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Prior art chin rests for violins, violas, or the like, come in many different shapes and sizes. However, all prior art chin rests are constructed to provide uniform positioning of a user's chin in relation to the position of the musical instrument. In accordance with the prior art chin rests, a resting place is constructed to clamp directly over the instrument itself, thereby making the effective length of the instrument fixed. With the instrument length unchangeable, the performer is forced to make adjustments with his upper and lower arm, as well as wrist, in order to maintain a desired relationship to the instrument.
Invariably, for taller users, this adjustment includes a contraction in the arm, which contraction can cause difficulty in playing. Furthermore, the contraction can lead to injuries of the back, neck, and joints of the user. Commonly, tendonitis, muscle compression, and carpal tunnel syndrome result from extensive playing of the violin in the contracted position. As a result, users for whom the contracted position affects playing ability and/or leads to severe injury may be required to change instruments.
In addition to the foregoing, the inability of the prior art chin rest to adjust for variation in the arm length of users, thus requiring the above-noted contracted playing position, can lead to further complications. As an example, the user is typically forced to make compensation in the playing position of the right arm, which is usually used to hold the bow that strokes the violin strings, so that the orientation between the bow and the violin string can be in the accepted perpendicular relationship. The user can also be forced to make compensations in the positioning of the left hand, as a result of the contracted playing position, which compensations can lead to restriction of free movement, inability to play in tune, and inability to play with significant of bravado.
Still further, the conventional placement of the chin rest over the violin can be undesirable even for users having conventional arm sizes. Since the conventional chin rest relies upon the shoulder supporting the violin, a dampening contact is created that prevents free vibration and is undesired for a singing tone. Similar dampening can be caused by the jaw, in opposition to the shoulder.
Accordingly, it is desirable to construct a chin rest that is capable of being positioned at various locations with respect to the musical instrument. |
namespace ClassLib001
{
public class Class060
{
public static string Property => "ClassLib001";
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It is known that active pesticidal and other active ingredients can be applied to inert highly absorbent cellulosic granule carriers. Pesticides and pesticidal ingredients in this context comprise any chemical or biological agent or combination of agents that kills plant or animal pests including herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Pesticides can be applied to such cellulosic granule carriers by spraying the active ingredients in liquid form onto the cellulosic granules so that they penetrate into the granules. So long as the level of the active ingredients does not exceed the liquid holding capacity of the granules, there is generally no need to subject the granules to a drying step following the liquid application. Also, the cellulosic granules may be dusted with pesticides and other active ingredients in powder form. The adhesion of the powders may be enhanced by the application of a liquid adherence agent such as an inert oil.
However, it has not previously been suggested that such treated cellulosic granules could be blended with fertilizer granules and applied as a blended combination product. This is because cellulosic granules are of very different densities (and often different sizes and shapes as well) than the fertilizer granules and would be expected to segregate in a combination product. Such segregation would be expected to occur during blending, bagging, storage and handling, leading to uneven distribution of the granules carrying the actives and the fertilizer granules upon application, as well as possible clogging of the application apparatus.
Nevertheless, combination products of fertilizers and pesticides and other active ingredients that are compatible with the fertilizer are used in the turf industry and elsewhere. Most commonly such combination products are made by spraying liquid pesticides and other active ingredients directly onto NPK fertilizer granules, with minimal amounts of the active ingredients being absorbed and the lion's share adhering to the surface of the fertilizer granules. Alternatively, active ingredients have been applied to the surface of inert carriers (e.g., granulated lime or clay) having a density that generally matches the density of the fertilizer granules and this generally density-matched carrier is then blended with the fertilizer granules. Unfortunately, such coatings of actives on NPK fertilizer granules or conventional inert carriers break down during blending, handling or shipping, creating a significant level of free fine particles carrying high concentrations of the active ingredients. The release of such fine particles carrying high concentrations of pesticide and other active ingredients raises worker safety concerns. The presence of such fine particles of the active ingredients also affects the uniformity of product application and hence the plant phytotoxicity of conventional combination products. There is thus a significant need for a non-segregating carrier for pesticides and other active ingredients in fertilizer combination products that, once treated with the active ingredients is substantially dust-free and doesn't break down during blending, shipping or handling to release fine particles of pesticide and other active ingredients.
One herbicide that is used in current herbicide/fertilizer combination products is oxadiazon. Oxadiazon is a pre-emergence herbicide that provides season-long broadleaf and grass control in turf, ornamental plants and agricultural crops. Current oxadiazon combination products are typically not dust-free following blending, bagging and shipping due to breakdown of the oxadiazon carrier coating, as discussed above. Unfortunately, oxadiazon dust released on application of such combination products tends to coat and adhere to leaf blades increasing the potential for leaf burn. It is thus desirable to deliver the oxadiazon on dust-free granules that will bounce off leaf blades and reach the soil surface without adhering to the leaf blades or other plant surfaces. Current approaches to address this problem have included adding dust control agents such as oils as well as desiccants and anti-clumping agents in combination with the oxadiazon carriers. Unfortunately, these approaches have yielded inconsistent efficiency, dusting, and phytotoxicity results.
Another important factor to consider when formulating pre-emergence herbicides like oxadiazon in fertilizer combination products is particle distribution on the soil surface. Optimal weed control for pre-emergent products requires adequate soil surface coverage. Unfortunately, it is difficult to apply a precise and uniform quantity of fertilizer and oxadiazon per unit area of soil surface using current combination products due to the excessive and unevenly distributed amounts of herbicide and herbicide dust that is present in the combination product.
There is thus a need for heterogeneous blends of fertilizer granules and granules carrying one or more pesticides and other active ingredients that are free of actives dust and that are not subject to segregation of the carrier and fertilizer granules or production of actives dust during blending, handling or shipping. The present invention meets these needs in a unique and unexpected way. |
Hi!
I investigated the duplicate problem and try to compare two cases.
I don't deep to search of the specifications, but the current variant (with
asus-laptop) should be more correct. In last HG snapshot second case already
comented. I just noticed on my reseaches.
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With best regards,
Andy Shevchenko. mailto: andy at smile.org.ua |
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# Install Docker via distro repos
# https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/debian/
- name: Install docker
apt:
name: docker.io
state: present
- name: Start docker service
service:
name: docker
state: started
enabled: yes
- name: Make docker group
group:
name: docker
state: present
- name: Add "{{ansible_user}}" to docker group
user:
name: "{{ansible_user}}"
groups: docker
append: yes
- name: Install docker-compose
apt:
name: docker-compose
state: present
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The nature of the superoxide radical anion in water.
Vibrational properties of the superoxide radical anion (O2(-●) in liquid water have been experimentally investigated for the first time. The stretching frequency, its shift from the gas-phase to aqueous solution, anharmonicity constant, and the Raman bandwidths provide an insight into the radical-water interactions and the hydration cage. In view of the spectroscopic information obtained in this work, the structural models based on molecular dynamics simulation in solution and gas-phase infrared studies of the water molecules bound to O2(-●) are critically examined. |
"A God-centered worldview brings every issue, question, and cultural concern into submission to all that the Bible reveals, and frames all understanding within the ultimate purpose of bringing greater glory to God." -Albert Mohler |
Easily a must watch. I may wait to catch the unedited version they play during late night (if the first airing is edited. I don't know. I don't watch these much. All I know is that I am expecting this one to bust my gut).
It's going to be really interesting to see how they go at him, the other roastees have been easy targets with tons of material, Franco hasn't had public gaffs like Sheen, Roseanne, Hasselhoff etc and is a pretty likeable dude.
It's going to be really interesting to see how they go at him, the other roastees have been easy targets with tons of material, Franco hasn't had public gaffs like Sheen, Roseanne, Hasselhoff etc and is a pretty likeable dude.
im suspecting they just pound him about being a pretty boy. or how he's portrayed in this is the end. ahaha |
How Electricity Works
Electricity is the flow of electrons-the subatomic particles that constitute the outer shell of an atom. Electrons spin in an orbit around the center core of an atom. The center core is comprised of protons (positive charge) and neutrons (neutral charge). Electrons have a negative charge and balance out the positive charge of the protons. When an outside force causes the number of electrons to unbalance the charge of the protons, the electrons will split off the atom and look for another atom to balance out. If this imbalance is kept up, electrons will continue to move and an electrical flow will exist.
Many people have been taught electrical theory using an analogy with water. In a comparison with water flowing through a pipe, the electrons would be the water and the wire is the pipe.
The flow of electricity can be measured much like the flow of water through a pipe. The unit of measurement used is amperes, frequently abbreviated as amps (a). You can compare amperage to the volume of water flowing through a pipe. When connected to a circuit, an ammeter will measure the actual amount of current flowing through the circuit. When relatively few electrons flow through a circuit, the amperage is low. When many electrons flow, the amperage is high.
Water pressure is measured in units such as pounds per square inch (psi); The electrical pressure is measured in units called volts (v). When a voltmeter is connected to a circuit, it is measuring the electrical pressure.
The actual flow of electricity depends not only on voltage and amperage, but also on the resistance of the circuit. The higher the resistance, the higher the force necessary to push the current through the circuit. The standard unit for measuring resistance is an ohm. Resistance in a circuit varies depending on the amount and type of components used in the circuit. The main factors which determine resistance are:
Material-some materials have more resistance than others. Those with high resistance are said to be insulators. Rubber materials (or rubber-like plastics) are some of the most common insulators used in vehicles as they have a very high resistance to electricity. Very low resistance materials are said to be conductors. Copper wire is among the best conductors. Silver is actually a superior conductor to copper and is used in some relay contacts, but its high cost prohibits its use as common wiring. Most automotive wiring is made of copper.
Size-the larger the wire size being used, the less resistance the wire will have. This is why components which use large amounts of electricity usually have large wires supplying current to them.
Length-for a given thickness of wire, the longer the wire, the greater the resistance. The shorter the wire, the less the resistance. When determining the proper wire for a circuit, both size and length must be considered to design a circuit that can handle the current needs of the component.
Temperature-with many materials, the higher the temperature, the greater the resistance (positive temperature coefficient). Some materials exhibit the opposite trait of lower resistance with higher temperatures (negative temperature coefficient). These principles are used in many of the sensors on the engine. |
using PlayFab.MultiplayerModels;
namespace RPSLS.Game.Multiplayer.Builders
{
public class GetMatchRequestBuilder : PlayFabRequestCommonBuilder<GetMatchRequestBuilder, GetMatchRequest>
{
public GetMatchRequestBuilder WithQueue(string queueName)
{
_product.QueueName = queueName;
return this;
}
public GetMatchRequestBuilder WithId(string id)
{
_product.MatchId = id;
return this;
}
public GetMatchRequestBuilder WithMemberAttributes()
{
_product.ReturnMemberAttributes = true;
return this;
}
}
}
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Q:
running matlab code in .bat file on windows
Here's the code used in my .bat file
phreeqc first_trial_um_b.pqi
matlab -sd "C:\trialbatch" -r "clean_output.m"
matlab -sd "C:\trialbatch" -r "getCa.m"
pause
The phreeqc part works just fine, however the matlab code somehow doesn't run. When I type the matlab code manually into DOS, it works flawlessly.
