Question: Do Plants Have The Same Stem If Not Give Their Differences?
What makes plants so special?
Plants help to clean water too..
Which plants have no leaves?
Mosses and liverworts may still have photosynthesis, but they do not have that 'classic' plant structure. Then you will find species such as cacti that don't have leaves. They conduct photosynthesis in their stems.
Why don t all plants look the same?
All plants are made up of similar parts, but they often look different. Like animals, those that look more like each other than any other plant belong to the same species. … Herbaceous plants have leaves and stems that die at the end of the growing season. Woody shrubs have stems that are covered by a layer of bark.
What are the 4 types of stems?
How does a stem look like?
Stem, in botany, the plant axis that bears buds and shoots with leaves and, at its basal end, roots. … In most plants the stem is the major vertical shoot, in some it is inconspicuous, and in others it is modified and resembles other plant parts (e.g., underground stems may look like roots).
What is the difference between a root and a stem?
The part of the plant which is present above the surface of the soil is called Stems, while Roots is the part of the plant which is present below the soil surface.
What do stems have that roots don t?
One simple difference is that stems bear leaves, and roots don't. … Similarity: Both stems and roots contain vascular tissues (xylem and phloem), the circulatory system of the plant. Difference: In herbaceous stems, the vascular tissues are contained in bundles; these bundles sit relatively near the surface of the stem.
What would happen if we break the stem of a plant?
The stem of a tender plant can be easily damaged by high winds, heavy rains or poor handling. This vital part of the plant transports the nutrients from the water and soil to its blossoms and leaves. If the stem becomes broken or bent, it can interrupt this flow and can cause your plant to die.
Do all plant cells look alike?
However, plant cells and animal cells do not look exactly the same or have all of the same organelles, since they each have different needs. For example, plant cells contain chloroplasts since they need to perform photosynthesis, but animal cells do not.
What is the difference between the two types of stems?
The pith is the median strip: it can be hollow or not and can contain wood in some plants. There are two main types of stems: woody, which are tallest, thickest and firmest and tend to be trees; and herbaceous, which are stems that are mostly supported by water.
How can plant stems be different?
Key PointsMost stems are found above ground, but some of them grow underground.Stems can be either unbranched or highly branched; they may be herbaceous or woody.Stems connect the roots to the leaves, helping to transport water, minerals, and sugars to different parts of the plant.More items…
Which plant does not have stem?
Bryophytes have no roots, leaves or stems. Moss and liverworts belong to this group. They are flowerless plants that grow in clumps.
Why do plants look different?
These differences in plants are called variations. The plants vary in many ways. The plants vary by the number of leaves they might have in a group, shape of the leaves, what color the flowers are or when the flowers might bloom. Botanists use these differences or characteristics to help identify the plants.
What is stalk in flower?
Peduncle: The stalk of a flower. Receptacle: The part of a flower stalk where the parts of the flower are attached. … Petal: The parts of a flower that are often conspicuously colored. Stamen: The pollen producing part of a flower, usually with a slender filament supporting the anther.
What is stem in tree?
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, stores nutrients, and produces new living tissue.


An Android Studio Navigation Component Tutorial
The previous chapter described the Android Jetpack Navigation Component and how it integrates with the navigation graphing features of Android Studio to provide an easy way to implement navigation between the screens of an Android app. In this chapter, a new Android Studio project will be created that uses these navigation features to implement an example app containing multiple screens. In addition to demonstrating the use of the Android Studio navigation graph editor, the example project will also implement the passing of data between origin and destination screens using type-safe arguments.
Creating the NavigationDemo Project
Select the New Project option from the welcome screen and, within the resulting new project dialog, choose the Empty Views Activity template before clicking on the Next button.
Enter NavigationDemo into the Name field and specify com.ebookfrenzy.navigationdemo as the package name. Before clicking on the Finish button, change the Minimum API level setting to API 26: Android 8.0 (Oreo) and the Language menu to Kotlin.
Adding Navigation to the Build Configuration
A new Empty Views Activity project does not include the Navigation component libraries in the build configuration files by default. Before performing any other tasks, therefore, the first step is to modify the app level build.gradle.kts file. Locate this file in the Project tool window (Gradle Scripts -> build.gradle.kts (Module :app)), double-click on it to load it into the code editor, and modify the dependencies section to add the navigation libraries. Also, take this opportunity to enable view binding for this module:
android {

 buildFeatures {
 viewBinding = true
 }
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.
dependencies {
 implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.6.0")
 implementation ("androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.6.0")
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.
}Code language: Gradle (gradle)
Note that newer versions of these libraries may have been released since this book was published. After adding the navigation dependencies to the file, click on the Sync Now link to resynchronize the build configuration for the project.

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Creating the Navigation Graph Resource File
With the navigation libraries added to the build configuration, the navigation graph resource file can now be added to the project. As outlined in The Android Navigation Architecture Component, this is an XML file containing the fragments and activities through which the user will be able to navigate, together with the actions to perform the transitions and any data to be passed between destinations.
Within the Project tool window, locate the res folder (app -> res), right-click on it, and select the New ->Android Resource File menu option:
Figure 48-1
After selecting the menu item, the New Resource File dialog will appear. In this dialog, name the file navigation_ graph and change the Resource type menu to Navigation as outlined in Figure 48-2 before clicking on the OK button to create the file.
Figure 48-2
After the navigation graph resource file has been added to the project, it will appear in the main panel, ready for adding new destinations. Switch the editor to Code mode and review the XML for the graph before any destinations are added:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<navigation xmlns:android="_URL_
 xmlns:app="_URL_
 android:id="@+id/navigation_graph">

</navigation>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)
Switch back to Design mode within the editor and note that the Host section of the Destinations panel indicates that no navigation host fragments have been detected within the project:

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Figure 48-3
Before adding any destinations to the navigation graph, the next step is to add a navigation host fragment to the project.
Declaring a Navigation Host
For this project, the navigation host fragment will be contained within the user interface layout of the main activity. First, locate the main activity layout file in the Project tool window (app -> res -> layout -> activity_ main.xml), load it into the layout editor tool, and delete the default TextView component.
With the layout editor in Design mode, drag a NavHostFragment element from the Containers section of the Palette and drop it onto the container area of the activity layout as indicated by the arrow in Figure 48-4:
Figure 48-4
Select the navigation_graph.xml file created in the previous section from the resulting Navigation Graphs dialog and click on the OK button.
With the newly added NavHostFragment instance selected in the layout, use the Attributes tool window to change the element's ID to demo_nav_host_fragment before clicking on the Infer constraints button.

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Switch the layout editor to Code mode and review the XML file. Note that the editor has correctly configured the navigation graph property to reference the navigation_graph.xml file and that the defaultNavHost property has been set to true:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="_URL_
 xmlns:app="_URL_
 xmlns:tools="_URL_
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 tools:context=".MainActivity">
 <androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
 android:id="@+id/demo_nav_host_fragment"
 android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
 android:layout_width="409dp"
 android:layout_height="729dp"
 app:defaultNavHost="true"
 app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
 app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
 app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
 app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
 app:navGraph="@navigation/navigation_graph" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)
Return to the navigation_graph.xml file and confirm that the NavHostFragment instance has been detected (it may be necessary to close and reopen the file before the change appears):
Figure 48-5
Adding Navigation Destinations
Remaining in the navigation graph, it is time to add the first destination. Click on the new destination button as shown in Figure 48-6 to select or create a destination:
Figure 48-6
Next, select the Create new destination option from the menu. In the resulting dialog, select the Fragment (Blank) template, name the new fragment FirstFragment and the layout fragment_first before clicking on the Finish button. After a short delay while the project rebuilds, the new fragment will appear as a destination within the graph, as shown in Figure 48-7:
Figure 48-7
The home icon above the destination node indicates this is the start destination. This means the destination will be the first displayed when the NavHostFragment activity is created. To change the start destination to another, select that node in the graph and click on the home button in the toolbar.

