and last
 classes in the class map. Discard any namespace names and
 just use the bare class names. For Qt, the prefix is "Q".
 Note that the algorithm used here to derive the common prefix
 from the first and last classes in alphabetical order (QAccel
 and QXtWidget in Qt 2.1), fails if either class name does not
 begin with Q.
 */
 QString first;
 QString last;
 NodeMap::const_iterator iter = classMap.begin();
 while (iter != classMap.end()) {
 if (!iter.key().contains("::")) {
 first = iter.key();
 break;
 }
 ++iter;
 }
 if (first.isEmpty())
 first = classMap.begin().key();
 iter = classMap.end();
 while (iter != classMap.begin()) {
 --iter;
 if (!iter.key().contains("::")) {
 last = iter.key();
 break;
 }
 }
 if (last.isEmpty())
 last = classMap.begin().key();
 if (classMap.size() > 1) {
 while (commonPrefixLen < first.length() + 1 &&
 commonPrefixLen < last.length() + 1 &&
 first[commonPrefixLen] == last[commonPrefixLen])
 ++commonPrefixLen;
 }
 commonPrefix = first.left(commonPrefixLen);
#endif
 }
 /*
 Divide the data into 37 paragraphs: 0, ..., 9, A, ..., Z,
 underscore (_). QAccel will fall in paragraph 10 (A) and
 QXtWidget in paragraph 33 (X). This is the only place where we
 assume that NumParagraphs is 37. Each paragraph is a NodeMap.
 */
 NodeMap paragraph[NumParagraphs+1];
 QString paragraphName[NumParagraphs+1];
 QSet<char> usedParagraphNames;
 NodeMap::ConstIterator c = classMap.begin();
 while (c != classMap.end()) {
 QStringList pieces = c.key().split("::");
 QString key;
 int idx = commonPrefixLen;
 if (!pieces.last().startsWith(commonPrefix))
 idx = 0;
 if (pieces.size() == 1)
 key = pieces.last().mid(idx).toLower();
 else
 key = pieces.last().toLower();
 int paragraphNr = NumParagraphs - 1;
 if (key[0].digitValue() != -1) {
 paragraphNr = key[0].digitValue();
 }
 else if (key[0] >= QLatin1Char('a') && key[0] <= QLatin1Char('z')) {
 paragraphNr = 10 + key[0].unicode() - 'a';
 }
 paragraphName[paragraphNr] = key[0].toUpper();
 usedParagraphNames.insert(key[0].toLower().cell());
 paragraph[paragraphNr].insert(key, c.value());
 ++c;
 }
 /*
 Each paragraph j has a size: paragraph[j].count(). In the
 discussion, we will assume paragraphs 0 to 5 will have sizes
 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9.
 We now want to compute the paragraph offset. Paragraphs 0 to 6
 start at offsets 0, 3, 4, 8, 9, 14, 23.
 */
 int paragraphOffset[NumParagraphs + 1]; // 37 + 1
 paragraphOffset[0] = 0;
 for (int i=0; i<NumParagraphs; i++) // i = 0..36
 paragraphOffset[i+1] = paragraphOffset[i] + paragraph[i].count();
 /*
 Output the alphabet as a row of links.
 */
 if (includeAlphabet) {
 out() << "
";
 for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
 QChar ch('a' + i);
 if (usedParagraphNames.contains(char('a' + i)))
 out() << QString("%2 ").arg(ch).arg(ch.toUpper());
 }
 out() << "
\n";
 }
 /*
 Output a
 element to contain all the
 elements.
 */
 out() << "
\n";
 numTableRows = 0;
 int curParNr = 0;
 int curParOffset = 0;
 for (int i=0; i<classMap.count(); i++) {
 while ((curParNr < NumParagraphs) &&
 (curParOffset == paragraph[curParNr].count())) {
 ++curParNr;
 curParOffset = 0;
 }
 /*
 Starting a new paragraph means starting a new
.
 */
 if (curParOffset == 0) {
 if (i > 0)
 out() << "
\n";
 if (++numTableRows % 2 == 1)
 out() << "
";
 else
 out() << "
";
 out() << "
";
 if (includeAlphabet) {
 QChar c = paragraphName[curParNr][0].toLower();
 out() << QString("").arg(c);
 }
 out() << ""
 << paragraphName[curParNr]
 << "";
 out() << "
\n";
 }
 /*
 Output a
 for the current offset in the current paragraph.
 */
 out() << "
";
 if ((curParNr < NumParagraphs) &&
 !paragraphName[curParNr].isEmpty()) {
 NodeMap::Iterator it;
 it = paragraph[curParNr].begin();
 for (int i=0; i<curParOffset; i++)
 ++it;
 /*
 Previously, we used generateFullName() for this, but we
 require some special formatting.
 */
 out() << "<a href=\"" << linkForNode(it.value(), relative) << "\">";
 QStringList pieces;
 if (it.value()->subType() == Node::QmlClass)
 pieces << it.value()->name();
 else
 pieces = fullName(it.value(), relative, marker).split("::");
 out() << protectEnc(pieces.last());
 out() << "";
 if (pieces.size() > 1) {
 out() << " (";
 generateFullName(it.value()->parent(), relative, marker);
 out() << ')';
 }
 }
 out() << "
\n";
 curParOffset++;
 }
 if (classMap.count() > 0)
 out() << "
\n";
 out() << "
\n";
}
void HtmlGenerator::generateFunctionIndex(const Node *relative,
 CodeMarker *marker)
{
 out() << "
";
 for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
 QChar ch('a' + i);
 out() << QString("%2 ")


text: Two hundred and fifty male 1-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were used to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric and cinnamon powders on meat quality and lipid peroxidation of broilers under heat stress condition. The five treatment groups were control (recommended temperature for Ross 308), heat stressed (32 ± 1 ˚C from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM during finisher period) and heat stressed birds fed with 0.50% turmeric, 0.50% cinnamon and a blend of cinnamon and turmeric (0.25% turmeric + 0.25% cinnamon). The results showed that there were no significant differences between the treatments for ether extract, ash and crude protein contents of thigh meat at 42 day of age ( p > 0.05). Heat stress decreased the pH value and dry matter (DM) content of thigh meat, whereas the consumption of all experimental diets (turmeric, cinnamon and both of them) compensated the decreased pH and DM values due to heat stress to some extent but could not restore them to the level of control treatment ( p < 0.01). Furthermore, the thigh meat lightness was increased under heat stress ( p < 0.05). The thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and free radicals scavenging activity were increased in thigh meat of broilers reared under heat stress ( p < 0.05), while these parameters were reduced by the combination of both plants ( p < 0.01). It was concluded that heat stress reduces antioxidant properties and quality of thigh meat and dietary supplementation of turmeric and cinnamon powders together can remove the detrimental effects of heat stress on meat quality.

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


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Nick Walton released AI Dungeon 2: "infinitely generated text adventures with deep learning models."
The game is built on top of OpenAI's GPT-2 XL language model (see DT #27
) which means that, unlike in traditional text adventures, the text adventure's inputs and responses are completely open-ended. Gameplay is very simple: based on some seed information (a genre, character, and name), AI Dungeon 2
generates a scenario; the player then responds with a command (text after the ">"); and the game generates a new scenario in response. The process then repeats.
Here's a fun snippet that captures how well the GPT-2 backend understands the meaning of commands and keeps track of context, from a playthrough by Janelle Shane on her AI Weirdness blog
As you walk through the ruins, you find a small wooden door with a few skeletons guarding it.
> Ask the skeletons to please let me through the door
You knock on the door and ask them if they can open it for you. They immediately comply.
> Transform the ruin into a palace
You immediately change the area into a palace. You have a throne made with gold and marble. You also make several statues of yourself. You have a large bed made with silk sheets and hang a portrait of yourself on it. You even have a fountain made with pearls and diamonds.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


text:
Exhumation of both buried and cremated remains usually requires a Home Office licence. Exhumations occur for a number of reasons, including:
- movement from the original grave to a subsequently acquired family plot in the same or another cemetery
- repatriation overseas to be buried along with other family
- transfer from one cemetery scheduled for development to another
- court orders requiring further forensic examination.
It is an offence to exhume any human remains without firstly obtaining the necessary lawful permissions. Funeral directors can help in obtaining these:
- a licence must be obtained from the Home Office
- if the person is buried in consecrated ground, permission from the church must also be obtained
- an environmental health officer must be present
Decency and safety
An environmental health officer must be present at the exhumation and supervise the proceedings to ensure that respect for the deceased person is maintained and that public health is protected.
If the conditions of the licence cannot be met, or there are public health or decency concerns, the exhumation may not proceed.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


