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prefix it with another circumflex. Thus, a literal circumflex can appear in an XPointer as ^^. All other uses of the circumflex character in an XPointer are illegal, resulting in a syntax error.
This is not to say, of course, that a literal circumflex may not be used elsewhere in an instance document. Remember that this constraint applies only to a circumflex within an XPointer.
It's common for an Internet address — a URI — to include somewhere within it certain special characters such as spaces, percent signs, and so on. Web browsers and other Internet applications may or may not choke on these special characters. But if they follow the URI standard, they're supposed to choke; this standard requires that such characters in a URI be escaped, using a percent sign and the Unicode value for the character.
For instance, consider the following URI:
The space between my and documents is supposed to be escaped, using the hexadecimal Unicode value for the space character, so its correct form is:
Like other standards built on the Internet's basic linking infrastructure, XPointer follows the rules established for URIs — including, in this case, the rules for escaping special characters. These rules (as well as the others for URIs) are laid out in two IETF RFCs, numbers 2396 and 2372, which you can find at _URL_ and _URL_ respectively.
URIs versus IURIs
The old XPointer 1.0 spec distinguished between plain-old garden-variety URIs and Internationalized URIs, (IURIs). An ordinary URI is limited to ASCII characters; an IURI may consist of any characters directly representable via Unicode. For instance, currently the official home page of the President of the French Republic (currently Jacques Chirac) is _URL_ All the characters in that URI are ASCII and so it's both a legal URI and a legal IURI. If we were using an IURI-aware application, though, it might be desirable to employ a more correctly French version of the URI: _URL_ The presence of the é character here is what makes the address both an illegal URI and a legal IURI.
In an IURI, the only difficulty occurs when the address itself includes a literal percent sign. In this case, escape the percent (%) with %25. (25 is the hexadecimal Unicode value for the percent sign.)
The current XPointer Framework doesn't mention IURIs, but this issue is likely to reappear.
Characters in XML Documents
Finally, of course, XPointer — being often used in XML documents — is no exception to the general rules of XML well-formedness. If your XPointer appears in an XML document and includes special XML-significant literal characters, such as greater-than signs or ampersands, you must escape them with standard XML entity references (such as > and &, respectively). Also remember that you must escape, with character entity references, any character(s) in the XPointer that can't be expressed in your instance document's own encoding; if you're working in a U.S.-ASCII-encoded document, therefore, you have to escape additional characters in the ISO-8859 encoding. In this scenario, for example, you'd have to escape Á (capital A with an acute accent) as either Á (hexadecimal form) or Á (decimal form).
XPointer specifications often use syntax that cannot be used directly in a URL. To implement them, you must use a prodecure called progressive escaping. This term is defined nowhere in the spec; but from the context, it clearly refers to how you, an XPointer-using document author, might apply successive levels of the above escaping types to a XPointer.
- Start with the completely unescaped form. You might consider this to be the plain-text, common-sense version.
- Escape any XPointer-significant characters meant to be interpreted as literals — that is, any parentheses or circumflexes.
- Escape any percent signs in the URI portion of the XPointer, to ensure a legal IURI. (This may not be necessary if XPointer specifications continue to ignore IURIs.)
- If the XPointer appears in an XML document, escape any XML-significant characters meant to be interpreted as literals, such as ampersands, double quotation marks, and so on.
- Escape the entity-reference XML escaping forms as URI escaping forms, for example, replace " with %22.
To repeat, this progressive-escaping mechanism does not suggest that this stack of escaping sieves is to be implemented in an XPointer processor: it's meant to make an XPointer acceptable to such a processor in the first place. On the processing side, each successive application layer — XML, the HTTP-aware application, and XPointer itself — unescapes the XPointer in reverse order, from the outside in as it were.
Progressive escaping: a (perverse) example
Showing you an example of progressive escaping in practice is, to put it mildly, a challenge at this point. In the first place, you don't yet know enough (if anything) about XPointer syntax. Second, you seldom will have to pass even a full-blown URI, including an XPointer, through all five steps.
Still, you do already know something about XPointers: they can include XPath expressions. So let's imagine you're working on some kind of text-processing application and need to construct an XPointer to be used in an XML document; the XPointer includes the following (unescaped) XPath expression:
translate(., "( )%&^", "_USER_")
This function call scans the string-value of the context node (that's the. used as the first argument) for any of the characters in the second argument, if it finds any of those characters, the function replaces it with the corresponding character in the third argument. So a left parenthesis is replaced with a left square bracket, a percent sign with @, and so on.
In this form, the XPath expression has been subject only to step 1 of all those required above: it's in its "natural language" form (well, as such things go). Now let's walk through the expression and fix it up according to the remaining steps in progressive escaping, so it can be used in an XPointer included in a URI.
- Escaping XPointer-significant characters. There are two parentheses and a single circumflex in the XPath expression. To avoid confusing the XPointer processor downstream somewhere, you have to escape these XPointer-significant characters. Do this by preceding them with circumflexes:
translate(., "^(^)%&^^", "_USER_")
Note, by the way, that the parentheses enclosing the translate( ) function's arguments do not require escaping, since these are used in a "natural" way.
- Escaping IURI-forbidden characters. Our XPath expression has only one percent sign in it, but that's sufficient to choke a processor expecting a valid Internationalized URI. To be sure the processor treats the literal percent sign as such, it must be escaped using an entity reference:
translate(., "^(^)%25&^^", "_USER_")
- Escaping XML-significant characters. The ampersand in the first argument and the quotation marks enclosing the function's arguments are the only characters requiring escaping for XML's purposes. Thus:
translate(., "^(^)%25&^^", "_USER_")
- Escaping URI-forbidden characters. Finally, all spaces and any remaining special characters need to be "entitized" in the URI to be acceptable to a URI-aware processor. The expression to this point includes two spaces and the " and & entity references, all of which must be escaped. Furthermore, the expression includes a number of other special characters that are illegal in URIs in their unescaped form: the very circumflexes we so carefully escaped, in step 3. Thus, after passing it through this last step in progressive escaping, we have our final, fully escaped (although, granted, completely incomprehensible) expression:
This is nearly as painful to look at as it was to construct. Just remember that when and if the XPointer specifications make it to full Recommendation status, the XPointer-constructing toolkit (source code editors, automatic code generators, etc.) will certainly obviate the need to build these monstrosities by hand.
(One final caveat: while this example has shown progressive escaping applied to the XPointer portion of a URI, remember that steps 2 through 5 must be taken for special characters in the rest of the URI as well.)
The notion of progressive escaping was covered at some length in the previous version of the XPointer spec but removed in the versions published July 10, 2002. Nonetheless, its an important concept, and one that may find its way back into the final XPointer Recommendations.
- ↑ An "external parsed entity," unlike an XML document, need not be well-formed. In particular, it may lack a single root element. These quasi-documents are often used for such purposes as holding boilerplate text. They're meaningful — and parseable — only when included (using external entity references) within containing documents.


