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If anything, such a person may have regrets over having wasted too much of life on impersonal achievements and selfish pursuits.

6. Do you agree that in later life men become more nurturing and women more assertive? What do you think are the findings that could support or challenge that observation?

The observation that men tend to become more nurturing, less competitive, less aggressive, and "gentler" in later life and that women tend to become less emotional and more confident or assertive would seem to be substantially true. That is largely attributable to hormonal changes; specifically, aging males tend to produce much less testosterone and post-menopausal females secrete less estrogen in their later years (Pinker, 2002). Naturally, those hormonal changes would be expected to result in various behavioral changes in areas where human behavior (and gender-specific behavior in particular) are products of the secondary sex hormones (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2008; Pinker, 2002).

Findings capable of supporting those observations in relation to males would include anecdotal information from families as well as from aging male subjects themselves. Empirical data consistent with support for that hypothesis in its application to males includes declining arrest rates, aggression-related driving violations, and both verbal arguments and physical altercations among males in the age range associated with substantially declining testosterone levels. Findings capable of supporting those observations in relation to females would include anecdotal information from families as well as from aging female subjects themselves. Empirical data consistent with support for that hypothesis in its application to females would include increased pursuit of activities and goals typically considered intimidating by many females. Additionally, increased measures of female independence (such as initiating divorce, pursuing sexual interests, and opening businesses) would also seem to support the hypothesis in relation to females.

7. Generate a situation of your own creation in which an elder would face a stressor and demonstrate coping. Identify the stressor, the person's primary and secondary appraisal, and the person's choices of coping strategies. What would indicate adaptive coping? Less adaptive?

One of the most common situational stressors experienced by individuals during the transition from middle age to late stages of life would be the gradual reduction in and eventual loss of driving ability. In many cases, driving is one of the most important factors that allow aging individuals to remain independent, especially in geographic regions where public transportation is comparatively unavailable, unsafe, or unreliable (Birren & Schaie, 2006). An aging individual who manages to cope well with the gradual loss of driving abilities would typically begin making appropriate plans for maintaining his or her daily routines as soon as it began to become apparent that it will soon be impractical to continue driving. In some cases, that might involve practicing the use of public transportation beforehand so that by the time driving is no longer an option, competence and confidence will have already been achieved using public transportation. In other cases, coping with the loss of driving abilities or privileges might necessitate relocating as a primary coping mechanism to reduce the necessity of relying on that mode of transportation (Birren & Schaie, 2006).

Generally, the primary appraisal would involve assessing the need for alternate transportation and the willingness of the individual to recognize the need to adapt. Secondary appraisal would consist largely of the degree to which the individual manages to maintain interests and routines through that coping strategy. Conversely, less adaptive coping would include denial of the need to make changes and insistence on driving until a major incident such as a traffic accident. Another example of less adaptive coping would be simply giving up any activities that require transportation instead of coping.

8. Why is perception of control such an important part of nursing home life? How could persons with non-severe dementia have opportunities for control?

The transition from independent living to assisted dependent living situations almost always includes an element of depression by virtue of the loss of autonomy and control, especially over ordinary aspects of life such as when to eat and what to do with one's free time (Birren & Schaie, 2006). Even in the best-case scenarios, it may be impossible to negotiate the initial stage of transition from independent living to assisted living without some degree of acute depression (Birren & Schaie, 2006).

Generally, the more connected the aging individual is to a support network of friends and family after moving to an assisted living facility, the less dramatic the difference in life may be from the person's perspective (Birren & Schaie, 2006).Equally important is the ability to maintain autonomous control over one's life because it can be extremely difficult to cope with having others make decisions that the individual has been able to make throughout adult life. For that reason, one of the most helpful approaches to running assisted living facilities is to recognize the relative psychological significance of allowing the individual as much control as practicable. In principle, assisted living facility administrators can help their patients avoid depression and maintain the most satisfying life that is possible for them by limiting controls on their lives to those that are actually necessary, whether by law, medical condition, or other practical circumstances (Birren & Schaie, 2006).

Ideally, assisted living facility residents should, therefore, be allowed to decide how they want to spend their time, when they want to go to bed and get up in the morning to the greatest extent possible without compromising their health, safety, or welfare, and without interfering with operations or the corresponding rights of other facility residents.

9. Why is it that caregivers of cognitively or physically frail elders often continue to feel stressed even after the family members they were caring for enter nursing homes? If you were going to design a support program for these caregivers, what would you include and why?

There are several different reasons that caregivers of cognitively or physically frail individuals often experience stress rather than relief when their dependent family members finally enter nursing homes or other assisted living facilities. First, many of them experience guilt over perceptions of not having worked hard enough to avoid having to resort to nursing homes. Second, because dementia and other forms of age-related cognitive impairment often results in the loss of reality and judgement, the transition to assisted living is often strongly opposed by the patient. In many cases, this greatly exacerbates the existing doubts and guilt in the minds of family members, especially when combined with explicit statements and accusations from the patient (Birren & Schaie, 2006).

Even where the patient is more accepting of the circumstances, the family members typically experience a sense of loss that is common anytime there is a major change in the living circumstances of family members. In that regard, it is human nature to focus on having lost the comparatively good times while downplaying or even forgetting some of the worst times that precipitated the need to resort to assisted living (Birren & Schaie, 2006). Therefore, a support program for family members should include mental exercises emphasizing the specific problems and concerns that were issues in the decision. Additionally, that program could include mental exercises to imagine the ways that continuing to care for elderly family members who were unable to care for themselves any longer would have required sacrifices that would have been unfair to other family members.

10. If you were asked to craft an elder abuse prevention education program directed to family caregivers, what would you include in the program and why?

A good elder abuse prevention program would include lessons about the nature of dementia. Specifically, it would emphasize the manner in which Alzheimer's and other age-related dementias result in personality changes that can make patients incapable of assisting in their own care (Birren & Schaie, 2006). In principle, by familiarizing caregivers with the universality of various specific manifestations of uncooperativeness, apparent lack of appreciation, and increasing intransigence or belligerence, the program would minimize the incidence of reactive responses to typical symptoms of age-related dementias.

Another important element of an elder abuse prevention program would be familiarizing caregivers with the relatively high incidence of physical abuse suffered by the dependent elderly at the hands of family members. This advanced notice might substantially reduce the chances of frustrations escalating to that point within families. Likewise, initiating a support network among similarly-situated caregivers would likely provide many of the same benefits as generally provided by group counselling environments where individuals can share similar experiences and frustrations.