text:
Training Aid Framework (TAF)
- Name of the instrument - Local language
- Training Aid Framework (TAF)
- Name of the instrument - English translation
- Training Aid Framework (TAF)
- Type of instrument
- Grant for companies
- Type of entry
- Single instrument
- Short description
All kinds of companies including partnerships, self-employed persons, family businesses, associations or other bodies, whether vested with legal personality or not, can apply for the grant to cover their training expenses. The public co-funding share depends on a company size and ranges between 50% and 70% (preferential treatment is given to smaller entities).
- Short description of the related instruments
- Level of operation
- Name of a part of the country
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Key scheme
- Legal basis
The scheme is in line with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU (General Block Exemption Regulation).
- Objective(s) and target(s)
To promote access to training of persons actively participating in the Maltese labour market: increasing and/or improving the skills of persons currently in employment; enabling the beneficiaries to become more productive and competitive through the development of skills, knowledge and competence.
- Year of implementation
- Year of latest amendment
- Year of termination
The overall responsibility for the management and implementation of the TAF2 is of the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC), designated Intermediate Body (IB). The responsibilities of the IB amongst others include:
a) wide dissemination of the aid scheme including promotions through various forms of media
b) provision of information to potential beneficiaries
c) receipt of TAF applications
d) presiding over the evaluation process
e) entering into a grant agreement with eligible applicants
f) monitoring the implementation of operations under the scheme
g) carrying out documentary and physical on the spot check
h) initiating the payment process in the Structural Funds Database 2007-13.
- Eligible group(s)
All enterprises, including partnerships, companies, self-employed persons, family businesses, associations or other bodies, whether vested with legal personality or not, having an economic activity.
The trainee needs to be formally employed with the beneficiary during the training period and must be participating in an eligible training programme.
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
Micro, small and medium size enterprises
- Education and training eligible
any type of education and training
sector/company specific and transferable
internal and external
in Malta or abroad through distance learning
Aid shall not be granted for training which beneficiaries carry out to comply with National Mandatory Standards on training. Furthermore Information Sessions and Team Building events are not eligible under the TAF2 since these are not considered as training. Apprentices or students engaged in vocational training with an apprenticeship or vocational training contract are not eligible either.
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
Funds under the scheme are subject to a total budget of EUR 2 500 000.
The size of a company determines the level of support: large companies: 50% of eligble costs, medium: 60%, small or micro: 70%.
No upper limit for the amount of aid, although restrictions apply to the amount of travel and proportion of trainer costs that can be claimed from the fund.
Allocation: reimbursement principle; the grants are allocated to the eligible applicants on first-come, first-served basis.
- Eligible costs
Fees and other costs related to education and training, personnel absence costs.
- Volumes of funding
Funds under the scheme are subject to a total budget of EUR 1 993 142 in 2013.
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
The overall responsibility for the management and implementation of the TAF is of the ETC. ETC is the designated Intermediate Body (IB) for the implementation of the TAF2.
- Monitoring/evaluation reports available
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Recent changes
TAF2 is 'the training aid framework for the first half of 2015'. It is a re-design of the original TAF initiative with the argument that 'it's re-designed to pay out fast'. However there has been a reduction in the percentage of eligible costs reimbursed.


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You have met the leaders—Tom Stewart, Derek Christian, and Liz Trotter. Now meet the team that runs 5 branches of a multi-million-dollar maid service. Go behind the curtain—the Castle Keepers House Cleaning support center in Charleston, SC. Observe first-hand as our operations staff conducts morning in-service training and dispatches teams to the field. Then enjoy a full day of learning in the following areas:
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 1. Craigslist, Indeed, and Facebook—the 3 essential advertising media for effective recruitment. Get hands-on instruction on how to create clickable images and buttons in ads where they're not usually allowed.
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 1. What is DI water? Hear why we use, where can they get it, and how to cut costs with a dilution system.
 2. ProTeam Backpacks - What are the benefits that make them cost effective? How do they increase productivity?
 3. Company cars - How do you figure out the cost? How long do they last? How do you maintain them? How much business do you get from them?
 4. Microfiber—the most important tool we use. The right product used in the right system can make you more profitable.
 5. Where to purchase
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 1. How do we quote? Why do we quote by the room?
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 4. What are some tips and tricks to selling over the phone?
 5. Listen to a great sales call and unpack why it worked.
 6. Generating leads 24/7—online quoting tools and chat
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 1. The Cleaning Scorecard (reviews)
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text: We consider binary spatially coupled (SC) low density measurement matrices for low complexity reconstruction of sparse signals via the interval passing algorithm (IPA). The IPA is known to fail due to the presence of harmful sub-structures in the Tanner graph of a binary sparse measurement matrix, so called termatiko sets. In this work we construct array-based (AB) SC sparse measurement matrices via algebraic lifts of graphs, such that the number of termatiko sets in the Tanner graph is minimized. To this end, we show for the column-weight-three case that the most critical termatiko sets can be removed by eliminating all length-12 cycles associated with the Tanner graph, via algebraic lifting. As a consequence, IPA-based reconstruction with SC measurement matrices is able to provide an almost error free reconstruction for significantly denser signal vectors compared to uncoupled AB LDPC measurement matrices.


Generating random numbers in PowerShell
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When creating PowerShell scripts, very often we need to generate random numbers to use in several scenarios. In Today's post, we are going a couple of examples how to use it.
Solution
The easiest way to use random is typing random and a random number will be generated, however, we have some flexibility to get random numbers based on our requirements.
We can use the Get-Random cmdlet and provide the maximum and minimum values to define the range to return a number within that defined boundaries, as depicted in the image below.
Get-Random -Maximum 50 -Minimum 30
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A good example to use random is when using Start-Sleep and we want to add some random delays. In the example below, we create a random number between 5 and 15, and we add 6 and start a delay (in that example of 16 seconds).
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Anderson Patricio is a Canadian MVP in Cloud and Datacenter Management, and Office Server and Services, besides the Microsoft Award he also holds a Solutions Master (MCSM) in Exchange and several other certifications. Anderson has been contributing to the Microsoft Community with articles, tutorials, blog posts, twitter, forums and book reviews. He is a regular contributor here at ITPROCentral.com, MSExchange.org, Techgenix.com and Anderson Patricio.org (Portuguese).
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Synchronization allows content to play at the same exact time within two different zones.
Refer to the Creating a Program solution to begin editing your program.
Follow these steps to synchronize two pieces of content in zones.
- Click and drag the orange puzzle piece from one zone to the other. Below we are going to click and drag the puzzle piece form Zone A to Zone B. Doing this will make Zone 1 content the Master and Zone 2 content the Slave. Whenever a specific file plays in Zone 1, Zone 2 content will automatically sync in playback.
2. After syncing the puzzle piece in the zone title area, a blue M (Master) and green S (Slave) will appear. The zones are now ready to allow the syncing of content.
3. Click and drag a track's puzzle piece on top of another track's puzzle piece until you see a successful sync. Refer to tracks 3 and 5 above.
Note: To ensure content playback remains perfectly synced as the program continues to play, set the slave content to have a longer duration than the master. For example, a master file with a 10 sec should be synced up to a file with a 15 second duration.


