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Did you know that St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in Mexico too? But not for the same reasons. They celebrate it because of the "San Patricios." The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio) was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848.
Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the U.S. Army. Made up primarily of ethnic Irish and German Catholic immigrants, the battalion included Canadians, English, French, Italians, Poles, Scots, Spaniards, Swiss, and native Mexicans, most of whom were Roman Catholics. Continue reading


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Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
faith, classroom climate, image of God
Looking for ways to make faith connections in your math classroom? The Zonnefelds present a framework, developed in collaboration with local teachers, that synthesizes faith connections, the TfT framework, and Common Core standards.
Zonnefeld, Valorie L. and Zonnefeld, Ryan G., "Faith Connections in the Math Classroom" (2016). Faculty Work Comprehensive List. 577.

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Document Publishing Using IBM Rational Publishing Engine (RPE)
River North has developed document Publishing services and DOORS add-on products that simplify and facilitate document publishing from DOORS.
Please contact River North Sales for further inquiries into products and services listed.
- Generate an output document in DOORS with a single-click of a drop down menu item
- Increases document publishing efficiency and productivity
- Decreases generated document variability
- Opens up ability for all DOORS users to generate documents in a controlled context
- Requires zero end-user training
- Enables an organization/project to rapidly get started producing documents with RPE
- Provides basic RPE training for a team of admins assigned the task of document publishing
- Provides mentoring during the production of the first few RPE templates
- Provides best practice guidance on usage of RPE with DOORS, such as utilization of a central RPE repository for templates enabling sharing and reuse across the enterprise which reduces template maintenance costs and document variability across projects
- Can be customized to include solutions for non-standard document publishing requirements such as the following
- Producing change bars in the generated document
- Producing an automated Requirements Index that sequentially lists requirements with associated page numbers where each requirement resides in the document - important because requirements never appear sequentially in a generated document
- Producing extracted content from embedded OLE objects in DOORS - displays the CONTENTS of DOORS embedded OLE objects such as MS Word or MS Excel files in the generated document


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1. articulate
ETYM Latin articulatus. Related to Articulata.
Expressing oneself easily or characterized by clear expressive language.
2. audible
Sinonimi: hearable
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Heard or perceptible by the ear; SYN. hearable.
3. distinct
Sinonimi: decided | distinguishable
ETYM Latin distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. French distinct. Related to Distinguish.
1. Recognizable; marked; SYN. decided.
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3. (Often followed by 'from') Not alike; different in nature or quality; SYN. distinguishable.
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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN CONTEXT OF LAW
This Empirical Law study (ELS) examines research questions in law to study the operation and function of law, as well as its influence, using social science research methods. The growing trend of putting hypotheses and questions to the test has been dubbed the "next big thing" in legal science, even a revolution whose significance has been overlooked thus far. Qualitative method was used for this study. It was concluded that legalising abortion causes an increase in criminal behaviour.The results of this study lend credence to the following claim; All countries that had legalised abortion previously saw significant reductions in criminal activity. The inverse relationship between abortion rates and crime rates also applies in states with lower abortion rates.


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opportunities, including whitewater rafting, rock climbing, and hiking.
What wildlife can I see in New River Gorge National Park?
The park is home to a variety of wildlife. You can spot different species of birds, deer, foxes, and even black bears. Bird watching is a popular activity in the park.
Can I go fishing in New River Gorge National Park?
Yes, fishing is allowed in the New River. The river is home to a variety of fish species, making it a popular spot for anglers. Please check with the National Park Service for any regulations or restrictions.

