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Unusual Strength
When we think of strength, we may naturally connect to the physical realm. The amount of weight one can lift. Competitors who give their all straight to the finish line. Those who work hard to build their bodies so they can win and be their best.
We may also connect strength to our mind, will, or emotion. There are many philosophies and practices surrounding how to strengthen these areas. Our thoughts. Our determination. Our discipline.
The main focus of strength for this writing is exploring one many may not consider a strength–meekness. Meekness has been considered by some as a form of weakness. However, it is actually a strength. It has been described as strength under control.
What are examples of meekness? Some that come to mind include humility, gentleness, and patience. These are not popular characteristics to possess, according to many. Why?
One who is meek may not retaliate when confronted–they stay quiet. One who is meek may not respond with anger–they respond with love. One who is meek exercises strength under control. They exercise grace and wisdom with humility, gentleness, and patience. They live a life of selflessness and purpose.
Meekness is an attribute that is not natural. It requires continued practice. It requires disciplined training. It requires determined focus. Those who are meek have a goal in mind, and they give their all to reach.
Over time, they display a life of joy and peace. They display wisdom in their decisions and actions. They are fulfilling their purpose.
Our Connections Challenge for the week: Take a moment to notice those around you. Do they display meekness? Are there areas in which you could exercise meekness? If possible, ask those you notice how they live a life of meekness and why.
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Biomarin's Dwarfism Drug Receives EMA ApprovalBy Miriam Bello | Fri, 08/27/2021 - 13:18
The European Commission approved the use of Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc's treatment for one of the most common forms of dwarfism. The approval comes after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) endorsed what has now become the first achondroplasia therapy to get an approval in the region, according to Reuters. BioMarin's drug will sell under the brand name Voxzogo.
Klaus Mohnike, professor of Paediatrics at Magdeburg University Hospital, told Reuters that "this regulatory approval is based on improved height gain, one important determinant of day-to-day function for people with achondroplasia." The European Commission, following the EMA's recommendation, authorized Voxzogo for use in children from two years old until their growth plates are closed, which happens after puberty.
Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth that prevents the changing of cartilage to bone, particularly in the long bones of the arms and legs. Achondroplasia can cause health complications such as interruption of breathing (apnea), obesity, recurrent ear infections and an exaggerated inward curve of the lumbar spine (lordosis). More serious problems include a narrowing of the spinal canal that can compress the upper part of the spinal cord and a buildup of fluid in the brain.
In a Phase 3 study, shared BioPharma Dive, treatment with Voxzogo led to faster bone growth than did placebo over a year, a benefit that built on previous findings from a mid-stage trial. Most side effects were mild in nature and no severe adverse events related to Voxzogo were reported by BioMarin.
Increased Attention to Rare Diseases
Achondroplasia is only one of numerous rare diseases. The search for treatments has motivated the development of innovative treatments and driven many public actions, like the decision made by Mexico's General Health Council on August 11 to prepare a census of patients with rare diseases. This decision is a vital first step for those living with a rare disease. The census will make it possible to identify what rare diseases exist in Mexico and how many people live with them. With this information, the General Health Council can begin to develop solutions that provide patients greater and better opportunities for care.
In Mexico, "there have been many advances to improve the public sector's coverage and attention to low prevalence diseases like those we focus on," told MBN David López, Country Manager of BioMarin Pharmaceuticals. "To date, many patients are able to get their treatments through the public sector but there is still much to cover. Patient groups, organizations and the industry have been working to increase inclusion as the prevalence of these diseases is latent."

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Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress
We analyze how firms renegotiate labor contracts to extract concessions from labor. While anecdotal evidence suggests that firms tend to renegotiate down wages in times of financial distress, there is no empirical evidence that documents such renegotiation, its determinants, and its magnitude. This paper attempts to fill this gap. Using a unique data set of airlines that includes detailed information on wages and pension plans we document an empirical link between airline financial distress, pension underfunding, and wage concessions.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w17192
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Sycamore
Sycamore is a common name that is applied used at various times and places to three very different taxa of trees, Ficus sycomorus, Acer pseudoplatanus, and all members of the genus Platanus. These trees are located in three different orders of flowering plants.
Ficus sycomorus is the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible. It is a species of fig native to the Middle East and eastern Africa. It is also known as the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry.
Acer pseudoplatanus is known as sycamore in Britain and Ireland. It is a species of European maple that is called "sycamore maple" in North America, or "plane" in Scotland.
Platanus is a genus of trees of North America known as sycamores. They are known as planes in Europe. There are several species, including the American sycamore and the California sycamore. The term sycamore particularly is used for Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore.
These trees offers unique ecological, aesthetic, and commercial values. Ficus sycomorus, which was popularly cultivated by the ancient Egyptians, requires a tiny wasp in order to reproduce sexually, as opposed to grafting. The sycamore is a giant tree, standing as much as 6 meters (20 feet) wide; the wasp is a tiny insect. Yet, reflecting the harmony in nature, both depend on each other (mutualism), as the wasp needs Ficus sycomorus for a place to lay its eggs and the tree depends on the wasp to pollinate its flowers.
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Acer pseudoplatanus is noted for its tolerance of urban pollution, salt spray, and wind, making it a popular ornamental tree for planting in cities, along salt-treated roads, and in coastal localities. It also provides wood for furniture, flooring, and other uses. Members of the Platanus genus are among the more common trees planted in North American and Europe for shade, and are commonly found in public parks or city streets. This is also reflected in the common name of sycamore for street names in the United States.
Ficus sycomorus
Fig-mulberry
Ficus sycomorus.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Urticales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: Sycomorus
Species: F. sycomorus
Binomial name
Ficus sycomorus
L.
Ficus sycomorus, known variously as the sycamore, sycomore, sycamore fig, or the fig-mulberry (due to the leaves' resemblance to those of the mulberry), is a fig species in the mulberry family (Moraceae) that has been cultivated since early times. Ficus sycomorus is native to Africa south of the Sahel and north of the Tropic of Capricorn, also excluding the central-west rainforest areas. It also grows naturally in the southern Arabian Peninsula and in very localized areas in Madagascar, and has been naturalized in Israel and Egypt. In its native habitat, the tree is usually found in rich soils along rivers, but also in mixed woodlands.
Ficus sycomorus grows to 20 meters tall (65 feet) and 6 meters (20 feet) wide, with a dense round crown of spreading branches. The leaves are heart-shaped with a round apex, 14 centimeters long by 10 centimeters wide, and arranged spirally around the twig. They are dark green above and lighter with prominent yellow veins below, and both surfaces are rough to the touch. The petiole is 0.5-3 centimeters long and pubescent. The fruit is a large edible fig, 2-3 centimeters in diameter, ripening from buff-green to yellow or red. They are borne in thick clusters on long branchlets or the leaf axil. Flowering and fruiting occurs year-round, peaking from July to December. The bark is green-yellow to orange and exfoliates in papery strips to reveal the yellow inner bark. Like all other figs, it contains a latex.
In the Near Orient, F. sycomorus is a tree of great importance and very extensive use. It has wide-spreading branches and affords a delightful shade. The ancient Egyptians cultivated this species "almost exclusively," according to Zohary and Hopf (2000). Remains of F. sycomorus begin to appear in predynastic levels, and in quantity from the start of the third millennium B.C.E. Zohary and Hopf (2000) note that, "the fruit and the timber, and sometimes even the twigs, are richly represented in the tombs of Early, Middle, and Late Kingdoms. In numerous cases the parched sycons bear characteristic gashing marks indicating that this art, which induces ripening, was practiced in Egypt in ancient times."
This species of fig requires the presence of the symbiotic wasp Ceratosolen arabicus in order to reproduce sexually. In the absence of this wasp, the plant is propagated by breaking off a branch and planting it. Although this insect is extinct in Egypt, Zohay and Hopf (2000) have no doubt that Egypt was "the principal area of sycamore fig development." Some of the caskets of mummies in Egypt are made from the wood of this tree.
In the Bible, Amos 7:14 refers to the fruit of the sycamore, which is of an inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah 24:2. At Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by (Luke 19:4).
Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Maple
Sycamore Maple leaves
Sycamore Maple leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: A. pseudoplatanus
Binomial name
Acer pseudoplatanus
L.
Acer pseudoplatanus is commonly known as sycamore in many parts of Europe, sycamore maple in North America, and plane in Scotland. It is one of the most common maples in Europe, native to central Europe, from France east to Poland, and south in the mountains to northern Spain and Turkey. Sycamore maples now occur throughout the British Isles, having been introduced in the seventeenth century (Preston and Dines 2002).
A. pseudoplatanus is a deciduous tree that reaches 20 to 35 meters (65 to 115 feet) tall at maturity, with a broad, domed crown. On young trees, the bark is smooth and gray, but becomes rougher with age and breaks up in scales, exposing the pale-brown-to-pinkish inner bark.
Leaves
The leaves are opposite, 10-25 centimeters long, and broad with a 5-15 centimeter petiole, palmately-veined with five lobes with toothed edges, and dark green in color. Some cultivars have purple-tinged or yellowish leaves.
The monoecious yellow-green flowers are produced in spring on 10-20 centimeters pendulous racemes, with 20-50 flowers on each stalk. The 5-10 millimeter diameter seeds are paired in samaras, each seed with a 20-40 millimeters long wing to catch the wind and rotate when they fall; this helps them to spread further from the parent tree. The seeds are mature in autumn about 6 months after pollination.
The sycamore maple is noted for its tolerance of wind, urban pollution, and salt spray, which makes it a popular tree for planting in cities, along roads treated with salt in winter, and in coastal localities. It is cultivated and widely naturalized north of its native range in northern Europe, notably in the British Isles and Scandinavia north to Tromsø, Norway; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Torshavn on the Faroe Islands. In North America, escapes from cultivation are most common in New England, New York City, and the Pacific Northwest. It is planted in many temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere, most commonly in New Zealand and on the Falkland Islands. The popular cultivar "Brilliantissimum" is notable for the bright salmon-pink color of the young foliage.
Sycamore is planted for timber production; the wood is white with a silky luster, and hard-wearing, used for furniture and flooring. Occasional trees produce wood with a wavy grain, greatly increasing the value for decorative veneers. European sycamore is a traditional wood used in creating necks, backs, and scrolls for violins.
Sycamore flowers produce abundant nectar, which makes a fragrant, delicately flavored and pale-colored honey.
Stages in opening leaf buds.
Platanus genus
Platanus
Leaves and fruit of a London Plane
Leaves and fruit of a London Plane
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Platanaceae
Genus: Platanus
Species
See text
The genus Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole members of the family Platanaceae. While known as sycamores in North America, they are known as planes in Europe. They are mostly found in riparian or other wetland habitats in the wild, though proving drought tolerant in cultivation away from streams.
Members of Platanus are all large trees, up to 30–50 meters tall (98-164 feet). With the exception of P. kerrii, which is evergreen, they are all


