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God establishes reason, and without Him, we have no reason to be reasonable. We reason by the laws of logic combined with facts we observe. For example, the Law of Non-contradiction, that A cannot be both A and non-A at the same time and in the same relationship. These abstract, conceptual principles must be accounted for if any discussion on any topic is to take place. Only God can account for these laws. His thinking upholds ours. If the laws of logic are based on human thinking, then we have to realize that people are different and the laws may differ from person to person. They are no longer absolute. Some particular examples follow. If the laws of logic are just social conventions, then they are not absolute, and they can be ignored at will. My social network is, after all, different from yours. How do we avoid the conclusion that all of our thinking is not the result of mere instinctive reactions to our environment? Since our environments are all different, we would all reach different conclusions. We would have no basis to argue because we could not change each other’s environments to the degree required to change each other’s minds. If our thinking is a preconditioned response determined by our genetics, rational impulses would then be determined by genetics. There would be no decisions made in any traditional sense. We would all be pre-programmed to do what we do, and therefore there would be no sense in arguing. We could not change each other’s genetics, so no one could possibly win. The laws of logic cannot come from science because science is based on inductive reasoning from things we see in our environments. For example, we cannot see the law of non-contradiction in the world. We would have to see the properties of a non-existent things (non-A). The laws of logic are abstract constructions that exist only in the mind. We discover the laws of logic by thought, not observation. The laws of logic are also undeniable. If we say, for example, “I know the laws of logic do change. We’ve found scientific discoveries in quantum physics that disobey those laws.” Any discovery you make must be logically understood. For example: If the Law of Non-contradiction (A cannot be both A and Non-A at the same time, in the same relationship, and in the same sense) is not in effect, then you might as well say to me: “We’ve found scientific discoveries in quantum physics that obey the laws of logic.” “Obey” and “disobey” can have the same meaning in your sentence. If the Law of Identity (something is what it is, something that exists has a specific nature) is not in effect, the discovery in question would not necessarily be a discovery. Your statement of the discovery could be: “We’ve found scientific discoveries in quantum physics that disobey those laws, but the discoveries changed into discoveries which followed the laws of logic when we came back the next day.” If the Law of Excluded Middle (a statement is either true or false) is not in effect, your statement on quantum physics could be false even if it were true. None of the sentences used by anyone would have any objective meaning if the laws of logic do not apply. If the laws of physics as they are currently understood do not apply, it does not follow that the laws of logic do not apply. This would go for any recent scientific discovery. As soon as a person opens their mouth to refute logic they have assumed it. If Christians are wrong, we are left with no reason to think that we can have rational discourse. Atheists and agnostics cannot have an argument, because, in the ultimate sense, they do not have a position. (Sources for the above are: John M. Frame, The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, and Tearing Down Strongholds: And Defending the Truth by R. C. Sproul, Jr. Of course, the mistakes are all mine.)

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Hair apparent: Scientists have sequenced 70% of the mammoth's genome. Photo: Stephen Schuster SCIENTISTS for the first time have unravelled the genetic make-up of an extinct animal. Using hairs from 18 woolly mammoth carcasses found in the Siberian permafrost, scientists have sequenced about 70% of the beast's genome. Hailed as a genetic-science milestone, it means researchers can study the mammoth in the same detail as living species. "It has now become feasible to sequence a complete extinct animal, which is quite amazing," said project leader Stephan Schuster, from Penn State University in the US. The genome the species' genes and DNA reveals the mammoth split into two groups about 2 million years ago, becoming genetically distinct. One group died out about 45,000 years ago, while the other is thought to have lived on until as recently as 10,000 years ago. Elephants originated in Africa but sections of the mammoth's genetic code may explain how they adapted to harsh Arctic conditions while their relatives lived happily in tropical Asia. By comparing its DNA with that of the African elephant, scientists hope to better understand evolution. It is believed that mammoths and modern elephants separated about 6 million years ago about the time humans and chimpanzees split. Dr Schuster said it was possible to insert mammoth DNA into the genome of a modern elephant to resurrect the ancient species. But Jeremy Austin from the University of Adelaide said this was wishful thinking. "I think it's impossible basically," said Dr Austin, deputy director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. "And even if you did bring back mammoths, there's nowhere they could live." The mammoth hair allowed scientists to piece together 3.3 billion pairs of letters of the animal's genetic code, reported scientific journal Nature. It took less than a year to crack the code.

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Principles-Based vs. Rules-Based Accounting All businesses and organizations, large and small, must generate financial statements or end-of-year expense statements. And they do it by adhering to a set of principles and standards established by the financial accounting standard board and applicable to all types of organizations and businesses. The principles-based approach is the method of choice around the world. Most businesses are required to prepare financial statements in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which follows a principles-based approach to its standards. However, in the United States, rules-based accounting is preferred. Principle-based accounting and rules-based accounting are two different types of accounting methods in which principles and rules are added individually and in accordance with each other. These strategies aid in the organization and comparability of a balance sheet or financial statement so that everything can be checked at any time. It might be difficult to tell the difference between principles-based and rules-based accounting. Accounting principles have been around since the late 1400s, when an Italian mathematician named Luca Pacioli devised them. Those early principles developed by Paioli have evolved What is Principles-Based Accounting? Principle-Based Accounting is an accounting method that allows a corporation to compile financial statements on its own terms. It does not give the organization a strict guideline to follow, but rather a basic concept that may be applied to a variety of businesses. The accounting principle can be tweaked to match each company’s unique scenario. International financial reporting standards (IFRS) follow the Principle-Based accounting method. As the calculation step increases, so increases the complexity of the statements. But when compared to the Rules-Based accounting method Principle-Based method is more flexible. These principles are simple to use in small businesses or organizations, but they become more complicated as the company’s expenses and structure grow. Principle-Based Accounting standards are used in around 120 countries. These ideas are simple to use in small businesses or organizations, but they become more complicated as the company’s expenses and structure grow. Principle-Based Accounting standards are used in around 120 countries. What is Rules-Based Accounting? Rules-based accounting is a standardized process of reporting financial statements. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) system is the rules-based accounting method used in the United States. Companies and their accountants must adhere to the rules when they compile their financial statements. These allow investors an easy way to compare the financial information of different companies. There are 10 principles of the rules-based GAAP accounting system: - Sincerity with an accurate representation of the company’s financial situation - Permanence of methods - No expectation of compensation - Prudence with no semblance of speculation - Dividing entries across appropriate periods of time - Full disclosure in all financial reporting - Good faith and honesty in all transactions Principle-Based Accounting vs Rules-Based Accounting The main difference between Principle-Based accounting and Rules-Based accounting is that Principle-Based accounting uses guidelines designed by professionals or experts, and there are no defined rules or regulations. On the other hand, Rules-Based accounting uses rigorous rules which need to be followed while making financial statements.Get WordPress help, plugins, themes and tips at MachoThemes.com

