of digital wireless communication, flexible design implementations are increasingly explored for different applications in order to cope with diverse system configurations imposed by the emerging wireless communication standards. In fact, shrinking the design time to meet market pressure, on the one hand, and adding the emerging flexibility requirement and, hence, increasing system complexity, on the other hand, require a productive design approach that also ensures final design quality. The no instruction set computer (NISC) approach fulfills these design requirements by eliminating the instruction set overhead. The approach offers static scheduling of the datapath, automated register transfer language (RTL)synthesis and allows the designer to have direct control of hardware resources. This paper presents a complete NISC-based design and prototype flow, from architecture specification till FPGA implementation. The proposed design and prototype flow is illustrated through two case studies of flexible implementations, which are dedicated to low-complexity MIMO turbo-equalizer and a universal turbo-demapper. Moreover, the flexibility of the proposed prototypes allows supporting all communication modes defined in the emerging wireless communication standards, such LTE, LTE-Advanced, WiMAX, WiFi and DVB-RCS. For each prototype, its functionality is evaluated, and the resultant performance is verified for all system configurations. Electronics 2016-08-30 5 3 Article 10.3390/electronics5030050 50 2079-9292 2016-08-30 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030050 Mostafa Rizk Amer Baghdadi Michel Jézéquel Yasser Mohanna Youssef Atat <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 51: Miniaturized Blood Pressure Telemetry System with RFID Interface]]> _URL_ This work deals with the development and characterization of a potentially implantable blood pressure telemetry system, based on an active Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15693 compliant. This approach aims to continuously measure the average, systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the small/medium animals. The measured pressure wave undergoes embedded processing and results are stored onboard in a non-volatile memory, providing the data under interrogation by an external RFID reader. In order to extend battery lifetime, RFID energy harvesting has been investigated. The paper presents the experimental characterization in a laboratory and preliminary in-vivo tests. The device is a prototype mainly intended, in a future engineered version, for monitoring freely moving test animals for pharmaceutical research and drug safety assessment purposes, but it could have multiple uses in environmental and industrial applications. Electronics 2016-08-30 5 3 Article 10.3390/electronics5030051 51 2079-9292 2016-08-30 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030051 Michele Caldara Benedetta Nodari Valerio Re Barbara Bonandrini <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 49: Impact of Degraded Communication on Interdependent Power Systems: The Application of Grid Splitting]]> _URL_ Communication is increasingly present for managing and controlling critical infrastructures strengthening their cyber interdependencies. In electric power systems, grid splitting is a topical communication-critical application. It amounts to separating a power system into islands in response to an impending instability, e.g., loss of generator synchronism due to a component fault, by appropriately disconnecting transmission lines and grouping synchronous generators. The successful application of grid splitting depends on the communication infrastructure to collect system-wide synchronized measurements and to relay the command to open line switches. Grid splitting may be ineffective if communication is degraded and its outcome may also depend on the system loading conditions. This paper investigates the effects of degraded communication and load variability on grid splitting. To this aim, a communication delay model is coupled with a transient electrical model and applied to the IEEE 39-Bus and the IEEE 118-Bus Test System. Case studies show that the loss of generator synchronism following a fault is mitigated by timely splitting the network into islands. On the other hand, the results show that communication delays and increased network flows can degrade the performance of grid splitting. The developed framework enables the identification of the requirements of the dedicated communication infrastructure for a successful grid-splitting procedure. Electronics 2016-08-29 5 3 Article 10.3390/electronics5030049 49 2079-9292 2016-08-29 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030049 Di-An Tian Giovanni Sansavini <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 48: A Comparative Review of Footwear-Based Wearable Systems]]> _URL_ Footwear is an integral part of daily life. Embedding sensors and electronics in footwear for various different applications started more than two decades ago. This review article summarizes the developments in the field of footwear-based wearable sensors and systems. The electronics, sensing technologies, data transmission, and data processing methodologies of such wearable systems are all principally dependent on the target application. Hence, the article describes key application scenarios utilizing footwear-based systems with critical discussion on their merits. The reviewed application scenarios include gait monitoring, plantar pressure measurement, posture and activity classification, body weight and energy expenditure estimation, biofeedback, navigation, and fall risk applications. In addition, energy harvesting from the footwear is also considered for review. The article also attempts to shed light on some of the most recent developments in the field along with the future work required to advance the field. Electronics 2016-08-10 5 3 Review 10.3390/electronics5030048 48 2079-9292 2016-08-10 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030048 Nagaraj Hegde Matthew Bries Edward Sazonov <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 47: An Embedded Sensing and Communication Platform, and a Healthcare Model for Remote Monitoring of Chronic Diseases]]> _URL_ This paper presents a new remote healthcare model, which, exploiting wireless biomedical sensors, an embedded local unit (gateway) for sensor data acquisition-processing-communication, and a remote e-Health service center, can be scaled in different telemedicine scenarios. The aim is avoiding hospitalization cost and long waiting lists for patients affected by chronic illness who need continuous and long-term monitoring of some vital parameters. In the "1:1" scenario, the patient has a set of biomedical sensors and a gateway to exchange data and healthcare protocols with the remote service center. In the "1:N" scenario the use of gateway and sensors is managed by a professional caregiver, e.g., assigned by the Public Health System to a number N of different patients. In the "point of care" scenario the patient, instead of being hospitalized, can take the needed measurements at a specific health corner, which is then connected to the remote e-Health center. A mix of commercially available sensors and new custom-designed ones is presented. The new custom-designed sensors range from a single-lead electrocardiograph for easy measurements taken by the patients at their home, to a multi-channel biomedical integrated circuit for acquisition of multi-channel bio signals, to a new motion sensor for patient posture estimation and fall detection. Experimental trials in real-world telemedicine applications assess the proposed system in terms of easy usability from patients, specialist and family doctors, and caregivers, in terms of scalability in different scenarios, and in terms of suitability for implementation of needed care plans. Electronics 2016-08-04 5 3 Article 10.3390/electronics5030047 47 2079-9292 2016-08-04 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030047 Sergio Saponara Massimiliano Donati Luca Fanucci Alessio Celli <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 46: Skin Admittance Measurement for Emotion Recognition: A Study over Frequency Sweep]]> _URL_ The electrodermal activity (EDA) is a reliable physiological signal for monitoring the sympathetic nervous system. Several studies have demonstrated that EDA can be a source of effective markers for the assessment of emotional states in humans. There are two main methods for measuring EDA: endosomatic (internal electrical source) and exosomatic (external electrical source). Even though the exosomatic approach is the most widely used, differences between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) methods and their implication in the emotional assessment field have not yet been deeply investigated. This paper aims at investigating how the admittance contribution of EDA, studied at different frequency sources, affects the EDA statistical power in inferring on the subject's arousing level (neutral or aroused). To this extent, 40 healthy subjects underwent visual affective elicitations, including neutral and arousing levels, while EDA was gathered through DC and AC sources from 0 to 1 kHz. Results concern the accuracy of an automatic, EDA feature-based arousal recognition system for each frequency source. We show how the frequency of the external electrical source affects the accuracy of arousal recognition. This suggests a role of skin susceptance in the study of affective stimuli through electrodermal response. Electronics 2016-08-04 5 3 Article 10.3390/electronics5030046 46 2079-9292 2016-08-04 doi: 10.3390/electronics5030046 Alberto Greco Antonio Lanata Luca Citi Nicola Vanello Gaetano Valenza Enzo Scilingo <![CDATA[Electronics, Vol. 5, Pages 45: Wearable Multimodal


text: World War I…. who would have thought there were original color photos of WWI? There are sites who contains hundreds of photos taken by the French in the last two years of World War One. Although color photography was around prior to 1903, the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, patented the process in 1903 and developed the first color film in 1907. The first experiments with color photography were carried out in 1904 near Lyon in France, where father Lumière owned a photographic factory. In 1907 the Lumière brothers patented the autochrome process they had invented. The French army was the primary source of color photos during the course of World War One. During exposure, the grains of potato starch on each plate acted as millions of tiny filters. The light-sensitive emulsion was then reversal processed into a positive transparency. When viewed, light passes through the emulsion and is filtered to the proper color by the starch grains. The resulting mosaic of glowing dots on glass gives autochromes the look of pointillist paintings. Autochromes were the first true color pictures, and the only industrial color photography process until 1935. Take a look at these great colored photographs from World War I. Enjoy.

