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T7 Quickstart Overview
1. Install the appropriate LabJack driver and software bundle.
The installer covers UD devices (U3, U6, UE9) and LJM devices (T-series, Digit), so not all installed applications will work with the T7. The following applications work with the T7:
 - Kipling,
 - LJLogM, and
 - LJStreamM.
Only run 1 application at a time.
If there is an installation problem, see the Windows Installer Troubleshooting (App Note)
2. Connect the T7 to the computer or hub via USB.
The status LED should blink at power up and then stay solid on to indicate successful enumeration. If Windows asks about installing new hardware accept the defaults. If the device does not enumerate see item F on the USB Communication Failure App Note.
3. Run Kipling.
Kipling is a free application installed along with the driver. You should be able to find it in the Start Menu links.
4. Click "Refresh Devices" if the desired connection is not listed.
5. Click the connection (e.g. "USB").
6. Navigate to the Dashboard.
7. Connect a jumper wire securely from DAC0 to AIN0.
For a guaranteed valid connection, a conductor must be clamped securely in the screw-terminal, not just touching some part of the screw-terminal.
DAC stands for "Digital to Analog Converter", AIN stands for "Analog Input".
8. While still in the Dashboard, read the voltage level of AIN0.
Adjust the DAC0 analog output voltage, and you will see AIN0 follow DAC0 if the jumper wire is installed.
9. Connect one end of the jumper wire to GND, touching the other end inside the FIO3 terminal.
GND stands for Ground. Try connecting and disconnecting the FIO3 end of the jumper wire.
10. The Dashboard will read the current state of the digital input.
Digital inputs have an internal weak pull-up resistor that holds them high when nothing is connected. When the GND wire is connected to FIO3, the digital input will change from logic level High to logic level Low.
Moving forward from here...
Basic Functionality Examples:
Connecting via Ethernet or WiFi:
Software Options:
On-board Lua Scripting:
Getting Support:
Will the T7-Pro Real Time Clock be set by NTP, PTP or manually? PTP would be awesome, but usually requires certain CPUs. It would also be great if it could stream and log at the same time based on an autostart script.
Right now we have only set the RTC manually. We will look at NTP and PTP, but just not sure at this point.
I'm not sure what exactly you are saying with "stream and log at the same time based on an autostart script". Let us know a little more about what you have in mind.
I would like the T7-Pro to power up, configure itself (channels, ranges, rates) based on a file and then log that data as well as stream it realtime. It would either stream UDP or make a connection (per the config file) and stream to that device. It would appear that a startup script would be required to accomplish this; either stored in flash or on the SD card with the config file. The config file would be on the SD card so different configurations could be on separate SD cards. This may be asking too much, but it would also be neat if it could stream to a NAS. While I'm piling it on, POE would be nice too. It would also be nice to be able to reclaim the 2 internalized channels to have a standard 16 channel DAQ.
I haven't actually used it, but I have looked at how it works and I'm glad to see that you've chosen LUA as your scripting engine.
Some places (like mine) have a big problem with WiFi. I'm sure it's in there pretty tight so it wouldn't be an easy thing to actually remove. We should be able to get around it since it can be turned off (I'm guessing).
Can't say exactly when/if we would support this, but it does not sound unreasonable. Script initiated sampling is definitely routine. Writing that data to uSD and/or sending it out spontaneously is also expected behavior in general. Not sure about streaming to NAS at this point.
POE is not built into the device. If we can't find a suitable POE splitter that splits to USB, we might make our own.
You can expand from 14 to 84 analog inputs using the Mux80.
The WiFi can be powered down easily, and you can make that the reset default. If it is really a hurdle, we could figure out how to offer a T7 with RTC and uSD but no WiFi installed.
Can we use DAQFactory to connect T7 over Ethernet? I have a U6 at the moment, but we need to have ethernet communication for a new project. I was just about to purchase a UE9 when I saw the new T7. Please let me know if DAQFacotry support T7. Thanks
You should be able to use the T7 using TCP and Modbus in DAQFactory. As for direct T7 support in DAQFactory we will look into the status of this and get back to you.
Thanks so much for the prompt reply. Along with my other analog sensors, I need to interface a GPS through SPI to Labjack T7 as well. Will you enable SPI communication soon? I read in the support page that SPI is still not supported. Thanks again...
SPI is in firmware, so we just need to document it and make a simple example. Email us at [email protected] when you need to use SPI on the T7.
We have talked to AzeoTech. They have a basic example of how to talk to the LJM driver using DAQFactory's ability to call external DLL functions. This you can do now with current DF. They have also started added special support for LJM and can likely provide something pretty quick... you might contact AzeoTech for an update on that. SPI will likely still require some script code, at least, to handle the arrays that need to be passed back and forth, so LabJack/AzeoTech would need to provide extra help in the form of an example.
Thank you very much.. I will contact when I need help
I've got a T7. How do I access the I2C communication functionality? I2C is mentioned as beta feature, but there is nothing in the manual nor in the example code. Thanks.
Please email [email protected] and we will help get you going with I2C on the T7.
If I have T7 can I generate pulses for step motor or I need to buy extended module? And what is the frequency range this DAQ device can support?
Do you have a stepper motor controller? I suggest you search labjack.com using the term "stepper motor". The controller does 2 things:
 - Provides the higher power needed to drive the motor.
 - You simply provide a pulse to move the motor forward or reverse, and the controller figures out the correct phase sequencing for the motor.
The T7 uses the DIO-EF system to create pulse outputs. I suggest you contact us at [email protected] or post on the forum to get into more details. Let us know how many pulses you want to create per software command, what pulse width, and what pulse period.
Once my T7 is installed it will be difficult to reach via USB - only ethernet will be available. I may need to adjust watchdog settings.
Can the watchdog timeout (and actions) be set programmatically (in C)? If so, is there an example?
Thank you.
Yes, watchdog can be set programmatically in C. For an example, please see the examples files download here:
read_watchdog_config.c and write_watchdog_config.c are available in the watchdog directory.
For more information, the watchdog documentation for the T7 is available here:
Thank you.
Something is not right. Running your sample code (write_watchdog_config.c) I get this error:
I have installed the library from: LabJackM-1.0300-Ubuntu-Linux-x86_64.tar_.gz
This appears to be mismatched with the examples.
Are you running the sample code in LabJackM-1.0300-Ubuntu-Linux-x86_64/examples/watchdog/write_watchdog_config.c or in C-C++-LJM-1.0300-examples-2014-02-07/examples/watchdog/write_watchdog_config.c?
In short:
C-C++-LJM-1.0300-examples-2014-02-07 contains the currently correct watchdog examples;
LabJackM-1.0300-Ubuntu-Linux-x86_64 does not contain correct watchdog examples.
C-C++-LJM-1.0300-examples-2014-02-07/examples/watchdog/write_watchdog_config.c does not contain WATCHDOG_OPTIONS_DEFAULT or WATCHDOG_KEY_DEFAULT, while LabJackM-1.0300-Ubuntu-Linux-x86_64/examples/watchdog/write_watchdog_config.c unfortunately does


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29 Measure Bearing Forces Right Click on revolute joint, Select Joint: JOINT_1 MeasureEnter.Webcutter_Asm.Bearing_Force_1 in Measure Name text fieldSelect Force from Characteristic pull down menuChoose mag radio button next to Component.Click OKbcdae
30 Measure Angles of Links with Respect to Ground Click Build Measure Orientation New.Select.Webcutter_Asm.link_2_O2 for To Marker (Marker on Link 2)Select.Webcutter_Asm.ground.MARKER_4 for From Marker (Marker on the Ground)Click OKbcad
31 Measure Angular Velocity and Acceleration Right Click link_3, Select Part: link_4 MeasureEnter Webcutter_Asm.Ang_AccelerationChoose CM Angular Acceleration select ZPress ApplyEnter Webcutter_Asm.Ang_VelocityChoose CM Angular Velocity select ZPress OKbecfadg
32 Results To create and view plots Click Review Postprocessing (F8) A new window will openSelect all measure and Click Add curves.b
33 Export Data to Excel Click File Export Table. Enter Webcutter in File Name text fieldSelect plot_1 (or whichever plot you are trying to export) in Plot text fieldSelect spreadsheet from Format pull down menuClick OKRename file from Webcutter.tab to Webcutter.xlsabcde
34 Creating a Step funciton Right-click motion, seect Motion: MOTION_1 ModifyClick button next to Function (time) tet fieldEnter STEP(time, 0, 0d, 1, 720d) in Define a runtime fucntion text fieldClick VerifyClick OKacbdfeNote: The step function created is in the form:STEP(variable, starting time, starting position, ending time, ending position)
35 Verify and Simulate Verify you model Run a simulation: Duration = 2.0, Step Size = 0.01 baNote: the model will stop running at 1sec, due to the STEP function
36 Topics Covered In this tutorial, you will learn how to: Start Adams Change Grid Size and SpacingSet material PropertiesCreate Extruded PartModify PartRenameModify ViewCreate MarkerAdd Revolute JointAdd Rotational joint MotionVerify ModelRun SimulationSave/ExportRotate PartsAdd 2 Body, 2 Location Revolute JointSave Assemled ModelModify Material PropertiesMeasure Torque, Force, CM Angular Acceleration/VelocityMeasure Angle With Respect To GroundExport Data to Excel
37 Best PracticesMake sure the revolute joint is in the correct direction.Check dimensions of your parts to make sure they are correct.Check mass properties to make sure they are correct.Check orientation of the part to make sure it is correct.Make sure your model verification is successfulMake sure the measures are set properly.Make sure the plot is displaying the correct set of results.

