VANCOUVER — The first images of a mutation on a COVID-19 variant of concern have been captured by researchers at the University of British Columbia who say the photos offer some reassurance about how the virus strain may react to current vaccines.
The University of B.C. says the researchers are the first to publish structural images of the mutation found on one portion of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
The spike protein is the part of the virus that opens the door to infection, while the mutation is the change believed partly responsible for the rapid spread of the variant first identified in the United Kingdom.
UBC researchers unveil first molecular images of B.1.1.7 COVID-19 mutation https://t.co/Zjwy1H41QH pic.twitter.com/y9MhKu54vR
— University of British Columbia (@UBC) May 3, 2021
A team led by Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at UBC’s faculty of medicine, found the images show localized placement of the mutation allows it to enter human cells more easily.
The team’s analysis, recently published in PLOS Biology, reveals that, once inside, the mutation can still be sidelined by antibodies from current vaccines.
Researchers say that adds to growing evidence that most antibodies generated by existing vaccines are likely to remain effective in preventing mild and severe cases of the B.1.1.7 variant.
The statement says its researchers are also using beams of supercooled electrons in powerful microscopes to visualize the detailed shapes of other COVID-19 variants that are 100,000 times smaller than a pinhead.
“It’s important to understand the different molecular structures of these emerging variants to determine whether they’ll respond to existing treatments and vaccines and ultimately find ways to control their spread more effectively,” the statement says.
Variants under study at UBC include those first identified in India, California and South Africa, as well as the P.1 variant of concern first found in Brazil, which along with the B.1.1.7 mutation has accounted for a growing number of infections in Canada.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2021.
The Canadian Press
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The harsh world where Adenium oleifolium makes its living does not hide the plant well when it flowers. This is just fine as flowering plants live with the risk of conspicuous colours inviting pollinators inevitably also attracting the attention of those that may cause harm.
Many mechanisms, such as numerous flowers, increased distribution ranges, subterranean bulbs, long flowering seasons, hairy coverings, bitter tastes and other safety measures help different plants to some extent. But there is no life without risk, especially since the living eat the living.
When a plant bears the common name of bitterkambro it is certain that the bitterness of its caudex has been tasted many times; gaining this knowledge involved plant destruction. Another common name, pylgif (arrow poison), confirms the sap to be one of the ingredients of San hunter arrow poison; more plant destruction.
The paradox of ingesting as well as poisoning is encountered repeatedly among the uses of South African indigenous plants. Be sure to know what you’re doing, is the ubiquitous caveat. And be assured that A. oleifolium, as so many other plants bearing poison, features widely in the traditional medicine of local people; still more plant destruction.
A powdery product derived from the A. oleifolium tuber is used in treating snake bite and scorpion sting. While you’re at it, add some fevers for which it has been used and don’t forget the stomach aches. All medical practices include some experimentation as every individual is unique, after all! Better try something more instead of letting the patient die; a feature of best practices that does not always work.
People living off the land learn lots of stuff. The school fees are forgotten long before the old wives’ tales. And the wonders of results based upon a sample of one can be so compelling when one is cornered (Van Rooyen and Van Rooyen, 2019; Frandsen, 2017; iNaturalist; http://www.llifle.com; https://worldofsucculents.com).


Harbingers of Spring
Early spring flowering plants herald the coming spring season after a dreary winter today on Southern Gardening.
Spring flowering shrubs and trees offer a big punch of color. Forsythia may be one of the most beautiful and well known of flowering shrubs. The bright yellow flowers look great against a background of evergreens. Forsythia are hardy and long lived deciduous shrubs. These plants are not fussy about where they are planted, as long as the soil is well drained. And they seem to thrive on neglect. It’s a common sight to see forsythia showering old neighborhoods with their golden blossoms in the spring after many years of abandonment. Flowering quince is another indicator that the beginning of spring is near. The flower buds swell and give a preview of the coming color. When fully open, the masses of cherry red flowers are almost gaudy in a barren late winter landscape. Flowering quince stems can be cut and brought inside allowing the flowers to open. But you have to be careful as flowering quince forms an interlacing network of thorny stems. Redbud is a flowering native tree that certainly gets its fair share of attention. It flowers early in the spring before most the other trees start to leaf out. The flowers are gorgeous with colors ranging from light, clear pink to purplish pink grouped in clusters held tightly against the stems and branches.
Forsythia, flowering quince, and redbud trees announce the coming of spring. You should be seeing them soon where you live in Mississippi. I’m horticulturist Gary Bachman for Southern Gardening.


What they do
Pharmacists supply and make medications and other prescription drugs in hospitals and pharmacies. They prepare and supervise the dispensing of a range of medications, ointments, tablets and other medicinal products, as well as advising both patients and physicians on their appropriate use. They also conduct research on the manufacture, production, storage and distribution of medicines and drugs. Pharmacists have the opportunity to work across the state, from our cities and towns to more remote areas.
Pharmacists may work in community pharmacies, chemists, aged care facilities, hospitals and other medical establishments. They may also visit patients in their homes. Part of their time may be spent researching and testing pharmaceutical products, however most pharmacists make up prescriptions and consult with patients and other health care professionals.
Tools and technologies
Pharmacists often use laboratory equipment and more traditional means for combining medicines such as a mortar and pestle and measuring equipment. They also work with a range of pharmaceutical and medicinal drugs in liquid, capsule and tablet form, as well as other treatments like ointments, balms and lotions. They often use computers, and usually wear sterile clothing including gloves and gowns.
How do I become one?
Education and training
To become a pharmacist, you usually need to study a degree in pharmacy at university.
Curtin University and The University of Western Australia offer relevant courses. Contact the universities you are interested in for more information.
Required registration and licensing
To work as a pharmacist in Western Australia, you need to obtain general registration from the Pharmacy Board of Australia.


The Simple Harmonic Mixing Tool is designed to help you always mix or compose harmonically. No matter which recommendation you follow, the result will always fit. All you have to do is decide on the direction you want your mix or composition to go.
What this is about
Harmonic mixing is an advanced technique used by top DJs all over the world. By mixing tracks that are in the same or related keys, harmonic mixing enables long blends and mashups. To help DJs learn this method, Mark Davis created the Camelot wheel, a visual representation of which musical keys are compatible with each other.
In 2014, out of necessity, I went a step further and created The Ultimate Mixing & Composing Chart, basically an evolution of the Camelot Wheel. And here we are with another evolution, the Simple Harmonic Mixing Tool.
The Camelot Wheel is a circular chart that is used in music theory to assign a unique code to each of the 24 possible musical keys (12 major and 12 minor keys). The wheel is divided into 12 sections, one for each major key, with the relative minor key located inside each major key’s section.
The wheel assigns a unique code to each key, consisting of a number from 1 to 12 that represents the key’s position on the wheel, followed by either “A” or “B” to indicate whether it is a major or minor key. For example, the code for the key of C major is 8B, while the code for the key of A minor is 5A.
The Camelot Wheel is used primarily by DJs and music producers as a way to group keys based on their harmonic relationships. Keys that are adjacent to each other on the wheel are considered to be compatible and can be mixed or transitioned between more easily than keys that are further apart. This is particularly useful when creating mixes or mashups, as it helps to avoid dissonance or clashes between different musical keys.
In addition to its practical uses, the Camelot Wheel can also be a useful tool for music theory students and musicians who are looking to better understand the relationships between different musical keys and how they can be used in composition and improvisation.


Each Friday during term we hold professional development seminars for faculty and staff at NCI.
These events focus on learning, teaching and research and we always have interesting and engaging topics.
Today, our colleague Catriona Flood from the Early Learning Initiative at NCI presented a seminar on the pedagogy of messy play.
During the summer a number of messy play sessions were organised by the ELC and children and parents from our hinterland attended. The kids got stuck in so to speak and often when we looked out our windows into the enclosed garden at the college we were treated to the sight of a multitude of little ones splashing, banging, playing with sand, glup, paint and ‘coloured stuff’. Yes generally making a mess!
One might ask – is this really learning? Yes it is and it is in its purest form. The natural instincts for inquiry, socialising and ‘messing’ with the environment are fundamental for development and growth of thinking skills. Catriona’s presentation focused on the principles of early school education and the thinking behind each of the play activities. Participants at the seminar were also treated to some messy play objects which they duly played with.
Subsequently the discussion focused on the relationship between play and learning even in third level contexts. Play often provides a safe space where new roles and activities can be explored.
One further thought – the kids who participated in the messy play sessions had their first encounter with a college as 3 to 8 year-olds hopefully we’ll see them again as students in the future.


