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(Phys.org) -- Parasites may increase inequality among baby birds in a brood by making it even harder for smaller, weaker chicks to compete against their bigger brothers and sisters, researchers have discovered.
For birds, it's essential to get a good start in life. The difference in size between new born chicks often increases as they grow up those that start out smaller often never catch up.
Bigger chicks can muscle in on food supplies, taking their smaller sibling's share. And as the runts remain small, they may be more vulnerable to parasites which hinder their development even further. Parasites essentially make the life chances of chicks in the brood more unequal.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found that when nestlings of the European shag were treated with anti-parasite drugs, the smaller nestlings grew faster and better. But surprisingly, the bigger chicks in these coastal broods did worse when dosed with the medicine.
'Our initial expectation was just that the runts would perform better,' says Dr Tom Reed, now at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, co-author of the report published in PloS one. 'It did come as a surprise that the bigger chicks did worse.'
The researchers considered several explanations. They think that bigger chicks are losing out in treated nests because their parents can only bring back so much food, so that siblings are always competing. When not held back by parasites, the upstart smaller siblings have more chance of taking their fair share of the meals. This means the bigger siblings lose out.
'The way that we've interpreted it is that there's a certain amount of effort that the parents can invest, and when the nests are dosed the little guys are better able to compete,' Reed adds.
This explanation, which emphasises the strong sibling rivalry in birds' nests, is currently just a hypothesis.
'It may otherwise be the case that smaller chicks benefit from anti-parasite treatment because they're diverting less energy to fighting parasites. Alternatively, the older chicks may in some way be negatively affected by the drug,' says Reed.
The team is now carrying out further research to see whether this boost to the runts' begging skills is really what's harming the bigger chicks.
This work's conclusions will contribute to a growing body of knowledge on how parasites from roundworms in the birds' guts to feather lice on their skin affect nestling broods. The group's earlier research on the European shag families, published in Science in 2008, found that when the parents were treated with the drug, the benefits of having healthier, more productive parents largely fell to the male chicks.
'We wanted to see how it affects their ability if you dose the parents,' explains Dr Reed. 'Males are costlier to rear when parents have this limitation reduced, the males benefit more.'
In a lot of bird species, male chicks are bigger, so rearing sons takes more effort. In healthier times the mother can afford to make that extra effort. But when the mother bird herself is sick, she just can't provide that extra attention to her sons.
This research shows that it's the competition between siblings for limited food supplies from their parents that shapes bird family dynamics, and it's not just limited to the European shag. Eagle chicks have been known to attack their siblings, whilst young pelicans have been caught pushing brothers and sisters out of the nest. Sibling rivalry is not just a human problem.
Explore further: City-life changes blackbird personalities, study shows
More information: PLoS One 7(2): e32236, published February 24, 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pone._PHONE_


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Houston, TX (ANS) – In the mid-1980s in Washington D.C. I got to know a man who was head of a major agency of the federal government. The friend who introduced us told me that Herb had one of the most effective ministries of anyone in the city at that time. He led several weekly Bible studies with Pentagon officers, White House staff, media executives and other senior government officials. He was known to have led several people to Christ, almost on a weekly basis. One of his favorite methods of communicating the gospel and sharing spiritual truth was to talk about strawberries.
Spiritual Symbolism of Strawberries
Historically, strawberries have symbolized spring and rebirth, as well as righteousness and love. While strawberries are a familiar fruit, there are several possible meanings attributed to them. Some have suggested that the strawberry represents rebirth, since they are the first to ripen in spring and represent good health. In some traditions, strawberries represent the good fruits of the righteous, as well as friendship and love. Even in medieval art we find the strawberry plant to be a prominent image. By the 1300s, it is common to find strawberries pictured in Italian, Flemish and German art as well as in English miniatures as a symbol of perfect righteousness. It was believed the strawberry to be a cure for depressive illnesses, and that its presence suggests the healing powers of Christ that lead us to eternal salvation. Its three-partitioned leaf reminds some of the Holy Trinity. Even more remarkable, some see drops of the blood of Christ as the fruit points downward. The five petals of its white flower bring to mind His five wounds.
Food Opens Opportunities
A friend and I engaged a homeless man by the name of Columbus in conversation on the streets of Washington D.C. Columbus was going through trash cans looking for something to eat. We bought a hot dog and an apple from a street vender and gave them to him. That gesture opened the opportunity to share the gospel and pray with him. With limited possibilities of following up, I gave him the name and contact information of a friend, Major James Hipps with the Salvation Army, and suggested he make contact with him.
Reproducing and Eternal Impact
About a year later I met up with Major Hipps at a convention and asked him about Columbus, the homeless man. It turned out Columbus did make his way to one of their mission centers. In fact, he told me that Columbus was then running one of their mission centers in the city. That experience reinforced my belief of how those short encounters can have significant and reproducing impact in people's lives. We often never know how God is working in people's lives until we connect and engage in conversation. Being in an attitude of prayer and expectation can enable us to be alert and aware of those divine appointments.
Connecting in the Academy
Imran, a student from Pakistan studying at Middle Tennessee State University, was introduced to me by another student, Ashok from India, that I had led to the Lord a few weeks earlier. Someone had given Imran a Bible. He read the first five books of the Old Testament and the first seven books of the New Testament. He then started looking for someone to tell him how he could become a Christian. He had talked with several people but was not successful in finding answers to his questions. To make a long story shorter, after sharing and praying with him, he embraced the gospel and the Lord allowed me to disciple him over a period of months. He later went on to seminary and became a missionary back in his home country.
Our Unconscious Witness
It is a blessing to discover the influence we have on others for the sake of the Kingdom. However, in many cases we may never know the impact of our lives until our graduation to heaven. One of my former pastors used to say we should focus on loving people and telling them the truth. When we are faithful to do that, we can trust that the Lord will use each of us, perhaps in ways that we will never know about, this side of eternity.

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Alarming dip in Bhakra, Pong levels, BBMB calls meeting of three states
On Sunday, the water level in Bhakhra dam's reservoir was 1,533.3 feet, 64 feet lower than the level at the same time last year, and nine feet lower than the 40-year average; Pong dam had water level at 298.8 feet, 60 feet lower, and at least 23 feet below its 40-year average
With water level in reservoirs of the Bhakra dam and the Pong dam dipping below respective 40-year average, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has called an emergency meeting. Partner states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan will attend this technical committee meeting (TCM), where a plan for conservation of water will be drawn up. A BBMB source said the meeting would take place before April 10.
Bhakra and Pong dams are on the Sutlej and the Beas rivers, respectively. The outflow from the two reservoirs is more than the inflow, as there is no rain in catchment areas and there is no prediction of showers.
On Sunday, the water level in Bhakhra dam's reservoir was 1,533.3 feet, 64 feet lower than the level at the same time last year, and nine feet lower than the 40-year average on the same day. Similarly, Pong dam had water level at 298.8 feet, 60 feet lower, and at least 23 feet below its 40-year average.
"The water levels have dipped to alarming levels," said a top functionary of the BBMB, on the condition of anonymity.
The drop in water level is also significant from the maximum and the minimum readings: Bhakhra 1,680 and 1,462 feet, and Pong 1,390 and 1,260 feet. The Pong's water level is critically low as a fall of 30 feet will empty the reservoir. Water levels are receding at rate of a feet per week and the filling season would not begin before June 1, and would extend up to September 20.
From Pong reservoir, at least 2,000 cusecs water is flowing into the Indira Gandhi Canal taking water to Rajasthan; another 8,000 cusecs flows into the Nangal hydel channel that takes water to Haryana and Rajasthan, of which 500 cusecs goes to Delhi for drinking purposes.
"These days demand in Punjab is negligible. It is, however, expected to increase manifold during paddy sowing season in mid-June," said a board functionary.
POWER GENERATION REDUCED TO HALF
Owing to the dip in water level, power generation in Bhakra dam has been reduced to half. Against a daily maximum generation capacity of 28 million units, these days only 12-14 million units are being generated. There are six power houses in the dam, of which three are operational. The maximum outflow from the Bhakra dam touches 25,000 cusecs, as at least 10,000 cusecs is required for paddy sowing. In Pong dam, outflow in peak monsoon touches 12,000 cusecs.


