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101 – An established Pediatric Pathology Rotation at El Paso Children's Hospital helps boost medical student interest in Pathology
Daniel Bustamante, Harry Wilson, and Osvaldo Padilla
Purpose: El Paso Children's Hospital opened in 2012 and serves the city as a freestanding children's hospital. The hospital has an academic and service relationship with Texas Tech School of Medicine acting as pediatric home base for medical students. Pathology is integrated into the first and second year medical school curriculum by various modalities. A formal pathology rotation is offered as a month-long elective experience during the thirdand fourth years of medical school. This rotation often is not managed in each medical students' schedule. Medical students who find pathology to be a possible career choice are often not given the type of exposure that they need regarding the field of Pathology before a crucial time period when they decide which specialty to further pursue in their medical training.
Methods: The week-long pediatric pathology elective was established during medical students' third-year pediatric rotation. Such an elective provides a condensed exposure to pathology for medical students considering a career in pathology. The first day of the elective is used to provide a broad overview of the field of pathology. A presentation and related handouts introduce the medical student to pathology training program options and their relevant statistics including the location of national programs and the types of rotations and fellowships. The students are introduced to the various processes utilized in the field of pathology including specimen collection, histologic processing, routine and special staining, cytology and blood smear preparations, flow cytometry, and various specialized procedures. The remaining days focus on case evaluations, as the medical student is given a set of slides and paper based case information to be reviewed with the pathology attending later in the day. Most cases reviewed are more prevalent within the pediatric population. The elective concludes with an overall evaluation on the performance of the medical student with an invitation to return or contact the Pediatric Pathology staff if further interest in the field of Pathology remains.
Results: Since the establishment of this shorter more flexible pathology elective, there has be an increasing steady set of rotating medical students. Correspondingly, the recent medical school classes have experienced an increase in students electing to pursue a pathology training program. The feedback provided by the medical students has been consistently positive. Comments often emphasize that the elective provides essential information regarding what is involved with being a pathologist and what challenges the pathologist experiences in everyday practice. Some students have stated that this short rotation has focused them to strongly consider pathology as a future career option.
Conclusion: Medical student exposure to pathology often is underrepresented in current medical school curricula. A unique week-long exposure in the field of Pediatric Pathology appears to allow medical students to explore this field in greater detail and to consider pathology for residency and a possible future career choice. Those who ultimately choose another field of medical training reflect an appreciation for this exposure, integrating their knowledge and understanding of pathology into future rotations and medical practice.
102 – Challenges and Strategies for General Pathology in an Integrated Curriculum in Brazil
Giovana da Costa Sigrist and Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva
University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine – Brazil
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE: One of the major challenges in any integrated curriculum development is to combine classic department structure with the increasing demand of knowledge integration and contextualization. In 2015 USP Medical School (Sao Paulo – Brazil) launched a new integrated curriculum vanishing the departmental disciplines and adopting only supra-departmental ones such as the "Principles of Disease" for 1st year medical students, aiming to integrate Pathology, Immunology, Microbiology, Radiology and Molecular Biology. The challenge was, how to integrate and use different technologies in these areas, breaking resistances and increasing the faculty commitment without loosening the pathology identity.
METHOD: To cope with this challenge, the coordination of the discipline planned four strategic approaches: (1) Detailed Goal Plan; (2) Integrated Case Discussions; (3) Mini Congress; (4) Integrated Evaluation
The goal plan included 90 specific goals (administrative, technological, methodological and pedagogical): short-term – 1 year (38), middle term – 3 years (34) and long-term – 5 years (18). New goals are included based on yearly reports and students feedback.
Introduction of Integrated Case Discussions: A Clinical case is discussed and followed by a detailed pathophysiological presentation (pathologists). During this discussion other faculty bring to attention specific view of basic areas (as microbiology, immunology, etc), concluding with an integrated discussion, so the pathology is main conducting line of the discussions.
Mini-Congress: groups of 4 students prepared posters and oral presentations integrating basic aspects of a certain disease attributed to each group. The results were presented to faculty from different areas, in an integrated discussion.
Integrated tests: All discipline tests were based on clinical / surgical common presentations including for each case, a group of integrated questions focusing on basic aspects.
RESULTS: The Goal Plan worked above the expectations. All our short-term and 90% of all middle-term goals are complete. 55% of the long-term goals (due 2020) were already completed. More than 16 new goals were included in the last 3 years (8 already completed).
During this period we expanded the amount of integrated activities from 3 to 17, reaching almost 40% off all course activities, and including several integrated strategies such as clinical based discussions, autopsy based integration, pathology-radiology correlation, clinical Grand Rounds and integrated evaluation.
The Mini Congress is now considered one of the highlights of the course by both, students and faculty, promoting significant integration. The feedback on this activity also showed that students also understand the challenges and relevance of basic-clinical integration and contextualization.
CONCLUSIONS: The Goal Plan proved to be a powerful tool to drive change in faculty, in a paced and reasonable way, breaking resistances to abrupt changes, allowing testing of different strategies, providing adaptation time and the implementation and maturation of key course transformation.
The introduction of integrated activities and active methodology in traditional departmentalized structures, even in small amount or point activities may represent the seed of more powerful transformation as the faculty gets involved and convinced by the relevance of the strategies in learning process.
103 – Computerized bone marrow report templates as a teaching and feedback tool in pathology residency training
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Purpose: Pathology residents must learn to generate concise, accurate pathology reports to prepare for independent practice. Residents are expected to preview slides and write preliminary reports before signing out cases with the attending pathologist. Bone marrow reports are particularly challenging for trainees to master given the number of elements that must be addressed to create a complete report. Here we describe the development of a computerized template with drop-down menus that help residents learn the appropriate reporting elements and use their limited preview time more efficiently.
Results: Use of the template reduced the time it took residents to complete a report, increasing the likelihood that the residents were able to generate completed reports to review with the attending pathologist, and giving the residents more time to read about cases prior to sign-out. Use of the template also allowed the attending pathologist to give formative feedback on the resident's completed report and make changes in real time with the assistance of the resident.
Conclusions: Our preliminary experience suggests the templates allow residents to take more ownership of the bone marrow cases and feel more confident generating bone marrow reports. Use of the template report also helped the attending pathologist identify potential knowledge gaps and give more directed feedback to the resident.
104 – Approaches to Generational Differences in Medical Education
Purpose: This study examines published data on generational characteristics, with an emphasis on generational differences that have been identified in the context of medical education and in the workforce. A description of how these differences can lead to conflict in areas such as teacher/student expectations and effective communication during medical education will be outlined. The impact that digital media, technology, and social media may have on the pre-clinical and clinical education is
explored. We will examine a variety of educational experiences in the context of these generational differences.
Methods: This study includes a review of published data on the topic of generational differences and how they impact medical education. The Medical College of Georgia has incorporated different educational experiences into the medical education curriculum beyond the traditional lecture and laboratories. Some of the supplemental learning activities that have been added to the curriculum to engage the new generation of learners include case-based learning activities, simulation activities,
online interactive modules, audience participation, flipped classroom and short videos.
Results: Many of the educational activities listed above have been incorporated into the curriculum in recent years. We are in the process of a formal assessment; however, at this time we have anecdotal data on their success. The presenter will also encourage medical educators to share examples of the strategies they have used to engage this generation of learners.
Conclusion: Through the exploration and understanding of generational differences, medical educators can develop strategies and best practices to deliver an educational experience that is effective as well as engaging for our learners across different generations.
105 – OPTIMIZING COMPETENCIES IN THE PATHOLOGY EDUCATION FOR MILLENNIALS IN THE MOLECULAR ERA
Pathology is evolving exponentially and continues to grow each year. The present-day pattern of pathology teaching involves pre-clinical training that is sometimes diverse from clinical realities. Today, the need is to modify the conventional methods, which are centered about 'brain brimming' and knowledge overflow with least attention to its retention and future application. Millennials, the tech-savvy learners with conversely, fairly short attention spans, respond extremely well to defined tasks and can demonstrate competencies required to complete such tasks, and competency based teaching, which revolves around relevance, is best suited for them. And here comes the role


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How to Solve Nonograms
Objective: To arrange filled squares and empty squares to satisfy the count at the top and left. For example, if the counts at the top of a column are 1 1 1, and there are only five squares then that row must be: Filled, Empty, Filled, Empty, Filled.
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What is the towing capacity
Towing capacity is a measure describing the upper limit to the weight of a trailer a vehicle can tow. In the United States, towing capacity is expressed in pounds, while other countries express the limit in kilograms. Some countries demand that trucks and buses have the maximum trailer weight and eventually maximum trailer length signed close to the coupling device, while this is rare with smaller cars or pickup trucks.
In most european countries new vehicles have it printed on a plate on the vehicles towbar in Kg. If an older vehicle is fitted with a towbar the manufacturer of the towbar is required to calculate the towing capacity of the vehicle and put a plate on it. The calculation for towing capacity can not be covered in this forum as it is a long complex calculation with over 15 different parameters. Refer to an expert - Don' know don't tow.


