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The present invention relates to channel access methods for wireless communication systems.
A popular channel access method for wireless Local Area Network (LAN) devices is Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA). This method works by having the time since the last activity on the shared channel divided into equal length slots. Each transmitting node in the network generates a random number, then counts the activity slots until the number is reached. At that point, the node can grab the channel and other nodes must suspend their count until the channel is free again. If by chance the two nodes generate the same random number, and thus collide with each other on the channel, they would determine that the packet transfer is unsuccessful through an acknowledgment process and generate a new random number to start counting slots from zero the next time the channel is free. Typically, the range of the random number is increased after a collision. The CSMA system is illustrated with respect to FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 2.
Looking at FIG. 1A, after transmission 22 is finished, a period 24 occurs in which no transmissions are done. After a period 24, the slotted contention window 25 occurs. The transmitting units begin transmitting at a randomly determined contention window slot.
FIG. 1B shows the use of a request-to-send (RTS) and clear-to-send (CTS) signals that help avoid the hidden node problem. A node sends a RTS signal 26 before transmitting. The destination node then sends a CTS signal 28 indicating the length of the data block 30. Nodes out of the range of the source can still avoid transmitting during the time indicated by the CTS signal.
FIG. 2 shows the operation of the contention window. Nodes 1, 2, and 3 all wish to transmit. The nodes randomly generate slot numbers. Node 1 has slot number #5, and it starts transmitting in slot number #5. Nodes 2 and 3 detect the transmissions of Node 1 and thus do not begin transmitting at their randomly selected slot numbers.
The goal of CSMA/CA in most system protocols is to provide fairness of access to the channel for all nodes in the network. This suits computer data networking applications very well. An example where CSMA/CA does not work well is for cordless telephone networks. In this situation, symmetric two-way streams of relatively low bandwidth must be transmitted and received on a regular intervals with very low latency or delays. CSMA/CA has unpredictable and, in theory, unbounded latency.
A common choice for telephone networks is Time Division Multiple Access, or TDMA. In TDMA, the channel is divided into predetermined time slots that are specifically allocated to certain transmitting nodes exclusively on a repetitive basis. The allocation typically requires a node to act as a central controller. TDMA is a cumbersome and inefficient choice for data networking. Most computer network nodes do not need to use the channel at any given time.
Some CSMA/CA and TDMA combination networks have been suggested. None of the suggested methods are effective for the new types of streaming media. Streaming media data includes digital audio player data to one or more digital speakers or headsets. A streaming video stream, such as the picture phone, is another example. It is desired to have a channel access method with low packet failure rate (PFR) and low latency to deal with a wireless LAN environment when both computer data type transmission and streaming data transmissions are used. | 2023-09-24T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1678 |
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import { describe } from 'riteway'
import { isTruthy } from './isTruthy'
describe('isTruthy', async assert => {
assert({
given: 'null',
should: 'return false',
actual: isTruthy(null),
expected: false,
})
assert({
given: 'undefined',
should: 'return false',
actual: isTruthy(undefined),
expected: false,
})
assert({
given: 'an empty string',
should: 'return false',
actual: isTruthy(''),
expected: false,
})
assert({
given: 'a non-empty string',
should: 'return true',
actual: isTruthy('oh hi mark'),
expected: true,
})
assert({
given: 'an empty object',
should: 'return true',
actual: isTruthy({}),
expected: true,
})
assert({
given: 'the number zero',
should: 'return false',
actual: isTruthy(0),
expected: false,
})
assert({
given: 'the number forty two',
should: 'return true',
actual: isTruthy(42),
expected: true,
})
assert({
given: 'an empty array',
should: 'return true',
actual: isTruthy([]),
expected: true,
})
})
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Statins' dosage in patients with renal failure and cyclosporine drug-drug interactions in transplant recipient patients.
Dyslipidemia is frequent in patients with renal failure and in transplant recipient patients. This lead to a wide use of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) in patients with impaired renal function or in patients treated with cyclosporine as post-transplantation immunosuppressive therapy. As a result, it is crucial for those patients' physicians to be aware of how to handle these drugs when renal function is impaired and/or when cyclosporine is co-administered. Most statins have an extensive hepatic elimination and the renal route is usually a minor elimination pathway. However, pharmacokinetic alterations have been described for some of these drugs in patients with renal insufficiency. Cyclosporine is a widely used immunosuppresive therapy in solid organ transplant patients and drug-drug interactions are likely to occur when statins and cyclosporine are administered together. Those interactions may theoretically result in increased statins and/or cyclosporine serum levels with potential muscle and/or renal toxicity. As a result, caution is warranted if concurrent administration is performed. In this review, we synthesized the data from the literature on (1) the pharmacokinetics and dosage adjustment of atorvastatin, fluvastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin in patients with renal failure and (2) the potential drug-drug interactions between these drugs and cyclosporine in transplant recipient patients. | 2023-11-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3139 |
ISIS has released what CBS News has described as a “strict code of conduct in the matter of stealing young women and trading them like cattle for sexual gratification.”
The list of 27 rules translated by MEMRI (below) are set in a question and answer format. They were issued by Research and Fatwa Department of the Islamic State with a title that translates into “Questions and Answers on Taking Captives and Slaves.” MEMRI believes it was “released in response to the uproar caused by the many reports this summer that ISIS had taken Yazidi girls and women as sex slaves.”
Trying to explain what Shariah law says about sex with female slaves, the guide discusses women in a manner that others would discuss inanimate property. It explains rules such as its approval of having sex with a slave immediately after capturing them only if they are a virgin, otherwise one would have to wait till they are purified. Further, “It is permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who hasn’t reached puberty if she is fit for intercourse; however if she is not fit for intercourse, then it is enough to enjoy her without intercourse.”
The rules do point out that one cannot torture a sex slave, but punishment is allowable.
Below is each of the 27 disgusting rules and under that a video of ISIS men waiting for an auction of sex slaves. This, my friends is the real war on women:
“Question 1: What is al-sabi? Al-Sabi is a woman from among ahl al-harb [the people of war] who has been captured by Muslims.
“Question 2: What makes al-sabi permissible? What makes al-sabi permissible [i.e., what makes it permissible to take such a woman captive] is [her] unbelief. Unbelieving [women] who were captured and brought into the abode of Islam are permissible to us, after the imam distributes them [among us].”“Question 3: Can all unbelieving women be taken captive? There is no dispute among the scholars that it is permissible to capture unbelieving women [who are characterized by] original unbelief [kufr asli], such as thekitabiyat [women from among the People of the Book, i.e. Jews and Christians] and polytheists. However, [the scholars] are disputed over [the issue of] capturing apostate women. The consensus leans towards forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible. We [ISIS] lean towards accepting the consensus…”
“Question 4: Is it permissible to have intercourse with a female captive? It is permissible to have sexual intercourse with the female captive. Allah the almighty said: ‘[Successful are the believers] who guard their chastity, except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then they are free from blame [Koran 23:5-6]’…”
“Question 5: Is it permissible to have intercourse with a female captive immediately after taking possession [of her]? If she is a virgin, he [her master] can have intercourse with her immediately after taking possession of her. However, is she isn’t, her uterus must be purified [first]…”
“Question 6: Is it permissible to sell a female captive? It is permissible to buy, sell, or give as a gift female captives and slaves, for they are merely property, which can be disposed of [as long as that doesn’t cause [the Muslim ummah] any harm or damage.”
“Question 7: Is it permissible to separate a mother from her children through [the act of] buying and selling? It is not permissible to separate a mother from her prepubescent children through buying, selling or giving away [a captive or slave]. [But] it is permissible to separate them if the children are grown and mature.”
“Question 8: If two or more [men] buy a female captive together, does she then become [sexually] permissible to each of them? It is forbidden to have intercourse with a female captive if [the master] does not own her exclusively. One who owns [a captive] in partnership [with others] may not have sexual intercourse with her until the other [owners] sell or give him [their share].”
“Question 9: If the female captive was impregnated by her owner, can he then sell her? He can’t sell her if she becomes the mother of a child…”
“Question 10: If a man dies, what is the law regarding the female captive he owned? Female captives are distributed as part of his estate, just as all [other parts] of his estate [are distributed]. However, they may only provide services, not intercourse, if a father or [one of the] sons has already had intercourse with them, or if several [people] inherit them in partnership.”
“Question 11: May a man have intercourse with the female slave of his wife? A man may not have intercourse with the female slave of his wife, because [the slave] is owned by someone else.”
“Question 12: May a man kiss the female slave of another, with the owner’s permission? A man may not kiss the female slave of another, for kissing [involves] pleasure, and pleasure is prohibited unless [the man] owns [the slave] exclusively.”
“Question 13: Is it permissible to have intercourse with a female slave who has not reached puberty? It is permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who hasn’t reached puberty if she is fit for intercourse; however if she is not fit for intercourse, then it is enough to enjoy her without intercourse.”
“Question 14: What private parts of the female slave’s body must be concealed during prayer? Her private body parts [that must be concealed] during prayer are the same as those [that must be concealed] outside [prayer], and they [include] everything besides the head, neck, hands and feet.”“Question 15: May a female slave meet foreign men without wearing a hijab?
A female slave is allowed to expose her head, neck, hands, and feet in front of foreign men if fitna [enticement] can be avoided. However, if fitna is present, or of there is fear that it will occur, then it [i.e. exposing these body parts becomes] forbidden.”
“Question 16: Can two sisters be taken together while taking slaves? It is permissible to have two sisters, a female slave and her aunt [her father’s sister], or a female slave and her aunt [from her mother’s side]. But they cannot be together during intercourse, [and] whoever has intercourse with one of them cannot have intercourse with the other, due to the general [consensus] over the prohibition of this.”
“Question 17: What is al-‘azl? Al-‘azl is refraining from ejaculating on a woman’s pudendum [i.e. coitus interruptus].”
“Question 18: May a man use the al-‘azl [technique] with his female slave? A man is allowed [to use] al-‘azl during intercourse with his female slave with or without her consent.”“Question 19: Is it permissible to beat a female slave? It is permissible to beat the female slave as a [form of] darb ta’deeb [disciplinary beating], [but] it is forbidden to [use] darb al-takseer [literally, breaking beating], [darb] al-tashaffi [beating for the purpose of achieving gratification], or [darb] al-ta’dheeb [torture beating]. Further, it is forbidden to hit the face.”
Question 20: What is the ruling regarding a female slave who runs away from her master? A male or female slave’s running away [from their master] is among the gravest of sins…”
“Question 21: What is the earthly punishment of a female slave who runs away from her master? She [i.e. the female slave who runs away from her master] has no punishment according to the shari’a of Allah; however, she is [to be] reprimanded [in such a way that] deters others like her from escaping.”
“Question 22: Is it permissible to marry a Muslim [slave] or a kitabiyya [i.e. Jewish or Christian] female slave? It is impermissible for a free [man] to marry Muslim or kitabiyat female slaves, except for those [men] who feared to [commit] a sin, that is, the sin of fornication…”
“Question 24: If a man marries a female slave who is owned by someone else, who is allowed to have intercourse with her? A master is prohibited from having intercourse with his female slave who is married to someone else; instead, the master receives her service, [while] the husband [gets to] enjoy her [sexually].”“Question 25: Are the huddoud [Koranic punishments] applied to female slaves? If a female slave committed what necessitated the enforcement of a hadd [on her], a hadd [is then] enforced on her – however, the hadd is reduced by half within the hudud that accepts reduction by half…”“Question 27: What is the reward for freeing a slave girl? Allah the exalted said [in the Koran]: ‘And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass [hell]? It is the freeing of a slave.’ And [the prophet Muhammad] said: ‘Whoever frees a believer Allah frees every organ of his body from hellfire.'”
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Q:
Call MVC Controller from Windows task scheduler
Possible Duplicate:
ASP.NET MVC3 how to excute action method of controller using timer with interval of one hour
I am using ASP.NET MVC 3. I have one special controller for job scheduler. I need to call this controller every night at midnight from the Windows task scheduler (like calling a .bat file from windows task scheduler).
Somebody told me that this is possible using VB script. We can call VB script from Windows task scheduler and VB script will call ASP.NET MVC controller. But I do not know how to do this.
If anybody has any ideas, please share with us.
A:
You could send an HTTP request to your MVC application using the WebClient class:
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
string result = client.DownloadString("http://example.com/somecontroller/someaction");
}
| 2024-02-22T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8962 |
Hematologic reference intervals for koi (Cyprinus carpio), including blood cell morphology, cytochemistry, and ultrastructure.
Hematologic data are used routinely in the health care of humans and domestic mammals. Similar data for fish are largely fragmentary or have not been collected. The primary purpose of this study was to determine hematologic reference intervals for koi, an ornamental strain of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Secondarily, the morphology, cytochemical reactions, and ultrastructure of koi blood cells were characterized. A CBC was performed manually on heparin-anticoagulated blood specimens using Natt and Herrick's diluent and a Neubauer-ruled hemacytometer. Leukocyte differential counts were done on Wright-Leishman- and Diff-Quik-stained blood smears. Cytochemical reactions of koi leukocytes were determined using commercial kits. Transmission electron microscopy was performed to characterize the ultrastructural features of koi blood cells. Hematologic reference intervals were established for healthy koi for PCV (30-34%), hemoglobin concentration (6.3-7.6 g/dL), RBC count (1.7-1.9 X 10(6)/ microL), WBC count (19.8-28.1 X 10(3)/ microL), RBC indices, and differential leukocyte counts. Lymphocytes were the predominant leukocyte (accounting for up to 80% of all leukocytes), whereas eosinophils were rare. Basophils were positive with PAS staining. Naphthol AS-D chloroacetate esterase activity was observed only in eosinophils. alpha-Naphthyl butyrate esterase and beta-glucuronidase activities were positive in monocytes. Some lymphocytes were reactive for alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase and acid phosphatase activity. Ultrastructurally, leukocytes, erythrocytes, and thrombocytes were identified on the basis of cytoplasmic organelles and granule appearance. Hematologic reference intervals and knowledge of the cytochemical reactions and ultrastructural characteristics of koi leukocytes will help standardize hematologic studies in this species. | 2024-06-04T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2141 |
2010 Basildon District Council election
The 2010 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 29
Labour 10
Liberal Democrats 3
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning half of the votes cast. This enabled them to win 11 seats, compared to 2 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. With the election having taken place at the same time as the general election, turnout was 64%, a rise from the 29% recorded at the 2008 election.
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.
Ward results
Billericay East
Billericay West
Burstead
Crouch
Fryerns
Laindon Park
Langdon Hills
Lee Chapel North
Nethermayne
Pitsea North West
Pitsea South East
Wickford Castledon
Wickford North
Wickford Park
References
2010
Category:2010 English local elections
Category:May 2010 events in the United Kingdom
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PinK: Flat-out fabulous: More women are sharing why they delayed or rejected reconstruction
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This article appears in Paint It All Pink magazine 2019.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, health journalist Catherine Guthrie felt prepared. She knew her options. Her choice was a lumpectomy.
But as a small-breasted woman Guthrie was told she was not a good candidate for lumpectomy. Instead, her surgeon suggested a single mastectomy along with a plan for reconstruction that seemed shocking to Guthrie but turned out to be quite common: Her breast would be reconstructed by severing the largest muscle of the back, wrapping it around and laying it over a breast implant.
“Is this for real?,” Guthrie remembers thinking. While not a hard-core athlete, Guthrie felt it was an invasive surgery that would affect her body’s ability to function. She would no longer be able to do handstands, which always gave her a sense of strength.
With mastectomies, women have choices, and more of them are choosing to go flat.
Many optionsWhen faced with breast reconstruction, women are asked to choose between the artifice of looking like man’s idea of a woman or the feeling of strength and power in their own bodies, Guthrie said.
Guthrie chose to go flat and shared her story in a memoir, “Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer.”
Going flat is a form of radical honesty, Guthrie said. It’s about body positivity, about coming out of the shadows.
“I can still be a woman, be sexy and empowered, strong and confident,” she said.
The No. 1 reason women choose to go flat is for their health, said Dr. M. Michele Blackwood, chief of breast surgery at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Recovering from a mastectomy without reconstruction is easier because it’s a less complicated surgery. There’s less chance of infection or other complications. Recovery is quicker.
Some don’t want a foreign implant or feel strongly that their breasts don’t define who they are, said Barbara Kriss, founder of BreastFree.org, a website for women with breast cancer who opt not to have reconstruction after mastectomy surgery.
“Others do want to preserve their natural shape in clothes but prefer to use external breast forms as opposed to internal ones,” Kriss said.
Cost can also be an issue, Blackwood said. Today surgeons are required by law to discuss the myriad choices women have, from same-day reconstruction surgery to going flat, she said.
“Know that you are your own best advocate. Do your homework. Know that you have multiple options and that reconstruction is always an option even years later,” Guthrie said.
Things to considerAccording to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology 25% of double mastectomy and 50% of single mastectomy patients chose to go flat.
The stress of cancer coupled with major surgery “can put women in paralysis mode,” but the decision can be put off, Blackwood said. In delayed reconstruction — whether for six months or 10 years — a tissue expander is inserted as a placeholder, she said.
“Many more women are opting to not get reconstruction after their mastectomies, and now there is a growing trend toward women getting explant surgery many years later and opting to go flat,” said Nanette Labastida, an Austin, Texas, residential real estate professional. “My surgery is scheduled for October, nine years after mastectomy with implants.”
For aesthetics and comfort, a mastectomy should be as cosmetically pleasing as possible, leaving the patient with a smooth, flat chest, no extra skin and symmetrical incisions (for a bilateral mastectomy), Kriss said.
For women who are big breasted and/or overweight, sometimes extra, non-breast tissue is left after a mastectomy, particularly under the arms, Kriss said. Commonly known as “dog ears,” this can be uncomfortable and unsightly but can be removed by a plastic surgeon as a minor outpatient procedure, which may or may not be covered by insurance.
How going flat has evolvedPreviously “going flat” generally referred to women who chose not to have reconstruction and opted not to wear breast forms after a mastectomy, said Kriss.
“In the years since, the term has evolved to encompass all women who opt not to have reconstruction, even though many of those women may wish to wear breast forms,” she said.
The distinction has been lost. Women considering not having reconstruction may hear the term “going flat” and may not realize that being flat doesn’t mean they can’t have the shape of natural breasts in clothes if they wish, Kriss said.
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Enoch City Police Slightly Optimistic In Horse Neglect Case
There is some guarded optimism in the recent case of animal neglect out of Iron County. Authorities in Enoch City were contacted by a concerned citizen regarding a mare and her colt. Responding officers found the pair very near death from starvation and exposure.
Police Chief Jackson Ames said the colt was actually frozen to the ground in the corral when they found the animals.
"When we initially took the horse down there, the veterinarian gave the horse about a 15-20 percent chance of survival. Right now, they're a lot more optimistic," Ames said.
The horses are being cared for at the Dust Devil Ranch Horse Sanctuary, west of Cedar City, which cares for abused and neglected horses from throughout the western U.S. | 2023-10-23T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8314 |
Q:
Regular Expression for URL matching not working in iOS
I found a PHP regular expression to detect a Web URL:
$url_pattern = '/((http|https)\:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#]+\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#])*/';
This regular expression can match URLs like those below:
http://www.google.com
www.google.com
google.com
Now, I am trying to use it in Objective-C as:
NSString * expression = @"/((http|https)\:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#]+\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\/\?\:@\-_=#])*/";
NSRegularExpression * regularExp = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:expression options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
NSInteger numberOfMatches = [regularExp numberOfMatchesInString:@"www.google.com" options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, URLString.length)];
if (numberOfMatches >= 1)
{
return @"webURL";
}
else
{
return @"searchEngine";
}
It is not detecting any kind of URL. I tested it at regexr.com.
A:
You should bear in mind that the PHP regex is usually used within delimiters that should be removed when using such regex patterns in Objective C. Also, we do not have to escape every non-word character inside a character class (only a hyphen), but outside a character class, you must double-escape special characters.
So, use
NSString *pattern = @"(?:(?:http|https)://)?[a-zA-Z0-9./?:@\\-_=#]+\\.([a-zA-Z0-9./?:@\\-_=#])*";
Or, you can even contract to
NSString *pattern = @"(?:(?:http|https)://)?[\\w./?:@=#-]+\\.([\\w./?:@=#-])*";
See the hyphen at the end of character class does not need escaping.
See CodingGround demo
| 2024-07-23T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4852 |
U.S. jobless claims edge down to 366,000
Level of requests for benefits shows little change in labor market
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The number of Americans losing their jobs every week has hardly changed over the past six months.
Initial jobless claims fell by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 366,000 in the week ended Feb. 2, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch forecast a drop to 360,000.
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Claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 371,000 from an initial reading of 368,000.
Weekly applications for new unemployment benefits have ranged from 360,000 to 390,000 since the beginning of 2012. Although they’ve occasionally fallen below that level — claims fell to 330,000 in mid-January, for instance — the number has always bounced back up.
Jim Baird, chief investment strategist at Plante Moran Financial Advisors, said the level of claims “suggest that the sharp decline earlier in January was merely an anomaly and not indicative of sustainable improvement.”
In Thursday trades, U.S. stocksfell after the claims data and a report showing the nation’s productivity fell 2% in the fourth quarter. Read about decline in productivity.
Claims are a rough gauge of layoffs. They fall when the economy improves, hiring picks up and companies cut fewer workers. They rise when growth deteriorates and companies scale back.
The relatively flat trend in claims at current levels show that layoffs have waned, but that hiring hasn’t accelerated very much. The U.S. is adding about 175,000 new jobs a month and that’s been the case for about two years. Over that span the U.S. economy has grown a modest 2% annually.
By contrast, the average of weekly claims totaled 331,000 in 2005 before falling to 312,000 in 2006 during the last relatively strong phase of U.S. job creation. The unemployment rate dipped from 5.4% to as low as 4.4% in that two-year stretch.
Today, the jobless rate stands at 7.9%.
Looked at another way, the monthly average of claims dipped 2,250 to 350,500, marking a nearly five-year low.
Reuters
Jobseekers at a career fair. Jobless claims fell slightly last week.
The four-week number smooths out weekly gyrations that can sometimes give a distorted picture of labor-market trends, but the low level partly reflects the plunge in initial claims in January that’s been reversed over the past few weeks. The monthly average is likely to rise in upcoming weeks.
In the week ended Jan. 26, meanwhile, continuing claims rose by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 3.22 million. Continuing claims reflect the number of people who already receive regular unemployment benefits.
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at least 60-minutes delayed. All quotes are in local exchange time. | 2023-09-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1485 |
Dramatic Before and After Photos From Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey caused record flooding across the Houston area. Comparing photos from before the storm show dramatic changes. (Published Friday, Sept. 1, 2017)
Homes were left uninhabitable by Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that plowed through southeast Texas in late August, NBC News reported.
Its floodwaters capsized lives of the comfortable and the struggling, black and white, Latino and Asian. Tens of thousands of people across spectrums of race and income were left without permanent places to live, inspiring a newfound saying: Harvey was the storm that didn’t discriminate.
That may change now that the water is gone.
The poorer victims of the storm are in danger of falling deeper into poverty or homelessness, while the wealthier are expected to rebound more quickly. Those in the middle will now struggle harder to stay afloat. | 2024-07-20T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5284 |
THRILLER Best Scene Screenplay Readings of The Prophecies by Ray Cecire
In this modern day retelling of Macbeth ( in modern English) – Roger Macbey is a ruthless corporate raider who finds his life in a downward spiral when a trio of ancient witches appear to play out a devastating prophecy. | 2023-09-04T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9829 |
Details Written by Andrew Clarke Andrew Clarke Published: 16 November 2017 16 November 2017 Hits: 2669 2669
After several years of “meaning to go” to the Cinema Museum in Kennington, I went to last night’s screening of Bad Day at Black Rock. What a wonderful place the Cinema Museum is but possibly not for much longer.
The landlord is the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and it is planning to sell to a developer. Losing the museum would be a tragedy. This dispiriting affair fits in with the loss of the Carnegie Library and threats to Dulwich Hamlet. There’s a petition to save the museum here.
The building itself was once the Lambeth Workhouse. Inside is a collection of cinema equipment, lobby cards and posters. In the winter, they use a small, easy to heat screening room downstairs. Upstairs though is the most beautiful room. Old time music playing, high and comforting brick walls, a barrel-like ceiling and chequered table cloths. The bar was a table with a bewildering selection of bottled beers (I went for the Guinness Dublin Porter) and the cafe offered coffee, tea and snacks. It's also the summer screening room.
Bad Day at Black Rock is a gripping, grown-up movie from the mid-50s. The opening shots show a train hurtling through desert, before it slows and stops at a no-horse town. Off gets Spencer Tracey, black suited and without the use of one arm. He gets an unfriendly reception from a lean and mean Lee Marvin and a boorishly nasty Ernest Borgnine. Robert Ryan bides his time while we start to learn what the town’s dirty little secret is. Among those who have turned a blind eye are Dean Jagger, superb as a drunk and tame sheriff and Walter Brennan’s Doc, who has the best line; “I’m consumed with apathy”.
The film is one that’s always topical. John Ericson’s hotel manager – straying into spoiler territory here – says “We were all drunk. Patriotic drunk”. Bad Day at Black Rock is a liberal movie but it’s taut and tough not bleeding-hearted.
Two criticisms would be an unsubtle musical score and the single female role, played by Anne Francis, being underwritten.
The museum’s programme to the end of the year includes a few gems, including several with strong female parts. The regular film noir slot on 12 December is the very twisted Nightmare Alley. Tyrone Power stars alongside Joan Blondell, Coleen Grey and Helen Walker.
Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes is on the next day, with Dame May Whitty’s Miss Froy and Basil Radford and Naughton Wayne’s cricket-obsessed Charters and Caldicott among the passengers. The sparky leads are Margaret Lockwood and Michel Redgrave.
Then on 27 December, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis bring their real life feud to the screen in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. It's heaps of fun in a grand guignol sort of way.
There's more info here. | 2023-12-14T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7337 |
Q:
Python - Map / Reduce - How do I read JSON specific field in using DISCO count words example
I'm following along with the DISCO example for counting words from a file:
Counting Words as a map/reduce job
I have no issues getting this working, however I want to try reading in a specific field from a text file that contains JSON strings.
The file has lines like:
{"favorited": false, "in_reply_to_user_id": 306846931, "contributors": null, "truncated": false, "text": "@CataDuarte8 No! av\u00edseme cuando vaya ah salir para yo salir igual!", "created_at": "Wed Apr 04 20:25:37 +0000 2012", "retweeted": false, "in_reply_to_status_id": 187636960632901632, "coordinates": null, "id": 187637067415683073, "entities": {"user_mentions": [{"indices": [0, 12], "id_str": "306846931", "id": 306846931, "name": "Catalina Ria\u00f1o!\u2661", "screen_name": "CataDuarte8"}], "hashtags": [], "urls": []}, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "187636960632901632", "id_str": "187637067415683073", "in_reply_to_screen_name": "CataDuarte8", "user": {"follow_request_sent": null, "profile_use_background_image": true, "id": 286402064, "description": "Cada quien RECOJE lo que SIEMBRA (:\r\n\u2551\u258c\u2502\u2551\u2502\u2551\u258c\u2502\u2588\u2551\u2502\u2551\u258c\u2502\u2551\u258c\u2551 ", "verified": false, "profile_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1858805061/ginri_normal.jpg", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "525252", "is_translator": false, "geo_enabled": false, "profile_text_color": "ffffff", "followers_count": 620, "protected": false, "location": "", "default_profile_image": false, "id_str": "286402064", "utc_offset": -21600, "statuses_count": 16395, "profile_background_color": "000000", "friends_count": 537, "profile_link_color": "ff0000", "profile_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1858805061/ginri_normal.jpg", "notifications": null, "show_all_inline_media": true, "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/419254765/Scan0004.jpg", "profile_background_image_url": "http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/419254765/Scan0004.jpg", "screen_name": "LadyRomeroo", "lang": "es", "profile_background_tile": true, "favourites_count": 136, "name": "Lady Romero \u2605", "url": "http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1640385164", "created_at": "Fri Apr 22 23:04:41 +0000 2011", "contributors_enabled": false, "time_zone": "Central Time (US & Canada)", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "0a5b80", "default_profile": false, "following": null, "listed_count": 0}, "place": null, "retweet_count": 0, "geo": null, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "306846931", "source": "web"}
I'm only interested in the "text" key, value fields. In python I can do:
import simplejson
f = open("file.json", "r")
for line in f:
r = simplejson.loads(line).get('text')
print r
which returns all the text field values like:
@_MuitoMais_ ´vcs são d msm amei o pode ou ão pode e a entrevist com a @claudialeitte =)
This works fine, however when I try to apply this same method to the sample count_words.py example that comes with disco like so:
from disco.core import Job, result_iterator
import simplejson
def map(line, params):
r = simplejson.loads(line).get('text')
for word in r.split():
yield word, 1
def reduce(iter, params):
from disco.util import kvgroup
for word, counts in kvgroup(sorted(iter)):
yield word, sum(counts)
if __name__ == '__main__':
job = Job().run(input=["/tmp/file.json"],
map=map,
reduce=reduce)
for word, count in result_iterator(job.wait(show=True)):
print word, count
I get the following error:
# python test.py
Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1:
Status: [map] 0 waiting, 1 running, 0 done, 0 failed
2012/11/24 02:01:10 master New job initialized!
2012/11/24 02:01:10 master Starting job
2012/11/24 02:01:10 master Starting map phase
2012/11/24 02:01:10 master map:0 assigned to comp1
2012/11/24 02:01:11 master ERROR: Job failed: Worker at 'comp1' died: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/DISCO/data/comp1/46/Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/worker/__init__.py", line 329, in main
job.worker.start(task, job, **jobargs)
File "/home/DISCO/data/comp1/46/Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/worker/__init__.py", line 290, in start
self.run(task, job, **jobargs)
File "/home/DISCO/data/comp1/46/Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/worker/classic/worker.py", line 286, in run
getattr(self, task.mode)(task, params)
File "/home/DISCO/data/comp1/46/Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/worker/classic/worker.py", line 302, in map
part = str(self['partition'](key, self['partitions'], params))
File "/home/DISCO/data/comp1/46/Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/worker/classic/func.py", line 341, in default_partition
return hash(str(key)) % nr_partitions
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xb4' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
2012/11/24 02:01:11 master WARN: Job killed
Status: [map] 1 waiting, 0 running, 0 done, 1 failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 18, in <module>
for word, count in result_iterator(job.wait(show=True)):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/core.py", line 348, in wait
timeout, poll_interval * 1000)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/disco/core.py", line 309, in check_results
raise JobError(Job(name=jobname, master=self), "Status %s" % status)
disco.error.JobError: Job Job@549:b4c76:9cbb1 failed: Status dead
It seems like this should be straight forward but I'm obviously missing something.
Can anyone help?
A:
Your problem is in disco/worker/classic/func.py... str() will not accept a unicode character...
>>> str(u'\xb4')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xb4' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
>>>
Since you are only counting words, you could convert your unicode data into strings with the unicodedata module...
import json
import unicodedata
f = open('file.json')
for line in f:
r = json.loads(line).get('text')
s = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', r).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
print r
print s
Output:
@CataDuarte8 No! avÃseme cuando vaya ah salir para yo salir igual!
@CataDuarte8 No! aviseme cuando vaya ah salir para yo salir igual!
