Merck finds fighting hunger sticks to its corporate ribs
on November 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, updated November 29, 2008 at 3:08 PM
There are lots of problems in the world, and Merck is already working on some of them -- cancer, diabetes, HIV -- but during the past year, the company added a long-standing social issue to its list of causes. It's spending time and money to help fight hunger in communities across the United States.
Ellen Lambert, who helps decide where the giant drugmaker will direct its philanthropic efforts, recently explained why hunger became a target and shared some of her philosophy about corporate giving.
Why did Merck take up the problem of hunger?
Hunger is very complex. It's an issue that affects all of us. It affects our communities. It affects families of people who work at Merck. It affects families who live next door to people who work at Merck. It affects communities that we drive through on our way to work.
The first thing we did was look at the easiest ways to get involved, which are food drives and making donations to food banks. As we began to explore, we started to look at it as a much bigger issue. We looked at what hunger looks like in the United States, and it's so many things. It's not enough vegetables in a supermarket in your city. It's not enough fruit. It might be the husband and wife who don't heat their house because they have to feed themselves.
Everyone thinks it doesn't affect them, but look around the block. In May or June, we started to see a lot of articles about hunger and we talked to employees and this was an issue they wanted us to explore. Merck does things to support the hungry every year, food drives, small donations, but we decided we would look at it as a major issue after hearing Meals on Wheels was going bankrupt in a number of places.
It's a big issue now, and the economy makes it a much bigger issue, so we decided to look at it as an aspect of health and wellness.
We usually hear more about Merck's efforts against HIV and other diseases. Are there other things the company is working on in the same quiet way it has taken up its fight against hunger?
We're looking at a number of issues. Look at the number of underinsured and uninsured living in the U.S. We have very generous patient-assistance programs, but we're looking at, can we actually provide some other kinds of assistance.
If you look at wellness and quality of life and prevention, it isn't always just disease-specific. It can be just about stages of life when people might need more attention, parents taking care of both children and their parents, families that are stretched on both sides in terms of caregiving. I think we are looking at deeper, more complex social issues.
We're very lucky as a company. We have a foundation that is endowed and we can give money away. I think the company is very interested in doing it thoughtfully and doing it in a way that brings other partners in. We're not going to stop anything we're currently doing with HIV or diabetes, but I think we're going to look at some of the social issues that impact our communities.
How do you say no to a group asking for money?
Very fairly and very straightforward. We have specific areas that we give away money in, so first and foremost an organization's request has to fit into those areas. Second, because we do have an endowed foundation, we choose for the most part to solicit grants, so we don't accept grants that come in randomly.
We read them because there may be an idea out there that's terrific and deserves funding, but as a company, we really reach out to organizations we think we can help. With hunger, we read an article that Meals on Wheels was losing volunteers and not being able to feed folks who needed their services, and we reached out. It's helpful that we can be active in that way.
Is that what influenced Merck's decision to step up efforts against hunger, the difficulties at Meals on Wheels?
We were hearing a lot about food shortages. It was beginning to be summer and there was an article that in Philadelphia, 18,000 children would be giving up their meal a day because there are no subsidized lunches when they're not in school, and then we read about Meals on Wheels.
We made contributions to Meals and Wheels and a couple of food banks for the summer, one in New Jersey and one in Philadelphia. We're looking to do other things. Employees let us know that shelves were bare in certain food banks, so we actually made commitments. Every site in the U.S. (meaning the community where Merck has facilities) received some funding to make a contribution to one or two food banks.
From your perspective, why is philanthropy important for a company?
It's part of good citizenship. We reside here. We participate in the community. We pay taxes. We have to care as a group about everything that goes on. It's our city. It's our country. It's our world.
We make products for people, and we have to care about their well-being. I also think it's important because we all need to feel good about doing something. We all need to think we can make a difference. There was a point in time when philanthropy was a competitive issue for corporations. I don't think it's that way any longer. You see a lot of collaborations, and a lot of companies working with nonprofit groups and other corporations and non-government organizations because, you know, it is our world. Philanthropy does help to make it better.


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Couple points of clarity:
Are you wanting to collect just the INFER and the SEARCH BACK verse references, or the text from each?
Are you wanting to run the SEARCH BACK on the verse reference or on the MARKED HIT PHRASE from each verse?
As James hints at, one thing you could do is reduce the steps in your macro, by getting the verse list from your INFER command, and using that list to then do the iterations. That is for doing a verse Search Back (I think of it as a reverse INFER), using verses, but not the Marked words.
However, actually copying from Accordance's original INFER tab (tab #2) and pasting in a word processor, and copy and pasting from the Search Back tab (tab #4), you have the benefit of keeping the formatting with the marked words. This is more cumbersome to accomplish. The main problem is "selecting a result/marked words" the INFER tab (tab #2) and running the search back from it. The problem is that Accordance keyboard navigation is pretty limited in the text pane. There's a draw bug with the insertion point, and there's not a programmatic way to select marked words. So, out of the gate, you're stuck doing the Search Back command on the verse reference. Even still, there's no reliable way to programmatically set the insertion point in front of a verse, then in front of the next verse, etc. All the move up down one verse/marked verse simply scroll the window but do NOT change the insertion point position. In ancient days, there was a key combo that moved the insertion point to position 0 in the view, but it was lost.
Still, something like this is doable. I can think of a way to get data that only needs to be cleaned up a little.
I'll post something later.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


Raise A Toast To Building Better Beer Bubbles Through Chemistry
Nov 14, 2012
Scientists may have finally solved a problem that has plagued beer drinkers for ages: Insufficient foam resiliency.
As any beer drinker can tell you, a tall glass of lager without a white, foamy head on top just doesn't look right. And even if you start out with one, it can dissipate fast. And that's just sad.
Now, microbiologists have identified the specific gene in yeast responsible for a beer's head and they say this discovery can lead to stronger, longer lasting, more aesthetically pleasing foam on your favorite brews.
Tom Villa, the chair of microbiology at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, says something called the Carlsbergensis foaming gene, or CFG1, is responsible for the white stuff at the top of your mug. As Villa and his colleagues write in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the gene resides in the yeasts used to ferment beer and it produces a protein that binds to the drink's CO2 bubbles, preventing them from escaping from the glass too quickly.
"The bubbles from the CO2 have to stay as long as possible," Villa says. "The longer they stay, the better the beer, as you know."
Now that we know exactly which gene is responsible for beer foam, Villa says it's possible to manipulate that gene to create beer with foam that lasts longer — potentially for hours and hours, as our colleagues at Science Friday reported.
He also says the same gene responsible for creating the head on a beer is present in wine as well. His team experimented with these genes and came up with a wine that looks like a beer. "It creates a different kind of wine with a lot of foam," Villa says. "You can play around a little bit."
Since most people probably wouldn't be into sipping a frothy merlot, Villa's discovery will mainly impact the world of beer. And even then, he says, this gene has no impact on the flavor of a beer.
How does he know this? Naturally, he called in his students for a little taste-testing experiment.
"It's only the physical aspect of the beer," Villa says. "We all want the foam to stay there, the longer the better. You don't want to drink a beer that when you pour it, the foam collapses the next minute."
So while this discovery may not necessarily lead to better tasting beer, foam is surprisingly important to the overall experience of drinking a beer, so much so that a Japanese company has made a frozen version, as we've previously reported. And anything that improves the beer drinking experience, even if only superficially, is something we here at The Salt will cheer.


Maintenance, the device and car repairs Ford Focus - 3.3. A control lamp of emergency pressure of oil//Ford Focus - mybestwatch.ru
Ford Focus>> System of greasing of the engine>> Control lamp of emergency pressure of oil
The control lamp lights up at pressure in the greasing system, equal 30 — 50 kPas which cannot provide existence of a necessary oil film in rubbing places of the engine. The lamp can light up also when the car goes on a bend with a minimum level of oil: as centrifugal forces arising thus move oil in a case towards turn and the oil pump cannot take away necessary amount of oil. After fast driving on автобану or at movement on lifting the lamp idling starts to blink, it is a sign of that it is not enough pressure of oil. As soon as the lamp by the first pressing a gas pedal dies away again, it should not cause in you concern, however let's burn with it long, cool the engine better.
If the control lamp burns constantly, act as follows:
- immediately stop and muffle the engine;
- check level of oil and if necessary add it. Otherwise go carefully before the following filling and add oil there. Check after that, whether the lamp dies away at the working engine;
- if the lamp does not die away, tow off the car in the next workshop and find out the reason by means of the expert.


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What items do people take with them when they flee their homes to retain a feeling of belonging? And how is pride in one's roots reflected through dress?
Things That Matter is a new exhibition about important things and the importance of things: objects of great personal significance that, at the same time, are closely related to the major social issues of today, such as migration and origin.
What happens to your culture when your country disappears?
The objects in Things That Matter come from all over the world and incorporate stories that are equally meaningful in the Dutch context. An example is a woven basket from the Marshall Islands. In the accompanying video Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner relates in the form of a poem why this object is of such importance to her culture and how this culture is on the verge of disappearing: rising sea levels will result in her island being the first to sink below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The basket on display threatens to become the last tangible remnant of her culture, prompting visitors to the exhibition to reflect on climate change, sustainability and the significance of cultural heritage.
Behind the scenes
This video shows the French-Tunisian 'calligraffiti' artist eL Seed at work in the museum. He created the murals in the pavilion about the beauty of Arabic writing, which is part of the exhibition Things That Matter.
The Things That Matter exhibition is slated to run for five to seven years and has been realised with the aid of the BankGiro Loterij and in collaboration with Museum Catharijneconvent. Photo: David Vroom.