- lowers patient dose
 - brings tissue closer to film (decreases OID)
 92. Name four reasons we use beam restrictors to decrease field size:
 - decreases unnecessary tissue exposure
 - decreases scatter
 - shortens the scale of contrast
 - increases the visibility of detail
 93. Name four types of beam restrictors:
 - Aperture diaphragm
 - Cone or cylinders
 - Collimators
 - Ancillary devices
 94. What is the simplest type of beam restrictor?
 Aperture Diaphragm
 95. What is an Aperture Diaphragm?
 A lead or lead-lined plate attached to the x-ray tube
 96. Name three examples of equipment that aperture diaphragms are made for:
 - dedicated chest or head units
 - trauma units
 - dental equipment
 97. What device is made for use in fixed applications with a fixed IR and fixed SID?
 Aperture Diaphragm
 98. Does penumbra increase or decrease when the beam restrictor is closer to the object being imaged?
 decrease
 99. Does penumbra increase or decrease with the use of an aperture diaphragm?
 increase
 100. With the use of an aperture diaphragm, does off-focus radiation increase or decrease?
 increase
 101. Does penumbra increase or decrease when the diaphragm is closer to the focal spot?
 increase
 102. When using an aperture diaphragm, what must you be careful of when you apply it?
 that you place the diaphragm and the tube in the same orientation to prevent aperture cuttoff
 103. How do you determine the field size of a diaphragm?
 Image Size = (SID x diaphragm diameter)/ distance from focal spot to diaphragm
 104. What device is considered to be a variation of the aperture diaphragm?
 extension cones and cylinders
 105. Do extension cones/cylinders increase or decrease penumbra?
 decrease
 106. What beam restrictor device is the same size all the way down?
 extension cylinder
 107. What beam restrictor device flares out and allows divergence?
 extension cone
 108. Does the use of a cylinder/cone increase or decrease scatter?
 decrease
 109. Does the use of a cylinder/cone increase or decrease detail?
 increase
 110. When you use a cone, you must center carefully to avoid:
 cone-cut
 111. Name three examples of when you might employ the use of cones/cylinders:
 - head work (sinuses or skulls)
 - spine work (spot films)
 - cross-table hip
 112. What unit came with cone and cylinder attachments?
 the Franklin Head Unit
 113. How do you determine field size with circular cones?
 Image Size = (SID x lower diameter of cone)/ distance from focal spot to bottom of cone
 114. What is the first stage of a collimator?
 entrance shutters (they help remove off-focus radiation)
 115. Which set of shutters does the technologist adjust?
 the second set (length and width)
 116. How is the light field of the collimator created?
 it uses a light reflected off a mirror to project coverage of the x-ray beam
 117. How accurate does the light field need to be?
 accurate within +/-2% of the SID
 118. By law, what part of the collimator must be marked?
 the Central Ray
 119. What is something besides the Central Ray that some units project the location of?
 phototimer sensors in the light field
 120. With the collimator, what helps to center the beam with the image receptor?
 an alignment light
 121. Name two examples of Ancillary Devices:
 - lead blockers (shields)
 - lead masks (attach to collimator)
 122. Can a PBL system filter the beam?
 yes
 123. How would you position the wedge if you were trying to compensate for the thinness of the t-spine?
 with the heel closest to the top/head
 124. What category of filtration do collimators fall under?
 added filtration
 125. What happens if you increase filtration to the amplitude of the emission spectrum?
 it will go down
 126. Will the energy ranges be narrower or wider, if you increase the overall ave energy of the beam?
 narrower
 127. What are low energy ranges typically absorbed in?
 the patient
 128. What is the most common filter material used?
 aluminum
 129. What contributes to less exposure to the patient, 2 mm Al/Eq or 1 mm Al/Eq?
 2 mm Al/Eq
 130. What happens to the quality of the beam as the kVp increases?
 decreases (more scatter)
 131. What is a dedicated head unit called?
 Franklin Unit
 132. Would a diaphragm or a cone offer less penumbra?
 cone
 133. Where is penumbra located?
 the peripheral edge of the image
 134. Is unsharpness a photographic property or a geometric property?
 geometric property
 135. If the energy of the beam is decreased what would happen to the amount of attenuation?
 increase
 136. Where is a thoreaus filter used?
 - radiation therapy
 - (a compound filter)
 137. How do we measure HVL (unit of measure)? to measure the radiation?
 - Al/Eq (HVL)
 - mR (radiation)


Stabilized Mount
The SPS-P230 stabilizes its payload on two axis (typically pan and tilt). Inside the durable housing, the stable mount includes two gyros and a 3 axis accelerometer. A joystick controller allows the operator to position the platform.
Which Stabilized System Do I Need?
Choosing between our two gyro-stabilized systems can be confusing. The main difference to keep in mind when ordering is that the Stabilized Platform (SPS-P230) is designed to be operated by a person. The Gyro-stabilized Mount (SMS-P233), on the other hand, is engineered to be an automatic, set-and-forget type device.
SPS-P230 Stabilized Platform?
The Watson Stabilized Platform SPS-P230 has two stabilized axes. The system can be adjusted at the factory so that it can be mounted in different orientations, but typically the SPS stabilizes pan and tilt. The system is connected to a joystick controller that allows an operator to move the device to whatever orientation is required. The stable platform is intended to stabilize the payload all the time while it is moved and repositioned by joystick commands.
SMS-P233 Stabilized Mount?
The Watson Stabilized Mount SMS-P233 also has two stabilized axes. This system is intended to keep a payload level, so it is mounted such that it stabilizes against roll and tilt (also called bank and elevation). The SMS is designed so that once it is set up, it will constantly adjust itself to keep level automatically, with no operator input required.
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Name of property:
Two small detached one-storey structures. Part of the ribbon development along Kortijnweg. Two hipped roofs, parallel and perpendicular to street, with cement hips and ridges with finials. Front façades with cornice, door and step (nr.47), and door and three windows (nr.49). Wooden side façade (nr.47)
Architectural historical and cultural historical value as an example of a modest, traditional stone-built dwelling with hipped roofs, and as part of a ribbon development. Specific value as part of a protected monumental townscape.
First quarter of 20th century


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1530s, from L. explodere "drive out or off by clapping," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex- "out" + plaudere "to clap, applaud," of uncertain origin. English used it to mean "drive out
with violence and sudden noise" (1650s), later, "go off with a loud noise" (Amer.Eng. 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is first recorded 1882; of population, 1959. Related: Exploded; exploding.
verb (used without object)
1. to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode).
2. to burst, fly into pieces, or break up violently with a loud report, as a boiler from excessive pressure of steam.
3. to burst forth violently or emotionally, especially with noise, laughter, violent speech, etc.: He exploded with rage when contradicted.
4. Phonetics. (of plosives) to terminate the occlusive phase with a plosion. Compare implode (def. 2).
5. Golf. to play an explosion shot on a golf ball.
verb (used with object)
6. to cause (gunpowder, a boiler, etc.) to explode.
7. to cause to be rejected; destroy the repute of; discredit or disprove: to explode a theory.
8. Phonetics. to end with plosion.
9. Golf. to play an explosion shot on (a golf ball).
10. Obsolete. to drive (a player, play, etc.) from the stage by loud expressions of disapprobation.

