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The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation and VEX Robotics have provided opportunities for students to compete during the difficult times that the COVID-19 crisis has created. Many schools are in hybrid or remote learning and many have travel restrictions making in-person competitions impossible. However, there are still a number of options available for competition. These options are available for both the VEX Robotics Competition and the VEX IQ Challenge. The REC Foundation Season Restart Guide is a great reference to help navigate your challenges.
This article will cover the following:
- Skills-Only Event: Remote, Live
- Skills-Only Event: Remote, Pre-Recorded
- Live Remote Tournaments
- Skills Game Element setup
- Remote Judging
Skills-Only Event: Remote, Live
The Skills-Only Event Remote, Live is a remote version of a Skills-Only Event. It is an event held exclusively via a live, online video platform organized by the Event Partner. The Event Partner will either allow teams to complete skills run on a first-come first-serve basis, or they may assign time slots for the teams to complete their runs.
Teams must have a robot which has passed inspection (inspection is completed at the Event), a competition field with a complete set of game elements, internet access, and capability to participate with the online video platform for the event. The camera (webcam, cell phone, or tablet) broadcasting the teams' skills run must be placed so the entire competition field and participants are visible. The main camera or a secondary camera must be able to be moved around to view different parts of the field if the head referee requires to see a specific portion.
Teams can register for these events at RobotEvents.com.
- VEX IQ Challenge, Rise Above, 2020- 2021 Season Game Manual (Skills-Only Remote Live Tournament Game Rules, pages 28-30)
- VEX Robotics Competition, Change Up, 2020-2021 season, Appendix B - Skills Challenge (Skills-Only Event: Remote, Live, pages vii-viii)
- Event Partner Guidelines for Hosting Remote Skills-only Events
Skills-Only Event: Remote, Pre-Recorded
This type of event is similar to a Live Remote Skills-Only Event. However, a "Remote, Pre-Recorded" Skills-Only Event is an event held exclusively via videos of Robot Skills Matches that are submitted to and scored by an Event Partner and/or Head Referee. The video must be uncut and recorded during the specified time frame provided by the Event Partner.
Teams will need to upload their video on a publicly accessible platform like YouTube, Facebook Video, Google Classroom, SchoolTube, etc., and submit the URL to the Event Partner per the instructions on the event site.
A "Remote, Pre-Recorded" Skills-Only Event is a great option if your internet connection may not be fast enough to support live video feed or your teams are not able to meet during Live Remote Skills-Only events.
Teams can register for these events at RobotEvents.com.
- VEX IQ Challenge, Rise Above, 2020- 2021 Season Game Manual (Skills-Only Event: Remote, Live Game Rules (Game Rules, pages 30-31)
- VEX Robotics Competition, Change Up, 2020-2021 season, Appendix B - Skills Challenge (Skills-Only Event: Remote, Pre-Recorded, page ix)
Live Remote Tournaments
Live Remote Tournaments are the closest option to an in-person competition. These tournaments have alliances working together in real-time with a video connection. The real-time remote connection provided through RobotEvents.com allows alliances to simultaneously view each other's play at the different locations and work together to achieve the best score.
In addition to having a registered VEX robotics team, a full playing field, a set of game elements, a robot which has passed inspection (inspection is completed at the Event), and being registered for the Live Remote Tournament, there are also some equipment requirements. In order to participate in a Live Remote Tournament you will need a Windows or Macintosh computer with the Chrome browser and internet access. You will also need a USB webcam (720p or higher resolution) that can be set a minimum of 7ft (2.1m) high and 7ft (2.1m) back from the field.
Programs which have multiple teams will need to have a full competition field setup to accommodate any matches in which two or more of their team might be participating in the same match together. Programs with multiple VIQC teams will need 2 competition fields. Programs with multiple VRC teams will need one field per team up to a maximum of 4 fields. Even if the teams are at the same location, the Live Remote Tournament format needs to have each of these teams compete as if they were remote, which means teams may not share the same field during a match.
Teams can register for these events at RobotEvents.com. You can find these events by selecting Live Remote Tournaments in the Event Type box.
There is also a Live Remote practice option for teams. This can be accessed by registered teams at any time and it is recommended for teams to try prior to participating in an actual tournament.
Live Remote practice for VRC:
Live Remote practice for VIQC:
- VEX IQ Challenge, Rise Above, 2020- 2021 Season Game Manual (Live Remote Tournament Game Rules, pages 31-35)
- VEX Robotics Competition, Change Up, 2020-2021 season, Game Manual (Live Remote Tournament Game Rules, pages 42-46)
- VIQC Live Remote Practice Match Instructions
- VRC Live Remote Practice Match Instructions
- Low-Cost Field Perimeter VEX Robotics Competition Field
Skills Game Element setup
It is Important to note that the Skills Game Element setup is different from the Tournament Game Element setup for both the VEX IQ Challenge, Rise Above game and the VEX Robotics Competition, Change Up game.
VEX IQ Challenge Skills field setup (Figure 19, VEX IQ Challenge Rise Above - Game Manual).
VEX Robotics Competition Skills field setup (Figure 1, Appendix B Robot Skills Challenge)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the REC Foundation developed an alternative approved judging model called Remote Judging for both in-person events and remote events.
Remote Event Judging can be used in circumstances where an REC Foundation sanctioned event is under restrictions due to COVID-19 that precludes standard event judging. These events may use pre-submission of a Digital Engineering Notebook and a remote team interview before or during the event.
- Judge Guide Addendum
- Engineering Notebook Rubric and Team Interview Rubric - must be used for remote judging.
The Event Page will specify the type of judging
Some overall recommendations to teams for all event types:
- Carefully read the information on the Event Page to learn more about the event logistics since each event may have different implementation methods.
- The event title provides clarification on the event type.
No matter which option you choose to compete with your robot this season, please be sure to observe all local/state Health Regulations and look at Support for VEX Teachers During the COVID-19 Outbreak, as well as the COVID Resources page from the VEX Robotics Knowledge Base.


Grandfather clause
Grandfather clause,
Definition of Grandfather clause:
 1. A clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
 2. Provision that exempts certain entities from the full impact of an agreement, rule, or statute on the basis of preexisting arrangements or practices. A firm, for example, may decide to raise its prices from a certain date but charge the old price to existing customers.
 3. The origin of the term refers to statutes put in place after the Civil War by seven Southern states in an attempt to block African Americans from voting while exempting white voters from taking literacy tests and paying poll taxes required to vote. In the statutes, white voters whose grandfathers had voted before the end of the Civil War were exempt from taking the tests and paying the taxes under the grandfather clause. The statute was deemed to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1915 because it violated equal voting rights, but the use of the term indicating rights prior to rule changes carries on.
 4. A grandfather clause is an exemption that allows persons or entities to continue with activities or operations that were approved before the implementation of new rules, regulations, or laws. Generally speaking, a grandfather clause only exempts people or entities engaged in specified activities before new rules being put in place, while all other parties must abide by the new rules. However, these clauses effectively place two sets of rules or regulations on otherwise similar businesses or circumstances, which can create unfair competitive advantages for grandfathered parties. In these situations, grandfather clauses may only be granted for a set period.
How to use Grandfather clause in a sentence?
 1. A grandfather clause is a provision that allows people or entities to follow old rules that once governed their activity instead of newly implemented ones, often for a limited time.
 2. Grandfather clauses can be permanent, temporary, or instituted with limits.
 3. The term originated during the US Civil War era and referred to statutes enacted in the South to suppress African American voting.
 4. Grandfather clauses often apply to zoning laws, when the purpose of a development changes.
Meaning of Grandfather clause & Grandfather clause Definition


