text:
Insignia form an indispensable part of Masaryk Universtiy traditions. As early as the Middle Ages, insignia have stood for a sovereign symbol of universities. At first, insignia reflected the exclusive status of universities in the medieval society; in the modern times, however, the meaning of insignia was reduced only to be fulfilling a representative function. A seal, a sceptre and a medal with a chain represent the oldest insignia of the university. The university could obtain its principal insignias in a traditional way – insignias were donated by the founder of the university or by another distinguished persona.
President Masaryk commissioned Otakar Španiel to design a new medal. The foreside depicts a portrait of T. G. Masaryk; while the essential motif of the reverse side is the dedication: "To Masaryk University in Brno by the President" together with a facsimile of Masaryk's signature. The same foreside, but with different reverse side – the central national emblem – appears on the Vice-Chancellor chain medal.
The celebration ceremony of presenting insignias to Masaryk University took place in the after-Munich atmosphere on 15 December 1938. At the outset of the occupation, insignias were put in a safe at the Faculty of Law, which was occupied in November 1939 (after the closure of the university). This caused the later decision to keep the insignias in the Mortgage and Land Bank of Moravia safe (Hypoteční a zemědělská banka moravská), where they were kept until 1945. The rector's sceptre as well as the rector's and vice-chancellor's medals was sent to the Ministry of Education where they were to be destroyed. Nevertheless, owing to the patriotic clerical workers, these jewels were saved in the National Museum and at the Ministry.
In 1960, the university was renamed into the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně. In connection with this change, a new rector chain was provided. Its medal depicted a portrait of J. E. Purkyně on the foreside – which was inspired by his plaque medal in Prague made by Josef Václav Myslbek – with the inscription of "UNIVERSITAS PURKYNIANA". Watson's and Crick's scheme of the deoxyribonucleic double spiral during its division was used for the reverse side. The sketch was drawn by Pavel Bravený. The motto of the faculty is "SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA". The author of the pictorial concept of the medal was the sculptor Andrej Peter. The medal of new rector's chain is different from its predecessors in its size – the caliber was 80 mm, while all the other examples were minted with a caliber of 65 mm. The chain had been used until the beginning of 1990 – a year when the university returned to its original name.
In 1937, a competition for designing university sceptres was announced. Designs of Václav Rada and Ladislav Bartoníček won. The lion with a double tail and a Slovak emblem on its shield was chosen for the capital of the sceptre.
The four founding faculties – the Faculty of Law, Medicine, Science and Arts – have their own traditional insignias, medals with chains and sceptres. Portraits of outstanding Czech personalities of particular science fields were chosen for the foresides of the medals in 1936. Otakar Španiel was the designer of all four medals – he also created the rector's medal. Along with him, Jaroslav Benda also contributed to the designs of the chains. The medals of particular faculties depict portraits of distinguished representatives of the subject fields at the faculties. Moreover, mottos relating to these personalities form an integral part of the portraits. In the period when other faculties were established, a need for new insignias arose. A traditional conception to present a medal with a portrait of an outstanding personality from a particular field was adopted; however, the Faculty of Social Studies decided otherwise and chose a symbol of dialogue instead.
The university sceptres of the founding faculties were made in 1938 according to the designs of Václav Rada and Ladislav Bartoníček. The chains, together with medals, are made of gilded silver, the rector's medal being an exception – it was minted in a golden compound. As for the newly established faculties, the authors of the designs and implementations of the insignias were chosen individually, on the basis of announced contests.
The Faculty of Sport Studies does not have its own insignia.
Albín Bráf is a representative of the law field of study – his portrait is depicted on the medal of the Faculty of Law; the motto "LEX DURA SED LEX" constitutes the reverse side of the medal.
The Faculty of Law chose a figure of Justice holding a sword for its sceptre.
This faculty chose a portrait of Jan Evangelista Purkyně with his motto "MEDICINAE MUNUS – SCIENTIA DE VITA HUMANA".
The main motif of the Faculty of Medicine is Aeskulap's staff with a snake.
Gregor Mendel is the main figure of the Faculty of Science sceptre with the motto "IN NATURA SPES ET VERITAS".
The sun with rays constitutes the capital of the Faculty of Science sceptre.
František Palacký with his motto "SVOJI K SVÉMU A VŽDY PODLE PRAVDY" belongs to the symbols of the Faculty of Arts.
This faculty chose the owl standing on an open book as its symbol.
The medal on the rector's chain was designed by Václav Adolf Kovanič. The foreside represents a portrait of J. A. Komenský; the reverse side depicts hands passing on a torch. The motto of the Faculty of Education is "TRADITIO LAMPADIS".
As the burning torch was chosen as the symbol of this faculty, the sceptre was made according to that (after the design by Eduard Milén). The insignias originate from 1965.
The Faculty of Economics and Administration was established in 1991; it chose a portrait of the first rector of Masaryk University and an outstanding economist Karel Engliš for the foreside of its medal. The motto "VÝKONNOST, HOSPODÁRNOST, SOLIDÁRNOST" forms its reverse side and it constitutes a part of the composition with symbolic church of wisdom and knowledge.
The capital of the sceptre bears a motive of a winged helmet. The design of the chain and sceptre was created by sculptor Michal Vitanovský. The sceptre was made by sculptor Pavel Filip, following Vitanovský's design. The faculty has been using its insignias since November 1995.
The Faculty of Informatics was established in 1994 as the seventh faculty of Masaryk University. The faculty has its own insignia since March 2007. The author of the insignia is the sculptor and art metal caster Jaromír Gargulák.
The portrait and signature of Kurt Gödel (_PHONE_) decorates the foreside of the medal. Kurt Gödel, who was born in Brno, is considered one of the most important scientists of all times working in the field of Mathematics, Logic, and Philosophy. His ground-breaking results became a part of foundational theoretical results contributing to Informatics as a scientific discipline with far-reaching practical outcomes. The motif of the reverse side of the medal is the emblem of the Faculty.
The capital of the sceptre refers to the symbol of fire as represented by Prometheus's bringing fire to mankind. Fire was once essential for mankind as a rudimentary technology of versatile use, much alike the present role of Informatics.
The expanding Faculty of Social Studies has it own insignias, too. The designer is Lefteris Joanidis, who is also the author of the faculty logo. In the case of this faculty, however, the portrait of a distinguished persona was replaced by the three-dimensional depiction of the faculty symbol (used both for a one-sided medal and a capital of the sceptre). These insignias have been used since May 2004.
The Faculty of Sports Studies was established in 2002 as the nineth faculty of Masaryk University. It has used its insignia since September 2006. The insignia was designed by Lefteris Joanidis.
The dean's chain bears a medal with an engraved logo of the faculty on its foreside. An inscription kalokagathia decorates the reverse side of the medal.
The upper part of the sceptr – the capital – is composed of a medal which bears the logo of the faculty on its foreside and the inscription of kalokagathia on the reverse side. The laurel garland with gems in the faculty's colors frames the medal. In this sequence of the lower and upper parts of the scepter the symbolic appellation is hidden: there is no victory without fire.


text: We study variational problems with volume constraints, i.e., with level sets of prescribed measure. We introduce a numerical method to approximate local minimizers and illustrate it with some two-dimensional examples. We demonstrate numerically nonexistence results which had been obtained analytically in previous work. Moreover, we show the existence of discontinuous dependence of global minimizers from the data by using a $\Gamma$-limit argument and illustrate this with numerical computations. Finally we construct explicitly local and global minimizers for problems with two volume constraints.

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


text:
AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering
AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering 3rd Edition, This AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering provides guidelines for establishing and administering VE programs. It is the intent of these guidelines to assist state DOTs in developing successful VE programs, to promote the acceptance and use of VE, and assure compliance with federal VE requirements, while allowing maximum flexibility to each state.
AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering To improve design excellence and achieve efficient cost and quality control, it is AASHTO's position that each state should establish an ongoing VE program.
BENEFITS OF A VALUE ENGINEERING PROGRAM, AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offcials (AASHTO) recognizes the need for the prudent use of resources and revenues while providing a quality transportation program.
Value engineering (VE) is a function-oriented technique that has proven to be an effective management tool for achieving improved design, construction, and cost-effectiveness in various transportation program elements. Data collected by the Federal Highway Administration indicates that the return on investment can exceed 100:1.
Item Code : AASHTO VE-3
ISBN Number : 1-56051-463-9
Item Pages : 32 Pages
Download Type : PDF File, AASHTO Guidelines for Value Engineering


text:
Compaq Fortran record structures are similar to Fortran 95/90 derived types.
A record structure is an aggregate entity containing one or more elements. (Record elements are also called fields or components.) You can use records when you need to declare and operate on multi-field data structures in your programs.
Creating a record is a two-step process:
For More Information:
For details on derived types, see Section 3.2.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


text:
English to English
1. fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
2. The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.
3. cover with flour
flour fish or meat before frying it
4. convert grain into flour
5. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


text:
Purpose: To evaluate if using the laser fluorescence (LF) device improves the detection of early or more advanced occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth. Materials and Methods: A total of 181 occlusal sites in primary teeth were assessed by one examiner using DIAGNOdent. The same examiner and a second examiner evaluated 72 of the sites again to assess intraand inter-examiner reproducibility. After histological validation, lesions were divided at three thresholds according to the lesion depth: outer half of the enamel (D1), inner half of the enamel (D2) and dentine (D3). The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and area under ROC curve were calculated for cut-off points for the sample considering the aforementioned thresholds. The parameters were compared using chi-square test and by comparison between unpaired ROC curves. Results: The overall LF performance was better at dentine threshold than at enamel threshold. The higher specificity was found at D3 and D2, and higher accuracy at D3 (P < 0.001). The intraand inter-examiner agreements were classified as good or excellent for all thresholds. Conclusions: The LF device performs better at the dentine threshold than at the enamel threshold. This method does not perform well in detecting initial enamel caries lesions.
Keywords: dental caries, early detection, laser fluorescence, occlusal surface, primary teeth