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Most teachers agree that one of the greatest indicators of whether or not a student will progress in music is not their innate talent. It all comes down to practicing.
Today's musician entrepreneur, Christopher Maloney, realized that there was a gap in where his adults were and where they wanted to be in their musical skills and that gap could only be traversed by practicing and, ideally, practicing more effectively. So he decided to tackle this challenge. Not in the form of a practice app, but by creating an online program, specifically for adult students, to teach them how to practice. Today we'll hear the startup story of that program, Practice Warriors.
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Our sound source localization (SSL) solutions help you visualize sound directly at the source. Typical applications of SSL are troubleshooting noise issues, comparing the acoustic performance of product variants, and confirming subjective sound assessments with objective data. With SSL, ensure you work on the right problem before fixing it.
Our Simcenter Sound Camera system is a modular, high-quality digital microphone array that offers an instant overview of sound sources on any noise-generating object. It is a great tool for both occasional and expert users to accelerate acoustic troubleshooting. The system's design includes arms that can be added or removed, making the camera a great tool for multiple test conditions.
Advanced sound source localization methods can improve results accuracy compared to traditional beamforming. These methods are called focalization, irregular nearfield acoustic holography, deconvolution-based methods, and inverse-based methods like Bayesian focusing.
Bayesian focusing is a microphone array method that outperforms traditional methods both in sound source localization and quantification. It covers the full frequency range and allows a wider distance to the source compared to traditional methods. It works both for correlated and uncorrelated sources, contrary to other wide-band methods. Finally, it also delivers quantified results.
Our 3D Acoustic Camera is a spherical microphone array that provides insight into the noise structures of an interior cavity like a vehicle cockpit. A geometry scanner quickly scans the interior volume with a resolution suited for acoustic analysis. It then uses spherical beamforming to visualize sound sources directly on the geometry of that cavity. It is also capable to analyze the sound power contributions of the sources in the entire cavity, or of partial components. These can either be visualized as sources on the 3D hologram or as sound power spectra for comparison.
Soundbrush, our 3D real-time acoustic troubleshooting solution combines 3D sound intensity with sound source localization. It allows you to visualize exactly what you hear and provides detailed, immediate results for easy identification of noise sources including sound intensity values, sound propagation directions, and sound power values.
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Forecasting of Cotton Production in Nagpur District of Maharashtra IndiaJournal: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (Vol.9, No. 12)
Publication Date: 2020-12-05
Authors : Mayuri Barai; Gangesh Yadav; Abhay Khamborkar;
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Keywords : Cotton forecast; Multiple Regression Analysis; ARIMA; ARIMAX; Statistics;
Agriculture is the backbone of India. Most of population of India's livelihood depends on agriculture. Agricultural crop production depends on several factors including weather nutrients present in the soil, fertilizers used and others. Cotton is one of the most important fiber and cash crop of India. Cotton plays a dominant in the industrial and agricultural economy of the country. In this paper, we tried to forecast cotton production. The data on production, production area, temperature and rainfall for Nagpur district of Maharashtra in India during the year 2000 to 2018 is considered. For forecasting different statistical tools such as descriptive statistics, simple regression, multiple regression, ARIMA as well as ARIMAX model were used. The study reveals that for univariate time series model ARIMA (0, 1, 1) and for multivariate time series model. Arima (0, 1, 1) are the best fitted model.
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Part of Speech: Noun, proper
Meaning: A name, title, or other designation by which someone or something is called or identified.
Notes: Today's Good Word often trips up spellers because of its double double letters: two Ps and two Ls. In this respect it is like accommodate and millennium. Be careful. Its adjective is appellative "related to names or naming", as an appellative process. This word is related to appeal and, consequently, to appellate as in appellate court in ways discussed in today's Word History.
In Play: Today's word is better than simple name when you wish to point out that a name carries some special meaning: "I am afraid that Prudence is a captive of her own appellation, never driving over 50 miles per hour." This term is often applied to product names, especially wines: "Well, this wine may contain 'Pinot noir' in its appellation, but if you drink it, you may pinot more." However, it is never, never applied to mountains in the eastern United States (as sometimes occurs in college term papers); those are the Appalachian Mountains.
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from French appellation, the descendant of Latin appellatio(n), the noun from the verb appellare "to call, to entreat." This verb is a combination of ad "up to, before" + pellare "to push, beat, propel." An appeal is something pushed before an authority while an appellation is an abstraction applied to some object. The past participle of pellare is pulsus, the source of English pulse, a kind of beating. The root of pellare came directly into Old English via Old Germanic as fealt, which reached us as felt, a material made by pushing or compacting fibers together rather than by weaving them.
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Systematic review of patient safety interventions in dentistry.
This systematic review of patient safety in dentistry found scant evidence for effective patient safety approaches, with the exception of surgical safety checklists, which were successful in preventing wrong tooth extractions. Further research is needed to characterize patient safety in dentistry and implement effective interventions.
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Using Microsoft Query to design your queries
Environment:Visual C++ 5 (and above)
Setup procedure
When designing a database application it's required to sometimes make the user design a query. The programmer could write his own graphical query designer, but why not use Microsoft Query? This document describes the design and usage of the MSQuery class. This is a class which will communicate with Microsoft Query. This class is not completed to support all MSQuery DDE commands, but will be enough to create a query in MSQuery and to modify a query in MSQuery. This class and this article uses the Dynamic Data Exchange Management library. This makes the usage of DDE much easier. First the header file of this library must be included in the source. When using MFC this could best be put in stdafx.h. At the moment this _TAG_ is put in the headerfile of the MSQuery class.
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Using this library requires the linkage of user32.lib. This shouldn't concern you, because with Visual C MFC, this is done automatically. But you must ensure DDEML.DLL is in your system directory. When this is done, Visual C is ready to use the DDE library of Microsoft. Of course also Microsoft Office should be installed, well at least MSQuery. This article was tested with Microsoft Office 97 and Microsoft Office 2000 Beta2. This article is split up in three parts: the first part describes very briefly the DDEML library. With only the vital information required understanding the rest of the article. The second part describes some basic concepts of MSQuery. And the last part describes how to use the MSQuery classes.
Very Short Introduction DDEML
Initialising DDEML
To use the Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library, you must first initialise it and get an instance-id from it. This can be done by the following piece of code:
// DWORD idInst, The instance ID, required for every DDEML library
// DdeCallback is a callback function, see below for more details
// The third parameters are a number of flags
// 0 is a reserved parameter, which should be 0.
Connecting to the server
When the library is initialised there must be made contact with a DDE server. To do this there must be passed two strings to a special function: the server name and the topic name. It is not possible to pass a normal pointer to a character array (string) to it. The functions of DDEML require the use of string handles. But this isn't very difficult, because DDEML has got several standard functions for this. Below are the two most important string functions.
Creating a string handle:
HSZ DdeCreateStringHandle(DWORD idInst, LPTSTR psz, int iCodePage);
// idInst = the instance id obtained from DdeInitialize
// psz = the string to create
// iCodepage = the codepage used for this string
// CP_WINANSI = for the normal ansi characterset (default)
// CP_WINUNICODE = for a unicode string
// Returns: the string handle (or NULL when error)
Deleting a string handle:
BOOL DdeFreeStringHandle( DWORD idInst, HSZ hsz);
// idInst = the instance id obtained from DdeInitialize
// hsz = the handle of the string obtained from DdeCreateStringHandle
To connect to a server, there must be passed two strings to the DDEML: the servername and the topicname. The function, which gets a conversationhandle to the DDE conversion, is the following:
HCONV DdeConnect( DWORD idInst, HSZ hszService, HSZ hszTopic, PCONVCONTEXT pCC);
// idInst = again is the instance id obtained from DdeInitialize
// hszService = a stringhandle of the service (or server) name.
// hszTopic = a stringhandle of the name of the topic.
// pCC = Conversation context information (can usuable be NULL)
// Return: the conversation handle (or NULL when error)
After getting a conversationhandle, it is possible to communicate with the DDE server.
Executing a transaction
To make the server execute a given function, the following command could be used:
HDDEDATA DdeClientTransaction( LPBYTE pData, DWORD cbData, HCONV hConv, HSZ hszItem, UINT wFmt,
 UINT wType, DWORD dwTimeout, LPDWORD pdwResult);
This is a pretty complex function, but not all parameters are required. In this article only this form is required for execution:
HDDEDATA DdeClientTransaction( commandstring, strlen(commandstring), hConv, 0, 0, XTYP_EXECUTE, timeout, result);
// commandstring is the command to execute
// hConv = the handle obtained from DdeConnect
// XTYP_EXECUTE = the type op transaction
// timeout = how long to wait on server (in ms) or TIMEOUT_ASYNC to not wait for the completion of the command.
// result = the result. When using TIMEOUT_ASYNC this will be the transaction handle.
// return value will be!= NULL when the function was successfull.
Using TIMEOUT_ASYNC will have as result, that the callback function (see below: Callback function) will be called when the DDE command is executed.
Retrieving information
To retrieve information from the server, the following function should be used. Again it's a variant on DdeClientTransaction:
HDDEDATA DdeClientTransaction((LPBYTE)NULL, 0, conv, str, CF_TEXT, XTYP_REQUEST, timeout, &res);
// conv = the conversation handle from DdeConnect
// str = a string handle of the item to get
// CF_TEXT = the format of information to get. (CF_TEXT is string)
// XTYP_REQUEST = the type of transaction
// timeout = the timeout interval in ms, to wait for the result.
// result = the result.
// return value will be the data handle to the requested information.
When the return value of above function is a nonzero value. The DDE transaction was successful and the data can be retrieved. It would be nice to know the size of the result. The result will be a string, because we used CF_TEXT. This is very easy:
int size = DdeGetData(dta, NULL, 0, 0);
// dta = the data handle returned from DdeClientTransaction
When we've got the size, we could reserve memory and get the data: DdeGetData(dta, (unsigned char*)buf, size, 0); // dta = the data handle returned from DdeClientTransaction // buf = a pointer to the buffer, to return the string to. // size = the size of the buffer.
When done delete the handle:
The Callback function
It would also be nice to implement a callback function. This function is called for example, when a TIMEOUT_ASYNC transaction is finished. This is the general callback function:
HDDEDATA CALLBACK DdeCallback(UINT uType,UINT uFmt, HCONV hconv, HSZ hsz1, HSZ hsz2, HDDEDATA hdata, DWORD dwData1, DWORD dwData2)
 switch (uType)
 return (HDDEDATA) NULL;
 return (HDDEDATA) DDE_FACK;
 // this one is called after a finish of TIMEOUT_ASYNC
 return (HDDEDATA) NULL;
 return (HDDEDATA) NULL;
 return (HDDEDATA) NULL;
For the details about this callback function look at the DDEML documentation.
Introduction MSQuery
When using DDE with MSQuery, you have got 2 different types of conversation channels: (also called topics)
This is the main channel for conversation. This channel is always available.
For every query in MSQuery there's a query channel available. This channel can be requested via the system channel.
Detect and run Microsoft Query
The first step is to make a connection via DDE with Microsoft Query. To make a connection with MSQuery, this piece of code should be executed:
HSZ hszServName = DdeCreateStringHandle(idInst, "MSQuery", CP_WINANSI);
HSZ hszSysTopic = DdeCreateStringHandle(idInst, SZDDESYS_TOPIC, CP_WINANSI);
HCONV hConv = DdeConnect(idInst, hszServName, hszSysTopic, (PCONVCONTEXT) NULL);
As can be seen from the above sample, the servername of Microsoft Query is 'MsQuery'. The topic we are connecting to is the system topic of MSQuery. The symbolic constant for the system channel is: SZDDESYS_TOPIC.
When trying this and no connection could be made, it could be MSQuery is not running. So when that is the case we should try to run MSQuery. To do this, first the location of MSQuery32.exe must be located and then the executable should be run. The location can be found in the registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSQuery\Path. See the sourcecode for details how to do this.
Creating a query
To create a query, the following command should be passed to MSQuery. As can be seen in this example, every command must be between '['and ']'.
"[UserControl(\"&Return to application\",1,TRUE)]"
// 1 is the state of the MSQuery window: 1=normal, 2


