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 - Proper Tips for Vaping Outside During the Winter
 Proper Tips for Vaping Outside During the Winter
 If you're new to vaping, you probably aren't familiar with the struggle vapers face during the winter months. In addition to having to brave the cold every so often to enjoy your vape, the drop in temperature also complicates the mechanics of your device. Below are some helpful tips for vaping this winter.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #1: Keep Your E-Liquid at Room Temperature
 While stepping outside for a quick vape won't ruin your e-juice, prolonged exposure to the cold could cause the liquid to thicken. Avoid this by limiting the device's time in the cold or by keeping it warm in your hand. Otherwise you run the risk of not only thickening your liquid, but also damaging your coil.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #2: Protect Your Equipment from Moisture
 Remember that your vape is an electronic device and that, like all electronics, it doesn't mix well with moisture. By simply moving from the warm interior of your home to the freezing cold outside, condensation can form on the most sensitive parts of your vape. Take the necessary precautions by packing it in a protective carrying case to keep the moisture away.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #3: Limit Your Devices Exposure to Freezing Temperatures
 In addition to damaging your hardware, freezing temperatures can also do a number on your device's battery life. When batteries are exposed to the cold, it can cause lithium inside to create plating over the electrodes, thereby causing your device's battery to overheat or charge at a slower rate. If you absolutely must vape outside in the cold this winter, allow your device to acclimate to the warmth of your home before charging it.
 Final Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip: Avoid the Metal Drip Tip
 If you're a fan of metal tips, you may want to consider a nice plastic tip this winter. It could spare you from a rather painful realization. When freezing metal comes in contact with something warm and wet, it will very likely stick to it. The same principle applies when your mouth touches a metal tip of a vape. If you're not into plastic drip tips, you can always spring for one of the wooden or glass variety.
 Of course, you could always choose to vape inside your home to avoid exposing your device (and yourself) to the bitter cold.
 - What Makes A Cheap Vaping Coil Well...Cheap?
 What Makes A Cheap Vaping Coil Well...Cheap
 Vaping, atomizing, and electronic cigarettes are a relatively new yet revolutionary concept in self-medication practice. The benefits to vaping and using these products are expertly verified and quite varied as well. Within these various tools of the trade however lie crucial components, necessary to the act of mechanical vaping – our most beloved activity.
 Importance of the Coil
 Perhaps the most important of all of these components is the coil. This central part of the vaping mechanism is single-handedly responsible for the device's changeover of liquid to gas, and the subsequent presence of a usable vapor. This is true regardless of the coil class - MOD coils, portable vaporizer coils, or e-cig coils.
 Because of their crucial role to the entirety of the vaping experience, coils have thus become a matter of elevated interest. Particularly, there has been much more curiosity as to how these coils differ at different quality levels as well as how they function in the first place. To make it all easier to understand, let's break it down to the basics. The following may come as a bit of a science lesson to some, but we'll keep it brief, explaining the function of the coil as well as providing some basic insights into electricity itself.
 How It Works
 First, some basics about electricity will really help one to understand their coil and its quality. Electricity flows very well through particular metals. In other metals however, it struggles to flow as well and thus encounters what is referred to as "resistance". Resistance can be terrible in some applications. Here though, the concept of resistance is actually necessary.
 This is where the coil comes in. The coil acts as this aforementioned, metallic path of travel for the electricity generated by the device's battery. The electricity naturally wants to flow across the body of this part whenever the battery sends power to it. However, due to its finely crafted, intentionally resistant composition, the electricity must struggle to run through it.
 The result here is a controlled and focused heat point – a super-heated and very focused point on the coil in which this reaction takes place. Subsequently, the vaporizer's liquid solution is pulled across this finely focused heat source. This then creates the inhalable vapor ultimately sought.
 The Effect of Coil Quality
 As in all manufactured wares, costs are a big governor over quality in product when it comes to vaping coils. Regardless of the type of vaporizing mechanism, the core innerworkings of the coil are much the same. Variations in quality however change everything.
 How exactly does quality differ between coils? In most cases, cost-control dictates the type of metals and casting processes used in the creation of a coil. Overall quality in design is also touched by the consideration.
 In a low quality coil, the company has likely saved money on the mass production of its coil via the use of cheaper metals, manufacturing processes, and designs. The result is a coil that does not employ the optimal metal compositions or design for the optimal electrical resistance and resulting vaporization. Perhaps then the coil dies quicker because the metal couldn't withstand the constant and demanding electron travels across it. Maybe the coil only works intermittently, a sign of troubled travel of electricity through the cheaply-made design. Regardless of the symptom, coil quality greatly dictates effective and reliable vaporization in addition to actual occurrences of bad symptoms.
 These are the basics of the concept of the coil as well as the effects of quality on these crucial parts. Cheap coils will typically produce equivalent results while quality ones will do the same. To the benefit of the patron though, the wide variety in available choices here is always a plus.
 Whether you run a dripper or a tank, a regulated variable voltage/variable wattage device is a valuable addition to every vaper's arsenal. These devices give users the ability to adjust the wattage in order to tailor the heat and vapor output of the unit to their preference. Additionally, regulated devices eliminate voltage drop which plagues mechanical units.
 The Chain Reaction is a 50 Watt 26650 regulated device made by Amigo Itsuwa which features a durable yet sleek design. The attractive styling boasts a durable carbon fiber battery tube cover which compliments the stainless steel components and protects the copper battery tube and red bronze contacts. The OLED display is easy to read, and the software is intuitive.
 The device operates in the manner that all experienced vapers have come to expect: utilizing a power button which doubles as an on/off switch and two buttons for wattage adjustment from 7 to 50 Watts. The buttons offer satisfying tactile feedback and are of durable proven design. Disassembly of the unit is achieved by first unscrewing the bottom cap and removing the battery. The carbon fiber covered copper tube can then be unscrewed from the rest of the device, although this would be unnecessary for any purpose other than deep cleaning of the unit.
 Although the device will fire as low as 0.3 Ohms, the sweet spot for this device is between 0.5 and 0.8 Ohms for RDA's and will handle any sub Ohm tank currently on the market utilizing coils in the correct range. The Chain Reaction features an overload protection circuit and will also measure the resistance of the build placed on the sturdy non-adjustable 510 connection preventing any shorts or undue stress to the battery. The sensible range, combined with the 26650 battery, provides an all-day vape which will satisfy even the most habitual vaper's.
 The 26650 powered regulated devices offer the experienced vaper a sensible go-to device which will meet the needs of these advanced users. In the hands of an experienced user, these devices are safe and reliable when compared to the outdated technology previously available. As always, battery safety should be of paramount concern to any ambassador of the vape community in order to project a positive image of our hobby.
 - Key Differences Between Internal and External Battery MODs
 Key Differences Between Internal and External Battery MODs
 MODs have become all the rage and are used by millions of vapers as the next level in the world of vaping. These devices are available in different brands and they use different types of batteries. A MOD is the modification of the device that allows increased or decreased vapor production, battery life, and voltage usage. The main drive of battery operated MODs are to provide heat to the liquid solution, which comprises of vegetable & propylene glycol and nicotine. These devices are offered with diverse battery types and functions.
 Types of Internal and External Batteries
 The primary differences between internal and external batteries are internal batteries are built into devices and external batteries are removable. Internal battery type, lithium polymer, also know also known as LiPo is permanently installed in a MOD and isn't removable. The device must be thrown away when its natural life usage has expired. To recharge the battery, the vaper is advised to use a computer's USB port that provides additional safety features compared to a wall socket.
 External battery MODs are replaceable and available in Lithium IMR or Lithium Manganese (Li-Mn), IMR/Hybrid, and ICR Lithium Ion (Li-Ion). Lithium IMR is considered the safest


