Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
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Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign 1076–1080
Spouse Harald III of Denmark
Father Asbjörn Ulfsen
Born unknown (before 1076)
Died unknown (after 1080)
Burial Roskilde Cathedral
Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter or Margareta Asbjørnsdatter (11th century) was Queen consort of Denmark as the spouse of King Harald III.
Margareta was the daughter of jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen, possibly an uncle of her spouse; she would thereby have been her husband's cousin. No children are known from the marriage. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.
A DNA test in 2003 dispelled the centuries old legend that Estrid Svendsdatter was buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid.[1]
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Preceded by
Gunhild Sveinsdotter
Queen consort of Denmark
Succeeded by
Adela of Flanders


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While on the ground the flight crew and some of the passengers managed to escape from the aircraft. The hijackers demanded the return of the flight crew and three parachutes.
After these demands were refused by authorities, the hijackers accepted a pickup truck and took seven passengers as hostages and escaped to the surrounding countryside.
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Motivation: I'm working on a computational problem at the moment, and have some very good routines for natively working with simplicial complexes and calculating homology, but the structures I'm dealing with arise naturally as cubical complexes.
Problem: Is there an efficient way to triangulate the n-cube, i.e. calculate a (relatively) small list of n-simplices on the same vertices as the cube, and which define a simplicial complex spanning the cube?
I've done some reference-chasing and there seems to be no decently-sharp estimate (as an upper or lower bound) for the asymptotic complexity of the problem, although the best upper-bounds I'm aware of (for the size of the smallest solution-set) seem to indicate something exponentially smaller than factorial (see Haiman, 91). This paper also exhibits a lower bound, given below
Orden and Santos improved the upper bound somewhat, by reducing the base of the exponential.
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See also "Simplexity of the $n$-cube" at The Open Problems Garden: garden.irmacs.sfu.ca/?q=op/simplexity_of_the_cube – Joseph O'Rourke Feb 10 '11 at 16:54
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For the question as stated, it's a big open problem to triangulate the $n$-cube, and the papers that you cite are basically the state of the art. The lower bound that you give is simply a matter of comparing the volume of an $n$-cube to the volume of the largest possible $n$-simplex inside it, only with the extra idea due to Warren Smith to work in hyperbolic geometry rather than in Euclidean geometry. As you should notice, this lower bound is exponential, while all of the upper bounds are factorial. The upper bound comes from the following simple idea of Haiman: Suppose that you have good triangulations of some low-dimensional cubes. Then you can take their Cartesian product and use the standard step triangulation of a product of simplices. Using for example the triangulation of a 3-cube with 5 simplices instead of the usual 6, this immediately gives you a small exponential gain over the $n!$ answer using the standard step triangulation. Orden and Santos offer a slight improvement of Haiman's idea.
Combinatorialists take this summary of results as an invitation to do better. The upper and lower bounds are very far apart.
If your ultimate goal is to compute homology in high dimensions, then you are much better off NOT triangulating the cubes. It is computationally superior to make chain complexes directly from the cubical complex, and then use the same integer linear algebra that you would have used otherwise.
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The combinatorialists do not seem to have made much progress. The last real advance in the field is Warren Smith's thesis (which was in 1988, if I recall). The problem (known as "the simplexity of the cube") has been around for a very long time, though I don't know the whole history. – Igor Rivin Feb 10 '11 at 16:38
A slight improvement on the lower bound was recently obtained by Alexey Glazyrin (_URL_ _URL_ Basically, it changes the $2^n$ factor in Nick's initial post to an $e^n$. Smith's hyperbolic volume method gave an $\sqrt{6}^n$.
But, of course, as Greg points out, the real open question is whether the simplicity of the cube grows as the $c^n n!/n^{n/2}$ of the lower bounds or as the $c^n n!$ that can be achieved by actual constructions (or something in between).
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In case it is helpful for your computational problem, note that the freely available software CHomP will compute homology of cubical complexes.
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Cubical complexes in general, or just subcollections of the standard tiling of Euclidean space by unit cubes? It looks like the latter to me. – Greg Kuperberg Feb 10 '11 at 16:49
Awesome, thank you! I've been trying in HAP(GAP package), but it's not too happy (so far as I can tell) if I'm not working with a complex where each cube sits inside a cube of maximal dimension, the so-called "pure" complexes. So I can't just start sticking extra squares hanging off my cubes, say. – Nick Loughlin Feb 11 '11 at 11:11
I didn't notice Greg's comment, which would suggest that my last post was off-the-mark, although I will check it out. – Nick Loughlin Feb 11 '11 at 11:12
If you think of the $n$-cube as unordered sequences of points from $[0,1]$, and the $n$-symplex as an ordered sequence of points from $[0,1]$, then it is easy to see how to decompose the $n$-cube into $n!$ simplices each of hyper-volume $1/n!$. I am not sure that this is a triangulation --- no opinion at this writing, but if not, then try subdivision.
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Yes, this and some related triangulations are known - a slightly better version (in 3d gives 5 simplices instead of 6) is to 2-colour the vertices and dissect-off a simplex at each odd vertex, say, and then deal with the polytope you're left with - see theorem 3.6.3 here: books.google.com/books?id=SxY1Xrr12DwC&pg=PA315 – Nick Loughlin Feb 10 '11 at 13:20
5 simplices is sharp in three dimensions, since if you take the regular ideal cube, you will see that the simplices it is subdivided in are regular also. – Igor Rivin Feb 10 '11 at 16:36
Of course, "ideal" means ideal in hyperbolic 3-space. Do other geometries in higher dimensions give worse estimates? – Douglas Zare Feb 10 '11 at 17:14
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"height" of a square formed by latitude and longitude lines is simply the
difference in latitude, in degrees times 60 nautical miles. However the
length of a segment of a latitude line between to longitudes in nautical
miles is approximately the difference in longitudes times 60 times the
cosine of the latitude. Only at the equator, latitude equals zero degrees,
is length of a degree of latitude and a degree of longitude equal. The area
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The following files contain configuration settings for Pentaho Analysis cache frameworks. All of them are in the same directory inside of the deployed pentaho.war: /WEB-INF/classes/.
- pentaho-analysis-config.xml Defines the global behavior of the Pentaho Analysis Enterprise Edition plugin. Settings in this file enable you to define which segment cache configuration to use, and to turn off the segment cache altogether.
- infinispan-config.xml The InfinispanSegmentCache settings file. It configures the Infinispan system.
- jgroups-udp.xml Configures the cluster backing the Infinispan cache. It defines how the nodes find each other and how they communicate. By default, Pentaho uses UDP and multicast discovery, which enables you to run many instances on a single machine or many instances on many machines. (There are examples of other communication setups included in the JAR archive.) This file is referenced by infinispan as specified in the infinispan-config.xml configuration file.
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Consider the following Python (runs in 2.x or 3.x):
o = Outer()
i = o.Inner()
threading.local()["my o object"] = o
In Python 2.6, a class decorator that's also a custom descriptor matches the specs you give:
class InnerClassDescriptor(object): def __init__(self, cls): self.cls = cls def __get__(self, instance, outerclass): class Wrapper(self.cls): outer = instance Wrapper.__name__ = self.cls.__name__ return Wrapper class Outer(object): _USER_ class Inner(object): def __init__(self): print self.outer o = Outer() i = o.Inner() print 'Outer is a', type(Outer) print 'Inner is a', type(o.Inner)
<__main__.Outer object at 0x82f90> Outer is a Inner is a
just to confirm that
o.Inner [[is]] a class object, not something weird like a closure
as per your peculiar specs. Of course it needs to be a different class each time for reentrancy -- even in a single-threaded world, the following:
o1 = Outer() o2 = Outer() i1 = o1.Inner i2 = o2.Inner print i1(), i2(), i1(), i2()
should work cleanly, and stashing o1 vs o2 anywhere else than in the classes returned by
o2.Inner (e.g., in TLS) would mean horrible results for this use.
But then you didn't specify "
o.Inner has to be exactly the same class object for every possible
o that's an instance of
Outer", so this code fully meets the specs you did give;-).