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Guaraní is an American Indian language of the tupí-guaraní family and is widely spoken in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. In Paraguay it is the majority language and has equal official status with Spanish, which is spoken mainly by non-Indians. In parts of southern Brazil, tupí-guaraní is the basis for a pidgin known as Língua Geral, now losing ground to Portuguese. From guaraní and its sister dialect tupí come words like "jaguar", "tapir", "toucan" and "tapioca".
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Right now, over 500,000 Canadians have Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. That number is expected to double by 2038.
Dementia has an overwhelming impact on the people with the disease and the families who care for them.
We are asking the Canadian government to create a national response to the dementia crisis. Because Alzheimer's disease is everybody's business.
In 2010 the Alzheimer Society released Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia on Canadian Society. The study alerted the Canadian public and federal, provincial and territorial politicians of the need for policies and approaches to address the looming dementia crisis.
The report concluded with five recommendations to government, developed through comprehensive consultations with subject experts and stakeholders. The underlying message is that we must act now and that change is possible.
The five recommendations are:
- Increase the investment in dementia research
A national dementia strategy must include increased investment in all areas of dementia research. Most of our knowledge about dementia care and treatment has resulted from recent research. We can maintain Canada's leadership role in dementia research by:
- Leveraging Canadian expertise
- Encouraging and supporting international partnerships
- Continuing preventative research so that we can identify individuals at risk and take preventative steps
- Continuing research to improve quality of life for a person with dementia and his family caregivers at all stages of the disease and at all care levels.
In response to the impending dementia epidemic we must, as a minimum, triple dementia research spending.
- Provide support for family caregivers
We must clearly recognize the important role played by informal caregivers. Our governments must demonstrate that we value the work of caregivers by making it easier to continue to provide care. We can do this through:
- Caregiver information and training
- Meaningful respite care
- Other programs that can support caregivers, including financial support.
We must provide meaningful support to caregivers.
- Emphasize prevention and early intervention
A national dementia strategy must also focus on:
- Maintenance of brain health
- Prevention of dementia
- Delay of onset
- Early intervention
We must recognize the importance of prevention and early intervention.
- Build an integrated system of care
As a leading health policy concept specifically suited to the impending dementia epidemic, Canada's national dementia strategy must establish integrated models of care as a priority across all jurisdictions. Only then will there be real improvement in care for Canadians who need complex arrays of specialized medical, community and social services, including people with dementia.
We must foster greater integration of care and increased use of "best practices" in chronic disease prevention and management, community support and community care coordination.
- Strengthen and supplement Canada's dementia workforce
We must strengthen Canada's dementia workforce by:
- Increasing availability of geriatricians, neurologists, psychiatrists and advanced practice nurses with specialized knowledge of dementia
- Improving diagnostic and treatment capabilities of all frontline professionals
- Making best use of general and specialized resources through inter-professional collaboration
- Supporting patient self-management and caregiver participation in care coordination
- Leveraging the capabilities of the voluntary sector through investment and training
We must ensure that the escalating numbers of people with dementia are met with an appropriate supply of dementia specialists and well-trained generalists working collaboratively. These scarce resources must be supplemented by a well-resourced voluntary sector, with a nationally available support program as a priority.
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ZTE in partnership with Ansaldo STS has completed a communication-based train control (CBTC) over LTE test. Ansaldo STS, which specialises in the global signalling and integrated transport systems markets for both passengers (railway/mass transit) and freight, provided the CBTC signalling equipment, while ZTE provided the LTE equipment and devices required for the test.
The test result shows that ZTE's LTE technology met the requirement of CBTC. The test covered scenarios such as static condition, handover, failover and load with static and dynamic configuration.
The key performance indicators (for example, packet loss, latency, maximal number of users, system start-up and shutdown time) fully comply with the requirement of CBTC transmission, ZTE said.
Prior to the lab test, ZTE and Ansaldo STS had already verified CBTC over LTE in the Hangzhou Metro (pictured) using the automatic train operation (ATO) mode. This field verification confirmed that key performance indicators, such as packet loss and latency, fully met the requirement of CBTC.
LTE is being touted as a possible successor to the widely used GSM-R communication-based train control system used on European railways. However, with new GSM-R systems still being deployed, LTE is not expected to be widely used in Europe for at least a decade if not longer.


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Managing Difficult Conversations
WEBINAR – Managing Difficult Conversations
 - Given everything that is going on in the world around us right now, lots of us are finding ourselves trying to prepare to have difficult conversations both in our personal and professional lives.
 - Most of us know all the key elements involved in handling a difficult conversation, however despite knowing this, in reality, it is often really difficult to put this into practice. Why is this?
 - This webinar will use the neuroscience of how our mind works to look at what happens in our minds when we prepare for and engage in difficult conversations. Why is it that our emotional minds often take over and we aren't able to be the calm, rational person we had planned to be?
 - The session will demonstrate how to use practical tools and techniques from the Chimp Model to start to be more prepared and ready for challenging conversations.
Managing Difficult Conversations
This webinar is hosted by a trained mentor and focuses on the group's experiences, ideas, and advice to help you to get the best out of yourself whilst working from home.
This online workshop will focus on:
 - What happens in our minds when we both prepare for and engage in challenging conversations
 - Finding out what it is about challenging conversations that is difficult for each of us individually.
 - What beliefs could be behind some of the unwanted emotional hijacks you might you may be experiencing in this situation.
 - Developing take away plans for using the Chimp Model to prepare for and manage difficult conversations moving forwards.
You can discuss your concerns with a group of like-minded people in a safe environment. The discussion will be lead by one of our Mentors, who will be able to offer guidance and offer suggestions to help you get the best out of yourself in challenging times.
We are also able to deliver this webinar exclusively to your team or organisation, contact us to find out more.
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Before the webinar, you will be given access to an exclusive video from Professor Steve Peters. This 20-minute video introduces The Chimp Model and the neuroscience behind it. We advise that everyone watches this as it will give you the foundations of knowledge required to take part in the webinar.
The Webinar
The webinar will last for around 60 minutes, you will be given a chance to talk with a group of other like-minded people and one of our trained mentors. Together, we will discuss some of the problems we are facing and then look at strategies and techniques that can help you to better manage your behaviours and emotions during difficult conversations.
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What is a Webinar?
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||February 24, 1864 |
||The boundaries of Hunter County were created as: "Beginning at the southeast corner of Butler County; thence south to the southern boundary of the territory; then west 30 miles; thence north to a point west of the point of beginning; then 30 miles to the place of beginning." The new county was thus thirty miles east to west and about seventy-eight miles north to south. |
|Origin of Name:
||Probably named for Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (_PHONE_), a Virginia congressman and senator, who favored the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution. He was expelled from the Senate in 1861 for supporting the rebellion, and he served in the Confederate Senate and as Confederate Secretary of State. |
||Hunter was one of the original 33 counties created by the first territorial legislature in 1855. In 1860, Irving County was created out of the northern part of Hunter. The county was never organized, and In 1864 it was annexed into Butler County. The greater portion of what was Hunter County is now included in Cowley County, with the remainder scattered among Sedgwick, Sumner, Butler, Elk, Chautauqua, and Greenwood counties. |
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SQL Select Statement with different criteria
SELECT subject_name,
test1, test2, total, grad FROM
hs_results JOIN
hs_subjects AS s USING(subject_id) WHERE admin_no =2100 AND
subject_id IN ( SELECT subject_id
FROM hs_subjects WHERE class_id =4 AND subject_name NOT IN ('mathematics',
'English Language') )ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT 5
UNION SELECT
subject_name, test1, test2, total, grad
FROM hs_subjects WHERE class_id =4 AND subject_name IN ('mathematics',
'English Language')
Please, I want to join these two tables and select seven (7)
best subjects including English Language and Mathematics. Out of Nine subjects.
I need help.
I belive it is generally a bad idea to filter on id's, and looking at your query, you filter on class_id in the subjects table. You probably have a class table that this id points to, so you might want to join in this table and then filter on the name of the class instead.
But that was not what you're asking - actually I'm not exactly sure, what it is, you're asking!
Are you saying, you want to see:
 - 7 results in total
 - 2 results must always be Mathematics and English Language
 - 5 results must be highest score (total) excluding Mathematics and English (as they are always shown)
select top(7)
 a.subject_name
 ,b.test1
 ,b.test2
 ,b.total
 ,b.grad
 from subjects as a
 inner join results as b
 on b.subject_id=a.subject_id
 and b.admin_no=2100
 where a.class_id=4 /* <--- bad idea */
 order by case when a.subject_name in ('English Language','Mathematics') then 0 else 1 end
 ,b.total desc
;
Now - the above query works on Microsoft SQL Server, but it seems you might be using MySQL. If so, the top statement won't work - You'd have to use limit instead.
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Thank you so much.
Can you help me restructure the query below to count only the best 7 subjects in a class.
It's counting all the 9 subjects.
SELECT admin_no, ROUND(SUM(total) / COUNT(result_id),2) AS avg_score, COUNT(result_id) FROM results WHERE
class_id= 4 GROUP BY admin_no ORDER BY avg_score DESC
If you're using Microsoft SQL Server, use top:
SELECT top(7)
 admin_no
 ,ROUND(SUM(total)/COUNT(result_id),2) AS avg_score
 ,COUNT(result_id)
 FROM results
 WHERE class_id=4
 GROUP BY admin_no
 ORDER BY avg_score DESC
;
If you're using MySQL, use limit:
SELECT admin_no
 ,ROUND(SUM(total)/COUNT(result_id),2) AS avg_score
 ,COUNT(result_id)
 FROM results
 WHERE class_id=4
 GROUP BY admin_no
 ORDER BY avg_score DESC
 limit 7
;


