The potential impact of an implemented income redistribution package on obesity prevalence in New Zealand.
Last updated on 18-12-2020 by Stefanie Vandevijvere
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AIM: This study quantified associations between (absolute and relative) individual income and obesity prevalence. These associations were then used to model the potential effect of a New Zealand (NZ) Government's income redistributive policy (the Families Package) on adult obesity prevalence. METHODS: Logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between absolute individual income and adult obesity prevalence in NZ. Linear regressions were used to assess associations between relative income (income inequality measured by Gini) and obesity prevalence (from the NCD-RisC) for O…
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Some Leaders Are Born Women
Students who dedicate themselves to the study of law leave school equipped not only to become attorneys but also to become leaders. Honing the ability to write, to make a rational argument and to excel at preparation, all pave the way for lawyers to step into leadership roles that help bring about change and shape history, according to Sarah Weddington, the winning attorney in the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
Weddington, Sarah, "Some Leaders Are Born Women" (2006). House Lectures. Paper 6.
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The community garden at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Sedona was begun as a small "Three Sisters Garden" in 2009. Gardens for Humanity met with a group of parishioners at the end of summer with the goal of starting the garden project on Sedona "Mitzvah (Good Deed) Day, " an afternoon of community service to be held November 15. St. John Vianney was known for some beautiful floral gardens, but they wanted to start a vegetable garden.
On Mitzvah Day over thirty volunteers from the community divided into five teams, made a pathway to the garden site, laid water pipe, hauled fill dirt, created a garden border with stones and layered the dirt with leaves to create a "lasagna" bed that would overwinter to create soil for late spring planting.
From this beginning the garden was fenced, the bed turned and on the following April 24 the garden dedicated with a blessing by Fr. JC and a reading of the words of St. Francis. Each season since the "Three Sisters" (Corn, squash, beans) were planted the garden expanded and grew with new fence, beds and many gardeners. There are now more than twenty garden plots in the garden and four composting bins. This garden is a learning garden for many and has become an integral part of the St. John Vianney community.

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South Africa – Pongrácz Champagne
South Africa is not only famous for its diamonds, but also for its grapes, wines and sparkling wines produced there. If you visit the Stellenbosch wine region, you may come across a Hungarian name.
Pongrácz Champagne is the most famous and one of the most popular champagne brands in the country. It was named after Dezső Pongrácz: a Hungarian nobleman, an outstanding figure in South Africa's wine and sparkling wine industry.
Dezső Pongrácz, or as he is known in South Africa: Desiderius Pongracz, fought as a soldier in World War II. After World War II, he was captured by Russia, where he spent more than 10 years in a labor camp. After the labor camp, he returned to Hungary for a while, but after the outbreak of the revolution of 1956, he reached the African country on his adventurous journey.
After arriving in South Africa, he began working on farms and then climbed up the ladder until he had acclimatized there such popular species like Chardonnay, Sauvignon or Pinot Noir.
He also dealt with wine and sparkling wine from a scientific point of view, and has published many studies and books throughout his life, and is still regarded by many as the founders of South African sparkling wine. At the age of 61, he died in a car accident while delivering wine to a friend.
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Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science:
Offering a new Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Sustainable Energy Systems
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities:
Offering a new Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Liberal Studies
Faculty of Science:
- Offering a new specialization called Enviornmental Biology within the Biological Science program
- Offering a new specialization called Nanotechnology and Clean Energy within the Physics program
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Faculty of Health Sciences:
- Along with GPA, you will be assessed on professional practice skills with the completion of a Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer).
- CASPer is an online screening tool designed to evaluate key personal and professional characteristics for successful students and graduates.

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According to Knibb Sibley, Martha Brae river has given its name to the town near its mouth and to the watershed which it drains. It has its source at Windsor and flows into
the sea at Rock after passing the village of the same name. The
name appears to be a corruption of the Spanish Rio Para Matar
Tiberon shown on a Spanish map dated 1680. It was a main artery
in Trelawny and links many of the sugar plantations (see Tour of
the Martha Brae -in prep-)
The Spanish connection actually originates in the early days of Spanish Occupation, when, according to Phillippo it was known as Melilla/Manilla, one of the first three towns in Jamaica. This may be incorrect, as Annotto Bay may have been the Melilla in question.
The present Martha Brae town was created by Henry Cunliffe in 1762
out of the eastern portion of his sugar estate, Holland. He named the town Lyttelton,
after the then-Governor of Jamaica, William Lyttelton, but this
name was gradually lost and the town reverted to the older name of
the nearby river.
Martha Brae watershed is one of Forestry Department's administrative unit and is shown in the above image.


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The Differences Between SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+ And QSFP28?
The Differences Between SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+ And QSFP28?
SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+ and QSFP28 are all different optical transceiver types. All of them are hot-pluggable network interface modules that are used for connecting a network switch and other networking devices for data transmission. So then, what are the differences between them? SFP vs SFP+ , SFP28 vs SFP+, QSFP vs QSFP28, Is QSFP28 compatible with QSFP+? Can I use SFP28 transceiver in SFP+ ports? This post will offer explanations.
Introduction on the different Types of Transceivers
Before figuring out the difference in SFP vs SFP+, SFP28 vs SFP+, or QSFP vs QSFP28, it's necessary to know what SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP and QSFP28 are.

SFP
SFP+ (small form-factor pluggable plus) is an enhanced version of the SFP. It supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Optical Transport Network standard OTU2. SFP+ also introduces direct attach for linking two SFP+ ports without additional fiber transceiver, including DAC (direct attach cable) and AOC (active optical cable), which are quite brilliant solutions for the short-distance direct connection between two adjacent network switches.
SFP28
SFP28 (small form-factor pluggable 28) is an enhanced version of SFP+. SFP28 has the same common form factor as the SFP+, and supports 25Gb/s over a single lane. SFP28 provides a new way for networking upgrade: 10G-25G-40G-100G, which is an energy-efficient solution to meet the growing demands of next-generation data centre networks.
QSFP+
QSFP+ is an evolution of QSFP (quad small form-factor pluggable). QSFP can carry 4 channels simultaneously and each channel can handle 1 Gbit/s data rate- hence the name Quad SFP. Unlike QSFP, QSFP+ supports 4x 10 Gbit/s channels. And the 4 channels can be combined into a single 40 Gigabit Ethernet link. The QSFP+ transceiver can replace 4 standard SFP+ transceivers, resulting in greater port density and overall system cost savings over traditional SFP+ products.
QSFP28
QSFP28 (quad small form-factor pluggable 28) is designed for 100G applications. It offers four channels of high-speed differential signals with data rates ranging from 25 Gbps up to potentially 40 Gbps, and finally, meet 100 Gbps Ethernet (4×25 Gbps) and 100 Gbps 4X InfiniBand Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) requirements. Note that, QSFP28 can do 4x25G and 2x50G breakout connection, or 1x100G depending on the transceiver type that is used.
Comparisons in SFP vs SFP+ vs SFP28 vs QSFP+ vs QSFP28
After figuring out what SFP/SFP+/SFP28/QSFP+/QSFP28 are, the following part will give detailed comparisons of SFP vs SFP+, SFP28 vs SFP+, QSFP vs QSFP28 and SFP28 vs QSFP28.
SFP vs SFP+: Same Size with Different Speed and Compatibility
SFP vs SFP+ transceivers, both are virtually identical in size and appearance. This allows the equipment producer to reuse existing SFP physical designs for network switches with SFP+ ports. As for the difference, the clear one is that they support different transmission speeds, SFP is up to 4 Gbit/s while SFP+ is 10 Gbit/s. Besides, they comply with different specifications. SFP is based on SFF-8472 protocol, and SFP+ conforms to SFF-8431 and SFF-8432. And in terms of SFP vs SFP+ compatibility, SFP+ ports often accept SFP optics but at a reduced speed of 1 Gbit/s. And SFP+ transceiver cannot be plugged into an SFP port, otherwise, the product or port may be damaged.
SFP28 vs SFP+: Can I Use SFP28 Transceiver in SFP+ Ports?
The answer is yes. From the above, SFP28 is the upgrade version of SFP+ that SFP28 has been upgraded to handle 25 Gbit/s per lane. They use the same form factor, and the pinouts of SFP28 and SFP+ connectors are mating compatible. So SFP28 will work with SFP+ optics but at a reduced speed of 10 Gbit/s. And SFP+ module will work well with SFP28 port on a network switch if the port can be set up for 10G transmission, otherwise the SFP+ modules cannot work. When it comes to copper cable, SFP28 copper cable possesses significantly greater bandwidth and lower loss compared with SFP+ version.
SFP28 vs QSFP28: Work on Different Principles
Though there is a number "28 in their names, SFP28 and QSFP28 transceiver can adopt different sizes and working principles. SFP28 supports only one channel with 25 Gbit/s, while QSFP28 supports 4 separate lanes, and each is 25 Gbit/s. Both can be used in 100G networks, but the SFP28 is applied in the form of QSFP28 to SFP28 breakout cables. The following shows a direct connection for 100G QSFP28 to 4x SFP28 DAC.
QSFP+ vs QSFP28: Different Speeds for Different Uses
QSFP+ and QSFP28 transceivers integrate 4 transmitting and 4 receiving channels and share the same size. Besides, the product family of QSFP+ and QSFP28 both includes transceiver module and DAC/AOC cable, but with different speeds. QSFP+ module supports 1x 40 Gbit/s and QSFP+ DAC/AOC cable supports 4x 10 Gbit/s. QSFP28 module is capable of transmitting data at 100 Gbit/s, and QSFP28 DAC/AOC cable can run at 4x 25 Gbit/s or 2x 50 Gbit/s. Note that, usually, QSFP28 modules cannot break out into 10G links. But it is another case to insert a QSFP+ module into a QSFP28 port if switches support (how to realize 4x 10G mode on QSFP28 100G port, please visit QSFP28 100G Port Play with 40G, 25G and 10G). In this situation, a QSFP28 can break out into 4x10G like a QSFP+ transceiver module.
Conclusion
SFP vs SFP+, SFP28 vs SFP+, and QSFP+ vs QSFP28, all their differences in the various types of transceivers have been stated clearly in this article. Though some of them share the same design, they are designed for different data rates. And from the comparisons, the main driving force behind the evolution of optical transceivers is the need to achieve higher bandwidth rates with smaller form-factor. For example, QSFP28 provides more bandwidth than QSFP+ in the same form factor. Want to know more about the transceiver package, you can refer to the article Why 100G Data Centre Transceiver Prefers COB Packaging.

