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Beam Element Analytical Model of Thin-walled Beam Structure
MB Guo-jun, QIAN Ruo-jun (Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China)
In this paper, a kind of thin-walled beam element analytical model that can be used in the elastic analysis of thin-walled beam structure was presented. Based on the space beam element analytical model, an improved displacement model was adopted. It can consider the possible patterns of the deformation of thin-walled beam, such as tension or compression, shear, bending, torsion and warping, and their coupling effect. Thus the element shape function was derived. According to the definition of Green strain, the expression of normal strain of element was constituted using the method of expanding Taylor series. And the corresponding thin-walled element stiffness equation was formulated. The apparent formulation of element stiffness matrix under the local coordination was attained. According to the thin-walled beam element analytical model obtained by this paper, the interrelated structural calculating program was worked out. The numerical example validates the element stiffness matrix. Finally the comparison between the space beam model and the thin-walled beam model indicates the effect of section warping on the thin-walled beam structure.


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We propose and demonstrate a displacement and angular drift simultaneous measurement technique based on a defocus grating. The displacement and angular drift of the incident beam can be detected by monitoring the movements of diffraction order spots of the defocus grating. The relationship between drift of the incident beam and movements of diffraction order spots is studied in detail. Compared with other methods, this technique eliminates the requirement of two or more detecting systems for measuring displacement and angular drift simultaneously. The proof-of-principle experiment shows that the root-mean-square errors of displacement and angular drift measurements are less than and , respectively.
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Citrix ADC
Configure a Citrix ADC VPX instance to use PCI passthrough network interfaces
After you have installed and configured a Citrix ADC VPX instance on the Linux-KVM platform, you can use the Virtual Machine Manager to configure the virtual appliance to use PCI passthrough network interfaces.
Prerequisites
 - The firmware version of the Intel XL710 Network Interface Card (NIC) on the KVM Host is 5.04.
 - The KVM Host supports input–output memory management unit (IOMMU) and Intel VT-d, and they are enabled in the BIOS of the KVM Host. On the KVM Host, to enable IOMMU, add the following entry to the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file: intel_iommu=1
 - Execute the following command and reboot the KVM Host: Grub2-mkconfig –o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
To configure Citrix ADC VPX instances to use PCI passthrough network interfaces by using the Virtual Machine Manager:
 1. Power off the Citrix ADC VPX instance.
 2. Select the Citrix ADC VPX instance and click Open.
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 3. In the <virtual_machine on KVM> window, click the i icon.
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 4. Click Add Hardware.
 5. In the Add New Virtual Hardware dialog box, do the following:
 a. Select PCI Host Device.
 b. In the Host Device section, select the Intel XL710 physical function.
 c. Click Finish.
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 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add any additional Intel XL710 physical functions.
 7. Power on the Citrix ADC VPX instance.
 8. Once the Citrix ADC VPX instance powers on, you can use the following command to verify the configuration:
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 The output should show all the interfaces that you configured:
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Ukrainian-American company EOS Data Analytics proposes to Ukrainian farmers to overcome the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Free access to the EOS Satellite Monitoring Platform for Crops gives farmers an opportunity to spend more time at home.
Satellite Field Monitoring Platform is a cloud service that uses satellite imagery to monitor crops and provide farmers with important, up-to-date information on their condition.
According to information provided on the company's website, farmers are offered commercial images with a resolution of ~ 0,5–1,5 megapixels as an autonomous data source for analytics. A high level of detail allows farmers to receive accurate and authentic information.
EOS Crop Monitoring enables farmers to make rational decisions based on the data they receive. The technological platform informs users about the features of vegetation, warns about sudden changes of weather, and automatically determines priority tasks. Thanks to satellite data, the condition of the fields may be monitored without leaving the home. Minimizing people's contacts is very important during the quarantine.
The company representatives said they made free access to the platform to support farmers during a pandemic. The offer is valid until April 30, 2020. To start using, you need to register on the platform site and receive a letter with instructions for access.
"Doctors are fighting for our today, while farmers are working for our tomorrow. We cannot imagine a world where agriculture has simply stopped working. So we want to help those who work even in the current situation," said Alexander Sakal, a business Development Director, EOS Crop Monitoring.
He added that many farmers from different countries were interested in this proposal after the launch.
EOS Data Analytics is an international company that provides analytics cloud solutions and services based on satellite and geospatial data. The company's partners include leading satellite data providers who receive information from the Landsat, MODIS and Sentinel projects.
EOS Crop Monitoring uses machine algorithms and satellite image processing to offer online agricultural monitoring, and analytics solution. In Ukraine, the company also became a participant of the project "Supporting transparent land governance in Ukraine" supported by the World Bank and the EU. Under this project, Ukraine Crop Map was created. A lot of unregistered but cultivated plots were uncovered.
MIZEZ editorial team on EOS Data Analytics.
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Adapting a Game to iPhone 5/6/6+
by Jon (Updated on 2015-10-22)
Contents
 - Introduction
 - Use the Full Screen
 - How To: Specifying a Splash Screen
 - How To: Adapting to Different Displays
Introduction
In recent years, Apple has upgraded its phones with larger, widescreen displays, starting with the iPhone 5. Developers are expected to support these screen sizes in accordance with Apple's guidelines.
Before reading this article, read our App Scaling article. It covers most of the concepts we'll be talking about here.
How to Use the Full Screen
At the heart of the problem is this: Games are typically developed using a 3:2 aspect ratio such as 480 x 320 pixels. This matches the resolution of the original iPhone and earlier Android devices. When devices started getting larger screens, many moved over to widescreen displays with aspect ratios of 16:10 and 16:9.
The problem is this. Suppose that you developed a game at 480 x 320 (3:2). On the iPhone 5, your game would look like this because its screen is much wider than 3:2. Those extra pixels on the side would be unused. This effect is called letterboxing.
You can't letterbox your game
Apple dictates that you may not letterbox your game. Given this restriction, you have a few options for filling out the screen using our Scale Modes.
Using Scale to Fit (Full Screen) <-- [Recommended]
This will fill out the game's screen, but instead of chopping off the screen at the edges, more of the game will show instead. You'll need to re-position your interface elements to adjust between different screen sizes.
Using Stretch to Fit
This will fill out the game's screen, but the game's image will be distorted on elongated screens.
Using Scale to Fit (Fill)
This will fill the game's screen but crop out the left/right edges (Landscape) or top/right edges (Portrait). The wider the screen is, the more that will be cropped out.
Reminder: You can find the Scale Mode dropdown inside Settings > Mobile > General.
How To: Specifying a Splash Screen
Apple requires separate splash screens for each size of device that they make. Your game will not publish unless all of these splash screens are provided.
You can specify the splash screen right on the same screen as the other splash screens. (under Settings > Mobile > Logos & Splash)
How To: Adapting to Different Displays
If you want your app to look great all displays, you'll need to adapt your game to each screen's format, so that the game's interface elements appear in the same place regardless of what device you're on.
You can tackle this problem in at least two ways.
Method 1: Use the Screen Width block
if you're using Scale to Fit (Full Screen) as we recommend above and you want your HUD elements to fit each screen (Android, iPhone or otherwise), position the HUD elements to adapt to the screen's width.
In this example, we're re-positioning this element to be 10 pixels from the screen's right edge.
Method 2: Handle iPhone 5/6/6+ (and beyond) as a special case
Using a special block (under Flow > Advanced), you can detect what model your game is running on, so you can do something different on these devices to use that extra space. This isn't as versatile as Method 1 but is useful if you want to tweak things specifically for these iPhone models.
Additional Resources
Prefer a video? This video series was done for Stencyl 3.0, but it explains this concept really well.
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Jon
Updated the article to clarify why you have to use the full screen.
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Jon
The Wiki was a private, unadvertised experiment that somehow got discovered and trashed by bots, even though we blocked all access t o it. We're sticking to Stencylpedia for the future.
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id8games
For some reason there is more info on the following page "_URL_ h-ios-devices/" but I cannot login to place any comments.
Could someone read the wiki link shown above, in particular to the heading "Do not "draw for the iPhone 5" resolution" and provide a small demo that behaves like Angry Birds. Basically in how it treats the background between different phone resolutions.
0 8 years, 5 months ago
id8games
The above info describes how to setup scale mode to "Full Screen" but does not answer the question why?
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liteking
This is for Stencyl 3.x guys
0 8 years, 5 months ago
KingMilano
This Article don't help us, theres no way on stencyl 2.X to enlarge a screen on iPhone5, theres no present Scale Mode in the settings pannel -.-"
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rosswaycaster
Is this for Stencyl 3.0? I do not currently see "Scale Mode" in 2.2.0.
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Automating Strings Extraction From Storyboards for Localization
Update April 24, 2014: I just learned that Apple does in fact provide a coomand line tool named AppleGlot that supports incremental localization of .strings files, NIBs, and storyboards. AppleGlot just got updated to version 4.0 (v159.1) on April 15, 2014, and the release notes list support for Xcode 5 file formats. I haven't tried it myself but if you are looking for a tool to help you with incremental localization, I suggest you check it out. Registered Apple developers can download AppleGlot from the downloads section in Apple's dev center.
With OS X 10.8 and iOS 6.0 Apple introduced the concept of a base internationalization to Xcode. While the old way of localizing a Cocoa app involved maintaining multiple copies of your NIB or storyboard files (one for each language), an app using base internationalization has just one set of storyboards or NIBs, localized to the app's default language.
Base Localization
The localized content for your user interfaces is maintained in .strings files (one per language and NIB or storyboard file). At runtime, the NIB loading system automatically replaces the user-facing strings in the NIB with the appropriate localized variant from the corresponding strings file.
Base internationalization is the perfect companion to Cocoa autolayout, another recent addition to AppKit and UIKit. In the past, it was often necessary to maintain multiple copies of a NIB not just for translation, but because localizations required different UI layouts due to vast discrepancies in text lengths between languages. With autolayout, a single base layout can respond much better to varying text lengths.
Setting Up Base Localization In Xcode
To set up base localization in Xcode, go to your project settings and on the Info pane, select "Use Base Internationalization" checkbox. Xcode will display a popup, asking you which of the languages your app already supports should serve as the basis for the new base localization. When you approve the selection, Xcode treats the storyboards or NIBs for the language you selected as the Base localization. The files are moved into the new Base.lproj directory.
Selecting the source language to use for creating the base localization in Xcode
Setting up base internationalization in Xcode.
If you already have translated NIBs or storyboards in other languages, Xcode does not convert them to using the base localization automatically. The idea behind this is that you are free to use a mixed approach: use base internationalization for most languages you support, but make a full copy of your storyboard for one specific language (for example, because its layout requirements are beyond what can be done with autolayout).
In most cases, you will want to convert your existing translated NIBs to the new model. To do that, open the file in Xcode and open the File Inspector. In the Localization section, you can choose between "Interface Builder" (the old way) and "Localizable Strings" (base internationalization) for each language. Selecting "Localizable Strings" will extract the current user-facing strings from the NIB file and place them into a strings file, then delete the now-unnecessary NIB or storyboard file from disk.
Confirmation alert in Xcode when converting a storyboard file to base localization
Converting an already translated storyboard file to base internationalization.
Should you later add a new localization to your project, Xcode offers you the same choice between "Localizable Strings" and "Interface Builder", this time extracting the strings to be localized from the base NIB file or storyboard.
Update March 22, 2013: If you are using NIB files, you may find that your app no longer works after enabling the base localization. Instead, error messages that indicate that the app could not load one or more NIB files appear in the console:
[PreferencesWindowController loadWindow]: failed to load window nib file 'Preferences'.
This is due to a bug in Xcode that causes Xcode to not compile localized .xib into .nib files during the build process. At runtime, the NIB loader looks for NIB files and ignores the XIB files in the app bundle. The simple fix: select the XIB file(s) in Xcode, change the file type to something else, and then change it back to the Default type. After doing this, clean and rebuild.
As documented by the Stack Overflow thread, the bug was present in April 2011 (Xcode 4.0), and I confirmed it is still there in Xcode 4.6.1.
Automating Strings Extraction
Unfortunately, the automatic conversion from Interface Builder to strings file is a one-time process. Xcode does not automatically update the strings files whenever you make changes to your base NIB files or storyboards. And manual updating is not only tedious but made especially hard because of the obscure keys Xcode uses to identify an object. For example, the label for a button may appear under the key "hzx-cM-fkt.normalTitle" in the strings file. While the button's object ID hzx-cM-fkt can be found in Interface Builder's Identity Inspector, dealing with those IDs manually is not much fun.
Fortunately, there is a better way. MacRumors forum user mikezang has written a handy script that uses Apple's ibtool to extract all translatable strings from the base storyboard and then merges the new translatable strings with your existing translations in the per-language strings files. It's almost1 perfect.
mikezang's original script relies on the premise that, for each storyboard file in the Base.lproj folder, a corresponding .strings file exists in the same folder. The script compares the modification dates of these files to determine if the storyboard has been modified. Normally, you would have to create this base file manually. I updated the script slightly to automatically create the base .strings file if it doesn't exist. Here is my modified version:
#!/bin/sh
#
# update_storyboard_strings.sh - automatically extract translatable strings from storyboards and update strings files
# Based on _URL_ by mikezang
storyboardExt=".storyboard"
stringsExt=".strings"
newStringsExt=".strings.new"
oldStringsExt=".strings.old"
localeDirExt=".lproj"
oldIFS=$IFS
IFS=$'\n'
# Find storyboard file full path inside project folder
for storyboardPath in 'find . -name "*$storyboardExt" -print'
do
 # Get Base strings file full path
 baseStringsPath=$(echo "$storyboardPath" | sed "s/$storyboardExt/$stringsExt/")
 # Create base strings file if it doesn't exist
 if ! [ -f $baseStringsPath ]; then
 touch -r $storyboardPath $baseStringsPath
 # Make base strings file older than the storyboard file
 touch -A -01 $baseStringsPath
 fi
 # Create strings file only when storyboard file newer
 if find $storyboardPath -prune -newer $baseStringsPath -print | grep -q .; then
 # Get storyboard file name and folder
 storyboardFile=$(basename "$storyboardPath")
 storyboardDir=$(dirname "$storyboardPath")
 # Get New Base strings file full path and strings file name
 newBaseStringsPath=$(echo "$storyboardPath" | sed "s/$storyboardExt/$newStringsExt/")
 stringsFile=$(basename "$baseStringsPath")
 ibtool --export-strings-file $newBaseStringsPath $storyboardPath
 # ibtool sometimes fails for unknown reasons with "Interface Builder could not open
 # the document XXX because it does not exist."
 # (maybe because Xcode is writing to the file at the same time?)
 # In that case, abort the script.
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
 echo "Exiting due to ibtool error. Please run 'killall -9 ibtoold' and try again."
 exit 1
 fi
 # Only run iconv if $newBaseStringsPath exists to avoid overwriting existing
 if [ -f $newBaseStringsPath ]; then
 iconv -f UTF-16 -t UTF-8 $newBaseStringsPath > $baseStringsPath
 rm $newBaseStringsPath
 fi
 # Get all locale strings folder
 for localeStringsDir in 'find $storyboardPath -name "*$localeDirExt" -print'
 do
 # Skip Base strings folder
 if [ $localeStringsDir != $storyboardDir ]; then
 localeStringsPath=$localeStringsDir/$stringsFile
 # Just copy base strings file on first time
 if [ ! -e $localeStringsPath ]; then
 cp $baseStringsPath $localeStringsPath
 else
 oldLocaleStringsPath=$(echo "$localeStringsPath" |