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Linux I2O User Space Interface
rev 0.3 - 04/20/99
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Originally written by Deepak Saxena(_EMAIL_)
Currently maintained by Deepak Saxena(_EMAIL_)
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I. Introduction
The Linux I2O subsystem provides a set of ioctl() commands that can be
utilized by user space applications to communicate with IOPs and devices
on individual IOPs. This document defines the specific ioctl() commands
that are available to the user and provides examples of their uses.
This document assumes the reader is familiar with or has access to the
I2O specification as no I2O message parameters are outlined. For information
on the specification, see _URL_
This document and the I2O user space interface are currently maintained
by Deepak Saxena. Please send all comments, errata, and bug fixes to
_EMAIL_
II. IOP Access
Access to the I2O subsystem is provided through the device file named
/dev/i2o/ctl. This file is a character file with major number 10 and minor
number 166. It can be created through the following command:
mknod /dev/i2o/ctl c 10 166
III. Determining the IOP Count
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OGETIOPS, int *count);
u8 count[MAX_I2O_CONTROLLERS];
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the system's active IOP table. count should
point to a buffer containing MAX_I2O_CONTROLLERS entries. Upon
returning, each entry will contain a non-zero value if the given
IOP unit is active, and NULL if it is inactive or non-existent.
RETURN VALUE.
Returns 0 if no errors occur, and -1 otherwise. If an error occurs,
errno is set appropriately:
EFAULT Invalid user space pointer was passed
IV. Getting Hardware Resource Table
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OHRTGET, struct i2o_cmd_hrt *hrt);
struct i2o_cmd_hrtlct
{
u32 iop; /* IOP unit number */
void *resbuf; /* Buffer for result */
u32 *reslen; /* Buffer length in bytes */
};
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the Hardware Resource Table of the IOP specified
by hrt->iop in the buffer pointed to by hrt->resbuf. The actual size of
the data is written into *(hrt->reslen).
RETURNS
This function returns 0 if no errors occur. If an error occurs, -1
is returned and errno is set appropriately:
EFAULT Invalid user space pointer was passed
ENXIO Invalid IOP number
ENOBUFS Buffer not large enough. If this occurs, the required
buffer length is written into *(hrt->reslen)
V. Getting Logical Configuration Table
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OLCTGET, struct i2o_cmd_lct *lct);
struct i2o_cmd_hrtlct
{
u32 iop; /* IOP unit number */
void *resbuf; /* Buffer for result */
u32 *reslen; /* Buffer length in bytes */
};
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the Logical Configuration Table of the IOP specified
by lct->iop in the buffer pointed to by lct->resbuf. The actual size of
the data is written into *(lct->reslen).
RETURNS
This function returns 0 if no errors occur. If an error occurs, -1
is returned and errno is set appropriately:
EFAULT Invalid user space pointer was passed
ENXIO Invalid IOP number
ENOBUFS Buffer not large enough. If this occurs, the required
buffer length is written into *(lct->reslen)
VI. Settting Parameters
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OPARMSET, struct i2o_parm_setget *ops);
struct i2o_cmd_psetget
{
u32 iop; /* IOP unit number */
u32 tid; /* Target device TID */
void *opbuf; /* Operation List buffer */
u32 oplen; /* Operation List buffer length in bytes */
void *resbuf; /* Result List buffer */
u32 *reslen; /* Result List buffer length in bytes */
};
DESCRIPTION
This function posts a UtilParamsSet message to the device identified
by ops->iop and ops->tid. The operation list for the message is
sent through the ops->opbuf buffer, and the result list is written
into the buffer pointed to by ops->resbuf. The number of bytes
written is placed into *(ops->reslen).
RETURNS
The return value is the size in bytes of the data written into
ops->resbuf if no errors occur. If an error occurs, -1 is returned
and errno is set appropriatly:
EFAULT Invalid user space pointer was passed
ENXIO Invalid IOP number
ENOBUFS Buffer not large enough. If this occurs, the required
buffer length is written into *(ops->reslen)
ETIMEDOUT Timeout waiting for reply message
ENOMEM Kernel memory allocation error
A return value of 0 does not mean that the value was actually
changed properly on the IOP. The user should check the result
list to determine the specific status of the transaction.
VII. Getting Parameters
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OPARMGET, struct i2o_parm_setget *ops);
struct i2o_parm_setget
{
u32 iop; /* IOP unit number */
u32 tid; /* Target device TID */
void *opbuf; /* Operation List buffer */
u32 oplen; /* Operation List buffer length in bytes */
void *resbuf; /* Result List buffer */
u32 *reslen; /* Result List buffer length in bytes */
};
DESCRIPTION
This function posts a UtilParamsGet message to the device identified
by ops->iop and ops->tid. The operation list for the message is
sent through the ops->opbuf buffer, and the result list is written
into the buffer pointed to by ops->resbuf. The actual size of data
written is placed into *(ops->reslen).
RETURNS
EFAULT Invalid user space pointer was passed
ENXIO Invalid IOP number
ENOBUFS Buffer not large enough. If this occurs, the required
buffer length is written into *(ops->reslen)
ETIMEDOUT Timeout waiting for reply message
ENOMEM Kernel memory allocation error
A return value of 0 does not mean that the value was actually
properly retrieved. The user should check the result list
to determine the specific status of the transaction.
VIII. Downloading Software
SYNOPSIS
ioctl(fd, I2OSWDL, struct i2o_sw_xfer *sw);
struct i2o_sw_xfer
{
u32 iop; /* IOP unit number */
u8 flags; /* DownloadFlags field */
u8 sw_type; /* Software type */
u32 sw_id; /* Software ID */
void *buf; /* Pointer to software buffer */
u32 *swlen; /* Length of software buffer */
u32 *maxfrag; /* Number of fragments */
u32 *curfrag; /* Current fragment number */
};
DESCRIPTION
This function downloads a software fragment pointed by sw->buf
to the iop identified by sw->iop. The DownloadFlags, SwID, SwType
and SwSize fields of the ExecSwDownload message are filled in with
the values of sw->flags, sw->sw_id, sw->sw_type and *(sw->swlen).
The fragments _must_ be sent in order and be 8K in size. The last
fragment _may_ be shorter, however. The kernel will compute its
size based on information in the sw->swlen field.
Please note that SW transfers can take a long time.
RETURNS
This function returns 0 no errors occur. If an error occurs, -1
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Preparation Process Due Dates
|Target Student Teaching Semester||Preparation Process Due Date|
|Winter 2020||July 12, 2019|
|SPRING 2020||December 13, 2019|
|FALL 2020||February 6, 2020|
Student Teaching placements will not be considered until all preparation requirements have been met. (See the preparation process due dates above.)
1. Notice of Intent
- The Notice of Intent allows a student to declare their target student teaching semester.
- Complete the Notice of Intent online form.
- We request that this form be submitted prior to the other Preparation Process Steps.
2. Grad Plan Approval
- Students will work with their Academic Advising Center (ADC) to approve their Grad Plan and ensure that they have declared the correct student teaching semester.
- Use the Grad Planner tool connected with I-Plan to create and submit your Grad Plan for approval.
- After the ADC notifies you that your Grad Plan has been approved, email the Field Services Office (_EMAIL_) of your approval.
- Include a confirmation statement that your target student teaching semester is the same in both your Notice of Intent and your approved Grad Plan in your email.
3. Statement of Understanding
- Print, read, and sign the Statement of Understanding.
- Email a scanned copy Statement of Understanding to the Field Service Office (_EMAIL_).
4. Cover Letter
- Create a cover letter, this document will be given to those interviewing you for consideration of your student teaching placement. This document may also be shared with mentor teachers during student teaching or in practicum experiences prior to student teaching.
- Please use the following guidelines and template to create your cover letter:
- Keep cover letter to one page.
- Use 12 point Arial font.
- Include your education experience, skills that are pertinent to the field of education and your educational philosophy, etc.
- Make it personable, but not too personal. It should represent you in a professional manner.
- Proof-read cover letter and/or visit the Career Services writing lab on campus to finish.
- Use the provided template to format your cover letter.
- Fill in/select the gray boxes.
- Paste your finalized content into the last gray box of the template.
- Save your completed cover letter.
- For help see our sample cover letter.
- Email your finished cover letter to the Field Services Office (_EMAIL_).
- Your resume will accompany, and be shared with, the same individuals as your cover letter.
- Please use the following guidelines to create your resume:
- Keep your resume to one-page.
- Use 12 point Arial font.
- Include your education and work experiences in addition to skills that relate to the educational field, etc.
- Your resume should represent you in a professional manner.
- Proof-read resume and/or visit the Career Services writing lab on campus to finish.
- For help see our sample resume.
- Email your finished resume to the Field Services Office (_EMAIL_).
After processing your Cover Letter and Resume, Field Services will return both files as a PDF document to you. Save and retain this document for use in your Student Teaching Interviews.
6. Background Check/Fingerprinting
- Regardless of intended destination for student or career teaching, All Education majors must be fingerprinted for The State of Idaho.
- Background checks and fingerprinting must be completed prior to the Preparation Process due date for your target student teaching semester.
- Fingerprinting is completed in the Field Services Office. Fingerprinting office hours are M-F 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. No appointment needed.
- Bring with you a government-issued ID. (Driver's license, state-issued photo ID, passport, military ID with photo, etc.)
If you are student teaching in Arizona or Utah you will be asked to complete a second set of fingerprints. This will occur after you have applied and have been assigned.


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A Promising Digital-Based Radio Network Over IP
This paper illustrates the major software and hardware issues associated with a promising digital-based radio network station established in the Hashemite University (HU). The project can be considered as new and simple way to limited broadcasts. Modern broadcasting techniques are to be used; Stereo FM and HTTP stream broadcasting. This radio network is modern and all network devices and computers are to be designed to run without man's existence. Though, it can run with presence of man (semi-automatic). Those devices are connected to a main computer called sound engineering compute, and the overall network is managed by the administrator computer.


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How Can You Apply Enzyme In Medical Diagnosis?
How Can You Apply Enzyme In Medical Diagnosis?
How Can You Apply Enzyme In Medical Diagnosis
Reformations and discoveries have always been a thing when it comes to the health ministry. From old-school techniques and medieval practices to the latest researches have significantly influenced the medical field. Such one transformational discovery was the use of enzymes within the body to fight diseases or complex infections. The uses of enzymes have made drastic positive effects on the human body. There is high competition in producing enzyme-rich tablets and foods through the pharmaceutical and food industries. This also adds up to the country's economy. Hence, the discovery of enzymes for the use of health benefits has a positive approach.
Role of an Enzyme
An enzyme is like a catalyst that speeds up cellular level reactions in our body. Most enzymes help in speeding up. However, some of these enzymes help in digestion. Deficiency in enzymes could result in serious diseases. Enzymes help break down complex structures to speed up the process. The only minimal quantity of these enzymes is needed for a reaction. Enzyme activity can be controlled in many ways. Let's continue reading to know about application of enzymes in medical diagnosis.
Medical Application in Enzymes
Medical application in enzymes is coping up with the industrial use and management, showing significant effects, for example, digestive problems have been solved by using pancreatic enzymes. There are an enormous variety and combinations of enzymes out there. Since enzymes are biological catalysts and they can make a quite significant positive approach to metabolic diseases. However, they have a few drawbacks:
See Also
Sore Throat: Causes, Remedies, and Prevention
 1. The sizes of these enzymes are comparatively larger than the body's cells. This accounts for one reason why genetic diseases have not had a significant impact from enzymes. Several methods are tried on to distribute the enzyme size.
 2. The enzymes being antigenic can extort the immune response to the body which can be life threatening causing severe allergic reactions on a periodic use. This is because these are foreign proteins to the body which the body cells are not used to being in. However, this can be prevented on a small scale that can distinguish the enzyme as a non-proteinaceous molecule. This modification of the same with polyethylene glycol attachment to form Asparaginase retains its antitumor effect while possessing the no immunogenicity effect. Altogether, this motivates the animal enzymes utilization which is relative to their microbial origin at a reasonable cost.
The lifetime of these enzymes is very short. Hence a small degree is needed but of very pure quality. Enzymes have been proved very useful regarding treating cancer. ELISA is a test performed by using enzymes to find out if viruses are present in your blood. This test is very prominent in the medical field as it helps doctors understand if they have diseases like AIDS, syphilis, etc.
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I came up with a novel way to measure the distance between two non-numeric items. Let me explain.
Suppose you have two numeric items like (5.0, 2.0, 3.0) and (4.0, 0.0, 3.0). You can easily calculate a distance between the items. For example, the Euclidean distance is sqrt((5-4)^2 + (2-0)^2 + (3-3)^2) = sqrt(5) = 2.24.
But if the items are non-numeric, calculating a meaningful distance is very hard. Suppose v1 = (red, short, heavy) and v2 = (blue, medium, heavy). You could say that the two items differ in two spots so their distance is 2.0. But this doesn't take into account that there could be a dozens colors (red, blue, green,... ) and only three lengths (short, medium, long). A full discussion of the difficulties of measuring distance between non-numeric items would takes pages. Just trust me, it's an extremely difficult problem.
My novel idea uses what's called category utility (CU). CU is a metric I ran across in an obscure research paper several years ago. CU measures the goodness of a clustering of a dataset of non-numeric data. CU works by computing a measure of theoretic information gain. Larger CU values mean more information gain due to the clustering.
So my idea is this. If you want to measure the distance between item v1 and v2 that belong to a non-numeric dataset, calculate a CU1 for a clustering that has item v1 in a cluster by itself (and all the other items in a second cluster). Then calculate CU2 for a clustering that has item v2 in a cluster by itself (and all the other items in a second cluster). The difference in CU values is a measure of the difference in information gain, and can be used as a distance.
I coded up a demo, and somewhat to my surprise, the idea seems to work very well. This could be an important result and I wish I had time to explore it.


