military organization, women have historically been known to have recruited females to become soldiers for the Bulgarian army, particularly during critical times. As the name "Bulgar" - meaning "mixture" (of peoples) - implies that the racial profile of Bulgarian women, in general, had been the result of the assimilation and integration of Sarmatians, Scythians, Germanics, Slavs, Thracians, Romans, Greeks - whose religions may either be paganism, Christianity, Buddhism, or Judaism, especially during the time of khan Kubrat, the founder of the State of Bulgaria.[14]
Main article: Women in Croatia
Main article: Women in Cyprus
Cypriot women were greatly affected by changes in the wake of World War II, as they received expanded access to education and increased participation in the national workforce. At the beginning of the 20th century, the proportion of girls to boys enrolled in primary education was one to three. By 1943, some 80 percent of Cypriot girls attended primary school. When, in 1960, elementary education was made compulsory, the two sexes were equally enrolled. By the 1980s, girls made up 45 percent of those receiving secondary education. Only after the mid-1960s did women commonly leave Cyprus to receive higher education. In the 1980s, women made up about 32 percent of those studying abroad.
Czech Republic[edit]
The history, characteristic, evolution, and genealogies of present-day women in the Czech Republic can be traced back from many centuries before the establishment of the country now known as the Czech Republic. They have originated from ancestral Slavic settlers who had an economy that was based primarily on agriculture.[15] After the period in the history of the Czech Republic known as the Velvet Revolution, many women have become individuals with full-time jobs and who, at the same time, are also focusing on their responsibilities as homemakers, giving themselves "a high sense of personal efficacy and independence" within Czech society.[16]
Main article: Women in Denmark
Main article: Women in Estonia
Main article: Women in Finland
Finnish women enjoy a "high degree of equality" and "traditional courtesy" among men.[17] In 1906, the women of Finland became the first women in Europe to be granted the right to vote.[18] There are many women in Finland who hold prominent


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Video: Agile fashion
Sometimes life is in the slow lane has its advantages. Eschewing the fashion for screens that can refresh hundreds of times a second, Daniel Saakes, Kevin Chiu and Tyler Hutchison from the Camera Culture group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Naoya Koizumi from the Graduate School of Media Design at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, have built displays that changes only every few hours. The benefit, they say is unparalleled energy efficiency.
The group's Slow Display uses less than 2 watts of power to display an image on a screen with a diagonal dimension of 3.2 metres – a standard LCD screen with a diagonal dimension of just 1.3 metres can use 100 to 200 watts. Although there are alternative low-power display technologies such as electronic ink or cholesteric liquid crystal displays, they are difficult to scale without simply tiling a large number of smaller displays, says Saakes's team. Consequently, their technology is better suited for the slow-changing, always-on digital displays used in advertising or to inform road drivers about driving conditions.
The screen is coated with a light-sensitive paint that undergoes a reversible photochemical reaction when exposed to ultraviolet light, changing colour in the process. A second coat of phosphorescent paint that glows when exposed to UV light ensures the screen can be used both day and night.
The image is projected onto the display via a UV laser projector, which activates the materials coating the display. The resulting image remains legible for an hour or more after the laser is shut off. It fades away as the photochemical reaction reverses.
To prevent the image being degraded by the UV in sunlight, a filter can be fitted to the front of the screen. The image then has to be projected from a laser mounted behind the screen.
The fading of the image is not controlled, and the team recognises that that means ghosts of old images may remain the image has been refreshed. They are investigating photosensitive compounds which react to different wavelengths of light, with the aim of creating a coating that can be turned off as well as on.
Because it is the materials coating the display surface that form the image, the technology can be applied to 3D objects. This could be put to use in an engineer's model, for example, to display virtual decals or logos.
But Saakes' team points out any such image may be short lived as it is more difficult to protect the image on a 3D object from oversaturation using a UV filter.
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Chocolate Bayou Pump Station—Gulf Coast Water Authority, Alvin, TX
GCWA Canal Division operates the existing Chocolate Bayou Pump Station, a surface water pump station which was built to supply irrigation water to agricultural customers. Demand over the years has changed from exclusively agricultural to mostly industrial and existing pumps station is unable to meet the demand. This lead GCWA to pursue construction of a new pump station for the Chocolate Bayou system. A+ Services was selected to provide technical support to prime engineer, which included the review of the pump station preliminary design. As part of the effort, ATS also provided preliminary structural design for pump station.
