@article {2620, title = {Flexible, Polarization-Diverse UWB Antennas for Implantable Neural Recording Systems.}, journal = {IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst}, volume = {10}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 Feb}, pages = {38-48}, abstract = {
Implanted antennas for implant-to-air data communications must be composed of material compatible with biological tissues. We design single and dual-polarization antennas for wireless ultra-wideband neural recording systems using an inhomogeneous multi-layer model of the human head. Antennas made from flexible materials are more easily adapted to implantation; we investigate both flexible and rigid materials and examine performance trade-offs. The proposed antennas are designed to operate in a frequency range of 2-11 GHz (having S11 below -10 dB) covering both the 2.45 GHz (ISM) band and the 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band. Measurements confirm simulation results showing flexible antennas have little performance degradation due to bending effects (in terms of impedance matching). Our miniaturized flexible antennas are 12 mm{\texttimes}12 mm and 10 mm{\texttimes}9 mm for single- and dual-polarizations, respectively. Finally, a comparison is made of four implantable antennas covering the 2-11 GHz range: 1) rigid, single polarization, 2) rigid, dual polarization, 3) flexible, single polarization and 4) flexible, dual polarization. In all cases a rigid antenna is used outside the body, with an appropriate polarization. Several advantages were confirmed for dual polarization antennas: 1) smaller size, 2) lower sensitivity to angular misalignments, and 3) higher fidelity.
}, keywords = {Computer Simulation, Electric Impedance, Humans, Miniaturization, Models, Theoretical, Neurons, Prosthesis Design, Wireless Technology}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1109/TBCAS.2015._PHONE_}, author = {Bahrami, Hadi and Mirbozorgi, S Abdollah and Ameli, Reza and Rusch, Leslie A and Benoit Gosselin} } @article {2628, title = {Biological channel modeling and implantable UWB antenna design for neural recording systems.}, journal = {IEEE Trans Biomed Eng}, volume = {62}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Jan}, pages = {88-98}, abstract = {
Ultrawideband (UWB) short-range communication systems have proved to be valuable in medical technology, particularly for implanted devices, due to their low-power consumption, low cost, small size, and high data rates. Neural activity monitoring in the brain requires high data rate (800~kb/s per neural sensor), and we target a system supporting a large number of sensors, in particular, aggregate transmission above 430 Mb/s (\~{}512 sensors). Knowledge of channel behavior is required to determine the maximum allowable power to 1) respect ANSI guidelines for avoiding tissue damage, and 2) respect FCC guidelines on unlicensed transmissions. We utilize a realistic model of the biological channel to inform the design of antennas for the implanted transmitter and the external receiver under these requirements. Antennas placement is examined under two scenarios having contrasting power constraints. Performance of the system within the biological tissues is examined via simulation and experiment. Our miniaturized antennas, 12 mm {\texttimes}12 mm, need worst-case receiver sensitivities of -38 and -30.5 dBm for the first and second scenarios, respectively. These sensitivities allow us to successfully detect signals transmitted through tissues in the 3.1-10.6-GHz UWB band.
}, keywords = {Animals, Brain, Computer Simulation, Computer-Aided Design, Electric Power Supplies, Electroencephalography, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure Analysis, Humans, Models, Biological, Prostheses and Implants, Telemetry, Wireless Technology}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1109/TBME.2014._PHONE_}, author = {Bahrami, Hadi and Mirbozorgi, S Abdollah and Rusch, Leslie A and Benoit Gosselin} } @article {677, title = {On the validity of within-nuclear-family genetic association analysis in samples of extended families.}, journal = {Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol}, volume = {14}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Dec}, pages = {533-49}, abstract = {
Splitting extended families into their component nuclear families to apply a genetic association method designed for nuclear families is a widespread practice in familial genetic studies. Dependence among genotypes and phenotypes of nuclear families from the same extended family arises because of genetic linkage of the tested marker with a risk variant or because of familial specificity of genetic effects due to gene-environment interaction. This raises concerns about the validity of inference conducted under the assumption of independence of the nuclear families. We indeed prove theoretically that, in a conditional logistic regression analysis applicable to disease cases and their genotyped parents, the naive model-based estimator of the variance of the coefficient estimates underestimates the true variance. However, simulations with realistic effect sizes of risk variants and variation of this effect from family to family reveal that the underestimation is negligible. The simulations also show the greater efficiency of the model-based variance estimator compared to a robust empirical estimator. Our recommendation is therefore, to use the model-based estimator of variance for inference on effects of genetic variants.
}, keywords = {Bipolar Disorder, Computer Simulation, Family, Gene Frequency, Gene-Environment Interaction, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Linkage, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Humans, Models, Genetic, Schizophrenia}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1515/sagmb-2015-0056}, author = {Alexandre Bureau and Duchesne, Thierry} } @article {1562, title = {The impact of cortical deafferentation on the neocortical slow oscillation.}, journal = {J Neurosci}, volume = {34}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 Apr 16}, pages = {5689-703}, abstract = {
Slow oscillation is the main brain rhythm observed during deep sleep in mammals. Although several studies have demonstrated its neocortical origin, the extent of the thalamic contribution is still a matter of discussion. Using electrophysiological recordings in vivo on cats and computational modeling, we found that the local thalamic inactivation or the complete isolation of the neocortical slabs maintained within the brain dramatically reduced the expression of slow and fast oscillations in affected cortical areas. The slow oscillation began to recover 12 h after thalamic inactivation. The slow oscillation, but not faster activities, nearly recovered after 30 h and persisted for weeks in the isolated slabs. We also observed an increase of the membrane potential fluctuations recorded in vivo several hours after thalamic inactivation. Mimicking this enhancement in a network computational model with an increased postsynaptic activity of long-range intracortical afferents or scaling K(+) leak current, but not several other Na(+) and K(+) intrinsic currents was sufficient for recovering the slow oscillation. We conclude that, in the intact brain, the thalamus contributes to the generation of cortical active states of the slow oscillation and mediates its large-scale synchronization. Our study also suggests that the deafferentation-induced alterations of the sleep slow oscillation can be counteracted by compensatory intracortical mechanisms and that the sleep slow oscillation is a fundamental and intrinsic state of the neocortex.
}, keywords = {Afferent Pathways, Animals, Brain Mapping, Cats, Computer Simulation, Electric Stimulation, Evoked Potentials, Female, Male, Membrane Potentials, Models, Neurological, Neocortex, Nerve Net, Thalamic Nuclei, Time Factors, Wavelet Analysis}, issn = {_PHONE_}, doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1156-13.2014}, author = {Lemieux, Maxime and Chen, Jen-Yung and Lonjers, Peter and Bazhenov, Maxim and Igor Timofeev} } @article {2631, title = {Multicoil resonance-based parallel array for smart wireless power delivery.}, journal = {Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc}, volume = {2013}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {751-4}, abstract = {
This paper presents a novel resonance-based multicoil structure as a smart power surface to wirelessly power up apparatus like mobile, animal headstage, implanted devices, etc. The proposed powering system is based on a 4-coil resonance-based inductive link, the resonance coil of which is formed by an array of several paralleled coils as a smart power transmitter. The power transmitter employs simple circuit connections and includes only one power driver circuit per multicoil resonance-based array,


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Engineering in K-12 classrooms has been receiving expanding emphasis in the United States. The integration of science, mathematics, and engineering is a benefit and goal of K-12 engineering; however, current empirical research on the efficacy of K-12 science, mathematics, and engineering integration is limited. This study adds to this growing field, using discourse analysis techniques to examine whether and why students integrate math and science concepts into their engineering design work. The study focuses on student work during a unit from a high school engineering course. Video data were collected during the unit and were used to identify episodes of students discussing math and science concepts. Using discourse analysis, the authors found that students successfully applied math and science concepts to their engineering design work without teacher prompting when the concepts were familiar. However, explicit teacher prompting and instruction regarding the integration of less familiar concepts did not seem to facilitate student use of those concepts. Possible explanations and implications are discussed.
Valtorta, Clara G. and Berland, Leema K.
"Math, Science, and Engineering Integration in a High School Engineering Course: A Qualitative Study,"
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(The original Chinese version of this article is written by Licter Chang and published on MakerPRO)
Have you ever thought about the reason why founding a hardware startup is so hard? Part of the reason is because your money disappears fast in hardware manufacturing, and it is a known fact that many hardware startups are struggling with raising enough funding for their survival. Additionally, the categorization of hardware itself is complicated. Often times, it is hard to build up the right team and find appropriate manufacturers. However, there are ways to make it easier for hardware startups to break down responsibilities and find the right partners.
Below, we break different roles in the hardware sector down to six categories:
1. The Intensifiers
People under this category are responsible for building the foundation for hardware projects, from dealing with signals, avoiding extra disturbance, and enhancing the efficiency of batteries. These people are usually hardware engineers or circuit engineers.
2. The Releasers
People under this category are those in charge of wireless signals, and communication systems. They are usually antenna engineers and radio-frequency engineers, who will be playing more and more important roles in the coming years.
3. The Practitioners
People under this category are in charge of operating hardware systems, which enables the communication between users and devices through interface. In addition to defining the function of chips and enhancing the efficiency of using memories, they also need to take care of communication between different interfaces. These people are usually firmware engineers.
4. The Changers
People under this category control changes in the manufacturing process, and adjust variables to stabilize the system. These people are usually the process engineers.
5. The Realizers
People under this category usually deal with designing the appearance of products and packaging the products. If a product wants to have a perfect outlook, then the role of these realizers are very important. These people are usually industrial designers, who understand both aesthetic beauty and structure.
6. The Specializers
People under this category are not in charge of any particular aspect of hardware development, but they help to deal with retailers and business development. They are usually project managers who make sure each milestone is carried out nicely.
It is undeniable that founding a business needs to face many challenges and risks. The selection of team members is one of the aspects that requires careful reasoning, because a suitable team member can have crucial impacts on the company's future.