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Canadian artist Aganetha Dyck has a grand appreciation for both art and bees. Driven by her innate fondness, she manages to combine the two in an interspecies collaboration that results in porcelain sculptures cloaked in honeycombs. The artist provides her buzzing little friends with custom-designed apiary feeder boards and hive blankets, where she introduces the figurines and allows the bees to transform them with their hexagonal cells of wax.
Through her series of work, Dyck also draws attention to the escalating decline and mysterious disappearance of bees across the globe. The phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder, in which colonies of bees have gone missing, affects everyone, as they are a great source of pollination for crop farmers. In fact, the bee population is said to have decreased by 30-50% in North America. Some bee farmers have even reported an 80% loss of their bees.
The artist, who values the importance of environmental issues, works with honeybees to produce each time-consuming piece, reflecting the power of combined efforts between different species and exhibiting the importance of bees in the world. Dependent on the passage of time, whether it be weeks or months, the figurines are adorned or cloaked in the waxy structures built by the diligent insects.


May 2020
Wrong or Reich? - Part 3
by Jim Jester
May 3, 2020
Scripture Reading: Luke 17:20-21
This continues my current theme of the necessity of exposing the jewish lies of the 20th century. By being informed of this truth, we will always "…be ready to give an answer to any man asking a reason of the hope that is in you" (I Peter 3:15).
The German word "Reich" means "realm" or "empire". Apple Dictionary defines Reich: "the former German state, most often used to refer to the Third Reich, the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. The First Reich was considered to be the Holy Roman Empire, 962–1806, and the Second Reich the German Empire, 1871–1918, but neither of these terms are part of normal historical terminology."
We could also say that a Reich is a kingdom. All Christians should want God's kingdom.


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|Dr. Muge Akpinar-Elci will head the World Health Organization collaborating center at St. George's University through 2016.|
Through education, service, and research, the St. George's University Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DPHPM), chaired by Dr. Omur Cinar Elci, has aimed to promote public health both regionally and internationally. Its efficacy and impact were acknowledged on August 10, 2012, when it was designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Environmental and Occupational Health, the first of its kind in the Caribbean.
This prestigious designation is for a period of four years, and will be headed by Dr. Muge Akpinar-Elci, associate professor and track director for environmental and occupational health in the DPHPM. The Department was informed of the distinction by Dr. Merta Roses Periago, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
"This historical achievement is the outcome of exceptional hard work and collective vision of the DPHPM team," Dr. Omur Cinar Elci said. "My team and I would like to present this success as our contribution to the people of Grenada and the Caribbean. With this designation, SGU and Grenada has become a regional hub on environmental and occupational health, which emerged at the beginning of the 21st century as one of the most critical public health issues around the world."
Dr. Elci initiated the idea to establish a collaborating center in 2009. The formal application, filed in 2010, was supported by the Grenada Ministry of Health and PAHO's Caribbean Program Coordinator's office in Barbados.
"SGU is very proud of the designation of the DPHPM as a WHO collaborating center which aligns so well with the University's mission to become an international center of excellence," said Dr. Cal Macpherson, vice provost for international program development at SGU. "We recognize the hard work done by the DPHPM team and its collaborators in achieving this recognition and wish Dr. Muge Akpinar-Elci and her team all the best in meeting the centers' objectives and commitments."
WHO collaborating centers are designated by the WHO Director-General to implement activities in support of WHO's programs. The centers are beneficial to both WHO and the regional countries; WHO gains access to top centers worldwide and receives the institution's support to the global health initiatives. In return, the centers receive visibility and recognition by national and international authorities. WHO affiliation helps collaborating centers to develop partnerships with other institutions, which can help generate resources from funding partners.
The SGU WHO collaborating center is committed to contribute to WHO's strategic program in a number of ways, including: to assess and manage occupational safety and health hazards; to collaborate with WHO in developing evidence-based research from occupational health perspective on emerging issues, including environmental health problems and climate change; to provide expertise and potential for developing and disseminating curricula, training materials and training for occupational health capacity building in the Caribbean region; and to contribute towards the implementation of the Global Plan of Action on Workers' Health and collaborate with other collaborating centers to achieve defined outcomes.
The DPHPM through its faculty, students and community partners have included a significant environmental and occupational health component to its teaching, research, service and scholarly activities. Over the last few years the DPHPM led several environmental related research programs including occupational health among nutmeg workers and health care workers, renewable energy, land degradation, food and water borne diseases and zoonotic diseases.
The DPHPM will continue to advance its work to address the environmental and occupational health needs of the Caribbean region. The DPHPM would like to thank its collaborators, who have supported its work including the Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) through which all of its research and service as well as funding activities are administered. The DPHPM looks forward to continuing the work with all of its partners as well as invite all interested stakeholders to join its WHO collaborating center for the benefit of the Caribbean region.
Published on 8/28/12


47411 2020 2020 eng 13 11 article Frontiers Research Foundation Lausanne 1 2020-07-09 2020-03-10 -- Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) Improves High-Confidence Recognition Memory but Not Emotional Word Processing Previous clinical research found that invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) enhanced word recognition memory in epileptic patients, an effect assumed to be related to the activation of brainstem arousal systems. In this study, we applied non-invasive transcutaneous auricular VNS (tVNS) to replicate and extend the previous work. Using a single-blind, randomized, between-subject design, 60 healthy volunteers received active or sham stimulation during a lexical decision task, in which emotional and neutral stimuli were classified as words or non-words. In a subsequent recognition memory task (1 day after stimulation), participants' memory performance on these words and their subjective memory confidence were tested. Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) levels, a putative indirect measure of central noradrenergic activation, were also measured before and after stimulation. During encoding, pleasant words were more accurately detected than neutral and unpleasant words. However, no tVNS effects were observed on task performance or on overall sAA level changes. tVNS also did not modulate overall recognition memory, which was particularly enhanced for pleasant emotional words. However, when hit rates were split based on confidence ratings reflecting familiarityand recollection-based memory, higher recollection-based memory performance (irrespective of emotional category) was observed during active stimulation than during sham stimulation. To summarize, we replicated prior findings of enhanced processing and memory for emotional (pleasant) words. Whereas tVNS showed no effects on word processing, subtle effects on recollection-based memory performance emerged, which may indicate that tVNS facilitates hippocampus-mediated consolidation processes. Frontiers in Psychology 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01276 _PHONE_ 1276 Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 649 Universität Potsdam PA 2020_056 1998.33 false false CC BY - Namensnennung, 4.0 International Manon Giraudier Carlos Ventura-Bort Mathias Weymar eng uncontrolled transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation eng uncontrolled salivary alpha-amylase eng uncontrolled emotion eng uncontrolled words eng uncontrolled episodic memory eng uncontrolled recognition eng uncontrolled recollection eng uncontrolled confidence Psychologie Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften Referiert Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam Gold Open-Access