Virginia Point Metering Stations—Gulf Coast Water Authority, Texas City, TX
The GCWA supplies the City of Galveston with water through two existing waterline systems. However, concerns about the condition of the existing waterline and redundancy in its system prompted the City of Galveston to pursue construction of an additional waterline attached to existing IH-45 bridge to Galveston. The third waterline will require GCWA to increase the pressure in its existing system. A+ Services has selected to develop the design for two (2) 20" above-ground pressure reducing and metering station to control pressure and flow to the existing waterlines supplying Galveston. Both metering stations used full-port electromagnetic flow meter, electronically controlled flow control valve with pressure reducing and pressure sustaining features, and required above ground storage for SCADA controls. A+ Services' efforts included the assessment of optimal locations for the stations, evaluation of pressure reducing valve sizing, development of piping and structural design, and construction phase services for the project.
30"/42" Waterline from Knight and Holmes Road to Sims Bayou Pump Station—City of Houston, Houston, TX
This project involved 39,000 LF of 42" water transmission line and incorporated pump station improvements to Sims Bayou PS (SBPS), including 30" yard piping, a new 30" metering station, four 30" tank connections at the SBPS, and improvements to the chlorinator, ammoniator, and SCADA system. In addition, the project included extensive pavement reconstruction along concrete roadways. The project was constructed with a combination of PCCP, Barwrapped, and steel waterline.


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Begums of Bhopal
Bhopal was the second largest Muslim State of India in the British period. It saw four Muslim women rulers during the period from 1819 to 1926. As is expected, they faced a lot of opposition from both, male claimants and powerful neighbors. Even the British India Company was initially opposed to Bhopal being ruled by females. However, the Begums quoted Queen Victoria as their model and inspiration. This forced the British to finally give up their opposition. Each Begum left an indelible mark of her own personality on the role.
The population of Bhopal was mostly Hindu in those days. In a unique testimony to the Hindu-Muslim unity prevalent in those times, almost all the Begums had a Hindu Chief Minister to assist in their day-to-day administration.
The chronological list of the Nawabs who ruled over Bhopal is as follows. Kindly click on a name to know more details of the same.


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Dipl.-Ing. Jens Rautenberg receives the Weierstraß-Prize in recognition of his excellent teaching activity as a group leader in the courses of industrial measurement engineering. The quote " Preparation and motivation of the group leader are exemplary", from the students' evaluation, clearly shows why.
His innovative character and practical relevance of his lively and varied tutorials are especially highlighted. Newly developed illustrative objects, measurements and practical examples, as well as exercise portions, which are developed by the students and therefore support their understanding, account for the tutorials of Jens Rautenberg. Always committed and " always friendly with a smile on his lips, he takes the time for his students even outside of his course. Their conclusion: "Jens is great."


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Title: Multi-tenant Cloud FPGAs: Commercial Need or Academic Pursuit?
Time: Sunday, May 9, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
Cloud FPGAs have been the subject of intense academic and commercial
interest over the past five years. Although large state-of-the-art
FPGAs are typically used in these platforms, all commercial vendors
currently dedicate a cloud FPGA to a single user at a time. However, FPGA
multi-tenancy in which multiple independent users share a cloud FPGA at
the same time has obvious efficiencies and closely models cloud
virtual machine use. In this panel, we explore the commercial need for
cloud FPGA multi-tenancy and cloud FPGA programming models in general.
Does a cloud FPGA really need to be simultaneously shared? What
programming models for cloud FPGAs should be used to best access the
Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Russell Tessier is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has performed research in FPGAs and reconfigurable computing for 30 years. He was a founder of Virtual Machine Works, a logic emulation company which is now owned by Seimens. Prof. Tessier's recent research interests include FPGA security and embedded system design.
Paul Chow is a professor in the faculty of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. His main research is about making FPGAs into computing devices so that applications can be easily deployed. In particular, he wants to do this at scale in a heterogeneous environment where FPGAs seamlessly interact with CPUs and other devices, all as peers, and transparently to the application.
Nachiket Kapre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo, Canada. He was previously an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in the School of Computer Engineering. He has received his M.S in Electrical Engineering (2005) and Computer Science (2006) and a PhD in Computer Science (2010) from California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. He is primarily interested in understanding and exploiting the potential of parallel, spatial architectures such as FPGAs for energy-efficient computing. His research has won best paper awards at FPT 2011, FPL 2015, CASES 2016, TRETS 2017, and FPT 2019.