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Grant Manager - Global Grants and Charitable Donations
The Grant Manager is responsible for executing healthcare related grant and charitable donation plans within the United States, Puerto Rico and globally. The Grant Manager exhibits a strong knowledge of grant making best practices, educational gaps in assigned therapeutic areas and participates in strategy development with Senior Managers. Additionally, the Grant Manager will lead cross-departmental projects designed to improve the effectiveness, efficiency or compliance of grant strategy execution.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Conduct and evaluating needs assessments, determining clinical/education gaps, determining learning objectives, completing compliance evaluations, managing grant spending against budget, and building and evaluating outcomes measurement reports.
- Assist in the development and implementation of grant and donation strategic plans.
- Review Medical Education (ME) and Non-Medical Education (NME) grants and Charitable Donations (CD). Ensure that requests align with applicable strategy, clinical and scientific principles and policy, laws/regulations, outcome measurements, adult learning principles and other relevant criteria.
- Analyze financial reports (e.g. budget, Plan, LBE), and activity outcomes and impacts.
- Attend supported programs to audit, monitor, or assess educational value on a periodic basis.
- Demonstrate in depth knowledge of all systems used in the grant management process, and contribute to system updates/upgrades.
- Keep abreast of best practices in grant processing and continually improve the quality and efficiency of grant review and approval.
- Abide by internal policies and procedures as well as external and local guidelines to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise through development and maintenance of departmental policies, procedures, training material, work instructions, audit documents, checklists, etc. Develop and deliver training to colleagues in related to grant review policies and best practices.
- Interact with requestors while demonstrating strong customer service during grant submission assessment and approval or denial. Proactively resolve issues that arise throughout process.
- Actively contribute to department mission by sharing recommendations/solutions for key business issues, and serve as key resource for interpretation of policies, procedures, and strategic grant and donation plans.
- Develop and maintain an effective network of relationships across internal and external customers and functional support teams.
- Manages assigned projects and ensures timely completion of deliverables as per plan.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, and effectively manage conflict and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multitask to enhance productivity and manage workload in an appropriate manner.
- Seek to achieve Certification of CME Professional (CCMEP) by completing a minimum of three qualifying points per year and passing exam once meeting minimum exam requirements.
- Reports to the Senior Manager, Global Grants and Charitable Donations.
- Provides project leadership across department.
- Supervises tasks performed by Grant Analysts.
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science required.
- 4 years of health care experience working in medical education, grants, medical affairs, legal and/or compliance departments.
- Attention to detail and ability to critically and strategically evaluate submitted grants.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated creative problem solving skills to maximize productivity and resolve complex issues.
- Manage multi-faceted projects, while working in a cross functional environment and demonstrating a positive professional presence.
- Health Care Professional or Master's degree.
- Understanding of adult learning principles.
- Certification of CME Professional (CCMEP).
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, Medical Education, applicable regulations, and health care/medical terms.
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Temple Tots
Temple Tots is a program designed for families of pre-schoolers at Or Chadash. Temple Tots meets one Sunday a month, and runs from 11:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M., with a snack towards the end of the hour. We meet in the Sanctuary after Tefillah (prayer assembly).
Temple Tots is a fun and educational program that teaches basic Jewish concepts at the pre-school age level. In addition to learning about the Holidays, the children will have an increased awareness about:
 - What is a Rabbi?
 - Why do we come to Temple?
 - What is Tzeddakah?
 - Where can I find a Mezuzah?
Theme-related crafts, stories, and a hands-on approach to learning are all active ingredients in the Temple Tots program. We read Sammy the Spider stories and other PJ Library books. In the past, the children played I-Spy in the Synagogue. They located and counted Mezuzahs, and Stars of David. They planted trees on Tu B'Shevat. They were very excited!
We look forward to seeing you on Sundays, and showing you just how exciting Temple can be when seen through the eyes of a pre-schooler!


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Specify the risk level (denoted as α or alpha) for the test. Usually, an α of 0.05 works well. An α of 0.05 indicates a 5% risk of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true (type I error).
The value of α is often set by industry guidelines. If you use a smaller value for α, such as 0.01, you can reduce the risk of a type 1 error. For example, if you perform an equivalence test using the default hypotheses, using a smaller alpha reduces the risk of claiming equivalence when it is not actually true. However, a smaller α also increases the risk that the test is overly conservative and does not allow you to claim equivalence when it is actually true.
The α value also sets the confidence level for the confidence interval. By default, the confidence level is (1 – α) × 100%. For example, if α is 0.05, Minitab calculates a 95% confidence interval.


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Product information "Fine Dust Sensor Kit - Complete kit compatible with sensor.community"
Have you always wanted to build your own fine dust sensor? The citizen science project sensor.community
) has developed a kit including software that can be used to record fine dust data and, if desired, other data such as temperature, humidity and air pressure.
This kit consists of all the basic electronic components needed to build the fine dust sensor "AirRohr":
- The actual fine dust sensor "Nova Fitness SDS011".
- A WLAN and controller module "NdeMCU v3"
- All necessary plug cables
- A intake hose for the fine dust sensor
Now all you need is a housing (you can find some ideas below), a micro USB cable (you can also order this from us) and a simple USB power supply (not included).
In addition, the following sensors can be added (not included in the basic version):
- DHT22: A simple humidity and temperature sensor (no soldering required).
- BMP180: A slightly better sensor from Bosch for temperature and air pressure (soldering required)
- BME280: A sensor from Bosch that evaluates temperature, humidity and air pressure (soldering required)
The instructions for the kit and all explanations can be found at _URL_
The case is not included. You can let your imagination run wild with the case. The sensors must be protected from wind and weather and there should be openings for the fine dust intake pipe and the other sensors. The original instructions simply use two corner pieces of a drain pipe. Further ideas:
- A "bird house": _URL_
- A wall-mounted box: _URL_
- Another housing: _URL_