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Ofcom has published a consultation document detailing various approaches to the enforcement of TV advertising schedules. The consultation is designed to explore the options available to the UK regulator in securing "effective and consistent enforcement of rules on the extent to which television programmes can be interrupted by advertising."
The consultation also proposes changes to the current scheduling rules to make them clearer and easier to follow, as the document states. "Although European law specifies the number of advertising breaks permitted during certain programmes, it does not specify the approach that national regulators like Ofcom should take in enforcing these rules. Broadcasters have argued strongly in favour of different approaches. In this document, we set out our view of the advantages and disadvantages of each possible approach."
Patrick Mitchell, Legal Director at DLA Piper, explained to TVBEurope that while both Ofcom's own Code on the Scheduling of Television Advertising (COSTA) and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive place restrictions on the insertion of internal advertising breaks within programmes, based on factors including the "scheduled duration" of the programmes in question, neither actually define the term.
"The consultation primarily focuses on a choice between four different methods of calculating a programme's 'scheduled duration'," he writes. "Under the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) Approach method, a programme's scheduled duration is based on the EPG listing – i.e. from the scheduled start time of that programme until the scheduled start time of the next. This means that both the programme's editorial content and any material broadcast during the breaks (e.g. advertising, programme trails, etc) are included in the scheduled duration. This is the traditional method for calculating a programme's scheduled duration.
"With the Broadcasters' Transmission (TX) Logs Approacha programme's scheduled duration is calculated on information obtained from the TX logs, which provide detailed records of the start and end times of each programme, along with the timings of internal breaks. This in turn provides three possible ways to calculate the scheduled duration:
"a) the programme slot – i.e. from the start of one programme until the start of the next, including all programme, advertising and promotional material transmitted in-between;
b) editorial content plus internal breaks – i.e. from the start to the end of the programme including editorial content and all material shown during internal breaks; or
c) editorial content alone – i.e. from the start of the programme to the end of the programme excluding advertising and promotional material broadcast in internal breaks."
The consultation is open until 10 October with Ofcom expected to issue a statement in early 2015. You can access the full consultation from Ofcom's website. To read more from Patrick Mitchell and the rest of the team at DLA Piper, you can visit DLA Piper's Media Sport and Entertainment blog.


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Karnataka Revised Pay Fixation Methodology as per GO No.FD 6 SRP 2018
FIXATION OF PAY IN THE REVISED SCALES OF PAY: The initial pay of a Government servant shall be fixed in the corresponding revised scale of pay in the following manner:-
(i) An amount representing 30 percent of the basic pay shall be added to the 'existing emoluments' ;
(ii) After the 'existing emoluments' have been so added and increased, the pay shall be fixed in the corresponding revised scale as hereunder:-
(a) Where the amount computed as above is less than the minimum of the revised scale, it shall be fixed at the minimum;
(b) Where the amount computed as above is not less than the minimum but less than the maximum of the revised scale, the pay shall be fixed in the revised scale at the stage next above that amount; and
(c) Where the amount computed as above is equal to or more than the maximum of the revised scale, the pay shall be fixed at the maximum and the amount equal to the difference between the maximum and the stage of pay in the master scale (mentioned in paragraph 2.3) next above the amount shall be allowed as 'personal pay'.
Note: For this purpose, 'existing emoluments' shall include-
(a) the basic pay as defined in clause (c) of rule 3 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2018;
(b) dearness allowance of 45.25% of basic pay admissible as on 01.07.2017.


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SINGAPORE - The world's largest floating solar photovoltaic cell test-bed measuring 1ha and containing 10 different solar photovoltaic systems was launched on Tuesday (Oct 25) by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli.
The $11-million test-bed - the size of about 100 five-room Housing Board flats located at Tengeh Reservoir in Tuas - will, over the next six months, be used to study the performance and cost-effectiveness of the various systems.
Speaking at the Asia Clean Energy Summit held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Mr Masagos said that being sustainable should not be considered as an alternative or a trade-off to economic development.
"Rather, the pursuit of clean and renewable energy development is a venture into greater opportunities and growth, and also a necessary step into the green era," he said.
Each solar photovoltaic system has a capacity of 1 kilowatt peak and will be studied with some 100 sensors and the results pitted against one another.
The floating system will also be compared against a 20 kilowatt peak roof-top system that has been constructed in the vicinity of Tengeh Reservoir.
Eventually, the two best-performing floating solar photovoltaic systems will be chosen and placed on a larger trial of 2 megawatt peak capacity.
The test-bed is an initiative by the Economic Development Board (EDB) and national water agency PUB.
The scientific evaluation of the various solar photovoltaic systems will be conducted by the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (Seris).
Examples of systems being tested include one that uses bi-facial solar cells which allow sunlight to enter from both sides, and another that has an "active cooling" feature where water is pumped onto the solar cells to cool them down to improve their performance.
PUB will also study the environmental impact on the reservoir. This includes the impact on water quality and biodiversity of the reservoir as a result of the photovoltaic installations.
Floating solar photovoltaic cells are becoming an increasingly attractive way for Singapore to harness sunlight due to limitations in roof space, and also for their higher performance.
Previous research suggests that they can be up to 20 per cent more efficient than roof-top systems in tropical countries, and 5 per cent more efficient in temperate countries.
This is brought on by cooling effects provided by the water body the solar panels are floating on.
"As a highly dense city state with limited space for solar deployment, Singapore is placing emphasis on building up urban solar capabilities which include floating solar as a key focus area. Singapore is also positioned as a living lab for companies to test and commercialise innovative urban solutions," said Mr Goh Chee Kiong, executive director for cleantech at EDB.
"We are confident that the floating photovoltaic test-bed will serve as an important reference for local and international companies to scale up their solar technologies for global markets," he said.
EDB has also recently secured five new investments across the fields of solar, microgrids, smart grids and energy management in Singapore worth a total of $50 million in cumulative business expenditure over the next five years.
This article was first published on October 26, 2016.
Get a copy of The Straits Times or go to straitstimes.com for more stories.

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Frustration toolboxes are a visual tool that help students learn to regulate their own emotions and behaviours.
Of course, with enough practice, students will have enough tools to deal with more than just frustration, but that emotion is easy to identify and works as a relatable starting point.
On the front of the toolbox graphic is a place for students to write their name, as well as a space for them to make a list of 5 strategies that they can use to help them calm when they are upset or frustrated, de-escalate when they are agitated or angry, or refocus their energy when they are overly excited or active(or tired).
- "Creating Strategies for Self-Regulation" – detailed lesson plan outlining the creation of the frustration toolboxes, from when you first start discussion of self-regulation strategies to the moment you post them on the wall
- Colourful and original handouts for student brainstorming
- All-original clipart for the creation of the frustration toolboxes
- Real life examples of completed toolboxes
- ¼ page size Frustration Toolbox desk placards
- Copies of Frustration Toolbox clipart using "Self-Regulation Toolbox" for higher grades
- "Choosing the Right Tool for the Job" – detailed Role-Playing and Reflection lesson plan for practicing selection and performance of self-regulation strategies
- 24 unique role-playing scenarios to discuss and perform
- 5 designs of reflection exercises for students before, during, and after role play exercises
- 5 versions of "Weekly Toolbox Check" journal prompt pages to engage students in regular conversations about their strategies, and offer opportunities to update and adapt their toolbox
- Additional ideas for implementation
- Colour and black and white versions of all handouts
This package is meant to accompany instruction in behavioural self-management and is intended to aid in increased engagement in a special needs setting such as a Behaviour and Learning Assistance or similar program classroom. The graphics and act of physically making a frustration toolbox, then posting it in the room has proven, in my experience, to facilitate students' critical thinking about their emotional states and the behavioural responses attributed to them. The tools act as a visual aid to help them remember that they have options available when things are getting difficult, and being able to physically choose a tool to work with adds a tangible element to an otherwise very intangible and abstract social development task. The toolboxes aid in the development of independent self-regulation, and as an added bonus, they can work as an aid in communication between the student and classroom staff. Let's say for example that you notice a student has gone to the Chill Zone, or has left the room unexpectedly. Once students are familiar with the process of grabbing a tool from their toolbox as they work to calm or de-escalate, you would be able to check that student's toolbox, and perhaps see that his "Go for a walk to the office and back" measuring tape is gone.
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32.10.6 Specifying a Coding System for One Operation
You can specify the coding system for a specific operation by binding the variables coding-system-for-read and/or coding-system-for-write.
Variable: coding-system-for-read
If this variable is non-nil, it specifies the coding system to use for reading a file, or for input from a synchronous subprocess.
It also applies to any asynchronous subprocess or network stream, but in a different way: the value of coding-system-for-read when you start the subprocess or open the network stream specifies the input decoding method for that subprocess or network stream. It remains in use for that subprocess or network stream unless and until overridden.
The right way to use this variable is to bind it with let for a specific I/O operation. Its global value is normally nil, and you should not globally set it to any other value. Here is an example of the right way to use the variable:
;; Read the file with no character code conversion.
(let ((coding-system-for-read 'no-conversion))
 (insert-file-contents filename))
When its value is non-nil, this variable takes precedence over all other methods of specifying a coding system to use for input, including file-coding-system-alist, process-coding-system-alist and network-coding-system-alist.
Variable: coding-system-for-write
This works much like coding-system-for-read, except that it applies to output rather than input. It affects writing to files, as well as sending output to subprocesses and net connections.
When a single operation does both input and output, as do call-process-region and start-process, both coding-system-for-read and coding-system-for-write affect it.
User Option: inhibit-eol-conversion
When this variable is non-nil, no end-of-line conversion is done, no matter which coding system is specified. This applies to all the Emacs I/O and subprocess primitives, and to the explicit encoding and decoding functions (see Explicit Encoding).
Sometimes, you need to prefer several coding systems for some operation, rather than fix a single one. Emacs lets you specify a priority order for using coding systems. This ordering affects the sorting of lists of coding systems returned by functions such as find-coding-systems-region (see Lisp and Coding Systems).
Function: coding-system-priority-list &optional highestp
This function returns the list of coding systems in the order of their current priorities. Optional argument highestp, if non-nil, means return only the highest priority coding system.
Function: set-coding-system-priority &rest coding-systems
This function puts coding-systems at the beginning of the priority list for coding systems, thus making their priority higher than all the rest.
Macro: with-coding-priority coding-systems &rest body…
This macro execute body, like progn does (see progn), with coding-systems at the front of the priority list for coding systems. coding-systems should be a list of coding systems to prefer during execution of body.


