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The Importance of Air in Potting Mix
The air content of a potting mix can significantly influence the growth and health of container plants.
A potting mix must supply the roots of a plant with air as well as water. The importance of air to the health of container grown plants is often underestimated.
The air content of a potting mix is measured as the air-filled porosity (AFP). This is the volume of air held in a mix after it has been thoroughly wet and drained expressed as a percentage.
The Australian Potting Mix Standard (AS 3743-2003) requires the AFP of a Premium grade mix to be at least 13%v/v. This is a minimum value for healthy growth of plants in a well-managed nursery and is not necessarily what is optimum for maximum growth and disease resistance.
Image: Air-filled porosity guidelines for nursery container media.
As a general rule, the AFP of a mix should be as high as possible within the constraints of irrigation and climate. This is because the AFP will decrease with time as the organic components decompose and the mean particle size reduces (see below image).
Image: Fine particles from decomposition have clogged the mix in the bottom of the pot.
The AFP and the water holding capacity (WHC) of a mix are inversely related and so increasing the AFP by 10%v/v will generally reduce the WHC by an equivalent percentage.
This means the advantage of having more air is eventually lost when it becomes too difficult to maintain water supply to the crop (Figure 1). Obviously, a higher AFP can be used where watering is well managed.
Image: Root length increases with AFP until water becomes limiting.
Choosing a mix with too high an AFP will simply expose weaknesses in the irrigation system and management and decrease plant uniformity. This is because when the scheduling is based on ensuring the drier areas receive enough water, the wetter areas will receive too much and growth may be restricted by nutrient leaching and by water logging.
Image: Poor uniformity attributable to oxygen depletion.
Choosing a mix with too low an AFP will mean that the irrigation schedule will need to be tuned to avoid waterlogging the wetter areas. Consequently, plants in the drier areas will not receive adequate water for growth or to flush excess salts from the root zone.
Clearly, it is important to match the AFP of a mix to the way water is managed in a nursery.
Why is air needed?
The air in a potting mix is the main source of the oxygen needed by roots for respiration.
Respiration is the chemical process that releases energy from carbohydrates synthesized in the leaves. It is effectively the reverse of photosynthesis:
Energy (light) + Carbon dioxide + Water ® Carbohydrate + Oxygen
Carbohydrate + Oxygen ® Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
Respiration fuels growth and maintenance of cells. Energy is also needed for active uptake of nutrients from the soil solution and for their transport within the plant.
Without adequate oxygen (anoxia), root growth slows, nutrient uptake and distribution is disturbed and eventually roots and then the whole plant dies.
In the early stages of anoxia, root cell membranes begin to leak sugars and essential elements into the soil solution. This injury weakens plant defences and attracts water borne pathogens.
Roots also lose some ability to exclude toxic ions such as sodium, chloride and manganese.
Low oxygen can also cause changes in the soil microbiome which are unhelpful for the plant.
Soil microbes must also obtain energy from carbohydrate by respiration. They are growing in a light free environment and so most cannot photosynthesize. Their food source is organic matter either contributed by the plants or by the potting mix.
When there is adequate oxygen (aerobic), the by-products of respiration are water and carbon dioxide which are relatively harmless to plants.
However, when there is a shortage of oxygen (anaerobic), different microorganisms dominate the soil microbiome. This group obtains energy from carbohydrate by anaerobic respiration and the by-products of this process are often toxic to plants. They include alcohol, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrogen sulphide (rotten egg gas) and manganese.
The Australian Potting Mix Standard toxicity test is intended to ensure potting mixes have been composted aerobically and do not contain these toxins at dangerous levels.
When oxygen is limiting, even aerobic microorganisms can become a problem as they compete with plant roots for the small amount present in the soil solution.
Oxygen depletion in the root zone is accelerated by warm conditions because this increases biological activity and demand for oxygen and because the solubility of oxygen in water decreases at higher temperatures.
Image: Oxygen close to the root is consumed by plant and microbial respiration.
Symptoms of oxygen starvation (anoxia)
- Chlorosis of new leaves. The symptoms may be due to iron deficiency but the cause can be inadequate oxygen supply to roots.
Image: Iron deficiency symptom can be caused by anoxia.
- Pale green foliage and uniform yellowing of old leaves. These nitrogen deficiency symptoms can be caused by denitrification and root damage under anoxic conditions.
Image: Low oxygen (right hand pot) increases risk of ammonium and nitrite toxicity and gaseous losses nitrogen and nitrous oxide.
- Ammonium toxicity. Ammonium can accumulate when oxygen is low especially when the mix is wet and cold and ammonium and urea based fertilizers are used. Ammonium toxicity will kill the fine roots of plants and increases the risk of disease losses.
Image: Plate 4 Deeper roots can be inhibited by ammonium toxicity. Left fed with nitrate fertiliser and right only urea.
Manganese toxicity. Manganese can become more plant available under anaerobic conditions. Toxicity symptoms include iron chlorosis of new leaves and marginal yellowing and brown spots on older leaves.
Image: Manganese toxicity can be caused by anoxia.
- Wilting. Water logged plants will often wilt when the sun is shining brightly even though the mix is very wet.
- Distortion of new growth (epinasty). The problem is caused by Ethylene produced in the mix under anaerobic conditions can cause hormone like symptoms - twisting of shoots, stretching and abnormal growth of leaves.
- Root disease. Roots damaged by low oxygen are more susceptible to the full range of soil pathogens.
Ensure the AFP of a mix is as high as can be managed. Consider what has been recommended as a minimum for the nursery application and the limitations of irrigation management in the nursery.
Only use potting mixes made from organic materials that have been adequately composted and are biologically stable. Be wary of mixes containing large amounts of sawdust, rice hulls, raw bark and wood chips
Wilting, pale green foliage and yellowing of older leaves and iron-like chlorosis of new leaves may be signs of oxygen starvation. Check this possibility before supplying additional water or fertilizer.
Only use mixes that comply with the Australian Standard for Potting Mixes AS 3743-2003.
Australian Growing Solutions are Australia's leading manufacturer of professional grade growing media. They produce material to the highest standard and can advise you on the right mix for your crop.
For more information, contact AGS on 1800 709 588 or _EMAIL_.


Raising the Juvenile age in Florida.
Updated: Jul 3, 2019
For example: if an 18-year-old high school student that is in the 12th grade being that he or she has not graduated yet be considered as a juvenile or teenager and be accepted with the other students as those of his or her peers. why is it if the 18 year old committing a crime on the school grounds along with his 17 year old classmate be treated as an adult and receive a harsher punishment then the 17 yr. old, when it has been scientifically proven that they both share the same mental capability of decision making.also if twins are born 5 min apart 11:57 pm and 12:02 am.one would turn 18 years old, 5 minutes before the other. If they went out and celebrated their party and just so happens that after or during the celebration the one turning 18 gets into a fight and the other twin jumps in to help-and kills someone before the last twin turn 18 but the first twin is already 18 by 5 minutes. Would that make a difference in the sentence? So why is an 18-yr. old treated differently than the 17yr old when they both are still teenagers with the same mental capability. many other states have taken this into consideration-in favor of an 18-yr. old being treated the same as a 17-yr. old. Florida has failed to acknowledge the scientific facts in support of. I was offered a plea for 26 yrs..so why am I sitting in prison with 2 natural life sentences without the possibility of parole after age 23yrs in here. At the time of sentencing being that I was 18 and unknowledgeable about the law and working with a public defender I thought I would win the case.. My purpose for my Motion is in Hopes that I would get assistance with getting out of Prison.
Certain things about Florida & it's Law
In most states, the age of majority is 18. However, a few other factors can affect the age of majority, including marriage and emancipation. Below, you'll find information about legal ages and its laws in Florida, including when minors can sue and eligibility requirements for emancipation.
The age in Florida is 18. This means that when you turn 18, you gain almost all the legal rights that adults have. Some of those include the right to vote and getting a driver's license without parental permission. Turning 18 also comes with responsibilities, like the ability to be sued in court, and serving on a jury.
Even if you are under 18, you may be able to get some rights normally reserved for adults if you are emancipated legally. This means that a court declares you to be a legal adult even if you are underage. Normally, you must be at least sixteen years old to be eligible for emancipation.
The legal age to marry in Florida is 18. However, with parental permission, you may get married as young as 16. In Florida, marriage is a form of emancipation, which means that you will get many of the rights and responsibilities that come with being an adult.
You must be 18 years old to enter into a contract. However, if you are under 18, you still may be able to sue to enforce a contract, but the other party may not be able to sue to enforce the contract against you. As well, students as young as 16 may be able to enter into loan contracts for higher education expenses.
In most cases, you must be 18 to sue someone. If you are not, you must have your guardian or personal representative sue on your behalf.
Even if you are underage, committing certain criminal offenses can result in Prosecution as an adult. This can occur as a "waiver" when the judge moves the case from juvenile court to adult court, when a crime excluded from juvenile prosecution is charged, or when a prosecutor has the discretion to file the case in juvenile or adult court. Some crimes, like truancy, can only be charged against minors.
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Mishnah Avot 6:6 proposes forty-eight ways through which Torah can be "acquired." This rich teaching includes elements that are clearly ways in which people learn content, but also suggests traits and behaviors that appear to build character. It is this area of character development that With Heart in Mind brings to the forefront. The author explores each of the forty-eight characteristics and behaviors, explaining how each can improve our character through practicing it.
In a very creative way, With Heart in Mind moves a Mishnaic-era teaching into the more contemporary area of Mussar, Jewish character development. The book is highly versatile. It can be used as a daily or weekly guide to experimenting with new, more ethical living, read cover to cover (as this reviewer chose to), or delved into on occasion. While the book is intended to guide individual paths, it can also be a valuable resource for adult learning settings.