Finally, another important aspect of an elderly abuse prevention program should probably include information on the nature and mechanisms of psychological repression, particularly in connection with strong emotions such as anger (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2008). In that regard, lessons should include the magnification effect of latent expression of anger or emotional resentment that is allowed to build up through the natural tendency of many people to…[continue]

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• Damaged area following airstrikes - Syria (AAP)
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SYDNEY, March 8 AAP - The cost of conflict to the Syrian economy will soar to more than $1.7 trillion if the war there continues until 2020, a report has found.

Under a best-case scenario, where the war ended this year, the economic cost would still reach up to $922 billion - 140 times the amount requested by UN agencies and partners to meet humanitarian needs inside Syria.

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[XML-SIG] SAX prettyprinter V2 and SGMLOP

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* Lars Marius Garshol
| How is the performance when you use sgmlop directly compared to when
| you use it's SAX driver?

* Christian Tismer
| I didn't try yet since I was very happy with the speed.

Would be interesting to know, though, since it will tell us something
about what the penalty of using SAX is, compared to doing it directly.

| I could no use pyexpat yet, since a pyexpat dll is missing.  I will
| build one for Windows (as I also did before with sgmlop, the binary
| in the CVS was broke).

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Sleep waves illustrated from the brain. Michel Tcherevkoff/The Image Bank/Getty Images

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Rathus SA. Essentials of Psychology. Harcourt College Publishers, 6th edition, 2001, pp. 208-209.

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【hdu3518】Boring counting

Problem Description
035 now faced a tough problem,his english teacher gives him a string,which consists with n lower case letter,he must figure out how many substrings appear at least twice,moreover,such apearances can not overlap each other.
Take aaaa as an example.”a” apears four times,”aa” apears two times without overlaping.however,aaa can’t apear more than one time without overlaping.since we can get “aaa” from [0-2](The position of string begins with 0) and [1-3]. But the interval [0-2] and [1-3] overlaps each other.So “aaa” can not take into account.Therefore,the answer is 2(“a”,and “aa”).
The input data consist with several test cases.The input ends with a line “#”.each test case contain a string consists with lower letter,the length n won’t exceed 1000(n <= 1000).
For each test case output an integer ans,which represent the answer for the test case.you’d better use int64 to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Sample Input
aaaa ababcabb aaaaaa #
Sample Output
2 3 3
枚举子串长度T T将h分组，根据max(sa)-min(sa)判断解。。。


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Sun Araw performs in the garden at MoMa Summer Thursdays on August 18, 2016

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It was mostly an irritation for me because I thought of how disrespected Leland and Stallones must feel with so little attention on them. But then I realized that all the phone distractions and side conversations are part of our current culture’s mantra—they’re all things we’re attached to; human connection, media and technology.

While Bruce Conner was experimental, he was never outlandish or ostentatious to the point of elitist exclusion. His work was something that could reach everyone, no matter the person’s class or background, and that unfortunately can’t always be said about art – especially with music’s multiple classes of scenesters.

But Sun Araw’s music creates a discontinuous experience, and that doesn’t necessarily include a hushed experience of meditating calmly in the corner. It means things happen unexpectedly, and whatever outside noise disrupts our concentration is a test that helps strengthen our patience. It also means that this experience, too, becomes inclusive for everyone, whether they’re observing from a far or are part of a societal indulgence.

I began to relax in my seat for the last track, “Seven Lampstands”,off Sun Araw’s 2014 album Belomancie. The spacey song transformed ascended in volume to Leland’s speeding percussion, carrying across the garden and silencing the crowd.

As Conner captured American chaos through flashing film, Sun Araw set a soundtrack for everyday life, a fight between voyeurism and self-awareness. Our cultural psyche was on display at Sun Araw’s show, paradoxically defied and embraced all at once.

MoMa Summer Thursdays continues next week with the final performance of the season, Daedalus, on Thursday, August 25.


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News breaks the old way

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The re-enactment will be staged in front of the town hall with Edwardian dressed actors, vintage cars, horse and cart, that day's Bendigo Advertiser and a paperboy.

Morse code operator at Bendigo visitor centre, Peter Shaw, has written a telegram with the same text that appeared on August 6, 1914.

It reads: "England has declared war stop await further advice stop God save the King stop."

The telegram was sent by the Premier of Victoria to the Mayor of Bendigo.

The news came to Bendigo two days after Britain's declaration of war on August 4 - an indication of the limitations to communications at the time.

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Much like the game, Chinese Whispers, a telegram from the opposite side of the globe would be sent on from one telegraph station to the next, across continental Europe, through Asia to Indonesia.

From Indonesia, telegrams for Australia went to Darwin, the closest Australian location.

Under Dutch colonial rule at the time, Indonesian telegraph operators were mostly Dutch speaking and had a limited knowledge of English.

Mr Shaw said it was common for the message to be unintentionally altered on its way through and it was up to operators at Darwin to decipher the message.

Messages from Indonesia travelled by cable under the sea at a speed of five words per minute.

From Darwin, telegrams were sent across the country.

It's hard to imagine a world that depended on the telegraph system in the same way it now depends on digital technology, but Peter Shaw keeps the old way alive through his demonstrations at the visitor centre.

Telephones were around in 1914 but were not ideal for mass distribution of information. Mr Shaw said, for an announcement like the declaration of war in 1914, the Premier of Victoria would have had numerous towns to notify.

He said the telegram meant the same message could be sent to numerous different addresses, rather than make hundreds of individual phone calls.

Mr Shaw can send proper telegrams to the still functioning telegraph station in Beechworth.

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John Percival: Dance critic for ‘The Independent’

The dance critic John Percival belonged to a generation which, in the 1950s, persuaded newspapers to employ specialist writers rather than making do with music critics. Before joining The Independent (1997-2002), he had been The Times' critic for 32 years. He was a familiarly tall silhouette at performances, always there because he had an exceptional receptiveness to dance of any creed and faithfully fulfilled the critic's duty to be well informed. Where others might flag after a few weeks of non-stop performances, he was invariably hungry for more.

This was especially remarkable given that by day he was a local government administrator, latterly with the Inner London Education Authority until its dissolution in 1990. His commitment meant that The Times charted dance at home and abroad with a completeness unequalled by any British paper before or since.