Jakub Szefer's research focuses on computer architecture and hardware security. His research encompasses secure processor architectures, cloud security, FPGA attacks and defenses, and hardware FPGA implementation of cryptographic algorithms.


Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program
Lab head: Des Richardson
Location: D06 - Blackburn Building
Lab members: Head: D Richardson; RFellows: D Kalinowski, D Lovejoy, Y Suryo Rahmanto, D Zhang, D Zhang; PFellows: C Austin, K Dixon, P Jansson, Z Kovacevic, D Lane, K Loh, M Lok, P Quach, V Richardson, Y Yu; RAssistant: S Bal, S Chikhani, M Huang, E Lim, P Obeidy, N Pantarat, F Saletta, D Sharp.
Transport of nitric oxide in cells and its interaction with iron containing proteins in tumour cells
Primary supervisor: Des Richardson
This project will use a combination of techniques that are used in biochemistry, physiology, cell biology, molecular biology and pharmacology. Your project will be multi-faceted and will involve growing human tumour cells in tissue culture and assessing the effects of nitric oxide on the iron transport. This will be done using a wide variety of techniques including Western analysis, RT-PCR and microarray analysis. The lab has considerable experience in these cutting-edge techniques and you will be taught the intricacies of their use.
Feel free to contact Prof. Des Richardson ( to have a chat about whether the project matches your interests.
Discipline: Pathology
Keywords: Iron Metabolism, Cancer, Nitric Oxide


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District courts had jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters in Alaska before statehood. Federal district judges were appointed as early as 1884. The entire territory had only one district, administered by a judge in Sitka, until 1903, when three districts were created with judges at Juneau, Saint Michaels, and Eagle City. The fourth district was added in 1909, and the four seats were placed in Juneau, Nome, Valdez (moved to Anchorage in 1943), and Fairbanks.
The areas served by these districts are as follows:
- Juneau, District 1: Southeastern Alexander Archipelago and the cities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, Sitka, and Juneau.
- Nome, District 2: North, including Nome and Barrow.
- Anchorage, District 3: South, including Anchorage, Kodiak, and the Aleutian Islands.
- Fairbanks, District 4: Central, including Fairbanks, Bethel, and Toksook Bay.
Since 1959 district court jurisdiction has been limited to minor civil and criminal matters such as issuing marriage licenses and arrest warrants, hearing misdemeanor cases, and acting as the temporary custodian of the property of deceased persons.
A superior court, a supreme court, and magistrate courts have also served Alaska since 1959.
The Family History Library does not have copies of any court records from Alaska. The Alaska State Archives has most of the territorial court records (except probate records) for the first district and some for the second and fourth districts. The archives has the court journals but not the complete case files for the first district.
The case files of the first district, the records of the third district (1900-59), and some miscellaneous records of the other districts are at the National Archives—Alaska Region. Copies of documents not at these two archives can be obtained by writing to the appropriate local clerk's office.
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Stock Market, Economic Performance, and Presidential Elections
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Journal of Business & Economics Research
Using stock market and economic data from 1900 to 2008 from 27 separate presidential administrations in the United States (U.S.), including 15 Republican and 12 Democratic, this paper examines the relationships between the market return after each Election Day and economic performance during the presidential term. Using the theoretical framework of political economy , the authors examine how Wall Street's reaction to a presidential election acts as a predictive measure of future economic performance.The analysis shows that the after election market movement has progressively been more accurate in predicting the future Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth but not the future unemployment rates. Given that the results show a higher correlation over time, the model appears to provide a good starting point for judging the economic potential of future presidential administrations.


Kinetic-spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of vanadium(V) based on its catalytic effect on the reaction of DBM-arsenazo and potassium bromate.
@article{Zhai2008KineticspectrophotometricDO,
 title={Kinetic-spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of vanadium(V) based on its catalytic effect on the reaction of DBM-arsenazo and potassium bromate.},
 author={Qing-Zhou Zhai and Xiao-Xia Zhang and Chong Huang},
 journal={Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy},
 year={2008},
 volume={69 3},
 pages={911-6}
}
A simple and sensitive kinetic-spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of trace vanadium(V), based on the catalytic effect of vanadium(V) on the oxidation of DBM-arsenazo by potassium bromate in 0.0138 moll(-1) phosphoric acid medium and at 100 degrees C in the presence of citric acid as activator. The absorbance is measured at 528 nm with the fixed-time method. The optimization of the operating conditions regarding concentrations of the reagents, temperature and… CONTINUE READING


air lock это:
air lock
1. воздушный шлюз (напр. кессона)
2. уплотняющая накладка, уплотняющий наплав [нащельник]
3. воздушная пробка (в трубопроводе)
Англо-русский строительный словарь. 2013.