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A computed column can be described as an expression that is evaluated in a table in the form of a column value. The computed column can have either a physical or logical representation. This means, if a computed column is created or altered to apply the persisted attribute, the actual computed value from the expression will be stored in the table physically. If the persisted attribute is not set, the column is evaluated upon request, and is logical. It is important to note that when persisted is utilized, a computed column is evaluated at any time the columns that are part of the expression being used are updated in any way.
Cardinality is an interesting topic when computed columns are used. In many cases, tuning steps are taken by using computed columns when arithmetic operations are used in queries such as
SELECT Col1 FROM tbl WHERE Col2 + Col3 = 1
The above query can be tuned in many cases by altering the table to add a computed column that already performs the expression Col2 + Col3. Once this is done, statistics can be or are, created on the columns and the estimation of 30% selectivity is not performed. SQL Server 2005 and on uses an estimated 30% selectivity sample or estimation in the case of the query shown above in order to generate the plan. This can be a performance bottleneck in large tables.
Once the computed column is created and persisted, the query could be altered to look like the following
SELECT Col1 FROM tbl WHERE ColComputed = 1
Indexing on ColComputed is typically performed at this point to fulfill the objective of an optimal execution plan.
Taking a deeper look
As we've discussed, using computed columns can be a good tuning method in some cases. Computed columns and cardinality or estimation of rows is also directly affected by how the computed column is created.
To look at the cardinality a little closer, take the following query that was written to read the Credit database from SQLSkills.
select corp_name +'' + city from corporation where
corp_name +'' + city = 'Corp. Boston Key StonesInc. '
A query written this way is not as uncommon as you may think. I've seen many instances in both client and mobile applications where string values like the above 'Corp. Boston Key StonesInc.', are sent to the database engine to prevent multiple calls and trim the packet that is needed to be sent. This type of query requires some work on the tuner's part to find an optimal plan.
Looking at the plan as it is written above, we can see there is areas that can be improved. One of those areas is the estimation versus the actual rows that are generated.
In a lot of cases, the major difference between estimated and actual rows can mean outdated or stale statistics. However, in this particular case, the statistics were created at the time this query was executed, given the auto create statistics setting on the database. The root cause of this difference in estimated versus actual rows is due to the use of corp_name + ' ' + city. There are 500 rows in the corporation table so the 106 estimated rows is generated from the estimated 30% selectivity that is performed.
We can look at this in another table with more rows, member.
select member_no from member where lastname + ',' + firstname = 'INFANTE,WLTANAWOIKGLQR'
The member table has 10,000 rows and the estimated rows generated from the above query are 1000. As we've seen, the 30% is an estimated number that can be thought of as, up to 30% on a high range. In this case, only 10% was generated.
Computed Column
Fixing the above plan when performance problems are seen from the query being executed several times can be done by utilizing computed columns. This method is the same concept that was mentioned earlier when a calculation is performed on two or more columns in order to retrieve data matching the expressions final value. There is really one gotcha that should be taken into account when creating a computed column: whether it should be persisted or not. Let's look at a non-persisted computed column first.
Alter the corporation table to add a computed column on the expression corp_name + ' ' + city.
ALTER TABLE corporation
ADD [corp_city_computed] AS (([corp_name]+' ')+[city])
Execute the query below and review the results in Plan Explorer.
select corp_name +'' + city from corporation where
[corp_city_computed] = 'Corp. Boston Key StonesInc. '
We've actually introduced more problems with the computed problem as seen above. Now the compute scalar operations are required, and notice the estimated versus actual rows are now showing 500. 500 is the total number of rows in the corporation table. The reason for this is the failure to use persisted on the computed column. Recall, without a persisted computed column, the expression is evaluated every time the systems needs to read the data. So, in order to fulfill the query, the entire nonclustered index is scanned and the computed column is evaluated. Although we've corrected the fact that the estimated and actual rows (cardinality) are now the same, we've introduced something that can be, in some cases, even more of a performance problem.
Add Persisted
In order to fully take advantage of the objective of using computed columns to enhance the performance of the query, the persisted attribute needs to be set. To do this, run the following ALTER statement on corporation.
ALTER TABLE corporation
DROP COLUMN [corp_city_computed]
ALTER TABLE corporation
The ALTER statements above will drop the computed column and add it back on the corporation table while using the persisted setting. This will force the data to be evaluated and stored in the table. Be careful at this point. Creating a computed column with persisted on a large table will take time. The ALTER statement will execute for a variable amount of time based on the expression and the rows that must be evaluated at the time the ALTER statement is performed. During this time, locks will be taken on the table and blocking will, more than likely, occur.
Executing the same query to select on the corporation table results in the following plan.
Given the computed column and persisted nature, the estimated versus actual rows now show a value of 1 for each.
Utilizing computed columns can be extremely effective for tuning certain queries to resolve cardinality issues. While this can be effective, having the persisted setting on or off is vital to the overall effectiveness of the computed column. When creating computed columns, persisted or not, take care in the time it may take to ALTER the table based on the number of rows, data types utilized for the columns in the expression for the computed column and overall, time that may be used with high level locks that can cause severe blocking.
To read more on the selectivity estimate, "Statistics on Computed Columns" by Benjamin Nevarez.


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How long after Caesar the baby can be taken
Cesarean section is used only when normal delivery is not possible due to some special reasons. There is a lot of pressure on the mother's body during Caesar. Many people say that I have a 6-month-old baby. Can I have a baby again? Today we have come up with the answers to these questions. Let us know the matter in a little detail.
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How long after Caesar intercourse can be?
After Caesar, the question kept popping up in everyone's mind, when will I be able to go back to my sex life. You can have sex after 6 weeks if you do not have a caesarean section, but if there are complications you may have to wait 3 months. And special instructions are given in the first 2/1 weeks in any way not to have sex because it is more likely to cause serious harm.
What sex positions should be avoided after Caesar?
After Caesar, your body is not the same as before. The slightest forgetfulness can drag on with your life. It will take you a few years to get back to normal, so how long after Caesar can you have a baby? Before answering this question, you need to know what sex positions should be avoided after Caesar?
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You should avoid the missionary position because no position can be chosen that puts pressure on your stomach. You can try using the woman-on-top position or choose a favorite position from one side back or back.
How Long After Caesar The Baby Can Be Taken?
Cesarean section of the mother's body faces a lot of critical time due to which a lot of thought has to be given before having a baby again. It is recommended not to have a baby before 2 years of normal Caesarean section. Because it will take 2 years for your body to regenerate from its previous cesarean critical position. If you think about having a baby before, you are risking your life.
What foods should be eaten after Caesar?
1. Low fat foods:
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Low fat diets are best for Caesar patients. Low fat milk and yogurt foods contain protein, calcium and vitamin B which are essential for fast recovery of the patient.
2. Pulses:
Pulses complete with protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals are essential for a caesarean section.
3. Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is essential for cesarean section because it helps dry out food.
4. Eggs:
Eggs must be included in the caesarean diet chart as it will provide protein to your body.
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- excruciate •
Part of Speech: Verb, transitive
Meaning: To torment, to torture, to inflict severe physical or mental on someone.
Notes: Today's Good Word is probably most often heard in the redundant phrase excruciating pain, in other words, extremely painful pain. The participle, excruciating, is used freely as an adjective, but there is an independent noun, excruciation. The agent noun, excruciator, is very rarely used but stands ready if needed.
In Play: While torture applies to systematic physical maltreatment, today's word refers to more casual torment: "Mallory seemed to enjoy excruciating his guests with his accordion." The torment may be mental or physical: "Although Pamela felt quite fashionable at the cotillion, her new shoes excruciated her toes all night."
Word History: Today's word comes from the past participle of Latin excruciare "to torture out, crucify". It is based on ex "out" + cruciare "to crucify", a verb based on crux (cruc-s) "cross", also used by English as the crux of a problem. Since the original root behind crux meant "bent, crooked", we might think crux related to English crook. However, the [k] sounds would have been reduced to [h] or have vanished entirely in English, so no connection can be drawn. (We must be straight with Luis Alejandro Apiolaza, however, and thank him for suggesting today's Good Word, lest our oversight in any way excruciate him.)
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text: All human beings experience emotion. However a number of individuals have difficulties recognising, processing and regulating their emotions. This set of emotional "deficits' is classified as alexithymia. The prevalence rate of alexithymia in alcohol use disorders is between 45 and 67%. The objective of this paper is to review the published research on alexithymia and alcohol use, assess the methodological quality of this evidence, and draw the findings together to present a critical update on the relationship between alexithymia and alcohol use disorders. Yet, few research studies have comprehensively investigated alexithymia in alcohol use disorders, and a number of key issues still remain to be addressed in exploring the veracity of the link between alexithymia and alcohol use. For example, limited evidence exists regarding the association between alexithymia, alcohol consumption and severity of alcohol dependence. Furthermore, there is no current knowledge about the predictive utility of alexithymia in relation to more well researched and established psychological drinking constructs. Although alexithymia is often considered a risk factor for the development of alcohol use disorders, there is little evidence to support this notion. Given that alexithymia may have the potential to interfere with treatment outcomes, a better understanding of the role of alexithymia in alcohol use is needed.


