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when did poe start doing pre-production for her album | Poe (singer) attained a position on the Reader's Top Ten Chart. and in August 1997, Esquire Magazine (vol. 128 no. 2) named Poe, along with Gwen Stefani, Lil' Kim, and Sarah McLachlan among the top 5 "Women Who Rock Our World". Poe began her first major tour in January 1996, as the opening act for Lenny Kravitz. She and her touring band (Daris Adkins on Guitar, Dan Marfisi "Jones" on Drums, Toby Skard on bass/ and Cameron Stone on cello) then continued touring extensively as headliners and at festivals until 1999, when she stopped to begin pre-production on her second album for | paq |
Accurate and Efficient Modeling of Monostatic GPR Signal of Dielectric Targets Buried in Stratified Media | This paper presents an accurate model of a monostatic stepped-frequency continuous-wave (SFCW) ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The model takes into account the multiple reflections occurring between the soil, target and antenna, which are a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) ultra-wide band (UWB) horn. The antenna radiation pattern is accounted for by a Huyghens cosinusoidal distribution of electric and magnetic current located on the aperture. The model is validated by experiments, involving dielectric targets embedded in a sandbox. These experiments validate altogether the radar modeling, as well as the MoM and the dyadic Green's functions (DGFs) used in the numerical algorithms. | s2orc_title_abstract |
How many hours flight dubai to sao paulo? | What is the flight time from Dubai to sao paulo? | wikianswers |
AC/DC Honored with Street Name in Australia | AC/DC formed in Sydney in 1974, but it's the Australian city of Melbourne that has honored the veteran hard rock band with its own street. | agnews |
do runners have lower resting heart rates? | Runners often have a lower resting heart rate than those who don't exercise or casually exercise. As long as you are aware of your normal range, there are some insights you can glean from occasional tracking of this health metric. | gooaq |
Nordics in Global Crisis. Vulnerability and resilience | An Exploration of the Nordic Model | s2orc_citation_titles |
New evidence, witnesses in Diana death probe: Stevens | New witnesses and evidence have been found as part of the investigation into the car crash that killed Princess Diana in Paris in 1997, a number of newspapers reported. | agnews |
1997 ford escort - how to replace cigarette lighter outlet? | How do you replace the cigarette lighter for the 2000 ford escort? | wikianswers |
Lithuanian Jews revive Yiddish | Lithuania's small Jewish community is reviving the Yiddish language, which almost died out in World War II. | agnews |
Abstract In this paper, properties of pervious concrete made with air-cooling electric arc furnace slag (EAFS) as aggregates are investigated. Test results showed that under the same condition, pervious concrete made with EAFS aggregates had a better mechanical strength and a greater permeability coefficient than that made with natural river gravels. In addition, pervious concrete made with EAFS aggregates had a lower weight loss than that made with natural river gravels for the soundness tests. The dimension stability test showed that the possible expansion characteristic of EAFS became not so significant for pervious concrete due to the voids inside the system. It is concluded that pervious concrete made with EAFS aggregates is a good alternative in many ways. | The present study aimed to use FEA slag to replace the conventional coarse aggregate in the pervious concrete (PC) production, reaching the minimum parameters required by NBR16416/2015 and ACI 522R-10. This substitution would minimize the use of natural aggregates, besides taking advantage of a residue that has no specific destination. In order to reach the objective, three FEAs with different particle sizes were chosen: 6-10 mm (A), 10-20 mm (B) and finally a mixture of the two previous ones (C) in the 30-70 proportion, respectively. In order to evaluate its mechanical behavior, tests of compressive strength and flexural tensile tests were carried out, while the hydraulic behavior was evaluated by porosity and constant head permeability tests. The compressive strength varied from 19 to 31MPa and flexural tensile strength, from 3 to 4MPa. In hydraulic terms, the porosity varied from 15 to 20% and the permeability coefficient was 10-12mm/s. There was also a direct influence of particle of size less than 4.8 mm (small aggregate) on the compressive strength and permeability of PCs. It was possible to establish a positive correlation between the mechanical and hydraulics properties, namely, between compressive strength, the permeability and the percentage of grains inferior to 4.8mm (% sand). Therefore, it can be concluded that the total replacement of conventional aggregates with FEA in PC manufacturing comply with the minimum parameters of NBR 16416/2015. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
What uses do yeast have? | What are yeast's uses? | wikianswers |
The perfect picnic set for four! | We bought this picnic set to finally organize our picnicing into one easy to use set, and we couldn't be happier! This set hold so much foold/beverage and the flatware is easy to get to and looks so nice. We've use the swet 4 times now for a quite trip to the park or beach, or outdoor concerts and it is holding up great. Already recommended to this to several friends looking to make picnicing easier. | amazon_reviews |
What number is in between 3 and 5? | What is the diffrence between 5 and 3? | wikianswers |
Is a 2 dollar bill worth alot? | What is the 2 dollar bill worth? | wikianswers |
Ps3: Never played ME where to start | Ok. I met someone on the weekend who convinced me to start playing mass effect. I will be playing it on ps3. Trouble is I have never played any of them. Should I start with downloading the first one on psn or could I just go straight to the 2nd or 3rd? | reddit_title_body |
Possible phenibut withdrawal setting in, unsure of how to proceed. (x-post r/askdrugs) | Hello guys, I hope you're all doing well tonight. I am not. Well... I am scared that soon I might physically be unable to feel well, and that is causing me great fear. It's all because of Phenibut.