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Mountain farming systems – seeds for the future
This publication presents a collection of case studies by Mountain Partnership (MP) members from around the world, highlighting experiences of agroecological mountain farming systems. It aims to increase attention toward agroecological principles and approaches and showcase their potential. The MP, the only United Nations global voluntary alliance dedicated to sustainable mountain development, is fully committed to promoting actions that can improve the resilience of mountain people and environments. In mountains, the practice of agroecology and the conservation of agrobiodiversity results in more resilient agricultural and food systems. Sustainable mountain farming systems can drive progress towards reducing rural poverty, contributing to zero hunger, and ensuring the resilience of mountain communities while maintaining the provision of global ecosystem services, especially those related to water. Food security in mountains is a matter of concern. Through adequate and coordinated pro-mountain policies, investments, capacity development, services, and infrastructures, as well as efforts to provide smallholders and family farmers with access to innovation, mountain farming systems have the potential to become pathways for change. In doing so, they can provide valuable support and impetus to the transition to sustainable food systems, contributing to revitalizing rural areas and lifting mountain peoples out of poverty and hunger, while protecting fragile mountain environments for the future.
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A simple experiment which can be used to model the cardiac output measurement using a catheter can be constructed using:
- an aquarium pump
- a temperature probe
- a bucket
- tube with a port for injecting ice water
- syringe and valve
- data collection device such as a CBL.
The pump and tubing is available at most aquarium stores and many
home improvement stores. The syringe and valve port are available
through science supply stores. The temperature probe that comes with
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DISTINCTIVE PUBLICATIONS ARE INDEXED BY A 3 DIGIT SUBJECT FOLLOWED BY A COURSE NUMBER
The 3 digit subject corresponds to the first three digits of the dewey decimal system for books. The course number is provided by the library at the time of publication. The title is the first focal distinction of the published document. The librarian assigned the course from the school catalog.
Select the subject of interest from the following ten categories:


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Weatherize is a simple data visualization installation that allows an immediate visual representation of meteorological data coming from a city. Users can interact choosing by Twitter their favorite cities using the hashtag#wtrz NameCity. In real time, the system returns the representation of weather conditions regarding temperature, humidity and wind speed at that precise moment, which change according to the city selected by the user.
It can 'map' objects or structures that follow the regularity of a grid, using a simple dedicated interface for the Ipad. The patterns generated by triangles create unique colors that vary at every selection of cities in acomputational way. The vertex of each triangle are anchored to the grid and follow the path with random behavior.
Triangle represents a mysterious basic shape used in symbolic patterns across cultures and times. It shows the four Elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air also representing the regularity of a stable element and the irregularity of a more elusive and intangible thing.
The triangle as the time: mysterious, uncertain and uncontrollable.
This shape is the most important factor in Weatherize, which is able to visualize meteorological data coming from user selected cities. The amount of triangles represents local temperature, the color represents weather conditions, the degree of opacity represents the local humidity and the speed of movement represents wind speed.
The code was entirely written in Processing 1.5.1, an open source programming language.
It consists of six main parts:
– The composition of the grid through keyboard commands or interface IPAD build with TouchOSC. The grid informations are stored into two text edit file, lineV.txt and lineO.txt;
– Receiving data from Twitter. We used the java library for the Twitter API. With Twitter4J, you can easily integrate your Java application with the Twitter service;
– Detection-time data via RSS feeds from Yahoo. The Twitter API functionality uses an oAuth system, which allows people to authenticate applications through a login at twitter.com. More info here.
(It's recommended to replace the right authorization codes in order to run correctly weatherize);
– Creation of triangles with different attributes;
– Upload screenshots of the remote server triggered the arrival of a tweet. We used a DataUpload java class developed by Philippe Lhoste – PhiLho(a)GMX.net;
– color palette for the moment decided arbitrarily;
Weatherize is able to send to user their custom image corresponding to that particular time exclusive and unique, thus creating a generative web piece containing the collection of all the photos:


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Endothelial cells (ECs) lining the inner lumen of blood vessels are continuously subjected to hemodynamic shear stress, which is known to modify EC morphology and biological activity. This paper describes a self-contained microcirculatory EC culture system that efficiently studies such effects of shear stress on EC alignment and elongation in vitro. The culture system is composed of elastomeric microfluidic cell shearing chambers interfaced with computer-controlled movement of piezoelectric pins on a refreshable Braille display. The flow rate is varied by design of channels that allow for movement of different volumes of fluid per variable-speed pump stroke. The integrated microfluidic valving and pumping system allowed primary EC seeding and differential shearing in multiple compartments to be performed on a single chip. The microfluidic flows caused ECs to align and elongate significantly in the direction of flow according to their exposed levels of shear stress. This microfluidic system overcomes the small flow rates and the inefficiencies of previously described microfluidic and macroscopic systems respectively to conveniently perform parallel studies of EC response to shear stress.
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- Analytical Chemistry


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[Timer API]
 TimerHandle_t xTimerCreate
 ( const char * const pcTimerName,
 const TickType_t xTimerPeriod,
 const UBaseType_t uxAutoReload,
 void * const pvTimerID,
 TimerCallbackFunction_t pxCallbackFunction );
Creates a new software timer instance and returns a handle by which the timer can be referenced.
For this RTOS API function to be available:
 1. configUSE_TIMERS and configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION must both be set to 1 in FreeRTOSConfig.h (configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION can also be left undefined, in which case it will default to 1).
 2. The FreeRTOS/Source/timers.c C source file must be included in the build.
Each software timer requires a small amount of RAM that is used to hold the timer's state. If a timer is created using xTimerCreate() then this RAM is automatically allocated from the FreeRTOS heap. If a software timer is created using xTimerCreateStatic() then the RAM is provided by the application writer, which requires an additional parameter, but allows the RAM to be statically allocated at compile time. See the Static Vs Dynamic allocation page for more information.
pcTimerName A human readable text name that is assigned to the timer. This is done purely to assist debugging. The RTOS kernel itself only ever references a timer by its handle, and never by its name.
xTimerPeriod The period of the timer. The period is specified in ticks, and the macro pdMS_TO_TICKS() can be used to convert a time specified in milliseconds to a time specified in ticks. For example, if the timer must expire after 100 ticks, then simply set xTimerPeriod to 100. Alternatively, if the timer must expire after 500ms, then set xTimerPeriod to pdMS_TO_TICKS( 500 ). pdMS_TO_TICKS() can only be used if configTICK_RATE_HZ is less than or equal to 1000.
uxAutoReload If uxAutoReload is set to pdTRUE, then the timer will expire repeatedly with a frequency set by the xTimerPeriod parameter. If uxAutoReload is set to pdFALSE, then the timer will be a one-shot and enter the dormant state after it expires.
pvTimerID An identifier that is assigned to the timer being created. Typically this would be used in the timer callback function to identify which timer expired when the same callback function is assigned to more than one timer, or together with the vTimerSetTimerID() and pvTimerGetTimerID() API functions to save a value between calls to the timer's callback function.
pxCallbackFunction The function to call when the timer expires. Callback functions must have the prototype defined by TimerCallbackFunction_t, which is:
void vCallbackFunction( TimerHandle_t xTimer );
If the timer is created successfully then a handle to the newly created timer is returned. If the timer cannot be created because either there is insufficient FreeRTOS heap remaining to allocate the timer structures, or the timer period was set to 0, then NULL is returned.
Example usage:
 _TAG_ NUM_TIMERS 5
 /* An array to hold handles to the created timers. */
 TimerHandle_t xTimers[ NUM_TIMERS ];
 /* Define a callback function that will be used by multiple timer
 instances. The callback function does nothing but count the number
 of times the associated timer expires, and stop the timer once the
 timer has expired 10 times. The count is saved as the ID of the
 timer. */
 void vTimerCallback( TimerHandle_t xTimer )
 const uint32_t ulMaxExpiryCountBeforeStopping = 10;
 uint32_t ulCount;
 /* Optionally do something if the pxTimer parameter is NULL. */
 configASSERT( pxTimer );
 /* The number of times this timer has expired is saved as the
 timer's ID. Obtain the count. */
 ulCount = ( uint32_t ) pvTimerGetTimerID( xTimer );
 /* Increment the count, then test to see if the timer has expired
 ulMaxExpiryCountBeforeStopping yet. */
 /* If the timer has expired 10 times then stop it from running. */
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 /* Do not use a block time if calling a timer API function
 from a timer callback function, as doing so could cause a
 deadlock! */
 xTimerStop( pxTimer, 0 );
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 so it can be read back again the next time this software timer
 expires. */
 vTimerSetTimerID( xTimer, ( void * ) ulCount );
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 long x;
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 the RTOS scheduler has been started means the timers will start
 running immediately that the RTOS scheduler starts. */
 for( x = 0; x < NUM_TIMERS; x++ )
 xTimers[ x ] = xTimerCreate
 ( /* Just a text name, not used by the RTOS
 kernel. */
 /* The timer period in ticks, must be
 greater than 0. */
 ( 100 * x ) + 100,
 /* The timers will auto-reload themselves
 when they expire. */
 /* The ID is used to store a count of the
 number of times the timer has expired, which
 is initialised to 0. */
 ( void * ) 0,
 /* Each timer calls the same callback when
 it expires. */
 if( xTimers[ x ] == NULL )
 /* The timer was not created. */
 /* Start the timer. No block time is specified, and
 even if one was it would be ignored because the RTOS
 scheduler has not yet been started. */
 if( xTimerStart( xTimers[ x ], 0 )!= pdPASS )
 /* The timer could not be set into the Active
 state. */
 /*...
 Create tasks here.
 ... */
 /* Starting the RTOS scheduler will start the timers running
 as they have already been set into the active state. */
 /* Should not reach here. */
 for( ;; );
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 The line-mode browser was a text-based browser that could be used by simple terminals: recreate the experience of using it
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 Restore the files that existed at the first URL back to their earliest possible iterations
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 6. Restore IP addresses and machine names
 Where possible, the original IP addresses and machine names mentioned in documentation should be restored
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Two hosts are connected by a path made of four links as shown in the figure below. The links are of data rate R = 2 Mbps each. Host A has a file of size F = 1,000,000 bytes to transmit to host B. The propagation delay is 3ms for each link. Neglect processing and queuing delays.
a) How long will it take to send the file from Host A to Host B in circuit-switched mode if the circuit setup and tear-down take 50ms each?
b) How long will it take to send the file in packet-switched mode if the file is divided into 1000 equal chunks, and each chunk will have 100 byte header added to form a packet?


