What small towns are worth visiting in the Baltic states?
What small towns are worth visiting in the Baltic states?
Baltic Small Towns
From Vilna Gaon's Kėdainiai to elegant Cesis, here are 21 of the loveliest small towns in the Baltics. Discover more towns on our Baltic Trilogy Tour
In this article, I am going to discuss a few reasons why it is worth visiting these small towns.
To begin with, Palanga is about sandy beaches and dunes, sea bridge, fresh iodine filled air, botanical garden and an amber museum in it. In addition to that, it's about numerous cafes and restaurants with tasty food, such as beet soup with sour cream. Therefore, Palanga is a good place to explore Baltic cuisine.
Anykščiai is a town famous in Lithuania for its boulder. According to the scientists, the "stone" was brought here by glaciers between 14000 to 20000 years ago. It is the main landmark in the town. Above all, the sculptor Bronius Pundzius engraved in the stone faces and the last will of Lithuanian pilots who crossed the Atlantic ocean on their plane "Lituanica".
Certainly, Druskininkai is a well-known spa town in the very southern tip of Lithuania. The name of the town implies this, as druska means "salt". It was first mentioned at the end of the 16th century, popular in the Soviet Union. Pine forests are, literally, in the town. The river is there. It was a popular Sanatoria spot during Soviet times and transformed into a spa town in modern times. A good idea is a day tour to Grodno, which is right on the other side of the border
Panoramic view of Neman river in winter in Druskininkai
Panoramic view Druskininkai
Birštonas is a true balneological resort located within the boundaries of a Nemunas Loop Regional Park. It is known for its mineral waters. It was mentioned already in the 14th century as a place of "salty waters". River Nemunas makes a loop around the town so there is a feeling of being around the water. Most importantly, Birstonas is not far from the capital of Lithuania Vilnius and at the same time from Kaunas.
To begin with, Raudondvaris lies on the Nevėžis River, just 10 kilometers from Kaunas Raudondvaris boasts a beautiful basilica of St. Theresa, museum, parks, and iconic tombstones from the powerful Tyszkiewicz family.
To continue with, Raudondvaris is also home to an elegant Manor Castle and accompanying gardens, stables, and orangery. The powerful Radziwiłł family built it in the year 1615, the palace was once known for its fine arts collection, which included paintings by Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Rubens, and others.
Kėdainiai is a charming town that maintains much of its old atmosphere from the 17th century. Its rich Jewish heritage is still evident in remnants of synagogues and a Jewish cemetery. Kėdainiai is relatively close to a Kaunas airport. For some reason, it's often overlooked by tourists–but not by Jerulita Travel. On our tour through Lithuania, we introduce you to the town's beautiful market square and the wooden St. Juozapo Church.
A favorite spot for many beachgoers and summer vacationers, Nida is one of the most idyllic towns along the Curonian Spit. With its thick forests, an impressive stretch of sand dunes, and a stunning lagoon, Nida makes for a perfect summer getaway.
Moreover, Nida as the whole Neringa is Unesco world heritage place. Neringa is a unique region within Lithuania. A good idea for a day tour from Nida is to cross the border and visit a Russian part of a Curonian Spit.
Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia after Ryga. Historically, on a railway crossroad between Warsaw and St. Petersburg, as well as Ryga and Minsk.
There is a Daugavpils fortress. The Russian Tsar Alexander I decided to build it in 1810, anticipating Napoleon's invasion. Last but not least, the city boasts multicultural history, as the city had a significant population of Jews, Belarussians, Russians, and Poles.
West of Riga is Sabile, a small town that boasts to be the northernmost outdoor vineyard in the world. This is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Due to the southward facing slopes, vineyards became a reality here. Sabile's wine traditions started yet in the 16th century. If you're lucky enough to visit in July, be sure to stop by the annual Wine Festival.
It is also the place where you'll find the Open-Air Museum at Pedale Manor, created by famed Latvian sculptor Ojars Feldbergs.
Sigulda lies on the southern part of the Gauja National Park. Firstly, Turaida Castle is a must visit place, which is on the other side of the Gauja river from the town's center. Livonians built the castle yet in the 13th century. From the Turaida Castle, there is a perfect view on the river and the Gauja National Park.
Funicular in Sigulda, Latvia
Funicular in Sigulda, Latvia
The westernmost Latvian city on the Baltic sea boasts sandy beaches. It is the 3rd largest city in the country and provides a truly Baltic experience. There are many churches museums and other monuments, Art Nouveau buildings. Because there were many industrial sites during Soviet times, there is loads of Soviet architecture as well. Nowadays, known for its coffee and beer brewery.
Liepaja sea shore
Liepaja sea shore
One of the easternmost towns not only in Latvia but the European Union in general, a heart of a historical Latgale region with its own language dialect. It is an important stop on a railway between Ryga and Moscow. You could still find many wooden houses in the town, such as a Green Synagogue and St.Nicholas Old-Believers Church. Latgales Mara is one of the most known statues in the whole Latvia.
In addition, Raznas National park with its stunning nature and lakes is close to the town.
Full of fascinating historical sites, castle and natural wonders, Cesis is a must-see for any visitor to Latvia. You could easily spend a whole day touring the regions outdoors. In the town, medieval remnants abound, from the 13th-century St. John's Church to the ruins of Cesis Castle, once held by the Livonian Order and now home to the Cesis History Museum. Above all, Cesis is located in the very middle of the Gauja National Park.
Ludza is Latvia's oldest known town, mentioned as far back as the 10th century. The once-great Ludza Castle was the far eastern outpost of the Livonian Border and served as a crossroads and trading post. After the dissolution of a Livonian Order, it became part of a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Most importantly, Ludza History Museum and its open-air exposition invite to learn the history of the region.
The small town of Alatskivi is something out a fairytale, with the fine Gothic Alatskivi Castle. You'll also find the romantic Alatskivi Lake in the town, which makes a cozy natural setting. What is more, Lake Peipus, the fifth largest in all of Europe is within a walking or cycling distance from the town.
The small town of Keila is easily overlooked by visitors, but the ancient village has been in the northwestern corner of Latvia ever since the 10th century. Nature lovers might find wonders in the million-year-old limestone, the Keila River, and the marvelous waterfalls that simply shouldn't be missed.
Waterfalls in Keila
Waterfalls in Keila
Quiet and peaceful Saaremaa Island is one of the most beloved regions in all of Estonia. Here, the city of Kuressaare, which is a "capital city" of the island is home to Kuressaare Castle, erected in 1380 and now home to one of the largest and most popular museums in the country.
Folk has spoken of the healing seawaters of Haapsalu for hundreds of years. This quiet town avoids the bustle of many resort towns yet retains its charming, pleasant atmosphere. The area is also home to a picturesque castle and old town, which makes for a very photogenic weekend getaway. Most importantly, the town is famous since the times of the Russian Empire due to its muds. Mud spas are still operating..
National symphony orchestra on Haapsalu Tchaikovsky Festival
Haapsalu Tchaikovsky Festival 2019
To continue with, a small but ancient town in Estonia. The castle dates back to the 13th century.Viljandi is on the shore of the picturesque Lake Viljandi. A popular attraction is exploring the lake on the boat or kayaking. In addition, Viljandi Folk Music Festival takes place each July. Last but not least, Hanseatic days remind once powerful commercial, trade, and defensive union of the northern European towns. Symbolically, visitors can buy and sell traditional goods during Hanseatic days.
Narva is a town in eastern