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South Language Academy of International Languages is a public K-8 magnet school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) District, the second largest school district in the state. SAIL offers students the unique opportunity to become proficient and literate in a second language. Second language immersion instruction is offered in the elementary school in Chinese, French, German, and Japanese.
From their first days in Kindergarten to the day they complete the program in grade 8, students are immersed in their target languages. This produces students who are proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a second language. In the elementary school, these intensive language programs are taught in the target language for the majority of the instructional day.
As a public school in North Carolina, the immersion instruction at SAIL strictly adheres to the Common Core State Standards and the Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies as the guiding curriculum for planning, instruction, assessments, and data collection. The program complies with educational mandates formulated by State and Federal regulations to the fullest extent.
We understand that language immersion is an evolving concept in an ever-changing educational setting, driven by a dynamic immersion research platform on the one side and accountability mandates on the other side. The advantages of language, cognitive, and social learning aspects in an immersion learning environment over traditional school concepts are consistently evident in the research.
Language immersion in North Carolina has evolved over many years with currently more than 100 schools. SAIL, the second such program in North Carolina has been one of the finest examples and highest models of best practices of immersion teaching for many other immersion programs and universities in North Carolina, the United States, and internationally. The school was honored in 2012 with the Melba D. Woodruff Award as an Exemplary Elementary Foreign Language Program. The award was sponsored by ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) in collaboration with the Wright Group/McGraw. SAIL has also consistently been recognized as one of the top magnet schools in the state.
The Language Immersion Philosophy at our school follows four immersion-related goals:
- to achieve proficiency in the target language (listening, speaking, reading, and writing),
- to acquire comparable English Language Arts skills as peers in traditional schools,
- to reach cultural competency in surface features and deep features of cultural perspectives, practices, and products,
- to gain mastery in content areas compared to peers instructed in traditional school.
SAIL offers K-5 students the chance to participate in full language immersion programs in one of four languages: Chinese, French, German or Japanese. (Spanish K-8 immersion programs are offered at Collinswood Language Academy and Oaklawn Language Academy.) Students are admitted to the program in Kindergarten and are chosen through the magnet school lottery. Students who possess advanced second language skills have the opportunity to be assessed by our teachers and may enter the immersion program at any grade level, acceptance is contingent upon space availability in the desired program.
At the middle school level, SAIL allows for students to continue to study their second language and provides the opportunity to begin an accelerated course of study in a third language. Seats are available for incoming 6th grade students who are eager to learn a new language but have no prior language immersion experience. In addition to the languages offered in the elementary immersion program, students may elect to take Spanish in middle school. Middle school students can also choose from a wide range of traditional elective courses, as well as electives that emphasize the different languages and cultures. Middle school students also have the opportunity to participate in the same sports and extra-curricular activities available to all CMS students.
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Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have developed a Monte Carlo simulation tool that assists the International Space Station (ISS) program with determining logistics support resources. The functional Availability Simulation Tool (fASTER) simulates a multitude of different operational scenarios and allows for the effects of complex program resource restrictions and constraints including, crew maintenance time, carrier upmass capability, and sparing postulate. fASTER uses orbital replacement unit (ORU) reliability data and operational constraints to compute an average expected availability over time at the ORU level and at the functional level. Based on the expected ORU failure rate distribution, the model uses a random number generator process to simulate failures over the life of the station. The tool runs on a desktop personal computer and uses an intuitive user interface that facilitates fast set-up of each model simulation.
This technology is being made available through JSC's Technology Transfer and Commercialization Office, which seeks to transfer technology into and out of NASA to benefit the space program and U.S. industry. NASA invites companies to consider licensing this technology for commercial applications.
If you would like more information about this technology or about NASA's technology transfer program, please contact:Technology Transfer and Commercialization Office

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In today's fast-paced digital era, the demand for effective training within disability service organizations has never been more critical. These organizations play a pivotal role in supporting individuals with disabilities to lead fulfilling lives and integrate into society. However, with limited resources and evolving needs, traditional training methods may no longer suffice. This is where online training emerges as a transformative solution, offering a myriad of benefits that can revolutionize how disability service organizations operate and serve their communities. Let's delve into three key advantages:
- Accessibility and Flexibility:
Online training for disability service organizations breaks down barriers to accessibility that individuals with disabilities often face. Traditional training venues may not be equipped to accommodate diverse needs, including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, or mobility constraints. In contrast, online platforms offer customizable options such as subtitles, screen readers, and adjustable font sizes, ensuring that training materials are accessible to all participants. Moreover, online training provides unparalleled flexibility, allowing learners to access content at their convenience. For individuals with disabilities who may have varying schedules or transportation limitations, this flexibility is invaluable. Whether it's accessing modules during non-traditional hours or revisiting lessons at their own pace, online training empowers learners to tailor their educational experience to suit their unique circumstances.
- Cost-effectiveness and Scalability:
Conventional training approaches can come with high setup fees, travel charges, and printed materials prices. These costs can provide serious difficulties for disability service organisations with tight finances. Many of these overhead expenses are removed by online training, which provides a more affordable option without sacrificing the standard of instruction. Online platforms also make scalability easier, allowing businesses to access a larger audience without being limited by geography. Online training guarantees that educational resources are easily accessible to those who need them most, whether they are servicing rural populations or people with restricted mobility. This scalability encourages cooperation and knowledge-sharing throughout varied locations and populations in addition to optimising the impact of training activities.
- Enhanced Engagement and Interactivity:
Engaging learners is paramount to the success of any training program. Online training excels in fostering interactive and immersive learning experiences that captivate participants. Through multimedia elements such as videos, simulations, and interactive quizzes, online platforms cater to different learning styles and preferences, keeping learners actively engaged throughout the training process. Moreover, online forums and discussion boards facilitate peer interaction and collaboration, enabling participants to exchange ideas, share experiences, and support one another. This sense of community not only enhances learning outcomes but also fosters a supportive network that extends beyond the virtual classroom. For individuals with disabilities, who may often feel isolated or marginalized, these virtual connections can be empowering and affirming.
In conclusion, online training holds immense potential to transform the landscape of disability service organizations by enhancing accessibility, scalability, and engagement. By harnessing the power of digital technology, these organizations can overcome traditional barriers and deliver high-quality training that empowers individuals with disabilities to thrive. As we embrace the digital age, let us ensure that no one is left behind, and that every individual, regardless of ability, has equal access to the tools and resources they need to succeed.