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Removal of Baseline Noise from Electrocardiography (ECG) Signal Based on time Domain Approach
International Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering
Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages: 11-16
Received: Jun. 27, 2014;
Accepted: Jul. 8, 2014;
Published: Jul. 20, 2014
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Duong Trong Luong, Dept. of Electronics Technology and Biomedical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Duc Thuan, Dept. of Electronics Technology and Biomedical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Trinh Quang Duc, Dept. of Electronics Technology and Biomedical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Electrocardiographic (ECG) signals in measurements are often contaminated with different types of noises in which include baseline noise. In case of the frequency of baseline noise is greater or smaller than frequency of the ECG signal, it is easy to filter the baseline noise from ECG signal by using filtered methods in frequency domain. In contrast, if frequency of baseline noise and frequency of ECG signal are coincident, it is difficult to apply the frequency domain filters for baseline noise removal. In this paper, we introduce an approach to remove of baseline noise from ECG signal in time domain and evaluation the efficacy of the method based on Mean Square Error criteria. We have performed experiments with simulated ECG signal which including white noise, random and sinusoidal baseline noises. Throughout the experiment, we found that the errors of time domain filters depend on the amplitude of the base line noises.
Duong Trong Luong,
Nguyen Duc Thuan,
Trinh Quang Duc,
Removal of Baseline Noise from Electrocardiography (ECG) Signal Based on time Domain Approach, International Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering.
Vol. 2, No. 2,
2014, pp. 11-16.
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Retrieve metadata for files specified via path or via file id.
If the files are specified via path, the returned dribble will include a path column. To add path information to any dribble that lacks it, use drive_reveal(), e.g., drive_reveal(d, "path"). If you want to list the contents of a folder, use drive_ls(). For general searching, use drive_find().
If you want to get a file via path and it's not necessarily on your My Drive, you may need to specify the shared_drive or corpus arguments to search other collections of items. Read more about shared drives.
 path = NULL,
 id = NULL,
 shared_drive = NULL,
 corpus = NULL,
 verbose = deprecated(),
 team_drive = deprecated()
Character vector of path(s) to get. Use a trailing slash to indicate explicitly that a path is a folder, which can disambiguate if there is a file of the same name (yes this is possible on Drive!). If path appears to contain Drive URLs or is explicitly marked with as_id(), it is treated as if it was provided via the id argument.
Character vector of Drive file ids or URLs (it is first processed with as_id()). If both path and id are non-NULL, id is silently ignored.
Anything that identifies one specific shared drive: its name, its id or URL marked with as_id(), or a dribble. The value provided to shared_drive is pre-processed with as_shared_drive(). Read more about shared drives.
Character, specifying which collections of items to search. Relevant to those who work with shared drives and/or Google Workspace domains. If specified, must be one of "user", "drive" (requires that shared_drive also be specified), "allDrives", or "domain". Read more about shared drives.
[Deprecated] This logical argument to individual googledrive functions is deprecated. To globally suppress googledrive messaging, use options(googledrive_quiet = TRUE) (the default behaviour is to emit informational messages). To suppress messaging in a more limited way, use the helpers local_drive_quiet() or with_drive_quiet().
[Deprecated] Google Drive and the Drive API have replaced Team Drives with shared drives.
Special considerations for paths
See also
Wraps the files.get endpoint and, if you specify files by name or path, also calls files.list:
# get info about your "My Drive" root folder
#> # A dribble: 1 x 4
#> name path id drive_resource
#>
#> 1 My Drive ~/ 0AO_RMaBzcP63Uk9PVA
# the API reserves the file id "root" for your root folder
drive_get(id = "root")
#> # A dribble: 1 x 3
#> name id drive_resource
#> *
#> 1 My Drive 0AO_RMaBzcP63Uk9PVA
#> # A dribble: 1 x 4
#> name path id drive_resource
if (FALSE) {
# The examples below are indicative of correct syntax.
# But note these will generally result in an error or a
# 0-row dribble, unless you replace the inputs with paths
# or file ids that exist in your Drive.
# multiple names
drive_get(c("abc", "def"))
# multiple names, one of which must be a folder
drive_get(c("abc", "def/"))
# query by file id(s)
drive_get(id = "abcdefgeh123456789")
drive_get(id = c("abcdefgh123456789", "jklmnopq123456789"))
# apply to a browser URL for, e.g., a Google Sheet
my_url <- ""
drive_get(id = my_url)
# access the shared drive named "foo"
# shared_drive params must be specified if getting by path
foo <- shared_drive_get("foo")
drive_get(c("this.jpg", "that-file"), shared_drive = foo)
# shared_drive params are not necessary if getting by id
# search all shared drives and other files user has accessed
drive_get(c("this.jpg", "that-file"), corpus = "allDrives")


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Xiaoyu Chen, Xin-Ming Hu, Kim Daasbjerg, Mårten SG Ahlquist
Adhering a cobalt porphyrin (Co(TPP)) catalyst on a carbon nanotube (CNT) supporting material greatly enhances its reactivity and enables catalysis in water, which is otherwise impossible. However, the effect of solvent as well as supporting materials on catalysis is still elusive. On the basis of computational results we found that water as a reaction medium lowers the reductive potential required due to the stabilization of intermediates and transition states, and provides higher availability of protons. To understand the effect of the support materials, we combine computations and experiments and illustrate that the curvature of the nanotubes plays an essential role in aggregation through the competition between the π–π interactions between the porphyrin rings as well as between the Co(TPP) and the nanotube, providing an insight into lessening the degree of aggregation.


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Vanburen County Courthouse
Rochester was selected as the
first county seat in 1838, but the governor refused to approve the act.
Subsequently, a committee chose Keosauqua as the county seat and the governor
approved this choice. A two-story brick courthouse completed in 1843. It is
still in use today and is the oldest courthouse in Iowa. The framework is made
of oak, which was strengthened by installing truss rods through the building.
The style of architecture is Greek Revival. The solid brick walls are 22 inches
thick on the first flood and 18 inches thick on the second.
For many years, the
courtroom on the second floor was hailed as the largest auditorium unbroken by
columns or pillars in Iowa. The interior is decorated with framed pictures of
judges, old maps, and other historical memorabilia. Native walnut woodwork also
accents the inside.


Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31065720
RESUMO
Chicken semen conservation is an important tool for programs of genetic diversity management and of endangered breeds' conservation. However, the method still needs to be improved in order to be applied in a wide variety of environments and breeds. Our objective was to compare the effects of 2 external cryoprotectants saccharides (sucrose and raffinose) on the sperm freezability of a Thai local breed, Pradu Hang Dum, in which semen was frozen with a simple freezing method using nitrogen vapors and dimethyl formamide (DMF). Thirty-six males were selected on their motility vigor score for the experiments. In a first experiment, a large range of sucrose and raffinose doses were tested. Semen quality was evaluated after incubation at 5°C or after cryopreservation in straws in the saline Blumberger Hahnen Sperma Verdünner diluent + DMF (6% v/v) with or without sucrose/raffinose. The best targeted doses of sucrose and raffinose were then kept for experiment 2 that was focused on cryopreserved semen. In this experiment, semen quality was measured on frozen-thawed sperm: different objective motility data evaluated by computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA), membrane integrity, acrosome integrity, mitochondria function evaluated using flow cytometry, lipid peroxide production assessed by the thiobarbituric acid test. Fertility obtained with frozen-thawed semen supplemented or not with sucrose or raffinose was also evaluated after artificial insemination of laying hens. The presence of sucrose at the osmotically inactive dose 1 mmol significantly increased the vigor motility, membrane integrity, acrosome integrity, and mitochondrial functions of frozen-thawed sperm (P < 0.05), and showed the highest levels of fertility after sperm cryopreservation (91% vs. control 86%, P < 0.001). Raffinose showed negative effects on in vitro semen quality from 1 to 100 mmol. Fertility was also negatively (P < 0.001) affected by raffinose (fertility rate 66 to 70%). We thus showed in the present study the high success of a simple chicken sperm cryopreservation method with an external cryoprotectant easily available and cheap, the sucrose, used at an osmotically inactive low concentration.
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Galinhas/fisiologia , Crioprotetores/farmacologia , Fertilização/fisiologia , Rafinose/farmacologia , Preservação do Sêmen/veterinária , Espermatozoides/fisiologia , Sacarose/farmacologia , Animais , Feminino , Masculino , Análise do Sêmen/veterinária , Preservação do Sêmen/métodos
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Int J Food Sci Nutr ; 70(8): 970-976, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31066319
RESUMO
The study was designed to examine the immunomodulatory effect of three commercial sweeteners on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and on the immune dialogue between these and human HT-29 and HuCC colon cancer lines. PBMC were incubated with Sweet'N Low, Splenda and Stevia and the cytokine production was examined. The cytokine release of PBMC co-cultured with colon cancer cells in the presence of sweeteners was evaluated. Sweet'N Low enhanced IFNÎ³, IL-1ß and IL-6 release, and augmented HuCC-induced IL-10 secretion. Splenda reduced IFNÎ³ and TNFα secretion by LPS and HuCC stimulated PBMC and enhanced HuCC-induced IL-10 and IL-1ra production. Stevia reduced IL-1ß, TNFα and IL-1ra secretion prompted by HuCC and HT-29 cells and enhanced IL-6 production induced by HuCC. The inhibition of pro-inflammatory- and increased anti-inflammatory cytokines release by Splenda and Stevia indicate that they possess valuable potential as carcinopreventive agents.
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Colo/efeitos dos fármacos , Colo/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Edulcorantes/farmacologia , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas de Cocultura , Células HT29 , Humanos , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1/metabolismo , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/efeitos dos fármacos , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Stevia/metabolismo , Sacarose/análogos & derivados , Sacarose/farmacologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Anim Reprod Sci ; 206: 69-77, 2019 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31138492
RESUMO
Sperm vitrification is a rapid freezing method in which carbohydrates are used as cryoprotectants. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal volume, concentration and type of carbohydrates for stallion sperm vitrification using 0.25 ml straws in comparison to conventional freezing. Ejaculates (n = 54) were collected from six stallions. For vitrification, straws were filled with different volumes (30, 70, 100 µl), sperm concentrations (50, 100, 200 × 106 sperm/ml) and extenders containing sucrose (20, 100, 200 mM), trehalose (50, 100, 200 mM) and raffinose (50, 100, 200 mM) and plunged into LN2. Conventional freezing was performed in 0.5 ml straws frozen in LN2 vapors. Sperm motility, plasma and acrosome membrane integrities and DNA fragmentation were compared among treatments. The use of straws filled with 100 µl at 100 × 106 sperm/ml with the extender containing 100 mM trehalose resulted in greater values for sperm quality than the other concentrations, volumes and carbohydrates. With vitrification, there were greater values (mean ± SEM; P < 0.05) than freezing for progressive motility (48.2 ± 2.3 compared with 37.3 ± 2.2%), plasma membrane integrity (82.8 ± 1.5 compared with 74.1 ± 1.9%), and intact acrosomes (50.2 ± 1.2 compared with 43.1 ± 1.4%); and less DNA fragmentation (6.4 ± 0.7 compared with 8.2 ± 0.3%). In conclusion, stallion sperm can be vitrified in 0.25 ml straws filled with 100 µl of sperm at 100 x 106 sperm/ml using an extender with 100 mM of trehalose, obtaining better sperm quality after warming than conventional freezing.
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Carboidratos/farmacologia , Criopreservação/veterinária , Crioprotetores/farmacologia , Análise do Sêmen/veterinária , Preservação do Sêmen/veterinária , Motilidade Espermática , Vitrificação , Animais , Criopreservação/métodos , Cavalos , Masculino , Rafinose/farmacologia , Preservação do Sêmen/métodos , Sacarose/farmacologia , Edulcorantes/farmacologia , Trealose/farmacologia
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Drug Deliv ; 26(1): 532-541, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31090468
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Oral drug delivery is an attractive noninvasive alternative to injectables. However, oral delivery of biopharmaceuticals is highly challenging due to low stability during transit in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), resulting in low systemic bioavailability. Thus, novel formulation strategies are essential to overcome this challenge. An interesting approach is increasing retention in the GIT by utilizing mucoadhesive biomaterials as excipients. Here, we explored the potential of the GRAS excipient sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB) to obtain mucoadhesion in vivo. Mucoadhesive properties of a 90% SAIB/10% EtOH (w/w) drug delivery system (DDS) were assessed using a biosimilar mucus model


Logistic function
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Definition
The logistic function is a function with domain \R and range the open interval (0,1), defined as:
x \mapsto \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}}
Equivalently, it can be written as:
x \mapsto \frac{e^x}{e^x + 1}
Yet another form that is sometimes used, because it makes some aspects of the symmetry more evident, is:
x \mapsto \frac{e^{x/2}}{e^{x/2} + e^{-x/2}}
For this page, we will denote the function by the letter g.
We may extend the logistic function to a function [-\infty,\infty] \to [0,1], where g(-\infty) = 0 and g(\infty) = 1.
Probabilistic interpretation
The logistic function transforms the logarithm of the odds to the actual probability. Explicitly, given a probability p (strictly between 0 and 1) of an event occurring, the odds in favor of p are given as:
\frac{p}{1 - p}
This could take any value in (0,\infty)
The logarithm of odds is the expression:
\ln\left(\frac{p}{1 - p}\right)
If x equals the above expression, then the function describing p in terms of x is the logistic function.
Key data
Item Value
default domain all of \R, i.e., all reals
range the open interval (0,1), i.e., the set \{ x \mid 0 \le x \le 1 \}
derivative the derivative is \frac{e^{-x}}{(1 + e^{-x})^2}.
If we denote the logistic function by the letter g, then we can also write the derivative as g'(x) = g(x)g(-x) = g(x)(1 - g(x))
second derivative If we denote the logistic function by the letter g, then we can also write the derivative as g''(x) = g'(x)(1 - 2g(x)) = g(x)(1 - g(x))(1 - 2g(x)) = g(x)g(-x)(1 - 2g(x)) = g(x)g(-x)(g(-x) - g(x))
logarithmic derivative the logarithmic derivative is \frac{e^{-x}}{1 + e^{-x}}
If we denote the logistic function by g, the logarithmic derivative is g(-x)
antiderivative the function x \mapsto \ln(e^x + 1) + C = -\ln(g(-x)) + C
critical points none
critical points for the derivative (correspond to points of inflection for the function) x = 0; the corresponding point on the graph of the function is (0,1/2).
local maximal values and points of attainment none
local minimum values and points of attainment none
intervals of interest increasing and concave up on (-\infty,0)
increasing and concave down on (0,\infty)
horizontal asymptotes asymptote at y = 0 corresponding to the limit for x \to -\infty
asymptote at y = 1 corresponding to the limit for x \to \infty
inverse function inverse logistic function or log-odds function given by x \mapsto \ln \left(\frac{x}{1 - x} \right)
Differentiation
First derivative
Consider the expression for g(x):
g(x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}} = (1 + e^{-x})^{-1}
We can differentiate this using the chain rule for differentiation (the inner function being x \mapsto 1 + e^{-x} and the outer function being the reciprocal function t \mapsto 1/t. We get:
g'(x) = -(1 + e^{-x})^{-2}(-e^{-x})
Simplifying, we get:
g'(x) = \frac{e^{-x}}{(1 + e^{-x})^2}
We can write this in an alternate way that is sometimes more useful. We split the expression as a product:
g'(x) = \left( \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}} \right) \left(\frac{e^{-x}}{1 + e^{-x}}\right)
The first factor on the right is g(x), and the second factor is 1 - g(x), so this simplifies to:
g'(x) = g(x)(1 - g(x))
Second derivative
Using the expression g(x)(1 - g(x)) for g'
From the above, we have:
g'(x) = g(x) - (g(x))^2
Differentiating both sides, we obtain:
g''(x) = g'(x) - 2g(x)g'(x)
This simplifies to:
g''(x) = g'(x)(1 - 2g(x))
We can now re-use the expression for g' and obtain:
g''(x) = g(x)(1 - g(x))(1 - 2g(x))
Using the expression g(x)g(-x) for g'
We have:
g'(x) = g(x)g(-x)
Using the product rule for differentiation and the chain rule for differentiation, we get:
g''(x) = g'(x)g(-x) + (-g(x)g'(-x))
Note from the expression that g' shows that g' is even, so we can rewrite g'(-x) as g'(x), and we get:
g''(x) = g'(x)g(-x) - g'(x)g(x) = g'(x)(g(-x) - g(x))
We can re-use the expression g'(x) = g(x)g(-x) and obtain:
g''(x) = g(x)g(-x)(g(-x) - g(x))
Functional equations
Symmetry equation
The logistic function g has the property that its graph y = g(x) has symmetry about the point (0,1/2). Explicitly, it satisfies the functional equation:
g(x) + g(-x) = 1
We can see this algebraically:
g(-x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-(-x)}} = \frac{1}{1 + e^x}
Multiply numerator and denominator by e^{-x}, and get:
g(-x) = \frac{e^{-x}}{e^{-x} + 1} = 1 - \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}} = 1 - g(x)
Differential equation
As discussed in the #First derivative section, the logistic function satisfies the condition:
g'(x) = g(x)(1 - g(x))
Therefore, y = g(x) is a solution to the autonomous differential equation:
\frac{dy}{dx} = y(1 - y)
The general solution to that equation is the function y = g(x + C) where C \in \R. The initial condition y = 1/2 at x = 0 pinpoints the logistic function uniquely.
Points and intervals of interest
Critical points
The function has no critical points. To see this, note that the derivative is:
g'(x) = g(x)(1 - g(x)) = \frac{e^{-x}}{(1 + e^{-x})^2}
Note that the numerator is never zero, nor is the denominator. Therefore, the function is always defined and nonzero.
Intervals of increase and decrease
The derivative:
g'(x) = g(x)(1 - g(x)) = \frac{e^{-x}}{(1 + e^{-x})^2}
is always positive. So the function is increasing on all of \R.
The asymptotic values are:
\lim_


