|stop - will either start or stop the server"
EXAMPLES:
Start the server process
ewas.bat start
Stop the server process
ewas.bat stop -username "XXXX" -password "YYYY"
help
ewas.bat --help
NOTE: The default username and password for the stop command is "wasadmin / netcool"
IV12043 USING EVENTREADER ENABLE EVENTLOCKING WITHOUT AN EXPRESSION CAUSES AN ERROR AND FAILS TO PROCESS EVENTS.
Selecting the Enable EventLocking button on an EventReader without setting an Expression causes the error. The following text was added to the documentation under event locking: Note: You must set an event locking expression in order to use this feature.
Event locking depends on at least one or more fields to determine the order of processing the events.
IV24423 GETHTTP API HTTPPROPERTIES PARAMETERS NEED DOCS
The GetHTTP function needs documentation for the HTTPProperties. Here are all of the properties:
HTTP properties are created by creating NewObject containing name value pairs. The valid variables are:
ConnectionTimeout - Sets the timeout until a connection is etablished. A
value of zero means the timeout is not used. The default
value is zero
ResponseTimeout - Sets the default socket timeout (SO_TIMEOUT) in
milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data. A timeout value
of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.
AuthenticationHost - the host the credentials apply to. May be set to
null if credenticals are applicable to any host
AuthenticationPort - the port the credentials apply to. May be set to
negative value if credenticals are applicable to any port.
AuthenticationScheme - the authentication scheme the credentials apply
to. May be set to null if credenticals are applicable to any
authentication scheme.
Basic
Basic authentication is the original and most compatible
authentication scheme for HTTP. Unfortunately, it is also the least
secure as it sends the username and password unencrypted to the
server.
Digest
Digest authentication was added in the HTTP 1.1 protocol and while
not being as widely supported as Basic authentication there is a
great deal of support for it. Digest authentication is significantly
more secure than basic authentication as it never transfers the
actual password across the network, but instead uses it to encrypt a
"nonce" value sent from the server.
AuthenticationRealm - the realm the credentials apply to. May be set to
null if credenticals are applicable to any realm.
UserId: The user name.
Password: The password.
Link: _URL_
IV27156 HIBERNATE IMPACT 5.1.1 DOC FUNCTION EXAMPLE IS MISSING REMOVEHIBERNATION(ACTIONKEY); LINE
The example was changed from:
// Call Hibernate and pass an action key and the number of seconds
// to hibernate as input parameters
ActionKey = "ActionKey" + GetDate();
TimeOut = 60;
Hibernate(ActionKey, NULL, Timeout);
to the following:
// Call Hibernate and pass an action key and the number of seconds
// to hibernate as input parameters
ActionKey = "ActionKey" + GetDate();
TimeOut = 60;
Hibernate(ActionKey, null, TimeOut);
RemoveHibernation(ActionKey);
Link to the technote: _URL_
IV27965 NEED TO DOCUMENT THAT FILTER CHANGES REQUIRE A RESTART OF THE EVENTREADER SERVICE, IF IT'S RUNNING AT THE TIME.
The docs state that you need to Press OK after changing an event filter for an Event Reader. When doing this, the change does not take affect. You need to restart the Event Reader for the change to take affect.
IV17558 [Document] IMPACT DOESN'T SUPPORT REF CURSOR FOR PASSING IN PARAMETERS
A technote FAQ has been added to address the fact that a ref cursor cannot be used as an input parameter for the CallStoredProcedure function. This technote can be found:
_URL_
IV16518 [Documentation] SILENT INSTALL WILL NOT WORK IF USING IP FOR NAMESERVER_HP.
A technote troubleshooting note has been added to address the situation where the silent installation fails if IP address of Name Server is used.
IV31225 SEND A MESSAGE TO A JABBER CHAT ROOM AND AVOID A 15 SEC TIMEOUT
1. We now allow the user to provide a password for a jabber groupchat. To do this, you need to set the variable GroupChatPassword in the policy, before calling SendInstantMessage to send to groupchat message.
(I think this can go in the section that documents the SentInstanceMessage function).
2. If you want to receive messages from a groupchat to a Jabber reader service, you need to add the following property to the props file of the jabber reader service (in the impact/etc directory):
impact.<jabberreadername>,groupchatroom=<chatroom>@jabberserver
Impact must be restarted for this change to take affect
IV30383: CANNOT AUTHENTICATE TO OBJECTSERVER WITH SSL IN IMPACT511
The new step added is to run confvmm4ssl.[sh/bat], which should now exist in the same $NCHOME//etc/tivoli-vmm4ncos/bin.
IV30467: ORACLE DSA NOT CORRECTLY RESOLVING STORED PROCEDURE WHERE: 511THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE SAME NAMED STORED PROCEDURE
The docs do not mention the scenario where there are multiple procedures with the same name in different packages. If automatic schema discovery is not disabled and the policy invokes CallStoredProcedure with procedure name argument set to <packagename>.<procedurename> then Impact will throw an error when it tries to discover the schema.
IV30041: CHANGING THE ORACLE LDAP DATA SOURCE TO USE A JDBC LDAP URL TO OBTAIN A CONNECTION TO ORACLE
Impact claims support for an Oracle LDAP connection, meaning you can configure a datasource in Impact by specifying configuration information for LDAP without exposing the Oracle host and port. The implementation of this feature required a java.sql.Datasource object to be bound in the LDAP server, which is completely unintuitive to the user, and in the cases of many LDAP implementations (such as Active Directory) very difficult to do. The aim of this APAR is to support the straightforward way of obtaining an Oracle connection through LDAP, using a url of the form: jdbc:oracle:thin:@ldap://<ldaphost>:<ldapport>/<ServiceName>,cn=OracleContext,DC=oracle,dc=support,dc=com
Link to the technote: _URL_
5.2.2 List of APARs that Fixed as TechNotes in FP1.
The following APARs are fixed as TechNotes. There is no code fix available in the Fix Pack.
IZ54766 COMPARISONS OF OBJECT SERVER FIELDS IN EVENT READER FILTERS
Filter Analyzer only supports the comparison of Strings,
other Object Comparisons are not supported.
Tech Note link is:
_URL_
IZ55217 JREXEC PROPS FILE OPTIONS ARE BEING DISREGARDED
To change the port used by Tivoli Netcool/Impact for the JRExecServer:
1. Edit the file $NCHOME/impact/etc/jrexecserver.props
Change the property impact.jrexecserver.port=<any port: 1024
to port 6536>
2. Edit the file $NCHOME/impact/etc/<server Name>_server.props
Change the property impact.jrexecserver.port=<the port set in
jrexecserver.props>
3. Restart server
4. Start jrexec service.
5. Check that jrexec start on the new port.
TechNote link is:
_URL_
IZ70788 SUBVERSION MECHANISM CREATED CORE DUMP DURING
ANY ACTION ON AIX 6.1 TL4
Tech Note link is:
_URL_
5.3 eWAS Fixes and Upgrades
Please Note: When updating eWAS, any IBM product service that uses the eWAS should be set to Manual start and the machine
should be rebooted before the Update. You must confirm that the services did not start before running the install and ensure you backup
the eWAS using the backupConfig command
Netcool/Impact Fix Pack 0002 was tested and verified on
WebSphere Application Server (eWAS) 6.1 Fix Pack 43
Recommend use of WebSphere Application Server (eWAS) 6.1 Fix Pack 6.1.0.45 for Solaris installs
Please follow the instruction if you want to perform the upgrade:
1 - If you do not have the UpdateInstaller tool for WebSphere Application
Server - download and install it from.
_URL_
2 - Install the eWAS and WASSDK packages
o Run the backupConfig command to back up configuration files.
_URL_
o Stop all application server processes.
The product might not continue to operate successfully if you attempt to
install Fix Pack while embedded WebSphere Application Server related Java
processes are still running.
o Download the eWAS and WASSDK maintenance packages from
_URL_
Place both maintenance pack files into the update installer maintenance directory:
<updi_install_root>/