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Review the XML content of the navigation graph by switching the editor to Code mode:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<navigation xmlns:android="_URL_
 xmlns:app="_URL_
 xmlns:tools="_URL_
 android:id="@+id/navigation_graph"
 app:startDestination="@id/firstFragment">
 <fragment
 android:id="@+id/firstFragment"
 android:name="com.ebookfrenzy.navigationdemo.FirstFragment"
 android:label="fragment_first"
 tools:layout="@layout/fragment_first" />
</navigation>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)
Before any navigation can be performed, the graph needs at least one more destination. Repeat the above steps to add a fragment named SecondFragment with the layout file named fragment_second. The new fragment will appear as another destination within


The Art of Transformational Voice
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Humming on nasal consonants can be very useful to access more resonance in the openings in the face and head. Because of the way it stimulates the brain as well as other organs and glands, humming also has a great effect on the entire physical and personality system.
[m] helps us feel vibrations in the forward resonators, especially the mouth. It is especially beneficial when the sound lacks brilliance and clarity. In combination with vowel sounds such as [i], the IPA* symbol for a long "ee" sound like in the word "feet" or [a] like in the word "hat" we can learn how resonance adds acoustical efficiency and volume without having to put pressure on the vocal cords. This is a great combination for transforming shyness, sadness or other qualities that cause the voice to be held within and quiet.
[ng] increases sensation and resonance in the throat at the back of the mouth. Accessing the inside spaces behind the larynx, mouth and nose can add more warmth to the sound. We can feel and hear this even more when it is used in combination with vowels such as [o] like in the word "note" or [u] like in the word "shoe." This is a useful combination to bring calm and gentleness to the entire system, to transform anger or impatience.
[n] is in the center and can be used to bring balance and integration of both front and back resonators. Using it in combination with the vowel [α] like in the word "paw" heightens our sense of activating both front and back resonators together. It is a useful combination for bringing stability and strength to the entire physical and personality system. It is great for accessing qualities like acceptance and endurance.
Working different combinations reveals different ways of transforming and balancing the voice and its effects. Try [m] with [o] or [ng] with [a]. You will find some combinations increase flexibility while others add power. Some make high notes easier to access while others bring more clarity to low notes. The particular combination that is most effective changes from one situation to the next. After a while you will start to have a sense of how the nasal consonants work with you. Until then, it's valuable to just play around with the different sounds and enjoy what they bring to your expressive artistry.
* IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet
Some people like traditional prayers that are found in formal religions. Others don't identify with praying at all. I think praying is deeply personal and whatever prayers likes it that way. In fact, there are likely as many ways of praying as there are people who do it.
I learned from Esther Cohen that one way to pray is just to say "Amen" a lot. It reminds me that life is its own prayer and I don't have to get all fancy and ritualistic. I can just wake up to a sense of sacredness in any moment.
Rosy is dancing. Amen.
Randy shoveled the snow off my walks. Amen.
I sang at my friend's funeral. Amen.
I feel tenderly toward the neighbor's cat that is lonely and crying. Amen.
9 months post treatment I'm cancer free. Amen.
I'm both grateful and grieving. Amen.
The impulse my body has to inhale is the source of creation breathing me to life. The impulse to exhale is that source wanting to bring something to life through me. Following my breath is praying.
A subtle but relentless thought about someone is a prayer entering my willing heart. I dial the phone and learn that Sandy's cat just died in her arms. Another day I call and Aidan says he broke his ankle. Practicing singing increases my tendency to tune into these subtle promptings.
My own broken heart is a petition spilling all over the day to call someone else to experience being the answer to prayer.
There's an old Christian saying, "Singing is praying twice." The reason religions often chant rather than speak prayers is because of all that happens for us as we chant:
 - The regular rhythm entrains and slows breathing and heart rates, encouraging deeper states of relaxation and concentration.
 - The vibrato is the same rate as in certain states of meditation and lucid dreaming, encouraging a deeper sense of connection with spirit.
 - The increased overtones stimulate the brain and immune system enhancing energy and focus.
It is possible to use the speaking voice in a way that generates all of these qualities, but most of us don't do that. If we don't want to chant, starting our day with a little humming can help. Breathing practices aimed at balancing and regulating the breath can also help.
The miracle of creation and the potential for love is in every breath, in each sensation, thought and feeling. Using our voice as prayer is a way to open to love.


Lovat Dickson - Wilderness Man: The Strange Story Of Grey Owl
Référence B-064-982
ISBN-10 _PHONE_
ISBN-13 9780671022747
Format Broché
Pages 288
Livre d'occasion
Wilderness Man: The Strange Story Of Grey Owl
de Lovat Dickson
Édition New edition 1999
Chez Simon & Schuster
B Bon
Légères traces d'usure sur la couverture. Salissures sur la tranche.
His real name was Archie Belaney. Born and raised in Hastings by maiden aunts, Archie dreamed of escaping to the Canadian wilderness. Finally, in 1906 at the age of seventeen, Archie's dream came true and he left England to live the frontier life in the Canadian northland. He adopted Indian customs, changed his name to Grey Owl and became famous throughout Northern Ontario as a trapper, riverman, and fire-ranger. Even in the rough frontier, Grey Owl was notorious - for his daring, his arrogance and his devastating effect on women. After a stint in the Canadian army during World War I, and two bigamous marriages, Grey Owl fell in love with Anahareo, an Iroquois girl. Together they gave up the traplines to work for the protection of animals and the conservation of the land they both loved. A man before his time, Grey Owl wrote books about the Canadian wilderness and travelled the world lecturing about conservation. But it was not until his premature death in 1938, that the truth about his background was finally revealed, a truth so deeply buried that even his beloved Anahareo was unaware of it.
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Coordinate systems are used to accurately identify locations on the Earth's surface, and are one of the fundamental building blocks that make modern Geographic Information Systems possible. Many of the links below refer to our 2009 publication, Wisconsin Coordinate Reference Systems. This 119-page publication is a revision of the Wisconsin Coordinate Systems handbook published by the SCO in 1995. The new handbook contains expanded information on coordinate reference systems commonly used in Wisconsin.
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Objectives / Professional profile:
The main objective of the Graduate Program in Oceanography – PPGOCEANO (Master's degree) is the generation and transmission of knowledge over the oceanographic processes (biological, physical, chemical and geological) of the coastal and marine environments (Blue and Brown Water Oceanography), and also the management of such space, with special interest in the State of Santa Catarina and the Southern region of Brazil. Formally, it aims to:
– ensure a high-level training and improvement of professors, researchers and professionals committed to the advance of knowledge in order to meet the national needs;
– promote the development of scientific research in the specific areas of knowledge;
– strengthen the correlated areas of study already existing at UFSC, expanding the relationship among them.
The Graduate Program in Oceanography has a proposal of action strongly connected to the scientific research, contemplating both basic and applied sciences. This option reflects on the way of approaching subjects, thesis themes and on the careful selection of applicants.
The specific objectives of PPGOCEANO are to:
– train and qualify researchers and professors at the master's degree level in Oceanography.
– boost the search for knowledge and innovative contents that propel research on the phenomena of interaction between ocean-atmosphere, Earth-ocean, and ocean and boundary layer.
– train professionals to work in coastal and marine management.
The Master's Program is offered for graduated professionals who attend the selection criteria and that have the skills to act as: researchers able to develop technological and scientific innovations; professors able to teach at the university level; or professionals able to create tools and strategies of response to the use and management of oceans.
For such, the program aims at training professionals to work in the areas of research and study of natural oceanographic phenomena, such as the phenomena of interaction between ocean-atmosphere, Earth–ocean and ocean and bottom boundary layer.
For the Academic Master's Degree Program, besides the qualifying seminar (in the 6th and the 14th months) and the development of the master's thesis, the student shall take 18 credits in elective or optional courses. Additionally, the master's student may attend up to 30 hours (2 credits) of teaching practice. The elective courses are distributed along the two semesters of each year, and may be offered in intervals of up to two years. Some courses may be offered in an intensive format. The other credits may be taken in Special Topic Courses offered by the program or in courses from other programs (maximum of 4 credits), or even in complementary activities (such as attending events, thesis or dissertation defenses, and seminars, for up to 2 credits). The presentation of the theses in the form of articles, submitted to journals evaluated by the Qualis system of CAPES (at A1, A2, B1 or B2 levels), and/or book chapters (L1 and L2 levels) as well as the preferential integration between the lines of research will be encouraged.
For such, the program aims to prepare professionals who are able to enter the academy and/or the labor market in order to:
– develop scientific and technological innovations,
– teach in Higher Education,
– create tools and strategies of response to the use and management of coastal zone and oceans.
Total Credits for degree:
Courses: 18 credits (in elective or validated courses)
Thesis: 6 credits
Total: 24 credits
Other: up to 2 credits in extracurricular activities and 2 credits of teaching practice.
Frequency: Electives are offered every two years / optional courses are offered occasionally