text:
Considering the fact that half of you reading this right now are probably wearing one, It's only right to start this week off with the most commonplace of all acronymic items– the OCBD (oxford cloth button down.) While the latter half is attributed to the shirt's button down collar, Oxford Cloth itself has a far less straightforward explanation. As the last remaining fabric from a series of four, Oxford cloth's story is one of inexplicable survival. In the late nineteenth century a Scottish Mill designed and produced four cloths, one for each of the world's most distinguished universities. While Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge all had their respective cloths lost to history, for reasons unknown Oxford endured becoming one of the most widespread fabrics in the world. Oxford cloth is created by weaving together two yarns that are of the same color but just a shade different, giving it a marled texture that breaks from the ordinary aesthetic of a solid dress shirt.
Oxford Cloth shirts were originally perceived to be a piece of formal wear and were exclusively worn as part of a suit. This all began to change in 1896, when John E. Brooks, (the grandson of Henry Sand Brooks, the founder of Brooks Brothers') went to England and noticed that polo players were wearing shirts with button down collars to keep them secured during games. Brooks brought the design back to the states, and Brooks Brothers combined the button down collar with oxford cloth to create the OCBD. They remained a relatively formal shirt until the 1930′s, when tennis and polo players began wearing Oxford cloth button downs during their games. While these were still unequivocally upper class sports, they nonetheless placed the Oxford shirt in an entirely new context, and by the 50′s Ivy League undergrads were wearing OCBD's. For the students, and their limited wardrobes, the versatile shirts were a major asset. OCBD's could not only be worn untucked on weekends, or with a jacket when going out, the shirts relaxed basket weave also allowed them to be worn pretty much year round. Today, practically every company produces their version of the OCBD, and they're somewhat of a collectors item, not because they're rare but because you can never collect too many.


text:
The University of Connecticut has signed a three-year research agreement with a Fairfield County company that is developing high-capacity lithium-ion batteries for such uses as giving electric vehicles greater range between charges and energy storage for use at a later time.
The value of the research agreement with Wilton-based Cadenza Innovation is $700,000, according to UConn officials. The work UConn scientists will be doing for Cadenza involves highly specialized materials analysis and synthesis for use in lithium-ion-based energy storage.
Cadenza has developed a way of packaging lithium-ion batteries that increases the amount of energy the batteries can produce.
The work UConn will be doing is being conducted at UConn's Center for Clean Energy Engineering in the lab of Dr. Radenka Maric, the school's vice president for research and Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor of Sustainable Energy, who is the principal investigator on the project. Additional work will take place at the recently opened Innovation Partnership Building at the UConn Tech Park by professors Sina Shahbazmohamadi and Steven Suib.
"Cadenza has the technical capability and holds key patents to develop game-changing battery technologies," Maric said in a statement. "UConn has the expertise and unmatched research facilities to conduct rigorous, reproducible, accurate specialty materials analysis to help their technology advance."
Cadenza was founded in 2012 by Christina Lampe-Onnerud, a leading entrepreneur in the field of energy storage. The company, which currently employs 25 people, had been located in Oxford before moving about a year ago into a space in Bethel that also houses the research laboratories of commercial battery maker Duracell.
The company's corporate offices are in Wilton. Cadenza's investors include Connecticut Innovations, the state's quasi-public technology investment arm.
Lampe-Onnerud said the work UConn's scientists are doing is "vital research for energy storage and a range of other critical technologies."
"They have developed some really important analytical capabilities over years," she said of the UConn researchers
The UConn research is designed to build upon Cadenza's partnership with Syrah Resources, the only major, fully funded, natural graphite development project in construction globally. Syrah is projected to be the world's largest individual graphite producer by 2020 with approximately 40 percent market share from its operation in Mozambique.
The work UConn's scientists are doing involves the characterization and fundamental study of Cadenza Innovation's technology to synthesize low cost, natural graphite collected from the Syrah mines into an ideal base material for lithium-ion batteries. As the research proceeds, studies focused on improving battery performance will be done.


text:
|Character Sketch for Dickens' A Christmas Carol|
|Fred has asked every person who comes to the party to write a short
essay that can be presented to the group. You'll leave a copy of the
paper for Scrooge to add to a scrapbook that he's creating so that he
can read over this information about his new friends after the party.
Your task is to understand the character you are portraying. Know the character well enough so that you can deliver a convincing performance to your audience.
You'll write a character sketch that Scrooge will add to his scrapbook. Since Scrooge will return to your writing later, it needs to show him who you are. Describe who you are, what you do, what you like, and so on. Everything that Scrooge needs to know to learn more about all the people he meets in his daily life.
You can use the Party Planner to gather ideas; then use the questions and tips below to organize and write your character sketch, which you'll present during the party.


text:
The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Using Circle Time for PSHE and Citizenship
Imagine having a year's worth of lesson plans at your fingertips…
PHSE and Citizenship in Circle Time is an invaluable resource for teachers and classroom assistants. Covering the PHSE/citizenship national curriculum for key stage 2 this practical companion provides a year's worth of circle time sessions with photocopiable assessment sheets.
Based on the extensive teaching experience of Daphne Gutteridge and Viv Smith, the user-friendly lesson plans enable the teacher to confidently tackle areas including:
- developing self confidence
- preparing to play an active role as citizens
- developing a safe, healthy lifestyle
- respecting the differences between people.
Each lesson is linked to the Every Child Matters outcomes and the SEAL initiative (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) Opportunities for assessment and follow-up work are clearly built into each lesson and pupils are encouraged to review their own learning.
This useful book is for practitioners who really want to make a difference in the classroom and are committed to stimulating pupils to think about issues on a personal level, in their community and globally.
88 pages; ISBN 9781134064922
, or download in or


Code Yarns 👨💻
Tech BlogPersonal Blog
What is a non-manifold mesh
📅 2013-Oct-22 ⬩ ✍ Ashwin Nanjappa ⬩ 🏷 blender, mesh, non-manifold ⬩ 📚 Archive
The non-manifold mesh arises while you are editing meshes using tools like Blender. Certain mesh operations cannot be performed on non-manifold meshes. A non-manifold mesh might have one or more elements with the following properties:
 1. An edge incident to more than two faces.
 2. Two or more faces connected only by a vertex and not by an edge.
 3. Adjacent faces whose normals are pointing in opposite directions.
This video explains these concepts beautifully in Maya.


text:
This page explains how to use audit logging in your Kubernetes Engine clusters.
All Kubernetes-powered clusters have Kubernetes Audit Logging, which keeps a chronological record of all calls that have been made to the Kubernetes API server in that cluster. These logs are useful for investigating suspicious API requests, for collecting statistics, or for creating monitoring alerts for unwanted API calls.
Kubernetes Engine clusters integrate Kubernetes Audit Logging with Cloud Audit Logging on Google Cloud Platform, which lets you access the audit log information through Stackdriver Logging. The most important audit logs are exported automatically at no charge. If you need to audit all requests to your cluster's Kubernetes API server, you must enable Data Access logs for Kubernetes Engine in Cloud Audit Logging.
Before you begin
- Ensure you have an active cluster.
- Read about Kubernetes Audit Logging.
Accessing Audit Logs
You can locate and view your cluster's audit logs by using Google Cloud Platform Console
or by using the
gcloud command-line tool.
To view audit logs for your cluster, perform the following steps:
In the GCP Console, navigate to Logging.
Select the Logs view.
- From the drop-down menu, select Kubernetes Cluster and your cluster name.
You can view audit log records about specific resources by using the
logging read command in the
For example, to view audit log records about Deployment resources created on your cluster, use the following command:
gcloud logging read'resource.type="k8s_cluster" AND protoPayload.methodName:"deployments.create"'
Stackdriver log entries are associated with monitored resource and service
types. For Kubernetes Engine audit
logs, the resource type is
Kubernetes Cluster, defined by a
Audit logs are structured objects consisting of an
operation subobject and a
operation specifies a request that the audit log event
belongs to, and the
protoPayload contains the audit log entry itself,
response objects (if applicable).
Once you've accessed your audit logs, you can use Stackdriver's filtering syntax to find the relevant logs you want. Some useful filters include:
To display all requests with failed authorization:
To display all write requests to a Secret resource:
resource.type="k8s_cluster" protoPayload.methodName:"io.k8s.core.v1.secrets" NOT protoPayload.methodName:"get" NOT protoPayload.methodName:"list" NOT protoPayload.methodName:"watch"
To display all requests to a Pod resource from a particular user:
resource.type="k8s_cluster" protoPayload.methodName:"io.k8s.core.v1.pods" protoPayload.authenticationInfo.principalEmail="_EMAIL_"
Other Stackdriver Features
You can use any of Stackdriver's logging features to perform common and useful tasks with your Kubernetes Engine cluster's audit logs. These might include:
- Setting up a log metric for a given filter
- Creating a Stackdriver alert policy based on a log metric
- Export your cluster's audit logs to a service such as Cloud Storage, BigQuery, or Cloud Pub/Sub.
The Kubernetes audit policy determines what audit log data is exported from the Kubernetes API server.
For read requests such as
watch, only the request object is
saved in the audit logs; the response object is not. For requests involving
sensitive data such as
ConfigMap, only the metadata is exported.
For all other requests, both request and response objects are saved in audit
Kubernetes omits certain high-volume calls made by system services. For complete information on which calls the Kubernetes audit policy includes or omits from the logs, see the latest audit policy configuration in the open-source Kubernetes repository.