I have been taking phenibut for two or three months, a dose of 2g every 3 days or so. Over the past week, I've been doing 4 g every 3 days, and 600 mg on 'off' days. My last dose was 500 mg 26 hours ago. I've read a lot of the reports, and none of them seem good. A lot of them recommend tapering. I'm not sure whether my addiction is severe enough to require tapering or whether I should just wait and see.
In your experience, are the dosages I've been playing around with enough to bring about severe withdrawal symptoms and should I think about redosing soon with a tapered dose (~ 400 mg)?
What signs should I be watching for?
Thank you very much. In a shaky spot at the moment.
Edit: Would this be better suited for [1] /r/drugs? | reddit_title_body |
What woulda be a good response to indoctrination? | What would be a good response to indactrination? | wikianswers |
What type of fat whose fatty acids contain no carbon-carbon double bonds? | What is the type of fat whose fatty acids contain no carbon-carbon double bonds? | wikianswers |
How can you seprate even or odd in C plus plus? | How can you seperate even or odd in C plus plus? | wikianswers |
What kind of viechal did marco polo travel in? | Where Marco Polo travel? | wikianswers |
Do you ever truly own property or are we all just renting it? | Here is an example of what I mean.
Lets say I pay off 20 acres of land and a house. I've got no more payments to the bank for the property. Well, I am still and will always be taxed on that property for the rest of the time I own it. If I fail to pay the tax, they'll find a way to take the property away from me. Is that really owning property or simply "paying rent" ( granted...somewhat low rent ) on it? | reddit_title_body |
Determination of quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid, the major metabolite of carbadox, in porcine liver by isotope dilution gas chromatography–electron capture negative ionization mass spectrometry | A Convenient and Sensitive LC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of Carbadox- and Olaquindox-Related Residues in Swine Muscle and Liver Tissues | s2orc_citation_titles |
Description of the first larval stage of Pontonia simplex (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from the eastern tropical Pacific | The first stage of Pontonia simplex Holthuis, 1951 collected on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, is described and compared with that of P. pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) and Ascidonia flavomaculata (Heller, 1864). | s2orc_title_abstract |
American Artists, Jewish Images | Navigating the Worldly and the Divine: Jewish American Artists on Judaism and their Art | s2orc_citation_titles |
is avery jackson coming back? | Don't worry, Grey's Anatomy fans: Dr. Jackson Avery won't be lost in that fog forever. ... The actor's new contract matches the two-season renewal that Grey's scored back in May, ensuring that the long-running medical drama will be on the air through Season 17. | gooaq |
How and why have the womens rights changed scince world war 2? | Womens rights due to World War 2? | wikianswers |
Age-Related Change in Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls | Purpose ::: To determine the annual rate at which physical activity changes in girls during middle school using both objective and self-report measures of physical activity. | s2orc_title_abstract |
IN which foders are text image and music files placed? | In which folders are text image and music files placed in Windows xp? | wikianswers |
It's OK. But adjustable range too narrow. | There are only a few adjustable holes to adjust the height. It's not contineous adjusting. Therefore it limits the range of the height. But for its price, it's okay. | amazon_reviews |
What historical events occurred after the civil war? | Events that happened after the civil war? | wikianswers |
A 40nm 16-core 128-thread SPARC® SoC processor | A 40nm 16-core 128-thread CMT SPARC SoC processor | s2orc_citation_titles |
Does your hair color change when you become pregant? | Does Hair change color? | wikianswers |
Do fish give birth to live fish? | Do fish give live birth? | wikianswers |
The Amino Acid Requirements of Growing Turkeys: 1. Model Construction and Parameter Estimation | Mechanistic modeling of turkey growth response to genotype and nutrition. | s2orc_citation_titles |
harry lillis crosby is the son of which singer and actor | from 1970 to 1977 and at the London Palladium in 1976 and 1977. He has appeared in several films and television programs including "The Hollywood Palace", "Friday the 13th", "Riding for the Pony Express" and "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed". Harry Crosby (businessman) Harry Lillis Crosby III (born August 8, 1958) is an American investment banker and a former film and television actor. Crosby was born in Hollywood, California, at Queen of Angels Hospital. He is the fifth son of actor and singer Bing Crosby, the eldest from Bing's second marriage to actress Kathryn Crosby. Harry is | paq |
Technostress is a new concept in IS research which is still in the nascent stages of theoretical development. Despite a growing number of studies that examine the concept, a direct measure of technostress has yet to be developed, or distinguished from related affective states such as computer anxiety. In this paper, a unidimensional measure of technostress is created and validated in two different samples. In addition, based on the Affective Response Model, the technology induced state anxiety (TISA) concept is introduced and conceptually distinguished from computer anxiety and technostress. The discriminant validity of TISA, technostress and computer anxiety is tested in a nomological net of antecedents and objective technology performance outcomes using an experimental design. PLS modeling is used to test several hypotheses, the majority of which are supported. This work forms an important step in further understanding negative affective concepts related to technology use, and devising intervention mechanisms. | With the proliferation and ubiquity of information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is becoming imperative for individuals to constantly engage with these technologies in order to get work accomplished. Academic literature, popular press, and anecdotal evidence suggest that ICTs are responsible for increased stress levels in individuals (known as technostress). However, despite the influence of stress on health costs and productivity, it is not very clear which characteristics of ICTs create stress. We draw from IS and stress research to build and test a model of technostress. The person-environment fit model is used as a theoretical lens. The research model proposes that certain technology characteristics--like usability (usefulness, complexity, and reliability), intrusiveness (presenteeism, anonymity), and dynamism (pace of change)--are related to stressors (work overload, role ambiguity, invasion of privacy, work-home conflict, and job insecurity). Field data from 661 working professionals was obtained and analyzed. The results clearly suggest the prevalence of technostress and the hypotheses from the model are generally supported. Work overload and role ambiguity are found to be the two most dominant stressors, whereas intrusive technology characteristics are found to be the dominant predictors of stressors. The results open up new avenues for research by highlighting the incidence of technostress in organizations and possible interventions to alleviate it. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
Last November there was a pretty big windstorm around where my parents live | I could talk about how this goes in my bag every day, and charges my devices whenever I'm traveling and a hotel room doesn't have a readily accessible power jack, but a bunch of people have said that already.