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This represents just one element of Heineken Ireland's broad commitment to sustainability across all facets of its operation both in Ireland and globally.
Heineken Ireland recently released its 2021 sustainability progress report as part of its Brew a Better World sustainability strategy, demonstrating the brewer's commitment to continuing its environmental progress and highlighting its industry-leading ambitions for 2022 and beyond.
Despite the continued industry challenges presented by Covid-19 the Lady's Well Brewery has continued to showcase its strong commitment to creating a sustainable business, moving towards a circular economy through initiatives such as the reuse of by-products like carbon dioxide and grain dust and the repurposing of kegs of beer during Lockdown.
Using recycled carbon dioxide for millions of pints of beer helped make Heineken's Cork brewery 96% carbon dioxide self-sufficient.
And through working with industry partners, the brewer also plans to remove more than half a million single use plastic cups from events this Summer through the introduction of a reusable plastic cup.
While the hospitality sector continued to suffer Lockdowns in 2021 Heineken Ireland ensured no pints went to waste. Over 19 million pints in total – from the cellars of pubs in Lockdown across 2020 and 2021 – were repurposed and turned into energy and animal feed.
NoLo & moderation
Heineken Ireland has also continued to lead the way in moderation, funding dedicated Zero Zone spaces in retail outlets to help showcase NoLo alcohol options for consumers.
So far, the brewer has created over 1,100 Zero Zones in off-licences and retail outlets across Ireland. The Zero Zones are used to showcase all NoLo products rather than just the Heineken Ireland brands, which further underscores the brewer's commitment to the promotion of moderation.
Building on the widespread availability of bottled Heineken 0.0%, the draught pint 0.0% is now also available in over 2,200 bars and restaurants across Ireland with continued expansion to a further 700 outlets this year.
Key 2021 highlights across the three pillars of Heineken Ireland's Brew a Better World sustainability strategy include:
Due to ongoing investments, the Heineken Ireland brewery is 96% self-sufficient in CO₂ and at full production the site can recapture over 2,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the fermentation process for reuse in brewing. This green CO₂ is recycled and reused in the production process, in areas such as the carbonisation of beer, pressurising kegs and pressurising vessels.
In addition to operating a Zero Waste to Landfill site from its Cork brewery, all by-products from the brewing process (eg spent grain and grain dust) are reused and recycled, with 30 tonnes of waste being repurposed per year as animal feed.
It has achieved a 28% reduction in emissions from production since 2018 and aims to achieve zero emissions from its brewery by 2030. It's also the first global brewer to pledge carbon neutrality in the full value chain by 2040.
Heineken Ireland has removed over four million pieces of plastic packaging and removed PET plastic bottles from its entire product portfolio. Reusable cups were successfully tested at events in 2020/21, with a plan in place to remove more than half a million single use plastic cups from events this Summer.
All Heineken brand campaigns feature a strong Heineken 0.0% presence, ensuring that consumers have a choice of 0.0% no matter what the occasion. In addition to this, 10% of Heineken's brand media spend is dedicated to a standalone campaign promoting responsible consumption behaviour and encouraging healthier drinking habits every year.
In 2021, this campaign reached over one million people across Ireland.
Currently, 33% of Heineken Ireland's senior leaders are female, with a commitment to reach 50% by 2024.
In 2021, Heineken Ireland launched Fresh Beginnings, a €10 million stimulus programme which was the largest in its 165-year history, to support the hospitality sector re-opening.
Heineken Ireland is committed to local suppliers, with 100% of its barley coming from Irish farmers. In total, it works with over 300 Irish suppliers, delivering an annual spend of €54 million to the Irish economy.
"While 2021 continued to pose significant challenges for the drinks and hospitality industry, at Heineken Ireland we're incredibly proud that we have continued to make substantial progress in our sustainability initiatives across the business and in setting ambitious environmental goals for the future," said Barbara-Anne Richardson, Heineken Ireland's Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager, "Guided by our award-winning Brewing a Better World sustainability strategy, at Heineken Ireland we're committed to industry-leading sustainability and moving towards a circular economy."
Heineken Ireland has been transparently reporting its sustainability results since 2010 and is the first – and currently the only – drinks company in Ireland to hold the independently-audited Business Working Responsibly Mark under NSAI ISO 26100.
The brewer was recently announced as Ireland's Overall Winner of the 2021 Green Food and Beverage Producer Awards. It was also awarded Bord Bia's Sustainable Impact Award in 2019 and a REPAK Bronze Award for commitments to reduce plastic from across the business in 2020.
Heineken Ireland's Managing Director Maarten Schuurman and Barbara-Anne Richardson, its Sustainability Manager, announcing the 2021 sustainability results.


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The Measurement and Modelling working group focuses on developing and implementing protocols for measurement of urban environmental features and exposures, with a focus on air quality, noise, transportation mode and safety, and housing. In addition, the group works on acquiring data for modelling and on applying models to characterize baseline status of environmental exposures and the impacts of specific policy scenarios, to cities in the Pathways project. Using our collective experiences in London and Vancouver, work to date has largely focused on development of methods for air pollution, noise and transportation characterization in Accra which can then be applied in other Pathways cities where existing data are lacking.
Sky View Factor footprints for urban climate modeling Journal Article
In: Urban Climate, 25, pp. 120-134, 2018.
In: PLoS One, 13, iss. 8, pp. e0202928, 2018.
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Archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati have recently uncovered the largest ancient dam in Central America measuring 260 feet in length and 33 feet high.
This dam, in the ancient city of Tikal in northern Guatemala, was used to collect and hold up to 20 million gallons of water in its large reservoir. The discovery details, which can be found in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate how this indigenous group conserved and used their own natural resources to support a society for more than 1,500 years, even during occasional periods of drought.
Vernon Scarborough, an anthropology professor at the University of Cincinnati and a co author of the study states, "The overall goal of the research is to better understand how the ancient Maya supported a population at Tikal of perhaps 60,000 to 80,000 inhabitants and an estimated population of five million in the overall Maya lowlands by AD 700."
This feat is even more impressive when their water filtration system is taken into account. The archaeology team also discovered that water entering the large reservoirs only did so after 'filtering' through strategically placed boxes of quartz sand. Co author and professor of geography at the University, Nicholas Dunning, stated, "These filtration beds consisted of quartz sand, which is not naturally found in the greater Tikal area. The Maya of Tikal traveled at least 20 miles to obtain the quartz sand to create their water filters. It was a fairly laborious transportation effort. That speaks to the value they placed on water and water management."


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Which one is smarter cats or dogs?
A team of scientists discovered that dogs possess about 530 million neurons in the cortex of their brains, while cats have about 250 million. For perspective, the human cortex contains 16 billion neurons. Based off of this, the logical implication is that, yes, dogs are much more capable than cats.
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can a spider plant grow in something other that water? (ex: vinegar, liquid jell-o, coffee)
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That's a very interesting question! I am thinking the acid in vinegar might be a problem. But jello -- mostly sugar, gelatin, water, and coloring, right? Coffee? Hmm, is the chemical makeup of coffee?
I found a lot of information about spider plants on Google when I typed "Growing spider plants." It seems that maybe too much water could be a problem -- whether it is coffee or jello. So you will need some kind of control -- perhaps distilled water and another control grown in soil. One reference on the web said chemicals are a problem --so you might compare distilled water to water from a creek or even your street after a storm.
A basic scientific approach is to understand the dimensions you are studying (usually called dependent variables). For example -- the amount of water and the properties of the water could affect the growth of the plants. The acidity of the water is another variable.
When you test other liquids such as coffee and vinegar, you'll need to know how they are related, and this will suggest other liquids to test. For example, given that vinegar is acidic, you could also use milk, which is non-acidic (pH > 7). In this case, you'd want to measure the pH of the coffee. This doesn't mean that pH is a critical factor, but it's one of the differences you'll need to consider between the liquids you test.
As another example, jello has sugar in it. So in using jello you might actually be testing how sugar affects the growth of spider plants.
To summarize, you'll need to understand some of the properties of the liquids -- a way to relate them chemically -- or your results will be perhaps interesting, but not tell you anything fundamental about the growth of spider plants.
I hope this is helpful to get started.
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What is a maquiladora?
Maquiladoras are foreign-owned factories located in Mexico that are typically found along the U.S. - Mexico border. Maquiladoras produce a variety of products including electronic components, chemicals, clothes, machinery, and auto parts.
The maquiladora program began in 1965 as part of the Mexican government's Border Industrialization Program. It was developed in response to the demise of the U.S. government's Bracero Program, which allowed Mexican farmworkers to legally perform seasonal work within the U.S. The end of the Bracero Program caused an unemployment crisis in the border region. The Mexican government responded to this crisis by creating the maquiladora program which provided an incentive to foreign manufacturers to move production to Mexico. This incentive was created by allowing duty free import of raw materials and other supplies into the country with the stipulation that the manufactured goods and the resulting wastes were eventually exported to another country. The passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993 led to an increased number of maquiladoras in the border region. In 2003, there were 2,893 maquiladoras employing 1,063,123 people.
The high concentration of maquiladoras combined with less rigorous environmental regulations, limited capacity to enforce environmental laws, and the expense of exporting hazardous waste has created an incentive for illegal dumping and has polluted the surrounding land, water, and air. Inside the maquiladoras, occupational hazards relating to toxic chemical exposure and workplace safety also affect human health. Occupational hazards are of particular concern in Mexico since first-time violators are rarely punished and since penalties are typically incurred only for imminent dangers and failures to address previously highlighted violations.
This description is based on the information found in the Web links listed with this topic.
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Haz-Map Occupational Health Info (National Library of Medicine)
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health home page (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
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The MJF Centre for Dignified Empowerment and Sustainable Development East in Kalkudah is the largest private sector funded community project in the Eastern Province. It is established and operated by the MJF Charitable Foundation and Dilmah Conservation in fulfillment of Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando's vision of making business a matter of human service. The facility which was constructed at a cost of over Rs. 1 billion is dedicated to the transformation of socially and economically marginalised individuals and communities through knowledge and inspiration, with the intention of achieving dignified empowerment. The MJF Centre East will also develop and demonstrate sustainable agricultural practices to encourage small farmers in evolving traditional agricultural practices and adapt to a changing climate.
Established on a 23-acre site in the heart of one of Sri Lanka's most poverty stricken areas; it brings the Dilmah philosophy to the East with the objective of providing opportunities for women, men, youth, boys and girls as well as people with disabilities. As the regional focus of Dilmah Conservation activities, it aims to secure livelihood options and build climate resilience amongst the communities through the introduction of innovative and sustainable concepts in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing practices and livelihood support as well as ecosystem restoration. Other programmes include entrepreneurial skills development, vocational training, therapy, supplementary tools for education and life skills development for vulnerable communities. The unique design of the site reflects the Dilmah commitment to sustainability and uses climate smart, low carbon and environmentally friendly technology throughout.
MJF Centre for Dignified Empowerment and Sustainable Development East
RDS Road, Kumburumulai,
Vembu, Kalkudah 30410.
Telephone: + 94 65 _PHONE_
MJF Centre for Dignified Empowerment and Sustainable Development inaugurated in Kalkudah
Disadvantaged in Kalkudah to be empowered
Hope rises in the East
Men, Women, Boys and Girls Gain Control of Their Future and Give Back to Their Communities
The MJF Centre for Dignified and Sustainable Empowerment in the East of Sri Lanka, which integrates principles of empowerment and dignity, has the vision to transform the lives of the communities whose wellbeing was compromised due to the ethnic conflict. A replication of several community development initiatives under the MJF Charitable Foundation such as the MJF Centre in Moratuwa which implements multifaceted projects, the National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Disorders in Ambagahawatte, Sithijaya Centre in Ambalantota, this Centre in the East has the objective to find long term solutions to the foremost challenges faced by the community in the region- predominantly the issues of unemployment, lack of vocational training opportunities, teenage pregnancies, high rate of school drop outs, deteriorating forest cover etc. Of the 14 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in the Eastern Province, the Centre will primarily focus on nine DS Divisions including areas with the highest concentration of vulnerable communities. The projects will improve the quality of life of the communities that are most underserved and deserving of assistance and thereby fulfill the vision of the Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando to make business a matter of human service.