Applying this to your problem... rewrite your map() function as...
def map(line, params):
r = simplejson.loads(line).get('text')
s = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', r).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
for word in s.split():
yield word, 1
| 2024-03-09T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9483 |
Q:
Repeat 16x full and many fragments. By your obese guy (or thin?)
Always correct
approximately
this instant
the
rhythmic
spirit
sibling
Inspect (split to third)
this thing
this instant
the
rhythmic
spirit
sibling
Note: The answer is a phrase. Went through first 10 pages of the tags but couldn't find an apporpriate one.
A:
The "obese guy (or thin?)" must be
Fatboy Slim
because the wordlist consists of
synonyms for the lyrics of The Rockafeller Skank. In the lyrics, these phrases (and their fragments) are repeated many, many times.
Here's how they match:
Always correct approximately this instant
Right about now
the rhythmic spirit sibling
The Funk Soul Brother
Inspect (split to third) this thing this instant
Check it out now
the rhythmic spirit sibling
The Funk Soul Brother
| 2023-09-23T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3766 |
Arrest in teen's '94 murder
February 20, 2001|By FRANK MICHELS
Czinki was arrested Tuesday morning at the Saginaw Correctional Facility, a state prison, by Det. Sgt. Kevin Day, chief investigator in the case, of the Michigan State Police in Gaylord. Czinki had been serving a 40- to 60-month sentence on an unrelated charge of receiving and concealing stolen property for which he was sentenced in 46th Trial Court Circuit Division on June 10, 1996 by Judge Dennis Murphy. His first opportunity for parole on that charge would have been Oct. 1, 2002, according to state Dept. of Corrections officials.
Otsego County Prosecutor Kevin Hesselink said Tuesday the case against Czinki is "completely circumstantial." Hesselink said investigators have been methodically following up on every lead and it was time to charge Czinki or "cut bait."
"We've built a strong circumstantial case and believe we can persuade a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that Katheryn Horn was murdered by David Czinki," Hesselink said in a press conference in the Gaylord City Council Chambers Tuesday afternoon.
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Nearly two years after her disappearance, Horn's body was discovered by mushroom hunters on May 18, 1996 in a rugged and remote area of Charlevoix County about 20 miles northwest of Gaylord. About 10 days earlier mushroom hunters just north of Huffman Lake Road near Berrywine Road in Otsego County had discovered articles of clothing as belonging to Horn. Her body, identified through dental records, was found about six miles west of where the clothing was found.
Hesselink said the medical examiner could not determine the exact cause of death, but ruled the death a homicide. Day has said because of the way the body was lying, authorities determined she was already dead when she was dumped in the woods. He has also said investigators were certain she died from "homicidal means."
The discovery of Horn's body prompted investigators to obtain a search warrant for Czinki's van, however, no evidence of a homicide was found. Czinki had lived in the Huffman Lake area in the general vicinity of where Horn's body was found.
Horn disappeared on Sept. 24, 1994, reportedly after Czinki had given her and three of her friends a ride from Gaylord to Mancelona. Horn and her friends had been at a coffee house in Gaylord where they solicited a ride from Czinki to Mancelona.
The three friends were dropped off in Mancelona at about 2 a.m., however, Horn allegedly remained in Czinki's van to continue on to Traverse City, friends told investigators. That was the last time the Traverse City 10th grader was seen alive.
Friends and relatives, spearheaded by Horn's mother Janice Rott, searched for the teenager for months following her disappearance to no avail.
"The last time I saw Kathy I told her to be good and to stay out of trouble and that I love you. She said 'Don't worry, Mom, I can take care of myself. Apparently she couldn't," Rott said at Tuesday's press conference.
Rott said her life since Horn's disappearance has been like "walking on hot coals with no water for my feet; like torture through hell."
Rott described her daughter as "fun-loving and always out to help the underdog. And she was sassy at times…She loved me and had a beautiful smile. Everyone loved Kathy."
Following Horn's death, Rott became instrumental in creating the Michigan Missing Children's Network in Port Huron, where she now resides.
Hesselink said that in addition to the charge of murder, Czinki is also charged with being an habitual offender. Czinki is lodged in the Otsego County Jail without bond. The court agreed to appoint an attorney to represent the Corwith Township man.
He said while items of evidence were found in Antrim, Charlevoix and Otsego counties, a state Attorney General's opinion indicated the proper venue for charging Czinki was Otsego County. | 2024-03-16T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6984 |
import { StatsLog } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
import * as Rx from 'rxjs'
import { filter, take, reduce, map } from 'rxjs/operators'
import { EOL } from '../constants'
import {
ADDED_CHAR,
REMOVED_CHAR,
} from './outputConstants'
import { zoomOut } from './utils/zooming'
import chalk = require('chalk')
import R = require('ramda')
import stringLength = require('string-length')
export default (
log$: {
stats: Rx.Observable<StatsLog>
},
opts: {
cmd: string
cwd: string
isRecursive: boolean
width: number
}
) => {
const stats$ = opts.isRecursive
? log$.stats
: log$.stats.pipe(filter((log) => log.prefix !== opts.cwd))
const outputs = [
statsForNotCurrentPackage(stats$, {
cmd: opts.cmd,
currentPrefix: opts.cwd,
width: opts.width,
}),
]
if (!opts.isRecursive) {
outputs.push(statsForCurrentPackage(log$.stats, {
cmd: opts.cmd,
currentPrefix: opts.cwd,
width: opts.width,
}))
}
return outputs
}
function statsForCurrentPackage (
stats$: Rx.Observable<StatsLog>,
opts: {
cmd: string
currentPrefix: string
width: number
}
) {
return stats$.pipe(
filter((log) => log.prefix === opts.currentPrefix),
take((opts.cmd === 'install' || opts.cmd === 'install-test' || opts.cmd === 'add' || opts.cmd === 'update') ? 2 : 1),
reduce((acc, log) => {
if (typeof log['added'] === 'number') {
acc['added'] = log['added']
} else if (typeof log['removed'] === 'number') {
acc['removed'] = log['removed']
}
return acc
}, {}),
map((stats) => {
if (!stats['removed'] && !stats['added']) {
if (opts.cmd === 'link') {
return Rx.NEVER
}
return Rx.of({ msg: 'Already up-to-date' })
}
let msg = 'Packages:'
if (stats['added']) {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
msg += ' ' + chalk.green(`+${stats['added'].toString()}`)
}
if (stats['removed']) {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
msg += ' ' + chalk.red(`-${stats['removed'].toString()}`)
}
msg += EOL + printPlusesAndMinuses(opts.width, (stats['added'] || 0), (stats['removed'] || 0))
return Rx.of({ msg })
})
)
}
function statsForNotCurrentPackage (
stats$: Rx.Observable<StatsLog>,
opts: {
cmd: string
currentPrefix: string
width: number
}
) {
const stats = {}
const cookedStats$ = (
opts.cmd !== 'remove'
? stats$.pipe(
map((log) => {
// As of pnpm v2.9.0, during `pnpm recursive link`, logging of removed stats happens twice
// 1. during linking
// 2. during installing
// Hence, the stats are added before reported
if (!stats[log.prefix]) {
stats[log.prefix] = log
return { seed: stats, value: null }
} else if (typeof stats[log.prefix].added === 'number' && typeof log['added'] === 'number') {
stats[log.prefix].added += log['added'] // eslint-disable-line
return { seed: stats, value: null }
} else if (typeof stats[log.prefix].removed === 'number' && typeof log['removed'] === 'number') {
stats[log.prefix].removed += log['removed'] // eslint-disable-line
return { seed: stats, value: null }
} else {
const value = { ...stats[log.prefix], ...log }
delete stats[log.prefix]
return value
}
}, {})
)
: stats$
)
return cookedStats$.pipe(
filter((stats) => stats !== null && (stats['removed'] || stats['added'])),
map((stats) => {
const parts = [] as string[]
if (stats['added']) {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
parts.push(padStep(chalk.green(`+${stats['added'].toString()}`), 4))
}
if (stats['removed']) {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
parts.push(padStep(chalk.red(`-${stats['removed'].toString()}`), 4))
}
let msg = zoomOut(opts.currentPrefix, stats['prefix'], parts.join(' '))
const rest = Math.max(0, opts.width - 1 - stringLength(msg))
msg += ' ' + printPlusesAndMinuses(rest, roundStats(stats['added'] || 0), roundStats(stats['removed'] || 0))
return Rx.of({ msg })
})
)
}
function padStep (s: string, step: number) {
const sLength = stringLength(s)
const placeholderLength = Math.ceil(sLength / step) * step
if (sLength < placeholderLength) {
return R.repeat(' ', placeholderLength - sLength).join('') + s
}
return s
}
function roundStats (stat: number): number {
if (stat === 0) return 0
return Math.max(1, Math.round(stat / 10))
}
function printPlusesAndMinuses (maxWidth: number, added: number, removed: number) {
if (maxWidth === 0) return ''
const changes = added + removed
let addedChars: number
let removedChars: number
if (changes > maxWidth) {
if (!added) {
addedChars = 0
removedChars = maxWidth
} else if (!removed) {
addedChars = maxWidth
removedChars = 0
} else {
const p = maxWidth / changes
addedChars = Math.min(Math.max(Math.floor(added * p), 1), maxWidth - 1)
removedChars = maxWidth - addedChars
}
} else {
addedChars = added
removedChars = removed
}
return `${R.repeat(ADDED_CHAR, addedChars).join('')}${R.repeat(REMOVED_CHAR, removedChars).join('')}`
}
| 2024-07-21T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9540 |
Q:
TypeError while trying to crop images on opencv
I am trying to crop images from the video but it's not showing the result. I know that TypeError is happening because there is no content in crop crop_img but since I am a beginner in opencv so I don't know the solution of it. Below code I copied from project which uses opencv with raspberry pi & webcam to follow the line. Now I am trying to test in on my windows 10 so maybe some interfacing issues are possible.
code:-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import numpy as np
import cv2
video_capture = cv2.VideoCapture(-1)
video_capture.set(3, 160)
video_capture.set(4, 120)
while(True):
# Capture the frames
ret, frame = video_capture.read()
#print("image recieved");
#cv2.imshow('frame',ret)
# Crop the image
crop_img = frame[60:120, 0:160]
cv2.imshow("cropped", crop_img)
# Convert to grayscale
gray = cv2.cvtColor(crop_img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
# Gaussian blur
blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray,(5,5),0)
cv2.imshow('show', blur)
# Color thresholding
ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(blur,60,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV)
# Find the contours of the frame
contours,hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh.copy(), 1, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE)
# Find the biggest contour (if detected)
if len(contours) > 0:
c = max(contours, key=cv2.contourArea)
M = cv2.moments(c)
cx = int(M['m10']/M['m00'])
cy = int(M['m01']/M['m00'])
cv2.line(crop_img,(cx,0),(cx,720),(255,0,0),1)
cv2.line(crop_img,(0,cy),(1280,cy),(255,0,0),1)
cv2.drawContours(crop_img, contours, -1, (0,255,0), 1)
if cx >= 120:
print ("Turn Left!")
if cx < 120 and cx > 50:
print ("On Track!")
if cx <= 50:
print ("Turn Right")
else:
print ("I don't see the line")
#Display the resulting frame
cv2.imshow('frame',crop_img)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break\
Error:-
runfile('C:/Users/HP/OneDrive/Desktop/Sultan/Veggitech/Transport robot with Voice Control/Code/Test Code/line_follower_opencv.py', wdir='C:/Users/HP/OneDrive/Desktop/Sultan/Veggitech/Transport robot with Voice Control/Code/Test Code')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-2-583afe4334df>", line 1, in <module>
runfile('C:/Users/HP/OneDrive/Desktop/Sultan/Veggitech/Transport robot with Voice Control/Code/Test Code/line_follower_opencv.py', wdir='C:/Users/HP/OneDrive/Desktop/Sultan/Veggitech/Transport robot with Voice Control/Code/Test Code')
File "C:\Users\HP\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 827, in runfile
execfile(filename, namespace)
File "C:\Users\HP\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 110, in execfile
exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace)
File "C:/Users/HP/OneDrive/Desktop/Sultan/Veggitech/Transport robot with Voice Control/Code/Test Code/line_follower_opencv.py", line 25, in <module>
crop_img = frame[60:120, 0:160]
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
A:
There is some issue with the specifying -1 as your camera in the line
video_capture = cv2.VideoCapture(-1)
because of which your code is not able to locate the camera and so it is returning None. So try explicitly giving the camera id like this:
video_capture = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
assuming that you are working with only one camera.
Hope this helps!
| 2024-05-30T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4990 |
Q:
ExtJS Tree same parentNode
I am rendering a Tree using Jason array that i get from a jsp page. So the tree has root node and 3 nodes and each node has more than 5 children and some of the children has same id and same text. It renders properly and no issues in display.
I am trying to make the user select child nodes of only one type (one of 3 nodes). if the user selects any node which is not the sibling of already existing node then i just need to un check already checked nodes. This sounds pretty simple and i coded it. I basically compared the parent nodes(node.parentNode.id) of the checked node with the already checked nodes(tree.getCheckedNodes())
the problem is when i select children nodes which have same id and text my logic fails and they say that they have same parentNode.id even though they have different parentNode.id. Does the tree panel check for duplicate elements and assign them to same parentnode while loading? what is going here and how to fix this any ideas. thank you.
Ext.onReady(function(){
var tree = new Ext.tree.TreePanel({
id: 'deficiencyTree',
renderTo: 'MyTable',
title: 'Deficiencies',
height: 'auto',
width: 525,
useArrows: true,
autoScroll: true,
animate: true,
enableDD: true,
containerScroll: true,
rootVisible: false,
frame: false,
root:{nodeType: 'async'},
dataUrl: 'jsonFile.jsp',
listeners: {
'checkchange': function (node, checked) {
if (checked) {
selNodes = tree.getChecked();
alert(selNodes);
Ext.each(selNodes, function (nodes) {
alert("id values for node and nodes "+node.parentNode.id+" "+nodes.parentNode.id);
if (nodes.parentNode.id != node.parentNode.id)
{
nodes.getUI().toggleCheck();
}
});
}
list.length = 0;
iii = 0;
selNodess = tree.getChecked();
Ext.each(selNodess, function (nodes) {
list[iii] = nodes.id;
iii++;
});
}
}
});
tree.getRootNode().expand(false);
});
A:
As a semi-aside, ideally you should not be replicating node IDs at all (an ID should never be replicated, otherwise it isnt an ID). If you need the value that you are currently assigning to the ID field, add an additional attribute to the node and place it here- you can refer to this attribute when you need to. ExtJS isnt built to handle duplicate IDs for notes within the same tree very well at all.
| 2023-09-25T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2314 |
Football at the 2019 Military World Games
Football at the 2019 Military World Games was held in Wuhan, China from 16 to 27 October 2019.
Venues
Below the list of different venues of the football tournament.
Medal summary
Results
Medal table
References
External links
Football tournament of the 7th Military World Games - Official website of the 2019 Military World Games
Results book – Football
Football
2019
2019
Category:2019 in Chinese football | 2024-06-14T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8695 |
New York voters like the concept of a "living wage," which is encapsulated in controversial legislation that was the subject of a heated hearing last week, according to a new poll out this morning from Baruch College Survey Research.
Supporters call the legislation, which would set higher-than-mimimum-wage pay for workers on larger city-funded projects, "economic justice." Opponents, including the Bloomberg Administration, say it would only have a dampening effect on economic development.
The poll found New Yorkers support:
• requiring employers to give all workers at least 5 paid sick days per year: 89% v. 8% opposed.
• raising the state minimum wage from the current $7.15/hour to $10 by 2012: 88% v. 9%.
• requiring employers that get taxpayer-funded city subsidies to pay $10/hour plus health benefits: 78% v. 15%.
The BCSR poll also found:
Nearly two-thirds of adult New Yorkers oppose curbing the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions -- 63%, with 40% strongly opposing limits on union negotiations over conditions of employment. About a quarter (26%) favor taking away some public employee collective bargaining rights.
New Yorkers are split over the question of the extent of the influence that labor unions have on American life and politics today, with 30% saying that unions have too much influence, 27% say too little, and 30% about the right amount of influence. About one in 10 (12%) are not sure about the extent of labor union influence. In one view, 6 in 10 New Yorkers support continued or enhanced, union influence over American life and politics (57%); in another, 6 in 10 New Yorkers (60%) want to hold the line on or reduce labor union influence.
New Yorkers also divide over whether the salaries and benefits of most public employees are too high, too low, or about right for the work they do: 34% say that public employee compensation packages are generally appropriate for the work they perform, while those who see them as undercompensated outnumber who say the opposite -- 28% vs. 20%. About one in 10 of (9%) those surveyed volunteered that "it depends" and another one in 10 (8%) weren't sure. | 2024-07-13T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7892 |
Q:
Fade In/Out text and Loop using dojo
My html template has the following div:
<div dojoAttachPoint="container" class="container">
<span dojoAttachPoint="searchingForMore" id="searchingForMore" class="searchingForMore"></span>
</div>
I also have a function that does the fade in and out of my two texts once.
_alternateSearchingProvText: function () {
var node = dom.byId("searchingForMore");
node.innerHTML = "first text";
fx.fadeOut({
node: node,
duration: 60000,
onEnd: function() {
node.innerHTML = "Second text";
dojo.fadeIn({
node: node
}).play()
}
}).play();
I want to do this periodically in a loop until the view is dismissed from the screen. How do I achieve this?
A:
You can achieve this simply by using the setInterval js funcion , wich trigger the annimation every specified time (in milli seconds),
So if you annimation duration is 3s so the timeout for the interval should be 2 times the animation dration
You can see bellow working snippet in which I've used the setInterval , and stopped this last once dialog closed (using clearInterval).
require(["dijit/Dialog","dojo/_base/fx","dijit/registry","dojo/dom","dojo/ready","dijit/form/Button"],
function(Dialog,fx,registry,dom,ready,Button){
var interval;
var duration = 4000;
var text = "First text";
var node;
ready(function(){
registry.byId("btn").on("click",function(e){
followUpDialog.show();
annimation();
});
var dialogContent = ' <span dojoAttachPoint="searchingForMore" id="searchingForMore" class="searchingForMore"></span>';
// instantiate new custom dialog
var followUpDialog = new Dialog({
id:'myDialog',
title: "Create new follow-up",
content: dialogContent,
style: "width: 730px",
onShow: function() {
node = dom.byId("searchingForMore");
node.innerHTML = text;
interval = setInterval(function(){
annimation();
},duration*2)
},
onHide: function () {
clearInterval(interval);
}
});
function annimation() {
text = text == "First text" ? "Second text" : "First text";
fx.fadeOut({
node: node,
duration: duration,
onEnd: function() {
node.innerHTML = text;
fx.fadeIn({
node: node,
duration: duration
}).play();;
}
}).play();
}
});
}
);
<script type="text/javascript">
dojoConfig = {isDebug: true, async: true, parseOnLoad: true}
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.10.4/dojo/dojo.js"></script>
<link href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.8.3/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<body class="claro">
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/form/Button" id="btn"> click me </div>
</body>
| 2024-03-12T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3360 |
Q:
Why browser is not throwing exception for syntax error?
I accidentally wrote a wrong JavaScript syntax (I think so).
code is
var temp = {};
temp.a = 34;
height:34, //should fail here.
temp.b = 56;
jsfiddle
is syntax is correct?
Thanks.
A:
A colon can be used to label a statement, and that's what's happening here. There are no errors in your code, it's intended behavior.
Edit: better resource on labels. :)
| 2024-05-05T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1422 |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
* timeZones.xml
*
* Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Simon Fraser University
* Copyright (c) 2000-2020 John Willinsky
* Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
*
* Time zone list.
*
* This file lists all time zones available to the system.
-->
<!DOCTYPE timezones [
<!ELEMENT timezones (entry+)>
<!ELEMENT entry EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST entry
key CDATA #REQUIRED
name CDATA #REQUIRED>
]>
<timezones>
<entry key="Africa/Abidjan" name="Abidjan" />
<entry key="Africa/Accra" name="Accra" />
<entry key="Africa/Addis_Ababa" name="Addis Ababa" />
<entry key="Africa/Algiers" name="Algiers" />
<entry key="Africa/Asmara" name="Asmara" />
<entry key="Africa/Bamako" name="Bamako" />
<entry key="Africa/Bangui" name="Bangui" />
<entry key="Africa/Banjul" name="Banjul" />
<entry key="Africa/Bissau" name="Bissau" />
<entry key="Africa/Blantyre" name="Blantyre" />
<entry key="Africa/Brazzaville" name="Brazzaville" />
<entry key="Africa/Bujumbura" name="Bujumbura" />
<entry key="Africa/Cairo" name="Cairo" />
<entry key="Africa/Casablanca" name="Casablanca" />
<entry key="Africa/Ceuta" name="Ceuta" />
<entry key="Africa/Conakry" name="Conakry" />
<entry key="Africa/Dakar" name="Dakar" />
<entry key="Africa/Dar_es_Salaam" name="Dar es Salaam" />
<entry key="Africa/Djibouti" name="Djibouti" />
<entry key="Africa/Douala" name="Douala" />
<entry key="Africa/El_Aaiun" name="El Aaiun" />
<entry key="Africa/Freetown" name="Freetown" />
<entry key="Africa/Gaborone" name="Gaborone" />
<entry key="Africa/Harare" name="Harare" />
<entry key="Africa/Johannesburg" name="Johannesburg" />
<entry key="Africa/Juba" name="Juba" />
<entry key="Africa/Kampala" name="Kampala" />
<entry key="Africa/Khartoum" name="Khartoum" />
<entry key="Africa/Kigali" name="Kigali" />
<entry key="Africa/Kinshasa" name="Kinshasa" />
<entry key="Africa/Lagos" name="Lagos" />
<entry key="Africa/Libreville" name="Libreville" />
<entry key="Africa/Lome" name="Lome" />
<entry key="Africa/Luanda" name="Luanda" />
<entry key="Africa/Lubumbashi" name="Lubumbashi" />
<entry key="Africa/Lusaka" name="Lusaka" />
<entry key="Africa/Malabo" name="Malabo" />
<entry key="Africa/Maputo" name="Maputo" />
<entry key="Africa/Maseru" name="Maseru" />
<entry key="Africa/Mbabane" name="Mbabane" />
<entry key="Africa/Mogadishu" name="Mogadishu" />
<entry key="Africa/Monrovia" name="Monrovia" />
<entry key="Africa/Nairobi" name="Nairobi" />
<entry key="Africa/Ndjamena" name="Ndjamena" />
<entry key="Africa/Niamey" name="Niamey" />
<entry key="Africa/Nouakchott" name="Nouakchott" />
<entry key="Africa/Ouagadougou" name="Ouagadougou" />
<entry key="Africa/Porto-Novo" name="Porto-Novo" />
<entry key="Africa/Sao_Tome" name="Sao Tome" />
<entry key="Africa/Tripoli" name="Tripoli" />
<entry key="Africa/Tunis" name="Tunis" />
<entry key="Africa/Windhoek" name="Windhoek" />
<entry key="America/Adak" name="Adak" />
<entry key="America/Anchorage" name="Anchorage" />
<entry key="America/Anguilla" name="Anguilla" />
<entry key="America/Antigua" name="Antigua" />
<entry key="America/Araguaina" name="Araguaina" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires" name="Argentina/Buenos Aires" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Catamarca" name="Argentina/Catamarca" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Cordoba" name="Argentina/Cordoba" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Jujuy" name="Argentina/Jujuy" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/La_Rioja" name="Argentina/La Rioja" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Mendoza" name="Argentina/Mendoza" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos" name="Argentina/Rio Gallegos" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Salta" name="Argentina/Salta" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/San_Juan" name="Argentina/San Juan" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/San_Luis" name="Argentina/San Luis" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Tucuman" name="Argentina/Tucuman" />
<entry key="America/Argentina/Ushuaia" name="Argentina/Ushuaia" />
<entry key="America/Aruba" name="Aruba" />
<entry key="America/Asuncion" name="Asuncion" />
<entry key="America/Atikokan" name="Atikokan" />
<entry key="America/Bahia" name="Bahia" />
<entry key="America/Bahia_Banderas" name="Bahia Banderas" />
<entry key="America/Barbados" name="Barbados" />
<entry key="America/Belem" name="Belem" />
<entry key="America/Belize" name="Belize" />
<entry key="America/Blanc-Sablon" name="Blanc-Sablon" />
<entry key="America/Boa_Vista" name="Boa Vista" />
<entry key="America/Bogota" name="Bogota" />
<entry key="America/Boise" name="Boise" />
<entry key="America/Cambridge_Bay" name="Cambridge Bay" />
<entry key="America/Campo_Grande" name="Campo Grande" />
<entry key="America/Cancun" name="Cancun" />
<entry key="America/Caracas" name="Caracas" />
<entry key="America/Cayenne" name="Cayenne" />
<entry key="America/Cayman" name="Cayman" />
<entry key="America/Chicago" name="Chicago" />
<entry key="America/Chihuahua" name="Chihuahua" />
<entry key="America/Costa_Rica" name="Costa Rica" />
<entry key="America/Creston" name="Creston" />
<entry key="America/Cuiaba" name="Cuiaba" />
<entry key="America/Curacao" name="Curacao" />
<entry key="America/Danmarkshavn" name="Danmarkshavn" />
<entry key="America/Dawson" name="Dawson" />
<entry key="America/Dawson_Creek" name="Dawson Creek" />
<entry key="America/Denver" name="Denver" />
<entry key="America/Detroit" name="Detroit" />
<entry key="America/Dominica" name="Dominica" />
<entry key="America/Edmonton" name="Edmonton" />
<entry key="America/Eirunepe" name="Eirunepe" />
<entry key="America/El_Salvador" name="El Salvador" />
<entry key="America/Fortaleza" name="Fortaleza" />
<entry key="America/Glace_Bay" name="Glace Bay" />
<entry key="America/Godthab" name="Godthab" />
<entry key="America/Goose_Bay" name="Goose Bay" />
<entry key="America/Grand_Turk" name="Grand Turk" />
<entry key="America/Grenada" name="Grenada" />
<entry key="America/Guadeloupe" name="Guadeloupe" />
<entry key="America/Guatemala" name="Guatemala" />
<entry key="America/Guayaquil" name="Guayaquil" />
<entry key="America/Guyana" name="Guyana" />
<entry key="America/Halifax" name="Halifax" />
<entry key="America/Havana" name="Havana" />
<entry key="America/Hermosillo" name="Hermosillo" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Indianapolis" name="Indiana/Indianapolis" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Knox" name="Indiana/Knox" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Marengo" name="Indiana/Marengo" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Petersburg" name="Indiana/Petersburg" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Tell_City" name="Indiana/Tell City" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Vevay" name="Indiana/Vevay" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Vincennes" name="Indiana/Vincennes" />
<entry key="America/Indiana/Winamac" name="Indiana/Winamac" />
<entry key="America/Inuvik" name="Inuvik" />
<entry key="America/Iqaluit" name="Iqaluit" />
<entry key="America/Jamaica" name="Jamaica" />
<entry key="America/Juneau" name="Juneau" />
<entry key="America/Kentucky/Louisville" name="Kentucky/Louisville" />
<entry key="America/Kentucky/Monticello" name="Kentucky/Monticello" />
<entry key="America/Kralendijk" name="Kralendijk" />
<entry key="America/La_Paz" name="La Paz" />
<entry key="America/Lima" name="Lima" />
<entry key="America/Los_Angeles" name="Los Angeles" />
<entry key="America/Lower_Princes" name="Lower Princes" />
<entry key="America/Maceio" name="Maceio" />
<entry key="America/Managua" name="Managua" />
<entry key="America/Manaus" name="Manaus" />
<entry key="America/Marigot" name="Marigot" />
<entry key="America/Martinique" name="Martinique" />
<entry key="America/Matamoros" name="Matamoros" />
<entry key="America/Mazatlan" name="Mazatlan" />
<entry key="America/Menominee" name="Menominee" />
<entry key="America/Merida" name="Merida" />
<entry key="America/Metlakatla" name="Metlakatla" />
<entry key="America/Mexico_City" name="Mexico City" />
<entry key="America/Miquelon" name="Miquelon" />
<entry key="America/Moncton" name="Moncton" />
<entry key="America/Monterrey" name="Monterrey" />
<entry key="America/Montevideo" name="Montevideo" />
<entry key="America/Montreal" name="Montreal" />
<entry key="America/Montserrat" name="Montserrat" />
<entry key="America/Nassau" name="Nassau" />
<entry key="America/New_York" name="New York" />
<entry key="America/Nipigon" name="Nipigon" />
<entry key="America/Nome" name="Nome" />
<entry key="America/Noronha" name="Noronha" />
<entry key="America/North_Dakota/Beulah" name="North Dakota/Beulah" />
<entry key="America/North_Dakota/Center" name="North Dakota/Center" />
<entry key="America/North_Dakota/New_Salem" name="North Dakota/New Salem" />
<entry key="America/Ojinaga" name="Ojinaga" />
<entry key="America/Panama" name="Panama" />
<entry key="America/Pangnirtung" name="Pangnirtung" />
<entry key="America/Paramaribo" name="Paramaribo" />
<entry key="America/Phoenix" name="Phoenix" />
<entry key="America/Port-au-Prince" name="Port-au-Prince" />
<entry key="America/Port_of_Spain" name="Port of Spain" />
<entry key="America/Porto_Velho" name="Porto Velho" />
<entry key="America/Puerto_Rico" name="Puerto Rico" />
<entry key="America/Rainy_River" name="Rainy River" />
<entry key="America/Rankin_Inlet" name="Rankin Inlet" />
<entry key="America/Recife" name="Recife" />
<entry key="America/Regina" name="Regina" />
<entry key="America/Resolute" name="Resolute" />
<entry key="America/Rio_Branco" name="Rio Branco" />
<entry key="America/Santa_Isabel" name="Santa Isabel" />
<entry key="America/Santarem" name="Santarem" />
<entry key="America/Santiago" name="Santiago" />
<entry key="America/Santo_Domingo" name="Santo Domingo" />
<entry key="America/Sao_Paulo" name="Sao Paulo" />
<entry key="America/Scoresbysund" name="Scoresbysund" />
<entry key="America/Shiprock" name="Shiprock" />
<entry key="America/Sitka" name="Sitka" />
<entry key="America/St_Barthelemy" name="St Barthelemy" />
<entry key="America/St_Johns" name="St Johns" />
<entry key="America/St_Kitts" name="St Kitts" />
<entry key="America/St_Lucia" name="St Lucia" />
<entry key="America/St_Thomas" name="St Thomas" />
<entry key="America/St_Vincent" name="St Vincent" />
<entry key="America/Swift_Current" name="Swift Current" />
<entry key="America/Tegucigalpa" name="Tegucigalpa" />
<entry key="America/Thule" name="Thule" />
<entry key="America/Thunder_Bay" name="Thunder Bay" />
<entry key="America/Tijuana" name="Tijuana" />
<entry key="America/Toronto" name="Toronto" />
<entry key="America/Tortola" name="Tortola" />
<entry key="America/Vancouver" name="Vancouver" />
<entry key="America/Whitehorse" name="Whitehorse" />
<entry key="America/Winnipeg" name="Winnipeg" />
<entry key="America/Yakutat" name="Yakutat" />
<entry key="America/Yellowknife" name="Yellowknife" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Casey" name="Casey" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Davis" name="Davis" />
<entry key="Antarctica/DumontDUrville" name="DumontDUrville" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Macquarie" name="Macquarie" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Mawson" name="Mawson" />
<entry key="Antarctica/McMurdo" name="McMurdo" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Palmer" name="Palmer" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Rothera" name="Rothera" />
<entry key="Antarctica/South_Pole" name="South Pole" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Syowa" name="Syowa" />
<entry key="Antarctica/Vostok" name="Vostok" />
<entry key="Arctic/Longyearbyen" name="Longyearbyen" />
<entry key="Asia/Aden" name="Aden" />
<entry key="Asia/Almaty" name="Almaty" />
<entry key="Asia/Amman" name="Amman" />
<entry key="Asia/Anadyr" name="Anadyr" />
<entry key="Asia/Aqtau" name="Aqtau" />
<entry key="Asia/Aqtobe" name="Aqtobe" />
<entry key="Asia/Ashgabat" name="Ashgabat" />
<entry key="Asia/Baghdad" name="Baghdad" />
<entry key="Asia/Bahrain" name="Bahrain" />
<entry key="Asia/Baku" name="Baku" />
<entry key="Asia/Bangkok" name="Bangkok" />
<entry key="Asia/Beirut" name="Beirut" />
<entry key="Asia/Bishkek" name="Bishkek" />
<entry key="Asia/Brunei" name="Brunei" />
<entry key="Asia/Choibalsan" name="Choibalsan" />
<entry key="Asia/Chongqing" name="Chongqing" />
<entry key="Asia/Colombo" name="Colombo" />
<entry key="Asia/Damascus" name="Damascus" />
<entry key="Asia/Dhaka" name="Dhaka" />
<entry key="Asia/Dili" name="Dili" />
<entry key="Asia/Dubai" name="Dubai" />
<entry key="Asia/Dushanbe" name="Dushanbe" />
<entry key="Asia/Gaza" name="Gaza" />
<entry key="Asia/Harbin" name="Harbin" />
<entry key="Asia/Hebron" name="Hebron" />
<entry key="Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh" name="Ho Chi Minh" />
<entry key="Asia/Hong_Kong" name="Hong Kong" />
<entry key="Asia/Hovd" name="Hovd" />
<entry key="Asia/Irkutsk" name="Irkutsk" />
<entry key="Asia/Jakarta" name="Jakarta" />
<entry key="Asia/Jayapura" name="Jayapura" />
<entry key="Asia/Jerusalem" name="Jerusalem" />
<entry key="Asia/Kabul" name="Kabul" />
<entry key="Asia/Kamchatka" name="Kamchatka" />
<entry key="Asia/Karachi" name="Karachi" />
<entry key="Asia/Kashgar" name="Kashgar" />
<entry key="Asia/Kathmandu" name="Kathmandu" />
<entry key="Asia/Kolkata" name="Kolkata" />
<entry key="Asia/Krasnoyarsk" name="Krasnoyarsk" />
<entry key="Asia/Kuala_Lumpur" name="Kuala Lumpur" />
<entry key="Asia/Kuching" name="Kuching" />
<entry key="Asia/Kuwait" name="Kuwait" />
<entry key="Asia/Macau" name="Macau" />
<entry key="Asia/Magadan" name="Magadan" />
<entry key="Asia/Makassar" name="Makassar" />
<entry key="Asia/Manila" name="Manila" />
<entry key="Asia/Muscat" name="Muscat" />
<entry key="Asia/Nicosia" name="Nicosia" />
<entry key="Asia/Novokuznetsk" name="Novokuznetsk" />
<entry key="Asia/Novosibirsk" name="Novosibirsk" />
<entry key="Asia/Omsk" name="Omsk" />
<entry key="Asia/Oral" name="Oral" />
<entry key="Asia/Phnom_Penh" name="Phnom Penh" />
<entry key="Asia/Pontianak" name="Pontianak" />
<entry key="Asia/Pyongyang" name="Pyongyang" />
<entry key="Asia/Qatar" name="Qatar" />
<entry key="Asia/Qyzylorda" name="Qyzylorda" />
<entry key="Asia/Rangoon" name="Rangoon" />
<entry key="Asia/Riyadh" name="Riyadh" />
<entry key="Asia/Sakhalin" name="Sakhalin" />
<entry key="Asia/Samarkand" name="Samarkand" />
<entry key="Asia/Seoul" name="Seoul" />
<entry key="Asia/Shanghai" name="Shanghai" />
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The present invention relates generally to medical testing, and more particularly to lateral flow assay.