How to Change a Gateway Battery
By Mark Kennan
Every laptop battery dies eventually, and each laptop brand, including Gateway, has a different way to replace the battery. Gateway has a few quirks to changing the battery, but once you know them, it's relatively simple to change the battery without a hitch.
Things You'll Need
 - Gateway laptopReplacement battery
Changing the Battery on a Gateway Laptop
Step 1
If your Gateway laptop is not plugged in, turn your laptop off. If your Gateway is plugged in, you can change the battery without turning the computer off.
Step 2
Close the Gateway laptop and turn the computer over so you are looking at the bottom.
Step 3
Locate the battery lock and switch it to the unlock position as designated by the open lock.
Step 4
Slide the battery release latch in the direction indicated by the arrow and remove the battery from the battery bay.
Step 5
Insert the new battery into the bay. Once it snaps into place, slide the battery lock switch back to the locked position.
Tips & Warnings
 - Everything should come out and go in smoothly. If it doesn't, don't force it and check to make sure it's lined up correctly.
 - If your laptop is attached to an optical port replicator, detach it before turning the computer over.
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So What's Up with Repeated Poles?
In the previous section, we found that repeated poles give rise to polynomial amplitude-envelopes multiplying the exponential decay due to the pole. On the other hand, two different poles can only yield a convolution (or sum) of two different exponential decays, with no polynomial envelope allowed. This is true no matter how closely the poles come together; the polynomial envelope can occur only when the poles merge exactly. This might violate one's intuitive expectation of a continuous change when passing from two closely spaced poles to a repeated pole.
To study this phenomenon further, consider the convolution of two one-pole impulse-responses $ h_1(n) = p_1^n$ and $ h_2(n) = p_2^n$ :
$\displaystyle h(n) \isdef (h_1\ast h_2)(n) = \sum_{m=0}^n h_1(m)h_2(n-m) = \sum_{m=0}^n p_1^{m}p_2^{n-m} = p_2^n\sum_{m=0}^n \left(\frac{p_1}{p_2}\right)^m \protect$ (7.14)
The finite limits on the summation result from the fact that both $ h_1$ and $ h_2$ are causal. Recall the closed-form sum of a truncated geometric series:
$\displaystyle \sum_{m=0}^n r^m = \frac{1-r^{n+1}}{1-r}
$
Applying this to Eq.$ \,$ (6.14) yields
$\displaystyle h(n) = p_2^n \frac{1-(p_1/p_2)^{n+1}}{1-(p_1/p_2)}
= \frac{p_2^{n+1}-p_1^{n+1}}{p_2-p_1}
= \frac{p_1^{n+1}-p_2^{n+1}}{p_1-p_2}.
$
Note that the result is symmetric in $ p_1$ and $ p_2$ . If $ \left\vert p_1\right\vert>\left\vert p_2\right\vert$ , then $ h(n)$ becomes proportional to $ p_1^n$ for large $ n$ , while if $ \left\vert p_2\right\vert>\left\vert p_1\right\vert$ , it becomes instead proportional to $ p_2^n$ .
Going back to Eq.$ \,$ (6.14), we have
$\displaystyle h(n) = p_2^n\sum_{m=0}^n \left(\frac{p_1}{p_2}\right)^m = p_1^n\sum_{m=0}^n \left(\frac{p_2}{p_1}\right)^m.$ (7.15)
Setting $ p_1=p_2=p$ yields
$\displaystyle h(n) = (n+1)p^n$ (7.16)
which is the first-order polynomial amplitude-envelope case for a repeated pole. We can see that the transition from ''two convolved exponentials'' to ''single exponential with a polynomial amplitude envelope'' is perfectly continuous, as we would expect.
We also see that the polynomial amplitude-envelopes fundamentally arise from iterated convolutions. This corresponds to the repeated poles being arranged in series, rather than in parallel. The simplest case is when the repeated pole is at $ p=1$ , in which case its impulse response is a constant:
$\displaystyle \frac{1}{1-z^{-1}} \eqsp
1 + z^{-1}+ z^{-2}+ \cdots \;\longleftrightarrow\; [1,1,1,\ldots]
$
The convolution of a constant with itself is a ramp:
$\displaystyle h_1(n)\eqsp \sum_{m=0}^n 1\cdot 1 \eqsp n+1
$
The convolution of a constant and a ramp is a quadratic, and so on:7.10
\begin{eqnarray*}
h_2(n)&=&\sum_{m=0}^n (m+1)\cdot 1 \eqsp \frac{(n+1)(n+2)}{2}\\
h_3(n)&=&\sum_{m=0}^n \frac{(m+1)(m+2)}{2}\cdot 1\eqsp \frac{(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)}{3!}\\
&\cdots&
\end{eqnarray*}
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Something long and thin wriggles past you in the countryside. The knee-jerk response may be that you've just seen a snake but how can you be certain that what you've seen isn't a slow worm instead? Let's take a closer look at slow worms and the different species of snake present in the UK to give you a better idea of how to correctly identify and distinguish between snakes and slow worms.
There are a number of factors that can help us to tell the difference between slow worms and snakes. Some are "dead certs" – almost guaranteed to ensure you have the correct identification – whilst others are less certain and in these cases it may be necessary to use a number of different factors in order to be reasonably confident about an identification.
This is especially so if you only had a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of your eye rather than a good long look at the reptile in question. Wherever possible – both to make identification easier and to serve as a reminder in the future – try to take a few photographs of the animal in question.
These don't need to be "award winning" nature photographs – certainly mine aren't – but when a creature could vanish at any second grabbing a few quick pictures that you can analyze at your leisure later on can not only make your identifications more accurate but also more enjoyable as you sit and ponder them at a later date in the comfort of your own home.
Whilst the body of most snakes tends to taper gently from the mid section down to a fine point at the end of the tail the slow worm typically appears far chunkier with the "tail" appearing far blunter and ending far more sharply. In addition, be aware that unlike snakes, slow worms can "drop" their tails like many other lizards and so this can lead to an even "stubbier-looking" tail than normal.
The head shape differs between slow worms and snakes but it can be quite a subtle feature so isn't recommended as the only identification source. In general the species of British snakes tend to have rather flatter-looking heads than the higher, rounder head of the slow worm. Remember that the slow worm is a lizard and not a snake and when you look closely at them it can be quite easy to see that their head is more lizard-like than snake-like.
Grass snakes, smooth snakes and adders all typically have quite clearly-defined patterns to help with camouflage. Spots and stripes are common in these species while the slow worm is typically a reasonably uniform brown in colour. Younger specimens may have stripes of colour but these tend to be longitudinal (from head to tail) rather than the more lateral marking of, for example, an adder.
British snakes feed on a variety of prey including frogs and small mammals but slow worms are rather different in that they prefer small invertebrate prey. Slugs are a perfect example of the type of food they enjoy and so should you see a "slow worm" eating a frog for example, it's almost certainly actually a snake.
Snakes have sealed eyelids through which they see which makes them appear to have no eyelids. As a result they are also incapable of blinking. As lizards however, slow worms do have eye lids and with patience you may even see them blink. Blinking, therefore, is a guaranteed indicator that what you have seen is a slow worm and not a snake.
Of course baby snakes are smaller than adults but overall slow worms are far smaller than most of the British species of snake. Baby slow worms – which are born live rather than in egg form – can be just a few inches long and even the adult rarely exceed more than a foot. Compare this to the size that an adder or a grass snake may achieve and a smaller-sized, serpent-like creature is more likely to be a slow worm than a snake.
Thanks to their preferred prey, slow worms are most likely to be seen after rain and/or in the early evening where they will be searching for small invertebrates to eat. In contrast adders and grass snakes are often seen basking in the heat of the day though a slow worm that has been disturbed from it's hiding place may still be seen at these times of day.
Adders, generally, seem to prefer heathland habitats, grass snakes those with open water in the form of ponds or streams while slow worms can be seen in a variety of habitats though grassland areas is where they are most often observed.
Telling a slow worm from a snake can take a little practise but hopefully you can see there are a number of factors that you can use to help you make a definitive identification.