Self-reinforcing Mechanisms in a Multi-technology Industry: Understanding Sustained Technological Variety in a Context of Path Dependency
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015
This paper studies self-reinforcing mechanisms in multi-technology industries, i.e. industries in which technological lock-in does not occur and several technologies continue to coexist. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what kind of self-reinforcing mechanisms can be present in such industries and explain how multiple paths can coexist and interact in a context of self-reinforcement and, ultimately, path dependency. Building on the empirical example of the lighting industry, the paper shows that all previously recognized types of self-reinforcing mechanisms can be present in a multi-technology industry. However, in addition to the path-internal positive feedbacks and cross-path negative externalities identified in single-path settings, multi-technology industries also experience positive cross-path externalities that create a symbiotic relationship between alternatives and allow for the reproduction of the same development pattern across technologies. Due to the existence of such non-negative technology interactions, multi-technology industries can be path dependent while still retaining technological variety.
multi-technology industries
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Self-reinforcing mechanisms
lighting industry
Ksenia Onufrey
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The Mental Health Association of Portland provides speakers to schools, civic groups, colleges and universities, fraternal organizations, and other groups interested in learning about mental illness, addiction and related issues.
Available presentations include:
- History of Mental Illness in Oregon
- Police Use of Force Against People with Mental Illness
- Helping People with Mental Illness: How to Be an Ally
- Presentation of documentary films about mental illness and addiction
- Mental Health Advocacy 101
- Recovery as Crime Prevention: Turning the Law Upside Down
- The History of Portland's Drunk Tank
Speakers from allied agencies are also available for information on legislation in Oregon affecting the mental illness system and various health and social service topics such as low income housing, services for people with mental illness and addiction, homelessness, inclusion of peer workers in clinics and agencies.
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Many Connecticut gravestones are carved from native red sandstone. Unfortunately, this material is not particularly durable — it is vulnerable to spalling when moisture infiltrates the tiny cracks and then expands by freezing. In its most fragile state, sandstone can crumble at the lightest touch. Whole sections can slough off at a time. Graveyard visitors shouldn't really take rubbings of any stone, especially red sandstone.
Here is what happens to red sandstone over time:
Stage One: Minimal Damage
Stage Two: Largely Illegible
Stage Three: Disintegration
Stage Four: Collapse

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We investigated detailed conditions for synthesizing the tubular form of MCM-41 mesoporous aluminosilicate. The method is the delayed neutralization method in which the rate of neutralization is one of the controlling factors. Rapid neutralization results in the particulate form while gradual neutralization leads to tubules. It is found that the tubule morphology has several sub-categories. There are thick-walled, think-walled hollow tubular MCM-41 and solid core tubules. There are void structures in the channel framework that makes the nanochannels to be effectively interconnected.
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Definitions for lacticˈlæk tɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or obtained from milk.
Origin of lactic:
1780–90; < L lact-, s. of lac milk +-ic
of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)
"lactic acid"; "lactic fermentation"
Of, relating to, or derived from milk
Origin: From lactis, genitive form of lac.
of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc


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Use Of The Shared Frailty Model To Identify The Determinants Of Infant And Child Survival In Rwanda Using DHS Data
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The infant and child mortality have much fluctuated in Rwanda since the year 1992 and decreased considerably during 5 years preceding the 2005 RDHS. However, the current indicators are still high compared to the goals to achieve and current global standards while factors that have contributed to the observed achievements remain not well known and diverse resources invested in improving the children's health conditions keep becoming more scarce. Therefore, it is very important to ascertain the key determinants of infant and child survival in Rwanda and hence mark out the sectors that should be prioritized in order to realize more improvements of under age five children's survival with limited resources. The analysis of semi-parametric gamma shared frailty models utilized to analyze separately infant and child mortality in Rwanda revealed that frailty effects were significant in childhood while its effects in infancy were not significant. The causes of deaths in infancy and childhood were quite different. The hazard rates and hazard ratios indicated that infant deaths were strongly related to proximate and biological factors including place of delivery, preceding birth interval and mother's age at child's birth while child deaths were at a very large extent due to socioeconomic and demographic factors such as household socioeconomic status being the most important determinant and province of residence the least. Key socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality were mother partner's education and household's socioeconomic status. Multiple births were at higher risk of-death than others both in infancy and childhood but the risk decreases with age.


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Malyshev O. V., Eyduk V. I., Kudryavtsev D. N.
The present article aims at estimation of creating a mathematical model for urgent predicting the parameters of a bottom hydrodynamic pressure noise in coastal waters in depending on the spectrum of moderate surface waves. The proportions of estimating hydrodynamic pressure spectra, as a result of turbulence in dependence on its spectral composition are given. It is shown that average pressure spectra is close to «−2» power law and at the absence of significant surface waves pressure spectrum noise is corresponding to the turbulence with the dissipation rate ε ≈ 10-6–10-5 m2⁄s3. For the moderate surface waves conditions regression of turbulent pressure level dependence of the wave spectrum peak magnitude and frequency have been obtained. Regression of low-frequency level of the spectrum wave dependence of the wave spectrum peak magnitude has also been obtained. The data of the low-frequency level of the part of the surface wave spectrum don't contradict to the Firsov—Rakhmanin model. The mathematical model of hydrodynamic bottom pressure spectra depending on the parameters of the wave spectrum and estimation of model coefficients are proposed. The model takes into account turbulence noise, low-frequency wave noise and «area of the maximum» wave noise. The average difference between predicted and experimental values for the full sample of data is close to 4 dB. Identification of variability of model coefficients under different hydrophysical conditions requires further systematic agreed measurements of surface waves and bottom pressure noise in water areas of practical interest.