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The MAF gas (methylacetylene – allene fraction) is a guarantee of a welding quality and real savings!
The MAF is a liquefied gas, an effective acetylene substitute. It is used by the Ukrainian enterprises for more than 10 years.
The MAF is twice cheaper acetylene. Germany, Canada and the USA have completely abandoned the acetylene usage, and only the MAF gas is used for welding – a new product in the field of welding and metal cutting.
The MAF is stored and transported in standard cylinders and tanks for propane.
The MAF gas advantage over acetylene
- The welding cost reduction in 2-2.5 times (1 bottle of the MAF replaces 4 cylinders of acetylene or 140-160 kg carbide Ca concerning the performed progress)
- Increase in labour productivity (there is no need in an acetylene generator, the time reducing in preparing for welding works)
- Security (the MAF is much safer than acetylene)
- Environmental friendliness (compared with carbide the MAF gas does not affect the environment, unlike calcium carbide, which does not require a sludge recovery)
- Easy-to-use and transportation (the MAF cylinder is 4 times lighter than an acetylene cylinder)
- The transportation standards as for propane (up to 15 cylinders is not a hazardous substance)
- The MAF gas warranty period of storage is 10 years, whereas the acetylene it is 6 months
- Unlike acetylene it has little tendency to a return kick
- Has an effective flame zone temperature close to the acetylene temperature of the flame of (2927о C vs. 3087о C)
Our company offers you the MAF gas supplies, as well as a full range of equipment needed to operate with the MAF gas.
The equipment set and materials for transition to the MAF:
- Propane cylinder 50 l (containers)
- Propane reducer BPO-5
- MAF burner GZU
- Oxygen hose
- Filling wire of Sv08G2S, Sv12GS marks
- The company WITT (Germany) fire isolation valve
The MAF gas is used in the following processes of metals flame machining:
- carbon steel severing and surface gouging;
- non-ferrous metals gas welding and weld deposition;
- soldering and brazing;
- surface flame hardening;
- flame spraying;
- heating the metal for flattening, bending, shaping etc.
The MAF gas is heavier than air, so it is prohibited in the process of work to place a gas cylinder in those areas where there is no possibility due to natural or forced ventilation to prevent the formation of explosive of the MAF gas concentration mixed with air (3,4-10,8% by volume), and also in the basement and basement areas. Comparative properties of the MAF gases, propane and acetylene:
|Flame temperature in a mixture with oxygen, oC||2927||3087||2526|
|Safety, impact sensitivity||Stable||Unstable||Stable|
|Explosive limits in air, %||3,4-10,8||2,2-8,1||2,0-9,5|
|Explosive limit in oxygen||2,5-60||2,3-93||2,4-57|
|Tendency to return kick||Insignificant||Significant||Insignificant|
In connection with the decision of the government of Ukraine of 1994 concerning the energy-saving technologies implementation in the national economy, your decision to use the MAF gas at your company instead of expensive and explosive acetylene will be timely and appropriate.

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The image is derived from a lyric in the Somerset folk song, 'Bruton Town' - Shakespearean and fairytale in equal measure.
Printed in Carbon black linseed-based ink on Somerset 'Antique' 285gsm paper. Limited to an edition of 50. Numbered and signed in pencil by the artist, Janet Tristram. Dimensions - Width: cm Height: cm
The story behind the 'Songs of Somerset' prints - This collection of block prints (originally conceived for the linings of our 'Song Coats') celebrates the exploits of song-hunter Cecil J Sharp in 1903. Over the course of a few years, Sharp roamed Somerset on his humble bicycle, amassing more than 1,600 songs from 350 singers. His quest took the form of exploration. A diary entry reads:
'Folk-song takes refuge in the poor cottages and outlying hamlets. It harbours in the heathen kingdoms and the wilder parts. It is a treasure to be sought and found in nooks and corners...'
Sharp understood that these songs wove generations together, and bestowed on folk a sense of identity and belonging. They were among the most intimate possessions of the poor. He wrote:
'They come out very shyly, late at night, and are heard when the gentry have gone to bed, when the barrack-room has exhausted its Music-Hall menu.'
Sharp's objective was preservation, and he recorded both lyrics and melodies expertly - his only tools a well-trained ear and a pencil. Many of the songs tell fanciful and peculiar stories - some dark, some light - providing us, the artists, with an abundance of rich imagery to interpret. We conceived and carved around twenty new blocks, the fruit of which you have before you.
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1. What is an ideology? Why are ideologies important?
An ideology is set of beliefs that reflect a person's outlook on the world. Ideologies are important because they shape how we perceive and interact with the world. In politics, they affect the voting choices we make and the policies we support.
2. Define fundamentalism.
Fundamentalism is the belief that a religious text is absolutely, literally true. This ideology also states that anything that opposes the text must be wrong. All behavior and belief must be guided by this central text, and anything else is sinful.
3. Describe the core elements of classical liberalism. Name at least one key figure in the founding of liberalism.
The core elements of classical liberalism include the importance of freedom, political equality, limited government, the free market, and a faith in reason and progress.
4. American conservatism differs in many ways from traditional conservatism. Describe those differences.
Traditional conservatism was hostile to the spread of democracy and the free market because they undermined tradition. American conservatism embraces both of these ideas.
5. Socialism can be characterized as an attempt to make good on the failed promises of liberalism. Why is this?
Socialists argue that although liberalism promises freedom and equality, it does not deliver them because of the inequalities of the market. Therefore, socialists want the government to play a very strong role in the economy—perhaps even controlling it entirely—in order to rectify the failings of liberalism.


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This is an exercise from Functional Analysis By Walter Rudin on page 178 from chapter Test functions and Distribution. I am having trouble arguing for 2nd part.
Question: For $\Omega=(0, \infty)$
$\displaystyle \Lambda(\phi) = \sum_{m=0}^{\infty}{ D^m\phi(1/m)} $
1) $\Lambda$ is a distribution of infinite order.
In small neighborhood around $\frac{1}{m}$ it's restriction would be $\delta^{(m)}$ which has order m, hence $\Lambda$ has to be of infinite order.
2) Here, we need to show that $\Lambda$ can not be extended to $R$. For this we take infinitely differentiable function $\psi$ with compact support and taking value 1 on compact set $K$ around 0.
$\phi(x) = \psi(x) \exp{ax} ; a>1$ Now, this function $\phi$ makes the series given above diverge. But how to argue that $\Lambda(\phi)$ will be the series given above for $\Lambda $ extended to R.
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If $\tilde\Lambda$ is an extension of $\Lambda$ and $\phi$ is a compactly supported function which is constantly equal to one on $[-1,1]$, then $\phi\tilde\Lambda$ is a distribution of infinite order, by the same reasoning you used in (1). But $\phi\tilde\Lambda$ has compact support, so that cannot happen.
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Hint: If you can find a sequence of test functions $\phi_n$ such that each $\phi_n$ is supported in $(0,\infty)$ and $\phi_n \to \phi$ (in the usual sense), but $\Lambda(\phi_n)$ does not converge, then you will be done. What properties would such $\phi$ have to have?
I don't think there's any special reason to believe that an extension of $\Lambda$ would have to be given by the above series. In fact, in principle $\Lambda$ could have lots of different extensions (an extension could do whatever it wants on $(-\infty,0)$ for instance).
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Absolute return funds are able to do this by applying a diverse and evolving range of investment strategies that when fully assembled aim to generate positive returns whatever the market conditions. These strategies are specifically chosen to work well together so that if an individual strategy produces a negative return it can be expected to be compensated for by positive returns from other strategies.
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Science and technology has been used more and more in the last few decades to gain advantage over competitors. Quite often, however, the actual science involved is not published because a suitable journal cannot be found. The Engineering of Sport brings together work from a very diverse range of subjects including Engineering, Physics, Materials and Biomechanics.
The Engineering of Sport represent work which was represented at the 1st International Conference on the Engineering of Sport held in Sheffield, UK in July 1996. Many sports were represented and the material covered split into nine topics covering aerodynamics, biomechanics, design, dynamics, instrumentation, materials, mechanics, modelling, motion analysis, and vibrations. It should be of interest to specialists in all areas of sports research.
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Learn, in greater detail, about the works in the exhibition. More than 60 works are accompanied by explanatory texts and more than 30 of them also have audio tours to listen to.
These self guided kits have been designed to be used in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. It is intended that students work in pairs when responding to the questions contained in the worksheets whilst they walk through the exhibition.
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Mapdl.plzz(rotvel='', deltarotvel='', **kwargs)#
Plots the interference diagram from a cyclic modal analysis.
APDL Command: PLZZ
Parameters
rotvel
Rotational speed in revolutions per minute (RPM) used to define the speed line. If blank, use the rotational speed (from OMEGA) specified in the prestressing step of the linear perturbation analysis. If explicitly input as 0, or if the linear perturbation was not used, no speed lines are plotted.
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Adds speed lines about the RotVel speed line corresponding to RotVel ± DeltaRotVel. Only plotted if RotVel is known.
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PLZZ plots the cyclic modal frequencies as points on a frequency vs. harmonic index (nodal diameter) graph. If rotational speed (RotVel) is provided, the speed line is also plotted, leading to the interference diagram (also known as the SAFE or ZZENF diagram). If DeltaRotVel is also provided, two additional speed lines are plotted, enveloping the safe speed line itself.
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Hanna Snellman, Vesa Korhonen, Mari Pantsar, Akseli Tiitta, Mira Huusko & Marja-Liisa Saa-rilammi, Self-assessment of the National Defence University (eds.) Matti Höysniemi
The Higher Education Evaluation Committee's decision
The National Defence University passed the audit on June 15, 2023.
The Quality Label is valid until June 16, 2029.
The audit team's evaluation of the evaluation areas I-III
I: HEI creates competence: excellent level
II: HEI promotes impact and renewal: good level
III: HEI enhances quality and well-being: excellent level
HEI as a learning organisation – evaluation area chosen by National Defence University
Responsibility and sustainable development
Theme and partner for benchlearning
Theme: The importance of multidisciplinary for the activities of the target organization
Partner: Finland Futures Research Centre (University of Turku)
Key strengths and recommendations
- The curricula of the National Defence University have been excellently documented and described. The pedagogical manuscripts contain well-defined intended learning outcomes and competence assessment criteria.
- The National Defence University is a sought-after collaborative partner nationally and internationally. The University's networks are diverse and support the development of the activities with other security authorities and higher education institutions.
- The quality system of the National Defence University is used to manage the University and the information it produces is utilised in development in an exemplary manner.
- The National Defence University has well identified sustainable development and responsibility as its enhancement area.
- The National Defence University needs to enhance the identification and recognition of prior learning to make it more comprehensive.
- The National Defence University should encourage researchers more to drawing up joint publications with both Finnish and international researchers to increase the impact of research.
- The turnover of teaching staff every two years challenges the transfer of tacit information and pedagogical development. A career path in teaching could be one opportunity on an officer's career path.
- The entire University should be engaged in responsibility and sustainable development in a cross-cutting manner, making it concrete activity for everyone.


