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who coined the word pity | aversion to the plight of the sufferer, after which the higher parts of the brain make a more nuanced assessment of the situation (e.g., considering the context and invoking empathy, etc.). Pity Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others and is used in a comparable sense to "compassion", "condolence" or "empathy". Through frequent, insincere, pejorative usage, it is used to connote feelings of superiority, condescension, or contempt. The word "pity" comes from the Latin "pietās", that is also etymon of "piety". The word is often used in the translations from ancient Greek into English of Aristotle's | paq |
Oral stories and birch bark scrolls seem to indicate that the shells were found in the ground , or washed up on the shores of lakes or rivers . | Oral stories and birch bark scrolls seem to indicate that they were found in the ground , and\/or washed up on the shores of lakes or rivers . | altlex |
Could these be used as wall bumpers to prevent door knob from hitting the wall? | Probably, but they're very small, so the surface area is less than ideal. You may end up driving the bumper into the wall! | amazonqa |
Compact Two-Color Pr3+-Doped ZBLAN Fiber Lasers | ABSTRACTTwo-color laser simultaneous oscillation in compact trivalent praseodymium ion (Pr3+)-doped ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF (ZBLAN) fiber lasers is investigated. Fiber pigtails by coating high-reflective visible dielectric films are utilized as fiber mirrors (FMs) to construct compact all-fiber laser cavity. Reflectance/transmittance of FMs is intentionally designed to balance net gains and reduce gain competition of different lasable wavelengths in the constructed fiber lasers. By using two selected FMs with high reflectivity at green-light and low reflectivity at red-light, simultaneous green and red laser emission in all-fiber Pr3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser is obtained. Moreover, simultaneous orange and red laser emission is also achieved with another selected FM of high reflectivity at orange-light and low reflectivity at red-light. Our work will provide an effective and easy method to construct compact special fiber (e.g.,ZBLAN fiber, chalcogenide fiber) lasers. | s2orc_title_abstract |
where is possible sky performed by meredith monk | as though they, too, make music from their bodies rather than merely following the directions of notes on a page." Possible Sky Possible Sky is a composition for choir and orchestra by the American composer Meredith Monk. The work was commissioned by the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony. It was first performed April 4, 2003 in Miami Beach, Florida by Thomas and the New World Symphony. The composition was Monk's first work for orchestra. In composing "Possible Sky", Monk made several visits to Miami to work with the musicians in developing the piece. She described this | paq |
nice looking phone but it just wouldn't accept service | This phone would not receive service no matter what! spent 6over hrs.in a Verizon store! the phone came with original owners music,email,and ohone numbers on it already! nice looking phone but it just wouldn't accept service! im giving it a one star,and thats for looks:( | amazon_reviews |
who is glory tv catering to | Glory TV Glory TV () () is an international Christian non-denominational television channel catering to the British Indian and British Pakistani Christian communities offering religious programing primarily in Punjabi and Urdu. It is the first Christian channel broadcasting live and recorded programing in Punjabi and Urdu within Europe. Glory TV is based within London with recording of various programs taking place in key Christian communities within the United Kingdom such as in Slough, Hounslow, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Southall, Glasgow and other areas with prominent British Asian Churches. Programs are also recorded in and broadcast from Italy, France and the Netherlands where | paq |
Background ::: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with intra-ventricular dyssynchrony at systolic phase during exercise in hypertensive patients. However, dypsnea on exertion is much more correlated with diastolic phase. We investigated whether LVH is associated with diastolic dyssynchrony during exercise in patients with hypertension. ::: ::: ::: Methods ::: Ninety hypertensive patients with exertional dyspnea and 30 control individuals were enrolled. Exercise stress echocardiography was performed using a symptom limited, multistage supine bicycle test. To evaluate the diastolic dyssynchrony of LV, we calculated the standard deviation (SD) of the averaged time from Q wave to myocardial early diastolic velocity in 12 segments. (TPe-SD, ms). Therefore, diastolic dyssynchrony index was SD of TPe. And also, we applied modified SD (SD/heart rate). ::: ::: ::: Results ::: There was no significant difference in systolic blood pressure (BP) and heart rate between the two groups. TPe-SD was significantly higher in patients with LVH at rest (27 ± 11.0 vs. 18.7 ± 7.4 ms, p<0.005) with exaggeration of the degree at peak exercise (42.0 ± 10.6 vs. 30.6 ± 12.4 ms, p<0.001). When applying modified SD, the difference is much more increased (80.0 ± 17.6 vs. 49.0 ± 21.3 ms, p <0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed LV mass index (β=0.515, P=0.001) and E/E' at peak exercise (β= -0.253, P=0.025) were independently associated with LV dyssynchrony during diastolic phase when controlled for age, sex, and systolic BP at peak exercise. ::: ::: ::: Conclusion ::: Intra-ventricular diastolic dyssynchrony during exercise is significantly associated with exercise duration in hypertensive patients with LVH. And this result could explain that the patients with exertional dyspnea are more common in LVH group. ::: Univariate and multivariate analysis forUnivariate AnalysisMultivariate Analysisβp valueβp valueAge-0.288*0.037-0.355*0.001Sex0.161*0.0200.250*0.034LVMI (g/m2)-0.787*0.008-0.515*0.001LAVI(mL)-0.4400.065-0.1750.075E' at peak ex.0.2160.589Diastolic dyssynchrony-0.725*0.030-0.253*0.025S' at peak ex.0.7100.073 LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LAVI, left atrium volume index; E, early diastolic mitral inflow velocity; E', early diastolic longitudinal tissue velocity; S', early systolic longitudinal tissue velocity. ::: Univariate and multivariate analysis for. ::: LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LAVI, left atrium volume index; E, early diastolic mitral inflow velocity; E', early diastolic longitudinal tissue velocity; S', early systolic longitudinal tissue velocity. | Background: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dyssynchrony is common in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). Little is known however, about