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Vitamins are substances that your body needs to grow and develop normally. These vitamins are used in growth, metabolism, and nerve function. You have heard of vitamin C and its effects on the body, but how much do you know about other vitamins? How many even are there? And what do they all do? However, there are 13 vitamins your body needs, which are: - Vitamin A - B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and folate) - Vitamin C - Vitamin D - Vitamin E - Vitamin K There are many reasons for taking vitamins. Some of them are: If you think about whether you need to take a multivitamin daily, you should know that ‘No matter how healthy you eat or take any diet, it can be difficult for your body to get all nutrients.’ If you have eaten a lot of fattening food, all you need to do is take a vitamin, and you will be fine. Dietary intake of a nutrient does not certainly result in the same congregation in the blood or tissue because considerable individual variability in the absorption, distribution, and metabolism can exist. Dietary intake can be accessed by objective observation using a duplicate diet approach or food consumption record by trained research staff. The main dietary guidelines are: - Stick to a healthy eating pattern that includes all food and beverages - Focus on variety, nutrient density, and amount - Support healthy eating - Maintain an ideal weight - Avoid excess use of sugar - Drink plenty of water Multivitamins Improve Your Immune System Multivitamins are usually used to fill the gaps in your diet. Cellucor Supplement is one of them as it is an effective supplement that’s easy to find everywhere. Multivitamin protects you from dangerous diseases such as cancer, caveat, brain issues, cardiovascular disease, etc. When you start taking a multivitamin, you feel better, as taking a multivitamin is linked with an increase in energy levels, feelings of well-being, and decreased depression and anxiety. It will be beneficial for you if you take the multivitamins earlier in the day. Multivitamins perform hundreds of roles in your body. During the winter months, you need to add some product to increase your immune system, and a healthy immune system needs a variety of vitamins and nutrients. They help to shore up your bones, heal wounds and bolster your immune system. But if you take mega doses of vitamins, it will not improve your immune system. It’s better to make a strategy to take the vitamins based on your age and diet. Moreover, getting your vitamins from credible sources is very important. Cellucor supplements can be a reliable option to stock your essential nutrients every month. Life Stage- It’s Expensive to Be Unhealthy Is it worth being healthy? It would be beneficial if you had a multivitamin designed for your age. For pregnant women, most of the nutrients like folate and choline become the most important. If you are pregnant, then it will be hard for you to get enough diet without taking any vitamins. Despite pregnancy, if your age is above 50, you need vitamins to strengthen your bones and remain fit. If you are taking a balanced meal, it might save you from pricey treatments caused by eating cheap and unhealthy food. Children need different nutrients than adults as they need help to support growth. Infants over six months must be given vitamins A, C, and D. If your child is drinking formula, then there is no need for the vitamins added in the formula already. Teenage bodies need more vitamins and nutrients as they are in their growth phase. In a nutshell, vitamins are essential in every stage of life. Whether you are young or old, you require vitamins in your diet or multivitamins to remain healthy. All in all, the reasons mentioned above for the intake of vitamins are helpful and have a moderate effect on your body. Vitamins have a significant impact on keeping you healthy and providing nutrients you may need. If you want to remain active, fit, and healthy, you should add multivitamins to your diet. If there is any deficiency in your body, vitamins can certainly help to fill those gaps. But the best approach is to talk to your doctor before taking any vitamins.

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How medical technology, the legal system, and public opinion have changed the very definition of death itself. What is death? Death is one of the very few aspects of life that every human being shares with every other living organism. And, as common and inevitable as it is, we greet it with little understanding and great fear. For no matter how confident you may be in your beliefs, death remains unnervingly uncertain. What we’ve long believed we can concretely conceptualize, however, is the act of dying, the point at which death happens. Not you, yourself–that hits too close to home–but the distant idea of some person’s heart no longer beating. In this sense, dying is observable. One can point and say, “That person has died.” Except, even this is becoming increasingly difficult to do. Advances in medicine and technology now necessitate a more complicated definition of dying and death. Doctors have long had a thorough set of rules and laws that clearly states all of the indicators that death has occurred. These rules and laws must of course be observed before a doctor can declare a patient dead or remove a patient from life support. As stated in the Uniform Determination of Death Act, with the approval of the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association, doctors’ current definition of death is: “An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulation and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.” Yet, just 50 years ago, the medical definition of death was, “Suspension or cessation of vital processes of the body, as heart beat and respiration.” The crucial difference here is that this definition doesn’t address brain death. It wasn’t until the creation of the Uniform Determination of Death Act in 1980 that this second dimension of death appeared. Under the 1965 definition, someone without brain activity was technically still alive because a ventilator kept their respiratory and circulatory systems functional. While we have this newer, more precise medical understanding of death, we can still wander into a vast grey area when trying to truly define it. This is chiefly due to ever advancing medical technology. Even when the brain has lost all function, the heart’s electrical system can keep it beating, and with the help of a ventilator to keep blood and oxygen moving, the heart and the lungs can be kept completely functional for an extended period of time. In fact, most biological processes, such as kidney and gastric functions, can continue on their own with just a ventilator. Since the brain is no longer secreting hormones, these processes will stop after about a week, but hormone medication, alongside blood-pressure augmentation, can be provided and could in theory support a body for a very long time, if not indefinitely.

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The new material for data storage was made with a complicated process. Firstly, the research team imprinted some monolithic glass space-variant polarization converters on silicon glass, to alter the polarization of light passing through them. These pulses then processed to create some tiny dots called “voxels” (which are sort of like 3D pixels) into the glass. After that, the glass was “read” by a laser, the voxels produced tiny whirlpools of light and then allowed the users to write, wipe or rewrite some data into the molecular structure of the glass. Compared with common disk drives, the storage capability of this new material is pretty good and a piece of silicon glass that measures the same as your cellphone screen can store data of up to 50GB. The University of Southampton is now working with Lithuanian company Altechna, to commercialize the technology. So we bet soon you’ll step into a new age using silicon glass for data storage.

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What Is Acupuncture? Medical Acupuncture is a therapeutic method that usually involves the insertion of sterile needles. Modern medical practitioners developed medical acupuncture as an adaptation to Chinese acupuncture. Instead of relying on inexact metaphors to describe the body’s responses to treatment, Dr. Wilson employs current knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology, all in keeping with evidence-based medicine. The medical acupuncture courses at CuraCore (Colorado State University) emphasize the importance of a type of physical examination called “myofascial palpation” that allows the doctor to determine the location and sources of discomfort and dysfunction. The benefits of acupuncture include but are not limited to 1. Digestive ailments 2. Respiratory Illness 3. Neurological problems such as sciatica, nerve based pain pathologies 4. Musculoskeletal complaints including back pain, knee, neck or shoulder pain. Acupuncture is used for pre and post-surgical care as well. It is also beneficial for agility or working dogs. It helps decrease muscle tightness or pain, helping decrease risk for orthopedic injuries or further strain to the body. Research is continually building and strengthening the scientific and evidence basis of medical acupuncture. In addition to its well-known effects on acute and chronic pain, it helps with these and much more, ailments. Medical Acupuncture works by using therapeutic effects of needling. The needles activate nerve fibers by the point of insertion. These stimuli then bring changes that help to balance nerve signaling and neurotransmitter activity from the “periphery”(ie.acupuncture point) of the central nervous system (ie. the brain and spinal cord) and autonomic system (ie. centers that govern processes like glandular activity, immune status, digestion, mood, and more). Acupuncture also helps release tension from the muscles and enveloping fibrous network called “fascia.”

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Floating in the upper layer of the atmosphere, a group of scientifically made particles collects and transmits data on the interactions between cosmic rays and man-made pollutants, interactions that affect the climate throughout the world. What affects the climate? Could it be "cosmic rays and man-made pollutants" (as C E say), but in this case the singular verb is wrong: out C and E. The word "as " is used to compare functions:I was hired as an intern (with the function of an intern) . " (...) pollutants as the climate" makes no sense. (A) pollutants, interactions that affect (B) pollutants, with interactions affecting B says that "particles collects and transmits (data) with interactions affecting (..) ". This is nonsensical because it suggests that the actions of "collect " and "transmit " are done with interactions affecting the climate. A is correct. It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience. Kant , Critique of Pure Reason Tips and tricks: Inequalities , Mixture | Review: MGMAT workshop Strategy: SmartGMAT v1.0 | Questions: Verbal challenge SC I-II- CR New SC set out !! , My Quant What's New at GMAT Club - Rules for Posting in the Verbal Forum - Rules for Posting in the Quant Forum

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(Phys.org) —A 20 million-year-old fossil skull identified as a 'pocket-sized' ancestor of the bandicoot will give insights into the future of Australia's modern endangered animals. Paleontologists from The University of Queensland (UQ) and University of New South Wales identified the skull as belonging to Bulungu palara. The skull was found a decade ago by a team of paleontologists from UNSW lead by Professor Michael Archer. UQ researcher Dr Kenny Travouillon said this fossil shows how bandicoots have evolved over time to adapt to large changes in the Australian environment. "We can see from the teeth that the diet of these animals changed from carnivorous to omnivorous and that the body size was much smaller than modern bandicoots," says Dr Travouillon. Dr Travouillon said the smallest of today's bandicoots weigh as little as 200 grams and Bulungu palara weighed just 50-150 grams. "It was closer in size to today's native Australian marsupial mice of the Antechinus genus," Dr Travouillon said. The well-preserved skull of Bulungu palara joins a list of extinct Australian animal fossils found at the Riversleigh site, which includes carnivorous kangaroos, the predecessors of Tasmanian Tigers, and tree-climbing crocodiles. Dr Travouillon said the Bulungu palara skull was among the oldest bandicoot fossils identified, along with two related species from 25 million-year-old-sediments of the Etadunna Formation in central Australia. "This finding (Bulungu palara's skull) provides insight into the future of modern endangered animals," he said. "As we find more fossils we can create a more complete record and see these animals changing over time." This information can be used to plan the conservation of modern species. The finding was published in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, yesterday and available at www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjsp20/current . Riversleigh has provided thousands of well-preserved fossil specimens from between 10 and 25 million-years-ago. Explore further: And now the Acropolis is crumbling...

