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Cytokines and growth factors in atherogenesis.
The development of laboratory techniques for the culturing of vascular endothelial and smooth-muscle cells during the 1970s, followed by the rapid advances in molecular and cell biology during the 1980s, provided the foundation for the identification of growth factor and cytokine networks involved in maintenance of the normal vasculature as well as participating in diverse pathologic processes involving blood vessels. Vascular cells can produce and respond to a vast array of biochemical messengers that control cell replication, differentiation, and many specific cell functions. Investigators are beginning to explore the changes in the patterns of messengers exchanged between the vascular cells and infiltrating leukocytes during the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. A variety of in vitro and in vivo studies have indicated that growth factors and cytokines that mediate the critical processes of inflammation and wound healing also play a central role in vascular disease. Indeed, many view atherosclerosis as the result of excessive or prolonged chronic inflammation and wound healing in response to diverse injurious stimuli to cells of the vessel wall. Vascular injury may result from many varied and interacting forces, including nutritional and metabolic abnormalities such as hyperlipidemias or elevated homocysteine, mechanical forces associated with hypertension, exogenous toxins including those found in cigarette smoke, abnormally glycated proteins associated with diabetes mellitus, oxidatively modified lipids or proteins, and, possibly, viral infections. Ultimately, a greater understanding of the activated cytokine and growth factor networks within the vascular wall following injury and during atherogenesis will allow clinical scientists to identify steps susceptible to therapeutic intervention using recombinant cytokines, antibodies, soluble receptors, or receptor antagonists. Other therapeutic strategies may involve the transfection of specific genes, which may inhibit atherosclerosis, into vascular cells at sites prone to lesion formation. |
Q:
Read multiple tables with relations with t-sql into DataSet
Is it possible to select data with one t-sql statement from multiple tables (join) into a string representation and directly insert this text into a data set (DataSet.ReadXml(...)).
I need to preserve the relations, of course.
I have seen some complex examples using FOR XML, but is there a simple way?
A:
well, I did it myself:
SQL = "SELECT table1.x, table2.z FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.ID = table2.SubID
FOR XML AUTO, XMLDATA";
and
DataSet data = new DataSet();
DbCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = SQL;
data.ReadXml(((System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand)cmd).ExecuteXmlReader(),
xmlReadMode.Fragment);
that's it
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Q:
APNS device tokens combined with Login/logout system
I have an iOS application where users can log in and out with different accounts. (These accounts are specific to our Service).
I am also using APNs to push notifications from my backend server to the application, when something intreresting has happened.
The following scenario describes my problem:
User A starts the App and Logs in. A Device token is generated and sent to the server.
User A logs out of the App
User B Logs in to the App
The Backend Server sends out a notification to the device that "belongs" to user A. However, User B is logged in to that device now. (They share the same device token)
User B "receives" the notification. (I.e the phone shows the notification despite that it's not applicable to the current account).
Has anyone solved a similar problem? I can think of several solutions such as:
Refreshing the device Token manually. (I don't know if it's possible)
Receive the notification - Butonly showing it if the intented user is logged in. However, I don't think this is possible, since the system is in charge of showing the notification and not my app.
Change the backend so that the user has to tell it when it's online and offline and not send notifications when it's offline. (This solution would cause many problems and I don't think it would work completely either, so I want to avoid this).
None of these solutions seems optimal and I haven't found anything better. I think that for example Facebook must have solved a similar problem and probably many others too.
Thankful for some input on this.
FYI. I will face the exact same problem on Android, but I have chosen to separate the Questions here on Stack Overflow.
A:
did you find the silver bullet for the issue?
The way we resolved the problem is the following:
A logs in and uploads its token to our backend and store it in the keychain (or userdefaults).
If A logs out correctly, we invalidate its token.
If the app was deleted APNS will notify our backend that the token is invalid. (when a notification is sent)
When B logs in we upload the token to the server since it already exists in the keychain (or userdefaults) then the server makes sure that the token only belongs to a single user.
When logging out we unregister from remote notifications to make sure no push notifications will be received.
UIApplication.shared.unregisterForRemoteNotifications()
P.S.: The Android part is easier because you can access the token at any time through the lifecycle of the app, therefore, you don't have to store it manually.
A:
The 3rd solution is the good one. You just need to delete the installation object in your backend when the user logs out, and create a new one at log in.
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Posts Tagged ‘old etonians’
Some economic panto at PMQs today. David Cameron asked Gordon Brown why Britain is now the last G20 country in recesssion. Oh no it's not, countered Mr Brown. He cited Spain, which is indeed still in ...
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Cold winter weather outside has me looking fondly at warm, sunny spaces like this one — the Barcelona home of transplanted Australians Crick King and Tommy Tang, founders of Federal Café. Love how welcoming and personal their house is — and the pretty courtyard is a wonderful added bonus, too. More here on Nuevo Estilo. |
In order to comply with the legal emission limits, modern motor vehicles with a petrol engine have a tank venting device by means of which fuel vapors escaping from the fuel tank are collected and stored in a suitable storage tank (generally an activated carbon canister). From time to time, it is necessary to regenerate the storage container. To this end, the storage container is connected to an inlet manifold of the internal combustion engine by means of a venting pipe. The controlled opening of a tank venting valve located in the venting pipe pneumatically connects the storage container with the inlet manifold. Due to the negative pressure prevailing in the inlet manifold, the fuel vapors stored in the storage container are sucked into the inlet manifold and then participate in the combustion process.
The combustible mixture changes depending on the concentration of the hydrocarbons in this regeneration gas flow. It is however necessary to set the air/fuel ratio of the combustible mixture to a defined value in order to ensure a sufficient combustion quality (running smoothness) and optimum exhaust gas treatment. Without further measures, the introduction of the regeneration gas into the inlet manifold would result in a deterioration of the exhaust gas quality or impairment of the combustion stability. In order to prevent this, the quantity of fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine by means of an injection valve is adapted to the quantity of fuel that is additionally supplied by the regeneration gas flow. For this, however, the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas flow must be known as precisely as possible.
According to a known method, the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas flow can be determined by measuring the exhaust gas composition with a lambda sensor when the tank venting valve is closed and storing this as a reference variable. The tank venting valve is then gradually opened and the change that this causes in the exhaust gas composition is determined. Based on the difference in the exhaust gas composition, the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas flow can be determined. If it is determined during an executed tank venting process that the value for the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas flow has been incorrectly ascertained or has changed, the tank venting valve must be closed, a constant operating point of the internal combustion engine waited for and the fuel concentration in the regeneration gas flow determined once again. This very time-consuming process considerably restricts the number of possible tank venting processes and the flexibility of their execution. |
The present invention relates to a device that provides a conduit through which intra-thoracic pressures can be monitored and measured. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved esophageal balloon catheter device that is used to obtain esophageal pressure data for evaluating, treating and diagnosing patients with various respiratory conditions and diseases.
Esophageal balloon catheter devices are commonly used as a research or clinical tool in the study of lung mechanics. Specifically, many investigators have utilized esophageal balloons to characterize the mechanical properties of the lung in both health and in disease as well as in determining the work or effort of breathing.
More recently, esophageal balloon catheter devices have been used as part of monitoring systems for diagnosing sleep disorders, the clinical management of ventilator patients, as well as a part of pulmonary function systems in the measurement of lung mechanics.
Typical esophageal balloon catheter devices employ an air-containing balloon sealed over the distal or near distal end of a catheter that transmits balloon pressure to a pressure transducer attached to the proximal end of the catheter. A pressure transducer in this context converts mechanical energy (balloon pressure) into electrical signals and units of measurement. The balloon of the catheter is usually positioned in the lower or middle third of the esophagus to monitor esophageal pressure to determine lung compliance and respiratory effort. As is known; during inhalation the pressure in the esophagus and thorax decreases, while it increases in the viscera below the diaphragm and during exhalation the pressure in the esophagus and thorax increases while it decreases in the viscera below the diaphragm.
The catheter used in these devices is sometimes constructed to be stiff and rigid enough to allow insertion through the nasal passage and down into the esophagus. A serious disadvantage of these devices is that they are uncomfortable to patients being monitored to an extent that the pressure data may be affected as well as the patient""s ability to sleep. The catheter used in these devices may also be constructed to be limp and flaccid to provide comfort during overnight esophageal pressure testing. However, the limp and flaccid nature of the catheter makes it virtually impossible to insert it into the esophagus. Accordingly, such a catheter device includes a removable stylet assembly, which consists of a wire that is inserted into the lumen of the catheter at the proximal end thereof to stiffen the catheter so that it can be inserted into the esophagus and the balloon properly positioned therein. Once the balloon of the catheter device is positioned in the esophagus, the stylet assembly needs to be removed so the pressure transducer can be attached to the proximal end of the catheter.
A major disadvantage of these devices is that it is very difficult to position the balloon correctly in the esophagus. There is an advantage in being able to monitor esophageal pressure oscillation while positioning the balloon in the esophagus. This is possible with the stiffer more rigid catheters but not with the more comfortable soft and flaccid catheters. Once the stylet is removed and the pressure transducer attached, it is often discovered that the balloon is not properly positioned in the esophagus. Because the catheter is so soft and flaccid this necessitates removing the pressure transducer and reinserting the stylet into the catheter to stiffen it so that the position of the balloon can be corrected. Unfortunately, reinserting the stylet assembly into the catheter is extremely dangerous as it can puncture the catheter and the esophagus.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improved esophageal balloon catheter device, which is soft and flaccid for comfort and yet allows for monitoring esophageal pressure oscillation to aid proper positioning of the balloon. Such a device would avoid the need for removal of the stylet to attach the pressure transducer and the subsequent risk of reinserting the stylet assembly for balloon repositioning.
An esophageal catheter device comprises a catheter with a balloon as pressure sensor affixed to an exterior surface of the catheter, and a stylet assembly including a stylet for preventing bending and flexing of the catheter during insertion in the esophagus and a port for removably attaching a pressure transducer. |
Identification of a possible biomarker for colophony exposure.
Colophony is known to cause occupational asthma and dermatitis. Biological monitoring may be useful in assessing exposure. This paper describes a method for the analysis of dehydroabietic acid in urine and its potential use as a marker of colophony exposure. The method involves hydrolysis, solvent extraction, derivatization and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Twenty-eight workers from a soldering factory in South Africa were monitored. Results showed that levels of dehydroabietic acid in urine may be correlated with a subjective assessment of exposure. |
Q:
Is there such a thing as a class that shares aspects of both control and entity stereotypes?