Verbs
For a non-exhaustive list of pre-made verbs for creating statements, see the Verbs class. Verbs are a static property of the XAPI Object.
1
import XAPI, { Statement } from "@xapi/xapi";
2
3
const statement: Statement = {
4
actor: actor,
5
verb: XAPI.Verbs.INITIALIZED,
6
object: object
7
};
Copied!
Last modified 8mo ago
Copy link


How to find the manufacture date on interstate batteries
Written by james stevens
 - Share
 - Tweet
 - Share
 - Pin
 - Email
How to find the manufacture date on interstate batteries
Check the date of manufacture by locating the code on the battery. (_URL_.com/Getty Images)
Interstate Battery System International Inc. manufactures vehicle and other types of batteries. All Interstate batteries are stamped with a coded date, which Interstate refers to as the shipping date. Interstate distribution centres also put another date on the batteries because batteries get recharged if they remain in stock for more than three months. Finding the manufacture date on Interstate batteries is a fairly straightforward task, as long as you know what the codes mean.
Skill level:
Easy
Instructions
 1. 1
 Look down at the top of your Interstate battery to find the manufacture date code. You can only see the code from directly above the battery.
 2. 2
 Check the corners of the battery and look for an alphanumeric four- or five-digit code. The code is engraved into the battery casing. If you can't find a code engraved on one of the corners, check the positive battery terminal, labelled with a "+" sign; some Interstate batteries have the code engraved on the terminal.
 3. 3
 Write down the code so you can work out the manufacture date of your Interstate battery.
 4. 4
 Look at the first digit you wrote down. It is a letter and represents the month of manufacture. For example, "C" indicates March and "F" stands for June. However, if the code is on the positive battery terminal, the letter for the month is preceded by a "U," so February appears as "UB."
 5. 5
 Look at the second digit or, if the code is on the positive battery terminal, the third. It is a number and represents the year of manufacture, so "4" stands for 2004, while "0" indicates 2010. The cycle runs for only 10 years and then repeats, so 2011 is the same as 2001 and has the number "1" as the second digit. The remaining two or three digits signify the place that the Interstate battery is manufactured.
 6. 6
 Check the top of the battery to see if there is another code. It may be engraved, or it may be a stick-on label. It has two digits and means that your battery was recharged at the distribution centre.
 7. 7
 Write down the code, which is the same as the one for new batteries. The first digit is a letter, and the second is a number. For example, if the code is D7, your Interstate battery was recharged in April 2007.
Don't Miss
Filter:
 - All types
 - Articles
 - Slideshows
 - Videos
Sort:
 - Most relevant
 - Most popular
 - Most recent
No articles available
No slideshows available
No videos available
By using the eHow.co.uk site, you consent to the use of cookies. For more information, please see our Cookie policy.


text:
The Using Enumeration Tools module provides you with the instructions and devices to develop your hands-on skills in the following topics:
- Performing zone transfers
- Working with remote targets
Working with finger command
Lab time: It will take approximately 60 minutes to complete this lab.
The following objective is covered in this lab:
Exercise 1 - Performing Zone Transfers
The DNS (Domain Name System) server service provides three types of zones such as primary, secondary, and stub zones. Zone transfer is a mechanism with the help of which the changes that are made to the zone on a master server are replicated on all the secondary servers for that particular zone.
In this exercise, you will learn to perform zone transfers using command-line tools such as nslookup and dig.
Exercise 2 - Working with Remote Targets
PsInfo is a command-line tool that comes bundled with Microsoft Sysinternals suite. By default, this tool provides local system information. However, you can use this tool to retrieve information about remote systems in the network.
In this exercise, you will use the PsInfo command-line tool.
Exercise 3 - Working with Finger Command
In Unix/Linux, you can use the finger command to retrieve information about the system users in the network.
In this exercise, you will work with the finger command.


text:
Northern Beaches Flood Information Network
A number of rainfall and water level gauges are located across the northern beaches. These provide information on actual rainfall and water levels in the area and will provide an indication if flooding is likely.
Keep an eye out for the following rainfall that will cause localised flooding and start to flood some roads:
- 70mm in 3 hours (approx 20mm / hour) or
- 150mm in 24 hours


text:
|Gender differences in the link between childhood socioeconomic conditions and heart attack risk in adulthood.
|Year of Publication
|Hamil-Luker, J, O'Rand, AM
|Adult, Age Factors, Child, Child Welfare, Health Status, Humans, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, North Carolina, Poverty, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Social Class, Socioeconomic factors, Time
A growing body of evidence shows that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is predictive of disease risk in later life, with those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds more likely to experience poor adult-health outcomes. Most of these studies, however are based on middle-aged male populations and pay insufficient attention to the pathways between childhood risks and specific adult disorders. This article examines gender differences in the link between childhood SES and heart attack risk trajectories and the mechanisms by which early environments affect future disease risk. By using methods that model both latent and path-specific influences, we identify heterogeneity in early life conditions and human, social, and health capital in adulthood that contribute to diverse heart attack risk trajectories between and among men and women as they age into their 60s and 70s. We find that key risk factors for heart attack operate differently for men and women. For men, childhood SES does not differentiate those at low, increasing, and high risk for heart attack. In contrast, women who grew up without a father and/or under adverse economic conditions are the most likely to experience elevated risk for heart attack, even after we adjust for the unequal distribution of working and living conditions, social relationships, access to health care, and adult lifestyle behaviors that influence health outcomes.
|User Guide Notes
childhood conditions/socioeconomic status/Heart Diseases
|AG00029 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States


text:
Famous Birdcalls Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Birdcalls poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous birdcalls poems. These examples illustrate what a famous birdcalls poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
by Larkin, Philip
...lengths and breadths
Of time. Snow fell, undated. Light
Each summer thronged the grass. A bright
Litter of birdcalls strewed the same
Bone-littered ground. And up the paths
The endless altered people came,
Washing at their identity.
Now, helpless in the hollow of
An unarmorial age, a trough
Of smoke in slow suspended skeins
Above their scrap of history,
Only an attitude remains:
Time has transfigures them into
Untruth. The stone fidelity
They hardly...Read More
Dont forget to view our wonderful member Birdcalls poems.


text:
Pizza making in year 1 and 2
Paul Hansel from The Hornsea Tesco store, came into school to work with our Year one and two classes. They have been looking at the country Italy in their topic. The pupils were taught where all the ingredients came from and how they were transported to our country. All pupils had the opportunity to prepare and eat pizza that they made. They all did a good job and the pizzas were delicious!