Role of krill versus bottom-up factors in controlling phytoplankton biomass in the northern Antarctic waters of South Georgia
The extent to which Antarctic phytoplankton stocks are controlled by 'bottom-up' and/or 'top-down' factors is highly variable. Here we consider data collected at South Georgia during 3 summer surveys that recorded substantial hydrographic variability. A suite of bottom-up and top-down controlling factors were measured simultaneously at the mesoscale. Sea surface temperature varied by >2 degrees C, macronutrients ranged from near-winter concentrations to near-depleted, while mean densities of a major grazer, krill Euphausia superba, varied between near-zero and >400 g wet mass m(-2). A general linear model was used to identify the main factors implicated in the observed differences in phytoplankton biomass. Despite east-to-west and on- to off-shelf temperature gradients, temperature per se was not implicated in phytoplankton variability. Also, while there was an abundance of NO3-N in surface waters, NH4-N was the key nutrient throughout. A domed relationship between phytoplankton and krill peaked between 2 and 4 mg chlorophyll a m(-3) and 6 and 30 g krill m(-2). The positive side of this dome was represented by the west off-shelf region downstream of South Georgia. Here, an ample supply of micro- and macronutrients promoted high primary production, and low densities of krill presumably had little grazing effect, This positive relationship between krill and phytoplankton biomasses was interpreted as krill accumulating in areas of good feeding conditions. The negative side of the dome was typified by the east off-shelf region, where macronutrients remained high, primary production rates were low, and krill densities were very high. The grazing rates calculated here suggested that krill affect their food stocks severely, and the negative krill-phytoplankton relationship in this region may reflect locally high krill densities driving down their food supply.
Authors: Whitehouse, M.J., Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Korb, R.E., Rothery, P., Fielding, S. ORCID record for S. Fielding


Who Joined the Sit-ins and Why: Southern Black Students in the early 1960s
Mobilization, vol. 11, no. 3, October 2006, pp. 195-211
The wave of sit-ins that swept the American South in 1960 has become a crucial episode in the literature on social movements. To investigate who joined the sit-ins and why, this article analyzes a sample survey of 255 students in Southern black colleges in 1962. The survey includes measures of integration into preexisting social networks. Most surprisingly, students who attended church frequently were less likely to join the sit-ins, though the presence of activist ministers made protest more likely. The survey also includes measures of beliefs and sentiments. Protesters were motivated by strong grievances, for they had an especially negative evaluation of race relations. Yet they were also motivated by optimism about the prospects of success, for they believed—incorrectly—that there was no white majority for strict segregation. The analysis underscores the importance of beliefs and sentiments, which cannot easily be reduced to objective measures of social location.
The variable for SCLC presence (following Andrews and Biggs 2006) was based on a list of affiliates apparently dating from February 3, 1960. On further scrutiny, we consider the second part of this list to be an entirely separate document, from a later date. The variable should be coded from the first part of the list (securely dated February 3, 1960). Thus corrected, the variable has no statistically significant effect on protest (Models 1 and 2), though it still has a strong positive effect on NAACP membership (Model 4). This result strengthens one of the article's main findings, that frequent church attendance made protest less likely.
Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford


What is Honey Processing
Written by Allana Kennedy, Roaster at Outpost Coffee Roasters
Honey process is when the skin of the cherry and pulp are removed but the mucilage is left on. The name ‘honey’ comes from the sticky, sweet, slimy mucilage which leaves the coffee tasting a little sweet like honey. Honey processed coffee often has more rounded acidity than washed coffees, with intense sweetness and complex mouthfeel.
Typically, the more mucilage left on the bean, the sweeter the taste.
Producers often have to wait right up until the time of picking to decide which processing method they will use, either washed, honey or natural. If it has rained a lot, it is difficult to use a natural or honey process as the cherries can be split and swollen and the sugars get washed away.
While I was at a coffee farm in Nicaragua the rain fall was so heavy and persistent while up on the mountains it made honey and natural processes extremely difficult to produce, not impossible but difficult. If the process of drying is interrupted it can produce mold. If honey processing is an option many recommend leaving the cherries for 24 hours before depulping, this allows the mucilage to adhere to the bean and develop flavour.
Now that you know about the three main ways of processing coffee, see if you can taste the difference next time you make a cup!


Although a lot of people know things when it comes to allergies and the various symptoms that it could cause, not everyone realizes how troublesome living with allergies can be. Although avoiding the triggers that cause your allergies is a simple solution, this is not always a viable strategy. Read on to figure out what you need to know about allergy advice.
People are susceptible to different allergens at a specific age. As they grow older, they get even more exposure to allergens and that can even develop into pollen allergies. If you child starts to show allergic symptoms to spores or pollen, be sure not to disregard the possibility of an allergic reaction just because there were no previous signs of a problem.
If you would like to own a pet, but love animals, find a pet with short fur. All pets tend to upset allergies, but animals that have long hair could make it a lot worse. To further minimize your allergy symptoms, don’t let them sleep in the same bed as you.
Think about taking the carpet in your house. If you have wall-to-wall carpeting, think about changing them out for wood, laminate or tile floors, if finances allow. This will make an amazing difference in the amount of allergy-causing substances that you could breathe in. If you can’t, then vacuum on a daily basis.
There are natural remedies available for people can do in dealing with their allergies. These natural remedies can help you fight allergic reactions to pollens and other common allergy triggers. These remedies can alleviate the common symptoms of allergies.
Many individuals dealing with allergies have been advised to put a humidifier in their rooms so that their airways can be used at night to moisturize airways. This might not help as mist from your humidifier can get the carpet wet which causes a musty smell.
Be aware of the stress level. Many allergy sufferers are unaware of the fact that their stress levels can have a strong effect on allergy symptoms. This is especially true for those with asthma. The risk of an attack is increased by the increase in their stress level rises. While managing stress cannot get rid of allergies, it can make attacks less frequent and less severe.
Pet dander and pollen are two common allergy triggers that are not very easy to fight, because they can always be in the air! Tact action so that allergies don’t have the commanding hand while you suffer. Use the information you have just read to reduce or prevent allergy symptoms.


N211: Health Differences Across the Lifespan I patient wear a medic alert bracelet. Refer the family for genetic counseling. Provide support to patient and family during periods of growth and development when increased risk for bleeding occurs (i.e. tooth loss, walking). Inherited bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and sickle cell anemia are autosomal recessive, meaning that both parents must be heterozygous, or carriers of the recessive trait for the disease to be expressed in their offspring. With each pregnancy, there is a one and four chance that the infant will have the disease. However, all children of such parents can get the disease, not just 25% of them. X-linked recessive trait is carried on the X chromosome; therefore, the trait is carried on the X chromosome; therefore it usually affects male offspring. With each pregnancy of a woman who is a carrier, there is a 25% chance of having a child who is a carrier; there is a 25% chance of having a child with hemophilia. If the child is male, he has a 50% chance of having hemophilia. If the child is female, she has a 50% chance of being a carrier.
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Evidence has shown that vestibular rehabilitation can be effective in improving symptoms related to many vestibular (inner ear/balance) disorders.1,2 People with vestibular disorders often experience problems with vertigo, dizziness, visual disturbance, and/or imbalance. These are the problems that rehabilitation aims to address. Other problems can also arise that are secondary to vestibular disorders, such as nausea and/or vomiting, reduced ability to focus or concentrate, and fatigue. Symptoms due to vestibular disorders can diminish quality of life and impact all aspects of daily living. They also contribute to emotional problems such as anxiety and depression. Additionally, one of the consequences of having a vestibular disorder is that symptoms frequently cause people to adopt a sedentary lifestyle in order to avoid bringing on, or worsening, dizziness and imbalance. As a result, decreased muscle strength and flexibility, increased joint stiffness, and reduced stamina can occur. Treatment strategies used in rehabilitation can also be beneficial for these secondary problems.
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Neilson Hays Library is a little-known oasis for both the mind and body in chaotic Bangkok. Libraries are already quite rare in the Thai capital. Neilson Hays Library is not only is Neilson Hays Library a book hub, but also an all-English one to boot. When you walk into the library compound, you immediately encounter a courtyard full of trees, which is another oddity in this concrete jungle. The building itself, inside and out, is a marvel. But to fully appreciate its existence, one should know the history of the library.
In 1869, at a time when Bangkok was nowhere near the metropolis it is today, a group of thirteen British and American women launched the Bangkok Ladies’ Library Association. This was done in hopes of creating a semblance of a true library, where one could share books. The books were originally housed in homes and later a chapel. The association and its activities grew to a point when it was decided that the books needed a single permanent home. In 1914, the plot of land where it Neilson Hays Library stands today was bought and the first simple structure erected.
Jennie Neilson Hays, a Danish missionary, was one of the most active members of the association, serving three times as president. In 1920, she passed away and Dr Thomas Heywood Hays, in remembrance of her life, decided to commission a new library. The original library structure was upgraded and redesigned by Mario Tamagno (who also designed Hua Lamphong). The result is the stately structure it is today. The neoclassical style can be seen from the columns and stucco decorative motifs. The highlight is its beautiful Italianate dome, once the imposing entrance and now a unique art gallery.


Laser welding technology is getting more popular!
This technology in production processes has become increasingly popular in recent years because it does not require post-processing and is a technology with a concentrated heat input.
With laser welding, all types of metals can be welded in a very sophisticated way, even in the range of microns, and the resulting seam forms a completely homogeneous surface and structure with the original material.
It is a special bulk welding process in which the laser beam is guided optically to the surface of the workpiece to be welded. The absorption of the beam creates the amount of heat required for welding. Thus, there is no mechanical or electrical contact between the workpiece and the laser beam during the procedure.
- slight warping,
- fine welding seams
The range of weldable materials is very wide:
- steels of different hardness, stainless steels,
During laser welding, little heat is generated, so the piece to be welded is not deformed and requires little post-work. Contact our colleagues if you are interested in laser welding!