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- Aggregate and Household Demand for Money: Evidence from Public Opinion Survey on Household Financial Assets and Liabilities
- Hiroshi Fujiki, Cheng Hsiao
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- We use data from Public Opinion Surveys on Household Financial Assets and Liabilities from 1991 to 2002 to investigate the issues of unobserved heterogeneity among cross-sectional units and stability of Japanese aggregate money demand function. Conditions that permit individual data and aggregate data to be modeled under one consistent format are given. Alternative definitions of money are explored through year-by-year cross-sectional estimates of Fujiki-Mulligan (1996) household money demand model. We find that using M3 appears to be broadly consistent with time series estimates using the aggregates constructed from the micro data. The results appear to support the existence of a stable money demand function for Japan. The estimated income elasticity for M3 is about 0.68 and five year bond interest rate elasticity is about -0.124.
- JEL-Codes: E41, C43
- Keywords: Demand for Money; Aggregation; Heterogeneity
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International Management, MS
International Management, MS
Students in the MSIM program take a set of core courses and then choose from a variety of elective courses to customize their experiences. These electives are from different fields in the College of Management (finance, management and marketing) and, potentially, from other colleges (economics, political science, international relations, and public policy).
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Each year, the College of Management runs trips abroad to business hubs such as India and China, allowing students to earn course credit while gaining valuable international management experience. The richness and diversity of the program enable students to tailor their elective coursework to their own interests. The comprehensive foundation in team management and strategy provides students with the skills in demand by their prospective employers upon graduation.
Given the overarching management perspective of the program, students from both business and non-business backgrounds will find it a valuable degree for career advancement. A balance between quantitative and qualitative courses provides students with a substantial understanding of how to manage international business.
The full MSIM program consists of 13 courses (39 credits). Students with relevant coursework may be able to waive some core business courses.
The program can be completed full-time or part-time, with classes that meet primarily in the evenings, late afternoons, weekends and online. Scheduling is highly flexible, with most classes meeting once per week.


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Khatt Chronicles podcast features remarkable designers, illustrators and researchers from the Arab World. We host engaging conversations about their practice, vision, and aspirations.
In line with the Khatt foundation projects, the Khatt Chronicles podcast features design initiatives and developments from around the world, focusing on new developments in Arabic typography and design. Khatt Chronicles podcasts are addressed to the younger generation as an alternative medium.
They aim to fulfill three primary objectives:
1. Promote designers in the Arab World to the region and the rest of the world.
2. Continue the mission of Khatt foundation as a network between designers by supporting, fostering and exploring new ideas.
3. Present these podcasts for inspiration and educational reasons.
4. Identify and highlight designers from the Arab World that have made meaningful contributions in their fields or have demonstrated excellence in design.
Through storytelling, the Khatt Chronicles podcast presents a more personal access to the featured designers, and allows listeners to learn about how they think, and what makes them tick.


