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while an icebreaker ship would typically be brought in to free the orcas, the closest crew was thirty six hours away, so the villagers decided to cut a half mile of holes for the killer whales to travel through on their way to open water. the village mayor noted that it was unusual to see orcas in the area in january, but that the waters were late to freeze this year.
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The archaeological site of Asine, a city mentioned by Homer, includes the acropolis, built upon a triangular rocky hill by the sea, the surrounding area and the hill of "Barbouna" to the west. Excavations have brought to light a settlement inhabited during the Early and Middle Helladic, the Mycenaean, the Geometric and the Archaic periods, the corresponding cemeteries as well as an important mycenaean necropolis on the "Barbouna". The walls of the acropolis with the large bastion date from the Hellenistic period (3rd century B.C.). The acropolis was reconstructed during the Byzantine times.
Excavations of both the acropolis and the Mycenaean cemetery of ancient Asine were carried out by the Swedish Archaeological Mission in _PHONE_. Work was resumed from 1970 onwards by the Greek Archaeological Service and the Swedish Archaeological Institute.

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A blood glucose test is the gold standard for spotting diabetes, but researchers in Michigan may have found another way. They're using a non-invasive device that takes specialized images of the eye.
The images are used to detect metabolic stress and tissue damage, which occur even before symptoms of the disease show up in the blood. It just takes about five minutes to test both eyes. The device specifically measures levels of Flavo-protein auto-fluorescence, which are significantly higher in people with diabetes.
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Forecasters with the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service say flow on the Rio Grande at a measuring point between Santa Fe and Los Alamos is projected to be just under half the average from 1981 to 2010.
In eastern Arizona, the forecast calls for runoff of only 22 percent of the average at Santa Rosa Lake on the Pecos River.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the projections are based on the first three months of the typical snow accumulation over six months.
Snow accumulation from late fall through early spring provides runoff that feeds water into reservoirs that provide water for cities and farms over dry summer months.
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Question. Did you ever see inverse limits to be used (or even seriousely considered) anywhere in metric geometry (but NOT in topology)?
The definition of inverse limit for metric spaces is given below. (It is usual inverse limit in the category with class of objects formed by metric spaces and class of morphisms formed by short maps.)
Definition. Consider an inverse system of metric spaces $X_n$ and short maps $\phi_{m,n}:X_m\to X_n$ for $m\ge n$; i.e.,(1) $\phi_{m,n}\circ \phi_{k,m}=\phi_{k,n}$ for any triple $k\ge m\ge n$ and (2) for any $n$, the map $\phi_{n,n}$ is identity map of $X_n$.
A metric space $X$ is called inverse limit of the system $(\phi_{m,n}, X_n)$ if its underlying space consists of all sequences $x_n\in X_n$ such that $\phi_{m,n}(x_m)=x_n$ for all $m\ge n$ and for any two such sequences $(x_n)$ and $(y_n)$ the distance is defined by
$$ | (x_n) (y_n)| = \lim_{n\to\infty} | x_n y_n |.$$
Why: I have a theorem, with little cheating you can stated it this way: The class of metric spaces which admit path-isometries to Euclidean $d$-spaces coincides with class of inverse limits of $d$-polyhedral spaces. In the paper I write: it seems to be the first case when inverse limits help to solve a natural problem in metric geometry. But I can not be 100% sure, and if I'm wrong I still have time to change this sentence.
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Short map = nonexpansive = Lipschitz constant at most one? – Bill Johnson Feb 21 '10 at 1:40
Bill: yes. – Tom Leinster Feb 21 '10 at 1:58
Anton: as I understand it, "inverse system" means either functor from a cofiltered category, or functor from a (co)directed poset, according to taste (and then "inverse limit" means limit). Just to be clear, are you particularly interested in this special case of limits? Or are any types of limit of metric space interesting for you? – Tom Leinster Feb 21 '10 at 2:04
I think the topology induced by the metric is not the inverse limit topology. But maybe this is no problem. It just irratated me. – HenrikRüping Feb 21 '10 at 13:20
There is another irritating example: Consider the inverse system $X_n=\\{-n,\ldots,n\\}$ with distance $d(m,m')=|m-m'|$ and projections $\varphi_{n+1,n}:\\{-(n+1),\ldots,n+1\\}\rightarrow \\{-n,\ldots,n\\}$ defined by $\varphi_{n+1,n}(-n-1)=-n,\quad \varphi_{n+1,n}(n+1)=n,\quad \varphi_{n+1,n}|_{\\{-n,\ldots n\\}}=id$. Then the inverse limit is $\mathbb{Z}\cup\\{\pm \infty\\}$ and the metric is really just a quasimetric. – HenrikRüping Feb 21 '10 at 13:47
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This paper by P.-E. Caprace, uses a "refined boundary" of a CAT(0) space. This boundary is constructed in the following way : given a point $\xi$ in the boundary at infinity of your space $X$, you construct a point $X_\xi$, which is the inverse limit of the horoballs centered at $\xi$. Here the maps $\phi_{m,n}$ are the CAT(0) projections. Then the space $X_\xi$ is itself CAT(0), and you can iterate the construction. Under reasonable hypotheses, the construction stops after a finite number of steps, and the refined boundary is the union of all the spaces you get.
(In the case of symmetric spaces, this construction has been already considered by Karpelevic in 1965, but with different definitions, and I don't think he saw it as inverse limits).
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Take a look at this paper of Irwin and Solecki which, I think, is relevant to your question. They use a model theoretic language for inverse limits (projective Fraisse limits) and use this machinery to derive a proof of the surjective universality of the pseudo-arc among chainable continua.
The paper has appeared in: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006), 3077-3096.
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Accidentally, that is the same paper suggested by François G. Dorais. This is topology and this is NOT metric geometry... – Anton Petrunin Feb 21 '10 at 14:47
Oh, thanks, I didn't look carefully at the comments. Do you want me to delete the answer? – Pandelis Dodos Feb 21 '10 at 14:50
_USER_. No, why should I? – Anton Petrunin Feb 21 '10 at 15:11
You are right, why should you? :-) By the way I have a similar question in Banach space theory. While inductive limits have been extensively used I am not aware whether an inverse limit costruction has been considered to build quotients of Banach spaces with special properties. – Pandelis Dodos Feb 21 '10 at 15:26
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I'd be surprised if there were any applications, for the simple reason that your definition of inverse limit for metric geometry doesn't translate well into topology. It's easy to disconnect points in the limit which aren't disconnected in the terms.
For example, fix a metric space (X, d) and define (Xn, dn) = (X, 2nd), with φm, n the identity on the underlying set X. Then the inverse limit would have underlying set X (essentially), but d(x, y) = ∞ unless x = y.
Come to think of it, this seems to provide a counterexample to your statement, since the underlying space could easily be a polyhedron (with uncountable underlying set), while any discrete set which embeds into Rd is at most countable.
(Never mind, I see in your paper that you assume the space to be embedded is compact.)
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I am not sure, if you are still looking for an example, and whether you feel that my examples are artificial.
Every locally compact, almost connected group is a projective limit of Lie groups, in particular a projective limit of metrizable groups. The limit becomes metrizable itself, if and only if the limit is countable. There is a book by Hofmann and Morris about pro-Liegroups, which studies projective limits of Lie groups.
Also the vector space $C_b^\infty(X) = \cap_k C_b^k(X)$ of smooth bounded functions is a projective limit of normed spaces.
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In this article I am going to discuss all you need to know about Angular routing when you develop single page application. In Single page application you have lot of navigation between components and modules. So you can study how to route among components and how to route among modules
Why do you need routing in Angular application?
– You need to navigate in Single Page Application
– You need to organize your application properly
– You need to map URL segment to component
Angular has built-in routing library you can use to develop single page application. Angular routing comes with the package @angular/router
Things you can do with routing
Pass Data– you can pass the data to the component via router. We will discus this in details at later stage
Route Guards – You can restrict accessing certain URL path using route guards
Lazy Loading – You can use router to lazy load some of the component according to your requirements
I am going to use simple example project which can be used to manage products. Product grid will display the list of products and when you click on the product SKU you can see the single product details
You will have following URL structure
http://localhost:4200/products
This URL will display the list of products fetching from the REST API
http://localhost:4200/products/20
This URL will display the single product where product_id=20