Born in Walthamstow, London in 1927, the elder son in the working-class family of Cecil and Phoebe Percival, he was a 16-year old at St George Monoux Grammar School when he saw his first dance performance. A friend had recommended a programme by Sadler's Wells Ballet in Victoria Park, Hackney, and it was the wittiness of the last item, Frederick Ashton's Façade, that got him hooked. He became a balletomane, able to afford the cheapest tickets by walking home from Sadler's Wells Theatre to Walthamstow.

Those years formed his wide-ranging taste. Dance boundaries were being exploded and new stimuli came thick and fast to the UK, beginning with the German expressionism of the Ballets Jooss. Then came, for example, Roland Petit's sharp-edged, Gallic take on ballet; the pure-dance of George Balanchine's New York City Ballet; Martha Graham, high priestess of American modern dance; and the first Western visit of a Soviet company, the Bolshoi Ballet, in 1956.

After National Service spent working in a hospital as a conscientious objector, he went to Oxford in 1948 to read English. The year before he had met Clive Barnes, a regular in the queues for gallery tickets. They became lifelong friends and Clive, who would precede John as The Times' first full-time dance critic in 1961, also went to Oxford. Together they took over the university's Ballet Club.

At Oxford John began writing for specialist publications, such as Dance & Dancers. In 1981, he would become editor until the magazine's closure in 1994. On graduating in 1951, he joined the London County Council. Travelling cheap to watch dance far and wide, he and Clive earned the moniker "the vigilantes" because of their habit (continued throughout their careers) of watching nearly every cast of a given production.

John managed to get published in various newspapers and the short-lived The New Daily provided his first regular outlet. When Clive became the New York Times' chief dance critic in 1965, John succeeded him at The Times. At that time, there was little page space – 289 words, for example, for a major premiere. Later, when reviews got longer, the previous restriction contributed to John's distinctive ability to pack information without rebuffing the reader. His prose was engaging and accessible, uncluttered and direct, peppered with sudden jolts of particularly incisive observation.

His openness to the experimental, allied to a deep love and knowledge of ballet, made him a rare and important critic. He championed iconoclasts such as Michael Clark and William Forsythe; he was the one national critic who from the start gave full coverage to the post-modern Dance Umbrella festivals; he wrote as enthusiastically about Pina Bausch – whose earliest work he saw in 1970s Wuppertal – as about established choreographers such as Ashton and Peter Darrell.

His mild, taciturn manner hid a sharp mind gifted with total recall. He never took notes at performances and, in the days when overnight reviews were commonplace, he wrote at an astonishing speed. His knowledge was so encylopaedic that some of us shamelessly took to phoning him to sort out facts, because it would be quicker than scouring books or the internet.

He was the author of Nureyev: Aspects of the Dancer (1975), Facts about a Ballet Company (1978), The World of Diaghilev (1979), Modern Ballet (1980), Theatre in My Blood: A Biography of John Cranko (1983) and, with Alexander Bland, Men Dancing (1984). He was a past president of the Critics' Circle and was made MBE in 2002.

John Percival, dance critic and author: born Walthamstow, London 16 March 1927; MBE 2002; married 1953 Betty Thorne-Large (divorced 1972), 1972 Judith Cruickshank; died London 20 June 2012.


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"Several studies have shown that coercive parenting practices are linked to anxiety," said Francoise Maheu, lead investigator of the study.

"We know that common practices such as spanking or excessive punishment do not instill a strong discipline. Quite the opposite, they have a lasting psychological impact on children," she said.

Maheu and her team investigated specifically how the anatomy or physiology of the brain is affected by parenting.

They are in the process of recruiting 120 youths aged 12 to 17 years. These youths would be split into four groups according to two variables: their current anxiety symptoms and their parent's current harsh parenting practices.

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The newly discovered diary of a Polish teenager in the Lodz ghetto during World War II—originally published by Jewish Family & Children’s Services of San Francisco, now available in a revised, illustrated, and beautifully designed trade edition.After more than seventy years in obscurity, the diary of a teenage girl during the Holocaust has been revealed for the first time. Rywka’s Diary is at once an astonishing historical document and a moving tribute to the many ordinary people whose lives were forever altered by the Holocaust. At its heart, it is the diary of a girl named Rywka Lipszyc who detailed the brutal conditions that Jews in the Lodz ghetto, the second largest in Poland, endured under the Nazis: poverty, hunger and malnutrition, religious oppression, and, in Rywka’s case, the death of her parents and siblings. Handwritten in a school notebook between October 1943 and April 1944, the diary ends literally in mid-sentence. What became of Rywka is a mystery. A Red Army doctor found her notebook in Auschwitz after its liberation in 1945 and took it back with her to the Soviet Union.Rywka’s Diary is also a moving coming-of-age story, in which a young woman expresses her curiosity about the world and her place in it and reflects on her relationship with God—a remarkable affirmation of her commitment to Judaism and her faith in humanity. Interwoven into this carefully translated diary are photographs, news clippings, maps, and commentary from Holocaust scholars and the girl’s surviving relatives, which provide an in-depth picture of both the conditions of Rywka's life and the mysterious end to her diary.Moving and illuminating, told by a brave young girl whose strong and charismatic voice speaks for millions, Rywka’s Diary is an extraordinary addition to the history of the Holocaust and World War II.

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Coldplay’s ‘Ghost Stories’ Scores Biggest Album Release of 2014, Best Since Beyonce

Chris Martin-Gwyneth Paltrow breakup album is band’s fourth straight No. 1 debut

The downtempo album, which chronicles lead singer Chris Martin‘s breakup with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, is Coldplay’s fourth straight chart-topping release. “Mylo Xyloto” (2011), “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” (2008) and “X&Y” (2005) previously took the top spot.

At 383,000 units sold, the debut of “Ghost Stories” was enough to overtake the Black Keys’ “Turn Blue,” but that figure pales in comparison to Coldplay’s earlier #1 releases. “Mylo” moved 447,000 copies, and the other two albums each sold upwards of 700,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The latest Coldplay effort is also the highest selling debut album since Beyonce’s self-titled surprise was released in December. That album, an iTunes exclusive that was accompanied by YouTube videos for each song, sold 617,000 copies.


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There is no dispute there is an issue with on premise vendors looking to make the transition to SaaS.

