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E. Cobham Brewer _PHONE_. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cross and Ball,
so universally marked on Egyptian figures, is a circle and the letter \??\. The circle signifies the eternal preserver of the world, and the \??\ is the monogram of Thoth, the Egyptian Mercury, meaning wisdom.
The coronation orb is a sphere or ball surmounted by a cross, an emblem of empire introduced in representations of our Saviour. In this case the cross stands above the ball, to signify that the spiritual power is above the temporal.


Formatting a value as a string
A common question I get asked when people are merging values from a Google spreadsheet into a GDoc and/or PDF is how to format the values. So I have written this formatString() function.
For example if you wanted to use it in the createPdf() function the main for-loop would be replaced with:
for (;columnIndex < headerRow[0].length; columnIndex++) {
 var nextValue = formatString(activeRow[0][columnIndex])
 var header = headerRow[0][columnIndex]
 copyBody.replaceText('%' + header + '%', nextValue)


Graph Labelings and Continuous Factors of Dynamical Systems
Stephen M. Shea
A labeling of a graph is a function from the vertex set of the graph to some finite set. Certain dynamical systems (such as topological Markov shifts) can be defined by directed graphs. In these instances, a labeling of the graph defines a continuous, shift-commuting factor of the dynamical system. We find sufficient conditions on the labeling to imply classification results for the factor dynamical system. We define the topological entropy of a (directed or undirected) graph and its labelings in a way that is analogous to the definition of topological entropy for a shift space in symbolic dynamics. We show, for example, if $G$ is a perfect graph, all proper $\chi(G)$-colorings of $G$ have the same entropy, where $\chi(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$.
distinguishing labeling; entropy; finitary isomorphism; graph coloring; graph entropy; topological entropy
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A beach ATV, also known as a sand ATV or dune buggy, is an all-terrain vehicle specifically designed for riding on sandy terrain such as beaches, sand dunes, or deserts. These vehicles are built to handle the unique challenges presented by soft, loose sand. Here are some key features and considerations for beach ATVs:
Lightweight and Wide Tires: Beach ATVs are typically lightweight to help them float and maneuver more easily on sand. They often have wider tires with a specific tread pattern designed to provide traction in sandy conditions. The wider tires help distribute the weight of the ATV over a larger surface area, reducing the chances of sinking into the sand.
Engine Power: Beach ATVs may have varying engine sizes and power outputs, depending on the specific model and intended use. The power of the engine should be sufficient to provide the necessary torque and acceleration to navigate through sandy terrain effectively.
Suspension: A good suspension system is crucial for a beach ATV. It helps absorb the bumps and undulations of the sand, providing a smoother and more comfortable ride. Some beach ATVs may have adjustable suspension settings to accommodate different riding conditions.
Air Filter Protection: Riding on sandy beaches exposes the ATV to fine sand particles that can enter the engine and cause damage. Beach ATVs often have additional air filter protection, such as pre-filters or foam covers, to prevent sand from entering the intake system and ensure proper engine performance.
Corrosion Resistance: Saltwater and sand can be corrosive, so beach ATVs may have additional protective coatings or materials to resist corrosion. It's important to rinse off the ATV with fresh water after riding on the beach to remove any salt or sand residue and prevent corrosion.
Safety Considerations: When riding a beach ATV, it's essential to follow safety guidelines and local regulations. Always wear appropriate safety gear, including a helmet, goggles, and protective clothing. Additionally, be mindful of other beachgoers, avoid sensitive environmental areas, and ride responsibly.
Maintenance: Beach ATVs require regular maintenance to keep them in top condition. This includes cleaning and lubricating the ATV after each beach ride to remove sand and salt residue, inspecting the air filter, checking tire pressures, and performing routine maintenance tasks such as oil changes and filter replacements.
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Win32 API: Passing Socket with IPC method
Hi. In this post I talk to you how to correctly pass a socket created in a parent process to a child process in Microsoft 9x systems.
If you have ever written a multi-process concurrent server in a Unix environment, you may have noticed that the passage of the socket between parent and son processes takes place directly. That is, the child inherits the variables of his parent, also including the file descriptor associated with the socket.
An example of this is following:
 ...
 int fd_server, fd_client;
 int p_pid;
 fd_server = socket(...);
 ...
 fd_client = accept(...);
 ...
 p_pid = fork();
 switch(p_pid) {
 case 0:
 // we are in the child: we can use directly the client/server socket without any problem
 close(fd_server);
 send(fd, ... );
 ...
 ...
 }
In Microsoft systems, the procedure is little bit different (especially in 9x systems).
As we can read from the msdn documentation (link):
Under Windows NT and Windows 2000, socket handles are inheritable by default.
This feature is often used by a process that wants to spawn a child process and
have the child process interact with the remote application on the other end of
the connection.
It is also common practice on Windows NT to set the standard handles (standard
input, output, or error) of the child process to the socket handle. In such
cases, the child process usually does not know that its standard handles are
actually sockets.
Windows 9x differs from Windows NT/Windows 2000 in the following manner:
 - Socket handles are not inheritable when created. To ensure that a child process can obtain and use a socket handle created in the parent, the handle must be explicitly duplicated using the Win32 API DuplicateHandle. Set the bInheritHandle parameter of the API to TRUE.
 - Socket handles cannot be set to the standard handles of the child process. A programmer may use other mechanisms to pass the socket handle to the client, such as passing the handle values as command line arguments so that the child process can simply look at its argument vector.
So we have to duplicate the client socket in order to use it (in Windows 9x).
In the following source code, I'll show you how to create a new son process and how to pass the socket to it, so that it can manage independently the connection with the client.
int WindowsProcess(SOCKET sock_client) {
 BOOL ret = 0;
 HANDLE hPipe;
 DWORD dwBytes;
 PROCESS_INFORMATION piProc;
 STARTUPINFO siStartInfo;
 WSAPROTOCOL_INFO protInfo;
 OVERLAPPED ol = {0,0,0,0,NULL};
 /* I create a named pipe for communication with the spawned process */
 hPipe = CreateNamedPipe(
 PIPE_NAME, // pipe name
 PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX | // read/write access
 FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
 PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | // message type pipe
 PIPE_READMODE_BYTE | // message-read mode
 PIPE_WAIT, // blocking mode
 PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, // max. instances
 BUFSIZE, // output buffer size
 BUFSIZE, // input buffer size
 PIPE_TIMEOUT_CONNECT, // client time-out
 NULL); // default security attribute
 if ( hPipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) {
 return -1;
 }
 GetStartupInfo(&siStartInfo);
 /* I create a new process calling the "test.exe" executable */
 ret = CreateProcess("test.exe", NULL,
 NULL, NULL, /* security attributes process/thread */
 TRUE, /* inherit handle */
 0, /* fdwCreate */
 NULL, /* lpvEnvironment */
 ".", /* lpszCurDir */
 &siStartInfo, /* lpsiStartInfo */
 &piProc);
 if ( ret == 0 ) {
 return -1;
 }
 /* I duplicate the socket */
 ret = WSADuplicateSocket(sock_client, piProc.dwProcessId, &protInfo);
 if ( ret == SOCKET_ERROR ) {
 return -1;
 }
 ol.hEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
 /* I connect to the named pipe... */
 ret = ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, &ol);
 if( ret == 0 ) {
 switch( GetLastError() ) {
 case ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED:
 ret = TRUE;
 break;
 case ERROR_IO_PENDING:
 if( WaitForSingleObject(ol.hEvent, PIPE_TIMEOUT_CONNECT) == WAIT_OBJECT_0 ) {
 DWORD dwIgnore;
 ret = GetOverlappedResult(hPipe, &ol, &dwIgnore, FALSE);
 } else {
 CancelIo(hPipe);
 }
 break;
 }
 }
 CloseHandle(ol.hEvent);
 if( ret == 0 ) {
 return -1;
 }
 /* I write the socket descriptor to the named pipe */
 if ( WriteFile(hPipe, &sock_client, sizeof(sock_client), &dwBytes, NULL) == 0 ) {
 return -1;
 }
 /* I write the protocol information structure to the named pipe */
 if ( WriteFile(hPipe, &protInfo, sizeof(protInfo), &dwBytes, NULL) == 0 ) {
 return -1;
 }
 CloseHandle(hPipe);
 return 0;
}
Let me explain the code line by line:
– line 13: I create a new pipe through which we'll pass the duplicate socket;
– line 37: I create a new process by invoking the executable "test.exe". Among the parameters of the function, we note the "inherit handle = TRUE", that is the handle will be inheritable;
– line 53: I duplicate the socket through the WSADuplicateSocket() (link). The function parameters are: sock_client (the socket to duplicate), piProc.dwProcessId (process identifier of the target process in which the duplicated socket will be used.) and protInfo(a WSAPROTOCOL_INFO structure that contains the protocol informations);
– line 61 to 101: I have already explained this in the "Timeout on Named Pipes" post (link);
– line 105: I pass through the named pipe the client socket to the child process;
– line 113: I pass through the named pipe the protocol information structure which had been filled before in the WSADuplicateSocket() function.
Ok, now, only for completeness, I'll show you an example of child process' source code:
 SOCK sock_client;
 DWORD dwBytes, dwMode;
 HANDLE hPipe;
 WSAPROTOCOL_INFO protInfo;
 ...
while(1){
 /* I open in read mode the namedpipe created by the parent process */
 hPipe = CreateFile(
 PIPE_NAME, // pipe name
 GENERIC_READ | // read and write access
 GENERIC_WRITE,
 0, // no sharing
 NULL, // default security attributes
 OPEN_EXISTING, // opens existing pipe
 0, // default attributes
 NULL); // no template file
 if (hPipe != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 break;
 }
 if ( GetLastError() != ERROR_PIPE_BUSY ) {
 ExitProcess(-1);
 }
 /* if all instances are busy I'll wait 10000 ms */
 if ( !WaitNamedPipe(PIPE_NAME, 10000) ) {
 ExitProcess(-1);
 }
 }
 /* I set the pipe in read mode */
 dwMode = PIPE_READMODE_BYTE;
 /* I update the pipe */
 SetNamedPipeHandleState(
 hPipe,
 &dwMode, // new mode
 NULL,
 NULL);
 /* I read the client socket sent me by the parent process */
 ReadFile(hPipe, &sock_client, sizeof(sock_client), &dwBytes, NULL);
 /* I read the protocol information structure sent me by the parent process */
 ReadFile(hPipe, &protInfo, sizeof(protInfo), &dwBytes, NULL);
 /* I create a new socket with the structure just read */
 sock_client = WSASocket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0, &protInfo, 0, WSA_FLAG_OVERLAPPED);
 if ( sock_client == INVALID_SOCKET ) {
 ExitProcess(-1);
 }
 // now you can use the socket as you want
 ...
Let me explain the code


