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IADC: New "Facts About Early Contractor Involvement – Revisited" (The Netherlands)
The preparatory work for large infrastructure projects often consumes an extraordinary amount of time, money and human resources and is not particularly cost-effective.
Some of this inefficiency is caused by traditional procurement methods which bring contractors into the process after many key decisions have been made. Often clients and consultants make design decisions with insufficient information and knowhow as to the available technology, equipment and potential innovative solutions. The contractors may be challenged because of insufficient knowledge of the physical conditions at the project site.
Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) provides an efficient means of designing and planning infrastructure projects in a cost-effective, more efficient and less adversarial structure.
Using ECI with a properly executed contract that reflects a relationship able to deal with project risks should increase transparency and therefore reduce risks, increase shared responsibilities and limit the reasons for disputes.
With traditional procurement a client/owner must make many decisions before accurate information has been collected. The experiential knowledge of contractors is rarely requested in the planning stages and is therefore seldom used. This ultimately leads to inaccurate conclusions, which may have an adverse effect on the project outcome in terms of price, time and quality.
Project designers – who do not necessarily know how to scope and cost – come on board first. Thereafter contractors brought in. Getting involved when a design has already been determined forces contractors to be re-active instead of pro-active. By telling the contractor what to do, by taking the lowest price and negotiating it downwards, project risks increase. Rather than negotiating the price downwards, prices and the risk of poor performance rise.
Frequently when project performance on an infrastructure project is less than optimal, the reputation of the construction industry in general is harmed: The public's perception (and the client's) may be that time schedules are not trustworthy, budgets will run wild, technical solutions are failing and the government, the authority and the industry seem to have difficulty getting it right.
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Oct 6, 2021Lenticel damage among problems in Honeycrisp and other varieties
Lenticel damage has become increasing problematic over the past decade. This season, Michigan State University Extension observed a considerable amount of fruit across the state with symptoms. There are many factors that contribute to lenticel damage and other spots. Research is ongoing to identify and describe them, as well as to provide recommendations for management.
Honeycrisp has been the worst offender for apple spots this season, as it has been historically. This variety is susceptible to several fruit spots, including lenticel damage, bitter pit and spray injury. Brown marmorated stink bug can also cause damage that mimics lenticel damage in all apple varieties.
Lenticel damage has been observed in many locations across the region, while bitter pit has only been observed in very few locations. These two kinds of spots can be difficult to distinguish. Lenticel damage typically has defined edges and is associated with a lenticel, while bitter pit has sunken, irregular, mostly diffuse edges (see photos at top of article).
Causes of fruit spots are numerous and variable. In addition, some varieties, planting systems and locations appear to be more susceptible than others. Lenticel disorders are most likely related to physiological stress from earlier in the season, frequently associated with moisture (too much or lack thereof). The result is cell cracking as the cells expand or contract too quickly, which develops into lesions later in the season. Lenticel damage may also be caused by sunburn or heat stress, as well as chemical injury. Therefore, it is important to look at individual blocks' spray history, environmental conditions, to diagnose the cause and prevent it in future seasons.
There are a number of resources available to help identify various spots and causes. This chart of lenticel related disorders developed by Washington State University and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists is useful for describing various symptoms.
In addition, this presentation describing fruit rots and lenticel injury from Cornell University given by David Rosenberger and Srdjan Acimovic helps tease apart the various types of injury on Honeycrisp and other varieties. Lenticel damage can also lead to lenticel infections, as summarized in this article on lenticel infections and bitter rot by Bill Shane of Michigan State University Extension. There are many contributing factors and unknown causes of lenticel injury.
Lenticel damage (left) and bitter pit (right) symptoms in Honeycrisp fruit. Photo: Anna Wallis/MSU Extension

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Cause 1: Coupling blades in the motor socket are incorrectly coupled.
- Adjust the position of the coupling plate.
Cause 2: The connection voltage is too low.
- Connect the motor to the correct voltage (see rating plate) or change to the motor with the correct voltage.
Cause 3: The weight of the load and lifting tool exceeds the arm's maximum lifting capacity and the pressure limiting valve on the hydraulic unit does not open properly.
- Reduce the load and adjust the pressure relief valve according to the adjustment instructions.


Translation of "evidence" - English-Turkish dictionary
noun [ U ] uk us /ˈevɪdəns/
B2 something that makes you believe that something is true or exists
evidence of global warming
[ + that ] There is no scientific evidence that the drug is addictive.
information that is given or objects that are shown in a court of law to help to prove if someone has committed a crime
He was arrested despite the lack of evidence against him.
give evidence UK
to give information and answer questions in a court of law
delil göstermek, kanıt vermek
She was called to give evidence at his trial.
be in evidence formal
to be noticeable
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(Translation of "evidence" from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)