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Achilles Tendon Rupture

A rupture of the achilles tendon can result from untreated achilles tendonitis. A rupture occurs when the achilles tendon, which attaches the calf muscle to the heel, suddenly tears, usually about two inches above the heel or ankle bone. This tear is usually described as a hearing a “pop” or “snap” and feeling as though someone has kicked them in the heel. After a rupture of the achilles tendon there is extreme difficulty in pointing the toes down and swelling and bruising are common around the site.

Achilles tendon ruptures most commonly occur in the middle-aged “weekend warrior”, or middle-aged athlete who participates in athletic activity on the weekends. This injury often occurs during recreational sports that require short bursts of jumping, running or pivoting, such as basketball, racquetball, tennis or badminton. The rupture is often sustained while making a forceful push-off while the knee is straightened or a sudden trip or fall with the foot receiving much of the force.

Normally, events such as a sudden trip or stumble would not cause a rupture for most people but age can put an athlete at a higher risk. With each year we age, the tissues and tendons in our body become more inflexible. The leading cause of Achilles tendonitis and Achilles tendon rupture is a lack of flexibility.

Signs of an Achilles Tendon Rupture:

A sudden and sever pain is felt at the back of the ankle or heel. A loud pop or snap is heard. A gap or depression can be felt or seen about 2 inches above the heel bone. Swelling, pain and stiffness, followed by bruising and weakness. Standing on the toes or pushing off when walking is impossible. An inability to point the toes.

Treatment for an achilles tendon rupture is needed to restore normal length and tension to the tendon. Treatment for a rupture is very basic and stresses protection with motion. Protecting the achilles tendon is important while trying to treat a rupture. Moving the foot and ankle is needed to maintain muscle tone and prevent stiffness.

Treatments for Achilles Tendon Rupture

Treatment for a rupture can be solved with surgical or non-surgical treatment. Both types of treatment require an initial period of wearing a cast or special brace. This period usually lasts about 6 weeks; followed by a change in casting at 2 to 4 week intervals to slowly stretch the tendon back to its normal length. A heel wedge can be used in conjunction with physical therapy for the remainder of the treatment. Surgical treatment will require the tendon to be reattached and then the casting will follow the same treatment pattern as described above.

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Whole Wheat Cinnamon Swirl Bread

1/2 cup warm milk

1/2 cup warm water

1 (1/4th oz) package yeast

1/2 cup sugar + 1 tbsp

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 cups all purpose flour

1.5 Tbsp cinnamon, divided

1 1/4 tsp salt

1 egg + 2 Tbsp warm water

Combine your warm milk, water, yeast and 2 tsp sugar in a measuring cup and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy. The temperature of the milk/water should be about 100 degrees...about the same temperature as a warm bubble bath but not too hot.

While the yeast is resting, combine the flours, 1/3 cup sugar, 3 tbsp softened butter, salt and 1 tbsp cinnamon in a large bowl. If you're using a kitchen aid, use a paddle attachment and start to mix on slow. Then, drizzle in the water mixture while the machine is running. Increase speed to high and mix for about 6-8 minutes, until smooth and elastic. If you're working by hand, simply add the water mixture to the dry ingredients and knead on a floured surface for 10 minutes until smooth. Put some muscle into it!

While the dough is rising, mix together the remaining 3 T butter with the extra 1.5 tsp cinnamon and 1 tbsp sugar in a small bowl until smooth. After the dough has risen to double it's size, roll out with a rolling pin on a floured surface to a long rectangle. Smear the butter mixture all over the top and roll up tightly.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together the egg and warm water then brush all over loaf. Bake for 40. Let cool and slice.

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Sentence Examples with the word COMPULSION

In the economic development of states taxes have come to be grouped in different ways, according to variations in the method of levying them or the means of enforcing compulsion or other differences.

They were at first allowed religious freedom, but became Christians under compulsion in 1300.

It was this compulsion that was like a drug weighing down her thoughts and making her hungry, like walking past a bakery first thing in the morning and trying not to look at what was in the window.

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Misled, however, into identifying it with magnetism, he imagined circulation in the solar system to be maintained through the material compulsion of fibrous emanations from the sun, carried round by his axial rotation.

To the attainment of virtue the best help is philosophy; for the philosopher does of his own accord what others do under the compulsion of law.

As was to be expected,, an oath taken under compulsion by such a man was little binding; and the French troops were compelled to witness, with helpless indignation, the orgy of cruel reaction which immediately began under the protection of their bayonets.

Denoted a necklace of twenty-seven pearls; 1 and the fundamental equality of the parts was figured in an ancient legend, by the compulsion laid upon King Soma (the Moon) to share his time impartially between all his wives, the twenty-seven daughters of Prajapati.


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Project X Zone is a crossover tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a follow up to the video game Namco × Capcom and features characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom, and Sega. Stages in Project X Zone take place in grid-based locations from the game's many crossover titles. Each friendly unit is made up of two characters (thus referred to as a Pair Unit), though a third character (or "Solo Unit") can be added for once-per-battle assistance. Unlike Namco × Capcom, units can move freely within their range on the field map, with no penalty for accessing treasure chests or destructible objects prior to attacking.

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Summon Night 6: Lost Borders is an upcoming entry into the main Summon Night game series. It will be released in 2016 as a mark of the series' 15th anniversary.

Summon Night 5 is a tactical role-playing game in the Summon Night series of games. The game involves the player moving characters in a turn based fashion across a large grid from an adjustable isometric perspective. At the beginning of the game, the player can chose to play as either a male or female protagonist, and chose from 4 separate "Cross" (partner) characters. Which combinations are selected affect both the dialogue and story progression, leading to eight separate paths to take through the game. The world of Summon Night changed dramatically for this entry. Now the medieval setting changed completely to a more contemporary world mixed with many of the other cultures and tribes already present in other Summon Night games. The stage for this title is the city of Savorle, a model city in this new era where people from all the different world can coexist.

Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 is the second game in the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise and the sequel to the first game. The game features the Goddesses' little sisters as the main characters, with Neptune's little sister Nepgear as the protagonist. The game features significantly changed battle mechanics compared to the first game and features 3D models instead of 2D sprites.


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Hematology/hematological clearance

My daughter underwent a series of laboratory tests as a prerequisite for her employment. Everything was normal except for her neutrophils which were found to be at .39. which is lower than the normal range of .5 - .70.  They did the test a 2nd time and results yielded was the same.  Now, they require a "hematological clearance" from a different doctor in a different hospital.  What does a "hematological clearance" mean?  Thank you.