Lack of rain in California has had an unexpected consequence: it has slowed down the movement of the land. In some regions hillsides move gradually, perhaps sliding a metre or so every year, but over the past five years the dry conditions have reduced this movement to a snail’s pace.
The discovery was made by comparing satellite imagery, aerial photographs and on-the-ground measurements from northern California’s Eel river basin. Initially researchers were puzzled to see that the trees and rocks above the slow-moving landslides in the region had barely moved in recent years. But comparing the land movement data with climate records back as far as 1944 revealed that the slow-down was almost certainly linked to the California drought.
In this case rocks and soil have dried out, and there is no longer enough moisture to lubricate the movement of the land. “A question now is how much water will it take, and how long will it take to get water down the depths at the base of these sliding surfaces to reduce the friction and get them to start moving again,” said University of Oregon researcher Joshua Roering, whose findings have been published in Geophysical Research Letters. This summer the team will be collecting more measurements and trying to better understand the plumbing system beneath these slow-moving landslides.
Slow landslips are typical in many parts of the world, causing roads to crack, rails to buckle and houses to subside. The new data from California will help scientists better understand these gradual landscape changes, and the impact that climate change is likely to have.


It failed to land a commercial spacecraft on the moon for the first time. The lander Hakuto-R, from the Japanese company ispace, had sent signals to Earth until just before landing, but after that no contact could be made.
iSpace boss Takeshi Hakamada said at a press conference that it can be assumed that the mission has failed.
The employees eagerly await the landing, until contact with the lunar lander has been broken:
The fact that moon landings do not always go well was already apparent in 2019, when a first landing attempt by a commercial Israeli probe failed after the main engine failed. A few months later, an Indian lander crashed on the surface.
Ispace eventually wants to extract raw materials and water on the moon to set up a manned moon base. With the lander, the company wanted to test the design and technology for it.
The Hakuto mission was the first in a series of planned commercial lunar landings. There are two more US flights scheduled in the coming months alone, Peregrine Mission 1 and Nova-C.
The commercial missions will conduct research into technologies aimed at using lunar resources. The US and Europe want to build a manned base near the south pole of the moon. China and Russia have similar plans. Commercial companies such as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have also set their sights on the moon.
- Japan warns residents of North Korea missile, projectile lands in sea
- Japan destroys ‘cheap’ missile shortly after launch due to engine failure


What is it, metaphysically, for a universal to be instantiated in a concrete particular, or for a concrete particular to instantiate a universal? What is an instantiated universal to that universal? Philosophical discussion around these questions has been ongoing since the beginning of philosophy itself, and the relevant literature is more than vast. Aristotle is usually thought to be the ‘culprit’: the one who created the ‘problem’, but positing that his universals are immanent, i.e. instantiated in concrete particulars. But what does this mean, metaphysically? The mainstream interpretation of Aristotle’s position is that according to which universals are instantiated by ‘combining’ somehow with matter, understood as a primitive bare particular. There are at least three issues with this mainstream interpretation of Aristotle’s position that fly in the face of modern metaphysics and make it, thus understood, unappealing and objectionable. Primitive bare particulars are generally considered an unwelcome addition to the ontology. Further, Aristotelian matter is seen as a suspicious entity, even by nowadays’ neo-Aristotelians. Finally, conceiving of instantiation in terms of a universal ‘combining’ with matter suggests that instantiation is a relation; while there are many positions on the table as to which kind of relation that might be, the very hypothesis that instantiation is (on this interpretation) a relation has attracted much criticism. In this course, we will examine the ‘origins’ of the problem of instantiation of universals in Plato’s metaphysics, and its background in Anaxagoras’s metaphysics; and then come to study Aristotle’s position.


- Despite wide acceptance of writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley, Charles Johnson and John Edgar Wideman, many African‐Americans writers continue to write in the margins of mainstream American letters.
- There are too few black editors and writers in permanent positions at the major publishing houses and this does not reflect the diversity of the U.S. population.
- There is a shortage of black literary publications in that only a handful of publishing companies, including Third World Press and Black Classic Press, are owned and operated by African Americans, and these few cannot publish the work of the entire community.
- Agency representation for black writers is still a problem. Marie Brown and Faith Childs are popular agents overwhelmed with manuscripts.
- Few newspapers, radio and TV newsrooms reflect the diversity of the communities they cover. According to New York University Journalism Professor Pamela Newkirk, author of Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, so long as newsrooms pressure journalists of color to mirror the perspectives of whites, or to write stories that conform to societyʹs fixed views of race and ethnicity, the flight of journalists of color from the newsrooms—and the paralysis of Americaʹs racial discourse—will continue.


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Salvia (sal-vee-uh) Sage; Lamiaceae Family. A large genus, salvia is native to many areas of the world, in the temperate zone and the tropics. Included are annuals, biennials and perennials, as well as shrubs and the kitchen herb called sage, Salvia officinalis. Almost all have small flowers in showy spikes, and are square stemmed, as are all mints. Full sun, ample moisture and a fairly rich garden soil will get best results.
Salvia is easy to grow planted in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil. Though it is drought tolerant and adaptable to almost any climate, it will bloom better with regular moisture and fertile soil. Deadheading encourages a longer bloom time. If plants get leggy during the season, cut them all the way back to the newly developed foliage. If flower spikes are cut back, plants may rebloom in fall but often the flowers are fewer and smaller.
Excellent as a border plant, in mass or containers, as cut flower or dried flower; fragrant flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer and rabbit resistant. Salvia is the largest genus in the mint family with some 900 species of annuals, perennials and soft-wooded shrubs, including culinary and medicinal herbs as well as garden ornamentals.
PLANTING: Set plants 12 to 18 inches apart, in a sunny location where the soil is good and well-drained.
MAINTENANCE: Heat and drought tolerant once established, Salvia is relatively problem-free. Cut back vigorous growth in early summer to assure bushiness; and cut back blooms when spent to encourage a second bloom. Divide plants every 3 to 4 years, if necessary. Winter mulch is beneficial.


Building on recent critical work, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the nature and forms of medieval and early modern childhoods, viewed through literary cultures. Its five groups of thematic essays range across a spectrum of disciplines, periods, and locations, from cultural anthropology and folklore to performance studies and the history of science, and from Anglo-Saxon burial sites to colonial America. Contributors include several renowned writers for children. The opening group of essays, Educating Children, explores what is perhaps the most powerful social engine for the shaping of a child. Performing Childhood addresses children at work and the role of play in the development of social imitation and learning. Literatures of Childhood examines texts written for children that reveal alternative conceptions of parent/child relations. In Legacies of Childhood, expressions of grief at the loss of a child offer a window into the family's conceptions and values. Finally, Fictionalizing Literary Cultures for Children considers the real, material child versus the fantasy of the child as a subject.
About the Author:
Naomi J. Miller is Professor of English and the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, USA. Her books include Re-Reading Mary Wroth (Palgrave, 2015); Maternity and Romance Narratives in Early Modern England (2015); Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood (2011); Sibling Relations and Gender in the Early Modern World (2006); and Reimagining Shakespeare for Children and Young Adults (2003).
Diane Purkiss is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK, and fellow and tutor at Keble College. Her books include Magical Books: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children's Books, edited by Carolyne Larrington and Diane Purkiss (2013); The English Civil War: A People's History (2006); Literature, Gender and Politics during the English Civil War (2005); Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women (2003); At the Bottom of the Garden (2001); The Witch in History (1996); and Women, Texts and Histories, edited by Clare Brant and Diane Purkiss (1992).


What are virtualization extensions?
In computing, virtualization is used to create a simulated, or
virtual, computer within a host computer. For example, if you have a PC running
Windows 7, virtualization allows you to run a Linux operating system (OS)
without having to get another physical machine on which to host a different OS.
Since virtualized computers necessarily run in software (and the
software runs within the operating system of the host machine), the performance
of the virtualized OS, and any software running in that environment, will be
slightly less than it would be running on the OS of the physical host machine.
To help improve the performance of virtualized environments,
some central processing unit (CPU) manufacturers offer hardware-assisted
virtualization. This feature allows a virtualized environment to access CPU
resources directly, rather than doing so through the host OS. This feature
improves the performance of the virtualized OS.
How can I find if my CPU supports virtualization extensions?
Load up your BIOS settings, and look for AMD or Intel
Virtualization settings. If they are present, enable them. Your OS will now be
able to use the CPU's virtualization extensions.
Where can I buy a computer that has Virtualization extensions?
Most new laptop and desktop CPUs support this feature, but to be
sure, look up the model number and look here for Intel
and here for AMD
. Intel will have VT-x and AMD
will have AMD-V


French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data access
French physicists said on Sunday they had used ultra-fast lasers that could accelerate storage and retrieval of data on hard discs by up to 100,000 times, pointing the way to a new generation of IT wizardry.
The research builds on achievements that earned the 2007 Nobel physics prize for Albert Fert of France and Peter Gruenberg of Germany, who ushered in a revolution in miniaturised storage in the 1990s.
Fert and Gruenberg discovered that tiny changes in magnetic fields can yield a large electric output.
These differences in turn cause changes in the current in the readout head that scans a hard disk to spot the ones and zeroes in which data is stored.
That discovery opened the way to "spintronics", a form of electronics that uses not only electrical charge but also the spin of electrons in individual atoms to provide a more compact, denser storage on hard drives.
But reading and writing data through spintronics has been hampered by the relative slowness of magnetic sensors.
In a study published in the specialist journal Nature Physics, a team led by Jean-Yves Bigot of the Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry in Strasbourg employed a "femtosecond" laser, using ultra-fast bursts of laser light, to alter electron spin and thus speed up retrieval and storage.
"Our method is called the photonics of spin, because it is photons [particles of light] that modify the state of the electrons' magnetisation" on the storage surface, Bigot told AFP.
Data is retrieved with a burst that lasts just a millionth of a billionth of a second, said Bigot.
Femtosecond lasers currently measure around 30 centimetres (12 inches) by 10 centimetres (four inches) which means they are too big for consumer electronics, he cautioned.
Bigot added, though, that their miniaturisation is likely to be achieved over the next decade.
IBM, Hitachi and other corporations are "extremely interested" by the research, Bigot said.
(c) 2009 AFP