Смотреть что такое "air lock" в других словарях:
 - Air lock — Air Air ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a[ e]r, fr. Gr. ah r, air, mist, for a[digamma]hr, fr. root a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
 - air-lock — /air lok /, v.t. to place in or confine to an air lock: to air lock divers before they descend. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
 - air lock — air′ lock n. 1) civ an airtight chamber permitting passage to or from a space, as in a caisson, in which the air is kept under pressure 2) mac an impedance in the functioning of a pump or a system of piping caused by the presence of an air… … From formal English to slang
 - air lock — n. 1. an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside 2. a blockage, as in a water pipe, caused by trapped air … English World dictionary
 - air lock — n 1.) a small room used for moving between two places that do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft 2.) a small amount of air in a pipe that stops liquid flowing through it … Dictionary of contemporary English
 - air lock — 1. Civ. Eng. an airtight chamber permitting passage to or from a space, as in a caisson, in which the air is kept under pressure. 2. the impedance in the functioning of a pump or a system of piping caused by the presence of an air bubble; vapor… … Universalium
 - air lock — noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure • Syn: ↑airlock • Hypernyms: ↑chamber * * * noun 1. : an air space with two airtight doors or openings for permitting entrance to or exit from a sealed off space under… … Useful english dictionary
 - Air lock — An air lock is gas trapped in a high point of a liquid filled pipe system. The gas, being lighter than the liquid, rises to the highest point and restricts the flow of liquid. In very tall systems, the gas can prevent flow entirely.Flushing the… … Wikipedia
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Neasden is located in Greater London
 Neasden shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ215855
London borough Brent
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district NW2, NW10
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
London Assembly Brent and Harrow
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Coordinates: 51°33′19″N 0°14′47″W / 51.5552°N 0.2465°W / 51.5552; -0.2465
The area was recorded as Neasdun in 939 AD and the name is derived from the Old English nēos = 'nose' and dūn = 'hill'. It means 'the nose-shaped hill' referring to a well-defined landmark of this area. In 1750, it was known as Needsden and the present spelling appeared at a later date.[1]
During the 18th century the Nicoll family replaced the Roberts as the dominant family in Neasden. In the 19th century these farmers and moneyers at the Royal Mint wholly owned Neasden House and much of the land in the area.
Neasden was no more than a 'retired hamlet' when enclosure was completed in 1823. At this time there were six cottages, four larger houses or farms, a public house and a smithy, grouped around the green. The dwellings include The Grove, which had been bought by a London solicitor named James Hall, and its former outbuilding, which Hall had converted into a house that became known as The Grange.[3]
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The Welsh Harp reservoir was completed in 1835 and breached in 1841 with fatalities. It had a dramatic effect on the landscape as the damming of the River Brent put many fields and meadows underwater.
In the early 1850s, Neasden had a population of about 110. In the Victorian times the horse was the main form of transport, and as London grew, the demand for horses in the capital soared in the second half of the 19th century. Neasden farms concentrated on rearing and providing horses for the city. Town work was exhausting and unhealthy for the horses, and in 1886 the RSPCA formed a committee to set up the Home of Rest for Horses with grounds in Sudbury and Neasden, where for a small fee town horses were allowed to graze in the open for a few weeks.[1]
The urbanisation of Neasden began with the arrival of the railway.[4] The first railway running through Neasden — Hendon-Acton and Bedford — St. Pancras was opened for goods traffic in October 1868, with passenger services following soon. In 1875, Dudding Hill, the first station in the area, was opened, and the Metropolitan Railway was extended through Neasden shortly afterwards.[5] Neasden station was opened on Neasden Lane in 1880. New housing, initially for railway workers, was built in the village (particularly around Village Way) with all the streets named after Metropolitan stations in Buckinghamshire.
In 1883, an Anglican mission chapel, St Saviour's, was set up in the village. Its priest, the Reverend James Mills, became an important and popular figure in late 19th century Neasden. In 1885 Mills took over St Andrew's, Kingsbury and became vicar of a new parish, Neasden-cum-Kingsbury, created because of the area's rising population.
Before Mill's arrival, the only sporting facilities in Neasden had been two packs of foxhounds, both of which had disbanded by 1857. Mills became founder president of Neasden Cricket Club and encouraged musical societies. In 1893 a golf club was founded at Neasden House, however only 10% of its members came from Neasden.