In patient care, immunoassay technology provides simple and relatively quick means for determining the presence of analytes in a subject sample. Analytes are substances of interest or clinical significance that may be present in biological or non-biological fluids. The analytes can include antibodies, antigens, drugs, or hormones.
The analyte of interest is generally detected by reaction with a capture agent, which yields a resultant or complex that is more easily detected and measured than the original analyte. Detection methods can include a change in absorbance, particularly a change in color, change in fluorescence, change in luminescence, change in electrical potential at a surface, change in other optical properties, or any other easily measured physical property indicating the presence or absence of an analyte in a sample.
New immunoassay devices have been developed that play an important role in areas such as clinical chemistry. They are used by skilled clinicians and laypersons alike. Thus, there is a strong impetus to provide devices that are simple and reliable. Desirably, the assays are single-step tests wherein the user need only apply the sample prior to viewing the result. Single-step tests obviate the necessity of performing complicated and time consuming processing steps that may introduce errors in the end result.
Immunoassay tests are often critical to patient care. Assays are routinely performed to detect the presence of particular analytes that are present when a human or non-human subject has a particular disease or condition, such as HIV, flu, alcohol, drugs, ovulation, pregnancy, etc.
Immunoassay technology now allows for assay tests to be performed without the complex and expensive equipment used in hospitals and laboratory settings. Kits for performing assays are now available for home or point of care use to quickly determine the presence of a disease or condition by providing qualitative results for the analyte or tested condition. These kits generally include strips that provide a visual indication when the analyte being sought is detected.
Generally, these assays have an extended base layer on which a differentiation can be made between a sample application region and an evaluation region. In typical use, the sample is applied to the sample application region, flows along a liquid transport path, which runs parallel to the base layer, and then flows into the evaluation region. A capture reagent is present in the evaluation region, and the captured analyte can be detected by a variety of protocols to detect visible moieties as described above associated with the captured analyte.
The above assays are called lateral flow assays or immunoassays and are currently single use and disposable. | 2024-02-16T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6165 |
Q:
limit elevation ETOPO1 matlab
For a map with ETOPO, how to limit elevation [Z] such that the plotted marker and name are not covered by the map?
Right now, my marker and name is covered by the elevation. I tried editing [Z], a 1200 x 1950 double, which is madness, and I know this is not the way to alter the elevation. Any ideas?
% Creating figure
figure
% Construct map axes for region
worldmap australia
% Returning the map projection structure from the current map axes
mstruct = gcm;
% Defining limits for lat and long - adjusting map axis
latlim = mstruct.maplatlimit;
lonlim = mstruct.maplonlimit;
% Read ETOPO file within the specified lat and long limits
% "Z" is data grid, an array of elevations
% "refvec" is the three-element referencing vector
[Z, refvec] = etopo(etopoFile,2, latlim, lonlim);
% Plotting marker on map
plotm(-37.814, 144.96332, '.k','markersize',8)
% Naming on map
textm(-37.814, 144.96332,point name,'FontSize',12)
% Displaying map data, with extracted etopo value
geoshow(Z, refvec, 'DisplayType', 'surface');
% Color the map based on the terrain elevation data, Z.
demcmap(Z, 500);
A:
Instead of trying to modify the value of Z. You should use the plot3m function which takes an extra argument for altitude.
h = plot3m(lat,lon,z)
see https://www.mathworks.com/help/map/ref/plot3m.html.
Then you can prescribe a sufficiently high altitude for your text and marker.
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Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to inspection apparatus and methods usable, for example, to perform metrology in the manufacture of devices by lithographic techniques. The invention further relates to an illumination system for use in such inspection apparatus and to methods of manufacturing devices using lithographic techniques. The invention yet further relates to computer program products for use in implementing such methods.
Background Art
A lithographic apparatus is a machine that applies a desired pattern onto a substrate, usually onto a target portion of the substrate. A lithographic apparatus can be used, for example, in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs). In that instance, a patterning device, which is alternatively referred to as a mask or a reticle, may be used to generate a circuit pattern to be formed on an individual layer of the IC. This pattern can be transferred onto a target portion (e.g., including part of, one, or several dies) on a substrate (e.g., a silicon wafer). Transfer of the pattern is typically via imaging onto a layer of radiation-sensitive material (resist) provided on the substrate. In general, a single substrate will contain a network of adjacent target portions that are successively patterned.
In lithographic processes, it is desirable frequently to make measurements of the structures created, e.g., for process control and verification. Various tools for making such measurements are known, including scanning electron microscopes, which are often used to measure critical dimension (CD), and specialized tools to measure overlay, the accuracy of alignment of two layers in a device. Recently, various forms of scatterometers have been developed for use in the lithographic field. These devices direct a beam of radiation onto a target and measure one or more properties of the scattered radiation—e.g., intensity at a single angle of reflection as a function of wavelength; intensity at one or more wavelengths as a function of reflected angle; or polarization as a function of reflected angle—to obtain a diffraction “spectrum” from which a property of interest of the target can be determined.
Examples of known scatterometers include angle-resolved scatterometers of the type described in US2006033921A1 and US2010201963A1. The targets used by such scatterometers are relatively large, e.g., 40 μm by 40 μm, gratings and the measurement beam generates a spot that is smaller than the grating (i.e., the grating is underfilled). In addition to measurement of feature shapes by reconstruction, diffraction based overlay can be measured using such apparatus, as described in published patent application US2006066855A1. Diffraction-based overlay metrology using dark-field imaging of the diffraction orders enables overlay measurements on smaller targets. Examples of dark field imaging metrology can be found in international patent applications WO 2009/078708 and WO 2009/106279 which documents are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. Further developments of the technique have been described in published patent publications US20110027704A, US20110043791A, US2011102753A1, US20120044470A, US20120123581A, US20130258310A, US20130271740A and WO2013178422A1. These targets can be smaller than the illumination spot and may be surrounded by product structures on a wafer. Multiple gratings can be measured in one image, using a composite grating target. The contents of all these applications are also incorporated herein by reference.
The inspection apparatus that will be used as a metrology tool in such an environment should meet many requirements. Realizing these requirements typically involves significant compromises. For example, high-NA broadband optics with low aberrations leads to many lens elements usually composed of different materials. Each of these elements contributes to internal scattering which limits the detectability of weak targets. Also it becomes increasingly more difficult to have good anti-reflection coatings over a large wavelength range. Having so many optical components leads to an apparatus that is difficult to adjust properly for the metrology application. | 2023-10-10T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4738 |
Richard von Kühlmann
Richard von Kühlmann (3 May 1873 – 16 February 1948) was a German diplomat and industrialist. From 6 August 1917 to 9 July 1918, he served as Germany's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In December 1917 von Kühlmann explained the main goals of his diplomacy was to subvert and undermine the political unity of the enemy states:
The disruption of the Entente and the subsequent creation of political combinations agreeable to us constitute the most important war aim of our diplomacy. Russia appeared to be the weakest link in the enemy chain. The task therefore was gradually to loosen it, and, when possible, to remove it. This was the purpose of the subversive activity we caused to be carried out in Russia behind the front--in the first place promotion of separatist tendencies and support of the Bolsheviks. It was not until the Bolsheviks had received from us a steady flow of funds through various channels and under different labels that they were in a position to be able to build up their main organ, Pravda, to conduct energetic propaganda and appreciably to extend the originally narrow basis of their party. The Bolsheviks have now come to power; how long they will retain power cannot be yet foreseen. They need peace in order to strengthen their own position; on the other hand it is entirely in our interest that we should exploit the period while they are in power, which may be a short one, in order to attain firstly an armistice and then, if possible, peace.
Biography
Kühlmann was born in Constantinople. From 1908 to 1914, he was councillor of the German embassy in London, and was very active in the study of all phases of contemporary political and social life in Great Britain and even in Ireland from where his reports may have helped persuade Berlin that Britain was unlikely to enter a continental fray.
Kühlmann may have secretly visited Ireland twice in the months before the outbreak of war, where, on either side of the question of Home Rule, Unionists in the north and Nationalists in the south were arming (with German munitions). In an account that appeared in Manchester's Daily Despatch, Kühlmann's dispatches from London were interpreted in Berlin as evidence that Britain was so embarrassed by the Irish Question that in all probability she would be unable to participate in a war--that her hands were tied. Kühlmann had gone so far as to report "in all seriousness" the "solemn declaration" of "a most loyal Ulsterman" that "we would rather be ruled by the Kaiser than by the Pope."
At the outbreak of War, Kühlmann was councillor of the embassy at Constantinople. In October 1914 he founded the News Bureau which became a vehicle for German propaganda in the Ottoman Empire. This included postcards of ruined Belgian churches, which were used to appeal to the Jihadist sentiments held by those who had participated in massacres of Christians in Constantinople in 1896
During the Armenian Genocide, Kühlmann was initially reluctant to expose the massacres against the Armenian population. Kühlmann, who held sympathetic beliefs toward Turkish nationalism, repeatedly used the term "alleged" and excused the Turkish government for the massacres. Kühlmann, in defense of the Turkish government and the German-Turkish World War alliance, stated that the policies against the Armenians was a matter of "internal politics". However, Kühlmann eventually stated that, "The destruction of the Armenians was undertaken on a massive scale. This policy of extermination will for a long time stain the name of Turkey."
He was subsequently minister at The Hague, and from September 1916 until August 1917, ambassador at Constantinople.
Foreign Secretary
Appointed foreign secretary in August 1917, he led the delegation that negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which removed the Russian Empire from World War I. He also negotiated the Peace of Bucharest of 7 May 1918, with Romania. In the treaty negotiations, Kühlmann encountered opposition from the higher command of the army, and, in particular, of Erich Ludendorff, who desired fuller territorial guarantees on Germany's eastern frontier, the establishment of a German protectorate over the Baltic States and stronger precautions against the spread of Bolshevism.
In July 1918, he delivered in the Reichstag a speech on the general situation, in the course of which he declared that the war could not be ended by arms alone, implying that it would require diplomacy to secure peace. This utterance was misinterpreted in Germany, and the higher command was drawn into the controversy which arose over it, so that Kühlmann's position became untenable. He was practically thrown over by the Chancellor, Georg von Hertling, in a speech intended to explain away his statement and, after an interview with Emperor Wilhelm II at the front, he tendered his resignation in July 1918.
See also
Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian Genocide
Notes
References
External links
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The present invention relates to a method for operating a processing device, to a processing device and to a control unit, a field device and an exchange signal generator for such a processing device and to a computer program.
As a rule, processing devices such as, e.g. fire or burglary alarm systems consist of one or also a number of, often decentralized control units and a number of distributed field devices such as, e.g. sensors and/or actuators. For a multiplicity of reasons, it may be necessary to exchange one of the field devices, e.g. because one field device is defective.
From DE 101 27 057 A1, an alarm signaling sender is known which is constructed of modules, the modules being connected via a bus. In this arrangement, the modules can be inserted and/or removed during the operation of the alarm signaling sender. According to DE 101 27 057 A1, it is provided that during the removal of a module during the operation, for example, monitoring circuits ensure that no overvoltages would occur. If, in contrast, a module is inserted, it is provided, according to DE 101 27 057 A1 that the module registers with the alarm sender.
The physical removal of a field device, as a rule, leads to the processing device containing the field device generating and displaying a fault message. Due to the electrical cabling of the control units and of the field devices, it may also occur that the removal of an individual field device separates several other field devices from their electrical power supply. This may be the case, e.g. with field-bus cabling.
Before exchanging a field device, it is known to switch the processing device or at least individual components (e.g. an individual field bus) off completely or to put them into a separate maintenance mode in which no fault message is generated and displayed in the case of a missing field device. The consequence is that the components switched off such as, e.g. individual field devices of the processing device, no longer fulfill their original function.
If a defective field device has been replaced by a new operable field device, the new field device must be connected to the processing device and subsequently configured. This is done manually or automatically when, e.g., a field device of identical construction is inserted and all field devices are configured by the control unit when they are taken into operation and no initial commissioning of the field devices is required.
There is, therefore, a requirement for reducing the amount of effort in the case of an exchange of a field device of a processing device. | 2024-04-22T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4152 |
Check your sound device setup. A common problem are ASIO drivers that cannot share the audio interface, such as ASIO4All. If you use ASIO4All (or a WASAPI / WDM-KS driver in exclusive mode) and have another application running that makes use of that sound device (such as a web browser, instant messenger, media player, ...), OpenMPT will not emit any sound. In that case, switch to another sound driver in OpenMPT’s settings.
Vice versa, it is also possible that another program occupies the sound device in exclusive mode, for example using an exclusive WASAPI driver. In that case, this program restricts other applications from accessing the sound device.
Verify that no other application is accessing the MIDI port. Standard MIDI drivers only allow one application at a time to access a MIDI port.
Verify that other applications do actually receive incoming MIDI data. More often than not, MIDI devices are not set up properly to send MIDI data to a computer. A light-weight application that can be used for checking is SendSX.
OpenMPT produces clicks at a buffer length that previously worked just fine[edit]
In OpenMPT 1.22 and newer, the sound card options require you to enter the wanted latency, while previously you entered the buffer length of a single buffer. While the two values (latency and buffer length) are identical for ASIO drivers, there is a difference with Wave Out and DirectSound drivers: Previously, three buffers of the specified buffer length were used to render audio, meaning that the actual latency was three times the buffer length — hence, if you previously used a buffer length of 40ms, this equals a latency of 120ms now. The update interval was previously fixed to an eighth of the buffer length and is now freely configurable. It should be as low as possible, but too low values can result in buffer underruns, because the CPU can't keep up with the required short-term render speed.
So, to summarize: No, OpenMPT did not become slower. It just exposes different (more logical) values to the user now, and using the same old values for those new settings will most likely not work. The old values are automatically converted to their new equivalents, though, so there should not be any problems.
Because the theoretical goal of a good resampling filter and the practical low fidelity of many old module samples do not mix very well.
OpenMPT must resample all samples to a common mix sample rate (which is typically 44 or 48 kHz). This resampling step can be done using filters (interpolation) of varying quality. A perfect filter would not add any frequencies to the output signal that were not in the input signal. But such a perfect filter does not exist, and OpenMPT instead offers several filters of varying quality and speed (higher quality filters stress the CPU more than lower quality filters).
If modules were only using high-quality samples that already contain enough high-frequency content, i.e. samples that are being played close at the mix sample rate, you could always just use OpenMPT’s highest-quality resampling filter and everything would sound bright and nice. However, many modules rather use samples that use a much lower sample rate, which means that these samples theoretically do not contain any high-frequency material. But when using a low-quality resampling filter (e.g. linear resampling, as it was used in many trackers in the 1990s), the cheap algorithm cannot prevent ghost frequencies (so-called aliasing) from occurring, so these low-quality samples end up sounding much brighter than they should in theory — this is a wanted effect in many legacy modules. On the other hand, using a high-quality resampling filter will suppress these aliasing frequencies better and the module will in return sound muffled.
This is why older modules and chiptunes typically sound better with “worse” resampling filters, while a high-quality module with good samples will sound better with OpenMPT’s best resampling filters.
In the Pattern Editor, either click the yellow question mark icon or the pattern number in the upper-left corner of the pattern (labelled #0 or similar) to open the Pattern Properties window. Note that this feature is not available for MOD and S3M files, you will have to use pattern break commands in those formats to shorten patterns.
OpenMPT shows the default volume (that is, the volume at which the note is going to be played if it is not explicitely overridden by the user) next to notes as a semi-transparent volume command. Since this command does not actually exist in the pattern, it can also not be deleted. Display of the default volume can be disabled by unchecking the “Show default volume commands” option.
Actually, they do not do anything. They are just separators which you can use to keep your sequence tidy. You can for example add them after every few patterns to visually highlight a group of patterns. If such a pattern is encountered while playing, OpenMPT simply skips over it.
If you have “Follow Song” enabled, but the pattern display scrolls only in coarse steps, you have probably set the update period too high. Try setting this value as low as possible. However, if it is too low, audio output might distort with Wave Out drivers, in which case you have to lower the latency as well. Generally you want both your latency and update interval to be as small as possible, but the lowest possible values always depend on the available drivers and CPU power.
Have a look at our top picks site for various interesting sample sources. The Waveworld and KIArchive collections in particular offer a fairly complete set of samples that covers most types of sounds you will need to get started.
OpenMPT supports loading MP1 / MP2 / MP3 samples using Media Foundation on Windows 7 and newer. On older systems and Wine, you will need the mpg123 library, but due to the patent status of the MPEG technology, this library is not shipped with OpenMPT. Detailed instructions on where to download and how to install the library can be found in the Sample Editor help section.
Some plugins do not like if the plugin host sends varying amounts of audio data to be processed by them. While sequencers usually always send the same amount of data to plugins to process, this is not the case with most trackers, including OpenMPT, Psycle and Renoise (if its static plugin buffer is disabled). If you encounter such a plugin, please notify the plugin authors of the problem so that they can make the plugin compatible with hosts like OpenMPT. Note that the problem in jBridge should have been fixed, so if you still experience it, try upgrading to the latest version.
Yes, OpenMPT comes with its own plugin bridge that can load 32-bit plugins into 64-bit OpenMPT and vice versa. OpenMPT will automatically use this plugin bridge when required, but it can also be enabled manually in the Plugin Manager to sandbox troublesome plugins.
Oops, seems like you downloaded a 64-bit version of OpenMPT without reading the recommendation on which version to use! If you use lots of 32-bit plugins, do not use 64-bit OpenMPT, as it will have to run all your plugins in a bridge process (sandbox), which is much slower than running plugins directly in OpenMPT.
The frequency of the middle-C is fixed to about 8 kHz in the MOD format. OpenMPT tries to compensate for that by transposing notes in the patterns. In some corner cases, this will fail. Also keep in mind that the MOD octave range is limited, so some samples might have to be downsampled before they can be transposed without loss of note information.
Some less compliant module libraries will fail to load perfectly valid XM / IT files. You can try re-saving those files with Fasttracker 2 or Impulse Tracker if necessary, or just avoid using those libraries. Note that libmikmod 3.2 has fixed a bug which would prevent it from loading XM files made with OpenMPT. This will probably never be backported to Winamp’s MikMod-based module plugin, so if you seriously want to listen to modules in Winamp, you should probably try the OpenMPT input plugin for Winamp instead. ;-)
Can you add support for SID / SNDH / AHX / AdLib / other formats?[edit]
As a general rule of thumb, we will not add support for file formats that do not contain pattern data (like SID / SNHD), that require a bytecode interpreter for specific hardware (SID / SNDH), sample synthesis (AHX) or any other kind of chip emulation (SID / SNDH / AdLib). These formats are way too different from how tracked music is handled internally by OpenMPT, and there are already far better solutions out there.
Why is previously usable Feature X unavailable in the latest version of OpenMPT?[edit]
Over the years, various people have added features to the IT and XM format without considering that other trackers or players would not support them.
Having new features is of course a nice thing, but they should not be hacked into existing file formats. That is why they are gradually removed from the IT and XM formats to be exclusively available in the MPTM format. Of course, these features are still available when importing an old IT or XM file made with previous versions of OpenMPT, but you cannot use them in newly created files.
Examples of previously supported features are Tempo Mode, Envelope Release Node, Pitch / Tempo lock, etc..
If you want to access those features, use the MPTM format. You can convert existing songs to this format using the Song Properties dialog.
Some crashes prevent OpenMPT from creating its own memory dump. In that case, there are other ways to create a dump:
On Windows Vista and newer, open the task manager and right-click the crashed instance of mptrack.exe in the process list and select Create Dump File. On 64-bit systems, please do not use the default task manager — launch it from %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\taskmgr.exe instead! (Source: [1])
On older operating systems, or in case the previous option might not be available, use ProcDump. Find out the PID of the crashed instance of mptrack.exe through tasklist.exe on the command prompt or by using the task manager (the PID column in the process list might be hidden by default), then run procdump PID. Note that you can also run procdump -e PID before the actual crash happened. If ProcDump has the chance of catching the exception, it will automatically write a crash dump then. | 2024-01-08T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6232 |
Matrix effect on baked egg tolerance in children with IgE-mediated hen's egg allergy.
Children with IgE-mediated hen's egg allergy (IgE-HEA) often tolerate baked egg within a wheat matrix. To evaluate the influence of wheat matrix and the effects of little standardized cooking procedures on baked egg tolerance. Fifty-four children with IgE-HEA were enrolled. They underwent prick-by-prick (PbP) tests and open oral food challenges (OFC) performed with baked HE within a wheat matrix (a home-made cake, locally called ciambellone), baked HE without a wheat matrix (in the form of an omelet, locally named frittata) and boiled HE. Three months after passing ciambellone OFC, parents were asked to answer a survey. About 88% of children tolerated ciambellone, 74% frittata, and 56% boiled HE. Negative predictive value of PbP performed with ciambellone, frittata, and boiled HE was 100%. No IgE-mediated adverse reactions were detected at follow-up carried out by the survey. Wheat matrix seemed to be relevant only in few cases. If our results will be confirmed by larger studies, a negative PbP with ciambellone, frittata, or boiled HE will allow patients with IgE-HEA to eat these foods without undergoing OFC. Moreover, our study showed that very strict standardized cooking procedures do not seem to be essential, to guarantee tolerance toward baked HE. | 2023-09-26T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9928 |
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On Monday, firearms will be legal on monument
New rules that go into effect Monday at Colorado National Monument will allow visitors to carry firearms on its trails and overlooks for the first time in 94 years.
The change is the result of a new law passed by Congress in May that ended the ability of the National Park Service to set its own gun-carry restrictions. The new law makes each park, monument or wildlife refuge administered by the National Park Service subject to the gun laws of the state in which it’s located.
In Colorado, the law allows open and concealed carry, and rangers have been briefed on how to deal with visitors who are bearing firearms, Colorado National Monument spokeswoman Michelle Wheatley said.
The onus is on firearms owners to know and obey those laws, even if they are in parks or monuments that cross state boundaries, she said.
One thing visitors to Colorado National Monument will note is new signs informing visitors that guns are prohibited in the visitor center, offices, maintenance buildings and other areas where employees and visitors gather, Wheatley said.
Officials at the monument have long been familiar with firearms because hunters often travel through on their way to hunting areas outside the monument boundaries. Hunting, however, remains prohibited in the monument and in national parks.
It’s unlikely that most visitors will even be aware that other visitors are armed, said Linn Armstrong, a Grand Junction firearms instructor and supporter of the Second Amendment.
“It’s not going to be a big difference,” Armstrong said. Monument officials “will find out that it’s no big deal. It will just go unnoticed.”
Although Colorado law has open-carry provisions, people who own concealed-carry permits will likely keep their firearms out of sight.
“It’s way better for the firearm and way better for the person, and it’s not too good for any perpetrators,” Armstrong said.
While the law will allow firearms to be carried in the park, “It doesn’t give them the right to use firearms in national parks,” Wheatley said.
In the event that a visitor discharges a firearm, she said, “It will be investigated and evaluated individually to determine if it was for self-defense or not.”
Armstrong said he is pleased that the ban on firearms has been lifted.
“I’m just surprised it took so long,” he said. “The Second Amendment is pretty old, and it’s amazing how people ignore it.” | 2023-08-23T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2549 |
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The former FBI General Counsel James Baker gave testimony Wednesday to lawmakers behind closed doors and I guess he was singing a good song because “he explained in detail how the Russia probe was handled by bureau officials in an “abnormal way” and detailed his meeting with Sussmann,” who was the Democratic party’s top lawyer. We must keep in mind this was before the phony dossier authored by Christopher Steele, lets call it a prelude and the Trump-Russia conspiracy was being set in motion. This was the roots of a phony investigation of Trump-Russia that is still in motion today but the disappointing thing for these devious people is that Trump has not been taken down and the American people via constant investigating and reporting by investigative reporter’s such as Sara Carter and John Solomon are figuring out the fact that this Mueller investigation still going on is starting to strike a sour note.
The following was posted and published by Sara A. Carter: “Former FBI General Counsel James Baker met with the Democratic party’s top lawyer, Michael Sussmann, to discuss the ongoing investigation by the bureau into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties with Russia. This meeting happened prior to the FBI’s initial warrant to spy on short-term campaign volunteer Carter Page, sources close to the investigation have told SaraACarter.com. Moreover, information provided by Baker, who gave extensive testimony Wednesday to lawmakers behind closed doors, coincides with the House Intelligence Committee’s final Russia report that suggests Sussmann was also leaking unverified information on the Trump campaign to journalists around the same time he met with Baker, according to the report and sources close the investigation.”
“These sources say this new information from Baker exposes the bureau’s failure to inform the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) that the evidence used to spy on Page was partisan and unverified. It further reveals the extensive role and close connection Sussmann, a cybersecurity and national security lawyer with Perkins Coie, had with the now-embattled research firm, Fusion GPS. The Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton Campaign retained Fusion GPS through Perkins Coie during the 2016 election to investigate alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Fusion GPS then hired former British spy, Christopher Steele, who compiled the unverified dossier during the summer and fall of 2016. In 2017, this reporter first published that Baker was purportedly under a Department of Justice criminal investigation for allegedly leaking classified national security information to the media. At the time, the bureau would not comment on Baker and would not confirm or deny any investigation. Baker, who resigned from the bureau in May, was the FBI’s top counsel and a close advisor to former Director James Comey.”
“In 2016, the Clinton campaign and the DNC paid $9.1 million to the law firm, according to reports. Sussmann, however, is also connected to CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is the private cybersecurity that was retained by Perkins Coie for the DNC to investigate the breach of its server after it was discovered that it had been hacked in April 2016. Although the FBI has conducted its own investigation into the breach of the server the Democratic National Committee never gave the FBI permission to access the server itself.”
“These parallels between the law firm and CrowdStrike also need to be investigated,” said a former FBI official familiar with the security firm. “All of these connections aren’t coincidences and it smells to high heaven.”
As we can see these investigations are not done yet if we patriots want to get to the bottom of all this mess and with every new piece to the puzzle that is dug up it is being found out what I have been saying for so long now, even before the weasel Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed special council Robert Mueller to investigate Trump-Russia that the real conspiracy was Clinton. Hillary and the Democratic party with the FBI were conspiring to make it look like there was a Trump-Russia conspiracy. Hillary Clinton knew that then candidate Donald Trump had nothing to do with Russia, she was spending money for a phony dossier to get permission from the FISA court to spy on Carter Page who was then on the Trump team and I’m sure spying on Page there were times they could spy on Trump and Page because of conversations with each other. People who don’t like President Trump must admit that he rarely has been wrong on something that he has said. I remember early on President Trump said that he was being spied on and naturally his enemies and the MSM thought it very funny but as we have been seeing lately lets see who will get the last laugh. | 2024-05-26T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3680 |
Carstairs
Carstairs (, Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Tarrais) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Carstairs is located east of the county town of Lanark and the West Coast Main Line runs through the village. The village is served by Carstairs railway station, which is served by the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston. Carstairs is best known as the location of the State Hospital. Carstairs is applied to the places Carstairs Village and the village of Carstairs Junction where the railway station is situated. The two places are two completely different villages divided by of land, a parkland area (Monteith Park) and the railway line.