Common-Pool Resources
Goods that typically possess a natural or constructed system of resources
What are Common-Pool Resources?
Common-pool resources (CPRs), also referred to as common goods, are goods that typically possess a natural or constructed system of resources. CPRs are non-excludable, meaning that individuals or populations typically can't be prevented from using them, even if they aren't paying for them. They are, however, rivalrous, meaning that their usage makes it more difficult for others to subsequently utilize them.
Common-Pool Resources
Congestion and Overuse
Common-pool resources often suffer from being overused or becoming congested by use. It is largely due to the fact that such resources usually possess a primary resource, or stock variable, as well as smaller units that can be extracted and used, or the flow variable of the resource. There are a number of resources that fall into the common-pool category, including:
 - Fisheries
 - Pastures
 - Irrigation systems
Example of Common-Pool Resources
With common-pool resources, overuse occurs because of subtractability (rivalry). For example, consider a pasture. If the land isn't necessarily privately owned and is shared between multiple farmers grazing their cattle, then the pasture is a common-pool resource because it can't be effectively exclusive to any of the farmers.
However, as cattle are rotated between areas of the pasture, each area then becomes substantially less valuable to every farmer down the line, with the potential for overgrazing that will make the pasture not usable for any cattle, at least for a period of time. Here, the general acreage of the pasture space would be the primary resource or stock variable and the grass, then, would be the flow variable.
Controlling Common-Pool Resources
In order to make sure that CPRs retain their non-excludability and to work against the tendency toward overuse or congestion, protocols are typically established. The protocols include important items such as the following:
 - Establishing the boundaries of the resource, making it clear what space is part of the resource
 - Agreements between all users of the resource (planned or expected), or making assurances that all potential users are aware of the space and rules
 - Careful monitoring of the resource
 - Penalties put in place to sanction users who don't abide by established agreements on the proper use of the resource
 - Some forum or plan of action for resolution of conflicts if/when they arise
With most common-pool resources, legislation, the establishment of rules, and conflict resolution are done at a local level so that the resources aren't opened up further to overuse or exploitation. The government typically only steps in or is involved if the resources are part of a trade agreement or if disputes over the resources exceed the ability of local officials to control.
In some cases, the government must be included so that overuse of the resource – or exploitation of it – doesn't harm the broader community or the country, or create a global impact.
Final Word
Common-pool resources are important. They offer a set of goods or resources that can essentially be accessed by everyone. The danger comes when such resources are overused or abused and become at least temporarily unusable or significantly less valuable to other users.
Additional Resources
 - Consumption
 - Giffen Good
 - Supply and Demand
 - Veblen Goods
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PGM to OpenSCAD surface
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PGM to OpenSCAD surface by sawdusty Apr 17, 2013
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This is a quick and (very) simple Python script to read data from an ASCII format PGM (portable gray map) file and convert it to a "surface" data file for OpenSCAD.
You will need Python (written for v2.7), and numpy to run it, but it's quick to convert. You will need OpenSCAD to utilize the output of this script.
Instructions
Unlike a certain other "lithopane" thing, this is not limited to a small image size. However, you must be able to convert your original photo to a PGM file. You can do that quite easily with either IrfanView or with ImageMagick. I'm sure there are a dozen (at least) other tools that can do this too, but you need to make sure the PGM file is ASCII formatted (not binary) and that is has no (0) compression.
Steps:
1) Edit your digital image, then convert to PGM.
2) Run this script with Python 2.7 like this:
python pgm2surf.py myImage.pgm myImageSurf.dat
3) In OpenSCAD, use the "surface" command to import the DAT file, like this:
surface(file = "c:/myCoolStuff/myImageSurf.dat", center = false, convexity = 10);
Notes:
1) The surface is flipped both top to bottom and left to right when you create the surface in OpenSCAD. You can plan accordingly by editing your image in the photo editor before creating the PGM file.
2) There is a "depth" value in this script that reduces the heights of the surface values. I've set it to 0.03 after several trials, but you might want to play with that value, depending on your purpose for the surface. A value of 0.5 yields a surface that has a very high relief from the highest point to the lowest. It might be good if you want to create a mold of the image.
The depth value can be set as the last argument on the command line when calling the script, like this:
python pgm2surf.py myImage.pgm myImageSurf.dat 0.5
3) For a "cookie cutter" type mold, you want to "invert" your photo (create the negative) before creating the PGM file. Try it and see.
4) My apologies to Linux users, the typical python directive is missing from the top of the script. Please add it if you need it.
(BTW, the image example shown above is from a photo taken just after my parents' wedding, 50 years ago. They celebrated their 50th anniversary last week. Happy Anniversary! Now immortalized on the Internet.)
UPDATE:
While trying to get OpenSCAD to generate an STL file from the surface data, I found that it crashes... more often than not. The problem seems to be the number of vertices in the generated surface. I've been successful in generating an STL from a surface as large as 162 x 200 (pixels in the PGM file) but anything large crashes OpenSCAD. YMMV. (Yes, that means the example image I showed is very unrealistic... oops!)
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Any tip on how to add a frame and a hanging hole in OpenSCAD? I can't figure it out...
I think the easiest way to add a smooth frame around a surface would be to edit the image before you generated the PGM file. Add a gray border around the image in your photo editor. The darker the gray tone, the higher the frame will be. If you want a thin (light) frame, make it lighter gray. If you added some white circles in the border then you'd have a starting point for drilling mounting holes too. If that doesn't help, then you'll need to learn to use the difference() function in OpenSCAD.
My apologies on the (glacially) slow reply. I think the PGM file might not be in the format recognized by the Python code. That's about the best guess I have without knowing more about your input file and how it was created.
Some programs that generate PGM files will add comments in the beginning of the file, and they might not be handled well. It's no stretch to say that this code would not exit gracefully in that situation.
Is there a public repository for this code, to be able to follow and fork?
No, I haven't thought about adding the code for this to a public repository. I have not had time to work on this again, though some recent interesting activity in Thingiverse has made me want to get back to it.
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text: The'management' of midlife women's bodies is becoming an increasingly important focus for both themselves and medical 'experts'. Health technologies play a major part in this process, given health promotion messages about their usefulness for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life. But how do individual women interpret such messages? This paper explores the factors that impact upon health decision making in relation to a group of these technologies. In particular, we examine how related risks are assessed by women themselves and jointly with health professionals, in the clinical context. Drawing upon literature from the sociology of the body and embodiment, debates about risk and feminist research on the menopause, we argue that midlife needs to be understood as an embodied experience and that women's decisions about technology-based health interventions need to be contextualised. The paper draws upon research data from interviews with individual women and health professionals, and recordings of clinical consultations which relate to the specific technologies of HRT, bone densitometry and breast screening. The data reveal the emergence of two major risk narratives within consultations and interviews, health risks and social risks. We conclude that the health decisions and practices of both lay women and health professionals reflect a complex mixture of expert knowledge and advice, and embodied cultural experience.

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text: [en] T2 control charts are used to monitor a process when more than one quality variable associated with the process is being observed. Recent studies have shown that using variable sampling size (VSS) schemes results in charts with more statistical power for detecting small to moderate shifts in the process mean vector. This paper presents an economic-statistical design of T2 control charts with variable sample size and control limits (VSSC). We build a cost model of a VSSC T2 control chart for the purpose of economic-statistical design using the model of Costa and Rahim (J. Appl. Stat. 28:875–885, 2001). This cost model constructed involves the cost of false alarms, the cost of finding and eliminating an assignable cause, the cost associated with production in an out-of-control state, and the cost of sampling and testing. We optimize this model using a genetic algorithm approach. Furthermore, VSSC and VSS T2 charts are compared with respect to the expected cost per unit time.


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NYU's summer school began in 1895, when seven members of the faculty, with the approval of the Chancellor, offered courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, experimental psychology, and the theory and practice of teaching. The faculty members received no additional salary, only the tuition fees collected from students. The University Council officially took control in 1899 and the popularity of the program quickly grew to over 500 students, both men and women, by 1907. The program mostly attracted teachers who were interested in pedagogical courses.
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Server-Side Ad Insertion
Server-side ad insertion (SSAI) places ad video segments inside the playlist (e.g., manifest file). Ad video segments are usually preferred to NOT go through Teltoo. This is to ensure that every ad hits the original ad server. This allows the ad service provider to monitor the ad accurately and collect data.
To keep ads from going through Teltoo, we need to identify which video segments are ads and which are not. Typically, the URL of the ad segments points to the ad origin CDN or server, which is different from the rest. We will configure Teltoo to ignore segments with such a URL pattern.
Video segments that match the Passthrough URL regex will not go through Teltoo. They will be fetched from the origin CDN or server.
The following is an example of how to define a Passthrough URL:*
This only applies to ads that are part of an activated playlist given that other playlist's video segments will never go through Teltoo in any case.
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Rad-X is a chem in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Rad-X is an anti-radiation chemical that can significantly reduce the danger of irradiated areas. When combined with an advanced radiation suit, Rad-X can create near-immunity to radiation, even at moderate medical skill levels.
Rad-X is reasonably common and can be used frequently. Like stimpaks and RadAway, Rad-X is non-addictive, and its effectiveness is controlled by the Medicine skill. Taking multiple doses of Rad-X does not increase the total radiation resistance (the effects do not stack). Instead, the drug's active time is lengthened (the effective time stacks).
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No combination of Rad-X and radiation resistant clothing will grant a total immunity to radiation, as Radiation Resistance caps off at 85%. Any irradiated area will, at the very least, have a persistent +1 rads effect even at the highest levels of radiation resistance, meaning the player will never be able to survive longer than 16 minutes and 40 seconds without the use of a radiation removal item (or 17 minutes 32 seconds with the Rad Absorption perk).
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Definition - What does Caveat Emptor mean?
Caveat emptor is a Latin phrase that means "let the buyer beware."
Functionally, courts apply caveat emptor as a rule to limit the ability of purchasers to sue sellers when the purchaser failed to reasonably test, examine or inspect a purchased product.
When sellers attach a caveat emptor warning to what they are selling, they are typically warning purchasers that they must take what they buy "as is."
Justipedia explains Caveat Emptor
If someone was selling a used car with a caveat emptor warning, a potential buyer would be put on notice to take the car for a test drive, and to examine things like the engine, transmission and brakes before buying the car. Caveat emptor would prevent this buyer from suing the seller if, after buying the car, the buyer learned that the car's brakes needed to be replaced.
However, caveat emptor does not protect sellers if they engage in fraudulent or negligent selling practices. So, in the used car example, caveat emptor would not protect the seller if the seller promised the buyer that the car's brakes were in perfect condition.