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Data input (tutorial)
From visone user support
Normally, visone reads network data from GraphML files, which should never cause any problems. However, in some cases it is necessary to import data stemming from other sources that can, for instance, export adjacency matrices to comma-separated-value (CSV) tables. This tutorial guides you through the various possibilities to input data into visone.
The usual way: read GraphML
GraphML is the usual file format for visone; it encodes the three types of information that are contained in visone networks: network structure, attributes, and graphical information and it is the only format that does so. To read network data from GraphML files use the file menu, click on open..., select files of type.graphml, and click on the ok button.
The other file types are only needed when you want to import data from other sources that cannot output GraphML.
An overview about the other possibilities
Apart from GraphML, visone can read network data from files that are exported by other network analysis software, including UCINET, Pajek, Siena, and some more. Opening these files is also done via the file menu by selecting the appropriate file type. More information about reading these file types is provided in the section about other supported formats.
A more basic option that should be feasible in most situations is to read network data from comma-separated-value (CSV) files. CSV files are plain-text files, for example looking like this
;A;B;C;D A;0;1;1;1 B;1;0;1;0 C;1;1;0;0 D;1;0;0;0
that can be created by spread sheet editors (such as MS Excel), statistical software, most network analysis software, and many more. However, reading data from CSV files is more error-prone since these files do not come with an unequivocal definition about how to interpret them (rather you have to tell the program how these files should be interpreted). Most of this tutorial is dedicated to the import of CSV files.
If nothing else works, you can make use of the visone R console that allows access to the R environment for statistical computing or you can read data via the KNIME connection that connects visone to a comprehensive data mining workflow tool. Both environments, R and KNIME, provide very general and configurable methods for data input and, in addition, enable you to preprocess and/or filter the data with relatively low effort. We provide more information about these possibilities in the section "if nothing else works".
Yet another possibility to create networks directly in visone is to enter them manually (which is only appropriate if the neworks are small and the data is not yet available in electronic format). This option is illustrated in the tutorial introducing the visual network editor.
The variants of comma-separated-value (CSV) files
A comma-separated-value file can be thought of as a plain-text file that encodes a table, i.e., a data array that has rows and columns - sometimes also referred to as a matrix. In a network context, there are different possibilities to encode information about nodes, links, or attribute information in such tables. The first three (adjacency matrices, link lists, and adjacency lists) provide information about nodes and links and can be opend via the file menu and the import options dialog. The fourth table displays an attribute table, that provides information about node or link attributes. Those data files will be imported via the attribute manager. What follows is a short characterization of these file types. A more exhaustive explanation about how to import those data tables in visone is given in the following sections.
Adjacency matrix files. An adjacency matrix encodes for all pairs of nodes (indexing the rows and columns of the table) whether or not there is a link connecting these nodes. An example is shown in the following.
;A;B;C;D A;0;1;1;1 B;0;0;1;0 C;1;1;0;0 D;1;0;0;0
The first row and the first column are the labels of the nodes; the remaining part encodes whether there is a link from the node indexing the row to the node indexing the column. For instance, the character 1 in the row indexed by A and the column indexed by B indicates that there is a link going from A to B; the 0 in the row B and column A indicates that there is no link in the reverse direction.
Link list files. A link list contains as many rows as there are links in the network and (in its most basic form) a link list contains two columns where the entry in the first column is the identifier for the source node and the entry in the second column denotes the target node of the link. The following example
A;C C;B B;A A;D
defines four links: from node A to node C, from C to B, etc. Note that link lists use less space than adjacency matrices - especially if the network is very sparse (i.e., when the number of links divided by the number of node pairs is a small value close to zero).
Adjacency list files. An adjacency list has as many rows as there are nodes in the network. Each row may have a different length and the row associated with a node lists all neighbors of this node. For instance, in the following example
1;2;4;5 2;1;5 3;5 4;1 5;1;2;4
the adjacency list defines for node 1 three (outgoing) links: to node 2, node 4 and node 5. Node 2 has links to node 1 and node 5, etc.
Attribute tables. An attribute table has one row that lists the attribute names (in the example below this is id;age;smokes followed by as many rows as there are nodes in the network.
id;age;smokes A;23;false B;28;true C;19;true D;27;false
One of the columns (id in the example above) lists the unique node identifiers (it is not necessarily the first row and not necessarily labeled id). The other columns list the attribute values of the attribute whose name is given in the respective column header.
Note: visone does not allow to simultaneously input an adjacency matrix together with given attributes in one file. That is, a file like
;A;B;C;D;age;smokes A;0;1;1;1;23;false B;1;0;1;0;28;true C;1;1;0;0;19;true D;1;0;0;0;27;false
(having the interpretation that the first four columns specify an adjacency matrix and the last two columns define node attribute values) cannot be opened. Rather you have to split this into two separate files, one containing the adjacency matrix which can be opened via the file menu and the other containing the attribute table which can be opened via the attribute manager. (For instance, in MS Excel you could split the file by selecting columns, copy them, and past them into a new table.)
To create a network from one of the above mentioned data formats (adjacency matrix, link list, adjacency list) use the file menu, click on open..., select files of type CSV files (.txt,.csv) in the file chooser, navigate to the file you want to open, and click on the ok button. Then the import options dialog opens, where you select the appropriate data format in the topmost drop-down menu. Depending of the data format, the import options dialog shows you the various settings to be made, to interpret the data correctly. The image below shows the import options dialog, when selecting adjacency matrix as data format. The visualization and analysis tutorial explains the import of data from an adjacency matrix in detail, using an exemplary dataset. A description of importing all (other) data formats is given on the import options dialog page. Note that the import options dialog is designed to import information about nodes and links, not about attributes. The only exception is the import of node lists, where a network of isolated nodes and their attributes will be created.
To open an attribute table and add attribute values to the nodes or links of a network that is already opened in visone, use the attribute manager which can be started by clicking on the icon in visone's toolbar.
In the attribute manager, choose the node or link button in the top row, import & export on the left, operation import in the drop-down menu, and select the CSV file that contains the attributes you want to import.
Choosing a file opens a load options dialog (exemplary shown below), where it is very important to correctly set the values of the joining attributes in the topmost drop-down menus. The network attribute must point to the name of the attribute that identifies the nodes (or links) in the already opened network. The file attribute tells visone which column in the imported CSV file holds these identifiers. The file format options specifies the format of the selected file. In the visualization and analysis tutorial an exemplary illustration of the import of link attributes is given.
Other supported formats
If nothing else works: use the R console or KNIME connection
visone offers the R console with which network data can be sent from visone to R and back. This ability to load data from R - together with R's data input and data processing capabilities - opens nearly unlimited possibilities to import data from yet other sources, as well as to import data that has to be cleaned, filtered, or preprocessed before turning it into a network.
The basic