of a data frame. How might you organize a course's grade data using a data frame? Describe the observational units and variables.3
We consider data for 3,142 counties in the United States, which includes the name of each county, the state where it resides, its population in 2017, the population change from 2010 to 2017, poverty rate, and nine additional characteristics. How might these data be organized in a data frame?4
The data described in the Guided Practice above represents the county dataset, which is shown as a data frame in Table 1.5. The variables as well as the variables in the dataset that did not fit in Table 1.5 are described in Table 1.6.
Table 1.5: Six observations and six variables from the county dataset.
name state pop2017 pop_change unemployment_rate median_edu
Autauga County Alabama 55,504 1.48 3.86 some_college
Baldwin County Alabama 212,628 9.19 3.99 some_college
Barbour County Alabama 25,270 -6.22 5.90 hs_diploma
Bibb County Alabama 22,668 0.73 4.39 hs_diploma
Blount County Alabama 58,013 0.68 4.02 hs_diploma
Bullock County Alabama 10,309 -2.28 4.93 hs_diploma
Table 1.6: Variables and their descriptions for the county dataset.
Variable Description
name Name of county.
state Name of state.
pop2000 Population in 2000.
pop2010 Population in 2010.
pop2017 Population in 2017.
pop_change Population change from 2010 to 2017 (in percent).
poverty Percent of population in poverty in 2017.
homeownership Homeownership rate, 2006-2010.
multi_unit Multi-unit rate: percent of housing units that are in multi-unit structures, 2006-2010.
unemployment_rate Unemployment rate in 2017.
metro Whether the county contains a metropolitan area, taking one of the values yes or no.
median_edu Median education level (2013-2017), taking one of the values below_hs, hs_diploma, some_college, or bachelors.
per_capita_income Per capita (per person) income (2013-2017).
median_hh_income Median household income.
smoking_ban Describes the type of county-level smoking ban in place in 2010, taking one of the values none, partial, or comprehensive.
The county data can be found in the usdata R package.
1.2.2 Types of variables
Examine the unemployment_rate, pop2017, state, and median_edu variables in the county dataset. Each of these variables is inherently different from the other three, yet some share certain characteristics.
First consider unemployment_rate, which is said to be a numerical variable since it can take a wide range of numerical values, and it is sensible to add, subtract, or take averages with those values. On the other hand, we would not classify a variable reporting telephone area codes as numerical since the average, sum, and difference of area codes does not have any clear meaning. Instead, we would consider area codes as a categorical variable.
The pop2017 variable is also numerical, although it seems to be a little different than unemployment_rate. This variable of the population count can only take whole non-negative numbers (0, 1, 2, …). For this reason, the population variable is said to be discrete since it can only take numerical values with jumps. On the other hand, the unemployment rate variable is said to be continuous.
The variable state can take up to 51 values after accounting for Washington, DC: Alabama, Alaska, …, and Wyoming. Because the responses themselves are categories, state is called a categorical variable, and the possible values (states) are called the variable's levels (e.g., District of Columbia, Alabama, Alaska, etc.) .
Finally, consider the median_edu variable, which describes the median education level of county residents and takes values below_hs, hs_diploma, some_college, or bachelors in each county. This variable seems to be a hybrid: it is a categorical variable, but the levels have a natural ordering. A variable with these properties is called an ordinal variable, while a regular categorical variable without this type of special ordering is called a nominal variable. To simplify analyses, any categorical variable in this book will be treated as a nominal (unordered) categorical variable (see Figure 1.1).
Types of variables are broken down into numerical (which can be discrete or continuous) and categorical (which can be ordinal or nominal).
Figure 1.1: Breakdown of variables into their respective types.
Data were collected about students in a statistics course. Three variables were recorded for each student: number of siblings, student height, and whether the student had previously taken a statistics course. Classify each of the variables as continuous numerical, discrete numerical, or categorical.
The number of siblings and student height represent numerical variables. Because the number of siblings is a count, it is discrete. Height varies continuously, so it is a continuous numerical variable. The last variable classifies students into two categories – those who have and those who have not taken a statistics course – which makes this variable categorical.
An experiment is evaluating the effectiveness of a new drug in treating migraines. A group variable is used to indicate the experiment group for each patient: treatment or control. The num_migraines variable represents the number of migraines the patient experienced during a 3-month period. Classify each variable as either numerical or categorical?5
1.2.3 Relationships between variables
Many analyses are motivated by a researcher looking for a relationship between two or more variables. A social scientist may like to answer some of the following questions:
Does a higher-than-average increase in county population tend to correspond to counties with higher or lower median household incomes?
If homeownership in one county is lower than the national average, will the percent of housing units that are in multi-unit structures in that county tend to be above or below the national average?
How much can the median education level explain the median household income for counties in the US?
To answer these questions, data must be collected, such as the county dataset shown in Table 1.5. Examining summary statistics can provide numerical insights about the specifics of each of these questions. Alternatively, graphs can be used to visually explore the data, potentially providing more insight than a summary statistic.
Scatterplots are one type of graph used to study the relationship between two numerical variables. Figure 1.2 displays the relationship between the variables homeownership and multi_unit, which is the percent of housing units that are in multi-unit structures (e.g., apartments, condos). Each point on the plot represents a single county. For instance, the highlighted dot corresponds to County 413 in the county dataset: Chattahoochee County, Georgia, which has 39.4% of housing units that are in multi-unit structures and a homeownership rate of 31.3%. The scatterplot suggests a relationship between the two variables: counties with a higher rate of housing units that are in multi-unit structures tend to have lower homeownership rates. We might brainstorm as to why this relationship exists and investigate each idea to determine which are the most reasonable explanations.
A scatterplot of homeownership (on the y-axis) versus the percent of housing units that are in multi-unit structures (on the x-axis) for US counties. The observation from Chattahoochee County, Georgia is highlighted as having a multi-unit rate of 39.4% and a homeownership rate of 31.3%
Figure 1.2: A scatterplot of homeownership versus the percent of housing units that are in multi-unit structures for US counties. The highlighted dot represents Chattahoochee County, Georgia, which has a multi-unit rate of 39.4% and a homeownership rate of 31.3%.
The multi-unit and homeownership rates are said to be associated because the plot shows a discernible pattern. When two variables show some connection with one another, they are called associated variables.
Examine the variables in the loan50 dataset, which are described in Table 1.4. Create two questions about possible relationships between variables in loan50 that are of interest to you.6
This example examines the relationship between the percent change in population from 2010 to 2017 and median household income for counties, which is visualized as a scatterplot in Figure 1.3. Are these variables associated?
The larger the median household income for a county, the higher the population growth observed for the county. While it isn't true that every county with a higher median household income has a higher population growth, the trend in the plot is evident. Since there is some relationship between the variables, they are associated.
A scatterplot showing population change (on the y-axis) against median household income (on the x-axis). Owsley County of Kentucky is highlighted, which lost 3.63% of its population from 2010 to 2017 and had median household income of $22,736.
Figure 1.3: A scatterplot showing population change against median household income. Owsley County of Kentucky is highlighted, which lost 3.63% of its population from 2010 to 2017 and had median household income of $22,736.
Because there is a downward trend in Figure 1.2 –


Design Patterns - Filter Pattern
Advertisements
Filter pattern or Criteria pattern is a design pattern that enables developers to filter a set of objects using different criteria and chaining them in a decoupled way through logical operations. This type of design pattern comes under structural pattern as this pattern combines multiple criteria to obtain single criteria.
Implementation
We're going to create a Person object, Criteria interface and concrete classes implementing this interface to filter list of Person objects. CriteriaPatternDemo, our demo class uses Criteria objects to filter List of Person objects based on various criteria and their combinations.
Filter Pattern UML Diagram
Step 1
Create a class on which criteria is to be applied.
Person.java
public class Person {

 private String name;
 private String gender;
 private String maritalStatus;
 public Person(String name, String gender, String maritalStatus){
 this.name = name;
 this.gender = gender;
 this.maritalStatus = maritalStatus;
 }
 public String getName() {
 return name;
 }
 public String getGender() {
 return gender;
 }
 public String getMaritalStatus() {
 return maritalStatus;
 }
}
Step 2
Create an interface for Criteria.
Criteria.java
import java.util.List;
public interface Criteria {
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons);
}
Step 3
Create concrete classes implementing the Criteria interface.
CriteriaMale.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CriteriaMale implements Criteria {
 @Override
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons) {
 List<Person> malePersons = new ArrayList<Person>();

 for (Person person : persons) {
 if(person.getGender().equalsIgnoreCase("MALE")){
 malePersons.add(person);
 }
 }
 return malePersons;
 }
}
CriteriaFemale.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CriteriaFemale implements Criteria {
 @Override
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons) {
 List<Person> femalePersons = new ArrayList<Person>();

 for (Person person : persons) {
 if(person.getGender().equalsIgnoreCase("FEMALE")){
 femalePersons.add(person);
 }
 }
 return femalePersons;
 }
}
CriteriaSingle.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CriteriaSingle implements Criteria {
 @Override
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons) {
 List<Person> singlePersons = new ArrayList<Person>();

 for (Person person : persons) {
 if(person.getMaritalStatus().equalsIgnoreCase("SINGLE")){
 singlePersons.add(person);
 }
 }
 return singlePersons;
 }
}
AndCriteria.java
import java.util.List;
public class AndCriteria implements Criteria {
 private Criteria criteria;
 private Criteria otherCriteria;
 public AndCriteria(Criteria criteria, Criteria otherCriteria) {
 this.criteria = criteria;
 this.otherCriteria = otherCriteria;
 }
 @Override
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons) {

 List<Person> firstCriteriaPersons = criteria.meetCriteria(persons);
 return otherCriteria.meetCriteria(firstCriteriaPersons);
 }
}
OrCriteria.java
import java.util.List;
public class OrCriteria implements Criteria {
 private Criteria criteria;
 private Criteria otherCriteria;
 public OrCriteria(Criteria criteria, Criteria otherCriteria) {
 this.criteria = criteria;
 this.otherCriteria = otherCriteria;
 }
 @Override
 public List<Person> meetCriteria(List<Person> persons) {
 List<Person> firstCriteriaItems = criteria.meetCriteria(persons);
 List<Person> otherCriteriaItems = otherCriteria.meetCriteria(persons);
 for (Person person : otherCriteriaItems) {
 if(!firstCriteriaItems.contains(person)){
 firstCriteriaItems.add(person);
 }
 }
 return firstCriteriaItems;
 }
}
Step4
Use different Criteria and their combination to filter out persons.
CriteriaPatternDemo.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CriteriaPatternDemo {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 List<Person> persons = new ArrayList<Person>();
 persons.add(new Person("Robert","Male", "Single"));
 persons.add(new Person("John", "Male", "Married"));
 persons.add(new Person("Laura", "Female", "Married"));
 persons.add(new Person("Diana", "Female", "Single"));
 persons.add(new Person("Mike", "Male", "Single"));
 persons.add(new Person("Bobby", "Male", "Single"));
 Criteria male = new CriteriaMale();
 Criteria female = new CriteriaFemale();
 Criteria single = new CriteriaSingle();
 Criteria singleMale = new AndCriteria(single, male);
 Criteria singleOrFemale = new OrCriteria(single, female);
 System.out.println("Males: ");
 printPersons(male.meetCriteria(persons));
 System.out.println("\nFemales: ");
 printPersons(female.meetCriteria(persons));
 System.out.println("\nSingle Males: ");
 printPersons(singleMale.meetCriteria(persons));
 System.out.println("\nSingle Or Females: ");
 printPersons(singleOrFemale.meetCriteria(persons));
 }
 public static void printPersons(List<Person> persons){

 for (Person person : persons) {
 System.out.println("Person : [ Name : " + person.getName() + ", Gender : " + person.getGender() + ", Marital Status : " + person.getMaritalStatus() + " ]");
 }
 }
}
Step 5
Verify the output.
Males:
Person : [ Name : Robert, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : John, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Married ]
Person : [ Name : Mike, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Bobby, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Females:
Person : [ Name : Laura, Gender : Female, Marital Status : Married ]
Person : [ Name : Diana, Gender : Female, Marital Status : Single ]
Single Males:
Person : [ Name : Robert, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Mike, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Bobby, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Single Or Females:
Person : [ Name : Robert, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Diana, Gender : Female, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Mike, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Bobby, Gender : Male, Marital Status : Single ]
Person : [ Name : Laura, Gender : Female, Marital Status : Married ]
Advertisements