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LAS CRUCES —The $5 million Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science opens to the public on Friday with exhibits that range from a historic homemade telescope to live animals, ancient fossils and a high-tech digital video globe that's a window to our solar system.
After almost a decade of planning, the 9,400-square-foot museum, formerly housed at the Mesilla Valley Mall, will join the "cultural corridor" of city museums that includes the Branigan Cultural Center and the Las Cruces Museum of Art on Main Street, and the nearby Las Cruces Railroad Museum.
An invitation-only crowd got a sneak peek Thursday night of the new facility, designed to showcase some of the best of regional nature and science.
Where else in the world could you find a handcrafted telescope on a lawnmower base made by Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto?
Tombaugh's famed "Grazer Gazer" shares the "Light & Space" exhibit with Magic Planet, a four-foot, high-tech, interactive digital video globe that offers near-instant access to images and information on every planet in the solar system, along with developing weather systems on Earth.
You'll also be able to walk through "Prehistoric Trackways," a panoramic display of tracks of ancient creatures, and, with the touch of a button, have dialogs with Jerry MacDonald, the man who discovered and excavated the largest collection of Permian tracks in the world and managed to save the precious 280-million-year-old fossils in our own Robledo Mountains.
No animals killed
In the third major exhibit, "Desert Life," you can get up close and personal with a live tarantula and a host of other native creatures.
"The exhibit explores five habitats of the Chihuahuan Desert and includes 29 live animals, illustrations of key plant species and taxidermied desert mammals and birds," said city museum system volunteer coordinator Julie Hansen, who stressed that no animals were killed to create the displays.
"The (taxidermied) animals in these exhibits are recovered animals that died due to accident, illness or were obtained through criminal seizure by federal and state government agencies and are being re-purposed here as educational exhibits, showcasing regional animals we would be unable to keep as living creatures," Hansen said.
"Adriana Candia, a professor of Spanish at NMSU, worked very hard with us on our bilingual displays to make sure the scientific terms and explanations were accurate," Hansen said.
"I'm very excited. There are so many opportunities to grow and do so many things," said museum manager Michael Walczak, as he moved items and critters from the old Museum of Natural History in the Mesilla Valley Mall to their new home. He's particularly pleased with a spacious classroom area that offers room for experiments.
City museums administrator Will Ticknor is happy with the renovated building's green profile, and anticipates top LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rankings for skillful redevelopment of what was once the Rio Grande Bank building.
"It's safe and it's state of the art," Ticknor said.
In fact, the museum's green technology could constitute another educational exhibit in itself, utilizing everything from wind turbines and photovoltaic panels to recycled and low-emitting construction materials, energy-efficient LED lighting and water-efficient landscaping, toilets and fixtures.
The grand opening of the museum, at 411 N. Main St., will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday. Regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For information, call _PHONE_ or visit online at _URL_
S. Derrickson Moore can be reached at _PHONE_. Follow her on Twitter _USER_.
IF YOU GO
What: Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science
When: Opening 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday
Regular hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Where: 411 N. Main St.
Cost: Admission free
Staff: Michael Walczak, manager, Kim Hanson, education curator, Richard Quick, naturalist, Leticia Soto, administrative assistant
Info: _PHONE_, _URL_
BY THE NUMBERS
9,400 square feet
1986: Founded as Las Cruces Natural History Museum in Mesilla Valley Mall
$5,060,000: Total construction & exhibit cost
$2 million: Total exhibits cost
2004: Planning started for new museum
2007: Property acquired
2011: Construction begins
Nov. 2, 2012: Museum opens
"Chihuahuan Desert Habitats:" Focuses on desert plains, bajadas, sky islands, desert rivers and desert grasslands, including 29 live animals, taxidermied desert mammals and birds, and illustrations of key plant species.
"Light and Space:" Exhibits include a four-foot digital video Magic Planet globe, a telescope built by Pluto's discoverer Clyde Tombaugh, a table where visitors can experiment with light, changing images of the universe from NASA's Space Science Institute, a mechanical model of the solar system, and an interactive exhibit on the color of stars.
"Prehistoric Trackways:" Fossil trackways from the Permian Period 280 million years ago when this area was part of an ancient seaway, media programs featuring local citizen-scientist, Jerry MacDonald, who discovered and excavated the largest collection of Permian tracks in the world, a life-sized cast of a dimetrodon, touchable trace fossils.
ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
(Many free: Contact museum for schedule details, information)
Behind the Scenes Nature Center tours: 5-7 p.m. first Fridays of each month
Dinos A-Z: 3 p.m. Fridays, short talk on dinosaur or other prehistoric creature with images and hands-on component
Magic Planet Show: Learn about our universe.
"Night at the Museum 2013:" Two overnight programs for kids with activities and games: "Starry Night" on astronomy in April, "Spooky Science" in October
Animal Encounters: 1 p.m. Saturdays, hands-on introduction to the animals of the Chihuahuan Desert
Desert Treks: Field trips
Pre-K Thursdays: For children 3-5 years old and their parents or caregivers at 9 a.m. each Thursday: Planeteers! Grandma Mona's Science Storytime, Nature Kids, Dinosaur Train, Fetch!
Spring Break Camp: All four city museums collaborate on a museum spring break program for Las Cruces students.
Summer Science Day Camp: Crafts, experimentation, nature study and field trips.
Family Science Saturday: 2 p.m. second Saturday of each month.
Science Café: 5:30 p.m., last Thursday of each month, science round table discussions
Scout Merit Badge Program: 4-hour courses
Sky Safari: High-powered telescopes and experts from the NMSU Astronomy Department.

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Hauling is the process of bringing an object to its designated place. There are several specific types of hauling, based on the type of item(s) to be hauled and determined by designating the specific labors on indivual dwarves.
Although not a term found in-game, hauler generally refers to a dwarf in fortress mode who has no labors enabled other than hauling. Once the dwarven economy starts, haulers are usually the poorest in the fortress as the hauling task only pays 1☼ per task completed. In large fortresses where there may be great distances for haulers to travel, individual hauling tasks may take a long time to complete, and so very little money is earned. Haulers are good candidates for cross-training to help improve their strength and agility attributes, which are important attributes for moving heavy objects across a fortress quickly.
Many larger fortresses use dedicated dwarves to do much of the hauling so that other, more specialized dwarves will spend more time in their workshops and less time dragging raw materials or finished products to the appropriate stockpile.
 Automatic hauling
Some hauling tasks do not require any hauling labor:
- A dwarf working at a workshop will gather the raw materials needed to produce wanted goods. However, produced goods require the appropriate hauling labor to be moved out of the workshop in order to avoid clutter. Dwarves producing goods at a workshop tend to keep producing them and will not necessarily clear their own workshops of clutter even when they have the appropriate hauling labor enabled.
- All adult civilian dwarves, including nobles, will bring goods to the depot.
- A moody dwarf will gather the raw materials needed for a mysterious construction.
- A dwarf
uilding something will move the needed materials to the construction site.
- Before a dwarf will build something, he will need to have the appropriate labor as specified by the task. If the dwarf is building a chair or similar, the dwarf needs Furniture Hauling; if the dwarf is building a wooden wall, it's Carpentry, and so forth. Workshops are usually constructed by any dwarf that can work in that workshop.
- An herbalist will haul any successfully-gathered plant to a stockpile immediately, if there is space available in one.
- Dwarves in the midst of eating will carry their meal to a table. Military dwarves, however, will eat directly off of the floor.
- Dwarves who have just finished drinking booze will return their barrel to the nearest food stockpile.
- Removing constructed objects will be done by all dwarves.
- Filling pits and ponds will be done by all dwarves.
- If you have the "All dwarves harvest" option turned on, all dwarves will help bring in the harvest, even if they don't have Food Hauling enabled.
 Stone hauling
Note: Dwarves, being the kind fellows they are, practically insist on hauling one of the farthest stones into your stockpiles. They tend to ignore eligible, nearby stones 'for the greater good of the fortress'. This selfless act often results in terribly long journeys, carrying just one stone. See the section on Stone management for tips on combatting this problem.
 Wood hauling
Dwarves with the wood hauling labor enabled will haul wood logs to the corresponding stockpiles.
DeforestationWood production can be sped up a lot by turning off wood hauling on your most skilled woodcutter who will focus exclusively on cutting down trees. This will however expose more of your dwarves as many wood haulers will go outside to retrieve the logs.
 Item hauling
 Food hauling
 Refuse hauling
Dwarves with the refuse hauling labor will haul rotting food, and non-dwarf bodyparts to refuse stockpiles. They will also dump marked items to the appropriate activity zone. Refuse hauling are subject to refuse orders ( : Set Orders and Options -> : Refuse Orders).
 Furniture hauling
 Animal hauling
 Tips and issues
In order to minimize hauling trips, stockpiles should be placed with care.
- Input and ouput stockpiles should be placed near corresponding workshops.
- Spoils of war: dwarves may haul entire bins full of items, or items individually. However, they are not smart enough to bin items in order to carry them, so this may end in numerous needless trips from deceased enemies to your fortress, each dwarf carrying one item at a time. To counter this:
- Place a small bin stockpile and a general purpose stockpile near the battlefield.
- When every spoil has been binned, remove the stockpiles, mark the filled bins for dumping, deactivate your usual garbage zone and create a new one in your fortress.
- When everything has been moved, reclaim your dumped items and restore your garbage zones as usual.
- Construction preparation: when constructing something big away from your fort (e.g. a road), the dwarf assigned to the construction (or architecture) will have to carry each item from your fort to the construction location, which can take a long time. By putting stockpiles near your construction project, many dwarves may participate in the hauling, thus dramatically increasing construction speed. Note that materials are allocated at the time of building, so be sure the stockpile is filled before placing the construction order, otherwise the materials will still have to come from afar.
- Consider specializing your haulers if possible - food haulers that orbit around the kitchen/dining room/farm area, stone haulers that orbit around the mines and furnaces, and (if possible/needed) wood haulers that do likewise with the carpenter shop. Turn off refuse hauling if that dwarf isn't going to be near areas likely to have refuse. This keeps the mine hauler from deciding to walk aaaallll the way over to the kitchens for one load, and then out to the forest for one, and then back to the smelters, and so on.
- Furthermore, you can handpick your specialized hauler, selecting them by their attributes. A wood hauler might be chosen because of his agility, since he might have to walk a lot of tiles to reach the forest, depending on the fortress and map layout. A stone hauler, on the other hand, might be chosen because of his strength so that he can pick up and carry heavy stones (such as gold and platinum) more quickly.
- The Grower profession can have a huge impact on hauling - see farming for a discussion.
To ensure that high-priority hauling tasks (like food, to clean up after get done quickly, you should employ a large number of haulers, and specialize them by having only one or two hauling labors enabled. This is most important for food hauling, where prepared meals in the kitchen often rot while your dwarves are hauling individual seeds left behind after someone eats a plump helmet, or if your hunters bring a herd of animals in for your butchers all at once.
The backlog problem is exacerbated by the fact that the hauling job queue is tied to how many haulers of each type you have; if 100 dwarves have food hauling enabled, up to 100 food hauling tasks can be in the queue, even if those dwarves are busy hauling stone, doing workshop tasks, sleeping, or doing anything else.Verify This is why hauling specialization is so important.
 Two stockpiles are better than one
For stockpiles that use bins or barrels, it is usually better to cut one large stockpile into a handful of smaller ones. This is because dwarves will only load one bin or barrel at a time, and may go idle for long periods while they wait for the next-chosen bin or barrel to actually get hauled to the stockpile before they can load it. By using several smaller stockpiles, haulers can retrieve and fill multiple bins or barrels simultaneously.