Objectives
You can cover the following objectives when you compete reading this tutorial
 1. Understand how to create Single Page Application
 2. How to consume REST API with Angular
 3. Angular routing
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Now you can follow the following steps to build simple application and understand the routing
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 2. Create module for products
 3. Create products component
 4. Create product component
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You can run following command in your terminal.
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Room Integrity Testing
How do we protect valuable assets from the risk of fire?
Room Integrity Testing plays a critical part in mitigating this risk. A fire within your company building could have serious business ramifications, so we are all used to operating in a way that reduces fire-risk when at work.
Sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers can protect lives by releasing water at the site of fires. But when it comes to protecting the most valuable equipment in a building, water can cause as much damage as a fire, so a different approach must be used.
Room Integrity Testing
This approach is known as Gaseous Fire Suppression, which can work in one of two ways.
 - By displacing some of the Oxygen by releasing an inert gas into the enclosure, i.e Argon, CO2 or IG-55
 - By reducing the heat of the fire and thereby reducing or stopping the chain-reaction across the enclosure, i.e Novec 1230 and FM-200
Proving the system will work
The suppression system is usually designed to work for 10 minutes (this is called the Hold Time), to give enough time for emergency services to respond. As such, the concentration of the gas must be maintained above a defined percentage for the required hold time.
A good way to imagine why it is called a Hold Time it is to not think of it as a gas, but to imagine filling the enclosure to the top with water, and you want 90% of the water to stay there for 10 minutes. If the enclosure has a lot of holes, then the water is going to leak out rather quickly. If it is airtight, or watertight, then you will have most or all that water left at the end of the 10 minutes.
Air tightness testing
Room Integrity Testing
For this Hold Time, we need to demonstrate some level of airtightness. This is known as Room Integrity Testing and for many insurances, this does need to be done every 12 months after the construction.
The required level of airtightness does differ greatly, depending on the type of gas, the size of the enclosure, the height of the equipment, as well as many other factors. Even having fans operating in the enclosure will change the way the system works, so it is much more complex than a normal airtightness test.
With the correct gas and enclosure information, your test engineer will be able to give an estimate of the required level of airtightness and advise you accordingly. When planning any of these projects, it helps to get a air tightness consultant involved at an early stage as the construction may need to change based on the information given.
As an example, one such project we have worked on required an equivalent air tightness of 0.5m3/h.m2, which is tighter than some of the most energy-efficient buildings you will come across, so this required a very different approach to the construction.
The testing procedure
Room Integrity Testing involves a calibrated fan setup like a normal airtightness test, but there does need to be a pressurisation and a depressurisation result to adhere to the methodologies of BS EN 15004 and NFPA 2001.
Room Integrity testing
Cable penetrations in a data centre
One important distinction, is that no temporary sealing can be made to any element of the enclosure during the test. This test needs to demonstrate how the gas will perform under normal working conditions, so all vents and air handling units must be open and operating as normal.
There is another highly important aspect that must be considered as part of this test….
Peak Pressure Analysis
If you release 100kg of gas into an airtight enclosure over 30 seconds, there will be a significant amount of pressure created. This could be well over 2,000 Pa in some circumstances, which would damage entrance doors, and even destroy the enclosure completely if the walls are not able to support that level of pressure.
To reduce this pressure, you will have Pressure Relief Vents (PRVS) installed in the walls, ideally at a high level. An important part of the test that we perform will be to work out this peak pressure and then demonstrate that these vents provide enough of a pressure reduction.
This involves a second set of tests where the enclosure if pressurised to 125 Pa, at which point the vents should be fully open. The vents are then fixed in this position and the Effective Leakage Area is then worked out using another airtightness test. We will advise if the PRVs meet your requirements.
Strategies for getting a pass
It is firstly critical to establish how airtight the enclosure/room needs to be, using the installation details for the suppression system and the building geometry. The earlier this is done, the better as this information can determine a good sealing strategy, or even suggest that a system redesign is needed.
Large trunks of data cables are common areas of failure. The ideal solution is to lay a bead of mastic at the opening, then sit some of the cables into it in a way that means they are not touching. The mastic should be allowed to dry, and the process can be repeated by applying another bead of mastic and then sitting more cables into it. The result should be an effective seal around each cable that would otherwise have been very difficult to achieve.
Plasterboard should be well sealed at the head and beneath the Raised Access Floors as a continuous line. Take care to get a good seal at difficult junctions.
Exposed Blockwork should be plastered or have received several coats of paint.
Cable penetrations behind control panels and electrical fittings must be sealed during the installation, so that there is no need to remove these at a later stage for remedial works.
Cable trays can be difficult to seal when in a Raised Access Floor. Brief the contractors during the installation that these need a good seal beneath them, and for each individual cable to have a complete seal around it.
Pressure Relief Vents normally do present some leakage when closed. If the requirements of the enclosure are tight, then higher quality vents may be needed to give the best chance of passing.
Conduits should be sealed as they penetrate the perimeter wall and should also be sealed inside. This can be difficult to do during remedials, and so should be done during the installation before the conduit is closed.
Ductwork penetrations will need to be sealed, with the main difficulty being any sections that are flush against a wall or floor slab. This is a detail that is easily missed, so ensure that the contractor is aware of the importance of sealing these areas at an early stage.
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We optimized the resolution of nanohole arrays in metal films for refractive-index sensing by increasing the sensitivity with modifications to the hole-array parameters and by increasing the signal to noise ratio of the sensor system. The nanohole-array parameters (including film thickness, periodicity and diameter) were first optimized by finite-difference time-domain simulations, and then the arrays were fabricated and tested, showing good agreement between the two cases (theory and experiment) in terms of optimal parameters. To improve the sensitivity and to reduce the noise, the laser source wavelength was optimized (including the efficiency of the camera for detection) and the intensity was increased. A bulk resolution of 6 × 10-7 refractive-index units was demonstrated. Due to the collinear microscope geometry and potential for multiplexing of nanohole arrays, these results are encouraging for future biosensing applications.
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|Journal||Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing|
|State||Published - Dec 2012|

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This question is important because old-growth tropical and (some) temperate forests have diverse and abundant epiphyte populations which are integral for the sustainable function of the forest.
The answer is... we don't know. However, some (lucky!) researchers in the tropics are working on this. A paper recently published by Woods & DeWalt (available on this page) studied the epiphyte populations of four secondary forests in Panama that had been left to recover after disturbance for 35, 55, 85 and 115 years.
- Species richness (number of different species) reached 74 % of that of old-growth forests.
- Community composition (the combination of species) reached 75 % of old-growth forests after 115 years.
So it appears that, given enough time, epiphyte richness and composition will recover. However, not everything recovered:
- The density of epiphytes (plants per tree) reached only 49 % of old-growth forests.
The authors speculate that this slow recovery of epiphyte density "may be due to a low probability of colonisation of young host trees caused by epiphyte dispersal limitation".
They also say:
"Given another 100 years, epiphyte densities in secondary forests in central Panama might approach old-growth levels, but we conclude that, in the short-term, secondary moist forests are unlikely to compensate biologically for the loss of biological diversity and ecosystem functioning that high epiphyte densities provide. In tropical moist forests, oldgrowth forests are invaluable for the conservation of epiphytes, and secondary forests need more than 115 yr to recover all aspects of old-growth forest community structure."