NYC Wi-Fi Hotspots Interactive Visualization
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Click to see the finalized NYC Wi-Fi hotspots interactive visualization in Tableau Public.
The project is to visualize the WiFi hotspots in New York City, which is the extension from my fourth lab project. Public WiFi hotspots are physical locations where people can obtain Internet access. They usually created by a business for public use, often found at airports, libraries, train stations, etc. The public can access the wireless connection by using a laptop or other suitable portable device, which is really beneficial that public like budget-tight students can gain tremendously from it. Even though public WiFi hotspots cannot guarantee the reliability and have some risks such as low security and low speed, they become more and more important in the modern society since the internet has become the basic amenities for the modern public.
For this project, based on the dataset—NYC WiFi Hotspot Locations from NYC Open Data, I aim to create an interactive visualization that can inform people of the exact locations of the WiFi hotspots in New York City, supported by analyses of the properties and configuration of the hotspots. By using Tableau Public, I intend to build a useful tool that people can search a specific WiFi hotspot and know its properties that may be helpful for them to plan to go.
1. Exploring deeply the dataset and deciding the design directions for the visualizations.
I first tried to find the data that have some degrees of relationship in between and may deliver useful information. For example, I found the data "postcode" and "number of records" may help to advise the number of hotspots in a region; I can use "location type" and "provider" to tell what the WiFi location type the provider supports. Ultimately, I decided to use the five primary data—"provider", "location", "location types", "connection types", "number of records", and "postcode" to form the four design directions:
 - The providers' hotspot locations
 - The number of WiFi hotspots in a region
 - WiFi connection types supported by providers
 - WiFi location types and their connection types
2. Grouping the data that is trivial
Before I started visualizing, I found the data "location type" contains some insignificant information that may not be useful or too trivial for people to know when searching a specific WiFi hotspot. For example, in the following picture, the data "indoor ap – community center – computer rm" includes too much minor details. Therefore, by using the internal grouping function from Tableau, I grouped them into four big categories and created another column for the new location types—indoor, outdoor, library, and subway station.
Figure 1. The original location types vs. new location types
3. Creating the visualizations respectively based on the four directions
A. The providers' hotspot locations
This is the main visualization for people. People can use it as a tool to locate a specific WiFi hotspot, knowing its provider, connection type, and location type. To best inform the locations, I created a dot map. Each dot is a WiFi hotspot location, and people can know the exact address of each hotspot with the tooltip when hovering over the dot. Also, I applied different colors with the color legend to differentiate the providers. In addition, to enhance the usability, I added the three filters—connection type, provider, and location type, so that people can quickly locate the WiFi hotspots they want by using these filters.
Figure 2. The providers' hotspot locations
B. The number of WiFi hotspots in a region
I used the postcode to create a choropleth map that reveals the average values of the regional number of WiFi hotspots with the hue progression. The darker color means the more numbers of WiFi hotspots in the region. When hovering over a region, people can know the postcode and number of hotspots in the region with the tooltip. I think people may get a sense of how WiFi hotspots distribute in New York City through this map.
Figure 3. The number of WiFi hotspots in a region
C. WiFi connection types supported by providers
I think the bar chart is the best way that people can compare different values at a glance. Providers are on the vertical y-axis, and the x-axis is the number of hotspots. Besides, I used different colors to represent different connection types that the provider supports. From this bar chart, people can know that most of the providers set up free connections and LinkNYC has the most numbers of free WiFi hotspots. I also created a connection type filter for people if they would like to see only one type of connection in a one time on the bar chart.
Figure 4. WiFi connection types supported by providers
D. WiFi location types and their connection types
I think location type is also an important point that people may concern when seeking WiFi hotspots. Same as the above, I also used a bar chart with connection type category to compare the four types of locations. The result uncovers that most of the WiFi hotspots are outdoor and over half of them are free.
Figure 5. WiFi location types and their connection types
4. Integrating the four graphs
I integrated the four graphs in the Tableau dashboard together and made the main three filters—provider, location type, and connection type applied to the four graphs that use these three data sources so that these four will vary at the same time when people apply the filters. With this way, I think people can gain more comprehensive information when interacting with the visualization.
Figure 6. Integrating the four graphs
1. Methodologies
After the interactive visualization was ready, I would like to know how ease of use of the interactive visualization was, so I started to prepare the usability testing and would like to see how people would interact with it.
For the testing, I built two versions of the interactive visualizations. One was with normal three main filters; another was to use the two bar charts as filters.
The aimed audience of the visualization can be anyone who seeks WiFi hotspots near his place or the target place. Therefore, I recruited three students to participate the usability testing and prepared to ask them to do the following tasks based on the two versions of visualizations—
A. Take a moment to explore the visualization and let me know what do you learn from each graph.
B. You are seeking AT&T WiFi outdoor free hotspots only and would like to know which region has the most number of this hotspots.
C. You are a commuter, seeking WiFi hotspots in subway stations. How many numbers of the subway hotspots in New York City? What's the connection type of the subway hotspots?
After the participants achieved these tasks, I asked them the following post-task questions—
A. How easy is the visualization to understand? (Rating from 1 to 5, 1 = difficult, 5 = pretty easy)
B. Any frustration that can be further improved?
2. Findings and improvements
Participants all think that the interactive visualization version A is easy to use and straightforward to comprehend the information from the four graphs, while the version B with two bar charts as filters is problematic even though the layout looks nicer and cleaner than the version A. Participants didn't know that the two bar charts are filters at the first glance and didn't realize how to return back once they clicked a specific bar in the graph. That means the usability of version B is pretty low. Participants even could not complete the tasks, so I decided to choose version A as the final visualization and some details can be further improved.
A. The title of each graph should be general to tell the main information.
One of the participants was confused about the titles for the two bar charts because he could not differentiate the main information of these two bar charts if he just looked at the title. For example, the title, location types and connection types, is not clear for him to know what the main information of the graph is.
Figure 7. The titles of the graphs are not clear to tell the main information.
Therefore, I renamed the title to only one main information that I would like to deliver to the audience, so I changed "providers and connection types" to "providers", and "location types and connection types" to " location types". The connection types on these bar charts are the supplement and secondary information.
Figure 8. New titles for the bar charts
B. The application of the filters should be obvious
According to the feedback from the participants, they originally thought that the filters were only for the dot map, so they feel surprised that the filters actually can be applied to the four graphs. I think it is maybe because the filters are all clustered next to the dot map.
Figure 9. All filters are clustered next to the dot map
To make the application of the filters more distinct, I tried to make each filter separated from each other, having gaps between them. In this way, I think it would be better to understand that the filters are for controlling the four graphs.
Figure 10. Filters are separated and have gaps between them.
C. Keeping color consistency is good but should care about not to mislead.
I kept the same colors for the choropleth map and the two bar charts. It looks nice but it actually would cause the misunderstanding. One of the participants thought that the color in the choropleth map had the same meaning as the bar charts, stating the dark blue means the region has more limited free WiFi hotspots.
Figure 11. Same colors in different graphs may have different meanings.
Thus, I changed the color progression to green in the choropleth map, hoping it won't be mixed up with the meaning of the colors in the two bar charts.
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Set on the red-brown soils of the western Barossa Valley, Hentley Farm founders Keith and Alison Hentschke acquired the 150 acre vineyard and mixed farming property in the 1990s. Following extensive research to find out where the best red wine grapes in the Barossa Valley were being produced, their studies led them towards the rich red soils of the Seppeltsfield area. Keith used an old soil map from the 1950s to strategically locate the best parcels of land and after a number of years acquired Hentley Farm. Hentley Fram believes that it is a truly special property, hand-picked by their founder Keith Hentschke for its soil quality and geographical contours. For them, it's all about listening to the land and planting the right vines in the right place, in the right way.
The vineyards contain the following varietals: Shiraz (70%), Grenache (17%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%), Zinfandel (2%), and a small parcel of Viognier (1%). Blocks were carefully selected for orientation and aspect with different clonal material used according to suitability. The depth and complexity of the wines arises from the great variety of terroirs at Hentley Farm, created by the diversity within the 150 acre estate's east and west facing slopes and altitude variances. Subsoils of tightly structured friable clay offer huge water holding potential, offering respite for our vines in times of low rainfall. They acknowledge their custodial responsibility for the land, so vines are nurtured to their optimum potential through sound environmental practices that support agricultural sustainability and vineyard biodiversity. At Hentley Farm they use a dry-land farming strategy, with an emphasis on keeping the vine and earth in a natural state of balance with minimal interference.