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The neutrophiles are lowered in certain infections like influenza, typhus, tuberculosis. These disease can be contagious and can have high rate of mortality if they cause a pandemic. So during employment they will test the blood. Hematological clearance means a certified doctor should testify that the lowered neutrophile count is not due to any infection or does not pose a threat to co-workers, by conducting physical examination, consultation and if required some special investigations.

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Phenolic content in cereals and legumes. Influence of processing and effect on in vitro availability

Elifatio E Towo (Institutionen för kemi- och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap)
Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology, 2005. ISBN: 91-7291-688-5.- 76 s.

Iron deficiency anaemia is highly prevalent in Tanzania, and one of the major causes is the low bioavailability of iron in the plant food staple diet. Cereals and legumes contain large amounts of compounds that inhibit iron absorption, e.g. phytate and phenolic compounds including phenolic groups such as galloyls (trihydroxyl) and catechols (ortho-dihydroxyl). Several processing methods are also known to reduce the amount of phenolic compounds, but little is known about their effect on specific phenolic groups. Dephytinization has been shown to increase the bioavailability of iron from several cereals, but this treatment alone is not sufficient to increase the bioavailability in high-tannin grains. This study was conducted to determine and characterize the amount of phenolic compounds in some cereals and legumes commonly consumed in Tanzania and to study the effect of traditional processing methods in combination with polyphenol oxidase on phenolic groups and on in vitro available iron. Total phenols, resorcinols and potential iron-binding phenolic groups (galloyls and catechols) were determined in the food grains using different colorimetric methods. Grains were subjected to community processing methods including dehulling, soaking, cooking, germination or fermentation. Phenolic compounds were oxidized by incubating phytate-reduced cereal slurries with polyphenol oxidase (PPO) or adding PPO during the fermentation processes. The in vitro available iron was measured as iron solubility at physiological conditions. The methods used for the determination of phenolic compounds were reproducible and the sum of different phenolic groups correlated to the amount of total phenols (r2 = 0.97; p < 0.001). The high-tannin sorghum contained the highest amount of phenolic compounds (total phenols = 33.7 mg catechin equivalents (CE) g-1). Galloyls (tannic acid equivalents, TAE) were found in negligible amounts in most grains, however, appreciable amounts were found in the red sorghum variety called udo (~5.5 mg TAE g-1). Processing the grains resulted in variable effects on the phenolic content. Soaking in different solvents significantly (p<0.05) reduced the amount of total phenols in sorghum, finger millet and cow peas, with alkali and acidic media being more effective. Water soaking had no effect on total phenols in mung beans and none of the soaking media had any effect on phenols in brown kidney beans. Germination significantly reduced the amount of total phenols in all grains studied. Cooking the cereal grains had a better effect in reducing the amount of extractable phenols than germination and soaking in water, while dehulling was the most effective method (p<0.01) in legumes. Incubation of phytate-reduced high-tannin sorghum and finger millet slurries with PPO significantly reduced the amount of total phenols (p<0.05), and resulted in an improved in vitro iron availability, which was further enhanced by adding germinated flour prior to fermentation. Addition of phytase and PPO during the solid state fermentation of tempe from high-tannin sorghum significantly (p<0.05) decreased the amount of phenolics and, as a result, increased the in vitro available iron. Traditional community processing of high-tannin sorghum had only a minor effect on the in vitro available iron. Introducing enzyme treatment to the community processing methods may be a food-based strategy to avert iron-deficiency anaemia in developing countries that depend on high-tannin cereals and legumes as their staple foods.

Nyckelord: Tannins, polyphenols, iron binding phenols, phytate, catechols, galloyls, cereals, legumes, polyphenol oxidase, phytase, in vitro iron availability

Denna post skapades 2005-12-03. Senast ändrad 2013-09-25.
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Industriell bioteknik

Chalmers infrastruktur

Datum: 2005-10-14
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Lokal: 10.00 KB-salen. Kemigården 4, Chalmers
Opponent: Professor Nils-Georg Asp, Lunds tekniska högskola, Lund

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Seldom in history do we have the chance to witness, much less participate in, a new “age of light.” Previous periods have progressed from oil lamps to candles and gas mantles to the first electric lights of the mid-19th century. Terry McGowan, head of the American Lighting Association and formerly the Lighting Research Organization, refers to the advent of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the fourth age of electric light evolving from a continuum of incandescence, fluorescence, and high-intensity discharge (HID). With each new age, however, established light sources rarely are displaced completely. Rather, they are diminished and join an active pantheon of lighting, marked by the appearance of the new source and accompanied by societal impact. Yet lighting today often is relegated as a commodity that is far less appreciated, even among architects, than other design elements such as forms and surfaces.

In this new age, LEDs likely will have an impact far beyond use as replacement sources. They elicit excitement and manifest enthusiasm by those outside of the lighting business; LEDs enchant the young as eye-widening color pacifiers, attract teenagers as fashionable adornment, and entice adults who see the potential of “the new new ‘green' thing”—to borrow a phrase from writer Michael Lewis' book about Silicon Valley. Many members of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) say clients, enamored of this new age, frequently request LED lighting for their projects. Subsequently, these designers find themselves talking these folks off the cliff of LED expectation. Was there ever this same sense of excitement around fluorescents or HID? Doubtful. This excitement is the confluence of a genuinely new source and new concepts, coupled with sustainability and energy savings and a dash of hyperbole. But with the emergence of this new form of light, we also see an illumination source in its adolescence.

Unlike traditional sources, which were developed specifically for illumination, LEDs were first used in direct-view applications as power and status indicators including ubiquitous numeric displays, traffic lights, and scoreboards. LEDs have become the pixels of choice. Indirect general illumination using LEDs arrived only in the late 1990s with the advent of the blue LED that completed the triumvirate of red, green, and blue. Following a few years later were white LEDs, which are blue LEDs cloaked in a spectrum-shifting suit of phosphor. These first white sources were weaklings producing a harsh bluish light in a form not well suited to general illumination and, like compact fluorescents, have left a persistent and unwholesome legacy. But unlike fluorescents, LED improvements continue apace. These are, after all, semiconductor devices from an industry that rolls on relentlessly to the metronome of Moore's Law—the long-used adage that the number of transistors on computer chips doubles and redoubles every 24 months. This aggressive pursuit of performance has driven LED developments to the cusp of general illumination. No light in history has come so far, so fast. LEDs must further improve and there is little doubt that this will happen.