Carstairs Village has massively expanded since 2007 with the building of Millwood Estate.
Etymology
The name Carstairs is Brittonic in origin. The first part of the name is the element , of which the primary sense is "an enclosed, defensible site" (Welsh caer; compare Cardiff). The second part of the name is a lost stream-name, identical in origin to the Tarras Water in Dumfriesshire, derived from the Brittonic root *tā, "melting, thawing, dissolving", suffixed with -ar an adjectival suffix common in river-names, plus -s, the Scots plural.
History
A Roman fort was built at Castledyke in the first and second century AD. A later military castle occupied the site from at least the 12th century, known as Carstairs Castle. It has since been lost, but some underground remains have been found. A parish school was opened in 1619, and by 1754 William Roy recorded a sizeable farming village on the Lanark road to Carnwath and Edinburgh. Carstairs was made a burgh of barony in 1765. The mansion of Carstairs House was built in 1821-24 for Henry Montheith. 1848 saw the building of a railway station by the Caledonian Railway. By 1895 there was an inn and post office at the village.
During the 1920s, the Ministry of Labour acquired Lampits Farm, Carstairs Junction, for use as a labour camp. By 1938 there were 35 so-called "Instructional Centres", with a capacity of over 6,000. Their role was to 'harden' young unemployed men and prepare them for work elsewhere. Lampits Farm was originally intended in 1929 to train young men in farm and forestry work, with a view to their emigrating to Canada or Australia; it became an Instructional Centre a year later. Many of the Carstairs inmates came from coal-mining and other industrial backgrounds in the West of Scotland. The Ministry of Labour sold the site in 1935, and it reverted to use as a farm. In its last months, the Ministry of Labour used the inmates to help the Scottish Office Prison Department to build a new secure hospital.
Carstairs has gained a certain notoriety as the location of the State Hospital (also known as Carstairs Hospital), a maximum-security psychiatric facility where some of Scotland and Northern Ireland's most severe cases of mental illness are treated. Many of the patients have been convicted of serious offences and some are incarcerated at the facility indefinitely.
Transport
The main road running through Carstairs is the A70 road. Carstairs is served by bus route 37 and 137, operated by Stuart's Coaches of Carluke.
Carstairs is served by Carstairs railway station on the West Coast Main Line and Carstairs is also the location of a triangular junction where the line to Edinburgh diverges from the mainline.
References
External links
Familysearch - Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Even as Armenia and Azerbaijan have intensified their diplomatic contacts over the future status of the latter’s breakaway Karabakh region (see EDM, February 13, March 4, April 1), both rivals concurrently continue to consolidate their military capabilities, considering an escalation in tensions almost inevitable. Both sides have been reevaluating their military strategies and hardening their rhetoric. In this context, Armenia’s Defense Minister David Tonoyan, a reformist long-serving member of Nikol Pashinyan’s government, represents the hawkish faction of the current Armenian political elite. And in late March, during a visit to the United States, Tonoyan openly rebuked the Azerbaijani side’s zero-sum “land for peace” formula for conflict resolution, in which a bilateral settlement would require that the Armenian side first make territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Instead, he called on Armenia to prepare to pursue “new war for new territories” (Aravot.am, March 30).
Elaborating on this further, the defense minister made clear that Armenia is now abandoning the long-obsolete “trench defense” strategy in favor of so-called “active deterrence” by boosting the military’s assault capabilities (Tert.am, March 30). This implies that if Azerbaijan undertakes new offensive actions on the scale of the April 2016 “Four-Days War” or larger, the Armenian Armed Forces reserve the right to carry out counter-offensive or preemptive measures to make the adversary pay by losing further territory. Tonoyan has, in fact, long been a proponent of proactive “military diplomacy,” which the Ministry of Defense (MoD) has increasingly pursued in close coordination with and complementing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). With this structural function embedded in the MoD’s agenda under Tonoyan, the Ministry seeks to be more independent in defense policy projection, strategy planning and actions based on foresight. Indeed, Yerevan’s decision to send a military-humanitarian mission to Syria was pushed by the MoD as, arguably, a way to enhance Moscow’s confidence in the Pashinyan government (see EDM, September 17, 2018).
Armenia’s tough posture on the Karabakh issue is partially a response to Azerbaijan’s own rhetoric and actions. This past February, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev notably asserted, “[T]oday, the ‘might is right’ principle prevails in the world. This is a new reality. We must be ready for it,” thereby reaffirming that Baku would preserve the military option in case diplomatic negotiations over Karabakh break down (Azvision.az, February 15). At the same time, Azerbaijan noticeably raised the intensity of its military drills in close proximity to the Line of Contact (Karabakh) and near the state border with Armenia, including on the territory of the Nakhchivan exclave. Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov’s thinly veiled warning—“If [Armenians] go on the offensive, it will give me the opportunity to meet with him [Tonoyan] in Yerevan,” thus implying an armed incursion (1news.az, April 4)—only further inured Armenians to Tonoyan’s “doctrine” of active defense.
Backing Tonoyan’s assertions, Prime Minister Pashinyan further elaborated on Armenia’s evolving strategic defense approach. Pashinyan specifically made clear that the Azerbaijani authorities’ “consistent threatening of [the Armenian] nation is unacceptable” (Premierminister.am, April 6). He concluded that Armenia would respond to any aggression with a peace agenda, but that it was prepared to, if necessary, enforce this peace militarily (YouTube, April 6).
Defense Minister Tonoyan represents a new post-Soviet generation of military officials in Armenia who have been educated in the West and whose mindset regarding security issues is more in line with the mentality prevalent in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) than Russia. On the other hand, over the 30 years of Armenia’s independence, the ideological and identity development of Armenian society has firmly shaped their perceptions of Karabakh (called Artsakh in the Armenian tradition) as an organic and, in fact, “inalienable” part of Armenia. This overwhelming tendency to entirely conflate the status of de jure provinces of Armenia with the de facto Armenian-controlled Karabakh has resulted in the emergence of national security and defense doctrines that essentially equate a military threat vis-à-vis Karabakh with a threat to Armenia’s sovereign territory. And now, this conviction is clearly reflected in Pashinyan’s vision about the future of Karabakh, which he asserts belongs to the “Armenian World” comprised of Armenian citizens and the worldwide Armenian diaspora (Aravot.am, April 22).
Upon assuming his position at the head of the MoD, Tonoyan released his vision regarding the development of Armenia’s defense system, marked by deep and comprehensive modernization of the Armed Forces as well as doctrinal changes to more effectively meet the spectrum of challenges Armenia faces. Speaking on the evolution of the national mindset, he asserted that Armenian society ought to conclude that serving in the Armed Forces is not a duty but a mission, based on high-minded collective ambitions (Mediamax.am, July 10, 2018). More recently, he declared, “Azerbaijan believes it wields the prerogative of being assertive, belligerent and ambitious and hence has the exclusive right to speak of victory and territories. I want to ensure that they do not and will never have such a prerogative” (Mediamax.am, April 8).
Tonoyan reportedly first floated this radically new Armenian defense strategy while he was a deputy defense minister. He introduced this idea, which he termed “Active Deterrence Doctrine,” during the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar, held in Vienna, on February 16–17, 2016 (Azatutyun.am, February 18, 2016). The showcased set of defense/military ideas focused in large part on improving the mobility of military units, enabling these forces to redeploy quickly as (or even the “night before”) an enemy advances.
This Active Deterrence Doctrine underwent several transformations over subsequent years. And the overall trajectory of these reforms and measures appears to signify that Tonoyan’s doctrine seeks to rely on non-conventional elements of classical warfare at the tactical level—notably, pre-emptive strikes. Furthermore, the doctrine rests on the concept of conventional deterrence through punishment and “facing the aggressor on its territory” (Mediamax.am, April 8). The deterrence though punishment strategy has now effectively replaced Armenia’s initial defense concept—essentially, “deterrence though denial,” which had been in effect since 1994.
Earlier this week (April 30), the Armenian MoD reported that the Azerbaijani side fired upon the Voskepar–Baghanis sector of the Yerevan–Tbilisi interstate highway, in the Tavush region of Armenia. As a result of this attack, one Armenian service member was severely wounded (News.am, April 30). This latest violent incident and the overall charged atmosphere of diplomatic negotiations heralds the emergence of a qualitatively new paradigm in the Armenian-Azerbaijani confrontation, perhaps not unlike the lingering standoff between Pakistan and India. | 2023-10-22T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4092 |
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a control device of a transmission fluid pressure for an electronically controlled automatic transmission wherein a shift shock in an automatic transmission for a vehicle is alleviated.
2. Discussion of Background
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control device of an automatic transmission for a vehicle of the present invention, mentioned later, and a conventional example shown, for instance, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 246653/1987. Explanation will be given to construction of a conventional example utilizing FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, a reference numeral 1 designates an engine, 2, an automatic transmission, 3, a rotational speed sensor for detecting either one of speeds of the engine 1 and the automatic transmission 2, 4, a control device for calculating a rotational speed change from a rotational number measured by the rotational speed sensor 3, and instructing a transmission fluid pressure based on the calculation, 5, a transmission fluid pressure controlling means for controlling a transmission fluid pressure in gear changing, 6, a pressure transfer means for applying the transmission fluid pressure which is instructed by the transmission fluid pressure controlling means, to friction elements of the automatic transmission 2.
Next, explanation will be given to the operation. When a gear ratio of the automatic transmission 2 is to be shifted, a rotational number, which is read from the rotational number sensor 3 of either the engine 1 and/or the automatic transmission 2, is inputted to the control device 4. Control device 4 which calculates a rotational number change by sampling the rotational number over time. Control device 4 takes the rotational number change from the read value, compares it with a target value, and instructs a transmission fluid pressure to the transmission pressure controlling means 5 based on the comparison result.
The instructed transmission fluid pressure is transferred to the friction elements such as a clutch or a brake of the automatic transmission 2 through the pressure transfer means 6 by the transmission fluid pressure controlling means 5, and performs engaging of the friction elements.
In this case, for instance, when the procedure of gear changing (e.g., changing from second gear to third gear) is fast, and the rotational number change is large, the control device decreases the transmission fluid pressure and thereby retards the speed of the engagement. Conversely, when the procedure of gear changing is slow and the rotational number change is small, the control device increases the transmission fluid pressure and thereby accelerates the speed of the engagement.
Explanation will be given to the operation utilizing FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operational flow of a conventional control device of an automatic transmission, and FIG. 5, a change of a rotational number in the gear changing of a turbine shaft which is one of rotational bodies of the automatic transmission 2.
First, in step S1, the operation calculates a vehicle speed by respective sensors installed on a vehicle. In step S2, the operation reads a throttle opening degree from a throttle sensor. In step S3, the operation calculates a turbine shaft rotational number and a turbine shaft rotational number change. In step S4, the operation determines whether the engine is in gear changing by means of the control device 4. When the operation determines that the engine is in gear changing, as a result of the determination, the operations jumps to step S7 from Y side of step S4.
Furthermore, when the operation determines that the engine is not in gear changing in step S4, the operation proceeds to step S5 from N side of step S4. In step S5, the operation determines whether the engine is to perform the gear changing or not. When the engine is not is to perform the gear changing, the operation returns to step S1 from N side of step S5. Conversely, when the engine is to perform the gear changing in step S5, that is, when the engine starts the gear changing, the operation proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the operation switches shift steps, and proceeds to step S7.
In step S7, the operation performs a treatment in case that the operation determines that the engine is in the gear changing, or that the engine is to perform the gear changing (begins to perform the gear changing) in step S5. After the operation switches the shift steps in step S6, the operation calculates a target turbine rotational number change from a vehicle speed or the like, and compares it with the turbine shaft rotational number change obtained in step S3. In step S8, the operation outputs a clutch/brake transmission fluid pressure in the gear changing by performing a negative feed back control. In step S9, when the gear changing is not finished, the operation returns to step S1. When the gear changing is finished, the operation performs a gear changing finish treatment in step S10.
At this point, a more detailed explanation will be given as to the negative feed back control process and the role of the clutch/brake fluid pressure in the gear changing. In FIG. 5, in an engine state wherein the gear changing is proceeding, a target turbine rotational number change 17, is calculated, and the actual turbine rotational number change determined. The two valves are compared. If the actual turbine rotational number change is shifted to a direction 18 which is inclined more gently, the control device controls the actual turbine rotational number change to the target turbine rotational number change 19 by increasing the transmission fluid pressure. Conversely, when the actual turbine rotational number change is shifted to a direction 20 which is inclined more steeply, the control device makes the actual turbine rotational number change to the target turbine rotation number change 21 by decreasing the transmission fluid pressure, to thereby retard the gear changing. Because fluid pressure affects the clutch, the clutch affects the planetary gear, and the planetary gear in turn affects turbine rotation, it is in this fashion that the negative feed back is performed.
Since the conventional control device of the automatic transmission for an automobile is constructed as above, as shown in FIG. 6, when the engine shifts from a state of POWER OFF wherein the engine is in a deceleration/closed throttle mode during which the engine functions as a dynamic brake to a state of POWER ON when the engine is in a constant speed or acceleration mode the turbine shaft rotational number begins to increase after a time lag (point b). By this increase the transmission fluid pressure rapidly increases since the negative feed back control is operated. After a certain time, the fluid pressure surpasses a speed increasing power of the engine, and the turbine shaft rotational speed change rapidly changes, thereby generating a shock at point c. | 2024-05-28T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5217 |
Liberal in a conservative age
In memory of Pall Wellstone
Nov 06, 2002
Though his opponents tagged him as “embarrassingly liberal” and outside mainstream politics, Paul Wellstone won two terms as a U.S. senator, and he had a strong chance of winning a third term when he was killed in a plane crash while campaigning in Minnesota on October 24. | 2023-12-29T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5123 |
The efficacy of preoperative halo-gravity traction in pediatric spinal deformity the effect of traction duration.
Retrospective case review To assess the appropriate length of halo-gravity traction that provides the most preoperative correction and minimizes halo associated complications. Rapid correction of severe scoliosis increases the risk of neurological compromise. To minimize complications, some patients undergo preoperative halo traction providing gradual correction before definitive management. The appropriate length of traction to provide the most preoperative correction is unknown. Twenty pediatric patients (age: range, 220 y, average 11.2 y) with severe operative scoliosis, kyphoscoliosis, or kyphosis were retrospectively studied. The major structural coronal curves before traction (n = 11 patients, 19 curves, range 44128 degrees, average 84.7 degrees) or immediately after anterior release (n = 7 patients, 10 curves, range 3598 degrees, average 67.7 degrees) were measured as well as weekly during traction and postoperatively at 1 year. Sagittal kyphosis (n = 12 patients, range 60143 degrees, average 97.6 degrees) was measured at the same time intervals. Patients in traction(maximum traction weight range 15.5% to 46.5% of bodyweight, average 32.9%) for a duration of at least 3 weeks (range 310.5 wk, average 4.6 wk) were included. Patients with prior surgical fusion were excluded; however, patients who under went a stage anterior-posterior were included. Halo-traction related complications were noted in each case. The major coronal and sagittal curve corrected 66.3% and 62.7% (change in curve per week/total change in curve), respectively at 2 weeks (n = 29, 12 curves), 21.7% and 24.3% at 3 weeks (n = 29, 12), and 7.5% and 15.9% at 4 weeks (n = 14,6). Traction-related complications during the traction duration included 2 cases of ileus, 1 respiratory complication, 2 pin loosening, and 1 superficial pin infection. The treatment of severe scoliosis can be very challenging. The use of long-term halo traction preoperatively can assist in the surgical correction. The majority of correction occurs during the first 2 weeks of traction. No permanent neurological complications occurred during traction. | 2023-11-15T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8957 |
<?php
namespace Sentry\SentryBundle;
/**
* Event names that are triggered to allow for further modification of the
* Raven client during error processing.
*/
class SentrySymfonyEvents
{
/**
* The PRE_CAPTURE event is triggered just before the client captures the
* exception.
*
* @Event("Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event")
*
* @var string
*/
const PRE_CAPTURE = 'sentry.pre_capture';
/**
* The SET_USER_CONTEXT event is triggered on requests where the user is
* authenticated and has authorization.
*
* @Event("Sentry\SentryBundle\Event\SentryUserContextEvent")
*
* @var string
*/
const SET_USER_CONTEXT = 'sentry.set_user_context';
}
| 2023-10-24T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4483 |
Today, 4chan’s founder Christopher Poole, better known as moot, announced he is retiring from the infamous Web community.
Today I announced my retirement from @4chan, a community I founded at the age of 15 and have served for 11.5 years: https://t.co/jEMsDf5nfz — Chris Poole (@moot) January 21, 2015
In a blog post, Poole states he’s decided to move on after serving as 4chan’s administrator for 11.5 years, having founded the community when he was 15. He has since remained the site’s sole administrator and decision maker, while keeping most of its institutional knowledge to himself.
Since its inception, 4chan has seen over 42 billion page views, nearly 1.8 billion posts and has maintained 620 million monthly page views. As moot notes, the site isn’t in danger of going under financially anytime soon, and he has been working with senior volunteers to ensure a smooth transition for 4chan’s future (and unspecified) leadership.
Eleven and a half years of @4chan, in numbers: pic.twitter.com/YhzUy0XbvQ — 4chan (@4chan) January 21, 2015
However, nothing should change on the user’s end, according to Poole.
Poole recently ventured into a couple of startups, neither of which emerged successful. Canvas, a community based on editing images was founded in 2011 and shuttered last year. DrawQuest, a drawing app and game for iOS launched February 2013 and shut down last January.
After DrawQuest’s failure, Poole was able to convince investors to donate the remaining $40,000 in capital to the Free Arts NYC charity, and open sourced the site’s technology.
There’s no word on what Poole intends to do next, but he says hopes to return to 4chan as either an administrator or just an anonymous member once he’s taken the time off he needs.
Poole will livestream a Q&A session on YouTube on Friday to interact with the community one final time before he retires.
➤ 4chan
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The harmless observations of Ugandan, Paul Busharizi. Is it me or are we missing something here?
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
WHY THE VENDORS HAVE TO LEAVE THE STREETS
Friday was the deadline Kampala City Council Authority
(KCCA) gave to city vendors to leave the street peacefully.
Vendors had returned to the streets during the election
period as law enforcement officers were loath to antagonise “voters”. Now that
the campaigns are over sanity must be restored.
Of course the vendors are not on the streets to entertain
themselves, they are looking for an income to support their families and
finance their own ambitions. Better that, than they turn into metal bar
wielding thugs at night.
"It will be no consolation to the evicted vendors but they need
to leave the streets for the good of the country. It is their patriotic duty...
Hernando de Soto in his book “The Mystery of Capitalism”
sought to explain why capitalism works in some parts of the world and not in
others. His conclusion is that for capitalism to work there have to be strong
property rights.
That society recognises that when I own something it is mine
and can only be transferred through mutual exchange of value or not at all.
That the law and general practice recognises and defends these rights uniformly
regardless of people’s status in society.
Land, from which all property is derived more especially.
If you think about it we do not really own the land we own –
even if we have freeholds we have finite
lifespans, but we have the right to the land to do with it as we see for the
duration that it is in our possession. What we really own is the rights to the
land. Now if those rights are hazy, people are not sure I own the land, or even
if they know I do they are not sure I will tomorrow, the value of my rights to
the land are jeopardised.
This is detrimental to how much I can invest on the land.
Why should I plant hundreds of millions of shillings in brick and mortar on a
piece of land I am not sure is mine?
So if I am a shop owner who has leased, not only the space
to sell my wares but also the right to be the only one to do so in a given
space, I expect that everybody should recognise this right, that I have a right
to defend it and the right to call on the authorities to defend it as well.
So If vendors camp on my door step to do their business,
even if they are not selling the same things as I am, I should be able to
defend or have my right to my space defended. Because their presence infringes
on my rights and therefore lowers the value of my shop not to mention leads to
lower and lower sales.
The issue of whether vendors are on the street or not has far
reaching consequences than inconveniencing shop owners and their clients.
"Because if the rights of shop owners are being infringed on
then it will be ok to, squat on anyone’s land, seat in a restaurant and not buy
anything but just enjoy their air-conditioning on a hot day or plaster your
neighbours wall with your campaign posters without his permission...
Basically all property rights will be in doubt, investors
will shun our shores, jobs will not be created and the ticking of our time bomb
will become ominously louder as we hurtle towards self-destruction.
The point is obvious if we are really serious as a country
about our development ambitions there are somethings that we should not and
must not compromise, property rights being right up there.
Of course the vendors are real people with real
responsibilities but enforcing property rights benefit them as well. Enforcing
property rights improves the general environment for doing business, attracts
investment, creates jobs and generates revenues for government to improve
social services like education and health which will allow people to climb up
the social ladder.
Climbing the social ladder takes time but if society tries
to take shortcuts they inevitably turn out to be costly.
"For many of us we would rather have stayed home and played
all day. We forget but school was drudgery and we didn’t get the point of it.
If it wasn’t for our parents insisting that we go to school we would have
forgone long term gain for short term pleasure, with disastrous results...
Our parents showed leadership and that is what we require in
dealing with street vendors.
We may like to pay less for goods and enjoy the convenience
of buying off the street instead of walking into intimidating shops but that is
short term pleasure at the risk of long term development. | 2023-09-14T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7193 |
Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase (33%) in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020, according to a study published on bmj.
The researchers say that while "the oldest old" (individuals aged 80 or 85 years and over) are the fastest growing sector of the world's population, detailed data about the health problems experienced in this age group is lacking.
The Newcastle 85+ Study, funded by the Medical Research Council, assessed the health of more than one thousand individuals born in 1921 and living in Newcastle and North Tyneside. The majority of participants underwent a detailed health assessment and a medical record review.
Lead researcher, Professor Tom Kirkwood said the research group provided an invaluable resource of material as they had "evaded the risks of mortality associated with specific adverse factors and are therefore particularly likely to be informative about the effects of intrinsic ageing".
Despite significant levels of disease and impairment, the researchers found that "these 85 year olds seemed optimistic" and almost eight out of ten (78%) of them rated their health, compared to others of the same age, as 'good' or better. Low levels of disability were found and only one out of ten participants (10%) was in institutional care.
The results also show that almost six out of ten participants (58%) suffered from high blood pressure and just over a half (52%) had osteoarthritis. Moderate to severe cognitive impairment was present in 12% of the group and 21% of them had severe to profound urinary incontinence. Six out of ten (60%) had some form of hearing impairment and almost four out of ten (37%) had visual impairment.
More than nine out of ten (94%) participants had seen their GP and almost eight out of ten (77%) had seen a practice nurse in the previous year. Although women had a higher number of diseases and disabilities than men, they were less likely to have gone to hospital as an outpatient in the previous three months.
The authors conclude that the study is important as it will help local and national policy makers plan services for the expanding population of oldest old. They argue that 61% of the non-institutionalised individuals in their study were living alone and this has implications for social and health care providers.
An accompanying editorial suggests that functional status, rather than age alone, must be an important consideration in establishing goals of medical treatment in the very old. | 2024-01-29T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9005 |
Recurrent mutation of the KIF21A gene in Japanese patients with congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles.
To report recurrent mutation of the KIF21A gene in three Japanese families in which some members have congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1), and to describe the clinical characteristics of the families. Standard ocular examinations were performed on 18 normal and affected members of three unrelated families. To detect mutations, we determined the DNA sequence of exons 8, 20, and 21 and the splice sites of the KIF21A gene. All affected members had a heterozygous mutation of the KIF21A gene in exon 21 (R954W). Clinically, each patient had congenital bilateral ptosis, an infraducted primary position of each eye, and the inability to raise either eye above midline. The KIF21A gene mutation R954W was detected in the patients with CFEOM1 screened in this study, all of whom were Japanese, reflecting similar reports from Europe, America, the Middle East, and Japan. We suggest that mutations of the KIF21A gene contribute to the development of CFEOM1 regardless of ethnicity. We also found that the delimitation of the KIF21A gene mutation site enabled us to efficiently detect the KIF21A gene mutation despite the large number of KIF21A gene exons. | 2023-08-15T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3931 |
Q:
Error mapping with CsvHelper using .Constant()
I'm trying to map a csv file to a POCO class using CsvHelper. When I try to csv.GetRecords<Client>(), I'm getting an error that states:
Field with name 'InID' does not exist. You can ignore missing fields by setting MissingFieldFound to null.
However, I'm actually mapping the InID property of my class using a Constant:
Map(c => c.InID).Constant(true);
Based on what I see in the documentation, using Constant should not require a field in the CSV file.
Here is my code:
public class Client{
public int Id {get; set;}
public int FirstName {get; set;}
public int LastName {get; set;}
public bool InID {get; set;}
public bool InMH {get; set;}
}
public class IDMap : ClassMap<Client>
{
public IDMap(){
Map(c => c.InID).Constant(true);
Map(c => c.FirstName).Name("Consumer_First_Name");
Map(c => c.LastName).Name("Consumer_Last_Name");
}
}
//In my Controller
List<Client> clients;
using(var csv = new CsvReader(reader))
{
csv.Configuration.RegisterClassMap<IDMap>();
clients = csv.GetRecords<Client>().ToList();
}
I'm not seeing much difference between what I'm doing and the CsvHelper example.
Note
I did try adding csv.Configuration.MissingFieldFound = null but all that does is cause CsvHelper to skip the InID mapping completely rather than populating the property with a constant value.
A:
Seems to be a bug. The example doesn't work either. You can use ConvertUsing instead.
public class IDMap : ClassMap<Client>
{
public IDMap()
{
Map(c => c.InID).ConvertUsing((IReaderRow row) => true);
Map(c => c.FirstName).Name("Consumer_First_Name");
Map(c => c.LastName).Name("Consumer_Last_Name");
}
}
| 2023-08-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9099 |
Joseph F. H. Arsenault
Joseph Félix H. Arsenault (February 15, 1866 – January 28, 1946) was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 3rd Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1904 to 1908 as a Liberal member.
Biography
He was born in Urbainville, Lot 14, the son of Herbert Arsenault, and was educated in Egmont Bay. Arsenault lived in the United States for a few years before returning to the island and opening a general store and a lobster cannery. Arsenault was a justice of the peace. He was also a postmaster. He married Emily Bernard in 1892. Arsenault was an unsuccessful candidate in 1900, running against Joseph-Félix Arsenault. He was defeated by Aubin-Edmond Arsenault when he ran for reelection in 1908. Arsenault died in Charlottetown at the age of 79.
References
Category:1866 births
Category:1946 deaths
Category:People from Prince County, Prince Edward Island
Category:Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs | 2023-08-08T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4000 |
Trivia
Animator Glen Keane drew from real life inspiration when animating Silver's "You've got the makings of greatness in you" speech to Jim. In his words, "I was seventeen years old and I had been fighting for a starting position on the football team as a halfback. And there was another player who was competing for the same position and he was a heck of a lot bigger and the head coach's favorite guy. I worked really hard and I got the starting position on this game and I was very proud of it. The game started and I played three plays and got the ball once. Then the head coach took me out and put the other guy in for the rest of the game. I never played again and I was crushed. As a seventeen-year-old, that's your life. You want your chance to shine. I had it but the coach took it away."Afterwards in the parking lot, the assistant coach, Mickey Ryan, a great guy who spoke with his heart and always had a twinkle in his eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Glen, you're gonna do great things. You're gonna get that starting position. That wasn't right what happened.' And I could see that he really cared. There were tears in his eyes and I started to cry too. I lived that scene with Jim and Silver on the boat when Silver encourages Jim after a big setback. It was one of those things where you try to animate what you lived through and hope you can even get close to it." See more | 2023-11-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2080 |
# Issue Templates
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| 2024-07-22T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4519 |
Opening The Door To A "Whole" New Way Of Being
Shamanic Healing Journey
Holistic Recovery Pathways offers an integrative holistic approach to Recovery and Wellness. One of the modalities we utilize is Shamanic Healing. In a Shaman’s view of the world:
Everything in existence has a life-force or spirit
Reality includes more than what is physical; it includes unseen realms and an energetic perspective
All of life is interconnected and interrelated through what is called the “web of life’
Everything is our teacher and we are being given lessons all of the time to help us grow spiritually
Cultivating compassion and living from the heart is a guiding force
The Shamanic Healing Journey is a form of spiritual practice that is done through entering into a powerful meditative state. The journey process creates a natural altered state of consciousness that helps an individual to connect more deeply with themselves and to access spiritual connection and guidance.
Shamanic Healing Journeys can be a powerful support for Recovery and Wellness. Some of the benefits of Shamanic Healing Journeys include:
Developing a regular spiritual practice
Healing of childhood wounds and trauma
Developing a sense of personal power, integrity and authenticity
Problem solving
Deepening of creativity and self-expression
Connecting to spiritual guidance and support
Developing a personal relationship with Nature and the environment we live in
Cultivating a sense of place and purpose in life
Some signs that Shamanic Healing may be beneficial for you:
Patterns of addiction and codependence
Feeling a lack of wholeness or that some part of self is missing.
Feelings of depression and/or anxiety
A feeling of being incomplete or empty inside
Low Self-Esteem and feeling of insecurity
Feeling stuck or unable to create desired changes in your life
Having memories or experiences in your past when you feel that you lost a part of yourself, that some part of you left or died
Lost or missing memories, like a part of your history is “missing”
Physical or psychological trauma and/or PTSD like symptoms
Feeling disconnected from life or feeling like you can’t connect to things including your own body | 2023-10-25T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5505 |
+ 82. List the prime factors of w.
2, 19
Suppose -20 = 2*p - 5*k, 3*k - 12 = -4*p - 0*k. Let g = p + -2. What are the prime factors of 1/(g/(-1*12))?
2, 3
Let s(h) = -h**3 - 2*h**2 - h + 1. Let i be s(-2). Suppose i*x = -2*x + 45. List the prime factors of x.
3
Let s(c) = 2*c**3 + 19*c**2 + 15*c - 13. Let t(p) = -3*p**3 - 28*p**2 - 22*p + 20. Let n(l) = -7*s(l) - 5*t(l). List the prime factors of n(-5).
2
Let k(h) = h**3 - 5*h**2 - 11*h + 9. Let z be k(7). Let b = -20 + z. What are the prime factors of b?
2, 5
Suppose 5*r = -0*m + m - 18, 0 = -2*m + 2*r + 4. Let j(y) = -19*y + 3. What are the prime factors of j(m)?
41
Suppose 8 = 5*g + 4*x, -5*g + 2*x + 29 = -x. Let o(a) = -6*a + g*a**2 + 2 + 2*a - 2*a**2. List the prime factors of o(3).
2
Suppose -6*t - 2*d + 7 = -3*t, -3*t + 4 = 5*d. List the prime factors of t.
3
Suppose 224 = 5*j + 3*z - 280, -5*j - 4*z + 507 = 0. List the prime factors of j.
3, 11
Let q = 37 - 1. What are the prime factors of q?
2, 3
Suppose 0 = 2*f - y - 21, -5*y - 40 = -4*f - y. Let n be 1*(0 - -1) + f. List the prime factors of (-6)/4*(-88)/n.