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April 29, 2022
Annual fire hydrant testing begins May 9
The Department of Environmental Health and Safety will begin annual fire hydrant testing on Monday, May 9, on the Manhattan campus.
Fire flow tests are conducted on hydrants to determine water availability in planning for firefighting activities, fire sprinkler systems or domestic water demand. The tests also are useful in determining the general condition of the water distribution system by detecting closed valves or wall deposits.
During testing, fluctuations in pressure may occur, as well as discolored water. If this happens, please allow water to run until clear.


Wmimofck task
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) provides the Wmimofck task so you can run the wmimofck.exe tool when you build a driver using MSBuild.
For information about using the Wmimofck tool, see Using Wmimofck.exe.
MSBuild uses the Wmimofck item to send the parameters for the Wmimofck task. The item metadata for wmimofck is accessed using the Wmimofck item in project files.
The following example shows how to edit metadata in the .vcxproj file.
<ItemGroup>
 <Wmimofck Include="a.bmf">
 <GenerateStructureDefinitionsForDatablocks>true</GenerateStructureDefinitionsForDatablocks>
 </Wmimofck>
 <Wmimofck Include="b.bmf">
 <HeaderOuputFile>b.h</HeaderOuputFile>
 </Wmimofck>
</ItemGroup>
The following example shows how you run Wmimofck.exe in a Command Prompt window:
Wmimofck.exe -u a.bmf
Wmimofck.exe –h"b.h" b.bmf
The example above invokes wmimofck.exe on both a.bmf and b.bmf, but with different sets of parameters and with different metadata. Therefore, the switches will also be different for these inputs. In other words, you can call each input with its own set of metadata.
Wmimofck Task Parameter Item Metadata Tool Switch
Source
Required ITaskItem parameter. Specifies the input source file.
@(Wmimofck)
GenerateStructureDefinitionsForDatablocks
Optional Boolean parameter. Wmimofck generates member definitions for every property that has a fixed size, including optional properties that specify a MaxLen qualifier.
%(Wmimofck.GenerateStructureDefinitionsForDatablocks) -u
GenerateStructureDefinitionsForMethodParameters
Optional Boolean parameter. The header file includes structure definitions for the input and output of each WMI method.
%(Wmimofck.GenerateStructureDefinitionsForMethodParameters) -m
HeaderOuputFile
Optional string parameter. Generates a C language header file (.h file) that can then be used to keep the header file in sync with MOF definitions.
%(Wmimofck.HeaderOuputFile) -hFilename
HexdumpOutputFile
Optional string parameter. Generates a Hex version of .bmf data that can be included in the driver source for supplying dynamic MOF data at run time.
%(Wmimofck.HexdumpOutputFile) -xFilename
HTMLUIOutputDirectory
If this is set to true, it generates the -w switch.
%(Wmimofck.HTMLUIOutputDirectory)
HTMLOutputDirectory
Optional string parameter. Specifies the directory for the HTML files that Wmimofck generates.
%(Wmimofck.HTMLOutputDirectory) -wDirectory
MFLFile
Optional string parameter. Specifies a file containing amended classes.
%(Wmimofck.MFLFile) -zMFLFile
MinimalRebuildFromTracking
Optional Boolean parameter. If true, a tracked incremental build is performed; if false, a rebuild is performed.
%(Wmimofck.MinimalRebuildFromTracking)
MOFFile
Optional string parameter. Specifies a file containing language-independent WMI class declarations.
%(Wmimofck.MOFFile) -yMOFFile
SourceOutputFile
Optional string parameter. Generates a C language source file which contains stubs for WMI driver code.
%(Wmimofck.SourceOutputFile) -cFilename
TLogReadFiles
Optional string parameter.
@(WmimofckTLogReadFiles)
TLogWriteFiles
Optional string parameter.
@(WmimofckTLogWriteFiles)
ToolExe
Optional string parameter.
$(WmimofckToolExe)
ToolPath
Optional string parameter. Specifies the full path to the folder where the tool is located.
$(WmimofckToolPath)
TrackerLogDirectory
Optional string parameter. Specifies the Log directory for tracker to write tlogs.
%(Wmimofck.TrackerLogDirectory)
TrackFileAccess
Optional Boolean parameter. If true, tracks file access patterns for this task.
$(TrackFileAccess)
ToolArchitecture
Optional string parameter.
$(WmimofckToolArchitecture)
TrackerFrameworkPath
Optional string parameter.
$(WmimofckTrackerFrameworkPath)
TrackerSdkPath
Optional string parameter.
$(WmimofckTrackerSdkPath)
VBScriptTestOutputFile
Optional string parameter. A VBScript program is created that will query all data blocks and properties specified in the MOF file.
%(Wmimofck.VBScriptTestOutputFile) -tFilename
AdditionalOptions
Optional string parameter.
%(Wmimofck.AdditionalOptions)
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Sea-eagle nests sighted in Orissa
At least 10 nests of the endangered birds have been sighted in Orissa.india Updated: Aug 11, 2006 21:21 IST
At least 10 nests of the highly endangered white-bellied sea eagles have been sighted in Orissa's Bhitarkanika National Park.
While four nests were sighted in the Bagagahana area of the park, about 170 km from the capital Bhubaneswar, the others were spotted in the Eakakula and Barahamundia areas, divisional forest officer Ajay Kumar Jena said.
"Although in previous years we had sighted the nests of white-bellied sea eagles in the park, they were restricted to four. This is the first time that such a large number of nests have been spotted," Jena told IANS.
Last year, forest officials had rescued an injured fledgling of the species from a nest at Eakakula, treated its wounds and then released it.
Each female white-bellied sea eagle lays two eggs at a time and fledglings take about a month to emerge from the eggs. The bird can spread its wings up to a distance of seven feet and local people call it 'Kurabala', or the king of birds.
Other rare and endangered birds like the brahminy kite also nest on tall trees near riverbanks and creeks within Bhitarkanika. "Spoonbills and black-necked storks have also been sighted on a few occasions in the Gahiramatha coast and the Habalapatia areas of the sanctuary."
Orissa has three prominent bird habitats - Bhitarkanika, Nalabana Island in the Chilika Lake, about 100 km from here, and the Nandankanan botanical garden on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
Migratory birds rush to these locations during winter but they never nest. However, local birds gather in the first week of July and stay up to September every year if the weather is conducive.
The Bhitarkanika sanctuary is also known for its estuarine crocodiles and as a rookery of Olive Ridley sea turtles.
First Published: Aug 11, 2006 21:21 IST