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Hummingbird Scientific launched the first commercial liquid-cell TEM holder in 2006 and an award-winning liquid-electrochemical holder in 2008, allowing liquid-electrochemical experiments inside the TEM. Now, Hummingbird Scientific's new Optical Bulk Liquid-Electrochemistry holder allows for the application of light inside an in-situ TEM liquid-electrochemical cell. The optical liquid holder provides optical feedthrough, which allows the user to conduct photosensitive and bulk-scale electro(chemical) experiments in a liquid environment in the TEM and directly observe the effect of light on material behavior, elucidating bulk behavior.
The new optical holder addresses the need for light application capabilities in the fields of:
Potential research may focus on water splitting using catalytic materials, for example, H2 generation as a fuel source, or CO2 conversion for liquid fuel.


Installing an external scale on the SendPro C, SendPro+
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External scales can be both practical and useful if you send large volumes of mail such as parcels and packages.
 1. If you are using the scale that is located on top of the device, remove the scale by it lifting off.
 Integrated scale on top of the device
 integrated scale removed from the top of the machine
 2. Fit the blanking plate on the device where the scale was located.
 Blanking plate
 Blanking plate fitted to the machine
 3. Tap the Settings on the toolbar.
 Settings icon
 4. Scroll down and tap Scale Installation Guides.
 5. Swipe to the left and select the scale you are installing.
 6. Tap Continue.
 7. Following the on-screen instructions, swipe to the left and unbox the scale.
 8. Position and level the scale. The scale has a level bubble under its lid. Ensure the bubble is within the circle of the level bubble by adjusting the round feet of the scale.
 9. Connect the large end of the USB cable into the device and the other end into the scale.
 10. Tap Continue.
 11. Tap Verify.
 12. Tap Got It.
 13. Tap Envelope Printing.
 14. Tap the Weight icon, then tap the Scale option.
 15. Place your mail on the scale.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A grove is a small group of trees with little or no undergrowth. For example: a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts. Other words for groups of trees include woodland, copse, woodlot, thicket or spinney.
Further reading [change]
- "Start Now to Design Citrus Groves for Mechanical Harvesting". University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. _URL_ Retrieved 2006-01-06.


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In FTB, when right-clicking on a person and selecting "relation" to open the relationship calculator, the result is in text. For example :
A is the daughter of B
B is the sister of C
C is the husband of D
D is the brother of E
E is the father of F
and so on. While this is useful in some ways, it is not easy to see whether A and F are what I would call "close" or "distant" relatives - whether they are actually blood relatives or related by marriage. I would really appreciate an option to show the relationship graphically. Names would not be important (though some users might prefer them), so something like dots joined by lines, where a single dotted horizontal line is a marriage, a solid horizontal line a sibling, and vertical lines show descendents/amcestors. The above would look sonething like (forgive the poor representation, as I am limited to typed characters):
I inserted the letters for clarity, but all I am asking for are dots to represent the people. maybe pink and blue to indicate sex. Looking at this digram, I can see MUCH quicker that A's parent's sibling's spouse's sibling's child is F, than I could in the text format. I can also quickly see that A and F are related by marriage, not blood.
Given that your program has already calulated the information in text, converting it to the diagram should be easily programmed.
You could widen the realtionship calculator window and add the diagram to one side of the text/memo box.
What it is doing is that it is disallowing any query to be posted on the site. It just displays a loading message and nothing happens...
Your older method of contacting customer support was functional and response was also good.
I wanted to find out how to nest a photo album into another album. For example, I make a grandparent album, under it make parent albums and under them albums forall the children. Automatically all photos would get loadedin thecorrect place.
I am unable to find out how to nest an album within another. Something akin to a tree structured directory/folders
Please guide me how to do it,
And in case the faciliy is not there, please buildit in.
Not just occupations - there are a whole lot of database fiields that do not appear merge when smart-matched, in fact, it seems that most do not. Surely, when merging, ALL fields in the match should be available for comparison and copy?
I note that your website for FTB still advertises smart match technology, even though this no longer works properly in version 8.0. I have just downloaded build 8225, and clicking on the green circle on a person's tab gets me a statement that there are "35 smart matches" for a person I recently added to my tree, but none of the matches show up, even after clicking "update now". However clicking on some people, that I have previously confirmed matches for, sometimes does show the matches. FTB has a bug!
There are instances where you see the Smart Match indicator but when you go to check the matches there are none.
The reason is due to a lag in processing Smart Matches.
When you type the information into your tree, we check to see if there are matches "ad-hoc" or "on the fly".
If there is a match, the green icon appears to indicate we've found a preliminary match.
The actual matches usually take a few days to be processed, so if you go to check your matches right away you won't see any, but ideally you should get matches within 2-3 days, and with large trees 1000 persons, it may take 4-5 days.
No, it has not helped. You miss the point. I click on the green indicator, and go to the smart match page. I get a message at the top of the window saying "Retrieving smart matches for <whoever>". A few seconds later I get "There are <xx> Smart Matches for <whoever>" but THEY DO NOT DISPLAY in the bottom of the window. Pressing the "Update Now" button just repeats the whole process, but they still do not display.
I have attached a pdf with a screen shot showing what I mean. On the attached file shot, there was a "Show the additional 7 Smart Matches" option, and when I clicked that, then the 7 additional matches appeared, but not the other 9. However, that option does not appear with many of the smart match pages - for example, I have an ancestor with 35 matches, but none show, and there are no options to select (ncluding no "Change Smart Match options").
I have looked through the options, and do not find one for not showing previously confirmed options - that may be the cause - is there one? But I don't think that is the problem, as one of the 7 additional matches in the example has been previously confirmed.
From your reply, are you saying that we have to click on the green icon, and then wait a few days for the matches to come through? The ones I am complaining about are people I have had on the tree for a couple of years, and have previously seen smart matches for (using version 7 of FTB, not version 8) but I did not work through all of them.
Thank you for your detailed reply and the Pdf you kindly provided.
I have now pushed your family tree closer to the front of the generation queue and I would like for you to now go back and click on the update button and let me know if this has helped resolve the issue for you.
Thank you for your reply and I am happy to hear that you are back on track.
If you should experience any further problems and you are unable to find the answer you are looking for on the forum or via our Help center then please do not hesitate to contact the support team from your registered MyHeritage email address to _EMAIL_.
Suggest that you update Scottish records eg. Census - there are records after 1861. Please make it clear before people sign up that your Scottish records are limited and when a search is made for Scottish genealogy sites your name pops up. Misleading
I would like to see the Apps page of your main site modified with a user choice of downloading either Version 7 or Version 8 of Family Tree Builder. This option would be a life saver for many of those who have reported and complined about failures, loss of function, and loss of data. The injured could recover function with backup files, while the bloodied but unbowed could bravely soldier on.
Personally I have not seen any geolocation or location matching functionality in MyHeritage. From the sounds of what you guys are saying it seems like you have it? Odd!
If I create a "family book" via the chart generator, the same place will be listed 100 times in the appendix with slightly different formatting (abbreviations, postcodes being added, more or less specific version of the same place name, different language variants of the same place name, typos, etc...).
I was actually going to suggest they add something to sort all of this out.
I intend to go through 2000 records and reformat the place names manually.... *sigh*
I do support suggestion of Graeme. Current data set let to register places of living, birth and death of currently available countries. However historical countries (and flags) shall be available as well.
Possible solution is to give access for the users to edit country list.
Alternative solution is to keep curruent country set as master country list and let the users to create own custom country list.
Names of places should be as they were at the time of the record that the event decribes, thus they will correspond with the original, as part of the data set of that place should be it's geolocation (Latitude & Longitude) and a date range that it was callled that name
In version 5.x we had a very great treeview (next to the list). Since version 6 or so its no longer there.. why leave out this practical navigation method? I'm still working with version 5.. waiting untill it returns..
Excellent question. In version 8, there are a number of additional things left out, for example the tree consistency checker, Translation wizard , GEDCOM merge, ToDo task list, and all 'save' functions (especially "save as"). It is a pity that MH does not think it necessary to warn its customers when they bring out a new version that does not do as much as the replaced version. I upgraded without even thinking that I would lose some very important functionality. What programming company EVER does that? I regret having upgraded, as version 7 no longer seems available.