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If you happen to come to Romania on the first day of March, you will see women wearing a tiny little "toy", tied up with a cute white and red yarn ribbon, on their coats. This toy is called "Martisor" and here's the history behind these trinkets.
(Editor's Note: This article was originally published on March 14, 2010. Your comments are welcome, but please be aware that authors of previously published articles may not be able to promptly respond to new questions or comments.)
Mărţişor is a beautiful celebration of spring in my country. It goes back to ancient times, when men went to war in the springtime, and women gave them an amulet to protect them in battle.
The celebration seems to be based on the Roman calendar, which started the new year on March 1. The Romanian nationality was formed by the union of the Romans and the Dacs and that is why they celebrated the New Year at the beginning of spring like the Romans did, up until the 18th century. Mars was a god for both fertility and war, and March was his month. The double yarn was choose as a dual symbol to celebrate him: the white represented peace and fertility, while the red represented war.
Some very old amulets (about 8,000 years old) were also found when digging on an archeological site in our country. They were little rocks painted in white and red.
We have a few fairy tales about the fight between right and wrong, symbolized by winter and spring seasons. Right always wins, but with a blood sacrifice. That is why the yarn colors are red and white.
The talisman begins with white and red yarn, then a small amulet is added to the gift. Sometimes it is a small gold coin, meant to protect the loved one from all bad things. It is worn around the neck suspended on the white and red yarn.
The amulet was called "Mărţişor" (pronounced "mirtzyshore"), and derives from the Romanian name "Martie," meaning the month of March. It means a small gift for March (Martie) 1 and thus it took the name of the month, as in "little Marches".
Nowadays, the amulet (Mărţişor) is usually a little toy representing a flower, an animal, a thing or a human figure. Common examples include snowdrops, puppies, cats, butterflies, or horseshoes, clover leaves, or even chimney sweepers - whatever is thought to bring luck. It represents a symbol of love and spring, and a boy gives one "Mărţişor" to the girl he loves; she wears it until March 8, then hangs it in a tree to bring prosperity to her home. A bouquet of snowdrops can be also a nice gift for this celebration.
Usually, the Martisors are made by artisans and craftsmen, who sell them in special places on the street.
Some of the crafts are made of wood, others are made from artificial flowers.
Some are made of dried flowers encased in plastic.
Fabric is frequently used in creating amulets, as are feathers, shells, ceramic and metal.
The yarn has different shapes too, but it always uses the red and white colors. Often the yarn is silk, twisted together, each ending with a tassel. The yarn is tied to the amulet (Mărţişor) through a small circle attached for hanging, then a ribbon is made.
I like the handcrafted Martisors best, but many are commercially produced from industrial materials such as plastic or iron.
Some are more like brooches and are made like jewelery - more expensive, but very much appreciated.
The amulets are usually pinned on a card and put in an envelope before given as a gift.
When we were children, not only did the boys gave "Mărţişoare" to the girls, but the girls also exchanged amulets among themslves. All the girls in our classroom took this celebration very seriously and enjoyed it very much. We all spent a lot of time arranging each "Mărţişor" on a little piece of paper shaped like a big, fat number 1. We used to write a beautiful thought like, "Lots of luck and joy!" and drew a snowdrop on the number 1 shaped card. Then we pinned the "Mărţişor" on the card and put it in an envelope with each girl's name on it. We even made our own envelopes for the little cards.The "Mărţişor" has to be fixed with a needle on the coat, right on the heart when worn. In school, we used to pin all the amulets we've been receiving on our uniform, which was hilarious. But we always saved one to pin on the coat too.
Every year, we set out to select our "Mărţişoare" before the end of February. Sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate and we encounter a bad snowstorm, or it's raining, but no matter what the weather, Romanian people will buy "Mărţişoare" for giving to the ones they love. I still have all the "Mărţişoare"which I have received from my husband and son over many years; they hold very dear memories for me.
Here is my teddy bear which gives a big noisy smoochy and says "I love you!"
Since we missed the official date this year, I will share it with you all to be your "Mărţişor."

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News Content Perspective of TV One and Metro TV in Seeing Indonesia Government Policy
In the new order era, media is chained and regarded as a mouthpiece of New Order government. After 17 years the fall of the New Order regime, some of the media in Indonesia still can never escape from the intervention, particularly media owners. This research aims to determine the differences of political perspective of two television media toward the government. The research used qualitative method which relies on secondary data through documentation. The results indicate that the political orientation of the media owners had intervened the media perspective against the government. Media cannot be an objective watchdog of the government, because the news on the televisions is subjective. The media, such as TV One and Metro TV, have different agenda and perspective. The setting of a resource as well as the communications attitude of the TV One host shows its role as a government watchdog. Metro TV has a different attitude; there is tendency to be more cooperative and accommodating with government and the policies of President Joko Widodo.
Margynata Kurnia Putra, Yusa Djuyandi and La Mani

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


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Simplified Military Logistics Operations Using Industrial PC Workstations
Essentially, military logistics is a system that supports various military activities. Logistics operators must have the capability to quickly provide the materials to guarantee operational success. That is why utilising advanced computing devices are essential to monitor military activities and equipment.
However, given the fact that military activities operate under extreme work environments, it would be ideal to integrate its computing system to industrial workstations. That way, these are protected from elements which can damage the device and cause system failures. Read more: _URL_

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


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Definitions for playhouseˈpleɪˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
play•houseˈpleɪˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪz(n.)(pl.)-hous•es
Ref: theater (def. 1). 1
a small house for children to play in.
Origin of playhouse:
1590–1600; cf. OE pleghūs, as gloss of L theātrumtheater
playhouse, wendy house(noun)
plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
A theater; a venue for performing plays.
A toy house for children to play in; a cubby house or Wendy house.
Origin: play + house
a building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater
a house for children to play in; a toyhouse


- Adult Using Toy Track Car Into Pool Adulthood Eradicator Set
Adulthood Eradicator
$ 119.99
Adulthood was meant as a time in our lives when we're supposed to do the things we were told not to do as a children. Go run at the pool, yell in the house, talk to strangers, eat candy before bed, and cross the street without looking both ways. If people were supposed to follow those rules forever then why would we have emergency rooms, noise ordinances, missing persons departments, type two diabetes, and biodegradable coffins? Stop acting like a child and break some rules. How can you expect to be an adult without repressing the fun of another human's childhood while you drink your "grown up juice" and yell at park benches. Get your shit together and life your life the way God intended, by spending the later half of your life rebelling against how your parents governed you you as a child. Start by buying this plastic slide and using it in every way it wasn't meant to be.
Tags: adult toys, kids, summer, water sports
Type: pranks and toys
Vendor: amazon


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In pages: 698-703, (Editors: NM Amato), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September 2011 (inproceedings)
Learning inverse kinematics of robots with redundant degrees of freedom (DoF) is a difficult problem in robot learning. The difficulty lies in the non-uniqueness of the inverse kinematics function. Existing methods tackle non-uniqueness by segmenting the configuration space and building a global solution from local experts. The usage of local experts implies the definition of an oracle, which governs the global consistency of the local models; the definition of this oracle is difficult. We propose an algorithm suitable to learn the inverse kinematics function in a single global model despite its multivalued nature. Inverse kinematics is approximated from examples using structured output learning methods. Unlike most of the existing methods, which estimate inverse kinematics on velocity level, we address the learning of the direct function on position level. This problem is a significantly harder. To support the proposed method, we conducted real world experiments on a tracking control task and tested our algorithms on these models.
Our goal is to understand the principles of Perception, Action and Learning in autonomous systems that successfully interact with complex environments and to use this understanding to design future systems