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This paper points out a number of errors that have appeared in the literature concerning transmission-line models for metal grid reflectors (strip gratings and meshes) especially in regard to the design of laser mirrors and filter elements for use at submillimeter wavelengths. General formulas are given for the transmittance of lossy grids and for the equivalent circuit impedances to be used in these formulas for strip gratings and meshes at a plane boundary between two lossless dielectrics. The results apply for normal incidence and for wavelengths in both dielectrics greater than the grid period. Limitations of the transmission-line models for meshes at dielectric boundaries are discussed.
© 1985 Optical Society of America
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identifies it as such, the adequate answer to R2 is that 'the scanner would only not identify it as blue if it were off or jammed in some other position'.
Therefore I am inclined to deny the claim that "Why X rather than not-X?" is just the same as "Why X?" The two cannot be equivalent because the conditions for an adequate answer to each are not the same. We can put the point in a crude but clear form. You can answer the latter just by talking about the conditions that actually led to X in this case. To answer the former, you have to talk about the conditions required for not-X as well. But there may be other conditions that would lead to X that have to be taken into account when discussing the latter, that don't have to be taken into account when discussing the former. Q2, P2, and R2 all require some sort of consideration of counterfactuals in the answer. Q1, P1, and R1 do not, because they allow as adequate answers claims that would not be adequate answers to Q2, P2, and R2.
This is not to say that there are no adequate answers to Q2 that would not also be adequate answers to Q1,, or even that all adequate answers to Q2 are adequate answers to Q1 and vice versa; rather, this is to say that the conditions for an adequate answer to Q1 are not the same as the conditions for an adequate answer to Q2. If the same answers are adequate for both questions, they are not adequate for exactly the same reasons. Thus Q1 and Q2 are not equivalent, and we cannot assume on the basis of the question alone that an adequate answer for one will be an adequate answer for the other.
One way to think of it is to think of it in this way. Suppose that things are set up so one factor makes it true in the actual world that something exists; but that there is a 'back-up factor', so that even if the actually explaining factor were to have failed, there would be another fact that would have made it so that something exists. To answer Q1, all we have to do is point to the actually explaining factor. To answer Q2, however, we have to take into account the back-up factor, because leaving it out doesn't explain why anything exists rather than nothing (something would exist even if the actually explaining factor weren't there). But we cannot rule out the possibility of an answer like this simply in virtue of the questions themselves. Therefore Q1 and Q2 are not equivalent, however closely related they might be.
Jorge Gracia and Lloyd Newton have an article on Medieval Theories of the Categories at SEP. It might be useful to give a slightly clearer summary of Aquinas's derivation of the categories than is found in the article.
It begins with predication. Predicates can do several things.
(1) The predicate can express what the subject is. This type of predicate falls into the category of substance.
(2) The predicate can express what inheres in a subject. It can do this (a) absolutely or (b) relatively.
(2a) If absolutely, it can indicate an inherence deriving from (1) matter or (2) form.
(2a1) If from matter, the predicate falls into the category of quantity.
(2a2) If from form, the predicate falls into the category of quality.
(2b) If relatively, the predicate falls into the category of to-another or relatedness.
(3) The predicate can express what does not inhere in a subject but is somehow relevant to it. This may be (a) wholly extrinsic; or (b) in some way intrinsic.
(3a) If wholly extrinsic, (1) we may be talking about something that measures the subject, or (2) we may not.
(3a1) If it measures the subject in some way, it may be a measurement according to (a) time; (b) place.
(3a1a) If time, the predicate falls into the category of when.
(3a1b) If place, the predicate may indicate (1) the parts of a subject in relation to each other, or (2) it may not.
(3a1b1) If so, the predicate falls under the category of situation or position.
(3a1b2) If not, the predicate falls under the category of where.
(3a2) If the predicate is wholly extrinsic but does not measure the subject, it falls within the category of vestment or habit (because things worn are the most obvious example of this category: 'being clothed' is an instance of habit or vestment).
(3b) If we are talking about something that is in some way intrinsic to the subject, we may be indicate (1) something done to the subject or (2) something done by the subject.
(3b1) If done to the subject, the predicate falls under the category of passion.
(3b2) If done by a subject, the predicate falls under the category of action.
Gracia and Newton make a big deal about how this requires an isomorphism between reality and language; but I'm not convinced of it. It's possible, for instance, that there may be predicates that look superficially like they belong in one category, but really belong in another. (For instance, 'undergoes' has a verbal form that usually suggests action; but it obviously falls under the category of passion.) What governs Aquinas's division is the way things are actually attributable to a thing; all this requires is that we can, in fact, attribute things to other things in a way that captures reality. That is, it does not require isomorphism, or even anything approaching it, but merely the ability to say things that are true about reality.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Linguistic Simplification
An exquisite jigger of philosophy of science from Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz:
"The community has been curious about your labors," he told the scholar. "We'd like to hear about it, if you don't mind discussing it. Of course we've all heard about your theoretical work at your own collegium, but it's too technical for most of us to understand. Would it be possible for you to tell us something about it in--oh, general terms that non-specialists might understand? The community has been grumping at me because I hadn't invited you to lecture; but I thought you might prefer to get the feel of the place first. Of course if you'd rather not--"
The thon's gaze seemed to clamp calipers on the abbot's cranium and measure it six ways. He smiled doubtfully. "You'd like me to explain our work in the simplest possible language?"
"Something like that, if it's possible."
"That's just it." He laughed. "The untrained man reads a paper on natural science and asks, 'Now why couldn't he explain this in simple language.' He can't seem to realize that what he tried to read was the simplest possible language--for that subject matter. In fact, a great deal of natural philosophy is simply a process of linguistic simplification--an effort to invent languages in which half a page of equations can express an idea which could not be stated in less than a thousand pages of so-called'simple' language. Do I make myself clear?"
[Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz. Bantam (New York: 1988) 182.]
The point could scarcely be put in a better way. Of course, it raises further questions, because it's precisely this that gums up the works when it comes to scientific pedagogy and popularization.
Latour on Critical Barbarity
There has been some discussion of Bruno Latour's article in Critical Theory on the problems with the popularization of critique. We should be careful about over-interpreting the article. Latour explicitly denies that popular relativisms and the like are direct appropriations of critical theory: he insists that they are absurd deformations of critical arguments, "like weapons smuggled through a fuzzy border to the wrong party". The repeated parallel to nuclear weapons -- a result of applied science -- is, I would be willing to bet, quite deliberate; Latour's claim is not that he and other critical theorists were wrong but that he and other critical theorists find themselves in much the same boat as nuclear scientists. One of the longstanding points of critical theory has been that when scientists reassure themselves that things like nuclear weapons are simply the result of 'bad guys' using any weapon at hand, they are kidding themselves; and thus Latour finds critical theory in much the same state: critical theorists can't simply say that the conspiracy theories are just what you get when your critical arguments land in the hands of 'bad guys', even though the conspiracy theories, like nuclear weapons are a sort of absurd deformation of scientific work. Latour is unreprentant about what what he calls his critiques of "an excessive confidence in ideological arguments posturing as matters of fact"; he simply doesn't want to deny that something else also requires critique, namely, "an excessive distrust of good matters of fact disguised as bad ideological biases."
In other words, Latour's argument is simply that critical theory must be examined by critical theory. This becomes much clearer, I think, in the expanded version of the article on Latour's website (actually, the lecture on which it is based). There Latour discusses critical theory as pharmakon -- i.e., drug, one that can heal or poison. As he sarcastically says