I have a class called 'Inventory' that has two subclasses, 'Drink' and 'Condiment'. They are a part of a software system being developed for use in a hot drinks vending machine. Note that this isn't really going to be implemented, rather it is a piece of coursework for my Software Engineering class. Anyway, I'm having trouble deciding what stereotype to apply to 'Inventory', as I can see it having aspects of both a control class (managing the drinks and condiments during a transaction), and of an entity class (noting the quantities of each item in its subclasses, but it also is the sole manager of the water water levels, as hot water is common to all drinks dispenses from this machine).
I'm basically looking for some guidance on how to classify this class. Thanks a lot.
A:
You might consider that since you are unsure how to classify it, perhaps you could design separate control and entity classes. First rule of software engineering: if the design feels wrong then it probably is.
Come to think of it, the zeroth rule is: know when to ignore the other rules, especially the ones about stereotypes and design patterns.
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Various rat strains were studied on different diets to check on the regulation of aldosterone at messenger levels. This study is linked to the clinical studies designed to evaluate the mechanisms underlying non- modulating hypertension with varying diets. CLINFO ONLY. |
package datadog.trace.agent.tooling
import datadog.trace.util.test.DDSpecification
class UtilsTest extends DDSpecification {
def "getStackTraceAsString() returns the stack trace as a single new line separated string"() {
setup:
def stackTrace = Utils.stackTraceAsString
expect:
stackTrace.contains('datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Utils')
stackTrace.contains(System.getProperty("line.separator"))
}
}
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Q:
When starting a system call, how are user-mode ss and esp saved, e.g. in linux?
I know user-mode ss/esp should be saved into the kernel-mode stack for later restore.
The question is that to locate kernel-mode stack, ss/esp have to be loaded with the corresponding kernel-mode values first. Now it seems to me that user-mode ss/esp have been flushed. Then how does the hardware/system retrieve the user-mode ss/esp?
Are user-mode ss and esp saved in some temporary places? Or the operation is supported by x86 circuit?
A:
Think about what happens with the instruction pointer. Clearly there must be some hardware support in there somewhere.
Putting aside modern "fast system call" techniques (I'll return to this later), note that a system call is requested by just issuing a specific software interrupt with certain processor registers set up appropriately. So what happens then is down to the interrupt hardware in the processor.
When an interrupt occurs, the processor automatically pushes various registers and other information (things like the instruction pointer, and other stuff that could be modified even before the handler gets a chance to save them) onto the kernel stack. Additionally, if the processor is currently not in kernel mode, it pushes the stack pointer and stack segment register onto the kernel stack and transitions to kernel mode, executing the interrupt handler.
Now if we look at "fast system calls" (the SYSENTER instruction), we note that it requires some machine state registers to be already set up, and it doesn't save state (this is part of what makes it faster than issuing an interrupt). The calling code is responsible for placing in the unclobbered registers the data that the kernel needs in order to execute the system call, and the data it needs to return to its original state.
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importScripts('primes.js');
var primes = new Primes();
onmessage = function(event) {
var p = event.data;
if (p != parseInt(p))
throw 'invalid argument';
postMessage([p, primes.test(p)]);
}
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Cutoff Point
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DEFINITION of 'Cutoff Point'
The point at which an investor decides whether or not a particular security is worth purchasing. The cutoff point is very subjective and will be based on the personal characteristics of the individual investor. Some examples of personal characteristics that may determine the cutoff point include the investor's required rate of return and his or her risk aversion level.
INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Cutoff Point'
Because cutoff points are largely subjective, they will vary widely among investors. For example, if an investor has a lower required rate of return, he or she will likely pay more for the same security than a person with a higher required rate of return. This translates into a higher cutoff point for the first investor.
A cutoff point may also be considered a good "rule of thumb" when considering particular securities, as it may help the investor make more consistent investment decisions. |
Arginine transport through system y(+)L in cultured human fibroblasts: normal phenotype of cells from LPI subjects.
In lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI), impaired transport of cationic amino acids in kidney and intestine is due to mutations of the SLC7A7 gene. To assess the functional consequences of the LPI defect in nonepithelial cells, we have characterized cationic amino acid (CAA) transport in human fibroblasts obtained from LPI patients and a normal subject. In both cell types the bidirectional fluxes of arginine are due to the additive contributions of two Na(+)-independent, transstimulated transport systems. One of these mechanisms, inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and sensitive to the membrane potential, is identifiable with system y(+). The NEM- and potential-insensitive component, suppressed by L-leucine only in the presence of Na(+), is mostly due to the activity of system y(+)L. The inward and outward activities of the two systems are comparable in control and LPI fibroblasts. Both cell types express SLC7A1 (CAT1) and SLC7A2 (CAT2B and CAT2A) as well as SLC7A6 (y+LAT2) and SLC7A7 (y+LAT1). We conclude that LPI fibroblasts exhibit normal CAA transport through system y(+)L, probably referable to the activity of SLC7A6/y+LAT2. |
Expression of CD1d by astrocytes corresponds with relative activity in multiple sclerosis lesions.
The CD1 protein family present lipid antigens to the immune system. CD1d has been observed in the CNS of MS patients, yet no studies have quantitatively characterized this expression and related it to inflammatory demyelinative activity in MS plaques. In this study, we set out to localize and quantify the presence of CD1d expression by astrocytes in MS brain tissue lesions. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded MS and control brain tissues were examined. Lesions were classified as active, chronic active or chronic silent. Using immunofluorescence, the density of CD1d-positive cells was determined in active lesions, chronic active lesion edges and chronic active lesion centers. The percentage of CD1d-positive cells that were GFAP-positive was also determined in each of these regions. CD1d immunoreactivity was significantly increased in MS compared to control tissue, was significantly more prevalent in areas of active demyelination, and colocalized with GFAP-positive reactive astrocytes. Increases of CD1d immunoreactivity in the CNS of MS patients being greatest in areas of active demyelination and localized to GFAP-positive astrocytes lend support to the hypothesis of a lipid-targeted autoimmune process contributing to the pathogenesis of MS. |
Dr. Curtis Cripe Gives His Opinion On Behavioral Medicine
Behavioral medicine is a promising field of learning in the recent times which combines behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical practices and theories so as to prevent, diagnose, and take care of patients with mental diseases. The behavioral medicine primarily specializes on the relation between thought and behavior and how it can affect psychological and physical health.
Dr. Curtis Cripe discusses the role of Behavioral medicine in treating mental diseases
Behavioral medicine has been developed as a subordinate of psychological disease medication. The psychological therapists recognized that the majority medical disorder took place owing to behavioral issues. This judgment in turn assisted in the development of behavioral medicine. Behavioral medicine mainly focuses on human brain, brain activity, and neuron. In addition to this, Dr. Curtis Cripe has several years of experience in physiology, cells, structures and memories and has a varied background in neuroengineering, psychophysiology, aerospace engineering, psychology, software development and programming, addiction recovery, brain injury and child neurodevelopment.
Dr. Cripe further stated that behavioral medicine is a response-based therapy which assists the patient to get new positive behaviors that either reduce the severity of or eradicate mental disorders such as addiction, anxiety, phobias and compulsive-neurotic disorder. Dr. Cripe has established the Crossroads Institute, which uses telemedicine brain training delivery systems to assist kids with learning and developmental disorders and offer programs for adults as well with an extensive range of psychological issues which include stressful brain injury and addiction. At present, Dr. Cripe is Science Research and Development Director of NTL Group and leads the team on brain repair and cognitive for head injury, developmental delays, and addiction.
Dr. Curtis Cripe explains that the techniques and therapies involved in behavioral medicine are of advanced nature. Moreover in order to get the effective treatments of patients and their mental disorders the behavioral medicine therapies can assist to a great extent. The popularity of behavioral medicine and neuro-engineering is primarily because a large number of patients and their families have lost faith in the conventional medicine system where anti-depression or drugs are used to treat people suffering from psychological diseases or cognitive defects.
At present, Dr. Cripe is a leading researcher at the NTL Group, where he explores the fields of neuroengineering and behavioral medicine. He is well-known for his leadership qualities and is also a renowned author of numerous peer-reviewed journals and a number of books. Additionally, he is also the member of the Golden Key International Honor Society for Academics and is also an INPP instructor for brain development. |
#ifndef __LOCAL_PROTO_H__
#define __LOCAL_PROTO_H__
#include <grass/nviz.h>
/* module flags and parameters */
struct GParams
{
struct Flag *mode_all;
struct Flag *isosurf_toggle_norm_dir;
struct Flag *draw_volume_box;
struct Option
/* surface */
*elev_map, *elev_const, *color_map, *color_const,
*mask_map, *transp_map, *transp_const, *shine_map, *shine_const,
*emit_map, *emit_const,
/* surface draw mode */
*mode, *res_fine, *res_coarse, *style, *shade, *wire_color, *surface_pos,
/* vector lines */
*vlines, *vline_width, *vline_color, *vline_mode, *vline_height,
*vline_pos, *vline_layer, *vline_color_column, *vline_width_column,
/* vector points */
*vpoints, *vpoint_size, *vpoint_mode, *vpoint_marker, *vpoint_color,
*vpoint_width, *vpoint_pos, *vpoint_layer, *vpoint_size_column,
*vpoint_marker_column, *vpoint_color_column, *vpoint_width_column,
/* volumes */
*volume, *volume_mode, *volume_shade, *volume_pos, *volume_res,
*isosurf_level, *isosurf_color_map, *isosurf_color_const,
*isosurf_transp_map, *isosurf_transp_const, *isosurf_shine_map,
*isosurf_shine_const, *slice_pos, *slice, *slice_transp,
/* misc */
*exag, *bgcolor,
/* cutting planes */
*cplane, *cplane_pos, *cplane_rot, *cplane_tilt, *cplane_shading,
/* viewpoint */
*pos, *height, *persp, *twist, *focus,
/* output */
*output, *format, *size,
/* lighting */
*light_pos, *light_color, *light_bright, *light_ambient,
/* fringe */
*fringe, *fringe_color, *fringe_elev,
/* north arrow */
*north_arrow, *north_arrow_size, *north_arrow_color;
};
/* args.c */
void parse_command(int, char **, struct GParams *);
int color_from_cmd(const char *);
int opt_get_num_answers(const struct Option *);
void check_parameters(const struct GParams *);
/* surface.c */
int load_rasters(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
void surface_set_draw_mode(const struct GParams *);
/* vector.c */
int load_vlines(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
int load_vpoints(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
int vlines_set_attrb(const struct GParams *);
int vpoints_set_attrb(const struct GParams *);
int check_map(const struct GParams *, int, int, int *, int *);
/* volume.c */
int load_rasters3d(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
int add_isosurfs(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
int add_slices(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
/* cutting planes */
void draw_cplane(const struct GParams *, nv_data *);
/* write_img.c */
int write_img(const char *, int);
#endif /* __LOCAL_PROTO_H__ */
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Modular Design of Poly(norbornenes) for Organelle-Specific Imaging in Tumor Cells.