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Heart Failure
What is a soft tissue artifact?
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 A "soft tissue artifact" may show up on an image produced by a nuclear stress test. During a nuclear stress test you receive an injection of a special radioactive dye that then travels through your blood vessels. A nuclear camera is used to take color-coded pictures of the heart to measure blood flow before, during and after exercise.
 After a stress test, your physician may mention that you have "soft tissue artifact," or "soft tissue attenuation." What this means is that soft tissue, such as breast tissue, is showing up on the image created by the stress test. Soft tissue artifact can give the false appearance of an area of reduced blood flow to the heart.
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Use this warm water pipe marker to quickly identify a pipe's contents. This marker features a green background with a green outward directional chevron arrow on each side. It also features white centered text WARM WATER.
Different base colours have been selected to assist in identifying the application category of each pipe marker. This has been designed for operations and maintenance workers and crews responding to maintenance works or emergency calls and situations.
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The keyboard is a modern day musical instrument that took off in the late 20th century. The keyboard is literally a band in a box with amazing flexibility with sounds, backings and special effects.
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Bioethics also commonly referred to as Medical Ethics program focuses on the application of ethics, religion and the social sciences to the analysis of health care issues. Medical ethics programs have a limited number of two-year masters, Ph.D. and graduate fellowships. Here are 10 Fellowship for bioethics and medical ethics master's degree program :
10 Fellowships and scholarship for Bioethics Master'S Program
- Thomas and Judy Priselac Endowed Fund for Health Care Leadership
The funds for MHA students participating in selected professional and leadership development activities nationally, including professional association conferences, academic team competitions, professional networking, and other health management career path opportunities.
- Surma Scholarship for Long-Term Health Care Administration in Policy and Aging
The fund provides support to the Graduate School of Public Health students who are Pennsylvania residents and have demonstrated an interest in long-term healthcare administration or policies.
- The Dawn Gideon Scholarship for MHA Students
Scholarship assistance for MHA student whose talents lean towards creative problem solving and an understanding of the value all individuals bring to the process.
- Hunter Group Health Policy and Management Student Scholarship Award
This endowed fund provides tuition assistance for students in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
- Global Health Scholarship
The Global Health Fellowship program was established to encourage Einstein students to participate in clinical, public health or research experiences in developing nations, in order to gain an understanding of the economic and sociocultural factors, influence the health of individuals and populations;the knowledge about diseases that are unique or especially prominent in these nations; and obtain insight into the organization and effectiveness of these nations' health care delivery and public health systems. An estimated budget is required to be submitted along with the application and other required documents for your fellowship. Expenses that can be included in the budget are airfare, program expense, visa, and lodging (if a separate cost from the program expense). Expenses that CANNOT be included in the budget are food, personal items, and prescription items.
- Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES)
All students are encouraged to apply, including students who identify as first-generation college students, students who come from backgrounds underrepresented in the health professions, and students who are committed to advancing opportunities for populations who lack equitable access to health care and/or committed to serving the underserved. A stipend of $4,000. ($2,000 paid after the first 3 weeks, and final $2,000 paid at the end of the 6 weeks) and extra Up to $250 per student on a case-by-case basis by the Georgetown Office of Diversity & Inclusion has travel grant.
- Dirkse, Dr. Paul, and Mrs. Doris Health Care Scholarship
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Banks and Customers: Do They Really Have Relationships? Zehnder Turns the Question Around And Finds a Few Surprises
In a post-digital world, retail bankers realize the future of their industry is not one of pure technology. While smartphones and websites certainly have changed the banking landscape, research shows a rising demand for multi-channel service – a mix of mobile, digital, call center and in-person options.
Despite the increased role of technology, the sense of personal relationship between bankers and customers is still a relevant issue. Indeed, through our agency's work in the retail banking space, we see the multi-channel model essentially ensuring that personal relationships will remain relevant.
Do those kinds of relationships exist? Many bankers say they do, but what about customers? How does each side perceive its relationship with the other, and how well do they match up?
In other words, is there a difference between what bankers see as their customers' priorities and what customers say their priorities really are?
By placing just a slight twist on the question, we found some meaningful and eye-opening results between both bankers and consumers.
So what exactly did we do? In September 2018, Zehnder conducted an online survey of 500 respondents ‒ 400 consumers, as well as 100 bankers with varying levels of decision-making power ‒ all distributed equally in the South, West, Northeast and Midwest.
Our survey was built around four main questions:
 - Would you say you have a personal relationship with your bank?
 - If you do not have a personal relationship with your bank, what reason would prompt you to start one?
 - How comfortable would you be if your bank does not have a physical location?
 - How much do you trust a bank with no physical location?
There were some notable exceptions, but the results showed that bankers were generally much more convinced of relationships than customers ‒ more than 80 percent of bankers compared to 56 percent of consumers.
Among consumers, perceptions differed along a number of criteria. Older customers and males were more likely to perceive a relationship, while females and younger customers were not.
Interestingly, attitudes varied especially among geographical regions. In the South, for example, nearly 90 percent of bankers surveyed said they have a relationship with most clients. That compared with only 50 percent of Southern consumers surveyed.
Bankers in the West were among the least confident in relationships. In that region, a relatively high 18 percent said they were unsure, while only 26 percent said they "definitely" have a relationship, among the lowest figures nationwide.
The responses revealed other interesting differences. While African-American and white customers were generally even on the question of banker relationships, Asian customers weren't as sure. Nearly 40 percent of Asians expressed at least some doubt, the highest among all ethnic groups.
In short, Zehnder's research shows there are some real differences between banks and customers when it comes to the perception of relationships. The bigger question is how much does that matter? The answer is that it depends.
When we asked consumers how much they would trust a bank with no physical location, 53 percent said "a great deal" or "a lot." There were a few variations among regions and age groups, but less than a quarter went as far as saying they would place little or no trust in such a bank.
So consumers are less apt to perceive the existence of a relationship than their bankers are. Yet, consumers are still willing to trust banks, even those without a physical location. What does that insight say about the way your financial services company communicates with customers?
Zehnder is a full-service advertising agency that specializes in education, financial services, food-and-beverage, health care and travel and tourism. With offices in New Orleans, Nashville and Baton Rouge, we help clients all over the country develop a deeper understanding of their industry and how to turn those discoveries into better marketing.
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The Magere Brug ("Skinny Bridge") is a bridge over the river Amstel in the city centre of Amsterdam. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat street, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht canals.
The Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 arches. Because this bridge was very small, the locals called it Magere brug, which means small or skinny bridge. In 1871 the state of the bridge was so bad that it was demolished and replaced by a nine-arched wooden bridge. Fifty years later this bridge also needed to be replaced. Architect Piet Kramer made several designs for a steel and stone bridge, but the city decided to replace it with a new bridge that looked the same as the previous, only slightly bigger. In 1934 the bridge was demolished and replaced. The last major renovation was in 1969. Until 1994 the bridge was opened by hand, but now is opened automatically.
Use of the bridge has been limited to pedestrians and cyclists since 2003. It is however opened many times a day in order to let through river traffic. The boats used for sightseeing tours are low enough to pass underneath the bridge when closed. The bridge is decorated with 1200 light bulbs that are illuminated in the evening.
Every year on V-E Day (Dutch: bevrijdingsdag) there is a concert next to the bridge, which Queen Beatrix usually attends.
The bridge can be seen in a number of films, such as the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever from 1971.


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1. Introduction. In oral narratives in Spanish, as in many languages, speakers frequently use the present tense to refer to past events in conversation.


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This sample resembles the appearance of Apple watch rings. This is similar to an activity tracker, which records the specifics of each move, exercise, and stand.
In this example, you can see how to make the circular gauge look like the Apple watch rings. Ranges have rounded corners and annotations are used to indicate the move, exercise, and stand values.
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Quality of Life Comparison
If you lived in Tajikistan instead of Peru, you would:
be 27.9% less likely to be obese
In Peru, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tajikistan, that number is 14.2% of people as of 2016.
live 5.7 years less
In Peru, the average life expectancy is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2020. In Tajikistan, that number is 69 years (66 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2020.
be 65.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Peru, 6.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Tajikistan, that number is 2.4% as of 2016.
pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate
Peru has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Tajikistan, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2016.
make 76.3% less money
Peru has a GDP per capita of $13,500 as of 2017, while in Tajikistan, the GDP per capita is $3,200 as of 2017.
be 38.8% more likely to be live below the poverty line
In Peru, 22.7% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Tajikistan, however, that number is 31.5% as of 2016.
be 80.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Peru, approximately 88.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tajikistan, 17.0 women do as of 2017.
have 28.2% more children
In Peru, there are approximately 17.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Tajikistan, there are 21.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
be 72.5% more likely to die during infancy
In Peru, approximately 16.7 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Tajikistan, on the other hand, 28.8 children do as of 2020.
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be 58.2% less likely to have internet access
In Peru, approximately 52.5% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Tajikistan, about 22.0% do as of 2018.
spend 33.3% more on education
Peru spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Tajikistan spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2015.
Tajikistan: At a glance
How big is Tajikistan compared to Peru? See an in-depth size comparison.
The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: National Center of Legislation under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, The World Factbook, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria.
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Hierarchical refinement in isogeometric analysis for flexible multibody impact simulations
Detailed impact simulations in flexible multibody systems can be simulated based on reduced isogeometric analysis (IGA) models. However, a precise simulation of an impact requires a high element resolution in the contact area. Usually in IGA, global refinement methods are used, which are easy to implement. However, in the literature, also the use of hierarchical local refinement is proposed. The local refinement generates fewer countable degrees of freedom compared to an equivalent global refinement. Numerous application areas can be found in the literature, such as contact simulations, where the computational effort is reduced by local refinement. In this work, we introduce the inclusion of hierarchically refined IGA models within the floating frame of reference formulation. Thereby, the hierarchically refined IGA model is reduced and applied in impact simulations. In two application examples, we simulate the impact of twoand three-dimensional spheres and compare with an analytical solution. The focus here is on the comparison of calculation times and accuracy of globally and locally refined reference models. The third application example consists of two flexible double pendulums and is devoted to systems in which the bodies undergo both arbitrary rigid body motions and small elastic deformations.
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Study Design: Allocation: 2 arms Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment Detailed Description The utilization of a Foley catheter for induction of labor is well established. There are two techniques readily used for placing a Foley catheter. The most common method is under direct visualization of the cervix during a sterile speculum examination and the other method is to place a catheter during a digital cervical examination. Studies have reported the use of a rigid stylette (a thin wire inserted into a catheter to maintain rigidity) to guide the insertion of the Foley catheter decreases failure rate. The Foley catheter plus rigid stylette technique seems to be an efficient and safe method for labor induction. However, to our knowledge there is no study that assesses the difference between the standard digital placement of a Foley catheter versus the digital placement of a Foley catheter with stylette.


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This paper shows the design and implementation of adaptive neural networks controller for DC motor speed control system. The DC motor is actuated by a pulse width modulation (PWM)-based H-bridge actuator. By using certain learning methods to the networks, changing a plant's parameter can be estimated and used to produce an appropriate control action. The experiment shows that the controller conforms to the adaptive control scheme, although there are flaws which relate to feedback resolution. The most interesting result is that the implementation circuit is based on a very simple 8-bit microcontroller system.