ophanes' Birds, Prometheus uses one as a comical disguise to hide from Zeus.
 Gustave Calliebotte's Jour de pluie à Paris, 1877
 Gustave Calliebotte's Jour de pluie à Paris, 1877
 - The first lightweight folding umbrella in Europe was introduced in 1710 by Jean Marius in Paris. He received the exclusive right to produce folding umbrellas for five years. The item became an essential fashion item for Parisiennes after Princess Palatine bought one 1712.
 - In 1959, a French scientist combined it with a cane and a button that opened the umbrella. Their use became widespread in Paris and their prestige apparently plummeted. In 1768 a Paris magazine reported:


Region F is denoted by (FlowFn F). Note that certain properties belong to the FlowRegion itself (e.g., mass, length, volume, temperature, and speed or velocity of the region moving as a whole), while other properties of interest belong to the Motion of its constitutive stuff (e.g., velocity, direction). The motion of a FlowRegion as a whole (e.g., JetStream moves within the atmosphere) is distinguished from the motion of the pieces of stuff constituting the FlowRegion. See FlowFn and FlowRegionFn. A subclass of TimeDependentQuantity, instances of which are measures of the frequency with which some Process occurs. function quantity A FunctionQuantity is a PhysicalQuantity that is returned by a Function that maps from one or more instances of ConstantQuantity to another instance of ConstantQuantity. For example, the velocity of a particle would be represented by a FunctionQuantity relating values of time (which are instances of ConstantQuantity) to values of distance (also instances of ConstantQuantity). Note that all elements of the range of the Function corresponding to a FunctionQuantity have the same physical dimension as the FunctionQuantity itself. geographic area A geographic location, generally having definite boundaries. Note that this differs from its immediate superclass Region in that a GeographicArea is a three-dimensional Region of the earth. Accordingly, all astronomical objects other than earth and all one-dimensional and two-dimensional Regions are not classed under GeographicArea. graph The Class of graphs, where a graph is understood to be a set of GraphNodes connected by GraphArcs. Note that this Class includes only connected graphs, i.e. graphs in which there is a GraphPath between any two GraphNodes. Note too that every Graph is required to contain at least two GraphArcs and three GraphNodes. group A Collection of Agents, e.g. a flock of sheep, a herd of goats, or the local Boy Scout troop. hole A hole is an immaterial body located at the surface of an Object. Since every Hole is ontologically dependent on its host (i.e., the object in which it is a hole), being a Hole is defined as being a hole in something. Note that two Holes may occupy the same region, or part of the same region, without sharing any parts. Any two hosts of a hole have a common proper part that entirely hosts the hole. A common host of two holes hosts all parts of the sum of those holes. Any object that includes the host of a hole is a host of that hole, unless its parts also include parts of that very hole. Overlapping holes have overlapping hosts. No hole is atomic. Holes are connected with their hosts. No hole can have a proper part that is externally connected with exactly the same things as the hole itself. information measure Measures of the amount of information. Includes Bit, Byte, and multiples of these, e.g. KiloByte and MegaByte. intentional process A Process that has a specific purpose for the CognitiveAgent who performs it. internal attribute Any Attribute of an Entity that is an internal property of the Entity, e.g. its shape, its color, its fragility, etc. internal change Processes which involve altering an internal property of an Object, e.g. the shape of the Object, its coloring, its structure, etc. Processes that are not instances of this class include changes that only affect the relationship to other objects, e.g. changes in spatial or temporal location. latitude Latitude is the class of Regions, associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are parallels measured in PlaneAngleDegrees from the Equator. length measure A subclass of ConstantQuantity, instances of which are measures of length. linguistic expression This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. longitude Longitude is the class of Regions, associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are meridians measured in PlaneAngleDegrees from the PrimeMeridian through GreenwichEnglandUK. mass measure A subclass of ConstantQuantity, instances of which are measures of the amount of matter in an Object. mechanical process A Process in which mechanical interactions take place method a way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps). mineral Any of various naturally occurring homogeneous substances (such as stone, coal, salt, sulfur, sand, petroleum), or synthetic substances having the chemical composition and crystalline form and properties of a naturally occurring mineral. mixture A Mixture is two or more PureSubstances, combined in varying proportions - each retaining its own specific properties. The components of a Mixture can be separated by physical means, i.e. without the making and breaking of chemical bonds. Examples: Air, table salt thoroughly dissolved in water, milk, wood, and concrete. model An abstract object that models certain aspect of a physical object, is subject to abstraction and idealization. motion Any Process of movement. natural process A Process that take place in nature spontanously. natural substance Any Substance that is not the result of an IntentionalProcess, i.e. any substance that occurs naturally. nest Any structure which is created by nonhuman Animals for the purpose of giving birth to their offspring. noxious substance NoxiousSubstance is the class of Substances that are harmful to Humans. number A measure of how many things there are, or how much there is, of a certain kind. Numbers are subclassed into RealNumber, ComplexNumber, and ImaginaryNumber. object Corresponds roughly to the class of ordinary objects. Examples include normal physical objects, geographical regions, and locations of Processes, the complement of Objects in the Physical class. In a 4D ontology, an Object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis. organic object This class encompasses Organisms, CorpuscularObjects that are parts of Organisms, i.e. BodyParts, and CorpuscularObjects that are nonintentionally produced by Organisms, e.g. ReproductiveBodies. A SelfConnectedObject that is produced by a non-intentional process from an Organism. Note that this refers only to the primary cause. That is, a PlantAgriculturalProduct is firstly produced by a Plant, and only secondarily by a Human that is tending the plant. organism Generally, a living individual, including all Plants and Animals. perimeter area A PerimeterArea is a region that extends outward from a boundary with another region, surrounding or partially surrounding it, but which is not part of that other region. See BorderFn and PerimeterAreaFn. physical An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. physical dimension A physical dimension such as length, mass, force etc. physical quantity A PhysicalQuantity is a measure of some quantifiable aspect of the modeled world, such as 'the earth's diameter' (a constant length) and 'the stress in a loaded deformable solid' (a measure of stress, which is a function of three spatial coordinates). Every PhysicalQuantity is either a ConstantQuantity or FunctionQuantity. Instances of ConstantQuantity are dependent on a UnitOfMeasure, while instances of FunctionQuantity are Functions that map instances of ConstantQuantity to other instances of ConstantQuantity (e.g., a TimeDependentQuantity is a FunctionQuantity). Although the name and definition of PhysicalQuantity is borrowed from physics, a PhysicalQuantity need not be material. Aside from the dimensions of length, time, velocity, etc., nonphysical dimensions such as currency are also possible. Accordingly, amounts of money would be instances of PhysicalQuantity. A PhysicalQuantity is distinguished from a pure Number by the fact that the former is associated with a dimension of measurement. physical system PhysicalSystem is the class of complex Physical things. A PhysicalSystem may have one or more corresponding abstract Graph representations. plan A specification of a sequence of Processes which is intended to satisfy a specified purpose at some future time. plane angle measure The value of an angle in a plane. plant agricultural product PlantAgriculturalProduct is the class of AgriculturalProducts that are vegetable in nature, in the widest sense, e.g., fruits, grains, green vegetables, cotton, linen, flowers, wine, and hops. procedure A sequence-dependent specification. Some examples are ComputerPrograms, finite-state machines, cooking recipes, musical scores, conference schedules, driving directions, and the scripts of plays and movies. process The class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages. Examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like Pursuing and Reading, and biological processes. The formal definition is: anything that occurs in time but is not an Object. Note that a Process may have participants 'inside' it which are Objects, such as the players in a football match. In a 4D ontology, a Process is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into temporal stages roughly perpendicular to the time-axis. process task A function to be performed. product An Artifact that is produced by Manufacture. proposition Propositions are Abstract entities that express a complete thought or a set of such thoughts. As an example, the formula '(instance Yojo Cat)' expresses the Proposition that the entity named Yojo is an element of the Class of Cats. Note that propositions are not restricted to the content expressed by individual sentences of a Language. They may encompass the content expressed by theories, books, and even whole libraries. It is important to distinguish Propositions from the ContentBearingObjects that express them. A Proposition is a piece of information, e.g. that the cat is on the mat, but a ContentBearingObject is an Object that represents this information. A Proposition is an abstraction that may have multiple representations: strings, sounds, icons, etc. For