Through modular ROMP (ring-opening metathesis polymerization) directly from monomeric norbornenes of bioactive peptides, rhodamine B chromophore, and PEG solubilizer, we designed and synthesized a series of water-soluble poly(norbornenes) with organelle-specific imaging capability in tumor cells. For the selection of FxrFxK, TAT, and SV40 peptide sequences, these fluorescence probes exhibited different targeting specificity toward mitochondria, lysosome, and nucleolus, respectively, based on the same poly(norbornene) backbonds. More importantly, the ROMP strategy enables selective combination from various monomers and allows programmable biofunctionalization via peptide sequence permutations, which would greatly extend the biomedical applications such as imaging, diagnosis, and therapy for these synthetic polymers. |
% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
% Please edit documentation in R/download.PalEON.R
\name{download.PalEON}
\alias{download.PalEON}
\title{download.PalEON}
\usage{
download.PalEON(
sitename,
outfolder,
start_date,
end_date,
overwrite = FALSE,
...
)
}
\arguments{
\item{end_date}{}
}
\description{
Download PalEON files
}
\author{
Betsy Cowdery
}
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A number of potential problems are caused by the high circuit element density of today's integrated circuits. For example, densely packed field-effect transistors have relatively short channel lengths, resulting in increased potential for punchthrough effects. Also, the correspondingly shallow drain and source junction depths can result in junction spiking, in which metallization layers penetrate drain and source diffusions. The short channel lengths also result in higher electric field strengths, which in turn cause deleterious hot carrier effects. Reduced device geometries increase capacitive coupling between source/drain regions and the body of the transistor, resulting in degraded device performance and signal transmission characteristics. In the case of CMOS technology, parasitic thyristors and associated latchup effects arise. These and other fundamental problems must be addressed by the circuit designer and process engineer. |
---
title: CSS
shortDesc: 'Do CSS URL hashes reflect subresources changes?'
---
# Introduction
CSS can reference other CSS stylesheets via `@import`, font files via `@font-face` and image files with `background-image`, `mask-image`, `border-image` et al. When the URL hashes for these resourcess are changed, the hashed URLs of any CSS files referring to them must also change.
# The Test
This test runs repeated builds of a CSS stylesheet referencing an image, both of which receive hashes in their URLs. The contents of the SVG image are changed causing it to have a different URL hash in the final build build, which should also update the stylesheet's URL hash.
**styles.css**
```css
body {
background-image: url(bg.svg);
}
```
In this example, when `bg.svg` changes, its hashed URL `bg.a1b2c.svg` will change. Since the built CSS has to be updated with the new image URL, its hashed URL `styles.9z8y7.css` should also change.
If the content of `bg.svg` is changed between two builds, the hash of _both_ output files must change compared to the previous build.
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Q:
Method not supported in LINQ Store expression
I am using LINQ to Entities for selecting data from SQL.
Here is my statement
var employee = from p in _context.employee
select p;
employee = employee.Where(p =>
Helper.RemoveSpecialCharacters(p.IdentificationNumber).
Equals(Helper.RemoveSpecialCharacters(search.IdentificationNumber)));
var Results = employee.ToList();
I am using RemoveSpecialCharacters method which I wrote to compare both sides of comparison without special characters.
Here I Get error, "RemoveSpecialCharacters" Method is not supported by Linq->Entity and is not a valid Store Expression.
I understand that it can't be translated as SQL. But how do I make such comparison using LINQ?
RemoveSpecialCharacters Method
public static string RemoveSpecialCharacters(string str)
{
char[] arr = str.Where(c => (char.IsLetterOrDigit(c))).ToArray();
str = new string(arr);
return str;
}
If methodname be translated to LINQ store then maybe how can I put this in linq so that sql understands it.
A:
If you can express your RemoveSpecialCharacters in SQL, you could have a SQL view presenting your employees with a computed IdentificationNumberWithoutSpecialCharacters column, and then filter on it.
You could also reuse your C# implementation of the method by creating a .NET assembly for SQL Server.
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Paradoxical migrating cyst: an unusual presentation of intraventricular neurocysticercosis with a coincidental pituitary adenoma.
Intraventricular neurocysticercosis is an uncommon entity which may become symptomatic due to cerebrospinal fluid flow obstruction. Migration of intraventricular cysts through the ventricular spaces is a rare occurrence. This phenomenon is poorly understood but may be due to pressure changes within the ventricular cavities. We present a patient with intraventricular neurocysticercosis with paradoxical transaqueductal migration of the cyst from the cerebral aqueduct to the fourth ventricle shortly after ventricular drain placement for acute hydrocephalus. The patient also presented with a coincidental sellar and suprasellar mass, later pathologically proven to be a pituitary adenoma. The migration of this cyst resulted in spontaneous relief of obstruction at the cerebral aqueduct, thus restoring normal cerebrospinal fluid pathways and avoiding permanent shunting. We discuss the possible mechanisms and implications of cyst migration, and the diagnostic challenges of concomitant findings of a pituitary mass and neurocysticercosis. Although the presence of a sellar and suprasellar mass in a patient with known neurocysticercosis should raise clinical suspicion for the possibility of sellar neurocysticercosis, pituitary macroadenoma is a more common entity and a more likely etiology for a sellar lesion. |
E-Office
E-office aims to cater to the need for effectiveness and transparency in the Governmental processes and services delivery mechanisms.
Overview
E-Office, an app developed by NITB, is helping the Government departments to go paperless. It is aimed at improving internal efficiencies in an organization through electronic administration.
The physical file movement of official files and documents consumes a lot of time and requires continuous monitoring from desk to the desk before the final decision is made by the senior officials. Consequently, many crucial decisions get delayed due to the slow movement of files and/or unavailability or absence of the senior officials in the government offices. In addition, the hazard of theft and missing of files is also common in most of the government offices. The immediate need in such a scenario is to have a system in place where an authorized employee could locate the required documents and/or files in the shortest possible time.
E-Office is a step forward into an era of paperless administration in the government offices. It is a digital workplace solution that replaces the existing method of manual handling of files and documents with an efficient electronic system. The app can update and share files with other relevant users and eventually store them with proper references. The electronic system has its inherent advantages such as data stored digitally with audit trails for every transaction being done. Regular backups and Disaster Recovery systems (DRS) are in place which ensures that the Government files are not damaged in case of any mishap. |
[Heart rupture by closed chest trauma].
Cardiac rupture is certainly unrecognised in the context of closed chest trauma. There have been few reports in the literature despite the fact that autopsy series show that it is the second cause of death after serious thoracic injury. The authors report three cases of traumatic rupture of the heart. The clinical presentation, apart from cardiogenic shock, differs according to whether there is an associated rupture of the pericardium. When the pericardium is intact, the diagnosis is suggested by the signs of tamponade: With earlier treatment of trauma by medical teams, this lesion should be diagnosed as soon as possible. Echocardiography has many indications in closed chest trauma. Early surgical intervention is the only treatment of these lesions. |
How to avoid unwanted wakeups when killing lots of processes - fanf2
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/ProcessKillingTrick
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dozzie
There is a continuation post the next day:
[https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CodeRea...](https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CodeReadingNarrowness)
It's because there are three or four different things that could be the reason
behind the code he talks about, not just what he described in this post.
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codedokode
There is a problem though: the code wakes up all the processes with SIGCONT
even if some of them were stopped by some other program (not by systemd)
intentionally.
~~~
JdeBP
Which of those processes will _not_ have a pending SIGTERM/SIGKILL action as
their very first thing to do once continued?
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Q:
'Preclude' vs 'Exclude' vs 'Prevent'
I'm trying to really understand how the word preclude differs from either exclude or include. Merriam Webster defines preclude as
to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
Which sounds a lot like either prevent or exclude. Does prevent block a future action from happening, while preclude eliminates the possibility of that action altogether?
A:
You are correct that there is some overlap between "preclude" and both "prevent" and "exclude". They may sometimes be almost interchangeable, but certainly not always.
I would say that preclude is used to indicate that one event or circumstance prevents another event or circumstance from happening. It indicates cause and effect.
You've referred to the definition in Merriam-Webster, but did you also look at the usage examples that it gives:
She suffered an injury that precluded the possibility of an athletic career.
i.e. The injury prevented her from pursuing an athletic career.
She couldn't pursue an athletic career because of the injury.
Bad weather precluded any further attempts to reach the summit.
i.e. The bad weather prevented them from making any further attempts to reach the summit.
They couldn't make any further attempts to reach the summit because of the bad weather.
The secret nature of his work precluded official recognition. (Example from ODO)
i.e. His work could not be officially recognised because it was secret.
One dictionary definition seems quite explanatory:
Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
and, helpfully, gives an example of not precluding:
It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
i.e. it could still be a clear afternoon even though it has been raining for days.
Using not preclude in this fashion is also fairly common.
So:
Yes, it does mean "prevent", but the word is used in a slightly different way.
Yes, it does mean "exclude", but "exclude" does not carry the implication of cause and effect.
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This invention relates in general to data backup systems and in particular, to a system for storing data in one or more backup tape devices.
In many distributed computer environments such as the personal computer local area networks (PC LANs), it is necessary to record data as backup. This is crucial, for example, in certain networks such as in networks for recording airline reservations.
Network backup applications, like other types of data management, is faced with new challenges in distributed environments such as PC LANs.
Because data is often distributed among many nodes on a net, backup performance has been a real problem. In fact, none of the current strategies have significantly reduced "network overhead." However, this invention introduces a new technology which provides a very elegant solution to the apparent complexity of distributed data management. Discussed below are the advantages of shared network backup in the light of this new technology. Specifically, this new technology disspells the myth that a fileserver based solution is the only way to achieve high performance.
Plenty has been written about the details of the more common backup solutions. Highlighted below are aspects of these existing applications which are germaine to the goals of the invention.
The earliest network backup applications put the tape device at a workstation, providing a backup solution for files which could be accessed over the network as well as local data. The performance of these applications were limited by local disk performance and network communication overhead. The result is software which, however functional, falls quite short of the performance capabilities of the streaming tape devices being introduced into the market. For some time, these particular applications were the only way of doing full server disk backups, which greatly intensified the performance problem.
Today, "shared" backup systems which put the tape device at the file server have become popular. Some of these can back server data up at the theoretical rate of the streaming tape device. They can also be used to back up other servers as well as work stations on the net. However, all data not residing at the "host" server is still backed up quite slowly while continuing to significantly impact the network.