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|Thuja standishii foliage and cones|
Thuja (// THEW-jə) is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister to Thujopsis.
They are commonly known as arborvitaes (from Latin for tree of life) or thujas; several species are widely known as cedar but because they are not true cedars (Cedrus) it has been recommended to call them redcedars or whitecedars.
- Thuja koraiensis Nakai - Korean Thuja
- Thuja occidentalis L. - Eastern Arborvitae, Northern Whitecedar
- Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don - Western Redcedar
- Thuja standishii (Gordon) Carrière - Japanese Thuja
- Thuja sutchuenensis (Gordon) Carrière - Sichuan Thuja
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- Austrocedrus chilensis (D.Don) Pic.Serm. & Bizzarri (as T. chilensis D.Don)
- Callitris rhomboidea R.Br. ex Rich. (as T. australis Poir.)
- Cupressus nootkatensis D.Don (as T. excelsa Bong.)
- Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunton ex D.Don) K.Koch (as T. pensilis Staunton ex D.Don)
- Libocedrus plumosa (D.Don) Sarg. (as T. doniana Hook.)
- Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (as T. orientalis L.)
- Podocarpus javanicus (Burm.f.) Merr. (as T. javanica Burm.f.)
- Tamarix aphylla (L.) H.Karst. (as T. aphylla L.)
- Tetraclinis articulata (Vahl) Mast. (as T. articulata Vahl)
- Thujopsis dolabrata (Thunb. ex L.f.) Siebold & Zucc. (as T. dolabrata Thunb. ex L.f.)
- Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie (as T. cupressoides L.)
Thujas are evergreen trees growing from 10 to 200 feet (3.0 to 61 metres) tall, with stringy-textured reddish-brown bark. The shoots are flat, with side shoots only in a single plane. The leaves are scale-like 1–10 mm long, except young seedlings in their first year, which have needle-like leaves. The scale leaves are arranged in alternating decussate pairs in four rows along the twigs. The male cones are small, inconspicuous, and are located at the tips of the twigs. The female cones start out similarly inconspicuous, but grow to about 1–2 cm long at maturity when 6–8 months old; they have 6-12 overlapping, thin, leathery scales, each scale bearing 1–2 small seeds with a pair of narrow lateral wings.
The five species in the genus Thuja are small to large evergreen trees with flattened branchlets. The leaves are arranged in flattened fan shaped groupings with resin-glands, and oppositely grouped in 4 ranks. The mature leaves are different from younger leaves, with those on larger branchlets having sharp, erect, free apices. The leaves on flattened lateral branchlets are crowded into appressed groups and scale-like and the lateral pairs are keeled. With the exception of T. plicata, the lateral leaves are shorter than the facial leaves (Li et al. 2005). The solitary flowers are produced terminally. Pollen cones with 2-6 pairs of 2-4 pollen sacked sporophylls. Seed cones ellipsoid, typically 9-14mm long, they mature and open the first year. The thin woody cone scales number from 4-6 pairs and are persistent and overlapping, with an oblong shape, they are also basifixed. The central 2-3 pairs of cone scales are fertile. The seed cones produce 1 to 3 seeds per scale, the seeds are lenticular in shape and equally 2 winged. Seedlings produce 2 cotyledons.
Another very distinct and only distantly related species, formerly treated as Thuja orientalis, is now treated in a genus of its own, as Platycladus orientalis. The closest relatives of Thuja are Thujopsis dolabrata, distinct in its thicker foliage and stouter cones, and Tetraclinis articulata (Greek θύια, θύα, formerly classed in the genus and after which Thuja is named), distinct in its quadrangular foliage (not flattened) and cones with four thick, woody scales.
Thuja species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Autumnal Moth, The Engrailed and Juniper Pug. The foliage is also readily eaten by deer, and where deer population density is high, can adversely affect the growth of young trees and the establishment of seedlings.
They are widely grown as ornamental trees, and extensively used for hedges. A number of cultivars are grown and used in landscapes. Homeowners will sometimes plant them as privacy trees. The cultivar 'Green Giant' is popular as a very vigorous hedging plant, growing up to 80 cm/year when young.
The wood is light, soft and aromatic. It can be easily split and resists decay. The wood has been used for many applications from making chests that repel moths to shingles. Thuja poles are also often used to make fence posts and rails. The wood of Thuja plicata is commonly used for guitar sounding boards. The combination of light weight and resistance to decay has led to Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) being widely used for the construction of bee hives.
The natives of Canada used the needles of Thuja occidentalis (Eastern White Cedar) to make a tea that has been shown to contain 50 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams; this helped prevent and treat scurvy.
In the 19th century Thuja was commonly used as an externally applied tincture or ointment for the treatment of warts, ringworm and thrush, and a local injection of the tincture was used for treating venereal warts.
- Gadek, P. A., Alpers, D. L., Heslewood, M. M., & Quinn, C. J. (2000). Relationships within Cupressaceae sensu lato: a combined morphological and molecular approach. American Journal of Botany 87: 1044–1057. Available online.
- Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
"Thuja". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005.
- Farjon, A. (2005). Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4
- Gymnosperm Database: Thuja
- Kelsey, H. P., & Dayton, W. A. (1942). Standardized Plant Names, second edition. American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg, Pa.
- "GRIN Species Records of Thuja". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1993. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Flora of North America north of Mexico, v. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508242-7 Page 410.
- Henry A Gleason. New Britton and Brown Illustrated flora of Eastern North America and adjacent Canada Vol 1, The Pteridophya, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. Hafner Press, pp 58-67.
- Stein, W.I. 1997. Ten-year survival and growth of planted Douglas-fir and western redcedar after seven site-preparation treatments. Western-Journal-of-Applied-Forestry 12(3): 74-80.
- Thuja plicata
- Thuja occidentalis
- U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens: FAQs: 'Green Giant' Arborvitae
- Bucur, Voichita. 1995. Acoustics of wood. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
- Höld KM, Sirisoma NS, Ikeda T, Narahashi T, Casida JE (2000). "Alpha-thujone (the active component of absinthe): gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor modulation and metabolic detoxification". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (8): 3826–31. doi:10.1073/pnas.070042397. PMC 18101. PMID _PHONE_.
- David Hoffmann, Medical Herbalism: Principles and Practices, Healing Arts Press, 2003, p.588
- M Grieve, A Modern Herbal, London: Jonathan Cape,

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How can the James Webb Space Telescope rekindle our sense of belonging to an Earth community? This service will weave together insights from the Webb telescope and the Journey of the Universe project, exploring how a deep time perspective can help galvanize the shift toward a flourishing planetary civilization.
Samuel King is a recent graduate in Religion and Ecology at Yale Divinity School. A former high school teacher, he is also a Teaching Fellow for Yale courses in Asian Religions and Ecology and Environmental History and Values. Sam serves as Educational Outreach Coordinator for Journey of the Universe, a multimedia project weaving together the sciences with the spiritual insights of humanity to address the great challenges of our time.


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What is a transferable skills analysis?
Apex Rehab Management with its team of Vocational Experts can provide a Transferable Skills Analysis to determine earning capacity after injury, disability, or to assess economic loss caused by other factors. We provide a detailed Transferable Skills Analysis (TSA) report to determine whether an individual has earning capacity after an injury or disability. What is a Transferable Skills Analysis? Transferable skills are skills acquired from past training, education, and experience… Read More »What is a transferable skills analysis?


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When a lithium-ion battery is over-drained, its protection circuit turns it off, making it dysfunctional to be used, or recharged by the charger.
This may happen due to overuse or leaving the battery for too long on the charger. For example, using an impact wrench for too long can drain the battery voltage so low that the charger would fail to recognize the battery for charging. Here are a few methods of reviving lithium-ion batteries that appear completely dead.
- Using another battery:
For example, your 18V impact driver with a Makita 18V lithium-ion battery has stopped working. When you put the battery on charge, the charger renders the battery unserviceable. In this case, you can take another 18 V battery (does not matter what brand it is), and connect the batteries with the help of metal clips. Make sure the positive end is connected to positive, and the negative end is connected to the negative end. It can be dangerous if they are not connected in the proper order. Once they are connected, the voltage of the dead battery raises. You can then disconnect the batteries and connect the battery to the charger to check if it is being recognized by the charger. If the battery's volt levels have been raised enough, the charger will recognize the battery and start charging.
- With the help of an AC adapter (for example an old phone charger):
You can fix a dead lithium-ion battery up in few minutes.
- Cut the end of an old mobile phone charger that is not in use.
- Separate the two wires and remove their cable covers. They are going to play the role of booster cables. Never mix up the positive and negative ends. The striped or solid white wire is the positive end, and the black wire is the negative end.
- Remove the screws of the battery pack.
- Open the battery case.
- Remove the two plastic pieces on the sides. They help in removing the battery from the drill when they are pressed in.
- Pull out the battery pack.
- Check the volts level with the help of a multi-meter. For example, an 18V impact wrench would have an 18V lithium-ion battery. In this case, set the multimeter on 20 volts to get the most accurate reading.
- To check the voltage levels, connect the red probe to the red terminal (positive ends) and the black probe to the black terminal (negative ends) and check the reading on the multimeter.
- Take the ac adapter/the old mobile phone charger that you used to create a booster, and touch the black wire to the negative terminal and the white or stripped wire to the positive terminal. Keep doing this on and off for about a minute.
- Check the voltage of the battery with the help of the multi-meter. The boosting process would have raised the voltage levels.
- Put the battery pack inside the battery case and secure the plastic and the screws.
- Connect the battery to the charger to check if it is getting charged now.
One most important point to remember if you own a power tool that runs on the lithium-ion battery is that never completely discharge the battery. A completely drained lithium-ion battery cannot be recharged by the charger.