Click here to Skip to main content
Click here to Skip to main content
Quick Performance Triage
By , 3 Nov 2009
Sign Up to vote
Add a reason or comment to your vote: x
Votes of 3 or less require a comment
Introduction
Your application performs a task and you feel it is taking too long to run. You step through the code but you don't get a good sense of how long some tasks really take. You need to identify what is slow and where you should focus your attention. You believe that one part of the process is the problem, but do you know that for sure?
The process of surveying the problem to figure out where to focus your attention is called Triage.
A couple definitions for triage:
 1. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated.
 2. A process in which things are ranked in terms of importance or priority.
As developers, we are a limited resource. We only have so much time and attention that we can focus on any given problem. We need to focus our efforts on those areas where the greatest benefit can be derived.
That need is how this solution was born. I needed to identify what pieces of a process were taking the longest to complete so I could focus my efforts on addressing those areas first. I had my suspicions but I wasn't sure.
Example Usage
Let's jump in and see what the result looks like. Accompanying the article is a class that you can take and modify as needed. It is called SimpleTimer.
We can get our timings by just creating a SimpleTimer object in a using block and surround the code we want to time with it. The resulting time is written to the Output window in the Visual Studio IDE.
Simple Sequential Timing
Simple Sequential Timing Code
int i = 0;
using (new SimpleTimer("Counting from 1 to 20,000"))
{
 while (i < 40000)
 {
 i++;
 }
}
using (new SimpleTimer("Sleeping for 1 second"))
{
 Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
Simple Sequential Timing Output
The output information is written to the Output tab of the Visual Studio IDE.
SimpleTimer: Counting from 1 to 20,000 - Start
SimpleTimer: Counting from 1 to 20,000 - End - (1.1459 msec)
SimpleTimer: Sleeping for 1 second - Start
SimpleTimer: Sleeping for 1 second - End - (_PHONE_ msec)
Nested Timing
Nested Timing Code
using (new SimpleTimer("Nested Example level 0"))
{
 using (new SimpleTimer("Sleep 1/4 second - level 1"))
 {
 Thread.Sleep(250);
 }
 using (new SimpleTimer("Perform a loop and time each iteration - level 1"))
 {
 for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 {
 using (new SimpleTimer(String.Format
 ("Loop iteration number {0} - level 2", i)))
 {
 // Sleep 50 msec per iteration
 Thread.Sleep(50);
 }
 }
 }
}
Nested Timing Output
SimpleTimer: Nested Example level 0 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Sleep 1/4 second - level 1 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Sleep 1/4 second - level 1 - End - (_PHONE_ msec)
 SimpleTimer: Perform a loop and time each iteration - level 1 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 0 - level 2 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 0 - level 2 - End - (58.2576 msec)
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 1 - level 2 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 1 - level 2 - End - (59.0108 msec)
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 2 - level 2 - Start
 SimpleTimer: Loop iteration number 2 - level 2 - End - (57.6705 msec)
 SimpleTimer: Perform a loop and time each iteration - level 1 -
 End - (_PHONE_ msec)
SimpleTimer: Nested Example level 0 - End - (_PHONE_ msec)
How It Works
The SimpleTimer class implements the IDisposable interface. A new instance of the class is created at the top of the using block. No reference to the created object is needed. When code execution reaches the closing brace of the using block, SimpleTimer's Dispose() method is called. This signals the end of the block to time. The elapsed time is computed and output.
Internally, SimpleTimer uses the .NET Stopwatch class along with Trace for managing the output. From the MSDN page on the Stopwatch class, we learn that Stopwatch "Provides a set of methods and properties that you can use to accurately measure elapsed time."
Why Don't Nested Times Add Up?
Looking at the previous Nested Timing Output, we see that the three "Loop iteration" steps sum to _PHONE_ msec. The outer "Perform a loop and time each iteration" step clocks in at _PHONE_ msec. That's a difference of 11.9328 msec. Where did that other time go?
This is where nested timings must be taken in context. For an individual timing, the last step of creating the SimpleTimer class is starting the Stopwatch. The first step of the Dispose() is stopping the Stopwatch. When nesting calls to SimpleTimer, we need to remember that we are now also timing the execution of our other timing code!
Nested timings can still be valuable but not for strict performance numbers in the outer layers. Nested timings work really well when trying to get a sense of proportion and relative size. Looking again at the Nested Timing Output, we can see that loop we just examined is about 43% of the total time. More than half the time was spent in the "Sleep 1/4 second" area. Remember, our goal here is triage. We want to identify the slowest areas and get a relative idea of how slow it is so we can determine where our development time is best spent.
Commenting Out Tip
While experimenting with timing different areas of code, you can quickly disable a SimpleTimer call with a single comment-line. Just comment out the using statement and you are left with a perfectly valid scoping block. When you don't have to worry about matching up the Start and End code for the timer, it can be pretty easy to sprinkle them around in your code and remove them as needed.
//using (new SimpleTimer("Testing long process"))
{
 // Some task
}
Custom Logging
Following suggestions in the comments, the class and demo project were updated to allow for custom logging implementations. By default, SimpleTimer still writes output using the Trace class. In the interest of keeping this solution accessible to more users, the changes were implemented using a delegate so it remains .NET 2.0 friendly.
The following example demonstrates customizing the logging output. This uses an anonymous method but a standard method would work as well. Additionally, the handler adds extra logic to only output end times and skips the start notification and the output nesting.
// Log to a memo to demonstrate custom logging ability
CustomLog log = delegate(bool isEnd, string taskName,
 string category, TimeSpan elapsedTime)
{
 // Only log the End times where we have timings.
 if (isEnd)
 {
 txtCustomLog.AppendText(String.Format("{0}:{1} - End - ({2} msec)\r\n",
 category,
 taskName,
 elapsedTime.TotalMilliseconds));
 }
};
// Example using custom logging output
using (new SimpleTimer("Counting Sheep", null, log))
{
 int sheep = 0;
 for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++)
 {
 sheep++;
 }
}
Some ideas on how this might be used:
 1. Write the information to a file.
 2. Write the information to a database.
 3. Write the information to a custom logging solution in your application.
 4. Keep some SimpleTimer calls in your production code and generate warnings or notifications when times exceed a predetermined threshold.
The addition of custom logging gives you more freedom to time, track, and respond as you see fit.
ASP.NET Web Service Note
SimpleTimer uses the Trace class for writing out the output. For Trace statements to work in an ASP.NET Web Service application, a change must be made to the Web.config file.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
 [...]
 <system.codedom>
 <compilers>
 <compiler language="c#;cs;csharp"
 extension=".cs"
 compilerOptions="/d:TRACE"
 type="Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider, System,
 Version=2.0.3500.0, Culture=neutral,
 PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" warningLevel="1" />
 </compilers>
 </system.codedom>
 [...]
</configuration>
The Web.config change can be made temporarily while doing the performance investigation and commented out when finished.
NOTE: Make sure to


text:
Are you ready to embark on a new adventure? Alberta, a province in the heart of Canada, welcomes you with open arms and boundless opportunities. We shall bestow upon you ten indispensable tips that will not only facilitate your seamless integration but shall also pave the way for your flourishing in the province of Alberta.
1. Understand Alberta's Geography and Climate
Alberta is renowned for its multifaceted topography, ranging from the mighty Mountains to the expansive prairies. It is imperative to acquaint yourself with the assorted locales and their meteorological idiosyncrasies to brace yourself for the changes in weather. From blanketed in snow to the balmy embrace of summer, Alberta is a distinctive encounter with each passing season.
2. Secure Adequate Housing
Finding suitable accommodation is a top priority when you arrive in Alberta. Whether you prefer urban living in Calgary or Edmonton or the quieter lifestyle of smaller towns, start your housing search early to secure a comfortable place to live.
3. Legal and Financial Matters
Navigating the legal and financial aspects of immigration can be daunting. Seek advice from immigration consultants and financial advisors who specialize in assisting newcomers. Understanding the Canadian tax system and opening a bank account are essential steps.
4. Embrace Alberta's Healthcare System
Alberta boasts a world-class healthcare system accessible to all residents. Be sure to enroll in the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) to avail yourself and your family of all-encompassing medical coverage.
5. Education Opportunities
For families with children, Alberta offers a high-quality education system. Research schools in your area and explore options for post-secondary education, as Alberta is home to renowned universities and colleges.
6. Employment and Career Prospects
Alberta's economy is robust, with opportunities in various sectors, including energy, technology, healthcare, and education. Customize your employment quest to align with your proficiencies and expertise, and consider establishing connections via nearby job expos and digital forums.
7. Cultural Integration
Immerse yourself in Alberta's rich culture and diverse communities. Attend cultural events, festivals, and join local clubs to build connections and make new friends.
8. Language Skills
Improving your English language skills is crucial for effective communication and career advancement in Alberta. Enroll in language classes and practice regularly to enhance your fluency.
9. Safety and Legal Rights
Learn about your rights and responsibilities as a resident of Alberta. The region is renowned for its commitment to safety and adherence to legal principles, yet it is imperative to gain insight into the local statutes and regulations.
10. Seek Support from Settlement Agencies
Alberta offers a network of settlement agencies dedicated to helping newcomers adjust to life in the province. These organizations provide valuable resources, workshops, and support services.
Your journey as a new immigrant to Alberta is filled with promise and potential. By following these 10 essential tips, you'll not only navigate the initial challenges but also embark on a fulfilling and prosperous life in this beautiful province.


text:
Questions 1 - 4: Choose the best word to fill in the blanks.
1.Fiona sell flowers.She is a ________.
2.A butcher sells ______at the market.
3. If you have a toothache go and see a ________.
4.The _______paid RM5.00 to the taxi driver.
Question 5 - 7: Choose the best phrase to complete the paragraph.
5.Yong is a painter. He is____________.
A brushing the wall
B painting the wall
C cleaning the wall
D washing the wall
6 His friend, Boon is a carpenter. He is ________________ to make a window.
A sawing the wood
B cutting the wood
C knocking the wood
D chopping the wood
7.Mr Lim, their employer is__________________.
A scared of
B angry with
C happy with
D tired of
Question 8.Study the picture carefully. Then choose the best answer.
A The boys are playing at the court.
B The boys are watching a football game.
C Adam is kicking the ball
Question 9 Choose the best word to fill in the blanks.
9 Roslan _______at a bank.