The problem remains, then, that unless a tape device is positioned at nearly every node, overall performance is low and the impact to the network is high. The result is that, for a grouping number of functioning LANs, this essential data management function continues to interrupt normal network operations for prohibitively long periods. These applications purport to add value to streaming tape devices. But, because they have not beerable to fully utilize device potential, they have actually been value reducing. |
During the past few months we have had a very solid rally in the stock market, which has been accompanied by higher interest rates. Certainly, the economic results that have been released have not changed that much during that period, and thus we can conclude that the changes in the markets are not because of a change in fundamentals. This conclusion is not surprising, because often the markets trade on feelings rather than results.
We do know that the change in psychology is due to a change in leadership. New leadership and new policies bring a lot of uncertainty to the table. Generally, the markets do not like uncertainty. On the other hand, it is not unusual for optimism to trump uncertainty (excuse the pun). If the markets are optimistic that the changes will help the economy, high stock prices and higher rates are justified. Of course, it does help that the economy is already heading in the right direction.
As slow as it has been, the recovery has seen a precipitous drop in the unemployment rate and a net gain of several million jobs. Revving up an economy which is already growing requires much less energy, as opposed to turning around an economy. And that is what is likely making the markets more optimistic. It is unusual to apply stimulus to a growing economy, as opposed to moving an economy out of recession. On the other hand, too much stimulus to a growing economy could stimulate inflation, and this is the risk which is supporting higher rates. Remember, the markets are not always right regarding what will happen, because there is no way of accurately predicting the future. |
Gingras also shares some outfit suggestions: "Pair this piece with one of this summer’s simple white sundresses for a hip and casual daytime look or with a deep plunging top for a more sultry evening look." |
List of signalling pathways
In cell biology, there are several signalling pathways. Cell signalling is part of the molecular biology system that controls and coordinates the actions of cells.
Akt/PKB signalling pathway
AMPK signalling pathway
cAMP-dependent pathway
Eph/ephrin signalling pathway
Hedgehog signalling pathway
Hippo signalling pathway
Insulin signal transduction pathway
JAK-STAT signalling pathway
MAPK/ERK signalling pathway
mTOR signalling pathway
Nodal signalling pathway
Notch signalling pathway
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway
TGF beta signalling pathway
TLR signalling pathway
VEGF signalling pathway
Wnt signalling pathway
References
Category:Molecular biology
Category:Cell signaling |
cynthia correa
Strong Love
My love for you is so0 strongI know that nothing can go0 wrongIt just that feeling when were togetherThat amazing feeling we’ll last forever
Every time I talk to you my heart just wants to sinkEvery time I speak to you I wonder what you’ll thinkEvery time I’m with you I never want to leaveEvery second without you makes it harder to breath
I love the feeling, when I look into your eyesBeing with you is the biggest PrizeThe faithful ness there’s never liesOur love will grow and always riseMy feelings are strong and never diesI’ll do something strong and something wiseBe with you forever with no goodbyes |
Properties of cell penetrating peptides (CPPs).
Different approaches have been developed for the introduction of macromolecules, proteins and DNA into target cells. Viral (retroviruses, lentiviruses, etc.) and nonviral (liposomes, bioballistics etc.) vectors as well as lipid particles have been tested as DNA delivery systems. However, all of them share several undesirable effects that are difficult to overcome, such as unwanted immunoresponse and limited cell targeting. The discovery of the cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) showing properties of macromolecules carriers and enhancers of viral vectors, opened new opportunities for the delivery of biologically active cargos, including therapeutically relevant genes into various cells and tissues. This review summarizes recent data about the best characterized CPPs as well as those sharing cell-penetrating and cargo delivery properties despite differing in the primary sequence. The putative mechanisms of CPPs penetration into cells and interaction with intracellular structures such as chromosomes, cytoskeleton and centrioles are addressed. We further discuss recent developments in overcoming the lack of cells specificity, one of the main obstacles for CPPs application in gene therapy. In particular, we review a newly discovered affinity of CPPs to actively proliferating cells. |
A printed circuit board (“PCB”) is a multilayer board that includes printed circuits on one or more layers of insulative (a.k.a. dielectric) material. A printed circuit is a pattern of conductors that corresponds to the wiring of an electronic circuit formed on one or more layers of insulative material. The printed circuit board includes electrical traces that are routed on the various layers of the PCB. PCBs also include vias which are solid electrical paths connecting one layer to another layer. A via can be used to connect a trace on one layer of a PCB to another trace on another layer of the PCB.
A PCB also includes other layers of metallization for ground planes, power planes or reference voltage planes. In many instances a signal carrying via must be routed through one or more of these planes. The signal carrying via cannot electrically connect or couple to these planes. If the signal carrying via does couple or connect to one of these planes, the integrity of the electrical circuit is compromised. As a result, anti-pads or plane clearances are required to separate signal carrying vias from ground planes, power planes, or planes having a reference voltage. An anti-pad is a plane clearance. Generally, a minimum anti-pad clearance is specified in the design after balancing factors that tend to minimize the anti-pad size and those factors that tend to maximize anti-pad size. The anti-pads would be minimized to reduce noise by closely shielding adjacent pins with reference planes, to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) by minimizing aperture sizes in reference planes, and to maintain a strong reference to ground for single-ended signals and ground referenced differential signals. The anti-pads would be maximized to maximize voltage breakdown spacing between the pin and the reference plane, to increase manufacturability by reducing the chance of shorting, and reduce reflection in a high speed gigabit serial system by reducing the capacitive effect of a plated through hole (used instead of a via).
The semiconductor industry has seen tremendous advances in technology in recent years that have permitted dramatic increases in circuit density and complexity, and equally dramatic decreases in power consumption and package sizes. Present semiconductor technology now permits single-chip microprocessors with many millions of transistors, operating at speeds of tens (or even hundreds) of MIPS (millions of instructions per second), to be packaged in relatively small, air-cooled semiconductor device packages. A by-product of such high density and high functionality in semiconductor devices is an ever increasing pressure to produce PCBs having higher density designs. With increasingly higher density designs, the risk becomes greater that the established industry reliability specification for minimum dielectric spacing between hole wall and adjacent conductive features will be violated. There is also a possibility that with increased device density, the industry will lower the minimum dielectric spacing between features. |
Natural Impact Initiative
NII - Natural Impact InitiativeCharles D. Owen Middle School
Charles D. Owen Middle is a school actively connecting the roots of our past to a brighter future. Our goal is to maximize our natural and digital resources through community partnerships, creating a school landscape that promotes environmental stewardship, citizen science, and exploratory learning. |
Q:
How to change the background in the table?
How to change the background color in the table? Template RWD Magento.
A:
add .toolbar{background:'your color'}; to style.css inside skin folder and to change the inner font color use .sort-by option {
color: red !important;
}
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Q:
MediaPlayer control
I have a WPF Caliburn.Micro application, and I want to use System.Window.Media.MediaPlayer to play audio. I know how to start playing, but how can I know when the playing is done, so I can for example disable Pause button etc?
My code:
var audio = Tpv.GetAudio(tpv.TpvId);
var file = Path.GetTempFileName().Replace(".tmp", ".wma");
File.WriteAllBytes(file, audio);
var player = new MediaPlayer();
player.Open(new Uri(file, UriKind.Absolute));
player.Play();
Thanks.
A:
You can subscribe to the MediaEnded event on the MediaPlayer.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.mediaplayer.mediaended
If you want more control over the playback, like pausing, and seeking then use a MediaTimeline and a Storyboard.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.mediatimeline.source.aspx
WPF: Implementing a MediaPlayer Audio / Video Seeker
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Pilot-scale comparison of microfiltration/reverse osmosis and ozone/biological activated carbon with UV/hydrogen peroxide or UV/free chlorine AOP treatment for controlling disinfection byproducts during wastewater reuse.
Ozone and biological activated carbon (O3/BAC) is being considered as an alternative advanced treatment process to microfiltration and reverse osmosis (MF/RO) for the potable reuse of municipal wastewater. Similarly, the UV/free chlorine (UV/HOCl) advanced oxidation process (AOP) is being considered as an alternative to the UV/hydrogen peroxide (UV/H2O2) AOP. This study compared the performance of these alternative treatment processes for controlling N-nitrosamines and chloramine-reactive N-nitrosamine and halogenated disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors during parallel, pilot-scale treatment of tertiary municipal wastewater effluent. O3/BAC outperformed MF/RO for controlling N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), while MF/RO was more effective for controlling N-nitrosomorpholine (NMOR) and chloramine-reactive NDMA precursors. The UV/H2O2 and UV/HOCl AOPs were equally effective for controlling N-nitrosamines in O3/BAC effluent, but UV/HOCl was less effective for controlling NDMA in MF/RO effluent, likely due to the promotion of dichloramine under these conditions. MF/RO was more effective than O3/BAC for controlling chloramine-reactive halogenated DBP precursors on both a mass and toxicity-weighted basis. UV/H2O2 AOP treatment was more effective at controlling the toxicity-weighted chloramine-reactive DBP precursors for most halogenated DBP classes by preferentially degrading the more toxic brominated species. However, the total toxicity-weighted DBP precursor concentrations were similar for treatment by either AOP because UV/H2O2 AOP treatment promoted the formation of iodoacetic acid, which exhibits a very high toxic potency. The combined O3/BAC/MF/RO train was the most effective for controlling N-nitrosamines and the total toxicity-weighted DBP precursor concentrations with or without treatment by either AOP. |
[Satiation and satiety in the regulation of energy intake].
The study of the factors that regulate high energy food intake is especially relevant nowadays due to the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Food intake regulation can be divided in two basic processes, namely satiation and satiety. Satiation is the process that determines the moment in which feeding stops and regulates the amount of ingested food during a single meal. Satiety is the interval between meals and regulates the time elapsed between two meals. The longer the interval, the lower energy intake. Each of these processes are regulated by different factors, which are here reviewed. |
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
before_filter :auth
protect_from_forgery with: :exception
def current_user
if session[:github_user_id]
User.where(:github_id => session[:github_user_id]).first
end
end
private
def auth
unless session[:github_user_id]
session[:return_to] = request.path
redirect_to "/auth/github"
end
end
end
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Space Tourism: An \'Adventure Sport\' In the Making
ARLINGTON, Virginia – To help advance the evolution of passenger-carrying space vehicles, the U.S. government is shaping an experimental-class permit to help designers trial-run such craft. Furthermore, policy makers are exploring ways to streamline environmental regulations that can be costly and retard the progress of fledgling public space travel operators.