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Empirical Study of the Influences of Genetic Parameters in the Training of a Neural Network
This paper presents the empirical results achieved in the computer system ROBOTS. This program simulates a virtual world, where agents, called robots, interact with an environment. Each robot is controlled by a neural network. The evolution of the robot behaviour (which is determined by the variation of the weights in the neural network) is done using a genetic algorithm. We describe the conceptual model used in ROBOTS. We also show how the genetic parameters and the environment itself influence the robot's adaptation to the environment.
KeywordsNeural Network Genetic Algorithm Virtual World Genetic Parameter Neural Network Architecture
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- R.K. Belew, J. McInerney, and N.N. Schraudolph. Evolving networks: Using the genetic algorithm with connectionist learning. In Proceedings of the Second Artificial Life Conference, pages 511–547. Addison-Wesley, 1991.Google Scholar
- D.E. Goldberg. Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimisation and Machine Learning. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989.Google Scholar
- J. Hertz, A. Krogh, and R. Palmer. Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1991.Google Scholar
- V. Porto, D. Fogel, and L. Fogel. Alternative neural network training methods. IEEE Expert, pages 16–22, June 1995.Google Scholar


text:
Sausage is from the Latin salsus (salted): the Romans made sausages of salted meat to eat during the winter months. About 1900 Harry Stevens sold frankfurters (first made at Frankfurt am Main) in hot bread rolls at a New York baseball ground. The cartoonist TA Dorgan called these 'hot dogs' in a cartoon of a dachshund in a bread roll, perhaps because of rumours as to the contents of the sausages. Dorgan also invented the phrase 'cat's pyjamas'.
Botulism, a bug that was first found in tinned sausages, is from the Latin botulus (sausage). Bowel is from the same root. Another bug that causes food poisoning, salmonella, has nothing to do with salmon but gets its name from the US pathologist, Daniel Elmer Salmon (_PHONE_).Susan Watkin


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Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education)
October 28, 1965
Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education) is a declaration released during the Second Vatican Council in 1965 that primarily addresses education, particularly by the Catholic Church. Gravissimum Educationis reaffirms the Church's commitment to provide a Catholic education for children at every level (from primary school to universities). It argues that every person has a right to an education, including a religious one, and that the Church has a responsibility to educate in both religious and secular terms. The declaration also states that it is the responsibility of the parents to educate and create an atmosphere of learning about religion, secular subjects, and civic virtues. In addition, Gravissimum Educationis calls for moral teachings in public schools and the placement of Catholic schools in and for non-Catholic regions.


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Definitions of voice:
- noun: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Example: "The voice of the law"
- noun: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Example: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
- noun: the ability to speak
Example: "He lost his voice"
- noun: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example: "A singer takes good care of his voice"
- noun: something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Example: "The wee small voice of conscience"
- noun: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Example: "The noisy voice of the waterfall"
- noun: (metonymy) a singer
Example: "He wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
- noun: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- noun: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- noun: expressing in coherent verbal form
Example: "I gave voice to my feelings"
- noun: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- verb: give voice to
Example: "He voiced his concern"
- verb: utter with vibrating vocal chords
- name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #48781)
Search for voice at other dictionaries: OneLook, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster
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Contiguous Cache Example
QVariant RandomListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 if (role!= Qt::DisplayRole)
 return QVariant();
 int row = index.row();
 if (row > m_rows.lastIndex()) {
 if (row - m_rows.lastIndex() > lookAhead)
 else while (row > m_rows.lastIndex())
 } else if (row < m_rows.firstIndex()) {
 if (m_rows.firstIndex() - row > lookAhead)
 else while (row < m_rows.firstIndex())
void RandomListModel::cacheRows(int from, int to) const
 m_rows.insert(i, fetchRow(i));
while (row > m_rows.lastIndex())
while (row < m_rows.firstIndex())
And thats it. A perfectly reasonable cache, using minimal memory for a very large list. In this case the accessor for getting the words into the cache generates random information rather than fixed information. This allows you to see how the cache range is kept for a local number of rows when running the example.
QString RandomListModel::fetchRow(int position) const
 return QString::number(rand() % ++position);
It is also worth considering pre-fetching items into the cache outside of the application's paint routine. This can be done either with a separate thread or using a QTimer to incrementally expand the range of the cache prior to rows being requested out of the current cache range.


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Monday, October 29, 2007
Executing and Running Applications and Files from Delphi Code
Executing and Running Applications and Files from Delphi Code
How many times have you wanted to execute some program from your Delphi application?
Let's say we have a database application that uses some external backup utility. The back up utility takes parameters from your application, archives data, while your program waits until backup finishes.
On the other hand, have you ever needed to open documents presented in a file listbox, just by double clicking on them, without opening the associated program first?
Finally, imagine a link-label in your program that will take the user to your home page (by executing the Internet Explorer). Moreover, what do you say about sending an e-mail directly from your Delphi application through default Windows e-mail client program (like MS Outlook Express).
ShellExecute
To launch an application or execute a file in Win32 environment we will use the ShellExecute Windows API function.
Check out the help on ShellExecute for full description of parameters and error codes returned.
As you will see we can open any type of document from our program without knowing which program is associated with it (this link is defined in the Windows Registry).
Let's see some shell action!
Be sure to add ShellApi to your Unit's uses clause.
Run Notepad
uses ShellApi;
...
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\Windows\notepad.exe', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
Open SomeText.txt with Notepad
ShellExecute(Handle,'open', 'c:\windows\notepad.exe','c:\SomeText.txt', nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
Display the contents of the "DelphiDownload" folder
ShellExecute(Handle,'open', 'c:\DelphiDownload', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
Execute a file according to its extension.
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'c:\MyDocuments\Letter.doc',nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
Open web site or a *.htm file with the default web explorer
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', '_URL_',nil,nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
Send an e-mail with the subject and the message body
var em_subject, em_body, em_mail : string;
begin
em_subject := 'This is the subject line';
em_body := 'Message body text goes here';
em_mail := '_EMAIL_?subject=' +
em_subject + '&body=' + em_body ;
ShellExecute(Handle,'open',
PChar(em_mail), nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;
end;
Execute a program and wait until it has finished. The following example uses the ShellExecuteEx API function.
// Execute the Windows Calculator and pop up
// a message when the Calc is terminated.
uses ShellApi;
...
var
SEInfo: TShellExecuteInfo;
ExitCode: DWORD;
ExecuteFile, ParamString, StartInString: string;
begin
ExecuteFile:='c:\Windows\Calc.exe';
FillChar(SEInfo, SizeOf(SEInfo), 0) ;
SEInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(TShellExecuteInfo) ;
with SEInfo do begin
fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
Wnd := Application.Handle;
lpFile := PChar(ExecuteFile) ;
{
ParamString can contain the
application parameters.
}
// lpParameters := PChar(ParamString) ;
{
StartInString specifies the
name of the working directory.
If ommited, the current directory is used.
}
// lpDirectory := PChar(StartInString) ;
nShow := SW_SHOWNORMAL;
end;
if ShellExecuteEx(@SEInfo) then begin
repeat
Application.ProcessMessages;
GetExitCodeProcess(SEInfo.hProcess, ExitCode) ;
until (ExitCode <> STILL_ACTIVE) or
Application.Terminated;
ShowMessage('Calculator terminated') ;
end
else ShowMessage('Error starting Calc!') ;
end;
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2. POSITIONING TOWARDS CUSTOMER AND SUPPLIER
2.1. Traditional commerce vs E-commerce
Multiple media vs a single one
towards traditional commerce or e-commerce affects directly its processes and strategy. The main difference between exercising traditional commerce and e-commerce is that in the former
(like magazines, letters, mail, fax, etc) are used while in the latter
everything is digital.
Traditional commerce means
(ordering, paying) with customer and supplier using different applications in
many time-consuming different steps
E-commerce means processing of information using
one digital application
(EDI or Internet) and only
a few quick steps
Positioning is a plan showing the
of the company towards other actors of the market.
Interactivity characterises a system when it is in a
steady dynamic process of data interchange between many equal and free access system users at the same time.