How come Barbaro never sired a foal?
Answers to your questions about the news.
Jan. 30 2007 6:55 PM
Did They Save Barbaro's Semen?
Why the champion racehorse will never be a dad.
Beloved Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after an eight-month struggle to recover from the broken hind leg he suffered at the Preakness Stakes last year. Barbaro's owners stressed soon after his injury that they wanted him to live whether or not he could breed. How healthy does a horse have to be to sire a foal?
In theory, Barbaro could still get a mare pregnant. A stallion can father foals through artificial insemination or embryo transfer even after he's dead. But Barbaro was a special kind of racing horse called a Thoroughbred. (Only a Thoroughbred can compete for horse racing's triple crown.) According to the rules of the Jockey Club, which sets the standards for Thoroughbred breeding in the United States, no offspring that results from artificial insemination or embryo transfer can have the coveted designation. The only way a thoroughbred is allowed to reproduce is by "live cover"; i.e., horse-to-horse sexual intercourse. Barbaro was never able to become a father; his nagging leg injuries made it dangerous for him to even attempt mounting a mare.
The Jockey Club has never allowed artificial insemination, or AI. Vials of frozen sperm are easier to transport and dilute and can impregnate more mares than live cover, so AI could produce a glut of thoroughbreds born from popular studs and mares. Some breeders believe this could result in the overproliferation of offspring from particularly desirable studs, and limit genetic diversity. If too much of a thoroughbred's sperm were available, it would be less rare, and perhaps less valuable. (It was estimated that Barbaro, who was 4 years old when he died, could have commanded $1 million a year had he recovered enough to mate. His virility was so valuable that his owners had it insured.)
The breeding registries for other equines, like Standardbred horses * and quarter horses, do permit artificial insemination. AI is less physically dangerous for both the male and female than natural breeding, and can be done in a couple of ways. Handlers have a stallion mount a "breeding phantom," which resembles a pommel horse and comes outfitted with a rubber-lined vagina that can be adjusted to match the temperature, pressure, and lubrication level of the real thing. Breeders can also use a female in heat or one who has been given hormones as a "mount mare," to attract the stallion for mounting and semen collection in an artificial vagina. The deposit can be chilled to around 39 degrees Fahrenheit and refrigerated for up to 70 hours before use. For longer storage, horse semen can be frozen, but this doesn't always work.
Meanwhile, Barbaro's bloodline lives on, even though he wasn't able to breed. His parents, Dynaformer and La Ville Rouge, have produced about 1,000 thoroughbreds combined.
Got a question about today's news? Ask the Explainer.
Explainer thanks Dan Metzger of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and Dan Fick and John Cooney of the Jockey Club.
Correction, Jan. 31: The article originally misnamed Standardbred horses as standard horses. ( Return to the corrected sentence.)


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Cancer rates are increasing worldwide as the population ages. In Finland alone, 32.799 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and 12.338 people succumbed to the disease ( Finnish Cancer Registry). The total cost of cancer in Finland was 927 million € in 20141. These costs do not just include primary and secondary care, but also the cost of cancer screening, the indirect costs for sick leave (exceeding 10 working days) and disability pensions.
Cancer clinical trials seek to determine the safety and efficacy of new drugs or treatment methods and are essential for such drugs or treatment methods to enter the market and to be used in patients. Such trials not only offer outstanding benefits to cancer patients and hospitals in the form of access to novel drugs and savings in drug costs, they also offer possibilities to define the methods for optimal use of new drugs. The take up of new drugs in routine clinical care will be fastest in hospitals that have been active in organizing cancer clinical trials. Due to the significant impact of cancer clinical trials on cancer care, research, society and the economy, many large-scale efforts have been undertaken around the world to create clinical trial-facilitating environments on a local, regional and national level. Currently, 64.651 cancer clinical trials are registered at clinicaltrials.gov.
This report provides an analysis of cancer clinical trials in Finland and shows that in cancer clinical trials Finland is significantly lagging behind many socio-economically similar countries throughout Europe. The current low level of cancer clinical trials in Finland may slow down the uptake of new cancer drugs to routine care. Increasing the number of cancer clinical trials in Finland will provide patients with better treatment options, create jobs, reduce health care costs, contribute to the Finnish economy and move Finland to the forefront of clinical cancer research. The reportprovides recommended actions to increase the number of cancer clinical trials as part of the national growth strategy in health sector.
For more information about the report or personalized datasets, please contact Jeroen Pouwels: _EMAIL_
1Cancer costs and outcomes in the Finnish population 2004-2014; Torkki, et al., 2017, Acta Oncologica, Vol: 57, Issue 2, Page: 579-583.

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Safeguarding the Churches of Venice, Italy: A Computerized Catalogue and Restoration Analysis
The intent of this project was to contribute to the preservation of the churches of Venice. The goal was to develop a comprehensive catalogue of all the churches of Venice, based on the original catalogue produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1968. The new catalogue is a searchable database with updated information that is accessible from the World Wide Web. To achieve this goal there were three main objectives: computerization of the existing catalogue, updating the catalogue, and the creation of an Internet version of the catalogue so that the information may be distributed the world over.


Stay local to exercise, says government
The government has said people should "stay local" and not travel unnecessarily for exercise.
New advice clarifies that people must use "open spaces" near to home, where possible.
It follows confusion over whether people could drive places to go walking, running, or cycling.
Exercise is one of the few defined reasons that people in the UK are allowed to leave their home during the coronavirus pandemic.