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 The XML message processor is a stack of functionalities to process XML messages within the SMILA.
 The target architecture will do the whole message processing within the BPEL module. The change for making the XML message processor obsolete requires the introduction of two different configuration classes. In the new design "system processes" and "data manipulation processes" are separated. This separation is a logical concept (not a technical one). For the end user these two processes must be distinguishable by the UI or by file extension.
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text: The purpose was to determine if waist placement of the pedometer affected accuracy in normal, overweight, and obese children, when attaching the pedometer to the waistband or a belt. Methods: Seventy-seven children (ages 10-12 years) wore 5 pedometers on the waistband of their pants and a belt at the following placements: navel (NV), anterior midline of the right thigh (AMT), right side (RS), posterior midline of the right thigh (PMT), and middle of the back (MB). Participants walked 100 steps on a treadmill at 80 m · min–1. Results: The RS, PMT, and MB sites on the waistband and the AMT and RS sites on the belt produced the least error. Conclusions: Of these sites, the RS placement is recommended because of the ease of reading the pedometer during activity. Using a belt did not significantly improve accuracy except for normal weight groups at the NV placement site.

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Solar cell efficiency is the ratio of the electrical output of a solar cell to the incident energy in the form of sunlight. The energy conversion ... more
Miller indices form a notation system in crystallography for planes in crystal (Bravais) lattices.
In particular, a family of lattice planes is ... more
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KaKhaRa means the basic text from Nepali Grammar. KaKhaRa means same as the basic texts of Englsih ABC. KaKhaRa-the beginners...works through the different medium and tools of art and media like: Fine-Art, Theatre, Literature, Multimedia etc. to give positive impact in society via children and youths.
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Philadelphia schools offer new family-style lunches to students
As part of a new "Eatiquette" program, several Philadelphia schools are serving family-style lunches to students. The Philadelphia schools involved hope the family-style lunches will reinforce good manners and communication skills.
It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for dessert, cinnamon apple rice pudding.
But that's one of the meals offered in the cafeteria at People For People Charter School in Philadelphia. And it's served family-style. Students pass serving dishes around circular tables, where they eat off plates, not cafeteria trays, and use silverware instead of plastic utensils.
People For People is one of four schools participating in the "Eatiquette" program, which was designed by local chef Marc Vetri to provide nutritious, low-cost lunches in a setting that reinforces social niceties and communication skills.
"This is more than just eating healthy," Vetri said. "This is learning how to interact with each other."
The chef, owner of the acclaimed Vetri and Osteria restaurants in the city, plans to expand Eatiquette to another half-dozen schools this fall. The move comes as the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighs broad new standards that would impose fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits on almost all foods sold in schools.
Eatiquette is predicated on the use of fresh ingredients prepared on site. Processed meats are prohibited, and schools follow seasonal menu cycles to ensure there's no need for canned or frozen produce. The Vetri Foundation For Children donates round tables and chairs to replace traditional rectangular tables and bench seating.
At People For People, where about 80 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, the staff prepares nearly 540 lunches per day. The meals fully comply with federal school lunch regulations and cost about $1.50 to make, excluding labor.


Keywords
Clinical decision support, knowledge repository, Information-seeking behavior, Nurse, Nurse resource utilization

Authors
 1. Brown, Rebecca J.L. PhD, MEd, RN
 2. Michalowski, Martin PhD, FAMIA
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Critical care nurses manage complex patient care interventions under dynamic, time-sensitive and constrained conditions, yet clinical decision support systems for nurses are limited compared with advanced practice healthcare providers. In this work, we study and analyze nurses' information-seeking behaviors to inform the development of a clinical decision support system that supports nurses. Nurses from an urban midwestern hospital were recruited to complete an online survey containing eight open-ended questions about resource utilization for various nursing tasks and open space for additional insights. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for resource type, bivariate analyses using Pearson's [chi]2 test were conducted for differences in resources utilization by years of experience, and content analysis of free text was completed.

Forty-five nurses (response rate, 19.6%) identified 38 unique resources, which we organized into a resource taxonomy. Institutional applications were the most common type of resource used (35.6% of all responses) but accounted for only 15.4% of respondents' "go-to resources," suggesting potential areas for improvement. Our findings highlight that knowing where to look for information, the existence of comprehensive information, and fast and easy retrieval of information are key resource seeking attributes that must be considered when designing a clinical decision support system.


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ISELIN, N.J., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In-depth interviews with top hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Centers' (ASC) executives revealed the many benefits of the stand-alone centers from both financial and patient-care perspectives in a new white paper sponsored by Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (SFS Inc.)
The white paper titled "Jewels in the Hospital Crown" reported that ASCs have emerged as a vital tool in the containment and reduction of hospital-related health-care costs. "The trend toward increased use of ASCs will absolutely continue through health-care reform," said Dr. Jane H. Thorpe, professor at George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services. ASCs represent "a best model for care that is safe and effective, both from healthcare outcomes and cost perspectives."
Executives interviewed at five hospitals that own or partly-own ASCs, along with interviews of additional ASC experts, revealed that surgery centers operating outside the hospital setting deliver multiple benefits, among them:
- concentrated use of equipment and staff
- reduced supply costs
- highly focused processes and procedures
- increased patient access to medical care, and
- an extremely high patient satisfaction rate.
The paper has just been released by SFS Inc. and can be viewed at _URL_ and deals with the challenges of fiscal planning while these hospitals continually strive to increase efficiencies and improve patient care.
About Siemens Financial Services
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) is an international provider of financial solutions in the business-to-business area. With about 2,000 employees and an international network of financial companies coordinated by Siemens Financial Services GmbH, Munich, SFS supports Siemens as well as non-affiliated companies, focusing on the three sectors of energy, industry and healthcare. SFS finances infrastructure, equipment and working capital and act as a competent manager of financial risks within Siemens. Further information is available on the Internet at: _URL_
Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (SFS Inc.) the US unit of Siemens Financial Services is a leading provider of business-to-business financial services in the United States. SFS Inc. is a committed business ally that combines deep industry expertise with integrated financing solutions to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness of its customers. The company, based in Iselin, NJ, enables business expansion for thousands of customers in the healthcare, energy, and industrial sectors by providing customized solutions that range from equipment financing and working capital to project and export finance, and insurance solutions. Further information on Siemens Financial Services in the United States: _URL_
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, and operates in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions. With 405,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide revenue of $104.3 billion in fiscal 2009. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $21.3 billion and employs approximately 64,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more information on Siemens in the United States, visit _URL_.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2012--Two inspirational programs - a lecture and a panel presentation - will feature the first African American to walk in space, former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris. The Feb. 4 Black History Month programs include a 2 p.m. lecture by Harris, followed at 3:15 p.m. with a panel discussion including Harris and five aviation professionals. Harris is a veteran of two space shuttle flights, and is president of The Harris Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports math/science education and crime prevention programs for America's youth.
The panel presentation, "Reaching Your Potential," includes Harris, USAF and Alaska Airlines pilots, an engineer and an airline dispatcher discussing career opportunities in aerospace. Both programs are free with admission to the Museum.
2 p.m. - Bernard Harris Lecture
Dr. Bernard Harris worked at NASA for ten years, where he conducted research in musculoskeletal physiology and disuse osteoporosis. Later, as Head of the Exercise Countermeasure Project, he conducted clinical investigations of space adaptation and developed in-flight medical devices to extend Astronaut stays in space. Selected into the Astronaut Corp in January 1990, Harris was a Mission Specialist on the space shuttle Columbia STS-55/Spacelab D-2 in 1993. As Payload Commander on the shuttle Discovery STS-63 in 1995, he served on the first flight of the joint Russian-American Space Program, becoming the first African American to walk in space. Harris has logged more than 438 hours and traveled over 7.2 million miles in space.
Harris is currently Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Vesalius Ventures, Inc., a venture capital firm, that invests in early to mid-stage healthcare technologies and companies. He is also the founder of the Harris Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports math/science education and crime prevention programs for America's youth. Harris is also the author of the book, "Dream Walker."
3:15 p.m. - "Reaching Your Potential" Panel
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FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM - Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor presents the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Hector E. Colon during ceremonies at Cu Chi. Colon's leadership was directly responsible for routing an estimated 400 Viet Cong in War Zone C.