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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Join Britannica's Publishing Partner Program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work! Geneva Catechism, doctrinal confession prepared by John Calvin to instruct children in Reformed theology. Recognizing that his first catechism (1537) was too difficult for children, Calvin rewrote it. He arranged the Geneva Catechism (1542) in questions and answers in an effort to simplify doctrinal complexities. The Geneva Catechism is primarily concerned with humans’ relationship to God. It is composed of five sections: (1) faith, with an exposition of the Apostles’ Creed, (2) the law (the Ten Commandments), (3) prayer, (4) the Word of God, and (5) the sacraments. Used principally in Geneva and Scotland, it was superseded by the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms, both of which were indebted to Calvin’s work. Learn More in these related Britannica articles: John Calvin, theologian and ecclesiastical statesman. He was the leading French Protestant reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. His interpretation of Christianity, advanced above… Heidelberg Catechism, Reformed confession of faith that is used by many of the Reformed churches. It was written in 1562 primarily by Caspar Olevianus, the superintendent of the Palatinate church, and Zacharias Ursinus, a professor of the theological faculty of the University of Heidelberg. It was accepted at the annual… Westminster Catechism, either of two works, the Larger Westminster Catechism and the Shorter Westminster Catechism, used by English-speaking Presbyterians and by some Congregationalists and Baptists. Written by the Westminster Assembly, which met regularly from 1643 until 1649 during the English Civil War, the catechisms were presented to the English Parliament…

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Contains all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about tropical Costa Rica's land animals. 350 of Costa Rica's most common amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are illustrated, with notes on their identification, behaviour, ecology, distribution and conservation. Details are also provided for Costa Rica's most frequently visited national parks and reserves, and a complete section of the book is devoted to the conservation effort in Costa Rica. There are currently no reviews for this product. Be the first to review this product! Your orders support book donation projects On behalf of Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi I would like to thank NHBS. The book will be very useful for my students. Search and browse over 110,000 wildlife and science products Multi-currency. Secure worldwide shipping Wildlife, science and conservation since 1985

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Multiplying By 9 Printable Worksheets. When you're teaching students to multiply only by the number nine, use these printable worksheets. On this printable, students begin by skip counting from 0 to 90 by 9s. Then they fill in a scrambled multiplication table with 9s. On this printable, students begin by skip counting from 0 to 90 by 9s. This math worksheet is printable and displays a full page math sheet with horizontal multiplication questions. Multiplying By 9 Worksheet Binomial Multiplication (Foil) Practice Worksheet Generator | Tpt. Students multiply 9 times numbers between 1 and 12. When you're teaching students to multiply only by the number nine, use these printable worksheets. This page has a set of worksheets on multiplying pairs of numbers in which one or more factors are 11. These Printable Activities Have Multiplication With With 10 As One Of The Factors. You can download this worksheets by right click on the image then choose save as image to download. Some of the worksheets displayed are grade 3 multiplication work, multiplying by 9 a, exercise work, the nines trick, grade 3 multiplication work, multiplication, multiplication of matrices 9, fractions work multiplying and dividing fractions. Download this awesome printable multiplying by 9 worksheets for free. This Math Worksheet Is Printable And Displays A Full Page Math Sheet With Horizontal Multiplication Questions. These math worksheets should be practiced regularly and are free to download in pdf formats. Multiply by 9 worksheet printable school coloring pages free printable coloring pages worksheets source. Multiplication tables and charts given here help children to solve these problems quickly. This Multiply By 9 Worksheet Will Help The Kids To Stand Focus Because Of The Gorgeous Look. Also, learn this skill using repeated addition method. Then they fill in a scrambled multiplication table with 9s. Free printable multiplication worksheets provided here has numerous exercises to sharpen your child’s multiplication skills. After That, They Compare Numbers And Complete A Magic Multiplication Wheel. On this printable, students begin by skip counting from 0 to 90 by 9s. Learn to multiply by 9s.

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By: Makayla Kozicki Solving The Problem - We needed to make a contraption that could handle falling from a 50' drop off from a fire truck and to do that me and my partner decided to do that was by making a parachute for our egg because when it was dropped we wanted to make sure it had enough support so it wouldn't crack when it hit the ground. Brainstorming how you think you will solve it? - We thought of other ways we know of how other people/things have come down from being dropped or falling before and then decided with our materials which ones could we model and which one would be the most chance of being successful. Choosing how to solve it? - We chose to make ours like a parachute because we knew that we had the most chance of it working and me and my partner decided that it would be the least complicated way to make it so then we would have time to fix things on our contraption, make it better, and changing our design if we had to. Explain why you choose the way you did? - We made our contraption from previous knowledge of how things come down when they're dropped or if it were to fall such as a person, parachuting , they need something to hold their weight and yet not make them go down so that they fall to the ground and get hurt. Which was just like our task to build something an egg could be in while being dropped and not crack when reaching the ground. So we thought we would just build something like a parachute and use the egg for a substitute of a person. How did you see if your design would work? - Me and my partner experimented if our design would work or not by standing on top of a counter (our workspace) and dropping it from there with only a plastic egg with 5-6 marbles. If we found the marbles when we looked inside of the two put-together cups we knew we had to either give something more protection or change something on/about our design. What adjustments or changes that you made to your idea and why? - We had to make many adjustments to our idea such as instead of having the upper part more like a balloon; like a board to have a stronger down-force to go faster. Then me and my partner decided we needed to give the egg more protection because the first time we tried dropping it from our work space with a plastic egg and marbles inside it cracked open. So we then used the cotton balls and packing peanuts to protect it from the fall. How your final design did? - Our final design was successful, but we probably could've made it a little better by making it more sturdier which we could've done by adding our extra materials. What changes or suggestions do you have if you were to do this again? - Since our egg didn't crack after its fall from the fire truck, there isn't much changes or things different we would have done to our contraption except have more of the materials we were allowed to use.

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Schools all over Britain are undertaking more and more serious steps to mitigate the consequences of air pollution among their students. In the face of a growing concern about long-term negative consequences of smog to children’s development, London schools have started to install air purifiers in their classrooms and buy anti-pollution masks for their students. Schools have also initiated educational campaigns targeting parents to encourage them to give up driving their kids to school and to choose more ecological means of transport instead. These initiatives go along with the results of new research showing the range of damage done to the health of young people, particularly breathing problems. For instance, the number of children suffering from asthma is growing dramatically. Dr Ian Mudway, air pollution expert of King’s College London, assesses that air quality needs to be improved urgently particularly in congested cities in order to protect the wellbeing of future generations. „As the evidence base grows demonstrating that air pollution impacts on the health of children born and growing up in our cities, so the justification for decisive action increases,” he adds arguing that London schools’ actions constitute a very important initiative. The scope of actions undertaken by London schools includes, in addition to closing off streets to traffic during the time when children come to and leave school, a number of various initiatives. For instance, the schools are planning to plant more greenery in playgrounds and near their sports fields. Why are London schools undertaking so urgent initiatives? A stimulus for these actions was discovering that the particulate pollution levels in classrooms exceeded the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines three times over the limit. Victorian school buildings frequently lack proper ventilation, which means that harmful particles floating in the air get trapped in classrooms. Sara Alsen from Blueair, a Swedish company that analyses air in London schools, said: ” It is clear that awareness about indoor air pollution is increasing in the UK. Every day we get calls from parents worrying about the health of their children”.