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Automate your workflows and increase productivity with Quick Connects between OneDrive and PDFMonkey through Appy Pie Connect. Easily set up Quick Connects, such as creating new OneDrive conversations, sending emails in PDFMonkey, creating new tasks in OneDrive, and posting messages in PDFMonkey. By automating these tasks, you can save time and focus on more important work. Sign up for Appy Pie Connect and follow the step-by-step instructions to set up your first integration.
Connect your favorite apps and automate your workflows with just a few clicks.
Find Document in PDFMonkey when New Folder is created in OneDrive
Generate Document in PDFMonkey when New Folder is created in OneDrive
Find Document in PDFMonkey when New File is created in OneDrive
Generate Document in PDFMonkey when New File is created in OneDrive
Create Folder from OneDrive from Document Generated to PDFMonkey
Create New Text File from OneDrive from Document Generated to PDFMonkey
Upload File in OneDrive when Document Generated is added to PDFMonkey
Quick connects" refer to the integration of two or more applications to automate and streamline workflows. By connecting different applications, users can share data between them and automate repetitive tasks. This results in improved efficiency and productivity.
For example, integrating OneDrive and PDFMonkey allows users to seamlessly transfer data between the two applications and automate workflows. This saves time and reduces the risk of errors that can occur with manual data entry. Users can set up triggers and actions to automatically perform certain tasks based on changes made in one application or the other.
Quick connects can be beneficial for many different types of applications, including project management tools, CRMs, marketing automation software, accounting software, and more. By connecting these applications, users can achieve greater visibility into their data and streamline their workflows.
Appy Pie Connect is an application that connects your business apps to automate your workflows, improve accuracy, and enhance security. Here are the benefits of connecting apps using Appy Pie Connect:
Here are some examples of how you can use Appy Pie Connect to connect different apps:
To connect OneDrive and PDFMonkey using Appy Pie Connect, you will need to follow these steps:
Here are some additional details about the steps involved in connecting OneDrive and PDFMonkey using Appy Pie Connect:
To create an account, you will need to provide your name, email address, and password. You will also need to select a plan. Appy Pie Connect offers a free plan that allows you to connect up to two apps.
To select the apps, you will need to enter the name of the app in the search bar. Once you have found the app, you will need to click on the "Connect" button.
The instructions will vary depending on the apps that you are connecting. However, in general, you will need to provide the app's API key and secret.
To access the data, you will need to go to the "Apps" tab in Appy Pie Connect. Once you are in the "Apps" tab, you will see a list of all of the apps that you have connected. You can then click on the name of the app to view its data.
Here are Some Examples of how to Use Different Apps Together:
These are just a few examples of how you can use different apps together to improve your business processes and workflows. With the help of Appy Pie Connect, you can easily integrate different apps and automate tasks, saving time and increasing efficiency.
Here are Some Examples of Use Cases for Integrating OneDrive and PDFMonkey:
These are just a few examples of use cases for integrating OneDrive and PDFMonkey. With some creativity, you can find many other ways to use the integration to improve productivity, efficiency, and collaboration.
Integrating different apps can greatly enhance productivity and efficiency. By connecting OneDrive and PDFMonkey, you can create quick connects that help you streamline your workflows and automate tedious tasks. With the help of Appy Pie Connect, you can easily set up these quick connects and start enjoying the benefits of improved accuracy, enhanced security, and increased efficiency. Whether you're a small business owner or a busy professional, integrating OneDrive and PDFMonkey can help you get more done in less time and stay organized. So why wait? Start exploring the possibilities of integrating OneDrive and PDFMonkey today!


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Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) from Device Manager for R208743.exe
1.Click the location, e.g. Americas, from which you want to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save this program to disk and click OK. The Save In window appears.
3.From the Save In drop-down menu, click to select Desktop and then click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If a Download Complete window appears, click Close. A new icon appears on your desktop.
1. Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R208743.exe.
2. The Self-Extractor window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R208743. If you did not print these instructions, write down this path.
3. The WinZip Self-Extractor window appears
4. Click OK.
5. If the Self-Extractor window is still open, close it.
Removing Incorrectly Installed Driver First in Windows 9x or Me
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel, double-click System.
3. Click Device Manager.
4. Under Other Devices, click to highlight Unknown Device.
5. Click the Remove button at the bottom of the window. The device and category both disappear.
6. Click Refresh. The Hardware Wizard appears.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Specify the location of the driver and then click Next.
9. Click Search for the best driver and if there is not a check mark is in the checkbox next to Specify a location, click to put one there.
10. Click once in the textbox beneath Specify a location, type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R208743 and then click Next.
Windows finds the correct driver and asks you to verify it.
11. Click Next to install it.


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The Envisioning Inclusive FUTURES Summit Proceedings have been published by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) on our website. The Summit focused on 1) key social, economic, political and technological forces at play in the migration from legacy, analog technologies to mobile, digital technologies, and 2) the consequential futures for people with disabilities. The Proceedings concluded that a variety of technological solutions exist whether discussing the present or the future, and more are under development, to facilitate the ability of people with disabilities to engage in life activities. Transformative ideas and common visionary themes addressed wireless technologies and systems that could stimulate inclusive solutions such as robotics, wearables, the Internet of Things, next-generation emergency communications and alerts, and assistive intelligence for auditory and visual navigation. Looking to an inclusive future, not only were research and policy agenda items identified, but also challenges and recommendations on how to reach a future of inclusiveness. Following are a few findings:
- Usability is critical – technology needs to be "out of the box" ready. The design process should be enhanced so that devices be intuitively usable, or conversely, be easily personalizable.
- Education, outreach and awareness efforts should be dynamic and integral to both ongoing and adaptive/changing environments. This is in reference to not only technology, but to the changing circumstances of people with disabilities.
- Products and services should be universally designed and also take into account cultural sensitivity.
The visionary theme from the opening to the concluding dialog emphasized: A transformative future is an inclusive future. This became the key take-away for reinforcing the Wireless RERC's commitment to ensure an accessible mobile wireless future for people with disabilities.


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I've recently come to grips in Turkish about the subtleties of translating "to like", and am wondering about how it works in a few other languages including Hungarian. What is the difference between:
I do know that "tetszik" is different from the others in that its structure is better translated as "to appeal to sb/sg" rather than "to like". However are there situations where natives prefer to use "kedvel-" over "szeret-" (and vice-versa)? What are some other ways Hungarians could use to translate "to like"? (i.e. did I miss including other verbs that Hungarians use to translate "to like" etc.?)
As I learn more languages, the more I realize that few true synonyms exist. It's more accurate to think of matters as a few words overlapping in meaning or register but the nuances remain distinct and beyond the grasp of a learner or not always covered in a big dictionary.


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What does a car's ride quality mean?
Ride quality refers to a how comfortable a car is to travel in. The main factor that determines ride quality is the set-up of the suspension system, which is a compromise between handling and ride quality. A set-up that offers a softer, more forgiving ride quality means the car's handling is less sharp. Conversely, a car set up to handle more sportily requires a firmer ride quality.
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The Mosaic Floor
Today in Masonic History we discuss the Mosaic Floor.
The Mosaic Floor is an important part of masonic lore.
Often in artwork with Masonic symbols in it, there is a white and black checkered floor. This is often referred to as a the Mosaic floor or the Mosaic pavement.
In some descriptions of the floor of King Solomon's Temple the ground floor is a Mosaic pavment. Although some dismiss this, there are descriptions that make it clear that the floor of the temple is made of wood beacue and it is elevated. The argument is that stone would not be used for an elevated floor. While this is most likely a true argument, it does not take into account that a Mosaic floor does not have to be one of stone, merely one of multiple colors. It makes it difficult to prove or disprove what the floor was made of since no archealogical evidence of the Temple of Solomon exists and any written acconts of the temple were most likely done by scribes in the court of Solomon, who had no knowledge of the engineering that went into the building of the temple.
The explanation Freemasons use is that the black and white floor of King Solomon's Temple is representive of the good and evil in every man's life. This explanation attempts to explain the reasoning for the floor. It would tend to make the concept of the Mosaic floor a more modern creation, at least in it's philosophy. The philosophical explanation would have been easier for scribes in the court of Solomon to relate in their writings. Since this fact is not related in the descriptions of the temple it is less likely that it was the reasoning for the floor. Again there is no achealogical evidence for the Temple of Solomon so it is hard to say whether it is lost knowledge or a modern interpretation.
Regardless of whether it is meant as a direct represenation of the floor in Solomon's Temple or not, the philosophical explanation is what should be most important to the Freemason. The reminder that good and evil is present in all of our lives should be taken as a reminder and as a warning. It is should be a reminder that there are always those who would, by design or by accident, bring unhappiness or "evil" into our daily lives and to be vigilant to those threats and concerns. It should not just be to avoid them, is should also be to temper our reaction to those events and actions. It should be a warning to ourselves that we are just as capable of inflicting that unhappiness or "evil" on others.
Freemasons should remember that it is our own deeds that color the Mosaic floor. That we all have good days and bad days, that the goal is to always have the one extra white square balancing our life to the good and not the bad. We keep this balance by how we respond when "evil" enters our life and whether we choose by our actions to insert "evil" into the lives of others.


