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Gas turbine oxidation life assessment and monitoring
Mazaheri, F ; Sharif University of Technology | 2018
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 5. Gas turbine hot-section parts can be very expensive components with a finite lifetime. Their durability is strongly dependent on the operating service conditions which control the maintenance intervals and associated expenses. Blade damage is the most frequent reason for failures in gas turbine engines and also oxidation is one of the most critical degradation mechanisms when the power system operates in partially loading condition. This paper describes the methodology of oxidation life assessment for uncoated and coated blades with various metallic coatings in the first stage of a typical gas turbine engine. The resultant weight-change curves were validated by comparing them with the experimental and numerical data from the various references. Also a computer code was developed for real-time monitoring of remaining oxidation life and damage on the maximum blade temperature where the maximum damage accumulation occurs. Results indicated that the oxidation life consumption increases if the duration of cycle decreases or the temperature of the metal is increased during real-time operational condition. Also, considering a duplex metallic coating on the first-stage blade, the rate of oxidation damage reduces about 10 times compared to an uncoated blade. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
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Suppose $p = 2^n - 1$ is prime. Show that $n \: | \: 2^n - 2$, or equivalently $n \: | \: p - 1$.
With hint: The order of any element in this field divides $p-1$.
Example: $n=7, \; p=127 \:\Rightarrow\: 7 \: | \: 126$.
I don't have any progress that seems to lead to a proof, but here are some of my ideas:
 - Because $p$ is a Mersenne prime, $n$ must be prime
 - Use Fermat's little theorem
 - Show that $2^n - 2 \equiv 0 \mod n$
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You have mentioned ingredients that lead to a proof. As you point out, the number $n$ must be prime, so we can use Fermat's Theorem.
There are a couple of different versions of Fermat's Theorem. Each version is not difficult to derive from the other.
Version 1: If $n$ is prime, then for any integer $a$, we have $a^n \equiv a \pmod n$. This says directly that $n$ divides $a^n-a$, which is exactly what you want to show, in the special case $a=2$.
Version 2: If $n$ is prime, and $n$ does not divide $a$, then $a^{n-1} \equiv 1 \pmod n$.
In your case, $n$ is odd, so if $a=2$, then $n$ does not divide $a$. It follows that $n$ divides $2^{n-1}-1$, and therefore $n$ divides twice this number, which is $2^n-2$.
However, you were given a hint which enables us to bypass Fermat's Theorem. So probably you were expected to argue as follows.
Since $p=2^n-1$, certainly $p$ divides $2^n-1$, so $2^n \equiv 1 \pmod p$. That implies that the order of $2$ in the field $\mathbb{Z}_p$ is a divisor of $n$. But the order of $2$ is exactly $n$, since $n$ is prime, and therefore the only divisors of $n$ are $1$ and $n$.
The order of any element of the field $\mathbb{Z}_p$ divides $p-1$. Since the order of $2$ in this field is $n$, we conclude that $n$ divides $p-1$, that is, $n$ divides $2^n-2$.
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You said "$p$ divides $2^n-1$, so $2^n \equiv 1 \pmod p$". How does this step work? – Nayuki Minase Feb 27 '12 at 6:31
_USER_ Minase: We say that $x\equiv y \pmod m$ if $m$ divides $x-y$. Take $x=2^n$, $y=1$, $m=p$. Since definitely $p$ divides $2^n-1$ (in fact is exactly equal to $2^n-1$), we have $2^n\equiv 1 \pmod p$. – André Nicolas Feb 27 '12 at 6:38
Ohh right, I understand now. I guess I'm not comfortable enough with modular arithmetic that such an elementary fact slipped past me, heh. – Nayuki Minase Feb 27 '12 at 6:40
Alternate explanation: $p$ divides $2^n-1$, so $2^n-1$ divided by $p$ leaves no remainder, thus $2^n-1 \equiv 0 \mod p$. – Nayuki Minase Feb 27 '12 at 6:42
_USER_ Minase: I can see why it is puzzling, in a sense it is *too simple. One expects to have to work a bit to show that a congruence holds. In this case, there was no real work involved. – André Nicolas Feb 27 '12 at 6:44
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Simpler answer:
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^+$ be arbitrary. Let $p = 2^n-1$.
Clearly, $2^n \equiv 1 \mod {2^n-1}$. Moveover, $n$ is the smallest power where $2^n \equiv 1$. Thus the order of 2 in $\mathbb{Z}_{p}$ is $n$.
Now if $p$ is prime, then Fermat's little theorem guarantees that for any $a$ (except 0), $a^{p-1} \equiv 1 \mod p$. Furthermore, the order of $a$ divides $p-1$.
$a=2$ has order $n$, therefore $n$ divides $p-1 = 2^n - 2$, as wanted.
Complicated answer:
Fact: $x^{ab} - 1 = (x^a - 1)(x^{(b-1)a} + \ldots + x^{3a} + x^{2a} + x^a + 1)$. So for the special case of $2^n-1$, if $n$ is composite then $2^n-1$ can be factored. By contrapositive, if $2^n-1$ is prime then $n$ is prime.
Fermat's little theorem: If $q$ is prime, then $\forall a \in \mathbb{Z}, \; a^q \equiv a \mod q$.
Now, $n \: | \: 2^n - 2$ is equivalent to saying that $2^n-2$ is a multiple of $n$, or $2^n-2 \equiv 0 \mod n$.
We established that $n$ must be prime. By applying FLT with $a=2$, we get $2^n \equiv 2 \mod n$, which is easily equivalent to $2^n - 2 \equiv 0 \mod n$.
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Hint $\rm\: prime\: P,\: A^P\!\! = 1 = A^K\!\Rightarrow A^{(P,\:K)}\!\!=1,$ so $\rm\: P| K\ $ [if $\rm (P,K) = P$]$\:$ or $\rm\: A\! =\! 1\:$ [if $\rm (P,K) = 1$]
For further detail see this question: If the order divides a prime P then the order is P (or 1).
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Why are all your variables in uppercase? – Nayuki Minase Mar 2 '12 at 5:05
_USER_ It makes expressions in exponents easier to read. – Bill Dubuque Mar 2 '12 at 5:25
Other than that, I'm sorry but I don't understand your argument at all. – Nayuki Minase Mar 2 '12 at 6:34
_USER_ Do you not understand the proof in the hint, or do you not understand how it applies to your case? – Bill Dubuque Mar 3 '12 at 1:08
I didn't understand how your answer fits with my question. Please see the other answers as examples of proofs that I did understand. – Nayuki Minase Mar 3 '12 at 23:33
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I understand that in the limit that h_bar goes to zero, the Feynman path integral is dominated by the classical path, and then using the stationary phase approximation we can derive an approximation for the propagator which is a function of the classical trajectory (see _URL_ pg 46).
I am under the impression that this further implies that the particle follows the classical trajectory but I don't understand how the above mentioned fact implies this.
The propagator describes the time-evolution of the wavefunction, so I would think that this classical limit form of the propagator should give a time-evolution in which the wavefunction follows the classical trajectory, but I have not been able to find such work. Moreover, even this statement itself is problematic since the wavefunction describes a probability distribution and not a single trajectory.
$\textbf{New Edit:}$ In section 7 of Feynman's paper introducing the path integral (see _URL_ he discusses the classical limit. It appears that the key to understanding why the fact that the classical path dominates the path integral further implies that the particle follows the classical trajectory may be found in Feynman's remark on pg 21: "Now we ask, as $\hbar → 0$ what values of the intermediate coordinates $x_i$ contribute most strongly to the integral? These will be the values most likely to be found by experiment and therefore will determine, in the limit, the classical path." However, I don't understand why "These will be the values most likely to be found by experiment"?
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Related question by OP: physics.stackexchange.com/q/32110/2451 – Qmechanic Jul 17 '12 at 21:18
Feynman simply means that the coordinates $x_i$ that contribute most strongly to the integral will be the ones with highest probability should one inquire about the particle's position at some intermediate time. – Emilio Pisanty Aug 11 '12 at 23:29
Cross-posted from mathoverflow.net/questions/102415 – Qmechanic Oct 26 '12 at 21:26
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The semiclassical limit you're describing says that the amplitude for a particle to get from here to there in a set time is equal to the exponential of the classical action for the corresponding classical trajectory. In symbols this reads $$\langle x_b|U(T)|x_a\rangle=\int \mathcal{D}\varphi e^{iS[\phi]/\hbar} \approx e^{{i}S[\varphi_\textrm{cl}(x_a,x_b,T)]/\hbar}.$$ In a general quantum state, however, particles are not "here" and don't end up "there": they have an initial probability amplitude $\langle x|\psi(0)\rangle$ for being at each position $x$ at time $t=0$ and will have a final probability amplitude $\langle x|\psi(T)\rangle$ for being at position $x$ at time $T$. To apply the approximation, you pull out the propagator and insert a resolution of the identity: $$\langle x|\psi(T)\rangle=\int dy\langle x|U(T)|y\rangle\langle y|\psi(0)\rangle=\int dye^{{i}S[\varphi_\textrm{cl}(y,x,T)]/\hbar}\langle y|\psi(0)\rangle.$$
To get a full semiclassical limit, you also need a semiclassical initial state (since otherwise you've obviously got no hope!). You take, then, a state with (relatively) sharply defined position and momentum (of course, the state will occupy some finite region of phase space but you usually can assume, in these circumstances, that it is small enough), and this will make the amplitudes for points outside the classical trajectory interfere destructively and vanish.
So how does this happen? For one, $y$ must be close to the initial position, $y_0$ in order to contribute to the integral. For small displacements of the endpoints, then, the action along the classical trajectory varies as $$\delta S=p_{\varphi,x}\delta x-p_{\varphi,y}\delta y$$ (cf. Lanczos, The Variational Principles of Mechanics, 4th edition, Dover, eqs 53.3 and 68.1, or simply do the standard integration by parts and set $\int\delta L dx=0$ along the classical trajectory). The main contribution of the initial state to the phase is of the form $e^{ip_\textrm{cl}y}$, which means that the integral has more or less the form, up to a phase, $$\langle x|\psi(T)\rangle\approx \int_{y_0-\Delta x/2}^{y_0+\Delta x/2}e^{i(p_{\varphi,y}-p_\textrm{cl})y/\hbar}dy.$$
Here the momentum $p_{\varphi,y}$ is determined by $x$ and (to leading order) $y_0$, since there is a unique classical path that connects them. This momentum must match (to precision $\Delta p\approx \hbar/\Delta x$, which we assume negligible in this semiclassical limit) the classical momentum of the initial state, $p_\textrm{cl}$, and therefore only those $x$'s on the trajectory determined by the initial state will have nonzero amplitudes.
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Thank you for your answer. I don't understand why "this will make the amplitudes for points outside the classical trajectory interfere destructively and vanish." Could you please explain this. Also, please see my new edit to the question. Thank you. – dab Aug 10 '12 at 23:18
Thank you very much for your reply. There are a few things which I could use some more details on to better understand your answer. Rather than getting into detailed questions, I was wondering if you know of a textbook or paper which goes through your argument. Thank you. – dab Aug 12 '12 at 22:59
I don't really know any references with this material but I would very much like to see one. I'm also rather grateful to you for forcing me to work this out clearly. – Emilio Pisanty Aug 14 '12 at 2:47
It's NOT true in general that the semiclassical limit is always dominated by stationary solutions of the original bare Lagrangian. Instead, the best quasiclassical limit looks more like the coarse grained consistent histories framework aka decoherent histories along the dynamically determined pointer basis.
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The Smart Distributed System (SDS) offers companies that implement automated assembly lines the opportunity to cost-effectively respond to high-growth opportunities and quickly changing market conditions. Companies in dynamic businesses are continuously faced with changing capacity, and with ensuring that their existing facilities are flexible and cost-effective. These companies need to continually improve the information available from their assembly lines, and have pertinent data available throughout their business systems. Once a system is installed it also becomes critical to detect and remedy problems quickly.
This white paper describes how "Smart" control systems based on SDS and personal computers (PC) decrease design and installation costs, reduce operating costs and allow the use of an assembly line sooner than was previously possible. It explains the SDS architecture and describes some of the components that make up a Smart System. The paper closes with real-world examples.
Why Use a Smart System?
A Smart System, as described herein, is one that uses a personal computer (PC) and the SDS as the control architecture. This is in contrast to using a programmable logic controller (PLC) and wiring the components to input and output cards on the PLC. Figure 1 depicts the change that is occurring in the market for automation systems.
Smart Systems provide a number of benefits, including lower design costs, reduced installation costs and easier troubleshooting.
While smart components cost more than standard ones, the savings gained during installation outweigh the increased hardware cost. The total installed cost of Smart Systems is often 20%-30% less than traditional PLC-based systems. The majority of the savings are a result of the speed in which a Smart System can be commissioned, resulting in significantly lower installation costs.
Using a PC running the Windows NT operating system also makes it easier to connect an assembly line to a plant-wide network using industry standard protocols and interfaces, such as Ethernet and Microsoft networking. Design costs are reduced because the documentation requirements are less for a Smart System. In a PLC-based system each wire must be documented as to its wire number and termination, resulting in several pages of wiring diagrams. Smart System documentation typically includes a layout drawing for each bus in a system. These drawings show the location of each device on the bus. In many cases, the documentation requirements are cut in half.
Rapid deployment results in two more benefits: use of the assembly line and a faster return on the investment. In most businesses, being able to use an assembly line a few weeks earlier can have a notable impact on financial results, particularly if a company is in need of capacity. Anytime an investment can generate cash flow sooner it has a positive financial effect.
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SDS…The Basis for Smart Systems
SDS is a robust component-level network that allows industrial devices to be connected on a single cable instead of running individual control wires to each device.
The SDS specification was created in 1992 by Honeywell's Sensing and Control division, a leading supplier of sensors and switches in the industrial market, and is open to anyone who wishes to develop SDS-compatible products. Because the SDS specification is open it has been widely applied.
The definition of a component in SDS is flexible. It can be as simple as a limit switch, and as complex as an adjustable frequency drive or bar code scanner. There are even companies using SDS to communicate with distributed embedded computers doing dedicated control tasks.
Using Smart components—instead of wiring standard control devices to an I/O block or card—provides a number of important benefits, both during installation and after a line has been commissioned.
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One objective when implementing a Smart System is to eliminate terminations of wires. Documentation of the electrical system can be reduced to a single-line drawing that shows where a bus runs and the component locations. The volume of documentation is roughly half of a typical PLC-based system, and the time required to generate the electrical drawings is one-third.
The most obvious savings during installation is the reduced wiring cost, including labor and the wire itself. In comparison, an installation of 64 sensors in a PLC-based system means the 64 sensors would require 66 wires (2 for power and 64 signal lines) of varying run lengths Each wire needs to land on a terminal block, requiring someone to strip the wire, label it and insert it in a terminal. This also requires each termination to be documented.
Installing Smart sensors requires giving a device an address and attaching it to the bus. Since quick-connect cables are typically used, there are not be any wiring connections required, depending on the components used. Each cable is typically labeled with its address on the bus.
Not as obvious, yet potentially much more financially rewarding, is the speed in which a Smart System can be installed. If a manufacturer is in need of capacity, getting to use a line quickly can result in millions of dollars in shipped product. This benefit often far outweighs the cost savings incurred during the actual installation.
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This HowTo provides information on installing and configuring a Common Unix Printing System on OpenWrt.
Preparation
Prerequisites
 1. obtain usb.essentials basic USB support or (parport Parallel Port support)
 2. drivers
 3. kernel module for USB printers: opkg install kmod-usb-printer
 4. Firewall: open ports tcp and udp.
CUPS mandatory uses spooling, which means that the entire print job data gets stored in a buffer (on harddisc or in RAM) before the printing is even started. Dependent of what you want to print, your resources are probably that limited that you should not use CUPS. But of course you can add resources to your hardware, like say connect a harddisc per USB.
 1. usb.storage to mount a filesystem or a SWAP partition. This should massively upgrade your endowment.
 2. you cannot mount SWAP over network but you could mount any other filesystem over the network and park the data there, see filesystem
Required Packages
Server (OpenWrt)
Name Version Size in Bytes Description
cups 1.4.4-1 2 217 619 A printer spooling system for devices with USB or LP support.
zlib 1.2.5-1 39 388 Library implementing the deflate compression method
libpthread 0.9.32-65 30 717 POSIX thread library
libpng 1.2.44-1 128 723 A PNG format files handling library
libjpeg 6b-1 61 963 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library
libstdcpp 4.3.3+cs-65 232 642 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
cups-bjnp 0.5.4-1 11 293 (optional) Description: CUPS backend for the canon printers using the proprietary USB over IP BJNP protocol. This backend allows Cups to print over the network to a Canon printer. It currently supports Cups 1.2 and Cups 1.3 and is designed by reverse engineering.
Installation
opkg
opkg install cups
vi /etc/cups.conf
If you have external storage, change the CUPS spool directory so that it resides on this storage:
vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and change- RequestRoot /opt/var/spool/cups
. /etc/init.d/cupsd enable
. /etc/init.d/cupsd start
netstat -a
iptables -I INPUT -j ACCEPT -i eth0.1 -p tcp --port ?????
iptables -I INPUT -j ACCEPT -i eth0.1 -p udp --port ?????
Configuration
CUPSD configuration
Use Cups own configuration Web GUI. If cups is running, you should be able to find it at http://192.168.1.1:631 (that is port 631 of your router's own address). The default cups configuration in Attitude Adjustment uses the host system authentication mechanism, so in order to log in as Administrator, use the root username and its password (the same you use at the Lucy log-in screen).
An alternative to the Web GUI is text file configuration: configure /etc/cups/cups.conf according to man cupsd.conf. Notice that some configuration files (such as /etc/cups/printers.conf) should not be edited while cups is running. Many cups text files are meant to be modified by the lpadmin command.
Permissions Problems
If you have problems with permissions, try to change /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to fit your local TCP/IP network:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24 #your ip area.
Toubleshooting: Need drivers uploaded on power up ?
Got an HP Laserjet or similar device that requires the driver to be uploaded to the printer each time it's turned on? See this post here
Adding Printers
Notice you can't print a testpage on the local cups, because this would need to have ghostscript installed on your embedded system.
USB printers notes and throubleshooting
Backfire: There may be a problem interfacing with USB printers if usb-printers kernel module is also loaded. These conflict with the cups-provided USB support. There are plenty of bugs and one working solution is as follows:
 1. Remove usblp support: opkg remove kmod-usb-printer
 2. Edit user and group in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from User Nobody/Group Nogroup to User root/Group root
 3. Change ACL on /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb to 700 (chmod 700 /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb). This changes the behaviour of cups, which normally tries to execute the backend through a user account other than root. This forces the backend to run as root from cups.
 4. Finally, it should be possible to add printers through the web page http://host:631/admin or manually. The USB device name cannot be displayed through lpinfo but can instead be listed by running /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb as root.
There is a problem with the permissions on USB printers not being writable by nobody, which is what CUPS expects. An alternative is to make a wrapper backend that executes a sudo script which does find /proc/bus/usb -type f -exec chmod +rw {} \;. Point being, there is a permission problem between USB/udev and CUPS preventing USB-printers from working. Also, CUPS is removing support or has a lot of issues currently with usblp support.
In Attitude Adjustment, you just need to change ACL on /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb to 700 (chmod 700 /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb). This changes the behaviour of cups, which normally tries to execute the backend through a user account other than root. This forces the backend to run as root from cups, the reason have been said above.
Printers must be Shared
In order to use the printers from other clients in your network, the printers must be shared. In the Web GUI, when adding a printer you should mark the check box "Share This Printer".
Adding drivers / PPDs
If you have a special PostScript Printer Description (ppd)-file for your printer, copy it to /usr/share/cups/model/ and restart cupsd. Cups will install it in /etc/cups/ppd and you can choose it via the web interface. (http://192.168.1.1:631). You can also upload a PPD file through the web interface. The trick here is that without Ghostscript you are unlikely to get on-router file conversion to work.
You really get two alternatives:
 1. use the printer with a raw queue, and set drivers (i.e. PPD) in your computer/laptop. In this case, the file conversion and preparation will be done on your computer/laptop (as opposed to on the router)
 2. add printing drivers to your router. Notice that the usual "Linux printing drivers/filters" stack requires more space than a normal router has. If you've extended your root space and are willing to do some cross compilation, you can try these unofficial packages openwrt-printing-packages
MacOS X tip
Configure your extended printer settings. If you use the standard printer settings and add an IPP printer, MacOS X will add after the server adress /ipp . But this class etc. does not exist on your cupsd.
Client configuration
This page has good notes about configuring clients for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX:
configure.the.clients.for.printing.
The main point is that if you added printers and marked them as shared, all these operating system should be able to find it as a network printer.
Start on boot
To enable/disable start on boot:
/etc/init.d/cupsd enable (it creates a symlink: /etc/rc.d/S??cupsd → /etc/init.d/cupsd)
/etc/init.d/cupsd disable (this removes the symlink).
Administration
Use Cups own Web GUI. If cups is running, you should be able to find it at http://192.168.1.1:631 (that is port 631 of your router's own address). If you did not change its configuration, to log in to Administration use the root username and its password.
Alternatively you can login to OpenWrt and edit /etc/cups/cups.conf. Restart cupsd.
Log Messages
Check cupsd to learn what they mean.
Notes
OpenWrt User posts about installing CUPS
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Why Citrus Trees Are Painted White
My girlfriend and I recently drove through Arizona, and while most of it was desert, we did see a few orchards of citrus trees. However, it was odd to see that many of the tree trunks were painted white. I was curious to learn more about this, so I did a bit of research. Here's what I found.
Citrus tree trunks are painted white to reflect sunlight off the tree's bark in the winter season. This prevents the tree's sap from entering a thaw and freeze cycle that might damage the tree's tissues. The reflective paint also keeps citrus trees from becoming sunburnt in the summer.
So, using white paint on your citrus trees helps prevent damage to their tissue and trunks in the summer and winter, but should you paint your trees? If so, what's the best way to paint them? Let's take a closer look.
Should You Paint Your Citrus Trees White?
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Consider painting, or "whitewashing", your citrus trees if you live in an area that gets cold, dry, and sunny winters. The white paint will help protect the tree during extreme heat in the summer, and the freeze and thaw cycles in the winter.
To determine if you should paint your citrus tree trunks white, it's helpful to know a bit about what happens to citrus trees during freeze and thaw cycles.
Citrus tree painting is most common in desert areas like Arizona or in parts of California that have a higher elevation, where the temperature difference between day and night is enough to throw off the tree's sense of dormancy.
To better see how warm days and cold nights can damage a citrus tree, think of how you use hoses during the winter. During freezing weather, hoses generally need to be drained of all water. If there's water left inside, the hose will expand and rupture the hose from the inside-out. The same can happen with citrus trees.
When it's warm, citrus tree sap normally moves up and down its tissues. However, during freezing weather, the flowing sap will become stuck from the cold. It also expands as it freezes, which bursts plant cells and tissues.
Because of this, the citrus tree could then crack or split, which exposes the tree and increases the risk of pests or disease from bacteria or fungus.
Trees can also become dehydrated and stressed by the lack of flowing sap, as the cold and dormant roots won't provide water or nutrients to the active tissues.
This stress from infection or dehydration can stunt the citrus tree's growth or fruit production for all of the next growing season and beyond.
So, where does white paint come in?
White paint reflects the strong winter sunlight off of the citrus tree's trunk and prevents the tree from warming and waking up from its dormancy. By keeping the tree's temperature lower during the warm days, the freezing nights aren't as drastic. This prevents the tree from going through extreme internal temperature swings and protects the tissues from bursting.
Because of this, the tree remains stable and in a sort of stasis throughout the dormant, winter season.
What Else Does White Paint Protect a Citrus Tree From?
Whitewashing a citrus tree when it is young also protects the thin bark from sunscald damage, which is caused by the strong sun beating directly onto the tree bark without the protection of foliage or other shade. It's essentially a sunburn for trees.
Also, painting the trunk white adds another layer to the thin bark that can help with light physical damage, like something hitting or scraping the trunk.
Some orchardists also rely on the painted bark to help them spot borers, as their sawdust trails show up more easily on the white paint than they do on the plain bark of an unpainted tree.
Is Paint Bad for Citrus Trees?
The paints used by gardeners or orchardists are usually a lime-based whitewash or a latex-based paint, which don't harm the tree, although there are drawbacks to the latex paint (more on this below).
The white paint is applied to the outside of the bark, which is itself a shield or barrier for the tree's inner tissues, so there's little to no absorption in the tree.
However, not all paint is safe for use on trees. Oil-based, enamel, semi-gloss paints, and paint primer should never be used, as these penetrate and stain the bark of the tree.
What Kind of Paint Is Used on Citrus Trees?
The best paints to use on citrus trees are:
 - Whitewash (also called limewash)
 - Casein paint
 - Latex paint
Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons of these paints and see which one is best for citrus trees.
Latex Paint
If you're painting your own tree, you may want to consider avoiding latex-based paint.
The latex in paint, even in indoor grades, is derived from petrochemicals. This means they produce fumes known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that cause respiratory harm to life that's close enough to inhale them, and its run-off contaminates groundwater.
Fortunately, there are safer, organic alternatives.
Limewash is a type of whitewashing, and one that specifically uses, you guessed it—lime. It's an old term for white paint made with hydrated lime, or calcium hydroxide.
The process of manufacturing limewash involves taking limestone and treating it with heat and water to change its chemical makeup. It's also considered an environmental, or green product.
To make limewash for your citrus trees, you'll first need ten pounds of crushed lime. Start by adding three pounds of salt to twelve quarts of water, and then slowly add the ten pounds of crushed lime, stirring as you go.
However, if DIY isn't your thing, check out the selection at limeworks.us.
Casein Paint
White paint made from casein, or milk proteins, is easily made at home and is another good alternative to white latex paint.
To make casein paint, add the juice of one lemon to a quart of skim milk. Leave this out overnight. The next day, strain out the curds with a sieve or cheesecloth. The curds can be pulverized and used as paint or, to make their color even whiter, combined with four tablespoons of dry artist's pigment.
How to Apply White Paint on Citrus Trees
It's best to paint citrus tree trunks in the early fall before things start to get really cold, but if you're already in the winter season, apply the paint on a warm day. All you need is your whitewash of choice, a paintbrush, and a plan.
Here are some more tips on how best to apply whitewash citrus trees:
 - Whitewash young citrus trees as well because their bark is still thin and can be easily burned by the sun.
 - Plan to paint in the morning when the outdoor temperature is 50ºF and rising. Do it as early as you can to give the paint time to dry before nighttime and the cool temperatures arrive. But if you do it too early while the air is still cold, the paint itself may freeze on the trunk, which defeats the purpose. So plan accordingly!
 - A normal paintbrush is really your best bet for whitewashing. Some people like to spray the white paint onto the trunk, but this makes good coverage difficult, especially if there's a breeze.
 - If you're using casein paint, use it as soon as you can after you've strained it. If you wait too long, the paint will spoil and be very unpleasant to work with.
 - Apply the paint from the base of the tree up to where the trunk splits into branches. If you're painting a young sapling in spring or summer to protect it from scald, paint it up to the point where the foliage begins shading the trunk.
 - Paint all sides of the tree, not just the southern exposure.
 - If you're using limewash, keep stirring the paint pretty frequently as you go along to keep the lime fragments suspended in the water, or to keep the milk proteins from separating.
 - The trunk will need two or three coats of paint to get good coverage and color.
 - Refresh the paint on your citrus trees once a year in the fall, and you'll have thriving citrus trees for many years to come.
If you'd like to learn more about whitewashing, here's a video by Enjoy Transformation that shows how to make a traditional limewash.
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Wondering about the number of letters in Cantonese and Quechua alphabets? When you compare Cantonese vs Quechua alphabets you will understand the number of alphabets in both the languages. Because lesser the number of alphabets, faster the language to learn, find all the Easiest Languages to Learn. Cantonese and Quechua Alphabets are collection of symbols or letters used for writing. Cantonese alphabets contain 28 letters and Quechua Alphabets contain 31 letters. The writing direction of Cantonese is Left-To-Right Horizontal and Top-To-Bottom whereas the writing direction of Quechua is Not Available. Cantonese and Quechua Alphabets are the basics of Cantonese and Quechua languages. Check the detailed comparison of Cantonese and Quechua.
Cantonese and Quechua Scripts
Compare Cantonese and Quechua alphabets and find out scripts used by Cantonese and Quechua language. Cantonese and Quechua scripts are the methodology and rules for writing. Scripts used by Cantonese and Quechua languages are Chinese Characters and derivatives and Latin respectively. After learning alphabets in Cantonese and Quechua you can also learn useful Cantonese greetings vs Quechua greetings.
Cantonese Vowels vs Quechua Vowels
If you are comparing Cantonese and Quechua alphabets then you need to find out Cantonese vowels vs Quechua vowels too. The number of vowels and consonants in Cantonese are 8 and 20 and number of vowels and consonants in Quechua are 5 and 26. Language codes are unique and are two or three letter codes assigned to each language. Check out all the language codes of Cantonese and Quechua language codes.
Is Cantonese Harder than Quechua?
Is Cantonese harder than Quechua? No language is hard or easy to learn as it depends on individual interest and efforts for learning that language. When you decide to learn any language, you need to find out time required to learn that language and levels in that language. As mentioned above, while comparing Cantonese and Quechua Alphabets the number of alphabets in any language decides hardness in learning that language.
It's important to know Cantonese and Quechua alphabets because for learning these languages, alphabets are the starting point. The levels in Cantonese language are 10. And time taken to learn Cantonese language is 88 weeks. While there are no levels in Quechua language And time taken to learn Quechua language is 44 weeks.
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Estimating fixed directions-of-arrival of signals has generally been the objective in the literature. In this paper, however, we are concerned with time-varying directions-of-arrival. We propose here two different architectures of neural networks (feedforward and radial basis function networks) to estimate time-varying directions-of-arrival of signals. These networks are more amenable for hardware implementation compared to the conventional super-resolution techniques. The objective is to use these estimated directions to extract the signals. We demonstrate that neural networks of low complexity achieve our purpose, and the overall system sufficiently robust to account for the inaccuracies in the estimation of directions.