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The system lexicon files for Japanese and Chinese are named droldxx.dat drolkxx.dat, and drolixx.dat, where xx is either JA (for Japanese) or ZH (for Chinese). Rename the three new files and copy them to the directory containing the system Japanese lexicon.
% mv drold.dat droldJA.dat
% mv drolk.dat drolkJA.dat
% mv droli.dat droliJA.dat
% cp *dat $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/data/jalx
This replaces the system Japanese lexicon with one that is a merge of the old system lexicon and your wordlist from jadict.txt.
You can also use ctxlc to get a dump of a system lexicon. This example dumps the Chinese lexicon to a file called new_chinese_dict.txt in the current directory:
% ctxlc -zh -ocs UTF8 > new_chinese_dict.txt
This creates a file, new_japanese.dict.txt, using the UTF8 character set, in the current directory.


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Most modern spear fishers use one of two types of spear gun. Band-powered models rely on strong elastic bands to fire the spear, while pneumatic spear guns rely on a small quantity of compressed air to send the projectile forth. In both cases, a trigger fires the weapon, by either releasing the bands or discharging a quantity of air. Impaled fish are retrieved via a line attached to the spear, or -- if the water is suitably clear -- by tracking the fish visually.
Pros and Cons
Band-powered spear guns are easier to maintain than pneumatic models are, as they have very few moving pieces and need not be airtight. You can adjust the power of a pneumatic gun, by adjusting how much air is forced inside the tank, but it is easier to adjust the power of a band-powered model. In this case, the spear fisher need only add or subtract bands from the gun. Additionally, while band-powered models are generally silent, pneumatic weapons are noisier. This can startle nearby fish, making it more difficult to achieve success.
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Jumper Offset
A jumper offset in a plumbing system uses a combination of fittings to go around an obstacle, such as a cylindrical tank. If your planning on writing a plumbing exam, rest assured that a jumper offset will be on the exam.
Using simple math and various constants, it's possible to find the required center-to-center lengths for each pipe in the offset, which are outlined below.
To find the missing values in a jumper offset you will need to remember the constants for right angle triangles used in a 45 degree offset; which are:
 1. To find the hypotenuse (the long side) multiple a short
 side by 1.414
 2. To find a short side when the hypotenuse is known, multiply it by 0.707
Jumper offset using 45-90-45 fittings
plumbing jumper offset
Use the image above to sketch out the jumper offset using the variables on the right. After a couple practice runs, try changing the numbers.
R - 4"
A = 3"
E = 2"
C - 20"
Step 1 - The first thing you need to find is the side of the secondary square (G). So add (R) + (A) = (G)
4 + 3 = 7" This number is known as the secondary square (G).
Step 2 - Multiplying the secondary square by 2 will give you the length of pipe (B), and the length of pipe (F) to the centerline of the tank.
(G) x 2 = (B) so to find the end to end length of pipe (B) which ends on the center line it would be 7" x 2 = 14".
Step 3 - To find the length of pipe (F) will require two steps, first you have to multiply dimension (E) by 1.414 to find the length of pipe (F) below the centerline of the tank, then add that number to result you got in step two above.
2" x 1.414 = 2.828 then 2.828" + 14" = 16.828" or roughly 16 7/8"
Step 4 - To find (H) also known as the offset, multiply the diagonal (B) by the constant 0.707
(H) = 14 x 0.707 = 9.898"
Step 5 - Find dimension (J) by adding the offset (H) with (E)
(H) +(E) = (J) / 9.898 + 2 = 11.898"
Step 6 - Finding the length of pipe (D) is simple subtraction.
(C) - (j) = (D)
20 - 11.898 = 8.102"


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Welcome to another IDS 11.10 (Cheetah) new feature close-up. This time we'll take a look at the possibility of creating multiple triggers on the same table and same event.
Up to IDS 11 you could have only one INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/SELECT trigger for each table. That means that if you wanted to do more in one of the events for which you already had a trigger you would have to change the existing trigger definition.
Now, with Cheetah, you can simply create another trigger. When the event happens both triggers will be fired and their actions will be done. It's a simple concept, but you should be aware of one important aspect: The sequence of execution of the triggered actions.
There is no guarantee to which trigger will execute first, but all the BEFORE actions will be done before all FOR EACH ROW actions, and finally the AFTER actions will be executed. So, the events have a pre-defined order to be executed, but you can't tell which trigger's event will be fired first. I've set up a test case that tries to show this issues. Let's take a look:
1 drop procedure trigger_change;
2 drop table test;
3 drop table action_log;
4 drop procedure trigger_proc;
5 CREATE TABLE test
7 col1 INTEGER,
8 col2 CHAR(20)
9 ) LOCK MODE ROW;
11 CREATE TABLE action_log
13 trig_name CHAR(20),
14 trig_event CHAR(20),
15 trig_action CHAR(20),
16 trig_seq SERIAL
17 ) LOCK MODE ROW;
19 CREATE PROCEDURE trigger_change () REFERENCING OLD AS old NEW AS new FOR test
20 LET new.col1 = 0;
21 END PROCEDURE;
22 CREATE PROCEDURE trigger_proc (t_name CHAR(20), t_action CHAR(20))
23 DEFINE t_event CHAR(20);
24 LET t_event = NULL;
25 IF t_action = 'FOR EACH ROW'
29 WHEN DELETING THEN "DELETING"
30 WHEN UPDATING THEN "UPDATING"
31 WHEN INSERTING THEN "INSERTING"
32 WHEN SELECTING THEN "SELECTING"
34 INTO t_event
35 FROM sysmaster:sysdual;
36 END IF
37 INSERT INTO action_log VALUES (t_name, t_event, t_action, 0);
38 END PROCEDURE;
40 CREATE TRIGGER ti_1_test INSERT ON test
43 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_1_test','BEFORE')
45 FOR EACH ROW
47 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_1_test','FOR EACH ROW'),
48 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_change() WITH TRIGGER REFERENCES
52 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_1_test','AFTER')
55 CREATE TRIGGER ti_2_test INSERT ON test
58 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_2_test','BEFORE')
60 FOR EACH ROW
62 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_2_test','FOR EACH ROW')
66 EXECUTE PROCEDURE trigger_proc('ti_2_test','AFTER')
69 INSERT INTO TEST VALUES(1,"one...");
70 SELECT * FROM test;
71 SELECT * FROM action_log;
The execution result is:
_EMAIL_:informix-> dbaccess stores_demo multiple_triggers.sql
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1 row(s) inserted.
1 row(s) retrieved.
trig_name trig_event trig_action trig_seq
ti_1_test BEFORE 1
ti_2_test BEFORE 2
ti_1_test INSERTING FOR EACH ROW 3
ti_2_test INSERTING FOR EACH ROW 4
ti_1_test AFTER 5
ti_2_test AFTER 6
6 row(s) retrieved.
So, let's make a line by line examination of the script. Hopefully, at the end, and after looking at the results, you'll get a clear picture of what's new in this area.
Lines 1 to 18 just create two tables: "test" table will be used as the triggers object and "action_log" will save the name of the trigger (in a minute...), the event that was being executed (BEFORE, FOR EACH ROW, AFTER), the action (INSERT,DELETE...) and the sequence by which they were called.
Lines 19 to 21 create what is called a triggered UDR. This UDR must be created in SPL, but can call other UDRs in another languages (C, JAVA...). This UDR must contain the REFERENCING and FOR clauses to be considered a triggered UDR. The referencing clause is similar to the same clause in triggers. The FOR clause defines which table's triggers can call this UDR in the FOR EACH ROW clause. I've included this to show that you can change the values that the user process used as VALUES in an INSERT statement for example. So, actually you can replace the values given by the client process.
The next lines (22-38) contain another procedure that will be called by the triggers and receives the trigger name and action. This procedure contains two new things:
- It uses the new operators "DELETING", "INSERTING", "UPDATING" and "SELECTING". These new operators can be used in the context of a FOR EACH ROW action and return true if the trigger event is respectively DELETE, INSERT, UPDATE and SELECT
- It also uses a new IDS 11.10 feature, the sysmaster:sysdual table. This is an Oracle ©right; compatibility feature. You could create a "dual" table in any Informix version, so this isn't really a big feature...
Lines 40-68 include the two trigger definitions. They are both INSERT triggers and they call the second procedure in each of it's actions. The first one also calls the first procedure (trig_change) to show that the insert value can be changed.
Line 69 just does an INSERT on the test table with the values "1" and "One". This will fire both triggers.
Lines 70 shows the content of table test, after the previous INSERT, and line 71 shows the contents of the action_log table.
So, what do we see in the results?:
- The value inserted in the test table was actually "0" and not "1"
- The sequence column of the action_log table shows that the BEFORE actions of both triggers were executed first, then the FOR EACH ROW and last the both AFTER clauses.
- First, all the BEFORE actions of all the triggers for the event
- Then all the FOR EACH ROW actions of all the triggers for the event
- In the end, all the AFTER actions of all the triggers for the event
Why would we want to use this feature? Well, for start, it can be handy in application conversions from other RDBMS where this is available and the existing application already uses it. Besides this, DBAs can use this to implement some triggered behavior in "blackbox applications". By this I mean applications where you don't have any influence on the developing phase. You can create your own triggers without interfering with existing ones. This can be used for auditing purposes or for some data extraction, based on changes made on the data fields.
So, in conclusion, the usefulness of this feature will depend largely on your environment requirements, but in some scenarios this can be a very valuable tool.
I think that if you look at the example above you'll see the most important aspects of this feature. So, take your time, and if any doubts remain don't hesitate to check the URL references to the manual and other sources. You can also leave a comment of course.