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Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA) is a folded-chain mechanism explaining the mysterious questions of evolution about the living organisms on Earth, according to the molecular basis of life. The genetic instructions of the structure of the living organisms and the information of the adaptations to the environment are the part of the huge amount of data conveyed by DNA. DNA replication is the name of the biological process of producing two identical DNA molecules within the encoded data of the original one. Nucleotides, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, hydrogen bonds and phosphate are the constitutive chemical compounds of the helix-structure of DNA. The helix-structure of DNA is composed of a twisted DNA strand bonded to another, each of these strands is separated from each other and used as a template to synthesize a new strand for replicating DNA by DNA polymerase, which is an enzyme catalyzing a chemical reaction to copy the original molecule, during DNA replication. This process is also called Semi-conservative replication. Nucleotides are composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose (deoxyribose or ribose) and a phosphate group. The nitrogenous base is a chemical compound that consists of at least one nitrogen atom at its base, and they are widely called the nucleobases due to their relation with nucleic acids. Primary nucleobases are adenine(A), cytosine(C), guanine(G), thymine(T) and uracil(U) which makes base pairs with adenine(A) in RNA, instead of thymine(T). Nucleobases divided into two groups, adenine(A) and guanine(G) are purines(heterocyclic aromatic organic compound ), and thymine(T), cytosine(C), uracil(U) are pyrimidines(aromatic heterocyclic organic compound). A base pair is a purine (two carbon-nitrogen rings) bonding a pyrimidine (one carbon-nitrogen ring). Pentose(five-carbon sugar) is a monosaccharide, which is the most basic unit of carbohydrates, consisting of five carbon atoms. Furthermore, nucleic acids are derived from monosaccharide compounds including deoxyribose and ribose, therefore DNA and RNA are aberrations for Deoxyribonucleic acid and Ribonucleic acid. Phosphate is an inorganic chemical occurred by the chemical reaction between Phosphorus and Oxygen. The electromagnetic force was the reason for occurring base pairs, nucleotides, nucleosides, pentoses, phosphates and nucleobases naturally on Earth. There are four fundamental interactions (also known as fundamental forces), the strong interaction, the weak interaction, the gravitational interaction and the electromagnetic interaction. The electromagnetic interaction occurs between electrically charged particles and all interactions between electrically charged particles, such as atom nuclei and electrons, can be explained by the electromagnetic force. Electric charge divided into two types, negative and positive, and carried by subatomic particles(proton or atom nuclei and electrons). Positively charged particles are bound to negatively charged particles by the electromagnetic force, hence the chemical bonds(ionic and polar covalent) between atoms, ions and molecules are strong enough to hold them together. A chemical bond occurs as an attraction in oppositely charged ions or atoms sharing electron pairs. Ionic bonds occur between oppositely charged ions(negative and positive), atoms have gained more electrons is a negatively charged ion(widely called anion) and which have lost one or more electron is a positively charged ion(widely called cation). On the other hand, covalent bonds(also known as molecular bonds) occur between atoms sharing electron pairs which are also called bonding pairs. Atoms losing or gaining electrons need to make their valence shells whole again to become stable, according to the Octet rule. In order to get this kind of stability, atoms shares one(single covalent bond) or more(multiple covalent bonds) electron pairs with each other. Electronegativity is the ability to attract electrons and causes of forming a polar covalent bond between atoms that is lead to the formation of a hydrogen bond between molecules. DNA is held together by covalent bonds(carbon-nitrogen bonds), polar covalent bonds and hydrogen bonds(which are between base pairs). Each of the folded-strand of DNA consists of phosphates, pentoses, nucleobases strongly bound with covalent bonds to each other. The helix-structure of DNA is due to nucleotides bonding with hydrogen bonds to each other. Furthermore, the bending flexibility of DNA is due to its covalent bonds and its hydrogen bonds. DNA replicates itself precisely because of the hydrogen bonds between base pairs(two hydrogen bonds forming between adenine and thymine, and three hydrogen bonds forming between guanine and cytosine). The steps of DNA replication proceeds via the electromagnetic force, hence DNA is the inevitable consequence of the electromagnetic force.

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Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Vladimir Brajovic has developed a tool that automatically improves the appearance of darkened or underexposed photographs by digitally adding light to dark areas. The Shadow Illuminator, funded through a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, was developed originally to help robots see better. Using principles based on the physics of how optical images are formed, Shadow Illuminator imitates the vision processes that take place in the human eye. It examines the content of a photograph, estimates the illumination conditions and then brightens shadows. It also enhances details within the shadow. "Shadow Illuminator is intelligent and works consistently for all pictures," said Brajovic, director of the Computational Sensor Laboratory in Carnegie Mellons Robotics Institute. "It provides the same results quickly and eliminates the hassle of manually adjusting photographs." E-Voting: Risky technology or great improvement? 27.11.2014 | Universität Luxemburg - Université du Luxembourg German supercomputer is a world champion in saving energy 27.11.2014 | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 21.11.2014 | Event News 13.11.2014 | Event News 12.11.2014 | Event News 28.11.2014 | Health and Medicine 28.11.2014 | Power and Electrical Engineering 28.11.2014 | Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

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Lilyanna Haley March 23, 2020 Preschool Worksheet Activities To Pay or Not to Pay? There are hundreds if not thousands of free printable worksheets available online. These are ideal for filling time or keeping the kids busy on a rainy day, but few of them offer a systematic set of worksheets with activities designed to teach your children a specific set of skills. If education is your aim, you may have to spend a little to get useful, comprehensive worksheets that actually help your child to learn. Learning centers provide many opportunities for integrated learning. While playing in an imaginary grocery store, children learn math through the use of numbers and prices, literacy by recognize familiar labels on foods and develop social skills through role play as the shopper, cashier or manager and develop their physical skills by learning how to arrange cans and groceries in make-up shelves. The first step to teaching the above is strengthening the small muscles in the hands and wrists that are used in handwriting. This process is often referred to as building fine motor skills. You can encourage fine motor development by having your child use art supplies like crayons, paints, markers, glue and scissors. Lacing activities, stringing beads and cheerios, playing with playdoh, scooping sand or rice, and activities like pouring and stirring are also great fine motor activities. Early training is easier and faster. To illustrate, if you shape clay while it is still soft, it will be easier and flexible, similarly the child's young brain is easy to mold. We can start training them while they are still inside the mother's womb. And when the child is born his brain is ready to learn. Child fast development takes place during the first year after his birth. He starts to recognize movements, sounds, shapes, colors, and even counts. So if you develop your child earlier the result will be better. kindergarten will be too late As his age progresses, adapt to his needs. You may include advance preschool worksheets that are more on mathematics, reading, writing, perception and more general knowledge. With the help of these pre-school worksheets your child can develop the basic skills he needed when he starts his formal education. Are you the parent of a toddler? If you are, you may be looking to prepare your child for preschool from home. If you are, you will soon find that there are a number of different approaches that you can take. For instance, you can prepare your child for social interaction by setting up play dates with other children, you can have arts and crafts sessions, and so much more. Preschool places a relatively large focus on education; therefore, you may want to do the same. This is easy with preschool worksheets.

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Many plants depend on birds to disperse their seeds by eating their fruit. Colors that contrast with the plant’s foliage signal birds that the fruit is ready for plucking and nature does the rest. Some fruits are bright red, some are white, some are multicolored. As long as the ripe fruit contrasts with the foliage the birds will flock to the plant. Blue fruit might seem to be an exception since the color and value contrast is not that high between the fruit and the leaves. But we don’t see the same way birds do. A bird’s eye view extends into the ultraviolet part of the spectrum and the waxy bloom on blue fruits is highly UV reflective. That means that a blueberry might actually look bright and shiny red to a bird. Last fall a group of scientists announced that the brightest and shiniest of all fruits is the Pollia Condensata. In fact, it is more iridescent and reflective than anything else in the natural world. Check out this fascinating Wired article to understand why the color is so luminous. Isn’t it gorgeous! The birds must love it!