Alright, moms and dads. It’s time for a family meeting.
Repeat after me: “Happiness equals better grades.”
That’s right. Research coming out of Harvard University shows that there is a correlation between your child’s happiness level and their grades.
To complete this study, researchers collected data on happiness and grades from 94% of the student body at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School near Washington, D.C. The test group included students at elementary, middle, and high school levels.
The students were presented with developmentally-appropriate surveys to measure their happiness as it related to feedback from teachers and other students at the school.
The results? On average, students who reported being happier, had higher grades. There was a statistically significant link between happiness and students’ GPAs, a link which spanned students from elementary through high school.
So how can you, as parents, help your children achieve a level of happiness that is reflected in their grades?
Christina Hinton and Lauren Schiller are the researchers who performed the Harvard happiness study. They found that, at the heart of each student’s happiness, was a network of supportive relationships.
Everything from the quality of your child’s relationship with their teachers, all the way to how they interact with their peers, can help to predict their happiness.
If your child is up for a challenge and serious about improving their grades, then their job this week should be to make a new friend and to seriously analyze their relationships with their peers. Even more importantly, have your child sit back and think about their attitude towards other people. Are they being a good friend, too? What about a good student?
Now…are you as a parent up for a challenge? Then your job this week is to look for places that are positive and structured, with good adult role models and children that share similar goals as your child does. Once you find that place, get your child involved with them! An excellent place to start is Action Karate Plymouth Meeting!
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December 21 marks a change in season and one that can hit certain areas of the U.S. with bone-chilling temperatures.
As we transition to winter, we recognize research funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture geared to help further agriculture during this season. Bundle up and check out a sampling of NIFA-funded projects.
Pennycress: Weeding Its Way to Success
Cover crops are commonly used to protect bare crop fields to avoid soil erosion and limit nutrient runoff from the forces of wind, snow, and water. Researchers with the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences have found pennycress works well as an economically feasible cover crop. A common weed, pennycress can absorb nutrients such as nitrate and phosphorus to prevent them from washing off into waterways and degrading the water quality. And it’s hardy enough to survive Minnesota winters and protect the soil beneath the snow. Read more about this Hatch project here.
Cover Crop Management from a Bird’s Eye View
University of Delaware graduate student Jamie Taraila explored how utilizing “drone imagery to quickly perform stand counts, assess cover crop biomass nitrogen potential, and where cover crop biomass may inhibit corn seed planting and germination.” This technology will help farmers determine potential planting issues related to cover crop biomass. This Hatch? project was supported by NIFA and the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE). Read more on the findings here.
Using Living Snow Fences to Thwart Snow Drifts
With the winter weather approaching, some rural roads become dangerous for travel. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, 13,650 car accidents resulted from snowy or icy conditions in 2017 alone. To help prevent snow drifting onto roads, University of Minnesota Extension evaluated strategies to keep the roads clear by utilizing living snow fences. This practice included planting natural shrubs and grasses, using piles of hay bales and structural fences, and leaving cornrows standing. Read more about this study here.
For more NIFA-funded research, check out the stories below.
- UNH Researchers Receive $1.2M Grant to Study Seasonal Soil Freeze and Thaw
- Advanced Model and Field Data Add Up to Better Cover Crop Management
- Diverse Land Cover Boosts Yields for Major U.S. Crops


This thesis describes an interactive computer program, called "KiriSim", which allows manipulation of a virtual paper for modeling purposes. KiriSim is primarily designed and developed for modeling leaf shapes by folding and cutting a simulated sheet of paper. In many plants, leaves grow folded inside the bud, where the final shape of the leaf is affected by the way it is folded within the bud. Inspired by this observation, the final shape of the leaf can be modeled by folding a sheet of paper properly, and cutting it along a curve delimiting the leaf's margin. Consequently, KiriSim is used to explore the strong points and shortcomings of modeling leaf shapes with kirigami (the art of making models with folding and cutting paper). Aside from its application for modeling leaf shapes, KiriSim can be used to simulate and visualize some origami and kirigami models by manipulating a virtual paper, such as origami frogs and butterflies.
In addition to developing KiriSim to manipulate a virtual paper for modeling, an object-space technique rooted in computational geometry for rendering coplanar overlapping polygons in computer graphics applications is proposed and implemented. This method is employed for visualizing paper models, consisting of coplanar overlapping faces, since existing rendering methods that rely on depth buffer values fail to render these coplanar primitives properly.
Sahar Jazebi. Origami, Kirigami, and the Modeling of Leaves: An Interactive Computer Application. M.Sc. thesis, University of Calgary, June 2012.
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We know that a diet high in sugar will ruin both your teeth and your overall nutrition.
We know that illnesses lower your immune system and increase the risk of infection.
A high level of bacteria in your mouth increases the chances that bacteria travels into your blood stream. Which can negatively affect your overall health. Shockingly, plaque in the mouth can even be an indicator of plaque in your arteries. Having an evaluation of the placement of your teeth could lead you on a path to easing chronic jaw pain and headaches. The human body is made of many unique parts that work together as a whole and in turn can affect each other greatly.
The Center for Natural Dentistry says that traditional dentistry focuses only on the areas above the neck and is the practice of treating the symptoms in the teeth and gums and attempting to prevent such problems from reoccurring. While, holistic dentistry is a philosophical approach that treats the underlying problems that cause symptoms in the mouth, attempting to eliminate those problems to prevent the symptoms from reoccurring. All while ensuring the work done in the mouth does not have an adverse effect on one’s overall health.
A Holistic Dentist will not only focus on a patients mouth and teeth, but will look at their face, head, neck, digestion, and lifestyle; taking the entire body and individual habits into consideration upon examination. The word holistic actually comes from the word “whole.”
Holistic dentists are problem-solvers who want to treat overall health, nutrition, and wellbeing. In other words, they don't only treat oral health, but it's considered a component of health for the rest of the body.
Many aspects of a holistic dentist, may feel familiar, but are significantly different. Here are a few areas that are very different from the traditional dentist.
Most dentists have a realization of the adverse effects dental problems can have a person’s overall health. Holistic dentistry is an alternative approach that focuses on using non-toxic restorative materials. It is not just a procedure, it is looking at the entire perspective.
When people are looking for a dentist, it is important that they find a dentist whose philosophies match their own.
What is your philosophy and how do you portray your perspective to your patients?


United States Code
USC most recently checked for updates: Jun 05, 2023
Findings and purpose
The Congress finds that:
Tropical forests are declining worldwide.
Tropical forests contain 50 percent of the world’s plant and animal species, contribute significantly to the advancement of science, medicine, and agriculture and produce much of the earth’s oxygen. The loss of these forests leads to the extinction of species, lessening the world’s biological diversity, reduces the potential for new medicines and crops and increases carbon dioxide levels in the atomosphere 1
contributing to the greenhouse effect that is altering the global climate.
1So in original. Probably should be “atmosphere”.
The tropical forest of American Samoa is one of the last remaining undisturbed paleotropical forests.
The tropical forest in American Samoa is the largest such forest under direct control of the United States.
The tropical forest of American Samoa contains the habitat of one of the last remaining populations of Pacific flying foxes.
The flying foxes of American Samoa are responsible for a large part of the pollination which maintains a significant portion of the species which inhabit the Samoan tropical forest.
Information presently available indicates the existence of extensive archaeological evidence related to the development of the Samoan culture which needs to be examined and protected.
The people of American Samoa have expressed a desire to have a portion of the tropical forest protected as a unit of the National Park System.
The purpose of this subchapter is to preserve and protect the tropical forest and archaeological and cultural resources of American Samoa, and of associated reefs, to maintain the habitat of flying foxes, preserve the ecological balance of the Samoan tropical forest, and, consistent with the preservation of these resources, to provide for the enjoyment of the unique resources of the Samoan tropical forest by visitors from around the world.
(Pub. L. 100–571, § 1,
Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2879.)
cite as: 16 USC 410qq


PLEIN AIR ART CLASS: Summer Opportunities – Plein Air and Printmaking!
Drawing: Outside Day 8
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Let’s get rolling and get outside to draw from 2 – 5 feet away. One page and one drawing. That’s the goal
Once again… What is your feeling about the process of drawing outside with a book that you made and a particular goal of filling it with observational drawings?
Studio Art 360: Portrait Tuesday – Push Sketchbooks till Friday!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What are two things about PAINTING in ACRYLIC that you have discovered and will STAY WITH YOU in the future?
What is it that you especially enjoy about the image you are creating in your painting? How do the ideas and colors RELATE to you?
Advanced Drawing: What’s the IDEA of your work looking like?
1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
What did you accomplish yesterday with the facial features? Today is another day – Let’s take this 10 minutes at a time…
Tomorrow we discuss the process and planning for the next work.
Handouts for next week:
AP Studio Art: Crit!
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
Based on the conversations you had at the beginning of this artwork, what are some of the qualities / characteristics you worked into the final portrait of your classmate? Would this be something that an audience would learn / see from simply looking at the work?
Well? How’d you do?