Last November there was a pretty big windstorm around where my parents live. A bunch of trees fell down around the city, and there was no electricity for about a week. On day three, Mom mentioned that her phone was at ~30% battery and I should only call if I need to. I ordered this power bank, a car charger, and a couple AmazonBasics iPhone cables, chose one-day Prime shipping, and it arrived before either of the phones died. It was pre-charged to about 75% and kept my parents' phones charged until power was back on a few days later. Pretty happy about this transaction. | amazon_reviews |
Molar Size Sequence in the Peruvian Indian | Molar Size Sequence in American Blacks | s2orc_citation_titles |
Lack of mGluR6-related cascade elements leads to retrograde trans-synaptic effects on rod photoreceptor synapses via matrix-associated proteins | LRIT 1 Modulates Adaptive Changes in Synaptic Communication of Cone Photoreceptors Graphical Abstract Highlights | s2orc_citation_titles |
The Java Native Interface: Programmer’s Guide and Specification | Efficient Java Native Interface for Android Based Mobile Devices | s2orc_citation_titles |
The formula for surface area of a pyramid? | What the formula for surface area of a right pyramid? | wikianswers |
Geophysical Data Bearing on Hydrocarbon Traps and Resource Potential of the Galisteo Basin, New Mexico | Geophysical Interpretations of the Southern Espanola Basin, New Mexico, That Contribute to Understanding Its Hydrogeologic Framework | s2orc_citation_titles |
Descripions of customs and traditons of samurai? | The description of customs and traditons in which samurai participated? | wikianswers |
Be careful modern fit | Be careful when ordering this is not 2x apparently modern fit means tiny. Could not return because we opened package. First clothing order online and disappointed. | amazon_reviews |
Reads or streams Binder log messages, optionally for a specific application
@constructor | function BinderLogReader () {
this.config = defaultConfig
var staticLogsUrl = this.config.host + ':' + this.config.elasticsearch.port
this.client = new elasticsearch.Client({
host: staticLogsUrl,
log: 'error'
})
} | codesearch |
What latitude zone is between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn? | What latitude lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn? | wikianswers |
Muffins do not rise? | What makes muffin rise? | wikianswers |
what is the hardiness zone in olympia washington | Olympia, Washington city has a total area of , of which are land and are water. The city of Olympia is located at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet. The Deschutes River estuary was dammed in 1951 to create Capitol Lake. Much of the lower area of downtown Olympia sits on reclaimed land. The cities of Lacey and Tumwater border Olympia. The region surrounding Olympia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen "Csb"), whereas the local microclimate has dry summers and cool July and August overnight lows. It is part of USDA Hardiness zone 8a, with isolated pockets around Puget | paq |
Approximation results in topological manifolds | Approximation by equivariant homeomorphisms. I | s2orc_citation_titles |
Role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. | Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in hematological malignancies: friends or foes | s2orc_citation_titles |
What group of people is more at risk to get colon cancer? | What puts one at risk for colon cancer? | wikianswers |
An FPGA-Based Implementation of Spatio-Temporal Object Segmentation | An FPGA based Embedded Vision System for Real-Time Motion Segmentation | s2orc_citation_titles |
how many babies did the moms trial have | MOMS Trial the University of California at San Francisco) were chosen to participate in the study of 183 fetuses which were randomized, 91 for fetal repair and 92 for postnatal repair. The study took 8 years to complete at a cost of $22.5 million. Of the 1,087 fetuses and mothers initially screened for the study, 183 met all the inclusion criteria. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia treated 77 patients, University of California at San Francisco treated 54 and Vanderbilt University treated 52. Prenatal surgery was done at the assigned center between 19 and 25 weeks of pregnancy. Deliveries for both groups were | paq |
Were hannah and selena friends before? | Are Hannah Montana and Selena Gomez friends? | wikianswers |
Association of red blood cell distribution width and outcomes in patients with mantle cell lymphoma | Pre-treatment red blood cell distribution width provides prognostic information in multiple myeloma. | s2orc_citation_titles |
Your kid hit your lcd monitor know you have vertical lines can this be fixed? | Why your lcd monitor has vertical lines? | wikianswers |
Boundary Role Ambiguity in Marketing-Oriented Positions: A Multidimensional, Multifaceted Operationalization | Jagdip Singh Boundary Role Ambiguity : Facets , Determinants , and Impacts | s2orc_citation_titles |
This paper estimates the efficiency of Czech commercial banks during the period 2001 to 2011. We applied Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to data from Czech commercial banks. The DEA measures the relative efficiency of a homogeneous set of decision-making units (DMUs) in their use of multiple inputs to produce multiple outputs. Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis is a new approach which estimates the performance of a group of DMUs during several periods of time. The results of Dynamic DEA models showed that the average efficiency computed under the assumption of constant returns to scale reached a value of 86.7% and that the average efficiency estimated under the assumption of variable returns to scale was 95.7%. Efficiency slightly increased in the period analysed. The result of scale efficiency found that the main source of inefficiency is the inaccurate size of the biggest banks and also the excess client deposits managed by Czech banks. | The aim of the paper is to examine the efficiency of the banking sectors in Visegrad countries during the period 2009–2013. The group of Visegrad countries includes the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. We apply Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to data on commercial banks in the group of Viserad countries. Next, we calculated average efficiency of the groups of banks according the total assets. Average efficiency was slightly decreased during the period 2010–2011 and significantly decreased in 2012 which was probably as a result of financial crisis. In 2013 average efficiency increased. The Czech and Hungarian banking sector was the highest efficient. Considering the group of banks according total assets, the group of small banks was the most efficient in CCR model and the group of medium-sized banks was the most efficient in BCC model. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
