Dental hygiene: What are the black triangles between teeth you sometimes get?
The dark, almost black coloured gap you can notice between your teeth might not be simply because of your brushing habits. Here's what they can mean.
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Dental health is extremely crucial. While it is a matter of aesthetics, the colour of your teeth can also indicate a lot about your health. In fact skipping on good dental hygiene can lead to serious health problems.
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But if you have been doing all you can to avoid things that can stain your teeth, but are still seeing black coloured triangles at the base of your teeth, here's all you should know about what it is, and how to fix it.
Black triangles between teeth
Metro reported on these black and brown gaps that wedge between two teeth, typically at the bottom of each teeth. Not only is it unsightly, but some people can find it appearing even when they think they have been doing the most for their dental hygiene.
The report quotes Dr Abdul Azizi, Principal Dentist of Harley Private Dentist Clinic, who shares that these black triangles do not by default, mean something horrible is going on with your teeth. It can however, indicate dental issues.
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The shape and size of your teeth could also be responsible for these black gaps Caroline LM
He is quoted as saying,
Black triangles between your teeth are not inherently dangerous but may be associated with oral health concerns, like gum disease or gum recession.
'They are not necessarily a sign of poor hygiene, as various factors, including genetics and tooth shape, can contribute to their development.
However, they can trap food particles and impact oral hygiene and aesthetics, which may warrant dental attention for cosmetic or preventive reasons.
Reasons for these black triangles between teeth
As per Metro, one of the reasons for these dark specks could be gum recession, which 'occurs when the gum tissue that normally covers the roots of teeth begins to pull away, exposing part of the tooth's root.' This can appear as a black gap between teeth.
Loss of bone support as a result of periodontal (gum) disease can also lead to gums pulling away from teeth, creating gaps.
The shape and size of your teeth could also be responsible for these gaps. Even age and the resulting changes in your body could lead to these black triangles.
Orthodontic treatment, like braces or aligners, are also responsible for it in some cases.
Good dental hygiene, no smoking, and gentle flossing can help you keep things in shape. If you are affected by it, you should visit a dentist to determine a solution for it.
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SYMMETRIC THREE-COMPONENT ROTATIONAL PIEZOELECTRIC SEISMOMETERS
Consulting Company, Calgary, Canada
Journal: Seismic instruments
Keywords: piezoelectric transducers, rotational seismometers, strong motion, parameters of rotational seismic vibrations, piezoelectric accelerometers
Аnnotation: The possibilities of constructive realization of rotational seismometers with the use of fundamentally new two-and four-element piezoelectric rotation sensors are considered. On the basis of detailed review of existing piezoelectric accelerometers for strong earthquakes design of three-component rotational piezoelectric accelerometers symmetric with respect to the vertical location component is proposed. The calculation of the instrument suitable for well observations is given. The prospects of using the new modern piezoelectric materials are noted.

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Definition of across preposition from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
 jump to other results
 1. 1from one side to the other side of something He walked across the field. I drew a line across the page. A grin spread across her face. Where's the nearest bridge across the river?
 2. 2on the other side of something There's a bank right across the street.
 3. 3 on or over a part of the body He hit him across the face. It's too tight across the back.
 4. 4in every part of a place, group of people, etc. synonym throughout Her family is scattered across the country. This view is common across all sections of the community.
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The 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens is part of the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series. This series offers a variety of focal lengths to ensure the ideal working distance for your application. The focal length of this LCM-SWIR-MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 lens is 25MM, and its F-number is 1.8. Our SWIR C-mount lens series is intended for sensors with pixel sizes of 3.45µm and larger, and it covers the wavelength range of 400nm–1700nm.
SWIR C-Mount lensesVisible-SWIR lenses, also known as SWIR lenses, are designed especially for SWIR machine vision cameras. Visible light is defined as having a wavelength between 400 and 780 nm, while infrared light has a wavelength between 780 and 1000 µm. The infrared light type that most closely resembles visible light is called short-wave infrared (SWIR) light. Specifically made for Sony's IMX990 and IMX991 SWIR image sensors, among many others, is the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series. Light spanning from the visible to the SWIR spectrum can be captured by these sensors. They have the capacity to record extensive image data at wavelengths between 400 and 1700 nm. The conventional "Visible light camera + SWIR camera" dual camera detection scheme is replaced by our SWIR cameras. They also provide a low-cost solution, increase the detection range, and speed up processing.
There are several uses for the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens when paired with a monochrome SWIR camera:
- Semiconductor inspection: To find flaws that do not show up in the visible spectrum.
- Examining the moisture and humidity content of products: Water turns opaque at 1450 nm. The water absorbs the light at this wavelength.
- Material detection: Although materials such as metals and plastics may appear similar to one another when viewed in visible light, their differences in wavelength-dependent infrared reflectance and absorptance allow for the identification of a particular material among others.
1.3MP 25MM Short-Wave Infrared lensThis 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens has adjustable iris and focus, and screws are available to secure them. The LCM-SWIR-1.3MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 SWIR lens also has a C-mount for simple machine vision camera mounting. Our C-mount SWIR lenses are made to withstand the rigors and dependability required in industrial settings. They are designed to survive demanding industrial environments. The entire construction of the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens is made of metal and glass components.
SWIR lens for Sony IMX Sensors CompatibilityThe common C-mount thread of the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series makes it compatible with a wide range of industrial cameras. The following camera sensors are frequently used with this 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens:
- IMX991 (Expected in 2024)
- IMX992 (Expected in 2024)
- IMX993 (Expected in 2024)
Resolving power of the 1/2" SWIR lens seriesFor industrial cameras with SWIR sensors, like the Sony sensors mentioned earlier, the 1.3MP 1/2" SWIR lens series is advised in order to produce crisp images in the Short-Wave Infrared field. For this series, 3.45µm pixel size is advised for cameras. It can resolve 160 line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm). The number of black and white line pairs that can be distinguished per millimeter of image space is known as the resolving power. A higher spatial resolution, or the ability of the camera or lens system to resolve finer details in the image, is indicated by a higher number of line pairs per millimeter. See our Download page for a detailed list of all our other lenses along with their corresponding resolutions.
Product Life Cycle ManagementThe SWIR lens series is well-liked and will continue to be made for a considerable amount of time. Since our launch, we have added almost every lens model to our collection, and the majority of them are still in stock. Furthermore, we promise to keep you updated if the LCM-SWIR-1.3MP-25MM-F1.8-2-ND1 lens gets closer to its End of Life (EOL). For their final purchase, each of our customers will receive a final notification. Additionally, we guarantee that a new production run of the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens can always be started with a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) of 300 pieces following End of Life (EOL).
Quality control & warrantyThe quality control process for lens production is based on a number of deliberate steps. The process for making SWIR lenses, like the 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens, begins with a quality inspection of the incoming raw materials and production line setup, which includes inspecting the personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by the employees and cleaning the equipment. Every stage of the production process adheres to a rigid protocol that is monitored by tool-assisted or visual inspections. A final inspection is performed on each product to ensure that all mechanical and optical requirements have been met. Furthermore, inspections for sample control are carried out prior to shipment.
Comprehensive reports covering every facet of production are produced by this process. The 1.3MP 25MM SWIR lens will be labeled as abnormal if it ever fails to meet the specified quality standards. To ensure the procedure and batch quality, a measure will be implemented. From the raw materials to the final product, quality is maintained through continuous monitoring.