A:
What type of file is phreeqc? If it is a Batch file: phreeqc.bat, then the lines following it will never be executed. To fix it, you must include a CALL command to execute phreeqc:
call phreeqc first_trial_um_b.pqi
matlab -sd "C:\trialbatch" -r "clean_output.m"
matlab -sd "C:\trialbatch" -r "getCa.m"
pause
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia believes it is important to create the conditions to continue Iranian oil exports to external markets, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in remarks published by RIA news agency on Tuesday.
Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by David Evans Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. |
Don't volunteer for trouble.
Gone are the days when volunteer activity was limited to delivering flowers and mail to inpatient rooms. Today's volunteers extend the capacity of health care organizations to provide compassionate and caring service by staffing immunization programs, conducting health screening activities and more. With increased reliance on volunteers and increased responsibility placed on volunteers, it is important that they are protected from any personal liability that may be incurred while working on behalf of your organization. It is equally important that the organization is protected from liability incurred by the acts or omissions of its volunteers. |
Assay and functional analysis of dynamin-like Mx proteins.
Mx proteins are interferon-induced large guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) that share structural and functional properties with dynamin and dynamin-like proteins, such as self-assembly and association with intracellular membranes. A unique property of some Mx proteins is their antiviral activity against a range of RNA viruses, including influenza viruses and members of the bunyavirus family. These viruses are inhibited at an early stage in their life cycle, soon after host cell entry and before genome amplification. The association of the human MxA GTPase with membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum seems to support its antiviral function by providing an interaction platform that facilitates viral target recognition, MxA oligomerization, and missorting of the resulting multiprotein complex into large intracellular aggregates. |
[Withholding medical care as physical injury--refusal to treat from the viewpoint of the lawyer. Special aspects of therapy in children].
Medical treatment as well as refusal of treatment may be a source for tortious liability. Omitting treatment is generally accepted if the patient refuses consent. Special problems arise however, if the patient is not capable of consenting to therapeutic procedures. Assessing the patient's capability to consent is then the primary obligation. In absence of a respective capability the parents' will has to be accepted as the basis of therapeutic decision, as long as the objective medical needs of the patient remain in consideration. Omitting medically necessary treatment may not be justified with the opposing will of the parents. |
Q:
collapsible panels with overlay in border layout extjs
I am using border layout with two panels in east and center as its items and by default if i make the east panel collapsible then it will resize the center panel when expanded or collapsed. I want to know if this nature can be changed in such a way that when the east panel is expanded , it overlays on the center panel rather than sharing the total width it.
Below image might give some idea what i want to achieve.
thanks !
A:
By default the panel is floatable, so just need to hide the collapse tool to achieve it
Sample fiddle: https://fiddle.sencha.com/#fiddle/1gs
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Q:
Play Store says my phone doesn't support my own app?
I have these android permissions in my manifest.
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.CAMERA, android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.SEND_SMS, android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
I have a Sony Xperia Tipo mobile (Sony ST21i). The app page says my phone is not supported by my app. My phone has all the above feature and my app is running good on my phone.
The Google Developer site says the following as the required features though I have not explicitly defined any uses-feature tag in my manifest.
This application is only available to devices with these features, as defined in your application manifest.
Screen layouts: SMALL NORMAL LARGE XLARGE
Required device features
android.hardware.camera
android.hardware.camera.autofocus
android.hardware.location
android.hardware.location.gps
android.hardware.telephony
android.hardware.touchscreen
A:
The use of android.permission.CAMERA implies android.hardware.camera and
android.hardware.camera.autofocus as said in Android documentation (see last table in this page : http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html).
As your device don't have autofocus it is not able to download your app.
You should add :
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />
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Functional dissociation of temporal processing mechanisms during speech production and hand movement: An ERP study.
Skilled motor actions are mediated by neural mechanisms that incorporate sensory feedback for driving or suppressing movement with remarkable temporal precision. The predictive coding model proposes that the brain performs this function by establishing an internal representation of timing to accelerate movement response time. However, it is unclear whether different neural mechanisms are involved in temporal processing of movement initiation and cessation. The present study examined how temporal information is encoded for initiation and cessation of speech and hand movement. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while young healthy subjects performed speech and hand movement initiation and cessation in response to temporally predictable and unpredictable visual stimuli. We found that predictable stimuli elicited faster movement in both speech and hand modalities, with shorter reaction times associated with movement cessation compared with initiation. Analysis of ERPs revealed that premotor neural activities were significantly attenuated before speech initiation and hand movement initiation and cessation for temporally predictable vs. unpredictable conditions, but an opposite pattern was observed for speech cessation. In addition, we observed that the premotor ERPs were significantly modulated during speech initiation vs. cessation, but no such effect was found during hand movement. Finally, we found that the premotor ERPs were strongly correlated with motor reaction time during movement initiation and cessation for speech and hand modalities only in response to temporally predictable stimuli. These findings indicate that premotor ERPs reflect a temporal predictive code for planning of movement initiation and cessation and highlight functional dissociation of temporal processing mechanisms in speech and hand motor systems. |
From Manipulated Andro-Hipster Portraits to Boyish Beauty Spreads
While the fast-moving fashion world has opened up to several varying styles, patterns and designs, it's the androgynous shoots that are gaining momentum and taking the world by storm.
The fine lines that distinguish both genders are blurring and many are applauding the new taste in fashion couture. Feminine couture is being carried away by more male-centric appeal with rocker-boy shirts and short hair that makes for a savvy street-style look. From Karl Lagerfeld's hot twosome tango shoot for Numero magazine to suited androgynous shoots, the transcending move into the next generation shifts society's views on gender and beauty. |
New Lambton Heights, New South Wales
New Lambton Heights is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located west of Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas.
The suburb is the location of a major hospital complex that includes the John Hunter, John Hunter Children's, Rankin Park and Newcastle Private hospitals, and the Royal Newcastle Centre, which was previously known as the Royal Newcastle Hospital before it moved from its original site near Newcastle Beach. Also in the suburb are water reservoirs, a primary school and several small bushland reserves. It is largely populated by doctors and other hospital staff , and hence is generally regarded within the higher end of Newcastle's socio-economic scale, along with suburbs such as Merewether Heights.
The suburb is very leafy with established native trees. Parts of the suburb border the Blackbutt Nature Reserve, which is a large native bushland park maintained by the City of Newcastle. The park, sometimes called the lungs of the city, includes hiking trails, picnicking areas, and a native animal enclosure which houses kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, emus and native birds.
The suburb contains one school; New Lambton Heights Infants School, (public school) which is one of Newcastle's best starter schools. New Lambton, the neighbouring suburb to the east, has a well regarded primary school.
New Lambton also contains good suburban shopping with boutiques, cafes, gift shops, a supermarket and services such as post office, medical, banks etc.
The suburb is also located close to Westfield Kotara, a large shopping mall to the south east.
References
External links
History of New Lambton Heights (Lake Macquarie City Library)
Category:Suburbs of Lake Macquarie
Category:Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales |
A review of the theoretical modeling of walking droplets: Toward a generalized pilot-wave framework.
The walking droplet system has extended the range of classical systems to include several features previously thought to be exclusive to quantum systems. We review the hierarchy of analytic models that have been developed, on the basis of various simplifying assumptions, to describe droplets walking on a vibrating fluid bath. Particular attention is given to detailing their successes and failures in various settings. Finally, we present a theoretical model that may be adopted to explore a more generalized pilot-wave framework capable of further extending the phenomenological range of classical pilot-wave systems beyond that achievable in the laboratory. |
Q:
How to create a question in Google Forms that allows two sub questions?
I have a question like this
How can I create a question that contains two sub questions in Google Forms?
The person answering each question must complete two sub questions in each question.Since each question is randomly given to tester, so the two sub questions cannot be separated.
What's the best way to make this work in Google Forms? Or should I use any Google Forms extensions?
A:
There are a several ways to do this.
Use a title item for the question and questions items for the subquestions.
Use a section for each question and questions items for the subquestions.
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#if defined(Hiro_Widget)
struct mWidget : mSizable {
Declare(Widget)
auto doDrop(vector<string> names) const -> void;
auto doMouseEnter() const -> void;
auto doMouseLeave() const -> void;
auto doMouseMove(Position position) const -> void;
auto doMousePress(Mouse::Button button) const -> void;
auto doMouseRelease(Mouse::Button button) const -> void;
auto droppable() const -> bool;
auto focusable() const -> bool;
auto mouseCursor() const -> MouseCursor;
auto onDrop(const function<void (vector<string>)>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto onMouseEnter(const function<void ()>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto onMouseLeave(const function<void ()>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto onMouseMove(const function<void (Position position)>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto onMousePress(const function<void (Mouse::Button)>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto onMouseRelease(const function<void (Mouse::Button)>& callback = {}) -> type&;
auto remove() -> type& override;
auto setDroppable(bool droppable = true) -> type&;
auto setFocusable(bool focusable = true) -> type&;
auto setMouseCursor(const MouseCursor& mouseCursor = {}) -> type&;
auto setToolTip(const string& toolTip = "") -> type&;
auto toolTip() const -> string;
//private:
struct State {
bool droppable = false;
bool focusable = false;
MouseCursor mouseCursor;
function<void (vector<string>)> onDrop;
function<void ()> onMouseEnter;
function<void ()> onMouseLeave;
function<void (Position)> onMouseMove;
function<void (Mouse::Button)> onMousePress;
function<void (Mouse::Button)> onMouseRelease;
string toolTip;
} state;
};
#endif
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Pushing tags to a server
How to set your username and email
Make your log output pretty
Search by commit message keyword
Ignore files in git |
BBC’s F1 presenter Jake Humphrey proudly posted a picture of the commentary team quintet on Twitter – himself, Jonathan Legard, Eddie Jordan, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard – after filming a season preview edition set to be broadcast on the BBC next week.
But something’s amiss with the picture – perhaps several things!
Firstly, why is DC not cozying up to the others? Did Martin cut the cheese just before the shot was taken? |
Unity Manual
Plugin Inspector
The PluginInspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, Asset or Project Settings, alowing you to inspect and edit the values. More infoSee in Glossary is used to select and manage target platforms for the plugins in your project. Simply select a pluginA set of code created outside of Unity that creates functionality in Unity. There are two kinds of plugins you can use in Unity: Managed plugins (managed .NET assemblies created with tools like Visual Studio) and Native plugins (platform-specific native code libraries). More infoSee in Glossary file to view its Inspector.
Inspector for a plugin called “CustomConnection”
Under Select platforms for plugin, choose which platforms will use the plugin by checking the appropriate boxes. If you select Any Platform, the plugin will apply to all platforms, including the Unity editor.
Once you have selected the platforms, you can choose additional options such as CPU type and specific OS from the separate Platform Settings section below. This contains a tab for each platform selected by the checkboxes. Most platforms have no settings, or just a few (such as CPU and OS selection).