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Alkylglycerols are oil-based chelating agents found in large amounts in shark liver oil, and also synthesized by the human body, where they are found in the bone marrow and in breast milk. They are capable of combining with toxic metals like mercury, and hastening their removal from tissues. Alkylglycerols differ from ordinary fats by linking their fatty acids to glycerol with ether bonds instead of ester bonds.
Research suggests that alkylglycerols may be protective of white blood cells, especially in situations such as radiotherapy for cancer.
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RSSB Rail Carbon Tool Training
The Network Rail Environmental and Social Minimum Requirements standard requires certain rail projects (those with over £1 million spend on civils, track and Overhead Line Equipment (OLE)) to undertake a carbon assessment using the RSSB Rail Carbon Tool. Projects must demonstrate that they have undertaken an assessment and used the results to influence design and construction.
In addition, there are UK policy requirements such as the goals to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. Measuring and reducing carbon is also important for achieving verification for specifications such as PAS (Publicly Available Specification) 2080. PAS2080 is the world's first low carbon infrastructure specification which provides a framework for the industry to evaluate and manage whole life carbon emissions aiming to deliver reduced carbon and reduced cost solutions.
This training has been recently developed to introduce delegates to the RSSB Rail Carbon Tool. Specifically, how to use the tool and the benefits of using it on UK rail infrastructure projects to reduce embodied carbon and save money.
The Rail Carbon Tool is free to access for both RSSB members and non-members working in the GB rail sector.
Any organisation undertaking a large infrastructure project will have to hold the expertise to use the Rail Carbon Tool. The training is aimed at individuals who would use the tool to undertake carbon assessments for their projects and reduce carbon emissions through design and construction which can result in capital and operational cost savings.
This training is likely to be relevant to (but not limited to) environmental professionals, engineers, project managers and estimators.
- Learn the background to the tool and the regulatory and legislative context for undertaking carbon assessments.
- How to reduce carbon emissions through design and construction for capital and operational cost savings.
- Complete practical exercises on mock rail infrastructure projects using the Rail Carbon Tool.
- How the Rail Carbon Tool can be used to undertake carbon assessments for projects.
All delegates are required to bring a laptop / tablet with the Rail Carbon Tool installed.
This training will be delivered by Elliot Shiers. Elliot is a practitioner member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) with eight years of experience in delivering environmental and sustainability management solutions on complex and nationally significant rail infrastructure projects.
Elliot has expertise in undertaking carbon assessments, using the Rail Carbon Tool and has worked extensively on a variety of rail infrastructure projects to deliver carbon and cost savings and help projects meet their sustainability targets and objectives.
Background on the tool
The video below provides an introduction to the Rail Carbon Tool and some background on why the tool was developed.


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UCLA researchers plan to use an $11 million federal grant to fund three studies that will look at how low-income communities of color can reduce disparately high rates of stroke among their ranks.
The money will go to the university's Los Angeles Stroke Prevention/Intervention Research Program in Health Disparities, a research center that's partnered with health care systems, organizations and city agencies throughout Los Angeles County.
The funding comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the 27 institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Barbara Vickrey, the director of the Los Angeles Stroke Prevention/Intervention Research Program in Health Disparities, noted that every year the country sees nearly 800,000 strokes, which are the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.
"We've got a big problem," she said. "We know there are things we can treat to reduce the risk."
"We know there's a problem," said Vickrey. "We've measured how bad it is but we need interventions that are going to go in and really eliminate those disparities, and we know those interventions have to be community-based."
Vickrey said there are "huge disparities" in stroke occurrence and the treatment of stroke risk factors based on racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. She also said folks who are poor or have less education are more likely to have strokes – some of them deadly – and lack control over the risk factors that lead to stroke.
The five-year, $11-million grant from the NIH will fund three studies, said Vickrey:
- One will focus on people who have already had one stroke, which puts those people at high risk of having another one. This study will look at how the risk of recurrent stroke is lowered by on-the-ground community health workers who make home visits to teach participants how to do things like measure their own blood pressure, read food labels, increase their physical activity and take their medications properly. "That's really key," said Vickrey. "To be in the home, be able to speak folks' own language, to know that community well, to work on all those kinds of changes you need to prevent another stroke."
- Another trial will promote walking within low-income senior centers, and provide residents with brain health education. Researchers will assess the impact of this program, said Vickrey, and "if this is effective in promoting walking, then it can be rolled out to other senior centers across the U.S."
- The third study will be an analysis of several decades' worth of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, with the goal of identifying new risk factors for stroke.
Vickrey emphasized the importance of these communities' involvement in every step of these projects – from helping to carry out the trials to the evaluation of data.
"The big message, again, is these interventions have to be community-based to be effective," she said. "If they are effective, we want to be poised to disseminate them broadly and maintain them."
Vickrey added that in terms of stroke risk factors, South Los Angeles – along with other communities where there's a heavy reliance on safety-net care – tends to fare worse. The most recent data available from the L.A. County Department of Public Health confirms that.