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Analysis and Tendency Prediction of Water Resources in Shandong Province
The variation features of total amount of water resource and the runoff as well as underground water level were studied through analysing the historical tendency,stage and periodicity of water resources in Shandong Province. The results showed that the interannual change was great and water resources decreased rapidly,especially the amount of runoff. Certain stages and periodicities existed in the variation of water resources. The changing regularity of precipitation and water resources was consistent in terms of the relations between them,but the influence of rainfall on water resources,especially underground water,were successive to some extent. The forecast made by mean generation function demonstrates that the total amount of water resources from 1998 to 2000 will be still less than usual and decline gradully year by year.


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I have some problems with the equivalence of definitions of orientation. I know two definitions of orientation, namely:
 - A surface is orientable if it contains no 1-sided curves (a 1-sided curve in a combinatorical surface $F$ is a curve such if $p^{-1}(C)$ has just one component with $p:F'\rightarrow F$ and $F'$ the surface we obtain by cutting $F$ along $C$)
Also there exists the following lemma: A one-sided curve is always non-seperating (non-seperating means that the number of components of $F'$ has the same as $F$). Can we use this fact? And why is that true? From my point of view one can prove this easy with contradiction,true?!
Now the second definition:
 - An orientation of a closed combinatorial surface F is an assignment of a clockwise or anticlockwise \circulation" to each face (really an ordering of its vertices, considered up to cyclic permutation), such that at any edge, the circulations coming from the two incident faces are in opposition.
Now i want to show directly that a surface has an orientation if and only if it is orientable in the sense that it contains no 1-sided curves.
Can someone help me with this question? Thank you!
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Assume $F$ is oriented in the sense of the second definition. Let $C$ be a curve. Wlog.(!) the curve runs along edges. The map $p^{-1}(C)\to\{-1,+1\}$ that maps a point to $+1$ if the "current" edge at that point is in forward direction of $C$ and to $-1$ if it is in reverse, is well defined (must be checked at vertices) and continuous. As each edge belongs to two faces and is differently oriented for these, ther exist both edges yielding $+1$ and edges yielding $-1$, hence $p^{-1}(C)$ has (at least) two connected components. Hence no one-sided curve exists.
The other direction is a bit more complicated if one wants to be formally exact, so the following is rather a sketch of an idea: Assume $F$ is oriented in the sense of the first definition. Select an arbitrary face and orient its edges. Extend this face by face to the whole surface by checking faces having at least one edge already oriented. If ever a conflict arises (i.e. the next step would orient an edge differently from an already given orientation by its other face), we find a onesided curve as follows: There is a sequence of faces between the conflicting faces that runs within alrady oriented faces. This also determines a sequence of edges (those that are shared by subsequent faces in this sequence). Join the midpoints of these edges to obtain a closed curve (i.e. starting and ending at the conflicting edge). Using the orientation given to the edges crossed along its way, we get a notion of "left" and "right" of the curve, which gets "flipped" by completely traversing the curve, thus showing that $p^{-1}(C)$ is connected.
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Who Invented the Beeper
Beeper is a small portable electronic device that emits a beeping sound or signal. It is also referred to as a pager. The signal or sound is emitted when the person carrying the beeper is being paged or contacted by a contact. It was named as beepers as the sound emitted by the instrument resembles a beeping noise. Beepers may also be referred to as buzzer, pc speaker and avalanche transceiver.
It was invented by Al Gross in the year 1949. However, his invention was not approved by US Federal Communications Commission till 1958 for marketing and public use. The patent right was issued later in the year 1958. The inventor also received the patents for his several inventions namely, cordless phones, walkie-talkie and few other portable communication devices.
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It is a simple telecommunication device for receiving only short messages. The beeping sound has been replaced with several tones like an audio signal or just vibration. Beepers were developed as one way numeric pager and two way pagers. One way pager can only receive an alpha numeric message and a two way pager can send and receive the messages.
Beepers or pagers were very popular until the existence of mobile phones in the year 1990. The role of beepers has been replaced by mobile devices though a few industries continue to use beepers.
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Patients who are screened for cancer of the esophagus typically have to take a day off work because the procedure requires conscious sedation or general anesthesia.
But Dr. Lee Akst of Loyola University Hospital is examining patients with a new ultra-thin scope that does not require sedation.
A patient can see results right away, and return to work immediately. Also, the patient doesn't have to be driven home by a family member.
Akst, assistant professor of otolaryngology at Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine, is one of the first doctors in the Chicago area to offer the new screening procedure, called transnasal esophagoscopy, or TNE.
Candidates for TNE include patients who have long-term acid reflux, with symptoms such as heartburn, throat irritation, dry coughing and throat clearing. In acid reflux patients, stomach acid backs up to the esophagus. In response, the esophagus develops cells similar to stomach cells. These cells are resistant to stomach acid, but are more likely to develop cancer.
The traditional way to screen for this precancerous condition is to insert a scope through the mouth into the esophagus. A camera on the tip of the scope provides a view of the esophagus. Because the traditional scope is passed through the mouth, sedation is often required to keep patients comfortable. This sedation is one of the greatest risks of esophageal screening, and it also lengthens the procedure. From the pre-procedure evaluation to waking up from anesthesia can take several hours.
The TNE scope is only 5 about millimeters in diameter, thin enough to insert through the nose rather than the mouth. Because the scope is thinner than traditional scopes, no intravenous sedation is required. Akst numbs the patient's nose with an anesthetic spray, but the patient remains fully conscious. The patient feels pressure in the throat, but no pain, and the procedure generally lasts less than 5 minutes. Patients can drive themselves home as soon as the procedure is over.
Akst has done more than 100 TNE procedures, and said he has had excellent results.
One of his patients, Carmen Ortega, underwent TNE because she suffers chronic acid reflux, which she attributes to stress. Ortega said the procedure was fast and painless.
"I definitely would recommend it to someone who doesn't want to go through anesthesia," Ortega said.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a member of Trinity Health. Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, LUHS is a quaternary care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus, the 36-acre Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus and more than 30 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles east of Oak Brook, Ill. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital, is a 569-licensed-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald® Children's Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the LUC Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. Loyola's Gottlieb campus in Melrose Park includes the 264-licensed-bed community hospital, the Professional Office Building housing 150 private practice clinics, the Adult Day Care, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center at Melrose Park.