its pathophysiology and clinical effects. Herein is hypothesized that presence of diastolic dyssynchrony at rest or at exercise may importantly contribute to HF symptoms. The aim was to investigate the influence of diastolic dyssynchrony and its exercise-induced changes on exercise capacity in HFREF patients. Methods: Patients with stable, chronic HF, LV ejection fraction < 35%, sinus rhythm and QRS ≥ 120ms were eligible for the study. Rest and cyclo-ergometer exercise echocardiography were performed. Diastolic dyssynchrony was defined as opposing-wall-diastolic-delay ≥ 55 ms measured in tissue-Doppler imaging. Exercise capacity was assessed by peak oxygen consumption (VO 2peak ). Association between diastolic dyssynchrony and VO 2peak was assessed in univariate regression analysis and further adjusted for possible confounders. Results: 48 patients were included (aged 63.7 ± 12.2). Twenty-seven (56.25%) had diastolic dyssynchrony at rest and 13 (27%) at exercise. Twenty-two (46%) experienced a change in diastolic dyssynchrony status during exercise. In univariate models diastolic dyssynchrony at rest or at exercise were associated with lower VO 2peak (beta coefficient = –3.8, p = 0.004; beta coefficient = –3.6, p = 0.02, respectively). However, the ability to restore diastolic synchronicity during exercise was associated with higher VO 2peak (beta coefficient = 3.4, p = 0.04) and remained an important predictor of exercise capacity after adjustment for age and HF etiology. Conclusions: The ability to restore diastolic synchronicity at exercise predicts exercise capacity in patients with HFREF. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
RICOR's cryocoolers development and optimization for HOT IR detectors | Linear cryogenic coolers for HOT infrared detectors | s2orc_citation_titles |
How many representative does pennsylvania currently have? | How many Representatives are in Pennsylvania today? | wikianswers |
are dogs allowed into shops? | There is no specific legislation around dogs in shops, whatever the business. Whether dogs are allowed in businesses, cafes, restaurants, pubs etc is entirely down to the owner. | gooaq |
The court overturned betty vs brady in what case? | Who was brady in betts v brady? | wikianswers |
Spatial extrapolation of light use efficiency model parameters to predict gross primary production: SPATIAL EXTRAPOLATION OF LUE MODEL PARAMETERS | A Novel Diffuse Fraction-Based Two-Leaf Light Use Efficiency Model: An Application Quantifying Photosynthetic Seasonality Across 20 AmeriFlux Flux Tower Sites | s2orc_citation_titles |
How does antifreeze prevent freezing in the cold and overheating? | Does antifreeze help cars from overheating? | wikianswers |
On the Cultivation of Undergraduates' Ability to Study Independently of Specialties of Economic Types | One's ability to study independently refers to an ability to acquire knowledge independently,master knowledge and apply knowledge without any or littler dependence on others.Those students who have this ability will enjoy the benefits all their lives.In oder to cultivate undergraduates' ability to study independently of specialties of economic types,we should arouse their consciousness of studying independently,increase the motivation and thrust of studying independently,and reform the evaluation methods to increase the attraction of studying independently. | s2orc_title_abstract |
Any studies on the effects of handedness? | I've been doing left DLPFC anode and right supraorbital cathode, and it seems to be getting me the effects I'm looking for even though I'm left handed. Before I try some other montages though, I'm curious if anyone has any studies conducted on left handed subjects? Searching for TDCS and handedness mostly just brings up studies that talk about which handedness inventory they used, and how diligent they were about *only* selecting right-handed subjects. | reddit_title_body |
Love is not love which alters? | Admit impediments love is not love which alters when it alteration finds? | wikianswers |
The Pedagogical Commodity on the Market | It is possible to sell not only machine tools, equipment, and consumer goods, but also teaching and methodological materials and other educational products. | s2orc_title_abstract |
Paint Works Offers ColorSnap Matching | Victoria BC: PaintWorks, a company serving both commercial and residential clients recently announced the latest advance that offers greater convenience for your paint project. The answer to a common problem is the ability to match existing colors, and Paintworks is pleased to offer this ColorSnap Match technology to it’s new and existing clients.Technology has many applications as a quick search online or to your local paint supplier quickly reveals.
ColorSnap Match is a handheld color match tool aimed at painting contractors, designers, remodelers and homeowners with quick and confident color matching. This new device connects to Sherwin Williams free ColorSnap Match app via Bluetooth to deliver a streamlined experience. By scanning any surface or fabric a corresponding Sherwin Williams color is found. Users can scan color from any item or texture including textiles, carpet, tile apparel or accessories as well as paint or fabric and the closest match to Sherwin Williams color is instantly supplied.
Whether you need to match an existing paint color or find you’re undecided on a color this application can remove some of the guesswork. PaintWorks is a company dedicated to offering it’s clients the latest advances in paint products and ColorSnap Match is just one example.
When hiring a painting contractor it’s comforting to trust the company has roots in the community and will be there in the future. From getting an estimate right through until the end of the project Paint Works works with clients to deliver a superior experience from start to finish. Their hard working crews have been hand picked and trained to assure every client the highest level of professionalism and one of the many reasons PaintWorks has a loyal customer following.
A forward looking company, PaintWorks utilizes new innovations such as ColorSnap Match, a skilled professional crew and quality products for lasting results. Whether it’s commercial, residential, interior, exterior, repaint or new project PaintWorks has many satisfied customers. No detail is overlooked and each employee is bonded while the company itself is licensed and insured for your peace of mind.
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Road Maps and Heart Attacks | Road Maps And Heart Attacks is the debut studio album from rock band This Time Next Year. It was released on October 20, 2009 through Equal Vision Records. The album was produced by Brian McTernan, who worked with The Movielife. On April 7, 2010, it was announced the band made Road Maps and Heart Attacks available for pay-what-you-want download.