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Compiling Lisp Programs for Parallel Execution
Curare, the program restructurer described in this paper automatically transforms a sequential Lisp program into an equivalent concurrent program that runs on a multiprocessor. Data dependences constrain the program's concurrent execution because, in general, two conflicting statements cannot execute in a different order without affecting the program's result. Not all dependences are essential to produce the program's result.Curare attempts to transform the program so it computes its result with fewer conflicts. An optimized program will execute with less synchronization and more concurrency. Curare then examines loops in a program to find those that are unconstrained or lightly constrained by dependences. By necessity,Curare treats recursive functions as loops and does not limit itself to explicit program loops. Recursive functions offer several advantages over explicit loops since they provide a convenient framework for inserting locks and handling the dynamic behavior of symbolic programs. Loops that are suitable for concurrent execution are changed to execute on a set of concurrent server processes. These servers execute single loop iterations and therefore need to be extremely inexpensive to invoke. Restructured programs execute significantly faster than the original sequential programs. This improvement is large enough to attract programmers to a multiprocessor, particularly since it requires little effort on their part.
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In places like Nova Scotia's fishing communities, a forerunner was historically considered an omen for the future. In this collection, I consider how a forerunner also refers to the people or things that came before: my family's history in Maritime culture and tradition. Throughout my career I have sought to express my identity as a Maritime artist through bringing my sense of 'home' into my work, showing unexpected beauty in the reinterpretation of forms found in my surroundings.
The pieces in Forerunner turn this gaze back on my family's place in this landscape, and our connections to fishing, farming, logging and hunting. It is a collection where these divergent themes emerge in pieces that feature ordinary applied materials and atypical colour, juxtaposed with rich textures and shapes. Rugged, with an understated beauty, each composition has a distinct and playful narrative that speaks to the gift and bounty of the land and sea.
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Within ST_REPORT_PARAMETER, several DISPLAY_TYPEs (SingleSelect, MultiSelect, or MultiSelectAlpha) need a list of options populated for parameter selections via the DATA_SOURCE field. See the right pane in the image below, in which two analytes from a longer list are selected:
The DATA_SOURCE field stores the query that populates this list by one of these methods:
The DATA_SOURCE field can also be configured to do the following:
-Use a specific sort order with the SQL ORDER BY Clause
-Add additional descriptive columns, as the report code only uses the first column
-Filter a list further
-Display parameter selection list in a tree view (see Set Report Parameter Lists in Tree View)
A DATA_SOURCE can use a SQL query, such as from a reference or data table. Other report PARAM_NAMEs, such as "@facility_id", can be referenced. When adding a SQL query, consider the following:
-Security – if querying a data table, the FACILITY_ID should be specified so that only records for that facility, facility group, or with no facility appear. Otherwise, users may see data they do not have permissions for. Here is an example DATA_SOURCE from standard report parameter @action_level_codes with the FACILITY_ID condition highlighted:
select a.action_level_code from dt_action_level a where a.facility_id is null or a.facility_id = @facility_id or @facility_id in (select facility_id from dbo.fn_facility_group_members(a.facility_id)) order by a.action_level_code
-Status – particularly for reference tables, only show Active records, such as with the following condition:
where status_flag = 'A'
-Useability – the report only reads the first column of the SQL statement. It may help users to include other, more descriptive fields, particularly if the first column is an ID or Code field. Custom names may also help. Here are several examples from standard report parameters for Analytes and Labs:
SELECT cas_rn as id, cas_rn, chemical_name FROM rt_analyte WHERE status_flag = 'A' ORDER BY chemical_name
SELECT DISTINCT company_code 'Lab Code', company_name 'Lab Name' from rt_company where company_type like 'lab' AND status_flag = 'A' order by company_code
-Performance – querying a large table may increase the time it takes for a report to load.
Many standard report parameters have SQL queries within the DATA_SOURCE. An administrator can use these as a basis for customizing or creating DATA_SOURCEs.
A DATA_SOURCE can use hard-coded lists of options. These may relate to specific reporting needs and can increase performance over querying a large dataset. These DATA_SOURCEs have the following structure:
!report parameter selection column name!option 1|option 2|option 3
These elements make up a hard-coded DATA_SOURCE:
-a descriptive column name between two exclamation marks
-pipe characters ( | ) to separate the selections
Here are examples of this structure from standard report parameters for File Types and Reporting Limits:
!Output File Type!.dxf|.pdf|.bmp|.jpg|.png
Some parameter selections display a table with multiple columns, such as individual analyte parameters showing both the CAS_RN and CHEMICAL_NAME or individual locations showing the SYS_LOC_CODE and LOC_NAME. A SQL SELECT statement can be expanded to include additional fields of interest, such as LOC_TYPE. This then allows the user to sort and select based on values in this field. For example:
1.Open ST_REPORT_PARAMETER and filter to your REPORT_ID and PARAM_NAME = '@sys_loc_codes'.
2.In the DATA_SOURCE field, paste:
select sys_loc_code, loc_name, loc_type, data_provider from dt_location where facility_id in (select facility_id from equis.facility_group_members(@facility_id)) order by loc_type
This statement allows the SYS_LOC_CODE, LOC_NAME, LOC_TYPE, and DATA_PROVIDER fields from DT_LOCATION to be provided for the active facility or facility group for the @sys_loc_code parameter. The report parameter selector presents the data sorted by LOC_TYPE.
The report parameter selection menu populates the available items for selection based on the logic in ST_REPORT_PARAMETER.DATA_SOURCE. The default unit types (from RT_UNIT.UNIT_TYPE) that display are currently cpv (Concentration Per Volume) and cpw (Concentration Per Weight). Other examples of unit types include length, weight, time, volume, rate-v (rate by volume e.g. flow rate), radium-v (radiation by volume), radium-w (radiation by weight), and temperature. Additional UNIT_TYPEs may be added as follows.
1.Open ST_REPORT and note the REPORT_ID that references the report being used.
2.Open ST_REPORT_PARAMETER and filter for this REPORT_ID.
3.Find all rows with PARAM_NAME=@reporting_unit or @report_unit.
4.For these rows, edit the syntax in ST_REPORT_PARAMETER.DATA_SOURCE to add the new UNIT_TYPE. For instance, to add radiation unit types (radium-v and radium-w), the following code should be used.
select unit_code as [Unit], unit_desc as [Desc] from rt_unit where status_flag = 'A' and unit_type in ('cpv','cpw','radium-v','radium-w') order by unit_code
Note: Part of the WHERE clause may be changed or removed (to show all units), if desired.
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The Art of Paper Cutting
Annie Howe in Action
Annie Howe
Text by Linda Wright/Photography by Sean Scheidt Photography
The word "scherenschnitte," meaning scissor snips, is the German name for the art of paper cutting. Today, however, you are more likely to find artists making creative cuts with a craft knife.
For as long as paper has existed, people have been cutting it. The oldest surviving paper cutwork is a circle discovered in China dating back to the 6th century. Detailed paper cuts have been found in a variety of styles from countries and cultures around the world.


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The restitution laws of the Bible are much superior to the penalties for theft today. If the thief is penalized at all, the payment goes to the state. The man robbed gets nothing, but has to pay taxes year after year to put the thief up in prison (there are no prisons in Scripture). If the thief cannot make the required restitution, he is sold into slavery to raise the necessary money. The provisions of the sabbath year [Deut. 15:12] and Jubilee [Lev. 25:39-55], which freed Hebrew slaves, would not apply to the thief, for obvious reasons: This would be arbitrary justice, and would give the thief an incentive to steal as the years of release approached. Such a man forfeits his right to the consideration given other Hebrews who wind up in slavery. Jesus says that the man sold to pay for his theft will not come out of the prisonhouse of slavery until he has paid it all (Matt. 5:26; and cf. Matt. 18:23ff.). The slave contract for the thief would be for as many years as were needed to pay his debt.
- James Jordan, The Law of the Covenant 136 (1984), at _URL_ HTML, DjVu.


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The Fear of Poetry (and How to Overcome It)
By Paul Morrison
Professor of English and American Literature
Overcome your fear of poetry and begin a love affair. A step-by-step walk through tone, metaphor and symbol, sound and sense, sight and sense, and intertextuality for the most poetry phobic.
Flattery and Contempt: The Presentation of Women in Poetry (BR38)
By Paul Morrison
Professor of English and American Literature
This brieflet explores the paradox that the flattering of women in poetry is the sincerest form of contempt. Through a close reading of a Shakespeare sonnet, Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess," and Edna St. Vincent Millay's "I Dreamed I Moved Among the Elysian Fields," Morrison attempts to substantiate this contention.
Poetry for People Who Have Given Up on Poetry
By William Flesch
Brandeis University Professor of English
Until the 20th century, poetry was more popular than novels, more popular than any other literary form. What happened in the 20th century was that poets lost the idea that deep poetry could give pleasure—that deep poetry could be fun. But poetry should be fun, no matter how deep, and this study guide is about reminding us how much fun poetry can be, even when it's very deep indeed. We all loved nursery rhymes as children, so everyone starts out loving poetry. How do we get back to that early, deep and lovely experience?
We'll consider the basics of poetry: rhyme, meter, line, stanza, form, imagery and tone. But just to give you a sense of how we'll consider those things, we'll spend a lot of time on songs, limericks and ballads (think Rudyard Kipling), as well as more serious but always memorable pieces. Who knows? You just might want to start attending poetry readings again. Or giving them!
The one text to buy for this study guide is "Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost." Most readings will be keyed to this book, with some supplemental material either reprinted in the guide or available on the web.