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Fuzzy Logic Toolbox Product Description
Design and simulate fuzzy logic systems
Fuzzy Logic Toolbox™ provides MATLAB® functions, apps, and a Simulink® block for analyzing, designing, and simulating systems based on fuzzy logic. The product guides you through the steps of designing fuzzy inference systems. Functions are provided for many common methods, including fuzzy clustering and adaptive neurofuzzy learning.
The toolbox lets you model complex system behaviors using simple logic rules, and then implement these rules in a fuzzy inference system. You can use it as a stand-alone fuzzy inference engine. Alternatively, you can use fuzzy inference blocks in Simulink and simulate the fuzzy systems within a comprehensive model of the entire dynamic system.
Key Features
 - Fuzzy Logic Design app for building fuzzy inference systems and viewing and analyzing results
 - Membership functions for creating fuzzy inference systems
 - Support for AND, OR, and NOT logic in user-defined rules
 - Standard Mamdani and Sugeno-type fuzzy inference systems
 - Automated membership function shaping through neuroadaptive and fuzzy clustering learning techniques
 - Ability to embed a fuzzy inference system in a Simulink model
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In the lesson on feature selection, we worked to optimize our predictions for our machine learning model for Kaggle by creating and selecting the features used to train our model.
Kaggle is a site where people create algorithms and compete against machine learning practitioners around the world. Your algorithm wins the competition if it's the most accurate on a particular data set. Using Kaggle and this Kaggle Fundamentals course, you will have a fun way to practice your machine learning skills.
In this lesson, we're going to focus on optimizing the model itself to boost the accuracy of our predictions. To do this, we'll look at a process known as model selection. Model selection is important because it helps to select the algorithm which gives the best predictions for your data.
In this lesson and lessons to follow, we'll continue working with RMS Titanic passenger data to predict which passengers survived the Titanic disaster.
 - Learn how the k-nearest neighbors and random forest algorithms work.
 - Learn about hyperparameters and how to select the hyperparameters that give the best prediction.
 - Learn how to compare differrent algorithms to improve the accuracy of your predictions.
Lesson Outline
1. Introducing Model Selection
2. Training a Baseline Model
3. Training a Model using K-Nearest Neighbors
4. Exploring Different K Values
5. Automating Hyperparameter Optimization with Grid Search
6. Submitting K-Nearest Neighbors Predictions to Kaggle
7. Introducing Random Forests
8. Tuning our Random Forests Model with GridSearch
9. Submitting Random Forest Predictions to Kaggle
10. Next Steps
11. Takeaways


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Including School Breakfast in Wellness Policies
As part of the 2004 Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, Congress required school districts participating in the National School Lunch Program to develop and implement a local school wellness policy. The wellness policy must contain the following elements:
- Goals for nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness in a manner that the local educational agency determines appropriate;
Nutrition guidelines for all foods available on the school campus during the school day;
Assurances that guidelines for school meals are not less restrictive than those set by USDA;
A plan for measuring implementation of the local wellness policy; and,
Parents, students, and representatives of the school food authority, the school board, school administrators, and the public are involved in developing the local wellness policy.
Re-visiting a district's wellness policy can open up a dialogue to help schools make breakfast a priority as part of the overall school nutrition environment. Each of the five required components listed above is an opportunity to help your school district improve access, participation and quality of school breakfast. By getting involved as the policy is developed, you can help strengthen school breakfast so that more kids, families and schools benefit!
Wellness committees can use this chart [PDF] to examine key questions about the current school breakfast program, and what areas may need further exploration to support breakfast as a part of student health.


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MONTCLAIR, NJ – Rosedale cemetery is celebrating 175 years of service to the community this year. Sitting on 96 acres of land in Montclair, West Orange and Orange, the non-profit, non-sectarian Cemetery recently hosted a gathering of local community leaders and those serving the community in the memorial business.
Founded in 1840, Steve Marshall, President of the Rosedale board of directors, expressed that the facility remains dedicated to preserving the same character that its original founders had envisioned over a century and a half ago. Upon entrance into the park-like setting, there are significant landscaping upgrades evident throughout the property. Marshall maintained that through careful planning and maintenance Rosedale is committed to making continuous improvements to the grounds and service, as new technological advancements occur.
Marshall said, "We are here to serve the community." He added that webcasting has been added to allow loved ones who cannot attend memorial services, to be able to do so remotely. Marshall also expressed that Rosedale now has a scattering area preserved for those who want to scatter the remains of their loved ones. He added that the landscaping and technological upgrades are part of the plan they have "to invest in the future of the cemetery because we know how important it is for the families."
In the early 1800s, the "Oranges" in Essex County were not yet formed and about 4,000 people was spread out over an area five miles long and three miles wide known as the "Mountain Society." Until 1840, all burials took place in the "Old Burying Ground" located at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, at Main Street and Scotland Road. After one hundred and forty years of burials, the local population began facing the issue of lack of burial space and began looking to acquire ground for a new cemetery elsewhere in the area.
On November 9, 1840, the Council of the New Jersey State Legislature received a petition from the citizens of Orange for an act to incorporate a Cemetery Company that resulted in the Council of the House of Assembly passing the bill unanimously. According to the Rosedale Cemetery officials, "The Proprietors of the Orange Cemetery" were granted the power "to take and hold in fee, the tract of land situated in the township of Orange, near the residence of Caleb Williams, containing about ten acres, late the property of John Quimby, deceased, for such Cemetery, and such other tract of land which the said Corporation may hereafter add thereto for the purpose aforesaid…."
On November 17, 1840, the Proprietors and others assembled on the grounds dedicate the Cemetery. At the conclusion of the prayer and public address, 59 lots were sold to those who were present.
With the incorporation of the Orange Cemetery, now Rosedale, many families relinquished their lots in the Old Burying Ground and began re-interments in the Orange Cemetery as early as December 1840. The last record of re-interment occurred in 1859. Among those removed to the new cemetery were persons who had passed on as far back as 1804-5, even before the incorporation of Orange as a township, Rosedale officials state.
In 1843, the cemetery began to expand and others from surrounding communities were also being buried there. Because of this, Rosedale officials maintain that proprietors felt the name "Orange Cemetery" was no longer appropriate. "Rosedale Cemetery" name was adopted on March 8, 1844 by legislative enactment.
In December 1869, Rosedale then expanded into West Orange and Montclair, adding the new entrance onto Orange Road, which is now Rosedale's only entrance.
Marshall added, "The cemetery is actually in three towns. Orange, West Orange and Montclair." Adding that the trees and park-like surroundings within the cemetery "gives it character."
Rosedale later decided to relocate the office from the former, small white structure on Washington Street in Orange, to a new building near the Montclair entrance on Orange Road. The office building includes a full size chapel, state of the art crematorium and new modern columbariums, with Rosedale setting a precedent as becoming the first crematory in the area.
Rosedale Cemetery officials state that they will continue to work to maintain the same level of beauty the original Founders envisioned back in 1840.
Robert Gist, General Manager of the property, said, "Part of our plan is keeping Rosedale what it was when it first opened." He added that the board of directors for Rosedale are considering the addition of mausoleums in the near future.