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パルス圧力付加オリフィス噴射法における単分散球形半田粒子形成条件の最適化 Optimization of Process Parameters for Preparing Honodisperse Particles by Pulsated Orifice Injection Method
Monosized spherical powders of Pb-Sn alloy were prepared by pulsated orifice injection method (POIM). The apparatus was devised for injecting molten metal from a small orifice by a clipping action of a pressure transmitting diaphragm driven by a piezoelectric actuater. Each pulse pressure, induced by the displacement of the diaphragm, produced one liquid droplet having a size almost equal to the orifice diameter. The effect of the process parameters of waveform, characterized as rise time, hold time and fall time, on the particle formation and size scattering has been discussed. The shape of the obtained particles is spherical with smooth surface covered with very thin layer of SnO2 which is less than 10Å as detected by auger electron spectrocopy.
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Organizational change initiatives in the United States frequently fail with estimated failure rates as high as 90%. Change failure rates resulting from underused and poorly trained front-line managers (FLMs) remained high, with no signs of improvement in the past 2 decades. The purpose of the correlational study, grounded in servant leadership theory, was to examine the relationship between employee perceptions of their FLM's servant leadership dimensions and employee affective commitment to change. A purposive, nonprobability sample of 107 employees of a U.S. manufacturing organization that had recently undergone organizational change completed a questionnaire for the study. Results of the multiple linear regression analysis were not significant, F(7, 107) =.714, p =.660, R2 = 0.045. Though results were not statistically significant, the beta weights for creating value for the community (Î² =.165) and behaving ethically (Î² =.168) indicated that creating value for the community and behaving ethically were potentially the most important variables in accounting for variance in the model. The beta weights for emotional healing (Î² = -.048) and conceptual skills (Î² = -.047) indicated that emotional healing and conceptual skills were potentially the least important variables in accounting for variance in the model. The findings may be of value to manufacturing leaders developing initiatives to improve change initiative success rates. Support for servant leadership during periods of organizational change has positive social change implications for employees. The practice of servant leadership reduces employee uncertainty and anxiety incurred during periods of change by resolving uncertainties and sustaining employee motivation for supporting organizational change.