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Overview of relevant COSMIC terms.
Texts underlined refer to terms defined on this page. Between parentheses the abbreviation of the term.
Software system for collecting, saving, processing, and presenting data by means of a computer.
Base Functional Component (BFC)
Elementary unit of Functional User Requirements defined by and used by an FSM method for measurement purposes.
Conceptual interface between the software being measured and its functional users.
Any part of a software system that is separate for reasons of the software architecture, and⁄or that was specified, designed or developed separately.
Control command
Command that enables human functional users to control their use of the software but which does not involve any movement of data about an object of interest of the FUR of the software being measured.
COSMIC unit of measurement.
1 CFP (COSMIC Function Point), which is defined as the size of one data movement.
Data attribute
Smallest parcel of information, within an identified data group, carrying a meaning from the perspective of the software's Functional User Requirements. [3]
Data group
Distinct, non-empty, non-ordered and non redundant set of data attributes where each included data attribute describes a complementary aspect of the same one object of interest. [3]
Data manipulation
Any processing of the data other than a movement of the data into or out of a functional process, or between a functional process and persistent storage.
Data movement
Base Functional Component which moves a single data group.
Entry (E)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional user across the boundary into the functional process where it is required.
Error/confirmation message
Exit issued by a functional process to a human user that either confirms only that entered data has been accepted, or only that there is an error in the entered data.
Exit (X)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional process across the boundary to the functional user that requires it.
Something that happens.
Functional process
Elementary component of a set of Functional User Requirements, comprising a unique, cohesive and independently executable set of data movements.
Functional process level of granularity
Level of granularity of the description of a piece of software at which
 - the functional users are individual humans or engineered devices or pieces of software (and not any groups of these) AND
 - single events occur that the piece of software must respond to (and not any level of granularity at which groups of events are defined).
Functional size.
Size of the software derived by quantifying the Functional User Requirements.
Functional Size Measurement (FSM)
Process of measuring Functional Size.
Functional Size Measurement method (FSM method)
Specific implementation of FSM defined by a set of rules, which conforms to the mandatory features of ISO/IEC 14143-1:2007.
Functional user
User that is a sender and/or an intended recipient of data in the Functional User Requirements of a piece of software.
Functional User Requirements (FUR)
Sub-set of the user requirements describing what the software shall do, in terms of tasks and services.
Data moved by all the Entries of a given functional process.
Partition resulting from the functional division of a software system.
Level of decomposition.
Any level resulting from dividing a piece of software into components (named 'Level 1', for example), then from dividing components into sub-components ('Level 2'), then from dividing sub-components into sub-sub components (Level 3'), etc.
Level of granularity
Any level of expansion of the description of any part of a single piece of software (e.g. a statement of its requirements, or a description of the structure of the piece of software) such that at each increased level of expansion, the description of the functionality of the piece of software is at an increased and uniform level of detail.
Measurement method
Logical sequence of operations, describe generically, used in the performance of measurements.
Measurement process
Process of establishing, planning, performing and evaluating software measurement within an overall project or organizational measurement structure.
Measurement (strategy) pattern
Standard template that may be applied when measuring a piece of software from a given software functional domain, that defines the types of functional user that may interact with the software, the level of decomposition of the software and the types of data movements that the software may handle.
Description or analogy used to help visualize a concept that cannot be directly observed.
Object of interest (OOI)
Any 'thing' that is identified from the point of view of the Functional User Requirements about which the software is required to process and⁄or store data.
Data moved by all the Exits of a given functional process.
Peer software
Piece of software that reside in the same layer as, and exchanges data with, another piece of software.
Persistent storage
Storage which enables a functional process to store data beyond the life of the functional process and/or which enables a functional process to retrieve data stored by another functional process, or stored by an earlier occurrence of the same functional process, or stored by some other process.
Purpose of measurement
Statement that defines why a measurement is being made, and what the result will be used for.
Read (R)
Data movement that moves a data group from persistent storage within reach of the functional process which requires it.
Set of Functional User Requirements to be included in a specific functional size measurement instance.
Set of computer instructions, data, procedures and maybe documentation operating as a whole, to fulfill a specific set of purposes, all of which can be described from a functional perspective through a finite set of Functional User Requirements, technical and quality requirements.
Software system
System that consists only of software.
Part of a functional process that either moves data (into the software from a functional user or out of the software to a functional user, or to or from persistent storage) or that manipulates data.
Combination of hardware, software and manual procedures organized to achieve stated purposes. [adapted from
Triggering Entry
The Entry data movement of a functional process that moves a data group generated by a functional user that the functional process needs to start processing.
Triggering Event
Event that causes a functional user of the piece of software to initiate ('trigger') one or more functional processes.
Unit of measurement.
Particular quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity.
Any person or thing that communicates or interacts with the software at any time.
Value (of a quantity)
Magnitude of a particular quantity, generally expressed as a unit of measurement multiplied by a number.
Write (W)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional process to persistent storage.


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Dynamic children
Up until now, our DOM has been static. This is OK in some cases, but in many cases, we need a dynamic DOM: one whose elements are inserted and removed based on user interaction. In Deku, we achieve this with Event-s.
The code below creates a todo list that allows a user to add, prioritize, and remove elements.
And here's what it produces:
Events of events
In the previous sections, DOM element constructors like div_ could only accept an Array. They also can accept an event of events. In this case, the outer event represents a dynamic element, and the inner event represents the stage of dynamism with a data type called Child. Child has three constructors:
 - insert, which takes an element.
 - sendToTop, which sends the current element to the top of its parent.
 - remove, which removes the element from its parent.
The Deku engine listens for these in a specific order. Insert can be followed by 0 or more SendToTop-s. When a Remove is called, the stream is unsubscribed from the parent. Because we're in the land of Event-s, you can emit anything, but this is the how they will be listened to.
Next steps
In this section, we used nested events to insert and remove elements from a parent. In the next section, we'll see how we can use portals to move an element to a different place of the DOM.


Statalist The Stata Listserver
st: RE: Dear statalist,
From "Nick Cox" <>
To <>
Subject st: RE: Dear statalist,
Date Thu, 10 May 2007 13:44:21 +0100
If the ids are numeric, then
gen both = string(min(pupil, friend)) + " " + string(max(pupil, friend))
and if they are string, then
gen both = cond(pupil < friend, pupil, friend) + " " + cond(pupil < friend, friend, pupil)
Now search for -duplicateson both.
Suppose "Tony" names "Gordon" as his best friend, and vice versa.
It is true that "Gordon" < "Tony" as inequalities with strings are
based on alphanumeric order.
Either way,
pupil friend
42 24
24 42
will both be mapped to "24 42"
pupil friend
Tony Gordon
Gordon Tony
will both be mapped to "Gordon Tony". Then, as said, look for
Phillip Sinclair PhD (Lond) MSc BSc
> I have a data list of the following form:
> 1. pupil id... friend id
> 2. pupil id... friend id
> 3. etc
> Each pupil can have several friends, each listed as a
> separate case i.e. there can be several cases with the same
> pupil id each case identifying a separate friend.
> I wish to create a new variable to identify reciprocated
> friendship choices e.g. where pupil A names pupil B as a
> friend and pupil B names pupil A as a friend.
> Please can you tell me of a simple way of doing this in STATA.
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How To Handle Thanksgiving If You Are Divorced
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The holidays can present particular problems for parents going through a divorce or who have already divorced. Each parent wants family time with the children, and if not handled right, everyone can feel hurt or depressed. Fortunately, with some forethought, every family can identify the right Thanksgiving approach that should make everyone as happy as possible given the reality of two separate households.
The easiest situation would be if historically only one parent and his or her family traditionally celebrated Thanksgiving. In that situation, that parent would have the children for the holiday (from the end of school until the return to school) and the other parent would have the first choice on another big holiday. This solution works well if one family happens to be large and tends to gather out of town for the holiday.
What happens if both parents have extended families and tend to travel out of town to celebrate? In this situation, it is impossible to accommodate both parents on the same holiday. So, the parents can agree to alternate this holiday week every other year so that each parent gets the chance to travel. Or, both parents could agree that instead of traveling they would each host their extended families, which would allow both parents time with the children and their extended families.
When both parents live in town and have significant family in town, it becomes much easier to make everyone happy. Rather than alternate an entire week, the parents can agree to divide Thanksgiving as a mini-holiday, with half of it starting on Wednesday morning and extending until mid-afternoon on Thanksgiving, and the second half beginning mid-afternoon on Thanksgiving and extending until Friday until the parents' normal weekend exchange time. Parents can agree to alternate who has the early and late shift but otherwise maintain the regular weekend schedule, which has the additional advantage of not needing to make up any lost weekend time. Using this strategy gives each parent time on Thanksgiving with family, so no one loses out.
If one parent lives out of town, usually that parent will have the week of Thanksgiving given the difficulty of having regular custody periods during the school year. However, if the distance between the parents is not too great, it would still be possible to split the holiday, depending upon how the parents have divided other holiday and break periods.
As you can see, the options range from sharing the actual holiday time with minimal disruption to the regular custody schedule, to extending the holiday to a Wednesday to Sunday chunk of time that alternates every other year, to treating the entire week of Thanksgiving as a vacation period that is either allocated to one parent every year or alternates every year (with the caveat that the children may miss a day or two of school).
Deciding which option best fits your family depends on your Thanksgiving traditions, the degree to which you must travel to be with family, and the willingness each parent has to share Thanksgiving every year as opposed to just alternating the entire holiday every other year.
If you have questions about Thanksgiving and divorce, contact us – we can help.


It sounds like Classical Conversations is more supportive of concurrent enrollment than Dual Enrollment. Is that true?
When talking about college credits for our high school Challenge students, we are often asked to explain the difference between dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment. There is also some confusion about how these models work. We are also asked why we prefer one model over the other. We prefer the Classical Conversations Plus concurrent credit program because it honors our Challenge programs and allows parents to remain the students' primary mentors and teachers while the student earns college credit.


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The Eagle and the Wolves Summary and Analysis
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Intellient Lens Memory?
So does this actually re-scale the video from the source to use the entire panel, or as I would suspect just zoom the image to fit the screen?
In other words, the 2.40:1 image is zoomed to fit the screen but there is no increase in the number of pixels being used as in a true anamorphic compression/lens set up.


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HOW TO DETECT FROM AN OPTEL-TEXYS SENSOR? WITH OR WITHOUT ZEBRA TAPE?
The goal of this article is to highlight the possibilities of performing detections on rotating machines based on some variants of periodic elements.
Detection in Hot Environments with Optical Fibre Sensors
Offering an assembly comprising a sensor and an optical probe is an appropriate response when the measurement environment is restrictive.
This solution avoids prolonged exposure of the sensor to constraints such as temperature, humidity, electromagnetic interference and an explosive atmosphere. In addition, keeping the electronics close to the acquisition system maintains a good quality incoming signal with little phase shift.
ANALYSIS OF TURBOCHARGERS & TURBINES
OPTEL-TEXYS fibre optic tachometers are used in a wide range of applications in the automotive industry, covering the areas of engine and accessory tuning during bench or vehicle testing.
TORQUE MEASUREMENT WITHOUT A MECHANICAL TORQUEMETER
3 French SMEs, including OPTEL-TEXYS, have implemented an innovative optical solution to meet the needs of one of them. CSTM, which develops a high-speed electric motor and needs to measure torque. The company is facing several difficult issues that conventional torquemeters cannot overcome: the measurement must be carried out without added inertia, without integration constraints and at very high speeds.
OPTICAL SENSOR FOR DETECTION IN LIQUIDS
Very often, users are reluctant to use our optical detection solutions when they have to work in environments where liquids are omnipresent.
However, you will see in this article that technical solutions exist to overcome these problems...
DREHZAHLSENSOREN FÜR DIE ANALYSE VON DREHSCHWINGUNGEN
Through different work and research made in the Universities of FERRARA and BOLOGNA from which this article is an extract, OPTEL-TEXYS highlights the contribution of its optical speed sensors in the frame of testing and simulation when the goal is to analyse the torsional vibration of a rotating machine in order to solve NVH issues.