Is BloKleen suitable for all types of solar power plants?
Could BloKleen damage the solar panels?
No, Blokleen is designed to clean 90% of the dust load soiling with specially designed non-contact dust blowing mechanism. A brush mechanism has also been included to clean the remaining 10% of sticky dirt. The brush is programmed to operate depending on the site dust load characteristics and need not be used on a daily basis. Thus the robot protects the anti-reflective coating and does not produce scratches on the panel glass.
What will be the manpower requirement to operate BloKleen robot system?
Zero, Blokleen is a PLC based automated cleaning system. It is programmed to conduct cleaning cycles at the required time of day, independently. Hence no human intervention is required.
What is the cleaning cycle frequency of the BloKleen robot system?
BloKleen can be programmed to conduct multiple cleaning cycles per day at the desired time based on the specific dust load conditions at each site.
Does the BloKleen clean all kinds of dirt?
Yes, The robot cleans all kinds of dirt including dust, sand and bird droppings.
Does BloKleen require water?
No, BloKleen is designed for waterless cleaning. It is designed to operate in dry, dusty and arid regions, where solar power plants are usually located and water is scarce.
Does the BloKleen require operating power?
No, BloKleen is self powered with every robot having its own solar module. The on-board batteries are charged daily.
Can BloKleen adapt to inclination is site layout?
Yes, BloKleen designed travel along guide rails. The drive mechanism can power the robot to travel along a 25 degrees inclination.


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The definition of autonomous is a person or entity that is self-controlling and not governed by outside forces.(adjective)
An example of autonomous is agovernment that can run itself without aid from an outside country.
See autonomous in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: Gr autonomos, independent < autos, self + nomos, law: see -nomy
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Origin: From Greek autonomos
Origin: : auto-, autoOrigin: + nomos, law; see nemin Indo-European roots.
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 3. It's Half of a cup of black olives.
 4. Prepare Half of a cup of thyme.
 5. It's Half of a cup of grated cheese (mozzarella).
 6. Prepare 2 tablespoons of instant yeast.
 7. You need 1 tablespoon of sugar.
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 1. Hear water to 100-110 f and add to yeast and sugar. Leave for four minutes..
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Birth Name: Rudolph Frank Moore
Place Of Birth: Arkansas
Date Of Death: October 19, 2008
Cause Of Death: N/A
Rudy Ray Moore was born on the 17th of March, 1927. He was popular for being a Comedian. Remembered most for his comedic Dolemite character (featured in the films Dolemite, The Human Tornado, Petey Wheatstraw, and The Return of Dolemite), he is also notable for his comedy and R&B recordings, which include Below the Belt and The Dirty Dozens.
Rudy Ray Moore was born in Arkansas. After developing his early-career "Prince DuMarr" comic persona through nightclub performances, he became known to military audiences as the "Harlem Hillbilly," when, serving in the entertainment wing of the United States Army, he performed country hits in a rhythm & blues vocal style. He appeared with members of the Insane Clown Posse in the 2000 movie Big Money Hustlas.
Rudy Ray Moore was a Pisces and was born in the Silent Generation.
Rudy Ray Moore was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Rudolph Frank Moore is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
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Zodiac Sign: Rudy Ray Moore was a Pisces. People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. The strengths of this sign are being compassionate, artistic, gentle, wise, while weaknesses can be to be fearful, overly trusting and desire to escape reality. The greatest overall compatibility with Pieces is Virgo and Taurus.
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View the main elements and terminology in the WallMan graphical user interface (GUI).
 1. Standard toolbar
 The standard toolbar gives access to commonly used menu items including New Database, Open Database, and Save Database.
 2. View toolbar
 The view toolbar gives access to tools related to navigating the 2D views, changing the view, single wall view, and navigating the 3D view.
 The 2D views in WallMan show the database as a cross-section with a specified plane. The plane moves along the third axis (for example, the Z-axis in the X/Y view). Click the icon to modify the cut plane.
 Figure 1. The 3rd Coord Settings X/Y View dialog.
 3. Objects toolbar
 The objects toolbar gives access to tools to create indoor objects, outdoor objects, and tools to select these objects.
 4. Status bar
 The Status bar is a small toolbar that gives quick access to absolute coordinates at the location of the mouse cursor in the 2D view and also displays the currently active 2D window.
 5. Preprocessing toolbar
 The preprocessing toolbar gives access to tools such as New Project, Open Project, Save Project, and defining the preprocessing area.
 6. Indoor lego toolbar
 The indoor lego toolbar gives access to basic wall combinations for indoor database creation, for example, Rectangular room, T-shaped room, Stairs, and Roof.
 7. Clutter toolbar
 The clutter toolbar gives access to tools such as editing or displaying clutter databases.
 Note: A clutter1 database is a pixel matrix and contains information about the land usage at a given location, for example, forest, water, residential or industrial.
 8. Cross-section view at the X/Y plane
 The active view (for this example) as indicated by the text (X/Y) in red. A cross-section view of the model in the X/Y cut plane is displayed.
 9. Cross-section view at the X/Z plane
 A cross-section view of the model in the X/Z cut plane is displayed.
 10. 3D view
 A 3D view of the model showing the location of the three cut planes ( X/Y plane, X/Z plane, and Y/Z plane) in purple.
 11. Cross-section view at the Y/Z plane
 A cross-section view of the model in the Y/Z cut plane is displayed.
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In the fall of 1982, after numerous studies into the reform of expropriation law in
British Columbia, the British Columbia Cabinet Committee on Legislation released a
draft Expropriation Act for public discussion. The report was printed with
a green cover, thereby ensuring it would be widely known as the "Green Paper".
The Green Paper did generate significant public response. However, it took another
five years of study and debate before the reform legislation came into force on
December 24, 1987. This statute was formally titled, Expropriation Act,
S.B.C. 1987, c. 23.
Although the Green Paper has long since served its original purpose, it still
retains some value by providing the historical context in which the present British
Columbia legislation was enacted. A copy of the report is available by here.