Abdominal Birth
New Research on Caesarean Birth and Vaginal Seeding
New research is showing that there are benefits to vaginal seeding. But what is it and how to do you do it?
Seeding the microbiome at birth
One of the topics we cover on our courses is 'seeding the microbiome' which is all about building baby's immune system and gut health during and just after birth.
This includes moving down the birth path and coming into contact bacteria from the vagina and rectum, skin-to-skin and being fed colostrum.
When a baby is born by caesarean abdominal birth, the birth path step is missed.
Vaginal seeding is an option to replicate this step. It has been mainly researched in the US where the caesarean rate is very high, but the information available hasn't quite made it possible to confirm if vaginal seeding has definite benefits.
New research confirms there is a difference between babies who are swabbed with vaginal fluid vs. babies who are not. Scientists acknowledge that larger studies would be needed in order to roll out standard implementation but this is a step in the right direction for anyone who is keen to implement this step but isn't 100% sure due to lack of evidence.
Wondering how you 'do' vaginal seeding? Here are the steps:

In advance:
 - Source a sterile gauze in advance of the birth-day. This could be through your healthcare provider or a chemist.
 - Let your healthcare provider know that you would like to swab baby once they are born.
On the day:
 - Roll the gauze up into a tampon shape and very slightly wet it with a saline solution to make it easier to insert.
 - Insert the tampon shaped gauze as you would a tampon approximately one hour before a planned caesarean, or wipe the vaginal area with the gauze if you are about to have an unplanned caesarean and have been in labour.
 - Make absolutely sure that your midwife knows it is there and you wish your baby to baby wiped with it once they are born.
 - Remove the gauze just before the birth and place it into a sterile container like a urine sample pot or zip lock bag.
 - Once baby is born, ask your midwife to wipe the gauze across baby's face, including their mouth, and over their body and hands, taking care not to wipe it in their eyes. If your midwife is not sure what to do (as vaginal seeding may be out of hospital guidelines meaning they may not be familiar with the process), your birth partner can do this.
Risks to consider are the hygiene elements of the swabbing and to ensure you are using sterile items.
Here is a further research summary that draws in multiple sources of research for this topic, and summaries the known benefits and risks associated with vaginal seeding:
NCBI.gov
The key is to be informed and do what feels right for you and your family. We are here to support you every step of the way with understanding your options and making informed decisions with our private and group courses.
Choose from an 'all births' vaginal birth preference course or 'planned caesarean' course.
Read the full summary of the new research here.
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Lonar Lake, which was created by a meteor hitting the Earth, is a saltwater lake in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. The crater thereby formed is the only en:hypervelocity meteoritic impact crater on basalt rock. A lake that evolved in the resulting basaltic rock formation, is both saline and alkaline in nature. Geologists, ecologists, archaeologists, naturalists and astronomers have reported several studies on the various aspects of this crater lake ecosystem. The crater's age is estimated to be 52,000 ± 6,000 years (Pleistocene). It is the second largest impact crater in basaltic rock and is partially filled by a salt water lake. 19°58′36″N 76°30′30″E / 19.97667°N 76.50833°E / 19.97667; 76.50833
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Architecture & Environment Lecture: Peder Anker
Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
The Environmental Studies Program, New York University
"Spaceship Earth: A History of Ecological Designs"
January 20, 2011 | 5:00pm | Buchanan 1930
Why did scientists and lay people alike in the 1970s talk about the Earth in terms of a Spaceship? And in what way did this frame the environmental design debate? With a point of departure in the famous earthrise image, this lecture reviews the history of "spaceship earth". The Earth was literally understood as being construed as the spaceship and the environmental havoc was caused by humans not behaving like astronauts. Environmental design and ethics became an issue of trying to live like astronauts by adapting space technologies such as bio-toilets, solar cells, recycling, and energy-saving devices. Spaceships came to represent the rational, orderly, and wisely managed contrast to the irrational, disorderly, and ill managed environments on Earth.
This lecture is organized by the Architecture and Environment Emphasis of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture as part of the lecture series 'Moralities in Art and Architecture'. It is co-sponsored by the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, the Institute for Energy Efﬁciency, the Interdisiplinary Humanities Center, all UCSB, and Livingreen, Santa Barbara.


text: We consider the problem of computing the intersection (meet) of heap abstractions.This problem is useful, among other applications, to relate abstract memory states computed by forward analysis with abstract memory states computed by backward analysis. Since dynamically allocated heap objects have no static names, relating objects computed by different analyses cannot be done directly. We show that the problem of computing meet is computationally hard. We describe a constructive formulation of meet based on certain relations between abstract heap objects. The problem of enumerating those relations is reduced to finding constrained matchings in graphs. We implemented the algorithm in the TVLA system and used it to prove temporal heap properties of several small Java programs, and obtained empirical evidence showing the effectiveness of the meet algorithm.


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The Federation of Egalitarian Communities
The Federation of Egalitarian Communities is a network of communes spread across North America. We range in size and emphasis from small agricultural homesteads to village-like communities to urban group houses.
Each of the Federation communities:
- Holds its land, labor, income and other resources in common.
- Assumes responsibility for the needs of its members, receiving the products of their labor and distributing these and all other goods equally, or according to need.
- Practices non-violence
- Uses a form of decision making in which members have an equal opportunity to participate, either through consensus, direct vote or right of appeal or overrule.
- Works to establish the equality of all people and does not permit discrimination on the basis of race, class, creed, ethnic origin, age, sex or sexual orientation.
- Acts to conserve natural resources for present and future generations while striving to continually improve ecological awareness and practice.
- Creates processes for group communication and participation and provides an environment which supports people's development