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6162 Kanomax Hot Air Anemometer--the industry standard for measuring velocity of hot air up to 752 deg F and the instrument of choice for checking air movement in blast furnaces, smelters, annealing ovens, exhaust systems, chimneys and stacks. Choose from three interchageable high temperature probes for different applications and temperature ranges. Simulataneous display of velocity and temperature. On board memory stores your readings and the integral display lets you review data in graph form. RS232 download to your PC. The 6162 base unit and one or mores probes is required to make a complete system.
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Bulletin ID: HCSEC-2023-06
Bulletin Title: Consul Server Panic when Ingress and API Gateways Configured with Peering Connections
Publication Date: March 7, 2023
Affected Products / Versions: Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.14.0 up to 1.14.4; fixed in 1.14.5.
A vulnerability was identified in Consul and Consul Enterprise ("Consul") an authenticated user with service:write permissions could trigger a workflow that causes Consul server and client agents to crash under certain circumstances. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-0845, was fixed in Consul 1.14.5.
Consul cluster peering is a feature to support peering connections between two or more independent clusters so that services deployed to different partitions or datacenters can communicate. API gateways are a dedicated ingress solution for intelligently routing traffic to applications running in the service mesh, and are configured through the Kubernetes Gateway API Specification. Ingress gateways enable connectivity from services outside the Consul service mesh to services inside the mesh, and are configured using configuration entries. These configurations are transpiled and then sent to Envoy using xDS through the Consul server or client agent.
During internal testing, we observed it was possible to crash the Consul server or client agent hosting the xDS connection to an API gateway or ingress gateway by configuring upstreams to reference a peering destination.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker requires access to an ACL token with service:write permissions, and there needs to be at least one running ingress or API gateway that is configured to route traffic to an upstream service. For more information on cluster peering, see the documentation.
Customers should evaluate the risk associated with this issue and consider upgrading to Consul 1.14.5, or newer.
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In the early 1980s one of the founders had a eureka moment, purportedly in the bath, and invented the Hy-point post pointing machine; the more efficient and much safer alternative to the saw bench. These machines are in most saw mills throughout the UK and also in mills abroad. Again, the UK build quality has resulted in machines which can continue to operate literally for decades, even when in virtual daily use. It has been estimated that in excess of 750 million posts have been pointed on Hy-point machines, although the figure is more likely double this. Hydrocut, and the products produced, stand for quality and longevity.
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Dynamometer: Introduction and Types
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A dynamometer is a device used for measuring the torque and brake power required to operate a driven machine.
Dynamometers can be broadly classified into two types. They are:
 1. Power Absorption Dynamometers: Power Absorption dynamometers measure and absorb the power output of the engine to which they are coupled. The power absorbed is usually dissipated as heat by some means.
 Examples of power absorption dynamometers are Prony brake dynamometer, Rope brake dynamometer, Eddy current dynamometer, Hydraulic dynamometer, etc.
 2. Power Transmission Dynamometers: In power transmission dynamometers the power is transmitted to the load coupled to the engine after it is indicated on some scale. These are also called torque meters.
Some of the different types of dynamometers are discussed below in brief.
Prony Brake Dynamometer:
Pony Brake is one of the simplest dynamometers for measuring power output (brake power). It is to attempt to stop the engine using a brake on the flywheel and measure the weight which an arm attached to the brake will support, as it tries to rotate with the flywheel.
Prony Brake
Figure 1: Prony Brake
The Prony brake shown in the above consists of a wooden block, frame, rope, brake shoes and flywheel. It works on the principle of converting power into heat by dry friction. Spring-loaded bolts are provided to increase the friction by tightening the wooden block.
The whole of the power absorbed is converted into heat and hence this type of dynamometer must the cooled.
The brake power is given by the formula
Brake Power (bp) = 2π NT
Where T = Weight applied (W) × distance (l)
Rope Brake Dynamometer:
The rope brake as shown in below figure is another device for measuring brake power of an engine. It consists of some turns of rope wound around the rotating drum attached to the output shaft. One side of the rope is connected to a spring balance and the other side to a loading device. The power is absorbed in friction between the rope and the drum. Therefore drum in rope brake requires cooling.
Rope brake
Figure 2: Rope Brake
Rope brake dynamometers are cheap and can be constructed quickly but brake power can't be measured accurately because of change in the friction coefficient of the rope with a change in temperature.
The brake power is given by the formula
Brake Power (bp) = π DN (W − S)
where D is the brake drum diameter,
W is the weight of the load and
S is the spring balance reading.
Eddy Current Dynamometer:
The working principle of eddy current dynamometer is shown in the figure below. It consists of a stator on which are fitted some electromagnets and a rotor disc made of copper or steel and coupled to the output shaft of the engine. When the rotor rotates, eddy currents are produced in the stator due to magnetic flux set up by the passage of field current in the electromagnets. These eddy currents are dissipated in producing heat so that this type of dynamometer requires some cooling arrangement. The torque is measured exactly as in other types of absorption dynamometers, i.e., with the help of a moment arm. The load in internal combustion engine testing is controlled by regulating the current in the electromagnets.
Eddy current Dynamometer
Figure 3: Eddy Current Dynamometer
The following are the main advantages of eddy current dynamometers:
 1. High brake power per unit weight of dynamometer.
 2. They offer the highest ratio of constant power speed range (up to 5 : 1).
 3. Level of field excitation is below 1% of total power being handled by the dynamometer. Thus, they are easy to control and operate.
 4. Development of eddy current is smooth hence the torque is also smooth and continuous under all conditions.
 5. Relatively higher torque under low-speed conditions.
 6. It has no intricate rotating parts except shaft bearing.
 7. No natural limit to size, either small or large.
Hydraulic Dynamometer:
A hydraulic dynamometer as shown in the figure below works on the principle of dissipating the power in fluid friction rather than in dry friction.
Hydraulic Dynamometer
Figure 4: Hydraulic Dynamometer
 - In principle, hydraulic dynamometer construction is similar to that of a fluid flywheel.
 - Hydraulic dynamometer consists of an impeller or inner rotating member coupled to the output shaft of the engine.
 - The impeller in this dynamometer rotates in a casing filled with a fluid.
 - Due to the centrifugal force developed in the outer casing, tends to revolve with the impeller, but is resisted by a torque arm supporting the balance weight.
 - The frictional forces generated between the impeller and the fluid are measured by the spring balance fitted on the casing.
 - The heat developed due to the dissipation of power in Hydraulic dynamometer is carried away by a continuous supply of the working fluid.
 - The output power can be controlled by regulating the sluice gates which can be moved in and out to partially or wholly obstruct the flow of water between the casing and the impeller.
Absorption Dynamometers:
Transmission dynamometers are also called torque meters. They mostly consist of a set of strain-gauges fixed on the rotating shaft and the torque is measured by the angular deformation of the shaft which is indicated as the strain the of the strain gauge. A four arm bridge is used to reduce the effect of temperature, and the gauges are arranged in pairs such that the effect of axial or transverse load on the strain gauges is avoided.
Transmission Dynamometer
Figure 5: Transmission Dynamometer
Above figure shows the transmission dynamometer which employs beams and strain gauges for a sensing torque. Transmission dynamometers measure brake power very accurately and are used where continuous transmission of the load is necessary. These are mainly used in automatic units.
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 - I find the dynamometer very fascinating. I've always wondered how you can check your brake power. There are so many different types. Is there a type of dynamometer that is better for measuring the torque or brake power?
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text: - While breast milk is considered the best nourishment for newborns, they have a lowered ability to digest the fat rich liquid due to decreased lipase secretion for the first few months after birth. To offset this, breast milk itself contains Bile Salt-Stimulated Lipase (BSSL) which significantly heightens fat digestion ability. Pre-term infants (<37 weeks gestation age) are often fed donor breast milk, which is treated through Holder pasteurization by nonprofit milk banks to ensure microbiological safety. Due to the fact that Holder inactivates up to 95% of BSSL, two alternative techniques also proven to eliminate harmful breast milk pathogens were assessed for their ability to retain BSSL: high pressure processing (HPP) and gamma cell irradiation (IR). After treatment of breast milk samples with either Holder (62.5°C, 30 min), HPP (550 MPa, 5 mins), or IR (2.5 Mrads), BSSL activity was determined using a spectrometric assay and compared to raw untreated milk. IR treatment was shown to retain 32% of BSSL activity while HPP was shown to retain 84%, suggesting HPP could be an effective alternative to Holder pasteurization.


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A combustion and propulsion test cell contains a 300-hp eddy current dynamometer linked to either the FSAE engine or a DC motor/battery-electric powertrain. A custom-built 7-hp AC dynamometer allows students to research the combustion stability limits of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine. In this lab, students get the chance to disassemble, analyze, and reassemble a series of Briggs & Stratton engines; a small gas turbine engine has also been under development for several years. Fundamental combustion studies are performed in fume hoods to determine the effects of fuel-air flow rate and equivalence ratio on laminar flame speed. A research engine outfitted with a quartz cylinder liner gives students the ability to watch the combustion process of a running engine while taking in-cylinder pressure data in real-time.