Formatting Codes for n_settsql() and n_gettsql()
DESCRIPTION
The formatting codes placed in the n_settsql() stmt variable and the n_gettsql() format variable deal with the same kinds of data. Each code's usage for both input and output will be discussed together. The basic difference between input and output modes is as follows.
Output is from n_gettsql() to your variables. All output variables are specified by address (like scanf()) so that they may be re-pointed to the allocated data retrieved from the server. You must free() the output variables when you are finished with the data or your program will grow ever larger with each resultant row until the the bounds of time and space are reached and the universe begins to tear at the seams and finally explodes in a spectacularly fiery ball just because you didn't bother to free a few variables.
Input is from your variables to n_settsql(). Input variables are specified directly (like printf()) rather than by address. They are not modified or freed by n_settsql().
%b
Communicates SQL byte fields via C byte variables. Provide byte ** for output and byte * for input. Typically used for raw binary data. It assumes one byte on input since the length of your data can not be determined. On output it gets as much data as is in the field. It is up to you to know the length of it somehow. See %p%n for more robust buffer handling.
%p%n
Communicates any SQL field type via C byte variables. Provide byte ** and size_t * for output and byte * and size_t for input. Typically used for raw binary data. Both %p and %n must be provided and in that order. Therefore you must supply two variables. The first is a byte pointer to the data buffer and the second is a size_t that is the number of bytes in the buffer.
%s
Communicates SQL char and indirect fields via C char variables. Provide char ** for output and char * for input. The data is a standard '\0' terminated string. Accessing an indirect this way transfers the name of the indirect file. See %< and %> to transfer indirect file contents.
%lf
Communicates SQL double fields via C double variables. Provide double * for output and double for input.
%lu
Communicates SQL date fields via C long variables. Provide long * for output and long for input.
%f
Communicates SQL float fields via C float variables. Provide float * for output and float for input.
%d or %ld
Communicates SQL integer fields via C long variables. Provide long * for output and long for input.
%hd
Communicates SQL smallint fields via C short variables. Provide short * for output and short for input.
%w
Communicates SQL unsigned smallint fields via C word (16 bit) variables. Provide word * for output and word for input.
%dw
Communicates SQL unsigned integer fields via C dword (32 bit) variables. Provide dword * for output and dword for input.
%64d
Communicates SQL int64 fields via C EPI_INT64 (64 bit signed) variables. Provide EPI_INT64 * for output and EPI_INT64 for input. INT64 support was added in Texis version 6.
%64u
Communicates SQL uint64 fields via C EPI_UINT64 (64 bit unsigned) variables. Provide EPI_UINT64 * for output and EPI_UINT64 for input. UINT64 support was added in Texis version 6.
%<
Communicates SQL indirect fields via C char variables and disk files. This is for input only. Provide a char * variable that points to the name of a file. The file will be uploaded to the server and be stored as a Texis managed indirect.
%>
Communicates SQL indirect fields via C char variables and disk files. This is for output only. Provide a char ** variable. The contents of this variable will be examined before retrieving the contents of the indirect file from the server.
In all of the following cases your supplied filename will be replaced with a generated and allocated filename that is where the contents of the indirect file from the server were downloaded to on the local machine. The third case is an exception to the allocated value rule.
If the variable points to (char *)NULL a temporary filename will be generated with the standard C library call tempnam().
If the variable points to the name of an existing directory on the local machine the resulting filename will be that directory with the name of the file on the server appended to it. (i.e. The file will wind up in the specified directory).
Otherwise the variable is taken to be the exact name of the file to place the file from the server in. Anything previously in the specified file will be lost. In this case the resultant filename will be untouched.
The contents of your variable will not be freed, just overwritten. If it needs to be freed, you will have to keep another copy of it to free after the transfer.
%c
Communicates SQL counter fields via C ft_counter variables. Provide a ft_counter ** for output and a ft_counter * for input. ft_counter is a structure that contains two members called date and seq. date is a long that contains the date in seconds (see std. C time()) that the counter was created. seq is a ulong that contains the sequence number for the particular second described by date. The combination of these values provides a unique id across every record in every table in a given database.
%ls
Communicates SQL strlst fields via C char variables. Provide a char *** for output and a char ** for input. The string list is an allocated array of pointers to allocated strings. The list is terminated with an allocated empty string ("").
%aD
Communicates all remaining resultant fields via a C char variable. This is for output only. Provide a char **. All fields that have not already been extracted will be packed together into a C string with the character D between each field. Where D is any single character except \000. Non-printable characters may be specified with octal (\ooo) or hex (\xhh) notation (e.g.: tab would be \011 in octal and \x09 in hex). Binary data that can be converted to human readable form will be (e.g.: INTEGER FLOAT COUNTER). Everything after the %aD code will be ignored since all the fields are now converted.
%o
Communicates Metamorph hit offset information for the preceding field. This is for output only. Provide a MMOFFS **. MMOFFS is the following structure:
MMOFFS /* Metamorph hit offsets */
 {
 int n; /* number if off's in array */
 MMOFFSE
 {
 long start; /* byte offset of start of region */
 long end; /* one past end of region */
 } *off; /* array of subhit offset info */
 int nhits; /* number of hit's in in array */
 MMOFFSE *hit; /* array of hit offset info */
 };
MMOFFS->off is an array of start and end offsets of subhits (individual search terms) within the field. MMOFFS->n is the number of entries in the off array. Each off is made of two members: long start and long end. Start is the byte offset of the subhit within the field. End is the byte offset of the end of the subhit within the field plus one (plus one makes for() loops easier to write). The offs array contains subhits from all Metamorphs that may have been applied to the field. Offsets are sorted in ascending order by start offset.
Overall hit and delimiter offsets are contained in MMOFFS->hit in a manner analogous to subhit info. MMOFFS->nhits is the number of entries in the hit array and will always be a multiple of three. For each Metamorph on a field there will be three entries. The first contains the offsets of the overall hit (sentence, paragraph, etc...). The second contains the offsets of the start delimiter. The third contains the offsets of the end delimiter.
MMOFFS must be freed with freemmoffs(MMOFFS *) instead of the normal free(void *). freemmoffs(MMOFFS *) can handle MMOFFSPN. This will be MMOFFSPN if there is no Metamorph data for the field. This can happen for a number of reasons. If the search could be completed in the index without needing to read the record, then there will be no hit information. Also if you have ordered the output the hit information can become invalid in the ordering, and the pointer will be NULL.
SEE ALSO
n_settsql() and n_gettsql()
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text: The exploration of sand-filled arenas by workers of an entire colony of the Australian, subterranean foraging, tree-nesting termite, Coptotermes frenchi Hill was investigated under laboratory conditions. The first experiment tested whether termite exploration of sand was influenced by the presence of gaps or objects in the sand. Gaps and objects were chosen to represent soil heterogeneity in the urban environment: gaps to represent tunnels dug by other animals, perspex strips to represent cables and pipes, and wood strips to represent roots. Termites always chose to explore gaps thoroughly before they began tunnelling in the sand. Significantly more and longer tunnels were excavated from the end of gaps at the far end of the arenas, and relatively little tunnelling occurred around and along objects. Termite density was significantly greater around and along wood compared with perspex blocks. The second experiment tested whether termite exploratory tunnelling was influenced by soil moisture. The termites tunnelled slowly in dry sand, but after discovering a patch of wet sand, increased tunnelling five-fold until it was completely explored, after which activity declined. Energy and water conservation may be behind these patterns of exploratory tunnelling as well as those seen in large field studies, but caution is urged when interpreting small scale laboratory experiments to explain large scale field data.


- United Transportation Union - _URL_ -
Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
Posted By rob On February 12, 2013 @ 2:54 pm In Alumni Association News,Amtrak/Commuter News,Recent Updates | Comments Disabled
According to Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) policy, every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairments make a railroad retirement annuitant incapable of properly handling benefit payments, or where the RRB determines that the interests of the annuitant so require, the agency can appoint a representative payee to act on the annuitant's behalf.
A representative payee may be either a person or an organization selected by the RRB to receive benefits on behalf of an annuitant.
The following questions and answers provide information for family members, or others, who may have to act on behalf of an annuitant.
1. Does the RRB have legal authority to appoint a representative payee for an annuitant?
The Railroad Retirement Act gives the RRB authority to determine whether direct payment of benefits, or payment to a representative payee, will best serve an annuitant's interest. The RRB can appoint a representative payee regardless of whether there has been a legal finding of incompetence or commitment and, depending on the circumstances in a particular case, the RRB can select someone other than the individual's legal representative to be the representative payee.
2. What if a person has been given power of attorney by a beneficiary?
Power of attorney is a legal process where one person grants another the authority to transact certain business on his or her behalf; but the RRB, like the Social Security Administration, does not recognize power of attorney for purposes of managing benefit payments for a beneficiary. For this purpose, the RRB uses the position of representative payee.
3. Why doesn't the RRB recognize power of attorney?
The Railroad Retirement Act protects a person's right to receive benefits directly and to use them as he or she sees fit by prohibiting the assignment of benefits. Power of attorney creates an assignment-like situation that is contrary to the protections given by this law. The Act likewise gives the RRB exclusive jurisdiction in determining whether to appoint a representative payee for an annuitant. If the RRB recognized power of attorney, it would be deferring to a designation made by someone outside of the agency and would, in effect, be abdicating its responsibility to the annuitant.
Also, events often occur which may affect an annuitant's eligibility for benefits. The responsibility for reporting these events to the RRB is placed, by law, directly on the annuitant or the annuitant's representative payee. When benefits are accepted, the annuitant or his or her payee attests to a continued eligibility for such benefits. And if payments are misused, they can be recouped from the payee. This is not true with power of attorney.
4. How are these representative payees selected?
Generally, the RRB's local field offices determine the need for a representative payee and interview potential payees. The field office also advises the payee of his or her duties, monitors the payee, investigates any allegations of misuse of funds, and changes the method of payment, or the payee, when appropriate.
The RRB provides 15 days' advance notice to an annuitant of its intent to appoint a representative payee, and the name of the payee, in order to allow the annuitant a period of time in which to contest the appointment.
5. What are the primary duties and responsibilities of a representative payee?
The payee must give first consideration to the annuitant's day-to-day needs. This includes paying for food, shelter, clothing, medical care and miscellaneous personal needs. Beyond day-to-day needs, railroad retirement benefits may be used for other expenses.
The payee is also responsible for reporting events to the RRB that affect the individual's annuity, and is required to account for the funds received on behalf of the annuitant.
In addition, since railroad retirement benefits are subject to Federal income tax, a representative payee is responsible for delivering the benefit information statements issued each year by the RRB to the person handling the annuitant's tax matters.
Periodically, the payee will be asked to complete a report which includes questions regarding how much of the railroad retirement benefits available during the year were used for the support of the beneficiary, how much of the benefits were saved, and how the savings were invested. In order to complete the questionnaire correctly, a payee must keep current records of the railroad retirement benefits received and how the benefits were used. The records should be retained for four years.
6. What are a representative payee's primary responsibilities for an annuitant's Medicare coverage?
When an annuitant requires covered medical services, the payee must have the annuitant's Medicare card available. The payee must also keep records of the services received and the expenses incurred or paid, just as for any other usage of railroad retirement benefits.
7. What if an annuitant is confined to an institution?
When annuitants are in a nursing home, hospital or other institution, their railroad retirement benefit payments should be used to meet the charges for their current maintenance. Current maintenance includes the usual charges the institution makes for providing care and services.
The payee should use the benefit payments to aid in the annuitant's possible recovery or release from the institution, or to improve his or her living conditions while confined. Payments may be used to provide such items as clothing, personal grooming supplies, transportation of relatives to visit the patient, trial visits to relatives, medical and dental care, and reading materials and hobby supplies.
8. How should railroad retirement benefits not immediately required to meet an annuitant's needs be handled?
Benefit payments which will not be needed in the near future must be saved or invested unless they are needed for the support of the annuitant's legally dependent spouse or child, or to pay creditors under certain circumstances. It is recommended that conserved funds be held in interest-bearing accounts. Preferred investments are Federally-insured or State-insured accounts at financial institutions and obligations of, or those backed by, the Federal Government, such as U.S. Savings Bonds.
Funds should not be kept in the home, where they may be lost or stolen, nor can they be mingled with the payee's own funds or other funds.
9. How can a person get more information about being appointed as a representative payee, or whether the use of railroad retirement benefits for a particular purpose would be proper?
More information is available by visiting the agency's website, _URL_, or by calling an RRB office toll-free at _PHONE_. Persons can find the address of the RRB office servicing their area by calling the RRB's toll-free number or at _URL_.
Article printed from United Transportation Union: _URL_
URL to article: _URL_
Copyright © 2011 United Transportation Union. All rights reserved.