Electro-Osmosis
Definition - What does Electro-Osmosis mean?
Electro-osmosis refers to the movement of liquid in a porous material due to an applied electric field. Electro-osmosis is a very effective instrument when treating heterogeneous, silt and clay-rich soil.
The phenomenon of electro-osmosis is very useful in chemical separation techniques and buffered solutions.
Electro-osmosis can be used for organics removal. It reduces the need for specialized electrodes.
Corrosionpedia explains Electro-Osmosis
Electro-osmosis is the migration of water (and whatever is contained in the water) through a porous membrane resulting from a potential difference caused by the flow of electric charge through the membrane.
The liquid transportation rate depends on:
 - The properties of liquid
 - The properties of solid
 - The applied potential
Electro-osmosis has achieved two benefits when properly applied:
 - Provides uniform pore water movement in most types of soil. The size of the pore is not important. Electro-osmotic flow rate is primarily a function of applied voltage.
 - The electricity applied to the soil directly results in the heating of the soil. The soil warming not only increases the mobilization of volatile organics, but also increases the electro-osmotic permeability by lowering the viscosity of the pore water.
When the electro-osmotic flow of alkaline liquid to a particular sodium carbonate solution such as concrete occurs, it assists in repassivation of the steel and causes realkalisation of carbonated concrete.
Electro-osmosis techniques are commonly used in chemical analysis, soil analysis and processing, and microfluidic devices. All of these uses involve highly charged surfaces, often of oxides. In capillary electrophoresis, which is another use of electro-osmosis, chemicals are separated according to their electrophoretic mobility by applying an electric field.
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Applications that you use to stitch photographs together to
form panoramic images are called stitching software
. PTGui is stitching software.
Panoramic images are assembled of multiple images. Because the images are perspective corrected,
a seamless stitch can be made and the panorama will look like an image taken with an
artificial super wide angle lens.
Several types of stitching software exist: automatic stitchers and control point based stitchers.
Not all stitching software can do multi row panoramas. A multi row panorama is a panorama
consisting of images not only aligned next to each other, but also on top of each other.
If enough images are stitched together, a spherical panorama can be formed. This is a panorama
where you can see the full environment of the camera.
With PTGui you can create spherical panoramas, single row panoramas and multi row panoramic images.
It can handle every imaginable lens type, can output to many formats and projections,
including 360-degree spherical and rectilinear ('flat') formats.
Features of PTGui:
- Create spherical, cylindrical or flat panoramas from any number of source images
- Supports jpeg, tiff, png and bmp source images
- WYSIWYG Panorama editor for interactive editing and realtime preview
- Stitching software
- Supports many panoramic projections
- Create templates with frequently used settings
- Includes spherical panorama viewer and web publishing tool
PTGui originally started as a G
nterface for Panorama Tools (hence the name). Over the years it has evolved into the most versatile stitching software. It easily gives you high quality stitched panoramas from overlapping images or photographs.
Stitched using PTGui:


Jasper can be found in a variety of colors, such as yellos, browns to beige, reds, & even spotted/banded. They are surprisingly a part of the quartz family & have a hardness of 7 Jasper is an opaque form of chalcedony, & often contains an abundance of impurities such as iron oxides or organic substances. the best known sites are either in India or Mexico.
In this set you will receive 5 small tumbled leopard skin jasper stones. This variety of jasper is known for its identifiable pattern which resembles a leopard's coat, hence the name. The contrast of warm desert tones along with intricate pattern makes these stones so mesmerizing.
Leopardskin Jaspers circular patterns eminate energy very smoothly providing balance to areas requiring it. In leveling out our physical energies we can discover how each part of our makeup relies on every part to function correctly.
QTY: 5 tumbled leopard skin jasper stones
Weight: 75 grams
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setup-storage - automatically prepare storage devices
SYNOPSIS
setup-storage [-X] [-f filename] [-d] [-h] [-s] [-D disks] [-L directory]
DESCRIPTION
Using FAI disk_config files, setup-storage computes effective partition and volume sizes and executes the necessary commands to configure storage devices. It manages disk drives as well as RAID and LVM volumes plus encryption and tmpfs. It handles following filesystems: ext2/3/4, vFAT(FAT32), msdos(FAT16), reiserFS, XFS and BTRFS but is flexible enough to be extended to further types as well. Once the storage devices are prepared, an appropriate fstab(5) (and possibly also a crypttab(5) file is generated.
Without the -X parameter setup-storage runs in test-only mode and does not execute commands other than writing disk labels to a blank disk.
The exit code of setup-storage is 0 if all operations were performed successfully and non-zero if an error occurs.
OPTIONS
-X
Really write the configuration to disk. Otherwise setup-storage runs in test-only mode.
-f filename
Normally setup-storage selects an appropriate configuration from $FAI/disk_config/ by picking the class with the highest priority from classes that has an existing file. If however -f is given the configuration in filename is used.
-d
Enable debugging output. Equivalent to environment variable debug set to a non-zero value. See below for further details.
-s
Perform syntax check of disk_config file only and exit.
-D disks
Specify the list of disk drives to be configured using setup-storage. Overrides disklist.Donotforgettoquotethisspaceseparatedlist.
-L directory
Use the specified directory instead of LOGDIR.
-h
Display the synopsis and version info and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
setup-storage will use the following environment variables:
disklist
If option -D is not used, the disklist variable may contain a space separated list of disk drives available in the system. Their order matters as they may be referred to as disk1, etc. in disk_config. If unset, fai-disk-info will be called to determine the list.
debug
If debug is set to a non-zero value all actions and details to track the operation of setup-storage are printed to stderr.
FAI
The location of the config space to find the disk_config directory.
classes
The list of FAI classes to determine the appropriate configuration to choose.
LOGDIR
setup-storage generates disk_var.sh, fstab, and possibly crypttab (see below) in this directory. Defaults to /tmp/fai if unset. Option -L overrides this.
flag_initial
This variable determines if partitions should be preserved when they are tagged with preserve_reinstall (see below for details). Normally set by the list of FAI flags (FAI_FLAGS).
SS_IGNORE_VG
This variable may contain a list of volume groups, that are ignored by setup-storage. The list can be comma or space separated. It's used by fai-diskimage.
FILES
If setup-storage executes successfully, an fstab(5) file matching the specified configuration is generated as $LOGDIR/fstab. Furthermore the file $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh is generated. This file defines the following variables, if not yet set: SWAPLIST, ROOT_PARTITION, BOOT_PARTITION (which is only set in case this resides on a disk drive), and BOOT_DEVICE. The latter two describe the partition and disk/RAID/LVM device hosting the mount point for /boot. If /boot has no extra mount point, / is used instead. You may source $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh to get the variables set. The example config space shipped with FAI sources this file in scripts/GRUB_PC/10-setup. If encryption was configured, a proper crypttab(5) file plus key files will be generated.
EXAMPLES
setup-storage configures storage devices according to a FAI disk_config file. The full grammar describing the syntax of these disk_config files is given below. First we show a number of examples to give an intuition what these should look like.
Simple configuration of /dev/hda
disk_config hda preserve_always:6,7 disklabel:msdos bootable:3
primary /boot 20-100 ext3 rw
primary swap 1000 swap sw
primary / 12000 ext3 rw createopts="-b 2048"
logical /tmp 1000 ext3 rw,nosuid
logical /usr 5000 ext3 rw
logical /var 10%- ext3 rw
logical /nobackup 0- xfs rw
Preserve /dev/hda6 and /dev/hda7. The disklabel is msdos which is the default for x86. Furthermore, partition /dev/hda3 is made bootable.
Create a primary partition /dev/hda1 with a size between 20 and 100 MiB and mount it read-write as /boot; it is formatted using ext3 filesystem.
/dev/hda2 will be a swap space of 1000 MiB
/dev/hda3 should be formatted using ext3 filesystem; when calling mkfs.ext3 the option "-b 2048" is appended.
Create the logical partition /dev/hda5
Make /dev/hda7 at least 10% of the disk size
Use mkfs.xfs to format the partition 8
Create a softRAID
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Create 2 partitions of size 20 and 4 GiB, respectively, on disks /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. No file system or fstab entry will be created.
Create a RAID-1 on /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1, format using mkfs.ext3 and mount it as /
Create a RAID-1 on /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdd2, prepare as swap space and use it as such later on.
Advanced softRAID features
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Create a RAID-1 on /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdd1, format using mkfs.ext2 and mount it as /
Create a RAID-0 on the second partition of the second disk, /dev/sdc1, and /dev/sde1 as a spare partition. The latter may be missing.
The configurations for /dev/sda, /dev/sdd, disk2, /dev/sdc, and /dev/sde are omitted in this example. These devices can be configured similar to the configuration shown in the first example. They may also already be properly set up and hence the configuration can be left out.
Simple LVM example
disk_config sda bootable:1
primary /boot 500 ext3 rw
primary - 4096- - -
disk_config lvm
vg my_pv sda2
my_pv-_swap swap 2048 swap sw
my_pv-_root / 2048 ext3 rw
Configure /dev/sda with two partitions.
The second of those, /dev/sda2, is then used in the LVM volume group my_pv.
This volume group hosts two logical volumes: _swap and _root.
LVM on software RAID
disk_config disk1
primary - 350 - -
primary swap 2G swap sw,pri=1
primary - 0- - -
disk_config sdb sameas:disk1
disk_config raid fstabkey:uuid
raid1 /boot disk1.1,disk2.1 ext4 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro
raid1 - disk1.3,disk2.3 - -
disk_config lvm fstabkey:uuid
vg vg_system md1
vg_system-root / 8G ext4 rw,noatime
vg_system-var /var 20G ext4 rw,noatime
vg_system-home /home 10G ext4 rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev
vg_system-tmp /tmp 30G ext4 rw,noatime,nosuid,nodev
Configure the first and second disk identical with three partitions each.
The first partitions of each device are bundled into a RAID 1 (/dev/md0), which will be mounted at /boot.
The third partitions of each device are combined as another RAID 1, but not mounted. Instead, the resulting device /dev/md1 is used to host the LVM volume group vg_system.
Do not forget to install the packages mdadm and lvm2 into a system using this partition scheme. Also set rd.auto when using dracut as initrd generator.
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text: This article uses framing theory to examine how activists and trade unions have framed labour's political agenda in Malaysia. A polity grounded in ethnicity continues to hinder the formation of cross-ethnic collective worker identities and labour politics. However, inclusive popular democratising movements have strengthened in recent years, providing a favourable context for greater emphasis on non-ethnic political action by trade unions. The latter have shifted in this direction, adopting elements of the popular movement's 'human rights' internationalism. Thus, the democratic movement's frame has influenced that of the trade unions, with implications for framing theory.