ustion situations are critically needed to improve the fire safety of combustible materials in many applications. Herein, we describe the fabrication of hierarchical coatings created by assembling a multilayered graphene oxide (GO)/silicone structure onto different combustible substrate materials. The resulting coatings exhibit distinct temperature-responsive electrical resistance change as efficient early warning sensors for detecting abnormal high environmental temperature, thus enabling fire prevention below the ignition temperature of combustible materials. After encountering a flame attack, we demonstrate extremely rapid flame detection response in 2-3 s and excellent flame self-extinguishing retardancy for the multilayered GO/silicone structure that can be synergistically transformed to a multiscale graphene/nanosilica protection layer. The hierarchical coatings developed are promising for fire prevention and protection applications in various critical fire risk and related perilous circumstances.
 8. Quantification of extinction mechanism in counterflow premixed flames
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 Choi, Sang Kyu [Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Cho, Eun Seong [Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, Changwon (Korea, Republic of); Chung, Suk Ho [Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
 2014-09-15
 The extinction mechanisms of stretched premixed flames have been investigated numerically for the fuels of CH{sub 4}, C{sub 3}H{sub 8}, H{sub 2}, CO and for the mixture fuels of CH{sub 4}+H{sub 2} and CO+H{sub 2} by adopting symmetric double premixed flames in a counterflow configuration. The local equilibrium temperature concept was used as a measure of energy loss or gain in order to quantify the extinction mechanism by preferential diffusion and/or incomplete reaction. The energy loss ratio from preferential diffusion arising from non-unity Lewis number and the loss ratio from incomplete reaction were calculated at various equivalence ratios near flame extinction. The results showed that the extinction of lean H{sub 2} , CH{sub 4}, CH{sub 4}+H{sub 2}, CO+H{sub 2}, and rich C{sub 3}H{sub 8} premixed flames was caused by incomplete reaction due to insufficient reaction time, indicating that the effective Lewis number was smaller than unity, while the effect of preferential diffusion resulted in energy gain. However, the extinction of rich H{sub 2}, CH{sub 4}, CH{sub 4}+H{sub 2}, CO+H{sub 2}, and lean C{sub 3}H{sub 8} premixed flames was affected by the combined effects of preferential diffusion and incomplete reaction indicating that the effective Lewis number was larger than unity. In CO premixed flames, incomplete reaction was dominant in both lean and rich cases due to the effective Lewis number close to unity. The effect of H{sub 2} mixing to CO is found to be quite significant as compared to CH{sub 4}+H{sub 2} cases, which can alter the flame behavior of CO flames to that of H{sub 2}.
 9. Design of ternary clocked adiabatic static random access memory
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 Wang Pengjun; Mei Fengna
 2011-01-01
 Based on multi-valued logic, adiabatic circuits and the structure of ternary static random access memory (SRAM), a design scheme of a novel ternary clocked adiabatic SRAM is presented. The scheme adopts bootstrapped NMOS transistors, and an address decoder, a storage cell and a sense amplifier are charged and discharged in the adiabatic way, so the charges stored in the large switch capacitance of word lines, bit lines and the address decoder can be effectively restored to achieve energy recovery during reading and writing of ternary signals. The PSPICE simulation results indicate that the ternary clocked adiabatic SRAM has a correct logic function and low power consumption. Compared with ternary conventional SRAM, the average power consumption of the ternary adiabatic SRAM saves up to 68% in the same conditions. (semiconductor integrated circuits)
 10. Design of ternary clocked adiabatic static random access memory
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 Pengjun, Wang; Fengna, Mei
 2011-10-01
 Based on multi-valued logic, adiabatic circuits and the structure of ternary static random access memory (SRAM), a design scheme of a novel ternary clocked adiabatic SRAM is presented. The scheme adopts bootstrapped NMOS transistors, and an address decoder, a storage cell and a sense amplifier are charged and discharged in the adiabatic way, so the charges stored in the large switch capacitance of word lines, bit lines and the address decoder can be effectively restored to achieve energy recovery during reading and writing of ternary signals. The PSPICE simulation results indicate that the ternary clocked adiabatic SRAM has a correct logic function and low power consumption. Compared with ternary conventional SRAM, the average power consumption of the ternary adiabatic SRAM saves up to 68% in the same conditions.
 11. Thermal and Flame Retardant Properties of Shaped Polypropylene Fibers Containing Modified-Thai Bentonite
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 2018-03-01
 Full Text Available Tetraphenyl phosphonium-modified organoclay (TPP-Mt was prepared by modifying montmorillonite-rich Thai bentonite via ion exchange. TGA results revealed that TPP-Mt possessed high thermal stability, where degradation occurred at a temperature range of 418-576°C. The obtained TPP-Mt/PP nanocomposites exhibited degradation at higher temperatures than PP (410-420°C vs. 403°C. Fibers of different cross-sectional shapes (circular, circular hollow, and cross containing 1, 2 and 3%wt TPP-Mt were prepared and characterized. Nonwovens of 3%wt TPPMt/PP fibers were fabricated for flame retardant test. From results, nonwovens of TPP-Mt/PP fibers exhibited self-extinguishing characteristic and the areas of burning were less than that of PP nonwoven (14.5-31.6% vs. 95.6%. Nonwovens of cross-shaped fibers showed the best flame retardant property, followed by those of circular hollow and circular fibers. The flame retardant properties observed in nonwovens were explained due to the inter-fiber spaces between cross-shaped fibers and center hole in circular hollow fibers, which could trap initiating radicals inside, thus reducing flame propagation. In addition, large surface area in cross-shaped fibers could help in increasing the flame retardant effectiveness due to more exposure of TPP-Mt particles to the flame. Knowledge obtained in this study offered an approach to produce flame retardant nonwovens via a combination of modified organolcay and fiber shape.
 12. UV Raman spectroscopy of H2-air flames excited with a narrowband KrF laser
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 Shirley, John A.
 1990-01-01
 Raman spectra of H2 and H2O in flames excited by a narrowband KrF excimer laser are reported. Observations are made over a porous-plug, flat-flame burner reacting H2 in air, fuel-rich with nitrogen dilution to control the temperature, and with an H2 diffusion flame. Measurements made from UV Raman spectra show good agreement with measurements made by other means, both for gas temperature and relative major species concentrations. Laser-induced fluorescence interferences arising from OH and O2 are observed in emission near the Raman spectra. These interferences do not preclude Raman measurements, however.
 13. Soot Formation in Laminar Premixed Methane/Oxygen Flames at Atmospheric Pressure
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 Xu, F.; Lin, K.-C.; Faeth, G. M.
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 Flame structure and soot formation were studied within soot-containing laminar premixed mc1hane/oxygen flames at atmospheric pressure. The following measurements were made: soot volume fractions by laser extinction, soot temperatures by multiline emission, gas temperatures (where soot was absent) by corrected fine-wire thermocouples, soot structure by thermophoretic sampling and transmission electron microscope (TEM), major gas species concentrations by sampling and gas chromatography, and gas velocities by laser velocimetry. Present measurements of gas species concentrations were in reasonably good agreement with earlier measurements due to Ramer et al. as well as predictions based on the detailed mechanisms of Frenklach and co-workers and Leung and Lindstedt: the predictions also suggest that H atom concentrations are in local thermodynamic equilibrium throughout the soot formation region. Using this information, it was found that measured soot surface growth rates could be correlated successfully by predictions based on the hydrogen-abstraction/carbon-addition (HACA) mechanisms of both Frenklach and co-workers and Colket and Hall, extending an earlier assessment of these mechanisms for premixed ethylene/air flames to conditions having larger H/C ratios and acetylene concentrations. Measured primary soot particle nucleation rates