MEDIUM AT LARGE The use of LEDs in architectural applications is still tentative, but many installations reveal extraordinary promise. In part this is because LEDs offer a new medium of light and, like most new mediums, it imitates its predecessors by using the same content and the same context. However, thinking about LEDs as simply a replacement for traditional sources is shortsighted and ultimately limiting. New mediums of communication and entertainment take time to develop their own grammar, vocabulary, and form. Early cinema often was films of plays while early TV produced radio plays that could be seen. Lighting is no different. The first uses of LEDs in the 1960s were to replace the small “grain of wheat” incandescent lamps used in indicators, and decades later, having reached illumination levels, LEDs also are proposed as direct replacements.

Marshall McLuhan, the controversial media guru, once said the lightbulb, while a medium, had no content. McLuhan passed away long before LEDs were tenable for lighting, and I suspect he would have rephrased his statement in view of LED applications today. LEDs arranged in low-resolution media façades for architecture certainly has content. Luminous surfaces composed of these sources have content, and the illuminated becomes illuminating. Why light a surface if that surface can become luminous? People already make a living generating such media displays, and the advent of LEDs drives even more possibilities for such types of large-scale communication. From building façades that reveal occupancy through color and dynamics to interior surfaces that react to the presence of a person or object, these emerging applications are not quite indicators or illumination but something altogether different than what has come before.

PROMETHEUS' LIGHT UNBOUND Architectural lighting is beginning to warm to LEDs. There are already numerous installation examples and many notions to explore. The play of light across a surface, such as the sky or water, can be replicated. This includes the atmosphere of moonlight, starlight, and the use of subtle colors rather than circumnavigating a color gamut. Buildings provide a canvas of possibilities when you are offered a palette of infinite variety. The dimension of lighting control has increased both spatially and in time.

Clues to these new architectural, lighting, and spatial directions often are found in the work of artists who explore light—James Turrell, the late Dan Flavin, Leo Villareal, and others. SmithGroup's Northwest Airlines McNamara Terminal at Detroit's Metro Airport (See “Terminal Bliss,” Architectural Lighting Jan/Feb 2003, p. 10–11) and Skidmore Owings Merrill's Condé Nast cafeteria (See “Condé Nast Cafeteria,” Architectural Lighting July/Aug 2008, p. 44–45), embed and imbue the walls and ceilings of the respective spaces, creating atmosphere and drama using only LED sources. Another example is the dramatic dining room of a Mexico City residence with floors as luminous surfaces. Then there is Los Angles–based design firm Electroland's interactive luminous space atop Rockefeller Center in New York City. Some designers take exterior façades to the point of a “Blade Runner” milieu; life imitates art. All of these and many more examples stretch and extend the use of lighting in architectural spaces. Artists, designers, and architects are not bound by convention in illumination and are exploring new applications and creating new content for this light source.

Like any new technology, architects and lighting designers may learn much from an industry and application other than their own. One such example is automotive lighting. Automotive designers have reimagined vehicle design around LED capabilities. LEDs have been used in cars for several years, first as replacement for some indicators such as brake lamps, and more recently as novel forms of branding. Small size, geometry, and high luminance have impacted shape and surface, even style to an extent, as light is deconstructed into smaller pieces that combine to make a consolidated beam.

DIMENSIONAL LIGHT Unlike the ear, which can discriminate between elements of sound, the eye integrates and cannot distinguish the fundamental pieces of the composite whole. When the options are limited to red, green, and blue, which can make a tolerable white upon a white surface, too often the solution is to use those colors or to circumnavigate the boundary of the lighting gamut producing the “color wash” or “chasing rainbow” effects.

As a result, a “Kodachrome” period of architectural light may be upon us, although there are more than a few colors of light and there is an equal infinity of white light and subtler palettes. We now have the capability of replicating sunlight through the passage of the day, and we can create textures, forms, and shapes of light that were never before possible. This includes virtual skylights and windows, and luminous surfaces that are the new stained glass—a glass that is rich and varied not only spatially, but also temporally.


Bilbary Takes Next Steps in Turning Libraries Into Sales Channels

In building partnerships with libraries in Kansas, Denver and, just announced today, California, e-bookstore Bilbary is attempting to create a new e-books sales channel through libraries.

Bilbary has built a series of links on library websites that take patrons to the Bilbary site where they can buy e-books. The library who referred the patron gets 50% of the profit from the purchase.

Today, Bilbary announced that it has extended this partnership to the Califa library network, a large network of libraries in California. Califa has been very active in recent months in experimenting with e-book programs.

“I want to find ways that library patrons can access the huge catalog of e-books that exist as cheaply as possible,” said Bilbary CEO Tim Coates in an email.  This new service is “very simple, it costs the libraries nothing and hopefully earns them a small income and can add to the other services they offer.”

Part of the point of the program is to entice e-book borrowers to become e-book buyers.

“Call it the ‘instant gratification’ button,” Coates said. “If a patron wants an e-book that the library either does not have available, or for which there is a long wait time, then they can choose to buy and download and benefit the library by the process.”

Bilbary also intends to use the service to gather information for publishers on what kinds of titles are popular among library patrons. Soon, the company will offer the service to school libraries as well.

In the future, Bilbary will seek to have deeper connections with libraries, said Coates, like giving libraries a technology platform to provide e-book rentals. For now, Bilbary is taking its program “one step at a time,” said Coates.

Califa library network has been very aggressive about exploring e-book programs for its patrons. In March, it implemented an e-book ownership system. In June, it signed a deal with Smashwords to turn itself into a community publisher. And in early August, it extended its relationship with Smashwords to offer a select amount of the self-publishing site’s e-book catalog to library patrons for borrowing.


Unforgiveable (Impardonnables)

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An Ordinary Execution

During the last days of Stalin’s reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a society of mutual dread where a neighbour or colleague might “denounce” you to the authorities at any moment.But tales of her healing touch have spread and one night she is taken away, not to the infamous Lubyanka prison, but to the Kremlin to attend the ailing Comrade Stalin himself. Uncle Joe (André Dussollier), an old man racked with pain but still as watchful and deadly as a snake.

Les Herbes folles (Wild Grass)

Marguerite loses her wallet, and it’s found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he’s fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.

A middle-aged writer is looking for a quiet retreat; a slightly younger female estate agent gives him details of a house a close to Venice.