The current list of file extensions that are treated as plugins and display the Plugin Inspector in the Unity Editor is found in PluginImporter::CanLoadPathNameFile(). The following file extensions identify files that are treated as plugins:
.dll
.winmd
.so
.jar
.aar
.xex
.def
.suprx
.prx
.sprx
.rpl
.cpp
.cc
.c
.h
.jslib
.jspre
.bc
.a
.m
.mm
.swift
.xib
Certain folders are treated as a single bundle plugin. No additional plugins are detected within such folders. The following extensions identify folders that are treated as bundle plugins:
.framework
.bundle
.plugin
Default settings
To make transition easier from earlier Unity versions, Unity will try to set default plugins settings, depending on the folder where the plugin is located.
Folder
Default settings
AssetsAny media or data that can be used in your game or Project. An asset may come from a file created outside of Unity, such as a 3D model, an audio file or an image. You can also create some asset types in Unity, such as an Animator Controller, an Audio Mixer or a Render Texture. More infoSee in Glossary/../Editor
Plugin will be set only compatible with Editor, and won’t be used when building to platform.
Assets/../Editor/(x86 or x86_64 or x64)
Plugin will be set only compatible with Editor, CPU value will be assigned depending on the subfolder.
Assets/../Plugins/(x86_64 or x64)
x64 Standalone plugins will be set as compatible.
Assets/../Plugins/x86
x86 Standalone plugins will be set as compatible.
Assets/Plugins/Android/(x86 or armeabi or armeabi-v7a)
Plugin will be set only compatible with Android, if CPU subfolder is present, CPU value will be set as well.
Plugin will be set only compatible with Universal Windows PlatformAn IAP feature that supports Microsoft’s In App Purchase simulator, which allows you to test IAP purchase flows on devices before publishing your application. More infoSee in Glossary, if subfolder is CPU present, CPU value will be set as well. Metro keyword can be used instead of WSA.
Assets/Plugins/WSA/(SDK80 or SDK81 or PhoneSDK81)
Same as above, additionally SDK value will be set, you can also add CPU subfolder afterwards. For compatibility reasons, SDK81 - Win81, PhoneSDK81 - WindowsPhone81.
Standalone settings
Universal Windows Platform
Android
When building for Android, folders found with a parent path matching exactly Assets/Plugins/Android/ are treated as an Android Library plugin folder. They are then treated in the same way as folders with the special extensions .plugin, .bundle and .framework. |
Our Fitness Blog
How Our Sleep Habits Affect Our Weight Loss Goals
In order to lose weight most of us know that we have to follow a consistent exercise routine and watch what we eat. However, did you know that the amount of sleep you get can also impact your weight loss journey? If you are working out every day and eating a balanced and nutritious diet but depriving yourself of sleep, you may not be getting the results that you want. Sleep is important to help us repair our bodies after an intense workout. We need this downtime for our bodies to recuperate and get ready for our next workout. When we deprive ourselves of sleep we are not only denying our bodies the chance to recuperate, but we are also allowing the chemicals in our bodies to become unbalanced, which can be detrimental to our weight loss goals.
Repair and rebuild
Your body needs a chance to relax and repair itself after an intense workout; therefore, you need to make sure you get enough sleep to allow your body to recuperate. Did you know that the human growth hormone is only released when you sleep? This means that your body's ability to grow new muscles can be hugely impacted by lack of sleep. So, if you are trying to build muscle mass in order to lose more weight then you have to make sure that you get the right amount of sleep. Most of us know that muscle burns more calories than fat, but did you know that the chemical cortisol can also affect your metabolism? You can lower the amount of cortisol in your body by getting the right amount of sleep. So, if you are sleep deprived, you have probably figured out that you will have higher cortisol levels, which will slow your metabolism and cause your weight loss journey to slow or stop completely.
Important weight loss hormones
There have been many studies done on how sleep impacts weight loss. The main findings have been on how the chemicals leptin and ghrelin are affected. Leptin suppresses your hunger, while ghrelin increases your appetite. So, you can see that these two chemicals play an important role in weight loss. As you sleep your body releases more leptin and less ghrelin helping you to lose weight, but if you are sleep deprived, you will find that the opposite happens. Your body will release more ghrelin and less leptin, and the end result will be that you will find yourself hungrier and eating more than you normally would. We all know that this increase in food intake will most likely lead to weight gain and not weight loss, especially if we find ourselves eating late at night, when we are more likely to reach for junk foods and not a healthy snack.
Many of us do not know how much of a factor our sleep habits can be on our weight loss goals. It is important for all of us who exercise regularly to remember that our bodies can not recover and repair without the adequate amount of sleep. We can exercise regularly and follow the strictest diet but never achieve the results that we want without the proper sleeping habits. If we want to maximize our workouts and get the best results possible, we need to ensure that we get enough sleep. |
While Boston Dynamics has tested its quadruped robots outside before, it is much more difficult to build viable bipedal robots that can maintain their balance. Like humans, they have a much higher center of gravity, and are much more likely to lose their balance while trying to navigate obstacles that are found in outdoor terrain.
“Out in the world is just a totally different challenge than in the lab,” Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, said at the Fab Lab Conference and Symposium (via Venture Beat). “You can’t predict what it’s going to be like.”
ATLAS is still learning to walk on its own, so it walks hesitantly and falters a little, like a young child. And like a child with training wheels, it still needs its power cord continually attached while it walks outside, so it needs to be under constant supervision.
But still, ATLAS was able to navigate a rugged hiking trail without falling down. This doesn’t sound like a huge step forward, but it is, especially considering that maintaining balance was arguably the biggest challenge for even the most advanced robots in the DARPA robotics challenge this year: |
Interaction of androgens and prolactin on prostatic enzymes of the pyruvate-malate cycle involved in lipogenesis in castrated mature monkey, Macaca radiata.
Effects of androgens, prolactin (Prl) and bromocriptine (Br) on the specific activities of prostatic (caudal and cranial) enzymes of the pyruvate-malate cycle were studied in castrated mature bonnet monkeys. Castration decreased the activity of NADP+ isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), ATP citrate lyase, malate dehydrogenase (MDH), malic enzyme and fatty acid synthase (FAS). Administration of testosterone propionate (TP)/dihydrotestosterone (DHT) increased the activities of all these enzymes in both lobes. Malate dehydrogenase maintained normal activity. Prl also had a stimulatory effect on the enzymes and was further enhanced when Prl was given in combination with TP/DHT. Unlike Prl, bromocriptine treatment inhibited all the enzymes in both lobes. Thus, prolactin was found to have a direct as well as a synergistic effect with androgens on enzymes of the pyruvate-malate cycle in the prostate of castrated mature monkeys. |
For years I have taken exceptional delight in being a pet free home – except for the brief stint many years ago of one Waggley Tails Fin, an overweight goldfish. With our daughter having severe allergies, I was definitely home-free in keeping our abode a pet-free sanctuary – or so I thought. Enter karma. Enter allergy shots. Enter Chandler the hypo-allergenic beauty dog, thirteen months ago.
As I was bemoaning the arrival of a four-legged addition, I was showered with lots of encouraging and effusive support. Statements about how much I would love a dog, what joy the dog would bring, the companionship, how much I would learn from a dog.
Chandler the beauty dog!
For those of you who were lovely enough to provide your “you’re going to love having a dog” encouragement while I rolled my eyes in obstinacy, I will say this, “You were right, I was wrong.”
In fact, I’m learning quite a bit about life. At this point, I’m hoping my mother isn’t reading as I share one of the more eye-opening learnings from Chandler the beauty dog. Specifically, his urine elimination patterns – sorry mom.
Having never been a dog owner I was fascinated that when the beauty dog “tinkles” it’s not a full bladder release. Rather a little here, a little more there until he has officially marked the entire block – of course, marking over some other four-legged friend who has already been out for her morning walk.
In Chandler’s “sprinkle overs” I quickly recognize a very specific person around the board room table. The one who has determined their singular role at the meeting is to “tinkle” all over everyone else’s ideas and suggestions while not contributing their own. Or the group who claps when you acknowledge that you’ve met the term limits of your leadership. Or your well-meaning colleague who believes your idea won’t work because it’s already been done.
Your big dream is too important, too amazing, too wonderful to be soiled by anyone. Surround yourself with the people who will genuinely cheer you on and provide you the support to launch your art, your big dream. The world is waiting for your perfectly, perfect brilliant dream!
I agree Judy. I feel fortunate to have worked with you and the team we had who all had such a “we can do anything” attitude. We learned so much, pushed and challenged each other and produced some pretty incredible work! |
Q:
How can I create a vs.net website project from existing files on a server?
I am taking over a project that has all the files on the server. It seems the project was build using a website project type.
What is the best way for me to re-create a vs.net solution?
Update
So I pulled all the files down, saved the solution.
Trying to Run the application but it says 'getting files from server...", how to I configure it to run locally now?
A:
What I would do is copy all of the files locally first
Then create a new empty solution
Then right click and Open Existing Project (website)
Point to the existing file folder on your local machine
and there you should have all your files in working order.
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Q:
Are there any advantages to regularly running Eclipse as Administrator?
Sometimes I have to run Eclipse as admin in order to install certain (Android) SDKs, but is there any advantage (or disadvantages) to simply always running Eclipse as admin? If there are advantages, is there a way to set it up to do this without having to select "run as admin" from the context menu each time?
A:
There is no need to run ever Eclipse as Administrator, it is only needed when you need to write protected files or install some additional SDK that require elevated privileges .
However if you want to run as admin each time that you launch it, you can right click on its icon and then Properties then Compatibility tab and check Run This Program As An Administrator check box, and then click OK .
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Most electrosurgery pencils now include smoke evacuation means to remove smoke, fluids, and debris away from the surgical site during a surgical procedure. However, although this removal of smoke, fluids, and debris provides a surgeon with better visibility during cutting and/or coagulation at the surgical site, some surgeries involve parts of the body that have less visibility than other parts of the body especially in those areas that are deeper in the body cavity. Further, although external lighting aids can be used that are separate and apart from the electrosurgery pencil, the use of such lighting aids is not efficient and may result in a more crowded surgical site thereby making manipulation of the electrosurgery pencil by the surgeon more difficult.
Accordingly, there is a need for a light attachment device for both electrosurgery pencils and electrosurgery pencil attachments that can be easily and removably secured to an electrosurgery pencil and/or electrosurgery pencil attachment so that the area of/in a patient's body where cutting and/or coagulation takes place can be illuminated. There is also a need for a light attachment device for electrosurgery pencils and electrosurgery pencil attachments that includes a movable lighting element that can be moved in all directions with respect to the light attachment device in order to better illuminate an area in or on a patient where an operation or medical procedure is taking place. |
Q:
C# partial class and the get accessor
basing on the Entity Framework entities, I've created a partial class for one of them. The problem is, I want to add some code before the ContentValue is returned. But it does not work -
[MetadataType(typeof(ToolTip_Meta))]
public partial class Tooltip
{
..some methods etc
}
public class ToolTip_Meta
{
[Required]
public string ContentValue
{
get
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.ContentValue))
return this.ContentValue.Replace("\n", "<br/>").Replace("\r", "").Replace("\r", "").Replace("'", "\\'").Replace("\"", """);
return this.ContentValue;
}
set { ContentValue = value; }
}
}
when somewhere in my project I want to get the ContentValue property value I get the unchanged string, I don't get inside the get accessor. How to fix it ?