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Highlighting the role of ICT for a cleaner and sustainable future, Huawei hosted the Better World Summit (BWS), bringing industry stakeholder together to share and discuss the company's innovative solutions designed to help industries reduce emission and energy use.
Bob Cai, chief marketing officer of Huawei's carrier business group, delivered the opening speech titled "Green ICT for Green Development".
"As a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei incorporates green development into everything we do. We see this as part of our social responsibilities. In addition, Huawei is ready to become the best partner for operators in their efforts toward carbon neutrality," said Cai. "With our innovative products and solutions, we will help operators cut carbon emissions and make their networks more energy efficient. We also want to work with operators and use ICT to better enable other industries to cut carbon emissions and become carbon neutral faster."
Like this summit, in June 2021, Huawei and Informa Tech jointly proposed the Network Carbon Intensity (NCI) initiative, in which carbon emissions per bit of data is defined as a new metric for green networks. Huawei emphasized that people's pursuit of better lives must be balanced with the need for lower carbon emissions, so the company proposed this initiative to better manage and measure carbon reduction roadmaps.
During this summit, Huawei stressed the need to establish a platform for industry collaboration on green development and said that BWS is a good example. This platform will regularly bring together industry partners and operators to share innovative technologies and latest practices in how to cut carbon emissions and contribute to a greener ICT industry. According to Cai, at MWC Barcelona 2022, Huawei will continue to hold a green development forum with its partners to share industry practices and latest solutions, and all industry partners and operators are welcome to attend the forum.
"We believe the BWS in Dubai is a good beginning. Looking ahead, we will continue to work with our industry partners and operators to empower green development of all industries using our innovative technologies," said Cai at the end of his speech. "As we envision in the theme of our flagship exhibition hall in Dubai, 'Lighting up the Future', we believe that together, we will light up a greener future."
Speaking on the theme of Together towards a Sustainable Future, Dr. Ahmed Bin Ali, svp corporate communications, Etisalat thanked Huawei for contributing as innovative supplier and also for hosting this summit to address the important topic of sustainability in the ICT sector. "Every day we make choices in our lives that affect the environment, climate and also our communities and as we move towards digital economy, sustainability must be embedded in our businesses. Technologies must be agile in the face of disruption and create new business models, and I think this is an ideal time for the ICT sector to shine and be able to provide other sustainable solutions. It is about empowering the next era of digital transformation with 5G communication, AI, IoT and machine learning," he said. "Etisalat strives to operate responsibly and transparently by living our inspiration of 'Together Matters and for today 'Together towards a Sustainable Future. We believe that creative solution and perfect technology can ensure long-term benefits to our environment and the climate." He also highlighted Etisalat's energy efficiency projects in 16 markets across the GCC and MENA region in line with UAE's vision 2021 and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Other attendees who spoke at the event included Richard Mahony, vice president of service provider markets of Informa Tech; Dr. Dena Assaf, UN resident coordinator of the United Arab Emirates; Tommy Stadlen, co-founder of Giant Ventures; Hervé Suquet, group energy SVP of Orange; Dirk Karl, chief procurement officer of MTN; Tanveer Mohammad, SVP of global operation of Telenor; and Aaron Jiang, vice president of Huawei wireless product Line.
The summit also included a tour of Huawei solutions that included green PV-powered sites using solar energy, energy-efficient wireless modular outdoor sites, optical transports and many other integrated ICT solutions for industries.

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


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WHAT IS FOUNDERGUARD®?
FOUNDERGUARD is a clinically proven preventative supplement for feed induced laminitis and founder. It has been formulated to ensure delivery of the active drug to the hind gut and proven to control the build up of lactic acid in the hind gut. A small daily dose of the palatable granules allows high grain diets to be fed safely.
- Horses on high grain diets e.g. gallopers, pacers, eventers and show hacks
- Horses grazing lush pastures particularly during spring and autumn when sugar levels in pasture are high
- Young horses being prepared for sales e.g. high grain/low exercise animals
- Horses that have suffered laminitis or founder in the past
- Horses undergoing a change in diet
- Horses with seedy toe, white line separation or poor-quality hooves
WHY CHOOSE FOUNDERGUARD?
The ONLY proven prevention for founder - FOUNDERGUARD has been scientifically developed specifically for the prevention of grain induced founder in horses and is the only product available to prevent this problem.
Prevents build-up of lactic acid – When excess carbohydrates are consumed, bacteria multiply rapidly in the hindgut. FOUNDERGUARD controls the build-up of lactic acid from this fermentation process, preventing damage to the gut lining and therefore laminitis.
- FOUNDERGUARD can be added to the daily feed as an effective daily management tool of horses at risk of founder and low-grade laminitis.
Scientifically formulated for performance – Helps prevent the onset of this silent 'performance killer' and help the performance horse reach their full potential.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


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Cholesterol proves healthy for medal winner
Monday, 29 April 2002
Dr Sandra Orgeig from the University of Adelaide will this week receive the prestigious Fenner Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra.
The Fenner Medal recognises distinguished research in plants and non- mammalian animals by Australian scientists under the age of 40. Dr Orgeig, from the University's Department of Environmental Biology, will receive the medal and present a talk on her research at the Shine Dome in Canberra on Thursday, May 2.
For the past 10 years Dr Orgeig has been researching the crucial role that cholesterol plays in the healthy performance of human and animal lungs. Her work has involved a wide range of vertebrate species, including lungfish, salamanders, reptiles, marsupials and humans.
"Cholesterol has had some very bad press in the last 10 years or so," Dr Orgeig says. "The word conjures up terrible images of large fatty deposits in blood vessels and is generally associated with obesity. We're constantly told to lower our cholesterol intake and we're bombarded in supermarkets with 'low cholesterol' products.
"While this is all true, it is important to realise that cholesterol is a natural product, is produced by our bodies and has some very important physiological functions."
Her work centres on the role of cholesterol in pulmonary surfactant. Pulmonary surfactant is a complex substance that controls the surface tension of the fluid lining the inner lung. Secreted by the alveoli in the lungs, surfactant is a key ingredient in helping the lung to inflate, transfer oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the blood, and defend against bacteria and other invaders.
Failure of the surfactant system causes the death of thousands of Australians each year. To date, the only treatment is the administration of an artificial surfactant via the airways, and external lung ventilation until the natural surfactant system repairs itself. The perfect artificial surfactant is the focus of intense interest and research around the world.
Dr Orgeig has discovered that the amount of cholesterol in pulmonary surfactant changes under different physiological conditions, such as changes in body temperature and exercise. In reptiles, amphibians or fish that have body temperatures of five or 10 degrees Celsius, the cholesterol prevents their surfactant from becoming hard like cold butter, thereby enabling healthy lung operation.
Her research could lead to new and better methods of treating respiratory diseases, as well as preserving lungs needed for life- saving transplants.
"Commercial surfactants are not usually stable over an extended temperature range," Dr Orgeig says.
"This thermal stability is crucial during the cold preservation of lungs destined for transplantation, for hypothermic patients or patients undergoing hypothermic surgery, or in other situations when body temperature is below 37C."
However, much work remains to be done, such as figuring out how cholesterol works in surfactant, where the surfactant cholesterol is made, and how it ends up in the alveoli.
"There is still quite a lot to do in terms of working out how and why cholesterol does what it does, but it is clear that at least in surfactant, cholesterol really is very important and it is not at all 'bad'," Dr Orgeig says.
Department of Environmental Biology
Mobile: 0410 422 759


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Funding phase 2
Facilitation of professional knowledge and diagnostic competences in the interactive diagnosis of the academic level in mathematics: The effects of the assumed role and the accompanying vs. concluding reflection styles in simulated instructor-learner situations (DiMaL)
- Prof. Stefan Ufer
- Prof. Kathleen Stürmer
- Prof. Christof Wecker
- Prof. Matthias Siebeck
- Prof. Daniel Sommerhoff
2020 - 2023
Project 7 focuses on the acquisition of diagnostic competencies for prospective mathematics teachers. To this end, diagnostic interviews on demimals between a teacher and a learner are simulated in role-plays. These simulations are used to measure and foster the professional competencies, which are necessary in these interactive diagnostic situations, in mathematics teacher education students. The second phase of the project studies on the effects of different forms of presentation (live vs. video) and implements knowledge-activation and reflections prompts adaptively..
(2020) By implementig the longitudinal study online, we were able to start data collection for the role-play simulation despite changed circumstances. The system for video simulation is in preparation.
Conference papers and posters
- Kron, S., Achnter, M., Sommerhoff, D., Siebeck, M., Stürmer, K., Wecker, C., & Ufer, S. (2020, September). Rollenspielbasierte simulierte Diagnoseinterviews in der Lehramtsausbildung. Vortrag presented at GDM-Onlinetagung.