How to include R plots and diagrams in blog posts
R plots in Markdown
Using my R-pandoc tool, you will be able to embed nice R plots into blog posts, like the one below! It uses the fantastic pandoc document converter.
require(stats)
D = 150
T = 10
t = seq(0, 80, 0.01)
x = -D*exp(-(t/T))+D
v = (D/T)*exp(-(t/T))
plot(t, x, type="l", main="Evolution of position through time", xlab="time (s)", ylab="position (m)", xlim=c(0,80), ylim=c(0, D+10), xaxs = "i", yaxs = "i")
The above code and diagram are produced by inserting this code block inside a markdown file:
 ''' {.Rplot echo=Above}
 require(stats)
 D = 150
 T = 10
 t = seq(0, 80, 0.01)
 x = -D*exp(-(t/T))+D
 v = (D/T)*exp(-(t/T))
 plot(t, x, type="l", main="Evolution of position through time", xlab="time (s)", ylab="position (m)", xlim=c(0,80), ylim=c(0, D+10), xaxs = "i", yaxs = "i")
 '''
The attribute echo can also get the value Below to get the code displayed below the graphic. Ignore echo if you want only the graphic. Now you can compile your markdown blog post:
$ pandoc -t html demo.md --filter R-pandoc -o demo.html -s
A HTML file should be generated containing a nice graph.
Diagrams in Markdown
Using diagrams-pandoc (available soon), you can also produce nice diagrams inserted in Markdown.
The diagrams above was obtained from the following code:
 ''' {.diagram}
 example = square 1 # fc aqua 'atop' circle 1
 '''
It supports the same options than R-pandoc.
Embed in a Hakyll blog
To embed this in a Hakyll blog, you need to add R-pandoc in the dependencies of you project cabal file, and then define a special markdown compiler:
import Text.Pandoc.R
pandocCompilerR :: Compiler (Item String)
pandocCompilerR = pandocCompilerWithTransformM defaultHakyllReaderOptions defaultHakyllWriterOptions rTransformer
rTransformer :: Pandoc -> Compiler Pandoc
rTransformer pandoc = unsafeCompiler $ renderRPandoc "images" True pandoc
This compiler can be used instead the default one:
buildRmd :: Rules ()
buildRmd = do
 match "*.md" $ do
 route idRoute
 compile $ pandocCompilerR
Combining R-pandoc and diagrams-pandoc
What is really great is that transformers can be composed. To render an article containing both R plots and diagrams in command line, you can do it like that:
$ pandoc demo.md -t json | R-pandoc | diagrams-pandoc | pandoc -f json -t html
To do the same automatically with Hakyll, you can create a markdown compiler from R-pandoc and diagrams-pandoc with the famous fish >=> operator:
myPandocCompiler :: Compiler (Item String)
myPandocCompiler = pandocCompilerWithTransformM readerOptions writerOptions $ diagramsTransformer >=> rTransformer
This blog post has of course been generated with Hakyll, R-pandoc and diagrams-pandoc. Check out the source code here. If you want to learn more about pandoc filters, check here.
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Communicating with Vocal Emotions
Talk by Oleksandr Talavera (Birmingham) as part of the Research Seminar Series of the IOS Economics Department.
This paper explores the interpersonal vocal communication of managers with analysts during earnings conference calls. We apply a novel machine learning technique on a sample of more than 20,000 earnings conference calls of S&P 500 firms to generate voice emotions measures. Focusing on analyst-manager conversations, we find evidence of reciprocal interactions when managers respond with a similar vocal emotion to analysts. We also document that managers, who dialogue with a female analyst, exhibit a more positive vocal response. Moreover, female managers and younger managers are more likely to display negative vocal emotions than their male and older colleagues. Further analysis shows that investors and analysts incorporate emotionally charged information in trading and earnings forecasts.


critical factors are the speed of print and flood strokes, the thickness and opacity of the ink and the distance between the screen and the shirt. All of these factors must be carefully orchestrated to achieve acceptable results, especially in cases of half tone reproduction. If the print is on dark garment a flash is often required. The flash heats the ink so that the following colors will have and opaque base to sit on. Flashing requires attention to heat and timing and must be adjusted as the platens warm up and the ink changes consistency. Most of the critical adjustments required to control the process have to be done intuitively. It is because of this that screen printing is a specialized craft that requires a wealth of experience.
Once the shirts have been printed they must be cured and inspected. The dryer consists of a conveyor belt that runs the shirts through a heated chamber. The dryer must be set to the proper temperature and the speed of the belt must be adjusted to insure the required exposure to the heat for complete ink fusion. This must be diligently controlled to insure that the print is durable. Shirts also must be inspected as they are placed on the dryer belt and as they are removed by the folders.
We thank Mirror Image, Inc. _URL_ for their help in the preparation of these instructions.
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Mould for elliptical cross-sections non-pressure concrete pipes
Concrete non-pressure pipes with elliptical cross-sections (TPFe pipes) are concrete products with
diameters ranging from 2 to 3.5 m and a length of up to 2.5 m. They are used for laying of sewerage
systems, drainage systems, and other underground facilities, and they ensure the free flow of domestic
waste water, storm water, and other liquid waste.
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The M-Konstruktor plant manufactures steel moulds for concrete non-pressure pipes with elliptical
Pipe steel moulds elements
Our steel moulds for TPFe pipes consist of the following elements:
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- a pallet, which is a bottom moulding element centering the outer shell;
- an outer shell equipped with locks and guiding rails for concrete pipes' size restriction, a steam tank for heating, and a condensate collection tank
- an inner shell equipped with a movable cam and a hydraulic drive;
- a moulding ring used for the formation of the upper edge of a concrete product;
- a hood preventing the leakage of the concrete mixture into the inner shell and helping direct the
- hydraulic cylinders enabling the cam to move inside the inner shell:
- flow dividers providing simultaneous work of hydraulic cylinders.
You can also purchase a steam jacket to speed up concrete consolidation process. If you have a steam
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the mould into a steam chamber.
If you use our moulds properly and ensure maintenance is provided in a timely manner, they will endure
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You can order steel moulds for concrete non-pressure pipes with diameters ranging from 600 to 3000 mm
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So, either ensure that you read your input data correctly (if numbers are quoted, with options("stringsAsFactors") set to TRUE, then it's likely they will be converted to a factor), or convert your data.frame afterwards. This can be done columnwise, e.g.
dfrm <- data.frame(x=factor(c(3,2,1,8,4)), y=factor(c(5,6,1,2,3)))
m <- sapply(dfrm, function(x) as.numeric(as.character(x)))
plot(m)
I misread your question and I thought you were using as.matrix , not data.matrix. That doesn't change anything, since both functions will convert factors into their internal representation, as stated in the on-line help:
Factors and ordered factors are replaced by their internal codes.
How do I add an asterix to a boxplot to represent significance?
You can use text() and write at the corresponding location, if you know it beforehand; e.g.,
dfrm <- data.frame(y=rnorm(100, mean=10), x=gl(4, 25))
dfrm$y[dfrm$x==2] <- dfrm$y[dfrm$x==2]+2
boxplot(y ~ x, data=dfrm, ylim=c(min(dfrm$y)-.5, max(dfrm$y)+.5))
text(x=2, y=max(dfrm$y[dfrm$x==2]), "*", pos=3, cex=1.2)
Adapt x=2 to suit your needs.
Or you can use mtext to put the star outside the plotting region, like in
mtext("*", side=3, line=0, at=2, cex=1.2)
How to convert NA's in a large dataset to either 0 or 1?
Assuming your dataframe is named dfrm, do you mean something like that?
dfrm$Surgery <- ifelse(dfrm$Specialty=="Surgery", 1, 0)
dfrm$Internal <- ifelse(dfrm$Specialty=="Internal", 1, 0)
where can i find the sources for the sample() function in base
Look up do_sample in /trunk/src/main/random.c from, e.g. the svn repository.
How can you visualize data frames in a good way?
RStudio does a pretty good job with its built-in (read-only) data viewer. Other solutions ( have been suggested on Cross Validated: Is there a good browser/viewer to see an R dataset (.rda file).
How can we combine predictors from two different linear models into one?
If this is just a matter of extracting the components of each model and combine them into a new design matrix, then the following should work, irrespective of the fact you used stepAIC:
dfrm <- data.frame(y=rnorm(100), replicate(7, rnorm(100)))
lm1 <- lm(y ~ X1+X2+X3, dfrm)
lm2 <- lm(y ~ X5+X7, dfrm)
lm1.fm <- attr(terms(lm1), "term.labels")
lm2.fm <- attr(terms(lm2), "term.labels")
lm3.fm <- as.formula(paste("y ~ ", paste(c(lm1.fm, lm2.fm), collapse= "+")))
lm3 <- lm(lm3.fm, dfrm)
To fix the ideas, here we have
> names(dfrm)
[1] "y" "X1" "X2" "X3" "X4" "X5" "X6" "X7"
> lm3.fm
y ~ X1 + X2 + X3 + X5 + X7
See help(terms.object) to get more information on what it returns. With your example, you'll need to replace lm1 with best.ngc_fit and lm2 with best.fcst_fit.
Weka data load error
It does not look like the C45 names file is correct. Try replacing breast-cancer-wisconsin.names with this one:
2, 4.
clump: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
size: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
shape: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
adhesion: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
epithelial: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
nuclei: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
chromatin: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
nucleoli: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
mitoses: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Note that class comes first (only labels).
Here I have removed the first column of subjects' id in the original dataset using
$ cut -d, -f2-11 breast-cancer-wisconsin.data > breast-cancer-wisconsin.data
but it is not difficult to adapt the above code.
Alternative solutions:
 1. Generate a csv file: you just need to add a header to the *.data file and rename it as *.csv. E.g., replace breast-cancer-wisconsin.data with breast-cancer-wisconsin.csv which should look like
 clump,size,shape,adhesion,epithelial,nuclei,chromatin,nucleoli,mitoses,class
 5,1,1,1,2,1,3,1,1,2
 5,4,4,5,7,10,3,2,1,2
 3,1,1,1,2,2,3,1,1,2
 6,8,8,1,3,4,3,7,1,2
 ...
 2. Construct directly an *.arff file by hand; that's not really complicated as there are few variables. An example file can be found here.
How to add labels to the terminal nodes of a ctree (package party)?
Here is one hacky solution. It involves very little modification in the original source code of the plotting functions from the party package. By reading the source code, I noticed that there is a terminal_panel which is calling node_barplot in case the outcome is a factor. (Everything is located in the R/plot.R function, if you have source package installed.) We can modify the later to display custom labels in the default bar chart.
Just issue the following command at R prompt:
fixInNamespace("node_barplot", pos="package:party")
and then, start adding what we want:
 1. Add labels = NULL, gp = NULL to the existing list of arguments for that function.
 2. Near the end of the function body, after grid.rect(gp = gpar(fill = "transparent")), add the following lines:
 if (!is.null(labels)) {
 labs <- as.character(labels[ctreeobj@where==node$nodeID])
 len <- length(labs)
 x <- unit(rep(0.5, len), "npc")
 y <- unit(0.5:len/len, "npc")
 for (i in 1:len)
 grid.text(labs[i], x=x[i], y=y[i], just="center", gp=gp)
 }
Here, the key idea is to select labels corresponding to the selected node (node$nodeID), and we can grab this information from the slot where of the ctree object (this is a vector indicating in which node each case ended up). The if test is just to ensure that we can use the function as originally written. The gp argument can be used to change font size or color.
A typical call to the function would now be:
plot(cfit, tp_pars=list(labels=dfrm$names))
where dfrm$names is a column of labels from a data frame named dfrm. Here is an illustration with your data:
cfit <- ctree(young ~ age, data=a,
 controls=ctree_control(minsplit=2, minbucket=2