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This page draws together table tennis-related information for all of Special Olympics. The coaching materials and other links will help you get a good sense of how this sport contributes to Special Olympics.
About Table Tennis
Every athlete aims in passing the ball to the opponent side of the table over the net, striking it with a Table Tennis racquet.
Table Tennis is a fast sport that requires excellent coordination of hands and eyes. Special Olympics athletes share the essential elements of force and ability so that they can play Table Tennis. Apart from the traditional events, Special Olympics competition includes individual skill events that allow the athletes to work and compete in basic skills of table tennis. The development of these basic skills is necessary for the athletes to take part in the events. These skills include bounce of the ball with the racket, volley and backhand.
The Table Tennis Coaching Guide
Special Olympics coaching guides are the key source of coaching information for our volunteer coaches worldwide. The guides are written by experts in the sport who understand that people with intellectual disabilities need extra time and attention to master new skills. The guides are helpful to anyone teaching a sport but are especially valuable when coaching Special Olympics athletes.


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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
delicacy (plural delicacies)
- The quality of being delicate.
- Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
- Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Frailty of health or fitness.
- Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
quality of being delicate
something appealing, especially a pleasing food
elegance of construction or appearance


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How to Set Up Tether on Chromebook: A Simple Guide for Easy Internet Access
In this brief review, we will explore the positive aspects of the guide on how to set up tether on Chromebook. Tethering allows you to share your phone's internet connection with your Chromebook, ensuring a seamless online experience. Whether you're traveling, experiencing Wi-Fi issues, or simply need internet access on the go, this guide will walk you through the process. Let's delve into the benefits and conditions for using this valuable resource.
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Title: How Do You Tether a Chromebook? A Complete Guide for Chromebook Users SEO meta-description: Learn how to tether your Chromebook and enjoy internet connectivity on the go. Follow this comprehensive guide to easily connect your Chromebook to a mobile hotspot or tether it to your smartphone. Introduction: Are you a Chromebook user wondering how to stay connected to the internet when Wi-Fi is unavailable? Tethering your Chromebook is the perfect solution! Tethering allows you to connect your Chromebook to a mobile hotspot or your smartphone's data plan, ensuring that you can browse the web, check emails, and stream content wherever you are. In this article, we will guide you through the process of tethering your Chromebook, step by step. Let's dive in! # How Do You Tether a Chromebook? # Tethering a Chromebook is a straightforward process that can be accomplished in just a few easy steps. Follow the instructions below to get started: 1. Check your smartphone's compatibility: Ensure that your smartphone supports tethering or acts as a mobile hotspot. Different devices may have different settings or terms for tethering, so it's important to consult your smartphone's user manual or contact your service provider for guidance. 2. Enable mobile hotspot
How to tether with a chromebook
Title: Unleash the Power of Tethering: How to Connect Your Chromebook with a Smile! Introduction: Ahoy, fellow bloggers and Chromebook enthusiasts! Are you ready to embark on a journey to discover the wonders of tethering? We've got you covered with this fun and unobtrusive guide on how to tether with a Chromebook. So, grab a cup of coffee, put on your explorer hat, and let's delve into the exciting world of connectivity! 1. Get Ready for Adventure: Before we dive into the steps, make sure you have all the equipment needed for this thrilling quest. You'll need your trusty Chromebook, a USB cable, and a smartphone with a data plan. Ensure that your smartphone is charged up and ready to assist you on this exhilarating tethering adventure. 2. Find the Tethering Treasure Chest: On your Chromebook, sail your cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the time. A marvelous menu will appear, revealing various icons. Locate the Wi-Fi icon, which looks like a little radio tower. Right-click on it, and behold! A menu will reveal the hidden treasures within. 3. Raise the Tethering Flag: Among the treasures, you'll find the
Can you use tethering on a Chromebook?
Starting today, Instant Tethering is available on more Chromebooks—this means that you can connect to the internet via a paired Android phone's cellular network connection, as long as tethering is enabled on your mobile data plan.
How do I use cellular data on my Chromebook?
For Chromebooks purchased in the U.S. If you haven't already, sign in to your Chromebook. At the bottom right, select the time. Select Settings . In the "Network" section, turn on Mobile data.
How do I tether my iPhone to my Chromebook?
So make that something easy that you can remember. So when that's all done that's all we have to worry about on our iPhone. And then on our Chromebook.
How do I connect my phone to my Chromebook via USB?
Connect your phone to the Chromebook via a USB cable. From your phone's screen, choose the option to access the media. Select "Allow" and it will start screen mirroring. All your phone's files are now visible right on your other screen.
How do I share Internet from my Chromebook?
Sync your Wi-Fi networks with your Android Phone
 1. Sign in to your Chromebook.
 2. At the bottom right, select the time.
 3. Select Settings .
 4. In the "Connected Devices" section, select your phone.
 5. Turn on Wi-Fi Sync.
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Can a Chromebook connect to the Internet?
You can access the internet on your Chromebook using either a wireless or wired connection.
Does Chrome OS support tethering?
Instant Tethering with Chromebook keeps you connected to your phone's Wi-Fi hotspot automatically.
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Find the iPhone home screen and select "Settings", then select "WiFi". Tap the "Personal Hotspot" option located at the bottom of the page. Select your Chromebook's hotspot from the list and enter the password retrieved from the Chromebook earlier in this process.
Can I connect my phone to my Chromebook via USB?
There is no need to install multiple apps and no memory requirements, The set-up is as simple as scanning codes between devices. How to Mirror Phone to Chromebook without Wi-Fi? Connect your phone to the Chromebook via a USB cable. From your phone's screen, choose the option to access the media.
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How to use tethering? To pair your Android device with your laptop or tablet:
 1. On your Android phone or device go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
 2. Slide Bluetooth tethering to On.
 3. Set up Bluetooth on your other device: Android: tap your Android device's name then Internet Access.
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Considerations of education in the field of biophotonics in engineering: the experience of the subject Fundamentals of Biophotonics
Abstract: Education in the field of photonics is usually somehow complex due to the fact that most of the programs include just a few subjects on the field, apart from specific Master programs in Photonics. There are also specific doctorate programs dealing with photonics. Apart from the problems shared with photonics in education in general, biophotonics specifically needs an interdisciplinary approach between biomedical and technical or scientific fields. In this work, we present our education experience in teaching the subject Fundamentals of Biophotonics, intended preferentially to engineering Bachelor and Master degrees students, but also to science and medicine students. First it was necessary to join a teaching group coming from the scientific technical and medical fields, working together in the subject. This task was easier as our research group, the Applied Optical Techniques group, had previous contacts and experience in working with medicine professors and medical doctors at hospitals. The orientation of the subject, intended for both technical and medical students, has to be carefully selected. All this information could be employed by other education institutions willing to implement studies on biomedical optics.
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 Autoría: Fanjul-Vélez F., Arce-Diego J.,
 Congreso: International Conference on Photonics, Devices and Systems (8ª : 2017 : Praga)
Editorial: SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
 Año de publicación: 2017
Nº de páginas: 7
Tipo de publicación: Comunicación a Congreso
DOI: 10.1117/12._PHONE_
ISSN: 0277-786X,1996-756X
Proyecto español: MAT2015-69508-P
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A person with antiquarian tendencies is someone who has an unhealthy or pathological obsession with the past. They value objects for their age, state of decay, and meaning rather than purely for their aesthetic value. They also seek to preserve history as it was before the creation of the written word.
Most antiquarians specialize in the study of the past and trades in rare books and other antique objects. The term "antique" rarely carries its sense of "antique object" but refers to someone who studies or trades in ancient artifacts, documents, and books. Some antiquarians build extensive personal collections, while others do not.
An antiquarian bookseller has a keen interest in rare books, particularly those with rare texts and illustrated texts. The value of an antiquarian book depends on various factors, such as its quality, binding, and illustrations. In some cases, an antiquarian book has a high monetary value but is not worth much in terms of content. For example, a hardcover reprint of Gone With the Wind can cost less than $1, but it contains the same text as the first edition.
As a scholar, an antiquarian is also an expert in self-preservation, making them useful on the battlefield. While their damage output is among the lowest among all classes, they make up for it with their defensive skills. An antiquarian's abilities vary depending on the skills that are given to them and the composition of their party.
There are many reasons why you may want to know the value of your antiques. For example, you may want to sell a treasured family heirloom but don't know how much it's worth. You may also need an official appraisal for estate or insurance purposes. Fortunately, the internet has a wealth of information.
Whether you are buying a single piece or a whole collection, the value of antiques depends on several factors. The most important factor is the condition of the piece. Antiques that are in their original condition are more valuable than those that have been refurbished or repainted.
Antique books are particularly valuable. The value of a book may depend on its edition, its condition, its illustrations, or its provenance. The text of a rare book may be pristine, but its price is determined by its condition and its provenance. However, this is not a guarantee that a particular book is valuable.
Before selling an antique, you must first have it appraised by an antiquarian. An appraiser will determine the value of an antique based on a variety of factors, including the condition of the item, its restoration, its rarity, and its provenance. The appraiser will then provide you with a legal document stating how much your antique is worth.
As an antiquarian, identifying and determining the value of your antiques is essential for both you and your potential buyer. Antiquarians look for items that are valuable and have a market. Knowing the value of your antiques is crucial in avoiding duping or buying something for less than its true value.
The philosophy of history is a broad discipline that considers the past through the lens of human action and its symbolic expressions. This field of study is suited to the study of history because it invites an active construction of meanings and intentions. Philosophers of history have derived a rich tradition in hermeneutics, the study of language and meaning. The tradition of hermeneutics is particularly useful for understanding history because it emphasizes that historical knowledge involves the interpretation of meaningful human actions.
In Philosophers of History, W. H. Walsh distinguishes between critical and speculative philosophy and hopes to offer a framework for the fundamental questions of historical study. For example, he proposes that historians are presented with a vast array of historical events and must determine how they relate to one another and to larger historical processes.
A historical explanation must consider the social, institutional, and situational environment in which the events took place. The social environment, for example, includes an ensemble of institutions such as property relations, political institutions, family structures, and religious values. Historical explanations should be as sophisticated as possible in the treatment of these institutions.