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Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens is the largest garden in Sri Lanka with 4,000 different species of plants spread in a spacious 147 acres. Margined by the Mahaweli river from three sides, it is located about 6 km from Kandy city at Peradeniya town. Th garden is considered as a best destination to visit in Kandy city. It is home to more than 10,000 individual trees, some of them hundreds of years old. As well, the garden is highly famous for its beautiful orchid and rose collections.
The history of Peradeniya Garden dates back centuries to the ancient Kandyan reign. The main purpose of this garden was to serve Kandyan nobility as a pleasure garden. Therefore, it is called a Royal Botanical Garden. In 1821, it was transformed into a public garden by the British colonial rulers. Now it has developed into one of the best gardens in whole Asia. Lots of local and foreign nature lovers come to visit this garden every day.
The tour of the botanical garden is educative and fascinating for all visitors. You can see many rare plants and trees in this garden. One of the most fascinating features in Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens is three spectacular palm avenues. Among them, Royal Palm (Roystonea regia) avenue is the most prominent one. Tall Royal Palms lined along the pathway neatly, making wonderful scenery. You can capture a marvelous shot with the background of elegant royal palm avenue in the garden.
(View of Royal Palm Avenue)
Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) avenue is another majestic palm avenue within the grounds. This avenue is perfectly landscaped and lined with tall palmyra palm trees for a long distance. This alley is a magnificent spot to capture some photogenic shots.
Cabbage palm (Roystonia oleracea) avenue is a beautiful palm alley with tall cabbage palm trees over 20 m in height. They are lined up perfectly in this pathway. Cabbage palm has a central part similar to the unfolded leaves of cabbage, hence it got this name. This decorative palm avenue enhances the aesthetic value of the garden a lot.
(Cabbage Palm Avenue)
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens gives the opportunity to see some rare trees in the world. The Double coconut (Laodicea maldivica) is one of the most remarkable palm species you'll find in this garden. The double coconut or Coco de mer produces the largest and heaviest seed in the plant kingdom, weighing up to 20 kg. It takes 5-8 years to mature the seed, while it takes 2 more years to germinate. This is one of the most amazing trees to visit during your trip to the garden.
You'll find a miraculous sight in Cook's Pine (Araucaria cookie) avenue. This is a line of Cook's pine trees bordering the garden's great lawn from the riverside. The distinct feature of this pine avenue is all the trees are leaning to the south, making you feel like you're standing on an inclined plane. The reason for this mysterious leaning behavior is still unknown. These leaned pine trees affectionately call as "drunken Christmas trees". Remember to enjoy the amazing sight of leaning Cook's pines during your journey to the botanical gardens.
(Cook's Pine Avenue)
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden is home to some ancient trees older than hundreds of years. The giant Java fig tree (Ficus benjamina) is 160 years old now. This huge tree stands at the centre of the great lawn, looking like a giant umbrella from the distance. It was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1861 and it has grown into a large tree with widely spread branches and a giant canopy.
There are some amazing plant collections in the garden. Cycad plant collection is an interesting one not to miss in the garden. Cycads resemble a palm tree or tree fern, but their leaves are very hard, like plastic. They are descendants from the age of dinosaurs and existing on the planet for about 200 million years. The world's most slowly growing cycad is also present in this wonderful cycad collection.
Another interesting plant collection is different species of bamboo trees. They are planted along the Mahaweli riverbank of the garden. The collection includes green bamboo, yellow bamboo, prickly bamboo, dwarf Chinese bamboo, and many more. You can see the largest bamboo species in the world, known as Giant bamboo here. Giant bamboo can grow up to 40 m in height and their new shoots are growing rapidly, about 30 cm per day.
While you are walking in the garden, you'll meet a collection of sky-high, massive trees. This is the Ficus collection, with centuries-old giant Ficus trees. They have huge trunks, supported by aerial roots. These huge aerial roots have dwindled into the earth and become strong pillars of support to the trees. The intertwined roots and branches of these trees make one of the most amazing sceneries in the garden. Take the time to admire the glory of this Ficus collection while walking in the garden.
There is a large collection of memorial trees in Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden. These trees are planted by foreign diplomats who visited the garden. Some of the distinguished personalities include popular Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin. He had planted a flowering yellow Ashoka tree (Saraca thaipingensis) in 1961, in the same year he had been to the moon. There is a miraculous story behind this tree. It says that the growth of this plant was mysteriously stopped after his death. Although it is 60 years old now, you may see this plant is relatively smaller than its other counterparts.
(Memorial tree planted by Yuri Gagarin)
Without a doubt, the most attractive destination in the gardens is the orchid house. It is one of the most important places not to miss during your trip. Orchid house showcases a fine collection of orchids and some of them are very rare species. It maintains with special care as the pride of Sri Lankans. There are about 300 species of colorful orchids and their hybrids, Vandas, Oncidiums, Cattleya, Dendrobiums, and many more. It is a spectacle of color, where each species steals the hearts of visitors by their lovely nature.
Walking through the garden will bring you to the suspension bridge at the north end. This bridge was built in 1905 and is more than hundred years old now. But still, it can accommodate six persons at a time. This photogenic bridge gives a best opportunity to capture some nice shots of the garden. Walking on this moving bridge should be a wonderful experience for you to try.
If you're a nature lover, taking a stroll through Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden is a truly memorable experience. You may need an entire day to walk leisurely through the palm avenues, flower beds, and perfectly manicured landscapes. It is a wonderful place where you can admire the beauty of nature, combined with wonderful landscaping skills. Visit the gorgeous Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens and get close with the lovely nature of Sri Lanka.


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This article deals with helping you to study and determine the THREAD ID information for various products.
Take a look at the photos below that have ID descriptions on & with them.
- IBC = Intermediate Bulk Container, also referred to as; Pontoon, Palleton, Pod or, TOTE, U.N Std Dimensions: 1200mm high x 100cm W x 120cm deep. weight 60 to 65kg.
- The cage is a light gauge galvanised tube steel. Bladder is made of 3mm HDPE = High Density Polyethylene.
- The expected life is 16 to 20 years outside before crazing, (UV oxygenation), which hardens & destroys the plastic.
- **NONE are designated POTABLE (for drinking water).
- 'Food Grade' does NOT mean Potable.
- Clean Food grade IBC's are ok for water transportation.


Penta Security, pil doğrulaması için blockchain uygular
Penta Security (South Korea) uses DLT technology to store data related to electric vehicles. The platform was developed in partnership with AutoCrypt
The company's main goal is to improve the ecology and safety of electric vehicles. It would seem that electric cars do not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and they are environmentally friendly. However, there is no limit to perfection.
The new blockchain-based system is designed to address the battery degradation. Today, when electric cars have occupied a niche in transport, the problem of battery fires and other violations of work is very acute.
In February 2021, Chinese authorities demanded an explanation from Tesla because of systematic problems with cars and batteries.
Therefore, the solution developed by Penta Security will be just right. The blockchain platform will be able to track the battery life cycle.
It was reported that the platform will track the battery status data while charging and draining the machines. The data will be recorded in the blockchain. If problems are detected, the program will notify the owner of the car.
The platform will serve up to 1000 cars a year. The data collected will help predict the risks of cars, organise timely battery recycling and save on maintenance.


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The diaphragm is a dome-shaped cup that fits over the opening to the cervix and prevents pregnancy.
For effective birth control, your diaphragm (see pictures below) has to fit well. Your doctor will measure your vagina to find the correct size and fit for you.
Your doctor or a nurse will teach you how to put the diaphragm in and take it out. You also should read the directions from the company that made your diaphragm
To be sure that you know how to use your diaphragm, you will need to practice putting it in and taking it out while you are in your doctor's office. Your doctor will check to see that the diaphragm fits right.
To lower your risk of getting pregnant, you must use your diaphragm correctly and use it every time you have sex. You must also use the diaphragm with spermicide (a gel or cream that kills sperm trying to enter the cervix) in order to prevent pregnancy. You can put the diaphragm in your vagina up to 1 hour before you have sex. Once in place, the diaphragm provides protection for 6 hours.
Getting Your Diaphragm Ready
Before you put the diaphragm in your vagina, put about 1 teaspoon of spermicidal gel or cream in the cup (see picture below). Smear some more gel around the rim of the diaphragm. Do not use petroleum jelly or oil-based vaginal creams (such as Monistat). These can make tiny holes in the diaphragm.
Inserting Your Diaphragm
You can put your diaphragm in while you are lying down, squatting or standing with one leg up on a chair. Your legs need to be fairly wide open. Bending your knees can help. Once you're in position, follow these steps:
- Use one hand to fold the diaphragm in half with the dome pointing down (see picture below). Hold your vagina open with your other hand.
- Put the diaphragm into your vagina, aiming for your tailbone (see picture below). Push the diaphragm as far back into your vagina as you can.
- Use one finger to push the front rim of the diaphragm up behind your pubic bone, aiming for your belly button.
Checking Placement of Your Diaphragm
With your finger, feel for your cervix through the dome of the diaphragm. The cervix will feel firm but not bony. It feels a bit like the tip of your nose.
If the diaphragm does not cover your cervix or if you cannot feel your cervix at all, the dome is not in the right place. This means that you need to remove the diaphragm, put more spermicidal gel on it, and insert it again.
The diaphragm should not fall out when you cough, squat down, sit on the toilet or walk around. If your diaphragm stays in place when you do these things, the front rim is most likely in the right place above the pubic bone (see picture below).
After You Have Sex
The following are some important points to remember after you have sex:
- Leave the diaphragm in place for at least 6 hours after you have sex.
- If you have sex again within 6 hours, put spermicidal gel in your vagina, but do not take your diaphragm out to put gel in the dome.
- Take the diaphragm out of your vagina 6 to 12 hours after you have sex.
- Do not leave the diaphragm in your vagina for more than 24 hours. Doing so can cause infection, irritation or even a complication called toxic shock syndrome.
- Do not douche while the diaphragm is in your vagina.
To remove the diaphragm, "hook" the front rim with your finger and pull down and out. Be careful not to tear a hole in the diaphragm with your fingernails. You should not wear your diaphragm during your menstrual period. You will need to use another method of contraception during this time.
Taking Care of Your Diaphragm
After you take the diaphragm out of your vagina, wash it with mild soap and water, rinse it and allow it to air dry. Always store your diaphragm in its container. Store the container in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight.
Check your diaphragm often for holes, tears or leaks. To do this, fill the dome with water and look for tiny leaks.
Replace your diaphragm after 1 to 2 years. Every year, your doctor should check to see that your diaphragm still fits correctly. You will need to be measured again if you have a baby, have pelvic surgery, or gain or lose more than 15 pounds.
When to Call Your Doctor
Call your doctor if you have any of the following problems:
- Trouble urinating, or painful or frequent urination
- Vaginal itching, discharge or discomfort
- High fever (which can be a sign of toxic shock syndrome)
You also should call your doctor if your diaphragm gets a hole in it or does not seem to fit right. If your diaphragm has any of these problems, it needs to be replaced. If you keep using it as is, you could increase your risk of getting pregnant.
Written by familydoctor.org editorial staff