Google Acquires Phonetic Arts for Speech Synthesis
By Clint Boulton | Posted 2010-12-05 Print this article Print
Google acquired speech synthesis startup Phonetic Arts. The search engine will likely use the software to improve voice output for mobile applications.
Google has acquired speech synthesis startup Phonetic Arts, whose software samples human speech and tailors it for computers, for an undisclosed sum.
Google is being typically hush-hush about what it will do with the Cambridge, U.K.-based startup's assets and talent, which will move to Google's London office.
"The Phonetic Arts team will join Google's existing efforts in speech technology to help drive innovation in the area of text-to-speech synthesis," a spokesperson told eWEEK, adding that Google will maintain relationships Phonetic Arts had with partners.
Google made significant strides in offering voice input software for mobile phones.
This includes Voice Search to let users speak Web searches, Voice Input to enable users to compose e-mails by voice and Voice Actions, which allow users to look up businesses by speaking into the phone instead of using the keyboards.
Google could use the speech synthesis created by Phonetic Arts to provide users with spoken answers to the results that pop up from their spoken searches.
In other words, Google would match voice output with the voice input from those apps. Google imagines a future where such voice output solutions will be accessible to everyone, for any form of spoken information, via computers, tablets and mobile phones.
Currently, Google Translate translates text in multiple languages and synthesizes human speech to provide people with navigation instructions in their native language as they drive.
Users speak into a microphone and their spoken words are shuttled to Google's cloud of parallel servers, then piped back down with the translation.
With additional speech synthesis, a user reading a menu that is foreign to him may take a picture of the words with Google Goggles from his mobile phone, then have a version of Google Translate augmented by speech synthesis speak the menu items to him.
With Phonetic Arts, Google is trying to curry the classic, robotic lilt with more human speech inflections and intonations.
Google Speech Technology Manager Mike Cohen likened the concept to Star Trek, where the actors speak to their computers, which speak like humans back to the people in a dialogue.
"We are excited about their technology, and while we don't have plans to share yet, we're confident that together we'll move a little faster toward that Star Trek future," Cohen concluded
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Now that you are ordered to have an ignition interlock system installed in your car, you have the option of selecting the ignition interlock device you wish from the providers in your area. Although this is initially an added burden to you, the good news is that the impact to your time and schedule will be minimal. You can also rest assured of the reliability of the ignition interlock device you choose. Ignition interlock technology and the systems that bring the technology to us have very little trouble. In fact, this article focuses on the common issues that come up when using the ignition interlock device that require user awareness and understanding.
Today's ignition interlock systems include devices that are designed to give you the most benefits and the least problems. For example, the device itself has a very small footprint and the breath sampling part of the ignition interlock system is conveniently placed within the comfort of your driving area.
Understand that you might have been told half-truths and misinformation from others around you that perhaps used an ignition interlock system many years ago. Rest assured that we have the most up-to-date factual information to set you straight about today's ignition interlock systems and devices.
Let's talk a look at some commonly perceived troubleshooting issues that are really user issues. Reviewing this information will put you ahead of the curve to knowing what to expect and what not to do to keep your ignition interlock device running flawlessly.
Many of us consume foods that contain alcohol, even if in small doses. Some of the foods we eat contain sugar that is converted to alcohol quickly when ingested. Surely you can cause the ignition interlock system to send a fail signal to the ignition interlock device. Therefore, when it comes to the following foods, use the best practices tip below to avoid false positives that cause you to fail a breath test:
- Dentyne or other spicy gums
- Cinnamon rolls or donuts
Best practices: 1. Avoid these 2. Rinse mouth with water 3. Wait 3 to 5 minutes before attempting an engine start or rolling retest
High concentrations of alcohol also exist in conventional mouthwash or mouth spray. Without taking any precautions, you will fail a breath test. As a reminder to the instruction you have or will likely receive upon signing on to ignition interlock program, remember to rinse your mouth with water prior to taking a breath test to minimize your chance of failing the test. Additional best practices are:
- Switch to low or non-alcoholic oral hygiene rinse liquids and sprays 2. Wait 15 minutes after mouth washing to allow the alcohol content to subside
Another form of ignition interlock device troubleshooting can arise when your breathing pattern is different from what the ignition interlock system and device expect. A different breathing pattern will cause a failed breath test. To avoid this use the following best practices.
1. Avoid attempts to start your car immediately after exercising
2. Remember to breath normally in the way you were instructed and 'trained' the ignition interlock device to recognize your exhale pattern
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Tech Tip: testing DC armatures
DC armatures are the most time-consuming components to test, but they are also the easiest.
DC armatures are the most time-consuming components to test, but they are also the easiest. There are three basic methods that can be used.
With trending, all measurements are used; however, a bar-to-bar impedance measurement is used for assembled and disassembled testing.
When testing an assembled DC armature, the best method is to perform a bar-to-bar test using the motor brushes. If the motor has two brushes, they don't need to be raised. If there are four or more sets of brushes, all but two sets 90 degrees from each other need to be raised, which takes them out of the testing circuit. Good contact is maintained by ensuring more than 90% of the brush is in contact with the commutator bars, which should be clean.
Once set, mark the position of one bar on the commutator, then bring the bar to a position where it is just under the leading edge of one of the brushes. In the assembled test, you will probably be covering at least one and a half bars with the brush. Perform an impedance test, mark down the reading, and move the armature so that the leading edge of the brush is over the next commutator bar. Take the next impedance reading and continue until each bar has been tested.
A good result will show a consistent pattern, while an inconsistent pattern will identify a poor armature.
In disassembled bar-to-bar testing, the tester will use an armature fixture or test leads to connect from bar-to-bar. The spacing between each impedance reading should be constant and about 90 to 180 degrees from each other. The first bar should be marked and testing should then be continued until one leg of the testing fixture or test lead has made it 360 degrees around the commutator. Mark the impedance for each bar-to-bar test then look to ensure there is a consistent pattern.
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The Council of Tenerife has announced a new initiative that will convert Tenerife into a global hub for communications traffic from Africa, Europe and the Americas.
The objective of the ALIX initiative is to transform Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, into a main link within the global telecommunications network via the development of the neutral Internet access point (or NAP) for Western Africa-Canary Islands, the Island Telecommunications Ring and the CanaLink Project.
As a result of the geographical location of the Canary Islands in a key zone between Latin America, Africa and the rest ofEurope, the Archipelago acts as a privileged tri-continental bridge. Status as a platform between three continents offers many advantages in a number of areas including cultural, social, economic, business spheres. All areas of our daily lives can be benefitted via good management of the location of the Islands within this globalised world.
The Western Africa-Canary Islands Nap (Network Access Point) is the element that will enable Tenerife to exploit its possibilities as a tri-continental platform and bridge, commencing with fundamental issue: communications. The Nap, to be installed in Granadilla, will house various existing submarine cable links along with others that are being prepared both between the Islands and within the Canary Islands-Europe-Africa-Latin America axis.
Therefore, the Council of Tenerife's Western Africa-Canary Islands Nap will act as a neutral data centre that not only serves as a point of concentration and distribution of international connectivity, but also as a base infrastructure for local information technology companies interested in competing overseas, or international companies that wish to operate in Western Africa using Tenerife as a platform, with the legal security afforded by location in the EU, hoping to benefit from the additional fiscal advantages associated with the Canary Islands' status as an Outermost Region.
In order to provide alternatives to internal connections, the Council is creating a fibre-optic cable network that will allow the Island to provide its own infrastructure for voice and data transmission.
The first phase will see the southern zone of Tenerife linked to the facilities of the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute, using the layout of the roads and motorways on the Island. The second phase will see fibre-optics extended to the north and south-east, also via the road network managed by the Island Corporation.
The Island Telecommunications Ring of Tenerife will also be connected to the Western Africa-Canary Islands Nap.
The CanaLink project is another cornerstone of ALIX. CanaLink will contribute to the end of the monopoly within cable communications. CanaLink is formed by the Telecommunications Technology Institute (IT3) and the neutral submarine cable operator, IslaLink. It is responsible for laying a new cable between Tenerife and Rota (Cadiz), which will result in the liberalisation of the sector.
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In Unix computing, IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, written by Marko Maček. It was coded from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. It is relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the UI of Windows 95, OS/2, Motif, and other graphical user interfaces. (Source: Wikipedia)
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IceWM is available in [extra] and therefore easily installable:
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Additionally you can also install menumaker from AUR(AUR_User_Guidelines), to populate the applications menu.
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Although IceWM configuration is originally text-based, there are GUI-based tools available, notably icewm-utils in [community].
Menu
MenuMaker is a Python script that automatically populates your applications menu based on what is installed in your system. This means programs from other desktop environments (KDE, etc.) can be run within IceWM. When running MenuMaker, use the -f flag to overwrite an existing menu file:
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Although some themes are included by default, there is a much larger and better selection in the verified icewm-themes package in the repository. Although many have a spartan, 'old Windows' feel, some (ElbergBlue, liquid, etc.) have a more modern look.
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Recipient bed vascularity and the survival of ischaemic flaps
Hsian-Jenn Wang, T. M. Chen, L. S. Chow, T. Y. Cheng, J. L. Chen
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The purpose of this study was to identify the length of the ischaemic period required to induce the 'no-reflow' phenomenon in a rat epigastric flap on an avascular recipient site. The vascularity of the recipient bed may affect flap survival in the early postischaemic stage after flap transfer. Initially, we designed epigastric flaps in 300-350 g Sprague-Dawley rats and separated the rats into four groups of 5 rats each (total 20 rats). In groups 1, 2, 3, the flaps were made ischaemic for 1 hour, 6 hours and 10 hours, respectively, by temporarily clipping the epigastric artery and vein. In group 4, the epigastric artery and vein were divided to create permanent ischaemia. In groups 1, 2 and 3, ischaemia was ended by removing the clips. After the ischaemic flaps were reperfused, their viability was studied by measuring the flap survival rate at postoperative day 7. Flap survival was studied by direct observations, laser Doppler flowmeter measurement of flap blood flow, histopathology, and carbon particle perfusion of the flap vasculature. Ischaemic flaps of groups 1 and 2 recovered almost completely after reperfusion due to the short period of ischaema. In a second series of experiments, in order to evaluate the contribution to flap survival of the recipient vascularised bed, another four groups of epigastric flaps (of 5 animals each, using the same time periods as above) were raised and a piece of Biobrane was interposed between the flap and the recipient bed before the flap wound was closed, to eliminate all nutrient supply from the recipient bed. The results showed that the combined effect of the reperfused flap vasculature plus the metabolic contribution of the recipient bed significantly (P < 0.01) increased the extent of flap survival of the 6- and 10-hour ischaemic flaps as well as the divided pedicle flaps, which were never reperfused. An absolute 'no-reflow' rat model flap for further flap salvage studies was also developed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)266-271
Number of pages6
JournalBritish Journal of Plastic Surgery
Volume50
Issue number4
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Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 1997
Externally publishedYes
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Valuation error when composing power series
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I'm trying to work with power series with coefficients in a ring consisting of elements $f/g$, where $f$ is a polynomial in several variables over the integers and g is a polynomial in one of those variables with unit constant coefficient. Ultimately, I'd like to be able to do all of the following:
 - Compose power series over this ring
 - Invert single-variable power series over this ring whose degree-1 coefficients are units
 - Reduce the coefficients of a power series modulo some ideal of the ring
I thought I would do this by starting with the Laurent series over $\mathbf{Z}$ in the variable that occurs in the denominator, constructing a polynomial ring over this by adjoining the other variables, and letting my power series take coefficients in this ring. But I'm getting an error I don't understand when I try to compose series. The following example illustrates the problem:
M1.<b> = LaurentSeriesRing(ZZ)
M.<a,c> = PolynomialRing(M1)
R.<t1,t2> = PowerSeriesRing(M)
X = t1 + t2 + O(t1,t2)^3
R1.<t> = PowerSeriesRing(M)
f = X(t,t^2); f
This returns the type error Substitution defined only for elements of positive valuation, unless self has infinite precision despite the fact that replacing the last line by t.valuation() or (t^2).valuation() returns 1 or 2, respectively.
The problem seems to result from a combination of factors. If I replace the second line with either
M.<a,c> = PolynomialRing(ZZ)
or
M.<a> = PolynomialRing(M1)
the error vanishes and the code returns the expected t + t^2 + O(t)^3. It also gives no error if I define R and R1 to be polynomial rings, rather than power series rings, over M (and correspondingly delete the big-O notation).
Any ideas about what is triggering the error, or another way to construct these power series?
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Looking at the source of sage.rings.multi_power_series_ring_element.MPowerSeries.__call__ we find that Sage is parsing the arguments to X incorrectly. Namely it first tries to cast each argument to an element of X.parent() which is R. When doing this with t we would expect it to fail. There is no natural way in which t is an element of R, right? But according to Sage, there is:
sage: R(t)
b
I can only guess that it somehow finds a power series parent object (underlying R) which has a single generator, and maps to it. Furthermore:
sage: R(t).valuation()
0
This explains the error, and why the replacements succeed in removing the error: in those cases there is no power series parent object with a single generator underlying R which we can map t to:
sage: R(t)
....
TypeError: Cannot coerce input to polynomial ring.
In this case, X(t,t^2) evaluates correctly to X._subs_formal(t,t^2) which gives the result you want.
So a workaround is to call X._subs_formal(t,t^2) directly to avoid the faulty argument parsing.
This could also be reported as a bug. Maybe _subs_formal should be made public (with documentation).
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4 September 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has launched the second Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Help Desk to answer questions of stakeholders relating to CDM projects undergoing the validation or verification process.
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Here is my take on the difference.
For a short answer, "sticking" means staying in contact with the opponent so that he cannot separate to execute an effective technique. "Adhering" means making the opponent stay in contact with you so that you can uproot him and make him stay in contact with your technique.
For a long answer, consider Sunzi's (Sun-Tzu's) Art of War
, especially Chapter 5, Lines 21-23 and Chapter 6, Lines 7, 17, 22-24, 26-34. As we have discussed before on this forum, understand that the title of Chapter 5 (translated on my hyperlink as "energy") is usually translated in Tai Chi contexts as "posture" (e.g., the 13 Postures) or as "tendency" (e.g., going along with the opponent's "tendency) and the title of Chapter 6 is usually translated as "Empty and Full" or "Substantial and Insubstantial."
Also consider the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)
, expecially chapter 78.
The strategy of Taijiquan is to use the soft to overcome the hard--or perhaps more clearly translated--to use the yielding to overcome the unyielding. If, however, Taijiquan truly used only yielding, this would be a violation of the philosophical doctrine of Taiji, which says that yin and yang can never separate. In Taijiquan, using the yielding as a strategy must therefore have its own yin and yang.
In my current view, the yin part of Tai Chi "yielding" is what we generally call "following" and the yang part is what we generally call "sticking." With these two in harmony, you can both frustrate and control the opponent through his own actions (or inaction).
"Yielding" also has its yin and yang. I would think that the yin of "yielding" is what is called "following" ("sui2") as a term of art, and the yang part is what is called "connecting" ("lian2"). To properly "yield," you have not only to avoid resisting the opponent, you must also avoid losing contact so that there is something to yield to.
"Sticking" also has its yin and yang. What is properly called "sticking" ("nian2") is the yin part. This involves putting some of yourself into every move of the opponent, so that you can always add the 10 percent in the wrong place that frustrates his purposes. What is called "adhering" is arguably the Yang part. Where the opponent seeks pressure, you gladly offer it, but perhaps 10 percent less then what he needs. This way, the opponent always tries for more, and you can make him follow you to his disadvantage.
If you stick to the opponent and make the opponent stick to you, you always have leverage to affect his empty and full. You have him coming and going.
The typical fault in trying to "follow" is that you do too much and get "ahead" of your opponent. You do not let him go where he is trying to go, and you resist. In resisting, you deny yourself the energy you need to use against him and provide a handle he can instead use against you.
The typical fault in trying to stay "connected" is that you do too little and you lose your way. If you have lost track of your opponent's tendency, how can you continue to follow? How can you use the interplay of yin and yang, empty and full if there is a link missing from the chain of cause and effect?
The typical fault in trying to "adhere" is that you do too much and go against your opponent's motion. Your opponent will not try to go where the opposition appears too fierce. You must give pressure where the opponent wants (or perhaps needs) pressure in order to encourage the opponent to move. Too much pressure, and you signal the opponent to stop or to choose another path.
The typical fault in trying to "stick" is to do too little and not fill up the "empty space" between you and the opponent. Your "flatness" opens up gaps between the opponent that allows him freedom of action.
I believe that Yang Chengfu said that distinguishing empty and full is the number one rule in Taijiquan. If you ponder the strategic, tactical, and physical ramifications of this, you can get some ideas for how you might want to train push hands.