All You Need To Know About Road Marking Paints
A road marking paint is characterised by its ability to dry fast. It can be either an solvent-based or waterborne and in most cases it has a matt finish. The ability to dry quickly makes it suitable for tar, concrete, or asphalt surfaces. These paints are ideal for such surfaces because they do not discolor previous coats of paint. This article will provide you with all the information you need about road marking paints.
How to Use Road Marking Paint
Before you start marking a road, it is important that the surface is clean and that there is no dirt, oil, or dust. Once the surface of the road is clean, apply one or two coats of the road paint. Give the paint time to dry as much as possible.
To apply a road marking paint, you can use either a roller, a brush, or even a spray. A brush is usually used for smaller areas while the rest can be used for larger areas. Two factors contribute significantly to how long the road paint will last. One is how long the paint is given to dry and the second is how rough the road is.
However, road marking paints are known to dry quite quickly. It takes about three to five minutes for a paint to dry. You can apply road marking paints to new, clean, or already painted surfaces.
Types of Road Marking Paints
Road marking paints can be either waterborne or solvent-based. But what is the difference between the two?
 - Solvent-Based Paints
Solvent-based paints consists of a minimum of two components – the paint and a hardener. When you add the hardener, a chemical reaction occurs making the paint set. Due to this chemical reaction, solvent-based paints are usually more durable than water-based paints.
However, as the solvent-based paint cures, fumes are emitted, these are a bi-product of the reaction. These fumes can be harmful, especially if a person is exposed to them in large quantities and for a long time.
 - Waterborne Paints
This paint contains solid polymer particles. It may also contain inorganic compounds. The particles can absorb water easily. Ion exchange particles are mostly used with waterborne road paints. These particles improve the drying ability of the paint on the road. After the application, the water in the paint evaporates, followed by the solvents. The fine particles then combine to form a single layer of paint.
Waterborne paints do contain a certain amount of solvents. However, the degree of solvents is of course much lower compared to that of solvent-based paints.
One advantage of using waterborne paints is that they emit minimal toxic fumes during the application. However, waterborne paints are known to take a little longer to dry. The advancement in paint technology has led to the production of high-quality waterborne paints. These new waterborne paints provide a slightly quicker drying time as well as longer durability.
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Perovskite is a calcium titanium oxide mineral with a chemical composition of CaTiO3. It is named after the Russian mineralogist Lev Perovski (1792–1856). Perovskite is a brown to black mineral with a metallic luster and a vitreous to pearly luster. Perovskite occurs in igneous and metamorphic rocks and in sedimentary rocks as an alteration product of ilmenite. It is an important ore of titanium and a major source of refractory materials.
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During pyrolysis, solid, liquid or gaseous products can be generated. If gases are released from the sample during pyrolysis, the changes in mass can be detected by TGA (thermogravimetry). The evolved gases can be identified by EGA (evolved gas analysis). Pyrolysis studies are often carried out on polymers, coal, biomass or organic compounds. Residual masses can be indicative of additional components.
The figure below shows the pyrolysis of PVC in a nitrogen atmosphere. The Gram Schmidt signal depicts the change in intensity caused within the FT-IR by the infrared-active gases released. Individual gaseous products can then be identified by database comparison. Measurement conditions: RT–800°C, 10 K/min, 40 ml/min nitrogen, sample mass 10 mg