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Spring 5-10-2024
Degree Type
Capstone Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Jade Holloway
Second Advisor
Carolyn Podolski
Abstract
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Background: This capstone project examines the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV) and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) within the framework of occupational therapy (OT). It aims to develop targeted OT interventions to address the complex needs of individuals impacted by these intertwined challenges.
Purpose: The purpose of this capstone project is to describe the role of occupational therapists in implementing an occupation-based course focused on building self-efficacy in various occupational performance areas (as defined by AOTA) for individuals who have experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of intimate partner violence (IPV). Additionally, this project will explain a five-step neurological examination related to promoting the early identification of signs and symptoms of TBI to minimize occupational dysfunction and better address the health of this population.
Methods: By conducting a thorough review of the existing literature, needs assessment, and program development process, two programs were developed and implemented: an occupation-based group intervention for individuals who have experienced IPV-related TBIs and an educational program for shelter staff focused on identifying symptoms of TBI.
Outcomes: Although no data was gathered, details about the two programs are described in this paper. The results suggest the potential effectiveness of the two programs in addressing the unique needs of individuals affected by IPV-related TBIs.
Discussion/Impact: To advance progress, it is crucial to expand research efforts to better understand the impact of IPV-related TBIs, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and continue the implementation of these programs. These actions can contribute to developing individualized approaches that promote independence and self-efficacy for individuals impacted by IPV-related TBIs.
Conclusion: This capstone project demonstrates the versatility of OT interventions in addressing the complex challenges of IPV-related TBIs. By focusing on self-efficacy, occupational performance and collaboration, meaningful progress can be made towards independence.
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Isolated Storage
For desktop apps, isolated storage is a data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data. Standardization provides other benefits as well. Administrators can use tools designed to manipulate isolated storage to configure file storage space, set security policies, and delete unused data. With isolated storage, your code no longer needs unique paths to specify safe locations in the file system, and data is protected from other applications that only have isolated storage access. Hard-coded information that indicates where an application's storage area is located is unnecessary.
Important note Important
Isolated storage is not available for Windows Store apps. Instead, use the application data classes in the Windows.Storage namespaces included in the Windows Runtime API to store local data and files. For more information, see Application data in the Windows Dev Center.
This topic contains the following sections:
When an application stores data in a file, the file name and storage location must be carefully chosen to minimize the possibility that the storage location will be known to another application and, therefore, will be vulnerable to corruption. Without a standard system in place to manage these problems, developing ad hoc techniques that minimize storage conflicts can be complex, and the results can be unreliable.
With isolated storage, data is always isolated by user and by assembly. Credentials such as the origin or the strong name of the assembly determine assembly identity. Data can also be isolated by application domain, using similar credentials.
When you use isolated storage, your application saves data to a unique data compartment that is associated with some aspect of the code's identity, such as its publisher or signature. The data compartment is an abstraction, not a specific storage location; it consists of one or more isolated storage files, called stores, which contain the actual directory locations where data is stored. For example, an application might have a data compartment associated with it, and a directory in the file system would implement the store that actually preserves the data for that application. The data saved in the store can be any kind of data, from user preference information to application state. For the developer, the location of the data compartment is transparent. Stores usually reside on the client, but a server application could use isolated stores to store information by impersonating the user on whose behalf it is functioning. Isolated storage can also store information on a server with a user's roaming profile so that the information will travel with the roaming user.
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A quota is a limit on the amount of isolated storage that can be used. The quota includes bytes of file space as well as the overhead associated with the directory and other information in the store. Isolated storage uses permission quotas, which are storage limits that are set by using IsolatedStoragePermission objects. If you try to write data that exceeds the quota, an IsolatedStorageException exception is thrown. Security policy, which can be modified using the.NET Framework Configuration Tool (Mscorcfg.msc), determines which permissions are granted to code. Code that has been granted IsolatedStoragePermission is restricted to using no more storage than the UserQuota property allows. However, because code can bypass permission quotas by presenting different user identities, permission quotas serve as guidelines for how code should behave rather than as a firm limit on code behavior.
Quotas are not enforced on roaming stores. Because of this, a slightly higher level of permission is required for code to use them. The enumeration values AssemblyIsolationByRoamingUser and DomainIsolationByRoamingUser specify a permission to use isolated storage for a roaming user.
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Using isolated storage enables partially trusted applications to store data in a manner that is controlled by the computer's security policy. This is especially useful for downloaded components that a user might want to run cautiously. Security policy rarely grants this kind of code permission when you access the file system by using standard I/O mechanisms. However, by default, code running from the local computer, a local network, or the Internet is granted the right to use isolated storage.
Administrators can limit how much isolated storage an application or a user has available, based on an appropriate trust level. In addition, administrators can remove a user's persisted data completely. To create or access isolated storage, code must be granted the appropriate IsolatedStorageFilePermission permission.
To access isolated storage, code must have all necessary native platform operating system rights. The access control lists (ACLs) that control which users have the rights to use the file system must be satisfied..NET Framework applications already have operating system rights to access isolated storage unless they perform (platform-specific) impersonation. In this case, the application is responsible for ensuring that the impersonated user identity has the proper operating system rights to access isolated storage. This access provides a convenient way for code that is run or downloaded from the web to read and write to a storage area related to a particular user.
To control access to isolated storage, the common language runtime uses IsolatedStorageFilePermission objects. Each object has properties that specify the following values:
 - Allowed usage, which indicates the type of access that is allowed. The values are members of the IsolatedStorageContainment enumeration. For more information about these values, see the table in the next section.
 - Storage quota, as discussed in the preceding section.
The runtime demands IsolatedStorageFilePermission permission when code first attempts to open a store. It decides whether to grant this permisson, based on how much the code is trusted. If the permission is granted, the allowed usage and storage quota values are determined by security policy and by the code's request for IsolatedStorageFilePermission. Security policy is set by using the.NET Framework Configuration Tool (Mscorcfg.msc). All callers in the call stack are checked to ensure that each caller has at least the appropriate allowed usage. The runtime also checks the quota imposed on the code that opened or created the store in which the file is to be saved. If these conditions are satisfied, permission is granted. The quota is checked again every time a file is written to the store.
Application code is not required to request permission because the common language runtime will grant whatever IsolatedStorageFilePermission is appropriate based on security policy. However, there are good reasons to request specific permissions that your application needs, including IsolatedStorageFilePermission.
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The allowed usage specified by IsolatedStorageFilePermission determines the degree to which code will be allowed to create and use isolated storage. The following table shows how the allowed usage specified in the permission corresponds to types of isolation and summarizes the security risks associated with each allowed usage.
Allowed usage
Isolation types
Security impact
No isolated storage use is allowed.
There is no security impact.
Isolation by user, domain, and assembly. Each assembly has a separate substore within the domain. Stores that use this permission are also implicitly isolated by computer.
This permission level leaves resources open to unauthorized overuse, although enforced quotas make it more difficult. This is called a denial of service attack.
Same as DomainIsolationByUser, but store is saved to a location that will roam if roaming user profiles are enabled and quotas are not enforced.
Because quotas must be disabled, storage resources are more vulnerable to a denial of service attack.
Isolation by user and assembly. Stores that use this permission are also implicitly isolated by computer.
Quotas are enforced at this level to help prevent a denial of service attack. The same assembly in another domain can access this store, opening the possibility that information could be leaked between applications.
Same as AssemblyIsolationByUser, but store is saved to a location that will roam if roaming user profiles are enabled and quotas are not enforced.
Same as in AssemblyIsolationByUser, but without quotas, the risk of a denial of service attack increases.
Isolation by user. Typically, only administrative or debugging tools use this level of permission.
Access with this permission allows code to view or delete any of a user's isolated storage files or directories (regardless of assembly isolation). Risks include, but are not limited to, leaking information and data loss.
Isolation by all users, domains, and assemblies. Typically, only administrative or debugging tools use this level of permission.
This permission creates the potential for a total compromise of all isolated stores for all users.
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Sometimes it is helpful to verify a change to isolated storage by using the file system of the operating system. You might also want to know the location of isolated storage files. This location is different depending on the operating system. The following table shows the root locations where isolated storage is created on a few common operating systems. Look for Microsoft\IsolatedStorage directories under this root location. You must change folder settings to show hidden files and folders in order to see isolated storage in the file system.
Operating system
Location in file system
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 (upgrade from Windows NT 4.0)
Roaming-enabled stores =
\Profiles\\Application Data
Nonroaming stores =
\Profiles\\Local Settings\Application Data
Windows 2000 - clean installation (and upgrades from Windows 98 and Windows NT 3.51)
Roaming-enabled stores =
\Documents and Settings\\Application Data
Nonroaming stores =
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 - clean installation (and upgrades from Windows 2000 and Windows 98)
Roaming-enabled stores =
Nonroaming stores =
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista
Roaming-enabled stores =
Nonroaming stores =
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The.NET Framework provides three classes in the System.IO.IsolatedStorage namespace to help you perform tasks that involve isolated storage:
The isolated storage classes enable you to create, enumerate,