Containing the triangle of combustion | Wrightstyle
Containing the triangle of combustion | Wrightstyle
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Date: 22 May 2018
Tim Kempster, Wrightstyle's managing director, explains the dynamics of fire.
A year ago, on 14th June, seventy two people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which will likely go down in fire safety history as a catastrophe that should never have happened.
While it's too early to finally point accusing fingers, with the public inquiry only just beginning, it's perhaps worth remembering some well-known basics on what fire is, and therefore how it should be dealt with.
Simply, fire involves a fundamental relationship between fuel, oxygen and heat – the so-called fire triangle on which all fires, intentional or otherwise, depend.
Get those three elements together and the fire triangle is joined by a fourth element – the chemical chain reaction that is actually the fire. In technical jargon, the triangle of combustion then becomes a tetrahedron.
Fuel and oxygen
Containing the triangle of combustion | WrightstyleIt's a geometry that can either be friend or foe, as fuel and oxygen molecules gain energy and become active. This molecular energy is then transferred to other fuel and oxygen molecules to create and sustain the chain reaction.
In an uncontrolled fire in a building, how it spreads depends on a whole range of factors – from the type of fuel (everything from ceiling tiles to furniture) to building construction and ventilation.
Taming fire generally involves the removal of heat, in most cases using water to soak up heat generated by the fire. This turns the water into steam, thereby robbing the fire of the heat used. That's what a building's sprinkler system is there to do.
Without energy in the form of heat, the fire cannot heat unburned fuel to ignition temperature and the fire will eventually go out. In addition, water acts to smother the flames and suffocate the fire.
But what is also needed is containment – to prevent the fire spreading from its original location. Those protective barriers, often external curtain walling or internal glass screens, must also provide protected escape routes for the building's occupants.
Fire resistant glass
That's where fire resistant glass and glazing systems are so important, because modern steel systems are so technically advanced that they have overcome the limitations inherent in the glass itself.
The biggest limitation is that glass softens over a range of 500˚c to 1500˚c. To put that in perspective, a candle flame burns at between 800˚c and 1200˚c. In a typical flashover fire inside a building, temperatures can reach between 1000˚c and 1400˚c.
These temperatures can disrupt the integrity of conventional panes of glass, which are liable to crack and break because of thermal shock and temperature differentials across the exposed face. This will compromise the compartmentation of the building's interior allowing fire to spread from room to room.
That can, incidentally, be a problem that a sprinkler system actually causes. There have been several notable cases where cold water from a sprinkler system has come into contact with heated non-fire rated glass – causing the glass to break and allowing more oxygen to the seat of the fire.
As a fire escalates, the amount of heat produced can grow quickly, spreading like a predator from one fuel source to another – devouring materials that, in turn, produce gases that are both highly toxic and flammable.
Thermal expansion
To make things worse, due to thermal expansion, these flammable gases are usually under pressure and able to pass through relatively small holes and gaps in ducts and walls, spreading the fire to other parts of the building. Heat will also be transmitted through internal walls by conduction.
As the fire worsens, and when unburned flammable gases reach auto ignition temperature, or are provided with an additional source of oxygen – for example, from a fractured window – an explosive effect called 'flashover' takes place.
Flashover is the most feared phenomenon of any fire fighter and signals several major changes in the fire and the response to it. First, it brings to an end all attempts at search and rescue in the area of the flashover. Simply, there won't be anybody alive to rescue.
Second, it signals that the fire has reached the end of its growth stage and that it is now fully developed as an inferno. That then signals a change in fire-fighting response because it marks the start of a worse danger – the risk of structural collapse.
The main lesson for building designers is not simply to build in passive and active fire systems, but to look at the whole building's capacity to withstand a fire. For the glazed components, that should mean analysing the level of containment the glass will provide and its compatibility with its framing systems.
In many instances, untested combinations of glass and frame are still being specified separately – despite the fact that, in a fire situation, the glass will only be as good as its framing system, and vice versa. Insisting on tested, and therefore proven, compatibility, and specifying it as a requirement of the tendering process, should be a matter of course.
When a fire starts, it's imperative to extinguish it as quickly as possible. However, and just as important, it's vital that the fire is contained within one discrete area, minimising the risk to life and damage to property. That's what advanced glazing systems are there to do.
Sadly, at Grenfell Tower, there was no sprinkler system and the fire wasn't contained. But maybe, just maybe, new fire and building regulations will make sure that nothing similar ever happens again.
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Exhibition recognises sugar's Pacific foundation
Updated June 19, 2013 17:21:27
Audio: Queensland Art Gallery curator of Pacific art Ruth McDougall talks about the 'Sugar' exhibition. (ABC Rural)
The earliest days of the sugar industry and its dependence on workers, willing and unwilling, from the Pacific are on show in Brisbane.
Postcards, photographs, music and recorded anecdotes have been pulled together to mark 150 years of Australian South Sea Islander contributions to Queensland.
Ruth McDougall is the Queensland Art Gallery's curator of Pacific art and says some of the postcards in the collection date from the 1870s.
"These were lithographs majorly produced for sending overseas to really promote Queensland as a destination for investors and sugar was a major part of that promotion exercise.
"And you see from those very early images that the South Sea Islanders are right in there, that they are part of the story of sugar from the beginning."
The workers came from islands in Melanesia, including Vanuatu and the Solomons, and from Polynesian and Micronesian islands such as Samoa, Tuvalu and Kiribati.
Ms McDougall says some were contracted to work in Australia but most, including young children, were kidnapped.
"The term that South Sea Islanders use is 'blackbirding'.
"Quite often they were enticed from the beach onto the ships and when they arrived they were adopted and worked as domestics or were taken out to cattle stations to work as well."
Frank Robert Boah, known as Bobby, from Mackay features in one of the recordings which forms part of the exhibition.
He's visited the village where his grandfather was born and heard how he was taken from a reef.
"The ones that were close to shore, they ran away up into the scrub or the forest.
"But me grandfather was too far out and they caught him.
"There's a lot of people don't know, they think we're Aboriginals because of course we're dark.
"But we've got a different history altogether."
Ms McDougall says after Federation in 1901, and the start of the White Australia Policy, all bar 1600 of the South Sea Islanders were deported.
The exhibition called 'Sugar' is running until October 7 in Brisbane.
Topics: sugar, history, immigration, brisbane-4000, pacific
First posted June 19, 2013 10:24:02