Google Adds Easy Rewind to YouTube
Say what you don't say, but YouTube, which is constantly polished and polished, has its drawbacks. Some people think that he is slowly loading videos, others complain that ads are constantly appearing, and others do not like playlists. As in any other business, there is always someone who will be constantly dissatisfied. To prevent this from happening, the development team is trying to release something new. This time, such a new feature is the ability to rewind videos, which will make viewing them even more convenient. At the same time, not only those who use devices on Android will be able to try the update, but also those who have chosen to view iOS and even the browser.
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YouTube rewind has become more convenient.
If you've ever had to flip through a long YouTube video to get to a 'good' place, you'll appreciate the new feature that YouTube has prepared. Now you can view not only the full video, but also chapters from it. This feature uses timestamps that creators apply to their videos, allowing viewers to easily jump to a specific portion of a video or view a portion of a video.
The function of chapters, which was called "Video Chapters", was tested by the service back in April, but now it is available to all users of mobile devices and browsers.
In order for you to be able to navigate the tags, content authors must prepare everything. To do this, they will need to add chapter information to the video description.
The first mark must necessarily coincide at the beginning of the video and be at the time stamp 0:00. The name of this piece of video should be separated by a space from time to time. Then one more mark is put on an arbitrary fragment indicating what is in this place, and so on. When you finish adding chapters, you will save your changes and the video chapters will be listed as you watch the video.
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This is how a quick jump to fragments looks like.
Here is an example of how chapters work
There is only one limitation that must be met in order for this feature to work properly. Videos must have at least three timestamps of 10 seconds or more each. This will make them appear normally in the video description before the "more" button.
To make it easier to navigate through chapters of videos, YouTube has built-in tactile feedback on mobile devices, so users will feel the vibration informing them that they are moving into a new chapter. On platforms where tactile feedback is not available, you can simply see a thickening of the timeline and a slight sticking of the slider to its joints. That is, the chapters will be clearly visible. The chapter you're inside will be highlighted on mobile devices as well.
When I tried this service opportunity, I really liked it. This is also the case for YouTube, who said the feature received a lot of positive feedback during testing. However, apparently, the final version is slightly different from what was initially tested.
One of the changes is the ability to adapt the number of chapters displayed on screens of different sizes. This is done for the convenience of users who watch videos either in different orientations, or on different platforms. Even if there are many chapters in the video, everyone should be comfortable.
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The chapters are clearly visible.
Despite all the convenience of the function, not all users will be able to use it yet. This is due to the fact that not all authors know how to use it yet, and not everyone has managed to adapt their videos, because this does not happen automatically. Over time, more and more videos with support for this function will appear. Therefore, if you are engaged in content production, pay attention to this and use it in your videos. Most likely, Google will even change the algorithm for evaluating the quality of videos. It used to be considered a good indicator if the video was watched to the end. This meant that the content was good and could be served in recommendations. Now, with such hints, videos will often be watched to the end, but skipping the beginning. Although, YouTube assures that the use of this feature will not affect the recommendations.
The new feature is positioning YouTube as the best resource for long content, as video navigation becomes more convenient. This feature can even boost users' interest in some videos. They won't be frustrated by having to scroll through parts they don't want to watch and poke at random places in the hope that it will be more interesting there. As a result, fewer viewers will simply leave. On the other hand, it can reduce the overall viewing time, as viewers only watch specific sections of the video instead of the entire video.
It's always nice to get new opportunities for familiar products. Especially considering that it doesn't affect old features. The convenience of this function can be compared to trying to find something in a thick book without a table of contents. It's somehow easier with him.
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text: Single crystals of L-phenylalaninium maleate (LPM) were grown by slow solvent evaporation technique at room temperature. Good optical grade single crystals of size 10×4×3mm3 are obtained. The structure of the grown crystal was obtained from single crystal XRD. It is observed from the XRD data that LPM crystal belongs to monoclinic system with space group P21. The Fourier transform infrared analysis (FT-IR) was carried out and the various functional groups in the sample were identified. The optical absorption spectrum of the sample was recorded in the range _PHONE_ nm. The UV-Vis-NIR spectrum shows low absorption in the entire visible region. The second harmonic generation efficiency of the powdered sample was measured using Nd:YAG Q-switched laser with first harmonic output of 1064 nm and KDP was taken as the reference material. The variation of dark current and photo current with the applied field was studied using a Keithly 480 picoammeter. Photoconductivity study confirms the negative photoconductive nature of LPM.