Flushed by his success at York, which he had relieved by bisecting the besieging Parliamentarian forces, the impulsive Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Charles I’s nephew and a commander of the Royalist cavalry, was determined to achieve a decisive victory. The Parliamentarians had combined with their Scottish Covenanter allies, and Rupert, reinforced by the Duke of Newcastle (but still outnumbered c. 22,000:17,000) pursued them west to Marston Moor in North Yorkshire. There, the forces confronted one another on the evening of 2 July. Still waiting for many of his infantry to arrive, Rupert prepared to encamp for the night, when the Earl of Leven’s Covenanters unexpectedly attacked. Supported by Cromwell’s ‘Ironsides’ they drove back the Royalist right flank. Rupert rushed to counterattack, but his cavalry too were routed, and the Parliamentarians overwhelmed the Royalist centre. Lord Goring’s cavalry had actually overcome the Parliamentarian right, but were now put to flight by Cromwell and Lord Fairfax’s reserves. Decisively defeated, the Royalists had lost the north.
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Description: Isolated lentis ectopia, known as primary lens luxation, is a serious eye disease that can result in blindness. The lens of the eye is dislocated as a result of damage to the suspensory apparatus, which keeps it fixed in the fossa hyaloidea (lens fossa on the front side of the vitreous). Dislocation can also occur as a result of an accident. The hereditary form is caused by a defect fixation of the lens zonules or suspensory fibers, resulting in glaucoma and loss of vision. PLL occurs with a high frequency in several terrier breeds and in some other breeds where terrier is likely to have occurred as an ancestor. Abnormalities in the ultrastructure of zonal fibers are already apparent at the age of 20 months, long before the onset of dislocation, which usually occurs when dogs are 3 to 8 years old.
Inheritance: autosomal recessive
Mutation: c.1473+1G>A in ADAMTS17 gene
Sample: EDTA whole blood (1.0 ml) or 2 buccal brushes. For official purposes, the confirmation of the dog’s identity by Veterinarian is recommended.
The analysis is suitable for the following breeds: Australian cattle dog, Chinese Crested dog, Fox terrier, Jack Russel Terriere, Jagdterrier, Lancashire Heelers, Miniature bull Terrier, Parson Russel Terriere, Patterdale Terrier, Rat Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Tibetan Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier, Volpino Italiano, Welsh Terrier, Yorkshire
Notes: PLL has been diagnosed in more than 17 dog breeds and mainly affects terriers and related breeds


Everywhere outside the U.S, soccer is called football. The standard rules for soccer is handled by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA.)
Each team has 11 players. The play setup is a lot like basketball, with players in positions across the field.
The goalie can use any part of his or her body to block the ball, but the other players are not allowed to touch the ball their hands or arms. He can only move within an 18 meter "penalty box" around the goal.
In front of the goalie are four defenders, including three backs and a sweeper. The sweeper stands behind the three backs to kick any balls they miss. In front of the defenders are the midfield players.Near the opposing goal are the forwards: left wing, right wing, and strikers at the center. There is no set number of players for each section: Teams often alternate between three defenders, five midfielders and two forwards, or four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards.
A goal is scored when the ball crosses the goal line beneath the crossbar. If there's a foul, the opponent team gets to make a penalty kick. In general, fouls are called for roughhousing or violating the offsides rule.
The game is played in two halves, each lasting 45 minutes. If the teams tie, the game ends in a draw. There is no overtime.
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Neck Pain can be a debilitating health problem. Our necks are made up of a column of bone called vertebrae, which support and move a heavy head which sits on top of that column. Each vertebrae are separated by discs, stabilized by joints and ligaments, and moved by muscles. The neck is very mobile, which makes it easily damaged.
Onset of pain may be immediate or gradually increase over several days or weeks, and present as a deep ache of the neck, shoulder or arm. It can be intermittent or constant, with certain movements or positions making the pain worse. In some instances you might feel burning or tingling down the arm or hand, and headaches are common. You may also experience stiffness fo the neck and shoulder muscles, and have a reduced range of motion of the head and neck.
Neck injuries most often result from motor vehicle, sports or occupational accidents. Damage may occur to vertebrae, joints, nerves, discs, ligaments and muscles. A common neck injury is the acceleration/deceleration injury or ‘whiplash’ where the head is thrown forward or backward.
Bad posture can cause neck pain, ligaments are over-stretched, muscles become tired and the neck joints and nerves are put under pressure. Slouching your shoulders with your head pushed forward, sleeping with your head in an awkward position, or working with your head down for long periods, will all tend to cause or worsen neck pain. If you are experiencing neck pain, it is important that you have your condition assessed by an Osteopath.
An Osteopath can provide an assessment or examination to help determine the source of pain and its behaviour in the body. The location of the pain and how it behaves can provide an understanding of the underlying physiological problem. Your osteopath can then provide an appropriate treatment plan, which may involve:
- Soft tissue massage
- Joint mobilization techniques
- Postural re-education
- Strengthening, stabilizing and stretching exercises to help you manage your problems long-term
- Trigger point therapy
- Advice and recommendations for ergonomics/desk setup and activity modification
Research tells us that symptoms lasting longer than three months become habitual and are much harder to solve. The sooner you get on top of your neck symptoms the better your outcome.


Efforts to prevent human exposure to asbestos may be mobilizing the cancer-causing mineral so that it can reach water supplies, based on new findings about how the fibers move through soil.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) largely remedies Superfund sites containing asbestos by capping them with soil to lock the buried toxin in place. But new research suggests that this may actually increase the likelihood of human exposure to the cancer-causing mineral.
“People have this idea that asbestos is all covered up and taken care of,” said Jane Willenbring, who is an associate professor of geological sciences at Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth). “But this is still a lingering legacy pollutant and might be dribbling out pollution, little by little.”
Willenbring has published several studies about asbestos behavior and, most recently, turned her attention to the lack of information about how asbestos may move through the soils where it is stored. Through lab experiments with asbestos fibers, which were detailed in a paper published Jan. 27 in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, she and colleagues determined that the soil’s organic material actually enables the asbestos to move through the ground and potentially into nearby water supplies.
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Understanding Slavery's Origin & Effect on Different Groups
The Pueblo Revolt occurred in the 1680’s when a little know Indian named Pope led a revolt against the Spanish ruled New Mexico. This revolt was the only complete victory of Native Americans over European forces. The factors that led to this revolt were the constant attempts of Spanish missionaries to convert Indians to Catholicism and to abolish their traditional spirituality. This created a fear in the Indians as they felt that their way of life was threatened.
The Spanish colonization in the south west had taken almost a century to solidify control in New Mexico. However, the Spanish because of their forceful indoctrination methods and use of military created much resistance. The Indians in New Mexico were also being taken advantage of by Spanish by being exploited for labor. For these reasons the Spanish aided in the creation of the Indian resistance (Kessell, 2002).
It is arguable that Spanish control was self limiting in that it was too harsh and did not allow for Indians to assimilate easily. Had the Spanish treated the Indians differently they may well have maintained control of the Southwest for many more years. There were many Indians that did not dislike the Spanish as they viewed them as protection from larger rival tribes. As well the Spanish brought technologies unknown to the Native Americans. But when the Indians revolted it was mainly for the reasons of religious intolerance and loss of way of life to slavery.
Kessell, J. (2002). Spain in the southwest: a narrative history of colonial new mexico, arizona, texas, and california. Norman Ok: University of Oklahoma Press.
By Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Triola Vincent. Mon, Feb 01, 2021. The Pueblo Revolt Retrieved from https://vincenttriola.com/blogs/ten-years-of-academic-writing/the-pueblo-revolt


Cadence is the number of steps that you take per minute. Most running watches will automatically measure your cadence, however if you don't have one you can easily measure your cadence by counting how many times your left foot hits the floor in one minute and multiplying that number by two.
Generally, you should target a running cadence of 180 steps-per-minute. However, you cadence will fluctuate depending on the speed that you're running at -it will be slightly faster for your intervals sessions, and a little slower on your easy runs.
Cadence is a very useful metric to look at when thinking about running technique. Low cadence has a big impact on your form, with slow cadence often suggesting more of a heel strike and resulting in more force being put through each step. This can lead to a higher risk of injury.
Increasing your cadence will lead to less impactful steps and lower vertical oscillation, which will in turn help protect your body (particularly shins and knees!) and save energy, allowing you to run faster and further whilst avoiding injury. When looking to increase your cadence, focus on your body position, ensuring your hips are forwards and shoulders are back.
Many smart watches also have a metronome feature which you can play and try to run in time with the beat. If you have a Garmin you can access this feature by heading to Running > Options > Run Settings > Metronome > Turn on. If you do not have a smart watch you can play a metronome on YouTube such as this video or Spotify such as this song.
If your cadence is well below 180, look to improve gradually over time, aiming for 165/170 at first before progressing to 180 from there.