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Masayuki Inuzuka, Akira Sawada, Hiroko Inuzuka, Tetsuya Yamamoto; Annual rates of change of mRNFL, mGCIPL, and cpRNFL in various stages of glaucoma. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2019;60(9):5526. doi: _URL_
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To explore changes in the macula retinal nerve fiber layer (mRNFL), macular ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL), and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) in mild, moderate, and severe stages of normal tension glaucoma (NTG) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
We retrospectively examined 218 NTG eyes assigned to age-, refraction-, and intraocular pressure (IOP)-matched groups based on initial mean deviation (MD; Humphrey Field Analyzer program Central 30-2): mild (MD > -6 dB), moderate (-6 dB ≧ MD ≧-12 dB), and severe (-12 dB > MD >-20 dB). and calculated annual rates of change in mRNFL, mGCIPL, and cpRNFL thickness. Kruskal-Wallis test and Bonferroni correction were used for statistical analysis.
There were no significant differences among the stages in terms of age, spherical equivalent refraction, or average IOP during the 6-year follow-up period. There were significant initial differences in mGCIPL, cpRNFL, and mRNFL among the three groups (P < 0.0001 in all 6 sectors, except for mRNFL in the superonasal sector). There were no significant differences in the rate of change for the mRNFL and mGCIPL among the groups in any of the 6 sectors. However, there was a significant difference in the rate of change of the cpRNFL among the groups (in all sectors: P < 0.0001).
Changes in the mRNFL and mGCIPL can reflect progression of NTG even in its advanced stage (MD >-20 dB). However, the implication of such changes in the cpRNFL may be less clear due to a floor effect in the advanced stage of glaucoma (MD >-20 dB).
This abstract was presented at the 2019 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada, April 28 - May 2, 2019.
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The first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S.-launched V-2 rocket on 20 February 1947 from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The purpose of the experiment was to explore the effects of radiation exposure at high altitudes. The rocket reached 68 miles (109 km) in 3 minutes and 10 seconds, past both the U.S. Air Force 50-mile and the international 100 km definitions of the boundary of space. The Blossom capsule was ejected and successfully deployed its parachute. The fruit flies were recovered alive. Other V-2 missions carried biological samples, including moss.
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Fear of Doctors
Fear of Doctors
There are many types of fear a some people are facing every day. Most interestingly all of this
fear is different than others. Some are very realistic and some are very unrealistic. Some people have the fear for
the reason of own experience some people have the fear for the reason of hearing bad words about something. Some of
this fear is very funny and some are not. But the common thing is these entire fears make a mental and physical
problem in human mind. Unfortunately but it is true that many people have great fear about doctors.
Lets find out at first what the reasons behind this fear are. The main reason is when a person
goes to a doctor then what the doctor does most of them is so painful. Some people are not able to see or have a
great fear on blood; they are totally unable to see cutting the body. But the doctors are doing that very expertly.
That is why those people are not like to go to doctors.
Another most important reason is some people heard from others a very painful works of doctors
from others which words are attached with the mind of people. That is why people don't like to go to a
Now, lets find out why a person can remove this problem from head. First the person should need
to be enough bold, otherwise nothing can be happen for next step. Then what the people need to do that make himself
understandable that going to is good for him and if he does not go now then the pain will be more in future, and if
the person understands this they will go to doctor straight. And the at last if nothing can work then the family
and friends people will be will give presser to him to go to doctor.
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How to Easily Resize Window In Gnome [Quick Tips]
How do you usually resize a window? Move your mouse pointer to the corner of the window and click to resize it, simple, right? Well, if you are using Gnome (Linux), resizing an application window can be a hit or miss affair. In some applications (such as Nautilus), the corners width are huge and you can easily click and drag to resize them. However, in other applications, the sidebar and corner width is only a pixel wide and moving your mouse cursor to that exact point (where the cursor become the resize arrowhead) can be a tedious task.
Here are some ways you can use to make resizing the window an easier, and enjoyable task.
1. Alt + Middle click
At anywhere in the window, press "ALT" key and the middle button of the mouse and the cursor instantly become an arrowhead. You can then move in the direction that you want to resize.
2. Press At + F8
The "Alt + F8" hotkey is a quick keyboard shortcut to activate the resize mode. Once in the resize mode (with a translucent overlay), you can use the arrow key to resize the window horizontally or vertically. Once you are done, hit Enter to return to the window mode.
3. Configure own hotkey via Compiz
If you are using Compiz, it comes with several more options that you can configure.
Open your CompizConfig Settings Manager (System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager).
Scroll down the list to find "Resize Window".
Click on it to enter its configuration page. From here, you can enable and assign the hotkey for different resize mode. In this example, I have enabled the "Initiate Outline Window Resize" mode and assign the hotkey "Alt + Super + W" to activate it.
That's it. This should solve your window resizing woes.


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Supplies you will need:
-3.5mm male microphone jack (same plug as a stereo headphone jack)
-some shielded cable (3 total contacts - typically 2 jacketed conductors plus the shield). You can use standard headphone cable. At least 6 feet is a good idea so the cable can easily make it from the engine bay to the passenger compartment.
-a 3 pin bosch/amp style female connector.
-about 2 feet of standard single conductor wire, 18-20 gauge.
-a ring terminal
to use the tool you will need:
-a laptop pc with a microphone in jack
-a car with a standard 3 pin knock sensor
-(optional) 'race' style headphones with built in speakers and a stereo jack
The wiring should be done as follows. Use a multimeter to figure out which wire corresponds to the section on the mic plug:
-tip of the mic plug goes to pin 1 of the 3 pin connector
-middle band of the mic plug goes to pin 2 of the 3 pin connector
-base of the mic plug should go to two places: pin 3 of the 3 pin connector and a cable that terminates with a ring terminal that should be secured to an engine bay ground, typically the valve cover or intake manifold.
the cable should look something like this:
example of the headphones I use:
You can record the audio from the knock sensor by using something like windows sound recorder with all the wiring hooked up. The result should sound like this sample.
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Horizontally divided green-white-red flag with a black trapezoid placed along the hoist. Flag adopted 07 Sep 1961 and officially hoisted 24 Nov 1961; coat of arms adopted in 1963. Used on land as the civil and state flag and at sea as the civil, state, and war ensign. Approximate color specifications (as given in Album des Pavillons [pay00]):
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"Kuwaiti flags came in all shapes and sizes from the establishment of Kuwait until 1961, when on gaining full independence the government decided to replace the old flag with a new design. This was promulgated by a law issued on 7/9/1961 (27 Rabi 1 1381 AH). The first article stipulated that Kuwait's national flag should consist of a horizontal rectangle which is twice as long as it is wide. This is divided into three equal horizontal stripes, the top one being green, the middle white and the bottom red, with the side next to the flag pole forming the base of a black trapezoid protruding into the stripes. The colors of the flag are derived from a poem by Safie Al-Deen Al-Hili."
Source: Kuwaiti Embassy in Japan, pages 1 and 2
Dov Gutterman, 01 Apr 1999 (relinked 2012)
The official explanation refers to the pan-Arab colours:
Another explanation says that white signifies honor, black stands for the sand whirled by Kuwaiti horsemen in the battle for freedom, green for the fields and red for gallantry.Source: Webster's Concise Encyclopedia of Flags & Coats of Arms [mch85]
Jarig Bakker, 21 Jul 1999
The colors of the Kuwaiti flag are an example of the use of the Pan-Arab colors used in the Arab revolt of World War I. According to the sources quoted there, the Pan-Arab colors represent the following:
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Source: Album des Pavillons [pay00] and Law #26 on the flag.
from the website of the Kuwaiti embassy in Argentina
"The emblem of Kuwait consisted of 'a helmet with a falcon and two intersecting flags over it' until the middle of 1963, when the Council of Ministers decided to replace it with a new one. The present emblem of Kuwait is a falcon with outspread wings embracing a dhow (boom) sailing on blue and white waves. It is a symbol of Kuwait's maritime tradition."
Source: the Kuwait Information Center (website defunct)
The inscription is "Dawlat ul-Kuwait" (State of Kuwait).
Dov Gutterman, 21 Mar 2001