A:
I don't think this actually has anything to do with partial classes or metadata. Your problem is actually very simple.
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.ContentValue))
When you access this.ContentValue, it calls that getter, which then accesses this.ContentValue, which calls the getter... Thus you're going to either get a StackOverflowException or an OutOfMemoryException.
If you're not experiencing one of those two errors, please update your question to explain how it doesn't work.
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Anthony Hopkins: ‘Awards season is disgusting’
Sir Anthony Hopkins is hoping to take a backseat during Hollywood’s upcoming awards season because he can’t stand the prospect of pandering to producers in a bid to land a prize.
The Welsh star already boasts a huge collection of trophies, including Emmys, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, as well as a Best Actor Academy Award for his role in “The Silence of the Lambs.”
He is tipped to win another Oscar for his portrayal of film legend Alfred Hitchcock in new movie Hitchcock, but Hopkins is adamant he doesn’t want to join in the annual parties and publicity trail.
Hopkins tells The Hollywood Reporter, “I’ve been around – I’ve got the Oscar myself for ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and having to be nice to people and to be charming and flirting with them… Oh, come on! People go out of their way to flatter the nominating body and I think it’s kind of disgusting. That’s always been against my nature… You know, kissing the backside of the authorities that can make or break it; I can’t stand all that. I find it nauseating to watch and I think it’s disgusting to behold.
“People groveling around and kissing the backsides of famous producers and all that. It makes me want to throw up, it really does. It’s sick-making. I’ve seen it so many times. I saw it fairly recently, last year. Some great producer-mogul and everyone kisses this guy’s backside. I think, ‘What are they doing? Don’t they have any self respect?’ I wanted to say, ‘F— off.’” |
Soft Science
Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems
grounds its exploration of questions not just of identity, but of consciousness?how to be tender
and feeling and still survive a violent world filled with artificial intelligence and automation. We are
dropped straight into the tangled intersections of technology, violence, erasure, agency, gender,
and loneliness. |
The legendary British military Woolly Pully sweater has become an iconic piece of James Bond's wardrobe thanks to N.Peal's unique luxury version made for No Time to Die. It previously made an appearance in the Bond films on a couple of officers aboard the Royal Navy spy shi... |
Note that not every API/function library is available on every system. I remember even a few years ago that ImageMagick and GD were hard to get working on non-Linux systems. I don't know how it is today though. |
Effect of a local perturbation in a fermionic ladder.
We study the effect of a local external potential on a system of two parallel spin-polarized nanowires placed close to each other. For single-channel nanowires with repulsive interaction we find that transport properties of the system are highly sensitive to the transverse gradient of the perturbation: the asymmetric part completely reflects the electrons leading to vanishing conductance at zero temperature, while the flat potential remains transparent. We envisage a possible application of this unusual property in the sensitive measurement of local potential field gradients. |
Rebuilding Civilization from Scratch? - perfmode
A long time ago, I came across a set of resources intended for use in the event of collapse of civilization. It consisted of farming, engineering, blacksmithing, construction technique, etc.<p>Is there such a guide for the bootstrapping of computation from first principles?
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greenyoda
To have computers that are anything close to what you'd recognize as a
computer today, you'd need to have an electronics industry that's capable of
manufacturing semiconductors, disk drives, CRTs, etc. These rely on many
different raw materials which take complex industrial processes to produce.
You will probably have to rebuild most of modern civilization (power plants,
mines, factories, vehicles, roads, etc.) before you can even think of building
computers.
Yes, you could build computers out of relays or vacuum tubes, but their
computational power would be very limited. You're not going to be able to run
Unix on hardware like that. That technology was very slow and had to be
repaired frequently (if you have thousands of vacuum tubes, one would burn out
every few hours).
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sgillen
This is an interesting question. As another poster said, to do this we would
probably have to rebuild most of modern civilization. Leaving instructions to
do that seem almost impossible.
I honestly think though that leaving behind a detailed record of what is
possible and how things used to be would be very valuable in this situation
though. Just letting people know computers did exist and did require
electricity and what electricity was and that we used to burn something called
coal to make it would for sure speed up a future civilizations research
dramatically.
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tannerbrockwell
I'm interested in what anyone else finds. These are projects i'm aware of that
are periphery to your request and valuable in their own right.
[https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/](https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/)
[http://digitarworld.uw.hu/ttlcpu.html](http://digitarworld.uw.hu/ttlcpu.html)
[https://monster6502.com/](https://monster6502.com/)
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Q:
VirtaulMachine Software for development environment?
Which virtual machine software is recommended (except virtual box)?
I need it on my mac to run Ubuntu server for development environment?
Wish to share files from server so that I can work on my local machine.
I already tested VirtualBox but it's not so stable and network setup is broken after every reboot.
A:
The advantage of VirtualBox, it's free and open-source but you got paid software too like VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop.
Virtualbox should do the job and of course you need to setup well your network to make it works but it's not because of virtualbox, you'll get the same issue with other virtualization software for sure if your network is not correctly configured.
If the VM is not stable, check if you got enough CPU/Ram to host a virtual machine.
Try to adjust your VM ressources to do not use more than your mac can do.
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Recent tests have shown that switching off the satiety neurons caused mice to eat more and double their weight in three weeks. When the cells’ function was restored, the mice reduced the amount they ate each day by about 25pc.
Scientists found the cells in a small brain region called the paraventricular nucleus, which was already known to send and receive signals related to appetite and food intake.
Dr Richard Huganir, director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said: “When the type of brain cell we discovered fires and sends off signals, our laboratory mice stop eating soon after.
“The signals seem to tell the mice they’ve had enough.”
A particular enzyme, OGT, was found to play a key role in the process by stimulating synaptic connections between the cells.
When the gene for OGT was silenced, the mice over-ate. Although they consumed the same number of meals as normal mice, they ate bigger portions.
“The number of synapses on these cells was so low that they probably aren’t receiving enough input to fire. In turn, that suggests that these cells are responsible for sending the message to stop eating.”
The findings are published in the latest edition of the journal Science.
Co-author Olof Lagerlof, a PhD student in Dr Huganir’s laboratory, said: “There are still many things about this system that we don’t know, but we think that glucose works with OGT in these cells to control ‘portion size’ for the mice.
“We believe we have found a new receiver of information that directly affects brain activity and feeding behaviour, and if our findings bear out in other animals, including people, they may advance the search for drugs or other means of controlling appetites.” |
Echoes from Gaea, Poseidon, Hephaestus, and Prometheus: environmental risk factors for high blood pressure.
High blood pressure (BP) affects over one billion people and is the leading risk factor for global mortality. While many lifestyle and genetic risk factors are well-accepted to increase BP, the role of the external environment is typically overlooked. Mounting evidence now supports that numerous environmental factors can promote an elevation in BP. Broadly speaking these include aspects of the natural environment (e.g., cold temperatures, higher altitude, and winter season), natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions), and man-made exposures (e.g., noise, air pollutants, and toxins/chemicals). This is important for health care providers to recognize as one (or several) of these environmental factors could be playing a clinically meaningful role in elevating BP or disrupting hypertension control among their patients. At the population level, certain environmental exposures may even be contributing to the growing pandemic of hypertension. Here we provide an updated review of the literature linking environment exposures with high BP and outline practical recommendations for clinicians. |
package kr.dogfoot.hwplib.object.bodytext.control.gso.textbox;
import kr.dogfoot.hwplib.object.bodytext.paragraph.ParagraphList;
/**
* 글상자을 나타내는 객체
*
* @author neolord
*/
public class TextBox {
/**
* 문단 리스트 헤더
*/
private ListHeaderForTextBox listHeader;
/**
* 문단 리스트
*/
private ParagraphList paragraphList;
/**
* 생성자
*/
public TextBox() {
listHeader = new ListHeaderForTextBox();
paragraphList = new ParagraphList();
}
/**
* 문단 리스트 헤더 객체를 반환한다.
*
* @return 문단 리스트 헤더 객체
*/
public ListHeaderForTextBox getListHeader() {
return listHeader;
}
/**
* 문단 리스트 객체를 반환한다.
*
* @return 문단 리스트 객체
*/
public ParagraphList getParagraphList() {
return paragraphList;
}
}
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package testcode.spelviewinjection;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorAttributes;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorController;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* <p>
* This custom error page is intended to facilitate the exploitation of
* the injection.
* Error based injection is then possible and no script should be needed to extract value.
* </p>
* <p>
* (The default error page will be too generic otherwise.)
* </p>
*/
@Controller
public class VerboseErrorController implements ErrorController {
private static final String PATH = "/error";
private static final String ERROR_TEMPLATE = "<html><body><h1>${error.error}</h1><h2>${error.exception}</h2><p>${error.message}</p></body></html>";
@Autowired
private ErrorAttributes errorAttributes;
@RequestMapping(PATH)
private ModelAndView error(HttpServletRequest request) {
RequestAttributes requestAttributes = new ServletRequestAttributes(request);
Map<String,Object> att = errorAttributes.getErrorAttributes(requestAttributes, true);
//return new ModelAndView("error", att);
ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView(new SpelView(ERROR_TEMPLATE));
model.addObject("error", att);
return model;
}
@Override
public String getErrorPath() {
return PATH;
}
}
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New perspectives for prevention/treatment of acute renal failure.
Acute renal failure continues to be a difficult clinical problem in critically ill patients, despite advances in critical care and dialysis. This review focuses on some of the current issues in the nondialytic and dialytic management of these patients. Critical analysis of some still frequently used drugs in these patients such as diuretics and dopamine in so-called 'renal doses' has revealed little beneficial effect. Recent data are in conflict with previous suggestions that biocompatible membranes have a positive effect on the recovery of renal function and on patient mortality. The choice between intermittent haemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy should be made on an individual basis and not on the basis of 'dogmatic' opinion. |
import language.experimental.macros
import reflect.macros.whitebox.Context
object Unapply {
def impl1(c: Context)(a: c.Tree): c.Tree = {
import c.universe._
q"(new { def unapply[T](a: String): Option[(Int, String)] = ??? }).unapply($a)"
}
def unapply(a: Any): Any = macro impl1
}
object UnapplySeq {
def impl1(c: Context)(a: c.Tree): c.Tree = {
import c.universe._
q"(new { def unapplySeq[T](a: String): Option[(Int, Seq[String])] = ??? }).unapplySeq($a)"
}
def unapplySeq(a: Any): Any = macro impl1
}
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Infusion pump dose error reduction systems: trends in purchasing and use.