That’s the word from Patricia Grace Smith, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation within the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Smith’s office is responsible for licensing, regulating and promoting the U.S. commercial space transportation industry – including the evolving public space travel sector. Click here to read the whole story at Space.com |
How to be wrong (for beginners)
Being wrong is quite easy, though it requires some effort—at first. This short introduction may help you to overcome some of the initial hurdles.
Let’s start with the easiest part: just say something. Look around you, watch things and people move and talk. Say something about the things and people you see around you.
Next comes the tricky part. Say something while someone else stands close to you — in other words, so that they can hear you saying it. They may suddenly look at you and frown, but that’s just right!
I lied a bit about the tricky part, sorry. Nevertheless — it’s been a rather empowering experience to manage to finish the supposedly difficult assignment so effortlessly, wasn’t it?
Well, you’re there, the learning process has already started. You said something. Someone listened. If you’re lucky enough, someone disagrees with your very valid observation. (If you’re stuck at this step, try expressing an opinion. However, try as much as you can to avoid that rather dangerous path.)
Now comes the tricky part. Look at your fellow. Their worried eyes, wrinkled forehead, raised eyebrows. You may discover a resemblance between that face and your own; this face you’re well used to see in the morning. Just the toothbrush is missing and that’s all right. They’re human as much as you are. And that human disagrees with your perfectly well suited description of what’s happening. What’s wrong with them? There has to be something wrong with them!
And now, back to you. Imagine looking at yourself, your tense forehead, eyebrows lifted and eyes already nervous. Yes, we left your body standing there and we’re looking at it in this suddenly transcendental experiment. Why? Look at your face again. That’s exactly what your companion sees, looking at you. That’s exactly what they see, thinking about what’s wrong with you! Doesn’t that remind you of something?
If this was too Michael Bay for you, I’m sorry about it. The camera stops rotating around those two people looking at each other and you can safely return to your body. Yet, what has been seen cannot be unseen: two people think there’s something wrong about the other one. What are the odds that one of them is right every time?
The statistics might speak harshly, but the odds are quite low.
With a little help from the magical science of statistics, try to imagine that in some cases you’re the one who is wrong. It’s possible. I might have to repeat that in italics: imagine that you’re the one who is wrong.
Stretch your imagination. A little bit of pain is to be expected. You’re at the point where it’s only you. Then again, you’re too far in the forest to come back without a catch. You can win this. Close your eyes and feel the force! Embrace the structure of the tesseract! Imagine you can be wrong.
Made it?
This is how it’s done. After some discussion with that other person, you might arrive at the conclusion that in fact you had been wrong. Wow! Such an obviously implausible proposition just a few minutes ago. Your imagination just opened a whole new world of possibilities.
In any further case, just try to imagine you’re the one who’s wrong. Sometimes you’ll even find that you were right. What a feeling! At the same time, you will avoid the deadlock situation of the doubly asked question: „what’s wrong with that idiot“?
It’s really your imagination that opened a magical door in the seemingly seamless wall of a deadlock situation. |
Q:
Server Driven Ajax Framework similar to JqueryMobile
Is there any other Server Driven Ajax Framework similar to Jquery Mobile ( which can fetch a complete page without refresh and update the ui ) for normal Ajax Web Application instead of Mobile Web Application ?
Thanks.
A:
There's nothing at all stopping you using jQuery Mobile for a 'desktop' web application rather than a mobile web application. You may need to tweak the css slightly.
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The airway in day surgery.
Securing an adequate airway and ventilation is of outmost importance in day case anesthesia/sedation, as elsewhere in anesthesia. Since its introduction, the LMA has made a major contribution to the development of safe and efficacious airway management in elective day case anesthesia. It has also become increasingly popular in laparoscopy in selected patients. The use of a LMA should always be based on individual patient assessment, and a rescue plan for inadequate airway and or ventilation should be in place. Intubation is still the technique of choice in emergency situations. |
A critique of social capital.
This article critiques the concepts of communitarianism and social capital as used in the United States and in Europe. For the United States, the author focuses on Robert Putnam's understanding of both concepts, showing that the apolitical analysis of the Progressive Era, of the progressive developments in Northern Italy, and of the situation of labor unions in the United States is not only insufficient but wrong. The critique also includes the difference between U.S. communitarianism and its European versions, Christian democracy and New Labour, and the limitations of both approaches. The uses and misuses of these concepts in the political debate are discussed. |
Tag Archive: Asbury Park
Sunday
Yo yo! So hopefully some of you had a little read of my blog post on Asbury Park and the Jersey Shore. I basically put together everything I did during my day there, including bars, shops and of course, places to eat. It also includes details of my visit to the Born to Run house,…
Monday
As far as boardwalks go, this is a pretty good one. In fact, in my experience of boardwalks, I’d say it’s the best. This is the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Bruce Springsteen describes it as his “adopted hometown”, the town that has inspired lyric after lyric – songs laced with stories of the… |
Oestrogen-induced expression of a novel liver-specific aspartic proteinase in Danio rerio (zebrafish).
Aspartic proteinases are a group of endoproteolytic proteinases active at acidic pH and characterized by the presence of two aspartyl residues in the active site. They include related paralogous proteins such as cathepsin D, cathepsin E and pepsin. Although extensively investigated in mammals, aspartic proteinases have been less studied in other vertebrates. In a previous work, we cloned and sequenced a DNA complementary to RNA encoding an enzyme present in zebrafish liver. The sequence resulted to be homologous to a novel form of aspartic proteinase firstly described by us in Antarctic fish. In zebrafish, the gene encoding this enzyme is expressed only in the female liver, in contrast with cathepsin D that is expressed in all the tissues examined independently of the sex. For this reason we have termed the new enzyme liver-specific aspartic proteinase (LAP). Northern blot analyses indicate that LAP gene expression is under hormonal control. Indeed, in oestrogen-treated male fish, cathepsin D expression was not enhanced in the various tissues examined, but the LAP gene product appeared exclusively in the liver. Our results provide evidence for an oestrogen-induced expression of LAP gene in liver. We postulate that the sexual dimorphic expression of the LAP gene may be related to the reproductive process. |
Designed with the connoisseur in mind, Arc introduce the Mineral Wine Glasses. Made from tempered glass, these fine wine glasses feature Sheer Rim technology for a better tasting experience. The ultra fine rim gives a more luxurious feel and is ideal for wine tasting. A durable, dishwasher safe construction helps this glass become more resistant for everyday use. |
Distributed Adaptive Fuzzy Event-Triggered Containment Control of Nonlinear Strict-Feedback Systems.
In this paper, the adaptive fuzzy event-triggered containment control problem is addressed for uncertain nonlinear strict-feedback systems guided by multiple leaders. A novel distributed adaptive fuzzy event-triggered containment control is designed only using the information of the individual follower and its neighbors. Moreover, a distributed event-trigger condition with an adjustable threshold is developed simultaneously. The designed containment control law is updated in an aperiodic manner, only when event-triggered errors exceed tolerable thresholds. It is proved that the uniformly ultimately bounded containment control can be achieved, and there is no Zeno behavior exhibited by applying the proposed control scheme. Simulation studies are outlined to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results and the advantages of the event-triggered containment control proposed in this paper. |
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goat's Gruff is a famous Norwegian folk-tale that will charm any child. A mean and hungry troll lives under a bridge. He's hungry for a meal and would love to snatch and eat any goat attempting to cross his bridge. How can the three goats get across safely? They must be clever! A wonderful children's story to read out loud in a classroom or before bedtime.
Once upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was "Gruff."
On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly troll , with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.
So first of all came the youngest Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge.
"Trip, trap, trip, trap! " went the bridge.
"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll .
"Oh, it is only I, the tiniest Billy Goat Gruff , and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, with such a small voice.
"Now, I'm coming to gobble you up," said the troll.
"Oh, no! pray don't take me. I'm too little, that I am," said the billy goat. "Wait a bit till the second Billy Goat Gruff comes. He's much bigger."
"Well, be off with you," said the troll.
A little while after came the second Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge.
Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap, went the bridge.
"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll.
"Oh, it's the second Billy Goat Gruff , and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, who hadn't such a small voice.
Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap! went the bridge, for the billy goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under him.
"Who's that tramping over my bridge?" roared the troll.
"It's I! The big Billy Goat Gruff ," said the billy goat, who had an ugly hoarse voice of his own.
"Now I 'm coming to gobble you up," roared the troll.
Well, come along! I've got two spears,
And I'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears;
I've got besides two curling-stones,
And I'll crush you to bits, body and bones.
That was what the big billy goat said. And then he flew at the troll, and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the cascade, and after that he went up to the hillside. There the billy goats got so fat they were scarcely able to walk home again. And if the fat hasn't fallen off them, why, they're still fat; and so, |
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
internal static partial class Interop
{
internal static partial class Gdi32
{
/// <remarks>
/// Use <see cref="DeleteDC(HDC)"/> when finished with the returned DC.
/// Calling with ("DISPLAY", null, null, IntPtr.Zero) will retrieve a DC for the entire desktop.
/// </remarks>
[DllImport(Libraries.Gdi32, SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern HDC CreateDC(string lpszDriver, string? lpszDeviceName, string? lpszOutput, IntPtr devMode);
}
}
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National Immigration Law Center executive director Marielena Hincapie discussed illegal immigration Saturday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy.”
Hincapie said Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who earlier this week vowed the Trump administration would be tougher on United States-Mexican border security than previous administrations, has a “very clear white supremacist agenda.”
“We are deeply troubled, Joy,” Hincapie stated. “This is a situation in this country where a man who has very clear white supremacist agenda, a nativist agenda is now in authority. He has the power now to use Department of Justice to prosecute and criminalize immigrants. The fact that we are seeing that federal prosecutors one of their top priorities is to detain and deport immigrants is really critical.”
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(function() {var implementors = {};
implementors["edn"] = [{text:"impl <a class=\"trait\" href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/error/trait.Error.html\" title=\"trait std::error::Error\">Error</a> for <a class=\"struct\" href=\"edn/parse/struct.ParseError.html\" title=\"struct edn::parse::ParseError\">ParseError</a>",synthetic:false,types:["edn::parse::ParseError"]},];
implementors["mentat_parser_utils"] = [{text:"impl <a class=\"trait\" href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/error/trait.Error.html\" title=\"trait std::error::Error\">Error</a> for <a class=\"struct\" href=\"mentat_parser_utils/struct.ValueParseError.html\" title=\"struct mentat_parser_utils::ValueParseError\">ValueParseError</a>",synthetic:false,types:["mentat_parser_utils::ValueParseError"]},];
if (window.register_implementors) {
window.register_implementors(implementors);
} else {
window.pending_implementors = implementors;
}
})()
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A novel method for isolation of Campylobacter spp. from environmental samples, involving sample processing, and blood- and antibiotic-free medium.