Re: Best practices: representing homonym relationships in SKOS
From: Thomas Bandholtz
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:10:18 +0100
Message-ID: <_EMAIL_>
To: Bradley Allen
Hi Bradley,
thanks a lot for raising this question, as currently we have discussions
about different approaches of Label management in SKOS(XL), and the
homograph issue has been somehow neglected so far.
Karl has mentioned the difference between homographs and homophones already.
I would say: homographs - same spelling, different meaning ("graph" has
nothing to do with an RDF graph in this case).
homophones - same sound (phonetics), different meaning.
As SKOS(XL) is dealing with lexical aspects ("literal form") rather than
with phonetics (at least so far), we have to care for homographs at first.
One example:
(not a homophone).
This is a common practise, not a standard.
In SKOS you may say:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass [fish]".
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass [music]".
You might also drop the qualifiers:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass".
 a skos:Concept ;
 skos:prefLabel "bass".
Then express the different meanings by some semantic relation to a more
specific thing for each of them:
 skos:related .
 skos:related .
There is absolutely no semantic relation between and , it is only
a lexical relation.
Such a lexical relation you can express in SKOSXL in detail (if you want
to do so at all).
In UMTHES we use the following pattern:
 a skos:Concept ;
 skosxl:prefLabel .
 a skos:Concept ;
 skosxl:prefLabel .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass [fish]" ;
 umt:homograph ;
 umt:qualifier .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass [music]" ;
 umt:homograph ;
 umt:qualifier .
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "bass".
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "fish".
 a skosxl:Label ;
 skosxl:literalForm "music".
where umt:homograph and umt:qualifier both are subProperties of
Note that we have only one label "bass" here, as we think that semantics
are in the Concepts, not in the Labels.
Labels are dumb character strings only.
Well, I would be curious to see more examples from different vocabularies.
Best regards,
Bradley Allen schrieb:
> Apologies if you've seen this on the LOD or SW lists, but it is
> probably better posed to this audience: is there any best practice or,
> failing that, good ideas for representing homonymy in SKOS? Best I can
> come up with is subclassing skos:semanticRelation with something like
> skos:homonym, and letting the client sort out which of the lexical
> labels might be involved. Not excited about the need to go to a class
> representation for labels; even less interested in anything involving
> RDF collections. - cheers, BPA
> Bradley P. Allen
> _URL_
> _PHONE_
Thomas Bandholtz, _EMAIL_, _URL_
Received on Saturday, 14 November 2009 19:10:49 GMT


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Molten salt reactor
A molten salt reactor or MSR is a type of nuclear fission reactor where the primary coolant is a mixture of molten salts. Such a reactor can run at high temperatures (for higher thermodynamic efficiency than a water-cooled reactor) while staying at low vapor pressure (for reduced mechanical stress and increased safety). The coolant is less reactive than molten sodium coolant. The nuclear fuel may be in the form of solid rods, or dissolved in the coolant itself. The latter eliminates the need for fuel fabrication, simplifies reactor structure, equalizes burnup, and allows online reprocessing.
MSR reactor
Can we get more details here, with references? Can we see numerical comparisons of different types of reactor designs?
category: energy


define(is_hex(S), (?is_digit(S) orelse (S >= $A andalso S =< $F) orelse (S >= $a andalso S =< $f))).
-define(is_bin(S), (S >= $0 andalso S =< $1)).
-define(is_octal(S), (S >= $0 andalso S =< $7)).
It's easy to see why parsing 0xf_f fails, _ is neither a digit nor a letter from a to f. My first instinct was to add the underscore as a possible character to the is_x functions, but that seems wrong. Instead, I added another pattern to function definitions, one that would just drop any _ that would be encountered while parsing these numbers:
tokenize_hex([H|T], Acc) when ?is_hex(H) -> tokenize_hex(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_hex([$_|T], Acc) -> tokenize_hex(T, Acc);
tokenize_hex(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 16), length(Acc)}.
tokenize_octal([H|T], Acc) when ?is_octal(H) -> tokenize_octal(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_octal([$_|T], Acc) -> tokenize_octal(T, Acc);
tokenize_octal(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 8), length(Acc)}.
tokenize_bin([H|T], Acc) when ?is_bin(H) -> tokenize_bin(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_bin([$_|T], Acc) -> tokenize_bin(T, Acc);
tokenize_bin(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 2), length(Acc)}.
As you can see, if we now encounter an underscore, we don't modify the accumulator at all. This in effect strips out all underscores in our numbers. Let's run the tests:
~/r/elixir (master ⚡=) make test_erlang
==> elixir (compile)
Compiled src/elixir_tokenizer.erl
==> elixir (eunit)
 All 198 tests passed.
And it works! Running make clean test shows that nothing else broke. The binaries in the bin folder now support the underscore notation:
~/r/elixir (master ⚡=) bin/iex
Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.4] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
Interactive Elixir (1.1.0-dev) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help)
iex(1)> 0b1001_0001
145
Finding my way around Elixir's codebase was surprisingly easy. The source files are layed out logically and the code itself is clean and easy to understand.
This also shows how important it is for a project to have a comprehensive test suite. Thanks to the existing specs, it was easy to find the relevant pieces of code I needed to work on.
This exercise resulted in a Pull Request and a slightly different version got merged, so look forward to this feature in upcoming versions of Elixir!
Please send me an Email if you want to comment!
 1. In fact, I made an error while producing this example, accidentally making it correct...
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The hug: it's a motion mightn't be more quick, yet it's a complicated evolutionary record.
Refer to it as whatever you decide and desire…making completely, Frenching, smooching…an Eskimo hug, a butterfly hug, xoxoxo…the coming in contact with of two different people's mouth is a move that catches our very own imaginations, establishes our very own hearts rushing, and, believe it or not, executes a few crucial biological features. Writer and scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum, in her own brand new publication The Science of Kissing, traces the real history from the hug and reveals the important role securing lips performs in human relationships.
Kissing, it turns out, is over simply a sign of love or a precursor to gender. The urge to hug comes into the world away from millenia of development, and produces biological and chemical reactions which can be necessary to the development and servicing of peoples connections, while the propagation of the species. Kirshenbaum's book requires a deep check out the origins and functions associated with the kiss, and is also filled with fun insights fancy:
Have a look at Kirshenbaum's The Science of Kissing for lots more concepts and fascinating factual statements about the origins and evolutionary imperatives regarding the kiss.
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text: Given a set of low resolution camera images of a Lambertian surface, it is possible to reconstruct high resolution luminance and height information, when the relative displacements of the image frames are known. We have proposed iterative algorithms for recovering high resolution albedo with the knowledge of high resolution height and vice versa. The problem of surface reconstruction has been tackled in a Bayesian framework and has been formulated as one of minimizing an error function. Markov Random Fields (MRF) have been employed to characterize the a priori constraints on the solution space. As for the surface height, we have attempted a direct computation without refering to surface orientations, while increasing the resolution by camera jittering.


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A fast CMOS VLSI device is described to execute the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm. The device is known as the validated input security device (VISD) since it enables transmitted and received data to be validated through the use of parity checking. The device is directly compatible with most microprocessor families and it is also directly compatible with most DMA controllers. Full or partial parallelism can be used between encryption and input/output communication.
Author(s): Iliev V, Dlay SS, McLauchlan MR et al
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IEE Proceedings E: Computers and Digital Techniques
Print publication date: 07/04/2010
ISSN (print): 0143-7062
ISSN (electronic): 1751-861X
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Post-doctoral Position Available
A post-doctoral research associate position is available immediately in the Department of Agriculture, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, USA to work on the down regulation of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis for efficient conversion of biomass to biofuel in rice. Responsibilities include: the development of regeneration and transformation systems, preparation of vectors including RNAi, genetic engineering of relevant genes, and molecular characterization of transgenic lines. Candidate should hold a Ph.D. in plant science, botany, biology or a related discipline. Prior experience with tissue culture, transformation and molecular biology is desired. The successful candidate must be able to independently design and conduct experiments, and willing to work on other projects in the laboratory.
Send curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and names and contact information of three references to:
Dr. Muthusamy Manoharan
Department of Agriculture
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
1200 North University Dr.
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Bingham University Collaborates With Nsel On Solar System Installation.
Published on: Nov 7th, 2023
Bingham University's Physics Department in collaboration with NASENI Solar Energy Limited (NSEL), a company under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) holds a five-day training on solar system installation.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. William Barnabas Qurix OFR, represented by the Dean of Science and Technology, Dr. Uju Ejike in his remarks welcomed the initiative to mount the Solar Installation training program for the staff of the Physics Department. Prof Qurix acknowledged the pressing global challenges posed by climate change and the depletion of non-renewable energy resources. He added that the importance of solar power cannot be overstated as it is in abundance, clean, and sustainable which can reduce carbon emissions in the environment.
Prof Qurix stated that the training will empower the staff of the university to become ambassadors and trainers of sustainable energy, capable of contributing to the installation of solar panels on the campus, thus reducing our energy costs. He added that by generating our own power, the university can significantly reduce our independence on grid electricity and over time offset the initial investment required for installation.
Prof Qurix expressed gratitude to the Faculty and experts who have diligently crafted the training programme and also extended his appreciation to our partners and sponsors who have supported this endeavour. He charged the staff to work together to make the university a shining example of solar adoption and sustainability.
The Managing Director of NSEL, Engr. Dr. Jafaru Mahmud stated that the purpose of the training is largely based on knowledge exchange. He added that the world is gradually shifting towards skill acquisition hence the need for more tutors.
He applauded the Vice-Chancellor for his support to get the trainers trained. He added that the collaboration is aimed at improving Solar System Installations. He thanked the Management of the University for reaching out to them and hoped for continued collaboration.
Dr. Marvelous AIGBEDION, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership Studies, in his goodwill message, stated that the training provides the university and its students an opportunity to tap into the vast market for solar system installation. He expressed his appreciation to the staff of NSEL for their willingness to conduct this training.
The training being conducted by NSEL marks a significant step towards advancing sustainable energy solutions and fostering expertise in solar technology within the region. This initiative holds the promise of reducing the carbon footprint and energy costs while contributing to the development of a greener and more sustainable future.