optimized for developing client app)
 2. Better efficiency than higher level API
PJSUA2 C++ API
pjsua2 is a new, objected oriented, C++ API created on top of PJSUA-LIB. The API is different than PJSUA-LIB, but it should be even easier to use and it should have better documentation too (such as this book). The pjsua2 API removes most cruxes typically associated with PJSIP, such as the pool and pj_str_t, and add new features such as object persistence so you can save your configs to a file, for example. All data structures are rewritten for more clarity.
A C++ application can use pjsua2 natively, while at the same time still has access to the lower level objects if it needs to. This means that the C++ application should not lose any information from using the C++ abstraction, compared to if it is using PJSUA-LIB directly. The C++ application also should not lose the ability to extend the library. It would still be able to register a custom PJSIP module, pjmedia_port, pjmedia_transport, and so on.
Benefits of using pjsua2 C++ API include:
 1. Cleaner object oriented API
 2. Uniform API for higher level language such as Java, Python, and C#
 3. Persistence API
 4. The ability to access PJSUA-LIB and lower level libraries when needed (including the ability to extend the libraries, for example creating custom PJSIP module, pjmedia_port, pjmedia_transport, etc.)
Some considerations on PJSUA2 C++ API are:
 1. Instead of returning error, the API uses exception for error reporting
 2. It uses standard C++ library (STL)
 3. The performance penalty due to the API abstraction should be negligible on typical modern device
PJSUA2 API for Java, Python, C#, and Others
The PJSUA2 API is also available for non-native code via SWIG binding. Configurations for Java, Python, and C# are provided with the distribution. Thanks to SWIG, other language bindings may be generated relatively easily.
The pjsua2 API for non-native code is effectively the same as pjsua2 C++ API. However, unlike C++, you cannot access PJSUA-LIB and the underlying C libraries from the scripting language, hence you are limited to what pjsua2 provides.
You can use this API if native application development is not available in target platform (such as Android), or if you prefer to develop with non-native code instead of C/C++.
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Did you know you can add the Quit option to the Finder's application menu? This allows you to easily quit the application. After quitting you can restart Finder by clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock.
In macOS and OS X it's possible to show one application at a time. You can enable a 'single application' mode by entering the following command in Terminal:
There is a Terminal command that you can use to quickly make your dock look like new again. Do you experience problems with the Dock on your Mac? The best you can do is to reset it to default settings.
The following Terminal command will reset your dock by removing any icons that you've added and removed. It'll also reset the size of the dock, magnification settings, and its location.
File extensions (.jpg,.txt,.pdf, etc) are normally hidden by default in OS X. You can either set all extensions to be displayed through the following command:
TextEdit is a simple application for quickly writing text and notes. The text can be edited in RTF (Rich Text Format) mode, as well as plain text. With the following defaults write command you can enable plain text as default format in TextEdit.
When you take a screenshot on Mac there's always a shadow around the screenshot by default. Disable the shadow from the screenshot with this Terminal command. Be aware, this command only works on a Mac with macOS High Sierra or newer. Click here for the command for macOS Mojave or newer.
By default, screenshots (cmd⌘ + shift⇧ + 3) are saved on your desktop along with the date and time they were taken. It's possible to to remove the date and time stamp from the file names of screenshots, use the following command in Terminal:


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Table of Contents
- The A to Z of Pokémon Collection: Everything You Need to Know
- The Basics of Pokémon Collection
- Strategies for Building an Impressive Pokémon Collection
- The Joy of Completing the Pokédex
- Case Study: The Pokémon Collection Journey of Ash Ketchum
- Key Takeaways for Pokémon Trainers
- 1. How many Pokémon are there in total?
- 2. Can I complete the Pokédex without trading with other trainers?
- 3. Are there any Pokémon that cannot evolve?
- 4. How can I participate in Pokémon events?
- 5. Can I transfer Pokémon from older Pokémon games to newer ones?
- 6. Are there any Pokémon that are exclusive to certain regions?
- 7. Can I collect Pokémon in real life?
Pokémon, the beloved franchise that took the world by storm in the late 1990s, has captured the hearts of millions of fans across the globe. With its captivating characters, engaging gameplay, and a vast world to explore, Pokémon has become a cultural phenomenon that continues to thrive to this day. One of the most exciting aspects of the Pokémon franchise is the collection of Pokémon, which spans from A to Z. In this article, we will delve into the world of Pokémon collection, providing valuable insights and tips for both new and seasoned trainers.
The Basics of Pokémon Collection
Before we dive into the details, let's start with the basics. Pokémon collection refers to the act of capturing, training, and evolving Pokémon creatures. Trainers embark on a journey to catch as many different Pokémon species as possible, filling up their Pokédex, a digital encyclopedia that records information about each Pokémon.
Each Pokémon has its own unique characteristics, abilities, and types. There are currently 898 Pokémon species, each with its own name and number. The Pokémon collection journey begins with the starter Pokémon, which players choose at the beginning of their adventure. From there, trainers encounter wild Pokémon in various locations, such as forests, caves, and cities, and attempt to capture them using Poké Balls.
Strategies for Building an Impressive Pokémon Collection
Building an impressive Pokémon collection requires careful planning and strategic thinking. Here are some tips to help you on your journey:
- Research Pokémon Locations: Different Pokémon species can be found in specific locations. Researching the habitats and regions where certain Pokémon appear will increase your chances of encountering them.
- Trade Pokémon: Trading Pokémon with other trainers is a great way to expand your collection. Some Pokémon can only be obtained through trading, so connecting with other trainers is essential.
- Participate in Events: Pokémon games often feature special events where rare Pokémon are available for a limited time. Keep an eye out for these events and make sure to participate to add unique Pokémon to your collection.
- Breed Pokémon: Breeding Pokémon allows you to obtain Pokémon with specific traits or moves. By strategically breeding Pokémon, you can create a diverse and powerful collection.
- Evolve Pokémon: Many Pokémon have multiple evolutionary stages. By leveling up or using special items, you can evolve your Pokémon into more powerful forms. Evolving Pokémon not only strengthens your collection but also unlocks new abilities and moves.
The Joy of Completing the Pokédex
Completing the Pokédex, the ultimate goal for many trainers, is a monumental achievement. The Pokédex serves as a comprehensive record of all Pokémon species, providing valuable information about their characteristics, abilities, and evolution paths. It is a testament to a trainer's dedication and perseverance.
Completing the Pokédex requires capturing every Pokémon species, including both basic forms and their evolutions. This task can be challenging, as some Pokémon are incredibly rare or can only be obtained through specific methods, such as trading or participating in special events. However, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that comes with completing the Pokédex is unparalleled.
Case Study: The Pokémon Collection Journey of Ash Ketchum
Ash Ketchum, the iconic protagonist of the Pokémon animated series, provides an inspiring case study of a Pokémon collection journey. Throughout his adventures, Ash has captured and trained numerous Pokémon, showcasing the diversity and depth of the Pokémon world.
Starting with his loyal Pikachu, Ash has caught a wide range of Pokémon, each with its own unique abilities and personalities. From the fiery Charizard to the water-loving Squirtle, Ash's collection represents a diverse array of Pokémon types and species.
Ash's journey also highlights the importance of friendship and bonding with Pokémon. He forms deep connections with his Pokémon, treating them as valued companions rather than mere tools for battle. This emotional bond is a crucial aspect of the Pokémon collection journey, as it fosters trust and strengthens the trainer-Pokémon relationship.
Key Takeaways for Pokémon Trainers
As you embark on your own Pokémon collection journey, keep these key takeaways in mind:
- Research and Plan: Understanding the locations, evolution paths, and unique traits of Pokémon will greatly enhance your collection efforts.
- Connect with Other Trainers: Trading Pokémon and participating in events will help you obtain rare and exclusive Pokémon.
- Embrace the Journey: Building a Pokémon collection is not just about completing the Pokédex. It's about the experiences, friendships, and memories you create along the way.
- Train and Evolve: Leveling up and evolving your Pokémon will unlock their full potential and make your collection more formidable.
- Enjoy the Adventure: Pokémon collection is a lifelong journey. Embrace the joy of exploration, discovery, and the thrill of encountering new Pokémon.
1. How many Pokémon are there in total?
Currently, there are 898 Pokémon species in total.
2. Can I complete the Pokédex without trading with other trainers?
No, some Pokémon can only be obtained through trading with other trainers. Trading is an essential aspect of completing the Pokédex.
3. Are there any Pokémon that cannot evolve?
Yes, there are several Pokémon species that do not have any evolutionary stages. These Pokémon are known as "legendary" or "mythical" Pokémon.
4. How can I participate in Pokémon events?
Pokémon events are often announced through official Pokémon websites, social media channels, and in-game notifications. Stay updated and follow the instructions provided to participate in these events.
5. Can I transfer Pokémon from older Pokémon games to newer ones?
Yes, in most cases, you can transfer Pokémon from older games to newer ones using specific methods and tools provided by the game developers. However, not all Pokémon can be transferred, so it's important to check compatibility before attempting transfers.
6. Are there any Pokémon that are exclusive to certain regions?
Yes, certain Pokémon species are exclusive to specific regions in the Pokémon world. This encourages trainers to explore different locations and connect with trainers from other regions to complete their collections.
7. Can I collect Pokémon in real life?
While Pokémon collection primarily takes place in the virtual world of Pokémon games, there are real-life Pokémon collectibles