How to engineer reliable software
Yet another article about TDD.
Ten artykuł jest również dostępny w języku polskim na LinkedIn.
This article is made from the lightning talk that I have presented to my work colleagues.
Test Driven Development
How to engineer reliable software.
How many vulnerabilities can three lines of code introduce
Random code in the IDE :)
You have started working on a new project. And from time to time when you are reading the code in the repository you have this (hard to define) feeling. Feeling that something is wrong. So you are going deeper into the code and start playing with it.
Let's have a look at the following piece of code that I have discovered. It was like this:
router.get('/image/:url', (req, res) => {
This code had one job: download image(hosted on another website) and sent it to the user on our domain (
For example, when you would go…
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Take the 2-minute tour ×
Here is a little Scala session that defines and tries out some functions:
scala> def test1(str: String) = str + str;
test1: (str: String)java.lang.String
scala> test1("ab")
res0: java.lang.String = abab
works nicely.
scala> val test2 = test1
:6: error: missing arguments for method test1 in object $iw;
follow this method with '_' if you want to treat it as a partially applied function
 val test2 = test1
scala> val test2 = test1 _
test2: (String) => java.lang.String =
scala> test2("ab")
res1: java.lang.String = abab
works well!
Now, I've seen the _ syntax when folding (_ + _, etc). So as I understand it _ basically means "an argument". So test1 _ basically means a function with an argument, which is given to test1". But why isn't that exactly the same as just test1? Why is there a difference if I append a _?
So I kept exploring...
scala> val test3 = (str: String) => str + str
test3: (String) => java.lang.String =
scala> test3("ab")
res2: java.lang.String = abab
scala> val test4 = test3
test4: (String) => java.lang.String =
Here it works without _! What's the difference between a defed function, and a valed function?
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Rex, I'm going to save you some time. You already answered this on the mailing list on 1/27/2010. It was a good response so I bookmarked it. scala-programming-language._PHONE_.n4.nabble.com/… – Bradford Feb 15 '11 at 21:13
_USER_ - Heh, thanks :) – Rex Kerr Feb 15 '11 at 21:18
I think there is some unfortunate confusion regarding the usage of the term "function" / "defining a function" in Scala. Even Programming in Scala says that def defines a function, but that's not quite true depending on your definition of "function". I.e. a method returns a result that is a function of its parameters, but the method is not a function value or function object. It would probably be helpful to differentiate between these two usages of the term "function". – Knut Arne Vedaa Feb 15 '11 at 22:31
Read retronyms answer in my similar question from April '10. stackoverflow.com/questions/_PHONE_/… - (ps, I QRd your avatar, very funny!) – Synesso Feb 15 '11 at 22:41
In short - function vs. method – Maxim Oct 14 at 20:48
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There's no difference between a def'ed function and a val'ed function:
scala> def test1 = (str: String) => str + str
test1: (String) => java.lang.String
scala> val test2 = test1
test2: (String) => java.lang.String =
test3: (String) => java.lang.String =
scala> val test4 = test2
test4: (String) => java.lang.String =
See? All of these are functions, which is indicated by the X => Y type they have.
scala> def test5(str: String) = str + str
test5: (str: String)java.lang.String
Do you see an X => Y type? If you do, go see an ophtamologist, because there's none. The type here is (X)Y, commonly used to denote a method.
Actually, test1, test2, test3 and test4 are all methods, which return functions. This one is a method which returns a java.lang.String. Also, test1 through test4 do not take parameters (only test1 could, anyway), while test5 does.
So, the difference is pretty simple. In the first case, you tried to assign a method to a val, but did not fill in the parameters the method take. So it failed, until you added a trailing underscore, which meant turn my method into a function.
In the second example you had a function, so you didn't need to do anything else.
A method is not a function, and vice versa. A function is an object of one of the FunctionN classes. A method is a handle to some piece of code associated with an object.
See various questions about methods vs functions on Stack Overflow.
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Is (X)Y a type? Oh, and thanks for the new word. – Synesso Feb 16 '11 at 1:12
I love this answer. Some follow-up questions: 1) Do you see an X => Y type? How about the second line? Is it not X => Y because it has ( and ) around String? (Otherwise I'd have to look for an oftamologist in the yellow-pages.) 2) From your description it seems to me that functions are strictly more general than methods, and that I could use your test1-notation instead of test5-notation everywhere? What would the drawback be? – aioobe Feb 16 '11 at 8:15
_USER_ Yes, no, kind of. It's REPL's representation of an hypothetical method type. – Daniel C. Sobral Feb 16 '11 at 16:06
_USER_ The second line is not X => Y because there's no =>. Functions are slower than methods, and they cannot receive type parameters -- this has been discussed elsewhere on Stack Overflow. – Daniel C. Sobral Feb 16 '11 at 16:08
Thanks Daniel!! – aioobe Feb 16 '11 at 16:11
The def declares a method within a surrounding object/class/trait, similar to the way you define methods in Java. You can only use defs within other objects/classes/traits. In the REPL, you cannot see the surrounding object because it's "hidden", but it does exist.
You cannot assign a def to a value, because the def is not a value - it's a method in the object.
The (x: T) => x * x declares and instantiates a function object, which exists at runtime. Function objects are instances of anonymous classes which extend FunctionN traits. FunctionN traits come with an apply method. The name apply is special, because it can be omitted. Expression f(x) is desugared into f.apply(x).
The bottomline is - since function objects are runtime values which exist on the heap, you can assign them to values, variables and parameters, or return them from methods as return values.
To solve the issue of assigning methods to values (which can be useful), Scala allows you to use the placeholder character to create a function object from a method. Expression test1 _ in your example above actually creates a wrapper function around the method test1 - it is equivalent to x => test1(x).
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Simple yet clean answer, +1 – Muhammad Hewedy Feb 8 '13 at 13:37
The underscore means different things in different contexts. But it can always be thought of as the thing that would go here, but doesn't need to be named.
When applied in place of parameters, the effect is to lift the method to a function.
test1: (str: String)java.lang.String
scala> val f1 = test1 _
f1: (String) => java.lang.String =
Note, the method has become a function of type (String) => String.
The distinction between a method and a function in Scala is that methods are akin to traditional Java methods. You can't pass them around as values. However functions are values in their own right and can be used as input parameters and return values.
The lifting can go further:
scala> val f2 = f1 _
f2: () => (String) => java.lang.String =
Lifting this function results in another function. This time of type () => (String) => (String)
From what I can tell, this syntax is equivalent to substituting all of the parameters with an underscore explicitly. For example:
scala> def add(i: Int, j: Int) = i + j
add: (i: Int,j: Int)Int
scala> val addF = add(_, _)
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The University of Virginia Health System is in the process of creating and updating information for patients and their families on studies and procedures.
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In the mean time you can go to the University of Virginia Health System,
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Biliary Tube Care Instructions
WHAT IS A BILIARY DRAINAGE CATHETER?
A biliary catheter is a small flexible, rubber tube placed into the common bile duct, the passageway for the bile to flow from the gallbladder and liver to the duodenum (small intestine, also referred to as the bowel). The catheter can drain the bile either internally (inside your intestines) or externally (into a bag outside your body). Bile is a thick fluid, usually golden yellow in color.
WHY DO I NEED A BILIARY DRAINAGE CATHETER?
1. You may have a blockage of the bile ducts, causing the bile to back up into your liver.
2. There may be a hole in the bile duct causing bile to leak.
3. To prepare for surgery or for some other procedure on your bile ducts, such as removal of a stone or tumor.
HOW DO I PREPARE FOR THE PROCEDURE?
If you are already a patient in the hospital, your doctors and nurses will provide you instructions. If you are to be admitted to the hospital after this procedure, please follow these listed instructions:
1. No solid food after midnight. You may have clear liquids.
2. Take your medications as usual. If you are on glucophage, insulin, or a blood thinner, contact our department as soon as possible so we can adjust the dosage of your medications.
3. If you are allergic to x-ray or contrast dye, notify our department ASAP, so that necessary precautions can be undertaken.
4. Bring all your medications with you on the day of the procedure.
WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE PROCEDURE?
1. The nurse and interventional radiologist will talk with you about the procedure in detail, answer your questions, and ask you to sign a consent form.
2. You will be asked to put on a hospital gown, and remove anything metal, such as jewelry or false teeth/dentures.
3. Your family or significant other will be asked to go to our designated waiting area.
4. An IV will be started for fluids, antibiotics, and pain and sedation medications.
5. You may also need lab work drawn prior to the procedure.
6. A mucomyst patch will be applied to your right back. It is cold and has a funny odor. This is to reduce your risk of skin irritation from the radiation.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PROCEDURE?
You will be taken into our procedure room, where you will be positioned on the x-ray table. You will be hooked up to a monitor so your blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen level can be watched closely. Betadine (a brown colored soap) will be used to wash the area where the tube will be inserted. Lidocaine or Xylocaine (the same medication a dentist uses) will be injected to numb the skin. It will sting and burn for a few seconds before the area becomes numb. The nurse will also be present to administer the pain and sedation (something to help you relax) medications. The radiologist will use x-rays to locate your liver. Next, a needle will be inserted through your skin into a bile duct, contrast dye injected, and the biliary tube will be advanced into the bile duct. You may feel some pressure and discomfort when the tube is inserted.
The biliary tube site will be covered with a dressing. The tube will be connected to a drainage bag. The bile will flow from your common bile duct through the biliary tube into the bag. The fluid may contain some blood at first. However, the blood usually clears over time.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE PROCEDURE?
After the procedure, you will be taken to the recovery room or up to your hospital room on a stretcher. Your vital signs will be monitored frequently for a few hours. You may eat your usual diet, unless you are nauseated or your physician has other tests scheduled. Because everyone is different, the length of stay in the hospital will vary. Before you are discharged from the hospital, an Angio nurse will provide care instructions and supplies with a family member or significant other present.
HOW LONG WILL I NEED THE BILIARY TUBE?
This depends on the reason you needed the catheter.
1. A blockage of the bile duct by stones, infection, scar tissue, or tumoras long as the blockage is present.
2. A hole in the bile ductuntil the hole is healed.
3. In preparation for bile duct surgeryyou will need the tube for several days to months after surgery, depending upon what is found at the time of surgery.
Your doctors will discuss with you how long you are likely to need the drainage catheter.
BILIARY TUBE CARE INSTRUCTIONS
HOW DO I CARE FOR THE TUBE?
1. Empty the bag before it is completely full.
2. Sponge baths are recommended in order to keep the dressing dry.
3. You cannot go swimming.
4. You can take a shower if you put a plastic covering, such as Saran Wrap, over the area.
5. The dressing of split sponges, 4x4 gauze and tape, should be changed every 3 days or when it gets soiled, wet, or loose. It is very important to wash your hands before removing the old dressing and then again before applying the new dressing. The Tegaderm (clear plastic) tape which holds the blue plastic ring in place and telfa should only be changed once a week or when it becomes soiled, wet, or loose.
HOW DO I CHANGE THE DRESSING?
1. Assemble supplies: telfa, Tegaderm, scissors, split gauze sponges, 4x4 gauze sponges, tape, connecting tube and drainage bagif needed.
2. Carefully remove the old dressing, being careful not to pull the drainage catheter and keeping the blue plastic ring against the skin.
3. Inspect the skin around the catheter. Note any unusual redness, tenderness, or drainage. See: Problems you may experience.
4. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.
5. Cut a round piece of telfa, the same size as the blue disc, or slightly larger. Cut a slit in the telfa, so that it will fit around the catheter. Place the telfa under the blue disc.
6. Fold a new Tegaderm in half and cut a hole in the center about the size of the nipple on the blue disc. Put the catheter through this hole, and apply the Tegaderm to the skin. If the catheter is attached to a drainage bag, you must first disconnect the bag, then slip the catheter through the Tegaderm.
7. Place two split sponge gauze around the catheter.
8. Fold 4x4 gauze on each side of the catheter, so you are able to curl the catheter once without kinking it. The catheter should rest on the gauze and not the skin.
9. Cover the catheter with 4x4 gauze and secure the dressing with tape.
10. Put a piece of tape below the dressing to hold the catheter and act as a safety device.
11. The external drainage bag should be rinsed out and cleaned once a week with soap and water. Please allow it to dry thoroughly. You are given a second bag to use for these changes.
Supplies may be provided at each appointment. It will be helpful to bring a list of what you need.
You will be scheduled for your tube to be checked every 4 weeks and to be changed every 8 weeks. Please do not eat any solid foods after midnight. If you have a morning appointment, please do not eat breakfast, you may have clear liquids. If you have an afternoon appointment, you may eat a light breakfast, but please do not eat lunch. You may take your medications as usual. However, if you are a diabetic on oral hypoglycemics, do not take your pill if you skip breakfast. For those who are diabetic and take insulin regularly: take half of your NPH dose and only take your normal dose of Regular insulin if you are eating breakfast. We have chemstrips to check your sugar level and juice and lollipops if you feel your sugar is getting low.
If you are unable to keep your appointment or will be late, please call and let us know.
PROBLEMS YOU MAY EXPERIENCE:
1. The blue plastic ring comes away from the skin.
a. If this is only slightly away from the skin, push it back so that it touches the skin. It should move easily without much force.
b. If it is more than 1 inch away from the skin, you need to call the Angio/Interventional Radiology department, explain the problem and make an appointment for the tube to be checked.
2. The catheter becomes kinked.
a. If it is only slightly kinked, straighten it out and redress it.
b. If the kink is severe and/or there is a knot in the catheter, you need to make an appointment with the Angio department for a tube check.
3. The catheter stops draining into the bag. This may occur for 3 reasons:
a. The catheter may be k