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Today at a Borderwork(s) lunch gathering with Macrina Cardenas Alarcon (of the Mexican Solidarity Network), one of the professors of the Humanities Lab mentioned that on the North Korea/South Korea border lies some of the most rare and beautiful wildlife in the world.
An article online at the Bankok Post explains:
"The DMZ is a buffer strip extending for two kilometres (1.25 miles) each side of the actual borderline between North and South. But the area is also home to animals including musk deer, elk, wild boar, and rare birds.
The edge of the zone is fenced and heavily fortified but the DMZ itself has been largely untouched by humankind since the 1950-53 war.
As a result, it is home to some 2,716 species of plants and animals including many endangered species, the ministry said in a statement.
("S. Korea seeks wildlife listing for tense border area". Bankok Post. 23 September 2011. _URL_
This statement intrigued me. I found it somewhat baffling that a border that has been the location of so much violence and a cause of grief and despair to so many people could be one of the world's most precious wildlife resources. However, as my thesis director Robin Kirk pointed out, this situation is replicated in uninhabited borderlands all over the world. In fact, this summer in N. Ireland, our group of a handful of Duke students climbed Cave Hill, one of the small country's most prized places of natural beauty. As in the case of the North Korea/South Korea border, the reason that Cave Hill is so pristine is that is was largely unoccupied by the local people over a long period of time because of political struggles (in the case of Cave Hill, the area was a British army base).
I'm not sure how this aspect of borderlands will show up in my work, but I know that as I continue my reading and writing, I'll be thinking about this possibility of finding beauty in even the most desolate of borders and keeping an eye out for additional examples.

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Storage and uploading Manuals
If the belts are to be stored for a long period or in extreme climate:-
- Protection from direct sunlight or extreme temperature is recommended.
- Belts should be kept suspended on a belt stand rather than being rested on the floor.
- Belts should be ideally stored indoors in a temperature range of to +/- 25˚C.
- If covered storage is not available, the original packing must be retained. Additionally, the belt should covered with black polyethylene for UV and ozone protection.
- While storing the belt, it must be rolled at an interval of six weeks to distribute the permanent deformation of the belt.
- The belt rolls should be adequately secured by fixing wedges/ chucks or a similar method to prevent the rolls from moving as this could cause injury.
Unloading of Conveyor
When unloading belts, it is important to consider the following factors :
- Ease of unloading.
- Safety in unloading.
- Prevention of damage to the belt should be dependent on the weight, size and type of packing of the roll, belts are often unloaded using cranes (outdoor / indoor) and in the case of lighter belts with forklifts.
- The best way of unloading the belt from the transport vehicle is to insert a solid steel bar in the center core and then lift with a strong cable. (Load rating and condition of cable to be checked prior to use! )
- Care to be taken so that hoist cables do not damage the outer wrapping or the belt edges.
Depending on the weight, size and type of packing of the roll, belts are often unloaded using cranes (outdoor / indoor (E.O.T.)) and in the case of lighter belts, with fork lifts.
In the case of belts being unloaded using cranes :
Always use a spreader bar. Never apply sling around the circumference of the belt. Belt should always be moved by lifting rather than rolling.
Care & Maintenance
It is of utmost importance that regular belt inspection is conducted to locate damage on the covers or belt carcass. This is necessary to protect and prolong the value of the belt, which is a high capital cost item. We therefore advice that an inspection procedure be devised by every user, broadly covering the following :
- Regular Inspection of Idlers, pullies, lagging and rollers.
- Checking for spillage and material build up under the belt structure.
- Check and rectify any belt tracking problems.
- Regular replacement of skirt rubber, belt cleaner blades, e.t.c.
- Monitoring of belt take up tension.
- Off centre loading area - adjust the chute and loading condition for centre loading.
- Misaligned belt edges - Trim off the edges approaching tail pulley.
- Belt not joined square-Re-splice the belt.
- Build Up of Material on idlers and pulleys - Clean and maintain and check for spillage and carry back of material.
- Uneven Wear of Pulley lagging - relag the drum with new good quality rubber lagging or ceramic lagging.
- Misalignment of head/tail pulley - recheck pulley alignment to ensure that they are level and with their axis at 90° to the intended path of the belt. Head and tail pulleys should not be shifted in an effort to center the belt with the exception of the snub pulleys. Worn pulleys must be replaced.
- Worn lagging – uneven wear of lagging causes mistracking and therefore should be replaced in a planned maintenance program.