Track listing
"Rise and Fall, Curtain Call" - 2:19
"New Sensation" - 2:28
"Alex in Wonderland" - 3:43
"New Florence" - 2:08
"Rhyme and Reason" - 2:34
"No Bed of Broken Glass" - 2:42
"Calling in Dead" - 2:56
"Liquid Diet" - 3:04
"Mischief with No Direction" - 3:12
"Out on Eastern" - 2:38
"Cheers to a Late Night" - 3:33
References
2009 albums
Equal Vision Records albums
Albums produced by Brian McTernan | wikipedia |
Gilanlar | Mets Gilanlar (also, Mets-Gilaylar, and Bol’shoy Gilanlar) is a hamlet in the Ararat Province of Armenia.
Pokr Gilanlar (also, Pokr-Gilaylar, and Malaya Gilanlar) is a hamlet in the Ararat Province of Armenia. | wikipedia |
Time difference between eastern standard time and Australian time? | What is the time difference in Australia? | wikianswers |
Most storms in the interior of Alaska originate in the Gulf of Alaska , south of the state , though these storms often have limited precipitation due to a rain shadow effect caused by the Alaska Range . | Most storms in the interior of Alaska originate in the Gulf of Alaska . | altlex |
What war was the movie glory based on? | What was the last war in the movie glory? | wikianswers |
Econazole nitrate-loaded MCM-41 for an antifungal topical powder formulation. | Synergistic Activity of Econazole-Nitrate and Chelerythrine against Clinical Isolates of Candida albicans | s2orc_citation_titles |
These are the best tongs I have ever used and owned | These are the best tongs I have ever used and owned. No more worrying about scratching up my pricey non-stick pans. Even though these are silicone, they are extremely sturdy and have amazing gripping power. Definitely very pleased with my purchase. | amazon_reviews |
the rod in the senate? | in the senate the black rod what does it mean and who much is it worth | yahoo_title_question |
What are a contractors responsibilities? | What are the main roles and responsibilities of a contractor? | wikianswers |
Introduction of #PancChat: A novel Twitter platform to inform and engage the pancreatic cancer community. | 242Background: Twitter provides a platform for health care stakeholders to disseminate information about diseases to patients, caregivers, and doctors. Chats are especially effective because participants can interact directly with experts. Pancreatic cancer (PC) conversations on Twitter previously were sporadic and inconsistent. The authors report the creation of #PancChat, a first-of-its-kind Tweet Chat developed to provide relevant, credible, and timely information to the PC community. A collaboration between leading PC organizations, a pharmaceutical company, and an academic oncologist, PancChat is an example of successful outreach using an accessible communications tool. Methods: Launched in April 2016, the hour-long monthly chat is a live event publicized and promoted through multiple social media channels and major news outlets. It is moderated and focused around a pre-selected topic. The hashtag #PancChat is used to filter specific chatter into a single conversation. Participants include patients, ... | s2orc_title_abstract |
An association between renal cell carcinoma and lymphoid malignancies: A case series of eight patients | Occurrence of renal cell carcinoma and hematologic malignancies (predominantly lymphoid) in individuals and in families | s2orc_citation_titles |
So for now my kitties still cannot enjoy their new tree | I am still waiting for the manufacturer to send me the parts of the cat tree that arrived broken. So for now my kitties still cannot enjoy their new tree. The bottom house was broken and the top slab that holds the top house was broken. I have been waiting a very long time to get these parts. Some of the connectors were not in the box either. I wish that I could give them a zero... | amazon_reviews |
What is the theme of Alex rider crocodile tears? | What is the theme of crocodile tears? | wikianswers |
Guilt no more! How ALL YOUR SINS are erased in the death of Jesus and your new life begins. | Pastor Paul White reveals the loveliness of Jesus and how He took all your sin and extinguished it in his death. Once you you accept the gift of grace your old life is dead and you are reborn into a new life where your Jesus teaches you how to rest in that gift. No more guilt, no more self-condemnation, no more remorse, just rest. | amazon_reviews |
Can you recieve compensation for pain and suffering for the time you are being treated? | How long does it take to receive compensation after the car repaired for pain and suffering? | wikianswers |
The seats are so bad that they end up hurting our lower backs anytime ... | My husband and I each got one of these to use in a vehicle that has uncomfortable seats. The seats are so bad that they end up hurting our lower backs anytime we sit in them for 30 minutes or more. We used these cushions on a small road trip where we drove for 2-4 hours each day and neither of us complained about our backs. Must have helped. | amazon_reviews |
Why is it dangerous to touch electric switches or appliances when your hands are wet? | Why don't you touch electrical equipment with wet hands? | wikianswers |
List three well-known OSse? | What are the three well known oss? | wikianswers |
Who pays for transportation for the olympics? | Who pays for the london olympics? | wikianswers |
Gadolinium-Enhanced MR Cisternography to Evaluate Dural Leaks in Intracranial Hypotension Syndrome | Detection of CSF leaks with magnetic resonance imaging in intracranial hypotension syndrome. | s2orc_citation_titles |
I love this; when it works well | I love this; when it works well. The wand detaches at the base and spills the contents! I use it daily near our litter box, and I'm tired of this happening.i make sure it's sealed correctly, too. | amazon_reviews |
Any news that NFC will be an option? | I don't follow up with a lot of the "latest news" so I apologize for that. I'm honestly curious if there are any rumors for it being implemented in future iPhones within a year or so. I'm a current iPhone user, and the only reason i've been looking at other phones is because they have NFC. | reddit_title_body |
How long does it take for a package from US to reach canada? | How long does it take for a package from eBay to get from US to Canada? | wikianswers |
What kind of rock is wolfe creek crater? | What type of rocks is the Wolfe Creek made of? | wikianswers |