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The TC55V is a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) programmable controller that can control up to four axes of motion. It is designed to control servo and stepper motors and can be used in a variety of CNC applications, including router machines. The controller features an LCD display that can be used to display information and allow for user input. It is typically used in conjunction with a computer, which is used to generate G-code programs that can be executed by the controller. G-code is a standard numerical control (NC) programming language used to control automated machine tools, such as CNC routers. The TC55V can be used to control the movement of the machine's axes and perform various operations, such as cutting, drilling, and milling.
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BSE in Northern Ireland: epidemiological patterns past, present and future.
Ferguson NM., Ghani AC., Donnelly CA., Denny GO., Anderson RM.
By 30 January 1998, there had been 170,259 confirmed cases of BSE in Great Britain (GB), 1766 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland (NI) (2 January 1998), and 276 confirmed cases in the Republic of Ireland (31 January 1998). Analysis of the epidemiological patterns in the NI epidemic reveals significant clustering of cases in herds and counties. The observed clustering of cases within herds results in lower per capita incidence of BSE in previously unaffected herds, providing support for the introduction of a certified herd scheme in NI. By fitting a backcalculation model to the case data, we can estimate the number of animals infected with the aetiological agent of BSE and project the number of future cases. We predict that the epidemic will decline rapidly, with approximately 99 cases (95% confidence interval 30,504) occurring in the five year period _PHONE_.