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Finding best grains if Idaho's climate changes
by Bill Loftus
Aberdeen Research and Extension Center-based wheat breeder Jianli Chen will have a lot of wheat to analyze as part of a five-year project to assess the waterand fertilizer-use efficiency of 3,000 wheat and barley lines.
The lines are part of the National Small Grains Collection maintained by the USDA Agricultural Research Service at Aberdeen as a genebank to represent the global diversity of small grains.
Chen's $750,000 research is part of a $25 million project led by University of California at Davis to help farmers nationwide prepare for climate change. "It will be a big job because we will be growing three plots of each line, so we will be monitoring 1,800 plots for each of the next five years," Chen said.
Chen's preliminary research into drought stress supported by the Idaho Wheat Commission helped her to become a key part of the grant by conducting the phenotypic screening for waterand nitrogen-use efficiency.
Aberdeen provides a perfect location for the project, she said. Because the region's rainfall averages 10 inches a year, grain production relies on irrigation. Simulating drought conditions simply means turning off or reducing the water supply.
Support from the USDA-ARS Special Collaborative Agreement Grant allowed Chen to prepare for the new project by starting to grow the wheat and barley lines in 2009 to increase the amount of seed needed for her research.
The project will be the first effort in the genebank's history to measure the water and nitrogen efficiency of various wheat and barley lines in the collection.
Contact Jianli Chen at _EMAIL_.
Learn more about the National Small Grains Collection at Aberdeen. ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?accn_no=413018
Learn about the University of Idaho Aberdeen Research & Extension Center
Minimum size increase could help Idaho potato producers boost profits
by Mary Ann Reese
Idaho fresh-potato revenues could increase by $130 million annually, and Idaho dehydrated potato revenue could increase by $20 million, if the minimum size for fresh market potatoes were increased from 4 to 5 ounces.
That's the finding University of Idaho Extension Economist Joe Guenthner and CALS graduate student Whitney Plant Goodwin, both of Moscow, shared with the Idaho Grower Shippers Association at a summer conference in Sun Valley.
"That size shift would divert an average of 5 million cwt from Idaho's fresh to its dehydrated potato market each year," said Guenthner, also a professor in CALS Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. "Our studies show that decision could make sense because the dehydrated potato market is more elastic than is the fresh potato market."
The Idaho Potato Commission hired the university economists to conduct this study, "because of the recent downward trend of the demand for fresh potatoes in the marketplace," said Guenthner, a trend troublesome to both the Idaho potato industry and Idaho's economy.
The UI study and consumer research will be presented to shippers, growers, and processors "during our November Whistlestop Tour to seek further feedback," said Frank Muir, head of the Idaho Potato Commission, _URL_. "Both study and tour feedback need to be considered together as the Idaho potato industry decides on this important issue."
Contact Joe Guenthner at _EMAIL_
E. coli vaccine advances, puzzle remains
by Bill Loftus
What's bad for beef eaters may be good for the beef cattle, says Carolyn Hovde Bohach, a CALS microbiologist and School of Food Science faculty member.
That is no consolation to those who have suffered devastating losses to E. coli O157:H7, but it reflects the difficult puzzle the bacterium presents. Bohach talked about her work with E. coli as part of the Science on Tap series in Moscow sponsored by the Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence _URL_ which she directs.
As part of long-term research on a potential vaccine for cattle against E. coli O157:H7, Bohach has discovered how the bacteria colonize in the gut of cattle. The bacterial serotype is feared for its lethal threat to people, particularly the young and old.
Cattle and a host of other animals can carry with no ill effects the E. coli strain so threatening to people. It appears that O157:H7 may even benefit cattle, providing immunity from bovine leukemia virus.
Questioned about cattle producers' exposure to O157:H7, Bohach noted studies show healthy rural residents from both beef and dairy areas carry antibodies for higher exposures to the bacteria than do city folk. That suggests people candevelop immunity.
Conditions in meat processing plants have improved to lessen the risk of O157:H7 contamination, but she advised against eating sprouts because growing conditions multiply even a tiny risk. Bohach championed food irradiation as an ideal solution, adding that all foods aboard U.S. Navy submarines are irradiated to combat disease threats and protect shelf life and nutritional benefits.
Contact Carolyn Hovde Bohach at _EMAIL_
Young students focus on Idaho-grown foods
Bannock County students from seven elementary schools who attend EFNEP afterschool programs from October through April will learn to cook Idaho-grown foods as part of The Year of Idaho Foods (YIF), a celebration of some 90 food crops grown in Idaho.
"We'll teach the children to make healthy, tasty dishes using potatoes, beans, fruits, hamburger, cheese, and other foods grown in Idaho," says Char Byington, University of Idaho Extension educator in Bannock County.
EFNEP—Idaho's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program—afterschool programs serve students from grades 1 to 6 who are eligible for free school lunches. Nutrition fundamentals and healthy, economical dishes are the focus of 1-hour afterschool sessions at least once a month where youth actually help prepare foods they then eat. "Helping students be aware of foods grown nearby and the nutrition they bring is a good tool for us," says Byington. EFNEP is funded by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Founded by the Treasure Valley Food Coalition and Meadowlark Farm, Nampa, the Year of Idaho Food includes University of Idaho Extension as a partner. It piggybacks on the Idaho State Department of Agriculture's September-long celebrations of Idaho Preferred, a label alerting grocery store customers to foods grown in Idaho.
See The Year of Idaho Food _URL_ and Idaho Preferred idahopreferred.com
Contact Char Byington at _EMAIL_
Also see Bannock County's Stretching Your Food Dollarswww.uidaho.edu/extension/bannock/pages/stretchingyourfooddollars
UI Extension scientists help Idaho counties fight noxious weeds
by Mary Ann Reese
INVASIVE NOXIOUS WEEDS COST IDAHO AN ESTIMATED $300 million a year in damages to livestock and wildlife and their habitats, agricultural crops, and degradation of recreation areas. University of Idaho weed scientists are developing and teaching methods to better detect and predict the spread of this weed menace.
"You can't eradicate a weed until you know where it is," a big issue in Idaho's vast wild areas, says Tim Prather, Moscow, UI Extension weed specialist for the Department of Plant, Soils, and Entomological Sciences. "If you can determine how weeds will spread, then you can better target eradication efforts."
Prather believes his team leads the nation in creating on-the-ground adaptive surveys that combine emphasis on human activity and understanding of plant dispersal patterns to predict weed locations. His team has also created a process to show which plant communities are susceptible to invasion by a weed species to further focus survey efforts.
Prather also is lead author of UI Extension's popular 140-page Idaho's Noxious Weeds, 5th Edition pocket guide and the 72-page Idaho's Noxious Weeds 2011 Control Guidelines. (Find them at _URL_
How Lemhi County uses weed models
In Salmon, Lemhi County Weed Superintendent Daniel Bertram uses Prather's models to detect Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea), tricky because of its high germination rate and dandelion-like papas enabling seed to travel miles in wind currents.
"Tim has taken our known Rush infestations and run them through our wind patterns. This allows us to focus on areas of high probability for seed dispersal," says Bertram. He also uses Prather's model to determine in which areas the seeds are likely to germinate.
He praises Prather's help, "especially when, due to budget cuts from every avenue, weed control crews are forced to do more with less. The problem with invasive species is they don't take a break."
Good news. Bertram's good news is, of 21 noxious weeds infesting 100,000 Lemhi County acres, "We have eradicated Dyers woad, Saltcedar, yellow starthistle, and we currently are trying to eradicate Japanese knotweed, puncturevine, and perennial pepperweed."
Working with Prather from UI CALS are Larry Lass, Bahman Shafii, Steve Cook, Bill Price, and Sandya Kesoju; from University of Montana are Woodam Chung and Tyron Venn.
The team also collaborates with Montana State University to prevent invasive species from crossing the Continental Divide, a program coordinated by MSU's Kim Goodwin.
Contact Tim Prather at _EMAIL_
Also see Lemhi Cooperative Weed Management Area _URL_
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Setting default and initial field values in SharePoint forms
In today's skybow Advent Calendar, again one of the classics: prepopulating values in SharePoint forms, based on current data, user, and context. It is not possible in out-of-the box SharePoint list forms, but it is a very simple task both with skybow Solution Studio and skybow Rich Forms.
Let's try to imagine just one of the possible scenarios: in a SharePoint list, there is a text field called "Location". When a new form of that list is displayed, the "Office" property should be read from current user's profile, and the field "Location" should be set to that value, locked for editing, so that the user cannot change it.
Those are the steps we are going to follow in order to make this work:
- Open the form where the field that should be initially set is located, and select the field
- Click the Expression Builder icon besides the "Initial" value in the "Behavior" tab
- Select the "Office" user profile property, under the "User" context object, and save the expression
- Set the "Enabled" expression on false, to make the field read only.


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Anglers see effects of 2011 floodAs good as fishing has been on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe in the past three of four years, it could be that bad in the coming three or four years. Or more.
By: By Brian Gehring, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun
BISMARCK — As good as fishing has been on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe in the past three of four years, it could be that bad in the coming three or four years. Or more.
Anglers know well the ups and downs of fishing the river and Oahe. In 1997, high water on Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota from record snows in the state led to high releases from Garrison Dam. Often referred to as "the big flush," millions of rainbow smelt were washed downstream through the Oahe Dam in South Dakota, and it took years for the walleye fishery to recover.
Paul Bailey, fisheries biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the effects of the most recent flooding, in 2011, were evident as the fishing season wore on this past summer.
"Anglers saw firsthand the poor condition of the walleyes," he said. "We were starting to see the impact of the forage situation on both the river and on Lake Oahe."
Bailey said the Game and Fish Department does a couple of different surveys of the fish populations on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe each year.
Lake Oahe has three surveys done each year — a spring spawning survey, an adult population survey and a fall production survey in September.
On the river, two electro-shocking surveys are done to track populations, one in the spring and one in the fall.
In 2011, fish on the river and on Oahe were dealt a double-whammy of sorts: cold and windy weather during the spring spawning period followed by record flows on the river during the summer.
"Those two things combined to make 2011 one of our poorest production years," Bailey said.
After the 1997 "flush" so many smelt were lost to entrainment, the term biologists use to describe fish flushed through dams. Following that event, South Dakota increased daily and possession limits on walleyes because of the lack of a food base below the Oahe Dam.
Even with more liberal limits, there was still a lot of mortality.
Similar measures are being considered now for the South Dakota portion of Lake Oahe, which extends into North Dakota.
Bailey said how good — or bad — fishing will be on the river is dependent on several factors.
On the plus side, smelt are not the only forage source for walleye, northern pike and other game fish. Going back to 2009, which was a phenomenal year for production on the river, there were good numbers of other fish like crappie, white bass, suckers, perch and shiners to go around.
"We do have a diverse forage base on the river," Bailey said.
But a lot of those fish were lost to last year's flood.
"This summer a lot of fish were caught," Bailey said. "Anglers were able to take advantage of what was placed in front of them."
In other words, there are a lot of hungry fish.
"We've never had more mouths to feed than we did in 2011," he said.
In an effort to restock the cupboards, so to speak, gizzard shad were stocked in Beaver Bay in North Dakota and in seven locations on Lake Oahe in South Dakota.
Gizzard shad found their way into Missouri River waters following 1997 and to some measure, provided an alternative food source in the river and in the reservoir.
Bailey called the stocking efforts this spring a "moderate success." Some larval gizzard have been found in Beaver Bay and in other areas of Oahe, but because they are not very tolerant to extreme cold, they don't provide a long-term solution.
The other factors that ultimately dictate how the fish will rebound in the next few years are, by and large, out of the hands of biologists.
With the record releases from last year's flood, the makeup of the river itself changed dramatically. The river has become more channelized — the sandbars that were around pre-flood have shifted or are gone completely — and tons of sand sediment has been deposited elsewhere.
Many of the shallow side channels and backwater bays that are critical spawning areas for many species are now gone.
"We've lost a lot of that habitat," Bailey said.
Anglers discovered that for themselves over the course of the summer.
A lot of the smaller sandbars that provided current breaks where walleyes lie waiting to ambush forage fish are gone.
The areas that held fish this summer were bigger holes, and it turned into a situation where the small "honey holes" have disappeared and the fish are now relating to bigger community fishing holes.
"It used to be easy to find those current breaks," Bailey said. "There are fewer places to find fish."
And, Mother Nature will have a big hand in determining how the river and Lake Oahe will bounce back.
Oahe now is at a low level where boat ramp access is a concern. The main ramp at Beaver Bay is high and dry and if there is much more of a drop, ramps at Cattail and Langoliers bays will be questionable.
The Army Corps of Engineers said last week it could well be another drier-than-normal winter with less-than-average snowfall in the Rocky Mountains. If that turns out to be the case, any spring rise could be short-lived.
The corps has adjusted, favoring holding back water this coming spring on Lake Oahe, although Lake Sakakawea was to be given preference.
Even if there is a good spring rise, Bailey said, it would have to be fairly substantial to make a dent in spawning success. Ultimately, it will come down to precipitation and how that precipitation is managed.
"If we don't get the precipitation, this recovery is going to take a while," Bailey said.
One thing is almost certain, though.
"It's going to be a much different fishing year in 2013."