What is English for 'flor de Pascua'? | What does 'flor de Pascua' mean in English? | wikianswers |
“Benign” Bronchopulmonary Neoplasms | In the three years 1959 to 1962, 16 cases of "benign" bronchopulmonary tumor have been seen at this center. Of these, half were adenomas of the carcinoid type, of which one had local metastases and required pneumonectomy; the rest were treated more conservatively. Of the remainder, five were bronchiomas or hamartomas (one endobronchial, the rest peripheral) and there was one case each of fibroma, arteriovenous angioma and neurinoma. The neurinoma has been discussed in some detail due to its rarity. | s2orc_title_abstract |
How do I add watermark/background image in Google Docs? How can I add a watermark or a background image in Google Docs? | How do I create background image in Google docs How do I create an image behind text in Google docs (the text editor part)? | stackexchange_title_body |
[TOMT] Word meaning "the search for self" -- but in relation to genre [word] | I am looking for a word which escapes me, either because my vocabulary is going to shit or the word has yet to be coined (let's hope it's the latter).
I am writing a paper on performance and am looking for the word to express a production entailing the "search for self" in relation to identity. I am thinking there's got to be a word for this, as others like it exist. Example: "bildungsroman" and "coming of age" to describe a tale of maturation. | reddit_title_body |
New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal huge differences in the depth of craters on the Saturnian satellite .
Experts believe dunes of exotic, hydrocarbon sand are .
slowly but steadily filling in the impact craters . | PUBLISHED: . 14:14 EST, 17 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:17 EST, 17 January 2013 . While many moons show signs of their age, with pockmarked surface and craters, Titan manages to retain its youthful looks - are researcher have finally found out the secret behind its youthful appearance. The secret to eternal youth, they found is simple - sand. Dunes of exotic, hydrocarbon sand are . slowly but steadily filling in its craters, according to new research . using observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Images from the Cassini spacecraft show a 'fresh' crater called Sinlap (left) and an extremely degraded crater called Soi (right) that has been filled in by sand. These craters are both about 50 miles (80 kilometers) in diameter . Titan is the only moon in the solar . system with a thick atmosphere, and the only world besides Earth known . to have lakes and seas on its surface. However, Titan has a frigid . surface temperature of around minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit (94 kelvins). The rain that falls from Titan's skies is not water, but contains . liquid methane and ethane, compounds that are gases at Earth's . temperatures. 'Most of the Saturnian satellites - Titan's siblings - have thousands and thousands of craters on their surface,' said Catherine Neish, a Cassini radar team associate based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 'So far on Titan, of the 50 percent of the surface that we've seen in high resolution, we've only found about 60 craters,' she said. 'It's possible that there are many more craters on Titan, but they are not visible from space because they are so eroded. 'We typically estimate the age of a planet's surface by counting the number of craters on it (more craters means an older surface). 'But if processes like stream erosion or drifting sand dunes are filling them in, it's possible that the surface is much older that it appears. 'This research is the first quantitative estimate of how much the weather on Titan has modified its surface,'adds Neish. Neish and her team compared craters on Titan to craters on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Ganymede is a giant moon with a water ice crust, similar to Titan, so craters on the two moons should have similar shapes. However, Ganymede has almost no atmosphere and thus no wind or rain to erode its surface. 'We found that craters on Titan were on average hundreds of yards shallower than similarly sized craters on Ganymede, suggesting that some process on Titan is filling its craters,' said Neish, who is lead author of a paper about this research published online in the journal Icarus. Titan captured in front of Saturn. Researchers say it may be older than they thought . Titan's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen with a trace of methane and other, more complex molecules made of hydrogen and carbon (hydrocarbons). The source of Titan's methane remains a mystery. 'Since the sand appears to be produced from the atmospheric methane, Titan must have had methane in its atmosphere for at least several hundred million years in order to fill craters to the levels we are seeing," says Neish. However, researchers estimate Titan's current supply of methane should be broken down by sunlight within tens of millions of years, so Titan either had a lot more methane in the past, or it is being replenished somehow. 'The presence of liquids on the surface and in the near subsurface can also cause extensive modification to crater shape, as is observed on Earth,' says Neish. | cnn |
What bolis faster salt water or plain water? | What boils faster suger water salt water or plain water? | wikianswers |
Shuffled frog leaping algorithm for solving complex functions | Optimal Algorithm of Shuffled Frog Leaping Based on Immune Evolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization | s2orc_citation_titles |
Symptoms of acute inferior wall myocardial infarction? | Other Signs And symptoms of myocardial infarction? | wikianswers |
An analysis of intraoperative recall of awareness in Thai Anesthesia Incidents Study (THAI Study). | Recall of intraoperative events after general anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass | s2orc_citation_titles |
On wild tilted algebras which are squids | Wild cluster tilted algebras of rank 3 | s2orc_citation_titles |
What does Austin Swift do? | What does austin swift does? | wikianswers |
Hoping to get help writing a letter to my daughter | My daughter is a huge My Little Pony fan right now and when asked what she is going to ask Santa for Christmas, she only had one answer, she wanted to go to Equestria (I think that's the place). Now obviously we are not going to be able to take her to a magical place and a thought hit me that I could fake a letter from Santa to her explaining why he couldn't give her the gift but, unfortunately, I suck at writing and even more importantly imagination. I was wondering if I could get some help writing this letter. Thanks. | reddit_title_body |