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Course Category: Business Analysis
Course Duration: 3 Days
Hours: 21 PDUs (Professional Development Units)
This course is HRDF SBL Khas Approved
IREBs (International Requirements Engineering Board) Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering certification is a standardized qualification for requirements engineers and business analysts.
IREB's role is to support a single, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, aimed at requirements engineering for professionals, by providing the core syllabi and by setting guidelines for accreditation and examination.
IREB offers three qualifications on Requirements Engineering namely Foundation Level (CPRE-AL), Advanced Level (CPRE-AL) and Expert Level (CPRE-EL). Attaining each level certification is a mandatory requirement to graduate to the next level.
What is International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)?
The CPRE Certification is earned through passing a multiple choice examination.
CPRF-FL comprises of basic knowledge of eliciting, analyzing, specifying, documenting, validating and managing requirements.
A person with a CPRE FL certificate is expected to:
- Be familiar with the terminology of requirements engineering, business analysis and requirements management.
- Understand the basic techniques and methods of requirements engineering and their application.
- Be familiar with the most established notations for requirements. There are more than 10000 professionals who have achieved the CPRE certification worldwide.
Why Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Certification (FL)?
The International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) is the sponsor of the international certification program entitled Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE). The board maintains the syllabus, test contents and governs the associated processes and rules.
IREB was founded in October 2006 as a legal entity based in Germany.
More information on IREB can be viewed at _URL_
Benefits to the Employer
- Improved performance
- Attract and retain high calibre staff
- Formal training and qualification provided
The foundation level certification exam has no pre-requisites.
Who should attend
- Business and Systems Analysts
- Developers who need to specify requirements
- Team Leaders
- Project Managers
- Software Engineers &
- Software Managers
Training and Exam Duration
Training: 3 days
The course material shall be issued on the first day of the course during registration.
Exam: 75 minutes duration
45 multiple choice questions.
The questions are of differing difficulty and therefore assigned differing amounts of points. The exam is closed-book, i.e. no materials are allowed to be used. The candidate must achieve at least than 60% of the total score possible.
Result, Certificate & Recertification
The candidate will receive the exam results and the certificates from MSTB.
There is no requirement to maintain the certification or seek a recertification.
The credential certificate is valid for life.
- What are requirement?
- Evolution of requirements
- The four major activities of RE
- System, System Context and Boundaries
- Determining System and Context Boundaries
- Sources of Requirements
- Categorization of Requirements according to the Kano Model
- Elicitation Techniques
- Structuring Documents
- Documentation Style Alternatives
- Document Structure
- Using Requirements Documents
- Quality Criteria for Requirements Documents
- Quality Criteria for Requirements
- Language Effects
- Constructing Requirements using a Template
- Goal Models
- Use Case Models
- Three Modelling Views
- Structural Requirements Models
- Functional Requirements Models
Behavioural Requirements Models
- Basics for Checking Requirements
- Basics of Reconciling Conflicting Requirements
- Checking Requirements Quality
- Principles for Checking Requirements
- Techniques for Checking Requirements
- Techniques for Reconciling Conflicting Requirements
- Adding Attributes to Requirements
- Creating Views of Requirements
- Prioritizing Requirements
- Tracing Requirements
- Requirements Versioning
- Managing Change Requests
- Types of Tools
- Tool Introduction
- Tool Evaluation
Processworks is a Recognized Training Provider of International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)
Processworks is an IIBA Endorsed Education Provider.


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Highwood River Basin — Diversion Project
The proposed Highwood River diversion would divert some of the river's flow around the Town of High River during flood conditions.
Estimated impact on flood mitigation
The Highwood River diversion would be designed to handle approximately 500 cubic metres of water per second. While normal flows for the Highwood River during the month of June are between 30 and 70 cubic metres per second, the peak flow rate during the June 2013 floods was between 1500 and 1800 cubic metres per second.
This project is currently in the environmental screening and community consultation phase. Final decisions on how to proceed with the Highwood River diversion will be based on what we learn in the coming months.
- Three options are on the table for the diversion route: one south, one north, as well as a split north-south route.
- The length of the Highwood River diversion would be approximately 7 kilometres. As a comparison, Winnipeg's Red River Floodway is 47 kilometres.
- The width of the diversion would vary based on slope and the need to spread the water flow over a larger area. The diversion would be approximately 40 metres wide at narrow points, and up to 200 metres at its wide points.
- AECOM is the engineering company contracted to study and recommend flood mitigation options for the Highwood River.


DKIM DNS Configuration
To configure your domain for DKIM, you will want to add a TXT Record to your domain's DNS file.
1. Sign in to the administrator console/portal provided by your domain provider.
2. Locate the page/section within your console/portal where you can update your DNS records, commonly referred to as Zone File(s).
3. Using the information provided by Redtail's technicians, you will create a TXT record. The information provided will be comprised of two pieces of data. A sample of the data is listed below:
Domain Key:
Domain Signature:
v=DKIM1; k=rsa; " "p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDGCjltfKIKmzhiMiMPXe/hgUEzfaoEx+87OtucpeZ0kajCfapuyGTmDuvonTy+ra5Fz+qjV6To1U/e9cp8FBfyZxx9/hc9E+jmBSXf1QGlwpe5srOSfQP85bkqSgRajSP/0b/ST6A4YVUo1LqgL3CKRK9ygflcKv4Xtr6G4OBtNwIDAQAB
Please note that domain registrars use different names for the fields associated with a TXT record. For Example, GoDaddy has fields named Host and Text Value, while Google Domains has fields named Name and Data.
4. After selecting to add a TXT record, you will replace the data in the field that contains the "@" with the Domain Key
5. Next, you will leave the TTL to it's default setting.
6. Lastly, you will add the Domain Signature to the Data/Value field.
Below is a sample DKIM record that was added to Google Domains:
If you have trouble or need assistance adding DKIM, it is strongly suggested that you contact your domain registrar. If you do reach out to Redtail Support for assistance, it is best to provide us with the name of the domain registrar and a screen shot from the administrator console/portal showing the fields for TXT record creation.
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A common theme among recruiters is that of looking for employees with "stable work histories." This criterion showed up in almost every recruiter's list of "must haves" for their positions. What is considered "stable" and why is it important?
According to Elaine Johnson, Director of Human Resources at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, work history is a very important factor in considering a candidate.
"Work history is a way to validate that the candidate has been successful in the past," she said. "What's interesting is the way that the definition of 'stable work history' has changed over the years. Twenty years ago, 'stable' meant having one or two jobs during your lifetime. Now, three years on the same job is considered a long time."CONTINUE READING ON JACKSONVILLE.COM


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BENEFICIARIESOrganizations and States
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, _PHONE_).
The African Union Commission (AUC) is the AU's secretariat and undertakes the day to day activities of the Union. AUC through AU is a co-signatory of the Africa-EU strategic partnership and hence has the ultimate ownership of the programme for SBAS implementation in Africa.
The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) was created by the Constitutional Conference convened by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the then Organization of African Unity (OAU, now African Union AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1964. AFCAC was fully established and began functioning in 1969 and on 11 May, 1978 became an OAU Specialized Agency in the field of Civil Aviation. AFCAC today comprises 54 African States and is managed through a triennial Plenary (consisting of all member States). The Bureau is made up of a President, 5 Vice-Presidents (representing Northern, Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Regions) and the Coordinator of the African Group at the ICAO Council.
AFCAC has a major role to play concerning technical, legal, and institutional issues related to aviation applications and EGNOS implementation in Africa considering that Aviation is the priority entry point of the Programme. AFCAC is supervising on behalf of AUC the conduct of a continental CBA study and strategy on the implementation of SBAS in Africa.
ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944).
Its core function is to maintain an administrative and expert bureaucracy (the ICAO Secretariat) supporting these diplomatic interactions, and to research new air transport policy and standardization innovations as directed and endorsed by governments through the ICAO Assembly, or by the ICAO Council which the assembly elects.
- Implement a general plan for civil aviation among Arab countries in order to develop and secure its safety.
- To promote the necessary cooperation and coordination among Member States in the field of civil aviation and to lay the foundations for this in a uniform approach.
- To develop and advance Arab civil aviation in a manner that responds to the needs of the Arab nation for a safe, secure and orderly air transport.
The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar), ASECNA is an international public organization whose main mission is to provide air navigation services within an airspace of 16,500,000 square kilometres, divided into six flight information regions (F.I.R) Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Oceanic and Terrestrial, Niamey and N'Djamena as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
ASECNA develops and provides solutions for airport management, aviation infrastructure studies and construction, equipment maintenance, calibration of air navigation instruments and training for civil aviation staff. Its 18 Member States are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Togo.
ASECNA provides support for the administrative and financial management of the Satellite navigation in Africa support programme III.
Regional Economic Communities have a central role in the uptake of SBAS in their respective regions under their geographic scope, addressing the critical issue of sustainability of SBAS implementation.
The following RECs are considered as key policy actors in Africa: ACAO for Northern Africa ECOWAS and ECCAS for Western and central Africa; EAC, IGAD, COMESA, and CEN-SAD for Eastern Africa; SADC and COMESA for Southern Africa.
The benefits and added value of GNSS/SBAS can be realised along the both in the aviation and the non-aviation sectors. National Space Agencies also play an important role in the GNSS value chains within the different sectors including in the upstream market segment as well as raising awareness in the downstream segment.
National Space Agencies
Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs)
- Provide, in its territory, airports, radio services, meteorological services and other air navigation facilities to facilitate international air navigation, in accordance with the standards and practices recommended or established from time to time.
- Adopt and put into operation the appropriate standards systems of communications procedure, codes, markings, signals, lighting and other operational practices and rules that may be recommended or established from time to time, pursuant to this convention.
The Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs) of the different states are the respective national safety oversight entities, responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), the critical elements of its safety oversight system as well as relevant safety practices and procedures in the respective state. They are responsible for regulation focusing on developing policies, rules, regulations, procedures regarding Air Traffic Management based on operational requirements as well as the capabilities of GNSS and operational approvals.
Air navigation Service Providers (ANSPs)
The ANSPs are responsible for the provision of Air Navigation Services. They are also responsible for developing flight procedures for the use of GNSS/SBAS and the provision of Air Traffic Services concerning Airspace users including the provision of ICAO compliant NOTAMs and the conduct of incident investigation activities.
ANSPs are also responsible for complying with the conditions set by the states or CAAs for the use of GNSS/SBAS in their territories and for obtaining approval from their CAA that their operations and safety processes are compliant with the said conditions.
It must be noted that in some cases where SBAS has already been implemented, the ANSPs are responsible and/or play a major role in the provision of the SBAS service. These beneficiaries are therefore also crucial partners/beneficiaries in the SBAS implementation and adoption process.
This group of benefires includes all the organisations/actors in the different non aviation sectors ie Maritime, Road, Rail, Agriculture, consumer Location-Based Services, Geoformation, Timing and synchronization as well as Drones and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors. These actors may be involved as required on a case by case basis