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Quadrant analysis of boundary layer above pitched and flat roofs
 1. 1. _PHONE_ - UT-L 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
 Kellnerová, Radka - Kukačka, Libor - Jaňour, Zbyněk
 Quadrant analysis of boundary layer above pitched and flat roofs.
 Acta Technica CSAV. Roč. 54, č. 4 (2009), s. 401-413 ISSN 0001-7043
 Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z20760514
 Klíčová slova: street canyon * flat and pitched roofs * quadrant analysis
 Kód oboru RIV: DG - Vědy o atmosféře, meteorologie
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 Boundary layer over two types of urban roughness in wind-tunnel is investigated. The roughness is composed from rows of street canyons with two shapes of roof— flat and pitched. Different roofs produce different internal boundary layers above canyons. A layer generated by pitched roofs, is significantly more turbulent since it provides a larger vertical variation for the wind passing above. Momentum flux and corresponding transport exhibits diverse development, extension and magnitude as well. Ventilation in streets is therefore distinct from each other. Flat roofs generate rather larger eddies in street canyon, which does not disturb the ventilation significantly. Adversely, geometry of pitched roofs enables to wind to attack on the core of recirculation zone and break it. Quadrant analysis is applied for vertical profiles and cross-sectional areas in canyons in order to detect a domination of sweep or ejection events and to find a linkage to the third moment of velocity for both cases.
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AAPT.org - American Association of Physics Teachers
What Specific Projects will the Task Force Undertake?
Work with AAPT on plans for continuing and enhancing the New Physics Faculty Workshop program. Extend the New Faculty Program to workshops at APS Division Meetings. Perhaps develop ties with the Pew Preparing Future Faculty program, the PKAL Faculty 21 project and Project NeXT.
 1. Set up an activist editorial board for the undergraduate part of the Physics Sciences Resource Center (on the AAPT web site) to provide a clearinghouse for information on undergraduate physics programs.
 2. Use departmental site visits and other means to develop a catalog of case studies of departments that have undertaken successful undergraduate physics revitalization efforts. Document and analyze these case studies to provide information on "what works" and what is need to produce effective change in undergraduate physics programs.
 3. Articulate departmental responsibilities for K-12 teacher preparation and find good case studies of where that effort has been successful. Build on the efforts of PhysTEC, the proposal submitted by APS, AIP, and AAPT to NSF for promoting physics departments to take more responsibility for K-12 teacher preparation. A small conference on the role of physics departments in pre-service K-12 teacher preparation will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in June, 2000.
 4. Develop a colloquium talk on undergraduate physics programs that can be given by Task Force members to physics departments around the country.
 5. Plan for a proposal to establish a large-scale funding program to provide seen money for departments that have developed detailed plans for revitalizing their undergraduate physics programs. These departments can then serve as case studies and consultants for other departments.


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Collecting motion data is an important tool in controlling robots. Traditional approaches of motion capture usually use labels for passive markers. They suffers from several problems such as occlusions or cumbersome equipments. In the past few years, methods of markerless, unconstrained posture estimation using only cameras has received much attention from computer vision researchers. One of these methods is volume-based approach. Instead of deriving kinematic models directly from 2D images, this method first builds an intermediate 3D volume feature of the capture subject. Then fit a 3D body model is to the volume data. Here we proposed an approach for model-free, markerless, volume-based motion capture of humans. It is centered on generating underlying nonlinear axes (or a skeleton curve) from a volume of a human subject captured from multiple calibrated cameras.
Model-Based Approach
We set up cameras around the area where the observed person acted. Then extract volume data using voxel carving. The focus of our approach is to estimate the skeletal curves of the volume data, from which the kinematic posture can be estimated. The main assumption of our approach is that volume data is generated from a human body model consists of rigid body parts with linear central axes (such as a cylinder) connected by revolute joints. And the degrees of freedom provided by the revolute joints introduce nonlinearity into the volume data. By eliminating the nonlinearity in the data, the body model can be placed into a pose-invariant posture, such as a "Da Vinci" posture. Thus the skeleton curves can be easily found.
 1. Collect volume data from multiple cameras placed around the observed area, using voxel carving.
 2. Apply Isomap to the volume data of each time frame, And get the "da Vinci" posture in the domensionally reduced feature space.
 3. Place concentric spherical shells on the "da Vinci" posture to estimate skeletal points.
 4. Connect adjacent skeletal point to form skeletal curves. Then project those points back to original data space.
Volume data of human body Isomap embedding Spherical shells
Volume data of human body The "da Vinci" posture after applying Isomap Spherical shells placed at the "da Vinci" porsure
Tree structure Tree structure & skeletal curves
Skeletal curves derived from da Vinci posture Skeletal curves
After the skeletal curves and points are estimated. The segmentation ov different body parts are relatively easy.
 1. Bound the head voxels with a sphere model.
 2. Bound the torso with rigid cylinder model.
 3. Segment the four limbs to match two-link articulations models.
 4. Derive the joint angles from the segmentation.
Head segmentation Segment the torso
Head Segmentation Torso segmentation
Arm segmentation Segmentation result BVH output
Arm segmentation Segmentation result Estimated joint angles
Model-Free Approach
The model-free approach assumes arbitrary kinematic topology with rigid linear links. It derive appropriate kinematic model and capture its motion.
Given the volume data, this approach goes
 1. Model and pose estimation step: For each frame in the sequence, estimate a kinematic model and pose specific to the frame volume.
 - Classify skeleton curve root and branching nodes as certain joints
 - Segment skeleton curve branch to find other joints, using skewness of the voxel data long the curves. Those segmented joint points are recorded on the branch.
 2. Model refinement step: Produce a normalized kinematic model for the sequence
 - Align the specific kinematic models across all frames. Taking human data as example, match the left leg of the previous frame to the left leg of the next frame.
 - Collapse models on each other. Again using human data as example, collapse the points representing knees of the left leg in all of the frames to form a sequence of 1-D data.
 - Given the clusters of joint points of each limb, use density estimation algorithms to estimate normalized common joint locations across models.
 3. Motion refinement step: Estimate motion of normalized kinematic model with respect to the volume sequence
 - Re-apply refined model to each skeleton curve in the sequence.
 - For each data frame, for each branch in the curve, mark estimated joints locations on the curve.
 - Derive joint angles of each joints, and thus the posture of the curves.
Jumping jack:
Jumping jack image Jumping jack volume Jumping jack da Vinci Jumping jack BVH
Waving image Waving volume data Waving da Vinci Wave BVH
Walking image Walking volume data Walking da Vinci Walking BVH
"Towards Model-free Markerless Motion Capture", Chi-Wei Chu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Maja J Mataric'. [pdf]
"Markerless Kinematic Model and Motion Capture from Volume Sequences", Chi-Wei Chu, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Maja J Mataric'. To appear in IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2003 (CVPR 2003) [pdf]
Chi-Wei Chu
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The purpose of this research was to study the limnological status of Cilala reservoir, based on physical, chemical, and biological parameters. The observation comprised some morphometric of surface and vertical dimension, water quality measurements, plankton community structure, and primary productivity. Based on some morphometric condition, Cilala reservoir has a high potention of biological productivity, but the area of lake begins narrowing. The physical and chemical characteristic showed that Cilala reservoir was still in good condition. The condition of Total Suspended Solid (TSS) at inlet and the water debit of outlet showed that the waters has a relatively high potention of sedimentation that lead to a shallowing condition. There were found 95 genus of phytoplankton from seven classes (Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Pyrrophyceae, and Xanthophyceae). It was also found four major groups of zooplankton, i.e. Rotifera, Copepoda, Cladocera, and Protozoa. Although the primary productivity was relatively low, based on orthophosphate, chlorophyll-a, and Nygaard Index, the water was in mesotrophic-eutrophic status. As a whole, Cilala reservoir was still appropriate for fisheries activities.
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Press the Power button to switch on the camcorder.
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signal before performing the
2. The mobile device shall be within a maximum of a 10m distance from the camcorder without any
buildings in between.
3. When the Wi-Fi function of the camcorder is activated for 3 minutes without connecting with your
mobile device, or the connection is disconnected, the camcorder will automatically stop the Wi-Fi
function and you will need to re-activate the Wi-Fi function.
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camcorder, so that the recorded video will be consistent with the date and time settings of the
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Explore Maui County in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.Activities in Maui CountyIndividual Sights in Maui County
Sight 1: Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope
The 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope is a Department of Defense telescope at Haleakala Observatory. The telescope is part of the Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC), which in turn is part of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS).
Sight 2: Pan-STARRS
The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, US, consists of astronomical cameras, telescopes and a computing facility that is surveying the sky for moving or variable objects on a continual basis, and also producing accurate astrometry and photometry of already-detected objects. In January 2019 the second Pan-STARRS data release was announced. At 1.6 petabytes, it is the largest volume of astronomical data ever released.
Sight 3: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Known as the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) until 2013, it was named after Daniel K. Inouye, a US Senator for Hawaii. It is the world's largest solar telescope, with a 4-meter aperture. The DKIST is funded by National Science Foundation and managed by the National Solar Observatory. The total project cost is $344.13 million. It is a collaboration of numerous research institutions. Some test images were released in January 2020. The end of construction and transition into scientific observations was announced in November 2021.
Sight 4: ATLAS 1
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) is a robotic astronomical survey and early warning system optimized for detecting smaller near-Earth objects a few weeks to days before they impact Earth.
Sight 5: Faulkes Telescope North
The Faulkes Telescope North is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope, and is located at Haleakala Observatory in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is a 2 m (79 in) f/10 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.
Sight 6: Las Cumbres Observatory
Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) is a network of astronomical observatories run by a non-profit private operating foundation directed by the technologist Wayne Rosing. Its offices are in Goleta, California. The telescopes are located at both northern and southern hemisphere sites distributed in longitude around the Earth. For some astronomical objects, the longitudinal spacing of telescopes allows continuous observations over 24 hours or longer. The operating network currently consists of two 2 meter telescopes, nine 1 meter telescopes, and seven 40 cm telescopes, placed at six astronomical observatories. The network operates as a single, integrated, observing facility, using a software scheduler that continuously optimizes the planned observing schedule of each individual telescope.
Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.
GPX-Download For navigation apps and GPS devices you can download the tour as a GPX file.