Skip to main content
Potential Adverse Reactions to benzonatate (benzonatate softgels) may include: Hypersensitivity reactions including bronchospasm, laryngospasm, cardiovascular collapse possibly related to local anesthesia from chewing or sucking the softgel.
GI: constipation; nausea; GI upset.
Dermatologic: pruritus; skin eruptions.
Other: nasal congestion; sensation of burning in the eyes; vague 'chilly' sensation; numbness of the chest; hypersensitivity. Rare instances of deliberate or accidental overdose have resulted in death.


text:
Power and automation technology group ABB has developed a patented technology for the comprehensive recycling of contaminated SF6 (sulfur hexafluoride) gas, based on a new energy-efficient cryogenic process. The new technology, announced in December 2011 and developed by an Australian team at ABB's Moorebank, New South Wales facility, will be implemented at a dedicated SF6 gas-recycling centre at Moorebank. Australia will be the first country in a global rollout of this new technology.
Purity of recycled SF6 gas using the newly developed technology is ~99.99 per cent. According to ABB, this exceeds the purity that can be achieved using traditional methods and removes the need for costly and energy intensive gas destruction. Using recycled SF6 gas will help reduce carbon emissions and could result in a cost saving potential of up to 30 per cent.


text:
epoxidize is a valid word in this word list. For a definition, see the external dictionary links below.
The word "epoxidize" uses 9 letters: D E E I I O P X Z.
No direct anagrams for epoxidize found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after epoxidize (in bold), or to deeiiopxz in any order:
d - epoxidized s - epoxidizes
Words within epoxidize
not shown as it has more than seven letters.
Try a search for epoxidize in these online resources (some words may not be found):
OneLook Dictionaries -
Each search will normally open in a new window.
List all words starting with epoxidize, words containing epoxidize or words ending with epoxidize
All words formed from epoxidize by changing one letter
Other words with the same letter pairs: ep po ox xi id di iz ze
Browse words starting with epoxidize by next letter
Previous word in list: epoxides
Next word in list: epoxidized
Some random words: hmm


text:
Nondestructive determination of fresh and spent nuclear fuel rod density distributions through computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography
The morphology of single PWR UO2 fuel rods has been investigated by employing computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography. Four highly burnt fuel rods of different burnups (from 52 GWd/t to 126GWd/t) and a fresh rod have been investigated. This paper describes the tomographic station built to acquire the projections together with the related experimental procedure, followed by the description of the image reconstruction techniques implemented. The principal results obtained are presented and analysed at three levels. First, the derived linear attenuation coefficient matrix, which is very useful for the implementation of emission tomography, is discussed. Second, the variation of density as a function of rod radius is presented, showing an interesting morphological change of the fuel with burnup. Particularly for the highest burnup sample, the periphery is characterised by a lower density (a steep decrease of almost 10% from the adjacent region) characteristic of an ultrahigh-burnup high-porosity structure. Finally, the nondestructive derivation of the volume-averaged fuel density was performed, compared with other experimental data, and plotted as a function of burnup, so that an interesting linear relationship between density and burnup was established, providing a potential indicator for the noninvasive determination of nuclear fuel rod burnup. Atomic Energy Society of Japan.
Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Record created on 2010-09-17, modified on 2016-08-08


text:
A new type of seismic imaging, based on Feynman path integrals for waveform modeling, is capable of producing accurate subsurface images without precise knowledge of a reference velocity model. Instead of the usual optimization of the semblance objective function, a weighted summation over all representative curves avoids the need of velocity analysis, with its common difficulties of subjective and time consuming manual picking. The path integral imaging can be applied to stacking to zerooffset, timeand depth migration. In all these cases, a properly defined weighting function plays a vital role, to emphasize contributions from traveltime curves close to the optimal one and suppress contributions from unrealistic curves. The path integral method is an authentic modelindependent technique, in the sense that there is strictly no parameter optimization or estimation involved. Synthetic and real data examples shows that it has the potential of becoming a fully automatic imaging technique.
|State||Published - 2006|
|Event||St. Petersburg 2006 International Conference and Exhibition on Geoscience - Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation|
Duration: 16 Oct 2006 → 19 Oct 2006
|Conference||St. Petersburg 2006 International Conference and Exhibition on Geoscience|
|Period||16/10/06 → 19/10/06|


Game mechanicsNewbie guideIn developmentDDO StoreSocial Media
ChallengesClassesCollectablesCraftingEnhancementsEpic DestiniesFavorFeats
From DDO wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Skill concentration.png Concentration (Constitution)
Allows you a chance to continue casting a spell after being damaged or otherwise interrupted. When you take damage you roll a D20 + your Concentration score against a difficulty class of 10 + one tenth of the damage received + the level of the spell you are trying to cast. This check occurs when either casting from spellpoints or using a scroll.
The Quicken metamagic eliminates the check when casting a spell from spellpoints while it is active, however, as scrolls cannot be quickened and Quicken costs spellpoints, the skill is still useful even with the Quicken metamagic.
Even if you succeed on the Concentration check, your spell can still be interrupted, for example if you are tripped or held.
This skill is also important for monks as their ability to retain Ki is tied to Concentration.


text:
Kindertales: Stories Old and New for the Children of the Folk
Ships in 3-5 business days
Why the Moon changes. How Odin got his famous steed Sleipnir. Where the Easter Bunny and Santa came from. What a goatherd did when a grasping shepherd threatened his flocks. These and other tales, both old and new, are lovingly presented in this book of children's stories written especially for Heathen kids by Heathen parents.
Each tale was carefully crafted to be read aloud to children of all ages. Large, easy-to-read print and original accent illustrations make this book a joy to share.
Proceeds help support the Heathen Freehold of BC. Visit us online at _URL_.


The best way to conference proceedings by Francis Academic Press
Web of Proceedings - Francis Academic Press
Web of Proceedings - Francis Academic Press
A Comparative Study on the Effect of Qi -Lu Cultural Differences on Regional Economic Development in Shandong
Download as PDF
DOI: 10.25236/icbdem.2020.002
Jinqing Zhang
Corresponding Author
Jinqing Zhang
There is a close correlation between culture and economy, and economic development of any region is inseparable from cultural factors. Qi-Lu culture, as one of the traditional Chinese cultures, exerts a profound impact on economic development of Shandong. This paper analyzes the similarities and differences between Qi culture and Lu culture, and takes economic development of Jining and Zibo as examples to investigate the characteristics of regional economic development in Shandong Province under the impact of the two cultures. Regional economic development is inseparable from driving force of culture. Traditional culture not only needs to be promoted, but moreover, reformed and innovated. Only in this way can we promote the construction of Shangdong as a strong economic and cultural powerhouse. Culture means a tradition. It is under combined action of factors like a region's unique geographical environment, natural conditions, customs, humanities, history, politics that the region's unique culture is formed[1]. Economy is formed on certain cultural basis. The development of regional economy is inseparable from the driving force of regional culture. In turn, the economy acts on the inheritance and development of culture[2]. The integrated development of culture and economy can not only provide a source of power for economic development, but also carry forward the promotion and prosperity of culture.
Qi-Lu culture; regional economy; cultural powerhouse


text:
A lecture by Laine Nooney (M.A. '06) on women and video gaming: "Girls Had Game: Locating the History of Women's Play We Forgot to Remember."
Nooney is completing her Ph.D. in Cultural Analysis and Theory at Stony Brook University, focusing on the media archaeology and cultural history of 19th and 20th century U.S. media and technology, specifically computers, video games, and domestic machines and spaces. Visit _URL_ for more information.
Sponsored by the Department of English.


text: The report gives results of a study of the volatilization of lubricants used in steel rolling. Data from nine steel mills were used to: define the volatilized portion of lubricants used in rolling; and prepare total oil, grease, and hydraulic material balances for actual and typical cold and hot rolling operations. Air Pollution from cold and hot rolling was estimated from data acquired from questionnaires, plant visits, and emission source sampling. Introductory and background information on steel rolling, lubrication practices, rolling mill lubricants, and rolling emulsion application techniques is also presented. Study results generally agree with those of a previous study which estimated that for a typical integrated steel plant, with a raw steel production capacity of 3.6 million metric tons per year, 6530 metric tons per year of oils, greases. and hydraulic fluids are used throughout the plant. Since about 83% of these lubricants are used in steel rolling and finishing, this study concentrated on these operations. For a typical cold strip mill, total hydrocarbon (HC) emissions were estimated to be 358 metric tons per year. Therefore, the total HC emission rate for all cold strip mills in the U.S. is an estimated 7160 metric tons per year. It was also estimated that for a typical hot strip mill, total HC emissions were 94.7 metric tons per year (2460 metric tons per year for all US hot strip mills).


text:
Main Article Content
Pulmonary Thromboembolism, Meteorological Parameters
Objective: The objective of this study is to find the relationship between incidence rate and mortality of acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), and seasonal and meteorological factors. Materials and methods: The data from 234 patients who were hospitalized due to acute PTE in the emergency service or policlinics between 2001 and 2008 were investigated retrospectively. Cases that developed APE (acute pulmonary embolism) in the hospital were excluded. Seasons and months in which acute PTE was diagnosed were recorded. Mortality rates by months and seasons were evaluated. The mean pressure, temperature and humidity values were evaluated for periods of three days, seven days and one month before the day of presentation. The effects of meteorological factors on the severity (massive or non-massive) and mortality of APE were investigated. Results: The incidence rate of acute APE showed a significant difference according to seasons (p=0.000). APE was diagnosed most commonly in spring and winter. The mean pressure values for three days, seven days and one month and the mean humidity values for three days for the dead patients were found to be significantly lower than those of the survived ones (p<0.05). The mortality rate for patients admitted in summer was significantly higher than the rates for other seasons (p=0.02). There were no seasonal differences among the massive APE incidences. Mortality rates were higher in summer because of the nonmassive APE patients rather than the massive patients. Conclusion: Acute PE is a disease whose incidence and mortality rates are affected by meteorological factors.