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Carvalho, A.M.C.; Ellis, J.T.; Lamothe, M., and Maia, L.P., 2016. Using wind direction and shoreline morphology to model sand dune mobilization.
This paper aims to establish a relationship between wind direction, shoreline position, and aeolian transport directions. Ceará State in NE Brazil, which mainly comprises barchans, barchanoids, parabolic dunes, and large flattened composed dunes was used to formulate and test a dune transport model that can be applied to north and east facing beaches. The headland-bay beaches of Ceará progressively increase in angle from E to W. This is accompanied by a corresponding change in the near-beach dune migration direction. A significant change in the wind pattern for the northern portion of Ceará was found, which resulted in a shift in dune migration from E-W to ENE-WSW as the shoreline orientation changed from NW-SE to W-E. The different aeolian transport conditions along the stretches of the headland-bay beach gradually shifted from transport parallel to the shoreline to unimpeded aeolian transport that moves sediments inland. Beach feeding occurs from headland bypass as dunes occupy the area landward of the headland. A zone of composite wind transport directions, winds carrying sand directly from the beach and those transporting sediment landward of the headland, was identified. This variation of wind transport conditions is confirmed by the dune morphology and influenced by the relationship between shoreline position and wind angle approach. The proposed model uses the sine of the angle between wind direction and shoreline orientation to predict aeolian transport and determines the volume of sediment transported by the wind. This model identifies stretches of shoreline under different aeolian transport directions and exhibits compatibility with measured dune migration.


Cancer Concentration: Lessons From Neighbors
Last Modified: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:48 p.m.
North Central Florida leads the state in cancer deaths. That fact will likely lead the Gainesville-area region — not far north of Polk in the middle of Central Florida — to take a hard look at itself. Lessons from those neighbors to the north may apply here and be worthy of study.
The death rates for the state's 10 most prevalent cancers are highest in North Central Florida, reports The Gainesville Sun. The region's rural counties are driving the high mortality rates.
There are some cultural differences that might be a factor, because some rural patients can be reluctant to go to the doctor until problems become severe. There are also lifestyle choices at play such as higher smoking rates in rural counties.
While one University of Florida expert on pesticides dismissed a link between those chemicals and the higher cancer rates, environmental scientist Bob Knight says it's at least worth exploration.
Perhaps the biggest problem is the lack of access to health care and early cancer screenings.
Colorectal cancer is a good example of the importance of early detection. It's the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., but highly preventable if polyps are spotted early.
However, conservative state lawmakers are so ideologically opposed to the Affordable Care Act that they would reject federal funding to expand Medicaid.
Expanding Medicaid is needed isn't a cure-all. There are a limited number of dentists who take Medicaid, for example. The lack of access to dentists is a reason why African-Americans in the region had 145 percent higher death rates for lip, oral cavity and pharynx cancers compared with African-Americans in the rest of the state.
As the population ages and more people get insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a shortage of primary-care doctors is going to get worse. Lifting restrictions on nurse practitioners and physician assistants would help.
All of Florida could use help from the state by putting all solutions on the table.
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In this work, the magnetic sorbent was developed by covalent binding of a Schiff base ligand, N,N'-
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such as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Variables affecting the performance of both extraction steps such as pH of the water sample, the sorbent amount, the desorption conditions, the extraction time; and extraction
solvent were studied. Under the optimised conditions, the analytical performances were determined with a linear range of 0.01–100 ng mL‐1
and a limit of detection at 0.003–0.02 ng mL‐1
for all of the analytes studied. The intra-day
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Han Dynasty Female Court Attendant
An elegant Chinese Han Dynasty hollow-moulded terracotta statue of a female court attendant, portrayed in a kneeling position and designed with typical Han Dynasty slender form. The figure is presented wearing the traditional Eastern Han Dynasty court attire, known as shenyi, consisting of a long vest, tied to the waist and long, flaring sleeves, here revealing bright orange and ochre undergarment. The hair of the court attendant is arranged in long, low ponytail down below the shoulders. Facial features, such as eyes and eyebrows, are rendered through a delicate black paint, while the lips are painted in bright red. The original white, orange and dark pigments would have been applied to the figure after firing, with the result that the paint would have been more prone to flaking.
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Date: Circa 206 BC- 220 AD
Period: Han Dynasty
Condition: Extremely fine, with original pigmentation visible to the surface.
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In Ancient China, terracotta unglazed and low-fired glazed statuettes of animals and human figures, known in Chinese as mingqi, would have been placed in the deceased's tomb to ensure companionship and service in the afterlife. Mingqi were usually modelled as an intimation of either common objects that once played a vital role in Han Dynasty domestic life, or as zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures that were closely related to the deceased when they were alive. Terracotta figures of court attendants, such as this fine example, were made for the service and entertainment of the owner, ensuring that their journey in the underworld was a happy one.
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The people of Easter Island were possibly inspired to invent the Rongorongo script after seeing the writing used by the Spanish when they annexed the island in 1770. The Easter Islanders were apparently impressed by the mana or power of the Spaniards' writing.
Rongorongo was used until the 1860s, after which knowledge of the script was lost. Nowadays most Easter Islanders write in Spanish using the Latin alphabet though a few try to write their own language, Rapanui, also with the Latin alphabet.
Since missionaries started visiting Easter Island in the 1860s, they have taken an interest in the mysterious Rongorongo symbols. A number of attempts have been made to decipher them, none of which have been completely successful, though in his book Rongorongo: The Easter Island Script, Steven Roger Fischer, Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand, claims to have unlocked its mysteries.
Two other scripts were once used on Easter Island: Ta'u and Mama, but little is known about them as very few inscriptions have been found.
Rapanui, a Polynesian language spoken by about 2,500 people on Easter Island and also in Chile, Tahiti and the USA.
Further information about the Rongorongo script and decipherment efforts
The Rongorongo of Easter Island - includes many samples of Rongorongo inscriptions
An introduction to the language of Easter Island - includes English <> Rapa Nui dictionary
Easter Island Home Page
Information about Easter Island (in Spanish and English)
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into account. A good structural engineer will not only be able to make sure your roof is strong enough but will also likely be able to save you money on materials since they will know precisely how strong everything needs to be, and will have much smaller margins of error.
Due to the safety implications of a poorly designed roof, it is always necessary to err on the side of more substantial materials, since a roof that is stronger than it needs to be won't hurt anyone. It will cost you more to build, though.
Where Can I Find a Skillion Roof Calculator?
In terms of calculating the costs of a skillion roof, there is no calculator that we are aware of. This is due to the hugely variable nature of building a roof. The cost of materials can swing wildly due to seemingly unrelated events in other parts of the world. And the price of labour can also vary considerably due to things like how difficult the building is to get to with equipment. For these reasons, unfortunately, you will have to rely on vague estimates like those we mentioned above when trying to get an idea of cost.
For the design of the roof itself, however, there is a very useful calculator to be found on blocklayer.com. You simply input the requested details of your building, as well as some other information like how much of an overhang you want your roof to have, and it will produce a wealth of useful information. This information includes things like the angle of the pitch, rafter spacing, the surface area of the roof, and much more.