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Elementary and Secondary
In Ontario, you have the option of sending your child to a public or a private school, each offering elementary and secondary education. There is no cost to attend public schools in Ontario, which receive government funding. If you choose to send your child to a private school, you will have to pay their tuition fees.
Every child aged 6-18 can attend school, regardless of their immigration status or the immigration status of their families. To register your child in school, you will need to the following:
- Proof of your child's age – a birth certificate or passport.
- Proof of address – a copy of a bank statement, telephone or electrical bill or apartment lease with your name and address.
- Proof of guardianship – required if your child is under 18 years of age and is not living with a parent.
- Proof of immigration status.
- Immunization record – proof that your child has been immunized.
Children and adolescents attending school in Ontario must have proof of immunization against a number of diseases. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) offers weekly immunization clinics in all its offices. This service is free for all children.
Many children begin elementary school in a Kindergarten program at age 4 or 5. Kindergarten is also called the Early Years program in Ontario. Junior Kindergarten is available to children who are 4 years of age and Senior Kindergarten is available to children who are 5 years old. Junior and Senior Kindergarten are optional programs, and there is not cost to these programs.
Elementary schools offer instructions from grades 1 to 8. Students must begin elementary school, or grade 1, when they are 6 years of age. Students complete elementary school when they are 13 years old and have completed grade 8.
Secondary schools are also called high schools. They provide instruction from grades 9 to 12. Students begin high school at 14 years of age and graduate when they are 18 years old. Once graduate, students will receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
Although students tend to complete high school in four years, students also have the option of taking a fifth year or an additional semester. This can allow them to take fewer course each year or retake certain classes if needed.
Generally, students attend school Monday to Friday, and the school day lasts about 6 hours.
Junior and Senior Kindergarten students usually attend for only half a day but there are options to attend a full day program.
Most children bring lunch with them to school. Some children go home for lunch if they live close by and if a parent is at home. There are also usually short breaks in the day known as "recess," when children are free to play in the schoolyard.
Fore more information on what your child will be learning (known as their "curriculum"), please visit the website listed below:
Cornwall has four school boards that receive government funding. Together, these school boards operate a total of 32 schools.
- The Upper Canada District School Board is an English public school board.
- The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario is an English Catholic school board.
- The Conseil scolaire du district catholique de l'Est ontarien is a French Catholic school board.
- The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario is a French public school board.


Abstract
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has a remarkable impact on function and participation. Subsequently, the caregivers of individuals with SMA are impacted as well. Providers and the SMA community should be aware of the presence of and likely expectations for the existence of caregiver burden. Methods: The Assessment of Caregiver Experience with Neuromuscular Disease (ACEND) quantifies caregivers' perceptions of function and quality of life pertaining to time, finance and emotion. Analyses were conducted among SMA types and ambulatory and ventilatory status. Participants with SMA had varying ranges of function and were on pharmaceutical treatment. Total ACEND score, longitudinal change in total ACEND score, total quality of life (QOL) score, change in total QOL score and subdomains for QOL, including time, emotion and finance, were all explored. Results: Overall, the ACEND demonstrated discriminant validity and some observed trends. Total ACEND scores improved for caregivers of those with SMA 2, remained stable longitudinally for caregivers of those with SMA 1 and 3 and were not influenced by ventilation status. The caregivers of individuals with SMA 1 had the lowest total quality of life (QOL) score, as did the caregivers of non-ambulatory individuals and those requiring assisted ventilation. Longitudinally, there were no changes in total QOL between caregivers of individuals with different SMA types or ambulatory or ventilation status. There were some differences in emotional needs, but no differences in financial impact between the caregivers of individuals with different types of SMA or ambulatory and ventilatory status. Conclusions: With this information enlightening the presence of caregiver burden and expected changes in burden with pharmaceutical treatment, providers, third party payors and the SMA community at large can better assist, equip and empower those providing the necessary assistance to enable the lives of those with SMA.
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LockState ResortLock 1-Wire Reader
The LockState ResortLock 1-Wire iButton Reader is a special wire device meant to help ResortLock users program their locks. The wire, which is actually an iButton reader, facilitates the transfer of data programmed through the PC into the iButton which can then be used to transmit information to your installed ResortLocks on any door.
The 1-Wire cable plugs conveniently into the USB port, so it's compatible to all computers. Once plugged in, the computer will automatically set up the drivers for the device. These drivers, however, can also be downloaded from ResortLock's website. Use a computer that has the ResortLock application software installed and from there you can program a
number of things, such as:
- New Entry Codes
- Daylight Savings Mode
- Set Light to Blink
- Classroom or storehouse modes
Once the information has been issued to the iButton, the information can then be relayed by touching the button onto the front of the lock, making sure to press the reset button on the locks first. If done properly, a beeping sound will be heard and all the date, time, codes, and other settings would have been set.
Conversely, the 1-Wire reader is used to register the serial numbers of multiple locks to your computer, allowing you to program different locks with ease.


Punishment of 10 lashes
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A new teacher becomes master of the village school. He is a small man, and the parents are afraid that he will not be able to control their unruly children.
In the first class, the teacher tells the children to decide on the rules for class behaviour. Together they decide to abide by the following rules:
The teacher asks, "How should these crimes be punished?"
One of the senior boys says, "They should be punished with 10 lashes."
Later another boy steals the lunch of this senior boy. He is caught, and the teacher says that the crime must be punished.
However, the senior boy sees that the boy to be punished is weak and is not able to bear the punishment. So he tells the teacher to punish him instead.
This is what al-Masih did for us. He took on the punishment that we deserved.


Nao Bustamante
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Sans Gravity
Water can symbolize many things, but often it is associated with knowledge and emotion; both of which are difficult to define in logical terms. In the installation/performance space of Sans Gravity, Bustamante explores the metaphors associated with water in the physical realm by burdening her body. The weight and the movement of the water develop into extensions of the gesture and another layer of the distorted self. The audience becomes a mechanism of relief.
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In the manufacturing industry, one way to report and evaluate the process capability and process performance is through the statistical measurements, like Cpk.
Definition: Cpk = Cpk = Process Capability Index. Adjustment of Cp for the effect of non-centered distribution. Cpk measures how close you are to your target and how consistent you are to around your average performance.
Cpk measures two things: 1) how close the mean of the readings are to the center of the lower and upper spec limits (ideally, the mean of the readings must equal the center of the spec limits); and 2) how widely spread the readings are (ideally, the standard deviation of the readings should be zero). The higher the Cpk, the better is the capability of the process to meet its requirements.
In the industry, a Cpk of less than 1.66 needs a closer look. A Cpk that's less than 1.33 needs some action to make it higher, and a Cpk of less than 1.0 means that the process is not capable of meeting its requirements.
A low Cpk means one of three things: the mean is far from the center of the specs, or the standard deviation of the readings is high (i.e., the readings are widely spread), or both conditions exist.