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World Heart Day is observed on September 29 every year to increase awareness about heart diseases and related health issues. It also promotes preventive measures and lifestyle changes to avoid cardiovascular diseases.
Blood clotting is a necessary process. However, sometimes the blood clots too much, leading to health complications, which can even turn fatal. People suffering from certain medical conditions may also require blood-thinning drugs to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke. Those with medical conditions like congenital heart defects may require blood-thinning medications to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke. Curcumin, a compound found within turmeric, plays a pivotal role in slowing down blood clotting or thickening as the antioxidants in curcumin have been shown to attenuate adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity and may prevent diabetic cardiovascular complications. The antithrombotic, anti-proliferative, and anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin and the effect of curcumin in decreasing the serum cholesterol level may protect against the pathological changes occurring with atherosclerosis.
How curcumin can prevent heart ailments
According to a research titled 'Curcumin, the golden spice in treating cardiovascular diseases' these are some of the ways curcumin can help in preventing cardiovascular diseases:
1. Aortic Aneurysm: It is a potentially dangerous condition that can cause death in the case of dissection or rupture. Key events involved in the development of aortic aneurysm are chronic inflammation, destructive connective tissue remodelling and a loss of smooth muscle in the aortic wall. Curcumin treatment(100mg/kg/day for 14 days) can reduce the increase in aortic diameter, improve the structural integrity of medical elastin and suppress pro-inflammatory molecules expression by blocking the activation nuclear factor kappa B(nf-kb-1) and active protein(AP-1), states research.
2. Atherosclerosis: It is a chronic and progressive problem of arteries that derives from inflammatory responses, oxidative stress and lipid deregulation and epigenetic disorders. According to research, the occurrence of hyperlipidemia induces the increase and disposition of oxidized low-density lipoproteins in the subendothelial area which in turn favours the development of atherosclerosis. It has been evidenced that curcumin possesses hypolipidemic effects, which together with its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity, can contribute to reducing the incidence of atherosclerosis.
3. Cardiovascular complication of Diabetes: Diabetic cardiomyopathy is characterized by cardiac structural and functional damage including myocyte hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis and consequent heart failure, as per research. In STZ-induced diabetic rats, curcumin treatment (200 mg/kg/day, for 16 weeks) significantly reduced advanced glycation end products accumulation, inhibited myocardial dysfunction mainly by attenuating apoptosis and inflammation.
4. Myocardial infraction: It includes hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus. As an alternative and complementary medicine to enalapril, curcumin (50 mg/kg/day, for 6 weeks) offers synergistic action in increasing left ventricular fractional shortening and inhibiting perivascular fibrosis in MI rats, according to research. Moreover, curcumin could also inhibit cardiomyocyte apoptosis, fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition.
5. Stroke: It results from the vascular and microvascular disease which causes the interruption of cerebral blood supply and consequently brain dysfunction, states research. Inflammation, apoptosis and oxidative stress are major concerns in stroke, as per another research. Interestingly curcumin is a well-established agent which is involved in anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis and antioxidant.