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Timor deer is ruminant mammals' species with high adaptability which enable them to be introduced easily in to new habitat. The animal was experiencing population decrease which put them in the rare status. The research was aimed at the estimation of demographic parameter, population growth model, and the determination of spatial distribution pattern of the timor deer population in Alas Purwo National Park (APNP). Animal inventory was conducted using strip transect method with sample unit of 1.5 km length and 100 m width strips. Analyses were conducted on demography parameter (size and density, sex ratio, birth rate/natality and mortality), spatial distribution pattern, and population growth model estimation. The result showed that timor deer in APNP has population size of 8157 ± 1224 individuals with population density of 0,20 ± 0,03 individuals/ha. Population size in general was 1 – 8 individuals/group. The age structure of the population was progressive population with reproductive sex ratio of 1 : 2.3. Rough birth rate/natality was 0.19, while juvenile and fawn mortality was 0.13 and 0.31. The population was spatially distributed in group. Growth model of Timor deer was logistic model, with population growth rate of 0.22 in 38,844 individuals/year habitat carrying capacity.
Keywords: Cervus timorensis, demographic, spatial distribution, growth.
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Author Biographies
Yanto Santosa, Bogor Agriculture University
Laboratorium Ekologi Satwaliar Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Diah Auliyani, Bogor Agriculture University
Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Agus Priyono Kartono, Bogor Agriculture University
Laboratorium Ekologi Satwaliar Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
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text: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of various aquifer conditions on the CO2 displacement efficiency and methane recovery in the coal seam. The movement of CO2 in cleat is sensitively dependent upon aquifer condition as well as sorption characteristics of coal, since the pressure of coalseam is determined based on the position of aquifer. In this study, methane recovery for CO2 injection process was analyzed regarding the contacting position and strength of the aquifer. We ascertained that both methane recovery and CO2 sequestration are inefficient when the hydraulic connection between overlying aquifer and coal seam is strong. This is because buoyancy effect causes gas leakage to the overlying aquifer although CO2 displacing methane has a greater affinity compring to methane. Although the vertical permeability of underlying aquifer is great, the effect of methane recovery and CO2 sequestration are efficiently successful during CO2-ECBM process because the leakage of both the amount of injected CO2 and desorbed methane is negligible. Although the injected CO2 is effetively sequestrated in the edge aquifer case, ECBM recovery shows irregular efficiency in part due to the asymmetrical flow of the injected CO2. It is considered that the design of proper strategies regarding CO2 movement means a lot to the aspect of methane recovery and CO2 sequestration to maximize economic profit.


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BAYOU, TX (SAN PATRICIO COUNTY)
BAYOU, TEXAS (San Patricio County). Bayou, between San Patricio and Mathis on a bayou that drained an area of fertile San Patricio County land, was settled in the post-Civil War period. Thomas Bernard Magowan settled on a farm on the bayou in 1876, and other families followed until perhaps a dozen lived in the area. The community had its own school, administered by the schools of San Patricio, and the loose community of families considered themselves a settlement apart from San Patricio. The later history of Bayou is unknown; most of its area is now ranchland.
Keith Guthrie, History of San Patricio County (Austin: Nortex, 1986).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Keith Guthrie, "BAYOU, TX (SAN PATRICIO COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed May 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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The Skinny on Ethical Sourcing
The Café Femenino Coffee program is founded on a one-of-a-kind ethical sourcing model committed to ending the cycle of poverty that has held women coffee farmers back for centuries.
The program disrupts coffee's traditional economic system by paying women farmers directly for their coffee production.
Paying women directly ensures that they get their fair share, which is the fundamental tenet of ethical sourcing. It also gives women the decision-making power, equality and voice they need to empower themselves and guide their own destiny.
A CLOSER LOOK AT ETHICAL SOURCING
Ethical sourcing is essential to the future of coffee. Helping women coffee producers thrive fuels the sustainability of the coffee industry while improving coffee's quality.
Ethical sourcing provides women farmers of Café Femenino with access to a host of political and economic benefits, including:
- A more equal distribution of labor in their households and communities
- Income stability for women that enables them to make independent decisions
- Land ownership and land title rights for women farmers
- Direct access to international buyers of green coffee
- Leadership roles for women within their co-ops and communities
- Access to and leadership around Café Femenino Foundation's grant money to help strengthen their communities
CULTIVATING A BRIGHTER FUTURE
Through participating in Café Femenino, women across the world have enjoyed many positive cultural changes, including:
- Recognition for the work they do in the household and on the farm
- Reduction in physical, emotional and sexual abuse in farming communities
- Increase in farm family incomes and reduction of poverty
- Increase in educational opportunities and school attendance for women and girls
- Heightened involvement of men in childrearing and domestic activities
The coffees farmed by the women of Café Femenino are now available to the U.S. market through Café Femenino Coffee. Shop Now
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k3r*DNA_protein")
addMAreactRate(exmp3, "v5", "assigned", "k4*mRNA")
addMAreactRate(exmp3, "v6", "assigned", "k5*protein")
# Add species
addSpecies(exmp3, "DNA", 50)
addSpecies(exmp3, "mRNA", 0)
addSpecies(exmp3, "protein", 0)
addSpecies(exmp3, "DNA_protein", 0)
# Add parameters
addParameters(exmp3, "k1", 0.2)
addParameters(exmp3, "k2", 20)
addParameters(exmp3, "k3", 0.2)
addParameters(exmp3, "k3r", 1)
addParameters(exmp3, "k4", 1.5)
addParameters(exmp3, "k5", 1)
# Make a model
makeModel(exmp3)
#printInfo(exmp3)
# Run model simulation and plot the results
simResults <-simulateModel(exmp3) plotResults(simResults, title="Gene regulation")
Figure 2b shows the simulation results. To see more details about the model, one can use the printInfo command:
> printInfo(exmp3)
[1] "Model name: Gene Regulation"
[1] "Number of reactions: 6"
[1] "Reaction type(s): Mass Action"
[1] "Number of species: 4"
[1] "Model can be represented in form of 4 differential equation(s)"
To see the mathematical representation of the model, one can print it directly from the model object (after the makeModel command was executed):
> exmp3$model
[1] "d_DNA <- -v3*DNA*protein + v4*DNA_protein" [2] "d_DNA_protein <- v3*DNA*protein - v4*DNA_protein" [3] "d_mRNA <- v1*DNA - v5*mRNA" [4] "d_protein <- v2*mRNA - v3*DNA*protein + v4*DNA_protein - v6*protein"
To run a stochastic simulation on the created model, we will use solveStoch function. Figure 2c shows the results of stochastic simulation.
simResults.stoch <- solveStoch(exmp3,10) plotResults(simResults.stoch, title="Gene regulation (stochastic simulation)")
Gene regulation simulation
Figure 2: Gene regulation
More model examples and details about package functions can be found at sysBio github wiki page, as well as in the package vignette and help files.
At the end, a few words about future plans. The priority will be given to cleaning the current code and finishing testing. After that, I'll work on adding new features. Features that I plan to add are additional rules to transform reaction into a differential equation (probably Michaelis-Menten rule and Hill equation), ability to process reactions in the form of cascade, events, additional types of reaction rates, additional types of rules, steady state calculation, sensitivity analysis, and parameter estimation. I also plan to include an option for different ODEs solver and I may need to look for or implement my own version of stochastic simulation that would support events and different types of rules. If I get really motivated and have extra time, I may also add an option for multiple compartments within a model and/or provide some type of visualization (probably using Shiny).
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Long before the dinosaurs, hefty herbivores called pareiasaurs ruled the Earth. Now, for the first time, a detailed investigation of all Chinese specimens of these creatures - often described as the 'ugliest fossil reptiles' - has been published by a University of Bristol, UK palaeontologist.
Pareiasaurs have been reported from South Africa, Europe (Russia, Scotland, Germany), Asia (China), and South America, but it is not known whether there were distinct groups on each of these continents.
In a new study published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Professor Mike Benton of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences shows there are close similarities between Chinese fossils and those found in Russia and South Africa, indicating that the huge herbivores were able to travel around the world despite their lumbering movement.
Professor Benton said: "Up to now, six species of pareiasaurs had been described from China, mainly from Permian rocks along the banks of the Yellow River between Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. I was able to study all of these specimens in museums in Beijing, and then visit the original localities. It seems clear there were three species and these lived over a span of one to two million years."
Pareiasaurs were hefty animals, two to three metres long, with massive, barrel-shaped bodies, short, stocky arms and legs, and tiny head with small teeth. Their faces and bodies were covered with bony knobs.
It is likely the pareiasaurs lived in damp, lowland areas, feeding on huge amounts of low-nutrition vegetation. No stomach contents or fossilized faeces from pareiasaurs are known to exist, but in Russia, pareiasaurs have been found with evidence they had made wallows in the soft mud probably to cool off or coat themselves in mud to ward off parasites.
The new study confirms that the three Chinese pareiasaur species differed from each other in body size and in the shapes of their teeth.
Professor Benton added: "My study of the evolution of pareiasaurs shows that the Chinese species are closely related to relatives from Russia and South Africa. Despite their size and probably slow-moving habits, they could walk all over the world. We see the same sequence of two or three forms worldwide, and there is no evidence that China, or any other region, was isolated at that time."
Pareiasaurs were the first truly large herbivores on Earth, and yet their tenure was short.
As in other parts of the world, the species in China were wiped out as part of the devastation of the end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago, when 90 per cent of species were killed by the acid rain and global warming caused by massive volcanic eruptions in Russia.
Without forests, landscapes were denuded of soils which washed into the seas. Shock heating of the atmosphere and oceans as a result of the massive release of carbon dioxide and methane also killed much of life. The end-Permian mass extinction killed off the pareiasaurs after they had been on Earth for only 10 million years.
'The Chinese pareiasaurs' by Michael J. Benton in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society