iperf3 man page
iperf3 — perform network throughput tests
Synopsis
iperf3 -s [ options ]
iperf3 -c server [ options ]
Description
iperf3 is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can test TCP, UDP, or SCTP throughput. To perform an iperf3 test the user must establish both a server and a client.
The iperf3 executable contains both client and server functionality. An iperf3 server can be started using either of the -s or --server command-line parameters, for example:
iperf3 -s
iperf3 --server
Note that many iperf3 parameters have both short (-s) and long (--server) forms. In this section we will generally use the short form of command-line flags, unless only the long form of a flag is available.
By default, the iperf3 server listens on TCP port 5201 for connections from an iperf3 client. A custom port can be specified by using the -p flag, for example:
iperf3 -s -p 5002
After the server is started, it will listen for connections from iperf3 clients (in other words, the iperf3 program run in client mode). The client mode can be started using the -c command-line option, which also requires a host to which iperf3 should connect. The host can by specified by hostname, IPv4 literal, or IPv6 literal:
iperf3 -c iperf3.example.com
iperf3 -c 192.0.2.1
iperf3 -c 2001:db8::1
If the iperf3 server is running on a non-default TCP port, that port number needs to be specified on the client as well:
iperf3 -c iperf3.example.com -p 5002
The initial TCP connection is used to exchange test parameters, control the start and end of the test, and to exchange test results. This is sometimes referred to as the "control connection". The actual test data is sent over a separate TCP connection, as a separate flow of UDP packets, or as an independent SCTP connection, depending on what protocol was specified by the client.
Normally, the test data is sent from the client to the server, and measures the upload speed of the client. Measuring the download speed from the server can be done by specifying the -R flag on the client. This causes data to be sent from the server to the client.
iperf3 -c iperf3.example.com -p 5202 -R
Results are displayed on both the client and server. There will be at least one line of output per measurement interval (by default a measurement interval lasts for one second, but this can be changed by the -i option). Each line of output includes (at least) the time since the start of the test, amount of data transfered during the interval, and the average bitrate over that interval. Note that the values for each measurement interval are taken from the point of view of the endpoint process emitting that output (in other words, the output on the client shows the measurement interval data for the client.
At the end of the test is a set of statistics that shows (at least as much as possible) a summary of the test as seen by both the sender and the receiver, with lines tagged accordingly. Recall that by default the client is the sender and the server is the receiver, although as indicated above, use of the -R flag will reverse these roles.
The client can be made to retrieve the server-side output for a given test by specifying the --get-server-output flag.
Either the client or the server can produce its output in a JSON structure, useful for integration with other programs, by passing it the -J flag. Because the contents of the JSON structure are only competely known after the test has finished, no JSON output will be emitted until the end of the test.
iperf3 has a (overly) large set of command-line options that can be used to set the parameters of a test. They are given in the "General Options" section of the manual page below, as well as summarized in iperf3's help output, which can be viewed by running iperf3 with the -h flag.
General Options
-p, --port n
set server port to listen on/connect to to n (default 5201)
-f, --format
[kmgtKMGT] format to report: Kbits/Mbits/Gbits/Tbits
-i, --interval n
pause n seconds between periodic throughput reports; default is 1, use 0 to disable
-F, --file name
Use a file as the source (on the sender) or sink (on the receiver) of data, rather than just generating random data or throwing it away. This feature is used for finding whether or not the storage subsystem is the bottleneck for file transfers. It does not turn iperf3 into a file transfer tool. The length, attributes, and in some cases contents of the received file may not match those of the original file.
-A, --affinity n/n,m
Set the CPU affinity, if possible (Linux and FreeBSD only). On both the client and server you can set the local affinity by using the n form of this argument (where n is a CPU number). In addition, on the client side you can override the server's affinity for just that one test, using the n,m form of argument. Note that when using this feature, a process will only be bound to a single CPU (as opposed to a set containing potentialy multiple CPUs).
-B, --bind host
bind to a specific interface. If the host has multiple interfaces, it will use the first interface by default.
-V, --verbose
give more detailed output
-J, --json
output in JSON format
--logfile file
send output to a log file.
--forceflush
force flushing output at every interval. Used to avoid buffering when sending output to pipe.
-d, --debug
emit debugging output. Primarily (perhaps exclusively) of use to developers.
-v, --version
show version information and quit
-h, --help
show a help synopsis
Server Specific Options
-s, --server
run in server mode
-D, --daemon
run the server in background as a daemon
-I, --pidfile file
write a file with the process ID, most useful when running as a daemon.
-1, --one-off
handle one client connection, then exit.
--rsa-private-key-path file
path to the RSA private key (not password-protected) used to decrypt authentication credentials from the client (if built with OpenSSL support).
--authorized-users-path file
path to the configuration file containing authorized users credentials to run iperf tests (if built with OpenSSL support). The file is a comma separated list of usernames and password hashes; more information on the structure of the file can be found in the Examples section.
Client Specific Options
-c, --client host
run in client mode, connecting to the specified server. By default, a test consists of sending data from the client to the server, unless the -R flag is specified.
--sctp
use SCTP rather than TCP (FreeBSD and Linux)
-u, --udp
use UDP rather than TCP
--connect-timeout n
set timeout for establishing the initial control connection to the server, in milliseconds. The default behavior is the operating system's timeout for TCP connection establishment. Providing a shorter value may speed up detection of a down iperf3 server.
-b, --bitrate n[KM]
set target bitrate to n bits/sec (default 1 Mbit/sec for UDP, unlimited for TCP/SCTP). If there are multiple streams (-P flag), the throughput limit is applied separately to each stream. You can also add a '/' and a number to the bitrate specifier. This is called "burst mode". It will send the given number of packets without pausing, even if that temporarily exceeds the specified throughput limit. Setting the target bitrate to 0 will disable bitrate limits (particularly useful for UDP tests). This throughput limit is implemented internally inside iperf3, and is available on all platforms. Compare with the --fq-rate flag. This option replaces the --bandwidth flag, which is now deprecated but (at least for now) still accepted.
--pacing-timer n[KMG]
set pacing timer interval in microseconds (default 1000 microseconds, or 1 ms). This controls iperf3's internal pacing timer for the -b/--bitrate option. The timer fires at the interval set by this parameter. Smaller values of the pacing timer parameter smooth out the traffic emitted by iperf3, but potentially at the cost of performance due to more frequent timer processing.
--fq-rate n[KM]
Set a rate to be used with fair-queueing based socket-level pacing, in bits per second.


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 account_key=account_key,
 issuer=issuer)
Sending and receiving messages
The create_queue method can be used to ensure a queue exists:
sbs.create_queue('taskqueue')
The send_queue_message method can then be called to insert the message into the queue:
from azure.servicebus.control_client import Message
msg = Message('Hello World!')
sbs.send_queue_message('taskqueue', msg)
The send_queue_message_batch method can then be called to send several messages at once:
from azure.servicebus.control_client import Message
msg1 = Message('Hello World!')
msg2 = Message('Hello World again!')
sbs.send_queue_message_batch('taskqueue', [msg1, msg2])
It is then possible to call the receive_queue_message method to dequeue the message.
msg = sbs.receive_queue_message('taskqueue')
Service Bus topics
The create_topic method can be used to create a server-side topic:
sbs.create_topic('taskdiscussion')
The send_topic_message method can be used to send a message to a topic:
from azure.servicebus.control_client import Message
msg = Message(b'Hello World!')
sbs.send_topic_message('taskdiscussion', msg)
The send_topic_message_batch method can be used to send several messages at once:
from azure.servicebus.control_client import Message
msg1 = Message(b'Hello World!')
msg2 = Message(b'Hello World again!')
sbs.send_topic_message_batch('taskdiscussion', [msg1, msg2])
Please consider that in Python 3 a str message will be utf-8 encoded and you should have to manage your encoding yourself in Python 2.
A client can then create a subscription and start consuming messages by calling the create_subscription method followed by the receive_subscription_message method. Please note that any messages sent before the subscription is created will not be received.
from azure.servicebus.control_client import Message
sbs.create_subscription('taskdiscussion', 'client1')
msg = Message('Hello World!')
sbs.send_topic_message('taskdiscussion', msg)
msg = sbs.receive_subscription_message('taskdiscussion', 'client1')
Event Hub
Event Hubs enable the collection of event streams at high throughput, from a diverse set of devices and services.
The create_event_hub method can be used to create an event hub:
sbs.create_event_hub('myhub')
To send an event:
sbs.send_event('myhub', '{ "DeviceId":"dev-01", "Temperature":"37.0" }')
The event content is the event message or JSON-encoded string that contains multiple messages.
Advanced features
Broker properties and user properties
This section describes how to use Broker and User properties defined here:
sent_msg = Message(b'This is the third message',
 broker_properties={'Label': 'M3'},
 custom_properties={'Priority': 'Medium',
 'Customer': 'ABC'}
 )
You can use datetime, int, float or boolean
props = {'hello': 'world',
 'number': 42,
 'active': True,
 'deceased': False,
 'large': _PHONE_,
 'floating': 3.14,
 'dob': datetime(2011, 12, 14),
 'double_quote_message': 'This "should" work fine',
 'quote_message': "This 'should' work fine"}
sent_msg = Message(b'message with properties', custom_properties=props)
For compatibility reason with old version of this library, broker_properties could also be defined as a JSON string. If this situation, you're responsible to write a valid JSON string, no check will be made by Python before sending to the RestAPI.
broker_properties = '{"ForcePersistence": false, "Label": "My label"}'
sent_msg = Message(b'receive message',
 broker_properties = broker_properties
)
Next Steps


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If you visit Stanton Airfield (SYN) in southeast Minnesota, you may think you've stepped back in time.
The airport, created in 1942 to provide primary flight training for Carleton College students preparing for military enlistment, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The privately owned, public use airport, once known as Carleton Airport, still has grass runways and a World War II-era wooden and concrete hangar.
The airport, which is 30 miles southeast of Minneapolis, is one of the busiest glider ports in the Midwest, according to Tom Rent, airport director.
"We have about 2,000 glider flights in the summer," he says. "The fact the airport was never modernized, such as having the runways paved, makes us unique. We are one of the last privately owned, public use airports left in Minnesota."
After the war the college leased the airport to Malcolm and Margaret Manuel, who eventually bought the property. The Manuels owned the 160 acres until 1990, when they sold it to the newly formed Stanton Sport Aviation Corp., of which Rent is a member.
"When we bought the property, it became our intent to protect the airport from encroachment and to maintain it as a place to have fun," he says.
Rent said that the listing on the National Register of Historic Places makes the airport part of the national parks system. Corporation members hope that information about the airport will start showing up on tourism and recreational literature.