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Event Detection / Handling in Smart Energy Environments
The goal of this PhD project is the formalization and the development of a generic event detection process applied to serve various smart energy environments such as Smart Buildings, Smart Grids, and Smart Cities for example. By automatically detecting the events that could arise in such environments, event handling mechanisms can be put into place. This could serve for improved conceptualization and management of these environments, both from an energetic and utility point of view.
The study is designed to develop a technological base that offers:
- A generic framework for event detection
- A platform enabling the integration of the event detection mechanism into different smart energy networks
- An intelligent processing that allows not only event detection but also provides event handling and a better overall understanding of these environments
- Data Mining
- Event Detection
The LIUPPA (laboratory) MOVIES team
LIUPPA is a computer science laboratory related to the "Université de PAU et des Pays de l'Adour" (UPPA), and interested in the formalization of digital ecosystems in multimedia sensory networks and microgrids. The lab is present in the various campuses of the university in southern France, particulary in Anglet, Mont-de-Marsan, and Pau.
The lab contains two teams: T2I and MOVIES each dedicated to different research activities.
A generic framework for event detection
- Mansour, Elio, et al. "F-SED: Feature-Centric Social Event Detection." International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications. Springer, Cham, 2017.
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Why does Mount Shasta get so much precipitation?
Why does Mount Shasta get so much precipitation?
This peat, which is about two feet deep, is underlain by stream deposit sands and gravel where it occurs. Mount Shasta on the east pushes moisture out of the air as it climbs and cools, and the Klamath Mountains' dip enables more rain to get interior, thus the city receives more precipitation than the semiarid region to the north. The average annual rainfall on Mount Shasta is 40 inches.
The city's location in a mountain valley causes its climate to be significantly different from that of the surrounding area. The altitude affects the amount of moisture in the air, with more precipitating before every high pressure system moves through. Cooler temperatures and increased precipitation occur because of the shadow of Mount Shasta during most months of the year. The winter season is relatively short (about seven months long), while the summer season is very long (about four months).
Mount Shasta is located in California's northernmost Sierra Nevada range. It is part of Siskiyou County, which surrounds the city on three sides. To the south is the town of McCloud, near the border with Yolo County. Due south is the city of Redding, the county seat of Shasta County. To the west is the city of Chico and to the northeast is the city of Talent. Interstate 5 runs north-south just outside the city limits, connecting Mount Shasta to the rest of California and the Pacific Ocean port of San Francisco.
How tall is the peak of Mt. Shasta?
Mt. Shasta, at 4,322 meters (14,180 feet) above sea level, is generally snowcapped all year. The photograph was shot in August of 2017, after much of the snowpack had melted. In comparison, the zoomed-in view of the mountain's summit below, taken in April 2018, shows a significantly larger snowfall on the mountain, with less rock visible. This indicates that the peak was probably between 5,000 and 6,000 feet high during winter.
Mt. Shasta is located in Northern California, near the Oregon border. The city of Dunedin is on the south side of the mountain, while McCloud is the closest town to the north side. According to the United States Geological Survey, the mountain is tall.
Mt. Shasta is part of a chain of fourteen major volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest. It was created when an enormous volume of lava flowed over the top of an already existing volcano. As this lava hardened into rock, it formed a new mountain range. Many parts of the mountain are covered in very old forest trees!
The image comes from a satellite that takes pictures of earth's surface features from space. NASA images are available online at no cost via their Earth Observatory website.
How hot does it get in Mount Shasta?
Summers at Mount Shasta are warm, dry, and mainly clear, whereas winters are lengthy, very cold, rainy, and partially overcast. Throughout the year, the temperature normally ranges from 28 degrees Fahrenheit to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, with temperatures seldom falling below 18 degrees Fahrenheit or rising over 93 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is fairly constant throughout the year, averaging about 42 inches per year.
The peak season for visiting Mount Shasta is from mid-June to late August, when the weather is most likely to be comfortable and the views are best. During these months, the temperature rarely drops below 30 degrees Fahrenheit or rises above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The rest of the year is also good time to visit Mount Shasta, though winter storms can bring heavy snowfall and cold temperatures. Spring and fall see more moderate temperatures but less sunshine than in summer.
Be aware that because Mount Shasta is so high above sea level, there is a risk of heat exhaustion and heatstroke if you go hiking or running up its slopes. Take plenty of water with you, and try not to go too far without stopping to drink some.
If you experience any symptoms of heat illness such as feeling dizzy, having trouble breathing, or suffering from cramps, seek help immediately.
The best times to visit Mount Shasta are between April and October, when the weather is suitable for outdoor activities.
Is Mount Shasta always covered in snow?
Shasta. Mt. Shasta is a stratovolcano in the Cascade mountain range that receives over 500 inches of snow every season on average. When there is enough snow cover and a realistic possibility of high pressure and nice weather, Shasta is a strong bet. There will be ice on the ground during this time.
Mt. Shasta is one of the most active volcanoes in California. It has been recorded as having as many as 35 explosions per year for several hundred years before the recording of these events. The most recent explosion was in 2009! Although the number of explosions varies, the total energy released by all of the Mt. Shasta eruptions over time is enough to change the climate hundreds of miles away.
The current volume of lava flowing from the summit crater is about 70,000 gallons per minute. This is about the same rate as two modern oil wells pumping out at maximum capacity. The eruption is expected to continue for several more months until all of the lava has been ejected from the volcano.
In case you were wondering, no, Mount Shasta is not always covered in snow. In fact, the last time this happened was in 2006 when much of Northern California was suffering through a severe drought.
Does Mount Shasta always have snow?
Underneath all the snow on a Cascade mountain is an unstable rock surface. This means that there is a good chance that one day something might trigger an avalanche.
There are two types of avalanches: controlled and natural. Natural avalanches are triggered by gravity and happen when too much weight is placed on steep terrain with little or no support. Controlled avalanches are usually caused by people who place material on steep slopes as safety precautions or as part of a ski resort's business plan. These people are called "avalanche professionals" or "aviation professionals." They use special equipment to prevent their slides from becoming natural disasters.
When you visit Shasta, don't worry about natural hazards. The mountain is very stable and doesn't usually experience natural disasters. But due to its location, it does get hit with heavy rain and wind from time to time. This is why the area around Shasta gets flooded when it rains heavily and why the skies above the mountain can look ominous on windy days.
People have been living near Shasta for many years now and know how to take care of themselves if there's an emergency.
Do the highlands get more rainfall?
Because the temperature on top of mountains is lower than the temperature at sea level, they receive more rainfall than low-lying locations. Winds transport wet air over the terrain. Because the mountains are in the way, air rises as it reaches them. The higher the elevation above sea level, the colder the environment. This means that water vapor in the air will freeze when it reaches its maximum concentration. Thus, most precipitation on mountaintops comes in the form of snow.
The amount of precipitation on mountains varies depending on several factors such as their height and shape. However, generally, higher peaks tend to receive more rain and snow than lower ones. A mountain's proximity to a body of water also plays a role: areas near oceans or large lakes typically see more precipitation than those far away from any water source.
Mountains can have a great influence on the climate of a region. They can trap heat during the day and release it at night when the land is covered with ice or snow. This is why you often find hot summers and cold winters on mountainous lands. Also, clouds can form because of differences in temperature between land and water, causing rain to fall as snow or fog on peaks and deserts where there is no water around to melt it.
Overall, mountains can be a source of water for crops and people, but they can also cause problems by trapping heat and creating drought-like conditions in certain parts of the world.
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David Elliott
David Elliott is a nature enthusiast and environmentalist. He loves all things nature-related, from animals to plants. David has a degree in environmental science, which gives him a unique perspective of the world around him.
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PURPOSE: To measure the speed of light.
DESCRIPTION: A laser light pulse a few nanoseconds long is emitted by a light-emitting diode and immediately strikes a partially silvered mirror. The reflected light returns to a phototransistor to give the first pulse of the oscilloscope trace shown in the picture. The light transmitted through the partially silvered mirror reflects off a distant front-surface mirror, in the foreground of the picture, returning to the phototransistor to create the second pulse. The distance the laser beam tra vels, measured using a metric tape, and the elapsed time, determined from the oscilloscope trace, are used to calculate the speed of light. The separation of the two light pulses in the picture is about 16 nanoseconds.
SUGGESTIONS: A few percent measurement can be readily attained with about 20 feet between the apparatus and the mirror. Care must be used to position the light reflected from the distant mirror onto the phototransistor.
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EQUIPMENT: Speed of light module with oscilloscope, front surface mirror on moving stand, metric tape.
SETUP TIME: 5 min.
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Tales from the Witcher showcases serialized, original short stories set in the Witcher universe. Part audiobook and part Actual Play Report, these tales are written and narrated by Jacob Gerstel—and are based on the adventures of his Witcher tabletop roleplaying group. We'll follow the exploits of a stoic Bear School witcher, an alcoholic elven sorcerer, a resourceful craftsman, a lively bard, and others as they try to stay alive during the Third Northern War. There's action and adventure, magic and the mundane, scheming and politics, elves and dwarves, war and peace, and—because it's the Witcher—a touch of philosophy. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Liver Patients International (LPI) is pleased to share the new communications toolkit for COVID – 19 and liver patient organisations. The purpose of the toolkit is to inform liver patient organisations on how they can support patients during this challenging time of the pandemic:
This document has been made by José Willemse and Martine Walmsley, patient advocates, in collaboration with RPP and endorsed by ERN Rare Liver and EASL, as part of the RPP Patient Grant scheme.
Click the titles below to access the toolkit and find more information:
This document has three sections, in order to support liver disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Section 1: helps patient associations to communicate accurate information about COVID-19 to patients
- Section 2: advises on the use of social media and newsletters to make communication to patients easier
- Section 3: gives tips about how advocacy can be used to improve the situation and treatment of liver disease patients
This lay summary of the guidance in the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) – the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Position Paper is intended to be read alongside local and national guidance about COVID-19.
The lay summary covers:
- How healthcare providers are minimising COVID-19 transmission
- What changes to expect in your care during the pandemic
- What to expect if you get COVID-19
- Prioritisation of patients for some tests and procedures
LPI encourages Liver Patient Associations to share and use this material in order to inform patients and raise awareness about COVID-19 and liver related issues.