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The Heart Masters - Communication Cards
38 full colour cards, plus 42 page booklet
Students who understand their communication styles are more effective in their relationships. How do you communicate? Does your communication style change depending on the situation? How well do you read the cues of others? Which cards represent your favourite characters in books?
The Heart Masters Communication Cards are a set of 38 playfully penned caricatures that people of all ages will be able to recognise. Teachers, trainers and counsellors may use the cards to explore verbal and non-verbal behaviour. An accompanying booklet provides many ideas for using the cards in discussions, role-plays, games and activities.
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PCR prevalence of Ranavirus in free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) at rehabilitation centers in three southeastern US states
Ranaviruses (genus Ranavirus) have been observed in disease epidemics and mass mortality events in free-ranging amphibian, turtle, and tortoise populations worldwide. Infection is highly fatal in turtles, and the potential impact on endangered populations could be devastating. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of ranavirus DNA in blood and oral swabs, report associated clinical signs of infection, and determine spatial distribution of infected turtles. Blood and oral swabs were taken from 140 eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) that were presented to the wildlife centers at the University of Tennessee (UT; n=39), Wildlife Center of Virginia (WCV; n=34), and North Carolina State University (NCSU; n=36), as well as a free-ranging nonrehabilitation population near Oak Ridge, Tennessee (OR; n=39) March-November 2007. Samples were evaluated for ranavirus infection using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting a conserved portion of the major capsid protein. Two turtles, one from UT and one from NCSU, had evidence of ranavirus infection; sequences of PCR products were 100% homologous to Frog Virus 3. Prevalence of ranavirus DNA in blood was 3, 0, 3, and 0% for UT, WCV, NCSU, and OR, respectively. Prevalence in oral swab samples was 3, 0, and 0% for UT, WCV, and NCSU, respectively. Wildlife centers may be useful in detection of Ranavirus infection and may serve as a useful early monitoring point for regional disease outbreaks.
Matthew C. Allender, M Abd-Eldaim, Juergen P. Schumacher, D McRuer, L S. Christian, and Melissa A. Kennedy. "PCR prevalence of Ranavirus in free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) at rehabilitation centers in three southeastern US states" Journal of wildlife diseases 47.3 (2011): 759-764.
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The Urban Aviary may be the world's only skyscraper designed exclusively for birds. New York-based Stone Architects designed the Urban Aviary as a way to save the Big Apple's birds from an untimely death caused by the city's skyscrapers.
According to Stone Architects, many birds meet their demise by mistaking the glass windows of big buildings for actual sky. The birds run smack into these windows and either die instant or become severely crippled. The Urban Aviary would solve this problem by giving birds a safe building to fly into. The aviary would be located in Central Park and would be outfitted with running water and natural vegetation to allow birds to nest in a safe and unobtrusive spot. City birds may be an annoying nuisance to some, but they should be saved as their presence helps keep the urban ecosystem in balance.
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Model support equipment has an aerodynamic effect on the model. Several methods are available to correct the data for model support interference. These methods involve determining a strut/fork tare.
Standard fork tares
KWT has conducted tests with an image strut installed to determine the effects of all KWT forks on an NACA 0015 3D wing model. The tests produced standard tares based upon the lift of the wing so that they can be applied to an aircraft model.
KWT can install an image strut/fork, fairing, and pitch arm to mimic the model support in order to determine the actual aerodynamic effects (i.e. tare and interference) on the customer's model. The whole strut tare process is time consuming since it involves running the model through two more sets of configurations, inverted and inverted with an image strut, in order to evaluate the effects for the desired upright configurations.


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At the Cosumer Electronic Show 84, Nitendo launched a new type of perspective for games. Its game: "Legend of Zelda" had more than 1 millon buyers in the first year and 2 in the second. It's now a classic. The movement (step) of Zelda is based in the animation of 2 designs for each of 4 "points of view" : left, right, front, back:
We will try to recreate, using Squeak, this perspective, interactivity and movements for the creation of games.
In the previous lesson we saw how to make a script for animations.
The first surprise now: we don't need a Playfield! We will not use it to facilitate the collision detection.
We will make the character (the copy we did from the Holder, but not really inside a Playfield) move to the left (to "walk left"). So: we need to open its halo and the "arrow of forward direction" will appear. Drag its direction to left.
In the demo we have created a button to start and stop the movement + animation. To pause the animation when we stop the movement we set the start of the program to: "mouseUp".
Play with the demo. We will do, in the next lessons, the other movements of the character.
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Driven by the need to improve the sustainability of water utility infrastructure, the worldwide market for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for the water and wastewater industries is expected to see above average growth over the next five years, according to a study by ARC Advisory Group study.
The latest SCADA systems encompass a new generation of technology components, says ARC. "The current SCADA market also reflects the impact of new technology on SCADA components and cost-effective communications for knowledge transfer," says Analyst Allen Avery, principal author of ARC's "SCADA Systems for the Water & Wastewater Industry Worldwide Outlook," in a prepared statement. "SCADA components are easier to integrate and provide vastly improved capabilities and functionalities, and communications are no longer limited. End users are utilizing SCADA technology for a range of operational improvement applications and linking these to business processes for a variety of purposes, both internal and external to the enterprise."
Having analyzed the SCADA market by geographic region, project size, and component type, including hardware, software, and services, ARC says the underlying technology that facilitates traditional SCADA functionality has changed dramatically. For water utilities, ARC found emerging technology is enabling SCADA to be tightly integrated to the domain of business processes, creating an improved value proposition for its usage. ARC also says that SCADA systems bring improved performance to geographically dispersed assets and provide a framework for real-time performance management on a regional, or even global, basis. The water utility infrastructure is expected to utilize the enhanced functionalities of SCADA to improve its core business processes.
ARC found the water and wastewater industries in developed regions are using SCADA as a core technology to support new business processes in response to changing industry dynamics and the need for large-scale upgrades of existing infrastructure. Infusion of newer SCADA technology can optimize the required level of capital expenditures for improved sustainability and upgrades of aging infrastructure. Developing regions are looking to either upgrade or install new water and wastewater treatment and distribution systems and SCADA is used to link these geographically separated facilities.
ARC predicts SCADA will be at the core of technology adoptions as the industry moves through uncertain economic climates to improve business processes to meet the growing demand and economic challenges that privatization and public-private partnering of the industry requires. ARC also says suppliers must develop a SCADA system capable of being fully integrated with corporate business systems. These systems include technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) and asset management programs. In order to be competitive, ARC says suppliers will have to show how their SCADA system can provide real-time data to meet both present and future demands of all stakeholders involved with the operation of water utilities.
For more information on the "SCADA Systems for the Water & Wastewater Industry Worldwide Outlook" study, click here.