Microsoft 365 Feature Could Allow Companies To Spy On Their Employees
Monitoring what your employees do can have certain advantages and disadvantages, where if you're finding that productivity isn't as good as it should be, seeing what's going on could help fix that. However, the disadvantage is that people in general don't like being monitored as it is an invasion of privacy.
It turns out that if your company uses Microsoft 365, they could have been monitoring you all this time. This is because a report from The Guardian has revealed that one of the features of Microsoft 365 is the ability for companies to monitor and "spy" on their employees. Apparently this feature comes in the form of a "productivity score" in which management can monitor employees to see how "productive" they are.
However, researcher Wolfie Christl claims that this is a problem because it judges employees based on purely arbitrary metrics, versus the actual quality of their work. For example for some people, they might work fast and have more down time, which means that they look "unproductive". Other people can take longer to work, but they do so because they want to ensure the best possible quality, both of which are traits that shouldn't necessarily be penalized using such a system.
That being said, while the feature is present, it doesn't necessarily mean that companies are using it to track and monitor the productivity of their employees, but the fact that it is there does seem to have raised some concerns.
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Why Thunderon® fiber shows better performance compared with other material
1) Thunderon® fiber's conductive layer is a very thin layer incorporated on the outer surface of acrylic fiber which is already very fine in diameter among the available conductive fiber materials. Therefore, Thunderon® fiber is the finest conductive material available to promote Corona discharge.
2) Another factor is the physical property of Thunderon® fiber determined by the host acrylic fiber's characteristics. Compared with other widely used fibers like carbon or stainless fiber, the physical property of the Thunderon® fiber is much softer and has superior bend recovery if the fiber is in contact with charged material. Thus, Thunderon® fiber can be well maintained with original shape of brush compared to carbon fiber and stainless steel. This advantage prolongs the life of the brush.
Corona discharge is a very weak energy discharge from a static charged material to a fine conductive pin-like material near to the charged body. Corona discharge is improved if conductive material has the following characteristics:
- Fine diameter material with sharp point;
- High number of sharp conductive points;
- Each point should be separated from another point thus forming a pitch;
- Conductive point should be installed vertically to the surface of charged material.
3) The discharge capacity: In applications like printing or film roll processing, where static will be generated continuously, grounding is a must. When proper grounding is not provided, dissipation will drop significantly.
4) 5.85 x 10². cm
The numeric value is specific resistance. To convert the surface resistance/10 cm into the volume the method of calculation is as follows:
R x D
9 x 105 x L x d
P = Specific Resistance
R = Surface Resistance
D = Denier
L = Measure of Space
d = Specific Gravity


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What is legal medicine?
Legal medicine encompasses a wide range of professionals in both health and law who aim to bridge the gap between law and medicine. A medical or legal professional might choose to associate themselves with the American College of Legal Medicine
(ACLM), becoming a part of the organization in order to further their career, network with other professionals, or contribute to the field.
The ACLM also represents the specialty of legal medicine in the American Medical Association's Specialty and Service Society.
As a branch of medicine, it deals with the application of medical knowledge to the law; doctors who choose to work in legal medicine weigh in on legal proceedings, legal problems or legislation involving medical information that requires a medical expert. Some doctors aim to improve health policy, health care, promote research and scholarship, or promote peer collaboration and interaction. Some doctors in the field also have a law degree.
Legal medicine is also frequently called forensic medicine; legal medicine physicians are known by many different titles depending on the duties of their position, such as medical jurist, medical examiner, medico-legal officer, medico-legal expert, death investigators, and other titles. There may be cross-over of titles depending on the organization, company, medical practice, or area where the doctor works. For example, a physician and a lawyer working in the same field and with identical interests are sometimes referred to by different titles, despite the similarities between their jobs. A physician may be involved in forensic medicine, while a lawyer with the same interests working in forensic medicine is said to work in medical jurisprudence.
If you're seeking a physician or other expert who specializes in legal medicine, consider contacting the ACLM
for any needs that may involve: litigation, expert witnesses, medico-legal guidance or forensic medicine.What are some of the ways a medical examiner might contribute to a court case?
A medical examiner observes victims' bodies to determine the cause, manner and time of death. A thorough investigation of wounds helps the doctor reconstruct how a death occurred, which in turn helps lawyers determine how to present evidence in court. These doctors perform autopsies to determine cause of death, either as required by court, police officers, or by written request of nearest kin.
A medical examiner may testify in court and report some (or all) of the following facts:
- Identification of blood and blood stains, age of blood stains, age of victim
- The cause, manner and time of death
- Tissue changes in the body as correlated to criminal acts


(possibly cast to some other type). As a special case, if __builtin_constant_p is the (potentially parenthesized) condition of a conditional operator expression ("?:"), only the true side of the conditional operator is considered, and it is evaluated with full constant folding.
 - __builtin_choose_expr: The condition is required to be an integer constant expression, but we accept any constant as an "extension of an extension". This only evaluates one operand depending on which way the condition evaluates.
 - __builtin_classify_type: This always returns an integer constant expression.
 - __builtin_inf, nan, ...: These are treated just like a floating-point literal.
 - __builtin_abs, copysign, ...: These are constant folded as general constant expressions.
 - __builtin_strlen and strlen: These are constant folded as integer constant expressions if the argument is a string literal.
The Sema Library
This library is called by the Parser library during parsing to do semantic analysis of the input. For valid programs, Sema builds an AST for parsed constructs.
The CodeGen Library
CodeGen takes an AST as input and produces LLVM IR code from it.
How to change Clang
How to add an attribute
Attributes are a form of metadata that can be attached to a program construct, allowing the programmer to pass semantic information along to the compiler for various uses. For example, attributes may be used to alter the code generation for a program construct, or to provide extra semantic information for static analysis. This document explains how to add a custom attribute to Clang. Documentation on existing attributes can be found here.
Attribute Basics
Attributes in Clang are handled in three stages: parsing into a parsed attribute representation, conversion from a parsed attribute into a semantic attribute, and then the semantic handling of the attribute.
Parsing of the attribute is determined by the various syntactic forms attributes can take, such as GNU, C++11, and Microsoft style attributes, as well as other information provided by the table definition of the attribute. Ultimately, the parsed representation of an attribute object is an ParsedAttr object. These parsed attributes chain together as a list of parsed attributes attached to a declarator or declaration specifier. The parsing of attributes is handled automatically by Clang, except for attributes spelled as keywords. When implementing a keyword attribute, the parsing of the keyword and creation of the ParsedAttr object must be done manually.
Eventually, Sema::ProcessDeclAttributeList() is called with a Decl and an ParsedAttr, at which point the parsed attribute can be transformed into a semantic attribute. The process by which a parsed attribute is converted into a semantic attribute depends on the attribute definition and semantic requirements of the attribute. The end result, however, is that the semantic attribute object is attached to the Decl object, and can be obtained by a call to Decl::getAttr<T>().
The structure of the semantic attribute is also governed by the attribute definition given in Attr.td. This definition is used to automatically generate functionality used for the implementation of the attribute, such as a class derived from clang::Attr, information for the parser to use, automated semantic checking for some attributes, etc.
include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
The first step to adding a new attribute to Clang is to add its definition to include/clang/Basic/Attr.td. This tablegen definition must derive from the Attr (tablegen, not semantic) type, or one of its derivatives. Most attributes will derive from the InheritableAttr type, which specifies that the attribute can be inherited by later redeclarations of the Decl it is associated with. InheritableParamAttr is similar to InheritableAttr, except that the attribute is written on a parameter instead of a declaration. If the attribute is intended to apply to a type instead of a declaration, such an attribute should derive from TypeAttr, and will generally not be given an AST representation. (Note that this document does not cover the creation of type attributes.) An attribute that inherits from IgnoredAttr is parsed, but will generate an ignored attribute diagnostic when used, which may be useful when an attribute is supported by another vendor but not supported by clang.
The definition will specify several key pieces of information, such as the semantic name of the attribute, the spellings the attribute supports, the arguments the attribute expects, and more. Most members of the Attr tablegen type do not require definitions in the derived definition as the default suffice. However, every attribute must specify at least a spelling list, a subject list, and a documentation list.
Spellings
All attributes are required to specify a spelling list that denotes the ways in which the attribute can be spelled. For instance, a single semantic attribute may have a keyword spelling, as well as a C++11 spelling and a GNU spelling. An empty spelling list is also permissible and may be useful for attributes which are created implicitly. The following spellings are accepted:
Spelling Description
GNU Spelled with a GNU-style __attribute__((attr)) syntax and placement.
CXX11 Spelled with a C++-style [[attr]] syntax. If the attribute is meant to be used by Clang, it should set the namespace to "clang".
Declspec Spelled with a Microsoft-style __declspec(attr) syntax.
Keyword The attribute is spelled as a keyword, and required custom parsing.
GCC Specifies two spellings: the first is a GNU-style spelling, and the second is a C++-style spelling with the gnu namespace. Attributes should only specify this spelling for attributes supported by GCC.
Pragma The attribute is spelled as a #pragma, and requires custom processing within the preprocessor. If the attribute is meant to be used by Clang, it should set the namespace to "clang". Note that this spelling is not used for declaration attributes.
Subjects
Attributes appertain to one or more Decl subjects. If the attribute attempts to attach to a subject that is not in the subject list, a diagnostic is issued automatically. Whether the diagnostic is a warning or an error depends on how the attribute's SubjectList is defined, but the default behavior is to warn. The diagnostics displayed to the user are automatically determined based on the subjects in the list, but a custom diagnostic parameter can also be specified in the SubjectList. The diagnostics generated for subject list violations are either diag::warn_attribute_wrong_decl_type or diag::err_attribute_wrong_decl_type, and the parameter enumeration is found in include/clang/Sema/ParsedAttr.h If a previously unused Decl node is added to the SubjectList, the logic used to automatically determine the diagnostic parameter in utils/TableGen/ClangAttrEmitter.cpp may need to be updated.
By default, all subjects in the SubjectList must either be a Decl node defined in DeclNodes.td, or a statement node defined in StmtNodes.td. However, more complex subjects can be created by creating a SubsetSubject object. Each such object has a base subject which it appertains to (which must be a Decl or Stmt node, and not a SubsetSubject node), and some custom code which is called when determining whether an attribute appertains to the subject. For instance, a NonBitField SubsetSubject appertains to a FieldDecl, and tests whether the given FieldDecl is a bit field. When a SubsetSubject is specified in a SubjectList, a custom diagnostic parameter must also be provided.
Diagnostic checking for attribute subject lists is automated except when HasCustomParsing is set to 1.
Documentation
All attributes must have some form of documentation associated with them. Documentation is table generated on the public web server by a server-side process that runs daily. Generally, the documentation for an attribute is a stand-alone definition in include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td that is named after the attribute being documented.
If the attribute is not for public consumption, or is an implicitly-created attribute that has no visible spelling, the documentation list can specify the Undocumented object. Otherwise, the attribute should have its documentation added to AttrDocs.td.
Documentation derives from the Documentation tablegen type. All derived types must specify a documentation category and the actual documentation itself. Additionally, it can specify a custom heading for the attribute, though a default heading will be chosen when possible.
There are four predefined documentation categories: DocCatFunction for attributes that appertain to function-like subjects, DocCatVariable for attributes that appertain to variable-like subjects, DocCatType for type attributes, and DocCatStmt for statement attributes. A custom documentation category should be used for groups of attributes with similar functionality. Custom categories are good for providing overview information for the attributes grouped under it. For instance, the consumed annotation attributes define a custom category, DocCatConsumed, that explains what consumed annotations are at a high level.
Documentation content (whether it is for an attribute or a category) is written using reSt