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Is it made of earth or brick? Â This is a common distinction in the world of wood-fired ovens and comes with a whole slew of assumptions. Â "Earth ovens are cheaper, easier to build but less durable." Â "Brick ovens are expensive, harder to build but more professional and will last longer." Â The oven build documented below is an exploration of the combination of these techniques to leverage the advantages of each. Â We use earth where its sculptural quality allows us to perfectly mold it to the shape that we desire. Â We use brick where it will give a good durable surface for cooking and in the entrance way to withstand the abuse of heated and passionate cooking. Â The bookÂ Build Your Own Earth Oven provides further reference for these techniques.
Using rope to define the shape of the catenary vault. Â The plywood is cut and the negative shape is used as a screed.
Eventually, a whole outdoor kitchen and service bar was built around the oven!….
Useful Links for Further Reading:
- The book Build Your Own Earth Oven!
- Arcticle – Improving Earth Ovens: Experiments in DIY Earthen Castable Refractory


Are There Any Harmful Effects of Orgonite
Are There Any Harmful Effects of Orgonite
For many years now, orgone energy has been known as a universal life force that is capable of turning negative energies into positive ones and send it out into the atmosphere. There are various theories surrounding the subtle energies, particularly because there is no scientific method to measure the energy and prove its effects.Generations of people have experienced the effects of subtle energies and have reported about their effects.
Is Orgonite Harmful?
Orgonite is derived from the term "orgone" which was coined by Wilhem Reich. It is a life-force energy which is believed to exist in healthy and stagnant form. The healthy form of energy is known as POR (Positive Orgone Energy) and the stagnant one is DOR (Deadly Orgone).
Orgonite/Orgone Devices are made up of resin, metal shavings and quartz crystals. They are capable of transmuting the negative energy into positive one. Positive energies cause a number of benefits to the surroundings.
 - In human beings, orgonite is known to induce better sleep patterns. The presence of orgonite helps a person to sleep through the night and reduces the number of waking considerably.
 - Orgonites are known to reduce the ill-effects of EMFs. It does not reduce the radiations as such, but can reduce their harmful effects. Orgonites can specifically be helpful; for people who are sensitive to emissions.
 - Orgonites are known to accelerate the growth of plants in many cases. Yet another positive impact of orgonite can be seen on foods. It acts as a preservative and foods remain fresh for longer than usual.
 - Orgonite remove the energy blockages from the body. Once the blockages are released there is a gush of fresh and positive energy, a person feels happy and content.
Just like how too much of anything can be alarming, the same goes with Orgonite. One can have as many orgonite as they wish. But stay alert that you may sometimes experience temporary discomfort, as too much of anything is not good. In the presence of too much energy, the effects can be felt strongly. Hence, it is best to use Orgonite in nominal amounts and make the most of it.
One can benefit their house, workplace, and environment all with Orgonite. In fact, Orgonite have effect on all the living beings, including animals.
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Abstract : The work presented in this thesis is devoted to the experimental study of the atomic dynamics in a dissipative optical lattice. We used pump-probe spectroscopy and atomic imagery techniques. We obtained information about the temperature of the atoms, their dynamics when they are trapped in the potential wells and the transport phenomena.
We report the direct observation of Brillouin propagation modes by imagery and we relate them to the optical resonances observed in pump-probe spectra. We demonstrate the existence of dark modes, for which a propagation mode is excited which cannot be detected by spectroscopy.
We use optical lattices as a model system for statistical physics. We demonstrate the occurrence of stochastic resonance for the excitation of the Brillouin propagation mode.
In the last part of the thesis, we report the observation of directed diffusion in a symmetric periodic potentiel. This is due to a temporal symmetry breaking of the system.


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AngularJS Question
How to use $scope.$watch and $scope.$apply in AngularJS?
I don't understand how to use
$scope.$watch
and
$scope.$apply
. The official documentation isn't helpful.
What I don't understand specifically:
 - Are they connected to the DOM?
 - How can I update DOM changes to the model?
 - What is the connection point between them?
I tried this tutorial, but it takes the understanding of
$watch
and
$apply
for granted.
What do
$apply
and
$watch
do, and how do I use them appropriately?
Answer Source
You need to be aware about how AngularJS works in order to understand it.
Digest cycle and $scope
First and foremost, AngularJS defines a concept of a so-called digest cycle. This cycle can be considered as a loop, during which AngularJS checks if there are any changes to all the variables watched by all the $scopes. So if you have $scope.myVar defined in your controller and this variable was marked for being watched, then you are implicitly telling AngularJS to monitor the changes on myVar in each iteration of the loop.
A natural follow-up question would be: Is everything attached to $scope being watched? Fortunately, no. If you would watch for changes to every object in your $scope, then quickly a digest loop would take ages to evaluate and you would quickly run into performance issues. That is why the AngularJS team gave us two ways of declaring some $scope variable as being watched (read below).
$watch helps to listen for $scope changes
There are two ways of declaring a $scope variable as being watched.
 1. By using it in your template via the expression <span>{{myVar}}</span>
 2. By adding it manually via the $watch service
Ad 1) This is the most common scenario and I'm sure you've seen it before, but you didn't know that this has created a watch in the background. Yes, it had! Using AngularJS directives (such as ng-repeat) can also create implicit watches.
Ad 2) This is how you create your own watches. $watch service helps you to run some code when some value attached to the $scope has changed. It is rarely used, but sometimes is helpful. For instance, if you want to run some code each time 'myVar' changes, you could do the following:
function MyController($scope) {
 $scope.myVar = 1;
 $scope.$watch('myVar', function() {
 alert('hey, myVar has changed!');
 });
 $scope.buttonClicked = function() {
 $scope.myVar = 2; // This will trigger $watch expression to kick in
 };
}
$apply enables to integrate changes with the digest cycle
You can think of the $apply function as of an integration mechanism. You see, each time you change some watched variable attached to the $scope object directly, AngularJS will know that the change has happened. This is because AngularJS already knew to monitor those changes. So if it happens in code managed by the framework, the digest cycle will carry on.
However, sometimes you want to change some value outside of the AngularJS world and see the changes propagate normally. Consider this - you have a $scope.myVar value which will be modified within a jQuery's $.ajax() handler. This will happen at some point in future. AngularJS can't wait for this to happen, since it hasn't been instructed to wait on jQuery.
To tackle this, $apply has been introduced. It lets you to start the digestion cycle explicitly. However, you should only use this to migrate some data to AngularJS (integration with other frameworks), but never use this method combined with regular AngularJS code, as AngularJS will throw an error then.
How is all of this related to the DOM?
Well, you should really follow the tutorial again, now that you know all this. The digest cycle will make sure that the UI and the JavaScript code stays synchronised, by evaluating every watcher attached to the all $scopes as long as nothing changes. If no more changes happen in the digest loop, then it's considered to be finished.
You can attach objects to the $scope object either explicitly in the Controller, or by declaring them in {{expression}} form directly in the view.
I hope that helps to clarify some basic knowledge about all this.
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To prepare public health professionals for their functional roles in disaster response by offering culturally competent disaster interventions to survivors, witnesses, and responders of bioterrorism and other major public health threats and community disasters.
1. To provide a brief overview of cultural competency.
2. To create an awareness of the importance of cultural competence in delivering an effective public health disaster response.
3. To offer culturally competent strategies and interventions for disaster response.
1. Define cultural competence.
2. Describe the role of cultural competence in public health workforce readiness and disaster response and recovery.
3. Identify the rationale and role of cultural competence (including cultural, social, and behavioral factors) in delivering effective disaster interventions.
4. Describe approaches, principles and strategies for developing cultural competency in assisting disaster survivors from cultural and diverse groups.
5. Identify cultural barriers to offering disaster intervention services. And,
6. Understand and appreciate the dynamic forces contributing to cultural diversity and their importance in delivering culturally competent disaster intervention services.
This course has been designed for public health, health care, mental health, and emergency response professionals, to include public health professionals, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, mental health professionals, health care administrators and mangers, emergency managers in local, state, and federal roles, and first responders.


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specifics of how the goal is to be satisfied is not described by the goal. This can be described through task decomposition.
Softgoals are similar to (hard) goals except that the criteria for the goal's satisfaction are not clear-cut, it is judged to be sufficiently satisfied from the point of view of the actor. The means to satisfy such goals are described via contribution links from other elements. The notion of softgoal satisfaction is described by the term satisficed meaning sufficiently satisfied. The converse is still described as denied.
The actor wants to accomplish some specific task, performed in a particular way. A description of the specifics of the task may be described by decomposing the task into further sub-elements.
The actor desires the provision of some entity, physical or informational. This type of elements assumes there are no open issues or questions concerning how the entity will be achieved.
A belief is a condition about the world that the actor holds to be true. The actual degree of truth (As indicated by evaluation labels) is influence by contributions from other beliefs. A belief is distinct from a goal in that the actor has no explicit desire to make the specified condition become true. Beliefs can effect other elements in the model via contribution links. Such links can effect other links, saying that this belief effects the effect of an element on another, or can have a direct effect on softgoals.
3.2.3 Means-Ends Links
These links indicate a relationship between an end, and a means for attaining it. The "means" is expressed in the form of a task, since the notion of task embodies how to do something, with the "end" is expressed as a goal. In the graphical notation, the arrowhead points from the means to the end.
3.2.4 Decomposition Links
A task element is linked to its component nodes by decomposition links. A task can be decomposed into four types of elements: a subgoal, a subtask, a resource, and/or a softgoal - corresponding to the four types of elements. The task can be decomposed into one to many of these elements. These elements can also be part of dependency links in Strategic Dependency model(s) when the reasoning goes beyond an actor's boundary.
- Task-Goal Decomposition: Subgoal. In this kind of decomposition it is not specified how the goal is to be achieved, allowing alternatives to be considered.
- Task-Task Decomposition: subtask. When a task is specified as a subcomponent of a (higher) task, this restricts the higher task to that particular course of action.
- Task-Resource Decomposition: resourceFor: The entity represented by the resource is not considered problematic by the actor. The main concern is whether it is available (and from whom, if it is an external dependency).
- Task SoftGoal Decomposition: softgoalFor: When a softgoal is a component in a task decomposition, it serves as a quality goal for that task, and thus guides (or restricts) the selection among alternatives in further decomposition of that and other tasks.
3.2.5 Contribution Links
A positive contribution strong enough to satisfice a softgoal.
Either a make or a help contribution, a positive contribution whose strength is unknown.
A partial positive contribution, not sufficient by itself to satisfice the softgoal.
A contribution to a softgoal whose polarity is unknown.
A negative contribution sufficient enough to deny a softgoal.
Either a break or a hurt contribution, a negative contribution whose strength is unknown.
A partial negative contribution, not sufficient by itself to deny the softgoal.
The parent is satisficed if any of the offspring are satisficed.
The parent is satisficed if all of the offspring are satisficed.
3.2.6 Strategic Rationale Example Model: Buyer Drive E-Commerce from Yu01
4. ReferencesYu01 Yu, Eric. Presentation: Strategic Actor Relationships Modelling with i*, December 13-14, 2001, IRST, Trento, Italy.
Yu95 E. Yu. Modelling Strategic Relationships for Process Reengineering Ph.D. Thesis. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto. 1995.
The evolution of i* syntax, deviating from the original description in Yu95 has occurred over the course of many papers. Such work can be found in the i* Readings Roadmap.