11
Suppose 0 = 5*k + 3*n + 14 + 8, 4*n = 2*k - 12. Let y(m) = -m**2 + 8. Let z be y(0). What are the prime factors of k + (3*z)/3?
2, 3
Let z(f) = -5*f - 5. What are the prime factors of z(-4)?
3, 5
Let h be -1 + 22 + 0 - 0. Suppose j + 2*j = h. What are the prime factors of j?
7
Suppose m + 945 = 6*m - 2*b, -211 = -m - 4*b. What are the prime factors of m?
191
Suppose -43 = -5*w + 67. List the prime factors of w.
2, 11
Let x = -11 - -13. List the prime factors of x/8 + 230/8.
29
Suppose 4*o - 131 = 1. List the prime factors of o.
3, 11
Let q be 4/(16/3)*-668. Let r(x) = -x**3 + 3*x**2 + 2*x + 2. Let l be r(4). What are the prime factors of q/(-33) + l/33?
3, 5
Suppose 0 = -4*d - 4*a - 4, 3*a = 4*d - 9 - 22. Suppose -d*y + 5*y - 6 = 0. List the prime factors of y.
2, 3
Let s(l) = 21*l**2 + 2*l - 5. What are the prime factors of s(2)?
83
Suppose -5 = -5*r + 20. Suppose t = 2*i - 8, -3*i = t - 0*i - 12. Let m = t + r. List the prime factors of m.
5
Suppose 3*v - o - 68 = 0, -4*o + 52 = 3*v + 9. What are the prime factors of v?
3, 7
Let u(p) be the third derivative of 1/24*p**4 + 3*p**2 + 0*p - p**3 + 0. List the prime factors of u(9).
3
Suppose m - 2 = -1, 3*g + 2*m = 56. Let c = -8 + g. List the prime factors of c.
2, 5
Let z = 9 + 3. Suppose -162 = -5*c - z. List the prime factors of c.
2, 3, 5
Let d(n) = n**2 + n + 3. Let y be d(0). Suppose 3*v + 3 + 6 = 3*x, x = -y. List the prime factors of (v/4)/((-6)/32).
2
Let b(m) = 3*m**2 - 4*m + 6. List the prime factors of b(4).
2, 19
Suppose -2*p = j - 8, -j = -0*j + 4*p - 10. List the prime factors of 2/j + (-336)/(-18).
19
Let p be 9/6*20/6. Let n(k) = k**2 - 4*k + 2. List the prime factors of n(p).
7
Suppose 0*h + v = -3*h - 257, -2*v = -h - 95. Let b = -62 - h. List the prime factors of b.
5
Let h(k) = -k - 1. Let d(c) = -c**2 + 5*c + 1. Let m(s) = d(s) - 3*h(s). What are the prime factors of m(7)?
11
Suppose 0 = 4*q - 3*s + 50, -5*q + 0*s + 3*s = 64. Let j = -9 - q. Suppose 0 = -7*h + 2*h - 5, -j*y + h + 51 = 0. What are the prime factors of y?
2, 5
List the prime factors of (2 + (-164)/(-8))*(-36)/(-10).
3
Let l = 51 - 12. Suppose 0*k - 3*k = -l. What are the prime factors of k?
13
Suppose -2*y + 2*o = -6*y + 24, 5*y - 28 = -2*o. Suppose y*z + 5*f - 32 = 0, -3*f + 1 + 8 = -z. What are the prime factors of z?
3
Let u = -12 + -3. What are the prime factors of 3 + u/3 - -21?
19
List the prime factors of 268/6 - 18/27.
2, 11
Suppose 2 - 8 = -3*z. Suppose 4 = z*p - 0*p. What are the prime factors of p?
2
Suppose -2*w + 2*k = 52, -7*w = -2*w - 4*k + 130. Suppose 2*x + 38 = -40. Let t = w - x. What are the prime factors of t?
13
Let q(r) = 3*r**2 + 14*r + 11. Let m(p) = -2*p**2 - 7*p - 5. Let x(z) = -5*m(z) - 3*q(z). What are the prime factors of x(9)?
2, 5
Let g(s) = 4*s. Let d be 2/(-4) + (-9)/(-6). Let c be g(d). Suppose -c*m + 12 = 0, -y + 4*y + 2*m - 15 = 0. List the prime factors of y.
3
Let f(o) = -o**2 + 11*o - 10. Let r be f(10). Suppose 4*z = -m - 7, 5*m + r*z - 25 = -5*z. List the prime factors of m.
3
Suppose 5*p - 60 = 3*p. What are the prime factors of p?
2, 3, 5
Let h(m) = -m**2 - 11*m - 6. Let q be h(-10). Suppose 0 = -t - q, -5*n - 2*t = -n. Suppose 0 = n*i + 3*i - 50. List the prime factors of i.
2, 5
Let s = 365 + -6. List the prime factors of s.
359
Suppose 4 = 7*x - 38. Let t(s) be the third derivative of s**5/60 - 7*s**4/24 + 4*s**3/3 + s**2. What are the prime factors of t(x)?
2
Let v(i) = i**2 + 7*i + 6. Let q be v(-6). Let m be 2 - (-24 - (q + 1)). Let s = m - 18. List the prime factors of s.
3
Suppose -600 = -4*w + 4*p, 5*w = p + 288 + 450. List the prime factors of w.
3, 7
Let x(n) = n**3 - 5*n**2 - 14*n + 2. What are the prime factors of x(7)?
2
Let y(l) = 4*l - 4. Let g be y(2). Let v(w) = -2*w - 7. Let t be v(-5). Suppose 2*r = g, 4*a - t*a + 5*r - 12 = 0. What are the prime factors of a?
2
Let w(d) = -d**3 + 7*d**2 - 4. Let o be w(7). Let i(j) = -20*j + 5. Let t be i(o). Suppose -2*b = 3*b - t. List the prime factors of b.
17
Let a = 440 - 287. List the prime factors of a.
3, 17
Let v = -111 + 117. What are the prime factors of v?
2, 3
Suppose t - 6 = -3. Suppose 0*n + 2*n = 0. Let i = t - n. List the prime factors of i.
3
Let x(l) = 2*l**2 - 2*l - 5. Let h be x(-4). Let d be ((-4)/(-5))/(14/h). Suppose 0 = -2*k + z - d*z + 9, 2*k - 2*z = 12. List the prime factors of k.
5
Suppose -2*k + 2 = -k. Suppose 4 = k*c - 0. Suppose c*q - 5*m - 31 = 0, -3 + 30 = 4*q - 3*m. What are the prime factors of q?
3
Let t(c) = 5*c**2 + c. Let f = 1 - 0. Suppose -4 = -5*j + f. What are the prime factors of t(j)?
2, 3
Let v(a) = 4*a**2. Let q be 6/(-4)*12/18. List the prime factors of v(q).
2
Let h = -2 + 4. Let k(v) = 5*v**2 - v - 4*v**2 + 2*v**h - 1. What are the prime factors of k(-1)?
3
Let n(p) = -13*p - 1. Let k(l) = 7*l + 1. Let c = 12 + -7. Let x(w) = c*k(w) + 3*n(w). What are the prime factors of x(-2)?
2, 5
List the prime factors of (246/(-24))/(1/(-4)).
41
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2, 3
What are the prime factors of 538/10 + (-8)/(-40)?
2, 3
Suppose -2*g = -5*g + 231. What are the prime factors of g?
7, 11
Suppose 3 = 4*g - 1. Let t(s) = 12*s**3 - s**2 + 2*s - 1. List the prime factors of t(g).
2, 3
Suppose -6*m + 2*m + 18 = c, -5 = -m. Let r = c - -14. What are the prime factors of r?
2, 3
Suppose 0 = 4*w - 4*c - 36, -3*c = w + 2 - 3. List the prime factors of 5*w + 3/(-1).
2
Let o = 61 + -16. What are the prime factors of o?
3, 5
Suppose j = 4*w - 120, -5*w + 150 = -4*j - j. Suppose -4*l - 18 - w = 0. List the prime factors of l*(33/(-12) - -2).
3
What are the prime factors of -1 + -2 - 1/((-4)/188)?
2, 11
Let o = -12 + 22. What are the prime factors of o/(-15)*105/(-2)?
5, 7
Suppose -k - 3*k = -12. Suppose -10 = -k*h - 2*h. Suppose -h*u - 44 = -4*b, 5*b - 42 = -2*u - 2*u. What are the prime factors of b?
2, 5
Suppose -3*p - 11 = -l - 3*l, 0 = -2*p + 5*l - 19. Suppose 33 = 3*c - p*i, 3*i = -0 + 12. List the prime factors of c.
3, 5
Suppose 0 = 2*s + 3*v + 24, 5*s - 4*v - v + 10 = 0. Let g = s + 14. List the prime factors of g.
2
Let j(w) = w**3 + 8*w**2 - 10*w + 13. Let k be j(-9). Let x(p) = -7*p**2 + 0*p + p + k*p**2 - 1. List the prime factors of x(1).
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Suppose 3*f + 3*r + 24 = 0, -2*f - 2*f - 5*r = 37. Let h = f - 3. What are the prime factors of (-70)/h + 1/3?
2, 3
Let k(z) = 2*z + 1. Let o be k(-2). Let j be (1/2)/(o/(-36)). Let a = j - 1. List the prime factors of a.
5
What are the prime factors of (-16 + 2)/(1*-1)?
2, 7
Suppose 6*u - 2*g + 12 = 3*u, u + g = -9. Let p be (-9)/15 - u/10. Suppose 5*l - 4*z - 46 = p, -5*l - 4*z + 0 = -54. List the prime factors of l.
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Let g(q) be the first derivative of q**4/4 + q**2/2 + 2*q - 1. Let m be g(0). Let c(b) = -b**3 + 5*b**2 - 2*b - 2. What are the prime factors of c(m)?
2, 3
Suppose g = -4*s + 171, -1 = -3*g - 4. Suppose s = 5*m - 32. What are the prime factors of m?
3, 5
Suppose 0 = 4*s - 3*b - 33, -2*s + 31 = s + 4*b. Let k = 15 - s. List the prime factors of k.
2, 3
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253 Minn. 452 (1958)
92 N.W. (2d) 800
IN RE PETITION OF CHARLES C. ABEL AND OTHERS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTY DITCH NO. 2, MARTIN COUNTY.
FAIRMONT REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT COMPANY AND OTHERS
v.
COUNTY OF MARTIN AND OTHERS. COUNTY OF MARTIN, APPELLANT.
No. 37,614.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
October 24, 1958.
*453 Arthur T. Edman, County Attorney, and Gaarenstroom & Gaarenstroom, for appellant.
Erickson & Zierke, for respondents.
KNUTSON, JUSTICE.
This proceeding was commenced by the filing of a petition with the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County for the improvement of County Ditch No. 2 of Martin County. County Ditch No. 2 was established in 1904 as a shallow open ditch. Judicial Ditch No. 30 was established some 10 years later. It emptied into a ravine or gully, which in turn emptied into Ditch No. 2. The county board ordered the improvement of Ditch No. 2, and it further ordered that Ditch No. 30 pay the sum of $5,500 to the county for the benefit of Ditch No. 2, apparently on the theory that the land drained by Ditch No. 30 would be benefited by the improvement of Ditch No. 2. Martin County was not a petitioner for this improvement. Appeals were taken to the district court from the order of the county board by landowners whose lands were drained by Ditch No. 30. Martin County was not an appellant. The district court set aside the assessment against Ditch No. 30. Thereafter the attorney for the petitioners appeared before the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County, after which the following resolution was adopted:
"Mr. C.F. Gaarenstroom appeared before the County Board of Commissioners in connection with a proposed improvement to County Ditch #2 and Judicial Ditch #30, which is pending before the County Board. An Appeal was taken by certain land owners on Judicial Ditch #30 who were assessed for benefits in connection with the improvement to County Ditch #2, which serves as an outlet for Judicial Ditch #30. On Appeal, the District Court of Martin County, Minnesota, set aside the assessment and it was Mr. Gaarenstroom's idea to Appeal from the Court Order, Appealing to the Supreme Court *454 of Minnesota, from the Order of the District Court setting aside said assessments. A discussion was had relative to the matter, inasmuch, as Mr. Gaarenstroom preferred to Appeal so that Martin County, Minnesota, would appear as the appellants. The County Board felt that it was not the real party in interest, but did not have any objection to appearing as a nominal appellant in the proceeding, providing no responsibility or costs would be incurred by the County, regardless of the outcome of the Appeal to the Supreme Court. This was thoroughly discussed and Mr. Gaarenstroom agreed that in no event would any sota, would appear as the appellants. The County Board felt that it mind, a motion was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried adopting the following Resolution:
"RESOLVED, That the petitioners on the improvement to County Ditch #2, Martin County, Minnesota, which is pending before the Martin County Board of Commissioners, be permitted to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Minnesota, using the name of Martin County, Minnesota, as an appellant, on the condition that Martin County, Minnesota, will incur no obligation and no costs of any name or nature whatsoever.
"Duly passed and adopted this 16th day of June, 1958.
"BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MARTIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
"BY Henry Houfer, Chairman
"Attest: H.E. Christianson, County Auditor"
An appeal was thereafter taken to this court by Martin County from the order of the district court. No one else joined in this appeal. Respondents, who were the appellants in the district court, have now moved for a dismissal of the appeal here on the ground that Martin County has no right to appeal.
The right of appeal in a drainage proceeding is purely statutory. The provision governing such right in this proceeding is found in M.S.A. 106.631, subd. 5, which reads as follows:
"Any party aggrieved by a final order or judgment rendered on appeal to the district court, or by the order made in any judicial ditch proceeding dismissing the petition therefor or establishing or refusing *455 to establish any judicial ditch, may appeal therefrom to the supreme court in the manner provided in civil actions. Such appeal shall be made and perfected within 30 days after the filing of the order or entry of judgment. The notice of appeal shall be served on the clerk of the district court and need not be served on any other person."
In no sense can it be said that Martin County is an aggrieved party in this case.[1] Nor can it become an aggrieved party within the meaning of our statute by loaning its name to those who are aggrieved parties. The county was not an appellant to the district court, nor was it a party to that proceeding, and has no interest in the litigation. Its sole role in the proceeding has been that of the tribunal before which the initial determination was made.[2]
While Kirchoff v. Board of Co. Commrs. 189 Minn. 226, 248 N.W. 817, involves a school proceeding rather than a drainage proceeding, the role of the county board is the same and what we said there is equally applicable here. In that case, after the county board had acted on a petition to have land set off from one school district and attached to another by denying the petition, the petitioner appealed to the district court, and that court, after trial, reversed the order of the county board. The county board then moved for a new trial and thereafter appealed to this court. In dismissing the appeal, we said (189 Minn. 227, 248 N.W. 817):
"The county board, prosecuting this appeal, as far as the record shows, has no interest in the litigation and is not an aggrieved party. The board is the tribunal designated by statute to hear the petition and pass upon it in the first instance. The litigants are the petitioner and the school districts affected. A court or tribunal before whom a controversy is litigated has as such no appealable interest in the matter. And, while the county board represents the county in many matters in which the *456 county is interested, it does not appear that the county has any financial or other interest in this litigation, nor is the appeal taken by or in behalf of the county. Public boards and officers cannot appeal or sue out writs of error if they have no interest or are not aggrieved either in their official or individual capacity."
Appellant here argues that the appeal should not be dismissed because no objection was made to the use of the name of the county as appellant until this motion for dismissal was made[3] and that to permit an appeal by the county in a proceeding of this kind would avoid much confusion. Whatever merit there may be in such contentions is not for us to determine. If parties aggrieved by an order of the district court in a drainage proceeding are to be permitted to appeal in the name of the county when the county has no interest in the proceeding, that change will have to come from the legislature. As our statute now reads, it is clear that only those parties to the proceeding who are aggrieved by the order may appeal.
Appellant also argues that in In re Judicial Ditch No. 7, Martin and Faribault Counties, 238 Minn. 165, 56 N.W. (2d) 435, 57 N.W. (2d) 29, and In re Petition for Repair of County Ditch No. 1, Faribault County, 237 Minn. 358, 55 N.W. (2d) 308, the county appears as one of the parties. In both of those cases no question was raised as to the propriety of naming the county as one of the parties. However, the appeals were taken in the name of parties aggrieved by the decision of the district court, and the decisions in those cases are not authority for the proposition advanced by appellant here.
In this case, the right of the county to appeal has been squarely raised, and, inasmuch as it is clear that the county has no right of appeal, we have no choice but to dismiss the appeal.
It is so ordered.
NOTES
[1] As to who are aggrieved parties, see Anderson v. County of Meeker, 46 Minn. 237, 48 N.W. 1022; Singer v. Allied Factors, Inc. 216 Minn. 443, 13 N.W. (2d) 378; In re County Ditch No. 15, Chippewa County, 238 Minn. 15, 55 N.W. (2d) 305.
[2] For a similar argument, see Yockey v. Woodbury County, 130 Iowa 412, 106 N.W. 950.
[3] See, State ex rel. Kohler Contracting Co. v. Hansen, 140 Minn. 28, 167 N.W. 114.
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${\cal {O}}(\alpha_s^2)$ QCD corrections to the resonant\
sneutrino / slepton production at LHC
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Introduction
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In supersymmetry[@SUSY], $R$-parity violation is one of the possible scenario in beyond standard model physics. With many interest, we consider only on the $\lambda'_{ijk}$ couplings which arises in lepton number violating term in $R$-parity violation superpotential given below $${\cal W} = \mu_i L_i H_2
+ \lambda_{ijk} L_i L_j E^c_k
+ \lambda'_{ijk} L_i Q_j D^c_k
+ \lambda''_{ijk} U^c_i D^c_j D^c_k \ ,
\label{eq:superpot}$$ where $L_i$ and $Q_i $ are the $SU(2)$-doublet lepton and quark superfields, $E^c_i, U^c_i, D^c_i$ the singlet superfields and $H_i$ the Higgs superfields. The subscripts $i,j,k$ are generational indices. Note that $\lambda_{ijk}$ is antisymmetric under the interchange of the first two indices and $\lambda''_{ijk}$ is antisymmetric under the interchange of the last two. The first three terms in eqn.(\[eq:superpot\]) violate lepton number ($L$) and the last term violates baryon number ($B$) conservation.
Recently ATLAS group have been studied resonant production of heavy neutral scalar like sneutrino and subsequent decay to $e \mu$ final state. In their analysis, they put the bounds on sneutrino masses (see Ref.[@ATLAS]) on the basis of leading order (LO) result. In tevatron, both CDF[@CDF_col] and D0[@D0_col] collaboration analyse their data (Run-I as well as Run-II data) using our first results[@swapan] on the next to leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to sneutrino and charged slepton productions at hadron colliders. In their analysis to set bound on these R-parity violating couplings, cross section for SM background processes namely Drell-Yan production of pair of leptons (say $l^+ l^- , l^\pm \nu$) (see first two papers of [@nnlody]) was considered at the next to next to leading order (NNLO) level while for the R-parity violating effects only NLO corrected cross section was used. It was found that the NLO QCD effects were quite large $\sim 10\% - 40\%$ at both Tevatron as well as LHC Therefore, it is desirable to compute the cross sections for the resonant sneutrino and/or charged slepton productions at NNLO in QCD. These results will quantitatively improve the analysis based on high statistics data available in the ongoing and future experiments. From the theoretical point of view, higher order radiative corrections provide a test of the convergence of the perturbation theory and hence the reliable comparison of data with the theory predictions is possible. The fixed order perturbative results most often suffer from large uncertainties due to the presence of renormalisation and factorisation scales. They get reduced as we include more and more terms in the perturbative expansion thanks to renormalisation group invariance. In this article we have systematically included its scale dependence through the renormalisation group equations and we discussed the impact of it in the next sections.
Brief discussion of NNLO calculations
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In this section, we describe very briefly, the computation of second order ($\alpha_s^2$) QCD radiative corrections to resonant production, in hadron colliders, of a sneutrino/charged slepton. We present our results in such a way that they can be used for any scalar-pseudoscalar production which is the main goal of this work. The inclusive hadronic cross section for the reaction $$\begin{aligned}
\label{eqn2.10}
H_1(P_1)+H_2(P_2)\rightarrow \phi (p_\phi)+X\,,\end{aligned}$$ is given by $$\begin{aligned}
\label{eqn2.11}
&&\sigma_{\rm tot}^{\phi}={\pi {\lambda'}^{2}(\mu_R^2) \over 12 S} \sum_{a,b=q,\bar q,g}\,
\int_\tau^1 {dx_1 \over x_1}\, \int_{\tau/x_1}^1{dx_2\over x_2}\,f_a(x_1,\mu_F^2)\,f_b(x_2,\mu_F^2)\,
\Delta_{ab}\left ( \frac{\tau}{x_1\,x_2},m^2_{\phi},\mu_F^2,\mu_R^2 \right )
\nonumber\\[2ex]
&&\mbox{with}\quad \tau=\frac{m^2_{\phi}}{S} \quad\,,\quad S=(P_1+P_2)^2\quad
\,,\quad p_\phi^2=m^2_{\phi}\,,
\label{sigphi}\end{aligned}$$ where $H_1$ and $H_2$ denote the incoming hadrons and $X$ represents an inclusive hadronic state. The parton densities denoted by $f_c(x_i,\mu_F^2)$ ($c=q,\bar q,g$) depend on the scaling variables $x_i$ ($i=1,2$) through $p_i=x_i P_i$ and the mass factorization scale $\mu_F$. Here $p_i$ ($i=1,2$) are the momenta of incoming partons namely quarks, antiquarks and gluons. The coupling constant $\lambda'$ gets renormalised at the renormalisation scale $\mu_R$ due to ultraviolet singularities present in the theory. The factorisation scale is introduced on the right hand side of the above equation to separate long distant dynamics from the perturbatively calculable short distant partonic coefficient functions $\Delta_{ab}$. $\Delta_{ab}$ depends on both $\mu_R$ and $\mu_F$ in such a way that the entire scale dependence goes away to all orders in perturbation theory when convoluted with appropriate parton densities. This is due to the fact that the observable on the left hand side of the above equation is renormalisation group (RG) invariant with respect to both the scales. This implies $$\begin{aligned}
&&\mu^2{d \sigma_{\rm tot}^{\phi} \over d \mu^2} =0, \quad \quad \mu=\mu_F,\mu_R \, ,
\\[2ex]
&&\mu_R^ 2{d
\over d \mu_R^2} \Big[{\lambda'}^2(\mu_R^2) \Delta_{ab}\left (x,m^2_{\phi},\mu_F^2,\mu_R^2\right )
\Big]=0\, .
$$ The partonic coefficient functions that appear in eqn.(\[sigphi\]) are computable in perturbative QCD in terms of strong coupling constant $g_s$. The ultraviolet singularities present in the theory are regularised in dimensional regularisation and are removed in ${\overline {MS}}$ scheme, introducing the renormalisation scale $\mu_R$ at every order in perturbative expansion. In addition, the Yukawa coupling $\lambda'$ also gets renormalised due to strong interaction dynamics. Hence, for our computation, we require only two renormalisation constants to obtain UV finite partonic coefficient functions, $\Delta_{ab}$. These constants are denoted by $Z(\mu_R)$ and $Z_{\lambda'}(\mu_R)$, where the former renormalises the strong coupling constant $g_s$ and the later Yukawa coupling $\lambda'$ and both the couplings $a_s(=g_s/(4\pi))$ (and $\lambda'$) evolve with scale to NNLO through renormalisation group equations: $$\begin{aligned}
\mu_R^2 {d \over d\mu_R^2} \ln a_s(\mu_R^2) &=&
-\sum_{i=1}^\infty a^i_s(\mu_R^2)~ \beta_{i-1} \,,
\nonumber\\
\mu_R^2 {d \over d\mu_R^2} \ln \lambda'(\mu_R^2)&=&
-\sum_{i=1}^\infty a^i_s(\mu_R^2)~ \gamma_{i-1}\,.
\label{REASLAM}\end{aligned}$$ where coefficients $\beta_i$ for $i=0,...,3$ can be found in [@4loop_beta_func] for $SU(N)$ QCD. The anomalous dimensions $\gamma_i$ for $i=0,...,3$ can be obtained from the quark mass anomalous dimensions given in [@vanRitbergen:1997va]. The perturbatively calculable $\Delta_{ab}$ can be expanded in powers of strong coupling constant $a_s(\mu_R^2)$ as $$\begin{aligned}
\Delta_{ab}\left (x,m^2_{\phi},\mu_F^2,\mu_R^2\right )=\sum_{i=0}^\infty a_s^i(\mu_R^2)
\Delta_{ab}^{(i)}\left (x,m^2_{\phi},\mu_F^2,\mu_R^2\right )\,.
\nonumber\end{aligned}$$ $\Delta_{ab}$ gets contributions from various partonic reactions.
The calculation of various contributions from the partonic reactions involves careful handling of divergences that result from one[@1loop] and two loop[@2loop] integrations in the virtual processes and two and three body phase space integrations in the real emission processes. The loop integrals often give ultraviolet, soft and collinear divergences. But the phase space integrals give only soft and collinear singularities. Soft divergences arise when the momenta of the gluons become zero while the collinear diverges arise due to the presence of massless partons. We have regulated all the integrals in dimensional regularisation with space time dimension $n=4+{\mbox{$\epsilon$}}$. The singularities manifest themselves as poles in ${\mbox{$\epsilon$}}$.
We have reduced all the one loop tensorial integrals to scalar integrals using the method of Passarino-Veltman [@Pas_Velt] in $4+{\mbox{$\epsilon$}}$ dimensions and evaluated resultant scalar integrals exactly. The $2$-loop form factor, ${\cal F}_\phi(m_\phi^2,\mu^2)$, is calculated using the dispersion technique [@Cutkosky:1960sp]. Two and three body phase space integrals are done by choosing appropriate Lorentz frames[@2.3.Body_phase_space]. Since we integrate over the total phase space the integrals are Lorentz invariant and therefore frame independent. Several routines are made using the algebraic manipulation program FORM[@form] in order to perform tensorial reduction of one loop integrals and two and three body phase space integrals.
The UV singularities go away after performing renormalisation through the constants $Z$ and $Z_{\lambda'}$. The soft singularities cancel among virtual and real emission processes[@BN] at every order in perturbation theory. The remaining collinear singularities are renormalised systematically using mass factorisation[@KLN]. For more details on the computation of NNLO QCD corrections to process of the kind considered here can be found in [@nnlody; @prakash]. The full analytical results for NNLO calculation for sneutrino and/or charge slepton can be found out in our original paper[@prakash].
Results and Discussion
======================
We considered only the contributions from the first generation of quarks. Since at hadron colliders, the resonant production is through the interaction term $\lambda'_{ijk}L_iQ_jD_k^c$ in the Lagrangian (see eq.(\[eq:superpot\])), for $j,k = 2,3$, the production rate will be suppressed due to the low flux of the sea quarks. To obtain the production cross section to a particular order, one has to convolute the partonic coefficient functions $\Delta_{ab}$ with the corresponding parton densities $f_a$, both to the same order. Further the coupling constants $a_s(\mu_R)$ and $\lambda'(\mu_R)$ should also be evaluated using the corresponding RGEs (eqn.(\[REASLAM\])) computed to the same order (more details see Ref[@vanRitbergen:1997va; @Harlander] ). We have used the latest MSTW parton densities [@MSTW2008] in our numerical code and the corresponding values of $\alpha_s(M_Z)$ for LO, NLO and NNLO provided with the sets.
![*Total cross-section for the ${\tilde \nu}$ production as a function of $m_{\tilde{\nu}}$. For smaller values of sneutrino mass the upper (lower) set of lines correspond to the factorisation scale $\mu_F = 10 m_{\tilde{\nu}}(0.1 m_{\tilde{\nu}})$. For larger values of sneutrino mass the lines cross each other.* []{data-label="fig:l0"}](ddb_cross_sec_ref.ps)
Since we are considering one $\lambda'_{i11}$ non-zero, the LO and NLO cross sections get contributions only from $d \overline d$ , $d g$ and $\overline d g$ initiated subprocesses and no other quark (antiquark) flavors contribute to this order. At NNLO level, the incoming quarks other than $d$ type quarks can also contribute. The total sneutrino production cross section as function of its mass is plotted in fig. \[fig:l0\] for LHC (left panel) and Run II of Tevatron (right panel) energies. We have set the renormalisation scale to be the mass of the sneutrino, $\mu_{R}=m_{\tilde{\nu}}$. The pair of lines corresponds to the two extreme choices of factorisation scale: $\mu_{F}=10~m_{\tilde{\nu}}$ (upper) and $\mu_{F}= m_{\tilde{\nu}}/10$ (lower). The plots clearly demonstrate that the NNLO contributions reduce the factorisation scale dependence improving the theoretical predictions for sneutrino production cross section.
The cross section falls off with the sneutrino mass due to the availability of phase space with respect to the mass, the choice of $\mu_R=m_{\tilde{\nu}}$ and the parton densities. The latter effect, understandably, is more pronounced at the Tevatron than at the LHC.
In order to estimate the magnitude of the QCD corrections at NLO and NNLO, we define the K-factors as follows: $$K^{(1)} = \sigma^\phi_{tot,\rm NLO} / \sigma^\phi_{tot,\rm LO}\, , \hspace{0.5cm}
K^{(2)} = \sigma^\phi_{tot,\rm NNLO} / \sigma^\phi_{tot,\rm LO}.$$ In fig.\[fig:kl0\], we have plotted both $K^{(i)}$ ($i=1,2$) as a function of sneutrino mass. We have chosen $\mu_F=
\mu_R=m_{\tilde \nu}$ for this study. At the LHC, The $K^{(1)}$ varies between $1.23$ to $1.46$ and $K^{(2)}$ between $1.27$ to $1.52$ in the mass range $100~GeV \le m_{\title \nu} \le 1~TeV$. At the Tevatron, we find that $K^{(1)}$ varies between $1.55$ to $1.53$ and $K^{(2)}$ between $1.65$ to $1.85$ for the same mass range. Note that numbers for $K^{(1)}$ differ from those given in our earlier work [@swapan] due to the running of $\lambda'$ in the present analysis. The present analysis using running $\lambda'$ is the correct way to reduce renormalisation scale dependence in the cross section. We also observe that $K$ factor is much bigger at the Tevatron compared to that of at the LHC. The reason behind this is attributed to the different behavior of parton densities at the Tevatron and the LHC. Note that parton densities rise steeply as $x \rightarrow 0$ and fall off very fast as $x \rightarrow 1$, which means the dominant contribution to the production results from the phase space region where $x \sim \tau (= m^2_{\tilde \nu}/S)$ becomes small. $\tau$ at Tevatron ($0.05\lsim\tau \lsim 0.5$) is larger compared to that at LHC ( $0.007\lsim\tau\lsim 0.07$) (see also fig.\[fig:kl0\]). Because of this, at Tevatron the valence quark initiated processes dominate while gluon and sea quark initiated processes dominate at the LHC. As the mass of the sneutrino increases, that is $x$ approaches to unity, the $K$-factor at Tevatron naturally falls off. At LHC, in the higher mass region ($\sim 1$ TeV), valence quark densities start to dominate and hence it stays almost flat compared to Tevatron.