Hidden Demon Traps In Seal #1
A hidden hexagram is embedded within the Pyramid symbol. The Eye of Horus (Eye of Satan) forms the top part of the first triangle and the sides of the pyramid form the sides of the triangle. The second triangle has another "eye" within it, formed by the "O" of Novus Ordo Seclorum. The "A" of Annuit and the "S" of Coeptis form the outer points of the second triangle. ("Secrets of the Illuminati" by Doc Marquis).
Hidden symbols are extremely important to the occultist. A hidden symbol becomes a "Magical Symbol" capable of great power. As explained in the book, "Magic Symbols", "The true magic symbol is an image which hides an inner meaning". In other words, power is generated when the uninitiated cannot grasp the hidden symbolic meaning. Occultists have believed for centuries that their very secrecy gives them immense power.
However, this hexagram is surrounded by a circle, making it a demon trap. Thus, a witch can use it to conjure up a demon to work on behalf of the United States of America to achieve the New World Order.
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A growing body of research examines the relationship between science and technology by using a social network lens to look at the collaboration networks between authors and inventors. Building on this research, we study how publishing inventors' (author-inventors') structural position in scientific (co-authorship) and technological (co-invention) networks affects the quality of their inventions. We probe author-inventors' characteristics by identifying those who act as cutpoints—i.e., those who play a pivotal role in holding the two networks together. Cutpoints can be connected to more or less cohesive subgroups of the scientific network and hence have access to more or less diverse knowledge bases. The results of the analysis suggest that author-inventors' structural position—in particular, whether they are cutpoints and belong to more cohesive subgroups of the scientific network—is highly consequential for the quality of the inventions with which they are involved. We tested our hypotheses in the emerging field of nanotechnology. The theoretical and managerial implications of the results are discussed.
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I want to draw a map using python, not really a map with full information, just a get together of a series of small shapes to reflect land use.
The data is like below
1 2 2 3 3 2
2 3 3 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 3 3
3 3 3 3 4 1
Each number represents one land use type. and their positions in the matrix are their coordinates.
I used VBA to do that before, the whole map consists many small square shapes representing land use, but since the data was so large, it took a long time to generate the map, also delete the map.
My question are :
 1. I wonder in python, is there any more fast way to generate this kind of map, as a whole, not a series of shapes, i think that would be faster？？
 2. I have tried using contourf, as below, but it says "out of bounds for axis 1", but actually, I printed X,Y and cordi, they have the same shape, why still out of bounds?
 y = np.arange(0, 4 , 1)
 x = np.arange(0, 6 , 1)
 X,Y = np.meshgrid(x,y)

 # cordi is the matrix containing all the data
 # pyplot is imported before

 plt.contourf(X,Y, Cordi[X,Y], 8, alpha=.75, cmap='jet')