Teungku Chik di Tiro
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Teungku Chik di Tiro
Teungku Chik di Tiro 1961 Indonesia stamp.jpg
Drawing of Teungku Chik di Tiro
Born Muhammad Saman
1836 (1836)
Tiro, Aceh, Dutch East Indies
Died January 21, 1891 (aged 54–55)
Koetaradja, Aceh, Dutch East Indies
Cause of death Consumption of poisoned food
Resting place Meureu, Aceh Besar
Nationality Acehnese
Occupation Religious teacher, guerrilla fighter
Children 5
Relatives Hasan di Tiro (Great grandson)
Muhamad Saman (1836 – 21 January 1891), better known as Teungku Chik di Tiro (usually spelt Cik di Tiro in Indonesia), was an Acehnese guerrilla fighter. On 6 November 1973 he was declared a National Hero of Indonesia.
Di Tiro was born to Tengku Sjech Abdullah and Siti Aisyah in Tiro, Pidie, Aceh, Dutch East Indies, in 1836.[1] Until the age of 15, he studied with his father; he then began studying with his uncle, Teungku Chik Dayah Tjut di Tiro.[2] After studying under several more teachers, he moved to Aceh Besar and spent two years there.[2] By day he would study Islam and by night he would join his fellows in fighting against Dutch colonials.[3] He was eventually called home to Tiro, where he began teaching with his uncle.[2][3]
After several years as a teacher, di Tiro went on the hajj to Mecca.[2] There, he met several Islamic leaders and other revolutionaries from Sumatra, Java, and Borneo; through discussions on imperialism and colonialism, di Tiro became more interested in fighting against the Dutch.[2]
One day in 1880, after di Tiro returned to Tiro, a group of guerrilla fighters came through, looking for an ulama (religious leader) to lead the fight.[4] Di Tiro volunteered and joined the guerrillas in their base in Gunung Miram.[4] He then traveled throughout Aceh.[5] Every time he stopped in a town, he would deliver lectures at a mosque about holy war and how it was their duty to fight against unbelievers.[5] At the same time, he sent letters to other ulama to call them to war, determined to have driven the Dutch out of Aceh by 1883.[5][6]
Soon di Tiro and the ulama had collected 6,000 soldiers to fight against the Dutch,[5] as well as the support of the Sultan of Aceh.[7] The Dutch, although aware of the impending rebellion, remained unaware of di Tiro's identity.[5] Soon his troops cut communications between Dutch fortresses and established their own base in Mureu.[5] Previous struggles in the 1870s had led the Dutch to double their numbers in Aceh.[7]
Chik di Tiro's grave in Mureu, Indrapuri, Aceh Besar
In May 1881, di Tiro and his troops captured the Dutch fortress in Indrapuri, sparking the Aceh War.[7] Thiw was followed by the ones in Krueng Jreu and Gle Kameng.[7] In response, the Dutch reinforced their fortresses in Lambaro, Aneuk Galong, and Samahani.[5] Through 1882 and 1883, the two sides continued to fight, with the Acehnese gaining ground and taking over the island of Breuh.[5][7] In early 1883, di Tiro's forces attacked the Dutch stronghold in Kutaraja (now Banda Aceh); despite failing to take the fort, they succeeded in killing the Dutch controuler.[8] At the peak of the war, the Dutch controlled only 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) of land; before the war, they had controlled nearly all of Aceh.[9]
In April 1884, the sultan was told that di Tiro was now leader of the people.[6] In response, the sultan made a proclamation that he was still sultan; in August di Tiro himself declared that he had no intentions to be sultan.[10]
By 1885, di Tiro felt that the Dutch were ready to capitulate.[8] As such, he sent an ultimatum to Assistant Resident Van Langen, offering peace if the Dutch would convert to Islam.[8] Although some Dutchmen came claiming that they were willing to convert, they were later discovered to be spies.[11] In 1888 di Tiro sent another letter; this one also received no response from the Dutch leadership.[8] He then led more expeditions against Dutch forces, despite still being unable to enter Kutaraja.[8]
Entrance gate to Teungku Chik di Tiro Muhammad Saman's grave
For several more years di Tiro led his troops against the Dutch;[8] the attempts to spy on him led him to declare that he would not rest until all the Dutch were killed.[11] On 21 January 1891, di Tiro was served poisoned food by the son of the leader of Sagi, whom the Dutch had offered a leadership position if he would kill di Tiro; despite being taken to Aneuk Galong fortress to be treated, di Tiro soon died.[12] He was later buried at the family graveyard in Meureu, Aceh Besar.[13] His struggle was continued by other Acehnese figures, including Teuku Umar, Cut Nyak Dhien, and Cut Nyak Meutia, as well as his family.[7][14]
On 6 November 1973, President Suharto declared di Tiro a National Hero of Indonesia through Presidential Decree number 087/TK of 1973.[7] [15] He has numerous streets named after him, including one of the main streets in the well-known suburb of Menteng in Jakarta.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Di Tiro had five sons: Teungku Mat Amin, Teungku Mahidin, Teungku di Tungkob, Teungku di Buket, and Teungku Lambada.[2] Through them he was the great-grandfather of Free Aceh Movement founder Hasan di Tiro.[13]


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Learners acquiring this standard will be learning towards obtaining a national qualification or are working within a computer and information technology environment, where the acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to the learner's job, or chances of finding employment.
- Operating a personal computer and communicating via electronic data interchange
- Managing work on a personal computer
- Creating professional documents
- Creating professional numerical and financial reports.
- Input and output devices
- Diskette drives
- Hard drives
- Compact disk drives
- Digital video drives
- Memory (ROM and Ram)
- Web sites
- Internet service providers
- Electronic mail
- Internet forums
- Wap technology
- Create new folders
- Move files
- Format diskettes
- Copy files
- Open files and folders
TYPE OF PROGRAMME
- Full time
Learner is required to have a minimum of Grade 10. Must able to speak and write in English.
All learning material included in tuition fees.
Registration Fee: 1500.00
Course Fee: Enquire at Eskilz College
On successful completion of course, the learner will receive a certificate
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John L. Bresina, Lina Khatib, Conor McGann
This paper presents an empirical study of some non-exhaustive approaches to optimizing preferences within the context of constraint-based, mixed-initiative planning for mission operations. This work is motivated by the experience of deploying and operating the MAPGEN (Mixed-initiative Activity Plan GENerator) system for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Responsiveness to the user is one of the important requirements for MAPGEN; hence, the additional computation time needed to optimize preferences must be kept within reasonable bounds. This was the primary motivation for studying non-exhaustive optimization approaches. The specific goals of the empirical study are to assess the impact on solution quality of two greedy heuristics used in MAPGEN and to assess the improvement gained by applying a linear programming optimization technique to the final solution.
Subjects: 1.12 Scheduling; 1.11 Planning


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In nuclear plants, the inspection of heat exchanger tubes is usually carried out by using eddy current nondestructive testing. A numerical model, based on a volume integral approach using the Green's dyadic formalism, has been developed, with support from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, to predict the response of an eddy current bobbin coil to 3D flaws located in the tube's wall. With an aim of integrating this model into the NDE multi techniques platform CIVA, it has been validated with experimental data for 2D and 3D flaws.
G. Pichenot1, D. Prémel1, T. Sollier1, V. Maillot2
1 C.E.A. Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2 I.R.S.N, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France


What's the tradition behind wearing pearls for weddings?
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Since ancient times, pearls have been considered the symbol of unblemished perfection. As such they are a popular choice for bridal jewellery as they are said to be a sign of purity and innocence.
In ancient Rome, the pearl was an indicator of wealth and social standing, while the ancient Greeks associated the pearl with love and marriage and unrivalled beauty. The Greeks also believed the pearl would "take away the bride's tears" ensuring she had a happy and tear-free wedded life.
 Up until the 20th century, pearls were the rarest, most highly-prized and most sought-after jewel in the world and as such only the nobility would have been able to afford them. In the early 1900's pearls became much more common as the process of creating cultured pearls came into practice. In addition to the pearls we all associate with oysters there are also pearls made by other molluscs.
 Freshwater shell and pearl mussels are from the family Unionidae, from which about 20 different species are commercially harvested. Pearl farmers introduce a shell bead into the mussel and the mollusc deposits layers of nacre around the bead. The tones of freshwater cultured pearls are dictated by the mother shell. White is most common, followed by pink. Other colours depend on the type of mussels.
 The tradition of giving pearls to the bride, whether it's a gift from father or groom, continues to this day. Also, many brides today give their bridesmaids gifts of pearls, perhaps a pendant, earrings or bracelet.
And, after many years of married life the Pearl comes into it's own again, as a gift for the 30th Wedding Anniversary.