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Mari Nawi: Aboriginal Odysseys
20 Sep 2010 2:30pm - 12 Dec 2010 1:30pm
- Mitchell Library, Macquarie St
- New South Wales
- Cost: Gallery entrance fee
- 02 9273 1414
- State Library of New South Wales
Exciting new research has revealed the significant role Aboriginal men, and some women, played in Australia's early maritime history. The focus of this exhibition is the Eora and Darug people from the Sydney area, who sailed on English ships through Port Jackson to destinations in Australia and throughout the world during the period _PHONE_. Theirs was a canoe culture and they called these ships mari nawi meaning 'large canoes'.
Curated by the acknowledged authority, Dr Keith Vincent Smith, Mari Nawi: Aboriginal Odysseys will feature rarely seen oil paintings, journals, letters, maps, sketches, objects and rare printed books drawn from collections throughout Australia.


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October 22, 2012
Contact: Joey McCool Ryan, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
Parents with a higher number of stressors in their lives are more likely to have obese children, according to a new study by pediatric researchers. Furthermore, when parents perceive themselves to be stressed, their children eat fast food more often, compared to children whose parents feel less stressed.
"Stress in parents may be an important risk factor for child obesity and related behaviors," said Elizabeth Prout Parks, MD, a physician nutrition specialist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who led a study published online today in the November issue of Pediatrics. "The severity and number of stressors are important."
Among the parental stressors associated with childhood obesity are poor physical and mental health, financial strain, and leading a single-parent household, said Prout-Parks. Although previous researchers had found a connection between parental stress and child obesity, the current study covered a more diverse population, both ethnically and socioeconomically, than did previous studies.
The study team suggested that interventions aimed at reducing parental stress and teaching coping skills may assist public health campaigns in addressing childhood obesity.
The researchers analyzed self-reported data from 2,119 parents and caregivers who participated in telephone surveys in the 2006 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey/Community Health Database, conducted in Philadelphia and neighboring suburbs. The households contained children aged 3 to 17, among whom 25 percent were obese. Among the variables included were parental stressors, parent-perceived stress, age, race, health quality and gender of children, adult levels of education, BMI, gender, sleep quality, and outcomes such as child obesity, fast-food consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity.
Of the measured stressors, single-parent households had the strongest relationship with child obesity, while financial stress had the strongest relationship for a child not being physically active. Unexpectedly, neither parent stressors nor parent-perceived stress was associated with decreased fruit and vegetable consumption by their children.
However, this study was the first to find an association between parent-perceived stress and more frequent fast-food consumption by children. Fast food, often containing high quantities of fat and sugar, is an important risk factor for obesity and child health. The researchers speculated that parents experiencing stress may buy more fast food for the family, to save time or reduce the demands of meal preparation. The authors also suggest that actual and perceived parental stress may result in less supervision of children, who may then make unhealthy food and activity choices.
"Although multiple stressors can elicit a 'stressor pile-up,' causing adverse physical health in children, parent's perception of their general stress level may be more important than the actual stressors," the authors write.
Future research on child obesity should further examine other family behaviors and community factors not available in the current study, conclude the authors. In addition, "Clinical care, research and other programs might reduce levels of childhood obesity by developing supportive measures to reduce stressors on parents," said Prout-Parks. "Teaching alternative coping strategies to parents might also help them to reduce their perceived stress."
"Influence of Stress in Parents on Child Obesity and Related Behaviors," Pediatrics, published online Oct. 22, 2012, and in print, Nov. 2012. _URL_
Dr. Prout-Parks' co-authors were Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, from the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Renee H. Moore, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Nicolas Stettler, MD, MSCE, of Exponent, Inc.; Brian H. Wrotniak, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and the University of Buffalo; and Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP, of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.


Merging multiple files
How to merge multiple files into one. something like zipping but with no compression.
You would have to create/use a file structure. Like, for example, FAT uses tables to indicate the location of files.
If you want an archive that you can extract the content on, you can use a standard zip program and switch off the compression, or use ar.
If you just want to concatenate all the files into a single file:
1. With a Unix shell:
cat file1 file2... filen > targetfile
2. With DOS/Windows cmd shell:
copy /b file1+file2+... +filen targetfile
_USER_ Coder:
I don't want to create a file system. Just a file that contains filenames and sizes and files content.
I want to write this program by myself. I don't want to use system commands or another program.
What part of your program do you have trouble with then?
In reading file contents. How to separate file contents?
put a header.
I didn't understand what you said, would you please explain?
You need to design the structure of your archive so you have a header that describes the content the rest of the file.
It's sort of line the Table Of Contents in a book. You open the book, look up the page number of the chapter you're interested in, search for that page and start reading. It's the same with an archive.
The tar program basically concatentates the files while keeping a record of the directory structure - use that maybe?
It's probably a programming assignment, and so can't use an existing solution.
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Women of Color & Feminism
A brilliant piece of work that combines historical examples with personal anecdotes to explain the dilemma many women of color face—societal burdens and cultural expectations in addition to hostility towards their feminist views. Rojas uses facts to support her analyses and portray the experiences of ethic minority feminists. Feminism, as with any other social topic, is based on experience and interaction of people. And thus there is a certain human factor that comprehension of the topic can only be attained through experience. Rojas gives the reader a crash course on the "crossroads" of being a woman of color and a feminist. While a woman of color and a feminist share the commonality of both being women, Rojas highlights the sharp differences and difficulties that come with both. Invaluable to anyone wishing to learn more about cultures, feminism, or both. It truly teaches the reader something important and life-relevant. It is a book that can impact many lives and guide many minds.
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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SSI2001: Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
|Term(s) and duration|
This module will run during term 1 (1 weeks) and term 2 (9 weeks)
Ms Charlie King (Convenor)
|Available via distance learning|
This module is designed to help you gain a relevant work placement and to use your work experience as an opportunity for personal and academic development. The module will give you the tools to reflect critically upon your placement. You will also be encouraged to continue to reflect on the skills that you develop during your placement and to consider how these relate to your degree studies. You will be expected to search for your own work placement, although you can request support in this process from the module Employability and Placements Advisor. The module emphasises the importance of learning from the whole experience of work, including a focus on how people learn from work, and more generic workplace skills and knowledge (including, for example, understanding organisational structures and practices, personal development planning, and lifelong learning through reflection and critical analysis).


HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation
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Previous Contents Index
4.8.1 Conditionalized Code
This section describes how to conditionalize OpenVMS code when migrating to I64. This code will be compiled for both Alpha and I64, or for VAX, Alpha, and I64. The symbol ALPHA, referred to in the following sections, is new. However, the symbol EVAX has not been eliminated. You do not need to replace EVAX with ALPHA but feel free to do so if convenient. The architecture symbols available for MACRO and BLISS are VAX, EVAX, ALPHA, and I64. MACRO Sources
For Macro-32 source files, the architecture symbols are in ARCH_DEFS.MAR, which is a prefix file specified on the command line. On Alpha, ALPHA and EVAX equal 1 while VAX and I64 are undefined. On I64, I64 equals 1 while VAX, EVAX, and ALPHA are undefined.
The following example show how to conditionalize Macro-32 source code so that it can run on both Alpha and I64 systems.
For Alpha-specific code:
For I64-specific code:
.IF DF I64
For BLISS source files, either BLISS-32 or BLISS-64, the macros VAX, EVAX, ALPHA and I64 are defined in ARCH_DEFS.REQ. On Alpha, EVAX and ALPHA equal 1 while VAX and I64 equal 0. On I64, I64 equals 1 while VAX, EVAX, and ALPHA equal 0. You must require ARCH_DEFS.REQ to use these symbols in BLISS conditionals.
The constructs %BLISS(xxx), %TARGET(xxx), and %HOST(xxx) are not recommended. Do not feel obligated to replace them, but feel free to do so if convenient.
Include the following statement in your source file:
Use the following statements in your source file to conditionalize code so that it can run on both Alpha and I64 systems.
For Alpha-specific code:
%if ALPHA %then
For I64-specific code:
%if I64 %then
%fi C Sources
For C source files, the symbols __alpha, __ALPHA, __ia64, and __ia64__ are provided by the compilers on the appropriate platforms. Note that symbols could be defined on the compile command line but that is not the recommended method, nor is using arch_defs.h. Using _TAG_ is considered the standard C programming practice.
For Alpha-specific code, use the following:
_TAG_ __alpha
For I64-specific code, use the following:
_TAG_ __ia64
_TAG_ Existing Conditionalized Code
Existing conditionalized code must be examined to determine whether changes are required. Here is an example of BLISS code to consider.
If the code is truly architecture specific and you are adding I64 code, then you would add the following case:
However, if the existing VAX/EVAX conditionals really reflect 32 bits and not 64 bits or an "old" versus "new" OpenVMS convention (for example, a promoted data structure or different routine to call), then the following method for conditionalizing code might be more appropriate. That is because Alpha and I64 code are the same and 64-bit code need to be distinguished from the VAX code.
4.8.2 System Services With Alpha Architecture Dependencies
Certain system services that work well in applications on OpenVMS Alpha do not port successfully to I64. The following sections describe system services and their replacement services. SYS$GOTO_UNWIND
For OpenVMS Alpha, the SYS$GOTO_UNWIND system service accepts a 32-bit invocation context handle by reference. You must change instances of this system service to SYS$GOTO_UNWIND_64, which accepts a 64-bit invocation context. Make sure to alter source code to allocate space for the 64-bit value. Also, different library routines return invocation context handles for OpenVMS I64. For more information, refer to the HP OpenVMS Calling Standard.
SYS$GOTO_UNWIND is most frequently used to support programming language features, so changes are mostly in compilers or run-time libraries. However, any direct use of SYS$GOTO_UNWIND requires change. SYS$LKWSET and SYS$LKWSET_64
The SYS$LKWSET and SYS$LKWSET_64 system services have been modified. For more information, see Section 4.8.9.
4.8.3 Code With Other Dependencies on the Alpha Architecture
This section describes coding practices on Alpha that produce different results on I64 and may require changes to your application. Initialized Overlaid Program Sections
Initialized overlaid program sections are handled differently on I64 systems. On OpenVMS Alpha systems, different portions of an overlaid program section may be initialized by multiple modules. This is not allowed on OpenVMS I64 systems. For more information about this change in behavior, see Section Condition Handlers Use of SS$_HPARITH
On OpenVMS Alpha, SS$_HPARITH is signaled for a number of arithmetic error conditions. On OpenVMS I64, SS$_HPARITH is never signaled for arithmetic error conditions; instead, the more specialized SS$_FLTINV and SS$_FLTDIV error codes are signaled on OpenVMS I64.
Update condition handlers to detect these more specialized error codes. In order to keep code common for both architectures, wherever the code refers to SS$_HPARITH, extend it for OpenVMS I64 to also consider SS$_FLTINV and SS$_FLTDIV. Mechanism Array Data Structure
The mechanism array data structure on OpenVMS I64 is very different from the one on OpenVMS Alpha. The return status code RETVAL has been extended to represent the return status register on both Alpha and I64 platforms. For more information, refer to the HP OpenVMS Calling Standard. Reliance on Alpha Object File Format
If your code relies on the layout of Alpha object files, you will need to modify it, because the object file format produced on OpenVMS I64 systems is different.
The object file format conforms to the 64-bit version of the executable and linkable format (ELF), as described in the System V Application Binary Interface draft of 24 April 2001. This document, published by Caldera, is available on their web site at:
The object file format also conforms to the I64 specific extensions described in the Intel® Itanium® Processor-specific Application Binary Interface (ABI), May 2001 edition (document number 245270-003). Extensions and restrictions, necessary to support object file and image file features that are specific to the OpenVMS operating system, will be published in a future release.
The portion of an image which is used by the debugger conforms to the DWARF Version 3 industry standard, which is available at the following location:
The debug symbol table representation on OpenVMS I64 is the industry-standard DWARF debug symbol table format described at this location. HP extensions to the DWARF Version 3 format will be published in a future release.
4.8.4 Code that Uses Floating-Point Data Types
OpenVMS Alpha supports VAX floating-point data types and IEEE floating point data types in hardware. OpenVMS I64 supports IEEE floating-point in hardware and VAX floating-point data types in software.
Most of the OpenVMS I64 compilers provide the /FLOAT=D_FLOAT and /FLOAT=G_FLOAT qualifiers to enable you to produce VAX floating-point data types. If you do not specify one of these qualifiers, IEEE floating-point data types will be used.
to specify a default floating-point data types using the I64 BASIC compiler, you use the /REAL_SIZE qualifer.The possible values that can be specified are SINGLE (Ffloat), DOUBLE (Dfloat), GFLOAT, SFLOAT, TFLOAT, and XFLOAT.
You can test an application's behavior with IEEE floating-point values on Alpha by compiling it with an IEEE qualifier on OpenVMS Alpha. If that produces acceptable results, you can build the application on an I64 system using the same qualifier.
When you compile an OpenVMS application that specifies an option to use VAX floating-point on I64, the compiler automatically generates code for converting floating-point formats. Whenever the application performs a sequence of arithmetic operations, this code does the following:
 1. Converts VAX floating-point formats to either IEEE single or IEEE double floating-point formats, as appropriate for the length.
 2. Performs arithmetic operations in IEEE floating-point arithmetic.
Where no arithmetic operations are performed (VAX float fetches followed by stores), conversions do not occur. The code handles such situations as moves.
 - Values of numbers represented
 - Rounding rules
 - Exception behavior
These differences might cause problems for certain applications.
For more information about the differences between floating-point data types on OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS I64 and how these differences might affect ported applications, see Chapter 5 and refer to the "OpenVMS Floating-Point Arithmetic on the Intel® Itanium® Architecture" white paper. See the Related Documents section in the Preface for the web location of this white paper.
Since the floating-point white paper was written, the default /IEEE_MODE has changed from FAST to DENORM_RESULTS. This means that, by default, floating-point operations might silently generate values that print as Infinity or Nan (the industry-standard behavior) instead of issuing a fatal run-time error as they would using VAX format float or /IEEE_MODE=FAST. Also, the smallest-magnitude nonzero value in this mode is much smaller because results are permitted to enter