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EU extends sanctions against Russia
The European Union (EU) has decided to extend the sanctions against Russia for one year due to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.
The European Council announced that the restrictive measures implemented by the EU due to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol have been extended until 23 June 2022.
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High amounts of sentimentality, coupled with a healthy dose of superstition, contributed to many of the customs associated with funerals, and mourning rituals, that are still practiced today.
The "Victorian Mourning" exhibit, on display this month at Stately Oaks Plantation in Jonesboro, explores the unique traditions surrounding mourning during the Victorian era, and how they relate to modern traditions.
Throughout the month of August, Stately Oaks will be decorated to reflect the strict customs a Victorian-era family would need to follow in order to "mourn well." Clothing pieces, stationery, coffins, hair accessories, and keepsakes will be on display, with docents providing detailed information about the significance, and historical context, of the items.
Kay Dreyer, curator of the exhibit, said many of America's modern mourning traditions were established during the reign of Queen Victoria, who went into 40 years of self-imposed isolation and mourning following the death of her husband, Prince Albert. Throughout the 19th Century, the British and Americans took their cues from Victoria, making mourning one of America's first big businesses, she said.
"Mourning clothes for ladies were really the first ready-made, off-the-rack clothes that you could buy," Dreyer said. "She [Queen Victoria] was the leader of the most powerful country in the world and especially, if you were wealthy, you wanted to emulate her.
"Victorians could accept death, but they couldn't accept not being mourned well. You had to decorate your house a certain way. There was mourning stationary... the thickness of the border signified the deepness of mourning."
The exhibit includes mourning stationary, veils, public attire, postcards, hairpins, purses, gloves, and jewelry items -- all of which would be worn by men, and especially ladies, during their time of mourning. She said a woman who lost her husband was expected to shy away from society and mourn for a period of two and a half years, according to Victorian customs.
The exhibit also examines the significance that flowers and food played in Victorian-era funerals, as well as many of the actions following death that were customary, such as sending out all of ones' correspondence on black-bordered stationary. New to the exhibit this year is an entire section dedicated to the burial traditions of slaves and African Americans during the Victorian era, such as placing seashells on top of graves, in hopes of preserving the spirit of the person for all eternity.
Also covered in the exhibit, are the strange and superstitious customs of the period, such as: Covering mirrors with black draping to prevent the rare glimpse of spirits; carrying bodies out the door feet first to prevent the dead from dragging the living into the land of the dead; preserving ones' tears in bottles; making jewelry out of the hair of departed lovers and wearing them as keepsakes; and burying the dead with a bell attached to their wrist to alert surface dwellers that a grave mistake was made.
"The bell was on the surface and attached to the wrist of the dead," said Stately Oaks Docent Jan Turner. "If the person rang the bell, it would mean you are not dead. 'Dead ringer' and'saved by the bell,' that is where we get those sayings. I think it [the exhibit] helps explain, in a way, why we do things."
Dreyer said the Victorian Mourning exhibit, a tradition of Stately Oaks for more than 10 years, is one of its most popular programs, attracting 500 visitors from 13 countries and 38 states last year.
Tours of the exhibit will be given until Aug. 31, Mondays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m., to 3 p.m. The cost is $12 for adults, $9 for seniors, $3 for children, ages 5 to 11, and free for children under 5. For more information, call _PHONE_.


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This paper considers two strategies for undermining indispensability arguments for mathematical Platonism. We defend one strategy (the Trivial Strategy) against a criticism by Joseph Melia. In particular, we argue that the key example Melia uses against the Trivial Strategy fails. We then criticize Melia's chosen strategy (the Weaseling Strategy.) The Weaseling Strategy attempts to show that it is not always inconsistent or irrational knowingly to assert p and deny an implication of p. We argue that Melia's case for this strategy fails.
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Equity theory suggests that employee' perceptions of a working situation in terms of how fairly they are treated compared with others influence their levels of motivation; motivation is a consequence of perceived inequity (Adams, 1965). According to equity theory, employees make comparisons. Employees determine their own work outcomes versus the effort or inputs required to achieve the outcomes, and compare these with outcomes and efforts of other employees. If they recognize that their compensation is equal to what others receive for similar inputs, they will believe that their treatment is fair and equitable. Education, experience, effort, ability etc. are the inputs to the job by the employees. Outcomes that employees
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Adams (1965) pointed out that perceived inequity creates a tension that can motivate individuals to bring equity into balance, in four common ways: 1) altering effort: Individuals may change their level of input to the organization. For example, underpaid individuals may decrease their level of effort or increase their absenteeism. Overpaid individuals may correct the inequity by working harder or getting more education. 2) Altering outcomes: An underpaid person may request a salary increase, other forms of recognition or a bigger office. A union may try to improve wages and working conditions in order to be consistent with a comparable union whose members are paid higher (Samson and Daft, 2002). 3) Changing how people think about inputs or outcomes: According to research, people may alter perceptions of equity if they are unable to change efforts or outcomes (Samson and Daft, 2002). Thus, individuals may unnaturally increase the status attached to their jobs or distort others' perceived rewards to ensure equity. 4) Leaving: Individuals who feel they lack equity in the work place may choose to quit their jobs rather than bearing the inequity of being underpaid or overpaid. They may seek balance of equity applying for new jobs. The implication of equity theory for organizations is that, to motivate employees it is necessary to ensure a state of equity in the work place by establishing mechanisms to deal with perceived inequity situations. Otherwise organizations may face low motivation, low performance, high absenteeism and turnover. As it is mentioned before, a typical example of perceived inequity in a work organization is the situation of an employee who believes that his/her peers does not exert as much effort as him in the work place, although they are all
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autosp - preprocessor to generate note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores
autosp [-v | --version | -h | --help]
autosp [-d | --dotted] [-l | --log] infile[.aspc] [outfile[.tex]]
This program makes it easier to create MusiXTeX scores by converting (non-standard) commands of the form \anotes... \en into one or more conventional note-spacing commands (\notes \Notes \NOtes...), determined by the actual note values, with \sk spacing commands inserted as necessary. The coding for an entire measure can be entered one part at a time, without concern for note-spacing changes within the part or spacing requirements of other parts.
For example, if applied to
 \anotes\qa J\qa K&\ca l\qa m\ca n\en
autosp generates
 \Notes\qa J\sk\qa K\sk&\ca l\qa m\sk\ca n\en
Typically, an \anotes command generates several conventional note-spacing commands.
If the infile argument does not have an.aspc extension, input is taken from infile.aspc if that file exists.
If the outfile argument does not have a.tex extension, output is sent to outfile.tex. If no outfile argument is provided, output will go to infile.tex (or to infile.ltx if a \documentclass declaration is encountered).
For \anotes commands, line breaks and spaces may precede note segments, allowing more flexible source formatting; the line breaks and spaces will be elided from the output.
For example,
is acceptable and generates
If the -l ( --log ) option is used, a very detailed log infile.alog is generated.
If the -d ( --dotted ) option is used, dotted beam notes of the form \qb{n}{.p} are not given extra space; it is assumed that the subsequent note will be shifted by a \roff-like command or a spacing command such as \qsk or \hqsk. Commands of the form \qlp{p}, \qlpp{p},..., \qpb{n}{p} and \qppb{n}{p} are always spaced as indicated.
If there is a single staff, consecutive whole-bar rest bars are merged into a multi-bar rest. Bar-centered rests can be coded using the standard \def\atnextbar notation but the non-standard command \Cpause in a note segment also generates a bar-centered rest.
Spacing commands \sk and \bsk in the source are discarded, but not "small" skips \hsk, \qsk, \tqsk, \hqsk or \qqsk, or the small "backward" skips \hbsk, \bqsk, \btsk, or \bhsk. Moreover, non-standard commands \QQsk, \HQsk \TQsk and \Qsk in the source generate "global" skips; i.e., the effect of \qqsk, \hqsk, \tqsk or \qsk, respectively, in every staff. These ensure that staffs remain synchronized if additional spacing is needed in any staff(s).
Global skips may also be obtained within collective-coding sequences by using up to four successive commas to get the effects of \QQsk, \HQsk, \TQsk or \Qsk, respectively. Global skips \tqsk (or, for double-flats, \qsk) are automatically inserted before accidentals ('^', '_', '=', '<', '>') on collective-coding notes (except when the preceding note is "virtual"; i.e., a skip). If this automatic additional spacing is not wanted in some context, it may be avoided by replacing the accidental in the collective-coding sequence by any of the explicit accidental commands: \sh, \fl, \na, \smallsh, \bigsh, etc. If the automatic spacing is insufficient, the spacing may be increased by adding sufficient commas or using a conventional notes command instead of \anotes.
A note segment can be completely empty, but if a note segment should start with or contain a "space," the note-value of that space must be made explicit with a command of the form \ha{*}, \qa{.*}, \qa{*}, \ca{*}, etc.
From version 2017-06-14, the effects of \TransformNotes calls are implemented by the autosp pre-processor. This enables use of musixlyr in autosp scores; musixlyr.tex is incompatible with the musixtnt.tex implementation of \TransformNotes.
All other conventional MusiXTeX commands are output exactly as given in the input.
autosp determines the spacing for ordinary notes from the note commands themselves; for example,
\qa, \qu, \ql, \qp result in \NOtes;
\ca, \cu, \cl, \ds result in \Notes;
and so on.
The spacing for beamed notes is determined by the beam multiplicity, so that \ib... results in \Notes, \ibb... results in \notes, etc.
Collective coding of note sequences (including accidentals and dots) is handled by expanding the sequence into a sequence of individual note commands.
autosp scales notes by the relevant instrument-size value.
autosp assumes that & and | (rather than \nextinstrument and \nextstaff) are used to separate instruments and staffs.
Appoggiaturas and grace notes are recognized by the use of \tinynotesize; note-spacing of 1.45\elemskip is used. If this isn't suitable and can't be corrected with a small skip, a \vnotes command with any desired spacing can be used.
autosp supports x-tuplets introduced using \xtuplet{x} or \xxtuplet{x:y} and triplets introduced using any of the following commands (regardless of any re-definition of \txt or \tuplettxt):
autosp assumes that an x-tuplet is to be played in (x-1)/x of the apparent x-tuplet duration. So, for example, a triplet in eighths is assumed to be played in the time of one quarter note. If this assumption isn't valid, the x-tuplet must be coded explicitly using a suitable \vnotes command; see the first measure of barsant2.aspc for an example of a non-standard x-tuplet: a 5-tuple of 64th notes with an intended duration of six 64ths.
In some polyrhythmic scores, the \txt numeral may be displaced, even if the notes themselves are correctly spaced. In these cases, it is possible to suppress the normal output of \txt by using the non-standard commands \Triolet (no arguments) or \Xtuplet{k}\ and placing a numeral at the correct location using \zcn (i.e., \zcharnote).
autosp can deal with simultaneous x-tuplets in multiple staffs provided the x values and total note durations are identical.
In some baroque scores, particularly by J.S. Bach, a beamed sixteenth note is vertically aligned with the third note of a triplet of eighth notes in another staff (implying that they should be sounded simultaneously); e.g.,
would be played as if notated
 \uptrio{b}10\ql L\hroff{\cl L}
The following coding will align the beamed sixteenth note with the third note of a triplet in another staff:
and, similarly, for triplets of sixteenth notes:
Generally, user-defined macros are not processed or expanded; however, definitions of the form
 \def\atnextbar{\znotes... \en}
generate definitions that do take account of \TransformNotes.
All staffs are assumed to have the same meter; see kinder2.aspc for an example of how to work around this.
autosp may not be effective for music with more than one voice in a single staff. It might be advisable to use a separate staff for each voice, to avoid \anotes when necessary, or to omit certain voices initially and add them into the resulting TeX file.
See files quod2.aspc, kinder2.aspc, geminiani.aspc and barsant2.aspc for scores suitable for input to autosp. The program tex2aspc can be used to convert "legacy" MusiXTeX scores to.aspc format.
msxlint(1) tex2aspc(1)
This program and manual page were written by Bob Tennent <>.