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Installation requirements of input liquid level meter
After continuous improvement in recent years, the input liquid level meter now has the advantages of high precision, small volume, anti leakage, good performance and so on. And even if it is immersed in liquid for a long time, it is very reliable and stable. At present, the input liquid level meter is widely used in power plants, urban water supply and drainage, hydrological exploration, petroleum, chemical and other fields of liquid level detection and control.
But for the first time to use the input liquid level meter users, for its installation is still a little unclear. The following Huayun instrument summarizes the details that need to be paid attention to in the installation of input liquid level meter.
1. The handling of input liquid level meter should be careful, so as not to encounter collision and affect the performance of the circuit.
2. The pressure inlet of the input liquid level meter is equipped with an isolation diaphragm. Do not touch it artificially with foreign matters.
3. Please do not use wires to lift heavy objects other than the product when installing the input liquid level meter.
4. Please strictly follow the wiring method in the manual for electrical connection, otherwise wrong wiring will cause damage to the amplifier circuit.
5. When the input liquid level meter is installed in a static deep well or pool, or to measure the liquid level of flowing and stirred liquid, it is generally necessary to fix the steel pipe with an inner diameter of about 45mm (several small holes are made at different heights to facilitate the water to enter the pipe smoothly) in the water, and then put the input liquid level meter into the steel pipe to be used.
6. The installation direction of the input liquid level meter shall be vertical, and the installation position shall be far away from the liquid inlet and outlet and the agitator.
7. In the case of large vibration, it is suggested to wind steel wire on the liquid level meter to achieve damping effect, so as to prevent the cable from breaking.
8. As sludge and oil residue are easy to deposit on the tank bottom or bilge, it is suggested that the measuring probe should be kept at a certain height from the tank (bilge) to avoid the probe being blocked by debris.
9. When the input liquid level meter is installed in the open air, the probe line should not be exposed outside the container, so as to prevent the measurement error of the probe line in rainy days.
10. When installing the probe wire, it should be as far away from the inner wall of the container as possible, and the distance should not be less than 100 mm. When the distance is less than 100 mm, the distance between the probe line and the container must be relatively fixed.
11. The bending radius of the gas conducting cable should be greater than 10 cm to prevent the gas conducting cable from being damaged due to excessive bending.
12. If the input liquid level meter is used to measure explosive dangerous goods, it must be installed in strict accordance with gb3836.1-83 General requirements for explosion proof electrical equipment for explosive environment and gb3836.4-83 intrinsically safe circuit and electrical equipment "I".
Advantages and disadvantages of input liquid level meter
The input liquid level meter is a new product with high quality and low price in the market. It can realize remote signal output and local display. Based on the principle that the measured hydrostatic pressure is proportional to the liquid height, the piezoresistive effect of diffused silicon or ceramic sensitive element is used to convert the hydrostatic pressure into electrical signal. Convert to 4-20madc standard current signal output. The sensor part of the input liquid level meter can be directly put into the liquid, and the installation can be fixed with flange or bracket, which is very convenient to install.
The input liquid level meter is directly put into the liquid, so it is quite convenient to install and use. No moving parts, high reliability.
So we have to talk about it from the principle of use, of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages: high measurement accuracy; easy installation; remote signal control; resistance to corrosion of various media by selecting different materials; suitable for explosion-proof field platform; moderate price.
Disadvantages: the measurement signal needs to be converted: the temperature of high temperature medium over 125 ° C cannot be measured; the density of the medium must be uniform.
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I have plotted this after I did a Shapiro-Wilk normality test. The test showed that it is likely that the population is normally distributed. However, how to see this "behaviour" on this plot? enter image description here
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A simple histogram of the data:
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The Shapiro-Wilk test says:
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 $\begingroup$ Re the edit: the SW test result rejects the hypothesis that these data were independently drawn from a common normal distribution: the p-value is very small. (This is apparent both in the qq plot, which exhibits a short left tail, and in the histogram, which exhibits positive skewness.) This suggests you misinterpreted the test. When you interpret the test correctly, do you still have a question to ask? $\endgroup$ – whuber Mar 16 '13 at 21:34
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 $\begingroup$ On the contrary: the software and all the plots are consistent in what they say. The qq plot and the histogram show specific ways in which the data deviate from normality; the SW test says that such data are unlikely to have come from a normal distribution. $\endgroup$ – whuber Mar 17 '13 at 15:43
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"The test showed that it is likely that the population is normally distributed."
No; it didn't show that.
Hypothesis tests don't tell you how likely the null is. In fact you can bet this null is false.
The Q-Q plot doesn't give a strong indication of non-normality (the plot is fairly straight); there's perhaps a slightly shorter left tail than you'd expect but that really won't matter much.
The histogram as-is probably doesn't say a lot either; it does also hint at a slightly shorter left tail. But see here
The population distribution your data are from isn't going to be exactly normal. However, the Q-Q plot shows that normality is probably a reasonably good approximation.
If the sample size was not too small, a lack of rejection of the Shapiro-Wilk would probably be saying much the same.
Update: your edit to include the actual Shapiro-Wilk p-value is important because in fact that would indicate you would reject the null at typical significant levels. That test indicates your data are not normally distributed and the mild skewness indicated by the plots is probably what is being picked up by the test. For typical procedures that might assume normality of the variable itself (the one-sample t-test is one that comes to mind), at what appears to be a fairly large sample size, this mild non-normality will be of almost no consequence at all -- one of the problems with goodness of fit tests is they're more likely to reject just when it doesn't matter (when the sample size is large enough to detect some modest non-normality); similarly they're more likely to fail to reject when it matters most (when the sample size is small).
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 - $\begingroup$ In fact, this made me misread the OP's statement: I thought he said unlikely. Note that I slightly disagree with you: while a test normally tells you how unlikely an observation would be if the null hypothesis were true, we use this to argue that since we did get this observation, the null hypothesis is unlikely to be true. $\endgroup$ – Nick Sabbe Mar 15 '13 at 10:10
 - $\begingroup$ Thx for your answer! I am a little bit confused by all the statements which go into the other direction. To say it clearly, my excercise is it to make a statement about the normality of the sample. So what would you suggest to say as an answer to my professor? And how to show normality even the sample size is huge?;S $\endgroup$ – Le Max Mar 16 '13 at 18:43
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If the data is normally distributed, the points in the QQ-normal plot lie on a straight diagonal line. You can add this line to you QQ plot with the command qqline(x), where x is the vector of values.
Examples of normal and non-normal distribution:
Normal distribution
set.seed(42)
x <- rnorm(100)
The QQ-normal plot with the line:
qqnorm(x); qqline(x)
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The deviations from the straight line are minimal. This indicates normal distribution.
The histogram:
hist(x)
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Non-normal (Gamma) distribution
y <- rgamma(100, 1)
The QQ-normal plot:
qqnorm(y); qqline(y)
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The points clearly follow another shape than the straight line.
The histogram confirms the non-normality. The distribution is not bell-shaped but positively skewed (i.e., most data points are in the lower half). Histograms of normal distributions show the highest frequency in the center of the distribution.
hist(y)
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 - $\begingroup$ I find that putting the confidence intervals on the qqplot is useful. Nothing is "perfectly" normal, and sample-size can drive how far something can be inexact and still within normal. $\endgroup$ – EngrStudent Jun 12 '16 at 17:43
 - $\begingroup$ @EngrStudent Do you have code to share to include the confidence interval in the qqplot? $\endgroup$ – danno Nov 17 '17 at 16:19
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 $\begingroup$ @danno Check out the qqPlot function in the car package. $\endgroup$ – Sven Hohenstein Nov 17 '17 at 16:38
 - $\begingroup$ @danno - look at "qqPlot" in the "car" library. It has been around for a while, and I didn't make it. It adds the confidence intervals. You can also specify the base distribution for some non-normal distributions. It is in my answer below. $\endgroup$ – EngrStudent Nov 17 '17 at 16:54
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 $\begingroup$ I think it's probably better for the novice too to indicate that the points needs to lie $approximately$ on a straight line for the normality assumption to really check out. $\endgroup$ – StatsStudent May 9 '19 at 23:57
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Some tools for checking the validity of the assumption of normality in R
library(moments)
library(nortest)
library(e1071)
set.seed(777)
x <- rnorm(250,10,1)
# skewness and kurtosis, they should be around (0,3)
skewness(x)
kurtosis(x)
# Shapiro-Wilks test
shapiro.test(x)
# Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
ks.test(x,"pnorm",mean(x),sqrt(var(x)))
# Anderson-Darling test
ad.test(x)
# qq-plot: you should observe a good fit of the straight line
qqnorm(x)
qqline(x)
# p-plot: you should observe a good fit of the straight line
probplot(x, qdist=qnorm)
# fitted normal density
f.den <- function(t) dnorm(t,mean(x),sqrt(var(x)))
curve(f.den,xlim=c(6,14))
hist(x,prob=T,add=T)
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Tell me if my translation makes sense from a technical point of view:
-The black locust shoots stolons (runners) that allows the plant to spread. That's why it's often used to prevent risks of landsliding (dikes, open areas) and to reforest barren lands.
It colonises naturally embankments and vacants lots. Its robust and sustainable timber makes good vine stakes. Crushed, it produces yellow dye.
Its white flowers' clusters are melliferous thus acacia honey. Rich in nectar, Locust flowers can be eaten in cakes or syrup.


function taxonomy_term_load_multiple
7 taxonomy.module taxonomy_term_load_multiple($tids = array(), $conditions = array())
8 taxonomy.module taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array $tids = NULL)
Load multiple taxonomy terms based on certain conditions.
This function should be used whenever you need to load more than one term from the database. Terms are loaded into memory and will not require database access if loaded again during the same page request.
@todo Remove $conditions in Drupal 8.
Parameters
$tids: An array of taxonomy term IDs.
$conditions: (deprecated) An associative array of conditions on the {taxonomy_term} table, where the keys are the database fields and the values are the values those fields must have. Instead, it is preferable to use EntityFieldQuery to retrieve a list of entity IDs loadable by this function.
Return value
An array of term objects, indexed by tid. When no results are found, an empty array is returned.
See also
entity_load()
EntityFieldQuery
11 calls to taxonomy_term_load_multiple()
hook_field_formatter_prepare_view in modules/field/field.api.php
Allow formatters to load information for field values being displayed.
TaxonomyLoadMultipleTestCase::testTaxonomyTermMultipleLoad in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
Create a vocabulary and some taxonomy terms, ensuring they're loaded correctly using taxonomy_term_load_multiple().
TaxonomyTermFunctionTestCase::testTermDelete in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.test
taxonomy_autocomplete_validate in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
Form element validate handler for taxonomy term autocomplete element.
taxonomy_field_formatter_prepare_view in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
Implements hook_field_formatter_prepare_view().
... See full list
File
modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module, line 1314
Enables the organization of content into categories.
Code
function taxonomy_term_load_multiple($tids = array(), $conditions = array()) {
 return entity_load('taxonomy_term', $tids, $conditions);
}
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function taxonomy_term_get_by_vid($vid) {
 $query = new EntityFieldQuery();
 $result = $query
 ->entityCondition('entity_type', 'taxonomy_term')
 ->propertyCondition('vid', (int) $vid, '=')
 ->execute();
 return $result['taxonomy_term'];
}
Alternatively, you could just use the conditions on this function:
taxonomy_term_load_multiple(array(), array('vid' => $vid));
The $conditions argument is deprecated and will be removed in Drupal 8.
See also taxonomy_get_tree().


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INTRODUCTION The global and domestic catastrophe caused by the rapid and seemingly uncontrollable spread of coronavirus is not only unprecedented in modern times, but also
INTRODUCTION Competition law regulates the anti-competitive behaviour of businesses to encourage and preserve market competition. Public and private enforcement are used to enforce the competition
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From "Well Grounded Rubyist" by David A. Black, Listing 5.6: Keeping track of car manufacturing statistics with class variables.
puts "\n"
# --> Keeping track of car manufacturing statistics with class variables <--
class Car
@@makes = [] #1
@@cars = {}
@@total_count = 0
attr_reader :make #2
def self.total_count #3
@@total_count
end
def self.cars #3
@@cars
end
def self.add_make(make) #4
unless @@makes.include?(make)
@@makes << make
@@cars[make] = 50 # ?????
end
end
def initialize(make)
if @@makes.include?(make)
puts "Creating a new #{make}!"
@make = make #5
@@cars[make] += 1 #6
@@total_count += 1
else
raise "No such make: #{make}." #7
end
end
def make_mates #8
@@cars[self.make]
end
end
#1
# defining class variables:
# @@make is an array.
# @@cars is a hash, whose keys are makes of cars, and the corresponding
# values to the keys are counts of how many of each make there are.
# @@total_count is how many cars have been created.
#2
# reader attribute 'make' enables us to ask each car what its make is.
# value of 'make' is set when a car is created.
# and there's no writer attribute because we don't want code outside the
# class changing the make of cars that already exist.
#3
# to provide access to @@total_count, we define the total_count method.
Car.add_make("Honda")
Car.add_make("Toyota")
Car.add_make("Nissan")
h1 = Car.new("Honda")
h2 = Car.new("Honda")
t1 = Car.new("Toyota")
t2 = Car.new("Toyota")
t3 = Car.new("Toyota")
puts "\nTotal Toyotas are: "
p t3.make_mates
#t2 = Car.new("Ford")
puts "\nTotal cars are: #{Car.total_count}"
puts "@@cars: "
p Car.cars
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Ottawa, ON, Feb 15, 2012 — One city's relationship with trees is explored in a new museum exhibit in Ottawa.
Six moments in the history of an urban forest is the brainchild of Carleton University history professor Joanna Dean and graduate student Will Knight.
Present-day Ottawa began as rough riverside lumber shanties in the early 1800s. It grew to become the nation's capital, with various trends in tree clearing and tree planting along the way. More recently, the area has faced damage from natural disaster and invasive pests, like the emerald ash borer, which threatens perhaps 30% of Ottawa's existing tree population.
Although the display considers urban forestry from an Ottawa perspective, the challenge of combining trees with cities is universal. Lucy Martin spoke with co-curators, Joanna Dean and Will Knight on opening day at the Bytown Museum, beside the treed slopes of Parliament Hill. Go to full article