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Optimising the seed production cycle of Delphinium elatum L. : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Plant Biology at Massey University, Palmerston North
Open Access Location
Delphinium elatum L. (Ranunculaceae) hybrids are developed by Dowdeswell's Delphiniums located at 692 Brunswick Road. Wanganui (_URL_), who grow delphiniums for seed export. Development of new cultivars is important for commercial purposes, and requires development of high quality breeds. The main objectives of this study were to determine reasons for variable seed set and low germination in commercial D. elatum hybrids and determine optimal parameters for seed germination and storage. Seed set was investigated by examining pollen viability, carpel structure, and pollen tube growth in vitro and in vivo. Seed structure was determined by paraffin embedding and sectioning of seeds. Results investigating variable seed set were inconclusive. Seed set is limited by pollen viability and age. Pollen viability is low (below 50%) in most cultivars, and pollen tubes growth rate is variable between cultivars and individual pollen grains. Ovule development showed no abnormalities. Germination-promoting treatments were used to improve germination in D. elatum. Stratification (5°C) and application of gibberellic acid both improved germination in D. elatum cultivars. Chilling at 5°C reduced germination time in all cultivars, and increased total germination in cv. LB01130x. Storage trials were carried out for 12 months, with seeds stored at room temperature or 5°C in open and closed, water impermeable, aluminium bags. Storage trials determined that at low temperature storage (5°C) seed germinability is retained for up to 12 month. Storage at room temperature leads to seed deterioration and viability loss. Application of GA3 improved germination in seed stored at 5°C.
New Zealand Seed technology, Delphinium -- Seeds, Quality, Viability, Storage, Reproduction


Tips for Using a Rubber Float With Grout
grout float on tile
 Tim Stocker Photography / Getty Images
Anyone who has successfully laid a tile floor or wall knows the satisfaction of a neat tile job. To take a stack of fired ceramic sheets and stick them in place with wet mortar is something approaching magic.
Once you master the skill of tiling, you'll want to tile every part of your house. And the crowning touch of all tile installations is the application of grout. Knowing how to use a rubber float with the grout means the difference between a clean tile job that lasts for years, even decades, and a tile job that cracks and eventually falls apart.
Why Use a Rubber Grout Float?
Grouting is an important part of any tile installation. Grout fills the spaces between tiles, called grout joints, to create a continuous surface.
At first glance, the most logical way to add grout would be to squirt it into the seams, as you already do when caulking other areas of your house. Not so. The way grout is applied is more of the shotgun approach rather than the laser-targeted approach. Large mounds of wet grout are scooped into the entire tire surface—seams and tile surfaces alike. Then, the grout is wiped across the tile. Grout embeds in the tile seams but not on the tile surface. Excess is picked up and redeposited elsewhere on the tile.
The only way to apply grout properly is by using a rubber grout float, which consists of a rectangular non-stick gum rubber or soft nylon pad that is firm but flexible and which prevents the absorption of materials.
The user holds the float with a C-shaped handle. The process of grouting with a float includes filling the joints with freshly mixed grout and scraping the tiles clean of excess grout. It is a simple yet elegant technique that has served tile setters for centuries and it's still used today.
Choose the Right Float: Wall or Floor
Rubber grout floats come in two types: wall floats and floor floats. The chief difference is that wall floats have softer rubber pads than floor floats, which can be quite stiff.
Wall floats are generally easier to use and are better for reaching into corners, so they are a better all-around choice for beginner tilers. The tools you find at the store may not indicate whether they should be used for walls or for floors. Some may be called a universal float.
Compare the softness of the pads to identify the type. Sometimes it is worth spending a little extra for a quality float, especially if you have a large tile job or if you plan to tile other rooms.
Move the Float Diagonally
As a general rule, almost always move the grout float diagonally over the grout joints. This prevents the edge of the float from sinking into the joints and pulling out the grout.
Sometimes you have to work parallel to joints, such as when grouting along the edge of a wall or floor, but do so with care. Otherwise, sweep the float diagonally.
Use a Lower Angle for Filling
Fill the grout joints by spreading the grout across the tiles while holding the float at an angle of about 45 degrees to the tile surface. This is the standard for floor tile. A higher angle might pull out too much grout from the seams, while a lower angle will smear the grout across the tiles.
When tiling walls, you may find a lower angle (about 30 degrees) more effective for filling the joints.
You can also reduce the angle if you reach a problem section that doesn't seem to be taking the grout very well.
Use a Steeper Angle for Cleaning
When all grout joints in a work area have been filled, make a second pass with the float to remove excess grout from the tile faces. This time, hold the float at a steep angle of about 80 to 85 degrees—almost straight up and down. When working carefully, a steep angle can clean the tiles without pulling grout from the joints.
Leave the Grout Haze For Later
A rubber grout float does a nice job of scraping the excess grout from the tile faces, but it cannot make the tiles perfectly clean. It usually leaves a film of chalky grout residue that you clean up with a grout sponge after the grout has set.
Your cleaning pass with the float should remove all blobs and chunks of grout, but you can leave the haze for later. Clean off the grout haze with a special solution called haze cleaner applied with a clean sponge.


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What age do you feel it is appropriate to start reading Harry Potter to kids? Thank you. — Genevieve
Fun question, Genevieve! Since Harry Potter is just turning 11 as the first book starts, I've found my kids in the 9-13 age range relate to it the most. Although, if you have a child that can't get enough independent reading at age 7 or 8, they might be game as well. Or, if you're reading aloud to your child, 7 or 8 could work too — because you can explain anything they don't understand as you go.
What's your opinion, Dear Readers? Any literacy professionals out there that have some good advice?


text: This picture shows a flowerpot microphone and an older pyramid pressure zone microphone mounted on a roof in Alfred, New York USA. This station has operated every fall since 1991. The mikes are mounted on wood pallets that are tied down to the roof with strong rope. In the case of the flowerpot, you can see that it is propped up with sections of two by four wood blocks so that it is aimed vertically at the sky. The trees in the background are far enough away that their associated wind and insect noise is not a impediment. So, an important consideration before you build one of these microphones is to make sure that you have a suitable location to mount it; one without overhanging trees or close sources of insect or frog noise. Often the mike can be mounted on the roof so that the peak of the roof or some other structure can act as a barrier from direct wind buffeting. In the case above, the mikes are mounted on the south side of the roof's peak for fall migration monitoring. However, you want to make sure that structures on the roof are not so high above the mike that they reflect sound waves on an unimpeded vector to the microphone element. This will result in picking up reflected sound energy that will impede the clarity of the recorded sound.


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Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on (2011)
Aug. 22, 2011 to Aug. 27, 2011
During events that involve large crowds (e.g., demonstrations or sports events), large-scale aggressive outbursts are not uncommon. Since these outbursts are usually triggered by relatively small stimuli, and the amount of people involved may grow very quickly, their emergence is often highly unpredictable and difficult to control. The number of different factors that play a role in the development of crowds is large, which makes it difficult to gain a concrete insight in how the collective aggressive behaviour of a given crowd (with known parameters) will develop. This paper is a position paper and is to be considered as a first step in the development of an ambient system to analyse and control the emergence of aggressive behaviour in crowds under different circumstances. The main purpose is to use the system to provide support for police officers and (formal) guardians in both detecting, decreasing and avoiding (the number of) riots.
ambient intelligence, crowd simulation, aggression
Charlotte Gerritsen, "Using Ambient Intelligence to Control Aggression in Crowds", Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on, vol. 03, no., pp. 53-56, 2011, doi:10.1109/WI-IAT.2011.25