Can you drink at 18 in Hawaii?
You must be at least 21 years to consume or possess alcohol in Hawaii. However, people who are age 18 are allowed to serve alcoholic beverages in a licensed establishment. Anyone working in a store can handle alcohol so long as a supervisor over 21 is present.
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Moreover, Is Hawaii strict on drinking age?
Not overly strict and not excessively lenient, the state of Hawaii's drinking age is typical; 21. You can purchase beer, wine, and liquor at almost any convenience, ABC, or grocery store, but make sure to make your purchases before 11:00pm, because most places stop selling after this witching hour.
Secondly, Can you walk around with alcohol in Hawaii?
Simply so, What states allow drinking at 18?
What is Hawaii's legal age?
16 years old
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In Hawaii, the legal age of consent to have sex is 16 years old. However, there is a close in age exception that allows those who are 14 years or older to have sex with someone who is less than 5 years older. Thus, a 14 year old cannot have sex with a 19 year old unless they are married.
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But there are also laws about alcohol consumption, especially if you're interested in public consumption. Drinking in public places–including sidewalks, parks, stadiums, and beaches–is considered illegal in most jurisdictions in the U.S. Penalties range from hundreds of dollars in fines to jail time.
Can an 18 year old date a 15 year old in Nebraska?
Under Nebraska's laws, people age 18 years old and younger cannot be convicted of statutory rape. For example, a 17-year-old who has consensual sex with a 15-year-old cannot be convicted of sexual assault under Nebraska's laws.
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Can you walk around Fredericksburg with alcohol?
Fredericksburg, Texas Located an hour and half west of Austin, Fredericksburg allows the consumption of beer and wine (sorry, no liquor) on the streets of its shopping district. Best time to visit: Take part in the town's German heritage celebration during Oktoberfest in early October.
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Immersive, inquiry based learning.
WELCOME TO THE KINSHIP PROGRAMME
The Kinship Programme facilitates immersive, inquiry-based and play-based learning in wild nature for children aged 3 - 11 years. We have four seasons a year that correspond with school term times. Our sessions run for 2hours, from 2-4pm, and most children attend on a weekly basis. At the end of each season we offer an overnight adventure that mums and dads are welcome to join for.
We charge a seasonal fee that is billed either monthly or for the full season upfront.
It works out to cost R200 per child per session.
It is possible to join for a drop in session at the cost of R200.
We offer a sibling discount of R170 per child as well as a season discount for upfront payment.
Why are we going outside?
Urbanisation, industrialization, fears for safety and technological advancements have led to the majority of our time being spent indoors, predominantly in front of screens. There are growing concerns about a lack of physical exercise, poor mental well-being and issues of climate change and environmental degradation. Studies illustrate that green spaces and natural landscapes have a positive influence on children's cognitive and psycho-social development, including emotional regulation, perceived self-worth, creativity, concentration, motivation and motor skills. Children that engage immersive with nature have better abilities to assess risks and confidence to confront challenges later in life.
It is believed that the split with nature is at the heart of our environmental crisis. There are several studies illustrating that childhood experiences in nature have led to the development of increased nature-connected individuals who tend to champion conservation and sustainable development. The Kinship program offers the opportunity for our children to develop the empathy and love of nature that our world requires, in a safe yet wild environment.


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Time-discretization approximation enriches continuous-time discrete-space models for animal movement
Speaker: Josh Hewitt (Duke University, North Carolina, USA)
Joint CREEM / Statistics Division seminar
Continuous-time discrete-space (CTDS) processes for animal movement model trajectories across discretely observed spatial domains, which arise via gridded remote sensing products in 2D, or via underwater sound propagation models in 3D. CTDS models are approximately estimated from finite observations of animal location because the exact likelihood has O(N^3) computational complexity, where N is the size of the spatial domain. The usual approximation averages estimates from multiple imputations of the complete, unobserved trajectory. However, imputations typically discretize output from continuous-space surrogate models that do not account for complex boundaries like coastlines and bathymetry. As a result, parameter and location estimates may be biased by imputations that are inconsistent with respect to physical barriers. We remedy this issue by proposing a discrete-time likelihood approximation. We also develop additional theory and interpretation for CTDS model formulation, which supports the approximation. We demonstrate the improvement of the discrete-time approximation in simulation. We also demonstrate improvement in application, by combining GPS locations and depth measurements with bathymetry data to refine estimates of a beaked whale's position during exposure to anthropogenic sound.


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Version 3.0 has multiple known issues, crashes, bugs, etc. The current beta version has progressed a lot since the last stable released over 2 years ago, and I've gotten nothing but positive feedback from it. It is highly recommended that you use the current beta.
Duplicate Commander is a freeware application that allows you to find and manage
duplicate files on your PC. Duplicate Commander comes with many features and tools that
allow you to recover your disk space from those duplicates.
Duplicate Commander goes Open Source! Check out the source on my personal GitBlit server. If you have Git on your computer, you can clone the repository with:
git clone _URL_
256 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
Pentium II 500 MHz processor
1 MB of hard drive space
.NET Framework 2.0 (automatically installed on Vista and newer)
- Search for duplicates based on filename or actual data
- When searching for duplicates based on filename, you may also factor in file extension, size, or timestamp.
- Duplicates found can be limited to certain file types
- Duplicates found can be limited to a certain file size bracket
- Search locations can be pinned and accessed easily later
- Search results can be saved and re-imported later
- Duplicates can be replaced with hard links or soft links that point to a single copy of the file
- Some operations can be reversed later through undo scripts
- Undo Scripts are script files readable by Duplicate Commander that when executed, reverses some of Duplicate Commander's actions. Actions that can be undone are:
- Moving duplicates to a different folder
- Replacing files with hard links
- Replacing files with soft links
- Files are never deleted permanently
- As a safety precaution, files are always deleted to the Recycle Bin.
- Folders can be excluded from being searched
- Vital OS folders are excluded by default
- This includes your Windows and Program Files folders.
- File types can be excluded from being searched
- Powerful automatic checking functions
- Duplicate Commander can automatically check items for you that match certain criteria, such as
- The smallest or biggest file in the group
- The oldest or newest file in the group
- Files contained in certain folders
- Files of a certain extension
- Files of a certain date range
- Files of a certain size range
- Files that contain a certain string
- Files that cross-reference each other
- Files can be checkmarked that only have duplicates in other certain folders.
- Files with paths that match a regular expression
- Lightweight and portable
- Duplicate Commander is lightweight and comes in both an installed version and a portable version.
- Includes an auto-updater
- Regardless of whether you're using the installed version or the portable version, Duplicate Commander can be updated automatically right from the user interface in no more than 2 clicks.
- Duplicate Commander is freeware for all uses.