In the 1890s change led to a conscious effort to create a village atmosphere. At this time, the Spotted Dog became a social centre for local people. By 1891 Neasden had a population of 930, half of whom lived in the village. Despite the presence of the village in the west, it was the London end that grew fastest.
In 1893 the Great Central Railway got permission to join up its main line from Nottingham with the Metropolitan. Trains ran on or alongside the Metropolitan track to a terminus at Marylebone (this is now the modern day Chiltern Main Line). The Great Central set up a depot south of the line at Neasden and built houses for its workers (Gresham and Woodheyes roads). The Great Central village was a "singularly isolated and self-contained community" with its own school and single shop, Branch No. 1 of the North West London Co-operative Society. It is now part of a conservation area. There was considerable sporting rivalry between the two railway estates and a football match was played every Good Friday. By the 1930s the two railways employed over 1000 men.
Neasden Hospital was built in 1894 and closed in 1986.
Apart from the railways, Neasden was dominated by agriculture until just before the First World War. In 1911, Neasden's population had swelled to 2,074. By 1913, light industry at Church End had spread up Neasden Lane as far as the station.
In the 1920s, the building of the North Circular Road, a main arterial route round London, brought another wave of development; it opened in 1922–23. The 1924–25 British Empire Exhibition led to road improvements and the introduction of new bus services. Together with the North Circular Road, it paved the way for a new residential suburb at Neasden. In 1930 Neasden House was part demolished. The last farm in Neasden (covering The Rise, Elm Way and Vicarage Way) was built over in 1935. The Ritz cinema opened in 1935 and Neasden Shopping Parade was opened in 1936, and was considered the most up-to-date in the area. All of Neasden's older houses were demolished during this period, except for The Grange, and the Spotted Dog was rebuilt in mock-Tudor style. Industries sprung up in the south of the area, and by 1949, Neasden's population was over 13,000.
The Post Office Research Station was located nearby in Dollis Hill. There the Colossus computers, among the world's first, were built in _PHONE_ and underneath it the Paddock wartime cabinet rooms were constructed in 1939.
Neasden Power Station, which was built to provide power for the Metropolitan Railway, was closed and demolished in 1968.[6]
The post-war history of Neasden is one of steady decline; local traffic congestion problems necessitated the building of an underpass on the North Circular Road that effectively cut Neasden in half and had a disastrous effect on the shopping centre by making pedestrian access to it difficult. The decline in industry through the 1970s also contributed to the area's decline. But nonetheless Neasden has survived, largely due to a succession of vibrant immigrant communities keeping the local economy afloat. Neasden Depot continues to be the main depot of the London Underground's Metropolitan line (and is also used by trains of the Jubilee line); it is London Underground's largest depot[7] and as such it is a major local employer.
Recent history[edit]
The Grange Tavern (previously called The Old Spotted Dog) on Neasden Lane was closed in the 1990s and demolished to make way for a block of flats, bringing to an end the inn that had stood there for around two centuries. Another old pub, The Pantiles which stood on the North Circular Road was converted to another McDonald's restaurant. The Swedish furniture retailer, IKEA opened its second UK outlet in Neasden in 1988.
In 1995 Neasden became the home of the biggest Hindu temple outside India: the Neasden Temple.
In 2004, the Shopping Centre area was partially redeveloped by the council in an effort to reverse its fortunes. The Grange, which had housed a museum about the people of Brent was closed by the council in 2005.
The 2004 redevelopment proved to be unpopular with local businesses as it changed the layouts of parking, thus forcing customers and local trade to pass by due to the parking restrictions of the redevelopment.