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Plastic Flow Analysis and Die Design of Aluminum Extrusion for 3C Product Casings
Extruded products with precision shape have been used widely to 3C products, electronic equipment, communicatory installation, precision instrument, automobile industry. The tolerance for this kind of asymmetric products with small size is strictly required. During extrusion, the plastic flow of the billet inside the die cavity is complicated. The temperature distribution of the billet, the elastic deformation of the die, and the design of the flow guide affect the final dimension of the product. This paper uses the finite element code ¡§DEFORM 3D¡¨ to simulate the plastic flow of the billet inside the die cavity and the stress, strain, temperature distributions of the die during extrusion of a 3C product, Clip and Housing. From the simulation results, a die design guideline is proposed and the temperature, stress, strain distributions are discussed systematically. Furthermore, extrusion experiments are conducted. From the comparisons of the temperature at the die exit, the product sizes and the extrusion force, the validity of the die design rule is verified.
Advisor:CHEN FUH-KUO; HSU RAY-QUEN; HSIANG SU-HAI; HWANG YEONG-MAW; LEE WOEI SHYAN
School:National Sun Yat-Sen University
School Location:China - Taiwan
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:finite element analysis extrusion process asymmetric 3c products
Date of Publication:09/03/2008


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Here is an image from after construction was completed in 1911.
This image of the Tower shows how undeveloped campus was at the time of its creation.
Here is a charcoal sketch of the Tower.
Here is the first published volume of the literary magazine named after the Tower. It was published in 1932.
Here is an excerpt from one of the Univeristy's materials discussing the water tower in depth and even the water quality.
Here is a photograph of the Tower amongst a fully constructed campus.
Backstory and Context
The Tower was in use until 1962. At that point a new water tower needed to be created because of the growing population on campus. The Tower was then gutted and made into offices. At the time it housed the school yearbook, the literary magazine, and and the newspaper. The literary magazine is named the Tower, in the namesake of this building on campus. Today the Tower houses the Environmental Studies and Sustainability programs.
Hultquist, Clark. Heatherly, Carey. Images of America Montevallo. Charleston, South Carolina. Arcadia Publishing, 2011.
Tipton, Mary Frances. Years Rich & Fruitful University of Montevallo _PHONE_. Montevallo, Alabama. Univeristy of Montevallo, 1996.
Photographs are from the Milner Archives in the University of Montevallo Library.


Physiological activity in an attribute learning task.
J.H. de Swart, E.A. Das-Smaal
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The relationship between the amount of information processing in an Attribute Learning task and autonomic activity, measured by skin conductance response (SCR), was investigated. The amount of information processing was manipulated by type of concept and feedback. Furthermore, the influence of practice and verbalization was studied. Three types of concepts were used: conjunction, exclusion and joint denial. The stimulus population consisted of four three-valued dimensions. The results showed that (1) SCR did not differ among concepts; (2) SCR varied with type of feedback, it being smallest at blanks and largest at infirming feedback; (3) SC'R was related to the number of confirmations preceding infirmation; (4) subjects mainly used the strategy'reject hypothesis only after information'; (5) subjects usually selected not-yet-tested hypotheses; (6) practice influenced performance; (7) verbalization did not result in more efficient use of information; however, the appropriateness of the experimental set-up to study this factor was questioned; (8) conjunction was easier to learn than the other concepts. The results were discussed in terms of uncertainty reduction, resulting from testing hypotheses in a concept learning task.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-69
JournalActa Psychologica
Publication statusPublished - 1979
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In this episode we examine what happens to the mind when it loses the perspective of the Right Hemisphere (RH) and is forced to rely on the Left Hemisphere's (LH) interpretation of the world. We will use the example of the well-known case reported by Oliver Sacks of the man who mistook his wife for his hat.
We are exploring the hemisphere hypothesis that states that the two hemispheres of our brain have two dramatically different ways of relating to the world and that our minds get muddled when the perspective of one hemisphere (usually the LH ) dominates and suppresses the other (usually the RH). We can learn to recognize the symptoms of LH dominance by studying the lives of people with dysfunctional RHs, such as Dr. P who, among other things, lost his ability to recognize faces.
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- Dilute-Dense-Semi Dense Phase, Controls and Testing.
Dilute Phase Theory
Dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems, also know as suspension flow, operate on the principle that the solids will be suspended in the conveying line air stream. This is accomplished by metering product into a moving air stream. Dilute phase conveying velocities typically are greater than 3500 FPM and material to air ratios are less than 12 to 1. Individual particles in the air stream will have some separation by their suspension in the air stream.
Dense phase conveying:
Dense phase pneumatic conveying systems operate below the minimum suspension velocity and are characterized by product moving along the bottom of the pipe in slugs or a moving bed. Product is conveyed below its saltation velocity at high differential pressures. Conveying velocities are typically less than 2600 FPM and material to air ratios of up to 100 to 1 are possible. Interaction of the particles in a dense phase system is greater than in dilute phase systems.


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text: Regulatory activity has been demonstrated in two classes of iodinated organic species: thyroid hormones (T(3) and T(4)) and iodinated lipids (ILs), e.g. 6-iodo-5-hydroxy-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid. The formation of iodinated biomolecules requires iodide oxidation. In mammals iodide oxidation is one of several peroxidase-mediated reactions that serve to reduce hydrogen peroxide. I(2) is one of several reaction products formed by mammalian peroxidases during iodide oxidation. I(2) forms HOI in an aqueous environment which also has the capacity to iodinate organic species. This manuscript examines the potential relationship between the two classes of known mammalian iodinating species. A model describing iodination pathways for organic species in mammals is advanced. The model predicts the formation of ILs under normal dietary intake of iodine. The model was challenged by characterizing the lipids of hogs maintained on a diet containing normal levels of iodine. Iodinated lipids were found to be present in the fatty acids extracted from the thyroid of these hogs.


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CAD\CAM SimLab composer is a 3D scene building and sharing program. It allows the creator of 3D models to share them with technical and none technical users.
Importing 3D models
SimLab composer supports importing 3D models from many of the standard file formats, including: SketchUp, Rhino, STEP, IGES, ACIS, Collada, 3D PDF, 3D XML, FBX, Obj, 3DS, U3D, STL, SolidEdge, Inventor, and SolidWorks
Building 3D Scenes
SimLab Composer provides the user with all the needed tools to build 3D senses from existing models. In addition to the draggers found in modern 3D applications to place models in the scene, SimLab Composer offers unique tools like snap to object and snap to ground to make building 3D scenes intuitive and fast.
SimLab Composer maintains the assembly structure of imported 3D models, this enable the user to select the level to work on (face, body, part, subassembly or assembly).
For models with no texture coordinates, SimLab Composer gives the user the needed tools to generate texture coordinates. Simlab Composer also provides the user with the ability to add 3D text to any scene.
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Under a deregulated environment, ancillary services (AS) are defined as the set of products separated from the energy production, which are related to security and reliability of a power system. Ancillary services can be classified in: (a) active power ancillary services (load–frequency control (LFC)—including primary control, automatic generation control (AGC), tertiary control, balancing service and black start provision) and (b) reactive power ancillary services (voltage control). The system operator is the entity responsible for the secure operation of the power system and in this way, the management of all the AS is considered a specific function of the system operator. Under a deregulated framework, ancillary services are separated from the energy production, and can be mandatory or remunerated under market-driven mechanisms. This paper overviews the management of ancillary services in the Spanish power system, including a detailed technical description of the services and the organization of the ancillary services markets. In addition, a comprehensive review of different optimization algorithms and tools used by the agents and system operator within the Spanish electricity business is presented.
Keywords: Ancillary services; VAR/voltage control; Load–frequency control (LFC); Automatic generation control (AGC); Power loss reduction; Optimal power
Electric Power Systems Research. Volumen: 78 Numero: 3 Páginas: 515-523
Publicado en papel: Marzo 2008.