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Our tool for Sandpipers identification allows anyone to identify the species when the scientific name is unknown. Using a sequential selection of physical characteristics, the number of possible Sandpipers is narrowed until a final selection of Sandpipers meeting the selected physical characteristics.
Below, you will find the names of sandpipers species, click on the sandpipers name to find out more about the sandpipers species
Below, you will find the distinctive physical characteristics of sandpipers you want to identify. On the left will appear the sandpipers species which meets these characteristics.


Seasoning (cookware)
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Cast iron skillets, before seasoning (left) and after several years of use (right)
Professional Krampouz waffle iron requiring seasoning
Seasoning is the process of treating the surface of a saucepan, wok, crepe griddle or other cooking vessel with a stick-resistant coating formed from polymerized fat and oil on the surface.
Seasoning is desirable on cast-iron cookware and carbon steel cookware, because otherwise they are very sticky to foods and rust-prone. It is generally not desired on other types of cookware either for cosmetic reasons or because the chemical composition of the pan already results in a non-stick surface.[citation needed]
Methods of seasoning[edit]
A new pan (bare metal) is porous[citation needed] and will grab food tightly, and must either be oiled before cooking or seasoned. This base coat is initially created by a process of layering a very thin coat of oil on the pan. Then, the oil is polymerized to the metal's surface with high heat for a duration. The base coat will eventually develop a more refined coating through use, e.g., frying or searing, and darken over time. This entire process is known as "seasoning". The colour of the coating is commonly known as its "patina".
To season a pan (e.g., to season a new pan, or to replace damaged seasoning on an old pan), the following is a typical process: (a) cleaning the cookware to expose the bare metal, (b) applying a thin layer of animal fat or vegetable oil, and (c) heating the cookware to generate the seasoned coating.[1][2][3] If it is not pre-seasoned, a new cast iron skillet or dutch oven typically comes from the manufacturer with a protective coating of wax or shellac, otherwise it would be rusted. This must be removed before the item is used.[4] An initial scouring with hot soapy water will usually remove the protective coating. Alternatively, for woks, it is common to burn off the coating over high heat (outside or under a vent hood) to expose the bare metal surface. For already-used pans that are to be re-seasoned, the cleaning process can be more complex, involving rust removal and deep cleaning (with strong soap or lye,[5] or by burning in a campfire or self-cleaning oven)[6] to remove existing seasoning and build-up. Once the pan has been heated, dried, and thinly layered with oil or fat, it is placed in an oven, grill, or other heating enclosure for the oil to be polymerized onto the metal's surface. The process of polymerization is dependent on the oil, temperature of the enclosure, and the duration. The precise details of the seasoning process differ from one source to another, and there is much controversy regarding the correct oil to use. There is also no clear consensus with the correct temperature and duration. Lodge Manufacturing uses a proprietary soybean blend in their base coats as stated on their website. Others use lard, or animal fats. Some advocate the use of food-grade flaxseed oil (a drying oil).[7] Likewise, the recommended temperature for seasoning varies to high temperatures above 260 °C (500 °F), while some recommend a lower temp below 150 °C (302 °F). Some say that a temperature around the smoke point of the oil or fat should be targeted since this will allow vaporization of impurities from the oil, and polymerization and carbonization to occur. And, there is also no clear determination of the correct duration of heat to use. Anywhere from half an hour to an hour is often recommended.
Seasoning a cast iron or carbon steel wok is a common process in Asia and Asian-American culture. While the vegetable oil method of seasoning is also used in Asia, a traditional process for seasoning includes the use of Chinese chives or scallions as part of the process.[8]
Surface chemistry[edit]
The seasoned surface consists of a polymerized and plasticized coating.
The process of heating a pan to cause the oil to oxidize is analogous to the hardening of drying oil used in oil paints, or to varnish a painting. But whereas the curing of oils is the result of autoxidation at room temperature for a painting, for a pan, the thermoxidized oil undergoes a conversion into the hard surface of the seasoned pan at the high temperatures of cooking.
When oils or fats are heated in a pan, multiple degradation reactions occur, including: autoxidation, thermal oxidation, polymerization, cyclization and fission.[9][10] Often seasoning is uneven in a pan, and over time the distribution will spread to a whole pan. Heating the cookware (such as in a hot oven or on a stovetop) facilitates the oxidation of the iron; the fats and/or oils protect the metal from contact with the air during the reaction, which would cause rust to form. Some cast iron users advocate heating the pan slightly before applying the fat or oil to ensure that the pan is completely dry and to open "the pores" of the pan.[11][12]
The surface is hydrophobic, and oils or fats for cooking will spread evenly. The seasoned surface will deteriorate at the temperature where the polymers break down. This is not the same as the smoke point of the original oils and fats used to season the pan because those oils and fats are transformed into the plasticized surface. (This is analogous to how the smoke point for crude oil and plastic are different).
As with other cast iron vessels, a seasoned pan or dutch oven should not be used to cook foods containing tomatoes, vinegar or other acidic ingredients.[citation needed] These foods will damage the new seasoning. Instead, newly seasoned ovens should be used to cook food high in oil or fat, such as chicken, bacon, or sausage, or used for deep frying. Subsequent cleanings are usually accomplished without the use of soap. Because modern cleaning methods (detergent soaps, dishwashers) will destroy the seasoning on cast iron, manufacturers and cookbook authors recommend only wiping the pans clean after each use, or using other cleaning methods such as a salt scrub or boiling water.[13]
Other surface types[edit]
There are other surfaces on cookware which are stick-resistant. See also Non-stick pans.
In the process of bluing, an oxidizing chemical reaction on an iron surface selectively forms magnetite (Fe3O4), the black oxide of iron (as opposed to rust, the red oxide of iron (Fe2O3)). Black oxide provides minimal protection against corrosion if also treated with a water-displacing oil to reduce wetting and galvanic action.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ "Lodge - Seasoned Cast Iron". Lodge Manufacturing. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
 2. ^ "Care and seasoning of your wok". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
 3. ^ "Seasoning Frying Pans".
 4. ^ "Care of Cast Iron Pots and Pans". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
 5. ^ "Cleaning Cast Iron With Lye". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
 6. ^ "How to use your self-cleaning oven for cleaning cast iron". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
 7. ^ Canter, Sheryl (January 28, 2010). "Chemistry of Cast Iron Seasoning: A Science-Based How-To". Retrieved 2012-05-13.
 8. ^ Young, Grace (2004). The Breath of a Wok: Unlocking the Spirit of Chinese Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore. Simon & Schuster. p. 48. ISBN 0-7432-3827-3.
 9. ^ Chang, S. S., Peterson, R. J. & Ho, C. T. (1978) Chemical reactions involved in the deep-fat frying of foods. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 55: 718–727.
 10. ^ Paul, S. & Mittal, G. S. (1997) Regulating the use of degraded oil/fat in deep-fat/oil food frying. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 37: 635–662.
 11. ^ "Seasoning Cast Iron". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
 12. ^ "Seasoning Cast Iron Pots". Cooking Louisiana. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
 13. ^ Emery, Carla (2003). The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book. Sasquatch Books. p. 41. ISBN 1-57061-377-X.
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The application of managed pressure drilling (MPD) is becoming more widely spread throughout the world. It is well known that MPD has less hydrostatic head during drilling therefore the rate of penetration (ROP) is increased. This is due to the reduced rock confinement and chip hold down effects. By simulating the conventional drilling and MPD of a well in advance the benefits of MPD can be quantified in terms of increase in ROP and therefore the economical benefits. Applying a commercially available drilling simulator (1)meter by meter drilling performance is analyzed, first simulating and optimizing a conventional drilling operation and then performing the same procedure for a MPD operation in Western Canada. The additional costs of the MPD operation are integrated into the economical analysis. The analysis shows that the ROP during MPD in the higher mud weight regime of the well is improved from 60 to 80 percent. In addition to the faster drilling during MPD the drill bits last longer due to the lesser hardness of the rock being less confined and therefore also reducing the amount of bit wear and the number of bits required and tripping time. Overall the results indicate that the MPD operation reduce the drilling cost of gas wells in Central Alberta more then 20 percent and due to the reduced time at the location less environmental impact is seen.
Introduction
The first objective of this exercise was to develop a "base case" drilling simulation from which subsequent optimization simulations could be run. An apparent rock strength log (ARSL) was developed based on actual drilling data and formed the backbone of all subsequent calculations. The second objective of the exercise was to compare the non-optimized base case (as above) with an optimized base case. Based on previous experience, drilling economics should improve by approximately 25%. The third and primary objective of this exercise was to compare the optimized base case with an optimized Managed Pressure drilling (MPD) case and, if possible, to justify the additional cost of implementing MPD technology.
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Securing handling equipment against falling from the loading ramp when loading and unloading trucks.
The falling edge of the loading ramp was equipped with elastically deformable safety barriers, which ensures the prevention of the fall of the MHE during loading / unloading of the truck. The safety system was upgraded with laser optical gates, which, after crossing the MHE, send a signal to the MHE control unit and ensure an immediate stop of the technology. With this, we have solved the security of the loading ramp area, where it is not possible to install fixed safety barriers. In the absence of a truck at the unloading point, the laser gate system is active, and on the contrary, when it is present in the zone, the system automatically deactivates it, so that the loading and unloading of trucks can take place without problems.