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Most of tutorials explain how to use the editors and the engine. However, they don't really explain how to avoid many pitfalls of making maps in HPL2. Hence, this tutorial will teach you how to make a proper map in Amnesia. For this tutorial you must at least know the basics of using the LevelEditor and have the modding tools installed.
In Amnesia, there are separate asset packs, named "-base", e.g. mansionbase. These shouldn't be mixed unless you absolutely know what you're doing; therefore, we will be picking one and sticking with it.
Since many beginner modders make mostly mansionbase maps, I will use it in my example. Let's start with making a basic room:
Remember to use both convex and concave welders in corners:
Don't forget that you can get creative vertically. Amnesia has dedicated assets for this, usually in the ceiling section:
I also added doors - remember that they should also match the asset base you're using.
Decorating the room
Now that we have a framework, we can start adding onto it. When adding furniture and other objects, always have the rooms purpose in mind; for example, my map is pretty much a corridor, so it doesn't make sense to be placing much furniture in it, and neither does putting anything which would block the way in the middle.
I put some planks on the door; It's not for gameplay reasons, but to give the player a feeling that the place is bigger than it really is. When making something out of repeating models, remember to do slight variations of the them; rotate and scale them slightly. Here, I also rotated some of the planks by 180 degrees to fake having more than one model on hand.
I also added some lamps, and turned some of them off, which is for the sake of making the level darker, and showing you how to do proper lighting - because one thing you need to now is that 'the lamp entities aren't enough to light your map! To see how the level will look in the game, turn off the ambient lights in the editor:
I hope you can see that this isn't the way to make the level dark; we will tackle this problem in the next section. Even a dark level needs some light, otherwise the player won't see anything, and believe me, it isn't what you want.
Let's start by adding some pointlights:
We can use a trick to make them synchronized with the nearby lamps; You need to put it's name into the lantern entity. Also make sure that the light's color is almost black (0.1, 0.1, 0.1), otherwise it will be very bright in the game.
It doesn't change the light in the editor, but the effect in the game is pretty sweet. By the way: Always remember to adjust your gamma settings before testing the map in the game! This is the only way to know how the map will look for your players.
As you can see, the corners are unnaturally dark (in reality, light bounces off surfaces and spreads quite evenly around rooms). To battle this, we need to use a Boxlight. There are some rules to using them:
 - Boxlights are for general light ambience of the level.
 - Use only one BoxLight for the whole map (for the sake of unity).
 - The boxlight should cover the whole map (going out of a boxlight looks very bad)
 - The boxlight has to be quite dark.
Having that in mind, I made the following:
I made the BoxLight ever-so-slightly blue, because I will be adding moonlight in a moment.
Unfortunately, I can't show you how the boxlight affects the in-game look, because screenshots don't catch the gamma settings, and this subtle effect simply isn't visible in them. Keep in mind that it can still make a huge difference in the actual game!
Anyway; As I mentioned, we will take care of the moonlight now. I'll be making this similarly to how Frictional did it in the main game. I added a faint, blueish poitlight in front of the window:
And a SpotLight of the same color, which needs to go inside the room. I also added a fitting Gobo, which is a texture map which simulates shadows - the shadows actually casted by the window aren't good at all.
I also noticed that the candle kind of interferes with the moonlight, so I'm turning off the candle for now.
And that about does it for the lighting in this scene!
Billboards are semi-transparent texures which imitate certain light effects; god rays, halos etc. To be honest, they are very hard to use correctly; I'll give you some general rules, but I'll be using the billboards from the original game later on. Basically, to even have a chance of getting the billboards right, you need to: -Make them very dark (more or less 0.1 in every RGB value) -Vary them in location and rotation Another tip; when you select the billboard, a white arrow appears:
You can use the arrow to rotate the billboard towards the source of light or towards where the light will be cast.
However, when it comes to god rays, FG did a great job with it, and we will be just copying those for now. Open e.g. 03_archives.map in the LevelEditor and locate a window with billboards. Select them all and press Files->Export Selection
Save the file somewhere where you can find it easily. Open your map and use File->Import objects. All the selected objects should appear in your map. However, they will appear in their original location, meaning that you might need to locate them. To move and rotate them together, press 'B' to make a compound out of them: now they will act as a singular object. Place them at the window and place 'B' again - this will separate the billboards. This is what we have so far:
Particle systems
Particles are used for all sorts of effects and things floating in the air; flowing water, dust, fire... When it comes to mapping, we will be using ps_light_dust.ps (place it in front of the window) and ps_area_fog.ps (place it in the middle of the corridor every couple of meters). I made the dust particles quite dark (0.5) because they are too on-the-nose in my opinion; making them darker makes them less visible, and therefore, more subtle. You can see the light dust particle (the white dots) here:
Decals are textures which stick on models. They're mostly for diversifying repetitive textures and various other effects. Some of them have a static_object versions. E.g, I'm using this static object decal for spilled wine:
And one of my favourite decals - dirt_stain_large.mat - to fill the empty space on the floor and on the walls. Make sure to set the color to white, but change the alpha setting to a low one (I used 0.3 here). Otherwise the decal will just look too on-the-nose (ugly, if you will). Then I basically slap it here and there with the random settings on:
You can't see them clearly, but that's the point - they shouldn't be noticable at first sight, but they will still diversify the repetitive textures. Here's where I placed them:
Other details
You can also use sound entities, which are basically just objects which play sounds in a certain area. Make sure to plant some of them to make your level come alive - for example, we can place a wind sound behind the window and a creaking sound somewhere behind a wall.
There are also fog areas, which do exactly what they say. They aren't necessary for all maps. However, when used with a very subtle colour, they can simulate volumetric lighting. For this room a fog area with a colour similar to the BoxLight one could be used. At the time of making this tutorial this technique wasn't used, so it can't be seen in the screenshots.
You should definitely add more entities to make your map more detailed - e.g. I added a couple of more entities around the couch:
The generally best approach is trying to make a mess (as long as it's a coherent mess).
Closing statements
Obviously this map isn't the most interesting nor original, but it's decent enough to use in a Custom Story, and if you use the principles which I showed you in this tutorial, you might create something worthwhile! Thanks for reading!


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Circular Profiles in CATIA V5:Circular Profiles plays a vital role in the field of design to draw circular sketches.Circular profiles contains Circle,Three Point Circle,Tri-Tangent Circle etc.By the use of these circles we can sketch a part or a model with the help of a sketch.In this article,I am going to explain about the usage of Circular Profiles in CATIA V5 in a detailed manner.The step by step procedure is to be needed to adopt the usage of Circular Profiles in CATIA V5 and is as follows.
Circular Profiles in CATIA V5-Procedure:
- Out of these 3 types of circles,The first "circle" option is used to draw any type of part in design.The Explanation of Circular Profiles are discussed as follows.
- Circle:Draws the circle of required diameter.
- Three-Point Circle:Draw a straight line with two centers and draw a circle of required diameter.
- Tri-tangent Circle:Draw three lines and select them then there exists Tri-Tangent Circle.
You can also know about:
- How to use Conic Profiles in CATIA V5?
- How to use Predefined Profiles in CATIA V5?
- How to use Line Profiles in CATIA V5?
The detailed explanation about the usage of Circular Profiles in CATIA V5 is shown below in the form of video.
This is the complete explanation about the usage of Circular Profiles in CATIA V5 in a detailed manner. If you have any doubts, feel free to ask from the comments section. Please Share and Like this blog with the whole world so that it can reach to many.


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Objective—To evaluate effect of adjunctive treatment with tetracycline analogues on time to complete corneal reepithelialization in dogs with nonhealing (ie, refractory) corneal ulcers.
Design—Randomized controlled clinical trial.
Animals—89 dogs with refractory corneal ulcers.
Procedures—Corneal ulcers were treated via debridement and grid keratotomy. Dogs were assigned to receive 1 of 3 treatment regimens for up to 6 weeks: doxycycline (5 mg/kg [2.27 mg/lb], PO, q 12 h) with topically applied ophthalmic ointment containing neomycin, polymyxin B, and bacitracin (ie, triple antibiotic ointment; q 8 h); cephalexin (22 mg/kg [10 mg/lb], PO, q 12 h) with topically applied oxytetracycline ophthalmic ointment (q 8 h); or a control treatment of cephalexin (22 mg/kg, PO, q 12 h) with topically applied triple antibiotic ointment (q 8 h). Healing was monitored via measurements of the wound with calipers and evaluation of photographs obtained every 2 weeks. Treatment effectiveness was evaluated by wound healing and decreased signs of pain.
Results—The Boxer breed was overrepresented in all groups. At the 2-week time point, wound healing was significantly more common in small-breed dogs, compared with large-breed dogs. Dogs treated with oxytetracycline ophthalmic ointment had a significantly shorter healing time than did dogs receiving the control treatment. Corneal ulcers in dogs that received doxycycline PO healed more rapidly than did ulcers in dogs in the control treatment group; however, this difference was not significant.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Topical tetracycline ophthalmic ointment was a safe, inexpensive, and effective adjunctive treatment for refractory corneal ulcers in dogs.