just wish they had bigger sizes like 3x or 2x | long time bungle fan. just wish they had bigger sizes like 3x or 2x. | amazon_reviews |
When I clicked the little down arrow in order to discard the comment I was writing, I was a little surprised (and baffled for a moment), when it showed me the following dialog: Shouldn't that cancel button which for some reason says "Nevermind", say, well, "Cancel" instead ? In all the other dialogs, it does say "Cancel", just not in this one for some reason. | I was using the Android app earlier, and decided not to post a comment after beginning. When I cancelled, I was mildly confused by the choice I was offered: "Nevermind," to me, could also mean "never mind, I don't want to write this comment after all." Can this be replaced with a simpler and less confusing text? The simplest option would probably be "Do you want to discard your comment? [Yes/No]" (ht Shadow Wizard, Shub) | stackexchange_body_body |
Perceptual organization, which refers to the ability to integrate fragments of stimuli to form a representation of a whole edge, part, or object, is impaired in schizophrenia. A contour integration paradigm, involving detection of a set of Gabor patches forming an oval contour pointing to the right or left embedded in a field of randomly oriented Gabors, has been developed for use in clinical trials of schizophrenia. The purpose of the present study was to assess contributions of early and later stages of processing to deficits in contour integration, as well as to develop an event-related potential (ERP) analog of this task. Twenty-one patients with schizophrenia and 28 controls participated. The Gabor elements forming the contours were given a low or high degree of orientational jitter, making it either easy or difficult to identify the direction in which the contour was pointing. ERP results showed greater negative peaks at ~165 (N1 component) and ~270 ms for the low-jitter versus the high-jitter contours, with a much greater difference between jitter conditions at 270 ms. This later ERP component was previously termed Ncl for closure negativity. Source localization identified the Ncl in the lateral occipital object recognition area. Patients showed a significant decrease in the Ncl, but not N1, compared to controls, and this was associated with impaired behavioral ability to identify contours. In addition, an earlier negative peak was found at ~120 ms (termed N120) that differentiated jitter conditions, had a dorsal stream source, and differed between patients and controls. Patients also showed a deficit in the dorsal stream sensory P1 component. These results are in accord with impairments in distributed circuitry contributing to perceptual organization deficits and provide an ERP analog to the behavioral contour integration task. | Context Perceptual closure is the ability to identify objects based on partial information and depends on the function of a distributed network of brain regions that include the dorsal and the ventral visual streams, prefrontal cortex (PFC), and hippocampus. Objective To evaluate network-level interactions during perceptual closure in schizophrenia using parallel event-related potential (ERP), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and neuropsychological assessment. Design Case-control study. Setting Inpatient and outpatient facilities associated with the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. Patients Twenty-seven patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and 23 healthy controls. Intervention Event-related potentials were obtained from 24 patients and 20 healthy volunteers in response to fragmented (closeable) and control-scrambled (noncloseable) line drawings. Functional MRI was performed in 11 patients and 12 controls. Main Outcome Measure Patterns of between-group differences for predefined ERP components and fMRI regions of interest were determined using both analysis of variance and structural equation modeling. Global neuropsychological performance was assessed using standard neuropsychological batteries. Results Patients showed impaired generation of event-related components reflecting early sensory and later closure-related activity. In fMRI, patients showed impaired activation of the dorsal and ventral visual regions, PFC, and hippocampus. Impaired activation of dorsal stream visual regions contributed significantly to impaired PFC activation, which contributed significantly to impaired activation of the hippocampus and ventral visual stream. Impaired ventral stream and hippocampal activation contributed significantly to deficits on neuropsychological measures of perceptual organization. Conclusions Schizophrenia is associated with severe activation deficits across a distributed network of sensory and higher order cognitive regions. Deficit in early visual processing within the dorsal visual stream contributes significantly to impaired frontal activation, which, in turn, leads to dysregulation of the hippocampus and ventral visual stream. Dysfunction within this network underlies deficits in more traditional neurocognitive measures, supporting distributed models of brain dysfunction in schizophrenia. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
Using GIS in Ecological Management: Green Assessment of the Impacts of Petroleum Activities in the State of Texas | Geo-information technologies are valuable tools for ecological assessment in stressed environments. Visualizing natural features prone to disasters from the oil sector spatially not only helps in focusing the scope of environmental management with records of changes in affected areas, but it also furnishes information on the pace at which resource extraction affects nature. Notwithstanding the recourse to ecosystem protection, geo-spatial analysis of the impacts remains sketchy. This paper uses GIS and descriptive statistics to assess the ecological impacts of petroleum extraction activities in Texas. While the focus ranges from issues to mitigation strategies, the results point to growth in indicators of ecosystem decline. | s2orc_title_abstract |
England are at a seminal moment in their crusade to re-emerge as a global force after last week's stinging 20-15 defeat to New Zealand .
Stuart Lancaster is ready to unleash a line-up as potent as any under his regime and his side are utterly bereft of fear .
England know that what matters in this crucial second Test is finishing ahead on the scoreboard, whatever it takes .