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Bivariate Analysis - Categorical & Categorical
Stacked Column Chart
Stacked Column chart is a useful graph to visualize the relationship between two categorical variables. It compares the percentage that each category from one variable contributes to a total across categories of the second variable.

Combination Chart
A combination chart uses two or more chart types to emphasize that the chart contains different kinds of information. Here, we use a bar chart to show the distribution of one categorical variable and a line chart to show the percentage of the selected category from the second categorical variable. The combination chart is the best visualization method to demonstrate the predictability power of a predictor (X-axis) against a target (Y-axis).

Chi-square Test
The chi-square test can be used to determine the association between categorical variables. It is based on the difference between the expected frequencies (e) and the observed frequencies (n) in one or more categories in the frequency table. The chi-square distribution returns a probability for the computed chi-square and the degree of freedom. A probability of zero shows a complete dependency between two categorical variables and a probability of one means that two categorical variables are completely independent. Tchouproff Contingency Coefficient measures the amount of dependency between two categorical variables.

Example:
The following frequency table (contingency table) with a chi-square of 10.67, degree of freedom (df) of 2 and probability of 0.005 shows a significant dependency between two categorical variables (hair and eye colors).

Exercise


Reading old handwritten Spanish (Mexican) genealogy records; paleography presents several challenges in deciphering genealogy records. First, even if a person knows how to read Spanish, you must become familiar with a different set of words and abbreviations that were used at the time the record was created. In addition, genealogy records from the eighteenth century and earlier were often had written. This means that you have to be able to decipher different writing styles as well as dealing with misspellings, ink blotches and torn pages. Despite these challenges, with a little bit of time and practice, you will be able to read old handwritten Spanish genealogy records fairly easily and accurately.
Mexican genealogy records tend to fall into two classes: Church records or civil records. Spanish Church genealogy records consist of baptism, marriage, death, confirmation, donation, membership lists and various other genealogy documents; while civil genealogy records consist of birth, marriage, death, protocolos, wills, and census (padron, tax roles, etc). The best records for hispanic ancestry tend to be the church records, because they are the oldest and are among the first genealogy records generated from a new community. They also tend to contain more ancestry information than the civil genealogy records. While the most significant genealogy civil records (birth, marriage and death) were not produced in Mexico until about 1859 or later. Nevertheless, civil records can still be important in your ancestry search. The protocolos and wills can often provide valuable family history (surviving ancestors and relatives, professions, memberships, property owned, etc.) while the census or padron can provide ancestry information about the family members (household members).
Spanish Paleography
Handwritten Spanish genealogy records from the 16th through 18th century tended to have short lines with extended letters and words. Capitalization was used inconsistently and punctuation was rarely used. Individual words in a sentence were frequently connected and words were truncated at the end of a line without any dash to indicate truncation. Some of the most challenging genealogy records to read are the ones with bleed-through from the back of the page. Other problems that you can encounter are chain written genealogy records (where one record ends another immediately begins with no spacing to indicate a new genealogy record), faded or torn pages.
What is Paleography?
Paleography is the study of ancient handwriting independent of language. Its aim is the decipherment and interpretation of these texts which allows a researcher to read works from the past. The paleographer must know the language of the text, the abbreviations used, and the various styles of handwriting.
The main value to a genealogist for developing your skills as a Spanish paleographer is the ability to directly read and interpret original or primary genealogy records. Without this skill a genealogy researcher is often depended on secondary genealogy sources. One could use the analogy of a copy of an original document is not as good as the original document because something is always lost. Secondary genealogy sources will often exclude unique ancestry data that is not contained in every record. This could be in the form of notes in the margin, the Father's profession or title being listed, names that have been lined through on the original genealogy record, etc.
Reading Hispanic Genealogy Records


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BY TIMOTHY EGGERT
Despite growing different crops and selling their products in contrasting markets, many issues facing French farmers align with challenges confronting American producers.
Those similarities were discussed Wednesday between a 12-member delegation made up of Illinois Farm Bureau members, staff and agribusiness representatives and Sénateur de l'Aisne Antoine Lefèvre during a meeting at Palais du Luxembourg.
Lefèvre, a three-term senator and member of the Republican Party, represents a rural area in the northern region of France, near the Belgium border.
Among the shared difficulties are government regulations around climate and pesticide use, maintaining competitiveness and profitability and connecting rural and urban communities.
"As farmers, we all have the same goal: to feed the world," Lefèvre said. "Feeding the world is crucial, and we need to make sure farmers and professionals have the support to do what they can do."
Much like American farmers, French farmers face pressure, and in some cases mandates, from the government and consumers to move toward environmentally-friendly farming practices.
That pressure, Lefèvre added, collides with a producer's ever-present bottom line.
"It's all about finding a sweet spot between sensible farming and conventional farming," Lefèvre said. "It's all about supporting farmers through that transition. We have to transition but that transition has to make sense economically."
IFB Vice President Brian Duncan echoed the same calculations presented by Lefèvre, explaining how Illinois farmers want the best for their operations, but have concerns about policies that limit ag practices.
Establishing relationships with farmers from across the Atlantic Ocean will enhance American producers' discussion of new and existing domestic ag policies, especially as officials draft the 2023 Farm Bill, Duncan said.
"We all do better when we learn from each other," Duncan said.
The IFB delegation on Thursday traveled to the Salon International de l'Agriculture, where it met with other international ag groups and officials.
This story was provided by FarmWeekNow.com.