text: This feature article examines the potential of heterogeneous Pd species to mediate catalytic C-H bond functionalisation processes employing suitable substrates (e.g. aromatic/heteroaromatic compounds). A focus is placed on the reactivity of supported and non-supported Pd nanoparticle (PdNPs) catalysts, in addition to the re-appropriation of well-established heterogeneous Pd catalysts such as Pd/C. Where possible, reasonable comparisons are made between PdNPs and traditional 'homogeneous' Pd precatalyst sources (which form PdNPs). The involvement of higher order Pd species in traditional cross-coupling processes, such as Mizoroki-Heck, Sonogashira and Suzuki-Miyaura reactions, allows the exemplification of potential future topics for study in the area of catalytic C-H bond functionalisation processes.


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Does your canine attempt to catch bees in your each day stroll or in your yard? Sadly for our canines, tiny bees who get plant pollen may cause a painful sore.
Canines might even eat and swallow flying bees, particularly if their mouths are open whereas taking part in or chasing. Understanding why your pooch is attracted to those flying creatures and how one can cease this unusual course of may also help you inform bees to come back out completely.
Why Do Canines Need to Eat Bees?
Kinds of Motion enthralls resembling Labrador Retrievers, English Springer Spaniels, and Pointers. Naturally they wish to chase and take away transferring issues – sheep, cattle, and even bees.
Some canines could also be curious and could also be aggravated by bees roaming their ears. That buzz may very well be what triggers the response. Canines can even chase bees as a result of they're enjoyable!
Sadly, some canines will probably be afraid of flying creatures after being bitten. This concern might encourage them to chase after bees extra vigorously than earlier than. This highly effective emotional response makes them offended or sad after they run after a stinging bee.
On the flip facet, some canines develop phobias with bees. They could present panic by fleeing from bees, trembling uncontrollably, or freezing after they see a bee – and this concern can unfold to different flying bugs.
Canines can develop a repulsive conduct, referred to as fly-snapping, with or with out flying bugs or bees. These canines will emerge from planes or visions. Different species, together with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the Bernese Mountain Canine, usually tend to develop the illness. Fly-snapping can also be associated to well being: it's potential that the conduct is derived from a digestive downside. For those who assume your canine is barking, speak to your veterinarian.
What to Do If Your Canine Eats A Bee
Fortunately, the one hazard is a bee or wasp that places your canine in response to a sting.
Step one you want to take is to search out out in case your canine has eaten a bee, particularly you probably have not seen one consuming one. Have a look at the surface of their scents and lips. Take a superb have a look at the within of their mouths, together with the gums, tongue, and again of their throat.
In case your canine is affected by sting, you want to take away any seen sting (solely bee stings depart bricks). Don't reduce and take away the stinger – which may pressure extra toxins in your canine. Do your greatest to softly brush the bee sting. You are able to do this by inserting a bank card on their pores and skin and sliding it to at least one facet to faucet the steering wheel.
Your canine might cry or moan in ache, which might be quickly managed by gently inserting ice on the affected space.
Bees are toxic, not toxic. That implies that whereas bee stings can hurt your canine, you shouldn't have to fret about your canine being poisoned by the bee's digestion.
Purdue College Faculty of Veterinary Drugs notes that bees trigger delicate irritation, redness and seizures normally.
Bee venom can result in life-threatening bodily exercise. If you already know that your canine is allergic to bees, name a veterinarian instantly. Your veterinarian might advocate that you just give your canine a Benadryl pill. You have to to see a veterinarian instantly in order that they will look at your pup and presumably provide you with drugs. Don't give your canine every other drugs with out speaking to your veterinarian first.
Bees may cause swelling, shortness of breath, fatigue, falls, cough, vomiting and diarrhea. In case your canine experiences these signs, it's time to name your veterinarian.
Sadly, bees can sting the within of your canine. If a bee bites your canine's tongue or throat, swelling of the fence can block your canine's breath. Swallowing a bee can even trigger abdomen issues.
In extreme circumstances, repeated bites can generally result in shock and harm to inner organs.
You probably have not seen your canine eat a bee however suspect that they've eaten it, watch out for any signs for just a few days. For those who see your canine consuming a bee however you don't see any indicators, it's potential that the bee didn't chunk your canine and died. In case you are fearful, speak to your veterinarian!
How one can Stop Your Canine from Consuming Bees
The simplest technique to remove your canine's consuming habits is to make it possible for the bees can not get wherever close to them.
Start to maintain the bees from congregating close to your private home by eradicating any vegetation that entice bees. Different vegetation that entice bees are sunflowers, susan tied with blackey, salvia, goldenrod, lavender and roses. Alternatively, you possibly can add pure pesticides resembling mint, rosemary, basil and lavender.
One thing so simple as altering lanes shouldn't be sufficient to cease this conduct in case your canine is simply close to the bees in the course of the stroll. Your canine can't eat bees in the event that they aren't round!
You additionally want to show your beekeeper to remain calm. Opposition coaching may also help. The "cease it" command may also help your canine depart these flying bugs alone. Distracting your canine with a deal with or toy offers them one thing good to look out for as a substitute of bees.
In excessive circumstances, your canine might must put on a masks.
In case your canine's conduct is predicated on concern, you want to seek the advice of a veterinarian or veterinarian. Canines that show fear-related conduct may have treatment to deal with the issue.
Watching your canine chase and arrive rapidly at these noisy bees might be horrifying and worsening. Doing these workout routines may also help your canine companion remove these busy honey-producing employees.