There is a bigger picture, the need to build a game-plan capable of delivering World Cup glory, but the priority for now is managing to claim rugby's most prized scalp in hostile territory . | By . Chris Foy . Follow @@FoyChris . To hell with moral victories, heroic near-misses and statistical consolations. England confront the All Blacks again with twin targets — victory and history. That is all. Nothing else will do. A week on from an agonising Auckland demise, England find themselves at a seminal moment in their crusade to re-emerge as a global force. Their time has come. They are no longer hampered by fixture congestion, or the absence of several injured men. They are no longer afflicted by the age-old English curse of being beaten before they start in these parts. The crunch: Marland Yarde and Kieran . Brookes collide in training ahead of the Auckland Test . The box kick . Stuart Lancaster is ready to unleash a line-up as potent as any under his regime and his side are utterly bereft of fear in the face of the world champions. There were no excuses last Saturday following the 20-15 defeat at Eden Park, but the backdrop of disruption meant that a defeat was widely acclaimed as a triumph of sorts. Asked if another heroic defeat would suffice, flanker Tom Wood said: ‘No. While we were proud of the effort and performance last week, we will never accept losing, regardless of the opposition. We go into every game intending and fully expecting to win.’ Considering the doomsday scenario of another shattering loss, he added: ‘It will be difficult and the pressure will begin to mount. We certainly didn’t come here to lose any games, never mind two on the bounce and be staring down the barrel of three losses. It certainly focuses the mind. We’ll concentrate on levelling the score.’ England know that what matters in this crucial second Test is finishing ahead on the scoreboard, whatever it takes. The big push: England will be desperate to level the series against New Zealand . The cross-field kick . There is a bigger picture, the need to build a game-plan capable of delivering World Cup glory, but the priority for now is managing to claim rugby’s most prized scalp in hostile territory. Success would be a giant stride forward. Five times England have played the All Blacks on New Zealand’s South Island and five times they have lost — in 1963, 1985, 1998, 2004 and 2008. Twice this city has staged this fixture and the visitors have conceded a century of points, scoring a paltry 25 in response. England have a 100 per cent record at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, but their opponents there — at the last World Cup — were Argentina, Georgia and Romania. English ambition has too often amounted to merely seeking respectability in the face of Kiwi supremacy, but that inferiority complex has been shattered. Lancaster’s side do not bend the knee at the first sign of those fabled shirts. Three times they have played these opponents since Lancaster took over in 2012 and the current aggregate score is 75-71 in England’s favour. In the aftermath of the opening skirmish in Auckland, there has been ample focus on various areas of English dominance:scrum and line-out, territory, possession — the old staples — along with line-breaks, metres made, defenders beaten and so on. In a nutshell, they played well but lost. It can’t happen again if their advance is to continue apace. The All Blacks are coming into this Test with contrasting priorities. They had the result last weekend, but fell a long way below the standards they have come to expect in winning all but one Test since claiming the home World Cup in 2011. Heartbreak: Conrad Smith scores the deciding try as unfancied England fell to gallant defeat in Auckland . The counter attack . Steve Hansen, the hosts’ head coach, anticipates a reaction from his players. ‘We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact we did win the Test, but at the same time we weren’t proud of our performance,’ he said. ‘This sets up brilliantly the second instalment of what could be a rivalry that endures all the way to next year’s World Cup final.’ England must hope their contingent of Premiership finalists swiftly reintegrate to guard against the threat of a damaging loss of cohesion. Theoretically, they will be improved by Danny Care’s spark at scrum-half and the combative authority of Owen Farrell at No 10, while the glass-half-full vision involves Billy Twelvetrees and Luther Burrell creating a platform to unleash the redeployed Manu Tuilagi out wide or on in-field forays. Up front, Chris Robshaw, Wood and Co will need to make a collective effort to smash Richie McCaw out of his poaching routine at the rucks. If they do so, Ben Morgan blasts forward with the same ball-carrying clout he did last week and the Geoff Parling-Rob Webber axis delivers another line-out masterclass, England will have a chance. More so if their defensive line-speed hurries the Kiwis into another torrent of errors. Gutted: Jonny May and Yarde look dejected following a defeat that was hard to swallow . It may come down to the impact of the replacements, which is when Lancaster will relish being able to send on the likes of Dylan Hartley, Courtney Lawes and Billy Vunipola. Having such pedigree and firepower to add second-half impetus could swing the contest England’s way. The majority of those in attendance under the stadium roof will expect the perfect conditions and the jolt to the system delivered seven days earlier to ensure a night of Black magic and the resumption of normal service. But maybe, just maybe, they will be condemned to watching Lancaster’s rising side seize their victory and history. | cnn |
Correlation modeling with decoder-side quantization distortion estimation for distributed video coding | Adaptive correlation estimation for general Wyner-Ziv video coding | s2orc_citation_titles |
Why is gay marriage so protested? | Why do people oppose gay marriage? | wikianswers |
Does Quantum Entanglement affect just particle spin, or can it also affect particle motion? | Entanglement doesn't work like that, with particle spin or particle motion. You can't change one entangled particle's state by fiddling with the other; you can just measure the state of one particle and know the state of the other. You can definitely entangle particle motion, although practically keeping the particles coherent is going to get harder. | eli5 |
What would a spartan father advise his son to do after battle? | What would a spartian father advise his son to do with his shield after battle? | wikianswers |
Who pioneered the study of genetics? | How did the study of genetics come about? | wikianswers |
steilacoom is a town in what state | the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over. Steilacoom, Washington Steilacoom () is a town in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,985 at the 2010 census. Steilacoom is on the coast of Puget Sound, on a branch not visible on the map to the right. Steilacoom incorporated in 1854 and became the first incorporated town in what is now Washington state. It has also become a bedroom community for soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Based on per capita income, Steilacoom ranks 61st | paq |