Duplicate channels
You can copy a channel and use it in the current image or another image.
For example, you may want to use the Duplicate Channel feature to create a channel mask; or you may want to back up a copy of a channel before you edit it.
Duplicate a channel
If you are duplicating alpha channels between images, the channels must have identical pixel dimensions. You cannot duplicate a channel to a Bitmap‑mode image.
 1. In the Channels panel, select the channel to duplicate.
 2. Choose Duplicate Channel from the Channels panel menu.
 3. Type a name for the duplicate channel.
 4. For Document, do one of the following:
 - Choose a destination. Open images only with pixel dimensions identical to the current image are available. To duplicate the channel in the same file, select the channel's current file.
 - Choose New to copy the channel to a new image, creating a multichannel image containing a single channel. Type a name for the new image.
 5. To reverse the selected and masked areas in the duplicate channel, select Invert.
Duplicate a channel in an image
 1. In the Channels panel, select the channel you want to duplicate.
 2. Drag the channel onto the Create New Channel button at the bottom of the panel.
Duplicate a channel in another image
 2. Make sure that the destination image is open.
 The destination image does not have to have the same pixel dimensions as the duplicated channel.
 3. Do one of the following:
 - Drag the channel from the Channels panel into the destination image window. The duplicated channel appears at the bottom of the Channels panel.
 - Choose Select > All, and then choose Edit > Copy. Select the channel in the destination image and choose Edit > Paste. The pasted channel overwrites the existing channel.
Split channels into separate images
You can split channels of flattened images only. Splitting channels is useful when you want to retain individual channel information in a file format that doesn't preserve channels.
 1. To split channels into separate images, choose Split Channels from the Channels panel menu.
 The original file is closed, and the individual channels appear in separate grayscale image windows. The title bars in the new windows show the original filename plus the channel. You save and edit the new images separately.
Merge channels
Multiple grayscale images can be combined as the channels of a single image. The images you want to merge must be in grayscale mode, be flattened (have no layers), have the same pixel dimensions, and be open. The number of grayscale images you have open determines the color modes available when merging channels. For example, if you have three images open, you can merge them into an RGB image; if you have four images open, they can become a CMYK image.
If you are working with DCS files that have accidentally lost their links (and so cannot be opened, placed, or printed), open the channel files, and merge them into a CMYK image. Then re-save the file as a DCS EPS file.
 1. Open the grayscale images containing the channels you want to merge, and make one of the images active.
 You must have more than one image open for the Merge Channels option to be available.
 2. Choose Merge Channels from the Channels panel menu.
 3. For Mode, choose the color mode you want to create. The number of channels appropriate for the mode appears in the Channels text box.
 4. If necessary, enter a number in the Channels text box.
 If you enter a number that is incompatible with the selected mode, Multichannel mode is automatically selected. This creates a multichannel image with two or more channels.
 5. Click OK.
 6. For each channel, make sure the image you want is open. If you change your mind about the image type, click Mode to return to the Merge Channels dialog box.
 7. If you are merging channels into a multichannel image, click Next, and select the remaining channels.
 All channels of a multichannel image are alpha channels or spot channels.
 8. When you have finished selecting channels, click OK.
 The selected channels are merged into a new image of the specified type, and the original images are closed without any changes. The new image appears in an untitled window.
 You cannot split and recombine (merge) an image with spot color channels. The spot color channel will be added as an alpha channel.


text:
Common sms gaming questions
Common Sms Gaming Questions at Software Informer
Allows businesses to securely transact online with Government agencies.
CSI is the software component that allows businesses to securely transact online with Government
You can compose your messages, create a phone book and read received messages.
More Common Sms Gaming Questions
Common Sms Gaming Questions in introduction
SMS Server software
GSM Phone or IP SMSC-to-PC Enterprise SMS Server to send & receive messages.
Sierra Vista Software
Math Games - Multiplication 1.1 helps the school going children to learn tables.
Big Fish Games, Inc.
Big Fish Games Sudoku is a greatly developed sudoku game.
games-for-free Toolbar is a toolbar containing best Facebook Games.
Le Couteur Family
Ray's Spelling and Word Games is an educational program for kids.
SMS Spike is a very convinient software for messaging via SMS.
A tool that answers to common questions about setting up the design environment.
Additional titles, containing common sms gaming questions
series 7 exam questions, series 7 test questions, series 7 sample questions.
Kylix SMS Server is a SMS serving software specially designed to add SMS.
Bonrix Software Systems
You Can Send Single SMS, Group SMS, SMS In Perticular Series.
Copy, backup and manage iPhone SMS to avoid the SMS missing or the full SMS box.
SMSWALA is India's premier provider of Bulk SMS, Cheap SMS, Free SMS.
RedBag SMS can compose Nokia Flash SMS and Siemens Picture SMS.
Great for studying. You give the program some questions and answers to those questions and save them....
Select test questions from a database, add your own questions.
TestKing Questions & Answers Cisco 640-863 contains 476 questions.


text:
UBC Theses and Dissertations
Geology of the Garnet Mountain-Aquila Ridge area, Ice River, British Columbia Jones, William Charles
The Ice River igneous complex, exposed in the southern part of Yoho National Park in the Field area, British Columbia, is an asymmetrical laccolith made up of several varieties of undersaturated alkaline igneous rooks. Nepheline- sodalite syenite and urtite, two of the major types, are described. Several theories on the origin of undersaturated alkaline igneous rocks are discussed and it is concluded that Daly's limestone syntexis theory best explains the origin of the Ice River complex. In the vicinity of Garnet Mountain and Aquila Ridge, the north-west extension of the laccolith has contact metasomatised enclosing limestone and limestone inclusions. The mineralogy and petrology of several extensive skarn zones which carry pyrochlore and radioactive minerals are described. The concentration of certain elements in alkaline igneous rooks is considered and the, addition of Na, K, Cb, Zr and others to Ice River limestone is described.
Item Citations and Data