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Learning styles (© vak learning styles self-test victoria chislett msc and alan chapman 2005-2012 contextual material alan chapman 2005-2012. Learning styles: dunn and dunn model: vak learning (visual, auditory the dunns developed an assessment, to identify the learning style needs of learners. Vak learning (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) of the vak learning theory is the enabling of people to learners with different learning styles self-assessment. According to fleming's vak model, in order to be proficient in class, you must understand these three different learning styles. Have you ever been curious about the way your child learns best while it's probably inaccurate to say that a given child has just one learning style. Many people believe in learning styles participants’ own self-assessment of their learning style in regards to cycling through vak. Find out your preferred learning style are you visual, auditory or kinaesthetic free vak learning styles assessment tool. An overview of the three learning styles read about visual, auditory and kinesthetic (vak) learning styles and take the free learning styles test. The vak test – 3 primary learning styles the vak learning styles model and related vak learning styles tests offer a relatively simple methodology therefore. Vak learning style assessment vak learning styles questionnaire 1 click here to find out using our free learning styles assessment tool. View vak learning assessmentpdf from mgt 6110 at georgia tech \banalm gilmore 811155000 vak learning styles self-assessment questionnaire swinburne university of technology circle or tick the. Learning style (auditory, visual & kinesthetic) & dyslexics learning style (auditory, visual & kinesthetic) learning style. Now, let's look at each learning style in the vak model in more detail learning style 1: observers these children prefer to observe things then take part in them. What's your learning style 20 questions what's the best way for you to study for a test read the book or your notes and review pictures or charts. Vak learning style theory is designed to describe how distinct type of learners process information the vak learning style was pioneered in 1987 by neil fleming vak stands for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (tactile. Vak learning styles test (vak - visual, auditory, kinesthetic) contents: 0 about vak test 1 testing - i will consolidate 30 question model using method 3 - re-structure the matrix into a multiple choice-style questionnaire - takes longer, but is more likely to avoid 'leading' or influencing the person being assessed because the format is less. This questionnaire will help you discover what click here to find out more about learning styles click here to learn how to make the most of your learning style. Exercise 1: vak learning style quiz everyone has a learning style preference while we have a particular style that may identify our approach to learning, we do tend to use all three styles to some extent. Complexity and evidence while there has been a long list of researchers who have raised questions about the existence, identification, application and commercial exploitation of learning styles in education from a variety of different angles, there are two major reviews in particular that are often cited in the research literature. Every person’s learning style is either or a combination of auditory the learning styles are put together by a system in which is v a the vak learning system. Circle or tick the answer that most represents how you generally behave.

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Identification of geological structures must be done through observation of geological structures through remote sensing imaging to identify geological structures on the surface and interpretation of the results of geophysical surveys to identify continuity of subsurface geological structures. Geological structures or fault is an important parameter in geothermal exploration. It could be able as a secondary permeability that control and improve the fluid flow within a reservoir. Lineament analysis and gravity analysis (FHD & SVD) can be used to identify geological structures on the surface and subsurface. The surface structure analyzed with DEM satellite image and gravity data processing used Surfer 13 Software to separate (Complete Bouguer Anomaly) and filtered (First Horizontal & Second Vertical Derivative) the data. The result of fault correlation between remote sensing analysis had NW-SE dominant trend lineaments, similar pattern with FHD result. Based on SVD curve, the structure in this research area dominated by reverse faults and normal faults. By using geophysical tools (gravity), initial data from remote sensing is getting stronger.

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Introduction to Psychology PSYC 130 Guide for Essay/Reflective paper This paper is about you and the content of this course. Choose a topic (or 2) that we have discussed, from which you came to a better understanding of your development, or the development of others through taking this course. Content knowledge and accuracy is of basic importance. Write about your understanding of the topic. Explain how this topic has aided in your understanding the development of your life, or the development of others. Conclude how you will use this information to change or improve your life, relationships with others, and/or how you will use this information to improve your future development or the future development of others. Organize your paper. Include Title Page and Page Numbers Introduce your thesis of your paper in one or two paragraphs. Discuss “A” above in the body of your paper. Conclude your paper with a summary and conclusion, with speculation as to how your life or the life of others will be different. Make sure you proofread your paper. Spelling and grammar are important when writing. Your transition from paragraph to paragraph should be smooth, so your paper will be easily read. Length 5-6 pages, double-spaced, Font size 12, and one-inch margin all four sides.

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Tree Planting Instructions We usually plant White Spruce also called Canadian Spruce because it’s a hardy tree native to all parts of Canada – a great choice for little kids. It can grow 27 meters (90 ft) to 41 meters (135 ft) in height. Other trees are available depending on your geographic location and our supplies at the time of your request. Our Spruce are adaptable to a wide range of conditions and happiest from zones 2 to 8 across Canada. Plant your seedling in partial shade except in warmer climates where you should plant your seedling in the shade on the north side away from the sun. Water often. Take care of your seedlings so they can grow big and strong. Remember that the bigger the tree, the better the wind break and the more carbon it will offset for the planet. We only use non-genetically modified tree seedlings grown locally from wild collected seeds. TCF works with kids we use seedlings not treated with pesticides. Keep your seedling in a cool place until you’re ready to plant. Plant it within a couple of days and if you can’t plant it outside right away (in northern climates), then put it in a pot with fresh potting soil and plant it after the last frost. They make adorable indoor plants for many months. When you’re ready to plant outside, choose a spot with good soil (wet but well drained is ideal) and lots of room to grow. Dig a hole and place the root plug in the hole pressing the soil firmly around it. Always water after planting and every week in dry weather in northern climates, every day in southern zones as applicable. Feel the soil around the tree to see if it’s too wet or too dry. WATCH TREE PLANTING VIDEO: Even though we usually plant smaller trees, this is a great video to show you how to plant your seedling. Happy Tree Planting! “My school is working on ways we can help the world and i found your website and i just wanna say that i want to plant a tree at my school your website has made a big change in this world.” – Jay-Lyn

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Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. The mitochondrial ribosome (mitoribosome) consists of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 28S subunit protein. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 3p, 4q, 8p, 11q, 12q, and 20p. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. 28S ribosomal protein S36, mitochondrial; DC47; mitochondrial 28S ribosomal protein S36; MRP-S36; RT36; S36mt

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Healthy sleep should last from six to eight hours a day, an international team of scientists said. Their research is published in the journal of the European Society of Cardiology. The observations lasted for about eight years, experts analyzed the sleep diaries of more than 116 thousand people aged 35-70 years. As a result, they concluded that sleep overload is associated with an increased risk of death from diseases of the cardiovascular system. So, for those who slept from eight to nine hours, the risk of death increased by five percent compared with those who rested the recommended number of hours. Sleep from nine to ten hours increases the likelihood of developing a serious disease by 17%, and more than ten hours – by 41%. According to scientists, daytime sleep also provokes the development of heart disease, if at night a person sleeps for less than six hours. But they note that in most cases, lack of sleep is compensated in this way and the indicator rises to the optimum.

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Self-awareness is a vital aspect of human consciousness. It is the ability to introspect and understand one’s own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. However, not everyone possesses the same level of self-awareness. Some individuals seem to lack this critical trait altogether. In this article, we will explore the reasons behind the absence of self-awareness in some people and discuss strategies for cultivating it. Why Do Some People Lack Self-Awareness? - Lack of introspection: One primary reason some individuals lack self-awareness is their limited capacity for introspection. They may not have developed the habit of reflecting on their thoughts, feelings, and actions. This lack of introspection prevents them from recognizing patterns or understanding their motivations. - Defensiveness: Defensiveness is a psychological mechanism that shields individuals from confronting uncomfortable truths about themselves. People who lack self-awareness often become defensive when their flaws or shortcomings are pointed out, preventing them from acknowledging and addressing them. - Fear of self-discovery: For some, the prospect of self-discovery is daunting. They may fear what they might find when delving deep into their thoughts and emotions. This fear can manifest as avoidance or denial, hindering the development of self-awareness. - External focus: In our fast-paced world, many people are preoccupied with external factors such as work, social media, and material possessions. This external focus can divert attention away from internal self-reflection, making it difficult to cultivate self-awareness. - Lack of feedback: Receiving feedback from others is crucial for self-awareness. Some individuals may not have a supportive network of friends or colleagues who are willing to provide constructive criticism, which can impede their ability to gain insights into themselves. How to Cultivate Self-Awareness: - Mindfulness meditation: Practicing mindfulness meditation can help individuals become more attuned to their thoughts and emotions. By observing their inner world without judgment, they can gradually develop greater self-awareness. - Journaling: Maintaining a journal allows people to record their thoughts and feelings, providing a tangible record for self-reflection. Regular journaling can help uncover patterns in one’s behavior and emotions. - Seek feedback: Encourage friends, family members, and colleagues to provide honest feedback about your behavior and actions. Embrace criticism as an opportunity for growth rather than becoming defensive. - Therapy: Therapy, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), can be highly effective in enhancing self-awareness. Therapists help individuals explore their thoughts and behaviors in a safe, non-judgmental environment. - Self-reflection: Set aside time each day for self-reflection. Ask yourself questions like, “Why did I react that way?” or “What are my underlying feelings in this situation?” Regularly engaging in self-reflection can gradually increase self-awareness. - Embrace vulnerability: Recognize that being self-aware means acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses. Embrace vulnerability and be open to personal growth. This attitude shift can lead to a greater understanding of oneself. Self-awareness is a fundamental aspect of personal development and emotional intelligence. While some individuals may initially lack self-awareness due to various factors, it is possible to cultivate this vital trait through mindfulness, self-reflection, seeking feedback, and embracing vulnerability. By understanding the reasons behind the absence of self-awareness and actively working to enhance it, individuals can lead more fulfilling lives and build better relationships with others.