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Crabs Live All Over The World
What Eats A Crab? Photo:Gordon E. Robertson
What eats crabs?
What do crabs eat?
Crabs live all over the world. Some kinds, or species, live in salt water, others live in fresh water. Some even spend all their time on dry land.
Most crabs have many natural enemies, or predators. Birds attack smaller crabs, sometimes carrying them high into the air and then dropping them on boulders to crack their shells.
Fish with powerful, shell-crunching jaws also eat crabs.
Many kinds of mammals, from seals to raccoons, also look forward to a crab dinner.
What does a crab eat? Crabs eat small bits of plant and animal material that they find in the water and along the shoreline.
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Book Review: Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists (MIRI course list)
by So8res3 min read19th Sep 201323 comments
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I'm reviewing the books on the MIRI course list. After finishing Cognitive Science I picked up Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists, by Benjamin C. Pierce.
Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists
This book is tiny, clocking in at around 80 pages. Don't be fooled, it packs a punch.
A word of warning: when the title says "for Computer Scientists", it is not abusing the term. I went in expecting Category Theory for Computer Programmers and a tone like "Welcome, Java Programmer, to the crazy world of math!". What I got was a lean, no-bullshit introduction to category that assumes mathematical competence.
"Computer Scientist" and "Programmer" get mixed up in common parlance, so casual programmers are cautioned that this book targets the former group. Category Theory for Computer Scientists assumes you're familiar with proof-writing, set theory, functional programming, and denotational semantics.
In return, Category Theory wastes none of your time. I found this refreshing, but unexpected.
I'll give a brief overview of the contents of the book before discussing them.
Chapter Summaries
 1. Basic Constructions
 2. Functors, Natural Transformations, and Adjoints
 3. Applications
 4. Further Reading
1. Basic Constructions
Introduces Categories.
Introduces monomorphisms (f∘g = f∘h → g=h) and epimorphisms (g∘f = h∘f → g=h), then uses these to introduce categorical duals (similar constructs with the direction of the arrows swapped).
Introduces isomorphisms and the concept of equality up to isomorphism.
Introduces initial and terminal objects (objects with exactly one arrow from/to each object).
Introduces binary products and coproducts. Generalizes to arbitrary products.
Introduces equalizers and coequalizers.
Introduces pullbacks, briefly mentions pushforwards.
Generalizes equalizers, products, and pullbacks to terminal cones (which are limits).
Introduces exponentiation.
Mentions Cartesian Closed Categories (categories with products, exponents, and a terminal object).
2. Functors, Natural Transformations, and Adjoints
Introduces Functors (arrows between categories).
Introduces F-Algebras (an extreme generalization of algebra).
Introduces Natural Transformations (structure-preserving mappings between functors).
Introduces Adjoints (functors related in way that generalizes efficiency/optimality).
3. Applications
Discusses four applications of category theory:
 1. Closed Cartesian Categories are in correspondence with lambda calculi.
 2. Category theory can help make implicit conversion & generic operators more consistent in programming languages.
 3. Category theory is linked to type theory, domain theory, and algebraic semantics (all useful in programming semantics).
 4. Category theory revolutionized how programming languages construct underlying denotations.
4. Further Reading
A list of textbooks, introductory articles, reference books, and research articles that the author recommends for further learning.
The first two chapters of this book are the important parts. The third chapter points out ways that category theory has been applied to computer science, which I found interesting but not relevant to my goal (of learning category theory). The fourth chapter provides a list of resources, which will be handy to have around.
A textbook review is somewhat ungrounded if you don't know the reviewer's background: Category Theory was not a complete mystery to me when I picked up this book. I gained some little familiarity with the subject osmotically when learning Type Theory and messing around in Haskell. However, Category Theory always looked like abstract nonsense and I'd never studied it explicitly.
Given that background, this book served me very well.
Most of my utility was derived from doing the exercises in the book. My goal was to build a mental implementation of category theory, and reading math without doing it works about as well as writing code without running it.
The first five exercises alone corrected a handful of misconceptions I had about category theory, and were sufficient to take theorems from "opaque abstract nonsense" to "vaguely intuitive".
(In my case, the fact that "the diagram commutes" means "all paths from one vertex to another compose to the same arrow" made a lot of things click. I expect such clicking points to vary wildly between people, so I won't mention more.)
It is likely that any other category theory textbook could have given similar results by providing exercises. The selling point of this book is the narrative: if you don't like narratives, this is the book for you.
In fact, this book is sometimes too terse. Take, for example, this suggestion after the introduction of adjoint functors:
The reader who has persevered this far is urged to consult a standard textbook for more details on alternative treatments of adjoints.
Or this, right when things were getting interesting:
A longer discussion of representability is beyond the scope of this introduction, but it is often named as one of the two or three key concepts of category theory.
That said, the book is titled Basic Category Theory, so I can't complain.
Should I read it?
It really depends on your goals.
This book does not motivate the math: It assumes you want to know category theory, and teaches you without embellishment. If you are wondering what this whole category theory thing is and why it matters then you should probably find a friendlier introduction.
However, if:
 1. You're familiar with the basic idea of category theory
 2. You want to learn the basics
 3. You are comfortable with functional programming and/or set theory
 4. You're motivated and don't need much guidance
then you should strongly consider reading the first two chapters of this book (and perhaps chapter 3 section 4).
If you're looking for a really deep understanding of category theory, you should probably look elsewhere; this book doesn't step beyond the basics.
All that assumes you want to learn category theory, which probably isn't true of the general audience. A more pertinent question is perhaps:
Should I learn category theory?
It depends on your goals. I think it was worth learning, but I'm the sort of person who delights in clean abstractions.
If nothing else, category theory is a lesson in how far abstractions can be pushed. F-Algebras, for instance, are one of the most abstract ideas I've ever encountered. Category-theoretic products (or, more generally, cones) are astonishingly powerful given their generality. I was quite surprised by how far you can strip down exponentiation.
That said, category theory won't help the average person act more rationally.
If you're into math, programming, or physics then category theory will likely help you out. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend starting here.
If you happen to be a programmer considering diving off the deep end, I strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with pure functional programming languages first. (Haskell is a good place to start.) My familiarity with type theory and my use of functors made category theory easier to approach. (And besides, pure functional programming is lots of fun.)
Final Notes
I'm somewhat surprised that the MIRI course list Category Theory textbook doesn't discuss Representation Theory.
Otherwise, this book is precisely what I expected from the MIRI course list: very good at shutting up and giving you the data. I came away pleased.
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Mathematics StackExchange on learning category theory:
Yes, it's not as if the textbooks will give you any examples.
Well, yeah, any run-of-the-mill category theory textbook will of course load you down with examples. That doesn't mean they'll give you the background instruction necessary to understand those examples. It's all very well being told that the classic example of a non-concretizable category is the category of topological spaces and homotopy classes of continuous maps between them - if you've never taken a topology course, you won't have any idea what that means, and the book isn't going to include a beginner's topology textbook as a footnote.
An example isn't being told something like that, it's being shown something like that, with diagrams. A beginner's topology course is not required, the diagrams are.
I'm probably at the mathematically naive level that the linked post warns against, and after looking at many of the examples with diagrams in the various category theory textbooks, I still have basically no idea what CT brings to the table or how I should use it. It unifies formal proofs, topological computations and quantum mechanical systems? Great! Except I don't know how to grind proofs, derive topology or compute quantum mechanics by hand, so I have little idea what that means in practice.
A lot of people seem to describe learning Haskell monads as a similar experience. Most of the examples are basically incomprehensible until you just work with the raw formalism from sufficiently many angles that you start to build the necessary headspace to work it into something useful. Maybe studying advanced topology and abstract algebra will get you familiar with working with sufficiently similar formal structures that you can actually get significant bits of category theory by analogy from something as short as a textbook example
Sarcasm is nearly always inadvisable!
This comment makes a fair point that people might be missing at first glace