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From Press Release:
STOCKHOLM – January 14, 2021 – Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven today announced Prison Architect: Going Green, the next expansion for their prison management simulator, Prison Architect. Going Green expands the management gameplay mechanics and introduces farming, allowing prisoners to grow produce and create a self-sustaining compound. Prison Architect: Going Green will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on January 28.
Prison Architect: Going Green offers new means of making an environmentally-friendly prison. Players can farm the land, construct green energy sources, and customize their compound with sustainable materials. Crafty Inmates will seize the opportunity and produce thematic contraband, increasing the challenge to keeping a prison under control.
Going Green Key Features
- Fruits of Labor: Farming introduces a new type of Prison Labor, allowing prisons to grow potatoes, wheat, apples, and more. Produce can be exported or used as ingredients for inmate meals.
- Room to Grow: Three outdoor rooms facilitate farming: Fruit Orchard, Farm Field and Vegetable Allotment. But that's not all, players can recruit staff Farm Workers, build a Pantry to store produce, and construct a Shed to house farming-related items.
- Best Buds: Inmates who enjoy nature's beauty can grow flowers and other plants recreationally. Gardening affects inmates and gives them a positive recreation activity.
- Trouble is Brewing: With new crops comes new contraband. Prisoners can now secretly grow herbs in the fields and swipe kitchen ingredients to brew Booze. Fields can also become Gang Turf, so keep your guards on alert!
- A Greener New Deal: Prisons get an eco-friendly makeover with Solar, Wind, and Solar/Wind Hybrid power sources. Excess power created by these sustainable methods can be sold back to the grid using the Power Export Meter.
Launching alongside Going Green is The Glasshouse, a free content update available to all Prison Architect players. The Glasshouse introduces additional objects, quickrooms, community improvements and two new top-notch employees – K9 units Shepherd and Bowtie Bandit. Wardens can create a more sustainable prison with Recycling Systems and objects like recycling bins or solar lights. Players will also be excited to see the addition of Object Menu Sorting Methods and improvements to the dump and demolition tools, which have been requested by the community and will make menus more intuitive.
"Going Green continues Prison Architect's history of riffing off popular prison fiction seen in movies, TV, and other media. This will be the third Prison Architect expansion we will have launched since Paradox took over the IP in 2019 and we can't wait to see your latest creations," Steacy McIlwham, Product Manager for Prison Architect at Paradox Interactive. "The Glasshouse also kicks off a series of updates we will make to the game's interface, starting with the dump and demolition tools, making it more user-friendly. We understand this is something the community has been asking about for a long time and we want you to know your voice has been heard."
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A quick tour of managing intermediate data
When a model is run, output data is created for each process in the model. Some of this output data is only created as a middle step to connect to other processes that will create the final output. The data generated from these middle steps, called intermediate data, is often (but not always) of no use once the model has finished running. You can think of intermediate data as temporary scratch data that should be deleted after the model has run. However, when you run a model from the ModelBuilder window, intermediate data is not deleted—it is up to you to delete it.
All the data variables except existing data and the final output variables are automatically marked as intermediate in a model. To determine if a data variable in a model is considered intermediate or change the status of a variable that is intermediate, right-click the variable and click Intermediate to either add or remove the check mark next to it.
To prevent the final output variables from being deleted, It is strongly recommended that you do not set the final output variable as intermediate data.
Controlling where intermediate data is written
Geoprocessing tools that create new output datasets autogenerate the name of the output dataset (as described in Using the current and scratch workspace environments). This autogenerated name includes the path to the workspace or folder containing the dataset. ModelBuilder uses this autogenerated output name for writing intermediate data. You can always override this output dataset name by entering another name and location for the output dataset, and there are ways you can specify the workspace used to construct the autogenerated output name.
When you're working in ModelBuilder, it is easy to ignore this autogenerated output name, especially for intermediate data. But there are situations where you want to control where intermediate data is written.
- You never want to write intermediate data to an ArcSDE geodatabase. This causes performance problems since you are writing temporary scratch data to an enterprise database across a local area network. It's suggested that you always use a file geodatabase (rather than a personal geodatabase or a shapefile workspace) for the scratch workspace.
- You want to avoid cluttering a working geodatabase with intermediate data. Rather, you should designate another workspace, preferably a file geodatabase, where intermediate data is written.
To control where intermediate data is written, you can do one of the following:
- Right-click all intermediate data variables and change the location where they are written. This is a poor choice, especially if you have a lot of intermediate data.
- Set the scratch workspace environment as described in Setting current and scratch workspace environments.
- Make your intermediate data managed data, as described in Making intermediate data managed data.
For an in-depth discussion of intermediate data, especially as it pertains to model tools that you are sharing or publishing to ArcGIS Server, see Managing intermediate data in shared models.


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This report describes the development and full-scale crash testing of a reusable crash cushion which dissipates kinetic energy through the lateral deformation of a row of nine-high molecular weight/high density polyethylene (HMW/HDPE) cylinders. This 100 km/h impact attenuation device, called the REACT 350.9, satisfies the new crash testing requirements of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350. It is the first crash cushion to be approved by the FHWA for use on the National Highway System for use under the NCHRP 350 guidelines.
Most impact attenuation devices currently employed require the replacement of damaged structural components and spent energy dissipating elements following an impact event. Until these repairs and refurbishments are carried out, these safety devices are largely ineffective in that they are not able to dissipate kinetic energy in a subsequent impact in an acceptable manner such that relevant occupant risk parameters are within prescribed limits. In some cases, a significant time elapses before damaged impact attenuation devices are repaired and restored to effective operating status. This system "down-time" is a source of danger to the motoring public and presents a potentially serious tort liability exposure to the transportation agency involved. The REACT 350.9 is a reusable and self restorative narrow hazard crash cushion. It can dissipate large amounts of kinetic energy, undergo significant deformations and strains without fracturing, and then essentially regain its original shape and energy dissipation potential upon removal of the load.
November 19, 2007
John F. Carney.
Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
- # of Pages: 48 p., 1,729 KB (PDF)
- Subject: Collisions, Crash cushions, Dissipation, Ethylene resins, Roads, Safety equipment, Testing, Zero maintenance systems.
- Keywords: Highway safety, impact attenuation devices, maintenance free, reusable, polyethylene, self-restoration.
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Name Sally Smith
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt. 1743
Death[1] 22 Aug 1823 Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Source:The Libby family in America, _PHONE_ (179368), p. 42, names Philip's wife as Sally Smith. Source:Biographical review : this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Cumberland County, Maine, p. 496, and Source:The history of Gorham, Maine, p. 608, both further identify her as Sally Smith of Berwick.
A posting on rootsweb is "looking for the parents of Sally Smith born in Berwick about 1743. She married Philip Larrabee of Scarborough. Sally died August 22, 1823 in Scarborough." A reply to the posting suggests "I cannot find a Sally Smith born in the Berwicks or Kittery near 1743. However, there was a Sarah Smith, daughter of Charles and Rebekah Smith born Feb 16, 1747 ( 1744 crossed out ) in Kittery."
Despite the calculated birth date of 1743, this is an attractive alternative, given Philip's birth in 1744, but needs confirmation to make sure this is the right person. --Jrich 14:32, 23 September 2008 (EDT)
 1. 1.0 1.1 Deaths in Scarboro, ME, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 103:196.
 1823: Aug. 22: Philop Larrabee's wife died about 80 years old. (record 229) [This would give a calculated birth date of 1743.]