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American Motors automobile owners have come to expect a certain level of reliability when driving their Pacer around town. Anyone who operates a American Motors knows that when it comes to maintaining their vehicle only the highest quality replacement parts will do. Your American Motors dealership isn't the only place to find the best repair parts to fix your Pacer. Obviously, you didn't buy your Pacer unless you knew that you wanted performance and value both impeccably combined into one car, truck, or SUV.
Achieving maximum fuel efficiency while reducing emissions on your car or truck depends on how well you maintain your engine and exhaust parts. Efficient combustion inside your American Motors Pacer engine depends greatly on your exhaust manifold, and its ability to funnel exhaust gas out of the cylinder head. If a crack forms in your American Motors Pacer exhaust manifold, then you can count on a couple of problems. First, some of the gases will not tumble as they should; lingering inside the exhaust manifold and interrupting your four-stroke cycle. Second, you will emit exhaust gases before they reach the catalytic converter; creating an unpleasant smell and potentially hazardous condition for you and your passengers.
Given all the hassles associated with fixing broken parts on your car or truck, let _URL_ be the number one store you go to make buying it easy. When your American Motors requires a new replacement Exhaust Manifold, there's no need to waste time looking anywhere other than the authority, Car Parts Discount. At Car Parts Discount, we have real customer support agents on the phone with enough expertise to help you select the correct American Motors Pacer part for your needs. Just choose your year from the list below to find the right American Motors Pacer Exhaust Manifold for your 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975 model.


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Archaeological investigations of a crypt at the Quedlinburg Collegiate Abbey have revealed a baptismal font dating from the Ottonian Dynasty period.
Quedlinburg Collegiate Abbey was founded in 936 in what is now, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The abbey functioned as an Imperial Estate and was one of the self-ruling Imperial Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire.
Excavations of the western area of the crypt have uncovered a quatrefoil cut into the sandstone, which according to the archaeologists served a baptismal font.
The font measures around 2 metres wide by 0.5 metres deep and dates from the 10th century during the Ottonian Dynasty period.
The Ottonian Dynasty, also known as the Saxon Dynasty, were ruling German monarchs from the Liudolfings family. The dynasty is named after three of its kings and Holy Roman Emperors named Otto, especially its first Emperor Otto I.
According to the researchers, the font must have been the lay room of a sacred building, possibly a church, and represents an important piece of architectural history from a period during the abbey's medieval past for which little evidence survives.
According to the Roman-Germanic pontifical in the 10th century, unlike today, baptism took place once a year, on Holy Saturday, as a collective baptism of infants or small children by immersion.
Ceremonies were often performed by candlelight and was accompanied by liturgical songs and litanies. Candidates for baptism were immersed in holy water in the shape of a cross and the words "I baptise you in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" was spoken.
A press statement by the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, said: "It is conceivable that Duke Henry I of Bavaria (born around 922, died in 955), who attempted to kill his brother, King Otto the Great, in an attack in Quedlinburg at Easter in 941, was baptized at the uncovered location."
Header Image Credit : State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt


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Helping Business Leaders Create Engaged Teams and Happy People
Humanity and Profits are Not Mutually Exclusive. In this insightful book, Kavitha Chahel explores the tell-tale signs of a toxic work environment and the impact on business. Explore concepts, ideas and practical exercises you can use to improve your own workplace and in so doing increase your profits. Tap into your compassion through practical advice and stories to improve your ability to communicate with compassion. Create strong cohesive teams that are effective, efficient and productive. Develop your ability to be a compassionate leader through self awareness. Create and sustain a culture of trust, loyalty and commitment. Work practices are changing and today's worker is looking for more than just a decent salary. Create a sense of belonging, being part of something bigger than one's self, starting with humanising the way we communicate with one another.


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Poppy seeds contain both Morphine and Codeine and can cause false positives for Opiates in urine tests. Most Opiate urine tests have a cut off level of 300 ng/ml. Ingestion of a single poppy seed bagel can produce an opiate level somewhere around 250 ng/ml three hours later. 3 teaspoons of store bought poppy seeds can result in 1200 ng/ml 6 hours later (1). We have read an estimate that 70% of DOT opiate positives are from poppy seeds. The U.S. Military uses cut off levels of 3000 ng/ml in order to minimize false positives.
The profile and levels of Opiates that show up in a urine test can generally be distinguished from Opiate use if care is taken...however it is not a simple thing and results are often mis-read by companies giving drug tests. If eaten recently and in great enough quantity, poppy seeds will result in positive morphine and codeine results, with morphine predominant. This can be distinguished from recent Codeine use because of the comparative levels of Morphine and Codeine present. However Codeine use in the past (not recent) can result in a similar profile as Morphine is a metabolite of Codeine. Codeine is eliminated from the system more quickly than Morphine, so an extended period after Codeine use, levels of Morphine may be higher than those of Codeine.
The Discovery Channel's MythBusters show did a piece testing whether poppy seeds could cause a false positive on an over-the-counter drug test. Two people were tested for opiates before the experiment began. Both tested negative on this initial test. One person then ate three poppy seed bagels and the other ate poppy seed cake. Both tested positive for opiates within 30 minutes of ingesting the seeds and continued to test positive until 16 hours after ingestion. The same brand of drug test was used in all cases. They called a number of manufacturers of over-the-counter drug tests and were told by all but one that poppy seeds could not cause a false positive.
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Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry, authors of the popular Picture-Perfect Science Lessons Series, led a lively group of teachers in exploring classroom strategies and lessons that combine science with reading in the elementary grades. The Picture-Perfect Science
Preconference Workshop at the New Orleans NSTA Area Conference included activities highlighting reading strategies like making connections, questioning, visualizing, determining importance, and synthesizing. Morgan and Ansberry focused also on the powerful BSCS 5E lesson model, which Morgan credited with transforming her science teaching. In the engage phase of one lesson, workshop participants heard Morgan read Marla Frazee's children's book Roller Coaster and shared their own experiences with riding a roller coaster. During the explore phase, they tested ways to change the speed and direction of a rolling object by building roller coasters out of pipe insulation. From exploring mystery objects inside small film canisters, to configuring a loop-to-loop for a model roller coaster and utilizing key reading strategies, the workshop participants shared some laughs while learning new ways to combine reading and science in engaging lessons for students in grades 3-6. On a picture-perfect day in New Orleans, these workshop participants and their facilitators departed the session with new insights and strategies for transforming their own classrooms for science learning. To read more about Picture-Perfect Science and clever ways to combine science learning with reading, download the PDF "Why Read Picture Books in Science Class?", a free e-book containing the introductory five chapters of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, 2nd Edition.


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The project replaced 1,650 linear feet of 8-inch diameter sanitary sewer along Washington Street in Brighton. It was the second phase of the rehabilitation of the Brighton sewer system.
Much of Brighton's sanitary sewer system consists of deteriorated clay pipe constructed in approximately 1915. Numerous defects, such as cracked pipes and broken or missing pieces of pipes, were found throughout the system, which were inspected in 2001. The identified defects increase the inflow and infiltration into the sanitary sewer or reduce the capacity of the sewers to carry wastewater.
The City of Brighton selected French-Reneker-Associates to prepare a preliminary engineering report to recommend improvements to its wastewater treatment and collection system. French-Reneker-Associates assisted the city in making an application for an IJOBS grant. The estimated $590,000 project is being funded by a $205,000 IJOBS grant and State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans.


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Gan Cao can treat diabetes
A new German study has found that liquorice root may contain anti-diabetic properties.
In addition to having anti-inflammatory properties, substances called amorfrutins from the plant's root were found to reduce blood sugar levels in mice.
Furthermore, the study, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, found the substance helped prevent the mice from developing a fatty liver and improved insulin resistance, leading scientists to suggest that liquorice root could be used in the treatment of complex metabolic disorders.
In their study, the amorfrutins worked by activating various genes that reduced the plasma concentration of certain fatty acids and glucose, researchers said. The reduced glucose level, in turn, prevented the development of insulin resistance.
But before you go tucking into a bag of black liquorice candy, scientists point out that the concentration of amorfrutins is too low to be effective in sweets or tea.
Extracting the nutrients in large concentrations, however, could be used on an industrial scale, they say.
Earlier this year, another study published in the Journal of Natural Products found that two substances in liquorice were able to kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease.
In traditional Chinese herbal medicine, liquorice root has also been used extensively to treat everything from respiratory to digestive problems.
Meanwhile, last year the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to adults over the age of 40 to limit their consumption of black liquorice, which has been shown to cause irregular heart rhythms or arrhythmia.