The stained glass quadrilateral project
IMG_20140527_115328My Math 9 class is studying quadrilaterals, and I wanted them to investigate how quadrilaterals could tile and create other shapes, so I found a project for creating stained-glass window designs from tiled quadrilaterals.
Stained Glass assignment
To the left and below are some examples of student work. Some of the best pieces used quadrilaterals to set a scene or tell a story. As well as making the stained glass the students had to write up how they used quadrilaterals in the piece.


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CancerMine
The CancerMine resource is a text-mined knowledgebase of drivers, oncogenes and tumor suppressors in cancer. Abstracts from PubMed and full-text articles from PubMed Central Open Access subset and Author Manuscript Collections are processed to find references to genes as drivers, oncogenes and tumor suppressors in different cancer types.
CancerMine is an automatically updated dataset. You can navigate the data using the web viewer or you can download the latest data from Zenodo (or through the web viewer). You likely would not have to run any of the code in this repository.
System Requirements
This is a Python3 project which has been tested on Centos 6/7 but should work on other Linux operating systems and MacOS. An individual process of this can be run on a laptop or desktop computer. But in order to process all of the literature (PubMed, etc), this should really be run on a cluster or server-like machine. A cluster that uses Slurm or the SunGrid engine (SGE) are supported. Each node needs only 4 GBs on RAM.
This project relies on text mining using Kindred and Snakemake. These can be installed through pip.
It uses biomedical text converted using BioText.
Installation Guide
You can clone this repo using Git or download the ZIP file of it.
git clone _URL_
It uses the BioText project which downloads and converts the biomedical research literature into the BioC XML format. You'll need to clone it and run the conversion scripts.
The code dependencies can be installed with the command below. Remember to install the English language model for Spacy.
pip install kindred snakemake zenodo_get
python -m spacy download en
Installation should take a maximum of 15 minutes (mostly due to the Spacy and language models installation).
Demo
We include example input and the expected output data for a small test run in the exampledata/ directory. To run a small test run of the scripts you can follow the steps below. Alternatively, all these commands are in the demoRun.sh file which can be executed independently (after installing dependencies). This file is run during the TravisCI test. This should only take six minutes.
First you need to build the machine learning models. This will extract the training data and build the necessary models from it.
sh buildModelsIfNeeded.sh
Then you need to process the input wordlists to get them ready for quick access. This generates various data structures that are stored in a Python pickle.
python wordlistLoader.py --genes exampledata/mini_terms_genes.tsv --cancers exampledata/mini_terms_cancers.tsv --drugs exampledata/mini_terms_drugs.tsv --conflicting exampledata/mini_terms_conflicting.tsv --wordlistPickle exampledata/mini_terms.pickle
There is a small test input file (examples/test.bioc.xml). It's in BioC XML format which is a format for biomedical corpora. You can run the relation extraction process with the commands below. There are also mini wordlists for test usage which are tiny subsets of the BioWordlists project project used for this.
# Find sentences that contain cancer types and gene names and filter using the terms in the filterTerms.txt
python parseAndFindEntities.py --biocFile exampledata/input.bioc.xml --filterTerms filterTerms.txt --wordlistPickle exampledata/mini_terms.pickle --outSentencesFilename exampledata/intermediate_sentences.json
# Apply the machine learning models to identify actual mentions of drivers, oncogenes and tumor suppressors
python applyModelsToSentences.py --models models/cancermine.driver.model,models/cancermine.oncogene.model,models/cancermine.tumorsuppressor.model --filterTerms filterTerms.txt --wordlistPickle exampledata/mini_terms.pickle --genes exampledata/mini_terms_genes.tsv --cancerTypes exampledata/mini_terms_cancers.tsv --sentenceFile exampledata/intermediate_sentences.json --outData exampledata/intermediate_relations.tsv
# Add the header to this file
cat header.tsv exampledata/intermediate_relations.tsv > exampledata/out_unfiltered.tsv
And then you can run the filter and collate process using the command below on that.
python filterAndCollate.py --inUnfiltered exampledata/out_unfiltered.tsv --outCollated exampledata/out_collated.tsv --outSentences exampledata/out_sentences.tsv
Instructions for use
To run the full thing, you should use Snakemake. It manages the download of all the inputs outlined below. But first, you should do a test run (which should only last a minute or so):
MODE=test snakemake --cores 1
Then to do the full run which may take a long time, run the following and set the path to the BIOTEXT directory accordingly:
MODE=full BIOTEXT=$BIOTEXT snakemake --cores 1
Practically, you'll likely want to use a cluster to parallelize this. Please refer to the Snakemake documentation for information about how to use a cluster.
For uploading the output to Zenodo, this project uses bigzenodo and the submission.json file.
It is not possible to exactly reproduce the results as the data in PubMed and PMC are constantly being added to. The data used in the paper is downloadable from Zenodo with the Jun 30th 2018 release.
Inputs
The text inputs for processing are:
The text is scanned for references of genes and cancer types. These are based on HUGO gene names and cancer types from the Disease Ontology. These are managed through the BioWordlists project which can be downloaded at _URL_
The training data used to build the machine learning models can be found at data/cancermine_corpus.zip. This is stored in BioNLP Shared Task format and has one file per sentence. The raw annotations from the three annotators can be found at data/raw_annotations
Outputs
There are three final results files from CancerMine. These are hosted on Zenodo and can also be downloaded through the web viewer. Each file is a tab-delimited file with a header, no comments and no quoting.
You likely want cancermine_collated.tsv if you just want the list of cancer gene roles. If you want the supporting sentences, look at cancermine_sentences.tsv. You can use the matching_id column to connect the two files. If you want to dig further and are okay with a higher false positive rate, look at cancermine_unfiltered.tsv.
cancermine_collated.tsv: This contains the cancer gene roles with citation counts supporting them. It contains the normalized cancer and gene names along with IDs for HUGO, Entrez Gene and the Disease Ontology.
cancermine_sentences.tsv: This contains the supporting sentences for the cancer gene roles in the collated file. Each row is a single supporting sentence for one cancer gene role. This file contains information on the source publication (e.g. journal, publication date, etc), the actual sentence and the cancer gene role extracted.
cancermine_unfiltered.tsv: This is the raw output of the applyModelsToSentences.py script across all of PubMed, Pubmed Central Open Access and PubMed Central Author Manuscript Collection. It contains every predicted relation with a prediction score above 0.5. So this may contain many false positives. Each row contain information on the publication (e.g. journal, publication date, etc) along with the sentence and the specific cancer gene role extracted (with HUGO, Entrez Gene and Disease Ontology IDs). This file is further processed to create the other two.
Shiny App
The code in shiny/ is the Shiny code used for the web viewer. If it is helpful, please use the code for your own projects. The list of dependencies is found at the top of the app.R file.
Explanation and Pseudocode
The associated pseudocode.md file contains detailed information about the purpose of the various scripts here.
Paper
The code to generate all the figures and text for the paper can be found in paper/. This may be useful for generating an up-to-date version of the plots for a newer version of CancerMine.
Changelog
 - v11 data release: change to Kindred's EntityRecognizer uses strict string matching instead of token matching, so results are minorly different
 - v29 data release: WARNING - this release contained buggy data and missed publications in the Author Manuscript Collection. This was after a conversion from PubRunner to BioText


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Insights into an easy-to-implement and cost-effective intervention
Entrance on a first come first served basis, so please arrive 15 minutes early to guarantee a seat
The evidence that positive treatment expectations can help treatment outcome and that no or negative expectations can compromise treatment success has reached a tipping point. In this interactive seminar, Dr Katja Wiech and Dr Jeremy Howick will:
· give an overview on the evidence for an influence of expectations on treatment outcome
· explain brain mechanisms underlying this influence and
· highlight ways to use communication to support the positive effect of expectations
Clinicians, patients, and anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Katja Wiech is an Associate Professor at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), University of Oxford. Her research aims to understand brain mechanisms underlying the effect beliefs have on the perception of pain. Jeremy Howick is a senior researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and the director of the Oxford Empathy Programme.