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An open collector is a common type of output found on many integrated circuits (IC), which behaves like a switch that is either connected to ground or disconnected.
NOT gate is a digital circuit that has a single input and single output. The output of NOT gate is the logical inversion of input. Hence, the NOT gate is also called an inverter.
Logic NOT Gates are available using digital circuits to produce the desired logical function. The standard NOT gate is given a symbol whose shape is of a triangle pointing to the right with a circle at its end. This circle is known as an "inversion bubble". Logic NOT gates provide the complement of their input signal and are so called because when their input signal is "HIGH" their output state will NOT be "HIGH". Likewise, when their input signal is "LOW" their output state will NOT be "LOW". As they are single-input devices, logic NOT gates are not normally classed as "decision" making devices
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We will discuss answers to these questions, as well as the medical issues associated with aging, the effects on an attorneys' ability to practice, disciplinary perspectives, risk management and potential malpractice actions, and the resources available to those impacted by the "graying" of the profession.
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In the new study, researchers tracked the credit reports of more than a half million adults under 65 in California who had a hospitalization between 2003 and 2007 that wasn't tied to childbirth. They found that hospitalizations clearly forced some patients into bankruptcy in the years following their stay, said study co-author Matthew Notowidigdo, a Northwestern University economist.
It just may not happen as frequently as the other research indicates. "What causes bankruptcies is still somewhat unknown, but it appears that medical expenses are responsible for a much smaller share of them than previously thought," said co-author Raymond Kluender of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Researchers also estimated that hospitalizations were responsible for only about 6 percent of bankruptcies among uninsured patients. They noted that hospitalization rates are lower in that patient group compared to the overall non-elderly population.
The new analysis included a broader range of people than earlier research, which focused on those who already had filed for bankruptcy protection. Such a narrow focus makes it "impossible to infer the role of medical expenses in causing bankruptcy" without information on those who had big medical bills and didn't sink financially, the authors of Wednesday's report noted. Their study also had limitations: It focused only on adult patients from one state who were hospitalized. Kluender said hospital stays often are the first event that triggers a "chain of struggles with medical expenses and medical debt." The research looked at hospitalizations that occurred several years before the federal Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage to millions of Americans.