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Wiley Park Name Origin
Wiley Park is named after John Wiley, who bequeathed land for the park to the former Canterbury Council when he died in 1895.
Wiley Park Settlement History
Settlement of the area dates from 1832 when the first land grant was made, with development primarily from the 1940s and 1950s. The park bequeathed by John Wiley to the Council in 1895 was progressively developed through the 1920s and 1930s, and has more recently been redeveloped as a passive recreation area with a pond and amphitheatre. The population fluctuated slightly during the 1990s, and then increased slightly between 2001 and 2011 as new dwellings were added to the area.
Wiley Park Features
Major features of the area include Wiley Park, Defoe Street Reserve, Johnsen Square, the Wiley Park railway station and several schools.


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4.8.1 Conditionalized Code
This section describes how to conditionalize OpenVMS code when migrating to I64. This code will be compiled for both Alpha and I64, or for VAX, Alpha, and I64. The symbol ALPHA, referred to in the following sections, is new. However, the symbol EVAX has not been eliminated. You do not need to replace EVAX with ALPHA but feel free to do so if convenient. The architecture symbols available for MACRO and BLISS are VAX, EVAX, ALPHA, and I64. MACRO Sources
For Macro-32 source files, the architecture symbols are in ARCH_DEFS.MAR, which is a prefix file specified on the command line. On Alpha, ALPHA and EVAX equal 1 while VAX and I64 are undefined. On I64, I64 equals 1 while VAX, EVAX, and ALPHA are undefined.
The following example show how to conditionalize Macro-32 source code so that it can run on both Alpha and I64 systems.
For Alpha-specific code:
For I64-specific code:
.IF DF I64
For BLISS source files, either BLISS-32 or BLISS-64, the macros VAX, EVAX, ALPHA and I64 are defined in ARCH_DEFS.REQ. On Alpha, EVAX and ALPHA equal 1 while VAX and I64 equal 0. On I64, I64 equals 1 while VAX, EVAX, and ALPHA equal 0. You must require ARCH_DEFS.REQ to use these symbols in BLISS conditionals.
The constructs %BLISS(xxx), %TARGET(xxx), and %HOST(xxx) are not recommended. Do not feel obligated to replace them, but feel free to do so if convenient.
Include the following statement in your source file:
Use the following statements in your source file to conditionalize code so that it can run on both Alpha and I64 systems.
For Alpha-specific code:
%if ALPHA %then
For I64-specific code:
%if I64 %then
%fi C Sources
For C source files, the symbols __alpha, __ALPHA, __ia64, and __ia64__ are provided by the compilers on the appropriate platforms. Note that symbols could be defined on the compile command line but that is not the recommended method, nor is using arch_defs.h. Using _TAG_ is considered the standard C programming practice.
For Alpha-specific code, use the following:
_TAG_ __alpha
For I64-specific code, use the following:
_TAG_ __ia64
_TAG_ Existing Conditionalized Code
Existing conditionalized code must be examined to determine whether changes are required. Here is an example of BLISS code to consider.
If the code is truly architecture specific and you are adding I64 code, then you would add the following case:
However, if the existing VAX/EVAX conditionals really reflect 32 bits and not 64 bits or an "old" versus "new" OpenVMS convention (for example, a promoted data structure or different routine to call), then the following method for conditionalizing code might be more appropriate. That is because Alpha and I64 code are the same and 64-bit code need to be distinguished from the VAX code.
4.8.2 System Services With Alpha Architecture Dependencies
Certain system services that work well in applications on OpenVMS Alpha do not port successfully to I64. The following sections describe system services and their replacement services. SYS$GOTO_UNWIND
For OpenVMS Alpha, the SYS$GOTO_UNWIND system service accepts a 32-bit invocation context handle by reference. You must change instances of this system service to SYS$GOTO_UNWIND_64, which accepts a 64-bit invocation context. Make sure to alter source code to allocate space for the 64-bit value. Also, different library routines return invocation context handles for OpenVMS I64. For more information, refer to the HP OpenVMS Calling Standard.
SYS$GOTO_UNWIND is most frequently used to support programming language features, so changes are mostly in compilers or run-time libraries. However, any direct use of SYS$GOTO_UNWIND requires change. SYS$LKWSET and SYS$LKWSET_64
The SYS$LKWSET and SYS$LKWSET_64 system services have been modified. For more information, see Section 4.8.9.
4.8.3 Code With Other Dependencies on the Alpha Architecture
This section describes coding practices on Alpha that produce different results on I64 and may require changes to your application. Initialized Overlaid Program Sections
Initialized overlaid program sections are handled differently on I64 systems. On OpenVMS Alpha systems, different portions of an overlaid program section may be initialized by multiple modules. This is not allowed on OpenVMS I64 systems. For more information about this change in behavior, see Section Condition Handlers Use of SS$_HPARITH
On OpenVMS Alpha, SS$_HPARITH is signaled for a number of arithmetic error conditions. On OpenVMS I64, SS$_HPARITH is never signaled for arithmetic error conditions; instead, the more specialized SS$_FLTINV and SS$_FLTDIV error codes are signaled on OpenVMS I64.
Update condition handlers to detect these more specialized error codes. In order to keep code common for both architectures, wherever the code refers to SS$_HPARITH, extend it for OpenVMS I64 to also consider SS$_FLTINV and SS$_FLTDIV. Mechanism Array Data Structure
The mechanism array data structure on OpenVMS I64 is very different from the one on OpenVMS Alpha. The return status code RETVAL has been extended to represent the return status register on both Alpha and I64 platforms. For more information, refer to the HP OpenVMS Calling Standard. Reliance on Alpha Object File Format
If your code relies on the layout of Alpha object files, you will need to modify it, because the object file format produced on OpenVMS I64 systems is different.
The object file format conforms to the 64-bit version of the executable and linkable format (ELF), as described in the System V Application Binary Interface draft of 24 April 2001. This document, published by Caldera, is available on their web site at:
The object file format also conforms to the I64 specific extensions described in the Intel® Itanium® Processor-specific Application Binary Interface (ABI), May 2001 edition (document number 245270-003). Extensions and restrictions, necessary to support object file and image file features that are specific to the OpenVMS operating system, will be published in a future release.
The portion of an image which is used by the debugger conforms to the DWARF Version 3 industry standard, which is available at the following location:
The debug symbol table representation on OpenVMS I64 is the industry-standard DWARF debug symbol table format described at this location. HP extensions to the DWARF Version 3 format will be published in a future release.
4.8.4 Code that Uses Floating-Point Data Types
OpenVMS Alpha supports VAX floating-point data types and IEEE floating point data types in hardware. OpenVMS I64 supports IEEE floating-point in hardware and VAX floating-point data types in software.
Most of the OpenVMS I64 compilers provide the /FLOAT=D_FLOAT and /FLOAT=G_FLOAT qualifiers to enable you to produce VAX floating-point data types. If you do not specify one of these qualifiers, IEEE floating-point data types will be used.
to specify a default floating-point data types using the I64 BASIC compiler, you use the /REAL_SIZE qualifer.The possible values that can be specified are SINGLE (Ffloat), DOUBLE (Dfloat), GFLOAT, SFLOAT, TFLOAT, and XFLOAT.
You can test an application's behavior with IEEE floating-point values on Alpha by compiling it with an IEEE qualifier on OpenVMS Alpha. If that produces acceptable results, you can build the application on an I64 system using the same qualifier.
When you compile an OpenVMS application that specifies an option to use VAX floating-point on I64, the compiler automatically generates code for converting floating-point formats. Whenever the application performs a sequence of arithmetic operations, this code does the following:
 1. Converts VAX floating-point formats to either IEEE single or IEEE double floating-point formats, as appropriate for the length.
 2. Performs arithmetic operations in IEEE floating-point arithmetic.
Where no arithmetic operations are performed (VAX float fetches followed by stores), conversions do not occur. The code handles such situations as moves.
 - Values of numbers represented
 - Rounding rules
 - Exception behavior
These differences might cause problems for certain applications.
For more information about the differences between floating-point data types on OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS I64 and how these differences might affect ported applications, see Chapter 5 and refer to the "OpenVMS Floating-Point Arithmetic on the Intel® Itanium® Architecture" white paper. See the Related Documents section in the Preface for the web location of this white paper.
Since the floating-point white paper was written, the default /IEEE_MODE has changed from FAST to DENORM_RESULTS. This means that, by default, floating-point operations might silently generate values that print as Infinity or Nan (the industry-standard behavior) instead of issuing a fatal run-time error as they would using VAX format float or /IEEE_MODE=FAST. Also, the smallest-magnitude nonzero value in this mode is much smaller because results are permitted to enter