Something that will come in handy while porting applications to Mono is the ability to detect whether an application is running under Mono or.NET, and also whether it's running on Unix or Windows. While one would hope that.NET applications would be completely binary portable, there are still some situations where Mono's infancy becomes a stumbling block.
From the Mono Project Technical FAQ:
The following methods are documented in the FAQ, but to save everyone time, I'll document them here.
Detecting Mono:
 1: using System;
 3: class Program {
 4: static void Main ()
 5: {
 6: Type t = Type.GetType ("Mono.Runtime");
 7: if (t!= null)
 8: Console.WriteLine ("You are running with the Mono VM");
 9: else
 10: Console.WriteLine ("You are running something else");
 11: }
 12: }
Detecting Linux/Unix:
 1: using System;
 3: class Program {
 5: static void Main ()
 6: {
 7: int p = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
 8: if ((p == 4) || (p == 128)) {
 9: Console.WriteLine ("Running on Unix");
 10: } else {
 11: Console.WriteLine ("NOT running on Unix");
 12: }
 13: }
 14: }
I apologize for the bad code formatting above, but I'm still fighting to get proper syntax highlighting working with Live Writer and BlogEngine.NET.
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3.8 Foot Protection3.8 Foot Protection
Laboratory personnel (and other personnel) must wear foot protection at all times in laboratories, laboratory support areas, and other areas with chemical, biological and physical hazards are present. Laboratory personnel should not wear sandals or similar types of perforated or open toes shoes whenever working with or around hazardous chemicals or physical hazards. This is due to the potential exposure to toxic chemicals and the potential associated with physical hazards such as dropping pieces of equipment or broken glass being present. In general, shoes should be comfortable, and leather shoes are preferable to cloth shoes due to the better chemical resistance of leather compared to cloth. Leather shoes also tend to absorb fewer chemicals than cloth shoes. However, leather shoes are not designed for long term exposure to direct contact with chemicals. In such instances, chemically resistant rubber boots are necessary.
EHS strongly encourages Principal Investigators and laboratory supervisors to require the use of closed toed shoes for all laboratory personnel, including visitors, working in or entering laboratories and laboratory support areas under their supervision.
In some cases, the use of steel-toed shoes may be appropriate when heavy equipment or other items are involved. Chemically resistant boots or shoe covers may be required when working with large quantities of chemicals and the potential exists for large spills to occur. Cornell University sponsors a "Shoe-Mobile" every three months on campus for campus personnel to purchase a variety of steel-toed shoes for both work AND personal use at discounted prices. Contact EHS at _EMAIL_ for more information on chemically resistant boots, or to find out when the "Shoe-Mobile" will be on campus.


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0-056 The beds of rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) surrounding the Korean War Memorial were provided by the people of South Korea. This and the Asian red pine are their national tree symbols. The flower appears in Korean national emblems, and Korea is compared to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. Also known as the Korean rose, the plants were sent from Pusan, South Korea and planted around the memorial in 1996. These small trees, most commonly seen in our area as large shrubs, bloom in the summer and add rich light purple color to the foreground of the monument as seen from any viewpoint along the walkway. They were given to commemorate the US-Korean alliance and honor the lives of the American soldiers who defended it.
39.819354 N, 89.662292 W (North planting bed of five)
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\section{The \Ivor{} Library} %Given the basic operations defined in section \ref{holeops}, we can %create a library of tactics. The \Ivor{} library allows the incremental, type directed development of $\source$ terms. In this section, I will introduce the basic tactics available to the library user, along with the Haskell interface for constructing and manipulating $\source$ terms. This section includes only the most basic operations; the API is however fully documented on the web\footnote{\url{_URL_ \subsection{Definitions and Context} The central data type is \hdecl{Context} (representing $\Gamma$ in the typing rules), which is an abstract type holding information about inductive types and function definitions as well as the current proof state. All operations are defined with respect to the context. An empty context is contructed with \hdecl{emptyContext :: Context}. Terms may be represented several ways; either as concrete syntax (a \texttt{String}), an abstract internal representation (\texttt{Term}) or as a Haskell data structure (\texttt{ViewTerm}). A typeclass \hdecl{IsTerm} is defined, which allows each of these to be converted into the internal representation. This typeclass has one method: \begin{verbatim} class IsTerm a where check :: Monad m => Context -> a -> m Term \end{verbatim} The \texttt{check} method parses and typechecks the given term, as appropriate, and if successful returns the internal representation. Constructing a term in this way may fail (e.g. due to a syntax or type error) so \texttt{check} is generalised over a monad \hdecl{m} --- it may help to read \hdecl{m} as \hdecl{Maybe}. In this paper, for the sake of readability we will use the syntax described in section \ref{corett}, and assume an instance of \hdecl{IsTerm} for this syntax. Similarly, there is a typeclass for inductive families, which may be represented either as concrete syntax or a Haskell data structure. \begin{verbatim} class IsData a where addData :: Monad m => Context -> a -> m Context \end{verbatim} The \hdecl{addData} method adds the constructors and elimination rules for the data type to the context. Again, we assume an instance for the syntax presented in section \ref{indfamilies}. The simplest way to add new function definitions to the context is with the \hdecl{addDef} function. Such definitions may not be recursive, other than via the automatically generated elimination rules, ensuring termination: \begin{verbatim} addDef :: (IsTerm a, Monad m) => Context -> Name -> a -> m Context \end{verbatim} However, \Ivor{} is primarily a library for constructing proofs; the Curry-Howard correspondence~\cite{curry-feys,howard} identifies programs and proofs, and therefore such definitions can be viewed as proofs; to prove a theorem is to add a well-typed definition to the context. We would like to be able to construct more complex proofs (and indeed programs) interactively --- and so at the heart of \Ivor{} is a theorem proving engine. \subsection{Theorems} In the \hdecl{emptyContext}, there is no proof in progress, so no proof state --- the \hdecl{theorem} function creates a proof state in a context. This will fail if there is already a proof in progress, or the goal is not well typed. \begin{verbatim} theorem :: (IsTerm a, Monad m) => Context -> Name -> a -> m Context \end{verbatim} A proof state can be thought of as an incomplete term, i.e. a term in the development calculus. For example, calling \hdecl{theorem} with the name $\FN{plus}$ and type $\Nat\to\Nat\to\Nat$, an initial proof state would be: \DM{ \FN{plus}\:=\:\hole{\VV{plus}}{\Nat\to\Nat\to\Nat} } This theorem is, in fact, a specification (albeit imprecise) of a program for adding two unary natural numbers, exploiting the Curry-Howard isomorphism. Proving a theorem (i.e. also writing a program interactively) proceeds by applying tactics to each unsolved hole in the proof state. The system keeps track of which subgoals are still to be solved, and a default subgoal, which is the next subgoal to be solved. I will write proof states in the following form: \DM{ \Rule{ \AR{ \mbox{\textit{bindings in the context of the subgoal $\vx_0$}} \\ \ldots\\ } } { \AR{ \hole{\vx_0}{\mbox{\textit{default subgoal type}}} \\ \ldots \\ \hole{\vx_i}{\mbox{\textit{other subgoal types}}} \\ \ldots } } } Functions are available for querying the bindings in the context of any subgoal. A tactic typically works on the bindings in scope and the type of the subgoal it is solving. When there are no remaining subgoals, a proof can be lifted into the context, to be used as a complete definition, with the \texttt{qed} function: \begin{verbatim} qed :: Monad m => Context -> m Context \end{verbatim} This function typechecks the entire proof. In practice, this check should never fail --- the development calculus itself ensures that partial constructions as well as complete terms are well-typed, so it is impossible to build ill-typed partial constructions. However, doing a final typecheck of a complete term means that the soundness of the system relies only on the soundness of the typechecker for the core language, e.g.~\cite{coq-in-coq}. We are free to implement tactics in any way we like, knowing that any ill-typed constructions will be caught by the typechecker. %% but if the tactics are correctly implemented this check will always succeed. \subsection{Basic Tactics} A tactic is an operation on a goal in the current system state; we define a type synonym \hdecl{Tactic} for functions which operate as tactics. Tactics modify system state and may fail, hence a tactic function returns a monad: % \begin{verbatim} type Tactic = forall m . Monad m => Goal -> Context -> m Context \end{verbatim} % A tactic operates on a hole binding, specified by the \texttt{Goal} argument. This can be a named binding, \texttt{goal :: Name -> Goal}, or the default goal \texttt{defaultGoal :: Goal}. The default goal is the first goal generated by the most recent tactic application. \subsubsection{Hole Manipulations} There are three basic operations on holes, \demph{claim}, \demph{fill}, and \demph{abandon}; these are given the following types: % \begin{verbatim} claim :: IsTerm a => Name -> a -> Tactic fill :: IsTerm a => a -> Tactic abandon :: Tactic \end{verbatim} % The \hdecl{claim} function takes a name and a type and creates a new hole. The \hdecl{fill} function takes a guess to attach to the current goal. In addition, \hdecl{fill} attempts to solve other goals by unification. Attaching a guess does not necessarily solve the goal completely; if the guess contains further hole bindings, it cannot yet have any computational force. %% The \hdecl{solve} tactic is provided to %% check whether a guess is \demph{pure} (i.e. does not contain any hole %% bindings or guesses itself) and converts it to a $\RW{let}$ binding if %% so. A guess can be removed from a goal with the \hdecl{abandon} tactic. %% It can be inconvenient to have to \texttt{solve} every goal after a %% \texttt{fill} (although sometimes this level of control is %% useful). For this reason, \texttt{fill} and other tactics will %% automatically solve all goals with hole-free guesses attached. More %% fine-grained tactics are available, but are beyond the scope of this paper. \subsubsection{Introductions} A basic operation on terms is to introduce $