text: An anonymous reader quotes a report from Nikkei: A joint venture in Japan will begin creating high-definition 3D maps for self-driving cars in September as part of a government effort to have such vehicles on the road by 2020, when the Tokyo Summer Olympics will be held. Tokyo-based Dynamic Map Planning, set up by Mitsubishi Electric, mapmaker Zenrin and nine automakers, will digitally chart the country's key expressways by driving a vehicle loaded with special surveying equipment. The data will be processed using computers designed for the creation of maps, which will be provided to automakers that invest in the startup. As a first step, Dynamic Map Planning will make maps covering 300km of the country's main expressways. The combination of high-resolution 3D maps and sensors will enable the accurate detection of which lane a car is in and the distance to junctions. High-precision surveying technology is required to make the maps, so Mitsubishi Electric developed equipment that will be installed on a canvassing vehicle. GPS will track the location of the car on the map, and sensors designed to detect the inclination of the car will measure the road grades. At the same time, data including the locations of road signs and traffic lights, as well as right- and left-turns and pedestrian crossings, will be collected using lasers. The survey data will be displayed as a collection of dots. Lines on the road, such as lanes, noise barriers and road signage, will be plotted on that image to faithfully re-create road conditions for 3D maps.


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Electronic communications, postal services and media in the Brussels-Capital Region are BIPT's main fields of activity. For each of them, the regulatory action of BIPT is based on six basic objectives:
- fostering healthy competition and maintaining market access;
- contributing to the development of a domestic market of efficient networks and services;
- protecting the users' interests while taking account of social inclusion, a high level of protection, clear information and transparency;
- managing scarce resources such as radio frequencies and numbering resources;
- ensuring network security;
- The new European electronic communications code (EECC) has added an additional objective. This code has not been transposed into Belgian law yet, but it will naturally influence the Council's actions for the next three years. The new and sixth objective is the following:
Concerning electronic communications, the Institute promotes connectivity and access to very high capacity networks, including fixed, mobile and wireless networks, as well as the take-up of such networks.


Don't get left with a mess on your land! For California landlords leasing to cannabis businesses, we've previously discussed how compliance with state and... California Cannabis Leases: Remediation Indemnification is Key
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Don't get left with a mess on your land!
For California landlords leasing to cannabis businesses, we've previously discussed how compliance with state and local law, perhaps even more so than the specter of federal enforcement, should be a top concern when structuring the tenancy and drafting the lease. As the state ramps up its efforts to transition the industry to a robust regulatory regime, one result of those efforts that is playing out across the state is that cultivator tenants, particularly outdoor grows, are abandoning their cultivation operations rather than paying for cleanup or dealing with state or local enforcement actions.
Sometimes this is due to a lack of wherewithal to become a licensed operation and pay the costs of compliance. Other times it's due to a change in local law that renders the operation a nonconforming use. And still other times it's the result of a private or government-initiated nuisance action (although these actions can sometimes create other problems). But the result is often the same: The property is left abandoned and trashed, cannabis growing material such as dangerous fertilizers are left spread across the site, and, often, illegal stream diversions or alterations have been illegally constructed, posing a threat to wildlife, water quality, and natural water drainage systems. The result is an environmental disaster and a landlord left holding the bag, often with a hefty administrative fine or nuisance abatement assessment to boot. Below are some of the many considerations that should go into structuring a cannabis lease when it comes to preventing these types of situations from happening in the first place.
 1. Reviewing tenant SOPs as part of the vetting process. Before even putting pen to paper on a lease, landlords should consider requiring potential tenants to produce their standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other relevant cultivation planning documents to demonstrate what materials they will be using to cultivate, where they will be obtaining their water, how they will be disposing of waste, and how the site layout will be organized. Much of this information will have to be provided to local and state agencies anyways in order for the tenant to obtain its cultivation licenses and permits. The lease can also include tenant obligations to list all hazardous materials it intends to use at the site and to provide material safety data sheets (MSDS) for each. If the tenant doesn't have a proper site use plan in place before they sign a lease, then chances are things will not end well for the landlord.
 2. Maintaining strict control over tenant improvements in the lease and allowing for discretionary inspection. Commercial cannabis is a strictly regulated industry (for good reason), and the lease should afford similar control for the landlord over how a tenant uses the leased premises. Indoor cultivation leases may require discretionary landlord approval at multiple stages for any alterations to the building, and outdoor cultivation leases may also require the same level of approval for changes to the land, however insignificant. The lease can give teeth to these restrictions by allowing for landlord and government inspections, and affording the landlord early termination options for a tenant's failure to comply.
 3. Including strong tenant indemnifications for remediation. Indemnity clauses provide a guaranty that a tenant will hold the landlord harmless and defend it against certain types of claims. A common such clause pertains to remediation of hazardous substances on site, where the tenant promises to pay for any costs associated with spills or contamination. Cannabis cultivation leases can add to that by including cleanup costs for any damages caused or messes left behind by cultivation operations, and defense costs for any governmental remediation actions or private nuisance actions requiring abatement.
 4. Including early termination options for government enforcement actions and third-party lawsuits. If the government or a private actor sues the landlord or the tenant because the tenant is causing a nuisance by creating a mess (and not just by conducting the permitted use—another example of a carve-out that tenants will want to include), the landlord will want to be able to abate the problem quickly by terminating the tenancy and enforcing the tenant's indemnity obligations. To that end, the lease can include a landlord early termination option to end the tenancy and evict the tenant on short notice, should the landlord opt not to deal with convincing the tenant to comply.
 5. Adjusting the security deposit to the size of the cultivation operation. While commercial security deposits are normally one or two months' rent, there's nothing requiring them to be. Because the stakes for noncompliance are so high in this industry, landlords may consider upping the deposit to an amount sufficient to properly deal with a cleanup of the tenant's operation, should tenant fail to comply and abandon the premises. The lease can also be written so that the security deposit essentially acts as a bond for performance of the indemnification obligations, though in California there are necessary statutory waivers to be included in the lease.
California is serious about dragging its cannabis industry into regulatory compliance, and that includes a lot of cultivation site cleanup and forward-looking maintenance. California is also extremely serious about compliance with its environmental laws, as the world already knows, and we are fortunate for that. Landlords should be aware of the consequences of the leased premises turning into a nuisance or environmental violation, and consider how to build the tenancy to protect against such problems from the get-go by drafting a proper lease agreement. When everyone's on the same page about strict compliance and good environmental stewardship, everybody wins.
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The rest of the options in the UV Mapping tool are ways to manipulate the UVs.
If this is checked, all UV islands will be displayed all the time.
There are two types of pivot. One is a pivot from selected elements, the other is the UV cursor which looks like this
You can select either pivot types from the the pivot combo box.
Every time you hit this button the camera will be rotated by 90 degrees.
An element represents either an Island, Polygon, Edge, or Vertex.
You can select elements by clicking LMB or drawing a rectangle by dragging the mouse holding LMB. Holding down Ctrl and selecting multiple elements is also possible.
The selected elements are represented in orange while the corresponding elements are represented in blue as shown below.
Pic10: Selected elements and corresponding elements
The selected elements can be transformed by manipulating a gizmo or by dragging the mouse. The gizmo can be switched to Move, Rotate and Scale mode by pressing the 1, 2 or 3 buttons or by clicking the corresponding button in the toolbar.
The pivot position is determined by either the center of the selected elements or the UV cursor position. This is set through the Pivot Type combo box in the UV Mapping Editor. (I don't see any difference when changing the option in this combo box. Please explain how this works, maybe using screenshots) (This is broken - needs bug report)
If you want to select blue elements which are the corresponding elements to the selected elements, hit this button. See below pictures.
Pic11: Selecting corresponding elements
The Loop Selection in the UV Mapping Editor covers both border Edges and inside Edges just like the Loop tool in the Modeling tool.
Pic12: Border Edge selected (left: initial border selected, right: result after Loop Selection)
Pic13: Inside Edge selected (left: initial border selected, right: result after Loop Selection)
Pic14: Multiple Edges selected (left: initial border selected, right: result after Loop Selection)
Removes UV polygons from the UV Mapping Editor. When polygons are unmapped, UVs of them will be generated automatically and based on positions.
Could do with screenshots
Attaches the first selected Edge border along the second selected border Edges, but does not move the island belonging to the selected Edges.
Move and Sew
Moves the island belonging to the first selected border Edges to orient them to the second border and attaches the first border to the second border.
Pic16: Move and Sew
When not using Smart Sew, four steps are usually required to sew Edges to other corresponding Edges:
- Selecting an Edge
- Clicking Loop Selection
- Clicking Select Shared
- Clicking Move and Sew
Having to repeat these steps every time you want to sew Edges together takes a lot of time, hence Smart Sew has been introduced to make the process much easier and faster.
- One Edge selected (orange Edge in screenshot below). Loop Selection, Select Shared and Move and Sew are run sequentially (Do you have to click those yourself, or are they automatically activated when selecting an Edge? First seems more likely, but that's apparently the "old, slow" way of doing it...). (This looks quite broken really. I'm not sure how to use this...Aleks might know?)The corresponding Edge is highlighted in blue:
Pic17: Corresponding Edge highlighted
Click Smart Sew and the the two UV islands will be merged into one UV island:
Pic18: Smart Sewing UV Islands
- Multiple Edges selected (orange color Edges) (Select Shared and Move and Sew are run sequentially (Again, what happens here exactly??)). The corresponding Edges are highlighted in blue:
Pic19: Multiple corresponding Edges highlighted
Click Smart Sew and the two UV islands are merged into one UV island:
Pic20: Smart Sewing multiple Edges
Separates the selected UV polygons from an island to which they belong.
The first screenshot below shows an island that has been selected. The second screenshot shows some selected UV polygons from the island. Selecting Separate will then separate out the selected UV polygons and they become a separate island (third screenshot):
Flip Horizontal/Flip Vertical
Flips the selected elements horizontally or vertically over a pivot position.
Pic22: Original, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical
Aligns the selected UV positions along an X or Y axis. The axis with the longest length of a bound rectangle (of the selected elements) is used for alignment.
Pic23: Alignment with X axis
Pic24: Alignment with Y axis