Thank you very much for answering!
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What about using imshow, which produces something like a heatmap. Here is an example:
In [1]: import numpy as np
In [2]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
In [3]: coord_data = np.array([[1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2], [2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2],
 [1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3], [3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1]])
In [4]: map = plt.imshow(coord_data)
In [5]: plt.colorbar(map)
Out[5]: <matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar instance at 0x7f3df2559c20>
In [6]: plt.show()
enter image description here
You can specify the interpolation level using the interpolation keyword (examples), and the colors used using the cmap keyword (example colormaps).
If you don't use interpolation='nearest', neighboring data points with the same value will look like contours.
 - im sorry, but i just found this is probably not what i want, according to its explanation on the website, imshow deals with images not plots. and if I only got a 2D array, so for each pixel, i only have one value, where 3 values of colors are needed for each pix. – rankthefirst Aug 10 '14 at 1:13
 - I don't understand what you mean. The colormap takes a single value and maps it to a color. So for example, say you have values that range between 1 and 10. The colormap might take values near 1 and map those to blue: (0,0,255), values near 10 to red: (255,0,0), and values inbetween to green (0, 255, 0). What I have plotted above uses only a 2D array of single values. – wflynny Aug 11 '14 at 15:49
 - Ah, so you mean, if I didn't assign RGB(for example red(255,0,0)), the colors will automatically change with the values(for example 1 to 10), then I know why it doesn't work, because in the txt file, the valid value is from 1 to 5, the invalid value is always -9999, so no wonder it couldn't distinguish the valid value. thanks. @wflynny – rankthefirst Aug 12 '14 at 23:07
 - @rankthefirst If you have "invalid" datapoints, you can use the vmin keyword to specify that values below vmin shouldn't be plotted. For example, if you real data spans [1,5], but you have invalid data points set to -9999, then you can do imshow(coord_data, vmin=1), and the invalid data points will show up as white (if using the default colormap - jet). – wflynny Aug 12 '14 at 23:17
 - yes, it works, thanks very much!! @wflynny – rankthefirst Aug 13 '14 at 13:01
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HYPOTHESIS: What does flint rock mean?
INTRODUCTION: When you study the religions of the Internet, there are no religions that the author knows of that speak about two rocks of salvation mentioned in Scripture. The two ROCKS in Scripture described as similes of salvation, are the Father Rock and the Son Jesus Rock.
METHOD: All words in OT Hebrew studied. Where possible NT Greek is converted to equivalent OT Hebrew.
PICTURE: Strong's 6697.
The pictograph reads "The travelling secure HEAD"
CONCLUSION: The Hebrew word "tsuwr" means "flint type rock" which is is a bedrock foundation rock, used as a simile of the Father in heaven, who travels as a secure HEAD.
PERSONAL APPLICATION: There are TWO rocks in Scripture that work together as similes of salvation, the Father Rock and the Son Jesus Rock.
DISCUSSION: The discussion of all contexts of verses are presetned to the reader:-
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Nowshera: Prime Minister Imran Khan says Pakistan's biggest challenge is food security, foreign exchange can come from olives, olive production will become a source of employment for the youth, future generations are threatened by climate change.
Addressing the Nowshera Olive Tree Planting Campaign, he said that the impact of olive production would be felt all over Pakistan. There was a time when we used to export wheat, this year we imported 4 million tonnes of wheat. We import ghee and palm oil, there is a big difference between our exports and imports, our exports have increased, our imports have decreased.
He said that the biggest responsibility of a government is to secure food for the people. Pakistan is one of the 10 countries that are affected by climate change. Pakistan has the second youngest population in the world. Employing youth is also a big challenge. Pollution is also a challenge for us. Climate change is a threat to future generations. ۔ Planting trees is securing the future of future generations.
The Prime Minister said that foreign exchange could come from olives, olives could be produced in most parts of KPK. Olives can be exported to the world, it is the best cooking oil. Olive production will become a source of employment for the youth.
He said that pollution was a problem in the cities and youth and students should participate in the planting of Billion Tree trees. It is important to plant urban forests in the cities as well, including fruit trees. Different types of fruit trees can grow in Pakistan. We have 12 seasons.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched an olive tree planting campaign in Nowshera. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan was also present on the occasion.
The Prime Minister was briefed on the project. Olive tree planting will be part of the 10 billion Tree Tsunami Program. Under the campaign, olive trees will be planted at suitable places across the country.