SQL Server Creating Multi-Statement User-Defined Functions
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Introduction
To create a function that can accept multiple parameters and that will be able to execute multiple SELECT statements.
How to
Create a multi-statement table user-defined function.
Multi-statement table UDFs are referenced in the FROM clause just like inline UDFs, but unlike inline UDFs, they are not constrained to using a single SELECT statement within the function definition.
Instead, multi-statement UDFs can use multiple Transact-SQL statements in the body of the UDF definition in order to define that a single, final result set be returned.
The basic syntax of a multi-statement table UDF is as follows:
CREATE FUNCTION [ schema_name. ] function_name
( [ { @parameter_name [ AS ] [ type_schema_name. ] parameter_data_type [ = default ]
[READONLY] } [ ,...n ] ] )
RETURNS @return_variable TABLE <table_type_definition> [ WITH <function_option> [ ,...n ] ]
[ AS ] BEGIN
function_body RETURN END
The following table describes the arguments of this command.
Table: Multi-Statement UDF Arguments
Argument
Description
[ schema_name. ]
function_name
This specifies the optional schema name and required function name of
the new inline UDF.
@parameter_name
This is the name of the parameter to pass to the UDF. It must be prefixed
with an @ sign.
[ type_schema_name. ]
scalar_parameter_data_type
This is the data type of the @parameter_name and the
scalar_parameter_data_type optional owning schema (used if you are
using a user-defined type).
[ ,...n ]
Although not an actual argument, this syntax element indicates that one
or more parameters can be defined (up to 1,024).
@return_variable
This is the user-defined name of the table variable that will hold the
results to be returned by the UDF.
< table_type_definition >
This argument contains one or more column definitions for the table
variable. Each column definition contains the name and data type and
can optionally define a PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE, NULL, or CHECK constraint.
function_body
The function body contains one or more Transact-SQL statements that
are used to populate and modify the table variable that will be returned
by the UDF.
Notice the RETURNS keyword, which defines a table variable definition.
Also notice the RETURN keyword at the end of the function, which doesn't have any parameter or query after it, because it is assumed that the defined table variable will be returned.
In this example, a multi-statement UDF will be created that accepts two parameters: one to hold a string and the other to define how that string will be delimited.
The string is then broken apart into a result set based on the defined delimiter:
-- Creates a UDF that returns a string array as a table result set
Use AdventureWorks2022;// w w w . d e m o 2 s . c o m
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_ParseArray
( @StringArray varchar(max), @Delimiter char(1) ) RETURNS @StringArrayTable TABLE (Val
varchar(50))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Delimiter_position int
IF RIGHT(@StringArray,1) != @Delimiter
 SET @StringArray = @StringArray + @Delimiter
WHILE CHARINDEX(@Delimiter, @StringArray) <> 0
BEGIN
SELECT @Delimiter_position = CHARINDEX(@Delimiter, @StringArray)
INSERT INTO @StringArrayTable (Val)
 VALUES (LEFT(@StringArray, @Delimiter_position - 1));
SELECT @StringArray = STUFF(@StringArray, 1, @Delimiter_position, '') ;
END
RETURN
END
GO
Now it will be used to break apart a comma-delimited array of values:
SELECT Val
FROM dbo.udf_ParseArray('A,B,C,D,E,F,G', ',');
GO
This returns the following results:
Val
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Note
The multi-statement table UDF in this example was created using two parameters, the first to hold a string and the second to define the character that delimits the string:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_ParseArray
( @StringArray varchar(max), @Delimiter char(1) )
Next, a table variable was defined after the RETURNS token.
The @StringArrayTable was used to hold the values of the string array after being shredded into the individual values:
RETURNS @StringArrayTable TABLE (Val varchar(50))
The function body started after AS and BEGIN:
AS
BEGIN
A local variable was created to hold the delimiter position in the string:
DECLARE @Delimiter_position int
If the last character of the string array wasn't the delimiter value, then the delimiter value was concatenated to the end of the string array:
IF RIGHT(@StringArray,1) != @Delimiter
SET @StringArray = @StringArray + @Delimiter
A WHILE loop was created, looping until there were no remaining delimiters in the string array:
WHILE CHARINDEX(@Delimiter, @StringArray) <> 0 BEGIN
Within the loop, the position of the delimiter was identified using CHARINDEX:
SELECT @Delimiter_position = CHARINDEX(@Delimiter, @StringArray)
The LEFT function was used with the delimiter position to extract the individual-delimited string part into the table variable:
INSERT INTO @StringArrayTable (Val)
 VALUES (LEFT(@StringArray, @Delimiter_position - 1));
The inserted chunk was then removed from the string array using the STUFF function:
SELECT @StringArray = STUFF(@StringArray, 1, @Delimiter_position, '') ;
STUFF is used to delete a chunk of characters and insert another character string in its place.
The first parameter of the STUFF function is the character expression, which in this example is the string array.
The second parameter is the starting position of the deleted and inserted text, and in this case I am removing text from the string starting at the first position and stopping at the first delimiter.
The third parameter is the length of the characters to be deleted, which for this example is the delimiter-position variable value.
The last argument is the string to be inserted, which in this case was a blank string represented by two single quotes.
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Ekadasi, or Ekadashi, is an important Upvaas (fast) dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Millions of Hindu devotees observe Ekadasi, which is considered highly auspicious by Lord Vishnu devotees. The traditional approach is to abstain from food completely on the day. But nowadays a complete fast is not possible for many people. Such people consume certain food items on the Ekadasi day and observe only a partial fast.
It is believed that demon Mura found a dwelling place in the rice and Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of Ekadasi to annihilate Mura. Therefore devotees who fast on the Ekadashi day avoid food made from grains.
Many devotees due to several reasons – like health and job commitments – observe partial fast on the day. Such people avoid non-vegetarian and food items made from beans, pulses and grains, especially rice. The most preferred Ekadasi fasting food in western parts of India is Sabudana Khichadi with potatoes and ground nut - but no onion and garlic.
The food that can be consumed on the Ekadasi day includes fresh and dried fruits, milk products, vegetables and nuts.
As the list of Ekadasi food expands there will be new issues cropping up like – Are you sure this can be consumed on Ekadasi?
So the golden rule is avoid pulses and grains on Ekadasi.
Drink lots of water and eat fresh and dried fruits.
In Hinduism, Upvaas is meant to bring a person close to Brahman. So forget about the rules and regulations and what you are going to gain from the Ekadashi fast. Spend the day in purifying the mind and body.


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OpenScale: Open-source multiprocessor hardware/software framework
OpenScale is a scalable and open-source NoC-based MPSoC platform, which can be used for design space exploration of MPSoCs. Two versions are made available, a native version for which only a message-passing API is available and the so-called DSM version, that stands for Distributed Shared Memory. This last version supports POSIX-like threads with one thread per PE, and is available on demand. Refer to published material for detailed description.
OpenScale hardware is based on the replication of network processing units (NPUs), inside a 2D-mesh network-on-chip (NoC). Each NPU is composed of: (i) a SecretBlaze processor (ii) an embedded RAM and cache, (iii) an interrupt controller, (iv) a timer, (v) a UART, (vi) a NI, a (vii) HERMES-based router and a (viii) Wishbone v4 bus
(i) SecretBlaze :
- MicroBlaze ISA
- Optional Multiplier, Divider and Shift Register
- Optional branch predictor scheme coupled with branch target cache
- MMU-less design
(ii) Internal RAM and Cache :
- Instruction and Data Cache
- Tunable Write-Through or Copy Back policies
(iii) Hermes Router :
- XY Wormhole algorithm (predictive)
- Size tunable incoming FIFOs
- Round Robin Service algorithm
OpenScale provides a set of functions and services that can be used or even extended to allow different performance analysis (e.g. application latency). OpenScale provides design flexibility, allowing the execution of standalone application, as well as applications running onto a Real Time Operating System (RTOS). The developed RTOS was implemented in such a way that users can easily choose which features are needed in their implementation in order to either save memory or meet performance requirements.
This RTOS provides multi-threaded preemptive execution, using a scheduler based on thread priorities that is executed periodically according to a fixed timeslot, which can be defined by the user. A round robin scheduling algorithm is executed when all tasks have the same priority. Furthermore, the RTOS allows the use of semaphores and mutexes, communication between local and remote tasks, and dynamic memory allocation, as well.
OpenScale tools & prototyping
OpenScale provides a user interface that enables application compilation and hardware configuration, as illustrated in the figure below.
- Optional IOs (Timer, UART, Internal/External RAM, …)
- Memory size, FIFO size
- Cache sizes, cache policies
- Number of NPU
- Optional CPU optimization (Multiplier, Divider, Barrel Shifter)
OpenScale also provides simulation and synthesis scripts, which can be used for design space exploration of NoC-based MPSoCs. Further, Open-Scale has been successfully tested on Xilinx Virtex 5 ® and arrays of Spartan 3 ® FPGAs.
To download native OpenScale click HERE.
To obtain the OpenScale DSM contact us.
A list of publications using the Open-Scale framework is available here. Feel free to contact us for referencing any published material based on Open-Scale.