Over the last three years, infusion pump suppliers have begun introducing dose error reduction systems. The primary function of these systems is to reduce pump programming errors and associated injuries to patients. However, these systems can offer other benefits as well. In this article, we describe ways that hospitals can use dose error reduction system data to improve patient care and staff efficiency. We also detail the fees that accompany this new software and discuss the potential for increasing patient safety using wireless capabilities. |
// we want to pause when we mouse over the slide show
// and resume when we mouse out
spiffy.on('hover', function (e) {
autoPlay.pause()
}, function (e) {
autoPlay.resume()
});
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# This file is used by the 'check_reserved_keywords' management command to allow specific field names to be overridden
# when checking for conflicts with lists of restricted keywords used in various database/data warehouse tools.
# For more information, see: https://github.com/edx/edx-django-release-util/release_util/management/commands/check_reserved_keywords.py
#
# overrides should be added in the following format:
# - ModelName.field_name
---
MYSQL:
- WishList.key
- AttributeOption.option
- KVStore.key
- Voucher.usage
- ShippingEvent.lines
- PaymentEvent.lines
- ProductAlert.key
SNOWFLAKE:
STITCH:
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<?php
namespace Emtudo\Support\Shield;
use Emtudo\Support\Shield\Exceptions\UndefinedRules;
trait HasRules
{
/**
* @return \Emtudo\Support\Shield\Rules
*/
public static function rules()
{
$className = self::$rulesFrom;
if (class_exists($className)) {
return new $className();
}
throw new UndefinedRules("Rules class {$className} do not exists.");
}
}
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<?php
/**
* EGroupware API - Json Exceptions
*
* @link http://www.egroupware.org
* @author Ralf Becker <RalfBecker-AT-outdoor-training.de>
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
* @package api
* @subpackage json
* @access public
* @version $Id$
*/
namespace EGroupware\Api\Json\Exception;
use EGroupware\Api\Exception;
/**
* A method or function was called with a wrong or missing parameter
*
* As you get this only by an error in the code or during development, the message does not need to be translated
*/
class InvalidName extends Exception\NoPermission { }
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The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a photogrammetry system, and in particular to a photogrammetry system that includes a user guidance arrangement for the acquisition of three-dimensional coordinates.
Photogrammetry is a method of making measurements from two-dimensional (2D) images or photographs. When two or more images are acquired at different positions that have an overlapping field of view, common points or features may be identified on each image. By projecting a ray from the camera location to the feature/point on the object, the three-dimensional (3D) coordinate of the feature/point may be determined using trigonometry.
In order for photogrammetry to be used, the images acquired of the object need to overlap so that common features can be identified. It has been found that the accuracy of the 3D coordinates may be increased when a common feature/point is located in three images acquired at different camera positions or poses. One common issue is that users don't acquire enough images of the object and there may be insufficient data to determine three-dimensional coordinates of at least portions of the object. Another common issue is that a user may acquire too many images resulting in reduced processing speed.
Accordingly, while existing photogrammetry systems for measuring three-dimensional coordinates are suitable for their intended purposes the need for improvement remains, particularly in providing a photogrammetry system that guides a user during the acquisition of images. |
Q:
Why does the QuickBooks application need to open in order to access company file data real-time?
This is more of an architectural question rather than anything code-related. I'm working on a project to auto-create invoices in QuickBooks using data from our ERP, in order to speed up the process of adding that data. It seems that it is a requirement that in order to access data within the QuickBooks company file directly, you need to use the SDK (which actually opens the file using a QuickBooks application instance). Since my application will need to access two company files depending on where the request came from, I can't keep it open, and this opening/closing adds 15ish seconds to each request.
Why is this a requirement, does anyone know? Is there another way to directly access the data and bypass the massive overhead of the QuickBooks application?
Thanks!
A:
Why is this a requirement, does anyone know?
My understanding (based on a really old forum post by an Intuit developer) is that the way the SDK works is by using a GUI message pump Windows COM call to push data to QuickBooks.
No GUI present = no message pump = no connection to QuickBooks. Thus, you need the GUI components of QB in place.
Is there another way to directly access the data and bypass the massive overhead of the QuickBooks application?
No.
If it's a problem, consider batching your requests, queueing them up, and sending more than one at a time in a batch. This is what the Web Connector (and most other QuickBooks integrated apps) do to avoid this issue. It's very, very rare that an application truly needs real-time connections to QuickBooks (and be careful if you think you do - QuickBooks is not a great candidate for real-time access to data - there's a lot of things that can lock you out of QuickBooks so you have to be careful if you're building an app that assumes you'll always be able to connect to it).
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<?php
namespace Entities;
/**
* Sessions
*/
class Session
{
/**
* @var int|null
*/
private $user_id;
/**
* @var string|null
*/
private $ip_address;
/**
* @var string|null
*/
private $user_agent;
/**
* @var string
*/
private $payload;
/**
* @var int
*/
private $last_activity;
/**
* @var string
*/
private $id;
}
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Model: MoiraiTiny
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/support_tiny.ogex
Model: MoiraiSmall
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/support_small.ogex
Model: MoiraiMedium
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/support_medium.ogex
Model: MoiraiLarge
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/support_large.ogex
Model: MoiraiFlagSmall
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_small.ogex
Model: MoiraiFlagMedium
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_medium.ogex
Model: MoiraiFlagLarge
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_large.ogex
// Mesh2: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_large_engines.obj
Model: MoiraiFlagVeryLarge
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_verylarge.ogex
Model: MoiraiFlagHuge
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/flagship_huge.ogex
Model: MoiraiCivilianMissionary
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/civilian_missionary.ogex
Model: MoiraiCivilianMiner
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/civilian_miner.ogex
Model: MoiraiCivilianFreighter
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/civilian_freighter.ogex
Model: MoiraiCivilianColony
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/civilian_colony.ogex
Model: MoiraiCivilianTractor
Mesh: data/shipsets/moirai/civilian_tractor.ogex
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Derwin Gray didn't expect much out of his visit to Tennessee prior to making it on campus las week. And what he did expect was something you'd more likely see in 'Little House on the Prairie.'
But, Gray made his way to Knoxville nonetheless last week with numerous teammates, including four-star linebacker Yannick Ngakoue, from Friendship Collegiate Academy out of Washington D.C. to see what the Vols had to offer.
"I thought it was going to be hot, slow and dry in Tennessee and everything negative. The only thing I could think of about Tennessee was Eric Berry," Gray said. "I just thought it was going to be O.K. I was taking the visit to take the visit. I didn't think it was going to be exciting like it was. It was totally different." |
Griffon version of Twilight Sparkle. Had a bit more difficulty with her than Rainbow Dash, though felt it came out decently.She lookin' at you O.OP.S. Here's the Dashie one if you haven't seen it yet: [link] Annnnd here's The Great and Powerful Trixie: [link] Hope you like it, and I'm happy to discuss MLP stuff with anypony! |
Evaluation of topologically distinct constrained antimicrobial peptides with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity.
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short cationic peptides with a high affinity for membranes and emerged as a promising therapeutic approach with potential for treating infectious diseases. Chemical stabilization of short peptides proved to be a successful approach for enhancing their bio-physical properties. Herein, we designed and synthesized a panel of conformationally constrained antimicrobial peptides with either α-helical or β-hairpin conformation using templating strategies. These synthetic short constrained peptides possess different topological distributions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues and displayed distinct antimicrobial activity. Notably, the conformationally constrained α-helical peptides displayed a faster internalization into the bacteria cells compared to their β-hairpin analogues. These synthetic short constrained peptides showed killing effects on a broad spectrum of microorganisms mainly through pore formation and membrane damage which provided a potentially promising skeleton for the next generation of stabilized antimicrobial peptides. |
Members of the EU are planning to form a 'new country' that Britain would never join, said a former Tory environment secretary.
Owen Paterson is calling for the UK to kick off a formal two-year consultation on leaving the EU, claiming it would never join the euro, or take part in further political integration.
He told Jo Coburn on the Daily Politics that the British were told the European project was an "economic one", but he said "it was always intended to be a political one".
Since he was sacked by David Cameron in his summer reshuffle, Mr Paterson has set up his own think tank, and embarked on a series of speeches calling for a return to real Conservative values.
More: Follow @daily_politics on Twitter and like us on Facebook and watch a recent clip and watch full programmes on iPlayer |
Living Room Decoration Ideas ~ ptburnem.com
Comfortable Ladder Bookcase Ikea
Cleaning up and organizing home has never been an easy task. Putting things to their proper place will provide a refreshing feel to your home. With the wide range of storage units available, you can easily maintain a clutter-free environment at your home. An ample of options available to enhance the home decor makes storage furniture a standard choice. From the dining room, living room to the bedroom various storage cabinets are available like a chest of drawers, sideboards, shelves & shoe racks. Below steps will help you to create a tidy environment at your home.
Leaning bookcases add visual interest to a room as they actually lean against the wall. Their frame is in the shape of an "A" and they have different sized shelves from top to bottom. Shelf bookcases are the most common variety. You can find models that have anywhere from two shelves to six shelves or more. These shelves are usually adjustable and can hold items of all different shapes and sizes.
Ladder bookcases are sleek and free-standing, so they are a great decoration piece for your home. They have a fairly contemporary design and work great in tight spaces. Dont forget that each of these bookcases comes in a variety of finishes to accent any homes current décor. Take the time to consider which varieties are best suited for the rooms in your home, and start taking advantage of the many uses of bookcases today.
When you install any type of corner shelves or unit, you not only salvage valuable untapped space, you often make the whole room feel more spacious and airy. When you break the "squareness" of the room, it adds interest and charm to your decor. Not only that, but in some cases, using this area in this way can allow a room to have more than one function. For instance, a corner shelf unit for childrens toys can separate that part of your living room off for the kids while allowing you to reclaim the rest of it for toy-free relaxation. |
Detection of a spinning object using light's orbital angular momentum.
The linear Doppler shift is widely used to infer the velocity of approaching objects, but this shift does not detect rotation. By analyzing the orbital angular momentum of the light scattered from a spinning object, we observed a frequency shift proportional to product of the rotation frequency of the object and the orbital angular momentum of the light. This rotational frequency shift was still present when the angular momentum vector was parallel to the observation direction. The multiplicative enhancement of the frequency shift may have applications for the remote detection of rotating bodies in both terrestrial and astronomical settings. |
While Microsoft continues its search for its next CEO, co-founder Paul Allen suggests a split. The chief investment officer suggested by way of his own accounts that manager Paul Ghaffari said that consumer businesses like Xbox and Bing pull resources away from the company's heavy hitters – software and business-to-business services.
Ghaffari, speaking to the Financial Times said, "The search business and even Xbox, which has been a very successful product, are detracting from that. We would want them to focus on their best competencies. My view is there are some parts of that operation they should probably spin out, get rid of, to focus on the enterprise and focus on the cloud."
In real terms, it's hard to imagine Xbox breaking away from the core of Microsoft – game console development and research is hugely expensive on the front-end. Bankrolling that kind of tech isn't easy for a company that doesn't have a multi-billion dollar business to piggy back on. Just ask Nintendo. Most of the key Xbox selling points come from its integration with the Big M, and without that, a single dud could kill the smaller company.
Interestingly, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that he would kill off Bing and sell the Xbox division if he were to become Microsoft's CEO. |
Q:
What is a "circuit"
I see in DCIM softwares (phpipam, netbox) circuit modules.