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Last year the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida welcomed twelve bat pups, including the rare birth of twins by mother Variable Flying Fox "Charisma." This organization is dedicated to conserving "fruit and nectar" bats because these animals are vital to pollination and seed dispersal in many of the world's jungles. The evolutionary origins of bats are a subject of much debate but they are most certainly NOT flying rodents. Once thought to be more closely related to shrews and hedgehogs, recent genetic evidence suggests bats may be more closely related to carnivores like bears, dogs and cats.
A Large Flying Fox pup clings to a stuffed animal
Large Flying Fox pup and mom. Above photo credits: D. LeBlanc / Lubee Bat Conservancy
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Linked List and its variations are used as underlying data structure to implement List, Stack, Queue, and Deque ADTs (read this Wikipedia article about ADT if you are not familiar with that term).
In this visualization, we discuss (Singly) Linked List (LL) — with a single next pointer — and its two variants: Stack and Queue, and also Doubly Linked List (DLL) — with both next and previous pointers — and its variant: Deque.
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This is so that v is inserted correctly at index i and maintain compactness.
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Another CS module: 'Computer Organisation' discusses the details on this O(1)
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In the best case, v is found at the first position, O(1).
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In the best case, insert at i = N, there is no shifting of element, O(1).
In the worst case, insert at i = 0, we shift all N elements, O(N).
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update primary record data to secondary records? In addition, the same data ID or trace ID may be used in multiple primary records due to a lack of standardization across business departments.
Primary data is correlated to secondary data by the dataId and traceId fields. Therefore, a data update based on the update_by_query command will be invalid and incorrect if primary data and secondary data arrive at the operation log system at the same time. In addition, primary data and secondary data may be correlated to each other on a many-to-many basis, and therefore the dataId and traceId fields are not the unique identifiers of a record.
In fact, Elasticsearch is also a NoSQL database that supports key-value caching. Therefore, you can create an Elasticsearch index to serve as an intermediate cache that caches primary data or secondary data, whichever arrives first. The _id element of the index consists of the dataId and traceId fields. This allows you to find the ID of the primary or secondary data record by using an intermediate ID. Most index data models are structured as follows, where the detailId field is the _id array record of the secondary index.
 "dataId": 1,
 "traceId": "abc",
 "moduleCode": "crm_01",
 "operationId": 100,
 "operationName": "Zhang San",
 "departmentId": 1000,
 "departmentName": "Account Department",
 "operationContent": "Visit clients",
 "detailId": [
As mentioned above, primary records and secondary records are both stored on a Kafka shard. This allows you to call the following core Elasticsearch APIs to pull data in batches:
# Query records in secondary indexes in bulk
# Insert in bulk
# Delete intermediate temporary indexes in bulk
Migration Procedure
1. Migrate Data
Here, we use DataX as the data synchronization tool based on the following factors:
 - Historical data: Operation log records are historical data that rarely need further modification once generated, making them similar to offline data.
 - Non-continuous migration: When the project is completed, the original MongoDB cluster is completely terminated and no secondary migration is required.
 - Data volume: The original MongoDB operation logs amount to billions of entries.
Therefore, the migration must be processed at an appropriate speed. An excessively fast migration leads to performance problems for the MongoDB cluster, while an excessively slow migration prolongs the project and increases O&M costs and complexity. If this is not an issue, you can select Hadoop as an intermediate platform for migration.
 - Scenario-based modifications of the DataX source code: DataX allows you to modify the source code to suit different scenarios, such as date type conversion and generation or mapping of primary index key _id fields. It also supports repeated synchronization.
 - Multi-instance and multi-thread operations in parallel: Synchronization of primary data and synchronization of secondary data are both deployed on multiple instances, and each instance is configured with multiple channels.
2. Configure Migration Indexes
Run the following command to temporarily modify some index settings, and then revert them when data is synchronized:
 "index.number_of_replicas": 0,
 "index.refresh_interval": "30s",
 "index.translog.flush_threshold_size": "1024M"
 "index.translog.durability": "async",
 "index.translog.sync_interval": "5s"
3. Migrate Applications
The operation log project is built by using Springboot, with the following custom configuration items added:
# Write flag mongodb in applications
writeflag.mongodb: true
# Write flag elasticsearch in applications
writeflag.elasticsearch: true
Project-based modifications:
 - When the project goes online for the first time, set the two write tags to true to enable double-write for MongoDB and Elasticsearch.
 - Two different read interfaces are provided for flexible frontend switching.
 - When data migration is completed and no difference exists, revert the values of the flags.
1. Benefits of Migration
By replacing a MongoDB storage database with Elasticsearch, we can use three Elasticsearch servers to do the work of 15 MongoDB servers, significantly reducing corporate costs each month. In addition, the query performance improved more than 10 times over, and the system provides better support for a variety of queries. This is a great help to the business department, O&M team, and company leaders.
2. Lessons Learned
The whole project took several months, and many colleagues participated in its design, R&D, data migration, testing, data verification, and stress testing. This technical solution was not designed all at once. Instead, it is the result of trial and error. Elasticsearch has many excellent technical features. Only flexible use can maximize its power.
About the Author
Li Meng is an Elasticsearch Stack user and a certified Elasticsearch engineer. Since his first explorations into Elasticsearch in 2012, he has gained in-depth experience in the development, architecture, and operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Elastic Stack and has carried out a variety of large and mid-sized projects. He provides enterprises with Elastic Stack consulting, training, and tuning services. He has years of practical experience and is an expert in various technical fields, such as big data, machine learning, and system architecture.
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3-D Voronoi tessellation
The reason for using hexagons is that it is still pretty simple, and when you rotate the chart by 60 degrees (or a multiple of 60 degrees) you still get the same visualization. For squares, rotations of 60 degrees don't work, only multiples of 90 degrees work. Is it possible to find a tessellation such that smaller rotations, say 45 or 30 degrees, leave the chart unchanged? The answer is no. Octogonal tessellations don't really exist, so the hexagon is an optimum.
Hexagonal binning plots (source: here)
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The three plots described here (Voronoi diagram, hexagonal binning and contour plots) are available in the ggplot2 package.
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FitnessGram Curl Up Test
Good strength and endurance of the abdominal muscles are important in promoting correct posture and pelvic alignment. The curl-up abdominal fitness test requires the subjects to perform as many curl-ups as possible following a set cadence. The following information describes the procedures as used in the FitnessGram Program (and also the Brockport Test?). There is also a similar Curl Up test as part of the Connecticut Physical Fitness Test and a beep curl up test used for the NHL testing. See the general guidelines for Abdominal Endurance Tests.
- purpose: The curl-up test measures abdominal strength and endurance, which is important in back support and core stability.
- equipment required:
- a flat, clean, cushioned surface.
- PACER cd with curl-up cadence track. A sit up beep test mp3 which uses the same cadence is also available. If the cadence cd is not available, you can call out at the set cadence using a stopwatch, use a metronome, or create an audio track using the Team Beep Test software.
- 3.0" or 4.5" Curl-Up Measuring Strip. The 3.0 inch measuring strip is for 5-9 year olds, the 4.5" is used for students age 10 and up. If the manufactured measuring strips are not available, you can mark the floor with some tape, or use a piece of cardboard cut to the right dimensions (see make your own)
- procedure: The student begins by lying on their back, knees bent at approximately 140 degrees, feet flat on the floor, legs slightly apart, arms straight and parallel to the trunk with palms of hands resting on the mat. The fingers are stretched out and the head is in contact with the mat. The measuring strip is placed on the mat under the students legs so that their fingertips are just resting on the nearest edge of the measuring strip. The feet cannot be held or rest against an object. Keeping heels in contact with the mat, the student curls up slowly, sliding their fingers across the measuring strip until the fingertips reach the other side, then curls back down until their head touches the mat. Movement should be smooth and at the cadence of 20 curl-ups per minute (1 curl-up every 3 seconds).
- scoring: Record the total number of curl ups, up to a maximum of 75. The test is continued until exhaustion (e.g. the subject cannot maintain the set rhythm), or until they complete 75 curl-ups. The test is also stopped if the student has two technique warnings - if the heels come off the floor, the head does not return to the mat, or the fingertip do not reach the far side of the measuring strip.
- advantages: this test is simple and quick to perform requiring minimal equipment, and large groups may be tested all at once.
- disadvantages: a cd with the correct cadence or the measuring strip may not always available, although it is possible to conduct the test without these.
- Ensure that the students do not hunch their shoulders before beginning test, as they may be able to get the fingertips to the other side of the testing strip by merely moving the arms and shoulders up and down.
- Students should not forcibly "reach" across the measuring strip with their hands, but simply let the hands passively move along the floor in response to the action of the trunk and shoulders.
- It is important that the correct technique is used as described for accurate comparison to the FitnessGram norms.
- The curl-up assessment used in FitnessGram is a safer and more effective test since it does not involve the assistance of the hip flexor muscles and minimizes compression in the spine, when compared to a full sit-up with the feet held.
- guidelines: before conducting any fitness test, you should review each person's medical status to identify medical, orthopedic or other health problems that should be considered. Before starting, make sure the correct techniques for all tests are explained. (see the Fitness Testing Guidelines for more info)
- About Abdominal Testing
- See the similar Curl Up test as part of the Connecticut Physical Fitness Test, and beep curl up test used for the NHL testing.
- About the FitnessGram Program and the Brockport Test
- General Abdominal Endurance Test description.
- Videos of Sit Up Fitness Tests
- A simple sit up test that you can do at home.
- sit up tests procedures for the US Army and US Marines and US Navy
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We have studied the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of polydiacetylene (PDA) thin films in the temperature region 300-1.7 K. It was found that at electric fields higher than 2 × 104 V/cm, the I-V characteristics are strongly super-linear with negative temperature coefficient of starting voltage. Negative gate voltage increases the source-drain current (the effect is more pronounced at low temperature), whereas the magnetic field up to 7 T does not affect it. The results demonstrate that at low temperature the charge transport is mainly supported due to a charge injection and tunneling from the metallic banks, whereas at higher temperatures the activation energy is related to the band gap mismatch between the different polymer chains or granules.
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It is best to have concrete dams.
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- Increasing prevalence of diabetic population, rising prevalence of obesity, and rise in geriatric population are major factors driving the growth of the human insulin market
- Strict regulatory requirements for approval of insulin and high cost of insulin analog inhibits the growth of the human insulin market
Segmentation for the global human insulin market comprises of the following types such as
Traditional Human Insulin
- Short Acting Human Insulin,
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- Premixed Human Insulin.
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- Long Acting Human Insulin,
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- Premixed Human Insulin
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- Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc,
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North America is a prominent market for human insulin market and dominated the Global market share. It has been valued at $11,127.9 in 2015 million and is expected to grow over $XX million by 2027. The European human insulin market stands as second largest market which is expected to grow with a CAGR of 12.2% during the forecasted period.
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Why lard should be an essential part of your SHTF stockpile
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(Natural News) Pig fat is an underrated culinary ingredient. Commonly known as lard, it is often considered "unhealthy" fat that can clog up your arteries. However, lard is actually healthier than most people have been led to believe.
Lard isn't just for cooking. It is a versatile substance that has many practical uses. Here are a few good reasons why preppers should stockpile lard for everyday use even before SHTF. (h/t to AskAPrepper.com)
Lard is rendered pork fat, often taken from a pig's belly, that has been strained of any meat bits or other impurities. During the Great Depression, many people used lard to help them survive and stave off malnutrition. It was cheap, accessible, and rich in calories. As such, it was commonly used in cooking, baking, frying, and preserving other foods. It is actually lower in saturated fat than butter or any other animal fat. Lard provides many essential calories, but contains no trans fats. It is also a good source of essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins A, D, E and K. (Related: Frying your food in lard is healthier than using sunflower oil, say scientists.)
As lard is also used for food preservation, it should come as no surprise that it has incredible staying power. It can stay fresh for much longer, compared to butter, vegetable oil or coconut oil. Without refrigeration, you can keep it stored in an airtight container for as long as three months. You can also substantially extend its shelf life by keeping it sealed in the freezer for up to three years. However, to keep it fresh, you may need to occasionally reheat your lard every few months, and pour it into a new container with a nice, smooth surface. Outside of cooking, lard can also potentially be utilized for a number of household uses.
Cooking and household uses for lard
 - Cooking oil. Due to its high smoke point and desirable flavor, lard is commonly used as a substitute for cooking oil. When used on cast iron cookware, it does not leave behind a sticky residue that is common with vegetable oils.
 - Food preserver. In olden times, when modern conveniences such as refrigeration did not yet exist, lard played a big role in food preservation. Meat could be cooked and stored in lard over the winter.
 - Spread. In a pinch, lard can be used as a spread on bread, just like butter. It can even be used as a dip to get an extra calorie boost. In the past, this was often done to help ward off malnutrition.
 - Base for poultices. Lard can be used as a base for making a number of medicinal poultices and salves.
 - Hand cream. Lard can make for a good skin moisturizer. It is useful in protecting the skin from drying, chapping, and cracking.
 - Machine oil. Lard can be used to keep machines oiled and moving freely, while also cooling them down. Additionally, it protects metals against rusting and corrosion.
 - Waterproofing treatment. Beef tallow and lard are useful in waterproofing fabric, leather, and materials used for building a shelter. Simply coat your clothing or other material in a layer of lard to help it shed water.
 - Soap. Soap has traditionally been made out of animal fat. Just like with beef tallow, you can use lard to make your own emergency soap.
 - Lamp oil. Because lard is flammable, it can be used as an alternative to lamp oil or candle wax.
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C-STEM Teacher of the Year recognizes C-STEM teachers for their exceptional contributions in teaching computing, integrating computing into STEM subjects, and inspiring students to pursue careers and post-secondary study in C-STEM fields. Award recipients are selected by the C-STEM Awards Committee consisting of the university faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
- Nominees must be teachers teaching C-STEM subjects in K-12 schools with an annual C-STEM subscription.
- Nominees must be actively participating in the C-STEM program, including advising student teams for RoboPlay Challenge Competition on C-STEM Day.
- Nominees have not received this award in the past.
- Evidence on excellence in computing and STEM education, especially on integration of computing into STEM education.
- Presents concepts in fun and exciting ways.
- Inspire students of different backgrounds and abilities to learn.
- Have the respect and admiration of students, parents, and colleagues.
- Play an active and useful role in school and extracurricular activities.
- Nominees need to attend the C-STEM Annual Conference in person to receive the award.
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New Method to Determine Young's Modulus of Micro Crystal Based on Raman Spectrometer
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With the development of MEMS, the mechanical properties of micro crystals must to be determined to know the defect, reliability and characterization of MEMS. Young's modulus is one of the most important properties, which indicates the ability of resisting the elastic deformation. Many methods, such as natural frequency measurement, beam bending tests, membrane bulge test and uniaxial tension test, have been used to measure Young's modulus of Si, SiN and metals. But there are some limitations when they are used to measure micro crystals in MEMS. This paper puts forward a high accuracy and convenient method----using Raman spectrum to measure Young's modulus of micro crystals in MEMS, and sets up the measurement system. Measured Young's modulus of Si and GaAs in [100] crystallographic orientation are 161.113GPa and 84.128GPa respectively, which correspond with the Yong's modulus in common use now. Based on the values, it can be analyzed if there are some defects in the micro crystals.
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Less Than Zero
This elevation map of the Beethoven basin is color-coded to show the height of features on Mercury's surface. Mercury lacks a "sea level", so the zero-point reference elevation is defined to be the mean planetary radius of 2440 km. Blue areas, such as within Bello crater on the floor of Beethoven, have negative elevations. The red and white areas to the southwest are more than 8 km higher than the lowest points in this area.
Date acquired: February 27, 2012
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