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Enhancing Energy Efficiency with Insulation Materials in Taipei, Taiwan Residential Redevelopment
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This thesis aims to identify insulation materials and building construction factors that can lower carbon dioxide (CO2) usage for residential redevelopment in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan. The growth in energy usage over the last 50 years has been explosive; most of Taiwan's electricity (89.9%) is generated from non-renewable sources. The subtropical climate of Taiwan is mostly hot and humid, and cooling accounts for the largest portion of residential power consumption, particularly in the aging housing stock that is largely uninsulated. I focused on identifying the best insulation materials in terms of low embodied energy and their potential to lower operational energy use. In this paper, I developed a simulation model to test different parameters such as insulation material, material thickness, building orientation, and window wall ratio, and evaluate their effects on insulation energy efficiency. The goals of this thesis are to 1) find insulation materials that have low embodied and operational energy in Taiwan in order to install them in old housing stock and 2) mitigate the amount of CO2 produced by building cooling and heating needs. Improving the thermal envelope in new and re-developed housing in Taiwan has the potential to decrease residential energy consumption, lower CO2 emissions from electricity usage in residential buildings 9.72%-35%, reduce heating and cooling costs and improve the quality of life for the people of Taiwan.
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The annual assessments conducted for children in Grades Two, Four and Nine will not be done in the upcoming 2021/ 2022 academic year which commences on September 6.
This is according to the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Dr. Marcel Hutson who was speaking at a press conference on Friday.
"We have taken a stance that there is no point going in that direction because students have not been exposed (to learning) in the way we want them to be exposed," Dr. Hutson said.
Meanwhile, he also noted that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), which is Guyana's secondary school entrance examination, is scheduled for July 6 and 7; this however may be subject to change.
"We also said that learning will not be done in the usual manner when school reopens. Instead, learning will meet the tailored needs of children, after an assessment of their learning needs is met.
"This is important because the ministry understands that the pandemic and virtual learning has contributed to some learning loss," Dr. Hutson told the news conference.


text: A wave field in a wave basin inevitably has spatial variation due to the wave's cylindrical propagation property. Therefore, we aimed to develop an optimization method for the control of wave-makers to produce a spatially uniform wave field in a specified test zone inside a wave basin with an arbitrary arrangement of wave-makers. The optimization is based on the simulated annealing algorithm, a method for finding a globally optimal solution, which was combined with a numerical wave basin based on linear wave-maker theory. A wave generation experiment was performed in the actual sea model basin (80 m long, 40 m wide, and 4.5 m deep) at the National Maritime Research Institute to validate the proposed optimization method. A case study was conducted with a long-crested regular-wave with a wave height of 10 cm, wavelength of 4.0 m, and wave direction of 180 degrees, which corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the wave basin. A 40-m × 14-m test zone was set in the middle of the wave basin. The experimental results with and without the proposed optimization were compared, which confirmed that the spatial uniformity of the wave field was improved, and the coefficient of variation for the wave height in the test zone decreased from 0.127 to 0.029.