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Private Residence Relief (PRR) – Why is it so important?
Private Residence Relief (PRR) is an extremely important relief. It is the reason that when individuals sell their home that they can receive 100% tax relief and therefore pay no capital gains tax, assuming they lived in the property the whole time, have not lived elsewhere or used the property for business purposes.
For properties with large gardens and grounds, it should be noted that PRR only covers a permitted area of 0.5 hectares and therefore PRR may not cover the whole gardens and grounds of the property.
Periods of absence
Periods of absence can restrict amounts of PRR available, where the property is not being used as a main residence, but there are periods which can still be exempt if you are away from the property for one of the reasons below:
- The final 9 months is treated as deemed occupation. This is extended to 36 months if the owner moves to a care home or is disabled.
- If there is a gap of less than two years between buying a property and moving in, then PRR can be claimed provided it was due to construction, decoration, renovation or due to a delay in selling your previous home and no one else lived in the property during that period.
- If you intended on living in the home but were prevented from doing so due to living in job related accommodation (for example, armed forces, living in vicarage, etc), PRR can be claimed for the period of intention.
There are also periods that can be claimed provided you live in the property both before and after the following:
- Any period of absence less than 3 years (or less than 3 years when combined)
- Periods working abroad.
- Prevented from residing in home due to place of work or any condition imposed by employer.
For individuals with second residences, only one property can be treated as the main residence. It is possible to make an election to nominate one of the properties as your main residence and therefore this will be the property that receives PRR. If no election is made the main residence will be based on facts relating to the properties.
Married couples can only have one main residence, but there is a useful spousal exemption which enables changes in ownership without triggering CGT. However, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) may be triggered in transferring from sole to joint ownership and it's always best to seek advice before making these changes.
As can be seen in the above, there are key areas that should be factored into any decision to sell a property. If selling a former residence which doesn't qualify for full PRR and there is CGT to pay, then a CGT return and payment of the CGT liability will both be due within 60 days of completion.
For more information, please contact your local Perrys branch.


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What would it be like to inherit a compass from your parents that always led you home, no matter where you were in the world? Apparently, sea turtles do inherit such a compass, and so do other marine animals such as salmon and whales.
They use the earth's magnetic field to guide them to feeding grounds or mating grounds. What's even more amazing is that they seem to be born with an internal map to go along with their compass. Salmon, for instance automatically know how to get to the same feeding grounds used by their biological parents even if they were born and raised in a hatchery..
Scientists are finding out that these internal navigation tools are way more sensitive than they thought. They've known for a long time that many animals use the earth's magnetic field to determine their latitude, or north-south position. It's a fairly straightforward thing to do because it relies on the north-south direction of the earth's magnetic field, something that never changes.
The surprising thing that researchers have recently learned is that sea turtles also use magnetic fields to determine their longitude (east-west position). That's a trickier job because it's not about simply knowing the direction of the Earth's magnetic field; it's about recognizing very small changes in the strength of it, too. The turtles combine information about magnetic strength and direction to determine where they are in a vast ocean with no other clues or landmarks to guide them.
These changes in magnetic strength are so small a regular compass can't detect them, which means sea turtles are very sensitive to shifts in magnetic fields. That's important because they travel such long distances that even a small mistake can send them way off course.
Understanding how sea turtles navigate during their long journeys might help us protect them. It may also lead to improvements in navigation technology, and it could provide clues to why the turtles and other animals such as whales and dolphin sometimes beach themselves.
Read about these studies here:
Sea Turtles Migrate with help of a magnetic map


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Harry the Hippo is a fun guessing game to use in the class. It can be adapted for practicing various grammar structures. I can't remember where I first played the game or who taught it to me, but I'm sure it's well-known by many TEFLers!
In its simplest form…
Practice language: love/like/dislike/hate
Find a good pic of a hippo. I used this one from a Google Image search. Explain to the learners:
Harry the Hippo likes a lot of things. Can you guess what they are? Ask me the question:
Does Harry like…?
Listen to the answers carefully. Make a note of anything Harry likes/dislikes. Do you notice any patterns?
(Answer: the clue is in the name 'Harry the Hippo'. Harry likes any word that includes the same letter twice in a row, e.g. battery, butter, sheep, screen, apple, etc. Students guess items…)
Student: Does Harry like dogs?
Teacher: Not really
Student: Does Harry like fruit?
Teacher: (gives a sneaky clue) Well, he doesn't like fruit, but he DOES like pineapples
Teacher: I know. Strange isn't it?
Student: So, he doesn't like bananas?
Student: but he likes pineapples?
Teacher: Yes… and strawberries
Student: Huh? Does he like oranges?
Teacher: Yes, he likes cherries…