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Rural property numbering
Rural properties are identified using a standard numbering system called RAPID - Rural Address Property Identification. The major benefit of RAPID numbering is that it saves time locating properties and occupants - especially for emergency services (ambulance, fire service, police).
How RAPID works
Properties are given a unique number based on their distance along a road from its start point or intersection with another road.
The number given to a property is calculated by multiplying the number of kilometres that property is from the start point of the road by 100.
Numbers of the right side of the road are even, those on the left side are odd.
Ongoing maintenance
Ongoing maintenance and replacement of the numbers are your responsibility. You should also control roadside vegetation so that the number remains clearly visible to passing vehicles.
If you have any questions about maintenance or position of RAPID numbers please contact us via email.
If you are subdividing, a new RAPID number will only be required for any new entrance ways created and will only be issued upon request. The existing entrance way will retain the current RAPID number and new numbers will be allocated to any new lots utilising the existing entrance way. This is because the RAPID number is based on a measured distance along a road.
Apply for or replace a RAPID number
Numbers are allocated on request where a formed entrance exists, and are usually triggered by a building consent application. Alternatively you may apply for or request a replacement RAPID number by completing the online application form.
Place your RAPID plate close to your driveway, on a letterbox, gatepost or fence facing the road.
It's not possible to change the number on request, as it reflects the distance along the road. We cannot change the number without compromising the integrity of the numbering system.
Properties on a state highway
State highway roads in the Hastings District may also have a local name for a portion of the road e.g. Korokipo Rd, Links Rd etc. The numbering works the same way and retains continuity along the entire section of the state highway within the district.
Can my stockyard or packing shed have a RAPID number?
Yes. Council is able to provide a RAPID number to any property as long as it has a formed entrance.
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FOOTPRINT EASTER CHICKS
Level: ECE, Primary
Grades: PreK - Gr. 2 | Age: 2 - 8yrs| Written by: Rachel Ward
[Rachel is a teacher from Marine City, Michigan]
Students will use their own footprints to make baby chicks.
What You Need:
What You Do:
- Yellow tempera paint (washable!)
- Wash tubs
- Large construction paper
- Each student chooses a construction paper for background.
- Kids take one shoe and sock off. (Giggling will follow)
- Have students come up one at a time, to gently dip their foot in the yellow tempera paint.
- Help student "hop" over to their paper (which is placed on the floor).
- Each will step on their paper, making a footprint.
- The heel becomes the chick's 'head'.
- As paint is drying, kids may wish to sprinkle on glue to add cornmeal, so their chick has something to eat.
- Kids decorate their footprint to look like a new spring chick. Kids can use orange paint to add a beak and black paint for the feet.
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double some_function( Cell* pCell )
{
 return = pCell->phenotype.volume.total + 3.0;
}
// Writing and debugging this code can be error-prone.
DO
double some_function( Cell& cell )
{
 return = cell.phenotype.volume.total + 3.0;
}
// This is much easier to write.
Be careful with static variables. Be thread safe!
PhysiCell relies heavily on parallelization by OpenMP, and so you should write functions under the assumption that they may be executed many times simultaneously. One easy source of errors is in static variables:
DON'T
double some_function( Cell& cell )
{
 static double four_pi = 12.566370614359172;
 static double output;
 output = cell.phenotype.geometry.radius;
 output *= output;
 output *= four_pi;
 return output;
}
// If two instances of some_function are running, they will both modify
// the *same copy* of output
DO
double some_function( Cell& cell )
{
 static double four_pi = 12.566370614359172;
 double output;
 output = cell.phenotype.geometry.radius;
 output *= output;
 output *= four_pi;
 return output;
}
// If two instances of some_function are running, they will both modify
// the their own copy of output, but still use the more efficient, once-
// allocated copy of four_pi. This one is safe for OpenMP.
Use std:: instead of "using namespace std"
PhysiCell uses the BioFVM and PhysiCell namespaces to avoid potential collision with other codes. Other codes using PhysiCell may use functions that collide with the standard namespace. So, we formally use std:: whenever using functions in the standard namespace.
DON'T
using namespace std;
cout << "Hi, Mom, I learned to code today!" << endl;
string my_string = "Cheetos are good, but Doritos are better.";
cout << my_string << endl;
vector<double> my_vector;
vector.resize( 3, 0.0 );
DO
std::cout << "Hi, Mom, I learned to code today!" << std::endl;
std::string my_string = "Cheetos are good, but Doritos are better.";
std::cout << my_string << std::endl;
std::vector<double> my_vector;
my_vector.resize( 3, 0.0 );
Camelcase is ugly. Use underscores.
This is purely an aesthetic distinction, but CamelCaseCodeIsUglyAndDoYouUseDNAorDna?
DON'T
double MyVariable1;
bool ProteinsInExosomes;
int RNAtranscriptionCount;
void MyFunctionDoesSomething( Cell& ImmuneCell );
DO
double my_variable1;
bool proteins_in_exosomes;
int RNA_transcription_count;
void my_function_does_something( Cell& immune_cell );
Use capital letters to declare a class. Use lowercase for instances.
To help in readability and consistency, declare classes with capital letters (but no camelcase), and use lowercase for instances of those classes.
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class phenotype;
class cell
{
 public:
 std::vector<double> position;
 phenotype Phenotype;
};
class ImmuneCell : public cell
{
 public:
 std::vector<double> surface_receptors;
};
void do_something( cell& MyCell , ImmuneCell& immuneCell );
cell Cell;
ImmuneCell MyImmune_cell;
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class Phenotype;
class Cell
{
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 std::vector<double> position;
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};
class Immune_Cell : public Cell
{
 public:
 std::vector<double> surface_receptors;
};
void do_something( Cell& my_cell , Immune_Cell& immune_cell );
Cell cell;
Immune_Cell my_immune_cell;
do_something( cell, my_immune_cell );
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By combining demand for commonly used goods and services, government can harness greater economies of scale when negotiating with suppliers.
Aggregated purchasing is grouping together demand for commonly purchased goods and services to make the most of greater economies of scale when procuring from the marketplace.
Aggregating purchasing power allows organisations to negotiate lower prices and better terms and conditions and reduces risk and the administrative burden on buyers and suppliers.
The Victorian Government has a number of state purchase contracts (SPCs) and registers for commonly purchased goods and services.
More than 200 organisations benefit from the time and cost savings offered by SPCs. Total annual spend under SPCs is estimated to be about $2 billion.
Under the VGPB's expansion program, more organisations will be able to make greater use of SPCs (see Priority 2: Deliver the expansion program under VGPB Activities in 2020–21).
Types of SPC arrangements
SPCs can be sole or multiple (panel) supplier arrangements or register arrangements. Panels can be open or closed. Open panels can accept new suppliers at set or other times during the contract period. Closed panels are restricted to the suppliers engaged at the start of the contract.
Registers consist of prequalified suppliers, compliant where required with the eligibility criteria to provide goods and services to the Victorian Government.
Who can access SPCs?
All government organisations and agencies can access SPCs.
Other organisations that can access SPCs, on application to the relevant lead agency, include local and Commonwealth government organisations and not-for-profit organisations.
Who manages SPCs?
DTF manages almost all non-ICT goods and services SPCs. The only exception is the Legal Services Panel, which is managed by DJCS.
DPC is responsible for ICT SPCs, apart from Rosetta, which is managed by Cenitex.
The role of the VGPB
The VGPB plays a role in endorsing new SPC business cases and is consulted on SPC renewals, replacements and extensions (not including exercising contractual options). In 2020–21, several SPC strategies, proposals and draft business cases were submitted to the VGPB for feedback. This included SPCs such as banking and financial services, fuel, print management and associated services, stationery and workplace consumables, and travel management services.
About the data in this section
The contract values in the tables are estimates. Expenditure occurs as organisations order and consume goods and services over the contract term of the SPC. Total estimated value includes the initial contract term and any options to extend the contract (although these may or may not be exercised).
State purchase contracts approved in 2020–21
In 2020–21, four SPCs were approved with an estimated total value of $984.8 million. This compares to six SPCs approved in 2019–20, with an estimated total value of $295.5 million.
Download this document for the list of state purchase contracts approved in 2020–21:
Variations to SPCs
Ten variations to SPCs were reported in 2020–21. Most variations related to extending contracts to provide service continuity during COVID-19.
Download this document for a list of variations to state purchase contracts approved in 2020-21:
Case study: Smoothing the transition to a new media agency services SPC
On 30 May 2021, OMD Australia was appointed as the new supplier for the Master Media Agency Services SPC with a three-year initial term and two one-year options to extend.
The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) managed a smooth transition from the previous provider to OMD to provide continuous service to government. This is a best-in-class media contract that focuses on a partnership approach between the buyer and supplier and operates as an open-cost pricing model. The full financial costs of any advertising campaign are visible to Victorian Government agencies. All third-party media outlet charges attract no additional margin via OMD.
In addition to delivering excellent value for the Victorian Government's media needs, the partnership with OMD will deliver additional benefits in priority areas aligned with the state's Social Procurement Framework. This includes employment opportunities for those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic – OMD has committed to hiring 12 young people to work on the Victorian Government account and employ an additional 15 young people each year across the agency.
Other social benefits of the contract include a commitment to employ a person with a disability to work on the government account, internship opportunities for Aboriginal people, and purchasing from Victorian social enterprises and Aboriginal businesses.
Looking for new SPC opportunities
DPC is exploring options to aggregate, improve and drive stronger value proposition for:
- Human Capital Management SAP
- Zycus procurement as a cloud platform
- ServiceNow agreement
- Google agreement.
DPC is also leading an ICT procurement reform that will simplify the way government and industry engage. The program will focus on elevating local, social and small to medium enterprise entities in support of Victoria's economic and business recovery.
DTF has developed a procurement analytics capability that will deliver improvements to existing SPCs and identify opportunities for new SPCs.
DTF will harness the procurement analytics capabilities to identify new opportunities for aggregation to drive greater value-for-money outcomes. These mechanisms will also enable DTF to provide ongoing improvements to existing SPCs and management of new SPCs to ensure the benefits provided by these contracts are maximised. Refer to VGPB activities in 2020–21 for more information.
In 2020–21, DTF worked on finalising two SPCs related to banking and financial services and an interjurisdictional fuel and associated products contract with New South Wales and Queensland that will deliver considerable financial savings and social procurement outcomes for Victoria while maintaining excellent state-wide coverage. These SPCs will be finalised in early 2021–22.
Sole entity purchase contracts approved in 2020–21
In 2020–21, 26 SEPCs were approved with an estimated total value of $121.7 million.
This compares to 44 SEPCs with an estimated total value of $98.8 million approved in 2019–20.
The following table lists the sole entity purchase contracts approved in 2020-21:
|Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning||10||54.6|
|Department of Justice and Community Safety||2||7.2|
|Department of Transport||1||20.0|
Appendix: Sole entity purchase contract data
Download this document for a breakdown of SEPCs approved in 2020–21.
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Ten thousand years ago, the Tribe of the Moon were the super-heroes of their time. They battled many foes, such as Ice Devils, the Creatures of the Caves, the Sharks from Beyond Time, Lemurian Deviants and the Dimension Giants. Their most famous battle was when they were led by their member, Talisman (an earlier self of the current Talisman), against Llan, the Sorcerer. Willow-Dancer was slain in the battle, but Llan was defeated.
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Deploy an AWS server with a cloud account
This topic explains how to deploy an Ubuntu or Debian Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud server with systemd to your Advanced Server Access team. You may need to modify this process to fit your specific needs.
Creating a cloud server with user data means installing the Advanced Server Access server agent when you create a server with a cloud provider. Using user data to install software on a new cloud server can be done through any cloud provider, though the user data that is used helps dictate the specific software that's needed. For Advanced Server Access, user data is used is to install the Advanced Server Access agent on your cloud server. Installing the Advanced Server Access server agent on a cloud server doesn't need to be done when the cloud server is created, but running the installation as user data alongside a server's creation ensures that your cloud deployment is as safe and secure as possible.
- Create a server from the AWS Management console
- Enroll your server in Advanced Server Access by attaching your cloud account
- Next steps
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|Amazon Web Services Account||An Amazon Web Services account is needed to access the AWS Management console, where you create virtual machines for your team.|
Advanced Server Access
|Advanced Server Access team||The top-level object that represents an Okta org within Advanced Server Access.|
|Advanced Server Access project||The authorization-scope of your team, organizing your users, groups, and servers.|
- Sign in to the AWS Management console.
- Click the Services tab at the top of the console and select the EC2 option in the Compute category to create a new EC2 Server.
- Click Launch Instance.
- On the Choose an Amazon Machine Image page, scroll down and select Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type.
Doing this sets your new instance as an Ubuntu/Debian Server with systemd.
- On the Choose an Instance Type page, click Next: Configure Instance Details.
- Select the Advanced Details box on the Configure Instance Details page to access the User Data field.
- Enter the following text into the User data field: #!/bin/bash echo "deb _URL_ linux main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list curl -C - _URL_ | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y scaleft-server-tools
- Click Review and Launch, then click Launch.
The Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair dialog appears.
- Select the Proceed without a key pair option from the dropdown menu.
- Confirm and acknowledge your choice by selecting the relevant checkbox, then click Launch Instances.
- Click View Instances.
You should see the new server being initialized on the Instances page.
- In the Amazon Web Services management console, select the dropdown menu next to your profile name at the top of the page and click My Account.
- Copy your account ID number under Account Settings.
- Navigate to your team's dashboard within the Advanced Server Access console.
- Click the Projects header at the top of the console and select a project for your server.
- Click the Enrollment tab within your project's console.
- Click Add Cloud Account.
- Paste your Amazon Web Services account ID number in the Account ID field, and add a description if needed.
- Click Submit.
- Go to the Servers tab and confirm that your new server is listed.
Confirm that your new servers are listed in the Server tab of your Advanced Server Access project before you attempt to connect to them.