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Lispro administered by QS-M needle-free injector results in earlier and higher insulin exposure than conventional pen, and a greater early glucose-lowering effect with similar overall potency.
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) profiles of lispro administered by the QS-M needle-free jet injector in Chinese subjects.
Research design and methods: A randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, cross-over study was performed. Eighteen healthy volunteers were recruited. Lispro (0.2 units/kg) was administered by the QS-M needle-free jet injector or by conventional pen. Seven-hour euglycemic clamp tests were performed. Eighteen volunteers (nine men and nine women) were recruited in this study. The inclusion criteria were: nonsmokers aged 18–40 years, with body mass index (BMI) of 17–24 kg/m2; subjects with normal biochemical tests, blood pressure, and electrocardiograph; subjects who signed the informed consent. The exclusion criteria were: subjects with insulin allergy or other allergic history; subjects with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, liver or kidney disease. Subjects who used alcohol were also excluded. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.
Results: A larger area under the curve (AUCs) of insulin concentration and glucose infusion rate (GIR) during the first 20 minutes after lispro injection by the jet injector compared to the insulin pen was observed (24.91 ± 15.25 vs. 12.52 ± 7.60 mg. kg−1, P < 0.001 for AUCGIR,0–20 min; 0.36 ± 0.24 vs. 0.10 ± 0.04 U min L−1, P < 0.001 for AUCINS, 0–20 min). Needle-free injection showed a shorter time to reach maximum insulin concentration (37.78 ± 11.14 vs. 80.56 ± 37.18 min, P < 0.001) and GIR (73.24 ± 29.89 vs. 116.18 ± 51.89 min, P = 0.006). There were no differences in total insulin exposure and hypoglycemic effects between the two devices. Conclusion: Lispro administered by QS-M needle-free injector results in earlier and higher insulin exposure than conventional pen, and a greater early glucose-lowering effect with similar overall potency.
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Definition of professional cloud print
Cloud print is the infrastructure service that allows for the ad-hoc transformation of digital information into physical forms in 2D or 3D, by leveraging networks of production facilities through cloud computing technology.
Benefits of cloud print
Services based on cloud print technology replace a priori mass production by local production on demand, thereby reducing carbon emissions, energy use and the amount of raw materials needed.
By accessing professional print as a shared commodity resource, content owners can avoid the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware, software and processes.
Principles of cloud print
Professional cloud print providers strive to:
 1. Allow any virtual information to be accessible as tangible objects.
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 4. Produce on demand only, to avoid excess stock.
 5. Produce in best-of-breed facilities only, to ensure the highest quality.
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Submicrometer tomography of cells by multiple-wavelength digital holographic microscopy in reflection
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We present first results on a method enabling mechanical scanning-free tomography with submicrometer axial resolution by multiple-wavelength digital holographic microscopy. By sequentially acquiring reflection holograms and summing 20 wavefronts equally spaced in spatial frequency in the 485-670 nm range, we are able to achieve a slice-by-slice tomographic reconstruction with a 0.6-1 mum axial resolution in a biological medium. The method is applied to erythrocytes investigation to retrieve the cellular membrane profile in three dimensions.
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I am trying to wrote a program to manage a Database through a Scala Gui, and have been running into alot of trouble formatting my data in such a way as to input it into a Table and have the Column Headers populate. To do this, I have been told I would need to use an Array[Array[Any]] instead of an ArrayBuffer[ArrayBuffer[String]] as I have been using.
My problem is that the way I am trying to fill these arrays is modular: I am trying to use the same function to draw from different tables in a MySQL database, each of which has a different number of columns and entries.
I have been able to (I think) define a 2-D array with
val Data = new Array[Array[String]](numColumns)(numRows)
but I haven't found any ways of editing individual cells in this new array.
Data(i)(j)=Value //or
do not work, and give me errors about "Update" functionality
I am sure this can't possibly be as complicated as I have been making it, so what is the easy way of managing these things in this language?
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You don't need to read your data into an Array of Arrays - you just need to convert it to that format when you feed it to the Table constuctor - which is easy, as demonstrated my answer to your other question: How do I configure the Column names in a Scala Table?
If you're creating a 2D array, the idiom you want is
val data = Array.ofDim[String](numColumms, numRows)
(There is also new Array[String](numColumns, numRows), but that's deprecated.)
You access element (i, j) of an Array data with data(i)(j) (remember they start from 0).
But in general you should avoid mutable collections (like Array, ArrayBuffer) unless there's a good reason. Try Vector instead.
Without knowing the format in which you're retrieving data from the database it's not possible to say how to put it into a collection.
You can alternatively put the type information on the left hand side, so the following are equivalent (decide for yourself which you prefer):
val a: Array[Array[String]] = Array.ofDim(2,2)
val a = Array.ofDim[String](2,2)
To explain the syntax for accessing / updating elements: as in Java, a multi-dimensional array is just an array of arrays. So here, a(i) is element i of a, which an Array[String], and so a(i)(j) is element j of that array, which is a String.
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Luigi's answer is great, but I'd like to shed some light on why your code isn't working.
does not do what you expect it to do. The new Array[Array[String]](numColumns) part does create an array of array of strings with numColumns entries, with all entries (arrys of strings) being null, and returns it. The following (numRows) then just calls the apply function on that returned object, which returns the numRowsth entry in that list, which is null.
You can try that out in the scala REPL: When you input
new Array[Array[String]](10)(9)
you get this as output:
res0: Array[String] = null
Luigi's solution, instead
does the right thing:
res1: Array[Array[String]] = Array(Array(null, null), Array(null, null))
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It's rather ugly, but you can update a multidimensional array with update
> val data = Array.ofDim[String](2,2)
> data(0).update(0, "foo")
> data
data: Array[Array[String]] = Array(Array(foo, null), Array(null, null))
Not sure about the efficiency of this technique.
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Luigi's answer is great, but I just wanted to point out another way of initialising an Array that is more idiomatic/functional – using tabulate. This takes a function that takes the array cell coordinates as input and produces the cell value:
scala> Array.tabulate[String](4, 4) _
res0: (Int, Int) => String => Array[Array[String]] =
scala> val data = Array.tabulate(4, 4) {case (x, y) => x * y }
data: Array[Array[Int]] = Array(Array(0, 0, 0, 0), Array(0, 1, 2, 3), Array(0, 2, 4, 6), Array(0, 3, 6, 9))
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We study the influence of nonequilibrium conditions on the collective diffusion of interacting particles on vicinal surfaces. To this end, we perform Monte Carlo simulations of a lattice-gas model of an ideal stepped surface, where adatoms have nearest-neighbor attractive or repulsive interactions. Applying the Boltzmann–Matano method to spreading density profiles of the adatoms allows the definition of an effective, time-dependent collective diffusion coefficient DtC(θ) for all coverages θ. In the case of diffusion across the steps and strong binding at lower step edges we observe three stages in the behavior of the corresponding Dtxx,C(θ). At early times when the adatoms have not yet crossed the steps, Dtxx,C(θ) is influenced by the presence of steps only weakly. At intermediate times, where the adatoms have crossed several steps, there are sharp peaks at coverages θ<1∕L and θ>1−1∕L, where L is the terrace width. These peaks are due to different rates of relaxation of the density at successive terraces. At late stages of spreading, these peaks vanish and Dtxx,C(θ) crosses over to its equilibrium value, where for strong step edge binding there is a maximum at θ=1∕L. In the case of diffusion in direction along the steps the nonequilibrium effects in Dtyy,C(θ) are much weaker, and are apparent only when diffusion along ledges is strongly suppressed or enhanced.
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- surface diffusion
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Masin, M., Vattulainen, I., Ala-Nissila, T., & Chvoj, Z. (2005). Non-equilibrium effects in diffusion of interacting particles on vicinal surfaces. Journal of Chemical Physics, 122(21), 1-8. . _URL_