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BOEING'S SOLAR POWERED CLIMATE RESEARCH DRONE
Aurora Flight Science, a subsidiary of Boeing, specializes in unmanned Arial vehicles, is going to launch a solar powered autonomous aircraft, named Odysseus. The aircraft is designed to persistent flight at height-altitudes and will be used to perform climate and atmospheric research. it's first takeoff is scheduled in spring 2019.
According to Aurora, This aircraft operates like a cross between a drone and a satellite. It's intended to fly above weather and other aircraft and can cover a massive geographic area. It can fly continuously for months, because it's a solar powered aircraft.
It can gather data and can quickly communicate the information, It'll used to gather information related to environment, weather and storm monitoring. Aurora says it can be used for communication, connectivity and intelligence missions as well. It can also be reprogrammed mid-flight as tasks evolve.


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The Valdaro Lovers is the name given to two skeletons who have been locked in an eternal embrace for the past 6,000 years. The embracing skeletons were discovered in 2007, at a Neolithic tomb near the village of Valdaro in Mantua, Italy.
Scientists think that the couple were no older than 20 years. After an osteological examination, there was no evidence of violent death; many historians believe they died that way due to the flints tools that were found with them. The male skeleton was found with a flint arrowhead near his neck, and the female had a long stone blade along her thigh, plus two flint knives under her pelvis.


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Video: Members of the 69th Remember Fredericksburg
A video statement of what the weekend's Battle of Fredericksburg 150th meant to participants.
Four reenactors portraying members of the 69th New York in the Battle of Fredericksburg Sesquicentennial shared with Patch on video what the weekend meant to them.
The National Park Service marked the anniversary Sunday with a procession from the Rappahannock River to Marye's Heights, following the 69th New York's route of advance. The procession ended along the historic Sunken Road, with a program featuring music, readings, living historians and reflections on the events of 150 years ago.
The 69th New York was one of five regiments that fought with the Irish Brigade, a unit composed largely of Irish immigrants. On Dec. 13, 1862, the regiment joined dozens of other Union regiments in attacking Marye's Heights, losing 128 men, including each of its officers.
Visit Battle of Fredericksburg 150th for Fredericksburg Patch's assemblage of information about and coverage of the week's events.


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High school students investigate different disturbances of Pacific Northwest forests and explore differences between natural and human-caused disturbance. They learn how dry, ponderosa pine forests have evolved with wildfire and the suppression of this natural disturbance has made forests more susceptible to larger, more intense fires.
Students use real WDFW data from the Oak Creek Wildlife Area to begin their observational practice. Next, students explore a forester's career by measuring the health of a forest plot. They make observations and measurements on the vegetation of the plot, compare data, and make a hypothesis about the health of their plot. Students then synthesize information and develop a report on the health status of their plot based on their data. The lesson culminates with students discussing the value of forest management.


IN RPM 24 MASTER ID has now been renamed to Bypass Code, please redirect to this page for an updated article. _URL_
A master ID is a code that may represent various different things from regions to contracts. This code can be any column on your import spreadsheets/transfers. Commission items can have a master ID imported in the commission data, or a Rep ID can be assigned to a master ID.
Master IDs can be assigned to accounts groups, making it easy to apply a special rule only when the Master ID is imported.
A good example of usage of the Master ID would depends on each set of data coming into RPM, but think of it like a value on each row that you can use to set a special rate or payout. Region being a common usage, or if you wanted to group a set of commission items for internal staff.
Adding a master ID
There are two ways to add a master ID:
1. Automatic: When RPM imports a new master ID it adds it to the system (upload matrix setup).
2. Manual: On the details page of a supplier click Add a master ID


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Encyclopedia of Iranian butterflies released
18 Aug 2012 16:09
Alireza Naderi, researcher and butterfly specialist, has completed a field guide on Iranian butterflies which, as he claimed, is the result of over 400 trips in and outside of Iran.
IBNA: In an interview with IBNA, Naderi said the book is a field guide on butterflies in Iran.
As he said, the term "field guide" is used to refer to guidebooks which can be easily used in workplaces; unlike Atlases, field guides are not very heavy and can be taken to the fields where studies are being held.
He asserted that the book is the first work of its kind in Iran to be published on butterflies and follows all international standards.
Butterflies' ecology and behaviors, their natural habitats and preserving them are some of the topics discussed in the book.
Elsewhere in his interview, Naderi said as many as 200 kinds of butterflies are covered in the volume while over 406 (and increasing) types have so far been identified in Iran.
A total of 1,000 copies of the book are published by Iranology Publications. Each copy is arranged in 272 pages.


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Scotland appraises renal care quality and needs
This article was originally published in Clinica
Kidney dialysis and transplant services in Scotland were today billed as "an exemplar of long term care" by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. Two reports from surveys of more than 2,500 renal care patients found that patient satisfaction is "generally high", but found a number of areas for service improvement, notably related to information and choice. The reports provide an insight into the different renal replacement therapy activities provided to over 4,000 people.


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verb (used with object), de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing.
- to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- to throw (a person) into disorder or confusion; bewilder: We were so demoralized by that one wrong turn that we were lost for hours.
- to corrupt or undermine the morals of.
- to undermine the morale of; disheartenhe was demoralized by his defeat
- to debase morally; corrupt
- to throw into confusion
c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser, from de- "remove" (see de-) + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized; demoralizing.