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What is Enrichment?
We consider that enrichment is the enhancement of learning experiences, broadening and deepening the learning opportunities pupils have. At Holy Trinity CE School there are a number of ways in which we enrich the curriculum pupils have, for example:
- the study of a subject beyond the curriculum as defined by the requirements of the DFE
- alternative and creative approaches to topics, including open-ended investigations and discussions
- connections between topics or themes
- the cross-curricular study of different interlinked subjects
- visits out of school by pupils or visits to the school by outside speakers
- visits to other schools to take part in activities with other schools e.g Opera workshop
Why is Enrichment important?
- Enrichment provides greater freedom for exploring different topics or subjects and by increasing intellectual satisfaction contributes to a pupil's well-being.
- When central to curriculum planning, enrichment helps to ensure that the learning experience has clear links between such activities, general classroom activities and topics/themes.
- Enrichment ensures that all pupils are able to show their abilities in different ways and provides opportunities for them to broaden and deepen their understanding.
- Enrichment provides ways in which pupils can develop their understanding at their own level, make connections and develop their learning skills in different ways.
We run a number of enrichment activities through the year. These activities are varied and support the learning in different year groups/subjects.


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Is Dragon's Blood Effective?
There are lots and lots of strange remedies out there nowadays. Some of them sound like they're simply adding to an ever-increasing list of fantasy-novel products, and some sound like they're just too disgusting to use as a benefactor. Think snail secretions for example; if you didn't know already, would you really be able to guess that it could be used as an effective skin treatment? Chances are you couldn't. And if you haven't heard of dragon's blood before, chances are you'll be skeptical about its potential uses as well. However, contrary to this idea, it actually can be really effective. What actually is it though, and what benefits will it bring to the table? Read on to find out.
So what is dragon's blood, and where does it actually come from? More or less, it's the sap that comes from a set of foreign trees known as the dragon tree. It comes in a dark red colour, hence the reason behind its scary sounding name. In the past, it was thought to be a medical miracle medicine and was used for treating nearly anything. This was particularly the case in the Middle East, China, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. However, in recent times it has become aware that it is better tailored to more specific treatments. This has been after significant scientific research, so it's pretty well-based research.
Dragon's blood medicinal uses have a number of different benefits, showing just why it's gotten so popular in recent times. It has anti-inflammatory properties, meaning it could be used to help any swelling in different parts of your body ranging from simple bumps and bruises to much more serious brain swelling. It also has anti-diabetic and anti-tumour properties, meaning it can help people with diabetes or help people from contracting the disease and can help slow down and prevent the production of tumours in the body. These benefits are really tailored to everyone and could really help you.
It can also be used to stop bleeding, which is a really great piece of medical help in any bleeding situation. This is down to its anti-clotting devices. It also benefits the immune system overall, meaning that if you use it you can experience benefits for all kinds of conditions and illnesses. You'll be less likely to contract generic illnesses and will reap these benefits for as long as you use it.
Dragon's blood is also really good for your skin. This is down to its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties, which work together to form a substance that can be used really effectively in a hair cream. It allows you to moisturise and protect your skin as well, giving you a great number of reasons as to why you should purchase it. It forms a sort of layer over your skin, protecting it from any infections and keeping important moisture on your skin at all times. Dragon's blood can also help to prevent and fight acne; it's antibacterial properties help flush out the infections that cause it and keep your skin nice and healthy.
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During the the 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 9-14 July 2017 in Toulouse, France, Martin Dahl presented our work titled 'Sequence Planner: Supporting Integrated Virtual Preparation and Commissioning'.
Abstract – It is essential to understand the operation sequences of a production system when designing or changing it. This paper will demonstrate how the software tool Sequence Planner (SP) not only supports this understanding by sequence visualization, but also improves the solution using optimization and verification. SP is a tool for modeling and analyzing automation systems. The tool has been developed since 2007 with an initial focus on supporting engineers when developing control code for programmable logical controllers. Today, SP is a micro-service architecture, usable in various areas like runtime control, online monitoring, energy optimization, and even emergency department patient planning. This paper presents a use case at an automotive company, where the operation sequences in a large number of automated robot stations, need to be modified. SP, together with virtual commissioning tools, automates this modification by identifying, optimizing, verifying and simulating operation sequences, and then updates the robot and control programs. This use case demonstrates the strength of SP and its architecture and how it is used for integrated virtual preparation and commissioning.


Merging dictionaries within powershell
I needed to join dictionaries from within a list together, so that they become one whole dictionary.
First I thought it may be a trivial task. Than I used google and realized, that everything on the first page was just wrong or impracticable for lists with unknown size.
What I found, was stuff like:
$a = @{"foo"=1}
$b = @{"bar"=2}
$c = @($a,$b) | ForEach-Object {$_}
$a = @{"foo"=1}
$b = @{"bar"=2}
$c = $a + $b
The console output of $c will look identical for both:
Name Value
---- -----
foo 1
bar 2
But the issue is with the data structure. This becomes a problem when we would like to access the data.
Will output $null for the first example and "2" for the 2nd. But why is this?
Lets convert it to json (without piping, this is important) to see:
ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $c
which outputs for the first case:
 "foo": 1
 "bar": 2
and for the 2nd what we originally expected:
 "bar": 2,
 "foo": 1
So now we know that the first one did not join the dictionaries, but warped them into a list. As we originally looked for a solution to join a list of dictionaries, this is not helpful.
(From now on $c is the output from the first example, as it is the same as my original input)
The 2nd one however looks helpful, but has two issues:
 1. It only works if we know how many elements we have (hard coded element count)
 2. It copies the list once for each element we want to add to it.
So let's address these issues:
 1. For the 1st one something like this will do the trick:
 $c | ForEach-Object -Begin {[Hashtable]$aa = @{}} -Process {$aa += $_} -End {$aa} | ConvertTo-Json
 2. But for the 2nd we need something a bit more advanced like
 $c | ForEach-Object -Begin {[Hashtable]$aa = @{}} -Process {foreach($element in ($_.GetEnumerator())) {$aa.Add($element.Key,$element.Value)}} -End {$aa} | ConvertTo-Json
Documentation of a given infrastructure
Getting the same information from every pc especially in a very complex and grown environment can be a tedious work. So why don't just call a script to help out 😉
# Network Drives
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_MappedLogicalDisk | Select-Object Name,ProviderName
# Powershell Version
# Get all Printer
Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Printer | Select-Object -Property Name,PortName,Default | Sort-Object Name |Sort-Object Default -Descending | Out-String
# Get Office
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "name like '%office%'" | Select-Object -Property Vendor,Name,Version | Out-String
# Get all Applications
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object -Property Vendor,Name,Version | Out-String
# Local Drives (with ntfs):
Get-WmiObject win32_volume -Filter "filesystem like 'ntfs'" | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name,Label | Out-String
# Find all local PST-Files
# Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Filter *.pst -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Get-WmiObject win32_volume -Filter "filesystem like 'ntfs' and DriveLetter like '%'" | foreach-object {Get-ChildItem -Path $ -Filter *.pst -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object FullName | Out-String}
# Processor and Windows Architecture
Get-WmiObject Win32_processor | Select-Object Name,Caption,AddressWidth,DataWidth | Out-String
Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object OSArchitecture | Out-String
# Get Bios Information
Get-WmiObject win32_bios | Select-Object SerialNumber,Manufacturer,BiosVersion,ReleaseDate,SMBIOSBIOSVersion,SMBIOSMajorVersion,SMBIOSMinorVersion | Format-Table | Out-String
Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object Manufacturer,Model,NumberOfProcessors,NumberOfLogicalProcessors | Out-String
# Environment Variables
Get-ChildItem Env: | Out-String
# # Get EventLog
# Get-EventLog -LogName *