Pascagoula Survival Action Lawyer
A survival action is when somebody passes away but they sustained an injury prior to passing away. This type of action focuses on the suffering of the decedent, such as pain and suffering, medical expenses, and lost wages. The survival action is different from a wrongful death case in that the survival action can be brought if the decedent did not pass away immediately following an injury. For example, if somebody slipped and sustained a minor injury and they pass away either before they can file a case or during a course of action. The decedent's estate, the person's beneficiaries, or their heirs would have to continue that action. If you need help with your survival action case, a compassionate attorney is ready to help. A Pascagoula Survival Action Lawyer could take the lead in your case and help you seek damages.
Who Can File a Survival Action Claim In Pascagoula?
Survival claims will only be allowed by heirs. When there is no will, an administrator is appointed by the court to administrate the estate. The administrator will be responsible for proceeding and completing the survival action. Those monies will benefit the heirs of the estate.
If there is a recovery in the case of a will in which somebody is named a beneficiary, then that beneficiary will be the recipient of the monies.
When Can a Family Be Barred From Filing a Survival Action Claim?
There are certain claims that do not survive. Every state is a little bit different in that respect. In Mississippi, we have certain statutes that do not allow people to file or continue certain claims after death. If the court feels that the case is not worth pursuing, the court that is overseeing the estate may not allow them to proceed.
Survival Action Damages
The damages that can be sought in a survival action depend on the damages sustained as a direct result of a defendant's negligent actions. For instance, if there were medical expenses relating to the negligence of the defendant, then these medical expenses could be recoverable.
In a survival action, if that person was alive, what recovery they could have if they had remained to live would include medical damages, medical expenses as a result of the injury, and other economic losses.
For economic damages such as loss of income, an economist will utilize their experience and methodology to come up with a total loss of income for the individual. Furthermore, we also utilize experts and medical damages to come up with totals for the medical expenses incurred.
Sometimes medical damages are easily explained just by looking at the medical bills. Medical bills can be complicated, however, and sometimes experts may be needed in these cases.
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages are also recoverable. The most common non-economic damages are pain and suffering or loss of household services, meaning what that person was not able to do around the house: cook, clean, maintain the yard, all of those things that are necessary to maintain a household.
What Damages Cannot Be Sought Under Pascagoula Survival Action?
Wrongful death benefits as a result of any kind of injury. The survival claim is limited to those injuries that were incurred during that person's life, and that resulted in death. The loss of a person's life would not be recoverable in a survival action.
Discuss Your Options With a Pascagoula Survival Action Attorney
Following the fatal accident of a loved one, you should discuss your legal options with a compassionate attorney. An experienced lawyer will help the family accumulate the necessary discovery. A lawyer can do most of that on their own. However, they may need a family to execute certain forms and pursue certain actions within the estate that will be necessary for recovery. Call today to learn how a Pascagoula Survival Action lawyer could help you and your family.


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Occurrence of Fusarium Oxysporum and Ralstonia (Pseudomonas ) Solanacearum on Root-Surface of Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill)
AbstractThe microflora associated with the root-surface of five tomato cultivars commonly cultivated in Edo State Nigeria, was investigated by inoculating serially washed 5 mm tomato root segments on potato dextrose agar (PDA) incubated at room temperature (28-30oC). Fusarium oxysporum and Ralstonia (pseudomonas) solanacearum together with Botryodiplodia theobromae, Trichoderma koningii and Aspergillus niger were frequently isolated from virtually all the five tomato cultivers . F. oxysporum and R. solanacearum which were by far the most frequent in occurrence in all the variety of tomato, appeared early on the root and persisted strongly throughout the sampling period with peak frequency of occurrence in the 6 to 8 week and 8 to 10 week old plants, respectively. The population build-up of the two microorganisms on the root system was found to have played an important role in relation to the pattern of occurrence of pathological wilting among tomato plants in the field.
(Af. J. of Science and Technology: 2002 3(1): 18-21)


The English Method: UK taught modern torture to Brazil's dictators
The UK was apparently seen as having effective practices as it had faced a serious insurgency in Malaya up until 1960 and had latterly honed its techniques in Northern Ireland.
The method, using sensory deprivation coupled with high stress, has come to be known as the "Five Techniques". These were:
* standing against a wall for hours
* hooding
* subjection to noise
* sleep deprivation
* very little food and drink.
Many argue the techniques amounted to torture and they were officially banned by Prime Minister Edward Heath in 1972, after a furore over their use on IRA prisoners.
But in Brazil, these psychological interrogation methods fulfilled the military's need. The regime's dismal human rights record was beginning to attract adverse publicity around the world and the old physical forms of torture were killing too many victims. A method that would leave no marks and was still effective to extract information from prisoners was exactly what the generals wanted. They could combine these techniques with knowledge gleaned elsewhere.
Apparently, not only did army officers go on courses in the UK, but British agents went to Brazil to teach. A former policeman, Claudio Guerra, says they gave courses inside Rio's military police headquarters in how to follow people, how to tap phones and how to use the new isolation cell. He saw these agents when he came to collect the bodies of those who had been tortured to death by interrogators using the old system of physical pressure.
How the UK taught Brazil's dictators interrogation techniques [Emily Buchanan/BBC]


Which Country Has 40 Minutes Night?
Which country has 24 hours daylight?
76 days of midnight sun between May and July greets travelers in Northern Norway.
During the summer months, you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight above the Arctic Circle, which means more time to enjoy the sights and make new discoveries..
Which country has the longest summer?
RussiaThat would have to been Russia since it's the largest country! But if you meant the longest summer I'd go with Singapore because it's a very small country with almost no climate variation within its borders and being located almost on the equator there is really only one season summer!
What country has the longest days of sunlight?
Places in the world with the most daylight hoursYuma (USA) According to the World Meteorological Organization, Yuma (Arizona) is the sunniest place on earth. … Phoenix (USA) You don't have to go too far to find the second sunniest place on earth. … Aswan (Egypt)
How long is it dark in Norway?
With up to approximately 19 hours the longest days happen in Juni. On the other hand, the longest and darkest nights are in winter (in the southern hemisphere it is the other way around). In Dezember a night in Oslo lasts almost 18 hours. In these days the sun in Oslo rises at 7:42.
Which country has the most night time?
Located over 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Tromsø, Norway, is home to extreme light variation between seasons. During the Polar Night, which lasts from November to January, the sun doesn't rise at all. Then the days get progressively longer until the Midnight Sun period, from May to July, when it never sets.
Which country has 6 months of night?
AntarcticaAntarctica has six months of daylight in its summer and six months of darkness in its winter. The seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's axis in relation to the sun. The direction of the tilt never changes.
Which country has longest day in the world?
IcelandFacts About the Midnight Sun in Iceland Iceland's daylight hours on the longest days of the year are 24 hours per day (May-July).
Which country has shortest day?
IcelandOn this, the shortest day of the year, there is just 2 hours 14 minutes between sunset and sunrise where the days are shortest in Iceland. The northern peninsula of Rifstangi (close to the town of Raufarhöfn, North Iceland – see map below) has an official sunrise time of 11:55 am today, with sunset at 2:09 pm.
Does Iceland have 24 hour darkness?
Iceland is the land of the midnight sun. In Reykjavík it will not get dark at night from May 21 until July 30, as the sun barely sets in summer. Around the summer solstice (June 21st), the sun is visible for the full 24 hours in the Westfjords and North Iceland.
Which country sees the sun first?
New ZealandEver wondered where in the world is the first place to see the sun rise? Well, wonder no longer! North of Gisborne, New Zealand, around the coast to Opotiki and inland to Te Urewera National Park, The East Cape has the honour of witnessing the world's first sunrise each and every day.
Is Sweden dark for 6 months?
From between end May and mid-July, the midnight sun lights up the night in northern Sweden lengthening your sightseeing days. Sweden is a country with big differences in daylight. In the far north the sun does not set at all in June and there is darkness around the clock in January.
What if there was no night?
Originally Answered: What will happen if there's no night? Assuming this was due to the earth no longer rotating, I think: the side of the earth facing the sun would become too hot for life. Water would cease to exist there in liquid form. Meanwhile the Dark Side of the earth would become too cold to support life.
Which country has no night only day?
A quarter of Finland's territory lies north of the Arctic Circle, and at the country's northernmost point the sun does not set at all for 60 days during summer. In Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately 19 April to 23 August.