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Demonstrating a Net-Zero Solar Energy Elevator in a Boston Office Building
The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, working with elevator manufacturer thyssenkrupp, prepared a report detailing how they achieved a net-zero solar energy elevator system in a Boston office building.
The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, working with elevator manufacturer thyssenkrupp, prepared a report detailing how they achieved a net-zero solar energy elevator system in a Boston office building. thyssenkrupp published the report last week. (Download Report)
Elevators consume 5 billion kWh of electricity per year in the U.S., costing about $500 million. Since elevators represent up to 80% of all vertical transportation energy, reducing and offsetting their energy use could have a major impact.
To demonstrate the viability of the thyssenkrupp net-zero elevator concept, Fraunhofer CSE performed a field validation in their six-story Boston, MA office building. A net-zero elevator system produces at least as much energy as it consumes over the span of a year. The goal was to achieve net-zero using a solar array that fits within the elevator footprint.
Getting to Net-Zero
It starts with an efficient elevator.
The elevator used in the demonstration (thyssenkrupp Synergy elevator) is equipped with state-of-the-art energy saving features, including a regenerative drive and LED cab lighting. Additional efficiency upgrades were installed during the demonstration, including a more efficient controller capable of a deep-sleep standby mode and an auto-power-down feature that shuts off the cab lights and fan when the elevator is not in use. Together, these upgrades reduced total standby power draw by about 75% and brought the net-zero concept within reach.
To offset the elevator's energy consumption, the project team installed a rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) array on Fraunhofer CSE's Boston office building above the elevator hoistway. The 3.75 kW solar PV system, designed to produce about 4,000 kWh per year in Boston, slightly exceeded its annual production goal in its first year of operation.
To validate the net-zero concept, Fraunhofer CSE continuously monitored the elevator power draw during normal operation over several years, spanning several hardware and software configurations. The resulting measurements were then used to calculate annual energy consumption under different usage and efficiency scenarios.
With the auto-power-down features enabled, and with a low-to-medium activity profile (up to two hours' travel time per day), Fraunhofer CSE found that the elevator consumed about 8 kWh per day. The solar array generated on average more than 11 kWh day, leading to an annual energy surplus. Considering a hypothetical higher usage scenario, where the number of elevator trips doubles on business days, Fraunhofer CSE projects that net-zero energy is still attainable with the same size solar array.


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This chapter introduced some idioms for synchronization mechanisms, providing an overview of common coding practices for synchronization used in communication components for parallel programs. Selection amongst these idioms is the third main step towards the detailed design and implementation of coordination for a parallel application in the pattern-based parallel software design method.
The chapter's objective was to include classic synchronization mechanisms for implementing communication and synchronization components. These describe synchronization mechanisms that allow communication as described by a particular design pattern for communication components. However, as an initial attempt to the creation of a pattern system for parallel programming, the idioms here are not sufficiently complete or detailed to cover every synchronization issue within a parallel program: they need to be related to current pattern developments for concurrent, parallel and distributed systems.
The idioms for synchronization mechanisms presented here – the Semaphore idiom, the Critical Region idiom, the Monitor idiom, the Message Passing idiom and the Remote Procedure Call idiom – along with guidelines on their classification and selection, are intended to help the software designer decide which synchronization method best solves a given communication problem.


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Time's Tattarrattat is an voice activated installation, originally presented at Aboagora Festival, Turku, Finland as part of a performance. The work consists of a microphone and a projected image. As participants speak into the microphone, the image disperses and diffuses across the space. The installation is accompanied by an original drawing that forms the basis for the projected image.
Original drawing, pencil and watercolour on paper, 40cm x 40cm.
An artwork exploring the relations between time and language. Time's Tattarrattat is a voice activated moving image artwork, exhibited here as part of a performance. The work uses speech recognition and analyzes each spoken word for how close it is to a palindrome. Depending on the degree of 'palindromicity' of the words, each triangle in the image moves more or less randomly. Because speech is irreversible the pieces never return to their original positions once activated. Like smoke rising from a candle, our aging bodies or fumes from an exhaust, entropy and disorder continually increase.
The word tattarrattat was coined by James Joyce in Ulysses to mean 'knock on the door', here we are knocking on time's door. In collaboration with physicist Dr. John Goold from ICTP, Trieste, Italy, we probed time's arrow through a series of conversations that led to the development of Time's Tattarrattat. The performance where John spoke about time was presented at Aboagora festival in Turku, Finland in August 2015.
The image is from a photo of the clouds over Trieste, which Libby took while visiting John. The photo of clouds was pixelated into triangles using code Libby wrote. Libby copied this digital image using watercolour and pencil,, which was then scanned and digitally cut up into 450 small triangles. This image is then projected onto a ceiling and is altered by each word uttered into a microphone.