Today, the most important form of communication among teenagers is carried out through mobile devices. These mobile technologies enable users to “re-interpret their everyday life contexts as potential resources for learning”. Mobile technologies have also various pedagogical practices and issues, which are conceptualised as mobile learning (m-learning). Definitions of m-learning have focused on access, mobility and support for learning in multiple locations without physical network connections. Considering these features of m-learning, it was supposed that exposing students to learning materials –such as idioms in English- at regular time intervals in an m-learning environment would facilitate learning. In addition, using concept cartoons as language learning materials and delivering them via m-learning can make these materials pedagogically valuable sources. Concept cartoons are cognitive drawings that use a cartoon-style design to present conversations inside speech bubbles. Thus, this study included English idioms to be taught by using concept cartoons via mobile phone’s instant messages (IM). To this end, the following question stands out: “Are there any significant differences in students’ learning of idioms via SMS vis-à-vis the other method of delivery, posters in classes?” During the study, thirty seven 7th grade students (age 12-13) have been recruited as experimental and control groups. The first group of participants are exposed to concept cartoons via IM in m-learning environment, and the second group is exposed to same cartoons as posters in the classroom. The data has still been gathered. The full paper will contain findings, discussion, and comments depending on pre and post test results.
Hülya Dönmez, Zirve University, Turkey
M. Betül Yilmaz, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Suzan Kavanoz, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Stream: Integrating e-learning in classroom based language teaching
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Twenty electrodes are distributed symmetrically over the scalp to detect electrical changes in the brain that are associated with
Metabolic or structural encephalopathies
The normal awake EEG shows 8- to 12-Hz, 50-muV sinusoidal alpha waves that wax and wane over the occipital and parietal lobes and > 12-Hz, 10- to 20-muV beta waves frontally, interspersed with 4- to 7-Hz, 20- to 100-muV theta waves.
The EEG is examined for asymmetries between the 2 hemispheres (suggesting a structural disorder), for excessive slowing (appearance of 1- to 4-Hz, 50- to 350-muV delta waves, as occurs in depressed consciousness, encephalopathy, and dementia), and for abnormal wave patterns.
Abnormal wave patterns may be nonspecific (eg, epileptiform sharp waves) or diagnostic (eg, 3-Hz spike and wave discharges for absence seizures, 1-Hz periodic sharp waves for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the most common human prion disease. It occurs worldwide and has several forms and subtypes. CJD symptoms include dementia, myoclonus, and other central nervous... read more ).
The EEG is particularly useful for appraising episodic altered consciousness of uncertain etiology.
If a seizure disorder is suspected and the routine EEG is normal, maneuvers that electrically activate the cortex (eg, hyperventilation, photic stimulation, sleep, sleep deprivation) can sometimes elicit evidence of a seizure disorder. Nasopharyngeal leads can sometimes detect a temporal lobe seizure focus when the EEG is otherwise uninformative. Continuous ambulatory monitoring of the EEG (with or without video monitoring) over 24 hours or longer can often determine whether fleeting memory lapses, subjective auras, or unusual episodic motor behavior is due to seizure activity.
If clinicians need to determine whether an episode is a seizure or a psychiatric disorder, a video camera may be used to monitor the patient while EEG is done in the hospital. This technique (called video EEG) is also used before surgery to see what type of seizure results from an abnormality in a particular epileptogenic focus.


Meetings are often used as a time when the organizer speak “to” other members of the group telling them information. Revealing new information is an important part of any meeting, but communication should flow both from the organizer and from the members of the meeting if the meeting is meant to be a collaboration. What often happens is that there is a perfunctory call for items from the members that doesn’t result in much information partly because members don’t want to be blindsided and embarrassed by their opinion in view of some new information that is coming by the organizer or administrator. Then usually, a strict agenda is set including a few minutes for “questions” at the end of the meeting. The administrator (or the administrator with the people they have carefully prepared) talks throughout the meeting with few responses from the attendees. Sometimes, what ever the administrator talks about is not really the problem of the attendees and so the attendees don’t have much to say. Meanwhile, the problems of the attendees go unaddressed. This is a problem because the staff and professors usually do most of the significant work and meet with students.
Another way to change that is to have a chance at the beginning of the meetings to chat and discuss the kinds of problems the staff and professors are having and then generate a list of issues to address either at that meeting or the next. Alright, well that’s a start. More later.


On Monday, 35,000 people are expected to attend the largest annual public event on the White House grounds, otherwise known as the Easter Egg Roll. When the tradition began in 1878, the event was organized on the Capitol lawn with real eggs. The dyed, hard-boiled eggs were rolled across the lawn to see whose would go the farthest before cracking. Eggs were tossed, hit, and collected. Eventually, a smell arose.
Stewart McLaurin, President of The White House Historical Association (WHHA), said, "As you can imagine, some would be lost and left on the White House lawn, and it created an unpleasantness as those eggs rotted."
Thankfully, the event isn't as pungent as it used to be. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan had the idea to use wooden eggs to commemorate the event. Over the years, the White House Easter Egg Roll has taken on other new forms with festivities added like book readings and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
McLaurin further spoke to Curbed about the history of the day-long Easter tradition. To learn more about the event, Curbed has compiled the memorable dates he spoke of below along with historical photos of the event.
• 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll [The White House]


The day after winning three events at the 1936 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Jesse Owens met legendary baseball player Babe Ruth at a dinner honoring the Olympic athletes.
Ruth, the New York Yankees’ slugger, would retire as the leading home run hitter in Major League Baseball. He knew of Owens’ dominance – including the “greatest 45 minutes ever in sports” – and asked Owens if he was going to win Olympic gold.
“I will try,” Owens replied, according to the Jesse Owens Museum.
“Everybody tries; I succeed,” Ruth said. “Why? Because I know I’m going to hit a home run just about every time I swing the bat. Because I know it. The pitchers, they know it too. Know, Jesse, that you will win!”
Indeed, Owens did win.
At the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, against a backdrop of racial discrimination in Nazi Germany, Owens won four gold medals – a feat that went unmatched for nearly 50 years.
On successive days, Owens won gold in the 100 meters, the long jump and the 200 meters. Four days later, Owens was a late addition to the 4×100-meter relay team that set a world record that stood for 20 years.


Are you familiar with an oral health condition known as dry mouth? Dry mouth simply occurs when your mouth is dry due to a lack of saliva. Saliva is important in the health of your teeth and gums, so it is important to always do your best to prevent dry mouth symptoms from arising. Several different reasons can lead to a prevalence of dry mouth. Itemized below is a list of information concerning dry mouth:
– Due to complications that can arise with your oral health care in regard to medications you are taking, it is important to be aware of any medications that produce dry mouth as a side effect.
– Several risks associated with dry mouth include increased risks for gum disease and dental erosion.
– Dry mouth leads to a downturn in saliva which is necessary for producing disease-fighting substances for your mouth to help wash away bacteria and neutralize harmful acids.
– Dry mouth can produce further side effects including cavities, difficulties breathing, and frequent sore throats.
– Frequent dry mouth occurrences can be associated with underlying conditions such as an autoimmune disease known as Sjogren’s Syndrome. This occurs when your body’s immune system can attack the glands in your body including those responsible for producing saliva
If you would like to schedule an appointment to discuss your possible treatments for eradicating dry mouth with [doctor_name] and our team at [practice_name], please call [phone] or stop by our dentist office in [city], [state].


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What is a critical review?
A critical review is a description and evaluation of a source, usually a journal article or book. It moves beyond a summary to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the source and to comment on the quality of the source as a whole.
- Do not be confused by the term “critical”: it does not mean that you only look at the negative aspects of what the researcher has done. You should address both the positive and negative aspects.
Some instructors will use these words to refer to a critical review:
- Critical analysis
- Article or book report
- Article or book review
What should my first steps be in writing a critical review?
- Read the article or book carefully
- Briefly summarize the main point and key details of the source
- Analyze and evaluate the quality of the research by indicating the source’s strengths and weaknesses in the following areas:
- Originality (e.g. Does the study address a clear gap in the previously existing literature or in the field of study?)
- Reliability (e.g. Is the article or book peer reviewed? Is it free of author bias?)
- Validity (e.g. Is the study repeatable? Are the research results generalizable?)
- Relevance (e.g. Is the research well connected or related to other research in the field? Does it make a useful or timely contribution?)
- Presentation (e.g. Is the article or book well organized? Does the writing logically flow between sections, paragraphs, and sentences?
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses to determine the source’s overall value and contribution to the area of study.
- The specific purpose, length, and amount of research will vary from assignment to assignment.
- Some, but not all, critical reviews will require you to support your ideas with information from other sources.
Parts of a critical review
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China criminalises ‘fake news’ created with AI, bots
New rules require videos, audio tracks produced using AI or virtual reality technologies to carry clear warning labels.
China has issued new rules banning online video and audio providers from using artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality technologies to produce “fake news”.
The regulation published on Friday by China’s cyberspace authority said both providers and users of online video news and audio services were “not allowed” to use new technologies such as deep learning and virtual reality to create, distribute and broadcast “fake news”.
“Fake news” has been generalised to mean anything from a mistake to a parody or a deliberate misinterpretation of facts.
The rules come into effect on January 1, 2020.
Failure to follow them could be considered a criminal offence, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said, without offering details on punishments.
The regulations require videos and audio tracks produced using AI or virtual reality technologies to carry clear labels warning users.
They particularly stressed the dangers of “deepfakes,” or technology that manipulates videos to appear genuine but which depict events or speech that never happened.
Deepfake technologies could “disrupt social order and violate people’s interests, creating political risks and bringing a negative impact to national security and social stability”, the cyberspace authority warned.
Concerns over deepfakes have grown since the 2016 election campaign in the United States which saw wide use of online disinformation, according to US investigations.
China’s top legislative body said earlier this year it was considering making deepfake technology illegal.
A Chinese face-swapping app Zao, which allows users to convincingly superimpose their own likeness over characters in movies or TV shows, led to a heated debate on the abuses of deepfake technologies in September.