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How do Mobile Phones Affect Memory?
It is a kind of process to keep the brain slow and gradually reduces the space that is necessary to remember something or a thing...
mobile phones affect memory
mobile phones affect memory
In the past, poets have been praying for the memory to be taken away as a 'punishment', but after the advent of modern technology, the reason for such 'arrival' disappearing may be that the mobile phone is doing the same thing now.
According to scientific research, there is so much proof that mobile phones affect memory, the report talks about some similar points and uses the words 'digital manipulation' for it.
Scientists say that modern mobile phones are a major reason for memory weakness because artificial memory, like artificial intelligence, is also affecting their natural ability.
Interestingly, the mobile, which the user considers to be the main source of his memory, often forgets it somewhere, while it is common to put the mobile in which pocket.
Experts believe that what is used continues to improve as it continues and the same is the case with memory but after the arrival of the mobile, man has put the head of the mobile, shaking his head to remember many things.
As a result, memory uses decreased and thus overall memory capacity was affected and we can say mobile phones affect memory.
Before the arrival of the Smartphone, people used to remember important dates, vehicle numbers, routes used to travel, and numbers of important friends and family members which used to practice their memorization, it was also a kind of training.
The most important thing that is seen when buying a mobile nowadays is how much memory it has so that the user can save as many memories as possible, Which is obviously not a bad thing so that more data can be adjusted, but experts point out that if there is too much reliance on mobile, the memory becomes weak.
The report quotes Professor Chris Baird, who teaches cognitive neuroscience at the University of Sussex's School of Psychology. Professor Chris Baird said, "The reason for better memory in the past was that earlier people tried to remember things and often wrote them on paper and it is considered to be the most important act to remember something.
He added, "Nowadays people raise their hands to mobile phones for anything that requires a little thought. Since those shortcuts take this work from mobile, it is a kind of process to keep the brain slow and gradually reduces the space that is necessary to remember something or a thing.
Similarly, some time ago, the British newspaper Guardian reported that neuroscientists agree that mobile phones are taking humans towards 'digital agility'.
Catherine Lode, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Westminster, says people's memory was more affected during the corona days.
Because during quarantine and isolation, there was an increase in the use of the internet and smart to know the news and communicate with others.
In the report, neuroscientists advised people to reduce their dependence on mobile at least for memory-related items.
Similarly, if you want to call someone, instead of going from the phone book and adding the number, dial the number directly from the keypad. Reduce the use of path-telling apps when coming and going.
Also, reduce the use of reminder apps to remember something important. It has also been told that like in the past, if a small diary is kept in the pocket and a phone number, address, date and name, etc. are recorded in it, then he remembers for a long time.
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text: Just for pre-school-aged children, Pre-school Prehistorics includes hands-on songs and dinosaur patterns to make learning about dinosaurs fun and exciting. Students recreate the classic fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with a twist using the flannelboard patterns. Students enhance their critical thinking skills by finding what is different in the Visual Discrimination Activity; then, reinforcing the idea of time by discussing what objects are out of place with the dinosaur illustrations. Students then get their hands dirty as they recreate a dinosaurs environment in the sandbox with the Sandbox Dinosaur Landscape activity. Finally, students create their own dinosaur fossils with Fossil Making. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with illustrations, puzzles, big book, hands-on activities, and certificate to create a well-rounded lesson plan.


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20 November 2020 – The KM3NeT Collaboration has published a new paper in which the details of the innovative deployment method for KM3NeT detection units is described.
The detection unit is different from moorings typically used for oceanography. In the case of KM3NeT, the mooring – the detection unit – the instrumentation is contained in transparent and thus unprotected glass spheres; two thin Dyneema ropes are used as strength members; and a thin delicate backbone tube with fibre-optics and copper wires for data and power transmission, respectively, runs along the full length of the mooring. Compared to other neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES in the Mediterranean Sea and GVD in Lake Baikal, the KM3NeT strings are more slender to minimise the amount of material used for support of the optical sensors. Moreover, deploying hundreds of strings in a period of a few years is demanding and the costly sea operations must be kept to a minimum. For all these reasons, for the installation of the KM3NeT deteciton units, a custom-made, fast deployment method was designed. Despite the length of several hundreds of metres, the slim design of the unit allows it to be compacted into a small, re-usable spherical launching vehicle instead of deploying the mooring weight down from a surface vessel. After being lowered to the seafloor, the detection unit unfurls to its full length with the buoyant launching vehicle rolling along the two ropes. The vehicle was dubbed LOM for Launcher of Optical Modules. The design of the LOM, the loading with a detection unit, and its underwater self-unrolling are detailed in the paper.
Pictures show an impression of the ideas for deployment by @Marijn; the technical design of the KM3NeT detection units that must be installed and the design of the LOM launcher vehicle; the first prototype of the LOM and the final version that is now regularly used for the installation of the detection units of the ARCA and ORCA detectors of the KM3NeT telescope.
Deep-sea deployment of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope detection units by self-unrolling
The KM3NeT Collaboration: S. Aiello et al
2020 JINST 15 P11027
L'articolo New paper: Deep-sea deployment of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope detection units by self-unrolling sembra essere il primo su KM3NeT.


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1888: The earliest known musical recording is made. The piece, Georg Friedrich Handel's Israel in Egypt, is recorded on a paraffin cylinder.
Israel in Egypt, assigned the catalog number HWV 54, is an oratorio, a form in which Handel excelled. Like his more famous Messiah, Israel in Egypt is composed using biblical passages, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms.
Unlike the Messiah, however, it didn't enjoy much of a reception when it premiered in 1739. As a result, Handel shortened the work and inserted a few Italian arias to lighten the mood a bit.
Nevertheless, it was selected by Col. George Gourand, Thomas Edison's foreign sales agent, for the first musical recording. Gourand made his recording in London's Crystal Palace, using Edison's yellow paraffin cylinder -- candle wax, essentially.
(Source: Stanford University, National Park Service)


Epistylis in Koi and Pond Fish Ponds
Epistylis is a relatively uncommon parasite of Koi, goldfish and pond fish. Indeed, it is so uncommon, that I do not have any good graphics of it. What you would see clinically is a tuft of whitish fluff coming out from under a scale, or from some other wound on the Koi, goldfish and pond fish. It gives the impression of a fungal infection but looks radically different under the microscope. Usually, fish with Epistylis are rather hale, considering they are parasitized. Epistylis does not occur in tanks or environments which are clean, and which have a low organic load. You would normally expect to find Epistylis in unfiltered ponds and lakes on common pond fish. I have not recovered Epistylis from any of the finer, aquarium raised Koi, goldfish and pond fish. I have cleared the few cases I have seen in ponds with massive water changes, removal of the organic load in the system, and the application of 0.3% saline.
The organism is clinically relevant because many people treat these cases as if they were funguses; eventually killing the fish with useless treatments and arriving at the conclusion that fungus is hard to cure. Indeed, they were treating Epistylis with anti fungal remedies and not addressing the true cause of the Epistylis infection = Filth!
The condition of Epistylis is prevalent, but not very common in the typically cleaner environments encountered with Koi, goldfish and pond fish keepers.
Epistylis in Koi and Pond Fish Ponds
control of epistylis


Where Was I?
2008, 25' four movements cello, piano, percussion
Where Was I? - a pertinent question, in a number of situations: a resumption after an interjection, a mea culpa of responsibility, a short-term memory loss. Identity and its relation to the passage of time. Who was it who did those things, admirable and shameful, that fill one's memory? When was that exactly anyway? Amnesia, if one loves and is loved, can seem like the worst possible fate - and yet we all dream of the ultimate freedom it represents at one time or another. This piece attempts to inhabit or impersonate that mindset, a present mindful of the past, but not quite able to piece it all together, at least not at the moment.
Commissioned by Real Quiet & the Misnomer Dance Theater, Chris Elam, director
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We are now using the Sir Linkalot app to help children to practise spellings.
Each day, pupils will have access to daily Sir Linkalot time at school. At home, they can access this too! (see below). Together, we will build up their bank of tricky words, homophones and spelling conventions. Pupils will learn mnemonics, rhymes and patterns, alongside other spelling strategies, to recall and retain these words. They also explore words at greater depth, looking at the morphology and etymology of words.
Pupils in Y5 will learn 10 words per week. They will be assessed every Friday. Your child will be told they are either Jupiter or Mars spellings (available in the usual same spot on our Class Page.
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How to work out tricky words Spelling play - route to spelling interactive resource