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Porsche Cayenne Windshield Wiper Systems
Keep your Porsche Cayenne windscreen free of debris and running strong with your choice of windshield system components. Ranging from wiper blades to motors, these system parts exist to replace and upgrade your current equipment. More importantly, they help to keep you and your loved ones safer by keeping your driving field of vision clear.Why do your windshield wiper blades sometimes squeak?
Windshield wiper squeak can be caused by various things, but the most common causes involve either the wiper blades or the windshield itself. When Porsche Cayenne wiper blades age or sustain damage, they may no longer form seals with the windshield. If this happens, squeaks and other noises are likely outcomes. To solve this issue, you should closely inspect the blades for signs of damage and install replacements as needed.
The second major cause of unwanted windshield noise is the glass itself. During washing or waxing, a foreign material can contaminate the surface of the windshield. This residue causes squeaks and obscures your vision when mixed with rainwater. Solving this dilemma depends on the nature of the offending substance, but applying a healthy dose of concentrated windshield washer fluid is a good first step.What is park position?
Park position refers to the final resting spot of each wiper blade when the engine is off. Designers classify parking positions by the clockwise or counterclockwise direction of wiper blade travel. Blades that move clockwise to rest enjoy the CW designation, and those that travel counterclockwise to rest have the CCW moniker. These directions would apply to an observer standing in front of the windshield wiper blades.How do pantograph and radial systems differ?
Pantograph systems use dual-arms, one of which rotates from an adapter while the other drives the pivot point. This gives these systems a gently curved, rectangular sweep area. Radial systems use one arm to operate the blade, producing a more rounded sweep area. Radial wiper systems tend to work well with wider windshields while pantographic models do fine with taller windscreens.What are some common parts of your Porsche wiper system?
Each manufacturer includes special features in their vehicles, and Porsche is no different. That said, certain components appear in many windshield wiper systems, including:
- Grounding Plates
- Drive Gears
- Wiring and Logic
- Dash Switches
There is more to measuring Cayenne blades than may at first be apparent. This is partially due to the way wiper designers measure blades, which is from the blade connection to the center of the pivot point. If you remember these dimensions, then measuring wiper blades should pose no problems.


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Penguin & Polar Bear Pull-Along
Snowflake-themed wheels are ready to carry the stackable wooden pieces of these adorable arctic animals. Your toddler will want to pull these from the North Pole to the South Pole and back!
Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:
- Ask the child to identify the colors on the
Ask the child to first count the number of
wheels on the toy, then count the number
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going? What will they do when they arrive?
Set up a simple obstacle course and ask the
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Dynamic application security testing (DAST) is a type of security testing that is performed on an application while it is running. DAST can be used to identify security vulnerabilities in an application that may not be apparent from static code analysis.
dast vs sast
There are two types of software testing: dynamic and static. Dynamic testing involves testing the software while it is running. Static testing, on the other hand, involves testing the software without running it.
Static testing can be further divided into two types: white-box testing and black-box testing. White-box testing is a type of static testing where the tester has access to the inner workings of the software being tested. Black-box testing, on the other hand, is a type of static testing where the tester does not have access to the inner workings of the software being tested.
Dynamic testing is generally more thorough than static testing, but it can be more time-consuming and expensive. Static testing is generally less time-consuming and expensive, but it can be less thorough.
dast vs bast
Bast is a type of coarse, woven fabric made from the inner bark of the bast tree. It is typically used for making ropes and cordage.
Dast is a type of fine, woven fabric made from the inner bark of the dast tree. It is typically used for making clothing and other textile items.
dast tools
Dast tools are used to assess the security of web applications. They are used to identify vulnerabilities in web applications and to provide information about how to fix them.
See also Dynamic Application Security Testing Tool: The Ultimate Guide
Dast tools can be used to assess the security of web applications by identifying vulnerabilities in them. They can also provide information about how to fix the vulnerabilities.
Dast tools are used to assess the security of web applications. They are used to identify vulnerabilities in web applications and to provide information about how to fix them. Dast tools can be used to assess the security of web applications by identifying vulnerabilities in them. They can also provide information about how to fix the vulnerabilities.
dast scanner
DAST, or Dynamic Application Security Testing, is a type of scanner that assesses the security of web applications by testing them in a non-intrusive manner. This means that it does not require access to the application's source code or any knowledge of how the application works.
DAST scanners work by simulating attacks against the application and then inspecting the application's response to see if it is vulnerable. This approach is different from traditional security testing approaches, which often require detailed knowledge of the application's internals in order to find vulnerabilities.
DAST scanners are an important part of any web application security program, as they can find vulnerabilities that would otherwise be difficult to detect. However, it is important to note that DAST scanners are not a replacement for other types of testing, such as manual code review or penetration testing.
dast methodology
DAST is a software testing methodology that involves testing a software application from the outside, in order to identify security vulnerabilities. It is also known as black box testing.
See also Static Application Security Testing: The Key to a Secure Application
DAST is an important security testing methodology because it can identify vulnerabilities that may not be found through other types of testing, such as white box testing. By testing from the outside, DAST can more accurately identify how an attacker would exploit a software application.
DAST can be used to test web applications, mobile applications, and even desktop applications. It is a versatile testing methodology that can be used to find a variety of different types of security vulnerabilities.
To perform DAST, a tester will typically use a tool that will crawl the application and look for potential vulnerabilities. The tester will then attempt to exploit any vulnerabilities that are found. If the tester is successful in exploiting a vulnerability, this indicates that the software application has a security flaw that needs to be addressed.
dast results
Dast results show that the website is vulnerable to attack. The website is not secure and needs to be fixed. There are many potential attacks that could be used to exploit the website. The website needs to be fixed as soon as possible to prevent any damage.
dast reports
A dast report is a type of security report that assesses the safety of a website or application. It is used to identify vulnerabilities in web applications that could be exploited by attackers. Dast reports can be used to help improve the security of a website or application by providing information on how to fix the identified vulnerabilities.
dast checklist
-DAST vs. SAST
-DAST vs. IAST
-DAST vs. RASP
-DAST tools
-DAST methodology
-DAST scanner
-DAST report
-DAST findings
-DAST false positives
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What does NRTC mean in Military?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand NRTC in the Governmental field in general and in the Military terminology in particular.
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- The superstructure of a submarine, from which it can be commanded when on the surface and which contains the periscope.More example sentences
- As you descend, your first sight of the submarine will be a selection of masts and periscopes rising from the conning tower.
- The introduction of a proper conning tower meant that the periscope could be kept in an upright position where it could be raised and lowered by the use of compressed air.
- There was the conning tower with the periscope easily identifiable inside; there were the access hatches.
More definitions of conning towerDefinition of conning tower in:
- The US English dictionary


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Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ a convex decreasing function. Let $x_0 < x_1 < x_2$. Studying the behaviour of the difference quotient, it is clear that $$f(x_0)-f(x_2) \leq M (f(x_0)-f(x_1))$$ with $M=\frac{x_2-x_0}{x_1-x_0}>0$.
Now take $F:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ convex and decreasing with respect to each variable. Let $x_0 < x_1 < x_2$ and $y_0 < y_1 < y_2$. I ask if a similar condition holds, say for example $$F(x_0,y_0)-F(x_2,y_2) \leq M (F(x_0,y_0)-F(x_1,y_1))$$ with $M=\max ( \frac{x_2-x_0}{x_1-x_0}, \frac{y_2-y_0}{y_1-y_0} )$.
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If $f(x)$ is a function with many variables that is twice continuously differentiable, then its convexity is equivalent to the Hessian being positive semi-definite, $$x'H(f)(x)x \geq 0 \quad \forall \ x \in \textrm{dom}(f)$$.
In a two-variable case, the sign of the diagonals elements of the Hessian determines the convexity of $f$ in either $x_1$ or $x_2$ (holding the other variable constant); however, the cross-partial derivative is what determines whether $f$ is a convex function in its domain if the second derivatives with respect to $x_1$ and $x_2$ are both negative.
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The Hydroclenz (Aquanella) Unit provides constant protection against infestations of pathogenic bacteria in water treatment systems. Immersed in water, the complex integral electrolytic activity of the ceramic media produces constant oxidising, while the noble metal in the form of a fine matrix format produces ionisation. The ionisation of the noble metal is enhanced by the activity of the ceramic media and the combined effect is to act as a powerful disinfectant producing exceptional kill rates against pathogenic bacteria.
The additional benefit is the electrolytic activity of the ceramic media produces a chemical re-action that balances the pH of the water. This results in additional benefits in the form of Scale Inhibition and Corrosion Prevention.