A water pump powered by hydropower or a so-called hydraulic ram was designed and built by Friedrich Johanson to provide water for his farm. The pump has been operating since 1939 and pumps 5m³ of water daily into a water tank 30 m high. A hydraulic ram is a device where a water hammer effect is used to raise the level of water. This pump was invented by the Frenchman Joseph Michel Montgolfier.
A hydraulic ram needs little maintenance and operates reliably over a long period. The second hydraulic ram in Tindioru, a double-valved hydraulic ram, was built by Jüri Johanson in 2002.
The hydraulic rams are particularly active at the end of winter and beginning of spring when the cold creates tall and spectacular sculptures out of the splashing water.


If the boundary conditions in a physical problem relate to the perimeter of an ellipse, then elliptical coordinates are convenient. These are given by
The two-dimensional wave equation
The separated solutions can be obtained from the modified Mathieu’s equation (28.20.1) for and from Mathieu’s equation (28.2.1) for , where is the separation constant and .
This leads to integral equations and an integral relation between the solutions of Mathieu’s equation (setting , in (28.32.3)).
Let be a solution of Mathieu’s equation (28.2.1) and be a solution of
Also let be a curve (possibly improper) such that the quantity
approaches the same value when tends to the endpoints of . Then
defines a solution of Mathieu’s equation, provided that (in the case of an improper curve) the integral converges with respect to uniformly on compact subsets of .
Kernels can be found, for example, by separating solutions of the wave equation in other systems of orthogonal coordinates. See Schmidt and Wolf (1979).
The general paraboloidal coordinate system is linked with Cartesian coordinates via
where is a parameter, , , and . When the Helmholtz equation
is separated in this system, each of the separated equations can be reduced to the Whittaker–Hill equation (28.31.1), in which are separation constants. Two conditions are used to determine . The first is the -periodicity of the solutions; the second can be their asymptotic form. For further information see Arscott (1967) for , and Urwin and Arscott (1970) for .


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How does your media product represent particular social groups?
FEMALE CHARACTERS IN THRILLERS
In the silence of the lambs, the female character is being portrayed as weaker than the male.
In psycho, the female character is the victim.
Our main character is a girl and she plays the victim, this is stereotypical as women are seen as weak and vulnerable. We mainly did this for the role as we thought the audience would be drawn to a female character more. Though, we
also wanted to have a female being the lead as in thrillers, the protagonist is usually male. The other character in our thrillers gender remains anonymous, the actor was female, but the point was to let the audience question the identity
of the other character.
The location of our thriller is a park. One of the reasons we chose this are is because it can appeal to most audiences as
most people would have been to a park so they would be able to relate to the setting.
The character in o thriller is hinted to have mental health issues, mostly all villains in thrillers are portrayed to have something mentally wring with them. E.g. the serial killer
in seven is a sociopath.
In our thriller we also have mental illness portrayed in a negative way to appeal to audiences.
MENTAL HEALTH IN THRILLERS
We want our target audience to be:• Teenagers• Students
• Anyone that enjoys thriller films


“Combinatory play,” said Einstein, “seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”
Ruminating on the necessity of both reading and writing, so as not to confine ourselves to either, Seneca in one of his Epistles, advised that we engage in Combinatorial Creativity — that is, gather ideas, sift them, and combine them into a new creation.
Montaigne, perhaps echoing Seneca, reasoned that we must take knowledge and make it our own, Seneca comments:
The Loeb Classic Library collection of Seneca’s Epistles in three volumes (1-65, 66-92, and 92-124), should be read by all in its entirety. Of course, if you don’t have time to read them all, you can read a heavily curated version of them.
This piece originally appeared on Farnam Street.
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NATICK, Mass. — A Natick High School student is learning a powerful lesson in how small changes can make a big difference by helping to do his part in a growing national movement to ban a popular plastic item.
Natick schools go through 4,000 straws a month. When 16-year-old Clay Napurano learned that plastic straws can't be recycled because they're too small for recycling machines to sort, he requested a meeting with his state representative to draft a bill to ban plastic straws statewide.
“He told me to step down to a more local level and focus maybe on the town,” Napurano recollected. “Banning them in the town or maybe in the school.”
Related: NH to consider statewide ban on plastic bags, straws
So, he met with school leaders and spoke at a school committee meeting. Within a matter of weeks, the district decided to eliminate straws altogether, surprising everyone, including Napurano.
“This actually happened a lot faster than most changes would happen,” said Brian Harrigan, principal for Natick High School. “We looked at metal straws, we looked at corn or plant-based straws and ultimately in some cases the best solution is none at all.”
Straws will still be available in Natick schools for children with disabilities.
>>>MORE: Paper or plastic? Natick man pushing to have plastic bag ban repealed
So far, 115 Massachusetts cities and towns have banned plastic bags, five have banned plastic straws – though Natick is not one of them.
“Let's encourage students to go talk to the superintendent,” Napurano said. “This isn't something that I'm doing alone; I want to inspire other youth.”
It’s now been four days since the plastic straws have been put away in Natick. Napurano says students have been supportive.
“Every lunch period is like, wow they're smiling, they're happy, they're surprised,” he said.
Napurano next plans to start an awareness campaign in both the school district and in the town to educate people about what can and cannot be recycled.
“I think it's the small changes, the small things like this that really benefit the community,” Napurano said.
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[data, when, errmsg] = IOPort(‘Read’, handle [, blocking=0] [, amount]);
Read data from device, specified by ‘handle’.
Returned ‘data’ will be a row vector of read data bytes. ‘when’ will be a
receive timestamp of when the data read was complete. ‘errmsg’ will be a human
readable char string with an error message if any error occured, otherwise an
empty string. The optional flag ‘blocking’ if set to 0 will ask the read
function to not block, but return immediately: The read function will return
whatever amount of data is currently available in the internal input queue, but
at most ‘amount’ bytes if ‘amount’ is specified. If no data is available, it
will return an empty matrix. This is the default.
If ‘blocking’ is set to 1, you must specify the ‘amount’ of bytes to receive and
the function will wait until that exact amount of data is available, then return
it.Even in blocking mode, the function will return if no data becomes available
within the time period specified by the configuration setting ‘ReadTimeout’ (see
help for ‘OpenSerialPort’ for description). In some situations, the read
function may return less data than requested, e.g., in specific error cases,
where a read could only get partially satisfied.
###See also: ‘Write’, ‘OpenSerialPort’, ‘ConfigureSerialPort’


Spirituality is important. Many people turn to spirituality when they receive a cancer diagnosis because it gives them something to believe in, and comforts them during what for some is an overwhelming time. Spirituality doesn’t necessarily mean patients become religious, but rather discover and nurture a sense of peace, purpose and a connection to others. When a person explores their spirituality they explore their thoughts and beliefs about the meaning of life. Some people express themselves through organized religion, but to be spiritual one does not have to be religious, or in many cases they can be both.
A cancer diagnosis can cause both patients and caregivers spiritual distress, or is seen as a punishment by a higher power. Studies show that spiritual and health are related; however ongoing research is still being conducted. It is possible that spiritual or religious beliefs create a positive mental state that helps patients feel better and improve their quality of life. Caregivers can also benefit from discovering spiritual wholeness, as it takes a special kind of person to care for someone with cancer.
One thing is for certain – spirituality does help with depression, which is often common in patients diagnosed with cancer. Many patients experience a decreased sense of isolation, and have commented that when they feel like someone is there going with them through their treatments they feel less depressed and can fight harder to overcome their diagnosis. It has also been shown to decrease alcohol and drug abuse in many cancer patients.
The personal growth that comes with developing a greater sense of spirituality has helped many patients overcome cancer. Hope and optimism are something that cancer can never take away, and these patients find a newfound freedom with spirituality. They are free from regret, are much more satisfied with life and radiate a sense of inner peace.


The quality of your sleep matters, too.
Some experts point out that when it comes to sleep, quality is better than quantity. According to Martha Gulati, MD, editor-in-chief of CardioSmart.org, the American College of Cardiology’s educational site for patients, this could be what’s increasing the risk of heart disease for people who are sleeping in.
“You wonder if somebody is sleeping longer because they just didn’t get a good night’s sleep,” Gulati told U.S. News & World Report. “I always say there’s good sleep and there’s bad sleep. You might be in bed for eight hours, but is it good quality sleep?”
Another new study also found a lack of sleep can affect your brain health as well.
It’s not just your heart health that can suffer from sleeping too much or too little. A study recently published in the journal Nature Communications followed about 8,000 people in Britain starting at age 50 and assessed their sleeping habits and health for 25 years.
The study found that those who regularly slept less than six hours on average weeknights were 30 percent more likely to develop dementia than those who got a “normal” amount of seven hours of sleep per night. “The study found a modest, but I would say somewhat important association of short sleep and dementia risk,” Pamela Lutsey, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota, who was not involved in the research, told The New York Times.


On December 20, SpaceX presented a new Falcon Heavy rocket a month before its first launch. Photos show the design inside the hangar. Not yet seen the cargo for the January flight. Ilon Musk previously reported that he was going to launch his cherry-red Tesla car into space.
SpaceX will begin by testing the 27 rocket engines at the site. This is going to be done before the end of this month, and the launch will be held a few weeks after the test.
Falcon Heavy - is, in fact, tripled Falcon 9. Equipped with three accelerators and the first stage, connected together with the second stage. It has three times more engines.
Now Falcon 9 is used to deliver satellites and supplies to the ISS. But Falcon Heavy is designed for more dimensional satellites and large loads that will have to be delivered to the distance to Mars and beyond.
Musk warned about the possibility of an explosion many times, so he will place personal property on board. If everything goes according to plan, the Mask machine will reach an elongated elliptical orbit around the Sun, stretching far beyond the Martian route. Earlier this month, Musk described everything in detail on his Twitter account. He said that he liked the idea that alien civilizations could find his personal transport in many years.
Falcon Heavy is capable of delivering 140,660 pounds of cargo to earth orbit, 37040 pounds to Mars and 7720 pounds to Pluto.
Despite this, primacy in the rocket industry remains with Saturn-V, used in the 1960-1970s. However, no one could use it again. NASA provided a similar service through shuttles operated until 2011.
SpaceX opens a new era of reusable missiles, which significantly saves the cost of space launch. Two of the three Falcon Heavy accelerators have already been launched and landed on a floating platform.
Now SpaceX is developing an even larger rocket that can replace the entire Falcon line.