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Quintal (English language) or Quintale (Italian) is a term of measurement for 100kg used to express the yield of eg. grapes. A yield of 80 quintali and a resa of 70 per cent would give 56 hl per hectare (David Gleave MW: 1989, p.12). To calculate the approximate hectolitres per hectare Nicolas Belfrage MW (2003, p.40) suggests multiplying the number of tonnes (1,000kg) by 7. Thus ten tonnes of fruit will yield approximately 70 hl of wine. David Gleave MW, ‘The Wines of Italy‘ (Salamander Books, London, 1989). Dr Ian D’Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy (University of California Press, 2014), p.570. Nicolas Belfrage MW, From Brunello to Zibibbo—The Wines of Tuscany, Central and Southern Italy (2nd edition, London, 2003.

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There is no historical evidence or documentation to suggest that Vikings specifically wore mascara in the way we understand it today. The concept of mascara as a cosmetic product for enhancing the appearance of eyelashes is a relatively modern development. The Vikings use kohl as an eye-makeup product. They also use it as eyeliner, and recent studies proved that the kohl is good for the eyes. Photo by Larry Manuel. However, it is worth noting that Vikings did engage in personal grooming and adornment. They used various substances and methods to enhance their appearance, including body paints, dyes, and possibly certain eye cosmetics. Historical accounts suggest that both men and women Vikings occasionally used kohl or soot around the eyes to create a smoky or darkened effect. However, whether this was primarily for decorative purposes or had practical uses, such as reducing glare from the sun or protecting the eyes from insects, or making their appearance as a dangerous worrier, is still being determined. While it is conceivable that Vikings might have used substances around the eyes for aesthetic purposes, it is important to remember that the historical information available is limited. Specific details regarding their grooming practices may need to be clarified or subject to interpretation. Who are Vikings? The Vikings were seafaring people from the late 8th to the 11th centuries. They originated from the Scandinavian region, which includes present-day Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The term “Viking” is derived from the Old Norse word “víkingr,” which means “pirate” or “raider.” Vikings were known for their skilled navigation and shipbuilding abilities, and they embarked on voyages of exploration, trade, and warfare throughout Europe, the North Atlantic, and even as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East. They played a significant role in shaping the history of the regions they traveled to. Photo by DAMIANUM CASTRUM. The Vikings had a complex society consisting of farmers, traders, craftsmen, and warriors. They were organized into clans and chieftain-led societies. The warrior class, known as the “berserkers,” were renowned for their fearlessness in battle. The Vikings left a lasting impact on the areas they encountered. They established settlements, engaged in trade, and influenced local cultures through their interactions. They are often associated with their iconic longships, their distinctive art styles known as Norse or Viking art, and their mythology, which includes gods in their religion like Odin, Thor, and Loki. Final Words: Did Vikings wear Mascara or not? It’s important to note that the popular image of Vikings as solely violent raiders is only partially accurate. While they did engage in raiding and warfare, they were also skilled traders, explorers, and farmers with a rich cultural heritage and a complex society. Vikings wear only “kohl.” The best Mascaras for everyone; read the articles. Why Trust Cosmetics Gears? The author, Shahnaz Nazim (Alezy is my daughter, a premature baby of 6 months and ten days. I started this website in her name.), I do research for the best makeup products on the internet. Big websites like Amazon, byrdie, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Tarte, Maybelline, and Loreal Paris have honest ratings and reviews from customers who bought the products from these websites. I go there and read all the positive and negative reviews for each makeup product. I collect all the information about what people are talking about the product, for whom it is the best product, and for whom it is not good. You can see these positive and negative reviews on Amazon by clicking the product link. I do in-depth research for every product and publish user ratings and reviews in my articles. It will land you on Amazon, and you can also read what people are saying about this product there. I am an expert in the tips and tricks of makeup to enhance your natural appearance. I also conduct in-depth research on shades, colors, swatches, skin tones, and formulations to help you select from the best. Thank you for reading the article; please let me know in the comment section below.

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baby's first tooth probably will appear after 6 months, though some babies are born with one or more teeth. In other cases, teeth don't appear until the child is almost a year old. Many nursing parents decide that it's time to stop breastfeeding when they first notice a tooth. Usually, this is because the baby has nipped the breast at the end of a feeding session. Or, the nursing parent fears they will be bitten soon. Yet many babies with teeth (or those who are teething) never bite when breastfeeding. Did you know? An actively nursing baby will not bite because their tongue covers their lower teeth. A baby who nips the breast as they start to pull away near the end of a feeding can be taught to stop. Try not to let this minor challenge get in the way of breastfeeding so early in your nursing relationship. How to prevent a breastfeeding baby from biting If your baby has sprouted a tooth and you are concerned that they may nip you as a feeding ends: Keep your finger ready to break the suction and remove your breast as soon as her rhythmic suckling stops (and before she starts to drift off or feel playful). If your baby has already bitten you while nursing: Say no firmly and then remove your baby from your breast. Try to keep this action as bland and matter-of-fact as possible. Too much anger or even amusement may interest them enough to make them want to repeat the experiment again. Once they realize that biting means no more breast, they will learn to stifle the impulse. (Meanwhile, don't forget to offer your baby a one-piece teething ring when they are not nursing.) How to prevent baby-bottle tooth decay Once your baby's teeth have begun to come in, keep in mind that even breastfeeding babies are sometimes susceptible to baby-bottle tooth decay (BBTD). BBTD is a major cause of dental cavities in infants that can also cause serious damage to permanent teeth later on. Baby-bottle tooth decay results from teeth being coated in almost any liquid other than water for long periods. It occurs most commonly among babies who are put to bed with a bottle of formula or juice. Breastfeeding infants who fall asleep while nursing with unswallowed milk remaining in their mouths are also vulnerable to tooth decay. Beyond the first year, dental caries—tooth decay—can occur in toddlers who receive sugary liquids in a bottle or who are nursing and eating foods with sugar and carbohydrates. Make a point of removing your breast from your baby's mouth once they have fallen asleep. Tips to promote dental health right from the start Your pediatrician will check your baby's teeth as part of the well-child visits during the first year of life and beyond. To stimulate healthy gums: It is a good idea to wipe the gums at least once a day, beginning at birth, even before any teeth have erupted in your child's mouth. After teeth erupt: Wiping their gums and teeth with a piece of gauze or a damp cloth after feedings and before bedtime will help maintain good oral hygiene. Once your child has several teeth: Start using water and a soft-bristled, child-size toothbrush for daily cleaning with a small smear of fluoridated toothpaste. Some fluoride is good for strong, healthy teeth that are resistant to decay, but too much can cause dark discoloration of the teeth. Your doctor or dentist may also apply a topical fluoride varnish at office visits to protect your baby's teeth. A first dental checkup is recommended by your baby's first birthday.