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- 1 How do I adopt a baby in Georgia?
- 2 Is it hard to adopt a baby in Georgia?
- 3 How long does it take to adopt in GA?
- 4 Why is adoption so expensive?
- 5 Can you adopt newborns?
- 6 Is adopting a baby hard?
- 7 How long do you have to be married to adopt in Georgia?
- 8 What is the quickest way to adopt a child?
- 9 Do you get a monthly check when you adopt a child?
- 10 Why is adopting a child so difficult?
- 11 How long does it take to adopt a newborn?
- 12 Is it cheaper to adopt from foster care?
How do I adopt a baby in Georgia?
Process for Families Adopting an Infant in Georgia
- Step 1: Determine what type of adoption you desire.
- Step 2: Choose an adoption professional wisely.
- Step 3: Create your adoptive family profile and complete your home study.
- Step 4: Patiently Waiting and Meeting Potential Birth Mother/s.
- Step 5: Post-Placement Contact.
Is it hard to adopt a baby in Georgia?
Becoming a foster or adoptive parent is not a complicated process. You have already taken the first and most challenging step by seeking information about making a child a part of your family.
How long does it take to adopt in GA?
Uncontested adoptions, where the rights of the parents have been surrendered or terminated, move through the Georgia courts quickly, and it is not unusual to finalize the adoption within 30-45 days from the filing of the petition for adoption, and in some case earlier.
Why is adoption so expensive?
The reason that infant, embryo, and international adoption is so expensive is that (unlike foster care), the cost is not paid for by tax payers. In addition, adoption is expensive because several costs are incurred along the way. The agency must cover its own expenses of staff and other overhead.
Can you adopt newborns?
Dually authorised carers may adopt a child in NSW where the Children's Court has determined the child cannot live with their family.
Is adopting a baby hard?
Adoption is so much more difficult and complicated than people think it is. Domestic infant adoption is actually rather rare, with only roughly 10 percent of hopeful parents being placed with a baby. The wait is often long and full of disappointment and heartbreak. Even after adopting a baby, adoption is hard.
How long do you have to be married to adopt in Georgia?
In the traditional adoption program, American Adoptions requires that adoptive parents be married for a minimum of two years, have no more than two children already, and be between the ages of 25 and 50. However, exceptions can and have been made.
What is the quickest way to adopt a child?
The easiest way to adopt child, and do it quickly is private placement adoption with lawyer though it can be costly. The other way is foster a child and let the agency now that is giving you the foster child you are looking to foster a child to adopt.
Do you get a monthly check when you adopt a child?
As a foster parent, you will receive a check each month to cover the cost of caring for the child, and the child will also receive medical assistance. If you adopt that child, you will continue to receive financial and medical assistance. Remember that for a U.S. waiting child you should not be asked to pay high fees.
Why is adopting a child so difficult?
Adopting babies out of the foster care system is typically difficult, because of a high demand, and children in the foster care system often have very specific emotional and physical needs that some families may not feel equipped to handle. There's always a way to adopt if that's what you're determined to do.
How long does it take to adopt a newborn?
Adopting a foster child can take 6 to 18 months. Adopting a newborn can take 2 to 7 years. International adoptions can take six or more years. Being flexible in your requirements for a child can decrease the time required.
Is it cheaper to adopt from foster care?
Adopting a child from foster care is often funded by the state, and in most cases there are few or no fees. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, working with a private agency to adopt a healthy newborn or baby or to adopt from another country can cost $5,000 to $40,000.


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Suspending and Resuming Service (End User)
When you create a suspend order, you stop service. The customer is still the owner of the service, but no service is being delivered. When you create a resume order, you recommence a service that has been suspended.
You may use suspend and resume orders for a number of reasons:
 - Customers who are going on vacation may want to suspend their newspaper delivery service while they are away.
 - A chain store may have one branch in a remote location that closes for the winter, so it wants to suspend both its phone and internet service to that site for the winter.
 - A phone company may have a policy saying that, if customers have not paid their bills for three months and do not respond to calls from collection agents, the phone company suspends their service. The phone company resumes service after the bills are paid.
 - Customers may report that they have lost their cell phones, and the phone company suspends service to prevent fraud. When the phones are found, the company resumes the service.
To enter a suspend order
 1. Navigate to the Accounts view of the Accounts screen.
 2. In the Accounts list, click the name of the customer who has the service.
 3. Click the Installed Assets view tab.
 4. If necessary, do a query to find the assets to be suspended.
 For example, if you want to suspend service to a site, query on the Point of Service field to find all assets for that site.
 5. In the Installed Assets list, select one or more services with the status of Active.
 6. Click Suspend.
To enter a resume order
 1. Navigate to the Installed Assets view.
 2. In the Installed Assets list, select a service that has the status of Suspended.
 3. Click Resume.


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The first light depicts Saint Fursey, a seventh century Irish saint. The saint was noted for his piety, his ecstatic visions and for his great healing ability. Saint Fursey is depicted in the main panels wearing a bronze chasuble over crimson and ivory vestments.
The lower panel depicts Saint Fursey raising a Duke's son from the dead.
The second light depicts Saint Fechin who established many monasteries in the West of Ireland during the late seventh century.
The main panels depict Saint Fechin in a pale green chasuble over blue and white robes. The lower panel depicts the saint holding a crucifix and preaching to his congregation.


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Pentacle Symbol Meaning Handmade sculpted in clay by psychic medium Ian Scott On Etsy !
Five Pointed Star With A Circle Around It Meaning
The Pentacle meaning, a 5-pointed Star contained within a circle. The five points of the Pentacle represent the four directions and four elements, with spirit at the top. A human with arms and legs outstretched in front of the star creates a circle of color with the aura revealing a living breathing pentacle of protection.
The pentacle meaning in the Golden Dawn system is one of a magical protection shield and summoning device. When used in ritual magick the pentacle is made of clay, wax, or earthenware. In some esoteric traditions, it's made of pure gold, silver, copper or iron.
The pentacle's origins go back to the ancient Mesopotamians, who engraved it on pottery and tools, often with the symbols meaning the four corners or…
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Who wrote Sylvester and the Magic Pebble?
 1. Mo Willems
 2. William Steig
 3. Beatrix Potter
 4. Maurice Sendak
What was Sylvester's hobby?
 1. counting coins
 2. drawing pictures
 3. collecting pebbles
 4. making up recipes
It was raining outside. What did Sylvester do?
 1. went home
 2. got an umbrella
 3. danced in the rain
 4. wished it would stop raining
The author said the rain didn't stop gradually, it CEASED. What does CEASED most likely mean?
 1. kept going
 2. stopped slowly
 3. rained even harder
 4. stopped right away
Sylvester thought something magical had happened. What did he think caused the magic?
 1. his mind
 2. a magician
 3. the red pebble
 4. wishing really hard
Sylvester decided to test the pebble. How did he test it?
 1. He dropped it on the ground.
 2. He wished that it would rain.
 3. He wished for a million dollars.
 4. He asked it to give him a sign.
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 1. Sylvester ran home.
 2. The lion growed at Sylvester.
 3. The lion gobbled Sylvester up.
 4. Sylvester wished he was a rock.
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 2. The pebble lost its magic.
 3. The lion stole the pebble.
 4. He lost the pebble on the ground.
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 1. hard
 2. happy
 3. excited
 4. hopeless
How long was Sylvester missing?
 1. a day
 2. a week
 3. a month
 4. many months
Why did Sylvester's parents go to Strawberry Hill?
 1. to pick flowers
 2. to have a picnic
 3. to talk to the lion
 4. to look for Sylvester
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Potential Momentum Announcements
- May 2012 at Eclipse Day in Toulouse - Focus on availability of Paho client code, including Lua client.
- M2M content in Eclipse DemoCamps
- List of potential M2M events for Eclipse to participate
We would like to organize a series of M2M webinars to highlight the vision and solutions of the M2M working group. The Eclipse Foundation would host and promote the webinars. We will need speakers to volunteer to provide the content.
- Webinar 1: What is M2M?
- Provide an overview of what is meant by M2M, use cases, technical challenges and what the IWG hopes to accomplish.
- Speaker: Arlen and Benjamin
- Webinar 2: Anatomy of an M2M Application
- Speaker: James and Marco
- Webinar 2: Getting Started with MQTT
- Provide an introduction to MQTT, why and when people should consider using it and steps to getting started.
- Speaker: Scott to find speaker
- Webinar 3: Developing with Lua
- Introduce Lua language, why is it well suited for M2M and introduce Koneki
- Speaker: Benjamin
I suggest we look at doing a webinar every 2 weeks.
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Annual flow is above 5,000 million cubic meters (MCM) on average, but varies substantially both within and across years, and includes two flood seasons each year. Between 1944 and 1978, average total flow (at Garissa) was 6,105 MCM, varying from only 1,789 MCM in 1949 to 13,342 MCM in 1968. During the _PHONE_ period, annual flow remained above 5,000 MCM as well. A series of hydroelectric dams have been constructed along the river, including the Kindaruma Dam in 1968, the Kamburu Dam in 1975, the Gitaru Dam in 1978, the Masinga Dam in 1981, and the Kiambere Dam in 1988. A 2003 study reported that two-thirds of Kenya's electrical needs were supplied by the series of dams along the Tana River.
^ abNakaegawa T., Wachana C. and KAKUSHIN Team-3 Modeling Group. (2012). "First impact assessment of hydrological cycle in the Tana River Basin, Kenya, under a changing climate in the late 21st Century," Hydrological Research Letters, 6, pp. 29-34.