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A NOVA Bomb is a very high-yield combination of nine nuclear fusion warheads used by the United Nations Space Command.
The NOVA Bomb is a cluster of nine nuclear fusion warheads encased in a lithium triteride case. When the warheads are activated, the lithium triteride shell focuses the blast in upon itself, multiplying the destructive power a hundredfold. This gives the NOVA Bomb an unprecedented payload for its size. Its capability to destroy a planet has earned it the nickname "planet-killer."
The NOVA Bomb was intended to be used in space against the Covenant Fleet during the Battle of Reach. It was left on Reach and "repurposed" by Admiral Whitcomb. His reasoning was that "either the Covenant pack those bombs up and take them home for study, a possibility that I hope to God happens. A bomb like that could crack their homeworld in two. Or, the bombs stay here and they'll stop the Covenant on Reach."
A NOVA Bomb was accidentally detonated by a group of Huragok stationed on the Covenant Sublime Transcendence. Immediately after Kwassass deciphered Admiral Whitcomb's message, a Huragok, through their curiosity and frenzied obsession, fixed the circuitry of the bomb, detonating it despite Kwassass's attempts to stop them. The Huragok completed the detonation timer's circuit, which promptly resulted in its activation. The resulting explosion occurred between a Covenant outpost planet Joyous Exultation and its moon, Malhiem, scorching half of the planet and shattering the moon. The resulting winds on Joyous Exultation flattened cities and spawned tidal waves. Radiation flooded the planet and killed everything living on it, penetrating the surface of the planet to its core. Every ship within the NOVA Bomb's range, save for those on the opposite side of the planet, boiled and vaporized in an instant. The planet is no longer capable of supporting life.
The NOVA Bomb explosion completely destroyed three-fifths of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships. Eighteen Destroyers, two Cruisers, one Carrier and the Flagship Incorruptible escaped the NOVA Bomb explosion due to a Slipspace jump en masse just seconds prior to the explosion. Other ships arrived from Joyous Exultation to reinforce the Incorruptible, suggesting that they escaped the bomb's detonation as a result of being positioned on the opposite side of the planet. The novel describes the explosion as though "a small star erupted between Joyous Exultation and its moon."
During the Battle of Installation 05, and the subsequent Quarantine of the Installation and High Charity, Cortana requested that UNSC HIGHCOM deploy a NOVA Bomb around Installation 05 and High Charity to stop the outbreak of the Flood and in order to destroy the Covenant Holy Capital.
However, this request was not granted likely due to the low number of nuclear warheads left and their need to protect the Inner colonies. High Charity was not bombed and later landed on Installation 00. It is also possible that this request was granted, but that High Charity went into Slipspace before the warhead could even be launched. However this last possibility is highly unlikely because a nuclear warhead is very easily spotted when transitioning from a Slipspace jump because of the massive amount of Cherenkov radiation that is emitted during the final transition. Cherenkov radiation is observed during a transition of fissile materials such as plutonium and uranium from Slipspace. Fusion requires both deuterium and tritium (or in the case of "dry" bombs lithium which produces tritium when bombarded by neutrons). These elements would not emit Cherenkov radiation and thus a pure fusion bomb would not be detected when exiting Slipspace, but NOVA Bombs are stated to be thermonuclear weapons and thus use fission at various steps to create the temperatures and pressures necessary to initiate fusion. It is also possible that there were few NOVA bombs because it was only a prototype, but a dangerous one at that.


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By John Mitchell
The View Over Atlantis, John Michell's unrivaled introduction to megalithic science, earth mysteries, and the inner meaning of number and measure, was described by Colin Wilson as "one of the great seminal books of our generation?a book which will be argued about for decades to come." Across much of the globe are ancient earthworks and stone monuments built for an unknown purpose.
Their shared features suggest that they were originally part of a worldwide system, and John Michell argues that they served the elemental science of the archaic civilization that Plato referred to as Atlantis.
In this connection the most significant modern discovery is that of "leys," the mysterious network of straight lines that link the ancient places of Britain and have their counterparts in China, Australia, South America, and elsewhere. John Michell's studies of ancient measures have enabled him to define their exact values. The same units recur in the dimensions of monuments all over the world, from Stonehenge to Teotihuacᮬ and reveal the builders' knowledge of the size and shape of the spheroidal earth, and with it the outlines of their cosmology


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To assess the sustainability of bananas on the German market, the Action Alliance for sustainable bananas has commissioned an external study. It comes to the conclusion that important steps have already been taken since a large part of the German supermarkets already sell certified bananas. However, banana cultivation remains a challenge: the use of pesticides, the repression of trade unions, the lack of cooperation with small farmers' associations, discrimination against women and migrant workers, and the payment of insufficient wages. In the study, the views of various stakeholders were analysed, and recommendations were made on the further orientation of the ABNB.
Here you can download the complete study on the sustainability of bananas on the German market as a PDF:


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38006 is a Level IV Special work element.
Understand the theory of operation of heat detectors of the fixed temperature, rate compensation, and rate-of-rise principle of operation. Know the proper and improper applications of heat detectors, the way each type of heat detector responds to a fire, and the methods used by testing labs to determine the suitability of a heat detector for listing. (NFPA 72, UL-521, Fire Protection Handbook)
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Author: Trout's Staff
When you ask somebody to tell you what comes to mind when you say "Colorado Fly Fishing", most people would mention 2 things: the Rocky Mountains and Trout. The reality is that fly fishing in this state is very closely associated with the resident trout (Rainbow, Brown, Brook, Cutbow and Cutthroat), and not the many other species that fill our local ponds, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. Yet every Fall, the Kokanee Salmon make their annual migration out of a few or our states reservoirs, and essentially goes from being a complete anomaly to fly anglers to being a highly sought after species. Yet there still remains a large number of fly anglers who are completely unaware of this species, particularly how much fun they can be to catch on a fly rod.
The Kokanee Salmon is essentially a land-locked Pacific Sockeye Salmon. These fish were first introduced to lakes and reservoirs in the interior US starting in the early 1900's, and these stocking programs continue today. Because they don't venture from saltwater to freshwater, Kokanee Salmon are much smaller than their androgynous brethren, and only get to be about 1lb – 3lb. It's also important to point out that except for a few exceptions, Kokanee don't ever successfully spawn. As a result, local fish and wildlife agencies have to do annual stockings to maintain adequate population numbers. Yet although these fish don't successfully spawn, it is during the spawning period where this species becomes accessible to fly anglers as they will seek out gravelly shore lines in reservoirs, or small tributary streams to swim up and "spawn". Just like any other salmon species, once they begin their spawn these fish stop eating and will eventually die.


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Drinking Water Safety
The City of Toronto's water treatment facilities are some of the best in the world. Designated drinking water sources in our schools are safe to drink and are tested on a regular basis, according to provincial regulations.
Samples are collected between May 1 and October 31 each year as per Ontario Regulation 243/07. All samples are analyzed by an independent laboratory certified by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP). Based on sampling results, a variety of corrective actions are taken, which may include more frequent flushing at individual fixtures or throughout the entire school.
From time to time, a drinking water source may be taken out of service to conduct upgrades or make repairs to the fixture/tap. The vast majority of TDSB schools have no reported lead exceedances in their drinking water. When exceedances occur, they are dealt with immediately and corrective action is taken.
In Ontario, results over 10 ug/L (micrograms per liter) or ppb (parts per billion) of lead are considered exceedances. Health Canada recommends 5 ug/L (or ppb). Ontario schools are subject to Ontario standards.
Please see the Questions and Answers below for more information on drinking water in TDSB Schools.
 1. What is a "designated drinking water source"? Designated drinking water sources are water sources designated for consumption such as:
 - Water fountains
 - Bottle filling stations
 - Taps in kitchens, food preparation areas, staff rooms and child care areas
 2. Is the water in TDSB schools safe to drink? Yes, drinking water in our schools is safe to drink. We follow Ontario Ministry regulations by testing our drinking water sources for levels of lead and flushing our plumbing on a regular basis to ensure the highest quality of drinking water.
 3. What is the process for testing drinking water sources? As per our protocol and according to provincial regulations, the TDSB tests drinking water sources for lead at its 582 schools on an annual basis. This is in addition to the water testing conducted by the City of Toronto.
 In order to test the water, two samples are taken: one is a "standing water" sample, which is taken from the tap/bottle filling stations after all the water has been sitting for a minimum of six hours. The other is a "flushed" sample that is taken after running the tap/bottle filling stations for a minimum of five minutes and letting it sit for 30 minutes. Samples are sent to an independent lab certified by MECP.
 4. What happens if there is an exceedance? When there is an exceedance in the "flushed" sample, the fixture is taken out of service to eliminate any further risk to occupants of the building. Re-sampling or replacement of the fixture is done in accordance with the standards set out by Ontario Regulation 243/07.
 When there is an exceedance in the standing sample, that specific fixture will be flushed daily.
 The TDSB ensures a safe drinking water source is available within the school while individual fixture exceedances are being investigated or addressed. In Ontario, results over 10 ug/L (micrograms per liter) or ppb (parts per billion) of lead are considered exceedances. Health Canada recommends 5 ug/L (or ppb). When measuring exceedances, the Toronto Star used Health Canada, not the Ontario benchmark. Ontario schools are subject to Ontario regulations.
 5. How often are drinking water sources flushed at TDSB schools? Based on sampling results specific to your school, there are three options:
 - The school conducts weekly flushing on Mondays.
 - The school conducts weekly flushing on Mondays, and specific individual fixtures require daily flushing.
 - The school conducts daily flushing, Monday through Friday.
 6. Does the TDSB inform parents when there is an exceedance? The provincial government doesn't require school boards to notify parents in case of exceedances. However, when an exceedance impacts the entire plumbing system and the school is placed on an alternative drinking water method (e.g. water bottles), principals notify parents. These cases are rare as usually, only individual fixtures are impacted.
 When an individual fixture is impacted (e.g. it needs to be replaced) and it is taken out of service, the school principal is informed, but no notification will be sent to parents. However, the TDSB will ensure that all students have access to a water source nearby. In either instance, the principal is notified and a corrective action taken.
 7. Why is it important to test drinking water sources for lead? Lead found in tap water usually comes from the corrosion of older fixtures or the solder that connects pipes. In certain circumstances, extended contact between standing water and these components can cause the lead to be released from the pipes.
 When the tap is turned on, water that has been standing in the pipes may have accumulated lead levels that exceed Ontario's standard for lead.
 8. Recent media coverage on safe drinking water suggested that the City's advice to residents to "flush" water in their homes before testing it may not provide a true representation of lead exposure. Some experts have suggested that testing should be done before flushing for more accurate results. While flushing usually washes residual lead away, flushing before testing may not alert residents to lead residue in the water. What does the TDSB do to get the most accurate results? The media was referring to the advice the City provides for residential water systems (e.g. home or apartment dweller). Schools and child care centres are held to a much higher standard of testing and flushing than residential water systems, and testing is governed by rigorous procedures set out in government legislation and regulations. The procedures are as follows:
 The collection, analysis and reporting around lead sampling is overseen by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks and very clearly outlined within Ontario Regulation 243/07.
 TDSB follows the sampling process as outlined within the Ontario legislation.
 - Water sits a minimum of 6 hours
 - 1st sample is collected before flushing (standing water)
 - Flush 5 min, let it sit for 30 minutes
 - 2nd sample (after flushing) is collected (flushed water)
 - In circumstances where lead is detected through the analysis, the standing sample usually shows a higher concentration, demonstrating that the flushing is in fact doing the job of washing the residual lead in the system away.
 9. What are the changes introduced by the provincial government in 2017? On July 1, 2017, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) formerly known as the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change amended Ontario Regulation 243/07 (Schools, Private Schools and Child Care Centres) under the Safe Drinking Water Act, introducing new requirements for the testing of drinking water sources.
 Under previous provincial legislation, the TDSB tested nearly 600 fixtures each year. Under the revised regulation (Ontario Reg. 243/07), approximately 11,000 fixtures need to be tested. As a result, the Board has identified which fixtures were for drinking water or food preparation and which were not.
 The TDSB, similar to other school boards, decided that, for testing purposes, most classroom taps would not be designated as drinking water sources for consumption. It's important to note that all students have access to a nearby safe drinking water source.
 As part of the amendments to Ontario Regulation 243/07, schools boards are required to sample all designated drinking water fixtures over a period of three years for elementary schools and five years for high schools. Once the three or five-year period is over, and unless new amendments to the regulation are introduced, school boards will be required to sample a minimum of one fixture per school, per year.
 10. Why are the "Handwashing only" signs displayed on some fixtures? While the source of water is the same throughout the building, the "Handwashing only" signs are a visual indicator that these fixtures are not considered 'drinking water sources' and are not tested for lead. Instead, these fixtures/taps are to be used for hand washing and other classroom purposes only (e.g. washing brushes used in art classes or lab pipes).
 Hand washing poster with the words
 11. Where can I find the water test results for my child's school? All sampling results are kept in the 'Flushing and Sampling for Lead in Drinking Water Systems' binder in the head caretaker's office. It provides information on the location of designated drinking water sources in the school as well as test results. Parents can request from the principal to review this binder on site at any time.
 12. Who can I contact for additional information? If you have questions regarding drinking water in our schools, please contact your child's school.
 Additional information on water sampling results can also be found in the 'Flushing of Drinking Water Systems' binder at your school which can be accessed through the principal, during normal school hours
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During her residency Mint Park will research and develop a new work "Morphology of the Aerial", a continuation of her studies in air turbulence.
"Neither chaotic nor predictable, as functions of space and time in fluid dynamics, turbulence creates patterns that are dependent upon the velocity, pressure, density and temperature conditions.
'Morphology of the Aerial' creates a series of palpable yet ephemeral experiences of ever morphing landscapes by revealing the progress of site-specific airflow patterns as an installation, a composition and a performance. The project will take a closer look at the relationship between fluid dynamics and its audio-visual aftermath in air patterns using turbulent and non-turbulent interfaces created by different intensity of air pressure and temperature changes brought on to the atmosphere. The series of spatial experiments will not only include the scientific research in pneumatic engineering, thermodynamic mixing, and new materiality, but also aesthetical investigation in creating a visceral multi-sensorial audio-visual narrative."
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If family has celiac
Persons who have relatives with celiac disease
are more likely to get celiac disease (it's hereditary).
The disease occurs more often in certain ethnic/racial groups because more people in those groups carry the hla-dq2 and hla-dq8 genes that "cause" celiac disease. The genes are more common in persons from northern/western europe, but are uncommon in western pacific rim populations (china/japan).