Jewish Surrogacy
How Judaism influences Surrogacy and Egg Donation Arrangements
Q. How does Judiasm affect Surrogacy and Egg Donation situations?
A. Jewish Surrogacy and Egg Donation allows Jewish Intended Parents to use the services of a surrogate or egg donor to expand their families allowing the resulting child(ren) to be considered Jewish under Jewish Law.
Q. Why do Jewish Intended Parents need this type of service?
A. Many Jewish Intended Parents do not. However, many Jewish Intended Parents who are of the Orthodox faith, who live in the country of Israel absolutely need a Jewish Surrogate or egg donor, in order to follow the halachic views of their Rabbi or the faith.
Q. What is the reason for these views?
A. These views are guidelines for Jewish Intended Parents who want their future children considered Jewish in the eyes of the Jewish faith, without the need of conversion. As well, a child born Jewish reaps certain benefits of citizenship, in Israel. However, each Rabbi may have their own rules about using a surrogate or egg donor, based on their own individual interpretations of Jewish law.
Q. Give me an example of rules that may need to be followed by these Intended Parents.
A. Examples include:
1) A Surrogate/Egg Donor must be unmarried or married to a non-Jew.
2) A Surrogate/Egg Donor must be Jewish based on her mother being Jewish and her maternal grandmother being Jewish.
3) The egg donor must not be Jewish at all. (in some cases)
Q. How can we prove a surrogate or egg donor is Jewish?
A. It is helpful and sometimes important to have some type of documentation that the Surrogate or Egg donor is Jewish. Documents showing maiden names of the surrogate's mother and grandmother, Bat Mitzvah or baby naming documentation, the Donor/Surrogate's Parents' Ketubbah, can be very helpful.
Certification can be done by a national Beth Din organization. I can arrange ceritification with the Beth Din. Their charge is typically $100-$300. In some cases documentation is unavailable or no longer exists. In these cases we have to use maiden names in hope she can be certified or accepted by your Rabbi.
For some Rabbis, documentation is not necessary.
Q. How easy is it to find a Jewish surrogate or egg donor?
A. Unfortunately it is very difficult to find a Jewish Surrogate, especially an unmarried surrogate. The demand is significantly higher than the supply. It can take many months to a year to find a Jewish surrogate, if not longer. It is much easier to find a Jewish Egg Donor, but again the demand is much greater than the supply.
Q. How can Fertility Alternatives, Inc. help?
A. Fertility Alternatives specializes in Jewish matches. However, it takes time to find the right Jewish Surrogate or Egg Donor. Being Jewish myself, and experiencing first hand what it is like to be Surrogate and Egg donor, I am able to narrow down my search and recruiting options. I am also experienced in arranging Jewish certifications for the Carriers/Donors with the Beth Din of America and the Rabbinical Council of California.
It is important to me to find more Jewish women out there willing to help infertile couples and individuals.
Assisted Reproduction and Judaism
by Miryam Z. Wahrman, Ph.D


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η Hydrae (eta Hydrae)
η Hydrae is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.
η Hydrae visual magnitude is 4.3. Because of its moderate brightness, η Hydrae should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about η Hydrae:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of η Hydrae
η Hydrae is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of η Hydrae are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of η Hydrae in the sky:
Visibility of η Hydrae from your location
Today's η Hydrae (eta Hydrae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of η Hydrae
The image below is a photograph of η Hydrae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of η Hydrae is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of η Hydrae from the Sun and relative movement
η Hydrae is distant 466.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of η Hydrae
η Hydrae belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where η Hydrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.


File Exchange > DataAnalysis > Compare Datasets
Author:
OriginLab Technical Support
Date Added:
3/25/2016
Downloads (90 Days):
369
Last Update:
3/14/2018
Total Ratings:
1
File Size:
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Average Rating:
File Name:
Compare Datasets.opx
File Version:
1.2
Minimum Versions:
2016
License:
Free
Summary:
Compare parameters across multiple datasets, or compare multiple datasets using a nonlinear model.
Screen Shot and Video:
Description:
Purpose
This tool can be used to:
 - Compare parameters across multiple datasets.
 - Compare multiple datasets using a nonlinear model.
Two algorithms are provided for comparison: Akaike Information Criteria(AIC) and F-test.
Installation
Download the file Compare Datasets.opx. Then drag-and-drop the file onto the Origin workspace. An app icon will appear in the Apps gallery.
Operation
 - Select multiple data columns in a worksheet, or start with a graph of the desired datasets. Then press the App icon to open the dialog
 - Select fitting function
 - Select whether to compare the datasets, or compare the fit parameters
 - Press "Fit Control" button to open a dialog where you further control the fit if required. In this dialog, you can fix parameters, or share parameters between datasets when comparing parameters. A preview graph with current fit results will also be displayed
Algorithm
When comparing one specific parameter (or datasets), we are actually comparing two models. For one model, the parameter value can vary among different datasets, this is the more complicated model. For the other, the parameter values are assumed to be same for all datasets, this is the simpler model. When comparing a parameter, the more complicated model corresponds to independent fit for each dataset and the simpler model corresponds to global fit with the parameter shared.
When comparing datasets using a fit model, the more complicated model corresponds to independent fit for each dataset while the simpler model corresponds to a function with all parameters shared in all datasets.
1. Akaike Information Criteria(AIC)
For each model, Origin calculates the AIC value by:
where RSS is residual sum of squares for that model, N is the number of data points, K is the number of parameters.
For two fitting models, the one with the smaller AIC value is suggested to be a better model for the datasets, and then we can determine whether parameter values to be compared are same.
We can also make decisions based on the Akaike's weight value, which can be computed as:
Here i=1 represents the simpler model and i=2 represents the more complicated model. and are the AIC values of the two fitting models, respectively.
If is larger than , we can conclude that parameter values to be compared are same, otherwise parameter values are different.
2. F-test
Suppose the sum of RSS and the sum of df (degrees of freedom) of the simpler model fit are and those of the more complicated model fit are .
We can compute the F value by:
Once the F value is computed, Origin calculates the P-value by:
This P-value can be used to determine whether parameter values to be compared are different. If the P-value is greater than 0.05, we can conclude that parameter values to be compared are not significantly different.
Updates:
v1.2: fixed color issue for preview plot
v1.1: preview with same scale as source graph
Reviews and Comments:
06/20/2016erichdz This App is great; can the datasets be compared without the use of a function?
Thank you,


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Whether you are starting fresh in CloudBees CD/RO or learning a new concept, you can use the hierarchy menu to learn about the CloudBees CD/RO object model structure and product capabilities. This is a wizard-like menu that aids in application, microservice, and environment modeling in CloudBees CD/RO, by helping you to visualize the relationships between objects in a project and coaching you along the way by indicating the next required actions. This menu provides an easy-to-understand view of the model structure and where you are within it, highlights missing pieces, and streamlines navigation across objects.
The hierarchy menu is available in the Application Editor, the Microservice Editor, the Environment Editor, pipelines, and releases.
To view the hierarchy menu for a project, open the Application Editor, the Microservice Editor, or the Environment Editor in that project. The hierarchy menu is expanded and visible by default. The following examples show the hierarchy menu:
The content of the menu dynamically updates when you create or edit an application, microservice, or environment. Child objects that are not configured do not have actions enabled.
Certain actions, such as selecting Requires Setup +, launch dialogs. Each of these dialogs has modal behavior, requiring that you exit it before continuing.
To collapse a menu, select Hide.
To expand a menu, select Show.
Every object with one or more child objects has a Collapse button or an Expand button to collapse or expand the visibility of its child objects.
The following example shows the Collapse button:
The following example shows the Expand button:
Some objects, or rows, contain a popover menu, that is only visible when you hover over the object.
The following is an example of the popover menu:
The following example shows the expanded menu after you select the popover menu :
The menu provides all actions that are available in the visual editor canvas for that object.
Some objects, or rows, have an Add button that is only visible when you hover over the object:
Select Add to open the dialog to add an object.
If an object is editable in a visual editor, the button appears next to it. For example:
The button opens the visual editor for that object.
If you have not completed the definition of an application component, tier map, or environment resources, the Requires Setup + button appears for the object that needs to be defined. The following example shows the button for an application component that requires setup:
The button opens the dialog for adding an application component.
The following example shows the button for a tier map that requires setup:
The button opens the dialog for adding a tier map.
The Application Run button opens the application runtime settings dialog that you can use to set up and start an application run. For example:
The Property Browser button allows you to navigate properties more easily by allowing you to view all properties on a hierarchy of objects in a project. For example:
For details about this functionality, refer to Property Browser.