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Seattle Weather In July
The hottest July day in Seattle for the past 66 years was 98 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently measured on July 27, 1958, while the average high temperature is 75. In the last 66 years the highest reported temperature in Seattle for July was 48 most recently measured on July 13, 1971, while the standard low daily temperature for the month is 55.
United States NWS historical Seattle July Weather data records that on July 19, 1954, the high temperature did not exceed 56 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Seattle in the past 66 years. The Weather Service additionally shows that on July 13, 1961, the low for the day did not drop below 68 degrees, the highest low temperature in Seattle in the last 66 years.
Historical weather data accumulated by the National Weather Service shows that the average daily high temperature in Seattle on July First is 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of July is 78 degrees. The daily low temperature in Seattle on July First averages 55 degrees Fahrenheit and the low on the last day of July averages 57 degrees.
Seattle usually receives an average of 0.79 inches of precipitation during July. July Seattle Weather records indicate that on July 9, 1954 Seattle received 0.81 inches of precipitation, the highest amount of rain recorded in a single day in July.


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The Royal Academy of Engineering 'Connecting STEM Teachers' programme (CST) aims to create a national network of support for teachers across all STEM subjects, ensuring they have the knowledge and confidence to engage a greater number and wider spectrum of school students with STEM in their school.
The programme provides free STEM project resources and training, professional development and enhanced learning experiences for teachers attending network meetings.
Those registering for the webinar will receive a sample set of the Academy's recent resource – Engineering in a Pandemic.
Other national STEM resources will also be presented at the session, with a follow up meeting in June to share ideas with colleagues from other schools.
This is a two-part session and a full class set of resources will be sent to you or your school between the two meetings.
Engineering in a Pandemic resources have been developed with school teachers and engineers to lead pupils through a series of theory and practical activities that explore the vital role of the engineering community in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The activities are linked to discovering engineering disciplines, creating solutions to problems, recognising properties of materials and how product design and development have been influenced by changing lifestyles.
These resources provide teaching and learning activities for use in STEM clubs, for a STEM challenge day or to enhance and add context to the Curriculum (whether it be delivered in school or at home).
An important aim of this resource is to enable teachers to engage their pupils with STEM through hands-on activity and stimulating engineering contexts.
You will require a glow login for this webinar.


6 of the most colourful buildings in the world
Bright colours are not always popular with architects.
From modern glass skyscrapers, to solid stone medieval fortresses, to the brown-grey tower blocks of the 1960s and 1970s, vivid colour schemes have frequently been considered too visually arresting for the constructions that make up our day to day.
But when primary colours do get to shine, they tend to really stand out. These are among the world's brightest buildings, from museums and mosques to an island off the Neapolitan coast…
1. Pena Palace, Portugal
Painted with blocks of bright, vivid colour, rather than patterns or lines, Pena Palace opts for visual impact over complexity, shining like a beacon above the Portuguese city of Sintra. With bright yellow sides, blue battlements and foundations, brick-red ramparts and towers, and rich purple gatehouse, the palace is a bizarre blend of architectural styles ranging from Moorish to Gothic.
Easily seen from Lisbon on a clear day, the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has been used by the Portuguese president for state occasions.
2. Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, Iran
A small-ish facade with faded paintwork is perfectly pretty, but it's the inside of the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque that wins it most of its plaudits. Rays of stained glass windows line the main prayer hall, splashing rainbows of light across floor and walls, that form different colours and patterns as the day goes on. The building is nicknamed 'The Pink Mosque', but we think a more kaleidoscopic epithet would be equally appropriate.
3. Biomuseo, Panama
Legendary American architect Frank Gehry could monopolise this list all on his own, but we're limiting him to his Panamanian project the Biomuseo, the first and only Latin American design from the mind behind the Guggenheim in Bilbao.
A museum of natural history on the shores of Panama City, the design is signature Gehry: vibrantly-coloured interlocking canopies topping an angular interior, that twists and turns through eight distinct galleries.
4. Procida Island, Italy
None of the buildings on the Procida Island waterfront would be particularly special on their own, but together they make up a pastel patchwork that would put Elmer the Elephant to shame. It's not the only Italian town to span the spectrum (Cinque Terra and Positano spring to mind), but it is surely among the most photogenic, as the buildings tumble down the cliffs to the shoreline, rimmed by the blue of the sea and the blue of the sky.
5. St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Legend has it that aptly-named Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible had the architects of St Basil's Cathedral blinded, so that they might never build something so beautiful for anybody else. We sincerely hope the story is apocryphal, but there's no denying the spell-binding beauty of St Basil's, the onion-domed centrepiece of Moscow's Red Square.
Colourful constructions were all the rage in Russia during the early-modern period, and St Basil's dazzles with sheets of red, white and gold tin, and well-preserved green and blue ceramic.
6. Casa Batllo, Spain
Antoni Gaudi is almost synonymous with Barcelona, and although his best-known creation remains the magnificent, technically-still-not-completed Sagrada Familia, the Casa Batllo is probably his most visually vibrant.
With a reflective, purply-blue roof that sparkles in the Catalonian sun, and walls spattered with what looks suspiciously like glitter, you have to squint to look at downtown house-turned-museum even in a relatively dull day.
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Managing Money
Many members of the Online Centres Network work in communities with higher levels of poverty and wage inequality, meaning that they're often called on to support people with managing money, understand benefits and responding to financial difficulties such as unemployment.
These resources can help you help others gain the skills and knowledge they need to be more financially included, allowing them to take control of their money and understand the opportunities and support available.
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Scrabble word: PELAGIC
In which Scrabble dictionary does PELAGIC exist?
Definitions of PELAGIC in dictionaries:
- adj - relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
- Of, relating to, or living in open oceans or seas rather than waters adjacent to land or inland waters: pelagic birds.
- noun - an inhabitant of the ocean
There are 7 letters in PELAGIC: A C E G I L P
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All anagrams that could be made from letters of word PELAGIC plus a wildcard: PELAGIC?
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RP or Resource points
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RP or "Resource Points" are points you receive during the game while completing different tasks. Those RP can be used to buy different equipments at an armory or to use different radio calls. You can see how much RP you have by keeping the inventory key (Default "F") pressed to call the inventory. It is displayed right below the XP information.
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List of things that give you RP:
 - capturing a base
 - spotting an enemy vehicle
 - selling valuables at an armory. Those are dropped with different commonness from the enemy soldiers and have also different values
 - selling rare weapons (those can either be used or sold). Those are either dropped by mini-bosses or found in special crates (metallic boxes)
 - destroying enemy vehicles.
 - destroying mission targets such as comms truck, radar tower, prisoner bus, radio jamming tower, water tower, fuel tanks, mortars, ammunition crates, anti-air emplacement results in a good RP reward
 - Stealing the Cargo Truck of the enemy team and bringing it back to one of your armories
 - being promoted to a higher military rank


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I have recently been learning to use OpenGL ES on Android. I know that many devices currently support OpenGL ES 2.0, but I wanted to start with 1.0 that is supported everywhere. To that end I will be making a series of posts that contain various bits of code that I have learned along the way that might be useful to others.
So, this is how you can create a texture in OpenGL ES 1.0:
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
int textureIds = new int;
gl.glGenTextures(1, textureIds, 0);
textureId = textureIds;
GLUtils.texImage2D(GL10.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, bitmap, 0);
You can then use the textureId to bind the texture and draw it on the OpenGLSurfaceView.