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1519.1 What does good cause mean?
"Good cause" means that you did not file the lump-sum death payment application within the time limit because of:
Circumstances beyond your control, such as extended illness, communication difficulties, etc.;
Incorrect or incomplete information given to you by us;
Your efforts to get the evidence to support the claim, not realizing you could file the application within the time limit and submit the supporting evidence later; or
Unusual or unavoidable circumstances that show that you could not reasonably be expected to have been aware of the need to file the application within a specified period.
1519.2 When is good cause NOT established?
Good cause is not established if:
You were informed that an application for the lump-sum death payment had to be filed within the initial two-year period; and
You did not file the application because of neglect, or because you did not then want to claim the lump-sum death payment.


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A sealed cylinder contains a sample of ideal gas at a pressure of 2.0 atm. The rms
speed of the molecules is vO.
(a) If the rms speed is then reduced to 0.90 vO, what is the pressure of the gas?
(b) By what percentage does the speed of sound in the gas change?


Sunday, November 15, 2009
How to Make an International Call – Dialing Codes
A caller must use the proper international phone codes in order to place an international call. In general, the sequence of numbers used to make international calls follow a similar pattern but the exit code can vary depending on the country where the call originates. The following is an example of the dialing codes used to place an international call from the USA, Canada or other North America Dialing Plan (NANP) country.
(011) + (country code) + (city code) + (phone number)
The first number in the sequence (in this case 011) is commonly referred to as an exit code or international access code. It can also be called an International Direct Dialing (IDD) code. This code can vary between countries but it is necessary because it identifies the call as international.
The following is an example of dialing an international call to Amman, Jordan from the USA.
011 962 6 + (local phone number)
In the above example the 011 is the IDD code. This code identifies the call as an international phone call. The proper IDD code to use depends on the country where the call originates. Visit dialing codes international for further information.
The second three-digit number (962) in the above example is the country code for Jordan. The country code will vary depending on the country called; visit Country and City Dialing Codes for a complete list of country codes.
The third number (6) is the city code for Amman, Jordan. The international city code is also a specific number. In the USA, this is commonly called an area code. AT&T provides one of the most comprehensive lists of city codes available. Visit Country and City Codes for more details.
These dialing codes are followed by the local phone number.
A similar sequence of numbers is used when a call is placed to a mobile phone located in another country. However, it should be noted that the cost for calling a mobile phone is typically much higher than making an international call to a house phone or any land line phone. Visit cheap international calling for information on saving money on international phone calls made from any location in the world.
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Evaluation of friction and roughness of three different nickel-titanium wires
Admin Dental Press
Edition V19N01 | Year 2020 | Editorial Original Article | Pages 72 to 78
Marcio Rodrigues de ALMEIDA, Juliana de Brito VASCONCELOS, Joseli Santos de Almeida GIUNCO, Renato Rodrigues de ALMEIDA, Alcides GONINI JUNIOR e Murilo Baena LOPES.
Objective: To evaluate the friction force and surface roughness of three different nickel-titanium wires. Material and Methods: Three different wires of the same thickness 0.016" x 0.022" were evaluated: Flexy Blue-Ti Superelastic NiTi (Orthometric, Marília/SP, Brazil); NiTi Superelastic Black (Ortho-Organizers, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and NiTi Thermal Smart (Orthometric, Marília/SP, Brazil). For each type, 10 samples of 30mm each were tested. The wires were adapted in a self-ligating lower incisor bracket, fixed in a PVC connector with acrylic resin in two different angulations (0o and 5o) simulating different clinical situations. The friction force was evaluated in a universal test machine (EMIC) and a rugosimeter was used to evaluate surface roughness. To verify the normality of the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied, and for comparison between the groups, the ANOVA test followed by the Tukey test, adopting a level of significance of 0.05. Results: Blue-Ti wire showed lower friction (0.065 MPa), followed by NiTi Black wire (0.174 MPa) and Thermoactivated NiTi wire (0.244 MPa). When the surface roughness was evaluated, less roughness was found in NiTi Black wire (0.254 Ra), followed by Blue-Ti (0,269 Ra) and NiTi-thermo (0.358 Ra), without, however, presenting a statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The super-elastic Blue-Ti wire presented less friction at both angulations (0o and 5o). There was no difference between the different wires analyzed, regarding surface roughness.
Friction, Orthodontic wires, Mechanical phenomena,
Almeida MR, Vasconcelos JB, Giunco JSA, Almeida RR, Gonini Junior A, Lopes MB. Avaliação do atrito e da rugosidade de três diferentes arcos de níquel-titânio. Rev Clín Ortod Dental Press. 2020 Fev-Mar;19(1):72-8.
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Beluga whales reach full size at about 10 years.
Females average 3 to 4m and weigh about 1,360kg
Colour:
Adult beluga whales are almost completely white.
Calves are dark gray;they become lighter incolour with age and at full maturity they become white,
though they retain some dark colouron the edge of the flippers and flukes.
Speed:
Beluga whales are relatively slow swimmers.
They swim about 2-6mph.
They are capable of short bursts of speed up to 14mph for about 15min.
Life span:
Beluga whale's life span is about 25 to 30 years.
Living:
Beluga whales generally live together in small groups known as pods.
They are social animals and very vocal communicators that employ a diversified language of clicks, whistles, and clangs.
Beluga whales can also mimic a variety of other sounds
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They eat octopus, squid, crabs, shrimp, clams, snails, sandworms, fishes, and ect...