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The Nature Conservancy and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announce the acquisition of 63.83 acres of important habitat along the Clinch River, dedicated as part of the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve.
Virginia's Natural Area Preserve System now contains 60 Natural Area Preserves, protecting 50,025 acres, providing important natural area access for Virginia's citizens, and securing habitat for 587 exemplary natural communities and rare plant and animal species. These new protected areas along the Clinch River also reduce sedimentation and provide natural pollution barriers, helping to keep streams and rivers healthy for mussels, fish and for the freshwater we all need.
The acquisition was supported by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Recovery Land Acquisition Grant, administered by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and the Virginia 2002 Park and Natural Areas Bond.
"This property is a priority for The Nature Conservancy and its partners for reducing the impact of sedimentation in the Clinch River, one of the primary threats for fish, freshwater mussels and other life in the river," said Steve Lindeman, Land Protection Program Manager with The Nature Conservancy. "The Clinch River is an important source of freshwater to the communities of southwestern Virginia and we thank the Lark Family for their long-term conservation vision."
Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve, named for an impressive rock formation, is known for its cliffs, limestone ledges, waterfalls and globally rare natural communities and species. The area has hiking trails and is popular for nature study and photography.
The Clinch River, part of which is a designated Virginia Scenic River, is home to the most diverse fish populations in the upper Tennessee River basin and the most diverse of all river basins in Virginia, including 45 species of fish and globally rare freshwater mussels. The acquisition of the two tracks of land along the river will prevent excess sedimentation and other pollution associated with irresponsible development.
"The protected area along the Clinch River is an important step toward Gov. Bob McDonnell's pledge to protect 400,000 acres during his term for Virginians to enjoy for generations to come," said David A. Johnson, Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
"This key addition to the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve provides important water-quality protection for the many globally rare freshwater fish and mussels in the Clinch, and moves the State Natural Area Preserve System over the 50,000-acre benchmark," said Tom Smith, DCR Natural Heritage Director.
The property is now owned by the Nature Conservancy and will be transferred to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation at a future date as part of the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve.
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at _URL_.

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I am a newbie to AX, and have some questions regarding to AX4.0 data decimal places storage.
As I know my company has the following AX4.0 decimal places setting:
- Amount: 2 decimal places
- Quantity: 4 decimal places
Here are my questions:
1) How many decimal places are exactly stored in AX4.0 DB in our case?
2) Why >2 decimal places values found in Excel (ver 2003) sum up ledger amount (expect to be "$0"), which exported from General Ledger Module, Ledger Transaction List" text report"? Total details as follow:
- Foreign Ledger Amount -$0.0000000314298063130
- Local Ledger Amount -$0.00000001198613517814
AX2012 R2 Newbie,Arqxlep
1) u can provide no of decimals in EDT property > NoOfDecimals, same is stored in DB too.
2) Question nt clear.... U r having 18decimal places in AX? Excel?
1) Will let u know tmr
2) We export a text file from AX40 transaction ledger list, and found 2 decimal places only in each ledger. But when opening the file in excel and sum up all the ledgers amount, the sum amount have > 2 decimal place come out.
That is what we not understand... Our setting of AX & Excel are as follow:
- AX: 2 dec places in Amount
- Excel: General


How to Prepare Tasty Cinnamon Bread From Scratch
Cinnamon Bread From Scratch.
Cinnamon Bread From Scratch You can have Cinnamon Bread From Scratch using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Cinnamon Bread From Scratch
 1. It's of Dough.
 2. It's 1 1/4 cup of milk.
 3. It's 3 tbsp of honey.
 4. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of butter.
 5. You need 1 tbsp of sugar.
 6. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of salt.
 7. It's 2 tsp of quick rise yeast.
 8. It's 3 cup of flour.
 9. It's of filling.
 10. You need 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
 11. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
 12. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
 13. Prepare 1 tsp of ground ginger.
 14. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
 15. It's 4 tbsp of butter.
Cinnamon Bread From Scratch step by step
 1. In large bowl combine first 5 dough ingredients (all but yeast and flour). Heat in microwave or otherwise until just warm (110°).
 2. Add yeast to milk mixture. Let stand in warm place 10-15 minutes to activate yeast.
 3. Add in flour 1 cup at a time. Mix to form dough.
 4. Knead dough 5 minutes on floured surface..
 5. Butter or grease large bowl and turn dough over to grease dough. Cover with bread cloth, place in warm area and let rise 1 hour.
 6. While dough is rising, in med bowl, combine all ingredients to make filling..
 7. Grease loaf pan.
 8. Once dough has risen, place on floured surface and press or roll into a rectangle roughly the same width as your loaf pan..
 9. Spread filling mix over dough (you'll probably have some extra mix, don't feel obligated to use it all or it'll bubble over while baking).
 10. Roll dough tightly into log and put into loaf pan.
 11. Cover dough and let rise again for 30 minutes.
 12. Preheat oven to 350°.
 13. Bake @ 350° for 40 minutes.
 14. Loosen from sides of pan and let cool where air can circulate around pan for 15 minutes. Turn out of pan and finish cooling as long as you can stand to wait ;-P.
 15. Shout out to the basic bread recipe that inspired this
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text: Physical separation of reactions by interactive multicompartments in biological cells is an attractive motif to design efficient microreactors that create biomimetic cascade reactions. We present an aqueous compartment with three different subcompartments that comprise of silica nanoreactors with encapsulated enzymes, namely, β-glucosidase, glucose oxidase, and peroxidase, providing a model cascade reaction in confinement. The encapsulated enzymes retain their activity as the substrate can reach the active site and the silica shell further protects the enzymes from external stresses, such as heat and proteolytic degradation. We demonstrate the biomimetic cascade reaction in between the compartments ("organelles") inside of an additional microconfinement (water-in-oil emulsion). This strategy will allow us to design efficient multicompartmentalized reactors for further biological and organic reactions.


text: Metabolic, respiratory and haematological parameters were investigated for the Little Pocket mouse during circadian torpor cycles. The rate of O2, consumption decreased from 7.04 to 0.05 ml O2· g-1· hr-1, with a corresponding decrease in respiratory minute volume from 49.4 to 0.9 ml · min-1 during torpor at an ambient temperature of 10 C. No changes in haemoglobin concentration (19.7 g/100 ml), haematocrit (54 %), red blood corpuscle count (12.4 106/μl), mean corpuscular volume (43.6 μm3), mean corpuscular haemoglobin content (16.2 pg), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (37.4 %) and [2,3-DPG] (9.6 μmol/g Hb) were observed during torpor cycles. The half saturation tension of P. longimembris haemoglobin was 41 mm Hg (37 C, pH = 7.28) and 19.7 mmHg (10 C, pH = 7.51).The effect of temperature on P50was Δlog P50/ C = + 0.0106(pH = 7.4). Venous blood parameters were: euthermic mice (37 C); PCO2 = 36.8 mm Hg, PO2 = 49.5 mm Hg, pH = 7.28,[HCO3-] = 17.3mmol/l ; torpid mice (10 C) ; PCO2 = 14.6,PO2 = 35.7,pH = 7.51,[HCC3] = 18.8. These data indicate a new, relatively acidotic acid-base status during torpor, characterised by a higher H+/OH- ratio. The respiratory sensitivity to inspired CO2 of pocket mice was, despite their being semi-fossorial, typical of other mammals. High concentrations of CO2, did not induce, or facilitate, entry into torpor. © 1977.