What would you reference in these modules ? what is the scope.
IP transit links ?
fibers to peers ?
fiber between datacenters ?
fiber between racks ?
fibers within the same racks
RJ45 within the same racks
fibers to meet-me-room
every link that goes out of my racks ?
There is probably no official definition but what are the most common examples ?
A:
Without a more exact context, pretty much any link or connection is a "circuit". Usually, it's more on the logical side rather than each physical link.
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Blackmur Memorial Library, located in Water Valley, is one of only two independent libraries in the state of Mississippi. It operates under the City of Water Valley and is governed by a Board of Trustees selected to five-year terms by the Water Valley Board of Aldermen. |
Sciatic pain: a diagnostic pitfall.
Neurological signs such as lower spinal cord lesions and/or femoral neuritis may be the presenting symptoms of a dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We describe a patient in whom a severe sciatic pain was the presenting symptom of a non-dissecting AAA. The resection of the vascular mass resulted in dramatic relief of sciatic pain, thus indicating that the neurological impairment was caused by the non-dissecting aneurysm. |
Q:
security implications of ~/.ssh/config
I am worried about the security implications of using ~.ssh/config. If somebody steals my home computer and looks in my ~/.ssh/config file, they would immediately know which other computers I'm using and how to connect to them, what user names and keys to use, etc. How can I reduce this risk?
I've beein using ~/.ssh/config to make it easier to ssh to various hosts that I use from home and also to provide host aliases. The username, hostname, identity file, etc are all specified in ~/.ssh/config.
I have started using passphrases in my ssh keys. The ssh-agent and/or keyring make this easy, but passphrases and my easy-to-type login password can be broken, can't they?
A:
Hopefully, actually, your passphrase CAN'T reliably be broken in less time than it takes you to get to the other computers and change their keys after discovering your computer was stolen.
That, really, is all authentication encryption is about; slowing the attacker down to the point where it is unfeasible for them to accomplish the attack before you can react.
A:
You always could use an encrypted home directory, so if your computer is stolen they will waste more time breaking the outer encryption before get to the actual keys.
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The law of agency as applied to radiology.
Agency relationships are an intrinsic characteristic of the discipline of radiology. In the practice of the specialty, many individuals and groups act as agents for the radiologist. Understanding the basic elements of agency law is desirable for an appreciation of the liability incurred by the professional. |
Optimum signal-to-noise ratio in off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy.
The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy (OA-ICOS) is investigated and compared to direct absorption spectroscopy using multipass absorption cells [tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS)]. Applying measured noise characteristics of a near-IR tunable diode laser and detector, it is shown that the optimum SNR is not generally reached at the highest effective absorption path length. Simulations are used to determine the parameters for maximized SNR of OA-ICOS. |
extends Control
var processing
var handler
var working = true
func _init(processing, handler):
self.processing = processing
self.handler = handler
self.set_fixed_process(true)
func kill():
self.working = false
self.processing = null
self.handler = null
self.queue_free()
func _fixed_process(delta):
if not self.working || not self.processing.ready:
return
self.handler.process(delta)
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The present invention relates to an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units are provided such that the air conditioner is capable of converting a simultaneous operation of cooling and heating or a switching operation of cooling and heating upon a user's request.
Conventional simultaneous cooling and heating type air conditioners include a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a four-way valve, one outdoor unit with an expansion valve, indoor units, a distributor including opening and closing valves, and a high pressure gas pipe, a low pressure gas pipe and a high pressure liquid line which are provided between the outdoor unit and indoor units.
Such simultaneous cooling and heating type air conditioners perform, by selectively opening and closing the opening and closing valves of the distributor, an all indoor units heating operation in which all of the indoor unit heats, an all indoor units cooling operation in which all of the indoor units cool, a heating-oriented operation in which a few indoor units perform a cooling operation and the rest of the indoor units perform a heating operation, and a cooling-oriented operation in which a few indoor units heat and the rest of the indoor units cool.
In addition, cooling and heating switching type air conditioners include a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a four-way valve, one outdoor unit with an expansion valve, indoor units, and a gas pipe and a liquid line provided between the outdoor unit and the indoor units.
Such cooling and heating switching type air conditioners perform, by switching the flow of a refrigerant with the four-way valve, an all indoor units heating operation in which all of the indoor units heat, an all indoor units cooling operation in which all of the indoor units cool. |
[Complex diagnosis of early forms of cancer of the large intestine].
The complex diagnosis of early forms of cancer of the large intestine should comprise the knowledge of the clinical picture, analysis of the disease, the results of rectoromanoscopy, irrogoscopy, colonofibroscopy, and cytological diagnosis. The use of the mentioned technics would help to improve the diagnosis of early forms of colonic cancer. |
Quality assurance and improvement: the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network.
Quality assurance and improvement (QA/QI) is a critical activity in medicine. The use of large-scale collaborative databases is increasingly essential to obtain enough reports with which to establish standards of practice and define the incidence of complications and risk/benefit ratios for rare events. Such projects can enhance local QA/QI endeavors by enabling institutions to obtain benchmark data against which to compare their performance and can be used for prospective analyses of inter-institutional differences to determine 'best practice'. The pediatric regional anesthesia network (PRAN) is such a project. The first data cohort is currently being analyzed and offers insight into how such data can be used to detect trends in adverse events and improve care. |
'''
Python mapping for the NotificationCenter framework.
This module does not contain docstrings for the wrapped code, check Apple's
documentation for details on how to use these functions and classes.
'''
import objc
import sys
import Cocoa
from NotificationCenter import _metadata, _NotificationCenter
sys.modules['NotificationCenter'] = mod = objc.ObjCLazyModule(
"NotificationCenter",
"com.apple.notificationcenter",
objc.pathForFramework("/System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework"),
_metadata.__dict__, None, {
'__doc__': __doc__,
'objc': objc,
'__path__': __path__,
'__loader__': globals().get('__loader__', None),
}, (Cocoa, ))
import sys
del sys.modules['NotificationCenter._metadata']
del sys.modules['NotificationCenter._NotificationCenter']
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Associated Press
Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tenn., was one of two men charged in what officials called a white supremacist assassination plot. |
Park Burger opening in RiNo/Ballpark neighborhood this fall
You'll soon be able to get Denver's Best Veggie Burger in the RiNo/Ballpark neighborhood -- because Park Burger, the homegrown chain that got its start when Jean-Philippe Failyau opened his first spot in Platt Park five years ago, is on the move again. |
Calcified pulmonary thromboembolism in a child with sickle cell disease: value of multidetector CT in patients with acute chest syndrome.
The incidence of pulmonary embolism in children is not clearly known, but is believed to be low. Risk factors for pulmonary thromboembolism include central venous catheter, malignancy, surgery, infection, trauma, and congenital hypercoagulable disorders. Children with sickle cell disease are prothrombotic and are at an increased risk of thromboembolism. The incidence of this event is unknown because these children are often not thoroughly imaged. We report here a case of a calcified pulmonary thromboembolism in a child with sickle cell disease and emphasize the use of multidetector CT in detection of pulmonary thromboembolism in children with sickle cell disease. |
Leadership Initiative trains primary healthcare workers in Lagos
Leadership Initiative For Youths Empowerment, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), has trained health workers at Primary Healthcare Centres in Isolo and Itire areas of Lagos, on improving community access to sexual transmitted infections (STI) and treatments for vulnerable members of the community.
Programme Officer for Leadership Initiative, Joseph Afam, said the training was to sensitise health workers on how to deal with STI, patients when it comes to access to healthcare services. Afam noted that secondary school leavers are vulnerable to become or patronise sex hawkers because of their lifestyles and they face stigmatization especially, in the community and for healthcare services. Afam said: “Because of the stigmatization these set of people do not come to hospital to access treatments for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Science (AIDS) and other sexual transmitted diseases.
So, we use this opportunity to create awareness for the need for health workers to imbibe certain skills, such as polite communications, empathy, respect and confidentiality to the patients. When the health workers apply these skills the patients would feel at home so, we are encourage sexual hawkers to come forward to access medical treatments. So, we advice health workers to treat them properly attack the diseases and not the patients. We discovered that many health workers do not respect patients but this training would go a long way in improving their attitudes towards patients at all levels.”
Senior Health Officer, Famuyiwa Elizabeth Omawumi, who is also one of the beneficiaries said she has learnt the skills especially respect to patients and confidentiality because these are keys to successful treatment. Omawunmi explained:“When patients should be respected and their confidential maintained at all times you see that the patient would recover quickly. I have learnt to keep secrets of my patients for successful treatments. Another thing is empathy; you have to put your self in the position of your patients and feel sorry for him..
“We are been taught to be flexible with our patients, we have to be patience enough in dealing with our patients to enable them give us history and details of their sickness and also feel at home. When you handle patients with polite communicate it goes a long way in boosting the treatment.”
“Our attitudes have changed after this training because all the things we have leant we are going to put them to practice for benefits of our patients.” |
Curt Schilling has endorsed Donald Trump, which should come as no surprise to anyone who knows about his political leanings.
Schilling, a former pitcher for the Red Sox, provided the endorsement in a blog post published Friday titled “Why I will vote for Donald Trump.”
While Schilling has been critical of Trump in the past — he said ”there has been no depth to anything he’s said” when asked about the candidate in March — he seems to have changed his mind. |
Tiler or Plumber - Central Asia
A tiler or plumber is needed to build a toilet at a multi-purpose centre
in a large city. The building is used for language classes,
accommodation for short-termers and church meetings. Qualifications: Skill is more important than qualification. |
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Why prevent when it does not pay? Prevention when health services are credence goods.
This article identifies information asymmetries and the corresponding problem of overtreatment as a possible source of prevention and health disparities when patients differ with respect to their health risk. It analyzes preventive health behavior (primary prevention) and preventive health-care utilization (secondary prevention) in markets in which patients cannot determine whether they receive excessive secondary preventive treatment-that is, where health services are credence goods. The problem of overtreatment in such markets is considered as a possible pathway through which differences in health risk lead to disparities in primary and secondary prevention as well as the corresponding health outcomes. Patients with high health risks do not invest in primary prevention, because they anticipate to be provided with unnecessary secondary prevention. Patients with lower risks invest in primary but not in secondary prevention, resulting in health losses. Furthermore, when societal groups differ with respect to their exposure to overtreatment, and we consider socioeconomic status as a possible reason, we observe disparities in primary and secondary prevention as well as the resulting health outcomes, including the "social gradient." Several implications for empirical research are discussed. |
Verona and Valpolicella
Enjoy a tour in the Valpolicella wine region, just close to Verona and two hours from Milan, to the west, and from Venice, to the east. Famous for its red wines, you don’t want to miss the chance to enjoy the full taste of a glas of purple-ruby red Amarone and learn all its secrets guided by skilled winemakers.