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No matter how healthy a pine tree may be, it will shed it's oldest needles every year. They become brown before they fall from the tree. A pine tree with brown needles, only on the bottom branches, however, may not be indicative of a normal shed. There are several reasons why a pine tree could begin to die and start drying out from the bottom up. Here, you may find your answer as to why your pine tree may dying and drying from the bottom up, as well as some possible solutions for the cause of it.
- Pines need sunshine to flourish, and branches that don't get sun exposure can die
- Water stress in pines can cause needles to die. Lower branches may die from water stress in order to prolong the life of the rest of the tree.
- You can help your pine with blight by clipping out diseased sections. Then spray a fungicide on the pine in springtime
"If you see so many dead needles on lower pine branches that it looks like they are dying, it may be for lack of sunlight. Trimming nearby shade trees may help."


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When Doctors Tell Patients They Shouldn't Drive
Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 2:49 pm
In Ontario, doctors get paid $36.25 each time they warn patients who might be unfit to drive and report them to the provincial transportation department.
Which conditions might pose hazards behind the wheel? There's a checklist on the Ontario report form that offers some of the more common conditions, including alcohol dependence, seizures, dementia and uncontrolled narcolepsy.
So does telling people they're not fit to drive help prevent accidents? It looks plausible, according to results of a study in the latest New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre found a 45 percent drop in the annual rate of accidents for patients after doctors warned them. The accident rate fell to about 2.73 accidents annually per 1,000 patients from 4.76 annually during a three-year period before the warnings.
There was a downside. The researchers found a significant uptick in treatment for depression in emergency rooms for patients after the warnings. Patients' visits to the doctors who warned them also fell off, suggesting the warning hurt the therapeutic relationship.
The researchers were able to match medical and driving records and follow the patients for years. But the researchers didn't arrange for doctors to randomly give some people warnings and others none. That meant the researchers can't absolutely prove the warnings were responsible for the drop in accidents.
Still, the study concludes that "the reduction in risk was immediate, substantial, and sustained...." And the observed decline in accidents was hard to explain otherwise. "Together, these data suggest that warning patients who are medically unfit to drive may reduce the risk of road crashes," they wrote.
Payment of doctors to warn and report unfit drivers increases the likelihood that will happen. But the study suggests the warnings were linked to a real increase in depression and harm to the doctor–patient relationship, the researchers concluded, while still not reducing driving risks to the same level as the population at large.


Chapter 2. Installing VoltDB
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Chapter 2. Installing VoltDB
VoltDB is available in both an open source and an enterprise edition. The open source, or community, edition provides basic database functionality with all the transactional performance benefits of VoltDB. The enterprise edition provides additional features needed to support production environments, such as high availability, durability, and dynamic scaling and schema management.
Depending on which version you choose, the VoltDB software comes as either pre-built distributions or as source code. This chapter explains the system requirements for running VoltDB, how to install and upgrade the software, and what resources are provided in the kit.
2.1. Operating System and Software Requirements
The following are the requirements for developing and running VoltDB applications.
Table 2.1. Operating System and Software Requirements
Operating System
VoltDB requires a 64-bit Linux-based operating system. Kits are built and qualified on the following platforms:
 - CentOS version 6.3 or later, including 7.0
 - Red Hat (RHEL) version 6.3 or later, including 7.0
 - Ubuntu versions 10.042, 12.04, and 14.04
Development builds are also available for Macintosh OS X 10.7 and later1.
CPU
 - Dual core3 x86_64 processor
 - 64 bit
 - 1.6 GHz
Memory4 Gbytes4
Java
Java 7 or 8 — VoltDB supports JDKs from OpenJDK or Oracle/Sun
Required Software
NTP5
Python 2.5 or later release of 2.x
Recommended Software
Eclipse 3.x (or other Java IDE)
Footnotes:
 1. CentOS 6.3, CentOS 7.0, RHEL 6.3, RHEL 7.0, and Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, and 14.04 are the only officially supported operating systems for VoltDB. However, VoltDB is tested on several other POSIX-compliant and Linux-based 64-bit operating systems, including Macintosh OS X 10.7.
 2. Support for Ubuntu 10.04 is deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming release.
 3. Dual core processors are a minimum requirement. Four or eight physical cores are recommended for optimal performance.
 4. Memory requirements are very specific to the storage needs of the application and the number of nodes in the cluster. However, 4 Gigabytes should be considered a minimum configuration.
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The Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE) Study Program of Swiss German University (SGU) went on an excursion on Java Island from 25th to 30th October 2017. This excursion was led by Dr. Matthias Guenther, Head of Research Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The occasion was the visit of Prof. Matthias Schirmer, the Head of the study program Environmental Technology and Development at Ernst-Abbe-HochschuleJena (EAH Jena). Some locations on Java were visited that are related to energy research and economy. Besides the two lecturers, SEE students joined a part of the excursion.
The first location visited was the power plant component factory PT Siemens Indonesia in Cilegon, Banten. Dr. Matthias Guenther and Prof. Matthias Schirmer were accompanied by two SEE students, Rachel Radulla and Sabrina Hopf. The visit was led by Mr. Michael Strunk from Siemens Indonesia who showed the factory to the SGU guests and explained them its operation.
The next location was the Geothermal Power Plant Kamojang near Garut, the first Indonesian geothermal plant which started its operation in 1983. The power plant is jointly operated by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy and PT Indonesia Power, a subsidiary of PT PLN (Persero).
The next day, the team went to Baron Techno Park in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Baron Techno Park is a development and education center for sustainable energy under Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT). It is an experimental platform for sustainable energy solutions containing wind turbines, PV devices, a wave energy converter and a fuel cell. There is a biodiesel generation facility and also a seawater desalination plant. Additionally, the park contains an energy education and information facility.
The excursion was continued with the visit of two locations in West Java, where the lecturers were guided by the energy and environmental consultancy and engineering company PT Entec Indonesia. The first location was the ASEAN Hydropower Competence Center (HYCOM) in Bandung, an international training and dissemination facility for mini hydropower. The second location was the Melong Micro Hydropower Plant (PLTMH Melong, 100 kW), which is operated by Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknologi Ketenagalistrikan, Energi Baru, Terbarukan dan Konservasi Energi (P3TKEBTKE) under the Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM).
During the excursion, Dr. Matthias Schirmer and Dr. Matthias Guenther also took their time to climb Mount Merapi and to visit Borobudur Temple. Before the excursion, Prof. Matthias Schirmerhad gave a general lecture about Waste Management Technology for SEE students at SGU Campus. The visit from EAH Jena was a good opportunity to tighten the relationship between the two institutions and between lecturers of the two universities. SGU cooperates with EAH Jena in the areas of Sustainable Energy and Environment, and Business Administration. Both institutions hope to strengthen the cooperation in the future.