Corporate Governance Agency costs and Audit Pricing——an empirical analysis on Chinese A-stock market panel data from 2001 to 2003 | Internal control, audit risk and audit pricing: Empirical evidences from China's listed companies | s2orc_citation_titles |
Vacuum chamber fast dehumidification ∼Water control in semiconductor manufacturing equipment∼ | Water residues become a serious problem in recent semiconductor manufacturing systems. In this paper, one of the methods to dehumidify in process chamber is proposed and demonstrated. With this technique, conventional evacua- tion time can be improved by 2x to 3x. We also demonstrated influence of water adsorbed on wafer. | s2orc_title_abstract |
what is efficiency and example? | ef·fi·cien·cy. Use efficiency in a sentence. noun. Efficiency is defined as the ability to produce something with a minimum amount of effort. An example of efficiency is a reduction in the number of workers needed to make a car. | gooaq |
Silicon Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) are novel circuits that exploit the random variations that exist in CMOS manufacturing process to generate chip-unique random bits. As their applications are security based, it is highly desired to have PUF responses that are very stable against the reliability issues that exist in Integrated Circuits (IC). One of the major sources of unreliability in the technology nodes 90nm and below is device aging. Aging is primarily due to phenomena like Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) and Hot Carrier Injection (HCI). In this work, we study the effect of device aging on the stability of Ring Oscillator PUFs for different PUF circuit-level choices and operating conditions. We observe that most of the PUF's aging instability happens early in its lifetime. Due to the typical differential nature of PUF structures, stability does not change significantly with age. Further, a high correlation has been observed between instability that is caused due to aging and instability that is caused due to temperature. In various RO-PUF setups and operating conditions, we observe that around 4% of the PUF bits are prone to instability due to aging. | Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) are security features that are based on process variations that occur during silicon chip fabrication. As PUFs are dependent on process variations, they need to be robust against reversible and irreversible temporal variabilities. In this paper, we present experimental results showing temporal variability in 4, 5, and 7-stage ring oscillator PUFs (ROPUFs). The reversible temporal variabilities are studied based on voltage and temperature variations, and the irreversible temporal variabilities are studied based on accelerated aging. Our results show that ROPUFs are sensitive to temperature and voltage variations regardless of the number of RO stages used. It is also observed that the aging, temperature, and voltage variation effects are observed to be uniformly distributed throughout the chip. This is evidenced by noting uniform changes in the RO frequency. Our results also show that most of the bit flips occur when the frequency difference in the RO pairs is low. This leads us to the conclusion that RO comparison pairs that pass high frequency threshold should be filtered to reduce temporal variabilities effect on the ROPUF. The experimental results also show that the 3-stage ROPUF has the lowest percentage of bit flip occurrences and the highest number of RO comparison pairs that pass high frequency threshold. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
Case study of extended product architecture design for modularization reflecting customer needs of industrial robots | Mechanical design of a modular robot for industrial applications | s2orc_citation_titles |
Ajoute un nouveau document à une collection
@param type $collection
@param type $data
@return boolean
@throws \Exception | public static function add($collection, $data)
{
static::checkConnexion();
$collection = self::$db->$collection;
if (is_string($data)) {
$data = json_decode($data, true);
if(!$data){
throw new \Exception('Requête JSON formulée incorrectement');
}
}
$r = $collection->insert($data);
if ($r['ok']) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} | codesearch |
Supraventricular tachycardia originating from the posterior atrioventricular node in the univentricular heart with single atrium. | Electrophysiology Study for Complex Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease Patients With Single‐Ventricle Physiology | s2orc_citation_titles |
Low Prevalence of Hip and Knee Arthritis in Active Marathon Runners | The relationship of running to osteoarthritis of the knee and hip and bone mineral density of the lumbar spine: a 9 year longitudinal study. | s2orc_citation_titles |
is losartan the same as cozaar? | Losartan, sold under the brand name Cozaar, is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It's also used to lower the risk of stroke in some patients with heart disease. Losartan is an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) that blocks a substance that causes blood vessels to tighten. | gooaq |
This box set captures Unwound at the peak of its ... | This box set captures Unwound at the peak of its powers. Numero Group meticulously recreates all the original art with so many extras. This band defined 90's punk. Essential listening. | amazon_reviews |
Josephs Tortilla/Pitta Bread - storage instructions?! | I ordered some Josephs Torilla and Pitta Breads off Lowcarbmegastore today and they just came in plastic sealed bags with no storage instructions and a label on the front saying that the Best Before was in May.
Are these really going to last for 2 months out in the open or should they go in the freezer?
Is it normal for American products to have no storage instructions? (i.e. refridgerate and eat within 5 days, or words to that effect?) | reddit_title_body |
What did ferdinand magellan accomplish? | What did the ferdinand magellan accomplish? | wikianswers |
Instrument for eddy-current nondestructive inspection of heat-treatment quality | The advantages of use of a microcomputer for automation of processing of the results of eddy-current nondestructive inspection are shown. The sequence of operations in eddy-current inspection of the heat-treatment quality of bimetal pins with automatic processing of the results on an Elektronika MK-46 microcomputer is given. The possibility of processing of information received from the primary transducer by a statistical method is established. | s2orc_title_abstract |
OSP Designs TV Stand In Finish with Side Folding Construction | I echo the sentiments already presented. Very well designed and constructed. All screws lined up perfectly with the fasteners. Very sturdy packaging. Takes two to assemble. Took me about an 1 1/2 hours. Very nice TV stand in appearance. Instructions were adequate but could be better. You will need to drill a large hole on either or both sides if you have more than two pieces of auxiliary electronics since there is only room for two in the center. I know the side panels are veneer over particle board but I have no problem with this since it is high quality veneer. This would only be apparent to someone assembling it. My wife and I are very pleased with it. Id o note that there is more than one seller on Amazon selling this model and one was cheaper than the other.