Contract action on Customer Contracts screen."
); this.RenewExpiring(instance); instance.Save.Press();
Another way to insert some record in db is to use PXDataBase.Insert. Example of usage is the following:
 new PXDataFieldAssign("TranType", PXDbType.NVarChar, apTran.TranType),
 new PXDataFieldAssign("RefNbr", apTran.RefNbr),
 new PXDataFieldAssign("ManualPrice", apTran.ManualPrice),
 new PXDataFieldAssign("LineNbr", apTran.LineNbr));
The first option gives you opportunity to use logic of graph, while second gives you good perfomance.
PXSmartPanel in Acumatica
Hello everybody,
today I want to write few words how to work with PXSmartPanel.
One of my clients asked following:
1. Press at button.
2. Pop up should appear with two buttons ( "OK", "Cancel")
3. At pop up should be also selector of contracts and datetime.
4. Existing screen should be modified.
In order to do this, following actions were implemented:
1. Existing screen was CT301000.
2. If to look in screen source code, following line says about graph:
3. It means, that we need to create extension class for ContractMaint.
4. For example like this:
public class ContractMaintExt : PXGraphExtension
 public PXFilter SubstituteSettings;
 public PXAction Substitute;
 [PXButton(CommitChanges = true)]
 [PXUIField(DisplayName = "Substitute")]
 protected void substitute()
 if (this.SubstituteSettings.AskExt(new PX.Data.PXView.InitializePanel(this.fillFilter)) ==
 var subsFilter = (SubstituteSettingsFilter)this.SubstituteSettings.Cache.Current;
 CopyOpenPMTaskHistory(Base.Contracts.Current.ContractID, subsFilter.ContractID, subsFilter.TransitionDate);
5. In the line 4 we declared to Acumatica, that we want to extend ContractMaint, and we want to create some data input, which is related to SubstituteSettingsFilter. Take note of Substitute and substitute: both of them are needed in order to make processing of inputted values.
6. Take a look at SubstituteSettingsFilter class itself:
 public class SubstituteSettingsFilter : IBqlTable
 _TAG_ contractID
 public abstract class contractID : IBqlField, IBqlOperand
 protected int? _ContractID;
 [PXDimensionSelector("CONTRACT", typeof(Search2>,
 LeftJoin>>>,
 Where,
 And>>>),
 new System.Type[] { typeof(Contract.contractCD), typeof(Contract.customerID), typeof(Customer.acctName),
 typeof(Contract.locationID), typeof(Contract.description), typeof(Contract.status), typeof(Contract.expireDate),
 typeof(ContractBillingSchedule.lastDate), typeof(ContractBillingSchedule.nextDate) },
 DescriptionField = typeof(Contract.description), Filterable = true)]
 [PXUIField(DisplayName = "Contract ID", Visibility = PXUIVisibility.SelectorVisible)]
 public virtual int? ContractID
 get { return this._ContractID; }
 set { this._ContractID = value; }
 _TAG_ contractID
 _TAG_ TransitionDate
 public abstract class transitionDate : PX.Data.IBqlField
 protected DateTime? _TransitionDate;
 [PXUIField(DisplayName = "Transition Date")]
 public virtual DateTime? TransitionDate
 return this._TransitionDate;
 this._TransitionDate = value;
 _TAG_ TransitionDate
7. We described two properties: contractID and TransitionDate.
8. Now goes time of aspx page at section I described the following:

Few words. AcceptButtonID speak about who plays role of OK button, Caption means title, CaptionVisible means that title will be visible, HideAfterAction means hide or not after action, Key means name of member in extension or graph, DefaultControlID means which control is active by default. Another important detail is DataMember property, which equals to Key. Then goes layout rules, which I ommit. Then in Template goes selector, and datetime input.
9. Here how control look like:
Here it is. If you have any comments, wishes, etc, you are welcome to post them


A cub file extension is related to the SQL Server Analysis Services cube data format.
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the CUB file extension!
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CUB file extension - SQL Server Analysis Services cube data
What is cub file? How to open cub files?
File type specification:
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The cub file extension is associated with the Microsoft SQL Server, a relational database management system and part of Microsoft Windows Server.
The cub file contains collection of structured data used by SQL Server.
The default software associated to open cub file:
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Microsoft Corporation logoMicrosoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows software
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft SQL Server is set of relational database applications and tools used to create, organize and manage SQL databases. Microsoft SQL Server primary supports T-SQL and ANSI SQL query languages. SQL Server is distributed in many editions, with different features.
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As far as we know, this .cub file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.
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Livingston Brain Data
A WebGL demo using Robert B. Livingston's 0035 brain data from the 1970's.
Screen capture of WebGL brain demo
WebGL Brain demo To view this demo, you'll need a WebGL-enabled browser. Click on the link or the screenshot above to go to the demo, it will take a while to load (the dataset contains 80,000 polygons and is about 21 Mbytes of XML).
The data shown here were acquired by Robert B. Livingston at UCSD in the 1970's. RBL had studied many brains using a process he called "cinemorphology": the tissue was infused with paraffin and successive layers were shaved off the block and photographed. He chose a particularly "average" specimen (#0035) to digitize by hand, producing contours like a topographic map, spaced about a millimeter apart. He also segmented the contours into the distinct anatomical structures shown in the demo. I've cleaned up the data a lot but it's essentially still the same coordinates RBL digitized 35 years ago.
This is the same data that was used to create imagery of Spock's brain in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (about 99 minutes into the film): Still frame from Star Trek: the Motion Picture showing use of Livingston's brain imagery


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Bayly Avenue is the only public access into the Karratha Airport, a significant road with high traffic and used by passengers and freight services. Originally constructed in 1984, this 30+ year old road was recently identfied as requiring improvements.
The Bayly Avenue is one of the Corps EnviRoad projects. This project utilised over 30,000 tonnes of locally recycled and repurposed material waste material.
By removing the need for 30,000 tonnes of new and virgin materials, Corps removed the need for transportation vehicles (85 tonne each truck) and their allotted 352
trips – (85 tonne of material per vehicle x 50 kms round trips). These trips would have
consumed over 20,000 litres of fuel and created a significant amount of carbon emissions.
Corps is proud that the City of Karratha supported the decision to invest more sustainable sustainable initiatives and outcomes for the Karratha community.