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I'm pretty sure celery is 芹菜. qin2 cai4
I heard people referring to bok choy as qin cai as well, but I believe it was qin1 cai4. Is this correct? When I look up bok choy, it is 白菜 bai2cai4 which sounds phonetically similar to bok choy.
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what this mean pakchoy? what this mean bokchoy? Why? what the different pakchoy and bokchoy? – user3058 Jul 21 '13 at 7:06
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You probably mean qing1 cai4 (青菜). It is used for green vegetables in general, but is also used for Chinese cabbage.
现代汉语规范词典 has this to say: 1. 名 一般指小白菜或油菜。 2. 名 泛指蔬菜。
小白菜 is typically translated as Chinese cabbage or bak choy in dictionaries and also used like this in many places in China, in other places people often mean baby bak choy when they use 小白菜.
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Baby Pak choi, Shanghai Pak choi, or mei quin choi (Chinese: 上海白菜; pinyin: Shànghǎi báicài; Japanese: 青梗菜, chingensai) refers to greener varieties where the varioles are also green. It is simply a less-mature version that could develop into the white-stemmed variety with more time to grow before being harvested. In Shanghai and other eastern China provinces, it is simply called qīngcài (青菜; literally blue/green vegetable) or qīngjiāngcài (青江菜; literally "blue/green river vegetable").
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芹菜 is celery.
小白菜 is not actually bok choy. The proper English name is "baby bok choy". Bok choy is a much larger vegetable that looks a little bit like a head of lettuce. It doesn't come in the form of individual stalks and one bok choy weighs a couple of pounds.
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As theGoose mentioned, it depends on where in China you are. In many places 小白菜 really means bak choy and not baby bak choy. – BertR Apr 2 '12 at 7:46
bok choy in Mandarin (Northern part of China) saying is 小白菜 (baby bok choy). The north don't just say bok choy, it's always added a 小 (baby, little, small) before anything else. That's their culture of saying things than the Cantonese at the southern part of China. The Cantonese saying is just the two words bok choy or 白菜子. The 子 at the end means 'baby,little, small, tiny' refer to as 小 (baby, small) in Mandarin. Mandarin put the '小, baby, little' at the beginning of the phrase while the Cantonese leave it at the end of the phrase. It all ended up the same meaning, it just reverse it.
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qin1 cai4 means 青菜 or 小白菜.
some people used to say qin1 cai4
I'd like call it 小白菜.
白菜 is bigger than 小白菜
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During the 35th IEEE PV specialist conference, Casey Kazmierowicz, chairman of the board at KIC, will present his paper, "Thermal Profiling of Silicon Solar Cells During the Metallization Process". The paper will delve into a procedure using a thermal profiler and flattened TC junction thermocouples in a wafer fixture for accurate and repeatable measurements in an IR belt furnace.
A precise and repeatable recording of the thermal profile during the metallization process is important in the production of silicon solar cells with high physical and electrical properties. The established thermocouple and attachment procedures include a 0.02" sheath, spherical bead type K thermocouple cemented on the reference wafer and spring loaded on the wafer.
In his paper, Kazmierowicz states that when using the SunKIC Datalogger and e-Clipse TC attachment fixture, the TC junction design can identify the aluminum melting temperature and alloy eutectic freezing temperature. This helps lead to the production of wafer that can be profiled and the surface temperature recorded at four locations.


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- Affect: emotive text and musical expression in the 'live' performance of 18th-century vocal music
- Five works performed between 2005-2007 as a soloist: (1) St Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach (_PHONE_) ; (2) Colours of Night, Alessandro Stradella (_PHONE_) ; (3) Idomeneo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (_PHONE_) ; (4) Cantatas BWV 79, 80, 140, Johann Sebastian Bach (_PHONE_) ; (5) Cantatas BWV 27, 46, 78, 105 Johann Sebastian Bach (_PHONE_). This portfolio examines the role of vocal nuance and inflection in relation to text, elements of musical expression and affect (referring to the ability of the performer to move the emotions or passions of the audience). The portfolio data, developed through music rehearsal and live performance, underlines modes in which the singing voice conveys both textual meaning and the communication of emotion in 18th-century vocal repertoire.
- ABC Classic FM / ABC Classics / University of Newcastle
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Wearable sweat biosensors offer compelling opportunities for improved personal health monitoring and non-invasive measurements of key biomarkers. Inexpensive device fabrication methods are necessary for scalable manufacturing of portable, disposable, and flexible sweat sensors. Furthermore, real-time sweat assessment must be analyzed to validate measurement reliability at various sweating rates. Here, we demonstrate a "smart bandage" microfluidic platform for cortisol detection and continuous glucose monitoring integrated with a synthetic skin. The low-cost, laser-cut microfluidic device is composed of an adhesive-based microchannel and solution-processed electrochemical sensors fabricated from inkjet-printed graphene and silver solutions. An antibody-derived cortisol sensor achieved a limit of detection of 10 pM and included a low-voltage electrowetting valve, validating the microfluidic sensor design under typical physiological conditions. To understand effects of perspiration rate on sensor performance, a synthetic skin was developed using soft lithography to mimic human sweat pores and sweating rates. The enzymatic glucose sensor exhibited a range of 0.2 to 1.0 mM, a limit of detection of 10 μM, and reproducible response curves at flow rates of 2.0 μL min−1and higher when integrated with the synthetic skin, validating its relevance for human health monitoring. These results demonstrate the potential of using printed microfluidic sweat sensors as a low-cost, real-time, multi-diagnostic device for human health monitoring.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering


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Mass of candle 0.72 g before burning. What is the mass of the products of this reaction? Would that be the same thing as weighing the candle again (the mass is 0.27 g after burning)?
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Reweighing the candle before and after burning just shows how much fuel was burnt.
Typical candle wax is an alkane such as hentriacontane, so write a chemical formula for the combustion of this alkane.
Work out the moles for this alkane.
The mole ratio of the alkane to
Multiply the moles of
Hence for water, do 0.0511 moles times by its formula mass, 18.
#0.0511*18= 0.92g of water.
(I may have overcomplicated it a bit)


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This study was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of a modification of lime stabilization by the incorporation of pulverized fuel ash (PFA) for disinfection of sludge. The modified treatment is economic in terms of lime utilization and uses another waste product, PFA, which would also require disposal. Intestinal pathogens are the most probable pathogenic organisms present in the sludge. Several species of intestinal pathogen were examined for their ability to survive in raw sludge and then subjected to disinfection. The effect of the chemical mixture was attributed to the high pH produced and maintained, as heat production in the modified process was minimal. A mixture of 60% sludge (600 g/kg): 40% CaO/PFA (44.44 g/kg/355.56 g/kg) with the ratio CaO:PFA 1:8, was shown to be able to prevent the growth of bacterial pathogens and maintain a pH above 11.0 for at least 7 d. Although further study concerning texture and other physical properties is required, a modified sludge treatment with this relatively low proportion of lime was found to be suitable for landfill or land reclamation as far as its bacteriological disinfecting quality is concerned.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)