Sample Paper Of BHU PMT Entrance Exam
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Banaras Hindu University pre-medical test (BHU-PMT) is conducted by Banaras Hindu University for taking admission to MBBS,BDS,BAMS,BHMS,B-Pharma courses. General Candidates must have minimum 50% marks in their 10+2 th examinations with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology and 40% marks required for SC/ST/OBC and physically Handicapped candidates from a recognized Central or State board.
The BHU PMT question paper is based on Physics, Chemistry, Biology.
Sample Paper Of BHU PMT Entrance Exam :-
Two set of sample papers are given below:-
SET 1:- ( PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY)
1. A body of mass 20 gm moving at 200 m/sec passes through a plank and its velocity reduces to 100 m/ sec. In passing through the plank, what part of its K.E. is lost:
a. 1/4
b. 1/2
c. 3/4
d. 2/3

2. The tension in the string revolving in a vertical circle with a mass m at the end which is at the lowest position
a. mv2/r
b. (mv2/r)- mg
c. (mv2/r)+ mg
d. mg
3. A bomb of mass 12 kg explodes into two pieces of mases 4 kg and 8 kg. The velocity of mass 8 kg is 6 m/sec. The kinetic energy of mass 4 kg will be :
a. 48 joule
b. 32 joule
c. 24 joule
d. 288 joule
4. A block of mass M slides along the sides of a flat bottomed bowl. The slides of the bowl are frictionless and the base has a coefficient of friction 0.2. If the block is released from the top of the side which is 1.5 m high, where will the block come to rest. Given, the length of the base is 15 m:
a. 1 m from P
b. Mid point of flat part PQ
c. 2 m from P
d. at Q
5. The power of a pump, which can pump 200 kg of water to a height of 200 m in 10 sec is (g=10 m/s2):
a. 40 kW
b. 80 kW
c. 400 kW
d. 960 kW
6. A long spiral sprig is stretched by 2 cm, its P.E. is U. If the srping is stretched by 10 cm, then the P.E. of the spring is :
a. U/ 25
b. U / 5
c. 5 U
d. 25U
7. Two springs have their force constant as k1 and k2 (k1 > k2). When they are stretched by the same force:
a. No work is done in case of both the springs
b. Equal work is doen in case of both the springs
c. More work is done in case of second spring
d. More work is done in case of first spring
8. A monkey sits on the pan of spring scale kept in an elevator. The reading of the spring scale will be maximum when :
a. The elevator is stationary
b. The elevator cable breaks and it falls freely towards earth
c. The elevator accelerates downwards
d. The elevator accelerates upwards
9. Friction force is
a. self adjustable
b. not self adjustable
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
10. A body of mass 2 kg is hung on a spring balance mounted vertically in a lift. If the lift moves up with a constant velocity of 2 m/sec, the reading on the balance wil be
a. 2 kg
b. 4 kg
c. Zero
d. 1 kg
11. A boy of 50 kg is standing in a lift moving down with an acceleration 9.8 m/s2. The apparanet weight of the boy is
a. zero
b. 50N
c. 50×9.8N
d. 50/9.8 N
13. Maximum value of force of friction is called
a. limiting friction
b. rolling friction
c. normal friction
d. kinetic friction
14. The linear momentum p of a body moving in one dimension varies with time according to the equation p = a+bt2 where a and b are positive constants. The net force acting on the body is:
a. proportional to t2
b. a constant
c. proportional to t
d. inversely proportional to t
15. Three blocks of masses m1, m2 and m3 are connected by massless strings as shown on a frinctionless table. They are pulled with a force T3 = 40 N. If m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 6 kg, and m3 = 4 kg, the tension T2 will be:
a. 20N
b. 40 N
c. 10 N
d. 32 N
16. A box is lying on an inclined plane. If the box starts sliding when the angle of inclination is 60°, then the coefficient of static friction of the box and plane is
a. 2.732
b. 1.732
c. 0.267
d. 0.176
17. A machine gun shoots a 40 g bullet at a speed of 1200 m/s. The man operating the gun can exert and average force of 144 N at the most. How many bullets (maximum number) can be shot per sec?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 2
d. 6
18. A body of mass 50 kg is pulled by a rope of length 6 m on a frictionless surface by a fore of 106 N applied to the other end. The linear density of the rope is 0.5 kg/m. The force acting on 50 kg mass is
a. 50 N
b. 100 N
c. 150 N
d. 200 N
19. A constant force acting on a body of mass 3.0 kg changes its speed from 2.0 ms–1 to 3.5 ms–1 in 25 seconds. The direction of motion of the body remains unchanged. What is the magnitude of force?
a. 0.09 N
b. 0.045 N
c. 0.18 N
d. None of these
20. The average force necessary to stop a hammer with 25 N-s momentum is 1000 N. The time required is
a. 25 s
b. 2.5 × 104 s
c. 0.25 s
d. 0.025 s
21. A man of mass 60 kg is standing on a spring balance inside a lift. If the lift falls freely downwards, then the reading of the spring balance will be
a. 60 kgf
b. More than 60 kgf
c. Less than 60 kgf
d. Zero
22. When a wagon is pulled by a horse, the force that causes the horse to move forward is the force
a. He exerts on the wagon
b. The wagon exerts on him
c. The ground exerts on him
d. He exerts on the ground
23. A machine gun fires 10 bullet/s, each of mass 10 g, the speed of each bullet is 20 cm/s, then force of recoil is
a. 200 dyne
b. 2000 dyne
c. 20 dyne
d. none of these
24. A light spring balance hangs from the hook of the other light spring balance and a block of mass M kg hangs from the former one. Then the true statement about the scale reading is
a. Both the scales read M kg each
b. The scale of the lower one reads M kg and of the upper one zero
c. The reading of the two scales can be anything but the sum of the reading will be M kg
d. Both the scales read M/2 kg
25. A 40 N block is supported by two ropes. One rope is horizontal and the other makes an angle of 30° with the ceiling. The tension in the rope attached to the ceiling is approximately
a. 80 N
b. 40 N
d. 34.6 N
d. 46.2 N
26. Phenolphthalein of pH range [8-10] is used in which of the following type of titration as a suitable indicator :
a. NH4OH and HCI
b. NH4OH and HCOOH
c. NH4OH and C2H4O2
d. NaOH and C2O4H2
27. The oxidation number of C atom in Ch2CI2 and CCI4 are respectively :
a. -2 and – 4
b. 0 and – 4
c. 0 and 4
d. 2 and 4
28. Which of the following compound is not aromatic :
(1) 1, 3-cyclobutene
(2) pyridine
(3) furane
(4) thiophene
29. L.P.G. mainly consist of the following :
a. Methane
b. Hydrogen
c. Acetylene
d. Butane
30. A sample of petroleum contains 30% n-heptane, 10% 2-methyl hexane and 60% 2, 2, 4-trimethyl pentane, the octane no. of this sample will be :
a. 30%
b. 60%
c. 10%
d. 70%
31. The hydrogen ion concentration of a solution is 3.98 x 10-6 mole per liter. The pH value of this solution will be :
a. 6.0
b. 5.8
c. 5.4
d. 5.9
32. Which of the following acids does not contain – COOH group :
a. Carbamic acid
b. Barbituric acid
c. Lactic acid
d. succinni


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Six Sigma Key Process Output Variable Overview
Key Process Output Variables are used to measure the effectiveness of projects that are designed to improve business processes.
For example, a project that was undertaken to increase the profit margins on t-shirts by using a cheaper fabric supplier, would evaluate the project's success depending on whether customers continued to buy them, or if sales decreased due to poor customer satisfaction.
The end-goal profit margins, number of sales, and customer complaints are examples of output variables (KPOV), whereas the decision to change suppliers is an example of input variables (KPIV).
This article will look at:
- What Six Sigma KPOVs are
- How to identify them
- The role KPOVs play in DMAIC processes
What are KPOVS
A Key Process Output Variable (KPOV) is an outcome yielded by a process and is defined by Key Process Input Variables (KPIV). Depending on their placement, KPOVs may also become KPIVs for the next stage within a process journey. KPOVs need to measured and tracked to ensure that any Six Sigma led tweaks to KPIVs are generating the right result (i.e. a more positive KPOV).
It is important to remember that KPOVs should be measured before any process improvements are made as this gives a base-line with which to make a comparison.
KPOVs can be summarised as:
- Business processes that produce an output
- Characteristics that have a big impact on efficiency and/or customer satisfaction
- Responsible for lower levels of quality and reliability when allowed to vary too widely
How Are KPOVs Identified?
KPOVs are usually identified by mapping out business processes, usually using the SIPOC (Supplier, Input, Process, Output and Customer) method. By identifying these simple variables, you can develop a richer picture of how your business processes interact. For example:
- Supplier – DIY Store
- Input – Buy wood
- Process –Build fence
- Output – Protects pets from wild animals
- Customer - Pets
Through the use of these Six Sigma modelling techniques, it is possible to build up a picture of the various inputs and outputs of a process. By estimating the importance of each characteristic on a scale of 1-10 - where 1 is unimportant and 10 is critically important – businesses can measure the extent to which input variables have an impact and cause an output variable.
The sum of these weighted scores is used to rank the output variables to determine which deserve the most analytical attention. Processes that are more central to a customer's overall experience of doing business with your company will naturally be seen as mo9re important and so will have the largest number of important KPOVs to address and manage.
Six Sigma training can help your team identify the processes that define the way you do business, monitor and analyse them, and then suggest suitable, business-enhancing improvements. By tracking processes, you'll also work towards defining minimum expectations for your business performance and identify the key areas that can be refined and improved.
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KPOVs and Six Sigma DMAIC Process
Six Sigma methodology follows a rigid roadmap for process improvement and problem solving, which focuses on the stages of DMAIC (define-measure-analyse-improve-control). KPOVs are the focus of the entire process, but central to 2 phases.
- Key aspects of the project 'as is' are measured and applicable data is collected
- KPOVs are defined
- Measurement integrity of KPOV's is confirmed
- Measurement plan is developed and a baseline for performance is established
- Cause-and-effect relationships are verified, ensuring that all factors have been considered.
- Root causes of defects are investigated and the relationship between response variables and control variables is established
- Process capabilities for KPOVs is established
- Relationships between KPOVs and control variables are established
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That means bespoke quotes, delivered straight to your phone and helping you to save up to 30% on the associated costs. Now that's a successful Key Process Output.