![*NLO K-factor $K^{(1)}$ and NNLO K-factor $K^{(2)}$ are plotted for sneutrino production at the LHC (left panel) and the Tevatron Run-II (right panel) as a function of its mass.* []{data-label="fig:kl0"}](ddb_kfac_ref.ps)
![*In the upper panel, sneutrino production cross sections are plotted against the factorisation scale $\mu_F$ with a fixed renormalisation scale $\mu_R=m_{\tilde \nu}$ for both LHC and Tevatron energies. In the lower panel, they are plotted against the renormalisation scale $\mu_R$ with a fixed factorisation scale $\mu_F=m_{\tilde \nu}$ for both LHC and Tevatron energies. The mass of the sneutrino is taken to be $300$ GeV ($120$ GeV) at LHC (Tevatron).* []{data-label="fig:ml0"}](ddb_mu_var_ref.ps)
We now turn to study the impact of the factorisation scale $(\mu_F)$ and the renormalisation scale ($\mu_R$) on the production cross section. The factorisation scale dependence for both LHC (left panel) and Tevatron (right panel) are shown in upper panels of fig. \[fig:ml0\], for $m_{\tilde \nu}=300~GeV$ (LHC), $m_{\tilde \nu}=120~GeV$ (Tevatron). We have chosen $\mu_R=m_{\tilde \nu}$ for both the LHC and the Tevatron. The factorisation scale is varied between $\mu_F=0.1 ~m_{\tilde \nu}$ and $\mu_F=10 ~m_{\tilde \nu}$. We find that the factorisation scale dependence decreases in going from LO to NLO to NNLO as expected. The dependence of the renormalisation scale dependence on the total cross sections for the resonant production of sneutrino at the LHC and the Tevatron is shown in the lower panels of fig. \[fig:ml0\]. Note that the LO is already $\mu_R$ dependent due to the coupling $\lambda' (\mu_R)$. We have performed this analysis for sneutrino mass $m_{\tilde{\nu}}\,
= 300~GeV$ (LHC), $m_{\tilde \nu}=120~GeV$ (Tevatron). We have set the factorisation scale $\mu_F=m_{\tilde \nu}$ and the renormalisation scale is varied in the range $0.1 \le \mu_R/m_{\tilde \nu} \le 10$. We find significant reduction in the $\mu_R$ scale dependence when higher order QCD corrections are included. It is clear from both the panels of fig. \[fig:ml0\] that our present NNLO result makes the predictions almost independent of both factorisation and renormalisation scales.
We could not discuss or show the results of charged slepton due to page limitation. We request reader to follow the Ref.[@prakash].
[**Acknowledgement:**]{} Speaker acknowledges the full support of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India where this work has been done. Speaker also thanked RADCOR’s organiser for inviting him to give a seminar in RADCOR 2011.
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Q:
What is meant by trap-and-emulate virtualization?
I read the term trap-and-emulate virtualization in some articles on how to set up a virtual pc. Can anyone please tell me what this term means?
I understood that it definitely is some method for creating a virtual pc. But how is it done?
A:
An operation system is designed to have full control of the system. But when an OS is running as a virtual machine in a hypervisor, some of its instructions may conflict with the host operation system. So what does the hypervisor do? It emulates the effect of that specific instruction or action without carrying it out. In this way, the host OS is not effected by the guest's actions. This is called trap and emulate.
A:
Attempting a privileged instruction when in user mode causes an error to occur thus leading to trap state.
And after this the VMM (Virtual Machine Manager) gets control and analyzed the error , executes the operation as attempted by the guest and then return the control back to guest in user mode.
Note : Kernel mode privileged command runs slower due to trap and emulate
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Tom Davis has asked that 500 people blog or post on facebook about the movie Orphan. I am thrilled to participate for so many reasons. This is a careless movie with detrimental effects to the millions of children across the globe waiting for their forever families. More then that adoption has been an amazing experience and changed my life for the better.
"Warner Bros. new horror movie Orphan proclaims that it must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own. Let me tell you about how an orphan changed my life..."
I get inquiries from perfect strangers about our family on a fairly regular basis. Most are not mean spirited and people are genuinely curious about our family and we welcome that. The one that gets me most are the people who ask why we adopted vs. having another one of our "own". My simple reply is that Silas IS my own. He was mine before we ever boarded that plane to Ethiopia, he was definitely mine when he jumped into my arms. He's MINE! He is treated with the same love and respect given to all of our children. God just saw fit to bring him into our family in a different way. A beautiful way.
A way that has changed our lives forever. A way that has enriched us as a family. A way that has challenged us to do more for others. A way that has given us a clearer picture of the love God has for us. A way that has opened our eyes to an amazing country that we love so deeply. A way that has given us a son we cherish, a brother that is adored. A way that I would challenge others to consider.
Silas has taught me more about myself then I ever thought a three year old boy could. He left all he knew and came into a family who was so anxious to love on him. He loved back even though we didn't expect him to. He loved us even when we didn't understand a word he was saying. He cried and let me comfort him. A stranger. He gave me hugs when I'm sure he was confused. Silas has blessed our family beyond words. His smile melts me. His laugh is contagious. His will challenges me. His wit surprises me. His life humbles me. Silas makes me a better mom, David a better Dad, Nichol, Skyler, and Olivia better siblings.
We are SO blessed to see a glimpse of Jesus through the miracle of adoption.
He's mine.Join me in Defending the cause of the Orphan.
From Tom Davis' blog:This is the opportunity to defend the cause of the orphan. But instead of cursing the darkness, lets put the truth on display.
Tom is challenging his readers and friends to write 500 positive blog posts about how an orphan has impacted and changed your life. Post this on your own blog so that when people search for the movie, they are flooded with positive messages about adoption and orphan care.
Just finish this sentence: "Warner Bros. new horror movie Orphan proclaims that it must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own. Let me tell you about how an orphan changed my life..."
This is the heart of defending orphans. Help push back the darkness and deceit here by holding up as an example the powerful love that adoption and orphan care can unleash.
Here's how you can defend the orphan:1. Write a "positive protest post" on you blog that references the movie, Orphan.2. Focus on your orphan care or adoption story that is positive, redeeming, and full of love.3. Link your post to www.tomdavis.typepad.com4. Send out an email, Facebook message, or tweet to get others to do the same thing on their blogs.
9 comments:
I so understand the miracle of adoption, and how children don't always come to your life through your own birth canal, but through your heart. My son, Matt, is adopted. He is 25 now, a father, and it's very rare that I think about him being adopted...he's MINE! In fact, on many occasions, when he was little, and I'd take him to the doctor...they would start asking me family heath history questions, and I would answer each one, when half-way through the process, I would say, "Oh...but this isn't Matt's health history." I got a few dirty looks (messed up their form!) and a comment or two...but I honestly never thought about him being adopted, he was just my little boy! And when people would tell us, "Oh, he got his daddy's brown eyes and his mom's curls" I would agree, never feeling any need to "correct" anyone.
Loved your blog, and your acknowledge that God brought your youngest son into your life because he was meant for YOU!
He is a DOLL and OF COURSE he is completely yours. Wonderful post in response to this horrible looking movie. My grandmother was adopted and many times people asked her if she ever wanted to meet her "real" parents. Her response was always "I have meet my 'real' parents. I see them everyday."
Thank you for the sweet comment. Very encouraging. I am going to talk to my doctor about inversion and also if she would think it risky trying to turn the baby. We'll see what she says! :)
Thank you for sharing your heart so beautifully! It brought tears to my eyes. I was adopted as an infant and now we are, Lord willing, adopting a sibling group from Ethiopia. I hope to know that other side of adoption, as you do. You have blessed my heart by your beautiful words. Your little Silas and family are blessed!! | 2023-12-03T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2379 |
Q:
How do I remove a specific div out of many using one function in JavaScript?
I'm learning JavaScript and this is a practice scenario for me.
What I have already is a button that clones content, and within that content that has been cloned, there is a button to remove it.
When I click the button that prompts you to remove the content, it removes the first set of content.
What I want to happen is when you click the button that prompts you to remove the content, it removes the content related to that button and nothing else.
This is the CodePen link.
https://codepen.io/JosephChunta/pen/YzwwgvQ
Here is the code.
function addContent() {
var itm = document.getElementById("newContent");
var cln = itm.cloneNode(true);
document.getElementById("placeToStoreContent").appendChild(cln);
}
function removeContent() {
var x = document.getElementById("content").parentNode.remove();
}
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document.getElementById('orderContent')
.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
const orderedNumber = document.querySelectorAll('.thisIsContent');
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p.innerText = '' + (i++);
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});
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display: none;
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<div id="content">
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<button onclick="removeContent()">Remove this</button>
<hr />
</div>
</div>
</div>
A:
When you'r trying to remove by ID, it takes the first ID it finds.
To remove the correct content, send this onclick.
<button onclick="removeContent(this)">Remove this</button>
And handle it in your function:
function removeContent(el) {
el.parentNode.remove();
}
Example:
function addContent() {
var itm = document.getElementById("newContent");
var cln = itm.cloneNode(true);
document.getElementById("placeToStoreContent").appendChild(cln);
}
function removeContent(el) {
el.parentNode.remove();
}
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document.getElementById('orderContent')
.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
const orderedNumber = document.querySelectorAll('.thisIsContent');
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p.innerText = '' + (i++);
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Vladimíra Krásová
Vladimíra "Vlaďka" Krásová is a Czech IFBB Pro fitness and figure competitor (bikini category).
Krásová began training for bikini competition two years before her professional career and became the Czech Republic Champion in May 2012. In October 2012, she participated in the Amateur Bikini Olympia competition of the inaugural EVL's Prague Pro and became the first, also winning her IFBB Pro card. Her standing in the Bikini Olympia was low (16th place) but in October 2013, she won the EVL's Prague Bikini Pro competition.
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Q:
If $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$, then a < b iff $ a \leq b + \frac{1}{n}$ for $n\in \mathbb{N}$
The question also asks to show that $a<b$ iff $a \leq b - \frac{1}{n}$ for some $n \in \mathbb{N}$. My proof (in the forward direction) starts off like this:
$a \leq b$ can be rewritten as $0 \leq b-a$. By Archimedean property, $ \exists N \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $ 1 \leq n(b-a)$. Then we have that $\frac {1}{n} \leq b-a$. Thus, $\frac{1}{n} + a \leq b$.
However, this is not the same as $ a \leq b + \frac{1}{n}$. I then tried an alternative appraoch:
$a \leq b \implies -a \geq -b \implies -a + b \geq 0$. By Archimedean, $\exists N \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $ n(-a+b)\geq 1 \implies -a+b \geq \frac{1}{n} \implies b \geq \frac{1}{n} + a$
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could point out where I'm going wrong.
A:
First, mind a slight inaccuracy in the question: You need to allow for the possibility that $a=b$, so the "if" half of the "iff" must be $a\leq b$, not a strict inequality.
For the forward direction, you're overthinking: If $a\leq b$, and certainly $1/n > 0$, then ...
For the converse, suppose $a\leq b+\frac{1}{n}$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Then you know that $a-b\leq \frac{1}{n}$ for all $n$. Hence $(a-b)n\leq 1$ for all $n$. But now you know the Archimedean principle, so what does that force $a-b$ to be?
| 2024-02-05T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9092 |
It's champagne cocktails at the Winners' Circle Saloon and Pepto punch at the Losers' Lounge. With a toast to some and a roast of others, we say salute and sayonara to Campaign 2012.
First stop, the Winners' Circle Saloon:
LABOR PAINS: Organized labor caused major migraines for the Republicans and helped keep the wheels on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's impressive Democratic Party machine despite a rough economy. Nevada AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Treasurer Danny Thompson and departing Culinary union Secretary-Treasurer D. Taylor can lift their victory glasses high with just a tear in their eye over the defeat of Shelley Berkley in the U.S. Senate race.
LATINO LOVE: Democrats again took advantage of their superior appreciation of the current clout and political potential of Nevada's growing Latino population. The interweaving of union strength within the Hispanic community was a powerful force in an election year that could have easily gone very differently for the Democrats.
Time to push for passage of the DREAM Act, or those loyal Latinos might just stay home next time.
Republicans, meanwhile, mostly continued to deny the undeniable about the importance of quitting the race-baiting rhetoric over immigration. The GOP's comical Latin outreach, which must have cost a fortune, was real crash-and-burn stuff. A few so-called "experts," at least one of whom didn't even speak Spanish, sold the state party and Team Romney a very pricey emperor's new sombrero.
COWBOY ARBORIST: Voters learned this year that when tree-shooting Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins says he's making a stump speech, he's actually speaking to a stump.
Cowboy Commissioner Collins proved once again that he's crazy like a mildly rabid fox. He rolled to victory over Ruth Johnson despite the controversy surrounding his unmade bed of a personal life. We also hear Collins locked up so much money on the Strip that Johnson couldn't get a Circus Circus buffet comp.
IN THE CORNER: Popping corks, there's Larry Lomax and his team at the Clark County Election Department, and successful congressional candidates Steven Horsford, Dina Titus and Joe Heck, who survived relatively unscathed.
Now it's down to the Loser's Lounge:
MR. MONEYBAGS: Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson vowed to spend up to $100 million - "whatever it takes" - to defeat President Barack Obama. Estimates vary, but we know Adelson dumped more than $50 million into the causes of Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Republican candidates in Nevada and elsewhere.
Perhaps now Adelson will don a T-shirt that laments, "I spent $53 million on Campaign 2012, and all I got was Dean Heller."
LEGISLATIVE COUP: Republican moneymen also embraced a strategy to shake up the Nevada Legislature with help from state senator and attorney Michael Roberson. Net effect: Democrats still rule the Assembly and Senate.
In the words of the late umpire Ron Luciano: "Steeerikeout!"
Republicans will take a seat, but not in the majority in Carson City.
RE-VOLTING CHARGE: Just hours before Election Day, Assembly District 9 candidate Andrew Martin's residency was declared invalid a District Court judge. Evidence collected by private investigator Tom Dillard conclusively showed the Democrat was charging his Chevy Volt at his longtime residence and not at his more recently acquired condominium inside AD 9.
Martin prevailed at the polls, but is about to be reminded of a famous line from the noted philosopher Kermit the Frog.
"It ain't easy being green."
IN THE CORNER: Mumbling to themselves, there's Danny Tarkanian, who read the SurveyUSA poll of 4th Congressional District and believed it, and pollster Jay Leve, who is hard-pressed to credibly explain its lack of accuracy. And there's political junkie and longtime oddsmaker Wayne Allyn Root, who not only predicted a Romney landslide but endlessly marketed that nonsense. Luckily for Root, he always will look reasonably sane as long as our national embarrassment Donald Trump insists on opening his mouth.
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Q:
std::string += operator
I'm having a bad couple of days for odd behaviour. I have a std::string on which I use the += operator to add another string (actually the name of a file being appended to a path). When I run the program I have found that the file was not being found. Copious couts later have revealed that I am getting the file name added to the start of the string.
std::string path("/home/me/location/");
std::string file("file.txt");
path += file;
std::cout << path.c_str();
The output from this is "file.txt/location"!!! I have tried a simple program which just adds two strings together and that works fine which I was expecting (gcc v 4.3). I have copied the code over from a windows machine, I wasn't expecting any issues beyond new file paths, it only really uses STL and dirent, indeed it compiled more or less first time. I ran dos2unix just in case. Now I'm a little bit stumped but I haven't really copied code over before beyond the totally trivial so I might be missing something blindingly obvious.
A:
Is the pathname somehow getting a "\r" appended to it, so that when you print it to cout it prints "/home/me/location/", returns to the start of the line, then prints "line.txt"?
As someone said, look at the variables with a debugger. (My instincts are for logging/printing too, but debuggers are useful too)
| 2024-06-17T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7515 |
Q:
Goodness of fit and which model to choose linear regression or Poisson
I need some advice regarding two main dilemmas in my research, which is a case study of 3 big pharmaceuticals and innovation. Number of patents per year is the dependent variable.
My questions are
What are the most important criteria for a good model? What is more/less important? Is it that most or all of the variables will be significant? Is it the prob of "F STATISTIC"? Is it the value of "Adjusted R squared"?
Second, how can I decide the most appropriate model for the research? Besides patents which are a count variable (so maybe a Poisson count) I have explanatory variables such as return on assets, research and development budget, repeated partner (% not a binary variable), company size (employees) and a couple more. Should I do a linear regression or Poisson?
A:
Most important is the logic behind the model. Your variable "number of patents per year" is a count variable, so Poisson regression is indicated. That is a GLM (generalized linear model) with (usually) log link function, while the usual linear regression is a Gaussian GLM with identity link. Here, it is truly the log link function which is most important, more important than the error distribution (Poisson or Gaussian).
The variable "Patents" is an extensive variable: see intensive and extensive properties. For intensive variables, such as temperature, linear models (with identity link) are often appropriate.
But with an extensive variable it is different. Think that one of your pharmaceutical companies split into two different companies. Then the patents had to be split among the two new companies. What happens with the covariables, the $x$'s in your regression? Variables like number of employees and RD budget would have to be split too.
Broadly, in this context, an intensive variable is a variable which is independent of company size, while an extensive variable depends (typically, linearly) on company size. So, in a sense, if we have many different extensive variables in the regression equation, we are measuring size effects repeatedly. That seems redundant, so we should try to, when possible, express variables in intensive form, like RD budget per employee (or as percent of total budget), likewise revenue, etc. A variable like number of employees will have to be left as extensive. See @onestop's answer to Dealing with correlated regressors for another discussion of this extensive/intensive variable issue.
Let's look at this algebraically:
$P, B, E$ are Patents, Budget (per employee), Employees in the original company, while
$P_1, B_1, E_1$ and $P_2, B_2, E_2$ are the corresponding variables after a split. Assume, as above, that $E$ is the only extensive covariable (with $P$, of course, also extensive).
Then, before the split, we have the model, identity link, with random part left out:
$$
P= \mu+\beta_1 E + \beta_2 B
$$
Let the split fractions be $\alpha, 1-\alpha$ so for company 1 after the split we get
\begin{align}
\alpha P &= \alpha \mu +\alpha\beta_1 E +\alpha\beta_2 B \\[5pt]
P_1 &= \alpha\mu + \beta_1 E_1 + \alpha\beta_2 B_1
\end{align}
since $P_1=\alpha P, E_1=\alpha E$ but $B_1=B$. Likewise for company two. So the model depends in a quite complicated way on company size, only the regression coefficient on $E$ being independent of company size, size influencing all other parameters. That makes interpretation of results difficult, especially so, if in your data you have companies of varying size, then how are you going to interpret those coefficients? Comparison with other studies based on other data, etc., gets wildly complicated.
Now, let us see if using a log link function can help. Again, we write idealized models without disturbance terms. The variables are as above.
First, the model before the split:
$$
P = \exp\left(\mu+\beta_1 E + \beta_2 B\right)
$$
After the split, for company one, we get:
\begin{align}
P_1 &= \exp(\log\alpha) \exp\left(\mu+\beta_1 E + \beta_2 B\right) \\[5pt]
P_1 &= \exp\left(\log\alpha+\mu+\beta_1 E +\beta_2 B_1 \right)
\end{align}
This looks almost right, except for one problem, the part of dependency on $E$ doesn't quite work out. So we see that number of employees, the one covariable in extensive form, must be used on a log scale. Then, trying again, we get:
Model before the split:
$$
P = \exp\left(\mu+\beta_1 \log E + \beta_2 B\right)
$$
After the split:
\begin{align}
P_1 &= \exp(\log\alpha) \exp\left(\hspace{9.5mm}\mu+\beta_1 \log E + \beta_2 B\right) \\[5pt]
P_1 &= \exp\left(\log\alpha+\hspace{6mm}\hspace{9.5mm}\mu+\beta_1 \log E +\beta_2 B_1 \right) \\[5pt]
P_1 &= \exp\left((1-\beta)\log\alpha+\mu+\beta_1 \log E_1 +\beta_2 B_1\right) \\[5pt]
P_1 &= \exp\left(\hspace{31mm}\mu'+\beta_1 \log E_1 +\beta_2 B_1\right)
\end{align}
where $\mu'$ is a new intercept.
Now, we have put the model in a form where all parameters (except the intercept) have an interpretation independent of company size.
That makes interpretations of results much easier, and also comparisons with studies using other data, trends with time, and so on. You cannot achieve this form with parameters with size-independent interpretations with an identity link.
Conclusion: Use a GLM with log link function, maybe a Poisson regression, or negative-binomial, or ... The link function is orders of magnitude more important!
To sum up, when constructing a regression model for a response variable which is extensive, like a count variable.
Try to express covariables in intensive form.
Covariables which must be left as extensive: log them (the algebra above depends on there being at most one extensive covariable).
Use a log link function.
Then, other criteria, such as those based on fit, can be used for secondary decisions, such as the distribution of the disturbance term.
| 2023-11-21T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7518 |
Q:
RequiredFieldValidator not Validating
I have a control on an ASP.NET page with a required field validator. Only problem is that when I go to change pages via my page buttons it doesn't cause validation. Here is the code, can anyone see what's wrong?
<asp:Label ID="lblD_Year" runat="server" BorderStyle="None"
Text="Fiscal Year" CssClass="h2"></asp:Label>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlD_Year" runat="server" Width="100px" TabIndex="8"
AutoPostBack="True" CssClass="box" CausesValidation="True">
<asp:ListItem Value="0" Selected="True">Select Year</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfvD_Year" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="ddlD_Year" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="*"
Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Red" InitialValue="Select Year"
SetFocusOnError="True"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
A:
set initial value as InitialValue="-1" for validator or any value which you consider to be empty, if selected
| 2023-09-25T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7623 |
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S | 2024-05-09T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1465 |
Q:
Cancel out a Sum(value) in SSRS
I have a group in a tablix in SSRS. The Group has fields as follows
Member,
NonMember,
Student,
Intern,
Cancelled
What I want to do is Eliminate the count of the Cancelled from the SUM(Groups).
I've tried this
=SUM(IIF (Field!Group.Value = "Member" or Field!Group.Value = "Nonmember" or Fields!Group.Value = "Student" or Fields!Group.Value = "Intern",Fields!Units.Value,Nothing),DataSet1)
Here is an image of the report
A:
I figured it out. It was the ,DataSet1) at the end. I dropped that off and the calculation worked as it should.
| 2024-05-22T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6816 |
Introduction {#S1}
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Serum tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1), and receptor 2 (TNFR2) concentrations are strong independent predictors of renal function decline leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Caucasians and American Indians with diabetes.^[@R1]-[@R4]^
Although *in vitro* activated TNFR1 induces tissue injury through proinflammatory signals and/or cell death and TNFR2 promotes cell migration, regeneration and proliferation, and regulates TNFR1 induced apoptosis,^[@R5]^ very little is known about the early glomerular structural lesions in kidneys that develop in humans when these markers are elevated. Further, since TNFα binds to the TNFRs, it is not known whether these early glomerular lesions are associated with the serum concentration of TNFα or with the TNFRs. In one small study, TNFR1, but not TNFR2, was associated with higher mesangial fractional volume in 22 persons with type 2 diabetes.^[@R6]^
In the present study, we examined the relationships between serum concentrations of TNFα, TNFR1, and TNFR2 and glomerular lesions in American Indians with type 2 diabetes and normal or elevated renal function. The glomerular morphometric data were obtained from a kidney biopsy performed at the end of a 6-year randomized clinical trial that evaluated the renoprotective efficacy of the angiotensin receptor blocker losartan in diabetic nephropathy.^[@R7]^ The TNF markers were measured in serum obtained at a research examination coincident with the biopsy. The TNF markers that demonstrated univariate associations with glomerular structural lesions were further confirmed using multivariable models.
Results {#S2}
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Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study participants are shown in [Table 1](#T1){ref-type="table"}. The study included 83 participants with type 2 diabetes (63 female, 20 male), with a mean age of 46±10 years. Forty three (52%) had an albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) \<30 mg/g, 24 (29%) had moderate albuminuria (30 to 299 mg/g), and 16 (19%) had severe albuminuria (≥300 mg/g). Seventy two (86%) had measured glomerular filtration rate (mGFR, iothalamate) above 90 ml/min and 81 (98%) had mGFR above 60 ml/min. When mGFR was standardized to body surface area, 66 (79%) had mGFR above 90 ml/min/1.73 m^2^ and 78 (94%) were above 60 ml/min/1.73 m^2^. Hyperfiltration, defined by an mGFR ≥154 ml/min, a value two standard deviations above the mean mGFR for Pima Indians with normal glucose tolerance, was present in 29 individuals (35%).
Serum concentrations of free TNFα and the TNFRs were measured in samples collected at a research examination closest to the kidney biopsy (median of 0.9 months apart, interquartile range \[IQR\]=0.8-1.9 months). Accordingly, 70 participants (84%) were still enrolled in the clinical trial. Thirty nine (47%) of the participants were assigned to the placebo group and 44 (53%) were assigned to the losartan treatment group during the clinical trial. [Table 2](#T2){ref-type="table"} shows the distribution of measured biomarkers and other clinical characteristics at that research examination by the 25^th^ and 75^th^ percentiles of TNFR1 and TNFR2. The mGFR was lower (but not significantly so for TNFR2) and ACR was higher with higher concentrations of either TNFR. Enrollment in the treatment arm of the clinical trial was more common among those in lower percentile groupings of TNFR1 and TNFR2, but not significantly so. Several glomerular structural variables were significantly associated with percentiles of TNFR1 and TNFR2, as shown in [Table 3](#T3){ref-type="table"}. Mesangial fractional volume and podocyte foot process width were higher with higher TNFR1 and TNFR2 concentrations, whereas total filtration surface per glomerulus, and percent of the capillary endothelial cell surface covered with normal fenestrations were lower.
TNFR1 and TNFR2 correlated positively with each other (r=0.84, p\<0.001) and with ACR (r=0.36 and 0.37, respectively; p \<0.001 for each correlation), and inversely with mGFR (r=-0.35, p=0.001; r=-0.28, p=0.01) ([Table 4](#T4){ref-type="table"}). Neither TNFR correlated significantly with TNFα. Higher TNFR1 and TNFR2 correlated inversely with percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium (r=-0.42 and -0.43; p\<0.001 for each correlation), total filtration surface per glomerulus (r=-0.27, p=0.01; r=-0.29, p=0.007), and filtration slit frequency (r=-0.24, p=0.03; r=-0.29, p=0.008), and positively with mesangial fractional volume (r=0.36 and 0.38, p\<0.001 for both correlations), glomerular basement membrane width (r=0.23, p=0.04; r=0.26, p=0.02), and podocyte foot process width (r=0.29, p=0.007; r=0.31, p=0.004). TNFR1, but not TNFR2, correlated positively with percent global glomerular sclerosis (r=0.25, p=0.02) and inversely with the number of podocytes per glomerulus (r=-0.23, p=0.04). TNFα correlated positively with A1c (r=0.27, p=0.02) and MAP (r=0.23, p=0.048), but it had no significant univariate correlations with any glomerular variables.
Given the significant univariate associations of the TNFRs with glomerular lesions, these relationships were then examined after adjusting for age, sex, diabetes duration, A1c, body mass index, and mean arterial pressure (Model 1). Both TNFRs remained significantly and inversely correlated with the total filtration surface per glomerulus (TNFR1 partial r=-0.25, p=0.03; TNFR2 partial r=-0.28, p=0.009) and percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium (TNFR1 partial r=-0.41, p=0.001; TNFR2 partial r=-0.37, p=0.0006) and positively with mesangial fractional volume (TNFR1 partial r=0.44, p\<0.001; TNFR2 partial r=0.38, p=0.0005), glomerular basement membrane width (TNFR1 partial r=0.34, p=0.002; TNFR2 partial r=0.30, p=0.006), percent global glomerular sclerosis (TNFR1 partial r=0.22, p=0.04; TNFR2 partial r=0.23, p=0.04), and podocyte foot process width (TNFR1 partial r=0.30, p=0.006; TNFR2 partial r=0.25, p=0.02). [Figure 1](#F1){ref-type="fig"} shows the strongest of these correlations. The associations between TNFRs and morphometric variables remained unchanged after including treatment assignment from the clinical trial in the multivariable linear regression models (Model 2, [Figure 2](#F2){ref-type="fig"}). When interaction terms between the TNFRs and treatment assignment were added to these models, most were not significant, indicating that the relationship between the TNFRs and most morphometric variables was not modified by treatment. Treatment assignment did modify the relationship between each TNFR and foot process width (p=0.02 for TNFR1, p=0.02 for TNFR2) and filtration slit frequency (p=0.001 for TNFR1, p=0.001 for TNFR2).
Adding ACR and mGFR to the regression models (Model 3) reduced the associations between TNFRs and glomerular lesions, but associations remained significant for mesangial fractional volume (TNFR1 partial r=0.27, p=0.01; TNFR2 partial r=0.26, p=0.02) and percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium (TNFR1 partial r=-0.29, p=0.008; TNFR2 partial r=-0.25, p=0.02) in the full model ([Figure 2](#F2){ref-type="fig"}). Treatment assignment modified the relationship between each TNFR and foot process width (p=0.02 for TNFR1, p=0.02 for TNFR2) and filtration slit frequency (p=0.002 for TNFR1, p=0.001 for TNFR2) in these models as well. For illustration, [Figure 3](#F3){ref-type="fig"} shows electron micrographs of glomerular endothelium that is either normally fenestrated or has reduced fenestrations. [Supplemental Figures 1 and 2](#SD1){ref-type="supplementary-material"} show the un-cropped images with scale bars.
When models were examined separately by treatment assignment, the power to detect associations between TNFR1 or TNFR2 and the morphometric variables was reduced, but the direction of association remained the same in the two subgroups. Furthermore, the morphometric variables associated with the TNFRs in the whole group remained associated in one or both subgroups ([Supplemental Table 1](#SD1){ref-type="supplementary-material"}).
Discussion {#S3}
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In the present study, we found that elevated serum concentrations of TNFR1 or TNFR2 in patients with type 2 diabetes are associated with early glomerular structural lesions. These receptors showed the strongest associations with reduced percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium and with increased mesangial fractional volume after controlling for the effects of relevant clinical covariates. Weaker associations were found with glomerular basement membrane width, podocyte foot process width, and with total filtration surface per glomerulus. These findings provide evidence that elevated serum concentrations of TNFRs coincide with early lesions in specialized filtration structures in the kidneys of persons with type 2 diabetes. Since we found no correlations between free TNFα and the glomerular structural lesions, we postulate that the TNFRs, and not TNFα, are the major players in the disease process that leads to such early structural lesions.
In previous studies, elevated serum TNFRs,^[@R8]-[@R16]^ increased mesangial fractional volume,^[@R17]-[@R19]^ and reduced endothelial cell fenestrations associated with elevated albuminuria and low GFR,^[@R20],[@R21]^ but the present study is the first to show correlations between serum TNFR1 and TNFR2 and glomerular lesions in patients with type 2 diabetes.