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The Endangered Species Animal Kingdom Bath Puzzle Sets are a unique product that provides hours of enjoyment for kids while they learn about the endangered species of the world. They are unique puzzles that are made from eco-friendly recycled materials and encourage improved motor skills for children while educating them about the environment. The bubble bath formula included uses only the best ingredients from approved sources and is not tested on animals. Even the packaging of the Endangered Species Animal Kingdom Bath Puzzles Set is made from 100% recycled cardboard so you can be sure you are doing the best for the environment.
- Eco-Fiendly! Uses Recycled Materials!
- 3D Puzzles That Float!
- Soft & Flexible! No Sharp Edges!
- Supports Defenders of Wildlife!
This set includes:
- 3-D Animal Puzzles
- Bubble Bath
About Health Science Labs
Health Science Labs helps keep families healthy with its high quality nutritional supplements, first aid and other eco-friendly products for kids and babies that Moms can trust. They are committed to being environmentally friendly. The Endangered Species bath sets, Eco-Doodle and Eco-Labels use recycled packaging and renewable resources such as biodegradable "stone paper" printed with soy ink that doesn't kill tress, doesn't pollute the air or water, and saves energy and water. All of their liquid bath products are paraben, sulfate and dye-free. Every purchase of an Endangered Species by HSL product helps endangered animals through our donations to the Defenders of Wildlife Organization at _URL_.


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Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles
Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles, Life is full of challenges. To enjoy the fruits of joy you have to face the obstacles. Obstacles are part and parcel of your life.
They seem good especially when they improve your strength, ability and will power. You realize this fact later when you have conquered the obstacle.
Without obstacles life is incomplete. When you get things done smoothly without much effort, you will stop giving your best.
As a result, you would stop improving, and your progress in life would be stuck at a point. Therefore to face obstacles in life is a part of the improvement process.
When you face obstacles and defeat them the better of you comes out. When obstacles come naturally and are not triggered, it's good to have them.
Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles In Love Life
However, that is not the case all the times. People around us create obstacles in our path as well. These are triggered obstacles that trouble you the most. You can handle natural obstacles as they are not frequent and are not high scale ones.
Conversely, the triggered obstacles are quite destructive and intense. Compared to natural obstacles triggered one are frequent. Furthermore, these obstacles start to affect you physically, mentally and emotionally.
As a result of which peace and prosperity from your life are diminished. You start feeling low and depress and consider yourself worthless. Besides that, there is a feeling of being trapped in a web of obstacles.
There can be many examples of such triggered obstacles in your daily life. Say, for instance:
Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles In Marriage
- Any Obstacles in the path of love marriage
- Hindrance in the way of promotion
- Blockades in the form of growth
- Obstacles that affect your family
Generally, you consider them as natural obstacles in the first place. However, when their frequency and intensity increases then only you feel uneasy. In such situations acting later can be critical for you.
You don't know who is triggering these obstacles. What are his intentions? Why does he want to harm you? To what extent he has planned your downfall? As a result of these doubts, you feel unable to act.
Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles In Life Vakratunda Mahakaya
How can you act when you don't know the culprit? Even if you can perform what actions can be taken? How can you reverse the course of such obstacles? These questions are bound to be raised in your mind.
You need something useful and precise. A solution that can deliver results quickly. A sustainable solution. Moreover, a solution that you can execute on your own.
The possibility of finding such solutions seems distant. However, to your surprise, such a solution exists. Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles is that ultimate solution.
It is the Ganesh mantra to remove the barriers that have the potential to bring you that desired results. Ganesh mantra to remove the barriers can dismantle those triggered obstacles in your path.
The Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles brings you prosperity. Lord Ganesha is known as "Vighna Harta" which means destroyer of obstacles. As a result of performing the mantra, you would start feeling calm and composed.
Ganesh Mantra To Remove Obstacles In Job
Performing the Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles is one long term and effective solution for all your worries. Ganesh mantra to remove the barriers when completed with faith creates a positive vibe around you.
Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles coupled with your faith and dedication can do wonders. The mantra can be your ultimate guide to a happy life.
Ganesh mantra to remove the barriers brings down all those obstacles that are there to harm you. So, keep the faith and perform the mantra with pure heart and mind. Results would always be in your favor.
Ganesh mantra to take away obstacles
If you are performing the mantra for the first time, take guidance from an astrologer. You can also consult the priest (Pujari). By consultation and advice, you would get valuable insights in regards to the performance of the mantra. This would be fruitful especially in enhancing the efficacy of your performance of mantra.
Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles is a holistic solution that works in tandem to the problem. The mantra in particular targets the root cause of obstacles. Besides its efficacy, the mantra adopts a simple course of action to brings peace and prosperity to the performer.
The mantra generally works by:
- Acting on the source of obstacles
- Diluting the effect of negative energy on you
- Creating a web of positivity around you
- Bringing peace into your family
- Blocking impeding threats
- Bringing calmness to your heart and mind
- Strengthening you for future challenges in life
Thus, the mantra, in conclusion, caters the problem comprehensively. Make sure you perform the mantra with purity of purpose at sight. If you have evil intentions then, in this case, the mantra would go futile.
The process of performing the mantra
To perform the mantra effectively, you need to know its process in the first place. In addition to your faith, the process is a vital element in determining the efficacy of the mantra.
Sticking to the process of mantra is key to derive desired results. The process to perform the Ganesh mantra to remove obstacles is as follows:
- To begin with, take a bath
- Dress in neat and tidy clothes
- Take Mala in your hand
- Now, recite the mantra:
"Vakratunda Maha-Kaaya Surya-Kotti Samaprabha Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvadaa"
- Recite the mantra for 101 times
- Use the mala to ensure the right count of recitation
- Now recite the mantra:
"Aum Ekadantaya Viddhamahe,
Tanno Danti Prachodayat"
- Again recite this for a total of 101 times
- Regularly perform these mantras
Other Ganesh Mantras
* Clean yourself in the first place
- Recite the mantra:
"Om Gam Ganapataye
- Recite the mantra as much time as possible in a day
- Recite the mantra:
- Now, recite the mantra:
- Recite these mantras sitting at a place with peace
- Try to recite these mantras 10 to 15 minutes daily
- Regularly recite the mantra:
"Om Namo Siddhi Vinayakaya
Sarva kaarya kartrey Sarva vighna
prashamnay Sarvarjaya Vashyakarnaya
Sarvajan Sarvastree Purush Aakarshanaya
Shreeng Om Swaha"
- Finally, recite the moola mantra:
"Om Shreem Hreem Kleem
Glaum Gam Ganapataye
Vara Varad Sarvajan janmay
Vashamanaye Swaha Tatpurushaye
Vidmahe Vakratundaye Dhimahi Tanno
Danti Prachodyat Om Shantih Shantih Shanthi"
By the grace of God and the strength of your faith results would come instantly. All the obstacles in your path would vanish. You would enjoy a peaceful life. Above all keep your faith intact in Lord Ganesha.


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The flash provides a way to pass temporary objects between actions. Anything you place in the flash will be exposed to the very next action and then cleared out. This is a great way of doing notices and alerts, such as a create action that sets flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" before redirecting to a display action that can then expose the flash to its template. Actually, that exposure is automatically done. Example:
class PostsController < ActionController::Base def create # save post flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" redirect_to posts_path(_USER_) end def show # doesn't need to assign the flash notice to the template, that's done automatically end end show.html.erb <% if flash[:notice] %> <%= flash[:notice] %> <% end %>
Since the notice and alert keys are a common idiom, convenience accessors are available:
flash.alert = "You must be logged in" flash.notice = "Post successfully created"
This example just places a string in the flash, but you can put any object in there. And of course, you can put as many as you like at a time too. Just remember: They'll be gone by the time the next action has been performed.
See docs on the FlashHash class for more details about the flash.


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Plant Healthcare Systems
Airtech Tools soil fracturing/feeding systems are primarily used to rescue ailing trees or to promote the growth of newly planted or transplanted trees, These pneumatic systems drive a lance into the soil, then fracture it below the surface with powerful bursts of air. Once the soil is fractured, soil amendments such as fertilizer or mycorrhizal fungi can be administered to tree roots through the same lance – all without damaging the roots or disturbing the surface around the tree. Available as a trailer, skid, or cart configuration, these systems are ideal for landscapers, golf course superintendents, arborists, or anyone seeking to optimize plant growth.
We have found that within seconds we can be 22″s into the soil decompacting and creating fissures. This allows the movement of minerals and water to pass deeper and contact a larger amount of cubic yards of soil. We have fractured and watered with the machine and no other treatments, and have seen great results. We were able to mobilize the nutrients in the soil that were tied up by compaction.