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In this paper, we present high-resolution HST/COS observations of the extreme magnetic O star NGC 1624-2. These represent the first ultraviolet spectra of this archetypal object. We examine the variability of its wind-sensitive resonance lines, comparing it to that of other known magnetic O stars. In particular, the observed variations in the profiles of the C IV and Si IV doublets between low state and high state are the largest observed in any magnetic O-type star, consistent with the expected properties of NGC 1624-2's magnetosphere. We also observe a redshifted absorption component in the low state, a feature not seen in most stars. We present preliminary modelling efforts based on the Analytic Dynamical Magnetosphere (ADM) formalism, demonstrating the necessity of using non-spherically symmetric models to determine wind/magnetospheric properties of magnetic O stars.
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- Space and Planetary Science


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FTA's Transit Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator v3.0
The Transit Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Estimator (Estimator) is a Microsoft Excel-based spreadsheet tool that allows users to estimate the partial lifecycle GHG emissions generated from and the energy used in the construction, operation, and maintenance phases of a project across select transit modes. Users input general information about a project, and the Estimator calculates annual GHG emissions by project phase.
The tool was developed in connection with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit Projects Programmatic Assessment. The tool provides a resource to generate coarse but informative estimates of GHG emissions using limited project information and can be used for a broad range of transit projects. This tool is not mandatory; transit agencies should work with the appropriate FTA regional office to determine whether to conduct project-specific analyses of GHG emissions and the best approaches.
Refer to the accompanying Transit Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator v3.0: User Guide for detailed instructions on how to use the tool. The User Guide also provides information on the GHG emission factors, data sources, and assumptions used in the tool.


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Nav1.5 is the pore forming α-subunit of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel that initiates cardiac action potential and regulates the human heartbeat. A normal level of Nav1.5 is crucial to cardiac function and health. Over- or under-expression of Nav1.5 can cause various cardiac diseases ranging from short PR intervals to Brugada syndromes. An assay that can directly quantify the protein amount in biological samples would be a priori to accurately diagnose and treat Nav1.5-associated cardiac diseases. Due to its large size (>200 KD), multipass transmembrane domains (24 transmembrane passes), and heavy modifications, Nav1.5 poses special quantitation challenges. To date, only the relative quantities of this protein have been measured in biological samples. Here, we describe the first targeted and mass spectrometry (MS)-based quantitative assay that can provide the copy numbers of Nav1.5 in cells with a well-defined lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) and precision. Applying the developed assay, we successfully quantified transiently expressed Nav1.5 in as few as 1.5 million Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The obtained quantity was 3 ± 2 fmol on the column and 3 ± 2 × 104 copies/cell. To our knowledge, this is the first absolute quantity of Nav1.5 measured in a biological sample.
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text: 96 страниц. 2012 год. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Geological models for monitoring groundwater quantity are an essential component of groundwater investigations as well as for rural/urban groundwater management.This study and research work presents geographical environment that will enable the visual analysis of groundwater boreholes, aquifers, and pre and post monsoon water levels in the Sabarkatha region. The study area is the irrigation region in Gujarat, India. The primary aim for this research is to develop a 3-dimensional geo-referenced groundwater model for water quantity management which integrates a groundwater modelling system and GIS.


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Chan, R.H. ; Dept. of Math., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China ; Chan, T.H. ; Hau Man Yeung ; Wang, R.W.
The composition vector (CV) method is an alignment-free method for sequence comparison. Because of its simplicity when compared with multiple sequence alignment methods, the method has been widely discussed lately; and some formulas based on probabilistic models, like Hao's and Yu's formulas, have been proposed. In this paper, we improve these formulas by using the entropy principle which can quantify the nonrandomness occurrence of patterns in the sequences. More precisely, existing formulas are used to generate a set of possible formulas from which we choose the one that maximizes the entropy. We give the closed-form solution to the resulting optimization problem. Hence, from any given CV formula, we can find the corresponding one that maximizes the entropy. In particular, we show that Hao's formula is itself maximizing the entropy and we derive a new entropy-maximizing formula from Yu's formula. We illustrate the accuracy of our new formula by using both simulated and experimental data sets. For the simulated data sets, our new formula gives the best consensus and significant values for three different kinds of evolution models. For the data set of tetrapod 18S rRNA sequences, our new formula groups the clades of bird and reptile together correctly, where Hao's and Yu's formulas failed. Using real data sets with different sizes, we show that our formula is more accurate than Hao's and Yu's formulas even for small data sets.
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is called the star-discrepancy of (z1, . . . , zN ). Here and in the sequel λ denotes the sdimensional Lebesgue measure. The Koksma-Hlawka inequality states that the difference between the integral of a function f over the s-dimensional unit cube and the arithmetic mean of the function values f(z1), . . . , f(zN ) is bounded by the product of the total(More)
The problem of finding the largest empty axis-parallel box amidst a point configuration is a classical problem in computational complexity theory. It is known that the volume of the largest empty box is of asymptotic order 1/n for n → ∞ and fixed dimension d. However, it is natural to assume that the volume of the largest empty box increases as d gets(More)
By a classical result of Weyl (1916), for any increasing sequence (nk) of positive integers, (nkx) is uniformly distributed mod 1 for almost all x. The precise asymptotics of the discrepancy of this sequence is known only in a few cases, e.g. for nk = k (Khinchin (1924)) and for lacunary (nk) (Philipp (1975)). In this paper we extend Philipp's result to(More)
By a profound result of Heinrich, Novak, Wasilkowski, and Woźniakowski the inverse of the stardiscrepancy n∗(s, ε) satisfies the upper bound n∗(s, ε) ≤ cabssε. This is equivalent to the fact that for any N and s there exists a set of N points in [0, 1] whose star-discrepancy is bounded by cabss 1/2N−1/2. The proof is based on the observation that a random(More)
We establish a connection between the L norm of sums of dilated functions whose jth Fourier coefficients are O(j−α) for some α ∈ (1/2, 1), and the spectral norms of certain greatest common divisor (GCD) matrices. Utilizing recent bounds for these spectral norms, we obtain sharp conditions for the convergence in L and for the almost everywhere convergence of(More)
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{
/* If building the hash table and the NO-DIS attribute is present,
ignore. */
if (CGEN_INSN_ATTR_VALUE (insn, CGEN_INSN_NO_DIS))
return 0;
return CGEN_DIS_HASH_P (insn);
}
#ifndef CGEN_ASM_HASH
#define CGEN_ASM_HASH_SIZE 127
#ifdef CGEN_MNEMONIC_OPERANDS
#define CGEN_ASM_HASH(mnem) (*(unsigned char *) (mnem) % CGEN_ASM_HASH_SIZE)
#else
#define CGEN_ASM_HASH(mnem) (*(unsigned char *) (mnem) % CGEN_ASM_HASH_SIZE) /*FIXME*/
#endif
#endif
/* It doesn't make much sense to provide a default here,
but while this is under development we do.
BUFFER is a pointer to the bytes of the insn, target order.
VALUE is the first base_insn_bitsize bits as an int in host order. */
#ifndef CGEN_DIS_HASH
#define CGEN_DIS_HASH_SIZE 256
#define CGEN_DIS_HASH(buf, value) (*(unsigned char *) (buf))
#endif
/* The result is the hash value of the insn.
Targets are free to override CGEN_{ASM,DIS}_HASH in the .opc file. */
static unsigned int
asm_hash_insn (const char *mnem)
{
return CGEN_ASM_HASH (mnem);
}
/* BUF is a pointer to the bytes of the insn, target order.
VALUE is the first base_insn_bitsize bits as an int in host order. */
static unsigned int
dis_hash_insn (const char *buf ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
CGEN_INSN_INT value ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
{
return CGEN_DIS_HASH (buf, value);
}
/* Set the recorded length of the insn in the CGEN_FIELDS struct. */
static void
set_fields_bitsize (CGEN_FIELDS *fields, int size)
{
CGEN_FIELDS_BITSIZE (fields) = size;
}
/* Function to call before using the operand instance table.
This plugs the opcode entries and macro instructions into the cpu table. */
void
lm32_cgen_init_opcode_table (CGEN_CPU_DESC cd)
{
int i;
int num_macros = (sizeof (lm32_cgen_macro_insn_table) /
sizeof (lm32_cgen_macro_insn_table[0]));
const CGEN_IBASE *ib = & lm32_cgen_macro_insn_table[0];
const CGEN_OPCODE *oc = & lm32_cgen_macro_insn_opcode_table[0];
CGEN_INSN *insns = xmalloc (num_macros * sizeof (CGEN_INSN));
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if memset is called with a third argument of value zero. */
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memset (insns, 0, num_macros * sizeof (CGEN_INSN));
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{
insns[i].base = &ib[i];
insns[i].opcode = &oc[i];
lm32_cgen_build_insn_regex (& insns[i]);
}
cd->macro_insn_table.init_entries = insns;
cd->macro_insn_table.entry_size = sizeof (CGEN_IBASE);
cd->macro_insn_table.num_init_entries = num_macros;
oc = & lm32_cgen_insn_opcode_table[0];
insns = (CGEN_INSN *) cd->insn_table.init_entries;
for (i = 0; i < MAX_INSNS; ++i)
{
insns[i].opcode = &oc[i];
lm32_cgen_build_insn_regex (& insns[i]);
}
cd->sizeof_fields = sizeof (CGEN_FIELDS);
cd->set_fields_bitsize = set_fields_bitsize;
cd->asm_hash_p = asm_hash_insn_p;
cd->asm_hash = asm_hash_insn;
cd->asm_hash_size = CGEN_ASM_HASH_SIZE;
cd->dis_hash_p = dis_hash_insn_p;
cd->dis_hash = dis_hash_insn;
cd->dis_hash_size = CGEN_DIS_HASH_SIZE;
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April 14, 2011 -- The suicide rate in the United States rises when the economy slumps, and falls when economic times improve. And this has been the case at least since the Great Depression, which started with the stock market crash of 1929, the CDC says in a new study.
"Knowing suicides increased during economic recessions and fell during expansions underscores the need for additional suicide prevention measures when the economy weakens," James Mercy, PhD, of the CDC's Injury Center's Division of Violence Prevention, says in a news release. "It is an important finding for policymakers and those working to prevent suicide."
In economic recessions, companies cut back their workforces, leaving many people jobless. Unemployment often is associated with stressful situations such as financial and relationship problems that may increase suicide risk. When economic conditions improve on the other side of normal business cycles, called expansions, companies add workers and unemployment rates fall.
In the CDC study, the strongest association between economic recessions and suicides occurred in people between 25 and 64, which is considered the prime period of employment.
The study finds that:
"Economic problems can impact how people feel about themselves and their futures as well as their relationships with family and friends," Feijun Luo, PhD, a CDC economist and the study's author, says in a news release. "We know suicide is not caused by any one factor -- it is often a combination of many that lead to suicide. But there are many opportunities for prevention."
He says prevention strategies should focus on individuals, families, neighborhoods, and entire communities in order to reduce risk factors.
The CDC report suggests strategies to reduce or prevent suicides during hard times:
Luo says in the article that suicide ranked as the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2007 and was responsible for 34,598 deaths.
She writes that suicide is not only influenced by economic conditions, but also medical, psychological, social, and cultural factors.
SOURCES:News release, CDC.Luo, F. American Journal of Public Health, April 2011.
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The help command invokes the built-in help function in magic, which lists the summary usage information that has been compiled into magic for each command. The summary help information is usually only a single line of text. Commands that have complicated sets of options have their own help option, which is not part of the help command.
Without arguments, help reports a summary usage for every command in magic. With arguments, magic filters the output to report only those commands matching the indicated text pattern.
The output is divided into general-purpose and window-specific sections. The window-specfic section depends on the active window. For instance, with a single layout window present, help cleanup returns no information. However, the command specialopen netlist followed by help cleanup will report the usage of the command cleanup, which is a command that can only be invoked from the netlist window.
help is implemented as a built-in command in magic. Note that there is no general-purpose command-line-based help method for Tcl commands, so the help command will not provide any information about magic commands written as Tcl procedures, such as openwrapper or pushstack. The general convention is for each Tcl procedure to allow the option help and provide its own usage information.
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Showing error message on selectOneMenu while selecting default
Showing error message on selectOneMenu while selecting default
So, we have a menu, brimmed with our objects from list/database. The intention would be creating a default "Select" kind of the first row and to brag on the user when s/he selects the default.
The trick is simple, create the first list with null object and label it as Select. Lets show it with simple example.
We want to have a list of programming languages on our select menu. And, the first would be a default object.
 //Actual domain class
 class Language{
 private String name;
 private String type;
 private boolan isCompiled;
 getters/setters goes here
 }
 //Bean class
 class someBean{
 private List languages;
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 public String getLanguages(){
 //Let languages would be filled by some service or factory
 this.languages = someLanguageFactory.getAllLanguages();
 //Assign the first element as null
 this.languages.add(0, null);
 }
 }