The fenestrated endothelium, covered by the endothelial glycocalyx, represents the intraluminal barrier to the passage of macromolecules, including albumin, across the glomerular capillary. Normally, fenestrations occupy 30-50% of the glomerular endocapillary area and are densely distributed opposite the podocyte foot processes to facilitate filtration.^[@R22],[@R23]^ Loss of endothelial cell fenestrations in glomerular capillaries reflects generalized microvascular disease due to persistent hyperglycemia, and is associated with low-level albuminuria.^[@R24],[@R25]^ This endothelial dysfunction also appears to contribute to podocyte injury and loss of GFR through several mechanisms.^[@R26]^ In a subset of the present cohort, we reported previously that the frequency of normally fenestrated endothelium in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes was significantly lower than in healthy kidney donors (27.4% and 43.5%, respectively) and worsened with higher albuminuria.^[@R20]^ The present study confirms these relationships in a larger cohort of participants with type 2 diabetes, and it also identifies robust and independent inverse correlations between overall density of endothelial cell fenestrations and circulating TNFRs. These associations suggest that a TNFR-related pathway may link early structural lesions of the glomerular endothelium with progression of renal disease in the setting of diabetes.
Mesangial expansion is a structural hallmark of diabetic nephropathy and correlates strongly with GFR reduction.^[@R27]^ In the present study, TNFRs remained associated with mesangial fractional volume after controlling for the effects of traditional risk factors. This finding replicates results of a previous cross-sectional study of 22 patients with type 2 diabetes (9 with normoalbuminuria, 13 with moderate albuminuria)^[@R6]^ which found that TNFR1 correlates with mesangial expansion after controlling for age, body mass index, and blood pressure, whereas TNFR2 did not correlate with either mesangial fractional volume or cortical interstitial fractional volume, the only two morphometric characteristics included in the analysis.
Although the present study describes only cross-sectional associations, a number of earlier longitudinal studies have established that elevated levels of circulating TNFRs are powerful predictors of renal function decline and ESRD. Indeed, a previous study in Pima Indians with type 2 diabetes and preserved kidney function, found that higher serum concentrations of TNFR1 or TNFR2 were associated with 60% to 70% higher risk of progression to ESRD during a median follow-up of 9.5 years.^[@R4]^ Both receptors enhanced the discriminatory power of clinically recognized risk factors for kidney disease progression. These findings are consistent with our original report from the Joslin Clinic cohort in which we showed a very robust association between serum concentrations of TNFRs and the risk of ESRD in Caucasians with type 2 diabetes who were followed for 8-12 years.^[@R1]^ We also found in patients from the Joslin Clinic cohort who had type 1 diabetes, normal or moderate albuminuria, and normal kidney function at baseline, that elevated TNFRs predicted estimated GFR \<60 ml/min per 1.73 m^2^.^[@R2]^ Our present study is also consistent with previous reports in which the risks of ESRD or impaired renal function were independent of serum free or total TNFα concentrations.^[@R1],[@R2]^ Among patients with type 1 diabetes who were enrolled in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and had normal albuminuria and no cardiovascular disease at baseline, increased serum TNFR1 and TNFR2 were associated with 30-50% higher odds of severe albuminuria.^[@R28]^ However, the risk of impaired renal function according to the baseline concentrations of TNFRs was not reported in the DCCT cohort.
Strengths of the present study include a phenotypically well-characterized population with kidney disease attributable nearly exclusively to diabetes and in which earlier detection of diabetes allows the initial stages of diabetic nephropathy to be studied.^[@R29]^ A limitation is the cross-sectional design which precludes causal inferences about the associations between circulating TNFRs and glomerular morphologic changes. Nevertheless, multiple previous prospective studies consistently demonstrate that high serum concentrations of TNFRs strongly predict the renal function decline that leads to ESRD, and we now show that TNFRs are associated with the principal glomerular structural antecedents of this decline. Another potential limitation is that the study was conducted in the context of a clinical trial in which the treatment being evaluated was associated with structural preservation among participants with moderate albuminuria. Nevertheless, the conclusions were unchanged when we accounted for treatment assignment in the analysis. We also presented results separately by treatment assignment, and they are generally consistent with the results from the entire cohort ([Supplemental Table 1](#SD1){ref-type="supplementary-material"}). Each analyte was measured only once, but we reported previously that TNFR1 and TNFR2 concentrations are stable over 2-3 years.^[@R2]^
In summary, elevated serum concentrations of TNFR1 or TNFR2 correlate with glomerular structural lesions in patients with type 2 diabetes and normal or high-normal GFR. The most prominent correlations are with the percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium and with the mesangial fractional volume, after adjusting for the effects of traditional risk factors. These findings suggest that the TNFRs may be involved in the pathogenesis of early glomerular lesions in diabetic nephropathy.
Materials and Methods {#S4}
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Study Participants {#S5}
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Between 1965 and 2007, Pima Indians from the Gila River Indian Community participated in a longitudinal study of diabetes and its complications. Each member of this community who was at least 5 years old was invited to have a research examination approximately every 2 years. Diabetes was diagnosed by a 2-hour post-load plasma glucose concentration ≥200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l) at these biennial examinations, or when the diagnosis was otherwise documented in the medical record. For the present study, we selected participants from this longitudinal population based study who had type 2 diabetes and also participated in a 6-year randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the renoprotective efficacy of losartan ([ClinicalTrials.gov](http://ClinicalTrials.gov) number NCT00340678).^[@R7]^ By design, participants in the clinical trial were stratified at baseline into two groups according to the level of urinary albumin excretion during screening, and they were randomized to receive either placebo or losartan within each group. In one stratum, participants had normal ACR and in the other they had moderate ACR, so the study included participants who were clinically normal. The clinical trial included annual measurements of GFR by the urinary clearance of iothalamate and a kidney biopsy at the end of the treatment period. Treatment was associated with preservation of mesangial fractional volume among participants with moderate albuminuria at baseline. Of the 111 participants who had morphometric measurements as part of the clinical trial, 83 who had available serum to measure the TNFRs at the research examination closest to the kidney biopsy were included in the present study. Forty-four participants (53%) were in the normal ACR stratum at the onset of the clinical trial. TNFα was also measured in a subset of 74 participants who had sufficient remaining serum volume to do so. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Each subject gave informed consent.
Laboratory Measurements {#S6}
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Laboratory measurements from the research examination closest to the kidney biopsy are reported. All urine and serum samples were stored at -80°C until assay. Urinary albumin was measured by nephelometric immunoassay and urinary creatinine by a modified Jaffé reaction.^[@R30],[@R31]^ Urinary albumin concentrations below the threshold detected by the assay (\<6.8 mg/L) were set to 6.8 mg/L in the analyses. Urinary albumin excretion was estimated by computing the urinary ACR in units of mg/g. A1c was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. A high-performance liquid chromatography system also was used to measure urinary clearance of non-radioactive iothalamate for GFR determination.^[@R32]^
Serum concentrations of free TNFα and the TNFRs were measured by ELISA in Dr. A. Krolewski\'s laboratory, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, according to the same protocol used in the Joslin Kidney Study.^[@R1]^ Intra-assay coefficient of variation (CV) for mGFR was 1.1%, for TNFR1 and TNFR2 were \<5%, and for TNFα \<10%; the inter-assay CVs were 2.9%, 16%, 5%, and 15.8%, respectively. Reproducibility of the TNFR assays was assessed by intra-class correlation of measurements from 21 duplicate samples blinded to the performance laboratory. The intra-class correlation for TNFR1 was 0.92 and for TNFR2 was 0.99, reflecting good agreement.
Body mass index was defined as weight divided by the square of height (kg/m2). Mean arterial pressure was calculated as MAP = 2/3 diastolic arterial pressure + 1/3 systolic arterial pressure.
Morphometric Methods {#S7}
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Masked unbiased random sampling morphometric methods were used to measure structural parameters.^[@R7]^ Digital light and electron micrographs were measured using formal stereologic methods to account for two-dimensional sampling of three-dimensional objects.^[@R33]^ Morphometric variables examined included mean glomerular volume, percent globally sclerotic glomeruli, cortical interstitial fractional volume, mesangial fractional volume, total filtration surface per glomerulus, GBM width, number of endothelial cells+mesangial cells per glomerulus, number of podocytes per glomerulus, filtration slit frequency, podocyte foot process width, percent podocyte detachment, and percentage of normally fenestrated endothelium.^[@R7],[@R20],[@R21],[@R28],[@R34]^ An equation that accounts for the smaller diameter of sclerotic glomeruli, and the consequent difference in the probability of encountering a sclerotic or nonsclerotic glomerulus in a random cross-section, was used to calculate the percentage of sclerotic glomeruli.^[@R35]^ An average of 15±6 glomeruli were examined in each participant by light microscopy and 3±1 by electron microscopy for the morphometric measurements. Glomerular variables for each individual were calculated as the mean of all glomeruli evaluated for that individual.
Statistical Analyses {#S8}
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Clinical and demographic features are presented as medians and IQRs or as means and standard deviations (SDs) in all participants combined and in three groups of participants separated at the 25^th^ and 75^th^ percentiles of TNFR1. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare variables across percentiles of TNFR1; Mantel-Haenszel χ^2^ tests for general association were used to examine relationships between TNFR percentiles and the categorical variables hypertension, lipid lowering, and hypoglycemic treatment. Associations between clinical characteristics, glomerular structural variables, and the biomarkers were explored by Spearman\'s correlation. Partial correlation analysis was used to study the relationships between biomarkers and structural measurements after adjustment for the effects of age, sex, diabetes duration, blood pressure, body mass index, and A1c by multivariable linear regression (Model 1). Associations between biomarkers and morphometric measures were assessed graphically using the partial regression residual plot (*i.e*., plot of the correlation between the residuals from regressing the biomarkers on covariates described above and the residuals from regressing morphometric measurements on covariates).
Two sensitivity analyses were performed. In the first analysis, treatment assignment from the clinical trial was added to the linear regression models (Model 2). In the second, we added mGFR and ACR to the linear regression models (Model 3).
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**Supplemental Figure 1**. Complete image with scale bar for left panel of [Figure 3](#F3){ref-type="fig"}. Scale bar illustrates a length of 500 nm.
**Supplemental Figure 2**. Complete image with scale bar for right panel of [Figure 3](#F3){ref-type="fig"}. Scale bar illustrates a length of 2 μm.
**Supplemental Table 1.** Adjusted correlation coefficients for the associations between TNFRs and renal morphometric variables modeled separately according to treatment assignment during the clinical trial. Model 1 was adjusted for age, sex, diabetes duration, A1c, body mass index, and mean arterial pressure; Model 3 included Model 1 covariates and GFR and ACR. Model 2 was not shown, since the analyses were modeled separately by treatment assignment.
This study was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, by the American Diabetes Association (Clinical Science Award 1-08-CR-42), and by grants from the National Institutes of Health: DRC P30DK036836 to M.A. Niewczas; DK41526 and DK67638 to A.S. Krolewski. Parts of this study were presented in abstract form at the American Society of Nephrology annual meeting and scientific exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13-16 November 2014.
**Disclosures**: A.S.K. and M.A.N are co-inventors in a patent application on TNFRs, which is assigned to Joslin Diabetes Center, and is licensed to EKF Diagnostics.
**Disclaimer**: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Characteristics of 83 participants with type 2 diabetes.
Clinical Characteristics
----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------
**Measured Markers**
TNFR1 (pg/mL) 1500 (1205-1960)
TNFR2 (pg/mL) 3283 (2670-4151)
TNFα (pg/mL)[a](#TFN2){ref-type="table-fn"} 4.1 (2.9-5.7)
**Other Characteristics**
Age (years)[b](#TFN3){ref-type="table-fn"} 46.3 ± 10.1
Diabetes duration (years) 14.1 (11.7-20.3)
Body mass index (kg/m^2^) 34.2 (29.7-40.0)
A1c (%) 9.2 (7.6-11.2)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 124 (111-132)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 77 (70-84)
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 93 (85-99)
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.67 (0.61-0.80)
ACR (mg/g) 26 (12-127)
mGFR (ml/min) 130 (107-174)
mGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 119 (94-155)
Hypertension treatment (%)[c](#TFN4){ref-type="table-fn"} 45
Diabetes treatment (%) 90
Lipid lowering treatment (%) 30
Values are medians (25^th^ and 75^th^ centile).
n=74
Mean ± standard deviation
n=30 on ACE and 6 on ARB.
ACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; A1c, hemoglobin A1c; mGFR, iothalamate glomerular filtration rate; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α; TNFR, tumor necrosis factor receptor.
######
Characteristics of 83 participants with type 2 diabetes by TNFR1 and TNFR2 percentiles.
Strata of TNFR1 (percentiles)
------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ --------------------------------------
**Measured Markers**
TNFR1 (pg/mL) 1055 (931-1120) 1500 (1374-1653) 2156 (2039-2564)
TNFR2 (pg/mL) 2214 (1937-2471) 3284 (2935-3629) 4756 (4135-5250) \<0.001
TNFα (pg/mL)[a](#TFN7){ref-type="table-fn"} 4.6 (3.1-5.9) 4.1 (2.7-5.1) 4.1 (3.0-5.6) 0.82
**Other Characteristics**
Age (years)[b](#TFN8){ref-type="table-fn"} 42.9 ± 9.8 46.4 ± 9.9 49.1 ± 10.3 0.15
Diabetes duration (years) 13.0 (11.2-19.4) 14.0 (11.1-20.5) 15.0 (12.4-22.4) 0.33
Body mass index (kg/m^2^) 31.4 (27.6-38.4) 33.3 (29.8-40.0) 36.1 (31.7-44.6) 0.14
A1c (%) 9.4 (7.6-10.9) 9.2 (7.5-11.5) 9.2 (7.6-11.2) 0.98
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119 (107-125) 124 (109-132) 127 (117-141) 0.10
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 74 (70-84) 76 (70-83) 82 (72-87) 0.24
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 89 (83-98) 92 (85-97) 96 (88-104) 0.11
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.61(0.5-0.67) 0.67 (0.60-0.79) 0.76 (0.68-0.97) \<0.001
ACR (mg/g) 18 (12-41) 26 (10-88) 97 (28-923) 0.02
mGFR (ml/min) 150 (117-170) 136 (107-188) 115 (85-133) 0.04
mGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 136 (117-160) 123 (94-161) 102 (81-110) 0.004
Hypertension treatment (%)[c](#TFN9){ref-type="table-fn"} 26 47 57 0.14[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Losartan treatment assignment (%)[e](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"} 63 58 33 0.11[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Diabetes treatment (%) 89 86 100 0.21[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Lipid lowering treatment (%) 21 33 33 0.62[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
**Strata of TNFR2 (percentiles)**
**Clinical Characteristics** T1 (n=21) T2 (n=42) T3 (n=20) p
**Measured Markers**
TNFR1 (pg/mL) 1093 (970-1159) 1509 (1369-1854) 2218 (1981-2585) \<0.001
TNFR2 (pg/mL) 2227 (2054-2496) 3290 (2984-3590) 4848 (4561-5390)
TNFα (pg/mL)[f](#TFN12){ref-type="table-fn"} 4.6 (3.1-5.9) 3.7 (2.9-4.7) 5.0 (2.5-6.7) 0.34
**Other Characteristics**
Age (years)[b](#TFN8){ref-type="table-fn"} 45.3 ± 9.2 46.9 ± 10.5 48.0 ± 10.6 0.68
Diabetes duration (years) 12.9 (11.3-15.0) 14.3 (11.7-20.9) 15.3 (12.6-19.6) 0.41
Body mass index (kg/m^2^) 31.4 (28.3-37.7) 33.3 (29.8-39.2) 38.6 (32.1-44.8) 0.09
A1c (%) 9.1 (6.5-10.4) 9.7 (8.3-11.5) 8.8 (7.2-11.4) 0.11
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 111 (107-125) 124 (114-132) 126 (117-141) 0.046
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 74 (70-83) 77 (72-83) 79 (70-87) 0.56
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 89 (82-95) 93 (87-98) 94 (87-103) 0.17
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.65 (0.57-0.69) 0.67 (0.60-0.74) 0.8 (0.66-0.99) 0.009
ACR (mg/g) 18 (12-45) 27 (12-97) 93 (20-978) 0.03
mGFR (ml/min) 142 (126-167) 134 (107-191) 119 (102-141) 0.14
mGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 134 (117-158) 122 (101-169) 103 (84-121) 0.05
Hypertension treatment (%)[g](#TFN13){ref-type="table-fn"} 29 48 55 0.20[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Losartan treatment assignment (%)[e](#TFN14){ref-type="table-fn"} 67 50 45 0.33[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Diabetes treatment (%) 81 95 90 0.20[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
Lipid lowering treatment (%) 24 36 25 0.53[d](#TFN10){ref-type="table-fn"}
T1, TNFR1 and TNFR2 \<25^th^ percentile; T2, TNFR1 and TNFR2 25^th^ to 75^th^ percentile; T3, TNFR1and TNFR2 \>75^th^ percentile.
TNFR1 values for the 25^th^ percentile cut point=1205 pg/mL, and for the 75^th^ percentile cut point=1960 pg/mL.
TNFR2 values for the 25^th^ percentile cut point=2671 pg/mL, and for the 75^th^ percentile cut point=4152 pg/mL.
Values are medians (25^th^ and 75^th^ centile).
n=74; 17; 37; 20.
Mean ± standard deviation.
T1=2 on ACE and 2 on ARB; T2=17 on ACE and 3 on ARB; T3=11 on ACE and 1 on ARB.
P values from Mantel-Haenszel χ^2^ test for general association.
Assigned to receive losartan during clinical trial.
n=74; 19; 36; 19.
T1=4 on ACE and 1 on ARB; T2=17 on ACE and 3 on ARB; T3=9 on ACE and 2 on ARB.
ACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; A1c, hemoglobin A1c; mGFR, iothalamate glomerular filtration rate; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α; TNFR, tumor necrosis factor receptor.
######
Renal glomerular structural characteristics of 83 participants with type 2 diabetes by TNFR1 percentiles.
Strata of TNFR1 (percentiles)
------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ---------
Mean glomerular volume (×10^6^μ^3^) 5.5 (4.7-6.4) 5.8 (4.9-6.9) 5.4 (4.2-7.4) 0.46
Glomerular basement membrane width (nm) 513 (367-560) 457 (393-611) 561 (474-649) 0.02
Cortical interstitial fractional volume (%) 30 (28-33) 29 (24-33) 31 (29-35) 0.18
Mesangial fractional volume (%) 17 (13-20) 17 (13-23) 27 (18-32) 0.002
Total filtration surface per glomerulus (×10^5^μ^2^) 4.2 (3.4-5.1) 4.2 (3.5-5.6) 3.3 (2.3-4.0) 0.02
Non-podocyte number per glomerulus) 3171 (2066-4447) 3696 (2705-4803) 4010 (2991-5377) 0.06
Global glomerular sclerosis (%) 3.3 (0-16.4) 5.4 (0-17.7) 10.2 (0-32.1) 0.30
**Podocyte structural variables**
Podocyte number per glomerulus 672 (518-724) 610 (462-733) 525 (413-725) 0.46
Filtration slit frequency (slits/mm) 1489 (1266-1648) 1354 (1231-1518) 1296 (1165-1485) 0.08
Foot process width (nm) 409 (378-499) 470 (415-525) 494 (430-570) 0.02
Podocyte detachment (%) 0.28 (0-0.92) 0.46 (0-1.07) 0.56 (0-2.26) 0.83
**Endothelial variable**
Fenestrated endothelium (%) 31.2 (25.9-37.8) 29.0 (22.3-33.0) 22.9 (17.6-24.5) \<0.001
Strata of TNFR2 (percentiles)
**General Structural Variables** T1 (n=21) T2 (n=42) T3 (n=20) p
Mean glomerular volume (×10^6^μ^3^) 5.5 (5.0-6.7) 5.7 (4.5-6.8) 5.5 (4.3-7.3) 0.99
Glomerular basement membrane width (nm) 455 (367-556) 503 (411-588) 563 (448-661) 0.06
Cortical interstitial fractional volume (%) 29 (25-33) 30 (24-35) 30 (26-33) 0.87
Mesangial fractional volume (%) 15 (12-19) 20 (14-26) 22 (16-27) 0.01
Total filtration surface per glomerulus (×10^5^μ^2^) 4.5 (3.7-5.7) 4.2 (3.4-5.1) 3.4 (2.6-4.0) 0.03
Non-podocyte number per glomerulus) 3171 (2360-4447) 3752 (2922-4982) 3863 (2760-4719) 0.32
Global glomerular sclerosis (%) 3.3 (0-13.0) 4.8 (0-16.5) 15.1 (0-32) 0.17
**Podocyte structural variables**
Podocyte number per glomerulus) 672 (538-733) 604 (462-724) 551 (374-705) 0.21
Filtration slit frequency (slits/mm) 1489 (1290-1621) 1350 (1237-1490) 1252 (1145-1523) 0.03
Foot process width (nm) 415 (388-449) 481 (428-524) 513 (404-571) 0.02
Podocyte detachment (%) 0.10 (0-0.77) 0.39 (0-1.16) 0.55 (0-1.8) 0.64
**Endothelial variable**
Fenestrated endothelium (%) 32.8 (27.6-36.1) 26.8 (22.15-31.74) 23.4 (18.5- 26.6) \<0.001
T1, TNFR1 and TNFR2 \<25^th^ percentile; T2, TNFR1 and TNFR2 25^th^ to 75^th^ percentile; T3, TNFR1 and TNFR2 \>75^th^ percentile.
TNFR1 values for the 25^th^ percentile cut point=1205 pg/mL, and for the 75^th^ percentile cut point=1960 pg/mL.
TNFR2 values for the 25^th^ percentile cut point=2671 pg/mL, and for the 75^th^ percentile cut point=4152 pg/mL.
Values are medians (25^th^ and 75^th^ centile).
######
Spearman\'s correlations of TNFα and TNFRs with clinical characteristics and glomerular structural parameters in 83 Pima Indians with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
TNFR1 TNFR2 TNFα
------------------------------------------------------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ------
**Clinical variables**
Age (years) 0.29 0.01 0.13 0.26 -0.12 0.30
Diabetes duration (years) 0.24 0.03 0.20 0.07 -0.17 0.14
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.06 0.23 0.04
Body mass index (kg/m^2^) 0.23 0.03 0.28 0.01 -0.05 0.67
A1c (%) -0.13 0.25 0.05 0.66 0.27 0.02
mGFR (ml/min) -0.35 0.001 -0.28 0.01 0.13 0.28
ACR (mg/g) 0.36 0.001 0.37 0.001 0.03 0.79
**Measured markers**
TNFR1 1 0.84 \<0.001 -0.14 0.23
TNFR2 0.84 \<0.001 1 -0.05 0.69
TNFα (pg/mL) -0.14 0.23 -0.05 0.69 1
**General structural variables**
Mean glomerular volume (×10^6^μ^3^) -0.03 0.80 0.005 0.96 0.17 0.14
Glomerular basement membrane width (nm) 0.23 0.04 0.26 0.02 0.01 0.91
Cortical interstitial fractional volume (%) 0.12 0.28 0.07 0.54 0.10 0.38
Mesangial fractional volume (%) 0.36 0.001 0.38 \<0.001 -0.01 0.91
Total filtration surface per glomerulus (×10^5^μ^2^) -0.27 0.01 -0.29 0.01 -0.05 0.68
Non-podocyte number per glomerulus) 0.18 0.10 0.18 0.10 0.12 0.31
Global glomerular sclerosis (%) 0.25 0.02 0.18 0.11 -0.19 0.11
**Podocyte structural variables**
Podocyte number per glomerulus) -0.23 0.04 -0.16 0.14 0.15 0.20
Filtration slit frequency (slits/mm) -0.24 0.03 -0.29 0.01 -0.17 0.14
Foot process width (nm) 0.29 0.01 0.31 0.004 0.15 0.20
Podocyte detachment (%) 0.05 0.63 0.08 0.45 -0.13 0.27
**Endothelial variable**
Fenestrated endothelium (%) -0.42 \<0.001 -0.43 \<0.001 0.04 0.75
ACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; A1c, hemoglobin A1c; mGFR, iothalamate glomerular filtration rate; r, correlation coefficient; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α; TNFR, tumor necrosis factor receptor.
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Q:
How to place different sized widgets side by side?
I have the following widgets which define to scrollbars with text:
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import *
# -------------
# set_up_output_scrollbar
def set_up_output_scrollbar():
output_scrollbar = Scrollbar(root)
output_scrollbar_text = Text(root, height=scrollbar_height, width=scrollbar_width)
output_scrollbar.config(command=output_scrollbar_text.yview)
return output_scrollbar, output_scrollbar_text
# -------------
# set_up_calculations_scrollbar
def set_up_calculation_scrollbar():
calculation_scrollbar = Scrollbar(root)
calculation_scrollbar_text = Text(root, height=calculation_scrollbar_height, width=calculation_scrollbar_width)
calculation_scrollbar.config(command=calculation_scrollbar_text.yview)
return calculation_scrollbar, calculation_scrollbar_text
Example on setup:
# -------------------------------------------
# PROGRAMM SET UP
if __name__ == '__main__':
# ---------------------------
# main definition of gui
root = Tk()
root.title('Wetterderivate und Klima v_a0.0.1')
#icon_path = get_local_path()
#root.iconbitmap(icon_path + 'icon.ico') # icon
root.geometry("1920x1080")
root.resizable(width=False, height=False)
# ---------------------------
# call initial functions and set inital values
scrollbar_width = 75
scrollbar_height = 15
calculation_scrollbar_height = 25
calculation_scrollbar_width = 100
# -------------
# output_scrollbar
output_scrollbar, output_scrollbar_text = set_up_output_scrollbar()
output_scrollbar_text.grid(row=6, column=0, sticky='NS')
output_scrollbar.grid(row=6, column=1, sticky='NS')
# -------------
# calculation_scrollbar
calculation_scrollbar, calculation_scrollbar_text = set_up_calculation_scrollbar()
calculation_scrollbar_text.grid(row=1, column=4, sticky='NS')
calculation_scrollbar.grid(row=1, column=5, sticky='NS')
root.mainloop()
How I can place them independed of each other side by side? Above the output_scrollbar are a lot of buttons and menus so when I place the calculation_scrollbar it shows like that:
A:
You can use the arguments columnspan and rowspan to have one of the widgets spanning over several rows and columns. In your case, the Text widget and the scrollbar on the right should span several rows:
calculation_scrollbar.grid(row=1, rowspan=6, column=5, sticky='NS')
At least I gather that 6 rows should suffice, given the other scrollbar resting at row 6. Just give the text-widget the same rowspan or it will look awkward.
EDIT: Sometimes it may also be a good idea to use Frame-widgets to organize your window. In your case, I would recommend three frames (top left, bottom left, right). Each of the frames then has its own grid.
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Mechanisms of P(i) regulation of the skeletal muscle SR Ca(2+) release channel.
Inorganic phosphate (P(i)) accumulates in the fibers of actively working muscle where it acts at various sites to modulate contraction. To characterize the role of P(i) as a regulator of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium (Ca(2+)) release channel, we examined the action of P(i) on purified SR Ca(2+) release channels, isolated SR vesicles, and skinned skeletal muscle fibers. In single channel studies, addition of P(i) to the cis chamber increased single channel open probability (P(o); 0.079 +/- 0.020 in 0 P(i), 0. 157 +/- 0.034 in 20 mM P(i)) by decreasing mean channel closed time; mean channel open times were unaffected. In contrast, the ATP analog, beta,gamma-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PCP), enhanced P(o) by increasing single channel open time and decreasing channel closed time. P(i) stimulation of [(3)H]ryanodine binding by SR vesicles was similar at all concentrations of AMP-PCP, suggesting P(i) and adenine nucleotides act via independent sites. In skinned muscle fibers, 40 mM P(i) enhanced Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release, suggesting an in situ stimulation of the release channel by high concentrations of P(i). Our results support the hypothesis that P(i) may be an important endogenous modulator of the skeletal muscle SR Ca(2+) release channel under fatiguing conditions in vivo, acting via a mechanism distinct from adenine nucleotides. | 2023-12-11T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5137 |
SACKED Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss was told by the club's hierarchy six weeks ago they were talking to potential candidates to replace him.
Voss was told on Tuesday morning that his contract would not be renewed beyond this season, and said at a Wednesday media conference that he regretted not having the chance "to see the vision out".
He has decided not to coach out the season and will be replaced by assistant and former Fremantle coach Mark Harvey for the last three games.
Voss, flanked by chairman Angus Johnson and CEO Malcolm Holmes, said he had an inkling his sacking was coming after almost five seasons in the job.
Johnson confirmed the club had spoken to Sydney Swans premiership coach Paul Roos among a number of potential coaching candidates.
Voss said he had "no problem" with the timing of the club's decision and knew they had been investigating other options.
"Certainly there was a process to see where there were other options," Voss said.
"As a result of that, they've got to take some action.
"I was aware of that, that there'd been a discussion.
"Probably the last couple of weeks, the silence has been a bit deafening, I must admit.
"The last couple of weeks [we've] just started to talk about what were the next steps, and it was at that point that I thought this was a possibility."
New coach must be better than Voss: Lynch
Johnson refused to elaborate on who else was in the running and said the Lions would not provide "a running commentary" on the coaching issue, but would outline the appointment process in the coming days.
Lions players watch on as Michael Voss faces the media following his sacking. Picture: AFL Media
he sacking was a decision made by the Lions' board and one that shocked the club's players, who were in attendance at Wednesday's media conference.
Johnson called Voss at 8.03am on Tuesday morning and told him the board was meeting that morning, which gave the three-time premiership player a strong idea of what was going on.
"I think once the decision has been made, that's the decision," Voss said.
"I'm not the coach that's going to walk out there and fanfare the occasion.
"It's just never been me; I didn't retire that way and I'm not going to coach that way."
Voss said that the person who coached the Lions would need a new level of resourcing, recruiting and trading to be successful.
The club had "made the decision that I am not that person".
Senior Lion Daniel Merrett expressed the players' surprise over the sudden decision.
"We were as shocked as anyone," Merrett told reporters before training at the Gabba on Wednesday morning.
"We're all pretty shattered for Vossy and just shocked by the announcement yesterday."
Voss took over from Leigh Matthews at the end of the 2008 season.
He took the club to the finals in his first season but after an aggressive 2009 trade period that backfired, the Lions have not played in September.
Their best finish since 2009 has been 13th and Voss has a 40 per cent winning record as coach.
The Lions have won eight games this season and sit 13th on the ladder.
Lions players past and present (including, notably, Brendan Fevola) were quick to take to Twitter to voice support for their former coach.
I will be forever grateful for his investment to making me the best player I can be. — Daniel Merrett (@Merrett21) August 14, 2013
Inspiring man and have enjoyed working with him and playing under him. I wish Vossy and his family all the best in the future 3/3 — Tom Rockliff (@rockwiz38) August 14, 2013
It was a great honour to play under Michael Voss,Thanks for believing in me mate,you have built the foundation for our Future #3 — Brent Moloney (@Beamnation3) August 14, 2013
Michael Voss was absolute class in his presser. Goes out a champion till the end. — Brendan Fevola (@BrendanFevola25) August 14, 2013
Very thankful for the opportunity that Michael voss has given me, great coach, great mentor. I wish him all the best! — Sam Mayes (@sammayes7) August 14, 2013
Forever grateful to Vossy.. Monumental to my career an my progression! Proud to say he was my coach, pure class #legend — pearce hanley (@pearcehanley) August 14, 2013
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Q:
Problem with roots of unity
Let $\zeta$ a root of $x^{p}-1$, with $p$ an odd prime, and $K$ a subgroup of the mutiplicative group $\mathbb{Z}_p^{*}$ of index $2$. I need to prove that
$a=\displaystyle\sum_{k\in K}\zeta^{k}$
Satisfy $a^{2}+a=(p-1)/4$ if $p\equiv 1\pmod 4$ and
$a^{2}+a=-(p+1)/4$ if $p\equiv 3\pmod 4$ (i have edited this part, now is correct)
A:
Because $\mathbb{Z}_p^*$ is cyclic, the subgroup $K$ of index $2$ is unique and consists of non-zero squares. We get the non-zero squares twice ($x^2=(-x)^2$), so
$$
2a+1=\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\zeta^{k^2}.
$$
Therefore
$$
(2a+1)^2=\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\sum_{\ell=0}^{p-1}\zeta^{k^2+\ell^2}.
$$
Let us try and determine how many times a given exponent $x\in\mathbb{F}_p$ appears here.