Global In-Memory Computing Market Size and Growth Forecast 2026
Global In-Memory Computing Market
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Global In-Memory Computing Market By Component, By Organization Size, By Vertical, By Geography And Forecast
According to Verified Market Research, the market for In-Memory Computing Market was valued at USD 8.99 Billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 31.06 Billion by 2026 over the forecast period at a CAGR of 16.68%.
In-Memory Computing (IMC) can be defined as the storage of data in the main RAM (Random Access Memory) of the server, in contrast to complicated relational databases that are operating on slow disk drives. In-Memory Computing facilitates users to analyze massive data volumes at quicker and overall reduce the latency of storage. In-Memory Computing affects several processes such as integration, enabling faster decision making, and cost reduction. Thereby allowing for leveraging big data possible. In-Memory Computing essentially refers to moving data which has traditionally been stored on hard discs into main memory. By storing the data in the main memory, the latency of processing is reduced dramatically.
It can be seen that the market for In-Memory Computing is growing with various verticals adopting its use. Specifically, verticals such as BFSI, retail, and healthcare contribute a large percentage of the overall In-Memory Computing market. The incorporation of in-memory computing in these verticals allows for the overall decrease in the dormancy of the individual sectors. In-memory computing helps business customers, including retailers, banks and utilities, to quickly detect patterns, analyze massive data volumes on the fly, and perform their operations quickly. The "In-Memory Computing Market" study report will provide a valuable insight with an emphasis on global market including some of the major players such as Altibase, SAP SE, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, etc.
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Six-year MBBS program Education, Hubei University of Medicine(HUM)
Hubei University of Medicine (HUM) is located in the center of Shiyan, the Motor City, in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. The city boasts several tourist attractions, such as Wudang Mountain, a sacred place of Taoism; Danjiangkou Reservoir, the largest artificial freshwater lake in Asia; and Shengnongjia Forest.HUM has over 15,000 full-time students and over 1,000 faculty and staff. It offers 12 undergraduate programs, covering medicine, science, management and engineering. The university hosts two nationally recognized majors, five provincially recognized majors, seven provincially recognized courses, three provincial teaching model centers, and five first rate level three hospitals. Along with emphasis on undergraduate education, HUM is developing graduate, overseas students, and continuing education.HUM has cultivated international relationships by exchange and collaboration with universities in America, England, Australia, Japan, Korea and other nations, promoting the development of disciplines and internationalization.
The MBBS program at HUM is a six-year program. There is an early introduction of preclinical topics, which provides the basics for medical studies in the subsequent years. There will be both theory and practical classes. Students are expected to grasp the necessary knowledge that is applied during clinical training.
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This is the first machine used in the cleaning section in most cereal processing plants. Its purpose is to do a preliminary cleaning of the cereal grains before storing in the bins. The Double drum Sieves of the machine separates coarse impurities and finer impurities.
- Drum Sieve Protects all the downstream processing equipment against damage caused by the Larger impurities.
- The Second Layer Drum of Machine helps to Reduce the finer impurities.
- Thanks to the brush attached outer drum for efficient cleaning.
- Used in cereal processing plants like paddy, wheat, Ragi, maize...etc.


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The Solar Photon Random Walk Model simulates the path of photons in radiative transport as they escape from the Sun. Photons do not travel in a straight line, but rather collide with larger particles and get redirected. This simulation models that process using a random walk in polar coordinates. The random walk parameters are adjustable to match different models of the structure of the sun, or the user can input their own values.
The Solar Photon Random Walk Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_comp_phys_photon_random_walk.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
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This model adds the feature of running numerous photons and compiling average statistics for these photons.
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Sustainable research progress in many if not all scientific disciplines critically depends on the existence of robust specialized databases that integrate and structure all available experimental information in the respective fields. The need for such reference databases is especially critical for nanomaterials used in cancer research given both the growing significance of nanomedicine and the significant diversity of shapes, sizes, and properties. Similar challenges exist in processing, storing, and exploiting medical images, which are increasingly used for in vivo characterization of nanoparticles and to study the effects of nanomaterials used in imaging agents or as therapeutics. The need in accumulating, storing and sharing information in the cancer nanotechnology field has led to the establishment of two major research databases, the Nanomaterial Registry (NR) that includes data on nanoparticle characterization and The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) that includes data on nanoparticles used in imaging studies. Building off the previous work of research groups involved in the development of these major data repositories, we propose a collaborative development of the Electronic Nanobook (ENB) as a major research tool for scientists working in cancer research that extensively use nanomaterials and collect and deposit medical images. These two fields are chosen due to their significance to cancer research and the commonality of technical problems related to data collection, curation, organization, deposition, modeling, and dissemination. ENB will possess substantially expanded quality and usability of data, affiliated knowledge discovery tools for exploring and modeling the unique data toward designing novel and safe drugs (nanomaterials) using the wisdom of models.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Babies and toddlers fed a healthy diet may have slightly higher IQs by the time they are 8 years old than children fed less healthy foods at a young age, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Adelaide, in Australia, found an early diet rich in junk foods could cost children up to two IQ points.
"Diet supplies the nutrients needed for the development of brain tissues in the first two years of life, and the aim of this study was to look at what impact diet would have on children's IQs," said the study's leader, Lisa Smithers, a public health researcher at the University of Adelaide, in a university news release.
"While the differences in IQ are not huge, this study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that dietary patterns from six to 24 months have a small but significant effect on IQ at eight years of age," said Smithers. "It is important that we consider the longer-term impact of the foods we feed our children."
For the study, recently published online in the European Journal of Epidemiology, the researchers looked at the dietary habits of more than 7,000 children. The children's diets were assessed when they were 6 months, 15 months and 2 years old. The analysis included the home-cooked foods they ate along with ready-made baby foods, breast-feeding and junk foods.
"We found that children who were breast-fed at 6 months and had a healthy diet regularly including foods such as legumes, cheese, fruit and vegetables at 15 and 24 months, had an IQ up to two points higher by age 8," Smithers noted. "Those children who had a diet regularly involving biscuits, chocolate, sweets, soft drinks and chips in the first two years of life had IQs up to two points lower by age 8.
The researchers pointed out that pre-packed baby foods had some negative impact on the children's IQ when given at 6 months of age, but this ready-made food had some benefits on IQ when given to the children when they were 2 years old.
The study concluded healthy foods are critical for children during their formative years.
However, while the study found an association between healthy eating and higher IQ, it did not show a cause-and-effect relationship. Other factors may have influenced the IQ scores as well.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health provides more information on child nutrition.
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Microbiologist Yves Brun will join UdeM next January as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology.
UdeM will have the honour of welcoming microbiologist Yves Brun next January as one of the 25 Canada 150 Research Chairs announced this morning in Ottawa by Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. Each chair is endowed with a total budget of $7 million over 7 years.
Dr. Brun, who is currently the Clyde Culbertson Professor and Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington, will join UdeM's Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology. Dr. Brun and his team will explore the growing and alarming phenomenon of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, which the World Health Organization has declared one of the most serious threats to global public health. Aimed at countering the ability of bacteria to evolve and develop resistance to antibiotics, Dr. Brun's research will focus on two main targets: bacterial cell wall synthesis and the adhesion of bacteria to surfaces or biofilms. Capitalizing on techniques developed in his lab in Indiana, he will pursue his multidisciplinary collaboration with chemists, biophysicists, bioengineers and public health experts.
"I'm very happy with the arrival of Yves Brun on our campus," said Marie-Josée Hébert, Vice-Rector of Research, Discovery, Creation and Innovation. "The highly strategic expertise he brings will help build bridges between various disciplines with the aim of solving a critical public health issue. This Canada 150 Research Chair will be a catalyst for innovative, cutting-edge research in microbiology by strengthening cooperation between faculties, hospital research centres and Polytechnique Montréal."
"For me, joining Université de Montréal is a great opportunity to return to Quebec," said Dr. Brun. "UdeM offers a highly stimulating multidisciplinary environment that will allow me to push my research into the mechanisms of bacterial growth and adhesion even further. In this way, I hope to be able to help develop solutions to the urgent threat of antibiotic resistance."
Hélène Boisjoly, Dean of UdeM's Faculty of Medicine, welcomed the recruitment of Yves Brun to the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology as "a key building block for biomedical research on the campus. The entire university community stands to benefit from his research and collaborations."
A native of Acadia, Dr. Brun has had a remarkable career. After earning a B.Sc. (1983) and M.Sc. (1985) from Université de Moncton and a Ph.D. from Université Laval (1990), he did his postdoctoral research at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Indiana University, Bloomington. From 1993 to 2018, he rose to IU's highest academic rank, after several stints as visiting professor (notably in France) and numerous guest speaker invitations. Over his career, he has published more than 130 articles in prestigious journals such as Cell, Science and Nature. Since 1994, the National Institutes of Health has consistently recognized his research efforts by awarding him grants totalling over $20 million. A world-renowned researcher in the field of cellular and molecular microbiology, Yves Brun's talent and creativity will be a huge asset for Université de Montréal.
About the Canada 150 Research Chairs program
Announced in the 2017 federal budget, the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program invests $117.6 million to enhance Canada's reputation as a global centre for science, research and innovation excellence, in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary. It provides Canadian institutions with a one-time investment to attract top-tier, internationally based scholars and researchers to Canada, including Canadian expatriates. Following a rigorous peer-review process, over 25 eminent researchers were chosen to carry out new research initiatives in Canadian universities.