To develop a method that involves sample processing, and blood- and antibiotic-free medium for isolation and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. from environmental samples. The sample processing (preT) was standardized to minimize the population of competing bacteria. A blood- and antibiotic-free differential, Kapadnis-Baseri medium (KB medium) was formulated and tested for isolation of Campylobacter spp. in comparison with CAT medium. PreT-KB method was evaluated in comparison with the conventional viable count method and with the conventional most probable number (C. MPN) method for enumeration of Campylobcater from environmental samples. The results indicated that sample processing significantly reduced population of competing bacteria. The KB medium selected Gram-negative bacteria and differentiated Campylobacter from lactose-fermenting competing bacteria. The population of Campylobacter detected by preT-KB method was similar to that by conventional viable count method. While, the population of Campylobacter spp. determined by preT-KB method was higher than that by C. MPN method. In addition, the preT-KB method detected antibiotic sensitive campylobacters. The preT minimizes population of competing bacteria and the KB medium selects Gram-negative bacteria and differentiates Campylobacter from them. Therefore, Campylobacter can be isolated from environmental samples without using antibiotics. The preT-KB method is simple and facilitates isolation of antibiotic sensitive and enumeration of Campylobacter in the environmental samples. Therefore, the new method will be useful for isolation and enumeration of Campylobacter from water, food and sewage samples. Besides, it would also detect antibiotic-sensitive campylobacters, which are not detected by conventional viable count and MPN methods. |
Thanks, I tried forcing the lib path and it solved it .. however it then couldn't find the includes path .. so I forced that and now its saying it can't find the package. hmmm, Seems like there is some underlaying problem.
I have the R2 working with gr-osmsdr but the performance is poor compared to my airspy ... i think I need Soapy to get the R2 supported properly.
There's an 'uninstall' target in the SoapySDR Makefile, so you can use that to remove it. There isn't one for SoapySDRPlay, but I don't think it does much more than install a lib, which you could manually remove. This was how the install of the latter went for me: |
Q:
List all files in a directory except for an extension
I wonder how do I show all files in a directory with the exception of an extension.
Example: .bat
My code:
Dir /ah-d /b /s "%temp%" >>"Temp.TxT"
Result:
Folder123
image.jpg
TESTE.bat
abc.TMP
Result I want:
Folder123
image.jpg
abc.TMP
Note: The other files may vary extensions.
A:
You can filter the output by piping to FINDSTR, rejecting lines that end with your extension.
The /L option treats the search as a literal search (as opposed to a regular expression). The /E option only matches if at end of line. The /I option makes it case insensitive. The /V option inverts the search, keeping lines that don't match, filtering out the lines that do match
dir /ah-d /b /s "%temp%" | findstr /live .bat >>"temp.txt"
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Peyto
Peyto may refer to:
Peyto Lake
Peyto Peak
Peyto Glacier
William Peyto (disambiguation) |
export enum UserFileThemeEnum {
Light = <any>'light',
Dark = <any>'dark'
}
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Preventing sentinel events caused by family members.
As long as there are human beings involved in health care, there will be errors. Sometimes these errors are minor, and some can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. At times, the errors are caused by family members who mean well, but may cause further problems and possibly death. This article discusses as few case studies, potential errors, and strategies critical-care nurses can use to prevent these errors. |
In addition to a deep Bonneville team, other teams in the mix included Century, Rigby and perennial wrestling powerhouses Blackfoot and Pocatello. The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualified for the state meet scheduled this Friday and Saturday.
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Dogs are nothing if not expressive. Anyone who's ever owned a dog knows how emotive they are; from puppy-dog eyes begging you for a piece of your sandwich, to the guilty look they give you when they-know-you-know they've done something naughty. This means that dogs have some of the best reaction faces of any animal, so we scoured the internet for some of the best ones. |
'use strict';
const gulp = tars.packages.gulp;
const plumber = tars.packages.plumber;
const concat = tars.packages.concat;
const notifier = tars.helpers.notifier;
const pagesAndDataFilesProcessing = require(`${tars.root}/tasks/html/helpers/pages-and-data-files-processing`);
/**
* concat data for components and some other sources to one file
*/
module.exports = () => {
return gulp.task('html:concat-mocks-data', () => {
return gulp
.src(
[
`./markup/pages/**/*.${tars.templater.ext}`,
`!./markup/pages/**/_*.${tars.templater.ext}`,
`./markup/${tars.config.fs.componentsFolderName}/**/data/data.js`,
`${tars.config.devPath}temp/symbols-data-template.js`,
],
{ allowEmpty: true },
)
.pipe(
plumber({
errorHandler(error) {
notifier.error(
`An error occurred while concating ${tars.config.fs.componentsFolderName}'s data.`,
error,
);
},
}),
)
.pipe(pagesAndDataFilesProcessing())
.pipe(concat('mocksData.js', { newLine: ',\n\n' }))
.pipe(gulp.dest(`${tars.config.devPath}temp/`))
.pipe(notifier.success(`Data for ${tars.config.fs.componentsFolderName} ready`));
});
};
|
The present invention relates to a defect substitution method of a disc-shaped recording medium having a sector structure, and to an apparatus for recording and reproducing data on a disc-shaped recording medium using said defect substitution method, and more specifically relates to an optical disc defect management method of an optical disc in a recording system in which error detection and correction coding spans a plurality of sectors, and to an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus.
High speed random access is possible with disc-shaped recording media, and a high recording density can be achieved by formatting a disc with a narrow data track pitch and bit pitch. Disc-shaped recording media can be generally categorized based on differences in the applicable recording method as either a magnetic disc or optical disc, and can be further classified as either a fixed type or removable type media based on differences in the method whereby the medium is mounted in the recording/reproducing apparatus during use. The smallest recording unit of the physical recording area to which data is generally recorded on disc-shaped recording media is called a xe2x80x9csector.xe2x80x9d Sectors that cannot be used for data storage also occur in disc-shaped recording media as a result of defects during manufacture or damage occurring after manufacture. In addition to data writing errors occurring as a result of writing data sectors that are defective as a result of damage to the disc-shaped recording medium itself, data writing errors attributable to the operating environment can also occur as described below.
Optical discs, of which the DVD is typical, have been widely used in recent years as a large capacity recording medium because of their high recording density. Further advances in recording density have also been achieved to further increase storage capacity. Optical discs, however, are typically manufactured from low rigidity materials such as polycarbonate, and even disc deflection resulting from the dead weight of the disc cannot be ignored. In addition, this type of optical disc is commonly used as a replaceable, removable recording medium. For use, the disc is inserted into a recording and reproducing apparatus and mounted on a rotating spindle, and the positioning precision of the disc therefore cannot be assured.
It is also common to directly insert optical discs into the recording and reproducing apparatus without housing the disc in a protective case. Even when used housed in such a protective case, however, the entire recording medium is exposed during recording and reproducing because the protective case is not airtight. That is, optical disc recording media have essentially no shielding against the ambient environment. It should be noted that the problems specific to optical recording media reside in the point that these media are different from the hard disc recording media, including both low recording density fixed discs and removable hard discs, which are also a magnetic storage medium.
In addition to problems associated with their rigidity, mounting precision, and low airtightness, when an optical disc recording medium is inserted into a recorder and recorded or played, normal recording and reproducing can be inhibited by variations in the relative position to the optical pickup, or by foreign matter in the air interfering with the laser from the optical pickup. In such cases, data reading and writing can be obstructed through a wide band of the recording area, and burst mode recording and reproduction errors occur easily, as a result of the narrow track pitch and dot pitch enabling high density recording, even if there are no disc defects or damage to the information sector of the optical disc recording medium. While such burst-mode recording and reproducing problems occur easily in optical disc recording media, they are also found in the above-noted magnetic recording media and are common to all types of disc-shaped recording medium.
xe2x80x9cRecording defectxe2x80x9d is a general term for the inability to record as a result of a defect or damage to the recording medium itself or the conditions under which the disc is used. If a recording defect occurs when recording data to a particular sector, data is recorded continuously to the recording medium by saving the data to a reserved recording sector area, which is reserved separately from the normal data recording sectors, no matter what the cause of the recording defect. This operation of recording to a reserved sector area data that should be recorded to the sector in which a recording defect occurred is called xe2x80x9calternative recording,xe2x80x9d and the reserved sector area used for alternative recording is called an xe2x80x9calternative area.xe2x80x9d
In consideration for the above-noted problems, an object of the present invention is therefore to provide a defect management method whereby the size of the required alternative area can be suppressed and a disc-shaped recording medium can be efficiently used, and to provide a recording and reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium.
A disc-shaped recording medium recording and reproducing apparatus for recording data by sector unit to a disc-shaped recording medium having a structure with a plurality of recording sectors, said disc-shaped recording medium recording and reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising: a coding means for error detection and correction coding said data twice, in row and column directions, and segmenting said data into sector units; a means for recording data coded in sector units to a sector in a first recording area of said disc-shaped recording medium; a defective sector discrimination means for reproducing said sector to discriminate whether the sector is a defective sector; and a defective sector substitution means for, when said sector is determined to be a defective sector, recording data recorded to a defective sector to an alternative sector in a second recording area disposed on said disc-shaped recording medium. |
Q:
Is it possible to cast a type parameter?
According to the Implicit converting Logic which enables something like:
string str = "something";
Object o = str ;
I was expecting that assigning a Dictionary<string, string> to Dictionary<string, Object> would be possible, but this is not the case.
Is it possible to explicity cast the string value to Object without having to iterate through the keyValuePair-items?
EDIT1: replaced all Boxing/Unboxing words with converting and casting as comments and answers mention this isnt Boxing issue.
Thank you all
A:
Typecasting doesn't help you there but you can convert one to another with LINQ:
Dictionary<string, object> newDict;
newDict = dict.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => (object)pair.Value);
|
The Role of Soluble CD40L Ligand in Human Carcinogenesis.
The role of CD40/CD40L in carcinogenesis is widely examined. The mechanisms linking the CD40/CD40L system and the soluble form of CD40 ligand (sCD40L) with neoplasia are nowadays a topic of intensive research. CD40L and sCD40L belong to the TNF superfamily and are molecules with a proinflammatory role. A variety of cells express CD40L such as the immune system cells, the endothelial cells and activated platelets. Although many medications such as statins have been shown to reduce sCD40L, it is still debated whether specific treatments targeting the CD40/CD40L system will prove to be effective against carcinogenesis in the near future. A comprehensive search of the Pubmed Database was conducted for English-language studies using a list of key words. At diagnosis, serum samples of patients with neoplasia contained higher levels of sCD40L than healthy controls, suggesting that sCD40L may play a predictive role in human carcinogenesis. Patients with neoplasia had higher circulating sCD40L levels and it is likely that sCD40L may have a predictive role. It is still unclear whether sCD40L can be used as a therapeutic target. |
Tumor cell cytostasis by macrophages and antibody in vitro. II. Isolation and characterization of suppressed cells.