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Nehushta (Hebrew, NChShThN, "brass object") is the serpent of brass made by Moses and placed on a pole (Numbers 21:8-9) to cure the Israelites of the venomous bites of the fiery serpents in the wilderness. The word Nehushtah "thing of brass" contains a Hebrew pun, the first three letters, NChSh, mean "serpent" and the final two, ThN, mean "dragon."
In Christian interpretation, the lifting up of the brass serpent on a pole is generally held to be a prefigurement of Christ, to cure humanity from the "snakebite" of original sin. By Hebrew gematria there is some basis for this assumption, the numerical value of MShICH, "Messiah" and NChSh "serpent" are identical, 358.
During the first and second centuries CE the serpent was worshipped with reverence by the Christian Gnostic sects of the Ophites and Naasseners. These sects worshipped the Biblical serpent of the Garden of Eden that gave knowledge to Adam and Eve. The serpent was considered the hero because he supplied "gnosis" to the first people which God, considered the demiurge, kept from them.
Some magical theorists claim that Nehushtan, the brass serpent, resides in the upper astral plane possesses redemptive powers while Nachash, the serpent of the Tree of Knowledge, resides in the lower astral and possesses negative powers. A.G.H.
Greer, John Michael. The New Encyclopedia of the Occult.
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Stress eaters may compensate by eating less when times are good
When faced with stress, some people seem to lose their appetite while others reach for the nearest sweet, salty, or fatty snack. Conventional wisdom tells us that stress eaters are the ones who need to regulate their bad habits, but new research suggests that stress eaters show a dynamic pattern of eating behavior that could have benefits in non-stressful situations.
The study, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, shows that "munchers" and "skippers" display compensatory patterns of consumption in response to positive and negative social situations. While munchers in the study ate more after being stressed, they ate less in response to a positive situation; skippers actually showed the reverse pattern, eating more after a positive experience.
"These findings challenge the simplistic view that stress eaters need to regulate their eating behavior to prevent weight gain," says lead researcher Gudrun Sproesser of the University of Konstanz, in Germany. "Both skippers and munchers have their'soft spot' for food, they just show different compensatory eating patterns in response to positive and negative situations."
Sproesser and colleagues recruited volunteers to participate in a study on "first impressions." The participants interacted with an unfamiliar partner by video before meeting them in person. After making their own videos, the participants received one of three messages in return: Some heard that their partner had decided not to meet with them after seeing the video, while others heard that their partner liked them and looked forward to meeting them. A third control group was told that the experiment had to be cancelled for other reasons.
Then, the participants went on to participate in a supposedly unrelated study involving a taste test for three flavors of ice cream. They were allowed to eat as much ice cream as they wanted.
The results showed that, when faced with negative feedback, self-identified munchers ate more ice cream than participants in the control group, while self-identified skippers ate less. Munchers ate, on average, about 120 more calories' worth of ice cream than did the skippers.
But, when faced with positive feedback, munchers actually ate less than the control group, while skippers tended to eat more the skippers consumed, on average, 74 calories' worth more than the munchers.
"We predicted that munchers and skippers differ in food intake after experiencing a positive situation," says Sproesser. "However, we were rather surprised that the data showed an almost mirror image in ice cream consumption when compared to the data from the social exclusion condition."
The research offers insight for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between stress and eating, but it has specific importance for clinicians and practitioners working to promote healthy eating.The patterns of calorie consumption suggest that the behavior of both munchers and skippers could significantly influence body weight over time.
"Stress eaters should not be considered at risk to gain weight by default," says Sproesser. "Our results suggest the need for a dynamic view of food intake across multiple situations, positive and negative."
"Furthermore, our findings suggest rethinking the recommendation to regulate stress eating. Skipping food when being stressed may cause additional stress in munchers and could possibly disturb compensation across situations."
Contact: Anna Mikulak
Association for Psychological Science
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Top 5 Special Forces On The Planet
Special Forces teams are designated with the task of being called to perform difficult, extreme missions that typically present as very risky and life-threatening. Most countries have a team of Special Forces ready for duty should the need arise. While there are hundreds of Special Forces teams around the world, we present you with a list of the top 5 Special Forces on the planet and how exactly they came to be distinct among the rest. So, let us get started:
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 1. British Special Air Service ( Members of the British Special Air Service have undergone intense training and their training goes beyond 12 months. A member of the British Special Air Service needs to be between 17 and 28 years old. Only males can qualify and vision needs to be 20/20. A member of the British Special Air Service needs to be capable of swimming 500 yards or 460 metres with a breast or combat sidestroke in under 12 minutes and 30 seconds with a competitive time of under 10 minutes and 30 seconds. To qualify for the screening test, one must also be able to do least 42 push-ups in 120 seconds with a competitive count of 79 or higher. 50 sit-ups in 120 seconds with a competitive count of 79 or higher are also required. Six pull-ups from a dead hang with a competitive count of 11 or higher and being able to run 1.5 miles in boots and trousers in less than 11 minutes and 30 seconds with a competitive time of 10 minutes and 20 seconds or less. In addition to these physical requirements, members of the British SAS also undergo training by MI-5 and MI-6 for experience with espionage encounters. A tan beret is sported by the SAS and they are also familiar with Apache Indian knife techniques.
 2. Navy SEALs ( Perhaps the distinguishing factor of the Navy SEALs is their number. There are about 2,000 Navy SEALs and they are considered the most elite of all the United States' Special Forces teams. They are trained in the same aspects as all the other Special Forces combined, but are of a higher competence and calibre. The physical training of the Navy SEALs is the same as the British Special Air Service.
 3. Shayetet 13 ( Israel is no. 3 on the list. Shayetet means 'flotilla' and their motto is 'Never Again'. This is a reference to the Holocast. Israel has three Special Forces units. The specialisation of Shayetet 13 is hostage rescue and counter-terrorism. It is not difficult to see why given their proximity and relationship (or lack thereof) with their neighbours. Shayetet 13 is known for being extremely covert with their operations. They train extensively all through the year and are ready for mission at all times.
 4. The Delta Force ( The Delta Force is the counter-terrorism unit of the United States. Hostage rescues, general counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency are their expertise. A rigorous physical exam is a requirement for entry. This test includes sit-ups, push-ups, a 3 mile run within a span of time that remains classified.
 5. U.S. Green Army Berets ( Also known as the U.S. Army Special Forces, these guys engage in unconventional warfare methods in order to get the job done. Training is an extensive process and 12 attributes are taken into consideration when assessing recruits. These attributes are intelligence, communications, physical fitness, influence, motivation, teamwork, decisiveness, trustworthiness, stability, maturity and accountability. There is a final stage of training wherein the person has to carry heavy backpacks through 40 miles of rugged terrain. This is just the beginning.
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Latent Gaussian processes for repeated measures
I am interested in implementing latent Gaussian processes for repeated measures on multiple subjects. That is, each subject has their own little 1-dimensional time series, not necessarily aligned or with the same spacing as the other subjects. The subjects fall into 2 or more (mutually-exclusive) groups and I'd like each group to have its own Gaussian process parameters, so we can investigate whether the length-scale, amplitude etc differs between groups.
The idea is based on a model presented in _URL_ - though there they fit the model using a kind of EM algorithm.
I know I can fit (latent) Gaussian processes in brms and I have an understanding how this basic principle can be sped up with the basis function approximation. But a model of the form y ~ gp(t, by = group) + (1 | id) doesn't seem appropriate because it would appear to treat responses from different subjects but with similar timestamps as 'close together' if they are within the same group. At the same time, doing by = id would fit a completely separate GP for every subject, which seems inefficient and would not pool the parameters quite how I imagine it.
In other words: if I have 5 subjects in group A and 5 subjects in group B, then I want a 'separate' GP for every subject, but only two different sets of parameters: one for group A and one for group B. And maybe a measurement-error parameter sigma that's common to all subjects.
Does this make sense? Has it been done before? What would be a good way to go about doing it?
Here is something perhaps close to what I'm after. A keyword I didn't mention above was 'multi-level'.
That particular example assumes every subject/trial has the same number of observations and x indices, so I'll have to code up something more complicated. Or maybe there's a clever trick for doing it with brms and by = id (to take advantage of the faster approximate implementation) with some sort of priors on the GP parameters.
I know I'm replying to myself, but I've found a recent paper on just this topic
and an associated R package gppm. It's just using the L-BFGS sampler and doesn't appear to handle non-Gaussian likelihoods, but is close enough to adapt to my needs.
Here's old code for hierarchical GPs I posted ages ago; but I don't think anything is so out-of-date that it won't work. Though maybe see here for a nicer GP parameterization you might merge with the hierarchical structure instead.
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@Selby did you end up going with the gppm package, or did you churn something out in Stan? I found this paper to be useful in showing how hierarchical GPs would be modeled, but the structure of the data is such that all observations are recorded at the same time.
I am working with data from multiple plots and within each plot, I want to model the spatial autocorrelation between observations. The number of observations and locations are different for each plot. Also, some of the response variables are counts, so based on what you said, gppm wouldn't work. Also, sorry for bringing up a zombie thread!
I haven't come up with a complete solution yet as I was working on other projects. The latest iteration is something in Stan, based on the code within gppm, but it's very slow at the moment so doesn't scale well (unless I use optimizing instead of sampling but that doesn't feel very satisfactory).


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 3. Healers share with clients prior to their sessions logistical considerations such as: length of session, punctuality and lateness policy, cancellation policy, and fees.
 3. Recording, Securing and Releasing Records:
 1. Healers record accurate client records.
 2. Healers store records in a secure and safe place.
 3. All information contained in the clients' records is confidential.
 4. Healers share information with other parties only with the written consent of the client, in accordance with guidelines and regulations of their professional organization and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
 4. Client Education:
 1. Healers understand that a person's ability to retain information is limited and therefore provide written information about the session.
 2. Healers provide clients with appropriate educational materials that will aid in the process of self-care for clients after the healing session. Educational materials might include but are not limited to: written instructions regarding specific practices or exercises to enhance well-being; dietary suggestions; visualization or meditative practices; breathing exercises; affirmations; suggestions for journaling and other educational guides specific to individual healing practices.
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|Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack
Part Number A86647-01
The Outline Management tool allows you to manage stored outlines directly using a GUI-based tool. Specifically you can browse, sort, delete, and edit outlines with this tool. Outlines are preserved by Oracle's plan stability functionality, so before using Outline Management or Outline Editor to create or edit an outline, it is important to understand how plan stability works. Plan stability prevents certain database environment changes from affecting the performance characteristics of applications. Such changes include changes to the optimizer statistics, changes to the optimizer mode settings, and changes to parameters affecting the sizes of memory structures, such as
BITMAP_MERGE_AREA_SIZE. Plan stability is most useful when you cannot risk any performance changes in an application.
An outline consists primarily of a set of hints that is equivalent to the optimizer's results for the execution plan generation of a particular SQL statement. When you create an outline, plan stability examines the optimization results using the same data used to generate the execution plan. That is, Oracle uses the input to the execution plan to generate an outline, and not the execution plan itself.
As mentioned above, an outline is a means for modifying optimizer behavior. When the optimizer encounters the SQL text of the outline, it applies the supplied hints. The plans Oracle maintains in stored outlines remain consistent despite changes to a system's configuration or statistics. Using outlines also stabilizes the generated execution plan if the optimizer changes in subsequent Oracle releases. Plan stability facilitates migration from the rule-based optimizer to the cost-based optimizer when you upgrade to a new Oracle release.
For more information on plan stability, see the Oracle9i Database Performance Guide and Reference.
There are two ways to launch the Outline Management Tool:
The Outline Management tool provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for managing your stored outlines. The tool can tell you how many outlines exist in the database and whether or not the outlines have been used since the last database upgrade.
Specifically, the tool allows you to:
The Outline Management Tool can also be used to launch the Outline Editor to create a new outline or edit an existing outline. When you want to create a new outline, Outline Management gives you two options: Create and Create Like. The Create feature launches the Outline Editor which allows you to specify the name, category, and SQL text for your new outline. Use the Create Like feature to make a new outline similar to an existing one.
When you edit an existing outline, the Outline Editor lets you to see the SQL text and modify the graphical explain plan for the outline. For more information on using the Outline Editor, see Chapter 26, "Introduction to the Outline Editor".