What Does Stone Hearted Mean?
What stone people means?
Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma.
It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times.
Its adoption in some legal systems has caused controversy in recent decades..
What is a stone heart?
Stone heart or ischemic myocardial contracture is a complication of cardiopulmonary bypass characterized by contracture of the myocardium and inability to obtain cardiac output on manual massage. Stone heart has occurred only during aortic valve replacement and/or coronary artery bypass procedures.
Is Heart of Stone a metaphor?
Heart of stone To have a heart of stone means the person does not show any sympathy, conscience or pity. … The heart of stone metaphor used in this song equates to despair and sadness as the person is constantly being ignored by his loved one. You may also see metaphors and similes.
What does it mean to be made of stone?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe made of stonebe made of stone (also have a heart of stone) to not show any emotions or pity for someone → stoneExamples from the Corpusbe made of stone• Before the steel skeleton, tall buildings were made of stone.
Can a cold hearted person love?
How can you tell if someone is cold hearted?
Cold-hearted, as in "cold fish" or (even worse) an "iceberg" or "ice queen" Lacking in empathy and compassion. Untrusting, wary, guarded; Angry, hostile; critical.
What does stone mean in the Bible?
Do you have a heart of stone?
have a heart of ˈstone be a person who does not show others sympathy or pity: Don't ask her to give any money to the fund — she's got a heart of stone.
What is stone slang for?
The term comes from African American slang, in which "stone" means "very." It has come to have other meanings as well.
What does stone femme mean?
Stone Butch / Femme– A person who may or may not desire sexual penetration and/or contact with the genitals or breasts.
What is the meaning of a heart of gold?
What is a cold hearted person?
Someone who's coldhearted is detached and unfeeling. It would be coldhearted to stand there, not caring, when you see a little kid fall and hurt herself. Most people are sympathetic and warm, but those who don't have much feeling for others are coldhearted.
How do you tell if someone is distancing themselves from you?
What is a metaphor for heart?
have a soft spot in one's heart for (someone or something) heart is in the right place. to have a heart of stone. pour one's heart out to someone.
Is Home is where the heart is a metaphor?
Home, both a place and an idea, is complex and multifaceted. It resonates as a spatial metaphor in everyday conversations—"home is where the heart is" or "there's no place like home"—and is the subject of scholarly debate across many disciplines.
Is my heart stopped a metaphor?
Yes, it is a metaphor. The general literary division is between "literal" and "non-literal" (which can also be called "metaphorical").
What does it mean my heart goes out to you?
Definition of heart goes out to : feel sorrow or sympathy for My heart goes out to the families of the victims.