Life of Riley

In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live. Life begins to come apart at the seams – not just for Kathryn, who was once George’s partner, but also for her friends Tamara and Monica. The full force of the emotional turmoil they experienced in their youth and their long-buried dreams are rekindled. (Synopsis courtesy of the Berlin International Film Festival)

In the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then ‘only as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, who already has mines planted on the Eiffel Tower, in the Louvre and Notre Dame and on the bridges over the Seine. Nothing should be left as a reminder of the city’s former glory. However, at dawn on 25 August, Swedish Consul General Raoul Nordling steals into German headquarters through a secret underground tunnel and tries to persuade Choltitz to abandon his plan …
Based on the eponymous play by Cyril Gély, Volker Schlöndorff has created a psychologically elaborate battle of words between two highly contrasting characters. While Choltitz entrenches himself behind his duty to obey unquestioningly all military orders, Nordling tries everything he can to appeal to reason and humanity and prevent the senseless destruction of Paris. [Synopsis courtesy of Berlinale]

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is the adaptation of a story by Madame de Villeneuve. Published anonymously in 1740 as La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins, it paints a portrait of Belle, a joyful and touching young girl who falls in love with the Beast, a cursed creature in search of love and redemption. In 1760, a condensed children’s version was published. It was from this version that Jean Cocteau and then Walt Disney drew their famous adaptations. Overshadowed, the original version by Madame de Villeneuve has never been adapted for the screen… until now!


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Biochemistry questions

Which group on the Amino Acid determines its polarity? R- group
In which configuration are all amino acids in proteins? L- configuration
Any compound that is both an acid AND a base is called what? amphoteric
What are the two enantiomers or stereoisomers that all amino acids have? Dextro (D - right) and Levo (L - left)
What is the function of the amino acids trypsin and chymotrypsin? To break down proteins.
What is the tissue source that excretes amylase? The pancreas AND salivary glands.
What type of bond is the covalent bond between a primary amino acid groups of one amino acid and the carboxylic group of a second amino acid? Peptide bond.
What is the Henderson-Hasselbach equation used for? To predict the net charge and isoelectric point of a protein.
Proteins have a minimum of _____ to ______ amino acids. 30 to 50
What is the most important of all biological compounds to the body? proteins
Proteins are constructed from the same set of ____ amino acids. 20
Basic AA- contain amino groups and are fully pronated giving them a ______ charge. positive
Carboxylic acids (-COOH) CANNOT exist in the presence of what? a weak base
Compounds that have a positive charge on one atom and a negative charge on another atom are known as_______ Zwitterions
What are the four levels of structure for proteins, and what is each comprised of? Primary- sequence of amino acids Secondary- sequences linked by hydrogen bonds (alpha helix, Beta- pleated sheet) Tertiary- folds of twisted chains made by secondary structure Quaternary- arrangement of polypeptide chains if unit has 2 or more subunits
The pH where an amino acid has an equal number of positively and negatively charged atoms is called the ________. Isoelectric point
How are proteins characterized? Size, Charge, Binding properties, and Solubility.
Which type of amino acid has hydrophobic rings and are found in the core of proteins? Aromatic Amino Acids
What equation is used to predict net charge and the isoelectric point of a protein? Henderson- Hasselbalch equation
Average nitrogen content in proteins is ___ % by weight 16%
What does adding a source of hydroxyl (OH-) do to the pH of a water solution of amino acids? Raises the pH
The amino acid residue with the free -COOH group is called the ____? C-terminal
What is one reason why the structure of proteins is important? The structure is linked to diseases
What increases solubility by adding low amounts of salt (ammonium sulfate)? "salting in"
What decreases solubility by adding large amounts of salt? "salting out""
At _____ pH's, amino acids have a negative charge. high
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In music similarity and in the related task of genre classification , a distance measure between Gaussian mixture models is frequently needed. We present a comparison of the Kullback-Leibler distance, the earth movers distance and the normalized L2 distance for this application. Although the normalized L2 distance was slightly inferior to the(More)
Recently, two optimal filter designs for fundamental frequency estimation have been proposed with the first being based on a filterbank and the second on a single filter. The two designs are related in a simple manner and are shown to result in the same residual when used for cancelling out the harmonics of periodic signals. We propose to use this residual(More)
— Recently, we proposed using Capon's minimum variance principle to find the fundamental frequency of a periodic waveform. The resulting estimator is formed such that it maximises the output power of a bank of filters. We present an alternative optimal single filter design, and then proceed to quantify the similarities and differences between the estimators(More)
We present a distance measure between audio files designed to identify cover songs, which are new renditions of previously recorded songs. For each song we compute the chromagram, remove phase information and apply exponentially distributed bands in order to obtain a feature matrix that compactly describes a song and is insensitive to changes in(More)
—For music information retrieval tasks, a nearest neighbor classifier using the Kullback–Leibler divergence between Gaussian mixture models of songs' melfrequency cepstral coefficients is commonly used to match songs by timbre. In this paper, we analyze this distance measure analytically and experimentally by the use of synthesized MIDI files, and we find(More)
Spectral envelope parameters in the form of mel-frequency cepstral coefficients are often used for capturing timbral information of music signals in connection with genre classification applications. In this paper, we evaluate mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC) estimation techniques, namely the classical FFT and linear prediction based(More)
We introduce a representation for rhythmic patterns that is insensitive to minor tempo deviations and that has well-defined behavior for larger changes in tempo. We have combined the representation with an Euclidean distance measure and compared it to other systems in a classification task of ballroom music. Compared to the other systems, the proposed(More)
To analyze specific properties of music similarity measures that the commonly used genre classification evaluation procedure does not reveal, we introduce a MIDI based test framework for music similarity measures. We introduce the framework by example and thus outline an experiment to analyze the dependency of a music similarity measure on the(More)
We show that by considering the estimation of the amplitudes of sinusoids in colored, Gaussian noise as a joint amplitude and noise covariance matrix estimation problem, we obtain an iterative estimator that has the Capon spectral estimator as a special case. The estimator is also closely related to the amplitude and phase estimator (APES). In experiments,(More)
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E-readers prove easy on the eye for dyslexics

New tech open avenues for dyslexic readers. thequietlibrary

In a paper published in the journal PLOS One, the authors found that a group of dyslexic teenagers showed greater reading comprehension when using an iPod e-reader than when asked to read from paper. The e-reader was formatted to display around nine lines of text on the screen at a time, with only two or three words in each line, leaving fewer visual distractions. The authors therefore concluded that this improvement is due to the reduced demands on visual attention when reading from the iPod.