ImporterStepValidationIssueType Table
ImporterStepValidationIssueType is a static table listing all of the validation issues that can occur on a ComplianceConnection.
Table 1. Database columns for ImporterStepValidationIssueType table
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Type: text (max 256 characters). Key
The unique name of the localizable resource string representing the ImporterStepValidationIssueType record. Foreign key to the ComplianceResourceString table.
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Type: text (max 256 characters)
The text to display if the state resource string has no translation.


text: This resource contains two title pages and 20 vocal exploration cards. There are 10 different animal slides with vocal explorations and 10 animal slides with create your own vocal explorations. Your students will practice making their voices match the melodic direction of the farm animal sounds. Pair this activity with your favorite farm songs and you have a great lesson. My favorite song to pair this with is I Had a Rooster by Pete Seeger. I hope you enjoy this Made For Music Teachers resource.


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The Edge of the Cedars State Park, Blanding
Categories: State Parks, Nature & Parks
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is a state park and museum of Utah, USA, located in Blanding. It is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site, a museum, and an archaeological repository. Cowboys from the nearby town of Bluff camped there in the late 19th century and called the site Edge of the Cedars because it sits on the edge of a natural boundary, separating a heavily forested region and a treeless landscape to the south. Cedar is a term locals use for the Utah juniper tree.Because of its archaeological significance, the site was designated a State Historical Monument in 1970 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Edge of Cedars Indian Ruin in 1971. In 1974, the Utah Navajo Development Council donated the 6.65acre site to the Division of Utah State Parks and Recreation. Shortly thereafter the Utah Legislature enabled the establishment of Edge of the Cedars State Park as a museum of Indian history and culture. The museum opened in 1978. The archaeological repository was completed in 1994. Today, the facility serves as the primary repository for archaeological materials excavated from public lands in southeast Utah, and includes archives and a research library.In August 2014 the museum and state park will host the Pecos Conference, the annual gathering of Southwest archaeologists.Use our Blanding vacation builder to visit The Edge of the Cedars State Park on your trip to Blanding, and learn what else travelers and our writers recommend seeing nearby.
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Peanuts lesson plans are designed for elementary school students between the ages of four and eleven. In addition to the lesson plans about space there are sets of lesson plans titled Dream Big, Never Give Up, and Take Care With Peanuts. All of the lesson plans are available to download as PDFs. Within those PDFs you'll find links to additional resources including videos and printable activity sheets for students to complete.
The Snoopy in Space lesson plans include plans for hands-on activities that are intended to help students learn about the solar system. There is also a lesson about the space station and a lesson about space exploration including missions to Mars and the moon.
The Take Care With Peanuts lesson plans have three components to them. Those components are taking care of yourself, taking care of others, and taking care of Earth.
The Dream Big and Never Give Up lesson plans are, as you might guess, designed to help students build confidence in themselves and their abilities.Applications for Education
All of these lesson plans were originally written as activities for parents and their children to do together. The lessons can easily be modified to be teacher-facilitated in-person or online lessons.


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How do you keep a glass kettle clean?
Fill the kettle 1/2 full using a solution of equal parts water and vinegar. Bring the solution to boil and allow the kettle to switch off. Unplug the kettle and allow the solution to sit in the kettle for at least half an hour. Pour out the vinegar solution and rinse the kettle again and again with clear water.
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In this regard, how do I clean my Ikich kettle?
[Warm Tips] To descale your kettle, simply fill it with some vinegar and water, boil it, and let it soak for 1 hours. Finally wipe away the scale with a cloth. Please feel free to contact us when you meet any questions or problems.
how often should you change your kettle? You can wash off the layer of minerals once a weak. Otherwise, you will have to change your kettle very quick. Still, if you live in a hard water area, you will be better off if you change your kettle after maximum two years of use.
how do I get rid of limescale in my kettle naturally?
Fill the kettle with a solution of equal parts water and vinegar, and let this soak for an hour. After that, boil the kettle, then turn it off and unplug it from the power. Let the water and vinegar mixture sit in the kettle for another 15-20 minutes, then throw it away and rinse the kettle thoroughly.
Is it safe to drink from a kettle with limescale?
Limescale comes from the high concentration of calcium found in the hard water we drink, so it will not cause you harm if you consume some from your kettle or coffee maker. However, there is no research which shows that drinking hard water increases your risk of developing kidney stones.
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BRIGHTY K is a liquid fertilizer for supplying potassium to a planted aquarium. When potassium is insufficient, the photosynthesis activity and growth of aquatic plants are affected, and this can cause yellowing and bleaching of leaves as well as lower resistance to algae. Daily application of BRIGHTY K to the aquarium eliminates these problems caused by potassium deficiency and promotes growth of aquatic plants.
BRIGHTY K also has an effect of enhancing the buffering capacity of water and prevents a decline in the pH of aquarium water.
*BRIGHTY K is strongly alkaline. The pH of aquarium water may rise temporarily immediately after this product is applied, but it will eventually return to the original level.


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Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI) Logging Interface, August 2016
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- F. Le Faucheur, Ed.
G. Bertrand, Ed.
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This memo specifies the Logging interface between a downstream Content Distribution Network (dCDN) and an upstream CDN (uCDN) that are interconnected as per the CDN Interconnection (CDNI) framework. First, it describes a reference model for CDNI logging. Then, it specifies the CDNI Logging File format and the actual protocol for exchange of CDNI Logging Files.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.


Sib Competition and Sperm Competitiveness: An Answer to 'Why so Many Sperms?' and the Recombination/Sperm Number Correlation
J. T. Manning, A. T. Chamberlain
Sperm, or inter-ejaculate, competition leads to the evolution of many sperm per ejaculate. However, sperm competition theory does not predict the correlation between sperm number and chiasma, or that between sperm number and haploid chromosome number. Firstly, we show that phylogenetic inertia cannot account for at least the latter relation, and secondly, a model is presented which incorporates sib competition (intra-ejaculate competition) and sperm competitiveness to explain the relation between sperm numbers and recombination and the question 'Why so many sperms?'. It is argued that if there are deleterious mutations which affect sperm competitiveness this will lead to sib or intra-ejaculate competition. If inter-ejaculate competition also exists, then there will be selection for increased recombination. A chiasmate male heterozygous for n mutations which reduce sperm competitiveness can produce gametes with 0...n mutations. The proportion of gametes with 0 mutations per ejaculate is s = 0.5$^{n}$, which is a small fraction. This means that to ensure on average one sperm with 0 mutations per ejaculate, a chiasmate male must produce 1/s sperm. We may therefore expect that 1/s will be positively correlated with sperm numbers. If inter-ejaculate competition leads to an optimum sperm number of x, then the optimum number of sperm per ejaculate is x/s. Sperm numbers will be increased by: (i) the number of loci which affect sperm competitiveness in the haploid state; (ii) the mutation rate; and (iii) the recombination rate. A correlation between recombination rates and sperm numbers is therefore to be expected.


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Along Happy Valley Road in Metchosin lies an ant hill so mighty, it has its own sign.
A common sight for passersby who live nearby, and a special find for those new to the area, the two-foot-high "Ant Nest" has been a part of a local couple's property for two decades.
The Morrans, who asked to not have their full names included, have lived on their property for 40 years.
"A lot of people have never seen an ants' nest," Mrs. Morran said, adding that onlookers often stop to take pictures of the crawling insects. "A lot of people walk along the bank and it became a bit of a highlight for them."
Rob Higgins, a professor at Thompson Rivers University and ant expert, said the species is most likely the "formica oreas," also known as a thatching ant – the most common kind to live on southern Vancouver Island.
Thatching ants can have a painful bite and spray acid that will leave humans with a burning sensation. Their nests can start from a single queen ant and grow to a population of thousands.
"It isn't really clear why they swarm onto the surface of the nest. They might be trying to warm their bodies and then take that heat back into the nest, or they might be trying to take overheated bodies from within the nest and radiate away the excess heat," Higgins said.
"They will change the number of entrance holes in the thatch to control internal temperature. If it gets hot in the nest they will open more, and on a cold day, they will close most to keep heat in."
While the sign is there to warn people, it could also draw the attention of bears, which are known to dig up the hills for food, Higgins said.
"I once saw a young bear just dipping his paws into a nest he had torn open and seemed to happily be licking the ants off of his paws."
Luckily, Mrs. Morran told Black Press Media says the local bears have so far stayed clear.