Why was there a need for dame schools? | Who was the first dame ever? | wikianswers |
Coping: teenagers undergoing stoma formation. | Stoma-forming surgery can raise a number of challenges for patients of any age, including psychosocial impact, altered body image and altered body function. Adolescents may experience additional challenges as they are already adapting to changes in body image and personal identity while striving for independence. Healthcare professionals supporting adolescents with stomas need to have awareness of specific issues that may be encountered and the support required to aid and promote coping and adjustment. This case study considers adolescents coping and adjusting to living with a stoma and the role of the Stoma Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. | s2orc_title_abstract |
Can water stick insects sting or bite? | Can stick bugs bite or sting? | wikianswers |
Reasons for Never and Intermittent Completion of Colorectal Cancer Screening After Receiving Multiple Rounds of Mailed Fecal Tests | Consistency of Reported Barriers for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Adults Who Have Never Been Screened | s2orc_citation_titles |
How many calories in one packet of mayo? | How many calories are in a serving of mayo? | wikianswers |
1997 chevy tahoe the location fuel pressure regulator? | Where is the fuel pressure regulator on a chevy tahoe 5.7? | wikianswers |
Evolution Feature of Precipitable Water Vapor Derived from Ground-Based GPS during Summer Heavy Precipitation in Urumqi | Based on the precipitable water vapor derived from ground-based GPS(GPS-PWV) and precipitation with 1 h interval from automatic weather stations,the evolution features of GPS-PWV during 10 heavy precipitation processes are analyzed.The result shows that GPS-PWV always appears evidently wetting process from one to three days and water vapor jumps once or twice before precipitation beginning.The GPS-PWV during the heavy precipitation almost is about twice of climatic value,its abrupt variation corresponds to beginning and ending of precipitation.So GPS-PWV can exhibit a clear index of water vapor evolution during the heavy precipitation in arid for short range weather forecast. | s2orc_title_abstract |
The study was performed on 18 Black-and-White Lowland Breed calves with clinical signs of enzootic bronchopneumonia divided into three groups and respectively treated with oxytetracycline and meloxicam--Group I (9 animals); oxytetracycline and flunixin meglumine--Group II (3 animals); and oxytetracycline only--Group III (6 animals--control). The following observations were recorded before treatment (1st day) and two days later (3rd day): body temperature, the serum level of interferon (IFN) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) as well as cytokine production by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells. The treatment of calves with a combination of oxytetracycline and meloxicam (Group I) and especially with oxytetracycline and flunixin meglumine (Group II) caused a significantly faster, in comparison to the control group, normalization of body temperature. Both drugs, meloxicam and especially flunixin meglumine, inhibited excessive TNF production in the organism (measured as the serum level of cytokine). Moreover, BAL cells isolated from calves treated with both NSAIDs were still able, ex vivo, to release TNF, in contrast to the control group (treated only with tetracycline) which lost the ability to produce TNF. The treatment of the calves with meloxicam and flunixin meglumine did not significantly influence the levels of IFN in sera but normalized ex vivo IFN production in BAL cells. These results suggest that the combination of meloxicam with an antibiotic or flunixin meglumine with an antibiotic which does not exert an immunosuppressive influence on the organism of calves suffering from enzootic bronchopneumonia is equally effective in the treatment of calves and superior to the antibiotic alone. | This study compared the immunosuppressive effects of dexamethasone (DEX), flunixin meglumine (FLU) and meloxicam (MEL) on the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of seven healthy Holstein calves in vitro. DEX significantly inhibited lymphocyte proliferation and expression of interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 messenger RNA (mRNA) in comparison with FLU and MEL. FLU and MEL dose-dependently inhibited lymphocyte proliferation, but did not significantly reduce mRNA expression. Our in vitro study indicates that steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (SAIDs) as well as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have immunosuppressive effects on calf PBMCs. These findings are important for assessing the indications and complications of NSAIDs in calves. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
great. Quality MTX stitching | Build quality, great. Quality MTX stitching. Comes with bass nob along with straps. Worked good in my Camaro to compliments stock stereo . Just enough bass not to rattle trunk. | amazon_reviews |
What did jim and hick dicover in a house that was floating down river? | What does jim and huck discover in a house that was floating down the river? | wikianswers |
Difference between america breakfast and continental breakfast? | Difference between an american breakfast and a continental breakfast? | wikianswers |
Has anyone ever won nfl rookie of the year and mvp in the same season? | In the NFL has anyone ever won Rookie of the year and MVP? | wikianswers |
These are very brittle and break easy, even using with care | I should have realized that you get what you pay for. These are very brittle and break easy, even using with care....lesson learned. | amazon_reviews |
Toot your own horn? | What does the idiom not to toot your own horn mean? | wikianswers |
how many times has gonzalez played for france in the five nations | Gonzalez had 35 caps, with a try scored, 5 points in aggregate, for France, from 1992 to 1996. He played all the matches at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, where France reached the 3rd place. He played three times at the Five Nations, in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Jean-Michel Gonzalez Jean-Michel Gonzalez (born Bayonne, 10 July 1967), nicknamed "Gonzo", is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a hooker and as a prop. Gonzalez played for Cambo-Les-Bains, in his first years, Aviron Bayonnais, from 1985/86 to 1993/94, Section Paloise, from 1994/95 to 1997/98, and | paq |
Explain the importance of ROM and various types of ROM? | What is ROM and RAM explain their importance? | wikianswers |
[Request] Logo for /r/Elephants | If anyone would be so kind, I would like an elephant themed reddit alien, or a reddit themed elephant...