Addendum - As I was putting in the shelves I noticed there is a problem with the design or production process with the center legs that screw on for added support. They are approx. 3/8" too tall as delivered so the stand rocks . Unthreading the plastic pads is an ok solution but can cause the center posts to scratch a wood floor like we have if not carefully handled. For this reason and the back panel not having a wiring hole pre cut for the storage area behind the glass doors, I am lowering my rating to 4 stars. Still a great stand. | amazon_reviews |
The Wildhearts are proof that America has terrible taste in music | The Wildhearts are proof that America has terrible taste in music. No reasonably intelligent people would allow such a brilliant band to wallow in obscurity while granting multi-platinum status to garbage like Nickelback and Daughtry. This country is stupid. | amazon_reviews |
Chromosome sectioning optimization and chromosome counting of three cultivars of Pogostemon cablin | In vitro induction and morphological characteristics of octoploid plants in Pogostemon cablin | s2orc_citation_titles |
Is there a wonder mail code for keys? | What website can you make your own wonder mail codes? | wikianswers |
Will never sleep on any other pillow, unless forced to! | I will never use another pillow, unless I am forced to. FINALLY, a pillow that fits and works with all three of my sleeping positions. I wondered if it would take awhile to adjust, but I caught on very quickly and if I wake up, I am right where I need to be based on my sleeping position. I just bought a back up to take on vacations...I told my husband I would leave some of my clothes behind if necessary, to make room for my therapeutica! It is important to measure correctly, as the fit is critical. Also, I've noticed that depending on the softness of the mattress, I sometimes need to build up the front edge of my pillow (I use a hand towel for this) to get the perfect fit. | amazon_reviews |
Are nodules that grow on legumes' roots home to symbiotic bacteria? | True or False- The nodules that grow on legumes' roots are home to symbiotic bacteria.? | wikianswers |
//DefaultConfig is a function which retuns config object with default configuration | func DefaultConfig() *Config {
return &Config{
LoggerLevel: INFO,
LoggerFile: "",
EnableRsyslog: false,
RsyslogNetwork: "udp",
RsyslogAddr: "127.0.0.1:5140",
LogFormatText: false,
}
} | codesearch |
In recent years, the images captured by AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) on the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) series of satellites have been used very widely for environment and land cover monitoring. In order to use NOAA images, they need to be accurately transformed from the image coordinate system into map coordinate system. This paper proposes a geometric correction method that corrects the errors caused by this transformation. In this method, the errors in NOAA image are corrected in the image coordinate system before transforming into the map coordinate system. First, the elevation values, which are read from GTOPO30 database, are verified to divide data into flat and rough blocks. Next, in order to increase the number of GCPs (Ground Control Points), besides the GCPs in the database, more GCPs are generated based on the feature of the coastline. After using reference images to correct the missing lines and noise pixels in the top and bottom parts of the image, the elevation errors of the GCP templates are corrected and GCP template matching is applied to find the residual errors for the blocks that match GCP templates. Based on these blocks, the residual errors of other flat and rough blocks are calculated by affine and Radial Basis Function transform respectively. According to the residual errors, all pixels in the image are moved to their correct positions. Finally, data is transformed from image into map by bilinear interpolation. With the proposed method, the average values of the error after correction are smaller than 0.2 pixels on both latitude and longitude directions. This result proved that the proposed method is a highly accurate geometric correction method. | Abstract One of the objectives of remote sensing is to go beyond simple visual interpretation in order to provide the user with quantitative information for producing documents that conform to cartographic standards and for deriving digital data files compatible with geographical information systems (GIS). In this framework, rigorous geometrical correction is essential. Error sources which introduce geometrical image distortions are related to the platform vector (attitude, altitude, speed), the sensor (distortions, oblique viewing), and to the earth (rotation, earth curvature, ellipsoid, relief). Many methods can be applied for correcting each error separately or for globally correcting the image from all geometrical distortions. This theoretical review has two complementary parts. The first section deals with errors causing deformations on satellite images and related to the platform vector, the sensor and the earth, as well as the mathematical formulation for each error. In the second section, we discu... | s2orc_abstract_citation |
fast and easy to my door | Top grade, on time, fast and easy to my door. Loved it!!!! | amazon_reviews |
Set the value of [edition] column.
@param string $v new value
@return $this|\gossi\trixionary\model\Reference The current object (for fluent API support) | public function setEdition($v)
{
if ($v !== null) {
$v = (string) $v;
}
if ($this->edition !== $v) {
$this->edition = $v;
$this->modifiedColumns[ReferenceTableMap::COL_EDITION] = true;
}
return $this;
} | codesearch |
when does professor branestawm return on christmas eve | sequel, also an hour-long, entitled "Professor Branestawm Returns" aired on Christmas Eve at 5.20pm on BBC One. Professor Branestawm Professor Branestawm is a series of thirteen books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Written over a 50-year period, between 1933 and 1983, the children's books feature as protagonist the eponymous inventor, Professor Theophilus Branestawm, who is depicted throughout the books as the archetypal absent-minded professor. The name "Branestawm" is a pun, as a pseudo-homophone of the word "brainstorm". The first two books in the series were originally published in the 1930s, with the other 11 books published much later | paq |
Export the producible node from config.
@param config The config reference (must not be <code>null</code>).
@return The producible node.
@throws LionEngineException If unable to write node. | public static Xml exports(ProducibleConfig config)
{
Check.notNull(config);
final Xml node = new Xml(NODE_PRODUCIBLE);
node.writeInteger(ATT_STEPS, config.getSteps());
return node;
} | codesearch |
How do you get to electric window switch on a 1998 ford windstar van? | How di you replace a window switch on 2001 Ford Windstar? | wikianswers |
Pregnenolone metabolism in Y-1 mouse adrenal cells: HPLC analysis and identification of metabolites by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry | Abstract The Y-1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells secrete into the culture medium some metabolites of pregnenolone. The long term basic steroid secretion was studied for 24 h by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). After 6 h incubation, only one chromatographic peak was shown to be quantitatively important. When the cells were incubated with tritium labeled pregnenolone and carrier, the analysis of radioactivity of each HPLC fraction indicated a rapid incorporation of the exogenous precursor and successive secretion/reabsorption kinetics of the metabolites. The final product, accumulated in the medium, was characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as 11β,20α-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one. | s2orc_title_abstract |
which british monarch was named after the barracks in hong kong | Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong The Victoria Barracks () were a barracks in the Admiralty area of Central on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The barracks were constructed between the 1840s and 1874, and situated within the area bounded by Cotton Tree Drive, Kennedy Road and Queensway, Hong Kong. Together with Murray Barracks, Wellington Barracks and Admiralty Dock, the barracks formed a British military zone in Central. The barracks was named for Queen Victoria, monarch at the time of construction. The barracks were one of the first British military compounds in Hong Kong and were used by the Japanese during the | paq |