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Q262. The phrase 'Striving to reach London while staying in London' doesn't make any sense to me. What does it mean?
A. The purpose of Zen meditation is to experience emptiness in person. London is a symbol of emptiness and reaching London means to experience emptiness. It means, in other words, that we are trying to experience emptiness while being emptiness itself. Reaching emptiness is realising the truth that we ourselves are emptiness, not reaching it by moving towards it.
In order to see whether you grasp these words clearly, ask yourself the following question.
Student: "How do you feel when you realise emptiness?"
Master: "I'll be wrong if I answer your question."
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Sequence Planning for Integrated Product, Process and Automation Design
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2010
In order to obtain a unified information flow from early product design to final production, an integrated framework for product, process and automation design is presented. The framework is based on sequences of operations and includes a formal relation between product properties and process operations. This relation includes liaisons (interfaces) and precedence relations, where the precedence relations generate preconditions for the related process operations. From this information a set of sequences of operations (SOPs) is generated. A formal graphical language for hierarchical operations and SOPs is then introduced and defined based on automata extended with variables. Since the operations are self-contained they can be grouped and viewed from different angles, e. g., from a product or a resource perspective. These multiple views increase the interoperability between different engineering disciplines. A case study is performed on a car manufacturing cell, where the suggested modeling framework is shown to give comprehensible SOPs. Note to Practitioners-When designing an automation system, an important challenge is to specify in what sequence the different tasks, or operations, should be executed. This has become a problematic bottleneck in the automotive industry, especially for body-in-white manufacturing. The rising needs on manufacturing flexibility increases the complexity of the entire manufacturing system, as well as its control function, the sequence of operations. This paper proposes a new sequence planning approach, where sequences are viewed based on the relations among operations instead of manually constructing the sequence. By the use of different views the sequence of operations related to, e. g., the part flow, robot operations or operator tasks can be visualized. Different views help the user to easier understand the relation between different parts and components, as well as the total system behavior.
discrete-event systems
sequence of operations
supervisory synthesis
Concurrent engineering
Bengt Lennartson
Chalmers, Signaler och system, Systemoch reglerteknik, Automation
Kristofer Bengtsson
Research and Development
Chengyin Yuan
General Motors
Kristin Andersson
Chalmers, Signaler och system, Systemoch reglerteknik, Automation
Martin Fabian
Chalmers, Signaler och system, Systemoch reglerteknik, Automation
Petter Falkman
Chalmers, Signaler och system, Systemoch reglerteknik, Automation
Knut Åkesson
Chalmers, Signaler och system, Systemoch reglerteknik, Automation
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
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Globalisation refers to the increasing interdependence between the worlds' economies, people and cultures. The most effective scheme at reducing social and environmental costs of globalisation is Fair Trade. 65% of people in the UK say they choose fairtrade products. Fairtrade products have increased prices so that producers receive higher products and improve their trading conditions which lowers worker exploitation, reducing the social impacts of globalisation. Additionally, environmental regulations must be met for a product to be labelled as fair trade which improves environmental standards. Fair trade tackles both social and environmental issues of globalisation worldwide, making it the most effective scheme. However, Fair trade has been criticised as profits often do not reach the poorest farmers and are instead received by corporate firms, meaning it may not effectively reduce worker exploitation.
Another effective scheme is recycling. Materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash are broken down and reused for other projects. This reduces the rate at which new natural resources are used. For example, by recycling an aluminium can 95% of energy required to make a new one is saved. Recycling reduces environmental impacts of globalisation as it is sustainable by reducing the amount of material that would be thrown away. However, recycling requires lots of water and energy to transport waste to recycling plants and treat waste which can increase pollution levels.
The least effective scheme at reducing social and environmental impacts of globalisation is NGO's. NGOs such as Keep Britain Tidy advocate for cleaner environments by reducing litter. Globalisation has contributed to a 'throw away society' in which consumer products are not designed to be reused and are quickly thrown away and replaced with new goods. This reduces the environmental impacts of globalisation as it improves environmental quality. NGOs such as War on Want tackle social issues as they informed Tesco that their South African female fruit farmers did not have a toilet available. Tesco then told farm owners it would switch suppliers until a toilet was available. This improved working conditions for farmers, reducing the social impacts of globalisation. However, NGO's have limited financial resources meaning they can only operate on a small scale so their overall impact is very limited. Some countries even ban NGOs from operating, such as Zimbabwe banning British NGOs in 2008. NGO's are therefore the least effective scheme as they do not have a very widespread effect on reducing impacts of globalisation.
Im no teacher but that would certainly be towards the top marks as you have weighed up both sides of each of the methods and used examples to back it up. I reckon it would certainly get 10/12 maybe have a short conclusion at the bottom with a quick couple lines on your over riding view of the question