Have a walking tour in Verona and visit the spectacular Arena, the remarkably preserved Roman anphitheater, stroll through the historical center and admire the architecture gems from all periods in Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori, Juliet’s House, the Cathedraland Verona’s Roman ruins and enchanting churches. |
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No Questions Asked
Lily is angry at Marshall for purposely booking the room at the inn that is purportedly haunted. Not that Lily is afraid of ghosts - or so she says - but that the inn management is using the excuse of the haunting as justification for the shoddy state of the room. This issue is the least of Marshall's worries as he learns that Daphne texted Lily with news that he accepted a job as a judge in New York, even after they decided to move to Italy. He asks all his friends individually to delete the last text on Lily's phone, "no questions asked", such a request which each owes him. As such, each may be working at cross purposes to the other in getting the task done. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney both realize that they still do things without consulting the other, which they can't continue to do if their marriage is to work. |
Gordon Hayward is a basketball player and a sexy James A. Janisse wannabe.
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. |
Q:
How to declare an enum inside a class in typescript?
I am able to declare an enum inside a nested namespace. But unable to do so inside a class.
namespace N {
namespace NN {
enum { ONE }; // OK
}
}
namespace N {
class C {
public enum { ONE }; // Error: ';' expected
}
}
What is the correct syntax?
A:
This is not directly supported, you can use declaration merging to achieve a similar effect, you can merge a namespace with a class declaration:
class C {
}
namespace C {
export enum OtherEnum { ONE }; // OK
}
C.OtherEnum.ONE // ok
Or you can use a self executing function, but the syntax is uglier:
class C {
public static readonly MyEnum = (function() { enum MyEnum { ONE } return MyEnum })();
}
C.MyEnum.ONE;
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Panelists for the DRUM community discussion: (left to right) Howard University professor and Washington Post journalist Mark Beckford, Dr. Debra Hickman of Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR), and Alisa Brock of DraMa Mama. |
Myo-inositol as an adjuvant to florfenicol against Aeromonas hydrophila infection in common carp Cyprinus carpio.
Florfenicol, a synthetic drug with chemical structure and spectrum of antibacterial activity similar to chloramphenicol, has been shown to be effective against a number of bacterial pathogens. However, there are increasing signs of florfenicol-resistant bacteria due to the misuse and overuse of florfenicol in aquaculture. In the present study, florfenicol had a higher bactericidal efficacy in the presence of myo-inositol, which may be due to the ability of myo-inositol to increase susceptibility of Aeromonas hydrophila to florfenicol. Furthermore, in two different infected models, co-administration of myo-inositol and florfenicol significantly reduced the bacterial load in the liver, kidney and spleen tissues of A. hydrophila-infected Cyprinus carpio, and greatly increased the survival rate of infected fish. Finally, it was also found that myo-inositol exhibited synergistic action with other antibiotic drugs including neomycin sulfate, ceftriaxone and enrofloxacin. The results obtained in this study suggest that myo-inositol as an efficient adjuvant to antibiotic drugs could be useful in increasing the antimicrobial activity of antibiotic drugs against A. hydrophila infection, and could also be useful to help decrease the occurrence of antibiotic overuse in aquaculture. |
RasGEF1A and RasGEF1B are guanine nucleotide exchange factors that discriminate between Rap GTP-binding proteins and mediate Rap2-specific nucleotide exchange.
The highly conserved RasGEF1 family of proteins contain a C-terminal CDC25-Ras exchange motif domain and an N-terminal RasGEF-N domain, and are of unknown function and specificity. Using purified RasGEF1A and RasGEF1B proteins, as well as Ras family proteins, we established that RasGEF1A and RasGEF1B function as very specific exchange factors for Rap2, a member of the Rap subfamily of Ras-like G-proteins. They do not act on Rap1 or other members of the Ras subfamily. Although Rap2 was implicated in the regulation of cell adhesion, the establishment of cell morphology, and the modulation of synapses in neurons, no specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rap2 was previously identified. Using reciprocal site-directed mutagenesis, we analyzed residues that allow RasGEF1 proteins to discriminate between Rap1 and Rap2, and we were able to identify Phe39 in the switch I region of Rap2 as a specificity residue. Mutation of the corresponding Ser39 in Rap1 changed the specificity and allowed the nucleotide exchange of Rap1(S39F) to be stimulated by RasGEF1B. |
Factors Involved in Transgressing Tantric Vows
According to the Gelug master, Kaydrub Norzang-gyatso (mKhas-grub Nor-bzang rgya-mtsho) in
A Lamp to Illuminate the Closely Bonding Practices (Dam-tshig gsal-ba’i sgron-me), except for the fifth root tantric vow, giving up aspiring
bodhichitta, a downfall from the tantric vows (gsang-sngags-kyi rtsa-ltung), like a downfall from the root bodhisattva vows, requires
transgressing one of the fourteen root vows with the four binding factors (kun-dkris bzhi) being complete. These factors must be held and maintained from the moment
immediately after developing the motivation to break the vow, up until the moment right after
completing the act of transgression. In such cases, we lose our tantric vows; otherwise, we merely
weaken them.
not regarding the negative action as detrimental, seeing only advantages to it, and undertaking
the action with no regrets,
having been in the habit of committing the transgression before, having no wish or intention to
refrain now or in the future from repeating it,
delighting in the negative action and undertaking it with joy,
having no moral self-dignity or care for how our actions reflect on others, and thus having no
intention of repairing the damage we are doing to ourselves and to them.
There are three levels of being bound by the binding factors. Only in the first case do we lose
our tantric vows:
If all four binding factors are present when transgressing a root tantric vow, it is a great
bind (kun-dkris chen-po).
If not regarding the negative action as detrimental is present, but not all of the other three
factors, it is an intermediate bind (kun-dkris ‘bring).
If not regarding the negative action as detrimental is not present – in others words, if one
does regard the transgression as detrimental – but any or all of the other binding factors are
present, it is a small bind (kun-dkris chung-ngu).
Even if the four binding factors are present when transgressing one of the eight thick actions (sbom-po, secondary tantric vows), it is not a downfall and we do not lose our tantric
vows.
The procedures for purifying ourselves of the negative force built up by a transgression and
subsequent loss of our tantric vows are, in general, to apply the four opponent forces (stobs-bzhi), after openly admitting our transgression. These forces are also applied for
strengthening our tantric vows if we have weakened them:
application of counteracting opponent forces, such as repetition of the hundred-syllable mantra
of Vajrasattva or the mantra of Samayavajra (Dam-tshig rdo-rje).
If we have lost our tantric vows by having incurred a downfall, the counteracting opponent
forces include:
one hundred thousand repetitions of the hundred-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva and then retaking
the tantric vows at another empowerment,
retaking the vows as part of performing the self-initiation (bdag-‘jug) of the Buddha-form (yi-dam) of our practice. We may only take the self-initiation if we have previously
completed the serviceability retreat (las-rung) of that Buddha-form, during which we have repeated the relevant mantra at least
a hundred thousand times and followed this by the appropriate fire-puja (sbying-sreg).
The Drigung Kagyu master Rigdzin-chodrag (Kun-mkhyen Rig-‘dzin chos-grags), in
Vajra Garland: Points in Which to Train with Regard to the Vows of Peerless Tantra (Bla-med rdo-rje theg-pa’i sdom-pa’i bslab-bya rdo-rje’i phreng-ba), lists seven conjoining
factors (sbyor-ba bdun) that must be complete for a downfall from the tantric vows to occur:
being motivated by one of the three disturbing emotions,
knowing that to be that – this can be taken to mean discerning the action to be a fault, as in
the four binding factors, or correctly discerning the basis for the action, as in the factors for
karmic results to be the fullest,
not restraining the actions of our body or speech,
being parted from damaging – according to
The Encyclopedia of Knowledge (Shes-bya kun-khyab), by the Rimey master Kongtrul (‘
Jam-mgon Kong-sprul Blo-gros mtha’-yas), this means there was too little damage, meaning
interruption, made to the downfall’s being complete; in other words, if we apply opponents within
three hours of transgressing the vows, this breaks or damages the infraction, but with this factor,
we let more than three hours pass,
having known (the action to be faulty), not regretting it,
rejoicing in it,
not being deceived in our nature – this means not being of unsound mind or deranged when
committing the action.
Rigdzin-chodrag then adds as a further stipulation:
letting more than the (permissible) time pass before openly admitting (the downfall to our
tantric master while he or she is still alive) and retaking the vows.
Kongtrul, on the other hand, includes both not regretting the action and rejoicing in it as one
factor and counts letting more than the permissible time pass as the seventh in the list of the
seven conjoining factors.
The permissible time period within which to openly admit a downfall and retake the tantric vows
varies according to the level of tantric master from whom we have received the vows.
If we have received them from a tantric master with three qualifications (gsum-ldan-gyi slob-dpon), the permissible time period is one year,
if from a tantric master with two qualifications (gnyis-ldan-gyi slob-dpon), two years,
if from a tantric master with one qualification (gcig-ldan-gyi slob-dpon), three years.
The three levels of tantric master are differentiated according to what we have received from
them:
A tantric master with one qualification is one from whom we have received merely an empowerment
(dbang; initiation).
One with two qualifications is one from whom, in addition to an empowerment, we have received an
explanation of tantra.
One with three qualifications is one from whom, in addition to an empowerment and an explanation
of the hidden (secret) points of tantra, we have received verbal guidelines (man-ngag) concerning a tantric practice.
There are several degrees of transgression of the tantric vows. Rigdzin-chodrag explains:
If all seven conjoining factors are complete when transgressing a vow, but the prescribed time
has not elapsed before openly admitting the transgression and retaking the vows, it is a root
downfall (rtsa-ltung). In such situations, we are able to retake the tantric vows.
If, in addition to the seven factors being complete, the prescribed time period has already
passed, then the transgression is no longer a downfall, it is a total defeat (pham-pa). This means that we are disqualified from receiving another empowerment and
retaking the vows.
If our transgression is not parted from being damaged – in other words, if we apply the
opponents within three hours of committing the transgression – but the first three conjoining
factors are present, then it is a thick action (sbom-po).
If the actions of our body and speech had merely become careless (bag-med-pa), but the other six conjoining factors are not present, then it is merely a
faulty action (nyes-byas). Kongtrul adds that it is also a faulty action if we transgress a vow because
of not remembering it.
If there is a special need for transgressing a tantric vow, it is not a faulty action. Such
situations are enumerated in
Essence Ornament for the General Procedures for All Secrets (gSang-ba thams-cad-kyi spyi’i cho-ga’i snying-po rgyan, Skt.
Sarvaguhyavidhigarbhalamkara):
when done for a higher purpose, such as for the benefit of others,
when keeping the vow would cause an obstacle, endangering our life,
when we have received permission to disregard the vow from our tantric master, |
Steve quoted Stuart Scott’s now famous ESPY speech when he said, “When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.”
Steve also wrote this : I did recall when I was writing in November that Jean McGuire’s obituary last June said: “In her last days she promised to haunt her husband if he included in her obituary that she had ‘lost a courageous battle with cancer.’ She despised such metaphors. She faced death as she faced the challenges of raising a Down syndrome child, with grace and class and humor.”