Reducing combustion noise by flow control
The problem
Dryer oven burner
Typical A-weighted noise levels generated by a dryer oven, used in malting grain, reached up to 95 dB. A low-frequency 'boom' at a tone of 82 Hz dominated. As the boom occurred only at low firing, it was diagnosed as flame instability that developed into an oscillation at a resonant frequency of the combustion tube. The precise cause of the instability was determined to be an excessively weak ratio of fuel to air at low firing.
The solution
To overcome this problem, a motor-controlled valve, previously used for controlling weld fume extraction, was adapted and fitted to the combustion fan intake. Triggered by a micro-switch, the valve was used to reduce the air flow at low loads and so improve the combustion characteristics.
The cost
£100 per unit. (1995)
The result
An overall noise reduction of about 8 dB with the low-frequency tone being reduced by 21 dB. The bought-in units had no effect on operations, could be retrofitted and satisfied hygiene requirements.
Consultants were Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre.
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Some fruits such as pumpkins can grow to be 100 lbs. Under different conditions, the same variety of pumpkin can produce a 15 lb. fruit. Both plants are healthy, and look the same except for their size difference. If I took two red apple trees and planted them in extreme opposite conditions, the fruit size would be nearly the same. The fruit quantity would be lowered in the tree grown under poor conditions. Why do fruits have such a variable range of acceptable sizes?
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Very interesting question, but this can be likened to asking "why are there more than one different animal species?". I hope someone can come up with a nice and specific answer, other than "evolution". – CHM Apr 3 '12 at 2:35
_USER_ maybe a good answer could address "R vs K selected species" – David Apr 3 '12 at 5:54
Some kinds of apples also have wide range of fruit size. The tree in my grandparents garden have fruits varying from 3 to 12 cm in diameter (when they are ripe). – Marta Cz-C Apr 3 '12 at 18:46
This is also essentially two questions in one. We could be asking "What can explain the size difference in pumpkins", and "Why are all apples of similar size". – LanceLafontaine Apr 6 '12 at 16:16
It's fine as one question. Each aspect of jmusser poses here informs the other. It's all related. – Larry_Parnell Apr 6 '12 at 17:25
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Pumpkins, squashes in general, grow on vines, while apples grow on trees. Vines are fast growing and trees are not. Zucchini can be quite large; cucumbers, too. Pears, plums, peaches and other tree fruits do have a reduced variation in fruit size. While I do not know the answer to your question, my background in plant biology tells me that this is an important part of the reason. For example, a watermelon or pumpkin rests on the earth, but a tree fruit hangs. If that fruit is too heavy it falls from the ground before it is ripe - before the seeds are fully differentiated that is. So, while "evolution" might be an answer, it is important to discuss what aspects are at play.
I think it has to do with vine vs tree, and how the fruit is attached and hangs/lays.
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If you grow a melon on a trellis, it will grow and fall off under its own weight. – J. Musser Apr 4 '12 at 13:30
grapes grow on vines, but they are closer to apples in acceptable fruit sizes. – J. Musser Apr 18 '12 at 1:16
but grape bunches come in a wide variety of sizes. – futurebird Jun 21 '13 at 17:26
Does that mean if some external support is provided to say an apple, will it grow to a bigger size? Has there any such experiment done? – san1646 Oct 2 '14 at 21:25
Bigger pumpkins have more seeds than smaller pumpkins. When they get ideal nutrition the plant tries to make as many seeds as it can to take advantage of the windfall. Many of these vines with big fruit potential grow in compost and rotting material. So they are more opportunistic a pumpkin seed "in the wild" could land in a barren area or in a heap of rotting material-- if it hits the jackpot it meeds to quickly use those nutrients to make more seeds.
PLants with more consistent fruit sizes don't respond as well to "jack pot" levels of rotting material-- they like more consistent nourishment. I think this is another difference.
Also one large pumpkin is a more efficient way to enclose seeds than lots of little pumpkins.
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I suspect the answer to this, is that in looking at agricultural fruits you are looking at plants that have been the subject of artificial selection, and the tree vs vine thing is a practical limit, but not the driving factor... for instance a jack fruit grows on tree and is watermelon sized...
I think if you look at something like a pumpkin, you will likely see that pumpkins have 3 traits:
 1. Indeterminate growth... they will produce as many fruit as the season will let them.
 2. Individual fruit will try to complete growth and ripen before winter
 3. Vines with fewer fruit can devote more resources per fruit, and therefor larger fruit.
Even in apples; if all of the blooms go to fruit the apples will be smaller (commercially apples are thinned to make market acceptable sized fruit): _URL_
So I think the real issue is less tree vs vine, and more about growth patterns... it may be possible to have a watermelon sized apple, but the tree will have to be sturdy enough to support the fruit: so it isn't a non-issue, but support is a limiting factor.
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Well... If I support an apple, it will still mature at the same size. – J. Musser Jul 23 '14 at 2:00
that is a non sequitur... if an apple were to grow very much larger it would require more support. – Grady Player Jul 23 '14 at 3:52
Yes, but is that the only restriction on size variability within a species? – J. Musser Jul 23 '14 at 3:53
No it is only a limiting factor... apples are highly variable, there is a good segment on them on "The Botany of Desire" (TV show, probably book)... I think you can sort of generalize it as a distance = Rate * Time problem (it really isn't linear, I assume)... Rate is made up of how the plant responds to the level of growth hormones that it produces with the amount of nutrients it can provide, and the time is the time that it is in the part of the growth cycle that it is actually growing. – Grady Player Jul 23 '14 at 14:21
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text: A customised African release of CAST (Computer Assisted Statistics Textbooks) has provided much-needed access to a series of modern statistics textbooks for many students in Africa. The recent addition of a collection of interactive CAST exercises has proved valuable in strengthening the learning of statistical concepts by students. A new CAST testing system has been developed to present the exercises as formal test questions. Students can practice beforehand with similar randomised exercises and can get immediate feedback as soon as the test is finished. This paper describes a pilot study in Kenya to evaluate the added benefit of using the CAST tests and is its first evaluation. Use of these tests is linked to an on-line course called "Statistics Made Simple". The effectiveness of the tests is discussed.


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FAQs about NCDA and NCDA Members
Who are NCDA members? NCDA members provide professional career interventions and support in various settings. For example, a member may serve as:
- a career counselor in private practice
- a Career Development Facilitator in a Veterans Administration or one-stop career center
- a school counselor
- an executive career coach
- a career specialist in a college career services center
- a career consultant in retirement planning or
- a professor who teaches courses in career development or career counseling.
What services do NCDA members perform? NCDA members provide professional services and support across the life span. For example:
- A school counselor helps elementary students learn about the world of work and workers; encourages middle school students become aware of career clusters and identify areas of personal strengths and interests; and assists high school students relate academic studies to potential career goals.
- A career specialist in a college career services center provides career counseling; helps students prepare resumes and practice for interviews; may arrange career fairs for students and employers; and advises students on obtaining the benefits of an internship or related experience.
- A career specialist in private practice may provide a wide variety of services from career counseling and planning, assistance with resume writing and interviewing, and career coaching.
- A Career Development Facilitator in a veterans or one-stop career center will help individuals access job listings, prepare a resume and plan for an interview, provide or arrange for counseling in personal or family issues that may affect employment, and offer followup assistance.
- A college professor may teach career-related coursework, conduct research in the area of career development, and counsel students in their pursuit of education and career goals.
How does NCDA help members provide professional service? NCDA provides extensive support to its members with a wide variety of services:
- Research, including the the academic and peer-reviewed research reported in the Career Development Quarterly (CDQ)as well as surveys conducted by the Gallup and Harris organizations and reported in the media;
- Publications and communications including a website _URL_, and the e-magazine Career Convergence, the practice-oriented magazine Career Developments, numerous books, CD/DVDs, and monographs on career topics and issues, and the previously mentioned Career Development Quarterly;
- Professional and technical training including the development of and ongoing training in the Career Development Facilitator (CDF) and Global Career development Facilitator (GCDF) programs, both of which have received national accreditation.
- The NCDA national annual conference provides an extensive array of seminars, institutes and programs focused for career professionals.
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In order to improve the efficiency of the existing plunger grouting pump, a new grouting pump based on Wankel engine is proposed. The structure, principle and mathematical model of the Wankel pump were proposed. The efficiency of plunger pump and Wankel pump are analyzed, and the calculation formulas of mechanical, volumetric and hydraulic efficiency of Wankel pump are proposed. The efficiency characteristics of the wankel pump were studied experimentally, and a plunger pump and a Wankel pump of the same power are selected to compare their working efficiency under different working conditions. In general, ηm and ηv increased with increasing n until the load on the shaft was too large. At the same n, The smaller the outlet, the lower the efficiency. When the outlet is a, b and c, the wankel pump test data at n of 190 r/min, 160 r/min and 140 r/min is optimal. When the outlet is big such as a and b, Wankel pump performs higher flow and higher efficiency. However, when the outlet is small such as outlet c, plunger pump performs higher pressure and stable flow and efficiency.
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I'm kind of confused - you seem to be asking both about loading data from XML as well as how to implement a generalized casting system.
Anyway, as for the implementation details, if I remember correctly. warcraft 3 used to have standardised names for different things. Spell animations were given names such as Spell1, Spell2, etc. Attack animations had names such as Attack1, AttackCrit and AttackSpin. The game engine would pick an animation out of a "list" of animations that you allowed. So for example, an attack might have two animations enabled by it - Attack1 and Attack2. Whereas a specialized spell might only have one animation attached, such as SpellSummon. you only needed to supply the animation names. The animations were build into the models (the animations could be baked into the models using 3dSMax. I'm not sure about how it was done, as I've never ventured into the modelling side of things, but I'm pretty sure there was a plugin provided by blizzard for animation.)
As for particle effects and particle systems, the were known as "buffs". Buffs had no gameplay impact at all. They were used to attached particles and trails to "attachment points" on the model. these attachment points were also baked into the model. common attachment points included (hand,left), (hand,right), and chest. There were also other, more specialzed attachment points that only worked on a few models such as (mount). Anyway, these buffs could have a duration associated with them, and the particles expired after the duration.
When the particles were created, they played their "created" animation. and then they looped an intermediate animation. on being destroyed, they played their "destroyed" animation. Like I said, particles were controlled indirectly through buffs.
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text: A theory is presented with which one can calculate the anharmonic properties of solids such as thermal expansion, temperature dependence of elastic constants, dependence of elastic constants under stresses, and the deviation of the specific heat from the Dulong-Petit law at high temperatures. The theory is applied to sodium under the assumption of a special force interaction between nearest neighbors only. In the approximation used, three parameters enter. The three parameters are obtained from experimental measurements of the elastic constants near 0°K, the temperature dependence of the compressibility, and the thermal expansion. Then the variation of the volume with pressure and the deviation of the specific heat from the Dulong-Petit law at high temperatures are calculated. A satisfactory agreement with experiment is obtained. Another prediction of the theory, that the temperature derivative of the compressibility is proportional to the specific heat, also shows satisfactory agreement with the experimental measurements for sodium.