Even something as simple as the alien with a trunk would be great; maybe even a light shade of gray as well?
Thanks! | reddit_title_body |
Capillary electrophoretic and micellar electrokinetic separations of asymmetric dimethyl-L-arginine and structurally related amino acids: Quantitation in human plasma | Measurement of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in human plasma: from liquid chromatography estimation to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry quantification | s2orc_citation_titles |
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The relationship between the microstructure and mechanical properties of alloy 718 was investigated for two discs centrifugally cast at 50 and 200 rpm and given a duplex age heat treatment. The results of mechanical property tests at temperatures from 426 to 649 °C showed that the tensile yield and ultimate strength levels of both castings were similar. However, the creep-rupture properties were considerably enhanced for the casting produced at 200 rpm. Comparison of the radial and transverse creep properties of each disc indicated that creep life was generally independent of orientation, but ductility was greatest for specimens oriented transverse to the radial direction of the casting. Fatigue crack propagation performance was not greatly influenced by orientation or mold speed parameters and was comparable to wrought alloy 718 when compared on the basis of stress intensity factor range. The centrifugal casting process was found to produce a homogeneous microstructure free of porosity but with the expected segregation of solute alloying elements to Laves and carbide phases. The effect of the as-cast microstructure on the mechanical behavior and the potential influence of hot isostatic pressing to improve the microstructure are discussed. | Abstract The ability of thermal and thermomechanical treatments to impart improved microstructural and mechanical properties to nickel-base engine components has been investigated for centrifugally cast alloy 718. The effects of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) or thermal homogenizing treatments on the tensile, creep and fatigue properties of cast alloy 718 were evaluated at 427, 538 and 649°C. The results indicated that either HIP or thermal homogenizing processing of the as-cast alloy, followed by an aging treatment, produced improved fatigue crack propagation resistance when compared on the basis of stress intensity factor range. Creep life and ductility were reduced by both processing treatments but to a lesser degree by the homogenizing treatment. The mechanical behavior of the HIP processed and homogenized material is discussed on the basis of microstructural changes produced in the as-cast alloy by the processing treatments. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
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CEE MARKETS-Crown plunges as central bank drops mid-year cap removal guidance | * Crown falls in spot market to 18-month low vs euro * Crown 3-month forwards slide to 3-mth low from 3-and-1/2-yr high * Hungary lifts bond offer, yields fall * Croatian stocks tumble on concerns over food group Agrokor (Recasts with central bank meeting, crown slide) By Sandor Peto and Jason Hovet BUDAPEST/PRAGUE, March 30 The crown plunged in the spot market and in forward contracts on Thursday as the Czech central bank (CNB) gave up its guidance to end its 3 1/2-year-old weak crown regime around mid-2017. It confirmed after a meeting that its "hard commitment" to keep the crown weaker than 27 against the euro at least until the end of the first quarter would end soon, and now it could exit the regime at any time. The crown fell 0.7 percent against the euro by 1429 GMT to an 18-month low at 27.21. Its implied rate in 3-month forward contracts EURCZK3MV= fell sharply to 27.01, a 3-month-low, after touching its strongest levels since 2013 in early trade at 26.796. In one-month forwards, it hit a 9-month low at 27.12. The crown's plunge started after CNB Governor Jiri Rusnok said the probability of a mid-year exit from the cap was lower "because we are certainly closer to the fulfillment of the sustainable inflation criterion than we had been before". It is highly uncertain how the crown will move after its cap is removed. Investors have heavily bought the crown and Czech government debt, mainly shorter maturities, speculating that a growing and stable economy would boost the crown once the cap is gone. But a huge amount of accumulated long crown positions raises the question whether there will be enough buyers to prevent a slide of the currency if its holders unload it. The CNB has tripled its foreign currency reserves in defence of the cap and it bought tens of billions of euros only in the past few months. One Prague-based dealer said London names were selling the crown. "We would not regard the exit of the FX regime as the start of a one-way CZK (crown) appreciation streak, but would rather expect significant volatility possibly well into Q3 2017," Raiffeisen analyst Wofgang Ernst said in a note before the meeting. Elsewhere in Central Europe, Hungary lifted its offer by more than 50 percent at its bond auctions as demand surged, pushing yields below secondary market levels. Zagreb's stock index fell 2.9 percent and the kuna eased 0.2 percent to 6-week lows against the euro due to worries over Agrokor, the biggest food producer and retailer in the Balkans. The decline followed news that the Croatian government may propose a law on shielding the economy from troubles involving big firms and about a possible repayment freeze deal with Agrokor creditors. CEE SNAPS AT 1529 MARKETS HOT CET CURRENCIES Lates Previ Daily Chang t ous e bid close chang in e 2017 Czech crown 27.21 27.02 -0.69 -0.75 00 15 % % Hungary 309.3 309.8 +0.1 -0.17 forint 500 750 7% % Polish 4.220 4.221 +0.0 4.35% zloty 5 8 3% Romanian 4.544 4.554 +0.2 -0.21 leu 5 7 2% % Croatian 7.450 7.434 -0.21 1.41% kuna 0 2 % Serbian 123.8 123.8 +0.0 -0.40 dinar 500 900 3% % Note: daily calculate previ close 1800 change d from ous at CET STOCK S Lates Previ Daily Chang t ous e close chang in e 2017 Prague 985.8 982.7 +0.3 +6.9 4 1 2% 7% Budapest 31989 32232 -0.75 -0.04 .63 .95 % % Warsaw 2195. 