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Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age
Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded in fingerprints to identify suspects. However, they have no way to tell how long ago those prints were left behind—information that could be crucial to a case. A preliminary new study in ACS' Analytical Chemistry suggests that could change. Researchers report that they could link compounds contained in fingerprints with their age.
By determining the age of fingerprints, police could get an idea of who might have been present around the time a crime was committed. This information could, for example, contradict a suspect's explanation that he or she had visited earlier. Scientists have already begun mining fingerprint residues for clues to the identity of the person who made them, but timing has proven more difficult to reliably pin down. Notably, past research has shown that a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method succeeded in determining if prints were more or less than eight days old; however, investigators often need more precision. To get a better idea of when prints were deposited, Young Jin Lee and colleagues looked to reactions already suspected to take place in these residues, when ozone in air reacts with unsaturated triacylglycerols left by a fingertip.
Using prints collected from three donors, the researchers tracked shifting levels of triacylglycerols using mass spectrometry imaging, a technique that leaves the evidence intact. They found they could reliably determine the triacylglycerol degradation rate for each person over the course of seven days. But the rate differed among individuals, with one person's triacylglycerols declining more gradually than the others. The researchers attribute this difference to higher levels of lipids in that individual's fingerprints. The method also worked on residues that had been dusted with forensic powder. The researchers say that although a large-scale study is needed to better understand how lipid levels affect triacylglycerol degradation, this analysis is a first step toward developing a better fingerprint aging test.
More information: Paige Hinners et al. Determining Fingerprint Age with Mass Spectrometry Imaging via Ozonolysis of Triacylglycerols, Analytical Chemistry (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765
Journal information: Analytical Chemistry
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Now, let's uncover the secrets to Bandar Chia's success.
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Uncovering the Secrets to Bandar Chia's Success
To understand the secrets behind Bandar Chia's success, we delve deeper into the city's musical landscape and explore the factors that have contributed to their rise. One of the key elements that have propelled Bandar Chia to success is their effective marketing strategies. By analyzing the impact of Bandar Chia's social media presence, we can uncover how they have connected with their audience and built a strong online following.
Marketing Strategies Impact on Success
Engaging content Increased fanbase
Collaborations Expanded reach
Interactive campaigns Boosted visibility
Through engaging content, Bandar Chia has been able to attract and retain a larger fanbase. Collaborations with other artists have also helped them expand their reach and tap into new markets. Additionally, their interactive campaigns have boosted their visibility, creating a buzz around their music. These marketing strategies have undoubtedly played a significant role in the success of Bandar Chia.
The Evolution of Bandar Chia's Sound
After analyzing the impact of Bandar Chia's marketing strategies, we now delve into the evolution of their sound, exploring how their music has transformed over time.
 - The influence of other artists:
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 - Bandar Chia has openly expressed their admiration for a diverse range of artists, such as Prince, Radiohead, and Kendrick Lamar. This influence can be heard in their music, as they incorporate elements from these artists into their own unique sound.
 - Collaborations with other musicians have also played a significant role in shaping Bandar Chia's sound. Working with artists from different genres and backgrounds has allowed them to explore new musical territories and incorporate fresh perspectives into their work.
 - Experimentation with different genres:
 - Bandar Chia has never been afraid to push boundaries and experiment with different genres. Their early music was rooted in alternative rock, but as their career progressed, they began to incorporate elements of electronic, hip-hop, and even jazz into their sound.
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 - This constant exploration of different genres hasn't only kept their music fresh and exciting, but it has also allowed Bandar Chia to appeal to a wider audience, attracting fans from various music scenes.
A Glimpse Into Bandar Chia's Future
Looking ahead, we anticipate exciting developments in Bandar Chia's future, as they continue to evolve their sound and explore new musical territories. With their growing popularity, the band has garnered a loyal and dedicated fanbase, creating a strong sense of community.
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In terms of upcoming projects, Bandar Chia has hinted at several collaborations that promise to push their music in exciting directions. These collaborations won't only provide fresh perspectives but also showcase the band's versatility and ability to adapt to different styles.
The fanbase and community surrounding Bandar Chia play a crucial role in their success, and the band recognizes their importance. They actively engage with their fans through social media and live performances, fostering a sense of connection and appreciation.
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As Bandar Chia continues to evolve, their future looks bright, with the potential for even greater accomplishments and a growing fanbase.
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What Is the Meaning Behind the Name 'Bandar Chia'?
The meaning behind the name 'Bandar Chia' is not known without context. However, when discussing Bandar Chia's musical inspirations and journey in the music industry, it may provide insights into the name's significance.
How Did Bandar Chia's Upbringing Influence His Musical Style?
Bandar Chia's musical style was heavily influenced by his upbringing. Cultural influences played a significant role in shaping his musical identity, providing a unique and diverse foundation that resonates in his music.
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What Are Some Key Factors That Contributed to Bandar Chia's Success?
Factors such as talent, hard work, and opportunities have contributed to Bandar Chia's success. The influence of his upbringing and the choices he made along the way also played a significant role in shaping his musical style.
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How Has Bandar Chia's Sound Evolved Over the Years?
Over the years, our sound has evolved, influenced by various musical genres. We've experimented with different styles, resulting in a diverse and dynamic sound. It's fascinating to see how Bandar Chia's music has grown and transformed.
Are There Any Upcoming Projects or Collaborations in Bandar Chia's Future?
In our future, we have upcoming projects and collaborations in the works. We are excited to explore new creative opportunities and bring fresh sounds to our audience. Stay tuned for what's to come!
Conclusion
In conclusion, Bandar Chia's rise to success has been nothing short of remarkable. Their unique blend of musical styles captivates audiences worldwide, leaving them hungry for more.
With each album, the band continues to push boundaries and evolve their sound, ensuring that their future remains bright. Bandar Chia's journey is a testament to the power of passion, talent, and perseverance in the world of music.
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As they continue to carve their path, there's no doubt that Bandar Chia will leave an indelible mark on the music industry.
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Health Risks and Allergies Related to Chia Seeds
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We understand what could be going through your mind – chia seeds and ulcers seem like an unlikely pairing. However, give us a chance to explain.
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In this article, we'll delve into the nutritional composition of chia seeds, how they can aid in healing ulcers, and provide tips on incorporating them into your diet.
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 - Chia seeds are rich in fiber, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and various vitamins and minerals.
 - Chia seeds can form a gel-like substance when mixed with water, which can provide a protective barrier for ulcers.
 - Chia seeds are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have anti-inflammatory properties that may benefit ulcer management.
 - It is important to consult with a healthcare professional before incorporating chia seeds into your diet if you have an active ulcer.
The Nutritional Composition of Chia Seeds
In our exploration of the topic 'Chia Seed and Ulcer,' let's now delve into the nutritional composition of chia seeds.
Chia seeds are a powerhouse of nutrients, packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. These tiny seeds are an excellent source of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, and protein. They also contain calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus, which are crucial for maintaining healthy bones and teeth.
Chia seeds are low in calories and carbohydrates, making them a great addition to a weight-loss diet. Furthermore, they're gluten-free, making them suitable for individuals with gluten intolerance or celiac disease.
Incorporating chia seeds into your diet can have numerous health benefits, such as improved digestion, reduced inflammation, and enhanced heart health. Stay tuned for our next discussion on delicious chia seed recipes that you can try at home!
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Understanding Ulcers and Their Symptoms
Let's now explore the symptoms of ulcers and gain a better understanding of this condition.
Ulcers, which are open sores that develop on the lining of the stomach, small intestine, or esophagus, can be quite painful and disruptive to daily life. Some common causes of ulcers include infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), excessive alcohol consumption, and smoking.
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The symptoms of ulcers can vary, but often include abdominal pain, bloating, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. If left untreated, ulcers can lead to complications such as bleeding, perforation, or obstruction.
Fortunately, there are natural remedies for ulcer relief, such as consuming a balanced diet, avoiding trigger foods, managing stress, and incorporating healing foods like chia seeds into your diet.
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Transitioning into the subsequent section, let's explore how chia seeds can aid in healing ulcers.
How Chia Seeds Can Aid in Healing Ulcers
Chia seeds can aid in healing ulcers by supporting the natural healing process within the digestive system. These tiny seeds are packed with nutrients that promote digestive health, making them a valuable addition to any ulcer-healing regimen.
Chia seeds are rich in fiber, which helps to regulate bowel movements and prevent constipation, a common symptom of ulcers. Additionally, they're high in omega-3 fatty acids, which have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce inflammation in the digestive tract. Chia seeds also contain antioxidants, which can protect the lining of the stomach and intestines from further damage.
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Incorporating chia seeds into your diet can be as simple as adding them to smoothies, yogurt, or oatmeal.


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Relay For Life is the celebration of cancer survivorship and the support of caregivers throughout the cancer journey. Relay For Life honours and celebrates the hope that cancer survivors and caregivers give others fighting cancer.
O – OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED WITH CANSA
The energy and spirit of Relay For Life encourages meaningful year-round volunteer involvement and is a powerful way for individuals to remain involved with the CANSA mission. Involving more people in our life-saving work is crucial. Relay For Life is a great way to get survivors and caregivers to stay involved with CANSA year-round. Make them excited them about their role in the fight against cancer and help them explore how they can do this.
P – PROVIDE HOPE THROUGH INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND SERVICE
Relay For Life is about empowering participants to learn more, share more and do more in the fight against cancer. Through Relay, we provide quality information about community programmes and services that connect cancer survivors and caregivers to the CANSA service.
E – ENGAGE SURVIVORS & CAREGIVERS AS ACTIVE CANSA VOLUNTEERS
Relay For Life is not only about walking around a track, but to survivors and caregivers the steps taken at this life changing event are just the first of many opportunities to provide hope to others fighting cancer. It is important to invite, excite and explore these opportunities to help connect survivors and caregivers with the many ways that they can deepen their involvement with CANSA.
Share your story of hope and encouragement on Champions of Hope – CANSA Survivors Facebook group. (For all cancer survivors or caregivers)
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Caregivers Providing Support – Touching People's Lives
Attention ALL Caregivers:
A caregiver is anyone who has provided daily care for someone with cancer, as a family member, friend or essential healthcare professional might. Caregivers are also those who have provided assistance or support for someone with cancer such as emotional support, transportation, helping with chores or meals, spiritual guidance, etc. No matter the type or extent of support provided, caregivers are "get it done" people who truly understand the magnitude of a cancer diagnosis, the importance of being there and of community. This understanding and the value of the care they provide is never diminished regardless of whether they are currently providing that care, their survivor or loved one is cancer free or their loved one is no longer with them. Each is a caregiver who deserves the opportunity to be thanked and recognized. All caregivers are important! If you think that sounds like a broad definition, you're right! If you think that sounds like nearly everyone you know, you're right! We know that many people already attending our events are caregivers. So how do we set out to create that atmosphere of appreciation, recognition, and support for those special people?
Creating an Atmosphere of Appreciation, Recognition & Support:
Relay offers numerous opportunities to create an atmosphere welcoming to all caregivers. Included here are a few suggested ways to help you get started.
- Treat caregivers to their own Welcome Center offering a thank you card, punch or deserts and a special caregiver activity (i.e. craft handmade flowers for Gratitude Garden, create personalized caregiver/love one buttons, caregiver handprint banner, etc…)
- Create a Gratitude Garden that contains handmade flowers with the survivor or caregivers' name in the center and the names and actions of caregivers on the petals.
- Create a Caregiver handprint wall/banner for messages to be written.
- Thank caregivers for all they do and telling their caregiver story.
- Specifically recruit caregivers to light luminaria or spell out HOPE or CURE Have a caregiver speaker at the survivor reception.
- Create stars with caregiver names and messages and hang in the survivor tent and around the track.
- Have a special caregiver lap inviting all caregivers to participate and ensuring caregivers whose survivors are no longer with are included. Special lap could be as part of opening ceremony or luminaria ceremony.
- Use caregiver banners for ceremonies, special laps and on display.
- Invite a caregiver to speak at your luminaria ceremony and include caregiver defining messaging.
- Create a "caregiver coupon book" that is given out to caregivers when they register. It contains coupons for different on–site activities or fundraisers throughout the day.
- Create a Foster a Caregiver program (for those not on team and those whose survivor is no longer with them).
Messaging: Display track signs defining what a caregiver is.
Messaging: Include caregiver defining messaging in opening ceremonies
Before & After Relay
- Recruit and identify a volunteer to your committee to plan and implement special caregiver activities and messaging.
- Include caregiver messaging in scripts and announcements and invite caregivers to speak at Relay meetings, launch events, etc.
- Offer caregiver coffees (similar to survivor coffees or receptions) throughout the year – honour them, educate them on CANSA offerings and engage them further in Relay.
- Put caregiver stickers on all name tags at meetings and pre–event activities.
- Include in all advertising and marketing caregiver messaging.
- Identify all opportunities to use caregiver defining messaging and promote inclusion of all caregivers.
- We've done a good job of promoting Survivor involvement by explaining just how important Survivors are to Relay For Life events.
- Begin a similar campaign with Caregivers, maybe a catchy slogan and include caregiver messaging.
Messaging: Include caregiver defining messaging in all event communications (email blasts, event website, newsletters, press releases, etc.) in an effort to reach all possible caregivers.
Messaging: If the event has a newsletter, include a small article each month about a caregiver that recognizes them. Include feature articles about caregivers currently providing care, those who have provided care and those whose loved one is no longer with them.