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Elementary school and kindergarten teachers teach basic subjects such as reading, writing and arithmetic or specialized subjects such as English or French as a second language at public and private elementary schools. Elementary school librarians are included in this unit group.
French immersion teacher – elementary school, elementary school teacher, elementary school teacher, English as a second language, elementary school teacher, French as a second language, kindergarten teacher, librarian, elementary school, primary school teacher, remedial teacher – elementary school, special education teacher – elementary school, supply teacher – elementary school.
- Prepare courses for presentation to students according to approved curriculum
- Teach students using a systematic plan of lessons, discussions, audio-visual presentations and field trips
- Lead students in activities to promote their physical, mental and social development and their school readiness
- Assign and correct homework
- Prepare, administer and correct tests
- Evaluate the progress of students and discuss results with students, parents and school officials
- Identify children's individual learning needs
- Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help
- Participate in staff meetings, educational conferences and teacher training workshops
- May supervise teachers' aides and student teachers.
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers may specialize in such areas as special education or second language instruction.
Wages for Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers in Prince Edward Island
Wages depend on job requirements and work conditions. They also vary between regions, for reasons such as location, labour agreements, and the availability of workers. The wages below are estimated before taxes.
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A design for the antenna with equal beamwidths in two orthogonal planes is described. The antenna is mainly composed of a printed dipole fed with a microstrip balun and a rectangular metallic box used as a reflector. The simulated results obtained with HFSS demonstrate that the beamwidths of the antenna in the E- and H-planes as well as the diagonal plane are almost the same within the 10 dB-return-loss bandwidth from 2.3 to 3.3 GHz; moreover, the cross polarization in these planes is lower than −20 dB. The spherical vector wave expansion of the radiated fields of the antenna is used to explain the radiation characteristics. An antenna prototype is also constructed, and experimental data have good agreements with the simulation results.
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In the six else-if statements, Logi Report will retrieve the value of the State field, and compare it with the values in brackets []. If a value matches the value in brackets, the formula will return the territory name.
Example 2: DateToMonth
In your sales report, you want Logi Report to print out the month name of the orders, so that you can compare the orders of each month in a year. You can write the formula as follows:
Number m = Month ( @"Order Date" ) ;
String str = "";
if ( m == 1 ) {
 str = " January Sales";}
else if ( m == 2 ) {
 str = " February Sales";}
else if ( m == 3 ) {
 str = " March Sales";}
else if( m == 4 ) {
 str = " April Sales";}
else if( m == 5 ) {
 str = " May Sales";}
else if ( m == 6 ) {
 str = " June Sales";}
else if ( m == 7 ) {
 str = " July Sales";}
else if( m == 8 ) {
 str = " August Sales";}
else if ( m == 9 ) {
 str = " September Sales";}
else if( m == 10 ) {
 str = " October Sales";}
else if ( m == 11 ) {
 str = " November Sales";}
else if ( m == 12 ) {
 str = " December Sales";}
Since the database field Order Date is of the TimeStamp data type, the built-in function Month (DateTime) is first used to extract the month portion of Order Date. Then, the else-if statement is used to decide the month according to the return value of the function, and assigns a String value which contains a relative month name to the pre-declared string variable str.
Example 3: SectionInvisible
You can write a formula as follows to control the Suppressed property of a certain section such as Page Header, so that the section will be suppressed on the first page of the report.
boolean s;
if (pagenumber==1){
 s=true;}
else {
 s=false;}
Since it is only required to suppress the section on the first page, if only the Suppressed property of the section is set to true in the Report Inspector, then it will be suppressed on every page. In this formula, a Boolean type variable is first declared. Then, an else-if statement is used to decide whether or not the page is the first page. If the statement is true, true is assigned to "s". If the statement is false, false is assigned false to "s". In this formula, pagenumber is a special field.
Example 4: Running total of page
You can use the running total function to calculate the sum of one page. And to use the running total function, you have to create a set of formulas.
 1. Create a formula named Formula1 as follows to initialize a global variable as the sum variable. And insert it into the Banded Page Header panel. The reference to PageNumber forces the calculation to run after the page break. For more information, see Formula Levels.
 pagenumber;
 global number pagetotal;
 pagetotal=0;
 2. Create a formula named Formula2 as follows to accumulate the value. And insert it into the Detail panel.
 pagetotal=pagetotal+@"YTD Sales";
 3. Create a formula named Formula3 as follows to display the sum of one page. And insert it into the Banded Page Footer panel.
 return pagetotal;
Example 5: Running total of group
This example will accumulate the total of the successful and failed shipments for each group.
 1. Create a formula named Formula1 as follows to initialize the value. And insert it into the group header.
 global integer iFail;
 global integer iSuccess;
 iFail=0;
 iSuccess=0;
 2. Create a formula named Formula2 as follows to accumulate the value of the successful and failed shipments, and insert it into the Detail panel.
 if(@Shipped) {
 iSuccess=iSuccess+1;
 iFail=iFail;
 }
 else {
 iSuccess=iSuccess;
 iFail=iFail+1;
 }
 3. Create a formula named Formula3 as follows to return the successful shipments and the failed shipments, and insert it into the group footer.
 return "Total successful shipments is "+ iSuccess +" and total failed shipments is "+ iFail;
Note: Global variables are not supported in dynamic formulas so an alternate way to do this is using two formulas (fShipped and fNotShipped) to return either 1 or 0 based on @Shipped:
if(@Shipped) return 1 else return 0;
if(@Shipped) return 0 else return 1;
Then add dynamic aggregations to sum on fShipped and fNotShipped. The result will be the same as using the global variables.
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When you create the deeplink any name can be used.
The deeplink will be triggered when the url is provided, as you are invoking the requesthandler via the url. With a deeplink the requesthandler is /link everything behind the link part are parameters (name of the deeplink config and input parameters). The handler is created in the after startup microflow, so make sure that the after startup microflow runs the deeplink register handler microflow.
Then in a deeplink you provide a microflow that needs to be executed when accessing your specific deeplink. The microflow allows for using the parameters after the name of the configuration in the url. So in a url /link//


What Does Wine Sound Like? Italian Engineers Create Audio Profiles for Vintages
Ever wondered what your favorite wine would sound like? Some sound engineers in Italy set out to create auditory profiles for their country's best vintages. They created the sound for each wine on a computer and when they insert a probe into the wine, it will make music depending on how the wine is moved around in the glass. The project is still in the early development stages, but they hope to one day offer it to wine producers and restaurants. Inside Edition Digital's Mara Montalbano has more.
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Dihedral
Dihedral Di*he"dral, a. [Gr. di- = di's- twice + ? a seat, bottom, base, fr. ? to sit. Cf. {Diedral}.] 1. Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal. [1913 Webster]
2. Of a kite or an a["e]roplane, having wings that make with one another a dihedral angle, esp. when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180[deg]. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (A["e]ronautics) Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Dihedral angle}, the angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 - Dihedral — or polyhedral may refer to: Dihedral angle, the angle between two mathematical planes Dihedral (aircraft), the upward angle of a fixed wing aircraft s wings where they meet at the fuselage, dihedral effect of an aircraft, longitudinal dihedral… … Wikipedia
 - dihedral — [dī hē′drəl] adj. [< DI 1 + Gr hedra, a seat, base + AL] 1. having or formed by two intersecting plane faces [a dihedral angle] 2. a) having wings that form a dihedral angle with each other, as some airplanes b) … English World dictionary
 - dihedral — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or contained by two plane faces. ► NOUN 1) an angle formed by two plane faces. 2) Aeronautics upward inclination of an aircraft s wing … English terms dictionary
 - dihedral — i. The positive acute angle between the lateral axis of an airplane and a line through the center of a wing or horizontal stabilizer. A dihedral is normally associated with a low wing aircraft, although some dihedral angles may be incorporated… … Aviation dictionary
 - dihedral — /daɪˈhidrəl/ (say duy heedruhl) –adjective Mathematics 1. having, or formed by, two planes: a dihedral angle. 2. relating to or having a dihedral angle or angles. 3. (of an aircraft) having the wings sloping, especially upwards. Compare anhedral … Australian English dictionary
 - dihedral — adj. & n. adj. having or contained by two plane faces. n. = dihedral angle. Phrases and idioms: dihedral angle an angle formed by two plane surfaces, esp. by an aircraft wing with the horizontal. Etymology: dihedron f. DI (1) + HEDRON … Useful english dictionary
 - dihedral — noun Date: circa 1911 1. dihedral angle 2. the angle between an aircraft supporting surface (as a wing) and a horizontal transverse line … New Collegiate Dictionary
 - dihedral — 1. noun a) An angle between two plane surfaces b) The upward slope of an aircrafts wing 2. adjective Consisting of, relating to or contained between two plane surfaces … Wiktionary
 - dihedral — /duy hee dreuhl/, adj. 1. having or formed by two planes. 2. of or pertaining to a dihedron. n. 3. dihedron. 4. Aeron. the angle at which the right and left wings or the halves of any other horizontal surface of an airplane or the like are… … Universalium
 - dihedral — diÂ·heÂ·dral || daÉª hiËdrÉ™l adj. having two plane faces (Mathematics) n. angle between an aircraft wing and the horizontal; angle that is formed by two planes (Mathematics) … English contemporary dictionary
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Finding Folktales on the Spooky Side
Who Took My Hairy Toe? The title compelled me to peek inside and the pages provided both amusement and another ah-ha moment. The author, Shutta Crum paired with illustrator Katya Krenina, has created a picture book that supports middle school reading and writing of folk tales. Teachers looking for student-centered learning would do well to utilize this text to increase the likelihood that every student can easily access the concept and then work with more complex texts, to rigorously extend their knowledge.
Though the 550 Lexile score makes the tale easy to independently navigate, this story is a perfect October read aloud, filled with the right mix of familiar and less familiar vocabulary (holler and ruination) and illustrations that both lends to understanding and encourages creative thought. The plot line presents a framework for students' original creations thus making it a mentor text from which individual and group folk tales can be created. Teachers will also have an easy time of constructing an exemplar text. Before students delve into their writing, share the encouragement found in the Author's Note, "Enjoy this tale. Make it your own. Pass it on. Let it live for hundreds of years more."