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I am working on a time-series project in which I am forecasting the daily activity of something (let's call it 'Y') based on three years of historical data. I know that Y is affected by calendar effects such as Holidays (e.g., it will go down on Christmas). When I analyze the data, I want to account for the calendar effects.
It is clear-cut how to create dummy variables for Holidays (e.g., 1 for Xmas and 0 for the remainder of days). It is less clear, however, how to create variables that account for the lead and lag effects of different calendar days. This is particularly important because a few of my days of interest (days that are not normal holidays but of interest to my study) are likely to have significant lead AND/OR lag effects. For example, activity should start increasing over the course of 30 days (30 is a simple estimate based on visual examination of the data) up to a particular calendar day of interest and for another calendar day of interest, activity should go up on that day and then remain up for a few weeks after, then slowly coming back down.
In this context, I have two questions. One, is there a good statistical approach that I can use to determine what the lag and lead impact is of certain calendar days (i.e., how many days around the calendar day of interest appear to be impacted by that calendar day)? Any particularly open-source package in either python or R?
Second, what should variables that incorporate lead and lag effects look like? For example, would a variable with a lead effect that builds up then drops off look like this: [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 0, 0, 0]?
In my first go-around with these data, I used a GBM with variables encoding holiday/calendar effects. For the calendar days that have substantial lead and lag impacts (impacts identified through visual examination and domain knowledge), I just created a variable that has days until that calendar day (e.g., [4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 365, 364, 363, etc.]. This model works fairly well but I think that I can improve it by improving how my variables represent calendar effects.
Thanks a bunch for any responses.
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Estimate the Induction Time Distribution for a Disease
A group of 258 patients with AIDS had been exposed to HIV through blood transfusion on a known date. Patients who had not developed AIDS before the end of the study are not included (right truncation).
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the field collapses, the stored energy can not go back to the battery, so it enters the load. Since an inductive field collapse forces the continuation of current flow, which forces the voltage to rise to the point the load will accept by starting to operate (= normal operation draws current).
 Now a battery is built with a known amount of Zinc and Manganese, with less manganese than zinc so at the end the zinc container will stay together when the manganese runs out. With too much manganese the cell will eat out all the zinc container and fill the equipment with battery electrolyte = damaged equipment.
 As these operate, they produce a steady 1.5 volts. As it runs out, there are local shortages = less voltage = higher internal resistance.
 So no batteriser will make 800% more milliampere hours. What it can do is extend the battery life, AT VERY LOW CURRENT, for a lot longer.
 The break in described is a fake set up by the owner of the batterizer. Battery makers can easily make cells last longer = more manganese and more zinc = more money for the cells. Whey do you thing cheap chinese batteries do not last long and corrode – less zinc and less manganese = thinner walls that corrode sooner.
 The new joule thief charges 4 capacitors from the battery in parallel. It then disconnects the 4 capacitors and re-connects them in series. It uses fet switches to do this with a controller that controls the connection times to give 1.5 volts out. At first, when the voltage is 1.3 volts, it draws less, and can make 1.5 volts all the way down to 0.375 volts. fets, when on have near zero volttage drop
 1. Hi Bill, Just a quick question. You use the term 'Flyback' and I am interested to know what this term means and if it is commonly used. Where I am the only time this term is used if for 'Flyback Transformer' and this term specificity relates to the line output transformer (LOPT) in old glass tube screens. This tern is not used here for anything else. So I guess I am asking – what specificly about a transformer makes it a flyback transformer and what's the reason for the name 'Flyback'?
 1. Hi,
 When they refer to flyback, it refers to how the transformer is driven. As the name implies, transformers in televions are usually driven in a flyback topology. For comparison, other common driving methods can be seen here.
 2. OK, I think I have this sorted.
 What is called a flyback transformer here in my country is specificity the line output transformer (LOPT) of an old glass tube TV.
 What you (I assume America) call a flyback is any transformer that dumps primary current to magnet flux and then separately dumps the magnetic flux to the secondary load in such a way that the secondary is *not* loaded while the primary is driven.
 We call the above a Buck-Boost transformer where you reserve the term Buck-Boost for a specific type of circuit that uses an inductor rather than a transformer.
 2. Actually based on the curve I have posted below, it would do poorly for a light load. It is probably best when your load is moderate where the regulator is near its peak efficiency and not drawing more current than than the battery could delivery. (i.e. if your power supply impedance is smaller than the battery internal resistance.)
 These days high tech battery operated electronics if they are designed with battery life in mind. If they could get more battery life with a boost converter, they would have one already. Most them them are using Li-ion anyways.
 3. I was hoping someone would mention the Joule Thief. The idea that only 20% of the battery has been used at the time that equipment drops out sounded pretty suspect to me but I thought there was some potentially usable energy in those 'dead' batteries because I remember the Joule Thief.
 Of course that doesn't say anything about the fact that it only works at low amperages and that it increases the likelihood of a leaky battery.
 4. The Joule Thief, by its nature, is only capable of producing periodic pulses, not a continuous output. It's only related to the batteriser insofar as both of them are boost converters.
 4. FYI: the patent document you linked to is for a published patent application, not an actual patent. The published application hasn't gone through any kind of review; inventors can put anything they want into the application. My guess is when the USPTO actually does pick this up for examination, they'll reach the same conclusion [Dave Jones] did: "You guys are full of shit."
 5. Quote: "The positive terminal of a battery is also the metal can, while the negative terminal is just a tiny nib of metal seperated from the rest of the battery by a gasket".
 Back to front. The metal can is negative and the nib is positive for the common sizes like AA, AAA, C, D etc.
 Button cells and the like are the other way around.
 6. This is like the skit based on the story of a poor scholar who could afford candles, so he studies at night from the light of fireflies.
 "It is great that you study hard at night, but what do you do all day?"
 "I was collecting the fireflies…"
 The circuit is active all the time and cannot be a 100% efficient, so it chews up juice at all times. Let's be generous that it consume close to zero quiescent current when your electronic device is off.
 When the battery is running low, its internal resistance increases quite a lot. Since a boost converter actually try to delivery a constant voltage output, essentially it'll need to delivery constant power. At low voltage, it has to draw more current to maintain constant power output.
 Energizer has detail datasheets for their alkaline battery. Look under the curves "Constant Power Performance" to see how much more battery life you can get from 0.9V vs 1.2V. To use the graph, draw a vertical line where the X axis is your power consumption. The intersection points of that vertical line and the 1.2V and 0.9V curve are the respective battery life.
 Now also take a look at the voltage discharge curve at how sharply the battery voltage drops under 0.8V. Essentially they are telling you at 250mW, there is no difference in battery life whether you are draw down to 0.8V or 0.9V.
 tl;dr summary:
 At no point, the battery life shows 800% difference. You might get slight 130% more depending on your load. Heavier loads gets a bit more. Now that's without taken the efficiency of the boost converter which tends to get less efficient as you draw more load. The PMOS/NMOS have horrible r(on) when you only have 1.5V or so vgs to work with.
 I have work with switch mode power supply a bit to say this: (ref: my projects)
 The simple Joule Thief circuits are crap when you compare them to chip based designs as they do not have good inductor current control or use more efficiency PFM during low load. Further more, they use bipolar transistor that have high saturated voltage.
 1. Good summary. Joule thief type circuits are indeed not great for this kind of application in general, and they also tend to get worse and worse as the size of the inductor is shrunk – so I think we're all being very generous with how good their tiny device will be :)
 1. "Erik,
 This isn't a capacitor manufacturer selling me their prototype. This is a capacitor manufacturer, making MY prototype. I made the graphene and they built the capacitor. Need details? Online you'll find people who are making graphene in their blender. I use a ball mill with 6, 1/4″ ceramic balls, running for a week. Then the graphene is placed on a film that is electrostatically neutral and the graphene is give time to dry, in which I'm left with very long chains of carbon nano tubes"
 Yah this guy was full of it, you dont get CNT's from ground up graphite, you dont even get graphene. Just using buzzwords to swindle hipsters, eh I digress
 2. I love it how they talk about suing the developer. Take responsibility for your own actions backers!
 Kickstarter is just that, crowd investment. It carries the same risk that comes from any form of investment. If you don't have the foresight to see something is infeasible, don't back it or wear the consequence. Don't blame the developer.
 I almost hope the batteriser is successfully funded, just to see the backlash afterwards. "The damn thing wears out mah batteries faster dang nammit!"
 1. There's a big difference between fraud and an inability to deliver. Kickstarter is risky, but it's not a license to defraud your customers with no consequences.
 2. Why did you bother writing something that seems so full of misdirection and strange logic?
 1) Investors sue all the time if they are DEFRAUDED
 2) As others said, its not a investment in a corporation – it is a pre-order. For unestablished companies it also acts as "an investment" – but really we start to strain the