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The China Evangelical Seminary is going to hold a travel to Holy places. They had originally planned bring together an estimated 35 people for the travel. However, this number has since then increased to 80 registered attendants.
Instructors and students from the China Evangelical Seminary are not the only ones present, however. In addition, students and pastors from others seminaries and churches will accompany the tour as well.
They will first stay in Jerusalem for around 12 days. Leader Xianzhang Wu commented that through this travel, people will be touched by the events from the Bible. The lecture, he says, will provide great lessons and insights. He hopes that everyone, pastor and student alike, will have great experiences on the journey.
He further explained that after students go to Gethsemane, they will truly experience a deeper understanding of the heart of Jesus at the time of his historical prayer to God. It is a good opportunity for students to do Bible studies later. In addition, they will get more experiences for guiding others next time.
Participants are expected to complete assigned homework assignments assigned to before prior to going to Jerusalem. The assignments are based on two books, which are the Path of Jerusalem and From Jerusalem to Capernaum. They are going hold a final test in the Carmel Hill for this travel.
Throughout this travel, they will collect lectures and testimonies which will be used for future student-study material. They are also going gives the sources to the China Evangelical Seminary website so that they will have a chance to share the finding with Christians worldwide.
Leader Wu said that although Jerusalem is a Holy place, the purpose for this travel is for research and not for that of pilgrimage.
He concluded by pointing out that the chosen people are not only in Israel, but according to the viewpoint of godly people and scripture in the Holy Bible, the dream of the Kingdom of God is to spread the gospel to all people including Muslims, Jews, and people all over the world.


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ICOOR'S Contribute to the Next Research and Innovation Framework Programme
ICOOR team is working to ambitiously contribute on the preparation of Horizon Europe, the research and innovation program to succeed Horizon 2020.
Now the phase dedicated to the drawing of the SRIA has started. The Strategic Research and Innovation Action is a document that identifies the foreseen portfolio of activities of the partnership, measurable expected outcomes, deliverables and milestones within specific timeframes.
Having participated in the public consultation and having shown interest in collaborating in the definition of the SRIA, ICOOR received the invitation to participate in the discussion calls with the managers of the drafting team for each of these clusters:
-Cluster 1: Large-scale demonstration;
-Cluster 2: In-vehicle technologies;
-Cluster 3: Validation;
-Cluster 4: Integrating the vehicle in the transport system;
-Cluster 5: Key enabling technologies;
-Cluster 6: Social aspects and user acceptance;
-Cluster 7: Research Coordination.
Therefore, in these days, the different members of ICOOR are participating to these meetings making available competences, connections and expertise.
"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it."
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Introduction

The power of FME is being able to take data from multiple sources and manipulate it efficiently. So why not use FME for data science?

We've recently added a series of transformers to the FME hub that performs a few basic statistical tests using the RCaller or the PythonCaller.

If you don't see the statistical test you are looking for in this list, you can create your own and upload it to the FME Hub to share with other users or create a new Idea and if it gets enough votes will add it to the list.

Learning

Perform a Shapiro-Wilks Statistical Test using R or Python

Learn how to create a custom transformer using either R or Python to perform the Shapiro-Wilks test (to test for the normality of a distribution). This workflow can be adapted for any statistical test using R or Python.

Transformers

Each transformer listed has a link to the FME Hub page as well as a test workspace download. Due to the external software requirements for R, these test workspaces could not be uploaded to the hub. Each of the R transformers requires R to be installed on the users' machine as well as the sqldf R package. For the Python transformers, the  SciPy Python package needs to be installed.

Correlation

A correlation is a test between two variables to determine their association.

RCorrelationCalculator

Uses R to calculate if there is an association between two variables.

RCorrelation-TestWorkspace.fmwt

Cluster Analysis

A Cluster Analysis is a method for determining groups of data.

RClusterCalculator

Uses R to calculate similar groups of data using one of three algorithms. This transformer only works for 2018.0+

RClusterCalculator-TestWorkspace.fmwt

Shapiro-Wilks Test

The Shapiro-Wilks test calculates whether a random sample of data comes from a normal distribution.

RShapiroWilksCalculator

Using R and the RCaller this transformer calculates whether a random sample of data comes from a normal distribution using the Shapiro-Wilks test.

RShapiroWilks-TestWorkspace.fmwt

PyShapiroWilksCalculator

Using Scipy and the PythonCaller, this transformer calculates whether a random sample of data comes from a normal distribution using the Shapiro-Wilks test.

PyShapiroWilks-TestWorkspace.fmwt

T-Test

A <a href="_URL_ is a statistical test to test if the means of two samples are significantly different from random.

<a href="_URL_ one-sample t-test tests the null hypothesis that the population mean is equal to a specified value, In other words, it tells you if the mean of your sample is close enough to a certain number to be statistically significant. This test outputs the t-value, p-value, confidence interval and the estimate.

<a href="_URL_ href="_URL_ two-sample t-test tests the mean of two groups to determine if they are significantly different or it is by random chance. This test outputs the t-value, p-value, confidence interval and the estimate.

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Introduction

The Shapiro-Wilk test calculates whether a random sample of data comes from a normal distribution. When the p-value is less than or equal to 0.05 (assuming a 95% confidence level) the data is not normal. If this test fails you can state with 95% confidence that your data does not fit in the normal distribution.

This tutorial will go into the details of how to set up a reusable custom transformer to perform a statistical test using R or Python. If you create your own custom transformer using a different statistical test, we encourage you to publish it to the FME Hub.

Requirements

If using R:

R Installed - How to install R instructions

sqldf package installed

If using Python:

Scipy package installed

Downloads

cat.csv (Starting dataset)

RShapiroWilksCalculator.fmwt (completed Shapiro-Wilk custom transformer using R)

PythonShapiroWilksCalculator.fmwt (completed Shapiro-Wil


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Definition of obelisk:
Google Ngram Viewer results for obelisk:
This graph shows how "obelisk" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.
Examples of usage for obelisk:
The residence of the governor of the district, the courts of law, and the citadel are within the Kremlin, where there is also a fine monument in the form of an obelisk eighty feet high, erected to the memory of Mininn and Pojarski, the two patriots who liberated their country from the Poles in 1612. This Kremlin, like that at Moscow, is situated on an elevation overlooking the town and the broad valley of the Volga. "Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia", Maturin M. Ballou.
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What is SCIM?
Smart Common Input Method platform, in short SCIM, is a development platform to make Input Method developer life easier. It honors a very clear architecture and provides a pretty simple and powerful programming interface.
There are many Input Method programs and platforms living in the world, such as XIM, IIIMF, UIM, kinput, XCIN, Chinput etc. Then why we do want another Input Method platform?
First of all, SCIM is a common IM platform written in C++. It abstracts input method interface into several classes and try to make these classes as simple and independent as possible. With such simple interfaces, developers can write their own input method in a few lines code very easily.
Second, SCIM is highly modularized: most components can be implemented as dynamically loadable modules, thus can be loaded at runtime as you wish. For example, input methods written for SCIM could be IMEngine modules, and users can use such IMEngine modules combined with different interface modules (FrontEnd) in different environment without rewrite/recompile the IMEngine modules.
Third, SCIM is a higher level library comparing with XIM or IIIMF.It has much simpler interface than XIM and IIIMF. And it can work with XIM or even IIIMF (in the future). SCIM can also support client specific input method interface, like gtk2 immodule and qt immodule.
Key features of SCIM:
* Fully Object Oriented structure written in C++. * Highly modularized. * Very flexible architecture, can be used as a dynamically loaded library as well as a C/S input method environment. * Simple programming interface. * Fully i18n support with UCS-4/UTF-8 encoding. * Include many handy utility functions to speedup the development. * GUI Panel with very rich features. * Unified configuration framework.
The goal of SCIM:
* Act as an unified frontend for current available input method libraries. Currently bindings to uim and m17n library are available. * Act as a language engine of IIIMF input method framework (TBD). * Provide as many native IMEngines as possible. * Support as many input method protocol/interface as possible. * Support as many operating systems as possible.
-- Main.- 18 Aug 2004