Neasden in popular culture[edit]
"The loneliest village in London"[edit]
Neasden was once nicknamed 'the loneliest village in London'.[3]
Private Eye[edit]
Neasden has achieved considerable notoriety thanks to the British satirical magazine, Private Eye. Since early in its history (when the magazine was actually printed in Neasden) the magazine has used Neasden as an exemplar of the suburban environment in pieces parodying current events, personalities, and social mores (for example, the University of Neasden). Spoof sports reports in the magazine usually feature the perennially unsuccessful football team, Neasden F.C. with their manager, "ashen-faced


EnsurePlus as an Alternative to the Standardized Egg Gastric-Emptying Meal
Lilja B. Solnes, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Harvey A. Ziessman
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to establish normal gastric-emptying values for EnsurePlus in healthy subjects and to determine whether it is an acceptable alternative to the recommended standardized 99mTc-sulfur colloid egg meal. Methods Twenty-one healthy subjects underwent gastric-emptying scintigraphy with 111In-DTPA EnsurePlus. Normal gastric emptying values were established for 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours after meal ingestion. The gastric-emptying results were compared with another group of normal subjects (n = 18) who ingested the standardized egg meal. Results The mean (95% upper reference limit) percentages for gastric retention for EnsurePlus were as follows: 69.9% (87.1%) at 1 hour, 35.1% (64.3%) at 2 hours, 13.5% (23.2%) at 3, and 8.9% (13.5%) at 4 hours. There were time-related differences in the gastric emptying of the EnsurePlus compared with the egg meal. In the first and second hours, there were no difference between EnsurePlus and the egg meal in terms of percentage retention (P = 0.92 at 1 hour, P = 0.05 at 2 hours). However, at 3 and 4 hours after meal ingestion, the mean percentage gastric retention of the EnsurePlus was significantly higher than the egg meal (P < 0.001). Conclusion EnsurePlus is a good and acceptable alternative to the standardized egg meal.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)459-461
Number of pages3
JournalClinical nuclear medicine
Volume44
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2019
Keywords
 - EnsurePlus
 - gastric emptying
 - nuclear medicine
 - reference value
ASJC Scopus subject areas
 - Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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FusionInsight HD provides backup functions for system and user data within each component. The data mainly includes databases and configuration files for the Manager component, user information, DBService metadata, HBase user service data, and HDFS metadata and user service data.
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Data that can be backed up and restored within a FusionInsight HD environment
FusionInsight HD provides backup functions for system and user data within each component. The data mainly includes databases and configuration files for the Manager component, user information, DBService metadata, HBase user service data, and HDFS metadata and user service data.
Method used to back up MQ data in a FusionInsight Farmer environment
MQ information is persistently stored on an SSD. When an exception occurs, SSD data can be automatically collected if the SSD is unformatted. The cluster does not provide independent MQ data backup and restoration functions.
Failed to Back Up System Configuration Data
1.Use PuTTY to log in to the OceanStor BCManager node. Use the Management IP address to log in as user ICUser. 2.Run the following command to disable logout on timeout. TMOUT=0 NOTE: After you run this command, the system continues to run when no operation is performed, resulting a risk. For security, run exit to exit the system. 3.Run the following command and enter the password of user root to switch to user root: su - root 4.Run the following command to go to the directory of the configuration file. cd /etc/ssh 5.Run the following command to open the configuration file. vi sshd_config 6.Press I to enter the editing mode. 7.Change parameter values in the configuration file, as shown in the following: PermitRootLogin yes PasswordAuthentication yes PermitEmptyPasswords no ChallengeResponseAuthentication no UsePAM yes 8.Press ESC and enter :wq to save the settings and exit the VI editor. 9.Run the following command to restart the sshd service. service sshd restart 10.After the next backup point in time, check whether the backup failure alarm has been cleared. If yes, no further action is required. If no, contact technical support.
What modes can interfaces be backed up
Interface backup supports the master/slave and load balancing backup mode. From V200R001C01, interface backup supports the following association modes: association between interface backup and NQA, interface backup and BFD, and interface backup and routing.
Method used to back up data on the USG6000
The methods used for backing up configuration content and restoring the configuration are as follows: 1. Back up and restore profiles using the FTP, SFTP, and TFTP servers (recommended). This method is applicable to the situation in which a large number of devices are maintained in a centralized manner. 2. If the device serves as an FTP server, you can configure the FTP server function for configuration backup and restoration without configuring FTP software. Open FTP ports cause certain potential security risks. 3. Back up the profiles on the storage server. The operation is simple and does not require other software. If the data is backed up on the same storage media, the primary and backup profiles may be damaged simultaneously. 4. The configuration data backup and restoration on the web UI is simple. You need to configure the web login in advance.
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Unlike alcohol use, reported cannabis use appears to be lower in less deprived areas (Figure 23). However, the differences are small and of unknown statistical significance. Neither is there a clear relationship between area deprivation and ever having tried drugs other than cannabis.
Figure 23: Self-reporting of ever having tried drugs in 15 year olds in England by local authority deprivation quintile (IMD 2010), 2015
Source: What About YOUth? survey, HSCIC, 2015
Confidence intervals not provided. For a full definition of deprivation quintile, please see Figure 19 and Figure 23.