My wife Jean did hate the battle metaphors around cancer. She often said, “this is a fight I didn’t pick.” She personally thought it was poppycock to think that her attitude could change any outcomes and she was not interested in chasing around the country for cures. She would have participated in clinical trials but she was told she was a bad candidate. She trusted her doctors completely and firmly believed that courage was accepting “what happens will happen.”
Clearly, that attitude is too passive for many people. I have smart, courageous friends who have entered countless trials and fought like hell until the last dog was hung. Jean looked on treatment only as a vehicle to a better quality of life. If it didn’t help her do the fun things she wanted to do, or “fix” her, she wasn’t interested.
And yet, I think that’s where Jean’s attitude intersects with that of Scott and Buttry. All three of them see and saw that the end game is not death. We all will arrive at that end-game. For all three of them the real end game was the quality of life one enjoys and demonstrates when they are still up and taking nourishment.
Jean was a model for many with her incisive humor all during her treatment and right to the end. Stuart Scott inspired with words and actions. Steve Buttry makes us all wiser with his transparent musings. |
Application of non-linear optimization methods to the estimation of multivariate curve resolution solutions and of their feasible band boundaries in the investigation of two chemical and environmental simulated data sets.
Although alternating least squares algorithms have revealed extremely useful and flexible to solve multivariate curve resolution problems, other approaches based on non-linear optimization algorithms using non-linear constraints are possible. Once the subspaces defined by PCA solutions are identified, appropriate rotation and perturbation of these solutions can produce solutions fulfilling the constraints obeyed by the physical nature of the investigated systems. In order to perform such a rotation, an optimization algorithm based in the fulfillment of constraints and some examples of application in chemistry and environmental chemistry are given. It is shown that the solutions obtained either by alternating least squares or by the new proposed algorithm are rather similar and that they are both within the boundaries of the band of feasible solutions obtained by an algorithm previously developed to estimate them. |
More on Liko Kenney
So, I’ve been casually engaged in a run-and-gun conversation with this chap regarding the Liko Kenney/Bruce McKay shooting. Chris King, the presumed author of said blog appears to be under the impression that McKay was a bad cop; and does in fact present some decent evidence in that regard.
Here’s my problem, and the source of my consternation on this issue. Even if McKay was a bad cop, even though he had rammed Kenney’s vehicle and then OC’d Kenney, it doesn’t justify shooting him. You don’t get to go around killing people, no matter how much you don’t like them.
The act of ramming Kenney’s car could be considered using potentially lethal force. However, at the time he was shot, McKay was not using, nor was he presenting, a credible threat of force. He was out of his car (so he couldn’t “squash Kenney’s car”), and he didn’t have his gun drawn. That’s not a threat of force.
No matter what McKay had done, you can’t twist the events into making Kenney some kind of folk hero. No matter which way you slice it, Kenney made the decision to shoot McKay, and that makes him responsible. There are plenty of legal options available for people who are legitimately abused by the police – Kenney didn’t pursue any of those.
I don’t care if McKay was a bad cop. In this situation, it’s irrelevant. Until someone can come up with a truly legitimate reason for Kenney hauling off and blasting McKay, Liko Kenney will remain to me as nothing more than another murderous scumbag.– |
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN
Zach talks to ESPN's Brian Windhorst about the Demarcus Cousins trade, deadline buzz and more. |
New method for dealing with late-presenting spontaneous esophageal ruptures.
A new technique is described for dealing with late-presenting spontaneous esophageal ruptures. This method requires only a short period of general anesthesia to drain the periesophageal abscess by a drainage tube inserted into the abscess cavity from the esophagus with the aid of a gastroscope and fluoroscopy. Gastric fluids are diverted from the esophageal rupture with a gastrostomy, and a jejunostomy is used for enteral feeding. The esophagus is retained, and closure of the fistula with resumption of normal swallowing is documented with serial sinograms. |
Q:
Is the newly adopted NFC technology going to be safe?
I got sent a link today talking about how the business card company "Moo" is implementing a chip into their cards that will allow NFC connections to do many things such as share contact info, open a website, open a social media page, etc etc.
So I personally don't know a ton about NFC or the connection it establishes, but to my knowledge all it is, is a radio connection. So once the chip and device realize they are connected it runs a command, probably something like
if device=connected{
do this
} else {
end / don't run command
};
I was wondering, just how secure can this connection be? Just off the top of my head I feel like it poses a major security risk to a couple threats, just a list I thought of:
You tap the card and:
The chip installs software (keylogger)
The chip steals something (Apple keeps your payment info in general settings of the app store)
The radio signal is intercepted by a third party
How possible are these scenarios? Should anyone be concerned with using the new NFC cards?
(Sorry not really sure what to tag this)
A:
NFC is just another medium like wires, wifi, microwave, light-comms, etc. It will be incumbent on the security professionals to create and guide their safe use whether it is for payments, data sharing or any other purpose.
Being an invisible medium probably brings its own risks in terms of awareness, but there is nothing intrinsic beyond its invisibility that suggests it will be any more or less secure as a medium.
As for your scenarios, I don't think the medium is relevant, only the systems that use the medium and they will depend on secure design, architecture and implementation like any other.
People have been talking about this issue for some time now in a security context and awareness is definitely growing.
A:
NFC is a standard for a packet transmission.
The packet can have a payload.
The payload can be harmful, but would require a program listening for that payload to do harm.
So no, this can't happen unless a user installs a sent malicious app, visits a dangerous webpage, or a program that accepts NFC packets has a vulnerability.
Why? Well really what you send over NFC is just a file. The user then has to open the file. This can be a web shortcut, a program installer, a text file, so forth and onward. However these files can NEVER auto execute. They must be opened. If there is a program waiting for a file, it will open that file, but the program must be the foreground application or a service handler in front of the OS NFC communicator.
What does this mean for security?
Just like many other systems, this means bad users are the danger here. If a file is sent and causes harm, it is because the user allowed it to be sent and cause harm by using a programmed designed to accept these NFC packets of doom.
Should I be worried about NFC?
Short answer: No.
Long answer: You should be careful. Just like the HTTP, NFC is a protocol. You must take in a malicious program to have something bad happen.
How do I avoid this sort of thing happening?
Disable NFC, and if you must use it, use best practices:
Don't accept NFC from sources or people you don't trust, or aren't confirmed safe
Don't leave NFC on if you're not using it(just like BT, wifi, a stove...)
Don't view, accept, or install content you don't trust(as general, not just over NFC)
By following these tips, and being safe, NFC is no more dangerous than bluetooth.
EDIT:
Addressing someone reading the communication over the air:
NFC has an extremely small travel distance(due to the power used). If anything is next to you, your device, and the thing you're communicating with, ask if it is necessary for it to be there. If the answer is no, don't use NFC.
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Between the Lines
The much – criticized Jewish “radio hours” broadcast from radio stations in New York and Brooklyn have now attracted the attention of the Federal Commission for Communications, and a thorough study is now being made by this commission of the programs of certain stations.
It is difficult to say what the outcome of this study will be. One thing is certain: interested in keeping the air clean, the Federal Commission will have to definitely insist that the Jewish radio hours actually represent Jewish culture and are not merely utilized for commercial purposes.
A LOW STANDARD
Jewish leaders in New York have long been dissatisfied with the programs broadcast by the majority of radio stations. A number of stations, anxious to attract more air advertisements from Jewish firms have totally disregarded the interests of the Jewish community as a whole and have indulged in broadcasting the cheapest and most vulgar of Jewish programs, which have very little to do with Jews except that they were given in the Jewish language.
The standards of the Jewish radio hours on some stations were so low that they provoked indignation among the average cultured American Jew. Instead of bringing out the best that the Jews have in music, theatre and contemporary art, these stations stooped to including jokes with double meaning, to exploiting children on the microphone, to bringing before the microphone “Jewish stars” of whom nobody had ever heard.
THE FEDERAL PROBE
All this was not only detrimental to Jewish interests because of the doubtful educational value of the so-called “programs,” but also because it gave to the world a false impression of the actual Jewish cultural standard. Any non-Jewish listener to such a Jewish radio hour had the full right to form the opinion that the Jews may be a people of anything but culture.
The investigation by the Federal Commission for Communication into certain stations will, therefore, be welcomed by all those Jews who are interested in seeing that Jewish culture is not misrepresented. An expert inquiry into the Jewish programs broadcast from New York and Brooklyn can only be hailed by all Jewish leaders.
The regulations for operating a radio station provide definitely that the programs broadcast do not contain filth. This is exactly what the Jews of the United States demand also from those radio stations which are engaged in broadcasting Jewish programs. A number of stations in New York do live up to the required standard. It is, however, to be regretted that this cannot be said of all stations.
HIGHER LEVEL WANTED
There is no censorship in the United States and it is certainly not our intention to ask for such. But the standard of Jewish broadcasting has been too much degraded. It is only logical to expect that the Federal Commission take into consideration the resentment which exists in certain Jewish circles against the misuse of Jewish programs.
The Federal Commission for Communications is the only institution which can compel the radio stations to keep their Jewish hours on a higher cultural level. |
I've been hoping for this skydiving addition for a while (in wishlists on the board as well). Wingsuits would be an amazing addition to the gameplay making it a lot more fun and feeling like you have more control over the character's fall. Also... I don't know another free roam game YET that's done that.
The screenshot doesn't suggest it at all, but just the shot keeps me hopeful!
Such big difference in distant view, finally we have distant fog instead of farclip cut. Which is so easy to accomplish in gta4 without any performance drop. But there is just so much more giving this nice stepup. Size and features will be greatly appreciated by fans. |
Entrainment beyond embodiment.
Mutual adaptive timing (MAT), the capacity to adapt one's timing to the timing of a partner, is a form of interpersonal entrainment necessary to play music in ensemble. To this respect, two questions can be advanced. First, whether MAT can be seen also in non-musician populations. This might imply interesting theoretical consequences with respect to the hypothesis of an innate inter-subjective musicality. Second, whether subject's MAT can be influenced by the position of the partner's body. This might imply that MAT modulation is guided by changes in the feeling of body ownership and agency, which in turn would affect subject's cortico-spinal excitability patterns. In order to test these hypotheses, we employed an alternate joint finger tapping task (which can be easily carried out without being expert performers), while single-pulse TMS was delivered on M1. This experimental design allowed us to test MAT in non-musicians and to study cortico-spinal excitability patterns while manipulating partners' body position. Ownership and agency were tested by ad hoc questionnaires. We first found that MAT was present also in a non-musicians population and was not affected by the position of the partner, thus pointing to the universality of such a joint proto-musical competence. Moreover, cortico-spinal excitability was similar when the subject tapped alone ('solo condition') and when the subject tapped with the partner in a position congruent with the subject's body (the 'egocentric condition'). On the contrary, when the subject tapped with the partner placed in front of him (the 'allocentric' condition') cortico-spinal excitability was higher with respect to the solo and egocentric conditions. These results show that, despite the fact that the partner was present both in the egocentric and in the allocentric position, only the allocentric condition was treated as a social ensemble. Interestingly, in the egocentric condition the partner's body seemed to be treated as the subject's 'own' body. The subjective feeling of ownership and agency were coherent with the physiological data. |
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