Tumor cells in a cytostatic state caused by macrophages and antibody were isolated. Such suppressed cells excluded vital dye, incorporated uridine and leucine, and metabolized glucose. They did not, however incorporate thymidine, nor did they resume cell division in culture. During prolonged culture, these cells eventually died. In this system, cytostasis was an all-or-nothing phenomenon at the level of the individual cell. Once in the cytostatic state tumor cells did not resume proliferation. |
A delicious thought occurs -- that our persecutors will soon have egg all over their faces. All we now need is icing on the cake. What a bonus it would be to see Sarkozy bite the dust in the French presidential elections in May, and for Angela Merkel to be similarly humbled next year.
Keep your fingers crossed.
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Q:
What is the Firefox/Javascript chrome module - documentation?
Every time i Google i get the Chrome browser - grr! But I'm trying to understand this:
use another mechanism via the chrome module. See OS.File and/or the MDN File I/O snippets.
Where can i find documentation for this Firefox+Javascript module?
How to Append to a file in a Firefox add-on?
A:
Updated my answer in that other question. I was talking about the SDK chrome module, which is just a way to access Components and with that the XPCOM services and components, so basically what every "old school" XUL add-on gets.
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When errors are detected in I/O operations for a drive, error handling is generally performed with respect to the entire drive. For instance, when drive errors are detected, the entire drive might be marked as “End of Life” (EOL) or as unavailable. In this case, the upper layer logic unit needs to reconstruct all data stored on the entire failed drive. As a result, error handling for the entire drive proves time-consuming and may reduce the service life of the drive and system stability significantly. |
What pent up wildness have you released?
” At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of things that save us. Sometimes salvation can come as much from freedom and letting go as from creation. What pent up wildness have you released? How has that saved you or someone else” -Order of Service, Christmas Eve
Release
Solstice, Christmas, New Years. All of these holidays turn my introspective self even deeper inwards. As I sat in the service Christmas Eve and contemplated the questions above, I was filled with gratitude. I was overwhelmed by gratitude. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a hard year. It’s been a year of feeling everything from despair to ecstasy. It’s been a year of giving up things that once were life giving. It’s been a year of opening my hands to let things fall apart, flow through and disintegrate. And it has been the restructuring and nurturing the new wild imagination that has been ignited in my heart. It has been a year of healing. It has been a year of reunion and connection. It has been a year of reaching far outside of myself and deep into myself at the same time.
I had a difficult conversation once with my father; one in a string of difficult conversations about faith. He wanted to know what I believed about Jesus. He wanted to know if I believed Jesus saved me, was the Savior. The answer was true for me then and now, but unsatisfying for my father. I believe that if we take the teachings and actions of Jesus seriously and model our lives after it, we are saved from many many things. Above all, this year has been about bringing myself into greater alignment with the Source of All. I have been working and praying and acting with intention to bring forth the unique work that I have been put on earth to carry out. It saves me every day, this work. It saves my hope and vision for the world, for my children. It saves me from giving up in the face of violence, hatred and division. I have released my heart into the world and this saves me every day. And it breaks me open over and over. It brings me to tears in the face of horror and the face of beauty. It changes the whole world. It changes everything. |
"""Worker Remote Control Bootstep.
``Control`` -> :mod:`celery.worker.pidbox` -> :mod:`kombu.pidbox`.
The actual commands are implemented in :mod:`celery.worker.control`.
"""
from celery import bootsteps
from celery.utils.log import get_logger
from celery.worker import pidbox
from .tasks import Tasks
__all__ = ('Control',)
logger = get_logger(__name__)
class Control(bootsteps.StartStopStep):
"""Remote control command service."""
requires = (Tasks,)
def __init__(self, c, **kwargs):
self.is_green = c.pool is not None and c.pool.is_green
self.box = (pidbox.gPidbox if self.is_green else pidbox.Pidbox)(c)
self.start = self.box.start
self.stop = self.box.stop
self.shutdown = self.box.shutdown
super().__init__(c, **kwargs)
def include_if(self, c):
return (c.app.conf.worker_enable_remote_control and
c.conninfo.supports_exchange_type('fanout'))
|
Q:
Unregister uwp background task
I register a background task and I try to unregister it again when a certain setting is deactivated. But I only found information about register and scheduling tasks. Is there no way to this?
A:
is this what you are looking for?
var tasks = BackgroundTaskRegistration.AllTasks;
foreach(var task in tasks)
{
// You can check here for the name
string name = task.Value.Name;
task.Value.Unregister(true);
}
|
Q:
ASP.net checkbox always checked
<asp:CheckBox ID="isSubscribed" runat="server" /> Subscribe to mailing list?<br /><br />
<asp:Button runat="server" CssClass="btn" ID="btnPrefUpdate" OnClick="updatePrefs" Text="Update" /><br /><br />
This fires in the code behind:
protected void updatePrefs(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write(isSubscribed.Checked);
Response.End();
}
But it's always coming out as true! Whether it is checked or not! I know I'm doing it wrong, could someone show me how to access this value properly?
A:
like @Curt said, it looks to me like you have something in your page_load. if you set the value in Page_Load make sure it is inside the following if statement
if(!Page.isPostBack)
{
isSubscribed.Checked = true;
}
|
Q:
How to know library is debug library or release?
I am using mysql cpp library .
I checkout the recent copy from there bzr trunk and
used cmake to generate library .
First time I used release mode and second time I used debug mode to build.
The both library have
a mysql_debug.cpp
U mysql_debug
Is there a way to check in program (C or C++ code) or using nm that library is Release library or Debug library
A:
I have seen false negatives with nm so I do not trust it. When I want to check to see if an object file has debug info I run objdump -x on the object file or library and look to see if there are headers that say dbg, stabs, or dwarf. This is not the most elegant solution by any means, but it has never been wrong and it is real easy to see the difference in when you have a debug and release build to compare.
|
Q:
How to use embedded resource in ASP.Net?
I'm practicing to use embedded resource in ASP.Net. I wrote a javascript file, put it into a C# class library and change It's Build Action Property to Embedded Resource. In my web project, I added reference to the that class library. I want to use that javascript file in my web pages but i don't know how? please help me
Thanks
A:
My problem was resolved.
Anybody can accomplish as following steps:
- Add a class library to your solution
- Add the resource files which you want to embed
- Register your resource in AssemblyInfo.cs
[assembly: System.Web.UI.WebResource("A.B.C", "D")]
with:
A is your class library name
B is the folder's name which contain your resource file
C is the resource files'name
D is the content type of your resource ("text/javascript" or another)
In the code behind file of the asp.net page you include the resource:
string scriptLocation = Page.ClientScript.GetWebResourceUrl(typeof(the empty class' name which added before), "A.B.C");
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude("A.B.C", scriptLocation);
test what you have done
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Video files primarily come in two types: with a file header, and without a file header. The file header records global information of the video file, for example, size and duration of each frame, position of a key frame, and so on. A video file without a file header is composed of many video file packages. Although there is no dedicated header for storing the global information of the file, information such as the position of the key frame and a timestamp is stored in specific video file packages.
Video dragging is a common operation performed when a user watches a video. In the process of watching the video, the user can drag a progress bar to locate the current playing position of the video quickly so as to find a segment of interest quickly. Because a client has to start decoding and playing from the position of the key frame of the video, a player needs to locate the key frame of the video in the process of dragging the video.
In the prior art, the video dragging operation depends on the file header of the video file. By parsing the file header, the position information of all key frames of the video file stored in the file header is obtained, and video data that begins with a key frame is sent to the client, where the key frame is the closest to a position from which the video is requested to be dragged, and the client decodes and plays the video data, thereby completing the video dragging operation. However, if the video file of a specific format has no file header, the video file cannot be played after being dragged, so the video file can only be played sequentially.
In addition, in the prior art, a server generally uses a fragmented buffer architecture for storing video files. Under this architecture, for a video, the server only stores a part of segments of the video. In the process of dragging the video, if a target position of dragging goes beyond the range of the video segments stored on the server, the dragging operation cannot be completed, which deteriorates user experience. |
Q:
Android error, failed to set top app changed
Can somebody please throw some light on the arcane error "Failed to
set top app changed", by the activity manager?
I'm wondering what causes this error. In one of my application I'm
making a view fullscreen and then switching back. For the first time
things are ok but then if i try to make the view full screen again, I
get a crash and the error mentioned above is found on logcat.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Reagrds,
M
A:
I just encountered this problem today myself.. let me tell you what did the trick for me... maybe it will help you too.
anyway in my case it crashed because i overrided onActivityResult and inside that event i tried to do this:
Bundle extra = data.getExtras();
String albumId = extra.getString("id");
this is old code that got left in the application.. after deleting this everything worked as expected.
hope this helps in some way.
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Council Stops "Y" Redevelopment
Ann Arbor, MI – The plan to redevelop the site of Ann Arbor's old Y-M-C-A building has fallen apart. On a six to five vote Monday night, city council refused to grant another extension to the developer. Click on the audio icon to hear more on the story from WEMU's Andrew Cluley |
Why we love it
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DCEngine 16U System
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unless defined?(Motion::Project::Config)
raise "The sugarcube gem must be required within a RubyMotion project Rakefile."
end
require 'sugarcube'
SugarCube.ios_only!('modal')
Motion::Project::App.pre_setup do |app|
SugarCube.add_app_files(app, 'sugarcube-modal')
end
|
Trail of Tears State Park - Serving in part as a memorial to the Cherokee Indians who lost their lives on the Trail of Tears, this Missouri State Park offers camping, fishing, picnicking, swimming, and hiking options. Littering is not an activity that this park offers.
Southeast Missouri State University - Originally touted as the Southeast Missouri State Normal School, SEMO has since realized there’s nothing normal about its fine university. In fact, with an ever-expanding student population and athletic program, the Southeast Missouri State Exceptional School might serve as a more appropriate title.