Denote that number by $N(x)$. It is the number of solutions of the equation
$k^2+\ell^2=x$ with $k,\ell$ ranging over all of $\mathbb{F}_p$.
It will turn out that the value of $N(x)$ depends on whether $p\equiv 1\pmod4$ or
$p\equiv 3\pmod4$. In the former case we have $N(0)=2p-1$, and $N(x)=p-1$ when $x\neq0$.
In the latter case we have $N(0)=1$ and $N(x)=p+1$. Furthermore, we know that
$$
S=\sum_{n=0}^{p-1}\zeta^n=0,
$$
as this is a full period of a geometric sum repeating after $p$ terms.
Therefore we get
$$
(2a+1)^2=\begin{cases}p\zeta^0+(p-1)S=p,&\text{if }\ p\equiv1\pmod4\cr
-p+(p+1)S=-p,&\text{if }\ p\equiv3\pmod4.\cr\end{cases}
$$
As $(2a+1)^2=4a^2+4a+1=4(a^2+a)+1$ your claim follows from this.
I'm fairly sure that the proof for the stated result about the numbers $N(x)$ is in e.g. Ireland & Rosen. Trying to recall how it goes. Anyway, this is a basic result about quadratic Gauss sums.
If $a\in\mathbb{F}_p^*$ we clearly have $N(x)=N(a^2x)$, because $(k,\ell)\mapsto (ak,a\ell)$ is a bijection from one set of solutions to the other. Therefore $N(x)=N(kx)$
for all $k\in K$, and we are left with three unknowns $N(0)$, $N(k), k\in K$ and $N(k'),k'\notin K$. We select $1$ to represent elements of $K$ and let $q\notin K$ be a fixed quadratic non-residue.
Assume first that $p\equiv1\pmod4$. Then we know that $-1\in K$, and $-1=i^2$ for some $i\in\mathbb{F}_p$. We have $k^2+\ell^2=0$ if and only if $k=\pm i\ell$. Therefore in this case we get $N(0)=2p-1$ - one solution is $(k,\ell)=(0,0)$ and the other $2(p-1)$ are $(\pm i\ell, \ell)$ with $\ell\neq0$. Let us then determine $N(1)$. If we replace $\ell$ with $i\ell$ we might as well look at the number of solutions of $k^2-\ell^2=1$ or $(k-\ell)(k+\ell)=1$. Here we can let $k-\ell=a$ be an arbitrary non-zero element $a\in\mathbb{F}_p^*$ and we can then solve $k+\ell=1/a$. This linear system determines the pair $(k,\ell)$ uniquely, so there are $p-1$ such pairs. Therefore $N(1)=p-1$, and $N(k)=p-1$ for all $k\in K$. As we have $p^2$ pairs $(k,\ell)$ altogether, we have
$$
p^2=N(0)+|K| N(1)+|K| N(q),
$$
we can solve for $N(q)$ and find that $N(q)=p-1$ as well.
In the case $p\equiv 3\pmod4$ we know that $-1\notin K$. Therefore $k^2+\ell^2=0$ only, if
$k=\ell=0$. So in this case $N(0)=1$. One of seeing that $N(x)=p+1$ for all $x\neq 0$ is to observe that in this case $k^2+\ell^2$ is the norm of the element $k+i\ell$ from $\mathbb{F}_{p^2}^*$. Here $i^2=-1$ and $\mathbb{F}_{p^2}=\mathbb{F}_p[i]$. The cyclicity of the group $\mathbb{F}_{p^2}^*$ together with the fact that the norm is just $(p+1)^{th}$ power then gives the claim. Another way would be to use the quadratic character. I'm fairly sure that there is a similar more elementary argument like the one in $p\equiv1\pmod4$ case, but I can't reproduce it now.
| 2023-08-13T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4512 |
In mesh networks using, for example, Bluetooth technology, there exists a need for resource saving. To a resource-restricted networking protocol that supports mesh routing, the requirement to specify source and destination is a burden. As an example, Bluetooth Low Energy has a payload of 25 bytes wherein the Bluetooth address is six bytes. When security (e.g., Advanced Encryption Standard—counter with cipher block chaining message authentication code mode) is enabled, there is no room for payload. | 2023-12-26T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8445 |
International Journal of Geomechanics
The International Journal of Geomechanics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society of Civil Engineers that focuses on geomechanics, emphasizing theoretical aspects, to include computational and analytical methods, and related validations.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed in Ei Compendex, ProQuest databases, Civil Engineering Database, Inspec, Science Citation Index Expanded, and EBSCO databases.
References
External links
Category:Engineering journals
Category:American Society of Civil Engineers academic journals | 2024-06-12T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7927 |
#!/bin/sh
package=$1
plugin=$2
version=$3
if [ -z $package ]; then
echo "Usage: create-plugin.sh (package) (plugin name) (joget version)"
elif [ -z $plugin ]; then
echo "Usage: create-plugin.sh $package (plugin name) (joget version)"
elif [ -z $version ]; then
echo "Usage: create-plugin.sh $package $plugin (joget version)"
else
clear
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.joget -DarchetypeArtifactId=wflow-plugin-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=${version} -DgroupId=$package -DartifactId=$plugin
fi
exit 1
| 2024-06-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1668 |
Q:
Too much white space between caption and figure produced by tikzDevice and ggplot2 in LaTeX
I'm currently using R's ggplot2 and tikzDevice packages to produce graphics and introduce them in LaTeX documents, but I'm struggling with the resulting big white spaces between the figures and the captions, as you can see if you compare the images (I've manually highlighted the spaces to make it clearer):
Here's my MWE:
The R code:
library(ggplot2)
library(tikzDevice)
set.seed(1)
x <- rnorm(200)
tikz(file = "Rplots.tex", width = 4, height = 4)
qplot(x, geom = "histogram")
dev.off()
and the LaTeX code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\include{Rplots}
\caption{\texttt{ggplot2} plot.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3]
\clip (-0.1,-0.2)
rectangle (1.8,1.2);
\draw[step=.25cm,gray,very thin]
(-1.4,-1.4) grid (3.4,3.4);
\draw (-1.5,0) -- (2.5,0);
\draw (0,-1.5) -- (0,1.5);
\draw (0,0) circle (1cm);
\filldraw[fill=green!20!white,
draw=green!50!black]
(0,0) -- (3mm,0mm)
arc (0:30:3mm) -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{\texttt{tikz} plot.}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
I'd like to know how to get rid of the great space between the caption and the figure via ggplot2.
PS. R version: 3.2.3, ggplot2 version: 2.1.0, tikzDevice version: 0.10-1. I've taken the code for the second plot from Tobias Oetiker's The Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e, version 5.05, page 116.
A:
It's been so long since I asked this question, but I wanted to answer what was the problem in the end.
As you can see in this question on the differences between \input{} and \include{}, the problem has to do with the fact that \include{} does a \clearpage before and after \include{}, that generates the white space I was talking about.
On the other hand, using \input{} is the equivalent to copy and pasting the code into the LaTeX document, that will prevent the white spaces.
| 2024-07-10T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4429 |
Yuri Zavadsky
Yuri Alexandrovich Zavadsky (; 30 June 1894 — 5 April 1977) was a Russian actor and director.
Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and made his acting debut at Vakhtangov's theatre, playing Anthony in Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Miracle of St. Anthony in (1915). He worked in various Russian theatres before moving to the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow as a director in 1940. The most famous actors of his company were Rostislav Plyatt (1908–89), Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Lyubov Orlova (1902–75), and his wife Vera Maretskaya (1906-1978).
External links
Category:1894 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:Russian and Soviet theatre directors
Category:Russian male film actors
Category:Russian male silent film actors
Category:People's Artists of the USSR
Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour | 2024-05-03T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5509 |
CIA source: 4th shoe about to drop
In a very short period of time three scandals have rocked the Obama administration — Benghazi, the IRS, and the illegal seizure of AP reporters’ phone calls. The real truth, though, is that four scandals now beset the administration since there was no resolution to Fast and Furious due to Justice Department stonewalling.
But in spite of the fact that the mainstream media totally ignores Fast and Furious, which would make four scandals if the truth were important to elected officials and the mainstream media, a CIA official has told a Drudge Report editor that a fourth shoe is about to drop, make that the 5th shoe in the correct count, that has Obama political operatives at the White House literally shaking in their boots.
Weasel Zippers reported that Drudge Editor Joseph Curl stated that the source at CIA says that this is the one scandal that truly has the White House in a state of fear and panic. But as of yet no one has been told what the scandal entails.
The comment section at Weasel Zippers went wild with speculation. One reader wondered if the new scandal involves proof of massive voter fraud. | 2023-10-06T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7932 |
The Cote d'Ivoire striker has been linked with a host of Europe's biggest sides in recent months, with Juventus long-term admirers of the player.
But after completing the signing of Wesley Sneijder from Inter last week, the Istanbul club have now turned their attentions to recruiting another big name, as their January recruitment drive continues.
"Drogba is a world-class player. I know that our board is in negotiations. There should be some clarifications in one or two days, but what we know is that there are some positive unfoldings," Sas said following his side's 2-1 win over Besiktas.
On Monday, Galatasaray confirmed on their official website that negotiations with the striker's representatives over a winter transfer have commenced.
"Negotiations with Shanghai Shenhua attacker Didier Drogba's agents over a potential transfer to Galatasaray have started. Any developments will be communicated later on."
The Turkish champions have reportedly offered the veteran striker an 18-month contract worth €4 million per year, with an option for one additional season, while they are willing to pay a €4m signing fee.
Despite the developments, his Chinese club have given little indication as to whether the player will be moving. A spokesman said: "Drogba still has a contract with us. So he is still a Shanghai Shenhua player."
Drogba only moved to China last summer after calling time on his eight-year stay with Chelsea, but rumours have persisted that the player could make a swift return to Europe on either a temporary or permanent basis, with his current club's league season concluding two months ago.
In November, Fifa refused to allow the 34-year-old to make an immediate loan move away from Shenhua, though he could now leave the club on a permanent basis.
Galatasaray also signed Wesley Sneijder from Inter during the January transfer window, and the Dutchman made his debut during the 2-1 derby win over Besiktas on Sunday. | 2023-09-24T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/1477 |
A growing body of research suggests that meditation practices are associated with substantial psychological as well as physiological benefits. In searching for the biological mechanisms underlying the beneficial impact of meditation, studies have revealed practice‐induced alterations of neurotransmitters, brain activity, and cognitive abilities, just to name a few. These findings not only imply a close link between meditation and brain structure, but also suggest possible modulating effects of meditation on age‐related brain atrophy. Given that normal aging is associated with significant loss of brain tissue, meditation‐induced growth and/or preservation might manifest as a seemingly reduced brain age in meditators (i.e., cerebral measures characteristic of younger brains). Surprisingly, there are only three published studies that have addressed the question of whether meditation diminishes age‐related brain degeneration. This paper reviews these three studies with respect to the brain attributes studied, the analytical strategies applied, and the findings revealed. The review concludes with an elaborate discussion on the significance of existing studies, implications and directions for future studies, as well as the overall relevance of this field of research. | 2023-10-07T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7139 |
# Tenko parser test case
- Path: tests/testcases/operator_precedent/sanity_canaries/mul_and_rhs_xor_gte_min_lor_land_eq_or_pow.one.rev.md
> :: operator precedent : sanity canaries
>
> ::> mul and rhs xor gte min lor land eq or pow.one.rev
>
> Random ops to test for precedence
## Input
`````js
x0 * x1 & x2 >> x3 ^ x4 >= x5 - x6 || x7 && x8 == x9 | x10 ** x
`````
## Output
_Note: the whole output block is auto-generated. Manual changes will be overwritten!_
Below follow outputs in five parsing modes: sloppy, sloppy+annexb, strict script, module, module+annexb.
Note that the output parts are auto-generated by the test runner to reflect actual result.
### Sloppy mode
Parsed with script goal and as if the code did not start with strict mode header.
`````
ast: {
type: 'Program',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
body: [
{
type: 'ExpressionStatement',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
expression: {
type: 'LogicalExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
left: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:34},source:''},
left: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:18},source:''},
left: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:7},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:0},end:{line:1,column:2},source:''},
name: 'x0'
},
operator: '*',
right: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:5},end:{line:1,column:7},source:''},
name: 'x1'
}
},
operator: '&',
right: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:10},end:{line:1,column:18},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:10},end:{line:1,column:12},source:''},
name: 'x2'
},
operator: '>>',
right: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:16},end:{line:1,column:18},source:''},
name: 'x3'
}
}
},
operator: '^',
right: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:21},end:{line:1,column:34},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:21},end:{line:1,column:23},source:''},
name: 'x4'
},
operator: '>=',
right: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:27},end:{line:1,column:34},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:27},end:{line:1,column:29},source:''},
name: 'x5'
},
operator: '-',
right: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:32},end:{line:1,column:34},source:''},
name: 'x6'
}
}
}
},
operator: '||',
right: {
type: 'LogicalExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:38},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:38},end:{line:1,column:40},source:''},
name: 'x7'
},
operator: '&&',
right: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:44},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
left: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:44},end:{line:1,column:52},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:44},end:{line:1,column:46},source:''},
name: 'x8'
},
operator: '==',
right: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:50},end:{line:1,column:52},source:''},
name: 'x9'
}
},
operator: '|',
right: {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:55},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
left: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:55},end:{line:1,column:58},source:''},
name: 'x10'
},
operator: '**',
right: {
type: 'Identifier',
loc:{start:{line:1,column:62},end:{line:1,column:63},source:''},
name: 'x'
}
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
tokens (25x):
IDENT PUNC_STAR IDENT PUNC_AND IDENT PUNC_GT_GT IDENT
PUNC_CARET IDENT PUNC_GT_EQ IDENT PUNC_MIN IDENT PUNC_OR_OR
IDENT PUNC_AND_AND IDENT PUNC_EQ_EQ IDENT PUNC_OR IDENT
PUNC_STAR_STAR IDENT ASI
`````
### Strict mode
Parsed with script goal but as if it was starting with `"use strict"` at the top.
_Output same as sloppy mode._
### Module goal
Parsed with the module goal.
_Output same as sloppy mode._
### Sloppy mode with AnnexB
Parsed with script goal with AnnexB rules enabled and as if the code did not start with strict mode header.
_Output same as sloppy mode._
### Module goal with AnnexB
Parsed with the module goal with AnnexB rules enabled.
_Output same as sloppy mode._
## AST Printer
Printer output different from input [sloppy][annexb:no]:
````js
((((x0 * x1) & (x2 >> x3)) ^ (x4 >= (x5 - x6))) || ((x7 && ((x8 == x9) | (x10 ** x)))));
````
Produces same AST
| 2024-06-05T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2157 |
From a1504ea7c24e74fe4d10b024d8105dc66115b01e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:13:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835-camera: Add greyworld AWB mode
This is mainly used for the NoIR camera which has no IR
filter and can completely confuse normal AWB presets.
Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.org>
---
drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c | 8 ++++++--
.../staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-parameters.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/bcm2835-camera/controls.c
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ static int ctrl_set_awb_mode(struct bm28
case V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_SHADE:
u32_value = MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_SHADE;
break;
+
+ case V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_GREYWORLD:
+ u32_value = MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_GREYWORLD;
+ break;
}
return vchiq_mmal_port_parameter_set(dev->instance, control,
@@ -1014,8 +1018,8 @@ static const struct bm2835_mmal_v4l2_ctr
{
V4L2_CID_AUTO_N_PRESET_WHITE_BALANCE,
MMAL_CONTROL_TYPE_STD_MENU,
- ~0x3ff, V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_SHADE, V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_AUTO, 0,
- NULL,
+ ~0x7ff, V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_GREYWORLD, V4L2_WHITE_BALANCE_AUTO,
+ 0, NULL,
MMAL_PARAMETER_AWB_MODE,
ctrl_set_awb_mode,
false
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-parameters.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/vchiq-mmal/mmal-parameters.h
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ enum mmal_parameter_awbmode {
MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_INCANDESCENT,
MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_FLASH,
MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_HORIZON,
+ MMAL_PARAM_AWBMODE_GREYWORLD,
};
enum mmal_parameter_imagefx {
| 2024-02-09T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5765 |
[Improvement in scleroderma kidney with captopril].
In the past bilateral nephrectomy was often necessary in treating hypertensive scleroderma renal crisis. Since the availability of convertin enzyme inhibitors, many patients who were dialysis-dependent have recovered sufficiently to discontinue dialysis. We describe a 32-year-old woman with scleroderma who developed malignant hypertension and acute renal failure and required dialysis. She was treated aggressively with captopril and other agents. After 15 months, renal function improved and hemodialysis could be discontinued. | 2023-11-16T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6937 |
Regulation of WNK1 kinase by extracellular potassium.
Mutations of WNK kinase genes were identified as the cause of a hereditary hypertensive disease, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II; however, little is known about the regulation of WNK kinases. In the present study, we focused on anisosmotic conditions as the initial clues for clarifying a stimulating factor for WNK kinase activity. Endogenous WNK kinase activity in COS7 cells was monitored by the phosphorylation of its substrate, OSR1. Knockdown experiments revealed that WNK1 was a major WNK kinase in COS7 cells. In contrast to the transient increase in WNK1 activity caused by hypertonic medium, hypotonic medium increased the phosphorylation of OSR1 for 24 h, suggesting that the hypotonic medium included a signal for continuously stimulating WNK1 kinase activity. To identify the signal, ion substitution experiments were performed. Surprisingly, even isotonic media with low Cl(-) or low K(+) was found to increase OSR1 phosphorylation as well as the hypotonic medium. Furthermore, WNK1 activation by the hypotonic medium was completely blocked by quinine (500 μM) but not by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (100 μM), and this inhibition was closely correlated with the inhibition of (86)Rb(+) (=K(+)) efflux but not with the inhibition of (125)I(-) (=Cl(-)) efflux. These results suggest that K(+), rather than hypotonicity or low Cl(-), may be an important regulator for WNK1 activation. Finally, we confirmed that high K(+) and low K(+) media under the physiological range decreased and increased WNK1 activity, respectively. Extracellular K(+) is an important regulator of WNK1 kinase activity. | 2024-05-11T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/9784 |
//
// Player.h
// Player
//
// Created by Boris Bondarenko on 7/28/17.
// Copyright © 2017 Applikey Solutions. All rights reserved.
//
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
//! Project version number for Player.
FOUNDATION_EXPORT double PlayerVersionNumber;
//! Project version string for Player.
FOUNDATION_EXPORT const unsigned char PlayerVersionString[];
// In this header, you should import all the public headers of your framework using statements like #import <Player/PublicHeader.h>
| 2024-03-06T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4615 |
Anaerobic infections: diagnosis and treatment.
Anaerobic bacteria outnumber aerobic bacteria in normal flora in the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. They are important and frequent causes of infection, although they often go unrecognized except in the classic and very distincitve clostridial infections and intoxications-gas gangrene, botulism, and tetanus. Although anaerobic infections often originate close to a muscosal surface where anaerobes are part of the normal flora, they may occur anywhere in the body via direct of hematogenous spread. Clues to diagnosis include a foul-smelling discharge, gas, necrotic tissue, abscess formation, the unique morphology of certain anaerobes on Gram's Stain, and failure to obtain growth on aerobic culture despite the presence of organisms on Gram-stained direct smear. Predisposing conditions include aspiration, vascular insufficiency, trauma, malignancy, and previous antimicrobial therapy. Clinical suspicion requires confirmation of diagnosis by appropriate collecting, transport and culturing of specimens while excluding contamination with anaerobes from the normal flora. Treatment usually requires a combination of surgical and medical measures. Penicillin G is the drug of choice for virtually all anaerobic infections except those caused by Bacteroides fragilis, which require chloramphenicol or clindamycin. Investigational agents also appear promising in the treatment of anaerobic infections. | 2024-04-21T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4643 |
Click on the picture to the left to check out our Bridges system, you can look up thousands of titles on ebooks and audiobooks on your device.
After clicking on the icon above, follow these steps for access to the Malvern Public Library's account:
On the top right corner, click "Sign In".
2. Type in "Malvern Public Library". A dropbox should come up underneath that allows you to select the library's name. After selecting "Malvern Public Library", a message (circled in red) will come up and prompt you to click on that to sign into the system.
3. You will then be asked to enter your library patron number. This number will be the four digits listed on the back of your library card. | 2024-03-10T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/2231 |
Peers as resources for learning: a situated learning approach to adapted physical activity in rehabilitation.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the learning that takes place when people with disabilities interact in a rehabilitation context. Data were generated through in-depth interviews and close observations in a 2 (1/2) week-long rehabilitation program, where the participants learned both wheelchair skills and adapted physical activities. The findings from the qualitative data analysis are discussed in the context of situated learning (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998). The results indicate that peer learning extends beyond skills and techniques, to include ways for the participants to make sense of their situations as wheelchair users. Also, it was found that the community of practice established between the participants represented a critical corrective to instructions provided by rehabilitation professionals. | 2024-03-18T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/5308 |
Q:
How to change registry settings on a system through web browser
I am trying to develop a web page that will allow user to edit registry settings in windows system. Can i achieve it with client side scripting language.? If yes please suggest me language to do.
Can we do it with jQuery or any other type of library.
A:
Due to obvious security concerns, this is only possible in Internet Explorer(!). This is not a jQuery library, but an activeX control; so it's quite unpleasant to use.
You have been warned, so here is the documentation :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee156602.aspx
| 2024-06-05T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/3589 |
France is under siege because of the Muslim invasion. They have suffered major terrorist attacks and now Muslim migrants have been rioting and fighting with police in Bobigny which TGP documented here. In this case, a woman was savagely beaten and kidnapped.
RT also reported:
Protesters against police violence have set a car on fire during a rally in the Paris suburb of Bobigny, which followed a police officer’s assault on a 22-year-old man. An RTL van set on fire by the protesters could be seen burning in the live footage. TRENDING: Wray Claims "White Supremacists" Make Up the Largest Share of Racially Motivated Terrorists in the US as BLM Burns Businesses to the Ground (VIDEO) Dozens of young people have occupied an empty lot in Bobigny in the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis department. Some of the protesters have been carrying banners saying “Justice for Theo,” the name of the young man who was sexually assaulted by a police officer with a truncheon.
In this video, a woman is taken from her car and beaten before she is put into the trunk of a car and kidnapped. A man who appears to be trying to help is then shot at by the one of the Muslims. There is no reason why Western nations should be importing these Muslim ‘refugees’. They are the most dangerous and dysfunctional immigrants a country can possibly let in. These ‘refugees’ do nothing to enrich the host nation. Most are illiterate and have exotic diseases that the host nation has already snuffed out. All of these ‘refugees’ need to get deported back to where they came from. Warning: Disturbing content in this video…
Disturbing content. Muslim refugees in France carjack, beat up woman, kidnap her and shoot at onlookers trying to save her. #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/RoV6HgTGcd — Truth Bombers (@Truth_Bombers) February 13, 2017
UPDATE: This incident occurred in 2015. | 2024-06-17T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4708 |
The Washington Post story about Roy Moore sure seemed damning. There were four women on the record saying that the Alabama Senate GOP nominee had pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. The most shocking story was Leigh Corfman’s, who said she was just 14 when Moore sexually assaulted her.
But for Moore’s most die-hard supporters, the article wasn’t that bad ― except in the sense that it was a hit job on the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Moore has vehemently denied the accusations, particularly in the case of Corfman. (The age of consent in Alabama is 16.)
And while some national Republicans have condemned Moore, other GOP officials and media figures are trying their hardest to defend him. Some of the leading defenses of Moore:
It was the 14-year-old girl’s fault for not being smarter.
“I know that 14-year-olds don’t make good decisions.” ― Alabama GOP Geneva County Chairman Riley Seibenhener
The Bible says it’s fine.
“Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth, for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Zeigler said, choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.” ― Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler, who has endorsed Moore
Roy Moore is romantic.
“Roy Moore fell in love with one of the younger women.” ― Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler
“This woman also is not cited making any claims of inappropriate sexual conduct. In fact, she characterized Moore as being romantic, reading poetry to her, and playing the guitar. The woman is cited saying that physical contact only involved kissing and did not progress any further.” ― Breitbart News
Why’d they wait so long to come forward?
“If they believe this man is predatory, they are guilty of allowing him to exist for 40 years. I think someone should prosecute and go after them. You can’t be a victim 40 years later, in my opinion.” ― Alabama state Rep. Ed Henry (R)
“I’m obviously suspicious. After all, some of these allegations are 40 years old.” ― Madison County GOP Chairman Sam Givhan
Girls 16 and up are adults.
“The 16-year-old and the 18-year-old have no business in that story because those are women of legal age of consent.” ― Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak
They didn’t actually have sex.
“I really don’t see the relevance of it. He was 32. She was supposedly 14. She’s not saying that anything happened other than they kissed.” ― Alabama Marion County GOP Chair David Hall
“The allegations are that a man in his early 30s dated teenage girls. Even the Washington Post report says that he never had sexual intercourse with any of the girls and never attempted sexual intercourse.” ― Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler
What about an unrelated Democratic senator?
“If the 14 year old girl stuff about Roy Moore is true, zero of my people will have that. Issue is WaPo has fabricated stories, ignored Menendez underage sex accusations. Trust issue.” ― Right-wing media personality Mike Cernovich
“Media going all out on one Roy Moore article, silent on Robert Menendez who is actually indicted.” ― Pro-Trump conspiracy peddler Jack Posobiec
The Washington Post can’t be trusted.
“The Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump is the same Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore. Now is that a coincidence?” ― Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon | 2024-06-06T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8220 |
Radiation sensitivity and apoptosis in human lymphoma cells.
The impact ofapoptosis on radiation-induced eradication of clonogenic tumour cells is uncertain. The aim was to analyse the relationship of different functional stages during the apoptotic process to cell death and clonogenic cell eradication. Apoptosis in Jurkat T-cells was studied by morphology, light scatter and caspase activation. Mitochondrial integrity was determined by the mitochondrial membrane potential (delta(phi)m). Cell death was quantified using propidium iodide exclusion. Clonogenic cell death was determined using a dilution survival assay. The influence of Bcl-2 was tested using a Bcl-2 transfected Jurkat clone. Irradiation induced profound apoptosis within 48 h associated with caspase activation and breakdown of delta(phi)m. Inhibition of caspases abrogated the apoptotic morphology with no influence on breakdown of delta(phi)m and survival. Over-expression of Bcl-2 abrogated all hallmarks of apoptosis; delayed cell death, however, had no influence on clonogenic survival after irradiation. Based on Bcl-2 as a positional marker, radiation-induced apoptosis can be divided into two stages: the initiation/decision phase, characterized by a breakdown of the mitochondrial membrane potential, and the execution phase, characterized by caspase activation. The execution phase had no influence on survival, whereas the initiation/decision phase controls immediate survival. However, abrogation of both phases did not influence radiation sensitivity. | 2023-08-07T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/4515 |
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ID=Dropbox
Ver=1.0
Desc=This will download ninite installer for Dropbox
Dev=Ninite
DevURL=https://ninite.com/
Evaluation=App
EvaluationColor=002BAE
Update=False
[Variables]
Dropbox=Dropbox
[Code]
File1=Get,https://ninite.com/%Dropbox%/ninite.exe,DEFAULT
Task1=Start(),ninite.exe
[Undo]
Info1=Msg,This script will ONLY download an application.\nNo system changes are made here! | 2024-03-07T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/6773 |
[Radiation pathomorphism after a single large-fractionated preoperative irradiation of rectal cancer (electron microscopic study)].
Results of combined treatment of 113 patients with colon carcinoma receiving a single irradiation (7.5 Gy) before the operation were analysed. The single irradiation was well tolerated by all the patients without complications during the operation and in the postoperative period. It is found at the ultrastructural level that from 70 to 85% of the cells in the tumors removed were irreversibly damaged. | 2024-07-26T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/8202 |
The absence of clear immune correlates for protection against HIV-1 highlight the critical need to identify new pathways of host-resistance from infection. The overall goal of this R21 proposal is to identify novel mechanism(s) of protection in a cohort of HIV-exposed individuals who remain sero-negative (HESN) despite many years of high-risk behavior and exposure. Previous studies of HESN subjects exposed to HIV-1 through IV-drug use and needle-sharing (HESN-IDU) have identified several potential innate and intrinsic mechanisms of protection, including heightened Natural Killer (NK) cell function and increased resistance of CD4+ T cells to HIV-1 infection. Our preliminary data now provide the basis to test an innovative model for how these innate and intrinsic mechanisms of resistance may cooperate to provide a sustained barrier against HIV-1 infection in HESN-IDU subjects. Using a well-described cohort of high-risk HESN-IDU subjects from Philadelphia, we have identified a unique proteomic signature on NK cells from HESN-IDU subjects including the elevated expression of multiple interferon-induced proteins such as ISG-15, MHC-Class I, Granzyme, STAT1/2, as well as the increased expression of several members of the S100 family of immuno-modulatory proteins not previously identified in HESN subjects. Specifically, we identified the increased expression of two cytoplasmic S100 proteins, S100A4 and S100A6, that may stimulate NK degranulation capacity against virally infected cells and a secreted S100 protein, S100A14, that may augment HIV-1 resistance in CD4+ T cells. These results indicate that high-risk needle sharing in protected HESN-IDU subjects may trigger an anti-viral environment involving secreted Interferon and/or S100 proteins that can lead to greater NK activity against virally infected cells and increased CD4+ target cell resistance to HIV-1. In Specific Aim 1, we will measure the ability of NK cells from HESN-IDU subjects and NS-IDU controls to limit the replication capacity of Autologous HIV-1 infected CD4+ primary T cells using an HIV Suppression Assay. We will also investigate if NK cells from HESN-IDU subjects possess increased CD107a degranulation against HIV-1 infected heterologous SupT1 cells and if this correlates with enhanced S100A4 and S100A6 recruitment into the immunological synapse. In Specific Aim 2, we will test the resistance of purified CD4+ T cells from HESN-IDU subjects to HIV-1 infection and investigate the ability of the secreted S100A14 protein to further limit HIV-1 replication capacity. We will investigate the expression of known and uncharacterized host restriction factors in CD4+ T cells from HESN-IDU subjects by proteome analysis and correlate them with infectivity. Together, the Specific Aims proposed in this R21 will test the novel hypothesis that increased expression of interferon-induced factors and S100 proteins in HESN-IDU subjects augment innate and intrinsic mechanisms of resistance by increasing NK-mediated clearance of virally infected cells and reducing the efficiency of HIV-1 replication in CD4+ T cells. | 2023-08-17T01:26:29.851802 | https://example.com/article/7909 |
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