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Often you want to be able to query for the child elements on a web page that are dynamically created and therefore not good candidates for LEARNing individually. This article explains how you can use the dynamic XPATH methods of Rapise to accomplish this task.
If we consider the following sample web page:
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This has the following checkboxes:
In this example instead of learning the three checkboxes, we just position the mouse over the entire cell and LEARN that:
Assuming that this Cell is learned in Rapise with the name 'Cell', you can use the following code to dynamically query the child objects of the cell:
function Test()
{
 Tester.Message('ChildrenCount = ' + SeS('Cell').DoDOMChildrenCount());
 var /**Array*/items = SeS('Cell').DoDOMQueryXPath('*');
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Male noses grow disproportionately larger than female noses beginning at puberty, a University of Iowa study has found. The reason: males need to breathe in more oxygen to feed muscle mass than females. - College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
Human noses come in all shapes and sizes. But one feature seems to hold true: Men's noses are bigger than women's.
A new study from the University of Iowa concludes that men's noses are about 10 percent larger than female noses, on average, in populations of European descent. The size difference, the researchers believe, comes from the sexes' different builds and energy demands: Males in general have more lean muscle mass, which requires more oxygen for muscle tissue growth and maintenance. Larger noses mean more oxygen can be breathed in and transported in the blood to supply the muscle.
The researchers also note that males and females begin to show differences in nose size at around age 11, generally, when puberty starts. Physiologically speaking, males begin to grow more lean muscle mass from that time, while females grow more fat mass. Prior research has shown that, during puberty, approximately 95 percent of body weight gain in males comes from fat-free mass, compared to 85 percent in females.
"This relationship has been discussed in the literature, but this is the first study to examine how the size of the nose relates to body size in males and females in a longitudinal study," says Nathan Holton, assistant professor in the UI College of Dentistry and lead author of the paper, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. "We have shown that as body size increases in males and females during growth, males exhibit a disproportionate increase in nasal size. This follows the same pattern as energetic variables such as oxygenate consumption, basal metabolic rate and daily energy requirements during growth."
It also explains why our noses are smaller than those of our ancestors, such as the Neanderthals. The reason, the researchers believe, is because our distant lineages had more muscle mass, and so needed larger noses to maintain that muscle. Modern humans have less lean muscle mass, meaning we can get away with smaller noses.
"So, in humans, the nose can become small, because our bodies have smaller oxygen requirements than we see in archaic humans," Holton says, noting also that the rib cages and lungs are smaller in modern humans, reinforcing the idea that we don't need as much oxygen to feed our frames as our ancestors. "This all tells us physiologically how modern humans have changed from their ancestors."
Holton and his team tracked nose size and growth of 38 individuals of European descent enrolled in the Iowa Facial Growth Study from three years of age until the mid-twenties, taking external and internal measurements at regular intervals for each individual. The researchers found that boys and girls have the same nose size, generally speaking, from birth until puberty percolated, around age 11. From that point onward, the size difference grew more pronounced, the measurements showed.
"Even if the body size is the same," Holton says, "males have larger noses, because more of the body is made up of that expensive tissue. And, it's at puberty that these differences really take off."
Holton says the findings should hold true for other populations, as differences in male and female physiology cut across cultures and races, although further studies would need to confirm that.
Prior research appears to support Holton's findings. In a 1999 study published in the European Journal of Nutrition, researchers documented that males' energy needs doubles that of females post-puberty, "indicating a disproportional increase in energy expenditure in males during this developmental period," Holton and his colleagues write.
Another interesting aspect of the research is what it all means for how we think of the nose. It's not just a centrally located adornment on our face; it's more a valuable extension of our lungs.
"So, in that sense, we can think of it as being independent of the skull, and more closely tied with non-cranial aspects of anatomy," Holton says.
Thomas Southard, professor and chair of orthodontics in the UI College of Dentistry, is a contributing author on the paper. Other authors are Todd Yokley, from Metropolitan State University in Denver, and Andrew Froehle, from Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio. The Department of Orthodontics in the UI College of Dentistry funded the research.
Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by the University of Iowa


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An adversary may delete a cloud instance after they have performed malicious activities in an attempt to evade detection and remove evidence of their presence. Deleting an instance or virtual machine can remove valuable forensic artifacts and other evidence of suspicious behavior if the instance is not recoverable.
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Limit permissions for deleting new instances in accordance with least privilege. Organizations should limit the number of users within the organization with an IAM role that has administrative privileges, strive to reduce all permanent privileged role assignments, and conduct periodic entitlement reviews on IAM users, roles and policies.
The deletion of a new instance or virtual machine is a common part of operations within many cloud environments. Events should then not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities. For example, detecting a sequence of events such as the creation of an instance, mounting of a snapshot to that instance, and deletion of that instance by a new user account may indicate suspicious activity.
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Named after its original owner and operator, Thomas Ryan, Ryan's Mart opened on July 1, 1856. It came to be after a city ordinance banned slave auctions around the Old Exchange Building, previously Charleston's busiest slave trading destination. It was later sold to local slave trader Ziba Oakes, at which point it became known as "the Mart." It operated for seven years, closing in 1863 when Union bombardment forced its evacuation and closure. Slave trading continued in other parts of Charleston until February 1865, when the city was reclaimed by the U. S. Army.
The Old Slave Mart Museum is located at the site of Ryan's Mart, Charleston's most prominent location for public slave auctions on the eve of the American Civil War.
Ryan's Mart was a four-building complex that stretched from Chalmers Street to Queen Street. The Old Slave Mart Museum is housed in the Mart's last remaining structure, which served as a salesroom and showroom. During its years of operation, Ryan's Mart also included a kitchen, an infirmary, a four-story jail where enslaved people were confined prior to sale, and a large enclosed lot used as a slave pen.
After the Civil War, former property that made up the Mart was broken up and served a variety of roles, including as tenement housing for local African Americans. In 1938, Miriam B. Wilson opened the Old Slave Mart Museum in the former salesroom building at Chalmers. Privately owned for its first fifty years, the museum was acquired in 1988 by the City of Charleston, who renovated and reopened it in 2007.


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Since 1993, The 4×4 Center Driving School has been challenging drivers from across the USA to explore and achieve new levels of skill both on road and off road. Our clients include professional and recreational drivers. We have classes geared to everyone from first-time off-road drivers to corporate safety trainers and the United States Military.
Every course starts with a presentation to establish some basic principles of driving techniques and the mechanics of how vehicles and machines work and operate. Only then can you master the critical relationships between the driver and the vehicle and the vehicle and the terrain.
Training Classes Offered by The 4x4 Center Include:
- Business & Employee Training's are focused on the necessary building blocks that each employee needs to accomplish their responsibilities. When and accident occurs at work, the first questions OSHA asks are: how & when was the employee trained to perform this task, and proof the training occured. The 4x4 Center helps businesses keep track of employee training and promotes the training of new employees. Click here to see our list of available Business Training Modules.
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Each class is customized to fit YOUR specific needs!
Some of the topics we will cover include four-wheel drive systems, proper gear selection, and vehicle preservation. In the field, driving one of our fleet vehicles, you will take what you learned in the classroom and apply it to some challenging terrain in northern Vermont.
The 4×4 Center training facility is located in the heart of the Green Mountains accessing over 3,000 acres of natural terrain with twenty miles of trail. We also feature twenty acres of man-made obstacles, including a paved skid pad; complete with sprinkler system to simulate all weather conditions. Our northern Vermont location allows for outstanding winter driving challenges from December through March.
All of our instructors have years if not decades of experience operating 4×4 vehicles. They are highly trained as drivers and mechanics with extensive practice in extreme vehicle operation, repair, and recovery.
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Arrange/Act/Assert (AAA) is a pattern for organizing unit tests. It breaks tests down into three clear and distinct steps: Arrange: Perform the setup and initialization
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Assertions are another tool you can use to help debug and test your Java code. However, assertions are not enabled by default in Eclipse. This guide will show
Also, understand difference between Assert and Verify. Java中有一个不太常用的关键字assert，是jdk1.4中加入的，平时开发中见的很少，不过在一些框架的源码里面的测试类里面，出现过不少它的踪迹。 Purpose of assert.h. The purpose of assert.h is to test assumptions. In C there are a few frameworks to test code, but those frameworks aren't as easy as for example JUnit in Java. Assert.h is a very simple way to write a few quick tests.
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Now, we will look into different methods to assert in JUnit by examples. If you are not familiar with Arrange/Act/Assert (AAA) is a pattern for organizing unit tests. It breaks tests down into three clear and distinct steps: Arrange: Perform the setup and initialization TL;DR. Write small and specific tests by heavily using helper functions, parameterized tests, AssertJ's I hope you remember java concept of having same method with different parameters. If you know concept, please do 28 Mar 2017 1) The assertion is introduced in JDK 1.4 and implemented using assert keyword in Java.
Enkelt uttryckt är det Java++, en bättre variant av Java helt enkelt. last:'Silja') def p3 = new Person(first:'Per', last:'Silja') assert p2 == p3 assert p1 != p3 assert
Asserts that expected and actual iterables are deeply equal.. Similarly to the check for deep equality in assertArrayEquals(Object[], Object[], String), if two iterables are encountered (including expected and actual) then their iterators must return equal elements in the same order as each other. 2019-10-25 · A simple assertion and validation library for Java which makes it possible to use your favorite hamcrest-matchers to express pre- and post-conditions in your code. Use the global default policy to signal logical violations in your code or optionally specify your own handling.
An assertion is a statement in Java which ensures the correctness of any assumptions which have been done in the program. When an assertion is executed, it is assumed to be true. If the assertion is false, the JVM will throw an Assertion error. It finds it application primarily in the testing purposes.
Assertion keyword is mostly In this post, we will learn all the Assert statements available in JUnit 4.The assertions are available for all primitive types, Objects, and arrays (either of primitives or Objects). 2019-06-26 · The Java assert keyword was introduced in the Java 1.4, so it's been around for quite a while. However, it remains the little-known keyword that can drastically reduce the boilerplate and make our code more readable. > java -ea AssertionSwitchTest // enable assertion Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: -5 at AssertionTest.main(AssertionTest.java:5) Assertion can be used for verifying: Internal Invariants: Assert that a value is within a certain constraint, e.g., assert x > 0. The assert keyword is used in assertion statement which is a feature of the Java programming language since Java 1.4.
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Java assert keyword – assertion in Java 1. Java assert syntax The assertion statement will have either of below given two forms: Syntax assert 2. Java assert example assert can help support in design-by-contract style of programming.
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Generally speaking, assert should not be used in production code. Share. public class Assert extends java.lang.Object. A set of assertion methods useful for writing tests. Only failed assertions are recorded.
For example, if you write a method that calculates the speed of a particle, you might assert that the calculated speed is less than the speed of light.
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Assert Statements in Java | assertion | Programming in java| Java Tutorial | Vidya Fand🙏👉Please Like, Share, Support & Subscribe👈🙏👉YouTube channel vidy Se hela listan på programiz.com As you may have figured out from the simple test, most of the secret of implementing JUnit unit tests, is in the use of the assert methods in the class org.junit.Assert. In this text I will take a closer look at what assert methods are available in this class. Here is a list of the assert methods: Java assert keyword is used to create assertions in Java, which enables us to test the assumptions about our program. For example, an assertion may be to make sure that an employee's age is positive number.