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Function Plain bearings support and guide moving components inside the engine. Their primary purpose is to facilitate the virtually wear-free rotation of these components. Plain bearings comprise one or two bearing shells which are locked firmly in place in the bearing seat. The bearing shells wrap around the rotating shaft at the bearing journals.The wear on a plain bearing engine occurs when the engine is first started. On startup there is no oil flow or oil pressure so there is a minute amount of wear before the oil pressure comes up. Plain Bearings with no bushing are usually used for the camshaft in the cylinder head. There are several ways they are used.
Plain Bearings. The earliest blocks used plain bearings, but they have slowly given way to higher-performing bearings. Plain bearings have the least number of moving parts. A long lifespan and low maintenance with heavy load applications are the main benefits of plain bearings.
- 360 mm x 480 mm x 160 mm ISO GE360DW plain bearings
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Gut microbes promote α-synuclein-mediated motor deficits and brain pathology in mice.
An article published in Cell has demonstrated, in mice, that intestinal microbiota influence neurological development and are a contributor to neurodegenerative disorders.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder affecting approximately 53 million people globally, making it the second most common behind Alzheimer’s dementia. The most common symptoms are bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor, often a person will also go on to develop a cognitive impairment or dementia. Symptoms are very different from person to person however on average symptoms usually progress over 15 years from independent to dependent on carers.
The symptoms of PD are caused by death of dopamine excreting cells in the substantia nigra within the basal ganglia. The cells die as a result of an abnormal accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein which accumulates within neurones called Lewy bodies.
Traditionally research for neurological studies have always investigated the CNS itself, now thoughts are changing to peripheral mechanisms and how your body as a whole can affect onset and progression on neurological impairments. One of these mechanisms is thought to be around the importance of the neural connection between your gut and brain.
Using genetically modified mice which were genetically programmed to produce high levels of alpha-synuclein they investigated the influence of different gut biomes on development of symptoms of PD. Germ-free mice and mice with a normal biome remained healthy. However those with a transplanted biome from a human with PD developed symptoms of the disease.
To be clear the only different between the mice was the presence of different bacteria in the gut.
In conclusion the authors say:
Our findings establish that the microbiota are required for the hallmark motor and GI dysfunction in a mouse model of PD, via postnatal gut-brain signaling by microbial molecules that impact neuroinflammation and αSyn aggregation.
These findings could ultimately begin to alter the way neurodegenerative conditions are managed. Probiotics could be the way forward.
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SynFuels – PSI-Empa Joint Initiative
Using fossil kerosene as main aviation fuel does not represent a viable option in a global economy complying with net-zero CO2 emission goals. Sustainable alternatives need to be developed: be it electric propulsion for short distances, hydrogen aircrafts, or synthetic liquid hydrocarbons. These synthetic hydrocarbons exhibit similar energy densities as today’s kerosene and are therefore the most promising alternative for intercontinental flights. They can be produced using biomass as feedstock or low-carbon electricity and CO2 from various sources. Using CO2 from biomass or captured from the atmosphere allows for potential carbon-neutrality. The aim of this project is two-fold: On the one hand, process technologies for different synfuels production pathways (including electrochemical CO2 reduction, thermochemical biomass conversion, and others) will be developed and improved by dedicated research groups at PSI and Empa. On the other hand, these synfuels production pathways will be evaluated in parallel regarding their economic and environmental performance applying Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Thus, the environmental evaluation will not only address impacts on climate change, but also potential co-benefits and trade-offs regarding impacts on human health, ecosystem quality, and use of water, land, and other resources. The Technology Assessment group will work together with Empa’s Technology & Society Laboratory to carry out this evaluation. In addition, PSI’s Energy Economic group will analyze the potential and role of synthetic aviation fuels in low-carbon economies and their contribution to reaching the Swiss net-zero CO2 emission goal.
Treyer, K., Sacchi, R., Bauer, C. Life Cycle Assessment of synthetic hydrocarbons for use as jet fuel: “Power-to-Liquid” and “Sun-to-Liquid” processes. Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland. Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA).


Power BI DAX – DAX is a grouping of functions, operators, and constants that can be used in a formula and expression or simply to calculate and return one or more values. To summarise PBI DAX helps you create new insights from data already in your model.
The DAX toolset is also embedded in other Microsoft products such as Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular.
DAX can be classed as a functional language, which in practice means the executed code set can be contained inside a function.
What is Power BI DAX?
In simple words, DAX is used for data manipulation – to create new data and insights
There are two main calculations you can create using PBI DAX:
- calculated columns
- calculated measures
Important DAX Functions in Power BI
- LOOKUP( )
- FILTER( ) & CALCULATE( )
- Nested IF Condition
- Splitting a String Based on Delimiters
- Fetching a Particular Letter from a Word
- Conditional Formatting
- The ALL Function
- RELATED(<column>) – This DAX function is designed to help you return a related value from another table in addition to the one you are working on
Useful DAX Functions
The most useful PBI DAX function is probably the CALCULATE function given this is one of the most important and multipurpose functions in DAX Power BI.
The DAX calculate function can simplify complex, multiple calculations easily.
The DAX CALCULATE function assesses an expression in a context that is changed by specific filters. Below is a basic example of the relevant DAX expressions:


Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) Education and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
Parent's Guide to RSE in Primary Schools
In PSHE&C, we aim to equip pupils with the knowledge, understanding and skills to help them make responsible and well informed decisions about their lives. The PSHE&C programme supports and helps the pupils in their physical, social, emotional and moral development.
Sex education is covered both within this area and science. Drug and alcohol awareness is also included.
Sex Education is taught at Key Stage 2 as part of the National Curriculum for Science, through the study unit Life Processes and Living Things. It is also taught as an identifiable part of PSHE (re-designated as Sex and Relationships Education by the government from Sep 2020)
Our aims are:
¨ to provide a happy, caring environment in order that the children develop a good positive self-image and to help them develop self-confidence, self-motivation and self-discipline.
¨ to help children to recognise that they are responsible for their own bodies.
¨ to provide knowledge about the processes of reproduction and the nature of sexuality and relationships.
¨ to help children understand their own physical, emotional and social development within the context of those around them and society at large (with all its cultural variations), in order that they become equipped to manage relationships in a responsible and healthy manner.
¨ to develop communication and decision making skills.
¨ to provide a Sex Education programme, which is designed to be appropriate to the children’s age and experience and which is presented in such a way to encourage exploration of values and moral issues.
Pupils in Yr 5 and Yr 6 are taught about human reproduction. Parents and carers, who have the right to remove their child from Sex Education lessons, are consulted prior to this work being taught in class. If a child is withdrawn from Sex Education lessons an alternative Health Education programme will be provided.


Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotid and functions as the major carrier of chemical energy in the cells. As it transfers its energy to other molecules, it loses its terminal phosphate group and becomes adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
Magnesium Green (MgG), an extrinsic fluorophore, can be applied for measurement of mitochondrial ATP production with mitochondrial preparations. This dye fluoresces when bound to Mg2+. The technique to measure mitochondrial ATP production is based on the fact that Mg2+ presents different dissociation constants for ADP and ATP, and the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) exchanges ATP for ADP.
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Includes the 2.0 mL O2k-Chamber and Fluo-Sensors needed for ATP production measurement.
Cardoso LHD, Doerrier C, Gnaiger E (2021) Magnesium Green for fluorometric measurement of ATP production does not interfere with mitochondrial respiration. Bioenerg Commun 2021.1. https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2021-0001
Chinopoulos C, Kiss G, Kawamata H, Starkov AA (2014) Measurement of ADP-ATP exchange in relation to mitochondrial transmembrane potential and oxygen consumption. Methods Enzymol 542:333-48. -»Bioblast link«


So our response should be compassion and understanding, not launching more wars, building more walls and increasing the anti-asylum seeker rhetoric.
The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a 15-year high, according to the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR), with the vast majority languishing in poor countries ill-equipped to cater to their needs.
The UNHCR’s 2010 trends report estimated that there were 43.7 million refugees and people displaced within their country by events such as war and natural disasters at the end of last year. More than half of the total are children. The figure does not take into account the new wave of migration set in train by the upheaval of the Arab spring.
The figure breaks down into a global total of 15.4 million refugees, 27.5 million internally displaced people and a further 840,000 people waiting to be given refugee status.
The 48-page report also reveals that there has been a fall in the number of returning refugees to 197,600, the lowest in two decades. This has resulted in the number of long-term refugees in “protracted situations” making up almost half of the total of all refugees, the highest number for a decade.
The report puts the blame for this on “humanitarian crises and the political situation in a number of countries”. However, there has been a slight dip in the total number of refugees worldwide on 2009 levels.
The agency has also estimated that there are 12 million stateless people around the world.