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{
 FARPROC address;
 HINSTANCE hLibrary = LoadLibrary(_T("psapi.dll"));
 if ( hLibrary )
 {
 address = GetProcAddress(hLibrary, _T("EnumProcesses"));
 FreeLibrary(hLibrary);
 }
 return 0;
}
In the Release configuration both code fragments produce exactly the same Assembly code:
push esi
push offset string "psapi.dll" (4050FCh)
call dword ptr [__imp__LoadLibraryA@4 (405008h)]
mov esi,eax
test esi,esi
je main+25h (401025h) // to xor eax, eax
push offset string "EnumProcesses" (4050ECh)
push esi
call dword ptr [__imp__GetProcAddress@8 (405004h)]
push esi
call dword ptr [__imp__FreeLibrary@4 (405000h)]
xor eax,eax
pop esi
We can see that the C++ compiler is smart enough to optimize this code so that there is no overhead at all when we use CSmartHandle template. This is what are templates about - make computer work hard at compile time, having optimized well-performing code at run time.
Conclusion
The CSmartHandle class presented in this article is not intended for practical use. It's smart pointer capabilities are restricted, and it works like EnsureCleanup as a handle wrapper. The purpose of this article is to show some of new features which are available for Visual C++ programmers with Visual Studio 2003 Release. For example, the Loki library introduced by Andrei Alexandrescu in [2] is now compilable in Visual C++ (I got hundreds of compilation errors in previous Visual C++ versions). Visual Studio .NET 2002 was developed mostly for VB, WEB and database programmers. Visual Studio .NET 2003 is for C++ programmers.
Sources
 1. Programming Server-Side Applications for Microsoft® Windows® 2000. Jeffrey Richter, Jason D. Clark. Microsoft Press.
 2. Modern C++ Design. Andrei Alexandrescu. ADDISON-WESLEY.
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Central Ohio home sales hit a record high, last month, despite fewer people buying.
Dramatic Inquiry – Introduction
Dramatic inquiry demonstrates how techniques such as role playing, movement, and active listening are used in the classroom to explore complex ideas and problems.
- Dynamic, hands-on, interactive
- Â Hybrid of pretend play, theatrical form, and inquiry-based approaches
- Can be used to teach literature, science, language arts, or social studies
- Â Teacher has to create safe space
- Students slip into the minds of the characters
- Role play goes into just character at time. Dramatic inquiry explores many characters, and how they interact, how themes emerge from the interactions. Students may switch roles.
- Learning authentically, connecting the text to real life
Teacher: Andrea McCallister, 9th grade


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Addressing student wellbeing for Work Integrated Learning success
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) students are seeking greater levels of support from universities to reflect the personal and financial stresses associated with their participation, according to a new report.
The research led by Dr Deanna Grant-Smith from Queensland University of Technology and funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education informed recommendations to improve WIL student outcomes through the refinement of program policies and practices.
Australian universities are under increasing pressure to support students to develop the graduate skills and knowledge required to transition from education into professional practice. The adoption of a range of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) approaches to achieve this aim represents an increasingly prevalent part of the tertiary education landscape. However, successes in increasing the participation of diverse groups in higher education challenge assumptions regarding students' extra-study commitments and the potential impacts of these on students' capacity to participate in WIL activities, particularly unpaid placements. Despite these shifts, there has been limited exploration of student experiences of WIL through a wellbeing lens or with an explicit focus on the equity considerations.
Objectives and methodology
Through the voices and experiences of WIL administrators and participants from the disciplines of health and social services, education and nursing this research identified the personal impacts of participation in WIL, beyond the impacts of professional development and in-situ learning. This research explored personal and other factors influencing students' experiences of WIL placements and their coping strategies for managing the reciprocal impacts of participation on other commitments.
Data for this study was collected using an online student survey, student focus groups, and staff focus groups. The survey and focus group data was analysed using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The analyses sought to identify the impact that personal and other factors can have on the practicum experience, the impact of the practicum experience on other parts of the student's life such as paid work commitments and work-study-life conflicts, and the perceived impact of this on their wellbeing.
In connecting WIL and wellbeing, researchers introduced the concept of WIL wellbeing as a construct to identify the impacts of WIL on participants' wellbeing within and beyond the learning context. Explicitly connecting WIL and wellbeing, and foregrounding the everyday life experiences of WIL participants, the research highlighted the contribution of personal coping strategies (many of which are taken into post-graduation professional practice) to managing a successful WIL experience. In the context of the broad scale adoption of WIL as a learning pedagogy, this research also considered how universities and WIL placement workplaces can better support students in preparation for, and during, their WIL experiences.
Key findings and recommendations
- WIL participants experienced considerable levels of financial stress as a result of undertaking a WIL placement due to the intensive unpaid nature of WIL placements; the additional costs incurred as a result of the placement; relational stressors; and the financial impacts of lost wages. Research participants, regardless of their familial or employment circumstances, suggested that additional financial assistance and support was required by many WIL participants to support their participation.
- WIL workplaces need better preparation and support to positively contribute to participant wellbeing and learning outcomes. Both WIL administrator and student participants in this research identified the impact of attitudes and behaviours of supervisors, co-workers and clients within the WIL workplace on student wellbeing. They concluded that better training, support and vetting of potential WIL workplaces and supervisors is required.
- Greater levels of institutional and community support are required to support WIL participant wellbeing. In addition to more supportive supervisory relationships within the WIL workplace, WIL participants are seeking greater levels of pastoral care, staff support and empathy from universities. Combined, peer, family, community and university support make an important contribution to a successful WIL experience, however, available institutional support and eligibility requirements need to be better communicated to students, particularly those that may not have existing support networks
Conclusions and considerations for policy
Examining the equity implications of WIL participation, this research revealed new insights about participant experiences and has the potential to inform WIL policies and practices to support student wellbeing.
Acknowledging the potential impact of extra-curricular commitments, such as paid employment and caring responsibilities, and other personal factors on the WIL experience and providing focused support is important for supporting student wellbeing, and increasing the potential for a successful placement. Both WIL administrator and student participants in this research proposed that universities and registration/accreditation bodies need to consider alternatives to unpaid WIL placements or structural changes to placement requirements which limit extended unpaid placements.
WIL wellbeing is determined by personal coping strategies and institutional and community support. It is therefore imperative that all stakeholders involved in managing, administering and promoting universal WIL participation are cognisant of the potential impacts of WIL on participants' wellbeing.
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ABSTRACT
Dimensionality reduction by feature projection is widely used in pattern recognition, information retrieval, and statistics. When there are some outputs available (e.g., regression values or classification results), it is often beneficial to consider supervised projection, which is based not only on the inputs, but also on the target values. While this applies to a single-output setting, we are more interested in applications with multiple outputs, where several tasks need to be learned simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce a novel projection approach called Multi-Output Regularized feature Projection (MORP), which preserves the information of input features and, meanwhile, captures the correlations between inputs/outputs and (if applicable) between multiple outputs. This is done by introducing a latent variable model on the joint input-output space and minimizing the reconstruction errors for both inputs and outputs. It turns out that the mappings can be found by solving a generalized eigenvalue problem and are ready to extend to nonlinear mappings. Prediction accuracy can be greatly improved by using the new features since the structure of outputs is explored. We validate our approach in two applications. In the first setting, we predict users' preferences for a set of paintings. The second is concerned with image and text categorization where each image (or document) may belong to multiple categories. The proposed algorithm produces very encouraging results in both settings.
INDEX TERMS
Dimensionality reduction, supervised projection, feature transformation.
CITATION
Shipeng Yu, Kai Yu, Volker Tresp, Hans-Peter Kriegel, "Multi-Output Regularized Feature Projection", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, vol.18, no. 12, pp. _PHONE_, December 2006, doi:10.1109/TKDE.2006.194
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