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The University of Oregon Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will provide an outstanding collegiate experience to our student-athletes while enabling them to pursue excellence in the classroom, the community and their lives while competing at the highest level in their chosen sport.
Our department is committed to the following principles:
 - Strive to recruit student-athletes who are academically prepared and make every effort to help each meet their academic commitments.
 - Provide academic support services so that our student-athletes will receive the best educational experience, including obtaining their degree.
 - Create a supportive family atmosphere where student-athletes feel connected to their peers, the community and the University.
 - Ensure that student-athletes will become responsible, contributing citizens through career counseling, development of life skills and community service opportunities.
 - Provide facilities and medical staff to enhance the physical fitness and wellness of all student-athletes.
 - Require all members of our department to demonstrate and promote the highest standards of integrity, leadership, sportsmanship, ethical behavior and a true respect for equity and diversity.
 - Maintain a quality comprehensive intercollegiate athletic program that is self-sufficient and self-sustaining in harmony with the mission and goals of the University.
 - Operate in accordance with all rules and regulations set by the University, the PAC-12 Conference and the NCAA.


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Background: For most women, participation in decision-making during maternity care has a positive impact on their childbirth experiences. Shared decision-making (SDM) is widely advocated as a way to support people in their healthcare choices. The aim of this study was to identify quality criteria and professional competencies for applying shared decision-making in maternity care. We focused on decision-making in everyday maternity care practice for healthy women.
Methods: An international three-round web-based Delphi study was conducted. The Delphi panel included international experts in SDM and in maternity care: mostly midwives, and additionally obstetricians, educators, researchers, policy makers and representatives of care users. Round 1 contained open-ended questions to explore relevant ingredients for SDM in maternity care and to identify the competencies needed for this. In rounds 2 and 3, experts rated statements on quality criteria and competencies on a 1 to 7 Likert-scale. A priori, positive consensus was defined as 70% or more of the experts scoring ≥6 (70% panel agreement).
Results: Consensus was reached on 45 quality criteria statements and 4 competency statements. SDM in maternity care is a dynamic process that starts in antenatal care and ends after birth. Experts agreed that the regular visits during pregnancy offer opportunities to build a relationship, anticipate situations and revisit complex decisions. Professionals need to prepare women antenatally for unexpected, urgent decisions in birth and revisit these decisions postnatally. Open and respectful communication between women and care professionals is essential; information needs to be accurate, evidence-based and understandable to women. Experts were divided about the contribution of professional advice in shared decision-making and about the partner's role.
Conclusions: SDM in maternity care is a dynamic process that takes into consideration women's individual needs and the context of the pregnancy or birth. The identified ingredients for good quality SDM will help practitioners to apply SDM in practice and educators to prepare (future) professionals for SDM, contributing to women's positive birth experience and satisfaction with care.


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Armed with $500 worth of beans, two women founded a non-profit group in Denver in 1989 to empower impoverished women by teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless and unemployed. Their training opportunities have expanded dramatically over the years, and their annual operating budget has grown from $6,100 to over $1.5 million.
The Women's Bean Project is a nonprofit organization that teaches job readiness and life skills for entry-level jobs through employment in a gourmet food production business. Women come with the goal of transforming their lives and moving toward self sufficiency.
SPENCER MICHELS: Now in its 20th year, the program employs 40 women each year who have been chronically unemployed and living in poverty. They make and package products such as soup, brownie mix, jelly beans, and salsas that are available in grocery stores in 40 states and over the Internet. But it's not the food that makes this program a complete package, says executive director Tamara Ryan.
TAMARA RYAN: We're not trying to make the best bean soup makers of America. What we're trying to do is create an environment where we can teach basic job readiness skills, the idea that you have to come to work every day, and on time, and manage conflict in the workplace, and dress appropriately, and take direction.
But then also we find that that alone isn't what helps women become successful. They're lacking basic life skills — problem-solving, goal-setting, the ability to, when your child care falls apart, to fix that and then continue to go to work.
There's a transcript and a streaming video micro documentary from Spencer Michels from PBS here.
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Splitting a number into integer and decimal portions
Posted on November 22nd, 2010 in Excel Howtos , Learn Excel - 34 comments
Splitting Numbers in to Decimal and Integer Portions using ExcelHere is a quick formula tip to start another awesome week.
Often while working with data, I need to split a number in to integer and decimal portions. Now, there are probably a ton of ways you can do this. But here are two formulas I use quite often and they work well.
Assuming the number is in cell A1,
 - Integer part =INT(A1)
 - Decimal part =MOD(A1,1)
These formulas work whenever my data has only positive numbers (which is the case 90% 0f time). But if I am dealing with a mix of positive and negative numbers, I use,
 - Integer part =INT(A1) +(A1<0)=TRUNC(A1,0) [thanks to Somnath for suggesting this]
 - Decimal part =MOD(A1,SIGN(A1))
What formulas do you use to process numbers?
I use a lot of formulas while working with numbers. But my favorite ones are MOD, INT, SIGN, ABS, RAND and RANDBETWEEN (new in Excel 2007, requires Analysis toolpak in earlier versions).
What about you? What formulas do you use and how do you process your numbers? Please share using comments.
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34 Responses to "Splitting a number into integer and decimal portions"
 1. david says:
 interested to know about this =INT(A1) +(A1<0)
 wat's the purpose of +(A1<0) ?
 i traced it and it gave it as TRUE.
 thanks!
 2. Chandoo says:
 @David: Excel treats TRUE as 1 and FALSE as 0. Since INT(negative number) will give a value 1 less than expected, I want to add 1 to it whenever a number is negative and 0 if the number is positive. So the expression (A1<0) will be TRUE or FALSE based on the sign of A1. Now, if you add this to another number, excel converts the TRUE to 1 and FALSE to 0.
 Hope that makes sense.
 3. sam says:
 Number in A1
 For Integers
 In B1
 =TRUNC(A1,0)
 For Decimal
 In C1
 =A1-B1
 4. Eamon says:
 To split numbers (negative or positive) I use =TRUNC(A1,0) then to get the decimal =A1-A2 assuming =TRUNC(A1,0) is in cell A2.
 5. Eamon says:
 Woops – just saw Sam's post!
 6. Pedro Wave says:
 Formulas to split positive decimal numbers are used to separate dates into days and hours.
 I like to operate with fractions typed as:
 A1 = 0 5/8
 A2 = 2 1/8
 A3 = A1 + A2 = 2 3/4
 7. Shashi says:
 One of my friends had a requirement to separate X and Y coefficients from a string received from CAD software.
 The string would look like x123.234y234.56.(X will be always in the first place but Y place is not fixed as it would depend on integer and Decimal places of X co-efficient)
 Here is one of the solutions:
 Assuming
 Cell A1 -> x123.234y234.56
 Enter Cells B1-> =FIND("x",A1,1) – to find the place of X in the string -(it will be always 1)
 Enter CellsC1 ->=FIND("y",A1,1) – find Place of Y (position depends on X Coeff.)
 Enter Cells D1 -> =MID(A1,B1+1,C1-2) – to get X coeff.
 Enter Cells E1 -> =MID(A1,C1+1,LEN(A1)-C1)
 Hope this would be helpful for those who take help of Excel while working on Mechanical design software.
 - Karthik KN says:
 There is a better and easier way :
 Assuming Cell A1 contains : x123.234y234.56
 Then
 =MID(A1,2,FIND("y",A1,1)-2) – Would give you the X value
 and
 =MID(A1,FIND("y",A1,1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND("y",A1,1)) – Would give you the Y Value
 without much fuss 😉
 8. Kalyan Chattopadhyay says:
 Chandoo,
 your blog (Splitting a number into integer and decimal portions) on these two formulas helps me a lot to solve a big problem at my office. Really awesome blog. Thanks Chandooo.
 THANKS A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.
 Keep it up.
 9. Prateek says:
 Good, but whts the significance of typing 1(divisior) in case of decimal formula. I typed 2,3…. got the same result….
 10. Chandoo says:
 @Eamon & @Sam: Thanks for the tip on TRUNC(). I did not know about it earlier.
 @Pedro: I use it for splitting days and time as well. Also, do you know you can show fractions in excel with custom format code – # ?/?
 @Shashi..good tip, thanks for sharing.
 @Kalyan: I am so glad you find this tip useful.
 @Prateek: The result for 2, 3 will not be same as 1. Check it with multiple values. the fraction portion of a number is nothing but what remains after you remove nearest multiple of 1. (essentially mod(number,1) )
 11. Somnath says:
 Chandoo,
 Since =INT(A1)+(A1<0) on a whole negative integer (with no decimal parts) E.g: -7.00 will return -6, I think the TRUNC function is more effective.
 12. Raiyan says:
 Hi Chandoo…..Can we apply more than one for formula for a cell or a selected range of cell???If we can then how could we…explain with a simple example.
 Regards
 Raiyan
 13. Pedro Wave says:
 Chandoo, using fraction format "As Hundreds" or custom format – # ?/100, decimal number -12.23 can be represented as -12 23/100.
 This fraction format only split decimal numbers visually, but is awesome to me.
 14. Ayan says:
 Thanks Sam & Emon for trunc
 15. Gaurav Jaswal says:
 float a, c, d=0;
 int c
 while(a!=0)
 {
 c= a*10;
 d= d*10 + c;
 a=a*10 – c;
 }
 16. humphrey says:
 How do I split $84,000 in a 12 month period with july and August having equal amounts? What formula can I use? Thank you.
 17. sophie says:
 thanks, this helped me a lot with my formula!
 18. krish says:
 14-294,5,8,9,11,13-17
 hi ,
 in this number series how to take a total count in excel?
 19. John robinson says:
 Hi Chandoo, I. Need to know what formula to use if I want the decimal values to add up separately ie 47.6+48.5=95.11. Every time the decimal value exceeds 9, it automatically increases the values left of the decimal. I do not want that. Kindly assist.
 20. reza says:
 Hi. Thanks for your post.
 I need an formula to change location of decimal and integer digit in a number in excel, like 21.3 => 3.12.
 - reza says:
 Hi
 I find a below formula that can use in word
 Using find and replace (Ctrl+H)
 In find filed type this formula
 ([0-9]{1,}).([0-9]{1,})
 In replace filed type this formula
 \2.\1
 and check Use wildcard and click replace all.
 21. james says:
 HI
 what about these two areas, a number 92.45 , id like to grab part of the numbers from both sides, cant seem to work out how to combine them, e.g. 92.45 I want .45 to be as 45 ( solved as above in a post ) however what about 245 where the first number and the decimals are only looked at . I don't want he number 9 . also what about 81.7653 , I want to be able to grab only the last 3 digits of the decimal place, so it looks like 653?
 any help on truncing this correctly would be good , thanks in advance.
 22. GNG says:
 Hi,
 A1 cell is having integer part 12.00 and A2 Cell is having decimal part 0.34545. How can we concatenate in B1 Cell as