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 - D-manosa
 - Mannose
 - Seminose
Why do people take D-mannose?
D-mannose is used to treat a rare disease called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1b.
This disease is passed down through families. It makes you lose protein through the intestines. Some reports say D-mannose slows down this protein loss and makes your liver work better. It may also reduce bleeding disorders and low blood sugar in people with this disease.
D-mannose may also treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Animal research suggests the supplementstops certain bacteria from sticking to the bladder walls.
Scientists think that the bacteria stick to the sugar instead. This helps the bacteria leave the body through your urine. Fewer bacteria in the bladder lowers your risk of a UTI. However, no studies of D-mannose have been done in people to determine if it effectively treats or prevent UTIs.
Some studies suggest D-mannose may play a useful role as a "prebiotic." Prebiotics are substances that may help your body by stimulating the growth of "good" bacteria in your digestive system.
In some lab studies and studies in mice, D-mannose components were shown to increase the growth of "good" bacteria. This suggests D-mannose may have some use for people with dysbiosis, an imbalance in good and bad bacteria.
D-mannose supplements are taken by mouth.
Can you get D-mannose naturally from foods?
D-mannose is found naturally in high amounts in many fruits. Such fruits include:
 - Apples
 - Oranges
 - Peaches
 - Some berries such as blueberries and cranberries
What are the risks of taking D-mannose?
Long-term studies in mice suggest it is safe when taken by mouth in appropriate amounts.
You should be cautious about using D-mannose if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, because there has not been enough study on its safety in these circumstances.
Side effects of D-mannose may include:
 - Bloating
 - Loose stools
D-mannose supplements should be used with caution if you have diabetes. It may make it harder to control your blood sugar.
High doses of D-mannose may cause kidney damage.
Always tell your doctor about any supplements you are taking, including natural ones and those bought without a prescription. That way, your doctor can check on any potential side effects or interactions with any medications.
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Index monitors records the n and k value as a function of frequency/wavelength in a simulation. In the future, the index monitor will be able to capture the time-evolution of the physical properties profile for nonlinear media.
In FDTD, it is possible to preview the index profile while still in Layout mode (i.e. without running the simulation). Note that the index preview returns a slightly simplified version of what the index monitor provides after running the simulation. Some advanced settings (such as the spatial interpolation setting) will be ignored in the preview.
Notes : Memory and computation time
Index monitors generally have modest memory requirements. To minimize the amount of memory required, use 1D or 2D rather than 3D monitors. Similarly, try to minimize the number of frequency points recorded. By default, only one frequency point is recorded. It is also possible to use spatial downsampling to record less spatial resolution.
Generally, Index monitors don't have a large effect on the simulation time, except when recording a very large amount of data. All the index monitor data is calculated at the beginning of the simulation.
Simulation type: Record the type of simulation data, default setting is ALL
Override global monitor settings:
A toggle to override the global monitor settings. If checked, users can specify the frequency range and number of points at which frequency-domain information will be recorded (using the options described below). If unchecked the options below are set from the global monitor settings.
SAMPLE SPACING: This combo-choice parameter determines how the sample frequency/wavelength will be selected. The three sample options are "uniform", "chebyshev" and "custom".
- USE WAVELENGTH SPACING: By default, data is recorded at certain spaced points with respect to frequency. Selecting this option spaces data at certain spaced points with respect to wavelength.
- USE SOURCE LIMITS: When checked these monitors use the source limits. When unchecked, the frequencies/wavelengths at which to record data can be set using the pull down menus and boxes below them.
- FREQUENCY POINTS: Set to choose the number of frequency points at which to record data.
When sample spacing is selected to be "custom", all the above settings will be disabled and a "custom frequency samples" table will be shown. Properties of the table are:
- ADD: Adds an entry above the selected entry to the "frequency (THz)" table
- REMOVE: Removes the selected entry from the "frequency (THz)" table
- SORT: Sorts the table with frequency from low to high
- set global monitor settings: Access to global properties
Monitor type: The monitor type and orientation, this option will control the availablity of spatial settings below
- X, Y, Z: The center position of the simulation region
- X MIN, X MAX: X min, X max position
- Y MIN, Y MAX: Y min, Y max position
- Z MIN, Z MAX: Z min, Z max position
- X SPAN, Y SPAN, Z SPAN: X, Y, Z span of the simulation region
The DOWN SAMPLE X, Y, Z option is used to set the spatial downsampling performed by the monitor. A down sample value of N corresponds to sampling (recording) the data every Nth grid points. Setting the down sample value to 1 gives the most detailed spatial information (i.e. information at each grid point).
|WARNING: This tab includes options which should only be changed if you are quite familiar with the meshing algorithm and techniques used.
- SPATIAL INTERPOLATION: In FDTD generally, the electromagnetic field components and material properties are not known at the same point in space. Instead each component of the vectorial electric and magnetic fields are recorded at different locations in the Yee cell. Therefore, the material properties are also known at various locations within the Yee cell. This setting controls how the index monitor calculates the refractive index data. The SPECIFIED POSITION (Default) returns the index data where the monitor is located. This type of data is convenient for many purposes, but it is important to remember that the actual FDTD engine calculates the fields at locations other than the Yee cell origin. The NEAREST MESH CELL option is very similar, but the monitor location is snapped to the nearest mesh cell. The NONE option records the index data at the locations actually used by the FDTD engine.
Note: Spatial interpolation - NONE setting
Disabling the spatial interpolation is a very advanced feature. Only expert users who are very familiar with the FDTD method should consider using this feature. Most standard analysis functions (such as the transmission script function, the data visualizer, etc) assume that the spatial interpolation is enabled. They may not give the most accurate result when used to analyze such monitor data. All analysis must be done manually.
- RECORD DATA WITHIN PML: This option is as described above for time domain monitors.
- RECORD CONFORMAL MESH WHEN POSSIBLE: Enabled by default. The index monitor will record the the effect of the conformal mesh. It is helpful to disable this option when doing absorption calculations. The conformal mesh information can only be recorded when using the 'NEAREST MESH CELL' or 'NONE' spatial interpolation setting, and when the spatial downsampling option is set to 1.
- RECORD SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY: The index monitor will record the surface conductivity which is used in the simulation and return this as the SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY result. This may be used if you want to record the surface conductivity components over space when using SPECIFIED POSITION, or NONE as the spatial interpolation option.
The results that index monitors return depends on the modes the simulation is in.
In ANALYSIS mode:
- INDEX: Refractive index as a function of position and frequency/wavelength.
- INDEX_DETAIL: A matrix dataset with parameters x,y,z,f. This is a result when the "spatial interpolation" is set to "none". It also contains duplicate parameter entries for x,y,z called x_offset, y_offset and z_offset, respectively. These are the positions offset in the Yee cell. To obtain data at the correct spatial locations for index_x, you should use parameters (x_offset,y,z,f), for index_y you should use parameters (x,y_offset,z,f) and for index_z you should use (x,y,z_offset,f). This is useful in the script and can also be done in the visualizer. This type of capability would make absorption calculations like this example easier. For further information about why different positions in the Yee cell are used for each field component, please refer to the FDTD Solver Physics page.
- SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY: This will return the same result as the surface conductivity preview by default. If the RECORD SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY option under the ADVANCED TAB is enabled, this will instead return the surface conductivity used in the simulation which will include the effect of the selected spatial interpolation option.
In LAYOUT mode:
In addition to the "index preview" result, the index monitors have "index" results and (when spatial interpolation is set to None) "index_detail" results. All of these 3 results require meshing in the UI when the user asks for the results and therefore could trigger a big calculation, especially for large 3D index monitors. The difference is:
- "index preview" does not try to keep track of conformal meshing or any yee grid offsets. It is therefore the fastest and useful to ensure that the structure is basically correct.
- "index" and "index_detail" are guaranteed to give exactly the same results that you will get in ANALAYSIS mode, as if the simulation had been run. This can be slower if, for example, you are recording conformal mesh properties.
- INDEX PREVIEW: Refractive index as a function of position and frequency/wavelength before the simulation runs. It is important to note that the preview data is not exactly the same as the data returned after the simulation runs. Some advanced settings, such as spatial interpolation options and conformal meshing are ignored when calculating the index preview.
- INDEX: Refractive index as a function of position and frequency/wavelength. Same as in ANALYSIS mode.
- INDEX_DETAIL: Refractive index dataset including the positions offset parameters. Same as in ANALYSIS mode.
- SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY PREVIEW: Surface conductivity as a function of position and frequency/wavelength before the simulation runs. This is useful tool to make sure the graphene object is positioned as desired.


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Now that you've mastered the right way to use a kayak paddle and how to stop a kayak and turn a kayak, it's time to learn something more advanced. Every seasoned kayaker will experience capsizing one day. It's an essential part of the experience, whether you do it on purpose or for fun, you have to try capsizing at least once to really complete your kayaking experience and to prepare yourself.
The easiest way to recover your kayak after capsizing is employing a technique called the Eskimo Roll.
1. If your kayak is going to fully capsize, you will need to anticipate it. Before you're completely submerged you need to bring your paddle parallel the kayak, rolling your wrist forward.
2. As the kayak is upside down, turn the paddle and reach out to grab the water, bringing your paddle up near the surface of the water.
3. Use your hips to allow you to flip the kayak back upright. This is the most important part. Your arms are not the key part of allowing you to turn back up. They only help position the paddle. Your hips are the ones doing the work here.
While you are underwater, you need to throw your hips to the right and to the left, almost as if you are wiggling in your seat. This is the momentum that is going to allow your kayak to turn back upright.
After this, you should have already recovered your capsized kayak. You need to practise this move a couple times before you can truly master it. It is essential to know this move when you're out kayaking because you never know when you might capsize and you will need to put these skills to test. Safety is truly of utmost importance when you're out at in the open sea.
Falling out of your seat while capsizing
What happens if you fall out of your seat when you capsize though? That requires a different set of skills.
1. Firstly, you will have to return your kayak into an upright position. Simply reach under your kayak and grab on to both sides of the cockpit rim to push it over and flip it upright.
2. Once your kayak is upright, you'll have to reach across to the opposite side of it and simply pull your whole body up and onto the kayak, as if you were getting out of a swimming pool.
3. Now that you're on the kayak again, you need to position yourself back into your sitting position by flipping your body over and sliding yourself back into your seat.
And there you have it, you now know how to get back onto your kayak once you've capsized whether be it while still in the kayak or if you fell out of the kayak.
At the end of the day, you need to be careful when you do this because waters can be rather unpredictable. Although recovering from a capsized kayak can be quite fun to practise, never ever do it without the supervision of your instructor. If you happen to accidentally capsize, make sure you keep calm because nothing will impede a kayak recovery more than someone who is panicking.
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Database Module summary
This module discussed how to store data in data blocks for best access by setting the right number of freelists, and proper values for PCTFREE and PCTUSED. The main points of this module include:
 1. Oracle databases generally perform faster with large blocksizes, especially index accesses.
 2. Large blocks mean that more RAM storage must be available in the db_block_buffers.
 3. Space is reserved on blocks by using the PCTFREE table parameter.
 4. Only one table or index type may inhabit a data block.
 5. The first data block of a table or index is called the segment header.
 6. The segment header contains control information about free blocks, extents, and high water marks.
 7. The high water mark for a table gives the highest blocks that have been used to store rows.
 8. The high water mark can only be lowered by a table reorganization.
 9. Full-table scans will always read up to the high water mark, even if the space is completely empty.
 10. The PCTUSED parameter should be set to a low value for high performance.
 11. The PCTFREE parameter should be set so that chained rows occur infrequently.
 12. An index may warrant rebuilding if it has spawned to more than 4 levels, if the block gets per access is greater than 5, of where there are many deleted leaf rows.
Test with Large Volumes of Data
As described earlier in this module, objects within the database function differently after they have been used for some time. For example, a table's pctfree and pctused settings may make it likely that blocks will be only half-used or rows will be chained. Each of these scenarios causes performance problems that will only be seen after the application has been used for some time.