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History of the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule - MIT Museum
Full interview with Frank Adorney about the conception, development and fabrication of the Hudson 8 and Hudson 9 slide rule. This rule, invented by James R. "Pop" Bland, a mathematics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, was the prototype for the famous Keuffel & Esser Deci-Lon slide rule. Bland asked his former student Frank Adorney for help fabricating the initial mock-ups and working prototypes of his new rule.
This interview was conducted by Deborah Douglas, curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum on January 25, 2012 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It provides extensive background about the rules which are now part of the MIT Museum's collection.
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A Senior lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka Dr Ezebuilo Ukwueze, has applauded Federal Government for increasing excise duty on alcoholic drinks and tobacco.
Ukwueze told newsmen in Nsukka yesterday, that the increase would generate more revenue for the government and reduce the consumption of such products.
According to him, the development will also reduce the diseases related to such products, when consumed.
"I commend the Federal Government for increasing the excise duty on alcoholic drinks and tobacco, it is a welcome development.
"This increase will not only generate more revenue for the government,it will also reduce the intake of these products that have harmful effect on the health of the people", he said.
He also said that due to the tariff increase, producers and dealers of alcoholic drinks and cigarettes would increase their market prices.
According to him, many consumers will be forced to reduce their rate of consumption of such products because they no longer have enough money to buy them.
"If before, Mr 'A' has been taking four bottles of beer in a day, because of the increase and its effect on his finance, he will reduce his daily consumption to two bottles.
"What government has done will go a long way to discourage people from taking these products as some may even stop buying them.
"This is because they can no longer afford money to buy them," he said.
The don decried the high consumption of alcoholic drinks and smoking of cigarettes in the country, especially among youths, saying that government was right in its decision on the issue.
"Some youths will tell you they are jobless, but the little that comes their way they use it to buy beer and smoke cigarettes.
"Some youths have been lured to commit one crime or the other after taking too much alcohol while others suffer serious diseases because of addiction to alcohol and cigarettes smoking.
"Generation yet unborn will remain grateful to the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari for this bold decision that will reduce alcohol intake and cigarettes smoking in this country."
The Federal Government on March 4, approved increase on excise duty for alcoholic drinks and tobacco but said approval would take effect from June 4.
Oil Slumps To $88/Barrel, OPEC Considers 1mbpd Cut
The global benchmark for crude, Brent, appreciated in price on Monday, a situation the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies consider an oil output cut of more than a million barrels per day when they meet today (October 5, 2022).
Industry figures seen on Monday showed that the cost of Brent moved up by 3.7 per cent or $3.15 to close at $88.3/barrel as at 6.03pm Nigerian time.
Another oil grade, the WTI, also increased in price on Monday, gaining $3.36 or 4.23 per cent to close at $82.83/barrel around the same time.
However, oil grades in the OPEC Basket dipped in price, shedding $0.42 or 0.45 per cent to trade at $92.34/barrel around 6.06pm on Monday.
OPEC sources told Reuters that the oil cartel and its allies were considering an output cut of over one million barrels per day at their meeting coming up today (Wednesday).
The latest figure is slightly above estimates for a cut given last week, which ranged between 500,000 bpd and 1mbpd.
The meeting to consider a reduction in global oil supply is happening at a time when governments around the world are struggling to control runaway inflation.
A cut in supply leads to a rise in petroleum prices for consumers.
Today's face-to-face meeting of the 13 OPEC members led by Saudi Arabia and its 10 allied members headed by Russia will be the first in the Austrian capital since the spring of 2020.
"It is a meeting that is taking place at a very interesting global time," one of the sources told Reuters.
Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de facto leader, first flagged the possibility of cuts to correct the market in August.
The cartel had agreed to huge cuts in output in 2020 when the pandemic sent oil prices crashing but began to increase production last year as the market improved.
Now, the output cuts are being considered on the back of a slide in oil prices from multi-year highs reached in March and market volatility.
Oil prices soared to almost $140/barrel in March after the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, but have since fallen to around $80/barrel amid recession fears.
'Blue Economy Can Contribute $1.5trn To Economy'
Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority, Michael Lodge, has said the sustainable development of deep seabed resources located in Africa's continental shelves, and in the international seabed area can be a key driver for the development of Africa's Blue Economy.
He stated this, Monday, in Abuja, during a pre-event press briefing on the imperative of supporting Africa's Blue Economy.
The event is jointly organised by the International Seabed Authority in collaboration with National Boundary Commission, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, and other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and aimed to support the strategy of Africa's Blue economy.
Quoting the United Nations statisics, Lodge said Blue economy could also contribute up to $1.5tn to the global economy if effectively and sustainably managed.
"The sustainable development of deep seabed resources located in Africa's continental shelves and in the international seabed area could be a key driver for the development of Africa's Blue Economy.
"According to the United Nations, Blue Economy could contribute up to $1.5tn to the global economy if effectively and sustainably managed.
"This is a huge opportunity for Africa and each African state. The oceans and seas surrounding the African continent include a wealth of natural living and non-living marine resources. This inspired a growing interest in the sustainable development of the African Blue Economy", he said.
FG, States, LGs Share N2.429trn In Three Months
The three tiers of government comprising Federal, State, and Local, have shared N2.429 trillion from the Federation Account from June to August, 2022.
The amount is made up of statutory distributions, Value Added Tax (VAT), and others that goes to collecting agencies such as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Data available to The Tide's source stated that the Federal, State and Local governments got N673.137 billion in August, N954.085 billion in July and N802.407 billion in June.
Under statutory disbursements, which is derived after VAT and cost of collection are deducted from the total distributable revenue that accrues to the Federation Account at the end of every month, N1.823,369 trillion was shared among the Federal, State and Local Government councils.
In the three months, the Federal Government received N437.871 billion; State governments received N776.918 billion, while Local governments got N608.580 billion, thus bringing the total statutory disbursements between June and August to N1.823,369 trillion.
Under the proceeds from VAT, a total allocation of N586.26 billion was made to the benefiting governments in the three months reviewed. In August, the three governments got N215.266 billion, in July, N177.167 billion, and in June, N193.827 billion.
From June to August, the FIRS, Customs and other revenue-generating agencies that are entitled to the cost of collection received and shared N35.487 billion in August, N47.254 billion in July and N44.606 billion in June, 2022, bringing the total for the three months to N127.347billion.
After making all the deductions, the remainder known as the 'total distributable' was shared as follows: Federal Government in August received, N259.641 billion, in July N406.610 billion and in June, N321.859 billion. So, in the three months, the Federal Government got N988.11 billion.
Within the same months, the state governments received N222.949 billion in August; N281.342 billion in July and N245.418 billion in June – all amounting to N749.709 billion.
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Weak pulse; Absent pulse
Definition of Pulse – weak or absent
A weak pulse means you have difficulty feeling a person's pulse (heartbeat). An absent pulse means you cannot detect a pulse at all.
Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. – 2/22/2009