The arterioportal fistula syndrome: Clinicopathologic features, diagnosis, and therapy | Hepatic arterioportal fistula presenting as gastric variceal hemorrhage | s2orc_citation_titles |
price is great. item shipped fast | price is great. item shipped fast. Item is ok. Most of the bottoms of the cups are smashed and they hardly stand upright without tweaking them. Some were even broken. | amazon_reviews |
How do I find out when (exact date) a particular stock was included in the S&P 500 Index? Accurate URLs only!? | There is no "lookup" page, although you could scroll through the index changes pages (organised by years) to determine when it was added.\n\nOn the S&P page below, click the box marked 2006 and change it to a different year to try and locate the stock you're interested in.\n\nCheers,\nRichard. | yahoo_title_answer |
Frequency domain receiver design for IR-UWB | A novel IR-UWB receiver architecture, in which all signals are processed in frequency domain (FD), is proposed in this paper. The proposed scheme achieves an A/D converting speed as low as pulse repeating rate (PRR) by frequency domain sampling method. All of the frequency domain signal processing algorithms, including frame synchronization, channel estimation and decision, are also introduced in this paper. The simulation results show that the proposed frequency domain receiver scheme only has 1 dB performance loss compared with ideal coherent receiver with much lower sampling rate and processing complexity. | s2orc_title_abstract |
Lower limb omental implantation in patients with obliterative thrombangiitis | The experience of 34 operations of omental implantation to the patients with the critical lower limb ischemia due to the obliterative thrombangiitis was analyzed. 5 patients had the procedure on the both limbs simultaneously. The operative technique had been thoroughly described in the article. The procedure, being accomplished according to the certain standards, proved to be extremely effective. | s2orc_title_abstract |
what charge does quark cooper pairs harbor | and down quark pairs. It is believed that in the period prior to 10 seconds after the Big Bang (the quark epoch), the universe was filled with quark–gluon plasma, as the temperature was too high for hadrons to be stable. Given sufficiently high baryon densities and relatively low temperatures – possibly comparable to those found in neutron stars – quark matter is expected to degenerate into a Fermi liquid of weakly interacting quarks. This liquid would be characterized by a condensation of colored quark Cooper pairs, thereby breaking the local SU(3) symmetry. Because quark Cooper pairs harbor color charge, such | paq |
A comparative analysis of the consistency and difference among teacher-assessment, student self-assessment and peer-assessment in a Web-based portfolio assessment environment for high school students | The design and application of a web-based self- and peer-assessment system | s2orc_citation_titles |
Structural analysis of a hepatitis B virus genome integrated into chromosome 17p of a human hepatocellular carcinoma. | Integration of hepatitis B virus DNA through a mutational hot spot within the cohesive region in a case of hepatocellular carcinoma | s2orc_citation_titles |
Augmented acid and gastrin response to meals after pancreatic duct ligation. | Influence of Pancreatic Duct on Gastric Acid Secretion Ligation | s2orc_citation_titles |
Aliens experimenting on human capitalism by creating an entirely new market in butter pats As I recall it, after creating a huge butter pat market from nothing, one day the aliens just walked away from it. Probably some deep political philosophy behind it that I missed when I first read it 30-40 years ago. | Alien cow pie collectors -- name of story? The plot is simply that aliens visit Earth and their interest in collecting cow pies (and just like other collectibles, special attributes make them more valuable) creates interest in humans in obtaining them to sell. Then the aliens leave and the market plummets. I do not recall the name of the story and also at the end I think some new object is of interest which maybe someone remembers. As silly as the premise sounds, if you look at what people really do collect and the amazing prices, the story kind of resonates. Digital crypto-kitties or whatever and more recent things selling for tens of millions or cryptocurrencies themselves seem not so different than cow pie collecting. Moreover, the fundamental theorem of collectibles is that to make a huge amount, paradoxically the collectible had to not only start out as more or less worthless but also something people tended to use/read and then destroy or at least throw away. Old Nat Geo magazines are worth almost nothing because everyone kept them; Action Comics #1 on the other hand, well moms could not wait to toss those when their son went away to college or got married. The stories I have in just my own family. | stackexchange_title_body |
Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment: An analysis of the aggregate demand-side effects for postwar Canada | Most of the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) during the last 25 years has focused on the supply-side implications. The object of this article is to argue that much of those discussions over the disincentive effects of UI is misdirected. Our intention is to bring back to the forefront a discussion of the positive macroeconomic role played by UI net injections in stabilizing aggregate demand. Our empirical results using Canadian data for the postwar period support this Keynesian view of the stabilizing effect of UI in contemporary economies. | s2orc_title_abstract |
What is the word that describes molten metal changing into a solid? | What is it called when a molten metal changes into a solid? | wikianswers |
This paper reports a method for fabricating a 100?nm scale heater?thermometer into a silicon microcantilever based on contact photolithography and a controlled annealing process. The heater is formed during a photolithography process that can achieve a minimum feature size of about 1??m, while careful control of doping and annealing parameters allows the heater size to be further decreased, to a width of 100?nm. The heater is fabricated onto the free end of a silicon cantilever suitable for scanning probe microscopy, and can be integrated into cantilevers with or without sharp tips. The fabricated heater has a maximum temperature of over 700??C, and a heating time of 56??s to reach 500??C. | A batch fabrication process has been developed for making cantilever probes for scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) with spatial resolution in the sub-100 nm range. A heat transfer model was developed to optimize the thermal design of the probes. Low thermal conductivity silicon dioxide and silicon nitride were chosen for fabricating the probe tips and cantilevers, respectively, in order to minimize heat loss from the sample to the probe and to improve temperature measurement accuracy and spatial resolution. An etch process was developed for making silicon dioxide tips with tip radius as small as 20 nm. A thin film thermocouple junction was fabricated at the tip end with a junction height that could be controlled in the range of 100-600 nm. These thermal probes have been used extensively for thermal imaging of micro- and nano-electronic devices with a spatial resolution of 50 nm. This paper presents measurement results of the steady state and dynamic temperature responses of the thermal probes and examines the wear characteristics of the probes. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
What is the exact location in space with an indefinite shape and size? | What is an exact location in space with indefinite size and shape? | wikianswers |
How man carbons are present in citric acid? | How many carbons make up citric acid? | wikianswers |
I thought this was a good example of academic writing that doesn't get too heavy | I thought this was a good example of academic writing that doesn't get too heavy. It treats relatively complex issues of economic theory and shows how they work in pirate societies. I was really fascinated by this and would recommend it to anyone interested in pirates or economics. | amazon_reviews |
Eli whitney is best knows for his invetion of the? | Eli whitney is best knowm for his invetion of the? | wikianswers |
Ethiopia plays down threat of war | Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Saturday that the threat of war with neighboring Eritrea over their disputed border was fading. | agnews |