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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says stocked arctic grayling are already 11 to 14 inches.
From Wyoming Game and Fish Department
GREEN RIVER--The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently stocked Arctic grayling in southwest Wyoming, providing anglers an opportunity to catch this unique fish.
Artic grayling were stocked in Kemmerer Community Pond, Lower UP Ice Pond near Evanston, Rock Springs Pond, Mountain View Pond, Sweetwater Kids Pond in Jamestown, and Murray Reservoir, southwest of Mountain View.
"This is a great opportunity for anglers to catch a unique fish and we were excited to stock them into waters, not only in Pinedale, but across the state, just in time for free fishing day and many kid fishing events," said Guy Campbell, WGFD Assistant Fish Culture Supervisor. "These fish are already 11 to 14 inches in size, so anglers can easily catch them on spinners, baits, and small flies."
These Arctic grayling were transplanted from Meadow Lake outside of Pinedale, a water that Game and Fish uses to maintain its wild brood population. Pinedale Fisheries Biologist Darren Rhea has been monitoring the grayling population for several years.
"We are trying to maintain the Meadow Lake grayling population around 7,000 fish," said Rhea. "Over the last few years, the population has doubled in size. The population needed to be reduced, which provided an opportunity to transplant 11 to 14 inch grayling to several waters throughout the state. Because this brood stock and water source is certified pathogen-free, similar to our hatcheries, we were able to transplant these adult fish in community fisheries across the state," added Campbell. "Anglers now have more diverse fishing opportunities in communities across the state."
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The American Baptist Personnel Services (ABPS) is a computer-based data-storage-and-retrieval system which produces personnel profiles. The mission of ABPS is to provide profiles of men and women professionally trained who seek new places to serve local congregations and denominational entities. ABPS also provides resources which enable a local congregation to discover its mission and leadership needs. ABPS provides useful information which is shared openly and without bias, standing fully in the spirit of American Baptist Home Mission Societies Ministry purpose to develop Christ-centered leadership. ABPS is committed to ABHMS values of integrity, stewardship, diversity, collaboration and teamwork.
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ABHMS seeks to provide the denomination with those among American Baptists who are skilled in a variety of ministry gifts. The ABPS Profile system can be searched for those who are educated and experienced in a broad diversity of ministries. Any affiliated American Baptist organization may contact the ABPS office for such searches.
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What can limit or prevent automatic vectorization
Table 7 summarizes what can limit or prevent automatic vectorization of loops.
Table 7. Factors that limit or prevent automatic vectorization
Inhibiting factorExtent to which it applies
Not having a valid NEON compiler license.
You might require a valid NEON compiler license to generate NEON instructions, depending on your compiler version.
RVCT 3.1 or later, and ARM Compiler 4.1, require a valid NEON compiler license.
ARM Compiler 5.01 and later do not require a separate NEON compiler license.
Source code without loops.Automatic vectorization involves loop analysis. Without loops, automatic vectorization cannot apply.
Target processor.The target processor (--cpu) must have NEON capability if NEON instructions are to be generated. For example, Cortex-A7, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, or Cortex-A15.
Floating-point code.Vectorization of floating-point code does not always occur automatically. For example, loops that require re-association only vectorize when compiled with --fpmode fast.
--no_vectorize by default.By default, generation of NEON vector instructions directly from C or C++ code is disabled, and must be enabled with --vectorize.
-Otime not specified.-Otime must be specified to reduce execution time and enable loops to vectorize.
-Onum not set high enough.The optimization level you set must be -O2 or -O3. Loops do not vectorize at -O0 or -O1.
Risk of incorrect results.If there is a risk of an incorrect result, vectorization is not applied where that risk occurs. You might have to manually tune your code to make it more suitable for automatic vectorization.
Earlier manual optimization attempts.Automatic vectorization can be impeded by earlier manual optimization attempts. For example, manual loop unrolling in the source code, or complex array accesses.
No vector access pattern.If variables in a loop lack a vector access pattern, the compiler cannot automatically vectorize the loop.
Data dependencies between different iterations of a loop.Where there is a possibility of the use and storage of arrays overlapping on different iterations of a loop, there is a data dependency problem. A loop cannot be safely vectorized if the vector order of operations can change the results, so the compiler leaves the loop in its original form or only partially vectorizes the loop.
Memory hierarchy.Performing relatively few arithmetic operations on large data sets retrieved from main memory is limited by the memory bandwidth of the system. Most processors are relatively unbalanced between memory bandwidth and processor capacity. This can adversely affect the automatic vectorization process.
Iteration count not fixed at start of loop.For automatic vectorization, it is generally best to write simple loops with iterations that are fixed at the start of the loop. If a loop does not have a fixed iteration count, automatic addressing is not possible.
Conditional loop exits.It is best to write loops that do not contain conditional exits from the loop.
Carry-around scalar variables.Carry-around scalar variables are a problem for automatic vectorization because the value computed in one pass of the loop is carried forward into the next pass.
__promise(expr) not used.Failure to use __promise(expr) where it could make a difference to automatic vectorization can limit automatic vectorization.
Pointer aliasing.Pointer aliasing prevents the use of automatically vectorized code.
Indirect addressing.Indirect addressing is not vectorizable because the NEON unit can only deal with vectors stored consecutively in memory.
Separating access to different parts of a structure into separate loops.Each part of a structure must be accessed within the same loop for automatic vectorization to occur.
Inconsistent length of members within a structure.If members of a structure are not all the same length, the compiler does not attempt to use vector loads.
Calls to non-inline functions.Calls to non-inline functions from within a loop inhibits vectorization. If such functions are to be considered for vectorization, they must be marked with the __inline or __forceinline keywords.
if and switch statements.Extensive use of if and switch statements can affect the efficiency of automatic vectorization.
You can use --diag_warning=optimizations to obtain compiler diagnostics on what can and cannot be vectorized.
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Implication of blink reflex defect and Parkinson's
Blink reflex has been found to be abnormal in 70% of Parkinson's patients. This associated pathology very strongly supports the jaw misalignment hypothesis of Parkinsonism since trigeminal stimulation impacts blink response.
Blink reflex (see corneal reflex/ Wikipedia)is the closing of the eyelid when the eye is endangered. Blink reflex defects usually involves excess frequency of blinking or decreased frequency of blinking. Greater activation of dopaminergic pathways dopamine production in the striatum is associated with a higher rate of spontaneous eye blinking. Conditions in which there is reduced dopamine availability such as Parkinson's disease have reduced eye blink rate, while conditions in which it is raised such as schizophrenia have an increased rate. Generally, between each blink is an interval of 2–10 seconds; actual rates vary by individual averaging around 10 blinks per minute. Eye blinking can be a criterion for diagnosing medical conditions. For example, excessive blinking may help to indicate the onset of Tourette syndrome, strokes or disorders of the nervous system. A reduced rate of blinking is associated with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's patients have a distinct serpentine stare that is very recognizable (Wikipedia: blink).
Blink reflex involves trigeminal sensory input, and seventh cranial nerve output. Bite dysfunction can cause altered trigeminal sensory input and thus cause abnormal blink reflex (supported by published literature and case histories in my practice). This close connection with the trigeminal has been overlooked in all the articles I have found on Parkinson's and blink reflex; most articles assume that the blink reflex defect is caused by dysfunction within the brain stem.
Blink reflex defect is also associated with ALS and scleraderma. I am currently writing an article hypothesizing that bite therapy will likely be effective at reversing ALS.
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Nothing to Write Home About
British Family Correspondence and the Settler Colonial Everyday in British Columbia
In the context of surging interests in reconciliation and decolonization, settler colonialism increasingly occupies political, public, and academic conversations. Turning from the emphasis on Indigenous-settler relations and state policy, Nothing to Write Home About uncovers the colonial significance of trans-imperial families, the everyday, and silence in British family correspondence sent between the United Kingdom and British Columbia between 1858 and 1914.
Drawing on thousands of letters, Nothing to Write Home About is a detailed study offering insights into epistolary topics including intimacy and conflict, boredom and food, and what correspondents chose not to write about. Analyzing both the letters' content and their loaded silences, Laura Ishiguro traces how Britons used the post to navigate the family separations integral to their migration and understand British Columbia as an uncontested settler home. This book argues that these letters and their writers played a critical role in laying the foundations of a powerful, personal settler colonial order that continues to structure the province today.
Nothing to Write Home About is the first substantial study of family correspondence and settler colonialism. By underscoring the entwined significance of family and the everyday in a formative period in British Columbia, it offers a timely new lens into the global and local dynamics of settler colonialism.
Scholars of history, post-colonial studies, literary studies, biography writing, space and cultural geography, Canadian Studies, British Studies, and in the burgeoning field of settler colonial studies will find this book to be of interest.
Laura Ishiguro has written a fine book. Her meticulous examination of colonial correspondence is engaging and illuminating. She displays a considerable sensitivity for the language used by white settlers to discursively claim British Columbia and normalise their presence there. Ishiguro is especially skilful in summarising her conclusions at the end of each chapter, fluently articulating the tangled voices of British settlers.
Nothing to Write Home About brings to light some of the less-tangible, subtler aspects of British settler colonialism. It does an excellent job of showing how to make meaning out of silences, omissions, and formulaic statements in the historical record.
Laura Ishiguro's adroit study of British settler correspondence carefully and pointedly intervenes in the historiographies of British Columbia, of the imperial world, and of settler colonialism. This book is something to write home about.
Laura Ishiguro is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia, where she is a historian of settler colonialism, mobility, family, and the everyday in Canada and the British Empire. Her research has been published in a number of edited collections and journals, including a 2016 article in BC Studies – "Growing Up and Grown Up […] in Our Future City: Discourses of Childhood and Settler Futurity in Colonial British Columbia" – which won the 2017 Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity, and Transnationalism article prize. She has also coedited (with Esmé Cleall and Emily J. Manktelow) a 2013 special issue of the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History on histories of family in the British Empire, and edited a 2016 special issue of BC Studies on histories of settler colonialism in British Columbia. She is an associate of the Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University (2017–20) and a recipient of the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC (2018).
Part 1: Relative Distances
1 "Bind the Empire Together": The Postal System, Family Letters, and British Columbia
2 "Affection Can Overstep Distance": The Letter as Trans-Imperial Family
Part 2: The Colonial Commonplace
3 "Absolutely Nothing Going on": Epistolary Emotion and Unremarkable Colonial Knowledge
4 "A Dreadful Little Glutton": Settler Food Practices and the Epistolary Everyday
Part 3: Family Faultlines, Fractured Knowledge
5 "Irreparable Loss": Family Rupture and Reconfiguration in Letters about Death
6 "Say Nothing": Epistolary Gossip, Silence, and the Strategic Limits of Intimacy
Notes; Bibliography; Index
Indigenous Peoples and Settlers in 19th-Century Pacific Rim Cities
Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, _PHONE_
Guiding Modern Girls
Girlhood, Empire, and Internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s
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