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Dinesh Trivedi of TMC, in an edit page article of today's Indian Express, reveals his economic illiteracy, and retails all the Leftist lies on the proposed amendments to Land Acquisition Law. Just one sample:
"Coming to the bill itself, the amendments are contentious. One of the major clauses deals with doing away with the consent of affected families, which, in effect, means expropriation of land rather than acquisition. How can a transaction be equitable if it is conducted without the informed consent of one of the parties, in this case, not just the landowner but also those who depend on the land for their livelihood? The right of the individual citizen has been trampled on by the might of the state."(from his article)
Mr Dinesh Trivedi, consent means purchase, not acquisition. Expropriation is taking away something without due compensation. Learn at least basic English. Do you mean to say that there can't be any land acquisitions in India?
He also shows ignorance of the ground situation by claiming that land acquisitions for industry will affect food security. In reality, there is already over production of main food crops in the country. There is glut of sugar and wheat, the two chief cash crops. With better irrigation facilities, food production in India can be further increased to three times of what it is today, even after giving to industry all the land it needs.
Persons with such mediocre knowledge become ministers in our Central Government.


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For Annemieke Aal and Martijn Riewald with Gauris, film is the common theme of their working life. Two years ago, the entrepreneurs switched to greenhouse horticulture.
According to the film makers, the still relatively new glasshouse horticulture film player feels completely at home in the world of water storage.
In their new production facility in Heerenveen they produce enormous quantities of custom-made films for water basins. For large volumes of cubic meters, the company is able to 'weld' the water basins together quickly and watertight on site.
Annemieke Aal en Martijn Riewald introduceerden zichzelf in juni 2019.
There are water basins, and silos. Last year, for example, a Polish customer of Gauris got a new one.
Water silos can have a diameter of 1 to 32 meters and a height of 1 to 5.5 meters. According to the makers, the steel plates of Gauris' silos distinguish themselves by their dimensional stability and mechanical tensile strength. In all cases, the water silos are given a waterproof silo lining. Gauris films are available in various types and thicknesses, suitable for the storage of rainwater (clean water) and recirculation water.
Globally, there is an increasing demand for water storage and the need to improve sanitation facilities in third world countries. The development of concepts for the purification and storage of drinking water has therefore recently been added to Gauris' product portfolio. It forms "an important pillar for the future," as can be read in the company description.
To prevent algae growth and evaporation in a water silo, Gauris offers a wide range of covering options. An anti-algae tarpaulin, floating deck, tension tarpaulin, or even a steel roof are among the possibilities. In addition, the range includes materials specifically developed and suitable for water storage in countries with extreme climatic conditions such as heat, cold, and high UV-exposure.


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Women Who Exercise More and Watch Less TV Tend to Be Happier
A study of almost 50,000 women over a 14-year period found older women who exercised more and spent less time watching television were the least likely to be diagnosed with depression.
What's more, the study results published in the American Journal of Epidemiology also revealed women who exercised at least 90 minutes per day were 20 percent less likely to be depressed than those who exercised 10 minutes or less per day.
This could be explained by the endorphins released during exercise, as well as the boost in self-esteem more physically-active women often experience.
While television in and of itself couldn't be linked to depression, women who spent three hours or more in front of the tube every day were 13 percent more likely to be diagnosed with depression. These results may be due to those women spending their free time watching TV instead of exercising. It's also possible that they might have been experiencing some symptoms of depression before they were diagnosed, leading them to exercise less.
"[This] adds to the growing body of evidence that physical activity is important to maintain brain health," said Gillian Mead, who studies geriatric medicine at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.


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Browsing Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital by Authors
Resuscitation at the limits of viability--an Irish perspective.Khan, R A; Burgoyne, L; O'Connell, M P; Dempsey, E M; Paediatrics and Newborn Medicine, Coombe Women and Infant University Hospital,, Dublin, Ireland. (2012-02-01)BACKGROUND: Advances in neonatal care continue to lower the limit of viability. Decision making in this grey zone remains a challenging process. OBJECTIVE: To explore the opinions of healthcare providers on resuscitation and outcome in the less than 28-week preterm newborn. DESIGN/METHODS: An anonymous postal questionnaire was sent to health care providers working in maternity units in the Republic of Ireland. Questions related to neonatal management of the extreme preterm infant, and estimated survival and long-term outcome. RESULTS: The response rate was 55% (74% obstetricians and 70% neonatologists). Less than 1% would advocate resuscitation at 22 weeks, 10% of health care providers advocate resuscitation at 23 weeks gestation, 80% of all health care providers would resuscitate at 24 weeks gestation. 20% of all health care providers would advocate cessation of resuscitation efforts on 22-25 weeks gestation at 5 min of age. 65% of Neonatologists and 54% trainees in Paediatrics would cease resuscitation at 10 min of age. Obstetricians were more pessimistic about survival and long term outcome in newborns delivered between 23 and 27 weeks when compared with neonatologists. This difference was also observed in trainees in paediatrics and obstetrics. CONCLUSION: Neonatologists, trainees in paediatrics and neonatal nurses are generally more optimistic about outcome than their counterparts in obstetrical care and this is reflected in a greater willingness to provide resuscitation efforts at the limits of viability.


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Setting up Minimum, Maximum, and Re-Order point values for your SKUs will allow you the option of automatically adding SKUs from the same vendor as designated in the purchase order when their quantities are low.
2. Overview of Inventory List:
Step 1: Select the Inventory tab
Step 2: Click Refresh to display your list of SKU's
Step 3: Select the SKU you desire to setup minimum and maximum Re-Order Quantities for.
Step 4: Click Edit Selected Item
3. Overview of editing the selected item:
Step 1: Specify the Stocking quantities of your desire. Under the purchase order screen in an existing purchase order, AmberPOS will give you the option to automatically order a quantity equal to the difference between the suggested maximum and the suggested minimum at the moment when the total QOH of the SKU goes below the Reorder Point number. In this case, as soon as the QOH of the front display which is currently 70 goes below the Reorder Point which is 50, through a feature in the purchase order menu, AmberPOS will automatically order the Suggested Maximum (100) minus the Minimum.
Step 2: The default location is where the re-order quantity in Step 1 will be based on. Also, the quantities from the purchase order will be applied to specified location. In this case the location will be the Front Display of the store.
Step 3: Select Save Quantity Changes to finalize the changes you have made to the Stocking Quantities.
*Optional* When using package SKUs during automatic re-ordering, AmberPOS will order only the minimum amount of packages before your quantity goes above the maximum, and allows only whatever amount is in the package(s) ordered to go over your maximum. For example, if your current QOH is 0, the package contains 12 items, but your max value is 10, AmberPOS will order only 1 package and only allow whatever extra quantity is ordered in the package to go over the maximum which is 2 in this example.
4. Overview of Purchase Order:
Step 1: Select the Purchase Orders tab.
Step 2: Ensure the PO Details tab is open.
Step 3: Select Auto Add Items.
5. A prompt will appear warning you that the system will automatically calculate the items below the re-order quantity.
6. Should you desire, you can specify which SKU's to automatically order the quantities for through the query builder that automatically appears.
If you want ALL the SKU's below the re-order quantity threshold to be ordered, then simply select Cancel in the query builder.
7. If you selected Cancel in the query builder, you will receive a window as shown below.
** THIS SECTION REQUIRES A SCRIPT TO WORK, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR YOUR BUSINESS (CUSTOM WORK). Choose option 1 which is the default and prompt continue if you aren't pursuing this customer work.**
Step 1: The items below the re-order point will be automatically ordered.
Step 2: Figures out how much you are probably going to sell that month, and then it re-orders an amount based on the predicted value.
Step 3: Select the date to which the expected sales will reach for calculation.
Step 4: Select Continue/Calculate to complete your selection.
8. A window will appear designating the number of items that have been automatically added successfully.
9. There are three possible scenarios that can occur during an automatic order for the purchase order.
(Example numbers are used, QOH = Quantity on Hand)
If QOH ≤ 6, then 15 - 1 = 14
If the Quantity On Hand is Below the Re-order point (6), the order quantity will equal to the Max minus the Min, which equals to 14 in this example shown, your final order amount for the purchase order therefore is 14.
If QOH ≤ 6, then 14 + 9 = 23
If the Quantity On Hand is below the Minimum point, the order quantity will equal to Max minus the QOH. So the final calculation is 15 - (-8) = 23, your final order amount for the purchase order therefore is 23.
If the Quantity On Hand is positive and above the Re-order point, nothing will be ordered and your quantity of the Item will remain the same after the purchase order.
If QOH ≥ 6, then QOH stays the same
Article written with AmberPOS version 4.14.05.05