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 1. Response
 a single instance of behavior
 the measurable unit of analysis
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 the interaction of the muscles and the glands of a living organism and the environment
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 a group of responses that are topographically different that have the same function
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 all the behaviors that a person can do
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 a complex, dynamic universe of events thatdiffers from instance to instance
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 a group of responses that share a common form
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 an energy change that occurs either within or outside the body that affects an organism through its receptor cells
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VANCOUVER — Over the past few years, as Vancouverites dramatically ramped up their urban composting, some doomsayers predicted that putting out thousands of bins of rotting food would bring a reckoning of vermin upon the city.
Last Friday, their worst fears appeared to be confirmed when children at a downtown daycare showed up to find their playground overrun by compost-eating rats.
As of Wednesday, children at Beach YMCA Child Care were still being kept indoors for fear of them encountering one of several dozen rodents still darting around the area.
"It will remain closed until we are confident the pests have been dealt with," said Kelly Walker, spokeswoman for the Greater Vancouver YMCA, in an email to the
The culprit was the privately operated community garden next door. For months, food and plant waste had accumulated in a bank of six large plastic composters set up only a few metres from a chain link fence surrounding the daycare. On Thursday evening, a rat tipping point was apparently reached, prompting YMCA officials to alert the City of Vancouver.
"We're taking care of it," said Albert Shamess, director of solid waste with the City of Vancouver, moments before addressing a Wednesday afternoon press conference at the compost site, which has since been surrounded by city safety barriers.
For three days, Mr. Shamess' crews had trucked away the offending compost and laid out traps for the rats. Nevertheless, on Wednesday a hearty population continued to scamper around the waste.
Although Beach YMCA Child Care's plight is among the more dramatic rat invasions to strike Downtown Vancouver, it is symptomatic of a city-wide surge in rat populations.
"There's been a drastic increase … it's very noticeable," said Patrick McLaughlin, owner of Vancouver's Mantis Pest Control.
For him, the main rat attractor appears to be compost; large, backyard composters or City of Vancouver green bins.
"My customers are telling me they've never seen rats before, and now they see the rats around the composters," said Mr. McLaughlin. When night falls, he says, they report "rats all over their backyard."
As part of a push to divert all organic waste from area landfills by 2015, in May 2013 Vancouver began requiring residents to deposit all food waste in municipal green bins that are picked up weekly.
Within a few weeks, the hot summer temperatures were already generating complaints about odour, flies, maggots and rats. "Certainly, it may turn some [residents] off. We just hope they tough it through," Mr. Shamess told Postmedia in June, 2013.
Mike Londry, owner of Westside Pest Control Ltd., is less sure that blame for the increased rat presence can be pinned solely on sloppy composters.
Vancouver had an unusually dry winter, for one. With the city's rats spending less time sheltering from the rain, they had much more time to eat, breed and "thrive," said Mr. Londry.
Residents in the eco-conscious city are much less likely to dispatch rat populations with liberal quantities of poison, and Vancouver's many housing demolitions are regularly sending long-settled rat colonies on the hunt for new territory.
For more than 20 years, Michael Levenston has run the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. He suspects the Burrard Bridge composters were undone by a combination of neglect and passersby using the public bins as impromptu garbage receptacles.
"If no one's taking care of that, you're going to have problems," he said.


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Leaders in STEM Education
At BrainTech Robotics STEM LC (BTR), we take pride in our leadership role in promoting exploration and discovery in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEM/STEAM). We are committed to empowering young minds by developing their problem-solving, creativity, inquiry skills, math and science skills, engineering-design thinking, critical thinking, and mindful collaboration abilities. As a leader in the field of STEM education, BTR is dedicated to providing a nurturing and innovative learning environment that inspires young learners to excel in these key areas. Join us in our mission to shape the next generation of leaders in STEM fields by contributing your expertise and passion to our dynamic team.
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BrainTech Robotics STEM LC welcomes inquiries from academics and practitioners with expertise in various subjects who may be interested in part-time teaching, workshop leadership, or sharing their knowledge and experiences in real-world applications of STEM. If you are interested, please send a cover letter that outlines your teaching philosophy, your area of interest or experience in STEM, and your CV to the coordinator, Patrick Monize, at _EMAIL_. We value your potential contribution and look forward to hearing from you.


Smažený sýr
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Smažený sýr being fried in oil
Alternative names Vyprážaný syr
Place of origin Czech Republic and Slovakia
Main ingredients Cheese, flour, eggs, bread crumbs
Cookbook: Smažený sýr Media: Smažený sýr
Smažený sýr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsmaʒɛniː ˈsiːr], Slovak: Vyprážaný syr [ˈvipraːʒaniː ˈsir]; literally "fried cheese") is a Czech and Slovak cheese-based dish, widely spread in both countries, thanks to the former state of unification (see Czechoslovakia).
Fried Gruyère/Swiss cheese, served with tartar sauce and side salad.
A slice of cheese (which is usually Edam, but can also be Hermelín (in the Czech Republic), Emmental (in Slovakia) or some other cheese) and about 1.5 cm in thickness, is breaded with flour, egg and bread crumbs and fried either in a pan or in a deep fryer. It is often served with a side salad, potatoes (fries or boiled potatoes), and typically with tartar sauce (or mayonnaise). In Czech fast food outlets, it can be also prepared in the form of a sandwich (i.e., between two slices of bread, usually something similar to a hamburger bun). The usual complement is tartar sauce. The dish may also be prepared with a thin slice of ham sandwiched between two slices of cheese.
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Pucker Up: Writing a Kissing Scene
by Elizabeth Preston
As readers, we root for a kiss to happen between the characters who we know are just meant to be together in a novel. When it finally happens, we inwardly cheer (okay, sometimes outwardly as well) and then move on.
As writers, it seems like such a simple matter to write a scene in which two characters kiss. We show that the characters belong together, Character A looks at Character B, and then Character B swoops in for a smooch to end all smooches. Simple, right? Well, not so much. While researching for my young adult novel, I discovered that there's quite a bit more to characters kissing than I had originally thought. Here's a list of some interesting findings that apply to most genres of writing when creating a kissing scene.
1. Don't emphasize the mouth unless you want a bit of an ick factor. You would think that since you're writing a kissing scene that you would focus on the star of the show—the mouth. Apparently, that's not the case. Author Malinda Lo in "Writing About Kissing" says that describing a mouth leads to more of a vampire-esque route than to a sweet, romantic kissing scene.
2. Engage the body. The same article advises writers to explore the body, such as the arms and hands during a kissing scene.
3. Get into specifics. I've read that you want to get detailed in a kissing scene, but you need to avoid being clinical. This is where the adverbs and adjectives (ex. "gently," "softly," "quickly," "cinnamon red") come into play. Each word should add something to the picture that you are painting. Sensory details are key. Also, don't forget about the setting. However, sometimes less is more. There's a balance between specific description and letting the reader have his/her own imagination do some of the work.
4. Build up the buildup. In other words, play up the tension (particularly before the kiss) between the characters through body language and dialogue. Anticipation makes the reader excited and rooting for the kiss to happen. This tip speaks to the episode in How I Met Your Mother when Ted and Victoria continually almost kiss but don't touch lips (until the very end of the episode—sorry for the spoiler) because Victoria believes that the best part of a kiss is the part before the kiss. She's got a point, and this leads us to...
5. Pauses can be lucrative moments. Don't forget to describe all the swirling emotions that happen during that moment of tension before the kiss.
6. There should be some reason why your characters haven't kissed before. The reason/obstacle should be pushing the characters apart, which will allow you to explore their longings for one another. This also adds to the anticipation of a kiss.
7. The characters shouldn't groan. Groaning and gushy sounds make the scene feel more erotica than young adult. Good to know.
8. The characters should be putting something on the line. Leigh Bardugo, who wrote Ruin & Rising, states in "20 Authors Share Tips for Writing Love Scenes" that characters should have "high emotional stakes" and that there should always be something for the characters "to lose."
9. Show what the kiss means to the characters. I think this is where the internal dialog comes in. What are they thinking? Why is this kiss special? Or maybe why is it sub-par?
10. Don't forget about the characters' emotions. You're not smooshing two dolls' lips together. You're meshing two thinking, feeling characters. The reader wants to know what your characters are feeling inside. Are they scared, relieved, nervous, relaxed, or disappointed?
11. Watch out for the scene beginning to feel weird. A kissing scene can be awkward, but not weird. Well, unless you want it to be a bad kiss. Then, I guess it could be weird.
12. The kiss should be earned. This means that a kissing scene should be set up by... well, the rest of the book before the scene. Geez, no pressure.
Image and guest post contributed by Elizabeth Preston. She graduated with a M.A. in English writing and is currently working on a YA novel. If you'd like to check out more of her posts, visit her blog: At the Foot of the Sierras.
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Verb: ensure en'shûr or in'shûr [N. Amer], en'shor or in'shor or en'shûr [Brit]
 1. Make certain in the future
 - guarantee, insure, assure, secure
 2. Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
 "ensure that the curtains are closed";
 - see, check, insure, see to it, control, ascertain, assure
Sounds like: elusive, illusive, allusivee, insure, inshor
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Migratory locust
Locusta migratoria
The migratory locust is polyphenic. It transitions between two main phenotypes in response to population density; the solitary phase and the gregarious phase. Pigmentation and size of the migratory locust vary according to its phase (gregarious or solitary form) and its age. Gregarious larvae have a yellow to orange covering with black spots; solitary larvae are green or brown. The gregarious adult is brownish with yellow, the latter colour becoming more intense and extensive on maturation. The solitary adult is brown with varying extent of green colour depending on the colour of the vegetation. Gregarious adults vary in size between 40 and 60 mm according to the sex; they are smaller than the solitary adults.