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How to show/hide a broken window
In the course of mitigating the incident, your responders may open doors and break windows. You can show this effect using environment variables in the same way as the instructions relate in "How to embed a victim in a node/location". That article gives the background information about environment variables, as well as the article "Adding Environment or Participant Variables".
As a follow-on to this article, if you want to show or hide smoke as a result of breaking the window, see our article "How to Change the State Programmatically."
Essential Idea
The essential elements you will need to add a broken window are:
 1. A picture of the location with the window intact
 2. A picture of the window broken
 3. An environment variable that will say whether the window is intact or broken.
Pictures typically come out of digital cameras at a high resolution, at least 180 or 300 dpi, and often more than 1000 pixels wide. For screen rendering, you can reduce the dpi to 72, and the overall size (for a picture filling the whole screen) to 640x480. You should reduce your broken window picture (item #2, above) by the same proportion as you reduce the node/location photo.
Note: You can resize the image inside of Flash, but that does not reduce the picture's dpi--it only scales the photo down. This means the photo still takes up the larger space. Larger space is not bad in itself, but it then requires more bandwith to transmit around your network, so there can be loading delays. Therefore, we recommend smaller sizes.
The essential idea is to create a Movie Clip with your broken window picture, and create an environment variable to hold the status of the clip as visible or invisible. Then you will add code to check the status of the variable when the movie first loads, as well as hook up a routine that detects when the value changes -- and you will tell the broken window clip to show or hide itself, depending on the value.
The steps are:
 1. Place your node photo at the bottommost layer of your movie.
 2. On a higher layer you will import your broken window graphic. Position the broken window exactly in the place you want it to appear, covering the intact window.
 3. Then, by choosing Modify > Convert to Symbol... (with the broken window selected), you convert it into a Movie Clip -- this allows it to be given an (instance) name to which we can refer (so we can write code to tell that instance to show or hide itself).
 4. Now give this instance an Instance Name (for example, "broken1").
 5. Create a new layer to hold the code that will tell the broken window to turn on or off.
 6. Open the Actions panel and enter the following code into the panel:
function eVarValChg (id, val) {
 if (id == "WINDOW1" && val == "true") {
 broken1._visible = true;
 } else if (id == "WINDOW1" && val == "false") {
 broken1._visible = false;
var win1Val = _parent._parent.getEnvironVar("WINDOW1");
if (win1Val == "true") {
 broken1._visible = true;
} else {
 broken1._visible = false;
There are two blocks of code to explain. In the first block, the code that begins with function eVarValChg defines a routine that CommandSim knows to call if an environment variable changes (for example, the instructor sets the value of a variable). Whenever a variable changes, the variable name (the message) is passed in as id and as well as the new value (val). The next line checks to see if the message is WINDOW1, which will be the name of our environment variable. If it is, then the routine sets the visibility of the broken window Movie Clip to visible (true) or invisible (false), depending on whether the value coming in is true or false.
The second block is an instruction to execute when the movie first loads. Instead of waiting to be told the value of WINDOW1, it queries CommandSim for the value, and based on the value, it sets the broken window MovieClip to visible or invisible.
The preceding steps have taken care of all the things we need to do in the node's Flash file. Now we have to add the environment variable WINDOW1 to our scenario definition.
The simplest way is to open the Scenario Designer tool and choose the STATES & VARIABLES tab. In this tab on the top right is an area in which you can create or modify environment variables. When you click to add an environment variable, it will ask you for the name (which is what instructors see, and may have spaces), the id (in our example, WINDOW1) which cannot have spaces, and the starting value. Type in a name, type in WINDOW1 for the id, and make the starting value false if you want the broken window to be invisible by default, or true if you want to start the scenario with the window broken already.
Once you save your scenario file, and then use the ServerFilePrep tool to package it into a form for the server, you are all done. When you load the instructor panel next, you should see your environment variable in the STATES & VARIABLES tab on the instructor panel. If you click the name, the current value will appear in the box below. You can enter the new value (true or false), then press the Do It button. The clock must be running (not paused) for the new value to take effect.
Note: if you prefer to make the change directly in the scenario XML file (without using the Scenario Designer), you can add the following to your scenario definition file, replacing the line that reads

We strongly urge you to make a backup copy of the scenario definition file before you edit it, in case you enter an incorrect character or accidentally delete something important. Flash is unforgiving with errors in XML files.
For an example of this, you can use the example file from the article "How to embed a victim in a node/location".
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Android – Audio Manager
You can easily control your ringer volume and ringer profile i-e:(silent,vibrate,loud e.t.c) in android. Android provides AudioManager class that provides access to these controls.
In order to use AndroidManager class, you have to first create an object of AudioManager class by calling the getSystemService() method. Its syntax is given below.
private AudioManager myAudioManager;
myAudioManager = (AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
Once you instantiate the object of AudioManager class, you can use setRingerMode method to set the audio or ringer profile of your device. Its syntax is given below.
myAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE);
The method setRingerMode takes an integer number as a parameter. For each mode , an integer number is assigned that will differentiate between different modes. The possible modes are.
Sr.NoMode & Description
1 RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE This Mode sets the device at vibrate mode.
2 RINGER_MODE_NORMAL This Mode sets the device at normal(loud) mode.
3 RINGER_MODE_SILENT This Mode sets the device at silent mode.
Once you have set the mode , you can call the getRingerMode() method to get the set state of the system. Its syntax is given below.
int mod = myAudioManager.getRingerMode();
Apart from the getRingerMode method, there are other methods available in the AudioManager class to control the volume and other modes. They are listed below.
Sr.NoMethod & description
1 adjustVolume(int direction, int flags) This method adjusts the volume of the most relevant stream
2getMode() This method returns the current audio mode
3getStreamMaxVolume(int streamType) This method returns the maximum volume index for a particular stream
4getStreamVolume(int streamType) This method returns the current volume index for a particular stream
5isMusicActive() This method checks whether any music is active.
6startBluetoothSco() This method Start bluetooth SCO audio connection
7stopBluetoothSco() This method stop bluetooth SCO audio connection.
Example
The below example demonstrates the use of AudioManager class. It creates a application that allows you to set different ringer modes for your device.
To experiment with this example , you need to run this on an actual device.
StepsDescription
1You will use Android studio IDE to create an Android application under a package com.example.sairamkrishna.myapplication.
2Modify src/MainActivity.java file to add AudioManager code
3Modify layout XML file res/layout/activity_main.xml add any GUI component if required.
4Modify res/values/string.xml file and add necessary string components.
5Modify AndroidManifest.xml to add necessary permissions.
6Run the application and choose a running android device and install the application on it and verify the results.
Here is the content of src/MainActivity.java
package com.example.sairamkrishna.myapplication;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 Button mode,ring,vibrate,silent;
 private AudioManager myAudioManager;
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 vibrate=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button3);
 ring=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);
 mode=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
 silent=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button4);
 myAudioManager = (AudioManager)getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
 vibrate.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
 myAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE);
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in Vibrate Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 });
 ring.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
 myAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL);
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in Ringing Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 });
 silent.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
 myAudioManager.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT);
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in silent Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 });
 mode.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
 int mod=myAudioManager.getRingerMode();
 if(mod==AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_VIBRATE){
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in Vibrate Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 } else if(mod==AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL){
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in Ringing Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 } else {
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"Now in Vibrate Mode",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 }
 });
 }
}
Here is the content of activity_main.xml
Here abc indicates the logo of tutorialspoint
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
 xmlns:android="_URL_
 xmlns:tools="_URL_
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 tools:context=".MainActivity">
 <TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Android Audio Recording"
 android:id="@+id/textView"
 android:textSize="30dp"
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
 android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
 android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