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Meteor deals the following types of damage: Flame Damage. Which means that it gets buffed by the following blue champion point trees: Elemental Expert, Elf Born, Master at Arms, Spell Erosion, Thaumaturge. Also the following red champion point trees protect against this skill: Elemental Defender, Iron Clad, Thick Skinned.


IBM InfoSphere Information Server Deployment Architectures
Book description
Typical deployment architectures introduce challenges to fully using the shared metadata platform across products, environments, and servers. Data privacy and information security requirements add even more levels of complexity. IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server provides a comprehensive, metadata-driven platform for delivering trusted information across heterogeneous systems.
This IBM Redbooks® publication presents guidelines and criteria for the successful deployment of InfoSphere Information Server components in typical logical infrastructure topologies that use shared metadata capabilities of the platform, and support development lifecycle, data privacy, information security, high availability, and performance requirements. This book can help you evaluate information requirements to determine an appropriate deployment architecture, based on guidelines that are presented here, and that can fulfill specific use cases. It can also help you effectively use the functionality of your Information Server product modules and components to successfully achieve your business goals.
This book is for IT architects, information management and integration specialists, and system administrators who are responsible for delivering the full suite of information integration capabilities of InfoSphere Information Server.
Table of contents
 1. Front cover
 2. Notices
 1. Trademarks
 3. Preface
 1. The team who wrote this book
 2. Now you can become a published author, too!
 3. Comments welcome
 4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
 4. Chapter 1. InfoSphere Information Server overview
 1. 1.1 Introduction
 2. 1.2 Functional tiers
 1. 1.2.1 Services tier
 2. 1.2.2 Engine tier
 3. 1.2.3 Repository tier
 3. 1.3 Product modules
 1. 1.3.1 InfoSphere Blueprint Director
 2. 1.3.2 InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage
 3. 1.3.3 InfoSphere Information Analyzer
 4. 1.3.4 InfoSphere FastTrack
 5. 1.3.5 InfoSphere Business Glossary
 6. 1.3.6 InfoSphere Metadata Workbench
 7. 1.3.7 InfoSphere Discovery
 8. 1.3.8 InfoSphere Data Architect
 9. 1.3.9 InfoSphere Information Server Manager, ISTOOL, and InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager
 5. Chapter 2. InfoSphere Information Server installation topologies
 1. 2.1 InfoSphere Information Server software tiers
 2. 2.2 Supported platforms
 3. 2.3 Single computer topology
 4. 2.4 Client server installation topology
 5. 2.5 Dedicated computer per tier topology
 6. 2.6 Dedicated engine topology
 7. 2.7 InfoSphere Information Server clustered installations
 1. 2.7.1 Active-passive cluster
 2. 2.7.2 Clustering the services tier
 3. 2.7.3 Clustering the InfoSphere Information Server repository tier
 4. 2.7.4 Engine tier clustering
 5. 2.7.5 Active-passive engine tier topology
 6. 2.7.6 Active-active engine tier topology
 7. 2.7.7 Massively parallel processing (MPP) topology
 8. 2.7.8 Parallel Engine Grid topology
 9. 2.7.9 Multiple dedicated engines topology
 10. 2.7.10 Web services engine
 8. 2.8 Disaster recovery
 9. 2.9 Chapter summary
 6. Chapter 3. Metadata management
 1. 3.1 Defining metadata
 2. 3.2 Types of Metadata
 1. 3.2.1 Business metadata
 2. 3.2.2 Technical metadata
 3. 3.2.3 Operational metadata
 4. 3.2.4 Metadata usage classifications
 3. 3.3 Why metadata is important
 1. 3.3.1 Risk avoidance through trusted information
 2. 3.3.2 Regulatory compliance
 3. 3.3.3 IT productivity
 4. 3.3.4 Requirements for managing metadata
 4. 3.4 InfoSphere Information Server metadata
 1. 3.4.1 InfoSphere Information Server internal metadata
 2. 3.4.2 InfoSphere Information Server external metadata
 3. 3.4.3 Metadata lifecycle
 5. 3.5 Where to view InfoSphere Information Server metadata
 1. 3.5.1 Business requirements for deployment
 2. 3.5.2 Metadata environments
 7. Chapter 4. Lifecycle management of assets
 1. 4.1 Introduction to assets
 2. 4.2 Introduction to source control and deployment
 3. 4.3 Source control and deployment in traditional software development
 4. 4.4 Source control and deployment in InfoSphere Information Server
 5. 4.5 Deployment scenarios and DataStage project structures
 1. 4.5.1 Method
 2. 4.5.2 Method summary
 6. 4.6 Source control and versioning with InfoSphere Information Server Manager and ClearCase
 7. 4.7 Deployment with InfoSphere Information Server Manager
 8. 4.8 Workflow for multiple release candidates
 9. 4.9 Context for deployment and versioning tools
 10. 4.10 Workflow for promotion into production
 11. 4.11 Build environment
 12. 4.12 Connecting with InfoSphere Information Server Manager to a domain
 13. 4.13 Installing the IBM Rational ClearTeam Explorer Eclipse plug-in
 14. 4.14 Integrating source control
 15. 4.15 Importing a source control project
 16. 4.16 Adding assets to Source Control Workspace
 17. 4.17 Checking out
 18. 4.18 Checking in
 19. 4.19 Refreshing the Workspace view
 20. 4.20 Creating and building deployment packages
 21. 4.21 Using the Deploy and Send options
 22. 4.22 Promoting deployment packages with ClearCase Explorer
 1. 4.22.1 Checking out deployment packages with ClearCase Explorer
 2. 4.22.2 Deploying a checked out package
 23. 4.23 Test data deployment
 24. 4.24 Lifecycle management of other assets
 8. Chapter 5. Metadata deployment architectures
 1. 5.1 SIMPLE architecture
 2. 5.2 UNIFIED architecture
 3. 5.3 REPORTING architecture
 4. 5.4 GOVERNANCE architecture
 5. 5.5 Choosing which architecture to deploy
 9. Chapter 6. Deployment use cases
 1. 6.1 Metadata differentiator
 2. 6.2 Sample use case scenarios
 1. 6.2.1 Scenario 1: Simple
 2. 6.2.2 Scenario 2: Mixed
 3. 6.2.3 Scenario 3: Complex
 3. 6.3 Summary
 10. Glossary
 11. Related publications
 1. IBM Redbooks
 2. Online resources
 3. Help from IBM
 12. Back cover
Product information
 - Title: IBM InfoSphere Information Server Deployment Architectures
 - Author(s):
 - Release date: December 2012
 - Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
 - ISBN: 9780738437286


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When it comes to interior design, lighting plays a crucial role in creating the right ambiance and enhancing the overall aesthetics of a space. In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards contemporary lighting designs that combine functionality with artistic appeal. One particular element that has gained popularity in this realm is the faceted glass shade. With its geometric elegance and ability to disperse light in captivating ways, the faceted glass shade has become a favorite choice among designers and homeowners alike.
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Text detection is a primary task for text recognition and understanding, which can be used in many image analysis techniques. In this paper, we propose an effective scene text detection method including three major steps: connected components (CCs) extraction, character-linking and text/non-text classification. First, for CCs extraction, we design an adaptive color reduction scheme by analyzing image color histogram, which reasonably selects color centers and generates unfixed number of color layers for images in different color complexities. Then, for character-linking, an adjacent character model is built by training an extreme learning machine (ELM), instead of setting various thresholds in previous approaches. Finally, a hybrid text verification strategy is adopted, combining convolutional neural network with ELM for text/non-text classification and performing better than just using one of them. Experimental results on some publicly available datasets illustrate the effectiveness of our method and comparative results with some state-of-the-art algorithms demonstrate our competitiveness.