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Weed biomass can be used to calibrate the quantity of nutrients absorbed from soil. The current approach proposes a vivid experimental protocol of analyzing edaphological indicators in view of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash (NPK) uptake by weeds. The mean dry weed biomass of tea plantations were recorded to be 256.88g/m2 while corresponding average NPK withdrawal per hectare (ha) of land was investigated to be 280.8Kg, 1.3Kg, and 21.3Kg respectively. The results precisely imply a positive correlation between weed biomass and amount of NPK withdrawn; which are thus envisaged to be directly proportional to each other, and can be attributed to be a major parameter affecting tea plantation soil fertility. Weed control can effectively reduce soil nutrient drainage.
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-leaf nodes to be accessed by Db2 is equal to the height of the index NLEVEL. After that, the number of page nodes accessed by Db2 is related to the number of records meeting the conditions. Not all leaf nodes need to be accessed, so how many leaf nodes will be read? Here must be used to calculate the predicate selectivity statistics FirstKeyCard, which is equivalent to the COLCARD of C1. In this example, the selectivity of the predicate C1 = 100 refers to the ratio of the number of records in table T1 that meet this predicate condition divided by the total number of records in T1. Under normal conditions, Db2 will consider the data distribution of the table to be uniform, then for column C1, if C1 has different COLCARD values, then the ratio of each value is 1/COLCARD (Filter Factor, FF for short). In this example, it is 1/100, which means that 1/100 of the table data meets the predicate condition. Similarly, the RID stored in the leaf node of the index only needs to be read 1/100, that is, 1/100 x NLEAF = 0.5 ~ an index page. Well, so the IO time for scanning the index is determined:

IO cost = NLEVEL + max(NLEAF x FF, 1) = 2 + max(50 x 1/100, 1) = 3 x 1ms = 3ms

When performing an index scan, every time a non-page node is accessed, it needs to be compared with the key value stored in it to determine the subtree that meets the condition, so it also spends some CPU time, which is estimated as follows:

CPU cost = NLEVEL * (Page cost /page + Scan cost /record) = 2 * 0.11ms = 0.22ms

So the total time required to scan the index is: IO cost + CPU cost = 3.22ms

The second step is to read the time recorded in the table through RID. The number of table records that need to be read is CARD * FF = 100,000 * 1/100 = 1000 records. If viewed by the average distribution, it is NPAGAES * FF = 5000 * 1/100 = 50 data pages. Then the IO time is estimated as follows:

IO cost = NPAGES * FF * IO cost/ page = 50ms

The predicate C2> 800 needs to be used while reading the table records, which requires CPU time, which is estimated as follows:

CPU cost = NPAGES * FF * Page cost /page + CARD * FF * Scan cost /record)
 = 50 * 0.1ms + 1000 * 0.01ms = 15ms

Finally, in the stage of reading table data, the total time that Db2 estimates is:

IO cost + CPU cost= 65ms

Adding up the time of the two stages is the total time to execute SQL through index IX1: 3.22ms + 65ms = 68.22ms. This time is much less than the full table scan (7500ms). Therefore, under normal circumstances, database administrators often create some indexes for tables to improve efficiency.

Through the above simple example, it's listed that in the cost model of Db2, the cost of each operation is calculated, such as full table scan, index scan, table join, data sorting, and so on. Of course, these calculation formulas are not as simple as the above examples, Db2 will also consider more complex factors. But for many SQL tuning cases, a general cost estimate formula can be analyzed.

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Choose index scan or full table scan? This question is actually an extension of the above example. Using table and index statistics in our calculations. The most important statistics are the data pages of the table, the data pages of the index, and the selectivity of the predicate. When seeing that the data page of the table is large, the data page of the index is small, and the selectivity of the predicate is very good, the general index scan cost is smaller. On the contrary, if the data page of the table is small, the data page of the index is close to the table, and the predicate selectivity is not good, Db2 prefers to use a full table scan. In more complicated cases, considering data prefetching and random IO, etc., which will not be described in detail in this article.

Which is better under multiple indexes? This problem is very common. For specific problems, comparing the selectivity of the predicate corresponding to the key on each index, sometimes depending on the type of predicate and the order in which it is used on the index. The general principle is that when the first key of an index corresponds to a predicate with an operator of "=" in the predicate, and the predicate is very selective, even close to unique, then this index is definitely the best of. For example, in the above example, if the COLCARD of C1 is close to the number of records in T1, then the index using C1 as the first key will be optimal. Db2 also considers stability when selecting indexes. For example, for the same selective predicate, one operator is "=" and the other is ">". Relatively speaking, the former is more stable. When the input parameters change, the performance is relatively more consistent. Of course, some situations, such as data skew, require special consideration.

When do you need to avoid sorting? I have encountered a lot of sorting situations, because there are too many places to sort in Db2, such as the DINSTINCT, ORDER BY, and GROUP BY keywords added in SQL, as well as those needed in the table connection process, such as Merge Scan Join and so on. Sorting is not bad in all cases. A very simple example is to access data through a primary key index, but the column to be sorted is not in the index key. In this case, even if this column is added to the index key, the effect is very small, because after Db2 scans through the primary key, the number of records returned can only be at most one, and there is no need to sort at all. The situation where sorting really needs to be avoided is when the set to be handled is very large and expensive. An example I encountered before is the connection of two very large tables. After the join is completed, DISTINCT needs to be done to form a huge sort. In the end, after checking the join conditions, I put DISTINCT down on each table, and then created the appropriate index, thus finally avoiding sorting.

What are the important points to pay attention to in Nested Loop Join? Nested loop join is one of table join methods in Db2. Its principle is also very simple, which is to scan a table to obtain all the records that meet the conditions, and then access the second table according to the join conditions for each record, so that after scanning the second table multiple times, the records that meet the conditions on the two tables are finally merged together. The most critical part is the number of records that meet the conditions in the first table and the access method of the second table. Generally speaking, if the number of records in the first table that meet the conditions is large, and the access method of the second table is not good, such as a full-table query, you must pay attention. But rarely seeing this situation in the access path graph, because Db2 has calculated through statistical data and found that this situation is very costly, so choosing other table connection methods. Often our most common situation is that the number of records in the first table that meets the condition is very small, and the access method of the second table is a full table scan. At this time, please pay attention, because in some cases Db2 may incorrectly estimate the number of records in the first table that meets the conditions. The most common reasons are missing statistics, and the predicate type is difficult to estimate selectivity. So in this case, you need to split the query and run it in the actual environment to see what the number of records in the first table actually meets the conditions. If there is a big difference from the Db2 estimate, you must find out the reason before thinking a better solution. By the way, Db2 provides a good function to collect the actual cardinality. It's very useful to determine such estimation problems.