 <TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Tutorialspoint"
 android:id="@+id/textView2"
 android:textColor="#ff3eff0f"
 android:textSize="35dp"
 android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

 <ImageView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:id="@+id/imageView"
 android:src="@drawable/abc"
 android:layout_below="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_alignStart="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_alignRight="@+id/textView2"
 android:layout_alignEnd="@+id/textView2" />

 <Button
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Mode"
 android:id="@+id/button"
 android:layout_below="@+id/imageView"
 android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
 android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="59dp" />

 <Button
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"


Protect your input fields in one easy step
You can also use file maintenance programs as inquiries, learn how here.
There are many cases where file maintenance programs are also used as inquiries (the PDM is a good example with...
its options 2 and 5).
When you use this approached you need to take some extra steps:
- You add to the program a mode parameter to govern its functions (e.g. '*UPD' or '*INQ').
- Based on the mode parameter you will have to inhibit the program functions that deals with the maintenance:
- Function keys that deals with maintenance.
- Write/update/delete code.
- Make sure you get files data without locking records.
- You will have to protect all the input fields.
This is the biggest and most boring step. You will have to look for all the input field and add to them the DSPATR(PR) keyword.
This tip might help since it will take care of all the fields in one easy step. Another benefit is that it will take care of new fields that might be added to the input records in the future.

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 *
 * Normal record with input fields
A R RCRD01 CF10 CA12
 OVERLAY
A FIELD01 R B 7 17
A FIELD02 R B 8 17
 .
 .
 .
 *
 * footer record with be used in '*UPD' mode.
A R FOOT01 OVERLAY
A
A 10 29'F10=Update'
A 22 29'F12=Cancel'
 *
 * footer record with be used in '*INQ' mode.
 * the PROTECT keyword will protect all input-capable fields
 * already displayed.
 *
A R FOOT02
A CA12
A OVERLAY PROTECT
A HIDEME 1 I 23 2DSPATR(ND)
A DSPATR(PC)
A 22 29'F12=Cancel'
I add a new record to the display file FOOT02
The RPG code changed to take into account the non '*UPD' mode
Ffile01 uf a E k disk
C *entry plist
C parm PgmMod
 *
 * Lock the record based on PgmMod
C if PgmMod = '*UPD'
C klist02 chain file01
C else
C klist02 chain(n) file01
C EndIf
 *
C select
C when PgmMod = '*UPD'
C write FOOT01
C exfmt RCRD01
C when PgmMod = '*INQ'
C write RCRD01
C exfmt FOOT02
C EndIf
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C
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Gouketsu has been kidnapped by the monsters. But seeing his amazing martial arts skills, they have given him the chance to be an executive member of the Monster Association. They have given him \(M\) monster cells, while Gouketsu has \(N\) natural cells. He wants to monsterize all of his natural cells (to become the strongest monster), but alas, there are some conditions! He can monsterize a natural cell at the cost of \(X\) monster cells and destroy a natural cell to get \(Y\) monster cells (note that he cannot destroy an already monsterized cell).
Since Gouketsu has been blinded by greed and cannot think of an optimal solution, help him calculate the maximum amount of natural cells that he can monsterize.
Input
First line of input contains \(T\) - the number of testcases.
Each testcase contains only one line with \(4\) integers: \(M, N, X, Y\)
Output
For each testcase, print a single integer - the maximum number of natural cells that Gouketsu can monsterize..
Constraints
\(1 \le T \le 5\)
\(1 \le M, N, X, Y \le 10^9 \)
SAMPLE INPUT
3
10 5 2 1
11 5 2 1
9 5 2 1
SAMPLE OUTPUT
5
5
4
Explanation
Test case 1: He can monsterize all his \(5\) natural cells at the cost of \(10\) monster cells (\(2\) monster cells each for a natural cell).
Test case 3: He can monsterize only \(4\) of his natural cells at the cost of \(8\) monster cells.

Time Limit: 0.5 sec(s) for each input file.
Memory Limit: 256 MB
Source Limit: 1024 KB
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This fall Kat Ran Press will be issuing an interesting little book reproducing samples of paste papers made by 19 bookbinders, collected and presented by binder David Bourbeau.
"In his introduction to [Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley], the late David P. Bourbeau gives a fascinating history of fine printing and binding in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, with special attention paid to decorated and paste papers. This precedes full-page reproductions of nineteen paste papers with short biographies of their makers—many of whom are the unsung hero-binders of books from fine press publishers such as Gehenna Press, Pennyroyal Press, Cheloniidae Press, Warwick Press, ELM Press, The Lone Oak Press, and Double Elephant Press."
The book (48 pp, 6 x 8.25 inches, $30) reproduces one paper by each binder (including HM's friends Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton). It is published in collaboration with Catawba Press, which a quick Google search suggests is the imprint of binder Barbara Blumenthal (a handful of titles were issued in the first half of the 1980s, but it seems to have been in abeyance since). This would make sense since she is making the boxes for the deluxe edition of 20 copies, issued with large, matted samples of each paper reproduced in the book ($950).


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- a wormlike bivalve mollusk with reduced shells that it uses to drill into wood. It can cause substantial damage to wooden structures and vessels. Also called shipworm.
- Genus Teredo, family Teredinidae: several species, in particular T. navalis
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek terēdōn; related to teirein 'rub hard, wear away'