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In South Africa, the minister for higher education, science and innovation, Blade Nzimande, is set to unveil a new SolarTurtle initiative.
The minister will today [20 August] reveal the innovative BabyTurtle – an alternative energy project targeted at rural communities and informal traders, who are off the electricity grid.
"The Department of Science and Innovation, through the South African National Energy Development Institute, is a partner in the BabyTurtle project. Government supports such projects as part of the Solar Energy Research, Development and Innovation Technology Roadmap," the department said in a media statement.
The project, which will be launched virtually, is aimed at empowering informal traders and entrepreneurs across Africa, with a particular focus on enabling women and young people to generate an income.
Addressing the need for smart off-grid solutions
SolarTurtle aims to make green energy more accessible with the introduction of the new BabyTurtle product range. The product will be introduced in three sizes, which are available for hire or purchase.
All three sizes provide reliable solar energy and wifi Internet connectivity.
They are equipped with solar panels, batteries and inverters that can be used for a range of applications, including mobile offices, basic lighting, and charging stations for electronic devices.
The solar-powered hubs are supported by a software management platform.
The department said the project is developed by the award-winning green energy pioneer, SolarTurtle, which has developed a number of different solar-powered applications for South Africa and Lesotho.
Edited by ESI Africa. Source: SAnews.gov.za


thoughtful - definition and synonyms
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 Caroline is such a thoughtful young woman.
 'I brought you some tea.' 'That's very thoughtful of you.'
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 thinking seriously about something
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 used about someone's face or expression
 Her face took on a thoughtful expression.
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We are trying to solve what we perceive as a problem with the behavior of our Samba server. Please understand we are not claiming this is a bug in Samba. It is simply different from the behavior we want.
Our Samba server is version 3.5.4 (release 68.el6) and runs under CentOS 6.0 (x86_64). We happen to use Active Directory (AD) to authenticate, but I'm not convinced this behavior is specific to AD.
What follows is a generalized statement of the undesirable behavior, with the context provided first as a sequence of events:
 1. A CIFS client establishes (and maintains) a connection to a CIFS share on our Samba server.
 2. After that connection has been established, a configuration change is made (examples provided as bullets below) which we think should immediately revoke the CIFS client's access to the connected CIFS share. For example:
 - The Active Directory user is deleted from the domain (via the Active Directory Administrative Center on the domain controller).
 - The Active Directory user is removed from the CIFS share's list of permitted users (on the Samba server host).
 - The CIFS share is deleted (on the Samba server host).
Here's the undesirable behavior. As long as the CIFS client maintains the existing connection to the CIFS share, access to that share is not revoked. That is, the user continues to have the same access to the share as they did when the connection was first established. FWIW, we believe this behavior is by design.
The desired behavior is for access to be revoked as soon as "the configuration change" pertinent to access rights is finalized. Disconnecting the affected client session(s) is acceptable and appropriate, but disconnecting other sessions is undesirable.
I would like to get your ideas toward an approach that will yield the desired behavior. Perhaps this is as simple as changing our Samba server's configuration; we have not found any configuration parameters that appear relevant to this behavior. It appears the art of detecting that access has been revoked is the most difficult part of all this.
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I'm pretty sure this isn't possible at the moment, at least not using the functionality built into Samba itself.
A workaround could be something like a cronjob which regularly checks that all the smbd processes on a machine are from valid users, by parsing the output of the smbstatus utility to check what users are logged on and what processes are serving them, and verifying those processes against the users in AD. You can then use that information to kill any processes for users who are no longer valid.
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text: We have assessed a new method, manual compression of the abdominal wall (MCA) during expiration, in the detection of expiratory flow limitation. Twelve stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and five normal subjects were studied during spontaneous breathing in the supine and seated posture. MCA was performed during expiration with one hand at the umbilical level and we measured flow, volume, pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures and abdominal anteroposterior (AP) diameter at the umbilical level with magnetometers. No increase in expiratory flow during MCA relative to the preceding breath despite associated increases in pressures was considered as indicating expiratory flow limitation. In seven additional patients with increased upper airway collapsibility (obstructive sleep apnea syndrome [OSAS]), MCA was compared with negative expiratory pressure (NEP). In normal seated subjects, MCA was associated with a decrease in abdominal AP dimension (mean +/- SD: -27 +/- 6%), an increase in Pga (14.7 +/- 7.4 cm H(2)O) and Ppl (6.2 +/- 2.2 cm H(2)O), and an increase in expiratory flow. MCA caused similar changes in abdominal AP dimension and pressures in seated patients with COPD but six of them (50%), including four patients with FEV(1) less than 1 L, had no increase in expiratory flow. In the supine posture, MCA always increased expiratory flow in normal subjects but four additional patients with COPD showed evidence of flow limitation. MCA invariably increased expiratory flow in patients with OSAS whereas the NEP method suggested flow limitation in some cases. We conclude that MCA is a very simple method that allows detection of flow limitation in different positions.


Mad March Hare
Brown Hares (Lepus europaeas)
Hares have declined in recent years but we are still lucky in Norfolk to be one of the areas in the country to still have them .Their decline is due to changes in agriculture ie, intensified farming, size of fields, lack of hedges and the pesticides and weed killers used.
No other British mammal is better able to survive in a totally open habitat, where the cold, windy or rainy weather is as much of a challenge to survival as eluding predators, than the Brown Hare.
March is one of the best times to see them courting before the lush spring growth obscures them. They can be seen leaping around a lot, chasing each other and even standing on their hind legs and boxing ….no they are not Mad ("Mad as a March Hare") they are just full of the joys of Spring.
Male and female Hares are know as Jack and Jill and the boxing bouts can be either two Jacks fighting over one Jill or A Jill seeing off an over-insistent Jack!
Firstly you need to be able to distinguish them from their cousin the rabbit! Hares are much larger (about twice the size of a rabbit) with much longer black-tipped ears and longer-limbed and swifter than rabbits. The brown hare can run at 50kmph (30mph) and relies on speed to escape.
Also a main difference is that it breeds on the ground rather than in a burrow. The young are brought up in hollows in the ground called a "form"
The babies called "leverets" are born in their own form and there can be two or three in a litter. What is more, the Mother (Jill) gently carries the leveret in her mouth away from the "form" to feed it so no smell of suckling can be detected by predators to lead them there.
Unlike rabbits they do not live in large family groups. It is strictly herbivorous. It eats grasses and herbs during the summer months but changes to feeding on twigs, bark, and the buds of young trees in winter making it a pest to orchard farmers.
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- Must be a direct quote from Scripture by a person or entity
- Must be of a reasonable length and not exceed two verses
- The quizzer does not have to quote the quotation word perfect, but at least all key components are required
- Permissible interrogatives are: who said it, to whom, how, why, when, where or about whom.
- A maximum of three situation questions may be asked about the quote (e.g. at most 3 of the interrogatives)
- The quote must start either at the beginning of a quote or at the beginning of a sentence within a quote.
- Syntax: "Question number two is a situation question, I need to know who said it and how, question number two, question, "The virgin will be with child..."
- The best way to prepare for situation questions is to make a list of all quotations, along with answers to each of the possible interrogatives.
- Keep in mind that if a quotation has a more distinctive "how" or a "when" the quizmaster is more likely to ask those. Keep in mind that quizmasters are more likely to write situation questions on memorable quotations. Keep in mind that if a quotation has a distinctive "when" or "where" it's pretty unlikely for a quizmaster to ask that situation question and not require the "when" or "where." This can be helpful for distinguishing between similar quotations. In all of this, remember that these are guidelines and likelihoods, and not requirements of the quizmaster.