How to Meet Language Arts and Social Studies Standards with Your Laser Cutter
What are all the ways that you might power-up engagement and learning with a laser cutter?
Teachers of all grade levels and subjects have discovered that DigiLab laser cutters can take learning up a big notch, hitting a wide variety of standards and deeply engaging students in the work. We've created lists of ideas to spark your thinking about how to add a laser cutter to your language arts or social studies lessons, with links to Common Core State Standards.
To come up with your own curriculum applications, consider the units in which your students are least engaged or those that you find most boring to teach. Then, take the story above and the following ideas as inspiration. How might a laser cutter help you to add a new dimension to your own lessons?
Language Arts Laser Cutter Project Ideas
 1. Book summaries: Design an artifact that one of the characters had in daily life and cut it out on the laser.
 2. Book diorama: Create diorama made completely out of laser cut pieces.
 3. Book quotes: Have students choose their favorite quotes from their individual or class book; engrave them onto wood and acrylic to hang in the hallway or classroom. Go a step further and have students write an essay based on one of their classmates' selected quotations.
 4. Elevate writing: Turn student poetry or short stories into authentic products by laser engraving them on a special material to display.
 5. Root words: Have students make games using laser cut pieces to help them learn Latin and Greek roots.
 6. Self-reflection: On the first day of school, have students design and laser cut something that represents them. Display these symbols on the bulletin board or on each student's desk to help you and their classmates get to know them. At end of year, lead a reflective activity to see what has changed.
 7. Language arts manipulatives: How can you bring your lessons alive by creating objects or aids to go with them? Before it might have been time-consuming or expensive, but even introducing a new material into the classroom gets kids excited about learning. ANYTHING you have as a document can be engraved on laser cutter. You can make bingo game, flashcards, and turn anything into a puzzle (site words, root words, parts of speech).
Social Studies Laser Cutter Project Ideas
 1. Create a culture project: Have students design and laser cut a logo or flag for their invented cultures; create multi-dimensional topographical maps; laser engrave their hand-drawn maps on wood or cardboard.
 2. Solve problems in history: Prototype solutions to questions like, How might the Egyptians have carried their water from here to there? What tools might the Native Americans have used to build their dwellings? What games might the children have invented with the limited materials they had in any given setting?
 3. Create period tools: Make prototypes of ancient tools that the culture would have used in daily life. Make games and tools for colonial different trades.
 4. Imagine alternate histories: Consider questions like, What if the American Colonists had had access one simple, modern-day tool? Design and prototype it on the laser cutter, and explore how life would have been different or how history would have changed with this one item.
 5. Build ancient structures: Instead of toothpicks and popsicle sticks, have students design, cut, and assemble bridges and pyramids using the laser cutter.
 6. Living timeline: Have students create laser-cut symbols or artifacts to correspond with essential landmarks or inventions in history.
 7. Historical excavation: Turn pictures of artifacts from the historical time period you're studying into laser-cut items. Hide them archeological-dig style outside, or just around the classroom. As a pre-unit introduction, have students figure out why they are important to this culture.
 8. History quotes: Have students choose key quotes from history and laser engrave them on leather.
Note: Although Common Core State Standards for specific grade levels are linked throughout this article, the activities can be applied to many grade levels.
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Quick Answer: Is Styrofoam Good For Plants?
Can you put Styrofoam in the bottom of a planter?
Adding a few inches of foam peanuts or chunks in the bottom of the container reduces the amount of soil needed to fill the planter.
Also, the foam keeps soil from washing out of the drainage holes while assisting with drainage by keeping the soil from compacting at the bottom of the pot..
Can styrofoam be toxic?
Toxicity: Styrofoam is considered non-toxic when eaten. Expected symptoms: No symptoms are anticipated when a piece of styrofoam is accidentally ingested, but large pieces can cause choking.
Should I add perlite to my soil?
Adding perlite to potting soil is a good way to ensure the container garden drains well while also creating a light, fluffy soil for your plants. Container plants should be planted in a light, well-draining, nutritious soil mix.
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Will Styrofoam absorb water?
Also question is, does Styrofoam soak up water? No. However, water can work its way through the foam under pressure or by gravity force. When the foam is placed on water it will float and upon removal it will not contain any water and it does not lose any of its insulating properties.
How do you get water out of Styrofoam?