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Mahjong 3D - Warriors of the Emperor Review
USA USA Version
Posted by Ron DelVillano
Not your 奶奶's Mahjong
If you've ever played any iteration of Mahjong before, then there's a good chance that you know how the tile-matching gameplay works. While the core experience remains unchanged, it's what Mahjong 3D - Warriors of the Emperor does with the system that makes this one stand out. Rather than simply finding all of the matching tiles on a particular board and moving right along to the next one, Warriors of the Emperor adds a story and characters, making completing levels much more rewarding and giving players a reason to look forward to advancing towards the next stage.
Loosely based on Chinese history, you take on the role of a young Qin Shi Huangdi, king of the State of Qin, as he attempts to conquer, and thus unite, China. If you don't know anything about Chinese history then you shouldn't expect to learn from this game, but the historical elements mixed into the fictional plot are an amusing detail that shouldn't go unnoticed. The game's map is divided into different Chinese territories, with each territory housing multiple stages to play. Completing all of the stages in a particular territory will mean that you've conquered that part of the map, therefore expanding your empire. Because the stages are set up this way rather than in a more linear fashion, you're able to skip around from place to place and complete the game in whatever order you see fit.
Not only is there an interesting and often comical story squeezed into this package, but there are also a variety of power-ups to aid in your puzzle solving, and different types of levels to play through. As you complete stages, your character will gain experience points and gradually level up. There isn't a very refined levelling system, but instead of stat boosts you will gain new power-ups that allow you to perform actions such as blowing up certain tiles or freezing time. As the story progresses, you will become allies with various other figures from ancient China who you can then select to lend their power-ups to you during gameplay. There are also special tiles that you can match in order to perform actions similar to the power-ups, such as swapping one tile's location for another.
Different types of levels include battle stages, building stages, and debates. While battles and building stages don't differ from each other and stick to the standard format, debates add a bit of suspense to the gameplay. Rather than simply finding matching tiles, in debate stages you'll actually be competing directly against a computer opponent to find matches on the same game board. Find more matches than your computer opponent by the time the board is cleared and the debate is yours.
Beyond the main campaign, there are also quick play modes and even a level creator. As you move along through the story, more quick play levels will be unlocked, each with varying difficulty. The level creator is very intuitive and easy to use, and it even offers StreetPass features; when you pass by another gamer with Mahjong 3D - Warriors of the Emperor, you'll actually be able to send your original levels over to them, along with your high scores.
As the title implies, all of your game boards are displayed in 3D, and the developer has done a fantastic job of it. The 3D effect is used to give actual depth to the board, making it very easy to see which tiles are on top and ready to be played. The audio is done just as well, with a soundtrack that matches the traditional Chinese theme that the game is clearly aiming for. The story elements, which are told through a series of barely animated character heads with dialogue printed underneath them, are the only visual element that tends to be lacking any panache; while more effort could have been spent on animation or voice-acting for these scenes, they still get the job done in conveying the story.
As per the game's insistence on displaying 3D visuals, all of the action takes place on the 3DS's top screen with the bottom screen being used as a control pad. Sliding and tapping your stylus around on the bottom screen will cause a cursor to move on the top screen, mimicking your actions. While the disconnect between touch and motion may be uncomfortable at first, the movements quickly become second nature. You are unable to control the game using the 3DS's buttons rather than the touchscreen, but you can use the Circle Pad to pan the camera and the Y button is used to open your power-up menu. Though unorthodox, the controls are easy to master and quite effective once you get the hang of them.
There are a lot of different Mahjong releases available on a number of different gaming platforms, but it's rare and refreshing to see a version that takes the classic game and does something special with it. The price-point may be a little steep, but Mahjong 3D - Warriors of the Emperor shouldn't be thought of as a re-hashed budget game, but instead as an entirely new and story-driven experience. The gameplay may be familiar, but the effort that was put into making this one stand out from the rest ensures that there's something to be found for both casual and hardcore gamers.
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User Comments (17)
Sir_Teabag said:
great review, i really like this game a lot, price point is high but its a very fun game and im glad i picked it up.
zipmon said:
"Not your nainai's Mahjong" - awesome! Thanks for my first Mandarin fix on Nintendo Life, and a great review. This looks like a blast!
shimage said:
Never understood why tile games have always been more popular than actual mahjong games. I guess I still don't understand why tile-matching games are popular at all.
NImH said:
So is this superior to 3D Mahjong? I like a straightforward Mahjong game... which is why I disliked the "rivers" mode in 3D Mahjong. Is this game distracting from the core experience?
Freelance said:
I dunno. Story is never needed for Solitaire Mahjong. A story would probably distract me too since all I want to do is play S. Mahjong, not to read through a silly story beforehand before I can play.
I'll just stick to 3D Mahjongg. It does what it sets out to do and doesn't have a story.
_USER_, you can turn off "Rivers" mode in 3D Mahjongg you know. Change it to 'Classic' and you'll never see "Rivers" again.
Shining-Void said:
Ah, this reminds me of the anime Saki. It made mahjongg look pretty interesting. Yes...I must try this. (evil plotting)
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Dodger said:
Hey, I was thinking of getting the other Mahjong game on the Eshop but I think I'll get this instead.
Froggievilleus said:
I went ahead and got it last night. It is a good game but the control scheme is a bit odd to what I'm used to.
Sir_Teabag said:
_USER_, i also thought the control scheme is odd as well, but after some time i got used to it and dont mind it, love the game tho
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Windy said:
Im just waiting for a comical MahJong game to hit the shop. an addition of some anime Characters doing funny stuff during a match would be cool and some online matches with some sort of communication. When that happens im in. And no not the Strip variety MahJong. just comical. Heck Pokemon Mahjong would be cool if done right
Freelance said:
Well, real Mahjong isn't popular/well known outside of Asia so good luck waiting for a game that won't come. Why localize a game when nobody is going to buy it? Why don't you just import a DS game? Japan has tons of Mahjong games. China probably has lots too.
Solitaire Mahjong is only called that because the game uses Mahjong tiles. I honestly don't know why some people are apparently upset this game is called Solitaire Mahjong (or just Mahjong as a shortened version).
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A Capacity-Aware Thread Scheduling Method Combined with Cache Partitioning to Reduce Inter-Thread Cache Conflicts
Masayuki SATO Ryusuke EGAWA Hiroyuki TAKIZAWA Hiroaki KOBAYASHI
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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Vol.E96-D No.9 pp.2047-2054
Publication Date: 2013/09/01
Online ISSN: _PHONE_
DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E96.D.2047
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Computer System
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chip multiprocessors, shared caches, inter-thread cache conflicts, thread scheduling, cache partitioning,
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Chip multiprocessors (CMPs) improve performance by simultaneously executing multiple threads using integrated multiple cores. However, since these cores commonly share one cache, inter-thread cache conflicts often limit the performance improvement by multi-threading. This paper focuses on two causes of inter-thread cache conflicts. In shared caches of CMPs, cached data fetched by one thread are frequently evicted by another thread. Such an eviction, called inter-thread kickout (ITKO), is one of the major causes of inter-thread cache conflicts. The other cause is capacity shortage that occurs when one cache is shared by threads demanding large cache capacities. If the total capacity demanded by the threads exceeds the actual cache capacity, the threads compete to use the limited cache capacity, resulting in capacity shortage. To address inter-thread cache conflicts, we must take into account both ITKOs and capacity shortage. Therefore, this paper proposes a capacity-aware thread scheduling method combined with cache partitioning. In the proposed method, inter-thread cache conflicts due to ITKOs and capacity shortage are decreased by cache partitioning and thread scheduling, respectively. The proposed scheduling method estimates the capacity demand of each thread with an estimation method used in the cache partitioning mechanism. Based on the estimation used for cache partitioning, the thread scheduler decides thread combinations sharing one cache so as to avoid capacity shortage. Evaluation results suggest that the proposed method can improve overall performance by up to 8.1%, and the performance of individual threads by up to 12%. The results also show that both cache partitioning and thread scheduling are indispensable to avoid both ITKOs and capacity shortage simultaneously. Accordingly, the proposed method can significantly reduce the inter-thread cache conflicts and hence improve performance.


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COOLING RATES IN SPLAT COOLING.
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Calculations and experimental observations made on cooling rates during splat quenching are presented. Three possible types of cooling behavior are discussed ideal cooling, intermediate cooling, and Newtonian cooling. The effects of splatting-process variables on the cooling rates are described, the most important of these variables being splat thickness and the quality of the thermal contact between the splat and substrate. Splat-cooling rates range typically from 10,000 to above 10 to the 10th power Csec., depending on the actual conditions. Author