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This sharing has come to an end. Believing you have a preliminary understanding of how Db2 handles SQL statements, Db2 optimizer and cost model analysis. More and richer use cases will be provided for your reference in the future.
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Both「目的」and「目標」have a common meaning which is "goal", but what is the difference?
When can we use one but not the other?
I would think of a basic example.
I want to become better at shooting the basketball. => 目的
I think 目的 is a high level image, global image of a goal. 目標 is more achievement like low level goal, usual can be quantified and explicit that will define the concrete steps to the 目的.
I think it boils down to the difference in English between "purpose" and "goal". A goal is something finite you hope to achieve. A purpose is like a motivation for why you do something. Often they will overlap, but not always. Having a finite goal kind of implies that you have a motivation. However, the converse -- having a motivation implies you have a finite goal -- is not necessarily true.
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This is an unproven proposition I've come across in multiple places.
Suppose $A$ is a commutative Noetherian ring, and $S$ a multiplicative subset of $A$. Then $S^{-1}A$ is Noetherian.
Why is this? I thought about taking some chain of submodules $$ S^{-1}M_1\subset S^{-1}M_2\subset\cdots $$ and pulling back to a chain $$ M_1\subset M_2\subset\cdots $$ of submodules of $A$ which must eventually stablize. Is there more to it than this? I kind of wary of assuming all submodules of $S^{-1}A$ have form $S^{-1}M$ for $M\leq A$.
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This is a standard property of localizations:
Theorem. Let $R$ be a commutative ring, and let $S\neq\emptyset$ be a multiplicative subset. Let $M$ be an $R$-module. Let $\varphi\colon R\to S^{-1}R$ be the canonical map ($\varphi(r) = \frac{rs}{s}$), and likewise, by abuse of notation, let $\varphi\colon M\to S^{-1}M$ be the natural map $(\varphi(m) = \frac{sm}{s}$ with $s\in S$).
 1. For every submodule $N$ of $M$, $S^{-1}N = \{\frac{a}{s}\mid a\in N\}$ is a submodule of $S^{-1}M$.
 2. If $L$ is a submodule of $S^{-1}M$, then $\varphi^{-1}(L) = \{m\in M\mid \varphi(m)\in L\}$ is a submodule of $M$.
 3. If $N$ is a submodule of $M$, then $N\subseteq \varphi^{-1}(S^{-1}N)$. Moreover, if $N=\varphi^{-1}(L)$ for some submodule $L$ of $M$, then $L=S^{-1}N$.
Proof. $S^{-1}N$ is nonempty, as it contains $\frac{0}{s}$; it is closed under differences, since $\frac{a}{s}-\frac{b}{t} = \frac{ta-sb}{st}\in S^{-1}N$ if $a,b\in N$. And it is closed under scalar multiplication, since $a\in N$ implies $ra\in N$ for all $r\in R$, so $\frac{r}{t}(\frac{a}{s}) = \frac{ra}{ts}\in S^{-1}N$ if $a\in N$.
Now let $L$ be a submodule of $S^{-1}M$; since $\varphi$ is a module homomorphism, the pullback of a submodule is a submodule, so 2 is immediate.
Again, let $N$ be a submodule of $M$. Then for every $a\in N$ we have $\varphi(a) = \frac{sa}{s}\in S^{-1}N$, since $sa\in N$, hence $a\in \varphi^{-1}(S^{-1}N)$. Now assume that $N=\varphi^{-1}(L)$. If $a\in N$ and $s\in S$, then $\frac{a}{s} = \frac{ssa}{sss} = \frac{s}{ss}\frac{sa}{s} =\frac{s}{ss}\varphi(a)\in L$ (since $\varphi(a)\in L$), hence $S^{-1}N\subseteq L$. Conversely, let $\frac{m}{t}\in L$. Then $\frac{tt}{t}\frac{m}{t} = \frac{(tt)m}{tt}=\varphi(m)\in L$, hence $m\in \varphi^{-1}(L) = N$; thus, $\frac{m}{t}\in S^{-1}N$, proving that $L\subseteq S^{-1}N$. Therefore, $L=S^{-1}N$, as claimed. $\Box$
Corollary. Every submodule of $S^{-1}M$ is of the form $S^{-1}N$ for some submodule $N$ of $M$.
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Thanks, these properties and the detail are very helpful. – Buble Feb 18 '12 at 23:28
_USER_ I swear to god I've learned so much from your posts on Math.SE :D – user38268 Feb 19 '12 at 1:00
Let $f\colon A \to S^{-1}A$ be the canonical homomorphism. It is true that every ideal $\mathfrak b$ of $S^{-1}A$ is of the form $S^{-1}\mathfrak a = f(\mathfrak a)(S^{-1}A)$ for some ideal $\mathfrak a$ of $A$. We can even take $\mathfrak a = f^{-1}(\mathfrak b)$, and this should help you prove that $S^{-1}A$ is Noetherian using increasing chains.
You can find related facts in and around Proposition 6.4 of Milne.
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Thanks for your help again, Dylan. btw, should it say some ideal $\mathfrak{a}$ of $A$? in the second line, not $S^{-1}A$? – Buble Feb 18 '12 at 23:27
_USER_ Yes indeed. I was toying with the wording and this mixup, inevitably, happened. – Dylan Moreland Feb 18 '12 at 23:47
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Question: What is the population of Tultitlan? Answer: Tultitlan, Mexico (Administrative unit: México) - last known population is ≈ 39 500 (year 2014). This was 0.032% of total Mexico population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2014 (+5.46%/year), Tultitlan population in 2021 would be: 57 300*.
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Policy Title: Post Verifier Training Survey Policy
Number: VPM - 007
Issue Date: December 12, 2018
Authorization: SAC Vice President - Higg Index
Distribution: Internal – All
External – All potential and current Higg Index FEM Verifiers
Table of Contents
1. General Information
The SAC application and training program for Verifiers, and potential Verifiers, is intended to be effective and efficient in finding and preparing Verifier candidates to professionally conduct Higg FEM Verifications that produce credible and comparable results. To ensure that the application and training meets these goals, after each person completes their training and exam, a survey is sent to the Training participant to gather feedback about their training and exam process experience. This information is used by both SAC and Sumerra to continually drive improvements in the training program.
1. The purpose of the survey is to:
1.1. Provide an opportunity for Training Participants to report on their experience with the application, training and exam
1.2. Provide a mechanism for Training Participants to easily report inaccuracies or areas for improvement
1.3. Provide SAC and the VPM with necessary feedback to improve the Higg FEM Verifier application, training and exam programs
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2.2.2.If there are inaccuracies in the Exam content, the VPM will adjust the exam as quickly as possible. If the adjustment impacts the score for applicants that have previously completed the exam, the VPM will adjust the score as well as the eligibility status (if needed)
2.2.3. NOTE: If there are issues that indicate the Training Participant should be granted an additional opportunity for an exam, the VPM may choose to provide this (costs may apply)
3. On a periodic basis, the VPM analyzes the survey information, attempting to determine:
3.1. If there are gaps in the Application, Training and/or Exam processes that should/could be addressed through improvements to any or all parts of the process
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22.214.171.124. It was easy was it to use the technology for the training (the platform, or Learning Management System).
126.96.36.199. The training was effective in teaching me what I needed to know to conduct Verifications.
188.8.131.52. The training covers the correct subjects.
184.108.40.206. The training spends the appropriate time on each subject.
220.127.116.11. Interactions with instructors were effective.
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Two Pointer technique in Java
What is Two pointer technique?
A two pointer technique is a technique where given a sorted array we have two starting points or two points of consideration as they both move towards the middle of the array being iterated over, the two pointer technique is a useful tool to utilize when searching for pairs in a sorted array. Although not it's only use case, when used this technique can save both time and space complexity.
when iterating through the data in a linear fashion we usually have a single entry point and we move through the data in one direction.
Given a sorted array we need to find the pair of number which sums up to the given number x.
Approach 1: Brute Force Solution
In the brute force solution of the problem we use a loop within a loop to iterate over all of the elements in the array, forming every possible pair combination and having the time complexity of O(n^2)
This approach takes too much time to run, which can further be optimized to run in O(n) time complexity.
Approach 2: Two Pointer Solution
Now let's look how the two pointer solution works and gives a better time complexity than brute force solution,
We take two pointers one which points to the first element(low) and one which points to the last element(high) of the array now according to the problem statement given we add the last and the first values together and check if the sum matches with the provided sum (x) if the computed sum is less than the given sum(x) then we increment the low pointer and if the sum is greater the given sum(x) we decrement the high pointer, we do this till we get the desired sum or the low > high.
Boolean pairSum(int Arr[], int n, int x)
// represents first pointer
int low = 0;
// represents second pointer
int high = n - 1;
while (low < high) {
// If we find a pair
if (Arr[low] + Arr[high] == x)
return true;
// If sum of elements at current
// pointers is less, we move towards
// higher values by doing low++
else if (Arr[low] + Arr[high] < x)
// If sum of elements at current
// pointers is more, we move towards
// lower values by doing high--
return false;
For this algorithm to work effectively we assume that we are given a sorted array and we move the pointers toward the center of the array so we do not miss any pair and we move one pointer only if the above conditions are met so that no pair is left untouched and every pair is checked once.


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How to make Steamed Dhokla
A quick and easy dhokla recipe that is delicious as well as healthy! Steamed healthy dhokla made in minutes using besan with a colorful, chili tempering.
Ingredients of Steamed Dhokla
- 1 Cup Gram flour (besan)
- 1 Tbsp Citric acid
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- To taste Salt
- A pinch of Turmeric
- To make batter Water
- 1 Tbsp Fruit salt/ baking powder (dissolved in water)
- For the Tadka:
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 Tbsp Mustard seeds
- 1 Dried red chilli
- 7-8 Curry leaves
How to Make Steamed Dhokla
- 1.In a bowl mix gram flour, citric acid, salt, sugar and turmeric. Add water and make it into a smooth batter with medium thick consistency.
- 2.In a glass make add the fruit salt or baking powder. Add water to it and pour this into the dhokla mixture.
- 3.Grease the steaming tin with 2 drops of oil and por the mixture into it. Steam for about 15-20 minutes or till cooked.
- 4.In a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. Let it splutter.
- 5.Pour the tadka over the prepared dhokla.
- 6.Cut into pieces and serve.
Key Ingredients: Gram flour (besan), Citric acid, Sugar, Salt, Turmeric, Water , Fruit salt/ baking powder (dissolved in water), Oil, Mustard seeds, Dried red chilli, Curry leaves


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