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Yes. The qNano system components and consumables which includes fluid cells, calibration particles, and nanopores are compatible with electrolytes within a pH range of 4-10. Ideally electrolytes with a pH of 7-7.4 (physiological conditions) are used. If the electrolyte that is used is of a different pH, please contact Izon to enquire about material compatibility testing.
More importantly, Izon calibration particles are made of carboxylated polystyrene which have a pKa of approximately 5. These calibration particles are stable in electrolyte with pH of 7-7.4. If the electrolyte solution that is used has a pH of 5.5 (for example), this will cause aggregation of the calibration particles as they will carry minimal charge at pH 5.5.


Job Demands-Resources Theory and Experience Sampling
24 June 2019
Begin time:
CITEC 1.204
JD-R theory is a theory about the causes of employee well-being and behaviors that can be used to predict a wide range of organizational outcomes.
Accordingly, employees are confronted with and proactively modify various job demands and resources, which consequently impact job strain and work engagement, and have an indirect effect on creativity, performance, etc.
In this presentation, I will discuss the basic propositions of JD-R theory, and discuss the available evidence.
The focus will particularly be on daily diary and experience sampling studies, to illustrate how mobile devices and technology can be used to study employees during work, while they are confronted with various external demands and resources.
Everyone is invited to join the talk.


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Dis/Storying the Growing huMan: Whose growth and WHO's story
13 March 2018
3.00pm - 5.00pm
You are invited to (re)think taken for granted understandings of 'stories', 'growth' and the 'huMan, in this provocation by Antonios Ktenidis, doctoral researcher in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield.
Following Thomas King's (2003) approach to storytelling and engaging with Deleuze's and Guattari's philosophy (1987), two stories of growth will be shared, an 'arborescent' and a 'rhizomatic' one. The former reviews the World Health Organisation's (WHO's) growth standards and references while the latter is a literary story, 'The horizontal height', translated in English from Greek.
By 'growth' Antonios refers to physical growth which is defined as 'changes in size or mass' (however other forms of growth, for example economic growth, are also taken into consideration, especially in relation to physical growth. Then, the epistemological and ontological assumptions about the growing huMan in both stories will be discussed through a posthumanist (Braidotti, 2013) perspective.
Finally, the colonial developmental logic underlying all three concepts (story, growth, huMan) and the biopolitical purposes they serve will be elucidated and then challenged through the rhizomatic story.
Antonios is a doctoral researcher in the School of Education, University of Sheffield, supervised by Professor Dan Goodley and Dr Kirsty Liddiard. Funded by the White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP), accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), he works as a tutor for the MA in Psychology and Education. Antonios holds a Bed (First Class, Hons, School of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and an MA (Distinction) in Sociology of Education (Institute of Education, University College London).
Antonios' thesis focuses on the stories of young people (11-30 years old) with 'Restricted Growth' of their secondary education in the United Kingdom. In particular, it looks into the colonial biopolitics of growth and the biopedagogies of heightism in the context of schooling as well as engaging with a critical narrative inquiry approach, which deconstructs and transcends the Western, individualistic narrativization of experience by conceiving storytelling as a communal, collective praxis.
Date and time
Tuesday 13 March 2018
3.00pm - 5.00pm
Level 12, Tower 2
727 Collins Street
Docklands VIC 3000


Brno - Klein Palace
This neo-Renaissance burgher palace was built in _PHONE_ on a design by Viennese architect Ludwig von Förster. It was built for the Klein family who traded in iron. This was also reflected onto the house, respectively into its facade, which was fitted with distinctive architectural elements of cast iron.
In 1946, the palace was confiscated and began to deteriorate, mainly due to insufficient maintenance and the confused and inadequate use of its premises for various purposes. The years _PHONE_ saw a costly reconstruction (to the tune of about 70 million CZK) and the house was brought back to life.
Brno - pocket guide with maps
Brno on the map
Detail of the facade of Klein Palace


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- Bejan, A. and da Silva, A.K., Constructual multi-scale structure for maximal heat transfer density in natural convection,
Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow (USA), vol. 26 no. 1
pp. 34 - 44 .
(last updated on 2007/04/06)
In this paper we investigate a new design concept for generating multi-scale structures in natural convection with the objective of maximizing the heat transfer density, or the heat transfer rate per unit of volume. The flow volume is filled with vertical equidistant heated blades of decreasing lengths. The spacings between the blades are optimized for maximal heat transfer density. Smaller blades are installed in the center plane between two adjacent longer blades, in the entrance region where the boundary layers are thin and the fluid is unheated. Based on the same principle, new generations of even smaller blades are added stepwise to the multi-scale structure. Constructual theory is applied to each new generation of blades, and this method leads to the optimal spacings between blades and the optimal lengths scales. As the number of length scales increase, the flow rate and the volume-averaged heat transfer density increase. It is also shown that there is a smallest (cutoff) length scale below which the boundary layers are no longer distinct, and where the sequence of generating optimal length scales ends. The maximized heat transfer density increases as the optimized complexity of the flow structure increases. [All rights reserved Elsevier]
boundary layers;natural convection;


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Telescopes at the Kiwanis Chico Community Observatory will be focused on the moon Saturday night so that visitors can see it hit by a satellite.
"Our video camera attached to the telescope should pick up the impact," said observatory director Kris Koenig "if the European Space Agency"s SMART-1 lunar orbiter impact generates enough energy."
The lunar orbiter was launched in 2003, sailing between the Earth and the moon, taking high-resolution photos and compiling mineral maps of the moon"s terrain.
One of its discoveries, Koenig noted, is the "Peak of Eternal Light," a mountaintop near the moon"s north pole in constant, year-round sunlight and prime location for a solar-powered moon base.
The satellite is running out of fuel, and scientists decided to study its crash into the moon, Koenig said.
Koenig said seeing the impact isn"t guaranteed, but is expected around 10:45 p.m. Visitors should gather about 20 minutes earlier.
Visitors will also notice the outdoor planetarium under construction by the observatory.
In upper Bidwell Park by Horseshoe Lake, the observatory is open Thursday through Sunday, from sunset until 11 p.m.


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The Santa Ana River Conservation and Conjunctive Use Program (SARCCUP) is a watershed-scale collaborative program designed to improve the Santa Ana River watershed's water supply resiliency and reliability by increasing available dry-year yield from local groundwater basins. SARCCUP consists of multiple projects that address one or more of the following main program elements: 1) Conjunctive Use Program for the watershed; 2) Invasive weed removal and habitat creation/restoration; and 3) Water use efficiency and water conservation measures. "Conjunctive use" refers to coordinating the management of surface water and groundwater to improve the overall reliability of water supply (Pacific Institute, 2011). The SARCCUP Conjunctive Use Program may include existing and new facilities that would allow for surface water to be recharged and stored in local groundwater basins during wet years and then pumped during dry periods, droughts or other emergency conditions.
Five regional water agencies in the Santa Ana River watershed have partnered to develop this watershed-wide program ("partner agencies"): Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), Orange County Water District (OCWD), San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD), and Western Municipal Water District (WMWD). The Draft Joint Environmental Impact Report has been prepared and published for the potential SARCCUP projects.