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 <h:selectOneMenu id="selectLanguage" value="someBean.languages"
 requred="true" ....
This should do the task, make the list required, and populate the first list null. So, during validation if the selection is null it would be rejected as we have told it to watch an eye on blank fields.
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Environmental harshness and unpredictability, life history, and social and academic behavior of adolescents in nine countries.
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies in response to various safety constraints. Evolutionarily selected LH strategies in turn regulate development and behavior to optimize survival under prevailing safety conditions. The present study tested LH hypotheses concerning safety based on a 6-year longitudinal sample of 1,245 adolescents and their parents from 9 countries. The results revealed that, invariant across countries, environmental harshness, and unpredictability (lack of safety) was negatively associated with slow LH behavioral profile, measured 2 years later, and slow LH behavioral profile was negatively and positively associated with externalizing behavior and academic performance, respectively, as measured an additional 2 years later. These results support the evolutionary conception that human development responds to environmental safety cues through LH regulation of social and learning behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
Chang, L; Lu, HJ; Lansford, JE; Skinner, AT; Bornstein, MH; Steinberg, L; Dodge, KA; Chen, BB; Tian, Q; Bacchini, D; Deater-Deckard, K; Pastorelli, C; Alampay, LP; Sorbring, E; Al-Hassan, SM; Oburu, P; Malone, PS; Di Giunta, L; Tirado, LMU; Tapanya, S
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Organizing Stream posts with Topics
In the Stream, there are several changes to the left sidebar. The first noticeable change is that the class code is no longer visible in the Stream. Instead, it is found in the sidebar of the Student section. In its place, there is a Topics card. This new card allows categorical topics to be added to posts in the Stream. These topics can be specific units, resource categories, or any other classification needed. One teacher uses topics to also indicate whether a post contains enrichment information that is fun and interesting but not part of the unit curriculum. To start, created topics by clicking on the 'ADD TOPIC' button, shown below.
A dialogue box will appears where the topic name is filled in.
Topics names will appear in the Topics card in the sidebar. When creating a post in the stream, find the 'Topic' drop down menu in the dialogue box, shown below.
Then you are able to select a pre-existing topic or create a new one.
To add a topic to a previously created post, simply click on the kabob menu of the post and add the topic using the same method as creating a new post.
When a topic is added to a post, it will be visible below the post title, seen below.
In order to view all posts categorized within a topic, click on the topic name in the sidebar.
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YOUR PURPOSE IS BIGGER THAN YOUR POSSESSION.
(Jeremiah 29:11) I know the thought that I have towards you. Thought of good and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Purpose determines the direction and destination of one's life. The discovery of purpose is the discovery of joy, satisfaction, accomplishment and fulfillment. Purpose is the key that unlocks your potentials. It is the key to insistence, passion, consistence and determination. To accomplish purpose is to go through life with minimal regrets and without a carry over. The discovery of purpose is the discovery of potentials. The skills, talents, abilities, and characteristics that enable you to fulfill His plans are already deposited in your spirit. Your responsibility is to discover what God designated you to do and how He planned that you would accomplish it. Here are more tips on how to discover purpose:
1. By service. Serving is the surest way to get connected with purpose. Purpose is discovered in the place of service. Until God finds you in the place of service, you will not find purpose for living. To avoid service is to be far from discovery of purpose. If you want to discover purpose, locate a department and get committed. As you serve, the purpose of your creation will be made manifest.
2. By solving problems. The world is full of problems. Solving of problems is the purpose why we are created. Purpose is hidden in the place of solving of problems. Solving of problems is the discovery of purpose and distance from finding solutions to problems is distance from purpose. As you solve problem, your purpose is discovered. If you want to discover purpose, identify a problem and find solution to it.
3. Having the right motive. Being with right motive is another birthplace for purpose discovery. The anointing is looking for servants and not masters. When you behave like a boss, you will end up in the box. Have the right heart.
Meditation: The discovery of purpose is the discovery of joy, satisfaction, accomplishment and fulfilment. The anointing is looking for servants and not masters. When you behave like a boss, you will end up in the box.
Prayer: Lord, help me to discover my purpose so that I can make impact. Today, I will live for the reason I was made in Jesus name, Amen.
RM: Discovering Purpose – Fulfilling Destiny
DBR: Romans 14:16