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"We ran into some kind of field-distortion effect, produced by the energy mining, I'll bet. It wiped out our on-board instrumentation."
―Princess Leia Organa[src]
Energy mining was a form of mining that utilized energy drills to disintegrate a target area with plasma bolts. The process produced residual energy that dissipated into a planet's atmosphere in the form of lightning unless properly shielded. Debris around the mining area was also subject to irradiation.
Because of the fallout, energy mining was forbidden by Imperial law on any planet with a native population. The Empire was known to violate this law in secret, as they did on Mimban during the Galactic Civil War.
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'In providing aid, our giving must provide strength and bring ease of mind to calm hearts. Don't be materially rich but poor at heart.'
Master Cheng Yen, Founder of Tzu Chi Foundation
Why consider CVA or any other form of cash aid?
In 2021, it is projected that 235 million people will require humanitarian assistance and protection1. 1 in every 33 people in the world population needs help, near 40% increase from 2020. The nature of the global humanitarian needs that usually derive from conflicts and complex crises has now been shifted to public health and health security. This is mostly due to the pandemic which killed approximately 2.3 million people worldwide and about 1000 people in Malaysia as of February 20212.
Through the ILMU Hasanah webinar held on 9 February 2021, Yayasan Hasanah has brought to the table of discussion on ways to provide effective and efficient aid delivery through Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). The webinar aimed to bring to the fore insights and challenges experienced during the common practice of aid delivery within Malaysia's humanitarian landscape. Attended by 82 people who were mostly the actors in the humanitarian field, the informative session was moderated by the Managing Director of Yayasan Hasanah, Shahira Ahmed Bazari. The speakers of the day are Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Public Health, Jeffrey Perera, Deputy Chairman of MyKasih and Sio Kee Hong, Deputy CEO of Tzu Chi Foundation.
Globally, CVA has accounted for 17.9% of international humanitarian assistance in 20193. Though the number has increased by 10% since 2015 with a total amount of $5.6b spent for CVA programming in 2019, the humanitarian needs remain a huge gap.
During disaster, giving cash and voucher assistance may be a challenge as businesses are also impacted by disaster and the community in need may not have the means to travel to buy their necessities.The panel, through examples of their work and urged us to consider cash aid for the following reasons:
- CVA is cost and time-efficient. Providing cash or voucher assistance can reduce the cost of delivering humanitarian aid. By providing cash, aid providers, NGOs, and CSOs can use their budget to go the extra mile as no additional logistics are required in cash and voucher programmes.
- CVA is transparent and traceable. With an appropriate transfer mechanism, such as bank cards, MyKad @ identification card and mobile transfer, organisations can reduce the risk of abuse of funds. As an example, the system used by Mykasih allows the organisation to trace items bought as it is barcode controlled and allows them to generate real-time consumptions for audits.
- CVA reduces wastage and addresses the need. Often than not, failure in conducting a proper needs assessment leads to aid organisations providing assistance not needed by the community. The assumption that aid givers 'know' what aid recepients need is misplaced and power laden to some extent. Though the debate on whether to provide conditional or unconditional cash and voucher assistance continues, CVA has proven to provide affected populations with choice and more power to control their lives.
During disaster, giving cash and voucher assistance may be a challenge as businesses are also impacted by disaster and the community in need may not have the means to travel to buy their necessities.
Issues, Risk and Challenges
The panel recognised some misconceptions regarding cash aid which posed challenges to its scaling up and being widely adopted. Some of the challenges are:
- Limited knowledge and capacity – Processes and system is critical in implementing cash aid programming. As the cash programming evolves, there is a demand for humanitarian agencies to build their skills and capacities in fulfilling the gaps concerning technology, social protection, accountability, communication and coordination.
- Quality programming – The concept of accountability to the community in need was introduced with the aim to protect their rights and ensure quality programming. Cash aid programming that was designed without taking into account effectiveness, efficiency and accountability measures may lead to waste of resources, unmet needs, fraud and corruption, which cause the humanitarian gaps to remain huge.
- Protection – In some societies, especially in the protracted crisis area, giving cash may trigger safety issues. Hence, humanitarian agencies need to ensure that a safe and secure transfer platform is prepared when implementing cash programmes.
- Multi-sector assessment– The availability and accessibility of data are crucial in understanding the community's needs. Without data and good analytical ability, practitioners often work in siloes, increasing the risk of duplication and redundancy.
- Donors' reaction to cash provision– Too often, the decisions to provide to the community are driven by organisations and funder's mandate. However, this risk can be reduced if both parties (the organisation and donors) understand the basic principles of humanitarian principles: humanity, neutrality, independence, and impartiality.
- Practicality – Sometimes, during the disaster, resources are scarce. Giving cash aid during the onset of disaster might not be practical when the businesses are also shut down and impacted by the disaster. In some remote area, limited retail outlets may also pose a challenge for the implementing agencies and community.
Some CVA approaches being practiced in Malaysia: The case of MyKasih, Tzu Chi Foundation and Yayaysan UEM
During the session, Jeffrey and Sio Kee Hong shared their organisation's approaches in implementing CVA. Leveraging on MyKad technologies' innovation, MyKasih's cash aid programming allows the people in need to choose items they need in the selected retail outlets. All recipients will have their MyKad activated and registered with the MyKasih system. This approach is not only transparent but also efficient and convenient for the community they help.
Practising a needs-based approach, Tzu Chi foundations offered four types of financial assistance: long-term, education expenses, natural disaster and emergency reliefs and institution. Making use of their large numbers of volunteers, they frequently conducted house visits, frequent discussions with community leaders and provided direct financial aid distribution to the people in need.
Aishah Nor from Yayasan UEM has also shared some insight on her view towards cash aid programming from donor perspectives. Though cash aid is not Yayasan UEM primary programme, there have been continuous discussions about considering cash aid as part of their aid programmes. They have also started providing cash aid in collaboration with Pusat Zakat.
Providing better solutions for a quality CVA programming
In summary, the following solutions were offered to the organisation to consider taking the plunge:
- To have a cash coalition in Malaysia. Coordination from various section is pretty much needed and essential to ensure quality CVA programming in Malaysia. The cash working groups or coalition should work as a platform to gathers experts and practitioners from the field to discuss, share learnings and develop new tools and methods that work for the Malaysian context.
- Setting up the standard for cash and voucher assistance in Malaysia. Cash transfers are among topics that are well-researched in the humanitarian sector with comprehensive resources are available online. Hence, it will be beneficial for us to use the resources to set suitable standards for Malaysia. Though admittedly not all learnings from other regions can be referred to, understanding the culture and the systems that might work in Malaysia may help in setting up the benchmark for CVA programming in Malaysia.
- Link the CVA with the social protection system. The prevalence of prolonged health crisis such as COVID 19 pandemic in Malaysia, which has occurred for more than one year, has pushed for more mid-to-long-term solutions rather than emergency response. Getting the government to involve and collaborate will reduce redundancies and ensure wider distribution. Thus, linking the social protection system with CVA could help address the poverty and economic strain among Malaysians and increase resiliency among the community, with accurate data and coordination.
- Build a narrative of collective impact. All sectors need to work in contributing to shared knowledge, sharing measured success and failures collectively. External evaluation reports on cash and voucher assistance programme in Malaysia is still at scarce or almost none. Hence, an in-depth study in Malaysia is much needed, as it provides an overview of the cash aid situation in Malaysia.
- Develop the capacity of an organisation to understand CVA. Through proper collaboration and understanding of cash and voucher assistance, we can help increase Malaysia's aid provider's capacity. It is vital to make them understand the need to shift from giving in-kind donation to cash.
- Dignity is crucial to all giving. Having a universal unique identity is an example in which dignity can be ensured to nameless undocumented aid receipeints be it refugees, stateless etc.. When we glance at the refugee and stateless crisis that occurs, habitually, they will lose their identity along the way or often need to get a new identity (UNHCR card). As for Malaysians, cash aid programming can be easily done using MyKad and other digital platforms. However, when considering cash aid programming for vulnerable groups such as refugees and stateless, humanitarian agencies might need to make use of the available digital platform or invest in new technology to accommodate the vulnerable people's need.
Restore Dignity, Give with Gratitude, Respect and Love
In conclusion, while we claim to be providing the best services to the people in need, we often forget that the people in need should be given the power to make decisions for themselves. In responding to the call for more cash aid programming, we should also not forget to restore the people's dignity and give with gratitude, respect, and love.
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By Jim Chu, Chief Constable, Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
n February 2010, the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were successfully staged in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; the resort community of Whistler; and adjoining municipalities. Vancouver became the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Games, and an unprecedented number of athletes, officials, spectators, and celebrants participated in the event, which also was watched by record television audiences. When the Olympics concluded, many compliments were extended to the games' organizers, the volunteers, and, notably, the law enforcement agencies that kept the games safe. This article will highlight the key policing challenges and offer lessons learned on public order–policing practices that apply to any large-scale public event.
Security is always a paramount consideration during the Olympics, and the lead responsibility for the security of the Vancouver 2010 games was given to Canada's national police service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Early in the process, the RCMP realized that an operation of this scale and magnitude required strong partnerships with local police agencies of jurisdiction and, hence, created the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU), which primarily comprised police and military security planners. The overall security budget for the ISU was approximately $555 million.
|Officers work at the Vancouver Police Department's |
emergency operations center.
The policing story of the 2010 Winter Olympics can be broken down into three components:
- The protection of Olympic Games participants (athletes, officials, and spectators)
- The right to freely assemble and protest
- The management of large celebratory crowds
The ISU took responsibility for the security of the official competition venues and several noncompetition venues, including the athletes' villages, the main media center, and the Vancouver International Airport. In addition, the ISU was responsible for athlete transportation security and the protection of internationally protected persons. It is well known that past Olympic Games have attracted terrorists (for example, the 1972 hostage taking and killing of Israeli athletes in Munich, West Germany) and lone-wolf criminals (for example, the 1996 Atlanta park bombing). Numerous heads of state and other internationally protected persons attend. More than 6,000 police officers; 4,500 private security personnel; and 4,000 Canadian military resources were utilized to ensure these official Olympic sites were secure. To fortify venues such as the hockey stadium and ski hills, the ISU created airport-style screening checkpoints for staff and spectators and constructed fence lines with perimeter detection systems and closed-circuit television cameras. Outside the fence lines, security fell to the local police of jurisdiction with ISU resources for support and for national security incidents. The hosting jurisdictions received funding through the ISU to help cover the associated costs of policing the games.
This high level of readiness and security delivered by the ISU resulted in a great outcome of no terrorist or serious criminal acts occurring in any official Olympic site. Overall, venues were safe and secure, and the policing story of the 2010 Winter Olympics shifted from security of the official sites to policing protests and the large celebratory crowds. Within the city of Vancouver, both of these challenges were the responsibility of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).
The city of Vancouver is considered one of the world's most liberal cities. It has a large concentration of illicit drug users (including users of crack cocaine and heroin) and is home to the first supervised drug-injection site in North America. During the lead-up to the games, activist groups in Vancouver made public accusations that Vancouver police would cleanse the city and suppress dissent by
- sweeping the streets clean of the mentally ill and poor people,