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The Muddy Hand is a disembodied hand made covered with mud that appears in one of Rodrick's horror movies entitled "Hello, You're Dead". In it, the Muddy Hand travels the countryside looking
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for victims to strangle, and the last person who sees it is always the next victim. The film in question frightened Rowley and Greg at the end (where the Muddy Hand strangles its last victim and walks straight at the screen, implying that the viewer will be its next victim.) This made Greg and Rowley become really paranoid that the Muddy Hand was out to get them (despite being a fictional character.) Greg then figures out that since it is just a hand it would take a long time to get to them so they stopped worrying about it. It was only mentioned in Dog Days. In Rodrick Rules, The Foot is used (which is most likely a parody of the Muddy Hand).
In Fregley's version in Dog Days film,in the wilderness awareness he tells a campfirestory about the Muddy Hand. It is about an old woodsman who chops of his own hand by mistake while chopping wood in rain,his hand is the Muddy Hand.
The Muddy Hand looks just like an ordinary hand,the only notable difference is that the hand is quite dirty and has black spots that resemble mud, which is the reason why it's called the "Muddy Hand". It's also unknown how he kills its victim, it is most likely it either strangles the victims throat or any other body part.
 - If the Muddy Hand was not in the book, the plot could have been very different, as Greg and/or Rowley, in specific scenes, would not have been scared and would not have taken the plot-defining actions (such as Rowley smashing Greg's hand with a hammer because he thought it was the Muddy Hand.)
 - In the fim, Rodrick Rules the movie was not The Muddy Hand, but it was The Foot.
 - In the film, Dog Days The Muddy Hand was not in a horror movie, but in a campfire story told by Fregley.
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6 Stages Every Gay Couple Should Reach In Their Relationship
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Life is all about development, evolution and progression, and as we go through this maturation process, there are often typical stages we experience as we continue to grow.
For example, you will likely recall you went through certain stages and phases of identity development as you came out to yourself as a gay man and started to come to terms with your sexuality.
Here is an article about the well-known "Cass Homosexual Identity Development" model that details this process.
Well, relationships are the same way
In much the same way that as individuals we grow and develop, so do our relationships.
When you start dating someone and work toward a long-term partnership, there is a common developmental trajectory you will likely follow.
There are a variety of stage models that attempt to explain intimate relationship development, though the great majority are descriptive of heterosexual love.
While there are many similarities in the qualities and characteristics of relationships with our heterosexual counterparts, gay/lesbian relationships also have some unique differences and challenges that may not necessarily follow some of these other relationship theories.
Well, relationships are the same wayAlas, there is one such model that speaks to gay male pairings!
In 1984, David P. McWhirter and Andrew M. Mattison published "The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop."
The authors conducted a research study over the course of five years in which they interviewed 156 male couples in loving relationships lasting anywhere from one to 37 years.
Their intent was to discover how male couples function in everyday life in terms of domestics, finances, sexuality and relationship issues.
What actually emerged from the study was a groundbreaking discovery that regardless of the differences between men, their relationships pass through typical developmental stages in the same way individuals grow and develop.
McWhirter and Mattison share their research findings in this book and identify six separate developmental stages gay male couples go through that's essential for the growth and healthy maturation of their relationship.
"Each stage can become a building
block to subsequent phases."
The six stages are labeled as:
 1. "Blending" in year one
 2. "Nesting" in years two and three
 3. "Maintaining" in years four and five
 4. "Building" in years six through 10
 5. "Releasing" in years 11 through 20
 6. "Renewing" in years 20 and beyond
McWhirter and Mattison describe the various characteristics that are reminiscent of each of the stages, which also can become building blocks and bridges toward passage to subsequent phases and can identify other influences and possible crises or challenges that are common.
These oftentimes are inherent in the growing pains necessary for the development and health of the relationship and the partners within the system as well. Here is an article that details these stages.
Not every couple will mirror this model
Not every couple will mirror this model
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, of "Modern Family," with his husband, Justin Mikita.
However, this framework provides instrumental findings that not only dispel common myths and misconceptions that abound about gay relationships but also provides a valuable structure to help educate couples about the possible challenges they have, are currently or will eventually encounter.
This information could possibly help yield more positive outcomes for the maintenance of relationships through conflict that might ordinarily spell their demise due to increased awareness, preventative troubleshooting and skills-building to aid in more smooth transitions through such developmental challenges.
The stage model also provides positive normalization for gay couples and could be helpful to couples of other sexual orientations and relationship styles as well.
The anecdotal stories and case examples in the book also provide helpful supportive illustrations of points made and could be deemed inspirational and validating for couples. It's a highly educational read!
Another relationship model I like that speaks more toward heterosexual relationships, though it has some relevance and applicability to gay relationships, is the Knapp Relational Stages Model. Here is an article that describes the stages in this particular model.
How does this model resonate with you?
Want to play around with it and have some fun
This first link showcases the various stages of the model with snippets from popular movie scenes that depict all of the relationship phases.
This second link has you practice identifying the various stages as you watch snippets from the popular TV show "The Office" to add a little humor and enjoyment to this process!
What are your thoughts about relationship development stage models? What stage are you and your boyfriend/partner negotiating at this time? How can this help you navigate your relationship journey ahead?
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Nexus S amazing smartphone was found working even on the earth's outer atmosphere. These green men in the space are not aliens from other planet but are androids launched from earth by google to test limits of Nexus S.
The team from Google were surprised after Nexus S, the Official Google's second phone, was found working even at the earth's outer atmosphere – at 60,000 feet.
The Androids were strapped to seven payloads, which each contained one of the new mobiles. They were carried into Earth's outer atmosphere using weather balloons. The phones were running applications such as Google maps for Mobile 5.0, which allowed the team to check what was below the balloon and Google sky map to identify the stars and report their location.
Nexus S could withstand temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees celsius., the GPS kept track of the phone up to 60,000 ft and started working . The maximum Speed of the payload was 139 mph.
The balloons could reach heights of over 100,000 feet. They were fixed with still and video cameras. Seven high-altitude balloons were launched on November 13th . The average flight lasted two hours and 40 minutes with the taking around 34 minutes.
Watch the working of this android here
Some pictures taken in space
The set up all set to go
Rising balloon in the space
Picture taken from the andriod
The paths of the balloon in google earth.


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Locust Fork in Blount County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
History of Locust Fork
The first church in the community was built with slave labor near Robinette Springs. Tabernacle, a Methodist church, was used for both school and church activities. In 1921 a new school building was erected. Another classroom was added the following year and in 1928 two more classrooms were added. In 1937, with WPA assistance, a new high school was
Erected 2010 by Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Locust Fork. (Marker Number None.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1476.
Location. 33° 54.363′ N, 86° 37.008′ W. Marker is in Locust Fork, Alabama, in Blount County. Marker is on Town Hall Road, on the left when traveling east. The marker is located in front of the City Hall building on block off AL HWY 79. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Locust Fork AL 35097, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Gabriel Hanby, _PHONE_ (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Homesite and Grave of George Powell (approx. 4 miles Historic Oneonta L & N Railroad Depot (approx. 8˝ miles away); Welcome to Oneonta (approx. 8˝ miles away); Blount County (approx. 8.7 miles away); Champion Mines (approx. 9.3 miles away); Blount Springs (approx. 10.4 miles away); Holly Springs School (approx. 10˝ miles away).
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I have the following issue in R.
I perform logistic regression in R:
logitMod <- glm(dependent_var ~ var1, var2, varN, data=traindata, family=binomial())
Then, I run predict on the first record of the testdata set, to get the log odds:
>predict(logitMod, testdata) -44.81362
Then I calculate the probability from the log odds:
> 1/(1+ exp(-predict(logitMod, testdata))) 3.449006e-20
Then, I check with the predict function what the built-in probability-conversion would yield, and the result is very different:
>predict(logitMod, testdata, type="response") 2.220446e-16
So my question is, what am I overlooking?
predict(logitMod, testdata, type="response")produces erroneous predictions. But maybe there are good reasons for this behaviour of
predict.glmwas implemented to have this behaviour. Btw,
2.22e-16is the same as


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We introduce the Concave-Convex procedure (CCCP) which con(cid:173) structs discrete time iterative dynamical systems which are guar(cid:173) anteed to monotonically decrease global optimization/energy func(cid:173) tions. It can be applied to (almost) any optimization problem and many existing algorithms can be interpreted in terms of CCCP. In particular, we prove relationships to some applications of Legendre transform techniques. We then illustrate CCCP by applications to Potts models, linear assignment, EM algorithms, and Generalized Iterative Scaling (GIS). CCCP can be used both as a new way to understand existing optimization algorithms and as a procedure for generating new algorithms.


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Neal Spencer, British Museum
In the next few days, our sixth excavation season begins.
Amara West was the pharaonic capital of conquered Upper Nubia in the late second millennium BC. Thus far, we have gained important insights into how houses were modified over time to suit individual needs, religious practises in the home, but also the impact of a changing landscape.
Analyses undertaken by a range of specialists, both inside the British Museum and at universities involved in the project, are casting light on plant exploitation practises, technologies for producing ceramics, the presence of luxurious imports from afar, and the complex array of funerary traditions evident in the cemeteries, including pyramid tombs and funerary masks, but also Nubian tumulus graves.
Highlights from Amara West will continue to be featured on this blog, as in previous years, but for more regular updates as the season progresses – the discovery of buildings, objects, burials that shed light on life in a pharaonic town in occupied Nubia – follow our dedicated project blog: blog.amarawest.britishmuseum.org.
So far, you can read a preview of upcoming excavations in the ancient town, including excavation of a villa outside the town wall, and of the last house remaining in neighbourhood E13.3. And, across a now-dry Nile channel, Michaela Binder describes the excavations she will be leading in cemetery C, a burial ground providing fascinating insights into the mixture of Egyptian and Nubian funerary cultures in the early first millennium BC.
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Authorizations Reference
An authorization is a discrete right that can be granted to a role or a user. Authorizations are checked by compliant applications before a user gets access to the application or specific operations within the application.
Authorizations are user-level, and therefore extensible. You can write a program that requires authorization, add the authorizations to your system, create a rights profile for these authorizations, and assign the rights profile to users or roles who are allowed to use the program.
Authorization Naming Conventions
An authorization has a name that is used internally. For example, solaris.system.date is the name of an authorization. An authorization has a short description that appears in the graphical user interfaces (GUIs). For example, Set Date & Time is the description of the solaris.system.date authorization.
By convention, authorization names consist of the reverse order of the Internet name of the supplier, the subject area, any subareas, and the function. The parts of the authorization name are separated by dots. An example would be com.xyzcorp.device.access. Exceptions to this convention are the authorizations from Oracle, which use the prefix solaris instead of an Internet name. The naming convention enables administrators to apply authorizations in a hierarchical fashion. A wildcard (*) can represent any strings to the right of a dot.
As an example of how authorizations are used, the Network Link Security rights profile has the solaris.network.link.security authorization only, while the Network Security rights profile has the Network Link Security profile as a supplementary profile, plus the solaris.network.* and solaris.smf.manage.ssh authorizations.
Delegation Authority in Authorizations
An authorization that ends with the suffix delegate enables a user or a role to delegate to other users any assigned authorizations that begin with the same prefix.
The solaris auth.delegate authorization enables a user or a role to delegate to other users any authorizations that the delegating users or roles are assigned. For example, a role with the solaris auth.delegate and solaris.network.wifi.wep authorizations can delegate the solaris.network.wifi.wep authorization to another user or role.