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In the Carolina Piedmont of the USA, agricultural and forest management in the 19th and 20th centuries has greatly altered soil organic nitrogen (N). The objective of this study is to evaluate effects of two centuries of land use on N in upland Piedmont soils that are derived from the region's most common bedrock, granitic gneiss. Effects of agriculture on total soil N were examined by comparing soils cropped mainly for cotton since about 1800 with soils that remained under hardwood forest without cultivation or fertilization. Effects of forest regrowth on the N of old-field soils were examined in eight permanent plots resampled on seven occasions from 1962 to 1997 at the Calhoun Experimental Forest in South Carolina.
Together, the soil-comparative study and the four-decade field experiment illustrate how soil N in the southern Piedmont has been altered by agricultural management during the 19th and 20th centuries. Not only have agricultural harvests removed considerable N from Piedmont soils, but soil organic matter has been enriched in N by agricultural fertilization, a practice that has now contributed greatly to N cycles of many old-field forests in the region.
In old-field pine stands (Pinus taeda) at the Calhoun Experimental Forest, 40 years of forest growth accumulated 366 kg ha−1 of N (CV=9.3%) in tree biomass and 740 kg ha−1 (CV=9.7%) in forest floor between planting in 1957 and the last sampling in 1997. In the four decades, mineral-soil N was diminished by 823 kg ha−1 (CV=39.5%), a reduction in N accompanied by substantial decreases in mineralizable N as well. On the other hand, N accretion in the whole forest ecosystem averaged 5.9 kg ha−1 per year over this period (significant at a probability of <0.07), an accretion attributed mainly to atmospheric N deposition rather than N2 fixation. Despite the N accretion and legacy of agricultural fertilization, the 40-year-old Calhoun forest has grown into a state of acute N deficiency. Future N research should include support for a network of long-term field studies which investigates N dynamics in forest floor and logging slash, and estimates N-use and N-retention efficiencies of fertilized pine-forest ecosystems.
Richter, Daniel D., Daniel Markewitz, Paul R. Heine, Virginia Jin, Jane Raikes, Kun Tian, Carol G. Wells (2000): Legacies of agriculture and forest regrowth in the nitrogen of old-field soils. Forest Ecology and Management 138 (1-3): 233-248. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00399-6


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An offshore wind power facility in Fujian province uses the spare space at its base to raise fish. It's part of an innovative effort to boost green development in the ocean.
The facility, which is called "Guoneng Sharing", is located in Putian and is the world's first integrated design combining deep-sea floating wind power and aquaculture.
It consists of a floating platform, a 4-megawatt wind turbine and a mooring and anchoring system. The floating platform is a semisubmersible structure with three columns in the shape of an equilateral triangle with a height of 28 meters and a draft of 14 meters.
Inside the triangle is a net cage for aquaculture. The volume of water used for fish farming is 10,000 cubic meters, enough to raise medium-sized fish fry for more than a year.
To maintain safe and stable operations at sea, the platform is moored with nine anchor chains, each approximately 431 meters long, with each column connected to three mooring cables.
"We chose Putian because it has rich wind resources. Now the equipment is being adjusted and tested. It is expected to generate power around the end of this year," said Feng Xiaoxing, deputy chief engineer of Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering Co, which developed the facility.


Docotic.Pdf Library Help > Samples > Pages and Navigation > Extract text, paths and images
This sample shows how to extract page objects (text, paths and images) from PdfDocument. The sample draws extracted objects on the drawing surface of a System.Drawing.Graphics.
Use PdfPage.GetObjects() method to get all text, paths and images drawn on the page.
The result of this method is an ordered collection. Each subsequent object in the collection is drawn after the previous one.
C#
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf;
namespace BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.Samples
{
 public static class ExtractPageObjects
 {
 public static void Main()
 {
 // NOTE:
 // When used in trial mode, the library imposes some restrictions.
 // Please visit _URL_
 // for more information.
 const string PathToFile = "ExtractPageObjects.png";
 using (var pdf = new PdfDocument(@"Sample Data\gmail-cheat-sheet.pdf"))
 {
 PdfPage page = pdf.Pages[0];
 const float TargetResolution = 300;
 double scaleFactor = TargetResolution / page.Canvas.Resolution;
 using (Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap((int)(page.Width * scaleFactor), (int)(page.Height * scaleFactor)))
 {
 bitmap.SetResolution(TargetResolution, TargetResolution);
 using (var gr = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
 {
 gr.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
 gr.PageUnit = GraphicsUnit.Point;
 gr.SetClip(page.CropBox.ToRectangleF(page.Height), CombineMode.Intersect);
 foreach (PdfPageObject obj in page.GetObjects())
 {
 switch (obj.Type)
 {
 case PdfPageObjectType.Text:
 drawText(gr, (PdfTextData)obj);
 break;
 case PdfPageObjectType.Image:
 drawImage(gr, (PdfPaintedImage)obj);
 break;
 case PdfPageObjectType.Path:
 drawPath(gr, (PdfPath)obj);
 break;
 }
 }
 }
 bitmap.Save(PathToFile, ImageFormat.Png);
 }
 }
 Process.Start(PathToFile);
 }
 private static void drawText(Graphics gr, PdfTextData td)
 {
 if (td.RenderingMode == PdfTextRenderingMode.NeitherFillNorStroke ||
 td.RenderingMode == PdfTextRenderingMode.AddToPath)
 return;
 if (Math.Abs(td.FontSize) < 0.001)
 return;
 if (Math.Abs(td.Bounds.Width) < 0.001 || Math.Abs(td.Bounds.Height) < 0.001)
 return;
 saveStateAndDraw(gr, td.ClipRegion, () =>
 {
 using (Font font = toGdiFont(td.Font, td.FontSize))
 {
 using (Brush brush = toGdiBrush(td.Brush))
 {
 gr.TranslateTransform((float)td.Position.X, (float)td.Position.Y);
 concatMatrix(gr, td.TransformationMatrix);
 gr.DrawString(td.Text, font, brush, PointF.Empty);
 }
 }
 });
 }
 private static void drawImage(Graphics gr, PdfPaintedImage image)
 {
 // Do not render images with zero width or height. GDI+ throws OutOfMemoryException
 // in x86 processes for regular image size (e.g. 1x51) and very small transformation
 // matrix (e.g. { 0.000005, 0, 0, 0.003, x, y }).
 PdfSize paintedImageSize = image.Bounds.Size;
 if (Math.Abs(paintedImageSize.Width) < 0.001 || Math.Abs(paintedImageSize.Height) < 0.001)
 return;
 // ignore mask images in this sample
 if (image.Image.IsMask)
 return;
 using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
 {
 image.Image.Save(stream);
 using (Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap)Image.FromStream(stream))
 {
 saveStateAndDraw(gr, image.ClipRegion, () =>
 {
 gr.TranslateTransform((float)image.Position.X, (float)image.Position.Y);
 concatMatrix(gr, image.TransformationMatrix);
 // Important for rendering of neighbour image tiles
 gr.PixelOffsetMode = PixelOffsetMode.Half;
 PdfSize imageSize = new PdfSize(image.Image.Width, image.Image.Height);
 if (imageSize.Width < bitmap.Width && imageSize.Height < bitmap.Height)
 {
 // the bitmap produced from the image is larger than the image.
 // usually this happens when image has a mask image which is larger than the image itself.
 InterpolationMode current = gr.InterpolationMode;
 gr.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
 gr.DrawImage(bitmap, 0, 0, (float)imageSize.Width, (float)imageSize.Height);
 gr.InterpolationMode = current;
 }
 else
 {
 // bitmap has the same size
 // or one of it's dimensions is longer than the corresponding image dimension
 gr.DrawImage(bitmap, 0, 0, bitmap.Width, bitmap.Height);
 }
 });
 }
 }
 }
 private static void drawPath(Graphics gr, PdfPath path)
 {
 if (!path.PaintMode.HasValue)
 return;
 saveStateAndDraw(gr, path.ClipRegion, () =>
 {
 concatMatrix(gr, path.TransformationMatrix);
 using (var gdiPath = new GraphicsPath())
 {
 toGdiPath(path, gdiPath);
 fillStrokePath(gr, path, gdiPath);
 }
 });
 }
 private static void saveStateAndDraw(Graphics gr, PdfClipRegion clipRegion, Action draw)
 {
 var state = gr.Save();
 try
 {
 setClipRegion(gr, clipRegion);
 draw();
 }
 finally
 {
 gr.Restore(state);
 }
 }
 private static void setClipRegion(Graphics gr, PdfClipRegion clipRegion)
 {
 if (clipRegion.IntersectedPaths.Count == 0)
 return;
 Matrix transformationBefore = gr.Transform;
 try
 {
 gr.Transform = new Matrix();
 foreach (PdfPath clipPath in clipRegion.IntersectedPaths)
 {
 using (var gdiPath = new GraphicsPath())
 {
 toGdiPath(clipPath, gdiPath);
 gdiPath.Transform(toGdiMatrix(clipPath.TransformationMatrix));
 gdiPath.FillMode = (FillMode)clipPath.ClipMode.Value;
 gr.SetClip(gdiPath, CombineMode.Intersect);
 }
 }
 }
 finally
 {
 gr.Transform = transformationBefore;
 }
 }
 private static void toGdiPath(PdfPath path, GraphicsPath gdiPath)
 {
 foreach (PdfSubpath subpath in path.Subpaths)
 {
 gdiPath.StartFigure();
 foreach (PdfPathSegment segment in subpath.Segments)
 {
 switch (segment.Type)
 {
 case PdfPathSegmentType.Point:
 // A singlepoint open subpath produces no output.
 break;
 case PdfPathSegmentType.Line:
 PdfLineSegment line = (PdfLineSegment)segment;
 gdiPath.AddLine(line.Start.ToPointF(), line.End.ToPointF());
 break;
 case PdfPathSegmentType.Bezier:
 PdfBezierSegment bezier = (PdfBezierSegment)segment;
 gdiPath.AddBezier(bezier.Start.ToPointF(),
 bezier.FirstControl.ToPointF(),
 bezier.SecondControl.ToPointF(),
 bezier.End.ToPointF()
 );
 break;
 case PdfPathSegmentType.Rectangle:
 RectangleF rect = ((PdfRectangleSegment)segment).Bounds.ToRectangleF();
 // GDI+ does not render rectangles with negative or very small width and height. Render such
 // rectangles by lines, but respect direction. Otherwise non-zero winding rule for
 // path filling will not