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Royal College of Art graduate Offer Canfi has envisioned a future for cycling in which inductive bicycle lanes could be used to wirelessly charge electric bikes and other devices on the go.
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Offer Canfi's Flux project imagines a near-future scenario where bicycles are powered using resonant inductive coupling – a method of transmitting electrical energy without man-made conductors.
"This project is focused on resonant inductive bicycle lanes as a first step towards wireless power grids," said Canfi. "The road becoming an emitter that can power up electric bicycles, laptops and phones, making batteries redundant."
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
The designer proposes creating inductive bicycle lanes by laying a high-friction screed surface embedded with emitter coils along sections of road.
The current passing through these coils would transfer electricity wirelessly to similar copper elements on the bicycle mechanism via an oscillating magnetic field.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
"The coils that are embedded into the screed turn on when the bicycle comes within range, using a radio-frequency identification (RFID) badge that recognises when the bike is near," Canfi told Dezeen.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
This could replace batteries currently used to power electric bikes, and could also be used to charge electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops during journeys.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
"Batteries are still the most expensive, polluting and heavy element of any electric vehicle and that is before you consider their short life cycle and problematic recycling procedures," said Canfi.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
His alternative Capacitor 1.21 kit is designed to lock on to any diamond-frame bicycle to convert it into an electric model.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
The capacitor stores energy without the chemicals found in batteries and the kit connects the series of copper coils to the bike's mechanism so the current can help power the ride.
Once the coils in the road and bike are paired other devices with coils embedded, like mobile phones, could feed off the electricity and use it to power up – similar to how wireless Qi chargers work.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
"A fun fact about resonant induction power transfer is that once the primary and secondary coil are in a state of coupled magnetic field, this field itself becomes an emitter and secondary coils can connect to it as well," Canfi explained.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
The additional parts are printed in nylon using selective laser sintering (SLS) to keep them as light as possible, as extra weight would require more power.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
Canfi's capacitor adds less than two kilograms to the bike, but a lighter model would increase efficiency and lower costs.
He believes that recent developments in the creation of ultracapacitors, which store high amounts of electric charge, using miracle-material graphene have brought his idea closer to reality.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
"Looking at the growing market for electric bicycles and the emergence of resonant induction as an efficient way to wirelessly transfer electric power, this project was about describing a truly possible future for urban commuting," Canfi said.
Flux Bike by Offer Canfi
The project was presented at the Royal College of Art's annual degree show last month, along with a man-made biological leaf that could enable long-distance space travel and a proposal to create synthetic foods using nanotechnology.
 - Henry
 The Fox 32 fork strapped to what looks like a lugged steel road frame is the icing on the cake with this one.
 - Damian
 Exactly my thinking as well, haha.
 - Xela C
 How is this ridable? Do you not fall over backwards going up hill?
 - umm
 That frame with that fork is really hard to watch. He probably used what he got, but it totally distracts from the actual idea. Even if you are just remotely into bikes.
 - skinnyfat
 Immediately this image came to my mind:
 Something is just not right here.
 - nad
 Feasibility and usability that is exactly what me and the other commenters are not seeing. And that is why they rather comment on the frame and fork.
 - Idontgetit
 Hub dynamos, very efficient and blend seamlessly into any bike design. Add a battery with a small circuit board and there you have it. Or when we talk about the near future, plug it into your electric bike.
 - Ollie
 Worse still, that frame/fork combination is quite hard to achieve. It didn't just happen by accident. A fork for a lugged frame has a 1″ dia. steerer tube typically, whereas that fork will have at least a 1 1/8″ steerer tube – probably even a tapered steerer.
 Basically, it took some deliberate custom fabrication to achieve this mess.


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What does an 800-pound gorilla eat? If you said: "anything it wants," you're not thinking like a scientist.
A scientist would say, "Let me analyze the isotopic composition of its excreta and I'll get back to you." Because a new study shows that the ratio of carbon isotopes found in mountain gorilla feces reveals how much fruit the apes have consumed. The scoop's in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Scott A. Blumenthal et al., Detecting intraannual dietary variability in wild mountain gorillas by stable isotope analysis of feces]
Knowing what animals nosh on in the wild and how that diet fluctuates can offer a key to their health and the overall health of the species. But not all beasties like to dine al fresco, at least not where scientists can watch. So researchers decided to reach for the scat.
As a test case they focused on four mountain gorillas in a park in Uganda, because they could actually see what these apes ingested. Different plants have different ratios of carbon's common isotopes. So for 10 months the researchers measured the carbon in the plants that went into the gorillas and then what came back out.
And they found that the dung don't lie, at least when it comes to what's been on Koko's menu.
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General Manager of Velaa Resort Wayne Milgate launched a waste management program during a ceremony which was held in Noonu Velidhoo. The program goes by the name "Fehi Kuramaa" which means "Let's make it Green". Noonu Atoll Council President and presidents from the administrative islands of Noonu Atoll attended this ceremony.
The aim of this program is to raise awareness amongst students and the local citizens of the island on sustainable waste management. This program also falls under Velaa Island Resorts corporate social responsibility. More programs will be held in 13 administrative islands throughout November. All sessions under this program will be carried out by experts in waste management.
At the event held, Milgate stated that tourism is one of the main parts of the Maldivian economy and that efforts must be made to prevent the loss of the beauty of the country. Waste management is important in all islands of Maldives to achieve this goal, he said.
Velidhoo Council President Athif Hussain said waste management is essential for the whole country, especially Velidhoo and that it is important to create awareness among children from an early age on waste management.
Two awareness sessions were held on Monday for children and adults at Noonu Atoll Education Centre. More than 400 schoolchildren and adults attended both sessions.
Information on three R's of waste management (Reduce, reuse, recycle) was shared during these sessions. In addition to highlighting the importance of recycling, they also discussed separating and using the waste in different ways.


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A functional definition of the habitat-concept based on ecological resources incorporates three interconnected parameters: composition, configuration, and availability of the resources. The intersection of those parameters represents the functional habitat of a given population or species. Resource composition refers to the co-occurrence of the resources required by each individual to complete its life cycle. Resource configuration refers both to the way individual resources are spatially distributed within the habitat and the way all the resources are organized in the habitat space. Resource availability refers to the accessibility and procureability of resources. Variation in these variables is predicted to influence the demography of the population. To test the suitability of this definition and its transferability across landscapes, we first conducted a very detailed study on habitat and resource use of five butterfly species within a large nature reserve. Second, we conducted a larger-scale study, focusing on metapopulations of two species. We monitored demography for each species and tested whether its variation can be explained by (1) the vegetation type, (2) the vegetation composition or (3) the availability and configuration of the species-specific ecological resources. To confirm that resource availability and configuration reflect habitat quality, we also assessed their impacts on individual morphology. Whatever the investigated spatial scale, our results quantitatively demonstrate the overall better performance of the resource-based habitat approach compared to other most commonly used approaches. Our analysis allowed us to assess the relative importance of each ecological resource in terms of both their availability and organization relative to the species' abundance, demography and individual fitness measures. Resource availability did not play the predominant role in defining habitat quality as it was in most cases overruled by resource organization. Finally, we confirmed the between-population transferability of the habitat definition and quality estimates while adopting a resource-based habitat approach. Our study clearly demonstrates the suitability of the resource-based definition of the habitat. Therefore, we argue that this approach should be favored for species of conservation concern. Although most conclusions so far have emerged from butterfly studies, the resource-based definition of the habitat should also be ecologically relevant to many other organisms.


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Traditional Building Skills is a strategy for developing and sustaining traditional building skills in Scotland.
As the largest heritage body in the country, Historic Scotland has a responsibility to lead on ensuring skills, techniques and practices that are integral to the heritage sector are not only supported but encouraged to grow and develop.
The strategy provides for Historic Scotland to increase the work it does in developing stronger and better ways to teach traditional skills, with the aim of ensuring this expertise is readily available across Scotland for many years to come, making a positive contribution to the country's economy.
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A Parameterised Quantum Circuit Approach to Point Set Matching
02/12/2021 ∙ by Mohammadreza Noormandipour, et al. ∙ 0
Point set registration is one of the challenging tasks in areas such as pattern recognition, computer vision and image processing. Efficient performance of this task has been a hot topic of research due to its widespread applications. We propose a parameterised quantum circuit learning approach to point set matching problem. The proposed method benefits from a kernel-based quantum generative model that: 1) is able to find all possible optimal matching solution angles, 2) is potentially able to show quantum learning supremacy, and 3) benefits from kernel-embedding techniques and integral probability metrics for the definition of a powerful loss function. Moreover, the theoretical framework has been backed up by satisfactory preliminary and proof of concept experimental results.
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