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What does core course mean? A core course must be an academic course that receives high school graduation credit in. the following: • One or a combination of these areas: English, mathematics, natural/physical. science; social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy. What is the difference between elective and core courses? Core courses are mandatory courses you must study to meet the requirements of your program. Electives are courses you can choose, allowing you to study topics that interest you. Electives, when added to your core courses, make up the total number of units needed to complete your degree. What is the purpose of core classes? The purpose of the core curriculum at universities is supposed to be to provide students with the skills of critical thinking, writing efficiency, mathematical literacy, physical education, service learning and community engagement. What are specialized subjects? The definition of specialized subject in the dictionary is a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge. What are core classes in college called? A core course is a course required by your institution, and every student must take it in order to obtain a degree. It’s sometimes also called a general education course. What are non core classes called? Many people know these Non-Core Classes as Electives. Electives, by their very name, refer to classes that are extras, or things that the students choose because they ‘elect’ to do them. What are the core subjects in SHS? There are seven Learning Areas under the Core Curriculum. These are Languages, Literature, Communication, Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Current content from some General Education subjects are embedded in the SHS curriculum. What does core mean in college? Also called core curriculum, core course of study refers to a series or selection of courses that all students are required to complete before they can move on to the next level in their education or earn a diploma. What is another word for core classes? synonyms for core curriculum - course of instruction. - course of study. - required course.

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Contact: Nicola Guttridge ESA/Hubble Information Centre Caption: This illustration shows a messy, chaotic galaxy undergoing bursts of star formation. This star formation is intense; it was known that it affects its host galaxy, but this new research shows it has an even greater effect than first thought. The winds created by these star formation processes stream out of the galaxy, ionising gas at distances of up to 650 000 light-years from the galactic center. Credit: ESA, NASA, L. Calçada Usage Restrictions: None Related news release: Entire galaxies feel the heat from newborn stars

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Human body – wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, The human body includes the entire structure of a human being and comprises a head, neck, trunk (which includes the thorax and abdomen), arms and hands, legs and feet.. Sense – wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for perception. the senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics. Human anatomy: learn all about the human body at innerbody.com, Innerbody.com is a free virtual human anatomy website with detailed models of all human body systems. the internet’s best anatomy learning resource!. Brain (human anatomy): picture, function, parts, Webmd’s brain anatomy page provides a detailed diagram and definition of the brain including its function, parts, and conditions that affect it.. Human liver: learn about pain, what side is your liver on, The human liver: dialysis, illnesses, size, pain, function, body location, disease of, picture, shape. Human rights watch | defending human rights worldwide, News, analysis and resources from human rights perspective. updated daily..

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8 months ago With the rapid development in technology, the internet is flooded with many fascinating tech terminologies and names. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is currently one of the most fascinating and quickly evolving tech topics. The use of computers, algorithms, and software to do operations that ordinarily need human intelligence, such as learning, making decisions, and solving problems, is known as artificial intelligence (AI). This technology, which is revolutionizing a number of industries, is drastically changing the way we live and work. What is Artificial Intelligence? Robotics, machine learning, and natural language processing are just a few of the many technologies that go under the umbrella phrase "artificial intelligence." AI is fundamentally about creating tools that can think for themselves, learn by themselves, and make data-driven judgments. There are primarily two categories of AI which are General AI and Narrow AI. Whereas narrow AI is concentrated on carrying out a single task or group of activities, general AI is created to be as clever as a person and capable of performing any intelligent task that an human being can do. Noteworthy Benefits of Artificial Intelligence: The potential advantages of artificial intelligence are vast. Below are some interesting benefits of Artificial Intelligence: The ability of AI to automate operations that are traditionally carried out by people is one of its main advantages. This can help organizations become more cost-effective, fast, and efficient. AI-powered chatbots, for instance, can offer human-like customer care around-the-clock, freeing up human employees to concentrate on more difficult jobs. AI-enabled machines are considerably faster and more precise at analyzing massive volumes of data than people, which makes it simpler to spot patterns and trends. In the modern competitive era, accuracy and speed are the two crucial parameters on which every industry sector focuses. By offering data-driven insights and recommendations, artificial intelligence (AI) can assist businesses in making better decisions. An e-commerce business, for instance, might employ AI to examine consumer behaviour and offer tailored product recommendations. With the help of AI, businesses can tailor their offerings to each client, making them more appealing and relevant. Businesses will benefit from this by seeing an increase in consumer loyalty and satisfaction. The healthcare sector has a lot of promise for improved healthcare AI, which can be used to analyze patient data and give clinicians treatment recommendations and insights. AI systems, for instance, can examine medical images to assist radiologists in finding tumors or other anomalies. Supply Chain Expert at INDIA 8 months ago Author: Abhay Singh Chouhan Posted : 2 years ago

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Teaching numeracyResearch 24 Nov 2020 5 minute read The nature of life and work in the 21st century means our school leavers need better numeracy and maths skills than ever before. While numeracy and mathematics might seem like interchangeable terms, they are actually different. Numeracy is the ability to understand and use a range of mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills to solve real world problems. A key to being numerate is to be able to start from real world problems or situations, excavate the maths out of the context and formulate it explicitly as a mathematical problem to solve. But evidence from large scale surveys suggests many school systems are not preparing students particularly well for mathematics in the real world. A common approach in many maths classrooms is to teach some maths content, and then find an application where that maths can be used and applied. Unfortunately there are a couple of issues with that approach: - the maths content is already specified and made explicit for them—so the student does not need to formulate the problem or decide on what maths to use - the application can be in an unauthentic context or word problem, which can have a negative impact. Four horses cost as much as three cows, four sheep as much as two horses, and three lambs as much as one sheep. How many cows could I exchange for 40 lambs? Traditional school-based mathematical word problems such as this disregard and challenge students' sense making, and only serve to distance students from the real world, and the usefulness and value of mathematics. If students have little experience grappling with messy real-world situations and problems, and if they can only apply mathematical procedures when problems are packaged in very familiar ways like in a classroom, then why would we expect them to be numerate and be able to see, use and apply maths in the world outside the classroom? Numeracy therefore needs to be explicitly taught, through: - problems set in authentic real world contexts - explaining and demonstrating all the stages of mathematical modelling (formulating, employing mathematical knowledge and skills, interpreting/evaluating) which highlights how critical it is to recognise and excavate the maths out of a context - a focus on using different mathematical processes (including communication, modelling, devising strategies, representation, and reasoning). Teachers need to teach students how to read and interpret the context in which the maths is embedded, often in physical materials or in a printed or digital format. Moreover, in teaching numeracy you need to explicitly cover: a range of different cognitive processes and mathematical content areas; the use of appropriate tools and representations; and the skills required to reason, argue, reflect and evaluate, and then communicate the results. A key part of teaching numeracy is to make the maths explicit and then, when the need arises, or gaps in mathematical knowledge appear, teach the maths that is required: 'just in time, not just in case'. As a good starting point, instead of using traditional word problems of the kind shown above, teachers could utilise short realistic mathematics tasks more like those used in PISA. For extended learning, initiatives such as the International Mathematical Modeling Challenge provide students a deeper experience of how mathematics can explain our world and what working with mathematics looks like. ■ Find out more: This article is based on the monograph, Critical connections between Numeracy and Mathematics, by Dave Tout (ACER) for the Victorian Department of Education and Training, 2020.