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In the realm of metal recycling, Scanaconus is a name that shines bright like polished steel. As a prominent player in the Health & Medical Diagnostic Services industry, Scanaconus has deftly integrated their expertise in diagnostics with a commitment to environmental sustainability. By adopting innovative techniques and leveraging cutting-edge technology, Scanaconus sets a benchmark for the metal recycling industry.
A Sustainable Approach
Scanaconus recognizes the critical need to address environmental concerns associated with metal recycling. Their dedicated team of experts continuously strives to develop and implement sustainable practices. By embracing advanced technology and optimizing processes, Scanaconus maximizes the recovery of valuable metals while minimizing waste.
At Scanaconus, technology is at the heart of their success. They have invested heavily in state-of-the-art equipment to ensure precise diagnostics and efficient metal recycling processes. By using cutting-edge diagnostic tools, they accurately determine the composition and quality of metals, allowing for a higher level of precision during the recycling process.
Expertise in Diagnostic Services
With their background in the Health & Medical industry, Scanaconus possesses a unique advantage. Their expertise in diagnostic services enables them to apply rigorous analytical methods to metal recycling. This scientific approach allows Scanaconus to identify impurities, contaminants, and other elements that might compromise the quality of the recycled metal. By ensuring the highest purity levels, Scanaconus is able to provide top-notch recycled metals to industries around the world.
Efficiency and Quality
Scanaconus takes pride in their commitment to efficiency and quality. Through meticulous process optimization and a robust quality assurance program, they consistently deliver exceptional results. Their highly skilled technicians monitor the metal recycling process at every step to maintain the highest standards. This dedication to excellence results in a final product that surpasses industry benchmarks, meeting strict quality requirements of even the most demanding customers.
Benefits of Recycled Metals
Recycling metals offers numerous benefits to both the environment and businesses. By choosing recycled metals, companies contribute to reducing carbon emissions, conserving natural resources, and minimizing waste. Scanaconus plays a vital role in facilitating the transition to a more sustainable future. Their commitment to recycling metals helps reduce the need for primary metal extraction, which requires extensive energy consumption and has significant environmental impacts. Choosing recycled metals from Scanaconus is an investment in a cleaner, greener world.
Scanaconus is a driving force in the metal recycling industry, combining their expertise in the Health & Medical Diagnostic Services sector with a sustainable approach to recycling metals. Through their dedication to advanced technology, impeccable quality, and commitment to environmental sustainability, Scanaconus positions itself as a leader in the field. By choosing Scanaconus, businesses and industries can actively contribute to a more eco-friendly future while simultaneously benefiting from the high-quality recycled metals they provide.
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What leadership traits can we learn from wolves? In The Wisdom of Wolves author Twyman Towery shares the milieu of the wolf pack where teamwork, loyalty and communication are the norm rather than the exception. Whether it�s their traits of curiosity, perseverance, loyalty or play, wolves exist for the survival of the pack - a lesson humans can apply in business, family or personal relationships. The Wisdom of Wolves shows us that not only has the teamwork of the wolves among themselves been critical to their success, but the teamwork between humans and wolves has helped boost the life environment for both species. The Wisdom of the Wolves provides food for thought: The strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack.
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- Name Groene Wissel
Groene Wissel is the name of several shorter paths in the Netherlands. They usually have their starting point in the center of a city, often a railway station, and from there they explore the outskirts and eventually leave the urban area alltogether. From this outer orbit the trails return to their origin, choosing a different route. Distance is usually between 10 and 20 kilometer.


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Teenagers are one of the most talked about, worried about and analysed groups in modern NZ society.
But was it always this way? What role have teenagers played in our nation's history?
Historian Grant Morris of Victoria University has studied the subject.
The word 'teenager' is a 20th century invention, he says, and originated overseas. In New Zealand the word started to be used around the middle of last century.
In the 19th century you were either a child or an adult. Children were dependent on their parents, although they often worked, and adults were expected to work and raise families.
The vast majority of 13 to 19 year olds, known commonly as youths, didn't attend school or tertiary study.
Boys would often help out with farm work and girls with domestic work; others worked in industry. Working age was from age 12; some of this work was paid, some of it not.
In Maori society there was an expectation that once someone reached puberty, they would effectively become an adult and work.
Teenagers didn't exist in colonial times and this situation did not change markedly until secondary schooling became more common during the early 20th century and a school leaving age was introduced and gradually raised.
Teenage males served in World War I and World War II despite the recruitment focus being on men aged over 20.
But the teenager we know today emerged after World War II
As New Zealand became more prosperous, and the influence of the United States grew, language, dress and cultural tastes developed that were particular to this group. And they came to be seen as a distinct group.
Bodgies, widgies, boy racers, skaties and homies are all examples of teenage sub-groups since the 1950s. And from the start teenagers have shown rebellious tendencies which has caused older generations to fret.
The Mazengarb Report on juvenile delinquency in Lower Hutt, published in 1954, caused a moral panic at the time as it revealed teenagers were drinking and having sex.
Subsequent research, rightly or wrongly, strongly associated teenagers with problem drinking, illegal drug use, drink driving and unsafe sex.
"Throughout our history teenagers are first ignored as a distinct group, and then they tend to be recognised only as a group – rather than as individuals," Mr Morris says.


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Vehicular Ad Hoc NETworks (VANETs) adopt the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) for their security. In any PKI system, the authentication of a received message is performed by checking if the certificate of the sender is included in the current CRL, and verifying the authenticity of the certificate and signature of the sender. In this paper, the authors propose an Expedite Message Authentication Protocol (EMAP) for VANETs, which replaces the time-consuming CRL checking process by an efficient revocation checking process. The revocation check process in EMAP uses a keyed Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC), where the key used in calculating the HMAC is shared only between non-revoked On-Board Units (OBUs).


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Size-dependent vibration of bi-directional functionally graded microbeams with arbitrary boundary conditions
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, the free vibration behaviour of bi-dimensional functionally graded (BDFG) microbeams under arbitrary boundary conditions (BCs) is studied. Based on the frame work of the modified couple stress theory and Hamilton's principle, governing equations of motion are developed for the BDFG microbeams using a quasi-3D theory. The formula then can be reduced to a higher-order beam theory (HOBT) of conventional functionally graded (FG) microbeams with the material properties varying along the thickness direction only. Two types of BDFG microbeams with different patterns of material volume distribution are considered. The material properties used in this study are assumed to vary exponentially along both longitudinal and thickness directions of microbeams. Based on the state-space concept, the governing equations are solved for natural frequencies and vibration mode shapes of microbeams under various BCs. The effects of material distribution, geometric parameters and BCs are also investigated to examine the size-dependent behaviour of BDFG microbeams.
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Festa di Parma
Organic, 28 Month Matured
In the traditional Parmesan heartland, the foothills of the Parma Apennines, lies the tiny hamlet of Rivalta (400m) where Umberto Avanzini, his wife Carolina and son Davide farm 120 cows and make just 3-4 wheels of Parmesan a day.
Unusually, the family keep Swiss Brown cows, a hardy mountain breed that produces less milk than the ubiquitous Friesian but of a much higher quality. Rich and sweet, it is ideal for cheese making.
In 2003, concerned about the use of pesticides in farming, genetic modification and animal welfare, they made their first wheels of organic, GM free Parmesan.
Among the 517 Parmesan producers, the Avanzini family make an exceptional cheese: despite the long ageing it is still soft and sweet and makes a delicious table cheese.


Listed properties and EPC assessments
John Conlin / 21 February 2017
Chartered surveyor John Conlin explains why listed buildings don't have EPC assessments.
We are house hunting at the moment and ideally would like a period property but are concerned about running costs.
I have noticed that listed properties do not appear to have EPC assessments whilst unlisted properties of similar age do.
Why is this?
John Conlin: Buying a listed house - how liable am I?
There are two reasons.
Firstly, the assessment calculation uses fixed heat loss values for various standard forms of construction (eg cavity brickwork, solid brickwork, rendering etc) which would not be accurate for the mix of older construction and materials.
Secondly, the primary aim of an EPC is to suggest ways of improving energy conservation most of which involve changes that would not be acceptable (eg double glazing) for a listed building.


text: Based on 6 leveling sections across the tidal zone of Tianjin Binhai New Area, the height and slop of tidal zone were measured and calculated. The elevation of the interface between anthropogenic coastline (seawall, coastal road and so on) and the natural tidal zone is from +0.22m~+0.73m (1956Huanghai Elevation System). The slop results of the tidal zone show that the average slop of Tianjin tidal zone is 1.25‰, and the average slop of tidal zone on the south Haihe River is 1.09‰ and of the north is 1.33‰. The slop increases from Chengtougu(1.21‰) to Dashentang(1.58‰) section. Based on tide observation data, the width of tidal zone were obtained and the results show that the widest one is Yongdingxinhe tidal zone, 1730~1810m, and the narrowest one is Dashentang tidal zone, 1900~1160m. The slop of the tidal zone increases and the width of the tidal zone become narrow from 1980s to now. Furthermore, the elevation of the interface between anthropogenic coastline and the natural tidal zone were lower than mean high water level, which reveals a situation that the artificial constructions are influenced by sea water directly now. This paper presents that the coastal embankment has really become the only barrier protecting the urban safety, so further heightening, strengthening coastal defense facility, upgrading prevention level is necessary.