Why is Bali different to the rest of Indonesia?
Bali is different from the rest of Indonesia because of the religion that it follows. The majority of people in Indonesia are Muslim, but most people in Bali follow Balinese-Hinduism. Many religions set time aside in daily lives for religious rituals; Muslims, for example, pray five times a day.
How is Bali different to the rest of Indonesia?
Bali is small – about 100 miles wide and 70 miles north to south. And, unlike the rest of Indonesia, its 3.9 million residents are mostly Hindu, not Muslim. … From relaxing retreats to bustling streets to standing amid volcanoes and Buddhist temples, Bali, Java and Jakarta capture the essence of Indonesia.
Why is Bali so different?
Culturally Bali is mostly Balinese Hindu, which is quite a stark difference from the mostly Muslim Indonesia. The state of development and foreign influences is also very different in Bali compared to many other places.
Is Indonesia and Bali the same place?
Why is Bali unique?
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Which God is Worshipped in Bali?
Bali's official religion is Hindu, but it's far too animistic to be considered in the same vein as Indian Hinduism. The Balinese worship the trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, three aspects of the one (invisible) god, Sanghyang Widi, as well as the dewa (ancestral gods) and village founders.
What is the best month to go to Bali?
Is Bali a third world country?
Bali is not a country. It is an island that is part of Indonesia, and Indonesia is said to be a third world country (although it's slowly improving). That being said, there are huge regional differences in Indonesia. As a tourist magnet, the wealth level in Bali is quite a bit higher than in the rest of the country.
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When starting production on the first season of Peg + Cat, the creative team's plan was to implement a strong digital archive system, one that carefully cataloged every asset created for the show. But because of budget restrictions it was decided to due without. Halfway through the season though, the team found themselves struggling to locate assets, recreating files that already existed, and wasting valuable time and resources.
Moving into production on the second season, it was a hugh priority to correct this. A digital archivst from Winthrop instantly understood the problem and carefully mapped out a thoughtful plan that would catalogue all pre-existing files, and organize all future assets. Within a few weeks Winthrop had captured descriptive metadata for thousands of backgrounds, props, character files and effects.
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Dual Kalman filter for estimating load-free human motion kinematic energy expenditure
journal contributionposted on 2018-03-01, 00:00 authored by Gareth Williams, S Li, Pubudu PathiranaPubudu Pathirana
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The need for measuring energy expenditure using non-wearable devices in sports science is a complex task involving strict protocols of measurement. Such protocols and measurement involving indirect calorimetry or inertial measurement unit (IMU) based measurement are expensive to setup, too inaccurate or force the subjects being measured to modify their actions in a significant manner. In this paper, we explored the concept of using a parallel Kalman filter setup being used in simulation. The simulation used was an iterative one using a dynamic model, featuring the use of two different types of setup- structured or non structured movement and the use of one or two Kalman filters. The results from the simulations performed showed that structured movement using a dual Kalman filter setup was the best performer when using root mean square error as the metric for performance. These results will help influence our work utilising the Microsoft Kinect and estimating weights of human joints and the energy expenditure attained from that.


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Educational Exodus: Stories of Korean Youth in the U.S.
AbstractAn increasing number of Korean early study abroad (ESA) students are spending some of their K-12 school years in the U.S. to continue their schooling. This typical social and educational phenomenon in Korea has surged since 2000. This study aims to investigate Korean ESA adolescents' life experiences in the U.S., focusing on motives for ESA and challenges they have experienced during their staying in the U.S. A case narrative inquiry was adopted as a research methodology to examine in-depth life experiences of four focal students. For the primary method of data collection, this study employed longitudinal observation, individual interviews, and written documents. Findings indicated that various components were entangled in complex ways for explaining the students' decision-making such as escaping from competitive Korean educational situation, improving English language competence, following their parents' academic journey, and getting better education. However, it might not be a path without risks. In our study, the Korean ESA adolescents have faced various challenges and even agonies. This research will provide authentic and practical information for educators and teachers to understand this emerging group of students. View Full-Text
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Post Acute Myocardial Infraction Patient are being under diagnosis for psychological distress disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post traumatuc.
Research Question and Problem
Assignment: Please write a research question and problem with supporting literature. The question should contain independent variable and dependent variable. The question should state what type of study will be performed (quantitative study or qualitative study).
1.My topic statement is psychological distress in post-acute myocardial infraction (MI) patients. The problem is that many times this patient population is being under diagnosis for psychological distress disorders like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The problem is there is no specific nursing assessment tool that have been developed to help nurses working with this patient population assess and pick up on signs and symptoms of psychological distress disorder in order for this post-acute MI patients can get psychological distress disorder treatment early.
Is there a difference in detecting psychological distress disorders like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder early in post-acute (MI) patients who complete a psychological questionnaire with a nurse before discharge and those who do not complete psychological questionnaire with a nurse before discharge?
The independent variable is psychological discharge questionnaire by nurse before discharge. The dependent variable is detecting psychological distress disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder early in post-acute (MI) patients. Post-acute MI patients are times psychological distress disorders are under diagnosed in this patient population. It is also important to examine the associated factors which might favor greater distress such as (family history and number of MI etc).