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December 17, 2012 | City College
Images of colonial-era Dominican historic sites and monuments comprise collection
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York (CUNY DSI) announced today that it has made accessible on the Internet an extensive collection of photographs of places and monuments from early colonial times of the Dominican Republic.
The searchable collection, titled "First Blacks in the Americas," contains more than 2,900 photographs, organized in 57 sets, of historic monuments built during the Dominican Republic's colonial period. These buildings, churches, houses and sites of industrial and artisan production date to when what is today the Dominican nation began to develop as the first colony of the Spanish empire in the Americas.
"These photographs constitute a valuable visual tool to understand what life was like for the forebears of today's Dominicans during their first three centuries of history," said Dr. Ramona Hernández, director of CUNY DSI. "At the time, these places constituted the diverse scenarios where generation after generation of inhabitants of La Española lived, worked and worshiped as they constructed, first, a colonial society and, then, an independent nation under the name of Dominican Republic."
CUNY DSI Assistant Director Anthony Stevens-Acevedo led the effort to shoot, compile and upload the photographic collection to Flickr.com, an online photo-sharing system.
Two CUNY students, Xiomara Sandoval, a student in the M.A. program in education at CCNY, and Yuberkys Pietrera Nova, an undergraduate in the B.A. program in education at Lehman College, assisted him.
Students, teachers, professors, researchers and other persons interested in studying Dominican history can use the images freely for research and educational purposes. The CUNY DSI Library will work with teachers from Upper Manhattan schools to create lesson plans that use the photos and conduct on-campus workshops for students. Commercial use of the photos requires formal permission from CUNY DSI under the Creative Commons license under which the images were published.
The images can be applied to teaching an array of themes about the Dominican culture's past. Examples include: ancient building systems, working conditions and types of work associated with construction and architectural styles and life conditions and life styles associated with each type of building.
"We think this is the first collection online with this number of photos of Dominican historical sites that has been uploaded for public use so far," said Dr. Hernández. "We have noticed the scarcity of images of this kind that exists online, and, in the face of this, we have decided to make ours available to the public interested in Dominican issues."
The photographs in this collection are part of current projects undertaken by CUNY DSI that focus on early Dominican people, including:
- "First Blacks of the Americas," a micro-website devoted to disseminating the stories of the African population that arrived in La Española during the 16th century and their descendants;
- "Juan Rodríguez and the Beginnings of New York City," about the inhabitant of La Española who arrived in what is today New York in 1613 onboard a Dutch vessel, and
- "The Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool," which will help the public learn how to read the handwriting styles used in Spanish manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries.
This collection of images contributes to an increased public awareness about the rich monumental and material heritage Dominicans have, Dr. Hernández added. She noted that the Dominican heritage speaks of a historical and cultural continuity that runs from the time the first Europeans arrived in 1492 and began to interact with local aboriginals and Africans until the present day.
"These buildings and monuments have an important history to tell; a history of which the Dominican people in the United States is the most recent chapter," Dr. Hernández stated. "This is a history that must not be forgotten because, to a large degree, it explains who Dominicans are and their way of being as a people."
Accessing the collection
There are two ways to view the collection of photographs in the CUNY DSI online account on Flickr.com.
To view the images by thematic set, go to: _URL_ which leads the visitor directly to the CUNY DSI "photostream" page in Flickr. Click on the link to the "First Blacks in the Americas" collection. When the page for that collection opens as a mosaic photos, click on any of the thumbnail image buttons to open the respective set of photographs.
To view images by thematic or subject categories across the entire collection, go to _URL_. Type the tag-words "CUNY DSI" and "Dominican Republic" or "Hispaniola" in the "search" box, followed by any of the other thematic tag-words that have been assigned to the photographs, like "colonial period," "colonial churches," "colonial houses," "colonial mills," "colonial walls," etc.
On the Internet
Photos: Three of the more than 2,900 images of colonial-era buildings and monuments made accessible via FlickR by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute.
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Language Matters: Geography Matters, Too
Have you ever thought about how languages were formed, and why certain languages contain some sounds while other languages leave those sounds out completely?
There has never been a distinguishable pattern to language sounds and geography, so scientists assumed it was all random — until now (
There's a type of sound in some languages called an ejective, and it involves creating a burst of air through the lips as part of the sound. English and other European languages don't have this sound, but you can listen to the different types of ejectives on Wikipedia.
The dark spots are the high-altitude places where languages with ejectors originated.
After studying the places where languages with ejectives are spoken, and then looking at the places of origin of those languages, scientists noticed an interesting pattern — languages with ejectives all originated at high altitudes.
The possible reason for this trend involves air pressure. Creating an ejective sound requires effort to push the air through the mouth forcefully, and at higher altitudes the lower air pressure makes these sounds easier to create.
Do you speak a language that uses ejectives? Are there other ways that you can think of that geography might influence the development of language?
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A new trail is launching in Alexandria next month that highlights Black history across southern Old Town.
The new South Trail Route is an extension of the African American Waterfront Heritage Trails' North Trail Route that launched in 2021. Together, both trails run from Montgomery Street to the southern tip of Jones Point Park.
The South Trail Route weaves along the waterfront and tells a range of stories from Black history in Alexandria, from a neighborhood named "Hayti" in honor of the island's revolution to historic churches around town.
There are 19 stops along the South Trail route. There are 11 stops on the North Trail route.
The Office of Historic Alexandria and the African American Heritage Trail Committee are hosting an open house in the Lyceum (201 S. Washington Street) early next month. The event will bring pieces of the stops across the trail to the Lyceum.
The open house is scheduled for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 4. The event is free, but registration is requested
"Each stop highlights the importance of Black history in Alexandria, what archaeological and historical research and reveal about the past, and the impacts of community history initiatives like this one," the event's website said. "Prominent and lesser known stories of African American people, places, and neighborhoods from the time of Alexandria's founding through the 20th century will be featured."
Trail information is available online or through the StoryMap app.
It's a day of happiness in Alexandria, as more than 900 Alexandria City High School seniors graduated this morning at George Mason University's EagleBank Arena. Perhaps student speaker Lenhle Vilakati…
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Time flies when you're having fun! The T.C. Williams High School Class of 1973 will hold its 50th reunion July 21-23, 2023 in Alexandria. All graduates and their adult nears and dears are welcome. Events include a Friday evening icebreaker, Saturday dinner dance, and a Sunday brunch. For more information: tcwilliams73.com, _PHONE_.
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races. 3.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 1,494 households out of which 41.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the city the age distribution of the population shows 29.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 107.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $66,532, and the median income for a family was $74,188. Males had a median income of $56,932 versus $31,855 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,341. About 5.0% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.
Aerial view of the oil terminal
Oil terminal[edit]
The Valdez Marine Terminal is an oil port in Valdez, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline. The terminal was the point of departure for the Exxon Valdez just prior to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
There are 18 holding tanks at the terminal, and an average of three to five oil tankers depart from the terminal each week. Since the pipeline became operational in 1977, more than 15,000 tankers full of oil have left the terminal.
Media and culture[edit]
Despite its small size, Valdez was at one time home to two weekly newspapers, the Valdez Star and the Valdez Vanguard. In 2004, the Star bought out the Vanguard. Valdez is also home to radio broadcasters KCHU, KVAK, KVAK-FM.
Valdez is also home to the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, hosted by the Prince William Sound Community College. The annual conference attracts playwrights and actors from around the United States.
It is used as a loose base for a multiplayer level titled "Midnight Sun" in the Armored Fury expansion for the 2005 video game Battlefield 2.
In the 2010 video game Battlefield: Bad Company 2 under the name "Port Valdez" is an available multiplayer map. The map landscape is based on the Valdez Marine Terminal with some modifications.
On Deadly Ground (1994) was filmed near Worthington Glacier, Alaska, as well as the Valdez Civic Center and Valdez Airport, and 30 miles (48 km) outside Valdez on Thompson Pass in the Chugach Mountains.
Notable natives[edit]
See also[edit]
 3. ^ PWSCC website
 4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valdez, Alaska
 5. ^ a b c Paragraph edited by the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive Mar 2009
 6. ^ "Prince William Sound / Copper River Ecosystem: Biological and Ecological Resources"
 7. ^ America's Top 10 Snowiest Cities
 8. ^ [1]
 9. ^ "NCDC: U.S. Climate Normals". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
 11. ^ "Subcounty population estimates: Alaska 2000-2007" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
 12. ^ Dunham, Mike (2011-01-21). "Neva Egan, the first of Alaska's first ladies, dies at age 96". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
 13. ^ "Ed Walker obituary". Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
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Related to agnatic: Agnatic primogeniture
1. Related on or descended from the father's or male side.
2. Coming from a common source; akin.
A relative on the father's or male side only.
[Latin agnātus, past participle of agnāscī, to become an agnate : ad-, ad- + nāscī, to be born; see genəin Indo-European roots.]
ag·nat′ic (ăg-năt′ĭk) adj.
ag·nat′i·cal·ly adv.
ag·na′tion n.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.agnatic - related on the father's sideagnatic - related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt"
related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
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(12) Ghurid presence at Bamiyan is well attested by Juzjani's Tabaqat-i Nasiri, composed at Delhi in the first half of the 13th century, which details the interactions between the principal ruling branch at Firuzkuh, an agnatic lineage at Bamiyan, and eventually a third Ghurid line at Ghazni.
Over time, these preferences created an overlapping and indeterminate field of kin relations, in which any given kin tie might be 'at once agnatic, matrilateral, and affinal' (Comaroff and Comaroff 1991: 138, emphasis in the original)--meaning that, in practice, kin relationships were susceptible to constant contestation and renegotiation, oriented around relative wealth, power, and so on (ibid:, see also Comaroff 1981).
Introducing and trying to provide life support to fanciful data by way of introducing agnatic kin to the Iban 'kindred' and fictitious classes to an egalitarian system tend to lead to futile discussions.
So, they are more dominant and agnatic as compared to women.
Political power is more diffused at the kindred which is the minimal segment of the lineage system in which all the agnatic descendants of a single ancestors which their compounds and farms (form)...
(7.) Schefller (1978:223, 250) also distinguishes AGA (Alternate Generation Agnatic) and AGU (Alternate Generation Uterine) as two types of AG equivalence rules.
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A previous column (April 28, 2016) explained how Armenian աղ (agh) and English salt were related to each other. Now it seems fit to explore how salt, in the end, may become… sweet.
Salt gives flavor to all sorts of food, and, of course, it may be used in a metaphorical sense, as Jesus did in the Sermon of the Mount: "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men" (Matthew 5:13). Without salt, let aside all other condiments, food loses an essential nutrient and much of its actual taste.
The concept of flavor implies, by extension, that salt also provides taste, including "sweetness." The Armenian language has reflected that in a few words. Classical Armenian had the word աղու (aghoo), which meant "tasty, sweet." Villages and mountains in Eastern and Western Armenia were and are named Աղու (Aghoo). The name comes from the combination of the word agh and the suffix ու (oo), used in adjectives like հատու (hadoo, from had(el) "to cut" + oo, meaning "sharp").
But we have more surprises: two common words that are only used in Western Armenian and also have agh as their source. One of them is the word աղուոր (aghoo + or = aghvor), with the meaning of "good, nice" (e.g. աղուոր աղջիկ / aghvor aghchig "nice girl"). The other is աղէկ (agheg), which means "good" (e.g. աղէկ պայմաններ / agheg baymanner "good conditions").
Doesn't it sound convincing? In such cases, comparative examples offer a solution. The Russian word for "salt," from the same Proto-Indo-European source, is sol'. Two surprising derivations of this word are "sweet" (sladkii) and "candy" (sladosti). Why? Such are the mysteries of language.