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The smell of homemade bread doesn't just make us crave fresh-from-the-oven carbs, it also makes us kinder to strangers — or so a new study claims.
A small team of researchers from France's University of Southern Brittany sent four volunteers to stand outside a clothing store. They sent another four volunteers to stand outside a bakery. As shoppers passed by, the volunteers "accidentally" dropped small personal items, like gloves and handkerchiefs, the NY Daily News reports.
The researchers found that 77 per cent of the shoppers who walked by the volunteers outside the bakery stopped to pick up the dropped items, while only 52 per cent of shoppers stopped outside the clothing store.
The experiment was repeated 400 times, each time leading the researchers to conclude that pleasant smells "trigger a positive mood that leads to a greater degree of altruism, or unconditional concern for the welfare of others," the Daily Mail reports.
Of course, if you're on a diet that's severely limiting your carb intake, the smell of fresh bread might make you hostile rather than hospitable.
The study doesn't indicate if factors like time of day or weather were controlled for in the study.
Watch the video below reporting on the new bread study.


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Discord is a brand name that many people have heard about, and this instant messaging and content distribution service is rapidly gaining popularity among many groups of users. A unique feature of this platform is that it facilitates community-based communication, where users who share certain interests can form their own private chats that are known as servers.
While its user interface is quite simple, Discord allows users to deploy a variety of advanced communication tools, from textual content to audio and video streams. It's natural that users want to express their thoughts creatively, so there is a lot of genuine interest in learning how to change the visual look of the messages through the use of basic text formatting. In this article, we will discuss how to change text style in Discord and provide detailed instructions for activating various options, such as using bold or italic letters or underlining a part of the text.
Let's start with the software module that makes it all possible.
Part 1: How Does Discord Text Engine Work?
Beneath the surface, Discord runs on a powerful engine called Markdown, which regulates how text is displayed on the pages visible to users. It's an application of markup language that completely depends on textual symbols as commands, making it quite simple for users who are not skilled at advanced programming to alter the look of the text.
Basically, Markdown allows you to enter a few symbols and it will interpret them as commands for changing the text style, for example bolding or underlying certain word or sentence. For highlighting blocks of text, there is a specific library named Highlight.js that allows simple text marking for stylistic emphasis.
This approach is very practical and easy to learn, so long-time users of Discord are able to change text style as they type without thinking too much about it. Really, it's all about following a couple of simple rules and knowing the most important combinations of characters (tags).
Part 2: How to Change Text Style in Discord with Markdown?
As we mentioned previously, Markdown is completely text-based and has a very simple syntax. All you need to do to apply special formatting to your text is to enter a few special characters at the right places, and the appropriate effect (bold, italic…) will appear in the chat. Keep in mind that you can easily combine the formatting styles by using multiple commands at the same time.
Here is an overview of the most important options for changing text style in Discord, and you can preview the text style in real time before sending to friends:
Change Text Style in Discord - Basic
How to Bold Text in Discord?
A simple way to use bold text style is to add two asterisks (**) at the beginning and the end of the text that you want to have this effect.
How to Italicize in Discord?
Italicized style of text will be displayed in the chat if you put one asterisk character (*) before and one more after the selected text.
How to Write Strikethrough and Make Discord Cross Out Text?
In order to get a strikethrough effect on your text, you will have to type two tilde characters (~~) on either side of the section of text that you want to change, and then you will create an appearance of a crossed-out portion of text.
How to Make Discord Underline Text?
Underline effect is also available on Discord and equally simple to activate. Just type two underscore dashes (__)at the start and the ending of the text selection to apply it.
How to Combine Text Formatting Options in Discord?
Once you mastered the basic effects and know the commands without thinking, it's time to consider more complex text transformations that combine more than one effect. In principle, Markdown lets you do this just as easily, for as long as you know all the right combinations of characters that produce the desired effect. Here are the detailed instructions for some of the most frequently utilized combos:
Underlined and Italicized text
For this elegant combination, use two underscore dashes (__) followed by one asterisk (*) before and after the selected text.
Discord Underlined and Italicized text
Underlined and Bolded text
Put two underscore dashes (__) and add two asterisk characters (**) to both sides of the selection to get those two effects together.
Discord Underlined and Bolded text
Underlined, Italicized, and Bolded text
This combination is achieved by placing two underscore marks (__) and three straight asterisks (***) at the beginning as well as the end of the text.
Discord Underlined & Italicized Bolded text
Bolded, Italicized, underlined, and crossed out text
You can combine all four style changes as well – just use two tildes (~~), two underscores (__) and three asterisks (***) on either side of your text.
Discord Underlined & Italicized Bolded crossed out text
Part 3: How to Use Code Block for Discord Text Formatting?
In addition to simple font transformations, Discord allows users to engage in advanced text formatting with incredible ease. One way to do it is to deploy code blocks, which can be activated with the backtick character ( ' ) placed on the beginning and the end of a text section. This command will highlight the chosen part of the text while preserving blank space around it for extra emphasis of your message. However, if you use three consecutive ( ' ) signs before a block of text and separate the text into several lines by pressing enter, the result will be a series of highlighted lines that form a single code block. This option is simple enough that even beginners with no programming abilities can easily learn how to use it, and it has some practical applications that savvy Discord users are very fond of.
Part 4: How to Change the Text Color in Discord Message?
It's not possible to alter the default text color from the native user interface in Discord. However, there is a simple solution to this problem that involves the scrip mentioned earlier in the article. This Javascript-based library can transform the normal text into a code block consisting of three lines, where the middle line would be your selection of text in an alternative color. This is a neat workaround that's very simple to activate using the same kind of text-based commands described above.
To execute this smart trick, you should create a simple, three-line block. In the top line, you need to put three backtick characters ("') along with a code phrase corresponding to the text color you would like to use. In the second line, you should type your entire text normally, while the bottom line should include three more backticks. You can create new lines by pressing the Shift and Enter keys at the same time.
Here is a detailed video tutorial for creating customized text in a range of different colors with all the relevant code phrases.
FAQs About Discord Text Formatting
 1. What is the default Discord font?
Discord uses the same basic font all over the entire platform, including all chats between users and in your profile info. This is Uni sans font, which is quite simple and belongs to the sans serif family of fonts that are known for good readability on almost any background.
 1. How do you get different fonts on Discord?
It's not possible to change the font directly from the Discord app, but this limitation can be circumvented if you find a good Discord font generator on the internet. Those are very easy to use, so you can simply type your text in a chosen font and copy it back into Discord already formatted.
 1. How to make a hidden text in Discord?
The creation of a hidden text message that requires direct user action to reveal is possible in Discord and requires a so-called spoiler tag. If you precede your message with the text /spoiler or type two slash bars ( //) at either side, it will be hidden from other users except for those who decide to view it and indicate their desire by clicking or tapping on it. Messages of this kind appear highlighted with gray background in the message stream on a Discord chat.
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Wireframe Immersive has played a vital role in creating Virtual Reality Empathy Platform (VR-EP), a new virtual reality device is set to help architects and designers create dementia-friendly buildings and spaces through understanding how dementia can affect a person's vision.
The idea is the brainchild of David Burgher, director at Scottish Borders-based Aitken Turnbull Architects, who has developed the product in partnership with Glasgow CGI company Wireframe Immersive and experts at the Dementia Centre, HammondCare. The Dementia Centre is recognised as a world leader in dementia support, care and design. It provided the evidence-based research and academic rigour to this product. Wireframe Immersive has developed the virtual environment and will supply the software and hardware.
VR-EP comprises a laptop with high performance graphic and memory capability, Virtual Reality goggles, a games controller, camera and bespoke software programming.
VR-EP can be used in the design of new buildings such as care homes, hospitals or sheltered housing, and also has the potential to assess existing buildings and environments. Dementia-friendly design can significantly improve the quality of life for people living with the condition.
There are currently more than 800,000 people in the UK living with dementia, a figure that is expected to rise to 1.7 million by 2051. Dementia costs the UK economy £26.3 billion per year – more than cancer and heart disease combined. This application can help healthcare providers save expensive adaptive costs by designing buildings and spaces with the person living with dementia in mind.
People living with dementia can see things very differently, with objects often appearing dimmer and less colourful than they really are, which can be frightening and confusing. By using this device to see things through the eyes of a fictional person living with dementia, building or interior designers will be able to create homely and familiar environments that could reduce accidents, lessen anxiety and help those living with dementia live more independent lives.
The introduction of this unique VR-EP technology takes this insight to the another level - giving building designers first-hand experience of how dementia affects vision so that we can design spaces that are far better suited to people living with the condition.
As well as reducing anxiety, the improved design offers a better, safer and more independent quality of life. Dementia-friendly design doesn't have to cost more. In fact, by using VR-EP, designers will get it right first time and therefore reduce costs. Initial research shows there is a strong demand for this product on an international scale and the VR-EP device will make a profound impact in improving the environment for those living with dementia.