The waterlogged Styrofoam can be repaired by drying in high sunlight, but it is cheap and more effective to simply replace the Styrofoam.Take the Styrofoam out of the cover, or from the area in which it has been overexposed to water. … Lay the Styrofoam out in a dry and sunny area, and allow it to sit for several days.More items…
Can you seal Styrofoam?
If you need to use a paint that's not Styrofoam friendly, you must first cover/seal the Styrofoam. … A perfect covering is done by applying the cover/seal in a thin layer and letting it dry. Then sand off any rough spots until the surface is perfect again. Then cover with another coat, let dry, and sand again.
Does Styrofoam leach into food?
Studies show that styrene, a likely carcinogen, can leach from StyrofoamTM cups and containers when heated. Never put hot food/drink into StyrofoamTM containers, and never microwave StyrofoamTM (or any other plastic) products!
How do you make homemade perlite?
Mix equal parts of dry cement, sphagnum peat moss and perlite in a bucket or other container. Measure each ingredient by volume instead of by weight, so if you measure with a dry scoop, use an equal number of scoops of each ingredient.
Can I use rice instead of perlite?
PBH rice hulls are proven alternative to perlite. In recent years, as greenhouse growers have embraced sustainability and looked for feasible ways to reduce production costs, the use of parboiled rice hulls in greenhouse growing media has become a popular substitute for perlite.
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Can you grow plants in Styrofoam?
You can grow garden vegetables in most containers, but polystyrene boxes – like the ones you see at the fruit and veg shop – are ideal. They're light, easy to manage, and the foam helps insulate the roots. Use deep boxes to give your vegies plenty of space to grow their roots.
Can I use Styrofoam instead of perlite?
This is okay for potted plants, but if using in garden soil, it's just adding plastic to the environment and it isn't safe. Styrofoam is NOT a substitute for Perlite. It is NOT a naturally occurring substance and does NOT decompose.
What can you use Styrofoam for?
Ways to Reuse Styrofoam Packing PeanutsReuse as Packing Peanuts. There's no reason why styrofoam peanuts can't be reused as what they were made for before! … Stuffing. … Alternative to Ice. … Plant Pot Fillers. … Tighten Loose Screws. … Christmas Tree Tinsel.
Is it OK to use Styrofoam peanuts in planters?
It is not recommended to use Styrofoam peanuts for potted plants now, because they may break down in water and soil, leaving you with sunken in containers. … If pieces begin to dissolve in the water, do not use them in the bottom of pots.
How long does it take for styrofoam to decompose in water?
Non-Biodegradable Pollutant It is unknown how long it takes for polystyrene to biodegrade. Some experts estimate the decomposition of Styrofoam to 500 years, with limited recycling options.
Is Styrofoam safe for hydroponics?
The short answer is yes; Styrofoam can be used in hydroponics without danger as it relates to the makeup of the styrene product.
What are the little white balls in potting soil?
Perlite used in soil resembles tiny white plastic foam balls, but it's actually a naturally occurring volcanic glass. When processed for use in potting soil, perlite is heated to 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, so that it puffs like popcorn. When it puffs up, it expands to several times its original volume.


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The house was originally hand-built as a two-room brick cottage by Charles Wingrove in approximately 1858.
It was extended a number of times during the years, reaching its present size around 1870. When Cameron Construction purchased the property in 2004, the cottage was derelict having been unoccupied for a number of years. It had a leaking roof, rotted floorboards, unstable brickwork, and was home to a number of possums. The rear wing had been partly demolished, leaving a mess of concrete slabs behind with a garden that was almost non-existent.
The cottage was extensively repaired, with particular attention paid to retaining as much of the original materials as possible. The northern brick gable was cracked due to an inadequate lintel, which required partial rebuilding. The bricks were all numbered before removal, to ensure the repaired wall was rebuilt as close as possible to the original wall. Other bricks were crumbling, so they were replaced with hand-made bricks found on the site.
Timber veranda posts, beams and brackets were replaced where necessary, with special sections made to match the original. The cottage was planned to be leased as a commercial tenancy, so the kitchen was replaced with a small sink unit and the bathroom converted to include a disabled toilet.
A new front garden and fence were constructed with the assistance of old photos and historic records to guide the design. The original bluestone-lined open drainage channel running along the north side of the cottage was cleared and retained, then completed with appropriate flora and two small footbridges.
We are proud to have completed the restoration of the historic Wingrove Cottage, to ensure its continued survival for the next century. Cameron Construction is excited by heritage renovation and restoration projects such as this and looks forward to everyone with great anticipation.