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Characterization of the mitral valve using accelerated wear testing
Riggan, Courtney N.
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There is a fundamental need for a better kind of long-term testing for artificial heart valves along with a biologically equivalent artificial mitral valve. Accelerated wear testing has been used for a long period of time in the engineering field to test the failure modes of materials and devices, but has not been widely accepted in the medical device area. The mitral valve is difficult to get to and therefore little is known about the leaflet motion. The lab has obtained a closed-system, compact, accelerated wear testing apparatus designed for aortic valves, and nothing is known about the device. The lab deals exclusively with mitral valves. The objective of this study is to characterize and fully understand this accelerated wear testing apparatus, to modify it to run with mitral valves and to define the mitral valve motion using pressure waveforms and leaflet motion. This was achieved by calibrating and verifying the device using an aortic valve with a known pressure curve. The device was then modified to fit mitral valves and the motor motion was measured to characterize the movement of the apparatus. A pressure waveform was then obtained for the mitral valve. Images of the mitral valve were obtained for these pressures and orifice area was calculated. This information gives a clear understanding about the design and function of the device and of the mitral valve.


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An Introduction to Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Recent public investments for comparative effectiveness studies have drawn attention to appropriate methods for designing such studies and analyzing comparative effectiveness data. Of particular concern is how we can best understand heterogeneity in outcomes among patients and translate that understanding to clinical practice. Treatment of patients with chronic diseases or disorders involves a series of decisions made over time. Providers periodically adjust, change, modify, or discontinue interventions based on the patient's observed progress, side effects, compliance, and so on, with the goal of "individualizing" treatment to the patient. A "dynamic treatment regime," also referred to as an "adaptive treatment strategy," is a set of formal, sequential "decision rules" that operationalize this process, where each rule corresponds to a key decision point at which a treatment decision is to be made based on information on the patient up to that point. Dynamic treatment regimes leading to the most desirable outcomes can be estimated based on longitudinal data from suitably designed clinical trials using so-called "learning" methods. This presentation sets the stage for the following two talks by providing an introduction to dynamic treatment regimes, to so-called Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMARTs), and to the basic premise of learning methods.


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History and Literature
1. The Life and Exploits of Three-Finger'd Jack
The Life and Exploits of Three-Finger'd Jack
2. Quasheba's Revenge
3. Runaway Cudjoe
4. Kitty's Emancipation and Other True Stories of Jamaican Slaves
5. Lovely Norah and Other Ladies of St. Molasses Island
6. Beckas's Buckra Baby
7. Maroon Medicine
8. The Jonkonnu Mask and Other Survival Stories
9. Old Jamaica Conversations
10. Old Jamaica Journeys
11. Old Jamaica Memories
12. Old Jamaica Notes
13. Old Jamaica Poems
14. Old Jamaica Stories
The Life and Exploits of Three-Finger'd Jack by William Burdett is a novel about Jack Mansong, an African military hero, who was betrayed into slavery and taken to Jamaica. Jack ran away from the plantation where he worked and escaped into the mountains, where he led a gang of sixty rebels who fought, during the 1780s, for freedom that was not attained until well over fifty years after. Jack Mansong is one of the unsung heroes of Jamaica.
Quasheba's Revenage is an adaptation of a story originally written by Charles Dickens, William H. Ainsworth, and Albert Smith. When a young slave woman's husband is killed through the connivance of other jealous slaves, she takes revenge through an ingenious scheme that bolsters her resistance spirit and eventually leads to her freedom.
Runaway Cudjoe by George Cruikshank is a novel based on a true story about a runaway slave in 1820s Jamaica. Cudjoe escapes into the mountains where he lives for the first time in freedom with other runaways. Their liberty is constantly under threat from the British military on the hunt. This is a story that reveals the strong resistance spirit of Jamaicans in the past when they had to fight against slavery.
Kitty's Emancipation and Other True Stories of Jamaican Slaves
Kitty's Emancipation and Other True Stories of Jamaican Slaves by Henry Bleby, is a collection of four short stories: "Kitty's Emancipation," "Old Moggy," "Old Hope," and "Betsey's Education." The stories recall the experiences of slaves in Jamaican, before the advent of emancipation in 1838. Some of the incidences are genuinely beautiful and help to reinforce one's hope in humanity, while others are heart-wrenching and painful to read. At the same time all are testament to the strong survival spirit of the Jamaican people.
Lovely Norah and Other Ladies of St. Molasses Island
Lovely Norah and Other Ladies of St. Molasses Island by George Hammond Hawtayne, is a collection of five short stories: "Miss Elsie's Hospitality," "Ginger and Mrs. Stump," "What Happened to Abba Clarke?" "The Hurlock Sisters," and "Lovely Norah." The stories explore some comedies, as well as the various complexities of life on a fictional Caribbean island during the 18th Century colonial period.
Becka's Buckra Baby
Becka's Buckra Baby by Tom Redcam (Thomas Henry MacDermot), is a novel that explores the social implications and unforeseen consequences when a young lady gives a little black girl the Christmas gift of a white doll. The novel was first published in1905, and is claimed by many to represent the beginning of modern Anglophone Caribbean prose writing.
Tom Redcam was a pioneer of stories written by Jamaicans, about Jamaica, for Jamaicans. Today, the main library on the island, as well as the street on which it is located, is named in his honour.
Maroon Medicine by E. Snod (E. A. Dodd) is a collection of four short stories that portray the lighter side of people in Jamaica. First published in 1905, these fictional stories: "Maroon Medicine," "Paccy Rum," "The Red Cock," and "The Courting of the Dudes," are sketches from rural Jamaican life in the early 1900s, and as such are both extremely humorous and immensely valuable.
The Jonkonnu Mask and Other Survival Stories
The Jonkonnu Mask is a collection of ten stories about children who survive against all the odds. Meet Aisha who goes to live with her mother in a foreign country, Boogsie the car washer, the Windscreen Boys, a scholarship girl, and determined Omari, Jamila, and more. These children not only survive, they go on to build lives that are honest and valuable.
Old Jamaica Conversations
Old Jamaica Conversations is a collection of ten conversations that recall the Jamaican people's unique history and culture. The various conversations recapture the cruelties of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, the difficulties the slaves faced when they wanted to convert to Christianity or worship freely, the joy many felt on the eve of emancipation in 1838, insightful proverbs and parables, as well as different view of the future of the island nation. Included in the collection are: "No Rum! No Sugar! Or, The Voice of Blood," by an anonymous author; William Knibb's "The Persecuted Disciple" and "The Death of a Female Slave;" William Jameson's "I Never See Goshen People So Quiet;" James Phillippo's "Seven Christian Dialogues;" Joseph Williams's "Ashanti Proverbs in Jamaica;" Charles Joseph Rampini's "Jamaican Proverbs;" and John Henderson's "The Politics of a Jamaican Negro," and "The White Man's Politics."
Old Jamaica Journeys
Old Jamaica Journeys is a collection of ten revealing journeys people took to and through the island of Jamaica. First is Alexander Falconbridge's account of sailing with slaves to the island, which is followed by Henry Bleby's "Just to Look at Massa Minister." The complexities of the island are recalled in Charles Rampini's "To the Bullhead" and "In Bluefields Bay;" Edgar Bacon's "Port Antonio;" Charles James Ward's "The Blue Mountains;" John Henderson's "Bog Walk;" Joseph Williams's "Weird Happenings," (about the earthquake of 1907); and finally, H. G. De Lisser's "Kingston," and "On the Way to Montego Bay."
Old Jamaica Memories
Old Jamaica Memories is a collection of ten articles that give glimpses into how ordinary people lived on the island through the years. Alexander Barclay's 1827 account of plantation life is valuable, as too Benjamin McMahon's "Sarah from Harmony Hall." The other memories are: James Edward Alexander's "A Favoured Isle;" Henry Bleby's "I Saw the Monster Die," (about a watch night service on the eve of emancipation – July 31st, 1834); Jas Thome and Horace Kimball "A Day with Special Magistrate,
Richard Hill," during the apprenticeship period; James Phillippo's "Clarkson Town" that describes one of the first free villages established by former slaves; Theodora Elizabeth Lynch's "The Cotton-Tree;" Robert Hill's scrutiny of Jamaicans in the 1890s; Ralph Hall Caine's recollection of the 1907 Kingston earthquake; and finally an exploration of unique Jamaican religious observances with H. G. De Lisser's "Revival Time."
Old Jamaica Notes
Old Jamaica Notes is a collection of extracts from books that address different aspects of life, or particular experiences, in old-time Jamaica. The collection begins with Robert Montgomery Martin's "From Columbus to Cromwell," and traces the early history of the island, from the arrival of the Spaniards to the British capture in 1655. The next account is Emmanuel Heath's "I Saw the Earth Open," an eyewitness account of the1692 earthquake that destroyed the pirate's lair of Port Royal. The other notes are: Charles Joseph Rampini's "The Obeahman;" Alexander Barclay's "Catching Fish and Crabs;" Frederick John Robinson's "What Happened to Eleanor James;" Michael Scott's "John Canoe," an extract from his celebrated novel, Tom Cringle's Log; Mary Gaunt's "The Plantation Books," William Knibb's "The Planning of the Christmas Rebellion in 1831;"
Algernon Aspinall's, "The Legend of Rose Hall;" and finally John Henderson's the light-hearted "Love Letters."
Old Jamaica Poems
Old Jamaica Poems is an anthology of twenty-four great poems about Jamaica that were written during the last three-hundred years. In many cases the verses are preceded by a brief account of the poet's life, such as the interesting chronicle of Francis Williams, a Jamaican who was probably the first negro poet in all of the Americas to have his poems published. Other poets represented in the collection are: Philip Morin Freneau, John Marjoribanks, Edward Rushton, Charlotte Turner Smith, Emily Capadose, Richard Robert Madden, Tropica (Mary Adella Wolcott), Henry Shirley Bunbury, Tom Redcam (Thomas Henry MacDermot), Eva Nicholas, and Claude McKay.
Old Jamaica Stories
Old Jamaica Stories is an anthology of stories that cover a range of topics at the heart of the island's history and culture. The collection begins with Henrietta Camilla Jenkin's "The Runaway," an extract from her1859 work, Cousin Stella. Next is a story from another renowned novel, Hamel, The