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Suppose $A$ and $B$ are two algebras of the same signature, both having maximum condition on sub-algebras. Is it true that $A\times B$ has the same property?
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What is maximum condition? – The Masked Avenger Feb 19 at 22:38
Take ${\mathbb Z}$ with two unary operations $i:z\mapsto z+1$ and $d:z\mapsto z-1$. Such an algebra has only two subalgebras $\varnothing$ and ${\mathbb Z}$. Whereas in ${\mathbb Z}\times{\mathbb Z}$, a subalgebra is any subset closed with respect to the action of the group $({\mathbb Z},+)$ given by $z\cdot(z_1,z_2):=(z+z_1,z+z_2)$. Any orbit is given by the number $z_1-z_2$. Therefore, a subalgebra is nothing but a collection of integer numbers. Consequently, the maximality condition does not hold. – Sasha Anan'in Feb 19 at 22:57
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Here is a semigroup example.
Take the semigroup $\mathbb Z_+$ of positive integers. Each of its subsemigroups is finitely generated so it has the maximum condition on subsemigroups. But $\mathbb Z_+\times \mathbb Z_+$ is not finitely generated so it does not have the maximum condition.
Indeed, any element of the form $(m,1)$ with $m>0$ is not a sum of two elements of $\mathbb Z_+\times \mathbb Z_+$. Thus these elements must belong to any generating set.
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Thank you, it seems that determining the type of algebras having this property must be hard. – M. Shahryari Feb 20 at 3:06
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All About the Benefits of Owning A Ranch
Why do people buy ranches? Many people buy them for profit. Certainly, someone with the right knowledge and technical know-how can make money from the livestock or fishery a ranch produces. Proper ranch management is said to the key to a profitable ranch operation. Furthermore, ranches are subject to attractive tax incentives. As a ranch owner, you can donate your property into a conservation easement, and promise to not develop it. Doing this can give you significant tax deductions.
Investment experts, however, caution potential ranch owners about the income-generating capability of ranches. As with any other agricultural enterprise, the profitability of cattle and other ranch produce depends largely on market conditions. Also, while very attractive properties, ranches are not as easy to sell as other agricultural lands. Some financial experts categorize ranches as an alternative investment, that is, it requires a fairly large amount of capital that may yield profits only after a considerable period. Others see them as inflation hedges. A number of present ranch owners are also exploring other revenue-generating ventures such as opening their properties for recreation, or engaging their land in carbon trading projects.
However, experts are one in saying that the true benefits of owning a ranch come from its non-financial rewards: the satisfaction of owning acres of scenic property and wide open spaces that soothe the soul, a rural lifestyle of "living off the land", and the prestige one gets in the community from being a ranch-owner.


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Space-Time Modeling of Vector Hydrologic Sequences
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Stochastic modeling of vector hydrologic sequences is examined with a general class of space‐time autoregressive integrated moving average (STARIMA) models. The models describe spatial and temporal autocorrelatjon, through dependent variables lagged both in space and time. The model structures incorporate a hierarchical ordering scheme to map the vector of observations into a network configuration. The neighboring structure used introduces a physical/geographical hierarchy to enable the model identification procedures to assist in determining appropriate correlative relationships. The three‐stage iterative space‐time model building procedure is illustrated using average monthly streamfiow data for a four‐station network of the Southeastern Hydropower System.
Ramos, Jose A. and Deutsch, Stuart Jay, "Space-Time Modeling of Vector Hydrologic Sequences" (1986). CEC Faculty Articles. 419.


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Originally formed 18,000 years ago, the tarn was the result of moving ice scouring the ground, creating glacial sand hills and a natural bowl. As the ice melted, the bowl filled, becoming the lake we know today.
People have been visiting Talkin Tarn for hundreds of years, evidenced by the old buckles, stone axes and urns that have been discovered within the water.
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There are a variety of activities to take part in at Talkin Tarn. The 1.3 path around the lake is fully-accessible so everyone can enjoy a wildlife trail, and Talkin Adventures provides a range of exciting outdoor activities from raft-building to archery.
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The use of Hall effect sensors is always accompanied by the problem of the large amount of unwanted offset voltage. A tremendous effort has taken place in the last decades to reduce the offset voltage as much as possible. This work reports the application of the technique of the full mode of spinning current-and-averaging technique for offset reduction to enhance the performance of a low magnetic field (<1 μT), 2D AlGaAs-InGaAs-GaAs Hall sensor, which was designed and optimised at UMIST. The design requirements of a portable, LabVIEW-based, low field magnetometer based on a new programmable switching network (PSN), and data acquisition system (DAQ), that can perform different modes of spinning current-and-averaging techniques for offset reduction, with the principle of reverse magnetic field reciprocity being applicable if required, is presented. Experimental results of a full mode of the technique showed the lowest offset voltage reported so far in semiconductor Hall devices, with an average value of the offset magnetic field of 5 μT; this is about half of the best reported so far. We also present experimental results of the offset dependence on both the bias frequency and the preamplifier circuitry, which led to the careful selection of the system parameters for the lowest possible offset voltage. The proposed design of the (PSN) and the (DAQ) is easily modifiable to acquire a magnetic signal from a 2D quantum Hall effect sensor array.
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VitesseSeries Earphone Cable utilizes a special type of metal conductors, which are Crystallized Grown by Ohno Continuous Casting processed and then Critical Temperature Annealed. The wiring underwent cryogenic treatment to further reduce residual stress, resistance and enhance music signal transmission.
The special processed metal conductor has a single crystal structure. The process re-heats the extrusion in the crystal structure as the molten metal is forced out of the mould and very slowly and gradually draws the grain or crystal down the conductor's length, creating a 'single crystal structure'. The improvement is significant, with almost no crystal boundaries, the audio signal is no longer impeded down the wire and resulting in much less signal distortion and decay. More information and detail is delivered as much as original to the receiving equipment.
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The platform/terrace knob was common before the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE). To increase literacy the mainland Chinese have, since the 1950s, used "simplified" characters. As a result one simplified character may be used for more than one traditional Chinese character, leading to confusion. One modern mainland Chinese author translates this knob shape as a "table knob" because the traditional character 檯, pronounced "tai," means table or desk. The traditional character 臺, also pronounced "tai"—and the one that should be used for this knob (as can be seen by the shape), means a platform or terrace. Both use the the simplified character 台 pronounced "tai." Since the two words are pronounced the same and differ only in the addition of the "wood" radical for the word "table" I suppose it is easy to see why they chose the same simplified character for both. In spoken context they would probably not be confused.
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The name Parry originates from Welsh. It originated as a surname and is derived from "ap Harry," which can be translated to "son of Harry." Parry is a common name in Wales.
Similar Names: Parrie, Pary
Famous Parry Names: Parry Shen (actor), Parry Wayne Humphreys (politician)