what the JavaScript API is for.
I was reminded of this recently when Ada Rose Cannon tweeted:
It really feels like there should be a semantic version of the share API, like a mailto: link
I think she's absolutely right. The Web Share API has one primary use case: let the user share the current page. If that use case could be met in a declarative way, then it would have a lower barrier to entry. And for anyone who needs to do something more complicated, that's what the JavaScript API is for.
But Pete LePage asked:
How would you feature detect for it?
Good question. With the JavaScript API you can do feature detection—if the API isn't supported you can either bail or provide your own implementation.
There a few different ways of extending HTML that allow you to provide a fallback for non-supporting browsers.
You could mint a new element with a content model that says "Browsers, if you do support this element, ignore everything inside the opening and closing tags." That's the way that the canvas element works. It's the same for audio and video—they ignore everything inside them that isn't a source element. So developers can provide a fallback within the opening and closing tags.
But forging a new element would be overkill for something like the Web Share API (or Geolocation). There are more subtle ways of extending HTML that I've already alluded to.
Making a new element is a lot of work. Making a new attribute could also be a lot of work. But making a new attribute value might hit the sweet spot. That's why I suggested something like input type="geolocation" for the declarative version of the Geolocation API. There's prior art here; this is how we got input types for email, url, tel, color, date, etc. The key piece of behaviour is that non-supporting browsers will treat any value they don't understand as "text".
I don't think there should be input type="share". The action of sharing isn't an input. But I do think we could find an existing HTML element with an attribute that currently accepts a list of possible values. Adding one more value to that list feels like an inexpensive move.
Here's what I suggested:
For non-supporting browsers, it's a regular button and needs polyfilling, no different to the situation with the JavaScript API. But if supported, no JS needed?
The type attribute of the button element currently accepts three possible values: "submit", "reset", or "button". If you give it any other value, it will behave as though you gave it a type of "submit" or "button" (depending on whether it's in a form or not) …just like an unknown type value on an input element will behave like "text".
If a browser supports button type="share", then when the user clicks on it, the browser can go "Right, I'm handing over to the operating system now."
There's still the question of how to pass data to the operating system on what gets shared. Currently the JavaScript API allows you to share any combination of URL, text, and description.
Initially I was thinking that the value attribute could be used to store this data in some kind of key/value pairing, but the more I think about it, the more I think that this aspect should remain the exclusive domain of the JavaScript API. The declarative version could grab the current URL and the value of the page's title element and pass those along to the operating system. If you need anything more complex than that, use the JavaScript API.
So what I'm proposing is:
That's it.
But how would you test for browser support? The same way as you can currently test for supported input types. Make use of the fact that an element's attribute value and an element's property value (which 99% of the time are the same), will be different if the attribute value isn't supported:
var testButton = document.createElement("button");
if (testButton.type!= "share") {
// polyfill
So that's my modest proposal. Extend the list of possible values for the type attribute on the button element to include "share" (or something like that). In supporting browsers, it triggers a very bare-bones handover to the OS (the current URL and the current page title). In non-supporting browsers, it behaves like a button currently behaves.
Netlify redirects and downloads
Making the Clearleft podcast is a lot of fun. Making the website for the Clearleft podcast was also fun.
Design wise, it's a riff on the main Clearleft site in terms of typography and general layout. On the development side, it was an opportunity to try out an exciting tech stack. The workflow goes something like this:
 - Open a text editor and type out HTML and CSS.
Comparing this to other workflows I've used in the past, this is definitely the most productive way of working. Some stats:
 - Time spent setting up build tools: 00:00
 - Time spent wrangling the pipeline to do exactly what you want: 00:00
 - Time spent trying to get the damn build tools to work again when you return to the project after leaving it alone for more than a few months: 00:00:00
I have some files. Some images, three font files, a few pages of HTML, one RSS feed, one style sheet, and one minimal service worker script. I don't need a web server to do anything more than serve up those files. No need for any dynamic server-side processing.
I guess this is JAMstack. Though, given that the J stands for JavaScript, the A stands for APIs, and I'm not using either, technically it's Mstack.
Netlify suits my hosting needs nicely. It also provides the added benefit that, should I need to update my CSS, I don't need to add a query string or anything to the link elements in the HTML that point to the style sheet: Netlify does cache invalidation for you!
The mp3 files of the actual podcast episodes are stored on S3. I link to those mp3 files from enclosure elements in the RSS feed, which is what makes it a podcast. I also point to the mp3 files from audio elements on the individual episode pages—just above the transcript of each episode. Here's the page for the most recent episode.
I also want people to be able to download the mp3 file directly if they want (or if they want to huffduff an episode). So I provide a link to the mp3 file with a good ol'-fashioned a element with an href attribute.
I throw in one more attribute on that link. The download attribute tells the browser that the URL in the href attribute should be downloaded instead of visited. If you give a value for the download attribute, it will over-ride the file name:
download
Or you can use it as a Boolean attribute without any value if you're happy with the file name:
download
There's one catch though. The download attribute only works for files on the same origin. That's an issue for me. My site is but my audio files are hosted on—the download attribute will be ignored and the mp3 files will play in the browser instead of downloading.
Trys pointed me to the solution. It turns out that Netlify can do some server-side processing. It can do redirects.
I added a file called _redirects to the root of my project. It contains one line:
/download/* 200
That says that any URLs beginning with /download/ should redirect to Everything after the closing slash is captured with that wild card asterisk. That's then passed along to the redirect URL as :splat. That's a new one on me. I hadn't come across that terminology, but as someone who can never remember the syntax of regular expressions, it works for me.
Oh, and the 200at the end is the status code: okay.
Now I can use this /download/ path in my link:
Download mp3
Because this URL on the same origin, the download attribute works just fine.
An nth-letter selector in CSS
Variable fonts are a very exciting and powerful new addition to the toolbox of web design. They was very much at the centre of discussion at this year's Ampersand conference.
A lot of the demonstrations of the power of variable fonts are showing how it can be used to make letter-by-letter adjustments. The Ampersand website itself does this with the logo. See also: the brilliant demos by Mandy. It's getting to the point where logotypes can be sculpted and adjusted just-so using CSS and raw text—no images required.
I find this to be thrilling, but there's a fly in the ointment. In order to style something in CSS, you need a selector to target it. If you're going to style individual letters, you need to wrap each one in an HTML element so that you can then select it in CSS.
For the Ampersand logo, we had to wrap each letter in a span (and then, becuase that might cause each letter to be read out individually instead of all of them as a single word, we applied some ARIA shenanigans to the containing element). There's even a JavaScript library—Splitting.js—that will do this for you.
But if the whole point of using HTML is that the content is accessible, copyable, and pastable, isn't a bit of a shame that we


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A groin, often at the end of a littoral cell or at the updrift side of an inlet, intended to prevent sediment passage into the channel beyond. As with other shoreline structures there are often unintended consequences, primarily downdrift erosion on adjacent beaches. Terminal groins are typically used as part of a beach fill program to help contain the placed sand and reduce erosional loss.
The State of North Carolina recently passed legislation that would allow the use of terminal groins despite the state's long standing ban on hardened shoreline structures. See more discussion on the history of this issue and the legislation here.