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Special temperature control makes smooth pellets that "shine like diamonds."
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Maag Automatik (U.S. office in Charlotte, N.C.) has developed what it calls a revolutionary process for pelletizing engineering polymers underwater. Called Optimized Temperature Pelletizing (OTP), the process generates pellets that reportedly shine like diamonds with no voids, dents, or other defects.
The process produces spherical pellets on the supplier's Sphero underwater pelletizing system. Pellets of this shape are said generate less wear during conveying processes than other pellet geometries. Less wear equals less dust formation, which results in less effort for dust removal or cleaning, says Maag.
In the process, pellets are cut and cooled first in pressurized, overheated water (above 100 C/212 F). The pellets are then separated from overheated water and transferred to the second cooling circuit (less than 95 C/203 F).
After subsequent cooling, the pressure is released and the pellets are separated by Maag's Centro dryer from the process water. Once dry, the pellets are ready for subsequent processing or packing. The closed loops reportedly result in operating conditions without any air emissions or product contamination.
Based on the higher temperature level in the isolated first cooling process, that energy could easily be used for heating purposes or transformed into electrical power suitable for consumption by system components like pumps and motors.


There also exist other sources of power like HEP especially at stiegleis Gorge. These will provide power for the iron and steel industry
 2. The need of cutting down costs which incurred in the importing the iron from other countries
Advantages Expected from the Iron and Steel Industry in Tanzania
 1. It will create employment opportunities for the populations especially in the southern parts of Tanzania
 1. It will lead to the local supply of steel material to steel rolling industry in Tanga
 1. This will cut down costs of importing steel from other countries and hence it will save a lot of government revenue that could be used in importing steel
 1. It will facilitate the construction sector such that stronger buildings and bridges will be set up.
 1. It will also facilitate the development of transport and communication within the country
 1. Agriculture will also improve since farm implements will be produced in a greater quantity and will be cheaper compared to the imported iron and steel materials
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Factors Limiting the Development of Iron and Steel Industry in Tanzania
 1. Lack of capital since Tanzania's economy is very low
 1. Low technology among many Tanzanians This has led to the existence of poor skilled manpower.
 1. There are poor transport and communication systems such that the transportation of iron and steel materials will be problematic.
 1. Shortage of internal market is another hindering factor delaying the development of iron and steel industry in Tanzania.
 1. Traditionally Tanzania has poor industrial base since it has been depending on agriculture as its economic back bone [economic mainstay].
 1. Lack of Government support.
Factors that Hinder the Development of the Manufacturing Industries in East Africa
 1. Low levels of science and technology
 2. Low levels of capital to be invested in the industries
 1. People are so migratory (they keep moving from place to place and hence they cannot concentrate on production)
 1. Civil wars also hinder industrial development in Tanzania and East Africa in general
 2. Low government support on industrial development
 3. Poor availability of raw materials
 1. Poor transport and communication, Hence the transportation of manufactured goods and raw materials is very costly.
 1. Poor labor supply to the industrial places.
 2. Limited or poor marketing system.
 3. Limited mineral sources and sources of energy.
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Ways of improving the industrial base in East Africa
 1. There should be improvement in transport and communication system.
 1. There should be improvement in science and technology so as to facilitate industrial growth.
 1. The government should formulate policies which support industrial development in the country.
 1. The local resources should be explored and exploited for industrial use.
 2. There should be control of population growth so that the capital can be invested in industrial development rather than supporting the rapid growth of population rather than wasting time moving from one place to another.
 1. Competition should be encouraged among the Industrial producers.
 1. The development of Internal and external trade should be encouraged
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Langelier Saturation index(LSI) is an important term in water chemistry. LSI is a measure of a solution's ability to dissolve or deposit calcium carbonate, is often used as an indicator of the corrosivity of water. It is used for finding ability of water for corrosion or scaling in heat exchanger where water is used as heat transfer media in either side of heat exchanger. The scaling in pipe or heat exchnager tubes can cause insulation for heat transfer or metal loss in case of corrosion tendency of water. LSI is an equilibrium model derived from the theoretical concepts of saturation and helps in indicating the degree of saturation of water with respect to calcium carbonate.
Langelier derived an equation for the pH at which water is saturated with calcium carbonate (pHs). This equation is based on the equilibrium expressions of calcium carbonate solubility and bicarbonate dissociation. To approximate actual conditions more closely, pHs calculations were modified to include the effects of temperatureand ionic strength
The Langelier Index isdefined as the difference between actual pH (measured) and calculated pHs. Themagnitude and sign of the LSI value show water's tendency to form or dissolve scale,and thus to encourage corrosion. Although information obtained from the LI is not quantitative, it can be useful in estimating water treatment requirements for heat exchanges in process industry, low pressure boilers, cooling towers and its network, and water treatment plants, as well as a general indicator of the corrosivity of water.
The LSI is expressed as the difference between the actual system pH and the saturation pH:
LSI = pH (measured) − pHs
- For LSI > 0, water is super saturated and tends to precipitate ascale layer of CaCO3.
- For LSI = 0, water is saturated (in equilibrium) with CaCO3. A scale layer ofCaCO3 is neither precipitated nor dissolved.
- For LSI < 0, water is under saturated and tends to dissolve solid CaCO3.
The LSIis most widely used indicator of cooling water scale potential, It is also used to decide qty of water treatment chemicals in the cooling tower or any water system involved in heat transfer. With LSI we can only predict about the nature of water as scaling or corrosion but quantification cannot be derived.
For calculating LSI, it is necessary to know the
- alkalinity (mg/l as CaCO3),
- calcium hardness (mg/lCa2+ as CaCO3),
- the total dissolved solids (mg/l TDS),
- the actual pH,
- the temperature of the water (oC).
LSI = pH – pHs
pH is the measured water pH
pHs is the pH at saturation in calcite or calcium carbonate and is defined as:
pHs = (9.3 + A + B) – (C + D)
- A = (Log10 [TDS]
– 1) / 10
- B = -13.12 x Log10 (oC + 273) + 34.55
- C = Log10 [Ca2+ as CaCO3] – 0.4
- D = Log10 [alkalinity as CaCO3]
|LSI<0||Water is undersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate. Undersaturated water has a tendency to remove existing calcium carbonate protective coatings in pipelines and equipment.|
|LSI=0||Water is considered to be neutral. Neither scale-forming nor scale removing.|
|LSI>0||Water is supersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and scale forming may occur.|
|-0.5<0||Slightly corrosion but non-scale forming|
|LSI = 0,0||Balanced but pitting corrosion possible|
|0.0<0.5||Sligthly scale forming and corrosive|
|0.5<2||Scale forming but non corrosive|
For Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) calculator click here,
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provide to users as to what inferences are drawn and why, as well as to what sort of control users can be given over inferences that are drawn about them. In this article, we focus on inferences about personal characteristics based on information disclosed by users' online actions. As a use case, we explore personal inferences that are made possible from "Likes" on Facebook. We first present a means for providing transparency into the information responsible for inferences drawn by data-driven models. We then introduce the "cloaking device"-a mechanism for users to inhibit the use of particular pieces of information in inference. Using these analytical tools we ask two main questions: (1) How much information must users cloak to significantly affect inferences about their personal traits? We find that usually users must cloak only a small portion of their actions to inhibit inference. We also find that, encouragingly, false-positive inferences are significantly easier to cloak than true-positive inferences. (2) Can firms change their modeling behavior to make cloaking more difficult? The answer is a definitive yes. We demonstrate a simple modeling change that requires users to cloak substantially more information to affect the inferences drawn. The upshot is that organizations can provide transparency and control even into complicated, predictive model-driven inferences, but they also can make control easier or harder for their users.