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site - Just outside Cape Girardeau sits the fine town of Burfordville. In the fine town of Burfordville sits a mill and a covered bridge. These two overlooked, man-made innovations (the mill and the bridge) come together rather brilliantly in Burfordville to form the Bollinger Mill Historic Site. As if there could be more to offer, it also overlooks a river in which you can fish if fishing suits you. And we reckon it just might suit you after a day of mill and bridge admiring. |
Dr. Ahmed G. Abo-Khalil
Electrical Engineering Department
Computer vision
Computer vision is a field that includes methods for
acquiring, processing, analysing, and understanding images and, in
general, high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce
numerical or symbolic information, e.g., in the forms of decisions. A theme in the development of this field has been to duplicate the
abilities of human vision by electronically perceiving and understanding
an image. This image understanding can be seen as the disentangling of symbolic
information from image data using models constructed with the aid of
geometry, physics, statistics, and learning theory. Computer vision has also been described as the enterprise of automating
and integrating a wide range of processes and representations for
vision perception.
Applications range from tasks such as industrial machine vision systems which, say, inspect bottles speeding by on a production line,
to research into artificial intelligence and computers or robots that
can comprehend the world around them. The computer vision and machine
vision fields have significant overlap. Computer vision covers the core
technology of automated image analysis which is used in many fields.
Machine vision usually refers to a process of combining automated image
analysis with other methods and technologies to provide automated
inspection and robot guidance in industrial applications. |
Q:
Greasemonkey get names of all open tabs
My ultimate goal is to have an autocompleting list that displays all open tabs (in Firefox), which I can reduce to the tab I want to switch to next.
I can do the completion / combobox etc, but I don't know how to get the list of all names (and favicons wold be a huge bonus). Would be grateful for any pointers.
A:
Doesn't GreaseMonkey run in the context of a single web page? I don't think it can access the other tabs.
If you make a normal extension, you can call window.getBrowser().browsers as is described here:
Detecting tab closed (after closed) from firefox extension
Aside from learning a little XUL, your extension might be easy to port.
How to build a FireFox Extension
If you just want the functionality, here's an add-on that does what you want already
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/list-all-tabs-menu/
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MOSCOW—The Kremlin said Friday it is still trying to prevent a Western military strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but Moscow appears to be running out of cards to play to protect its longtime ally.
From the start, the Kremlin has ruled out direct military intervention, not wanting to risk a broader confrontation with the West. Moscow has supplied weapons and financial backing, but not enough to turn the tide in the fighting. Regular Russian vetoes of United Nations Security Council resolutions... |
BRICKS
The tracking brick cladding system is a great innovation.My low poly scene consists of a concrete wall on which some steel rails are nailed .Afterwards some bricks are placed on this steel rail.Hope you like it and can use it in your own scenes. |
[S]ince everyone is quoting the "terrible, terrible pick" line, I guess it’s worth going back to that post to emphasize that that my objection was not personal. I have no reason to believe that she’s anything but the smart, tough, and experienced woman that her friends and supporters have described. My criticism was rooted in one thing: that she had no evident experience or background in what I consider to be a vital part of an effective foreign policy apparatus. …
I didn’t think it was so controversial to suggest that, say, heart surgery should be done by a heart surgeon and not by a smart guy who used to watch ER. But clearly not everyone considers public diplomacy to be heart surgery…
So what do I think now that she’s been nominated? I want her to be confirmed, and quickly. After watching the position stand empty for months, just like so many other important foreign policy positions, we need an Under-Secretary to take the job and get started. The President and the good folks at the NSC have been exemplary on the public diplomacy front thus far, but they can’t do it alone — they need the kind of sustained, ongoing engagement across all levels which the appropriate State Department agencies can and must provide. |
The recent financial crises, alongside a dramatic rise in unemployment on both sides of the Atlantic, suggest that financial shocks do translate into the labor markets. In this paper we first document that financial recessions amplify labor market volatility and Okun's elasticity over the business cycle. Second, we highlight a key mechanism linking financial shocks to job destruction, presenting and solving a simple model of labor market search and endogenous finance. While finance increases job creation and net output in normal times, it also augments their aggregate response in the aftermath of a financial shock. Third, we present evidence coherent with the idea that more leveraged sectors experience larger employment volatility during financial recessions. Theoretically, the job destruction effect of finance works as follows. Leveraged firms may find themselves in a position in which their liquidity is suddenly called back by the lender. This has direct consequences on a firm ability to run and manage existing jobs. As a result, firms may be obliged to shut down part of their operations and destroy existing jobs. We argue that with well-developed capital markets, firms will have an incentive to rely more on liquidity, and in normal times deep capital markets lead to tight labor markets. After an adverse liquidity shock, firms that rely much on liquidity are hit disproportionally hard. This may explain why the unemployment rate in the US during the Great Recession increased more than in European countries experiencing larger output losses. Empirically, the paper uses a variety of datasets to test the implications of the model. At first we identify crises that, just like in the model, caused a sudden reduction of liquidity to firms. Next we draw on sector-level data on employment and leverage in a number of OECD countries at quarterly frequencies to assess whether highly leveraged equilibria originate more employment adjustment under financial recessions. We find that highly leveraged sectors and periods are associated with higher employment- to-output elasticities during banking crises and this effect explains the observation of higher Okun's elasticities during financial recessions. We also argue that the effect of leverage on employment adjustment can be interpreted as a causal effect, if our identification assumptions are considered plausible. All this amounts essentially for a test of the labor demand channel of adjustment. |
Q:
Syntax error for DIV in code behind
I am trying to impliment below :
eventListingPanel.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div style="overflow :auto; width:200px; height:200px">"));
but i am getting an error :
") expected"
with the red underline for keywords overflow ,auto,200px, 200px in the above code
A:
try this:
eventListingPanel.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div style=\"overflow :auto; width:200px; height:200px\"></div>"));
A:
You're not escaping your "
eventListingPanel.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div style=\"overflow :auto; width:200px; height:200px\">"));
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Game Instructions
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You start with a single floating platform and limited rides and arcade games and have to build up your cash and skills to build the best theme park in the sky. Build your rides on the planet, upgrade it and put games around to gain cash. Then create more planets for more rides and games until you have a universe of planets.Instructions:Tags:build, cms, construction, en, sim, simulation, theme, theme parkLanguagesenGames Like This:Sky Park a Free Online GameEmbed Code: |
package org.jcodec.common.io;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
/**
* This class is part of JCodec ( www.jcodec.org ) This software is distributed
* under FreeBSD License
*
* @author The JCodec project
*
*/
public class FileChannelWrapper implements SeekableByteChannel {
private FileChannel ch;
public FileChannelWrapper(FileChannel ch) throws FileNotFoundException {
this.ch = ch;
}
@Override
public int read(ByteBuffer arg0) throws IOException {
return ch.read(arg0);
}
@Override
public void close() throws IOException {
ch.close();
}
@Override
public boolean isOpen() {
return ch.isOpen();
}
@Override
public int write(ByteBuffer arg0) throws IOException {
return ch.write(arg0);
}
@Override
public long position() throws IOException {
return ch.position();
}
@Override
public SeekableByteChannel setPosition(long newPosition) throws IOException {
ch.position(newPosition);
return this;
}
@Override
public long size() throws IOException {
return ch.size();
}
@Override
public SeekableByteChannel truncate(long size) throws IOException {
ch.truncate(size);
return this;
}
} |
header_title: Replacement Windows
Community Builders has beautiful replacement windows installed by our trained team of professionals in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Little Rock and the surrounding areas. Contact us today to get your perfect replacement window.
Replacement Windows for Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Little Rock and the Surrounding Areas
Get rid of your old, drafty windows and get EnviroView windows from Community Builders! Our windows are energy efficient and most of our clients notice HUGE energy savings! With our Low-E coating and airtight installation these energy efficient replacement windows keep cold air in during the summer and out during the winter. Our replacement windows also help block out UV rays that damage carpet and other valuable furniture pieces.
Community Builders, Your Window Replacement Experts
With styles like bay, bow, double hung, casement and more, our replacement windows can fit any home! We can custom fit your new replacement windows to your home. Get beautiful new window replacements from Community Builders and not only save money on your energy bills, but increase your home’s value and curb appeal! Contact Community Builders in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Little Rock, and surrounding areas to see how we can get you beautiful, energy efficient replacement windows.
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"We wanted to "Thank You" for the excellent job on our vinyl siding! The installers did a great job and we were especially pleased how well they got along together. We will always have a good word to say about your business! Thank You."- Marius & Ann Fields Tulsa, OK |
Healthy Pumpkin Bread
There is something almost magical about pumpkin bread --- the wonderful aroma as it makes its way through the house. Of course I am also love the way that the heavenly spices of pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger) interact with it.
Now most pumpkin bread recipes only call for cinnamon and nutmeg (in addition to vanilla) but cloves and ginger partner so well with pumpkin and provide just enough additional flavor that these have become can’t miss spices when we make just about any pumpkin recipe.
There is something almost magical about pumpkin bread --- the wonderful aroma as it makes its way through the house. Of course I am also love the way that the heavenly spices of pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger) interact with it.
Now most pumpkin bread recipes only call for cinnamon and nutmeg (in addition to vanilla) but cloves and ginger partner so well with pumpkin and provide just enough additional flavor that these have become can’t miss spices when we make just about any pumpkin recipe. |
package com.baeldung.decorator;
public abstract class TreeDecorator implements ChristmasTree {
private ChristmasTree tree;
public TreeDecorator(ChristmasTree tree) {
this.tree = tree;
}
@Override
public String decorate() {
return tree.decorate();
}
}
|
Don't Sit Stand-Out
Man holds woman in choke-hold to rob on CCTV
CCTV shows a man seen following woman walking down a narrow lane. He is seen grabbing her from behind by the neck.
Neighbourhood News Desk/Avi Arya: Police reported that on Sunday a woman was allegedly attacked and her jewellery and mobile phone was stolen by an unidentified man in Shahdara’s Mansarovar Park. Such incident was caught on CCTV Camera installed in a lane of Mansarovar Park. In the Footage man is seen following the woman who was walking down a narrow lane. He was seen grabbing the woman from behind and holding her by the neck.
After pinned her down and subsequently managed to steal her mobile phone and jewellery before fleeing, he ran towards the end of the lane where the another man on the motorcycle was waiting for him. The woman later managed to gather herself. Police have registered a case and are probing the matter. |
Characterization of TLR4 signaling in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) isolated from the water buffalo resulted in the activation of TLR signaling intermediates as supported by the western blot of pERK. Activation of ERK resulted in phosphorylation of IkappaB-alpha which lead to its degradation which in turn followed by nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB, which is also supported by the western blot analysis. The nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB culminated in the induction of mRNA expression of TNF-alpha. Thus this study demonstrates the TLR signaling in PBMCs of water buffalo which is as similar to that reported earlier in mice and human beings. |
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