2214. -0.87 +12. 10 45 % 69% Bucharest 8006. 7942. +0.8 +13. 14 76 0% 00% Ljubljana 772.0 777.5 -0.72 +7.5 0 8 % 8% Zagreb 1960. 2015. -2.72 -1.73 38 12 % % Belgrade 5 7 % 6% Sofia 630.6 633.3 -0.42 +7.5 9 4 % 5% BONDS Yield Yield Sprea Daily d (bid) chang vs chang e Bund e in Czech sprea Republic d 2-year 7 6 bps 5-year 6 bps s 10-year 8 bps Poland 2-year bps s 5-year 3 bps 10-year 7 bps FORWARD RATE AGREEMENT 3x6 6x9 9x12 3M inter bank Czech Rep < 0.28 0.32 0.38 0 PRIBOR=> Hungary < 0.2 0.26 0.36 0.18 BUBOR=> Poland < 1.753 1.775 1.817 1.73 WIBOR=> Note: FRA are for quotes ask prices ************************************************** ************ (Additional reporting by Igor Ilic in Zagreb; Editing by Mark Heinrich) | ccnews |
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Thomas B. Greenfield | Thomas Barr Greenfield (1930–1992) was a Canadian scholar whose ideas have been influential in the study of educational administration. Greenfield argued against the positivist orientation of the so-called Theory Movement in educational administration and proposed a subjectivist approach to the study of educational administration.
In his view, educational organizations have no existence beyond the actions, perceptions and values of the members of the organization. Thomas Greenfield's work has been studied and commented by numerous authors. The Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration instituted the Thomas B. Greenfield PhD Dissertation Award in his honour. The award is presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.
Life
Thomas Greenfield was born in 1930 in Saskatchewan, Canada. He studied English and German at the University of British Columbia. After graduating from the undergraduate program in British Columbia he began teaching in schools and eventually moved to the field of educational administration. In 1961 he moved to Edmonton Alberta to join the Masters program in Educational Administration at the University of Alberta and subsequently he completed a PhD in the same department. After a period at the University of Alberta he returned to the University of British Columbia where he worked as a professor and researcher. After a brief stay in British Columbia, he received an appointment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto where he wrote his most influential works.
Writings
Greenfield was reluctant to frame his discussion about organizations using the classic metaphysical binaries. He noted that “organizations are essentially arbitrary definitions of reality woven in symbols and expressed in language” he argued that organizations could not be described as independent entities from human will and perception. In his work, Greenfield showed that there are deep ethical and political implications to any conception of educational organizations, particularly in relation to freedom, agency and responsibility. He criticized positivist accounts of educational administration, according to which individuals are essentially different and separate from organizations. He argued that human will and values are fundamental to the study of schools.
Greenfield noted that organizing is a symbolic act that carries political and ethical significance. He indicated that meaning in organizations plays a pivotal role in defining our interpretation of organizational reality. Other overlapping themes in Greenfield’s work are the ontology of organizations, the epistemology of organizing, the role of meanings in the interpretation of organizational realities, and the ethical/political significance of educational administration.
Influences
One of the most notable influences in Greenfield's work was Max Weber. Weber proposed that observers of a culture engage in a systematic process of interpretive understanding (Verstehen) in order to relate to that culture. According to Weber, the observers of a culture try to understand the culture’s social reality from the perspective of the members of that culture. Based on Weber's ideas, Greenfield indicated that the creation of the organizational reality is a participatory process in which actors interpret and construct their own reality, assigning meaning to their actions in the context of their interpersonal experiences.
Publications
Greenfield, T. B. Organizations as Social Inventions: Rethinking Assumptions About Change. (1973). The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 9, 5, 551-574.
Greenfield, T. Theory about organization: A new perspective and its implications for schools. In M. Huges (Ed.), Administering education: International challenges. (1975). Athlone Press.
Greenfield, T. B. Organization theory as ideology. Curriculum Inquiry, (1979) 9(2), 97-112.