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October 10, 2010 Tyler Bokunewicz
Star Wars Revelation
By Karen Traviss
Star Wars Revelation is about the times that happened after the War with the Empire that finally restored peace to the Galaxy. It is a sequel to the original Star Wars Saga. It began when Luke Skywalker started a new Jedi order along with his wife, Mara Jade-Skywalker. They had a son named Ben. He was named after the great Jedi, Ben Kinobi, who was Luke's mentor and close friend. He was the Jedi that helped to train Luke in the original episode. He taught him the ways of the force. His sister, Laya, and her husband, Han Solo helped to create the new Jedi order with them. They had a son named Jacen that was training to be a Jedi, but he decided to turn against them and start a new empire. He became a sith, which is a person that leaves the Jedi order and becomes an outcast.
Jacen, became known as Darth Ceadus. He was sith lord and was training an apprentice named Tahiri. His purpose for creating this new empire was to overthrow the Galactic Alliance (GA), which was formed after the old rebellion. Meanwhile, Mara Jade, his Aunt, was brutally murdered. Ben Skywalker, her son, began an investigation to find out who killed his mother. He predicts that Jacen was the one that killed his mother, so he was investigating every detail of where Jacen was and what he did on the day of his mother's death.
Jacen has a sister named Jaina. She wanted to capture her brother to stop him from taking over the GA. The only way she would be able to do that was to learn the ways of bounty hunting. Boba Fett, the galaxy's most dangerous bounty hunter, taught Jaina how to find her brother. She tracked Boba Fett for days and followed him throughout the galaxy to learn his ways. He was trying to find his missing wife.
In conclusion, these characters were all involved in a dispute over the power of the galaxy. The saga continues to show the powers of good verses evil.


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Daughter drew picture of a gun, Dad arrested
A father of four in Canada was arrested and strip searched after his 4-year-old daughter drew a picture of a gun in her kindergarten class.
Boy drawing picture of gun
There are few topics more controversial than the use and ownership of firearms, especially when children are involved. Jessie Sansone of Ontario, Canada, would probably agree. Recently, this dad was handcuffed when he arrived to pick up his kids from school. The charge? Possession of a firearm.
Apparently, after his young daughter drew a picture of her daddy holding a gun to fight off bad guys and monsters, the teacher became concerned and the school administrators called Family and Children's Services, who then called the police.
Unexpected turn of events
That same day, rather than an uneventful carpool line, Sansone faced handcuffing and an unwelcomed ride in one of several patrol cars waiting outside of the school. Sansone tells TheRecord.com, "I'm picking up my kids and then, next thing you know, I'm locked up. I was in shock. This is completely insane. My daughter drew a gun on a piece of paper at school."
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A toy gun
Sansone's ordeal continued once he arrived at the police station, where he was strip searched and questioned about the alleged gun. Seven hours later, after police determined the child's drawing was based on a toy gun that shoots foam darts, he was released.
"My family has been tarnished," he told TheRecord.com "My name has been tarnished. My children aren't even going back to that school again." In an ironic twist, Sansone is a counselor who speaks to school children about the danger of drugs, violence and bullying.
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Overreacting or justified?
Canada's gun laws are different than those of the U.S., so setting the firearm-related charge aside, did the school overreact or were officials justified in having Sansone arrested? What would happen if your child's school acted upon everything your son or daughter drew, did or said?
"If I was held responsible for everything my child drew, I would be in serious trouble," says Eleana, a mom from Colorado. "My son draws pictures of super-galactic battles with all sorts of weird weapons. That doesn't mean I have a light saber in my closet. I think the teacher should have reached out to the parents directly if she had a concern, but having this dad arrested was a bit over the top."
"While I think the action taken was a bit extreme, I can appreciate the genuine concern for the well-being of the child," says Amy, a California mom. "I'm for strict gun laws, but you have to use some common sense in a case like this where a child's drawing is being used to initiate police action. I feel for the dad. It could have been handled better."
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Defending the arrest
In defending the actions of Family and Children's Services, Alison Scott, executive director of the agency, told TheRecord.com, "From a public safety point of view, any child drawing a picture of guns and saying there's guns in a home would warrant some further conversation with the parents and child."
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Understanding Boko Haram
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Modern food chain is highly complex and food is transported all around the world to satisfy consumers' demand. However, in the last years there has been an increased interest for local products and a major attention towards food provenance. Moreover, there are goods for which the geographical origin is recognized as an added value and is highlighted through specific indications or labels.
It is known that fraudulent activities with the aim of a financial gain or illicit behaviours in trades related to origin misdeclaration are spreading and therefore tools for hindering this fraud are required.
In the agrifood sector, traceability systems are largely based on paper-records, and despite recent implementations, they are still insufficient for following all the movement of food, especially in case of international trades. Consequently, in the last decades many efforts have been made to implement analytical methods able to discriminate samples based on their geographical origin. Very often different approaches are combined together to collect more information and increase the discrimination power.
Particularly, in this review the application of multielement fingerprint and of the light and heavy elements stable isotope ratio analysis is examined, considering solely horticultural products, fresh or with slight transformation (polished rice). The main features of each technique together with an evaluation of the advantages/disadvantages and a brief description of the instruments available for these analysis are discussed. The most common multivariate approaches used for data interpretation are also reported.
A critic overview of different approaches from papers published in literature since 2000 is provided, analysing specific aspects such as the chosen approach, the number and nature of the included variables, the chemometric tools applied, and the sample size. Many authors reached satisfying classification rates, showing that these techniques are very promising in the field of food authentication and traceability and that can become useful analytical tools to support legal cases.
Keywords: traceability, food frauds, multielement composition, isotope ratio


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U'wa Language (Tunebo, Uwa, Uwcuwa)
U'wa is a Chibchan language of South America,
spoken by 5000 people in in northeastern Colombia and western Venezuela. There are several different dialects of
the Tunebo/U'wa language, and some linguists consider them distinct enough to be different languages.
Our list of vocabulary words in the U'wa language, with comparison to words in other Chibchan languages.
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U'wa language information including a linguistic map of Colombia. Page in Spanish.
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U'wa translation of the Lord's Prayer.
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Homepage of the U'wa indigenous community of Colombia. Site in Spanish.
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