The Sweet Spot: Mānuka and Low Glycemic Content
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We have been receiving some questions about the Activist Raw Mānuka Honey from individuals who have specific sensitivity to sugar.
For those who have low sugar tolerances, it's best to use the 850+MGO or the 1000+MGO Raw Mānuka Honey.
These are great options for those who do not want high levels of sugar in their diet, as you only need small amounts of this honey to receive the deep nourishment and medicinal powers.
The higher the number on the bottle, the higher the amount of Methylglyoxal (MGO) in the honey. Methylglyoxal (MGO) is the measured concentration that determines the potency of the honey the jar.
You only need 1 teaspoon to access Mānuka's magical strength!
Sugar-Free Confusion
Sugar has gotten a bad wrap recently. With constant information being thrown around social media and influencers following certain diets, people have started to demonize sugar.
But, people seem to be confusing sugar-free with REFINED sugar-free. Refined sugar refers such ingredients as cane sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, or processed beet sugar that cause a rapid and significant increases in blood sugar and inflammation in the body.
However, the "sugar" that comes from fruit which is found in a majority of our cold-pressed juices and raw honey is called fructose and/or glucose. These are digested with highly absorbable enzymes that efficiently cleanse the bloodstream.
Raw honey and fruit are highly anti-inflammatory and have some of the highest antioxidants in the world.
Some important facts to note are that natural sugars are not stored as fat like refined-sugars, does not cause a spike and crash of blood sugar and energy, and lastly, the glucose/fructose from fruit and raw honey does not aggravate health conditions.
In fact, they can heal health conditions because it causes the opposite effect on the body that refined sugar does by creating an inhospitable environment for pathogens and providing nourishment for the liver.
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Family Law
A Guide On The Importance Of Family Law And The Family Lawyers
What legal practices are considered Family Law Services?
Family law is formally recognised as the legal practices that are based around issues formed in families. Anything surrounding families where legal problems could arise is what family law is made of. Focusing on the issues directly surrounding families helps to create specialised lawyers.
Types of Family law
There are many subsets within the family law discipline, but the most common types you will know of are divorce, adoption and child custody. The lesser-known ones are marriage cases and more like property applications and de-facto relationships.
Why is family law important?
Family law is usually involved in situations where emotions are running high – it brings order and stability to situations that can be sometimes distressing. It helps create a more business and logical approach to a situation in the cases of divorces and others. Family law also works to finalise the information in exciting cases like adoption
What are the elements of family law?
The elements of family law refer to the reasons that one would do such a thing and how it is dealt with. Elements are different in certain areas like reasons why someone would choose to divorce. Others include the amount a person needs to pay for child support. These elements are important parts of family law as they can help build a ground base.
What are the benefits of having a Family lawyer?
There are notable benefits of having one of the best family lawyers Perth. Some of these are the reduced stress that comes with having one help in a case. Other benefits like improving the best-case outcome or helping you build your case is a good reason to look into getting a family lawyer Perth.
The Importance of a good divorce lawyer
Divorces can be a messy time with emotions running high and so many decisions needing to be made. A divorce lawyer has knowledge surrounding the legal parts of a divorce and will make logical decisions to help give you a good ending. By helping with paperwork and offering suggestions on what to do, having a good divorce lawyer means a lot.
Why would you need a Family lawyer?
A family lawyer in Perth offers what you might not be able to accomplish. They usually think in a logical manner and take appropriate measures to help you. You need one of the best family lawyers Perth because almost everyone in their life has had to face a family law scenario and you might not be any different. So, having someone that knows the in and out while being calm headed is almost a requirement.
What does a Family lawyer do?
A family lawyer can offer very useful information and even more. At a very basic amount, they will help you deal with the paperwork and give advice to you. If you need to do more, family lawyers Perth can help to settle the problem outside of court. A family lawyer can even represent you in court or for a mediation.
What does Family law involve?
Family law involves all the examples stated above but can branch out into more serious family scenarios. Examples of these are a child or partner domestic abuse. It involves scenarios regarding families that will require legal action.
When do you need a Family Lawyer?
You need a family lawyer when the issue cannot be resolved outside the court and it might require court action. You would most likely not know about family law rules and how to act in a court let alone have full control over your emotions. That is when you need a family lawyer.


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Graph the Asymptote of a Tangent Function
An asymptote is a line that helps give direction to a graph of a trigonometry function. This line isn't part of the function's graph; rather, it helps determine the shape of the curve by showing where the curve tends toward being a straight line — somewhere out there. Asymptotes are usually indicated with dashed lines to distinguish them from the actual function.
The asymptotes for the graph of the tangent function are vertical lines that occur regularly, each of them π, or 180 degrees, apart. They separate each piece of the tangent curve, or each complete cycle from the next.
The equations of the tangent's asymptotes are all of the form
where n is an integer. Under that stipulation for n, the expression 2n + 1 always results in an odd number. By replacing n with various integers, you get lines such as
The reason that asymptotes always occur at these odd multiples of
is because those points are where the cosine function is equal to 0. As such, the domain of the tangent function includes all real numbers except the numbers that occur at these asymptotes.
The preceding figure shows what the asymptotes look like when graphed alone.
The first figure isn't all that exciting, but it does show how many times the tangent function repeats its pattern. Now take a look at the second preceding figure, which shows one cycle of the tangent function on a graph. The tangent values go infinitely high as the angle measure approaches 90 degrees. The values go infinitely low as the angle measure approaches –90 degrees.
In the third figure, there is more of the tangent on a graph, asymptotes included, to give you a better idea of what's going on.
As you can see, the tangent function repeats its values over and over. The main difference between this function and the sine and cosine functions is that the tangent has all these breaks between the cycles. As you move from left to right, the tangent appears to go up to positive infinity. It actually disappears at the top of the graph and then picks up again at the bottom, where the values come from negative infinity. Graphing calculators and other graphing utilities don't usually show the graph disappearing at the top, so it's up to you to know what's actually happening, even though the picture may not look exactly that way.
One of the peculiarities of graphing calculators is that they try to connect the tangent function to make it continuous across the screen. For this reason, you'll usually see some lines between the different parts of the curve. In a way, these lines are errors — they aren't the asymptotes, although you may be tempted to think they are. The only way to get rid of those extra lines is to turn your calculator to the dot mode (as opposed to the connected mode). Most calculators have ways to set the settings (or mode) for things such as degrees and radians, dotted graphs and connected graphs, floating decimals and fixed decimals, and so on. The changes are usually easy to do — just see your calculator's manual for specific instructions. The hard part is remembering what setting you're in.


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'I wish to speak a word for Nature.' Henri David Thoreau
The alphabet is emblematic of abstract, anthropocentric notions of meaning, so draws a sharp contrast with the organic, growing materiality of the trees. The 'letters' are selected and arranged from an ongoing collection of photographs of found shapes that the artist interprets as signs and communications from nonhuman nature. The work's (playful, serious, deep, shallow) proposition is that gestures and forms can be proffered and interpreted across species divides.
Wild Word also reflects on ideas around sacred and profane symbology – the hidden meanings found in objects or images only legible to the initiated. One manifestation of this was the medieval Christian 'doctrine of signatures' – the idea that plant and animal parts would aid the function of the organs (or relieve the disease) that they were considered to resemble.


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Sony has said dogs can learn social skills from its new Aibo robot dog.
A Sony mammalogist, Tadaki Imaizumi, conducted an experiment in which 13 dogs were introduced to the robot. Imaizumi said the dogs recognised the robot as a "living creature" and showed a sense of friendship and concern to them.
Nine dogs were said to have approached the robot and attempted to sniff its scent during the first stage of the experiment, while six sniffed its rear in an attempt to make communication. Some dogs were too scared to approach the Aibo, observing from a distance and refusing to get closer.
As the experiment continued, Aibos were introduced to the homes of the dogs, where dogs were reported to have learned the robot's name, performed tricks in unison with it and licking the robot when they were told Aibo was leaving indicating they wanted it to stay.
Having a companion can provide lonely dogs with psychological stability according to Imaizumi. He said: "I glimpsed that living with Aibo may help dogs to develop something similar to compassion, and help them grow."


i>"file" is because temporary files may be used to store intermediate results. <tt>filesort()</tt> uses a per thread sort buffer of size <tt>sort_buffer_size</tt> to sort the table. <tt>filesort()</tt> is implemented in <tt>sql/filesort.cc</tt>.
 filesort may not know how many records need to be sorted. It asks the storage engine for an estimate of the number of records in the table via <tt>estimate_rows_upper_bound()</tt>. If the number of records that fit in the sort buffer is less than the estimate, filesort will use temporary files to store intermediate results. The flow is as follows (or atleast the important steps to understand the bug mentioned above)

records = Min(estimate records in table, records that can fit in sort buffer)
Initialize the sort buffer via <tt>make_char_array</tt>
Do the actual sort.
 A pictorial way of looking at this is shown below. Width of the box is proportional to time taken to execute the function, and height is the stack depth. Move the mouse over the image to see more details.  Source: <a href="_URL_ _URL_
 Initializing the sort buffer can be very expensive when the estimate for the number of rows is off. For example, in my benchmark, the table has 210 Million rows. Innodb returns 210 Million for <tt>estimate_rows_upper_bound()</tt>. The actual number of rows that fulfill the WHERE clause of my query is 3!. For a default sort buffer size of 2MB, the number of rows that fit in the sort buffer is 70,000. So <tt>filesort()</tt> unnecessarily initializes space for 70,000 rows, and does the sort. You might think initializing space for 70,000 rows is not a big deal, but when it constitutes 10% of the query execution time, it IS a big deal.
 So how can we improve this?

Do not use filesort! Rewrite your query to make use of an index, or add an index which will help the optimizer avoid the filesort.

For cases where the estimate for number of queries is wrong, reduce the sort buffer size to a low value (<tt>mysql> set global sort_buffer_size=32\*1024;</tt>)

 Enhance <tt>estimate_rows_upper_bound()</tt> to passdown the WHERE clause so that the storage engine can give a better estimate.

 _URL_ uperf - A network benchmark tool realneel _URL_ Tue, 6 May 2008 15:00:48 +0000 uperf benchmarking networking performance tools Heard of filebench? Want something similar for networking? Look no further! Today we opensourced uperf, a tool to benchmark networking performance. uperf, just like its cousin filebench,1 is a framework that takes a description of a workload/application (called a profile), and generates load to match the profile. uperf is quite heavily used by the performance groups at Sun to study networking performance.
How does uperf help customers?

 Often we hear customers complain about not getting good results with their application even though the results with micro-benchmarks were quite good. This is mainly because well known micro-benchmarks do very specific things like measuring bulk throughput or latency and do not really model the customer's application. Using micro-benchmarks does help standardize performance results, but the customer cannot really draw assumptions, based on these standard benchmarks, about how their application will perform. The safest alternative is to run their application to determine the performance. This maybe very time consuming and may require a lot of setup. uperf allows the customer to specify a description(profile) of what their application does and stress the system using this description. Using a profile has some additional benefits like you could modify the profile slightly to determine the effects of using a different protocol, etc..