Greenfield, T. B. The Man Who Comes Back through the Door in the Wall: Discovering Truth, Discovering Self, Discovering Organizations. (1980). Educational Administration Quarterly, 16(3), 26-59.
Greenfield, T .B. Against group mind: An anarchistic theory of organization. (1982). McGill Journal of Education, 17 (1), 3-11.
Greenfield, T. B. Leaders and schools: Wilfulness and non-natural order in organizations. In T. Sergiovanni, & J. Corbally, (Ed.), New perspectives in administrative theory and practice. (1984). Illinois: University of Illinois.
Greenfield, T. B. The decline and fall of science in educational administration. (1986). Interchange, 17 (2), 57-80.
Greenfield, T. Re-forming and re-valuing educational administration: Whence and when cometh the phoenix? (1991). Educational Management and Administration, 19(4), 200-218.
Greenfield, T. B. Organizations as talk, chance, action and experience. In T. Greenfield and P. Ribbins (Eds.) Greenfield on Educational Administration. (pp. 53–74) London: Routledge (1993). (Reprinted from: A. Heigl-Evers, & U. Streeck (Eds.), Die Psychologie des 20. Jahrhunderts: Lewin und die Folgen, Band VII, 1979, pp 547–558, Zurich: Kinder Verlag)
Greenfield, T. B. Science and Service: The Making of the Profession of Educational Administration. In T. Greenfield and P. Ribbins (Eds.) Greenfield on Educational Administration, (pp. 199–228).(1993). London: Routledge. (Reprinted from: Thirty-fifth conference of the Department of Educational Administration, September, 1991, Edmonton: University of Alberta)
Greenfield, T. B. & Ribbins, P. Educational administration as a humane science: Conversations between Thomas Greenfield and Peter Ribbins. In T. B. Greenfield & P. Ribbins (Eds.). Greenfield on educational administration: Towards a humane science.(pp. 229–271) (1993). London: Routledge.
Works about Greenfield
Gronn, P. Rethinking educational administration: T B Greenfield and his critics. (1983) Deakin University.
Harris, C. E. The Aesthetic of Thomas B. Greenfield: An Exploration of Practices That Leave No Mark. Educational Administration Quarterly, 32, 4, 487 (1996).
Innes-Brown, M. , T.B. Greenfield and the interpretive alternative. International Journal of Educational Management, 7(2) (1993).
Macmillan, R. (Ed.). Questioning leadership: The Greenfield legacy. (2003). Althouse Press.
Riveros, A., Thomas Greenfield and the quest for meaning in organizations: A postponed dialogue with Ludwig Wittgenstein. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations. 20, (2), 51-67. (2009).
Riveros, A. Thomas Greenfield and the foundations of educational administration. In D. Burgess & P. Newton (Eds.), Educational administration and leadership: Theoretical foundations. New York: Routledge. (2014).
References
External links
Thomas Barr Greenfield archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
1930 births
1992 deaths
Canadian educational theorists
University of British Columbia alumni
University of British Columbia faculty
University of Alberta alumni
University of Toronto faculty | wikipedia |
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A duty cycle corrector based on pulse shrinking/ stretching mechanism is presented. The proposed DCC has been rubricated in a TSMC 0.35mum standard CMOS process. An input duty cycle range of 30%~70% is achieved. The duty cycle error is within plusmn1.0% for the widest frequency operation range of 3MHz~60MHz ever fulfilled which makes the circuit best suited for ultra wide band applications. The chip area is merely 0.3 x 0.2 mm2 and the power consumption is 1. 1mW at 550 MHz. | In this work we present a fully-analogue Duty-Cycle Corrector (DCC) based on a closed-loop circuit topology operating a continuous-time 50% duty-cycle regulation of the generated output clock signal. In particular, a suitable feedback sub-system detects the duty-cycle values of the input and output clock signals and provides a corresponding control voltage. The latter is employed to generate and regulate two levels of currents that properly charge and discharge (asymmetrically) a load capacitor so suitably adjusting the duty-cycle of the output clock signal. The proposed DCC circuit solution, suitable for integrated digital systems, has been designed in AMS 0.35μm standard CMOS integrated technology, powered at 3.3V single supply voltage with a power consumption of about 3.5mW/GHz and an estimated silicon area of about 0.0027mm2 (only 16 transistors, 1 capacitor and few off-chip components). Simulation results have demonstrated the capability of the DCC circuit to correct the input clock signal duty-cycle varying from 30% to 70% providing a 50% duty-cycle output clock signal with an error lower than ±1.5%. Moreover, the developed simple DCC architecture is capable to manage input clock signals with an operating frequency ranging from 200kHz to 2GHz (i.e., 4 frequency decades) resulting suitable to be employed for clock signal compensation in general purpose applications. | s2orc_abstract_citation |
POSSIBLE UTILIZATION OF A VAPOR, FORMED BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH-POWER ELECTRON BEAM ON A TARGET, AS AN ACTIVE MEDIUM FOR STIMULATED EMISSION OF LIGHT | A discussion is given of a vaporization of a metal by the action of a high-power electron beam formed as a result of pulsed vacuum breakdown. The optical parameters of such a beam (108 W/cm2 for electrons of 100–200 keV energy) make it possible to supply an energy sufficient for the sublimation of each atom. When an energy of 450 J is supplied from a storage capacitor to a vacuum diode, it is possible to attain a metal vapor concentration of at least 1017 cm–3 in a volume of 20 cm3. | s2orc_title_abstract |
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