 9. Quantum efficiency enhancement in selectively transparent silicon thin film solar cells by distributed Bragg reflectors.
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 Kuo, M Y; Hsing, J Y; Chiu, T T; Li, C N; Kuo, W T; Lay, T S; Shih, M H
 2012-11-05
 This work demonstrated a-Si:H thin-film solar cells with backside TiO(2)/ SiO(2) distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) for applications involving building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). Selectively transparent solar cells are formed by adjusting the positions of the DBR stop bands to allow the transmission of certain parts of light through the solar cells. Measurement and simulation results indicate that the transmission of blue light (430 ~500 nm) with the combination of three DBR mirrors has the highest increase in conversion efficiency.
 10. Quantum efficiency enhancement in selectively transparent silicon thin film solar cells by distributed Bragg reflectors.
 PubMed
 Kuo, M Y; Hsing, J Y; Chiu, T T; Li, C N; Kuo, W T; Lay, T S; Shih, M H
 2012-11-05
 This work demonstrated a-Si:H thin-film solar cells with backside TiO(2) / SiO(2) distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) for applications involving building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). Selectively transparent solar cells are formed by adjusting the positions of the DBR stop bands to allow the transmission of certain parts of light through the solar cells. Measurement and simulation results indicate that the transmission of blue light (430 ~500 nm) with the combination of three DBR mirrors has the highest increase in conversion efficiency.
 11. Is it possible to enhance the nuclear Schiff moment by nuclear collective modes?
 SciTech Connect
 Auerbach, N. Dmitriev, V. F. Flambaum, V. V. Lisetskiy, A. Sen'kov, R. A. Zelevinsky, V. G.
 2007-09-15
 The nuclear Schiff moment is predicted to be enhanced in nuclei with static quadrupole and octupole deformation. The analogous suggestion of the enhanced contribution to the Schiff moment from the soft collective quadrupole and octupole vibrations in spherical nuclei is tested in the framework of the quasiparticle random phase approximation with separable quadrupole and octupole forces applied to the odd {sup 217-221}Ra and {sup 217-221}Rn isotopes. In this framework, we confirm the existence of the enhancement effect due to the soft modes, but only in the limit when the frequencies of quadrupole and octupole vibrations are close to zero.
 12. Radiation enhanced dissociation of hydrogen in nuclear rockets
 NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
 Watanabe, Yoichi
 1992-01-01
 The effect of radiation-induced dissociation of hydrogen gas in nuclear rockets is studied. The dissociation degree is obtained by solving rate equations, which include the fast-ion induced dissociation and ionization of atomic and molecular hydrogens. Analytical formulas are used to estimate a change in the viscosity and the specific impulse. It was found that the fast-ion induced dissociation plays an important role in enhancing the specific impulse for nuclear rocket concepts using hydrogen gas at low pressures (less than 0.1 MPa) and low temperatures (less than 3000 K). It is also shown that the specific impulse is enhanced by mixing helium-3, lithium-6, boron-10, or uranium-235 with hydrogen.
 13. Magnetically Induced Optical Transparency on a Forbidden Transition in Strontium for Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy
 NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
 Winchester, Matthew N.; Norcia, Matthew A.; Cline, Julia R. K.; Thompson, James K.
 2017-06-01
 In this Letter we realize a narrow spectroscopic feature using a technique that we refer to as magnetically induced optical transparency. A cold ensemble of 88Sr atoms interacts with a single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity via the 7.5 kHz linewidth, spin forbidden 1S0 to 3P1 transition. By applying a magnetic field that shifts two excited state Zeeman levels, we open a transmission window through the cavity where the collective vacuum Rabi splitting due to a single level would create destructive interference for probe transmission. The spectroscopic feature approaches the atomic transition linewidth, which is much narrower than the cavity linewidth, and is highly immune to the reference cavity length fluctuations that limit current state-of-the-art laser frequency stability.
 14. Ultraviolet laser crystallized ZnO:Al films on sapphire with high Hall mobility for simultaneous enhancement of conductivity and transparency
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 Nian, Qiong; Zhang, Martin Y.; Schwartz, Bradley D.; Cheng, Gary J.
 2014-05-19
 One of the most challenging issues in transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) is to improve their conductivity without compromising transparency. High conductivity in TCO films often comes from a high carrier concentration, which is detrimental to transparency due to free carrier absorption. Here we show that UV laser crystallization (UVLC) of aluminum-doped ZnO (AZO) films prepared by pulsed laser deposition on sapphire results in much higher Hall mobility, allowing relaxation of the constraints of the conductivity/transparency trade-off. X-ray diffraction patterns and morphological characterizations show grain growth and crystallinity enhancement during UVLC, resulting in less film internal imperfections. Optoelectronic measurements show that UVLC dramatically improves the electron mobility, while the carrier concentration decreases which in turn simultaneously increases conductivity and transparency. AZO films under optimized UVLC achieve the highest electron mobility of 79 cm{sup 2}/V s at a low carrier concentration of 7.9 × 10{sup +19} cm{sup −3}. This is realized by a laser crystallization induced decrease of both grain boundary density and electron trap density at grain boundaries. The infrared (IR) to mid-IR range transmittance spectrum shows UVLC significantly enhances the AZO film transparency without compromising conductivity.
 15. Optically enhanced nuclear cross polarization in acridine-doped fluorene
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 Oshiro, C.M.
 1982-06-01
 The objective of this work has been to create large polarizations of the dilute /sup 13/C nuclei in the solid state. The idea was to create /sup 1/H polarizations larger than Boltzmann and to use the proton enhanced nuclear induction spectroscopy cross polarization technique to then transfer this large polarization to the /sup 13/C spin system. Optical Nuclear Polarization (ONP) of acridine-doped fluorene single crystals was studied. In addition, ONP of powdered samples of the acridine-doped fluorene was studied. In general, many compounds do not crystallize easily or do not form large crystals suitable for NMR experiments. Powdered, amorphous and randomly dispersed samples are generally far more readily available than single crystals. One objective of this work has been to (first) create large /sup 1/H polarizations. Although large optical proton polarizations in single crystals have been reported previously, optically generated polarizations in powdered samples have not been reported. For these reasons, ONP studies of powdered samples of the acridine-doped fluorene were also undertaken. Using ONP in combination with the proton enhanced nuclear induction spectroscopy experiment, large /sup 13/C polarizations have been created in fluorene single crystals. These large /sup 13/C polarizations have permitted the determination of the seven incongruent chemical shielding tensors of the fluorene molecule. Part 2 of this thesis describes the proton enhanced nuclear induction spectroscopy experiment. Part 3 describes the ONP experiment. Part 4 is a description of the experimental set-up. Part 5 describes the data analysis for the determination of the chemical shielding tensors. Part 6 presents the results of the ONP experiments performed in this work and the chemical shielding tensors determined.
 16. Enhancement of the electrical properties of silver nanowire transparent


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Prior information about the average dielectric properties of breast tissue can be implemented in microwave breast imaging techniques to improve the results. Rapidly providing this information relies on acquiring a limited number of measurements and processing these measurement with efficient algorithms. Previously, systems were developed to measure the transmission of microwave signals through breast tissue, and simplifications were applied to estimate the average properties. These methods provided reasonable estimates, but they were sensitive to multipath. In this paper, a new technique to analyze the average properties of breast tissues while addressing multipath is presented. Three steps are used to process transmission measurements. First, the effects of multipath were removed. In cases where multipath is present, multiple peaks were observed in the time domain. A Tukey window was used to time-gate a single peak and, therefore, select a single path through the breast. Second, the antenna response was deconvolved from the transmission coefficient to isolate the response from the tissue in the breast interior. The antenna response was determined through simulations. Finally, the complex permittivity was estimated using an iterative approach. This technique was validated using simulated and physical homogeneous breast models and tested with results taken from a recent patient study.
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