7.15.2020 - Improved Assessment Workflow for Helpers
We have a feature called Seeker Context that allows Helpers to navigate on behalf of specific Seekers. When in Seeker Context, the main benefit to the Helper is that all referral forms are autofilled with the Seeker's information. This saves them time and decreases the likelihood of creating a duplicate profile.
After an Assessment is submitted, we show programs that can help meet any needs that were identified so that Seekers can be connected. Those search results are specific to the Seeker so it makes sense that Helpers would be put into Seeker Context following an Assessment, so that they can easily make referrals for the Seeker. Now, when a Helper fills out an Assessment for a Seeker, they will be put into Seeker Context when viewing search results (Highlighted Search and Program Recommendation Summary).
Additionally, in the Forms section of the Seeker Profile, Helpers can view search results generated by past Assessments to make additional referrals. Now, when Helpers click "See Search" they will also be put into Seeker Context so that they can easily make referrals to those programs.
With these changes, it becomes even easier to make referrals and connect your Seekers to the programs they need!
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Gdańsk History Museum is now a group of 8 museums, established in 1970, as a branch of the Pomeranian Museum in Gdansk. It then began to collect objects, pieces and documents of the town's history, from the Middle Ages to the present.
To think a museum's identity, we need to first think about what it represents. In this case, the group of 8 museums stands for Gdańsk. They show us the city's past history, stories, economics, battles, ideals and ideas. Fundamentally these museums store the city's true identity. The identity is based on the principle that this logo should not only represent its museums, but also the specificity of its city. The same way we recognise Gdańsk in its coat of arms we also see the city in its museums.
For the conception of the new symbol, each museum was metaphorically perceived has a fragment of the city's history, since each museum stores and exhibits cultural, historical, scientific and artistic parts of Gdańsk.
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Modern wind turbines, which are usually made of composite materials, are fatigue critical structures that are subjected to variable multi-axial fatigue loading. Therefore, they should be designed as safely as necessary to withstand the fatigue loads over the designed life time. Path-Dependent Maximum Range (PDMR) is a multi-axial fatigue life assessment tool developed by Battelle researchers. PDMR has been successfully applied to fatigue analysis of isotropic structures under general variable amplitude, multi-axial fatigue loading histories. The effectiveness of the PDMR method has been validated by its ability to correlate a large amount of fatigue data available in the literature. For uniaxial loading data, PDMR gives exactly the same results as ASTM standard Rainflow cycle counting method. In this paper, the PDMR method is extended to composite materials, such as glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). The proposed multi-axial fatigue damage model effectively correlates fatigue lives of unidirectional composites for various off-axis ply angles under cyclic tensile loading. With this extended capability, the PDMR can now be used to assess the multi-axial fatigue life of composite structures used in wind energy industry.
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Wei, Z, & Forte, TP. "Multi-Axial Fatigue Life Assessment of Wind Turbine Structural Components." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. May 17–22, 2010. pp. 877-883. ASME. _URL_
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Microgrid Installation Database
The Microgrid Installation Database is a data collection effort sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and maintained by ICF. The database contains a comprehensive listing of microgrid installations throughout the country. Combined heat and power (CHP) can play a central role in microgrids by providing energy resilience and ensuring continuous operation for critical loads at connected buildings, campuses, and communities in the event of grid outages. ICF tracks microgrids according to the DOE definition: a network of distributed energy resources and loads that can disconnect and re-connect to the larger utility grid as a single entity, allowing the connected loads to continue to be served during utility outages. Microgrids can also be found in remote locations where they may not be connected to a larger utility grid. The database includes microgrids that use multiple technologies and/or deliver electricity to multiple buildings.
The U.S. Department of Energy Microgrid Installation Database is designed to provide straightforward information about operational microgrids in the United States. The information is presented in tabular format, with each state having its own table of microgrid systems including site name, location, end-user application, generation capacity, storage capacity, operating year, and technologies. Maintenance of this database is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. It is updated monthly and is composed of information from a variety of sources.More Less


Chicco - Shapes and Sound Tambourine
Chicco - Shapes and Sound Tambourine
Harga biasa RM169.90 MYR Harga seunit per
Penghantaran dikira semasa daftar keluar.
-Dual-function toy which helps babies coordinate and refine their movements, developing their logical association and music awareness skills.
-Two modes of use: 1. electronic tambourine to be played with their hands or with the drum stick. 2. first slot-in blocks, with 3 different colored shapes to be inserted into the corresponding holes.
-Its particular shape also allows it to roll around, encouraging babies to crawl after it.
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International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
In this study, a passive Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) is investigated to dampen resonant motions of a Submerged Floating Tunnel (SFT) in waves and earthquakes. TMD is adopted to control resonant lateral motion. A time-domain dynamics simulation model that considers the elasticity of the tunnel and mooring lines is first established, which is based on the lumped mass method and Morison equation, and the SFT-TMD interaction is considered through springs and dampers. Next, by using the Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, TMD's spring and damping coefficients are optimized; the dynamics simulations under white noise seismic excitations are continuously carried out with updated spring and damping coefficients produced by HS rules until the designed maximum iteration number. The influence of TMD's mass is individually investigated through a parametric study. After the optimization process is completed, the global performances of SFT with and without TMD are systematically evaluated in both waves and earthquakes. It is found that TMD plays a crucial role in controlling SFT vibrations when environmental loads are close to the system's fundamental lateral natural frequency under both wave and seismic excitations. TMD also enhances the comfort of passengers and reduces static and dynamic mooring tensions.
Jin, Chungkuk; Kim, Sung-Jae; and Kim, MooHyun, "Vibration Control Of Submerged Floating Tunnel In Waves And Earthquakes Through Tuned Mass Damper" (2022). Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications. 48.


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By Alyssa Edwards
Small funds don't always mean small impacts. As the EPA's Environmental Justice Small Grant program has shown us, oftentimes, very small funds, when put in the hands of community-based organizations (CBOs), can achieve big results. Since the program's inception in 1994, more than 1,400 CBOs have done just that. And we are proud to announce the selection of 36 more organizations that will be joining that cohort as recipients of the 2017 Environmental Justice Small Grant funds.
One example of how small funds can make a difference is seen in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. In 2015, the tribe was awarded an EJ Small Grant in support of Project Oka (the Choctaw word for water). The goal was to protect and conserve local waters by helping residents reduce litter. The project has exceeded expectations. To date, the Choctaw Nation has collected and recycled more than 12,000 pounds of electronics and more than 1,800 tires. In addition, more than 400 students have been involved in educational and recycling activities. The tribe also created a disaster recovery plan to address disaster preparedness and adaptation strategies as a part of the project.
We know this year's EJ Small Grants projects will add to the impressive list of community-driven solutions funded by EPA. A significant number will work to ensure clean and safe water, a strategic priority for EPA, as well as address public health concerns from contaminated land. Others will address lead exposure to create safer environments for children, environmental stewardship and conservation in under-resourced rural communities, and job training programs through green infrastructure projects.
Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership in Warren, Ohio will be working to reduce residents' exposure to potential soil contamination from former industrial activities. Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña will work with the community of Buena Vista, Puerto Rico to manage rainfall runoff and reduce the threat of flooding – support even more necessary and timely as the island enters its long recovery from Hurricane Maria.
To expand the geographical reach of the program, during this past funding cycle, we placed a special emphasis on supporting projects in states where we did not have a significant funding history. We are excited that with this latest selection of EJ Small Grants, we will support efforts ranging from Dellslow, West Virginia to Waimea, Hawaii and many communities in between.
For a third of the EJSG recipients, this will be their first time receiving a federal grant. We are honored to support these communities as we know that an EJ Small Grant can be that much needed spark that allows organizations to access additional funding from government and the private sector as they pursue broader community goals.
In anticipation of the release of the Request for Proposals for OEJ's Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) Cooperative Agreement program, hear directly from two CPS grantees about their best practices and success with the program!
From Small Funds to Big Dollars: Best Practices for Leveraging Federal Funds
- Date: 11/15/2017
- Time: 2:00pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
And be sure to subscribe to the EJ ListServ to receive up-to-date information about funding opportunities from across the federal government, including our soon-to-be-released grants competition for 2018, upcoming workshops, and related environmental justice topics.
About the Author: Alyssa Edwards is a Program Analyst in the Office of Environmental Justice.


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Outage Probability and BER of the Ground to Train Communication Link of a Curved Track in Raining Turbulence with Pointing Errors
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We model the outage probability and bit-error rate (BER) for an intensity-modulation/direct detection optical wireless communication (OWC) systems for the ground-to-train of the curved track in rainy weather. By adopting the inverse Gaussian models of the raining turbulence, we derive the outage probability and average BER expression for the channel with pointing errors. The numerical analysis reveals that the rainfall can disrupt the stability and accuracy of the system, especially the rainstorm weather. The improving of the shockproof performance of the tracks and using long wavelength of the signal source will improve the communication performance of OWC links. The atmospheric turbulence has greater impact on the OWC link than the cover track length. The pointing errors caused by beam wander or train vibration are the dominant factors decreasing the performance of OWC link for the train along the curved track. We can choose the size of communication transmitting and receiving apertures to optimize the performance of the OWC link.
KeywordsGround-to-train, curved track, inverse Gaussian model, optical wireless communications, raining turbulence
Document typePeer reviewed
Document versionFinal PDF
SourceRadioengineering. 2017 vol. 26, č. 4, s. 938-945. ISSN _PHONE_/4