- kidnapping homeless people and shipping them out of town,
- kicking in doors of homes and businesses to take away signs that criticized the Olympics, and
- beating and arresting protesters.
The local branch of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association initiated a legal observer program for volunteers to receive special training in law; first aid (to help people beaten by the police); and use of video recorders to capture what the association claimed would be inevitable instances of excessive force by police. To counter these allegations, senior police officers from the VPD and the ISU went on public record and met with these groups to reiterate that the right to protest, which is guaranteed under Canadian law, would be upheld by the police and that no special measures to sweep the streets would occur. The activist groups remained relentless with their condemnations of the police, and the news media reported on these criticisms.
The Canadian Constitution guarantees rights such as freedom of assembly, thought, religion, and expression. Approximately three times a week and throughout the year, protests are held in Vancouver with causes ranging from local issues (for example, the environment and homelessness) to international issues (for example, oppression in Iran and antiglobalization). One of the larger Critical Mass rides for freedom to ride bicycles occurs in the city's downtown core. All of these events take place without serious incident, and, overall, the VPD has a strong track record of facilitating lawful protests.
|Police face protesters at the 2010 Winter Olympics |
The first test of the VPD approach to protests occurred two days before the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Vancouver and wanted to attend a Chinese New Year celebration in a Chinatown community center. Protesters who were in disagreement over his administration's opposition to the supervised injection site quickly marshalled 200 agitated protesters and blocked the entrance to the community center. They used chains and tape to lock the doors. The VPD police commander at the scene decided to allow the protest to continue, and after the protesters made their point with the news cameras, they withdrew and VPD officers removed the tape and chains from around the doors.
The next day had protest groups looking for key places along the Olympic Torch Relay to disrupt the procession. They laid down barbed wire and blockaded intersections. The torch was rerouted around these blockades and instead of the image of armed and helmeted police arresting protesters, the media reported on school children and war veterans who missed the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the torch because of the "selfish" protesters.1
The next day, just prior to the opening ceremony, 1,500 chanting protesters wound their way through Vancouver streets and were shadowed by VPD bicycle patrol officers. While traffic disruptions were tolerated, a preplanned decision was made that the opening ceremony would not be interrupted. The proverbial "line in the sand" was drawn on the street outside a stadium that was filled with 60,000 spectators and athletes.
The protesters were stopped by 350 officers from the VPD and the ISU/RCMP. The VPD officers were specially trained officers from the Crowd Control Unit (CCU), who locked arms and would not let the crowd move closer to the stadium. They were backed by officers on horseback and arrest teams. The CCU commander deployed his officers in soft hats without face shields.
As the night went on, the composition of the protest groups became clearer. Some were idealistic people who wanted to peacefully express their personal beliefs. This included Native Indian elders, seniors against poverty, and environmentalists. The same crowd also contained approximately 100 anarchists and criminals who practiced a technique called Black Bloc. This tactic is used by anarchists who cover their faces and heads with black, ninja-style masks to make it difficult to identify them when they commit criminal acts.
As dusk descended, this large crowd surged several times, but the police line held steady. The criminal protesters became frustrated. They wanted police officers to wade into their ranks and start fights with them. They wanted the image of a police officer hitting a protester with a baton. They wanted to get tear gassed. They wanted the news media to record images of the police battling protesters, like what happened at the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) riots, the 1997 Vancouver Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) confrontations, and the 2001 Quebec City Summit of the Americas riots. The anarchists spat into the faces of the frontline officers. They threw barricades and tried to incite the legitimate protesters to violence by shouting "The police are beating the elders!" and other lies.
One woman on the front line was 53-year-old Shena Meadowcroft, who was personally against the government spending on the Olympics. Her account in an e-mail to the Vancouver police chief provides the best description of the restraint shown by the integrated public-order officers.
I myself spent the better part of an hour or more face to face with several police officers. I will never forget how extraordinarily well I was treated by them. I wish that I could personally thank each and every one of the police officers who showed the utmost concern to my well-being that night. I was continually offered an opportunity to leave, and when I expressed my need to remain where I was, my needs were respected. Even while there was intense pushing and shoving on both sides, several of the officers kept asking me if I was OK.
Your officers were continuously insulted and spat upon, screamed at. At no time did I see any of them respond with anything but civility and politeness. What I can say is that no one deserves the continual berating and harassment, obscenities and personal attacks that these officers were subject to that night.
The opening ceremony protest was volatile and could have erupted into violence and mass arrests that would have overshadowed the event. Fortunately, the night ended peacefully. There was only one arrest; no protesters were injured, although two police officers had minor injuries. The news media reported on the exceptional restraint shown by the police, and the civil liberties "legal observers" had nothing to record.
|Officers approach protesters in the Heart Attack march |
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What Do Criminal Records Consist of in Arizona?
There is plenty of information in Arizona criminal records. This includes details about a person's convictions, dispositions, indictments, and arrests. More specifically, criminal records in Arizona contain information like the person's name and known aliases, past and outstanding arrest warrants, and past and current criminal offenses and indictments. Other info in these criminal records includes:
- Mugshot and fingerprints
- Conviction and inmate records
- Age/Birth Date
- Other identifying personal information
Arrest records are similar to this. Arrest records are official law enforcement documents describing the apprehensions and detentions of people who allegedly committed crimes. However, arrest records do not mean that the person arrested is actually guilty of or pleaded guilty to their alleged crimes.
How Can Someone Use Criminal Records?
One of the primary uses of criminal records is employers accessing said records as part of a pre-employment background check. However, only non-profit organizations can get Arizona state criminal history information for employment purposes. No other private companies can access this information for those purposes. It is important to note that in the state of Arizona, if a potential employer asks to hear about any prior convictions you may have, they must include a statement that a prior conviction will not completely bar you from employment. Additionally, courts may use criminal records to determine sentences for crimes that the same person commits at a later time.
Can Someone Else Access Your Criminal Records?
In the state of Arizona, you are the only person that can request your criminal records aside from law enforcement agencies. The Criminal History Records Section is the central repository for all criminal records in the state of Arizona. In many states, other people can request copies of your criminal records if they have acceptable reasons for doing so. However, in Arizona, only authorized individuals or agencies can request copies of your criminal records.
How Can You Request A Criminal Record?
If you want to request a criminal record, you start off by requesting a Record Review Packet from the Criminal History Records Section. You can call them at _PHONE_ to do so. In the Record Review Packet, you get the following:
- Blank applicant fingerprint card
- Contact information sheet
- Pre-addressed return envelope
You will get a mailed response to your request within 15 days of the receipt of the completed Record Review Packet. This response will not include any personal information about you. You can find the Record Review Packet Instructions here.
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Manual:Pywikibot/user-config.py
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by running generate_user_files.py.
Configuration[edit]
Before you run any of the programs, you need to create a file named user-config.py in your pywikibot directory. You create it in either of two ways:
 1. Create the file manually. It needs at least two or three variables configured, and placed in the correct location.
 2. Run the script generate_user_files.py by entering python pwb.py generate_user_files.py in a command shell, which will interactively generate the file in an interactive "wizard" style, and store it in the default configuration location.
Location[edit]
Pywikibot looks for user-config.py in the following locations, in order:
 - Specified via the -dir: argument (for example: -dir:/foo/bar)
 - The content of the environment variable PYWIKIBOT2_DIR
 - The directory in which the pwb.py file is
 - In core it checks the .pywikibot directory in the application data directory (Windows) or (that directory gets automatically created)
(See also: get_base_dir().)
Below are instructions for manually editing this file.
For Wikimedia projects[edit]
Open a text editor (e.g. Notepad in Windows) and save the text file as user-config.py in the pywikibot folder.
If your language uses non-ASCII characters, you should use a Unicode-aware editor such as Notepad++ and save your user-config with Unicode encoding without BOM marks. Don't forget to insert
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
as the first line.
Add the following lines to user-config.py:
Code Explanation
family = 'wikipedia'
mylang = 'en'
xx is the code for the language you are working on, for example 'en' is English.[1] Family is the project name.[2]
usernames['wikipedia']['en'] = u'ExampleBot'
Your user-config.py file needs to specify the bot's username.
In this example, the user is working on English Wikipedia, and has created a bot account with the username "ExampleBot".[3] [4]
(Optional)
authenticate['*.wikipedia.org'] = ('<consumer_key>','<consumer_secret>', '<access_key>', '<access_secret>')
This replaces password-based authentication with OAuth, which is more secure (especially for bots with shared ownership). See Manual:Pywikibot/OAuth on how to obtain the keys/secrets.
(Optional)
usernames['wikipedia']['de'] = u'BeispielBot'
usernames['wikipedia']['en'] = u'ExampleBot'
usernames['wiktionary']['de'] = u'BeispielBot'
If you are working on more than one Wikimedia project, you can also add several usernames.
(Optional, and rarely needed)
console_encoding = 'utf-8'
textfile_encoding = 'unicode_escape'
If this is the encoding used by your system. Always try without first.
(Optional)
sort_ignore_case = True
Some scripts may use this for sorting, e.g. solve_disambiguation.py. Default is False. Capitalized titles will preceed uncapitalized ones if this key is False or omitted, and capitalization will be disregarded by sorting if True.
(Optional)
sysopnames['wikiproject']['languagecode'] = u'YourSysopUsername'
Define a sysop account for actions that require additional preveliges, e.g. deleting pages.
(Optional)
password_file = "user-password.py"
Define a password file. The lines of the file should be tuples in any of the following formats:
(code, family, username, password)
(family, username, password)
(username, password)
For BotPasswords, refer to Manual:Pywikibot/BotPasswords.
Now save user-config.py again.
user-config.py examples[edit]
EksempelBot on no.wikipedia[edit]
mylang = 'no'
usernames['wikipedia']['no'] = u'EksempelBot'
console_encoding = 'utf-8'
use_api_login = True
ExampleBot on Commons[edit]
mylang = 'commons'
family = 'commons'
usernames['commons']['commons'] = u'ExampleBot'
console_encoding = 'utf-8'
use_api_login = True
ExampleBot on Wikidata[edit]
mylang = 'wikidata'
family = 'wikidata'
usernames['wikidata']['wikidata'] = u'ExampleBot'
console_encoding = 'utf-8'
use_api_login = True
ExampleBot on Test wiki[edit]
mylang = 'test'
family = 'test'
usernames['test']['test'] = u'ExampleBot'
ExampleBot on Test2 wiki[edit]
mylang = 'test2'
family = 'wikipedia'
usernames['wikipedia']['test2'] = u'ExampleBot'
BeispielBot on de.wikipedia and de.wikibooks, with de.wikipedia as main wiki[edit]
mylang = 'de'
usernames['wikipedia']['de'] = u'BeispielBot'
usernames['wikibooks']['de'] = u'BeispielBot'
console_encoding = 'utf-8'
use_api_login = True
For non-Wikimedia wikis[edit]
Main Page: Manual:Pywikibot/Use on third-party wikis
See also[edit]
 - config2.py (the source code of the module that loads and interpretes user-config.py)
Notes[edit]
 1. If you want to work with more than one language, choose the most common one. You can override this on the command line by using -lang:zh parameter.
 2. Meta uses 'meta' for both language code and wiki family, Commons uses 'commons' for both, and Testwiki uses 'test' for both, the multilingual wikisource uses '-' for the language. You can override this on the command line by using -family:wikibooks.
 3. The 'u' in front of the username stands for Unicode. The 'u' is required if your username contains non-ASCII characters.
 4. Note that on Linux/Unix hosts username capitalization matters! While logging in may not be an issue, testing the log in or attempting to use a bot will not use the correct cookie file and may result in anonymous access to the API. This can cause problems for private wikis that do not allow anonymous access or use third party authentication. Default usernames for mediawiki and those pulled via LDAP or other third party authentication schemes will have an uppercase character for the first letter, thus 'user' becomes 'User'.
If you need more help on setting up your Pywikibot visit the IRC channel #pywikibotconnect @ freenode server or Pywikibot mailing list.