text:
created 2007 · complexity basic · author Fritzophrenic · version 7.0
Many advanced text editors allow the editing of files in a "hex mode," especially useful for editing binary files. Vim provides this capability through the external program xxd, which is included by default in standard distributions of Vim. Unfortunately, using an external program for this task is non-intuitive and error-prone. A user must remember how to run the filter (:%!xxd to convert to hex, :%!xxd -r to convert back), must remember to convert back from hex before saving, cannot convert read-only files without warnings, and more. This tip improves the use of xxd to edit hex files by adding a mapping and command to easily toggle back and forth between hex and non-hex mode, and automating tasks like converting back from the hex-filtered form before saving a file.
Easily enter and leave hex modeEdit
Placing the following code in your vimrc will provide a
:Hexmode ex command to toggle xxd hex mode on or off. It will keep track of what mode you are in, so you don't have to. This ex command is easy to map like this:
nnoremap :Hexmode inoremap :Hexmode vnoremap :Hexmode
Note that is already a defined command, so override it with care (or use a different left hand side to the mapping). See :help CTRL-H, :help i_CTRL-H, :help v_CTRL-H. Also, you may need to use gvim to distinguish between and .
" ex command for toggling hex mode - define mapping if desired command -bar Hexmode call ToggleHex() " helper function to toggle hex mode function ToggleHex() " hex mode should be considered a read-only operation " save values for modified and read-only for restoration later, " and clear the read-only flag for now let l:modified=&mod let l:oldreadonly=&readonly let &readonly=0 let l:oldmodifiable=&modifiable let &modifiable=1 if!exists("b:editHex") ||!b:editHex " save old options let b:oldft=&ft let b:oldbin=&bin " set new options setlocal binary " make sure it overrides any textwidth, etc. let &ft="xxd" " set status let b:editHex=1 " switch to hex editor %!xxd else " restore old options let &ft=b:oldft if!b:oldbin setlocal nobinary endif " set status let b:editHex=0 " return to normal editing %!xxd -r endif " restore values for modified and read only state let &mod=l:modified let &readonly=l:oldreadonly let &modifiable=l:oldmodifiable endfunction
Automatically handle hex modeEdit
It would be nice if the user did not need to remember to convert back from hex before saving changes to a binary file. Also, certain files are almost always binary; it would be nice if Vim would pick up on this and automatically enter an appropriate editing mode. The help files for Vim include the following advice for automating the xxd-style hex editing capabilities for Vim, in order to automate the conversion and automatically enter hex mode for binary files:
" vim -b : edit binary using xxd-format! augroup Binary au! au BufReadPre *.bin let &bin=1 au BufReadPost *.bin if &bin | %!xxd au BufReadPost *.bin set ft=xxd | endif au BufWritePre *.bin if &bin | %!xxd -r au BufWritePre *.bin endif au BufWritePost *.bin if &bin | %!xxd au BufWritePost *.bin set nomod | endif augroup END
There are a few problems with this approach:
- Only files with a.bin extension are opened this way, even if editing a file in binary mode (e.g. with ++bin)
- This sets the binary option for any future documents opened as well. If you use tabe, for example, or if you have Vim set up to open new files in tabs, then any new files opened will open in binary mode.
- If you decide to edit a binary file without the xxd, the BufWrite autocommands will try to convert it with xxd -r anyway.
- Viewing a file in "xxd mode" requires you to modify the file, so read-only files will warn you if you try to do so, even if you make no changes. Buffers with 'nomodifiable' will cause errors.
- If you go back into non-xxd editing, the filetype will still be xxd.
These problems can be fixed as follows:
- Trigger on all files if they are being edited with the binary option. Modify the extension-specific autocmd to set the binary option.
- Use setlocal rather than using the global binary option.
- Maintain a variable for each buffer that tracks whether the file is in "xxd mode". Only restore to non-xxd before writing if this variable says we are in the appropriate mode.
- Temporarily clear the read-only flag whenever you transition between xxd and non-xxd mode, resetting it afterward.
- Store the filetype when entering xxd mode and restore it when leaving.
Below is some code for your vimrc that does all of this, making use of the command we define above:
" autocmds to automatically enter hex mode and handle file writes properly if has("autocmd") " vim -b : edit binary using xxd-format! augroup Binary au! " set binary option for all binary files before reading them au BufReadPre *.bin,*.hex setlocal binary " if on a fresh read the buffer variable is already set, it's wrong au BufReadPost * \ if exists('b:editHex') && b:editHex | \ let b:editHex = 0 | \ endif " convert to hex on startup for binary files automatically au BufReadPost * \ if &binary | Hexmode | endif " When the text is freed, the next time the buffer is made active it will " re-read the text and thus not match the correct mode, we will need to " convert it again if the buffer is again loaded. au BufUnload * \ if getbufvar(expand(""), 'editHex') == 1 | \ call setbufvar(expand(""), 'editHex', 0) | \ endif " before writing a file when editing in hex mode, convert back to non-hex au BufWritePre * \ if exists("b:editHex") && b:editHex && &binary | \ let oldro=&ro | let &ro=0 | \ let oldma=&ma | let &ma=1 | \ silent exe "%!xxd -r" | \ let &ma=oldma | let &ro=oldro | \ unlet oldma | unlet oldro | \ endif " after writing a binary file, if we're in hex mode, restore hex mode au BufWritePost * \ if exists("b:editHex") && b:editHex && &binary | \ let oldro=&ro | let &ro=0 | \ let oldma=&ma | let &ma=1 | \ silent exe "%!xxd" | \ exe "set nomod" | \ let &ma=oldma | let &ro=oldro | \ unlet oldma | unlet oldro | \ endif augroup END endif
This will make Vim automatically invoke hex mode using the command defined earlier whenever a file is opened in binary mode, and will automatically (locally) set binary mode for.bin and.hex files (so.bin and.hex files will automatically open in hex mode always).
You may need to take steps to avoid the "Hit ENTER to continue prompt if you use this tip.
Here are commands to use to launch any file(s) in hex mode in a separate "hex editor" Vim server. Under Windows, you can easily add these commands to your "Send To" menu if you use the full path for gvim.exe in place of "vim". Remove the "-p" and "--remote-tab-silent" option if you do not want the tabbed interface. The -c "set binary" ensures that any tabwidth, wrap, etc. settings are overwritten after the file finishes loading.
- Launch in tabs in a new dedicated Vim hex editor:
vim -p -b -c "set binary" --servername HEXVIM
- Launch in tabs in an existing dedicated Vim hex editor:
vim -b -c "set binary" --servername HEXVIM --remote-tab-silent
- :help hex-editing
- :help :autocmd
- :help internal-variables
- :help edit-binary
script#666 provides similar (and extended) capability, though I have never used it and can't vouch for its usefulness/completeness/correctness.


text:
Turtles in super flat will wander around aimlessly, but will attempt to stay near water. They will hide inside their shell if any creature larger than them gets too close. When hiding in their shell, they are resistant to nearly any type of attack. You can flip a turtle onto its back by right-clicking it. The poor creatures are completely vulnerable while on their back, and will take a while to roll over again. right clicking a turtle with a pickaxe hides its name and health bar and a medallion will change its name.Turtles are unique in the fact that they drop man-made objects when they are killed.
They drop chests in Yogbox.
To tame a turtle, drop (Q by default) sugarcane or melon nearby. Once tamed, turtles can be named, will follow the player, and grow slowly over time. Right clicking a tame turtle with anything but a pickaxe or Medallion will put it on your head. If a turtle is injured and you have sugarcane, put it onto your head and right click it with sugarcane in your hands. It will eat the sugarcane and will regain its health. If you have a turtle on your head and you're on a horse, like bunnies, the horse will go a lot faster. If you have a turtle on your head and you go through an opening 2 bricks high, the turtle will die.
They are most likely to spawn in a swamp, or near sugarcane. You can increase their spawning numbers in the options.


text:
4.6. Known limitations of using GPUs
If you use deepmd-kit in a GPU environment, the acceptable value range of some variables are additionally restricted compared to the CPU environment due to the software's GPU implementations:
The number of atom type of a given system must be less than 128.
The maximum distance between an atom and it's neighbors must be less than 128. It can be controlled by setting the rcut value of training parameters.
Theoretically, the maximum number of atoms that a single GPU can accept is about 10,000,000. However, this value is actually limited by the GPU memory size currently, usually within 1000,000 atoms even at the model compression mode.
The total sel value of training parameters(in model/descriptor section) must be less than 4096.
The size of the last layer of embedding net must be less than 1024 during the model compression process.


read/write datetime from/to C#
Author Message
worldhello
PostPosted: Visual C# General, read/write datetime from/to C# Top
Hello everybody
How to read/write 'datetime' type from SQL Server to C#
Thanks
Visual C#18

boban.s
PostPosted: Visual C# General, read/write datetime from/to C# Top
The best way is to send it or read it as DateTime value type:
When you insert value in some statement or as parameter in stored procedure here is an example:
when reading from SqlDataReader then you will read this way:
dateVariable = myDataReader.GetDateTime(myDataReader.GetOrdinal("MyDate"));


text:
The University of Maine at Machias
Self-timed circuits present an attractive solution to the problem of process variation. However, implementing self-timed combinational logic is complex and expensive. In particular, mapping large function blocks into cell-libraries is difficult as decomposing gates introduces new signals which may violate indication. This paper presents a novel method for implementing any m-of-n encoded function block using \"Bounded gates\", where any gate may be decomposed without violating indication. This is achieved by successively decomposing the input encoding into smaller m-of-n codes.


text:
Reasons to Invest in ICT Skills Upgrading for Your Employees
While 68% of SMEs in Singapore invested in manpower development programmes, 85% of them face obstacles in their efforts to upgrade their employees' skills. However, this should not be a stumbling block of any sort; organisations should see beyond any challenges to understand the importance of a robust skills upgrading infrastructure in the company, especially for ICT skills.
Digitally proficient employees can help companies and businesses utilise technology more effectively, which would then lead to many other benefits for the organisation, and in turn, help the company achieve better financial results,
Here are some other reasons for organisations to invest in upgrading their employees' ICT skills.
1. Help businesses run more efficiently
Trained employees are better equipped to run tasks and systems, which increases their productivity, and drives down their dependency on others for certain tasks. Complex calculations and the generation of reports and numbers can be automated and made more efficient, thus increasing the value of human capita.
When your employees are able to deploy their ICT skills more efficiently, it also ensures that less time and money are spent on IT support to resolve simple IT hiccups. This would allow both the IT helpdesk and other colleagues to better focus their time on more valuable tasks.
2. Reduce turnover (and indirect costs)
The lack of a proper skills upgrading structure might lead to employees feeling their growth has stagnated, which would in turn, decrease their motivation and make them feel like they are not invested in the company.
40% of employees who receive poor job training leave their positions within the first year. Every employee turnover involves numerous indirect costs, such as unforeseen interruptions to the business, costs of hiring and retraining talents, as well as dwindling team morale.
3. Increased job satisfaction
On the flipside, employees who receive adequate job training see themselves as being more integrated into the company, and their more well-rounded skillsets also help them better discern how they can contribute to the company's overall growth. This instils loyalty and commitment from the workers, and employees looking for a more challenging job scope can have their interest captured for longer periods of time.
The young workforce of today chase after more than just a paycheck, and are instead geared towards a more fulfilling job and a career development plan mapped to their expectations. With such ICT development opportunities in place, companies will also able to better attract and retain good employees.
4. Adds flexibility
Imparting new and up-to-date ICT skills to your employees also adds a level of flexibility to your workforce. Cross-training your employees to be capable in more than one aspect of the business allows them to be competent in fields outside of their main vertical, keeping them challenged while also fostering better team spirit.
This also helps your organisation in the area of knowledge transfer. By ensuring that there is a team of employees proficient in particular skillsets, this would reduce the level of difficulty in replacing a potential knowledge gap, should any of them suddenly depart the company.
Find out more about implementing an ICT skills upgrading framework for your company that can empower your team and keep costs low, with ICDL Asia.


text:
For some orders you can make a DNS entry to complete domain control validation. If the order is not validating the following steps can help identify the issue.Check if the domain is using a CNAME
If the domain you are trying to validate is using a CNAME (other than the validation CNAME) then DNS validation can not be complete. This could be the base domain, the www record or any sub-domain included within the certificate. You can either remove the CNAME or amend it to an A record until the validation is completed.Check the DNS record is live
You can verify the DNS record is live using _URL_
and selecting DNS Lookup. Enter the domain record and Choose TXT for record type if validation a RapidSSL, Geotrust, Thawte or Symantec order or CNAME for Comodo orders.Check the record is on the correct sub-domain
The DNS record should always be placed on the base domain not any sub-domain records.Check the record has not expired
The string provided to add to DNS is only valid for 7 days. If the DNS string was added 7 days after it was generated or the validation has not completed after 7 days then the string will have expired and a new one will need to be generated. At this time you will need to cancel the order and restart a new order to achieve this.