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Dozens of students at St. Martin School attempted Friday to put themselves into the Guinness Book of World Records, using science as their tool.
The students, along with children in 130 schools across Canada, conducted a pair of experiments surrounding the Bernoulli principle, an 18th-century theory that says as a liquid's speed increases, pressure decreases.
"It was a pretty cool way to learn science," said Haleigh Beaucage, an 11-year-old Grade 6 student at the south-side school.
"I think it was very fun, even if we don?t get into the Guinness Book of World Records," she said. "I just think science is cool, pretty much.?
Classmate Ben Furtado couldn't agree more.
"I think it?s pretty cool because you're thinking that thousands of kids across Canada are doing this exact thing at one o'clock and we?re participating and can be in the Guinness Book of World Records," Ben said.
The experiment also gives the 11-year-old a chance to teach his dad at home.
"My father is a science teacher and he shows me lots of things, and he's never showed me that before. So I can go home and show him that and he can maybe tell that to his students."
Haleigh said she actually learned something from the pair of experiments.
"I didn't know about air pressure and when you blow between two balloons it would weaken the air pressure, so the air pressure would push the two balloons together. I had no idea that's why it happened."
Lakehead University student Zack White is St. Martin's engineer-in-residence and helped orchestrated the world-record effort.
The second experiment saw students use perpendicular straws, one submersed in a cup of water, to create a mist.
"We had to videotape it and have stopwatches and all kinds of things to make it official for Guinness," White said of the initiative, which was promoted by the government of Canada."
The idea is to make science and math a little more exciting for students.
"Overall there have been studies that have been showing that the amount of people in technical fields, such as engineering and math and science fields has been on the decline compared to other countries in the world," White said. "They're trying to promote at the grassroots science and technology and inspire some minds that are young and at a malleable age."
Grade 6 teacher Sean Van Hatten called it a fantastic idea, saying it fits in perfectly with his classroom curriculum.
"We're talking about Earth and space right now and we?re also talking about the properties of air later on in the year. So it was a great opportunity for students to see how air pressure creates space, creates mass and it definitely touches on Bernoulli's principle, so they got to see that in action."
Guinness will have to certify the record before students at St. Martin School can officially claim the title.
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Logic, Reasoning under Uncertainty and Causality
Pedro A Ortega
A simple framework for reasoning under uncertainty and intervention is introduced. This is achieved in three steps. First, logic is restated in set-theoretic terms to obtain a framework for reasoning under certainty. Second, this framework is extended to model reasoning under uncertainty. Finally, causal spaces are introduced and shown how they provide enough information to model knowledge containing causal information about the world.


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India's economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. It has seen an explosion in the increase of foreign business investment, outsourcing and Indian companies venturing overseas. Doing business in India offers immense benefits for international organisations, however there are a number of key cultural challenges that can create misunderstanding and conflict as well as huge direct and indirect costs to the organisation if overlooked.
Navigating the challenges of doing business in India can be difficult without a comprehensive understanding of Indian social and business culture. Going through cultural awareness training like Communicaid's Doing Business in India programme will ensure you and your organisation have the right level of knowledge and skills to successfully deal with some of the following key challenges of doing business in India.
Attitudes towards Authority – Traditionally a caste society with roots in Hinduism, Indian culture places a high importance on authority and status. Communication between levels is relatively closed so valuable insight or suggestions from employees in lower positions will rarely be shared with their superiors. Without understanding the complexity of Indian attitudes to authority and how they impact business, organisations doing business in India will struggle to implement change as quickly as necessary, and fail to harness the experience and value of its employees.
Concepts of Time – India is a polychronic culture, in other words, people tend to change priorities depending on their importance and attitudes towards punctuality are relaxed. Most large global organisations require adherence to strict deadlines and fast decision-making, so they struggle to cope with the idea that when doing business in India, time cannot be controlled and is not absolute. Cultural awareness training can help you better understand Indian concepts of time and develop strategies for dealing with them.
Adherence to Rules – India has a high tolerance to uncertainty and has created a society which runs on the basis of a set of assumptions. It generally accepts social etiquette and norms instead of rules and regulations. Even though rules do exist, the low level of adherence to them creates huge challenges for organisations setting up business in India who are required to follow a set of home-country regulations.
Building Relationships – The Indian business culture focuses a lot on relationship and trust building rather than working hard and quick towards specific business objectives. A Doing Business in India cultural awareness course helps you to develop strategies to avoid the immense frustration, delayed projects, failure to reach tangible results and general clash as a result of different preferences for relationships and tasks and processes.
Levels of English – Most university graduates and Indians residing in major urban centres have a very high level of English. Understanding Indian English can be challenging, however, as a result of the different vocabulary and expressions as well as heavy accents. Many people are unaware of these differences and expect communication with Indians to be simple. Instead, many international organisations incorrectly interpret the Indian English they use to be a result of poor education and language skills. Being aware of Indian English can help you reduce misunderstandings and loss of time.
Communication Style – Indians have a preference for indirect, high context communication. In other words, Indians prefer to see the whole picture, place a high importance on the impact relationships, body language and emotion have on communication and will often avoid saying 'no'. The differences in communication style can cause a large challenge to overcome for someone who is used to communicating in a more direct and low context way.
Understanding the cultural differences which exist when doing business in India is only the first step. International organisations must also understand the what, why and how behind them to develop strategies to effectively cope with these cultural challenges. A Doing Business in Indiacultural awareness training programme will help organisations maximise the immense opportunities and benefits of doing business in India while it will also help develop an interculturally competent workforce, giving the organisation a huge advantage in this fiercely competitive global world.
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Expression 1 to 2 and Express 1 to 2 software allows you to convert shows created on the original Expression, Concept, Insight, and Impression consoles running software versions 1.7 or newer into a format compatible with ETC's newer Expression 2/Expression 3* or Express line of consoles.
Be aware that there are two versions of the 122 software: Expression 122 and Express 122. These are not compatible with each other--make sure you are using the correct version of software.*
The Expression 122 software will run on any Expression 2 or 3 line console, including the Insight 2/2x, Impression 2, Concept 2x, and Insight 3.
Expression 122 -- Rename this file "run.bin" when saving to diskette
Express 122 -- Rename this file "run.bin" when saving to diskette
The conversion process transfers the following elements of the old show:
Currently, the conversion process does not transfer the following elements of the old show:
To convert a show, follow these steps:
To work with the new show on your console, turn the console off and back on, reloading the console operating software. From the Diskette Options menu, read the converted show into the console, as described in the console User Manual. Test the show thoroughly to confirm the conversion.


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Modeling of laser heating of a dielectric solid with a fractal structure
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S.Sh. Rekhviashvili, D.Sh. Gavashili
This article presents a simple model of heating dielectric with a fractal structure, which is based on a nonlinear heat equation, fractal property of the material is considered only in the calculations of radiation energy loss and coefficient of thermal conductivity on temperature, which leads to a nonlinear heat equation. Displaying the numerical solution of the equation. With using numerical simulation shows that the presence of fractal leads to an overall increase in heating temperature. Performed detailed analysis of the impact parameters of laser irradiation on the heating process. Applying the formula Havriliak–Negami for describe the complex permittivity. We implemented a comprehensive approach to the analysis of the kinetics of thermal processes in dielectric fractal solids. Model is valid in the absence of gas-dynamic effects and effects associated with ionization and plasma formation
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Simbol Materials today started operations at a plant in California that extracts lithium and other battery materials without having to dig new holes in the ground.
The company has developed a way for getting valuable metals from the discharge brine of geothermal plants, a process that could help make the U.S. a much larger producer of lithium and other important metals. Its operation, which it expects to expand next year, is in the Imperial Valley of California.
Rather than drill wells or mine for minerals, Simbol Materials' process separates lithium carbonate, zinc, and manganese from the brine brought up from a geothermal well. A geothermal plant generates electricity by using underground heat to make steam, which is pushed through a turbine that turns an electricity generator.
Simbol Materials' equipment fits onto an existing geothermal well to siphon off the steam brine and then separate minerals. It nearly eliminates the typical wastewater from a geothermal plant, according to the company.
Finding sources for important minerals has become one of the most critical issues for many green technologies. Lithium ion batteries are the technology of choice for plug-in electric vehicles, making the question of supply important to auto and battery manufacturers.
Typical lithium carbonate production involves pumping brine from underground and then drying it in open ponds for months. There are a couple of lithium producers in the U.S., but the largest reserves are in China, Australia, and South America.
With its process and plant in California, Simbol Materials is now a "competitive producer of high-purity lithium and other lithium compounds and derivatives that are critical to electric vehicle batteries and clean energy," Takashi Sunada, of the Chemicals Division of Japanese conglomerate Itochu, said in a statement.
Sales of materials will be done by Itochu, which is a lead investor in Simbol Materials. Silicon Valley venture firm Mohr Davidow is also an investor.
Updated at 11:00 a.m. to correct minerals extracted.