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Sodium Nitrate Technical Grade
Yingfengyuan Industrial Group Limited is one of the leading China sodium nitrate technical grade manufacturers and suppliers, equipped with professional factory, we are able to offer you best and cheap sodium nitrate technical grade products.
Sodium Nitrate NaNO3 Technical Grade
Detailed Product Sodium Nitrate Description
Sodium Nitrate for industry use (NANO3)
Melting point:271 °C
Properties: It is white granular. It is easily soluble in water and aqueous ammonia ; while it is slightly dissolved in methanol, alcohol, and solvent ether. In addition, it shows strong hydroscopic property.
Application: it is mostly used as fluxing agent, oxidant and to make the enamel powder materials.Used for all kinds of glass industry and products of decoloring agent, defoamer, clarifying agent and the oxidation of flux.
Packaging & Shipping:
25kg plastic woven bag, 50kgflexible freight bag, or upon clients' demand with/without pallet.
1.Stored in the dry and ventilation place and prevent rain and sunlight exposure. rained,heated .
2. Avoid mixing with organic compound or sulphur or reducer during storage and transportation in case of explosion
3.Handle with care against friction and bounce while handling and pile.
4.The fire caused sodium nitrate can be put out by using lots of water.


Design of a Brazilian Portuguese Virtual Keyboard for People with Severe Motor Disability
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Virtual keyboards represent an important tool in the Assistive Technology area as they can assist in computer interaction by people with severe motor disability. Depending on the interaction method used, a differentiated arrangement of keys can speed up the task of typing a text. This work proposes a virtual keyboard layout which allows people with disabilities to write texts in Brazilian Portuguese language efficiently. The method of human-computer interaction used is a webcam-based cursor controller limited by continuum vertical and horizontal movements. Keys arrangement is based on digraphs frequency of occurrence in a corpus of Portuguese language. The performance of the virtual keyboard was evaluated by two tests. Firstly, a function which estimates the movement efficiency when typing a key is used to compare the layout with other solutions. Proposed layout presented typing speed faster than QWERTY (41%), OPTI (4%) and FITALY (3%). In user evaluation, users have performed the tasks significantly faster with the proposed keyboard layout.
AUTORES
 - Pamela Campos Levy
 - Nirvana da Silva Antônio
 - Rogério Caetano
 - Priscila Gomes Souza
EVENTO
 - IHC 2014 – XIII Simpósio Brasileiro Sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais
 - Data e Local: 27 a 31 de outubro de 2014 – Foz do Iguaçu/PR
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BENEFÍCIOS
TECNOLOGIAS
Plataforma para modelamento Creo, plataforma de modelamento Solid Works, programação PLC, linguagem Ladder, normas NR 10 e NR 12.

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Water Current Turbines: A Fieldworker's Guide
This handbook describes the development and testing of the water current turbine as a simple and inexpensive means of lifting water for irrigation purposes. With detailed technical information on the technology, this manual also includes an economic assessment of its cost-effectiveness compared with other pumping technologies.
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Why test for L-Lactic Acid?
Lactic acid is found in many food and beverages. In the wine industry, the course of malolactic fermentation is monitored by tracking the falling level of L-malic acid, and the increasing level of L-lactic acid. Lactic acid is responsible for reducing the acidity of wines providing a smoother flavour. Similarly, the quality of food produce such as baby food, meats, dairy products, fruit and vegetables and animal feed can be established by measurement of L-lactic acid content. This acid is also used and measured in the cosmetics and tobacco industry.
|Cost effective price per test||Dedicated standard supplied with each kit||High quality testing with extended linearity of up to 0.4g/l|
- MSDS sheet
- Kit insert
- Calculation Spreadsheet
- Instrument specific protocols on request for automated analysers - Request »
Testing for L-Lactic Acid
The L-lactic acid assay kit Randox Food Diagnostics supply is designed for the quantitative in vitro determination of L-lactic acid in red and white wine, beer, and fruit juices. Excellent sensitivity and inter and intra-assay precision of >5% ensures high quality dependable results. This assay is suitable for manual use or for automation on a range of analysers. The test principle is based on the following enzymatic reaction.
The amount of NADH formed in the above reaction is stoichiometric with the amount of L-lactic acid present in the sample. It is the NADH which is measured by the increase in absorbance at 340 nm. This method is specific for L-lactic acid determination. This product is currently supplied to the wine/beverage and food producers globally.


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