While the dominant theoretical explanation of dyslexia lies in phonological processing, or understanding the sound structure of speech, there is growing evidence that dyslexia is caused by multiple factors. This includes difficulties in visual attention. It seems that some, but not all, dyslexics have difficulties in processing detailed visual information.

In normal reading, there is a sensitive and highly efficient link between eye movements and understanding what we read. People often believe that when we read, our eyes move continuously and gradually, but that is not the case. Eye movements when reading involve a series of short “jumps” or saccades, followed by a brief period of stillness while the brain processes the letters in front of the eyes. The “visual span” is the number of letters that can be processed during the period of stillness, before moving ones eyes again.

Problems in the text, such as typos or unknown words, prompt an almost immediate response, with eyes tracking backwards and forwards to check the surrounding context to help resolve the issue. This shows that we are interpreting what we read word by word, continually updating our understanding.

In skilled reading, this process is so automatic we hardly notice it. However, many dyslexic readers seem to have difficulties, including a shorter visual span and less efficient eye movements. The e-reader means that readers do not need to make these saccades in the same way, and their visual span is less crucial (since the lines of text are so short).

This study shows a significant interaction between visual span and method of reading. Using an iPod improves comprehension in those students with short visual spans, but it reduces comprehension in those with long or good visual spans. This very neatly shows that the visual abilities of the reader is crucial in predicting whether this method will be beneficial or not.

These findings suggest that e-readers may be a useful tool in the support of dyslexic students, since around a third of the students involved showed a better understanding of what they were reading when using an iPod. However, as the authors state, this would only ever be an adjunct to direct teaching and practise in reading in multiple contexts. They tested adolescent students in a specialist school for children with language learning impairments, and it is not clear that the findings can be extrapolated to older or younger readers, or less severely impaired students.

The study also has implications for our wider understanding of dyslexia. Historically, the evidence for the causal role of visual impairments in dyslexia has been mixed.

Some researchers have argued that, because of the close link between cognition and eye movements, the less efficient eye movements of dyslexic students might reflect their reading problems, rather than causing them. If many of the words that a reader encounters are unknown, they are likely to show many regressions, through checks forward and backward, to improve understanding.

However, the study shows this is not the full explanation. Simplifying the layout of text actually improves understanding in a third of these students, indicating that the eye movements themselves are making it harder for the dyslexic students to understand what they read.


An infant’s body found behind a house in Angulana

Police found a body of a 1 and a half year old female infant behind a house in the coastal area of Angulana.

Police media spokesman’s office stated that they have not received any information regarding how the infant died.

The parents of the infant lodged a complaint at Angulana Police last morning stating that the infant was missing.


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Among the most fascinating animals in the worldas oceans are the more than 2, 000 species of starfish. Called qAsteroidsq by scientists who study them (after their taxonomic name, Asteroidea)aor sea stars in some parts of the worldastarfish are easily recognized because of their star-like form. Starfish is a comprehensive volume devoted to the integrative and comparative biology and ecology of starfish. Written by the world's leading experts on starfish, the integrative section covers topics such as reproduction, developmental biology and ecology, larval ecology, and the ecological role of starfish as a group. The comparative section considers the biology and ecology of important species such as Acanthaster planci, Heliaster helianthoides, Asterias amurensis, and Pisaster ochraceus. Replete with detailed, scientifically accurate illustrations and the latest research findings, Starfish examines the important role of these invertebrates in the marine environment, a topic of great interest because of their impact on the food web. As major predators that are able to evert their stomach and wrap it around their prey, starfish can have a significant impact on commercial fisheries. Starfish are of interest not only to echinoderm specialists but also to marine biologists and invertebrate zoologists in general and, increasingly, to the medical community. A starfishas ability to regenerate body parts is almost unequalled in the animal world, making them ideal models for basic science studies on the topic. Contributors: Charles D. Amsler, Bill J. Baker, Mario Barahona, Michael F. Barker, Maria Byrne, Juan Carlos Castilla, Katharina Fabricius, Patrick Flammang, Andrew S. Gale, Carlos F. Gaymer, Jean-FranAsois Hamel, Elise Hennebert, John H. Himmelman, Michel Jangoux, John M. Lawrence, Tatiana Manzur, James B. McClintock, Bruce A. Menge, Annie Mercier, Anna Metaxas, Sergio A. Navarette, Timothy D. OaHara, John S. Pearse, Carlos Robles, Eric Sanford, Robert E. Scheibling, Richard L. Turner, Carlos Renato R. Ventura, Kristina M. Wasson, Stephen A. Watts4 Reproduction in Asteroidea Annie Mercier and Jean-Francois Hamel Reproduction is the process by which individuals produce offspring. ... Sexuality and Modes of Reproduction Both gonochoristic and hermaphroditic species of asteroids can be found (Giese et al. ... Brooding in L. polar/s, a much larger species than predicted for brooders, may be adaptive or an example of phylogenic constraint andanbsp;...

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Contract administration involves those activities performed through government officals after contract has been awarded to determine how well the government and contractor performed to meet the requirements of the contract. Review the GAO Testimony: "Contract and Project Management Concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration and Office of Environmental Management" GAO-09-406T, March 4, 2009

1. How would one explicate and evaluate the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrator?.

2. How would one explicate and evaluate the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules.?

3. Utilizing the information in the situation to develop a policy that describes the role that the contract officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work?

4. Compare the contract administration and project management of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office Of Environmental Management and recommend how each agency could have improved its effectiveness in the areas of contract administration and project management.

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Archetypal Lamp - Prototyped
'Archetypal' Lamp - Prototyped
Designed by SquadOne.
ARCHETYPAL is a set of lamps designed to question the idea of the archetype. The archetypal object is an abstract element that belongs toour memory and helps us define a unique representation of a particular type ofobject. The idea is that the whole lamp becomes the lampshade, being representedas a floating shape, which is there and it is not there, as a blurry image ofan object. The top is made of blown glass and has three different finishes:frosted, clear and mirror. The mirror finishing is made through a processcalled vacuum metalizing. This process allows the glass to have a reflectingfinishing which becomes clear when the light goes through.
This project was developed in collaboration with CreativeAffairs.