How does uperf help developers?

 Customers rarely want to share their application or it is just too time consuming to get their application and measure their performance in our labs, We are often left with a description of what the application is doing. uperf can take [a modified version of] this description and run whatever the real application does. In addition to running the customer's application, uperf can provide you with additional features like

Use threads instead of processes or vice versa

Use CPU performance counters to measure certain operations

Ability to change the protocol used and/or operation mix to predict performance metrics for a modified application

 and many other features (uperf.org has the whole list)

 So please feel free to check out uperf and contribute code, ideas, suggestions etc.. _URL_ Finding optimization opportunities in MySQL by looking at callstacks realneel _URL_ Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:39:25 +0000 MySQL mysql performance Using callstacks to look at code is very useful. If you are not familiar with callstacks, I suggest you read my  earlier blog about it. I was trying to understand the mysql code path using sysbench as the test and found something interesting. An image of the callstack is shown below. The  SVG version, with much more information, is also available . The width of the block is proportional to the time it took for the function, and the height is the level (or depth) of the stack.

 Mysql uses <tt>mysql_execute_command()</tt> to execute queries. Looking at the callstack you can see very clearly that <tt>mysql_execute_command()</tt> calls <tt>open_and_lock_tables</tt> which then tries to open tables via <tt>open_table()</tt>. The code path gets interesting here. As you can see in the image above, (and in the svg callstack), there is tight for loop. Looking closely (moving your mouse over the area in the svg file), you will see that the code is basically traversing a hash list! Not the best thing to do with a hashtable. Looking at the code, it is originating at line number 2781 in <tt>sql/sql_base.cc</tt>. Can it be improved? Most probably. Will it help if we improve it? Definitely for some cases, maybe not for others.
I found a few more interesting places in the code, but I will save them for my future blogs  _URL_ Maximizing Sysbench OLTP performance for MySQL realneel _URL_ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:31:28 +0000 MySQL mysql performance
Maximizing Sysbench OLTP performance for MySQL

 Sysbench is a popular open source benchmark used to measure performance of various parts of the operating systems and (one) application (database). Since we are talking about MySQL


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Reasons in Register
Often enough people act or talk in ways that might be interpreted in any number of different ways depending on the circumstances and other factors. As a candidate you will be presented with scenarios in which the characters speak or act ambiguously and are asked to provide different interpretations for these characters' actions or words.
Such questions often include the keyword "why" within their text. For example:
State two different reasons why….?
Suggest two different reasons why …?
Give two different reasons why …?
As has been clearly demonstrated here the keyword is "why" and the questions usually require you to give two different reasons which you will have to number separately. The reasons do not have to be in any set order, they just have to be different. One candidate's reasons might be presented in the opposite order of another candidate's and they will still both get full marks.
It is important however that the two reasons you give have to be different and not mere rephrasing of the same reason. In most questions the most appropriate reasons are usually on the opposite end of the scale although this is not always the case.
Consider the following examples and the answers provided.
1. Your mother hires an electrician to do some minor repairs to your home's geyser installation. Once the repairs are done the electrician presents your mother with the bill and upon reading it your mother says,"Is this the price?" Suggest two different reasons why she would say this. Number your answers separately i) and ii).
i) She thinks the electrician is overcharging her.
ii) She thinks the electrician is very cheap.
2. You go to work one morning wearing one of your favorite outfits. A colleague comments: " I admire your simple taste in clothes."
Give two different reasons why your colleague would say this. Number your answers separately i) and ii)
i) She/He approves of my taste in clothes or he likes the dress.
ii) He/She finds the dress cheap or unattractive. or She/He thinks I have poor taste in clothing
You must avoid the word nice in register. It is an overloaded and vague word whose meaning is imprecise and to be honest the etymology of the word nice is not at all nice. In this instance saying your colleague thinks the dress is nice would have gotten you a nice 0 in return so avoid using the word and opt for more meaningful words instead.
Note the answers above can be phrased differently or even present slightly different reasons but the reasons have to be logical and appropriate for the scenarios given. Also remember to number your answers separately.
As with all English skills you should practice on "reason" questions until you become more proficient.
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text: Indian indigenous Arjun MBT development history is a facinating story of Indian quest to develop a formidable Tank. The main battle tank MBT-80 which is now called MBT Arjun was conceived by the Indian Army after it realised the futility of its tanks mainly in desert conditions, during the 1971 war. 1972 – 1975 In October 1970 a symposium was held on the Indian Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Armoured Corps Center and School. It was attended by the representatives from Indian Army General Staff (GS), Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO), Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA) and Department of Defence Production (DODP). The main aim of the symposium was to formulate GSQR for future Indian MBT. The first draft of Qualitative Requirement (QR) was prepared by Armoured Corps Directorate and discussed with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS). The first General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR) was issued in August 1972 as QR No. 326 for the design and development of MBT. The QR 326 was not exhaustive and with regard to specifications but featured only skeleton specifications. The design and development of MBT based on GSQR No. 326 was taken up by the Combat Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE). The initial outlay of Rs. 15.50 Crore was sanctioned vide the Government of India (GOI) letter dated 02 May, 1974. Project Development Certification (PDC) of the project was 10 years from the date of sanction. The MBT was to be designed around imported engine as the design and development experience to create a tank engine was not available within the time frame of the project. In 1974, DRDO had to take up design and development of a tank engine as Government of India could not import a tank engine because of political and other reasons.


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It's a pilot program that transports the past to the present at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.
"The possibilities are endless," said Bill Lopez who teaches a masters level education course at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
"There are more than 55 thousand souls buried here in Wyuka and every one has a story to tell," said Lopez.
His students are not placing flowers at grave sites, they are placing QR (quick response) codes.
"Why not have Q-R codes where people can take their own tour of the cemetery just by scanning their Smart Phones to the Q-R codes," said Lopez.
The technology sounds complicated, but the process is easy, scan a Smartphone to the QR code and read the information.
"The students have been uploading all of the information and so a visitor scans it and it takes them to the student's websites with all the information on the person or the family," said Lopez.
"And we found our information using ancestry.com and by also using the Nebraska Archives. So it was pretty interesting," said Katie Mohr who is a student of the course.
Students will use the technology in future classrooms.
"We are using a lot of I-pads and other technology and this is another great way to incorporate technology and history for the students," said Teresa Ulrich, who is a student of the course.
"We are learning ways to apply it in the classroom for when we become teachers which is really exciting," said Carly Weber who is a student of the course.
"I envision students all over the country adopting cemeteries like we adopt highways. Each student tries to find out more about the history of the people in there," said Lopez.
So present day technology, makes it possible for the future to reveal the past more accessibly.


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Honeywell STG17L Gauge Pressure Transmitter
1, advanced sensor technology
2, high reliability: the average time between failures 470 years.
3, high stability: ± 0.01% / year
4, high precision: ± 0.065%.
5, high pressure resistance: ordinary type 21MPa, up to 42MPa
6, wide measuring range:
7, complete specifications: wetted parts of a variety of anti-corrosion materials, to meet the conditions of the use of various conditions.
Measure the object
1, differential pressure measurement
2, pressure measurement (low pressure through the atmosphere)
3, with the throttle device with the flow measurement
4, liquid level measurement (non-viscous / non-crystalline liquid)
5, interface measurement (non-viscous / non-crystalline liquid)


Bilateral internal mammary arteries: evidence and technical considerations.
TitleBilateral internal mammary arteries: evidence and technical considerations.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsVallely MP, Edelman JJB, Wilson MK
JournalAnnals of cardiothoracic surgery
Volume2
Issue4
Pagination570-7
Date Published2013 Jul
Abstract
Bilateral internal mammary artery (BIMA) grafts are used for coronary revascularisation by only a minority of surgeons, despite a growing body of evidence suggesting improved survival when compared to use of only one internal mammary artery with additional saphenous vein grafts. Herein we review the evidence supporting revascularisation with BIMA and suggest reasons why the majority of surgeons use only one internal mammary artery. We discuss technical considerations, various graft combinations and the use of BIMA to facilitate anaortic off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB).
DOI10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2013.06.03
Alternate JournalAnn Cardiothorac Surg


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10.6 Arrange each set of compounds in order of increasing boiling points.
(ii) 1-Chloropropane, Isopropyl chloride, 1-Chlorobutane.
In the given compounds the halide groups are same. In these cases, the boiling point depends on the bulkiness of the alkyl group. The boiling point increases with an increase in the chain length. Also, the boiling point decreases with an increase in branching.
So the order is :- 1- Chlorobutane > 1- Chloropropane > Isopropyl Chloride


text: Any fluid, including water in a stream, can only flow around a bend in vortex flow. In vortex flow the speed of the fluid is fastest where the radius of the flow is smallest, and slowest where the radius is greatest. (Tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and the spinning motion of water as it escapes down a drain are all visible examples of vortex flow. ) In the case of water flowing around a bend in a stream the secondary flow in the boundary layer along the floor of the stream does not flow parallel to the banks of the stream but flows partly across the floor of the stream toward the inside of the stream (where the radius of curvature is smallest). This movement of the boundary layer is capable of sweeping and rolling loose particles including sand, gravel, small stones and other submerged objects along the floor of the stream toward the point bar.