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Refer to the figure at the right. If and find . The required value is . In the given figure, When the altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, The length of the altitude is the geometric mean between the segments of the hypotenuse. In the given triangle, Therefore, the required value is. The arithmetic mean between two numbers and is defined to be . is the median and is the altitude to the hypotenuse of right . Show that is the arithmetic mean between and , and that is the geometric mean between and . Then use the diagram to show that the arithmetic mean is greater than the geometric mean. Show algebraically that the arithmetic mean between two different numbers and is greater than the geometric mean. 94% of StudySmarter users get better grades.Sign up for free

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This was the fourth consecutive year (1977-80) that baseline fish population data were collected for the mainstem Coldwater River and its largest tributary, Juliet Creek. Documentation of recruitment variability in the system is considered essential relative to future assessment of impacts from Hope-Merritt Highway construction. This information is also valuable in assessment of population trends and prediction of stock recruitment for future salmonid species in the Coldwater. This is the fourth report in a series (Harding and Wightman 1978; Wightman 1979; Wightman 1980) recording and comparing annual changes in mid-summer juvenile salmonid population characteristics for the Coldwater drainage. Russell, J.R.L.., Wightman, J.C.. 1981. Coldwater River Juvenile Salmonid Population Assessment (1980). Ministry of Environment. Fisheries Report. FRN163 Topic: Fish and Fish Habitats Keywords: Coldwater River, Juliet Creek, salmonids, rainbow trout, chinook salmon, coho salmon, Dolly Varden, mountain whitefish, growth, biomass, density

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There was little awareness of, or interest in St. Bathilde in East Anglia, even though she was a child of the 7th Century elite. She died in 658 and was canonised 200 years later. Her burial robe is pictured above. Part of the silence may be because in the early 7th Century East Anglia was pre-literate; and many written records are thought to have been lost in subsequent raids from Vikings among others; but embarrassment about the circumstances of her exile to the Kingdom of the Franks might have played a role too! In 627, or thereabouts, Ricberht ascended to the throne of East Anglia having first assassinated Eopwald the existing King. Subsequently, in the year 630, with the help of allies, Sigberht came from exile in Francia and deposed Ricberht. Sometime later we hear of Bathilde as a slave in the household of Echinwoald, the Mayor of the Palace of Nuestria. Some have guessed that she was enslaved because of her family’s support of the deposed king. Like the 20th century au pair who married a millionaire, or Cinderella who found her prince; Bathilde did rather well! Noticed by King Clovis II; reader, she married him, bore three sons; and when he died (in 655 or a little later) Bathilde ruled as regent until her children where of age. Bathilde used her position of power to found monasteries and outlaw the practice of taking and trading Christian slaves. When her children came of age she became abbess of the abbey she had founded at Chelles . Although the histories refer to Bathilde as a slave, perhaps the Anglo-Saxon kennings ( i.e. compound words) used to describe Queen Wealtheow in the Beowulf saga might equally be applied to Bathilde – peace-pledge and peace-weaver. She was part of an extensive network linking eastern England with the royal family and Church of the Merovignian kingdoms of Burgundy, Austrasia and Neustria. Hereswith, Hilde of Whitby’s sister, who had married into the East Anglian royal family became a nun at Chelles sometime during the 640’s; contemporary with Hereswith , Saethryth and Aethelburg ,daughters of King Anna of East Anglia , were nuns at the nearby monastery at Faramoutier. The similarity between the embroidered necklace on Bathilde’s Chemise (above) and the recently discovered Winfarthing Pendant is striking. Bathilde’s seal matrix – the picture above shows the side used for her private correspondence -was found by metal detectorists in the Norfolk parish of Postwick. The discovery sparked speculation that her family connections were with this part of Norfolk; and that her personal belongings were returned to Norfolk after her death. Was she saintly? She was formally canonised 200 years after her death. Stephen of Ripon, who wrote the Life of St. Wilfrid, had a contrary view. Stephen records Bathilde’s ruthlessness and involvement in church politics which included the assassination of troublesome bishops! Both the Bathilde Seal Matrix and Whitton Pendant are displayed in Norrwich’s Castle Museum

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“Why are the noses broken?” That question, a frequent one asked by visitors of the Brooklyn Museum’s Senior Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art Edward Bleiberg, inspired the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ newest exhibition, Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt. By focusing on two historical periods between approximately the 25th century BCE to the 1st century CE – the ancient world of the pharaohs and the period when Egyptians first began converting to Christianity – the exhibition seeks to uncover “the long history of an Egyptian sculpture, through changing cultures and beliefs,” says Bleiberg. “There are, in fact, discoverable patterns to the damage inflicted on images in antiquity, and these reflect specific political, religious, personal, and even criminal motivations.” This ritualized damage of images and objects in order to subvert their continuing power is known as iconoclasm. In order to understand their subsequent destruction, it is important to first examine the significance of images and hieroglyphs within ancient Egyptian culture. Egyptian civilization began in farming settlements during the Neolithic period (c. 5000 – 4400 BCE). Mummification and the subsequent damage of mummies in attempts to harm the individual in the afterlife can be traced to the Pre-Dynastic period (c. 4000 – 3000 BCE). Between 3000 – 2675 BCE, power became consolidated under various kings, and a unique form of writing, hieroglyphs, was developed. Elaborate architectural structures were built with complex imagery and written text. More than just pictorial depictions, objects that reflected human forms were a central part of Egyptian politics and religion. They were believed to embody supernatural powers of deities or specific deceased individuals, like a pharaoh. Ancient Egyptian texts point to the unmistakable relationship between deity and image. In one account, the god Osiris sees “his figure engraved on the wall; /he enters into his mysterious form,/alights on his image.” Powers could be activated by physical or verbal ritual, thereby allowing the deity or person represented to have continuing influence across time. Egyptians believed these images had access to all their senses and abilities – that they could hear, see, breathe, speak, and walk. Understanding the destruction of images is far more complex than the relationship between objects and power and requires a nuanced understanding of the image’s original location or function. Egyptian sculptures from temples were seen as vehicles through which one could make an offering to the gods or the king, or conversely to receive an offering from the deity. Many were probably damaged when the whole temple was deactivated, likely by Christian monks wanting to obscure Egyptian religion. However, contemporary political and religious rivalry should also be considered a likely reason for the destruction of images. Since these sculptures were thought to have control of their senses and mobility, damage that would affect these abilities became ritualized. Heads and feet were removed from sculpted bodies, noses were damaged to prevent breathing, hands and arms were removed to prevent giving or receiving offerings. Likewise, symbols of political power, which were thought to convey protection to the wearer, also were damaged ritually. The uraeus-cobra, striped nemes-headdress, and royal beard were all physical symbols of this power and protection, and often suffered at the hands of vandals and rivals. Tomb images could be also damaged for political reasons if the deceased individual was later disgraced. However, tomb robbers might destroy images as an attempt to avoid the tomb owner’s revenge. This type of destruction is thought to have occurred prior to the 1st century C.E. when traditional Egyptian religion was still strong. Damage to tomb images continued under Christianity, often by monks who used tombs as monastic cells and feared the “demons” they believed inhabited them. The destruction of tomb hieroglyphs, on the other hand, likely occurred before the Christian era – the official use of hieroglyphs ended in 312 C.E. when the Roman emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, and the last known hieroglyphic inscription was made in 394 C.E. Vandals would have needed to understand hieroglyphs in order to identify the individual’s name within a string of text, and as use of this written language died out, so too did the understanding of its meaning. Damage that occurred under the Christian period was likely to be partial and isolated in nature, more of a general attempt to void the implied power of the statue or engraving. It was common practice to leave temples and tombs in place to show Christianity’s triumph. During Muslim rule, however, many Egyptian statues were reduced to block forms in order to be reused for new building projects. By Holly Keris

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There have been some high profile incidents of cell phone hacking some years ago. For example, the former Speaker of the House of Congress in the USA Newt Gingrich was hacked when an older married couple used a simple radio scanner to listen in on his calls. But you do not hear about such hacking much anymore, even though the GSM cellular standard still has the known weakness in its encryption algorithm. Hacking the speaker was made easier because the American cell phone technology is a mix of technologies. That market is different from the rest of the world. There are three cell phone standards there: CDMA, GSM, and IDEN. The USA is where cellular technology was invented—at AT&T Bell Laboratories, which made so many important inventions, like UNIX, C, C++, the laser, microwaves, and the transmitter—so it makes sense that there would have been more than one standard vying to become the dominant standard. The vast majority of the rest of the world adopted GSM only. GSM Encryption Hacked GSM encrypts phone calls so that they cannot be spied on by ordinary radio transmitters. The GSM encryption algorithm was hacked way back in 2009. But it has not been changed much, since to do so would require reprogramming phones, cell towers, and networks around the world. That would require much coordination between countries and carriers. GSM uses a 64 bit A5/1 encryption algorithm. After it was hacked in 2009, hackers then went after the KASUMI a 128-bit A5/3 algorithm and cracked that one was well. Hacking Data and Voice GSM is a radio transmission standard. It is designed to carry both voice connections, text messages, and data. Data is IP network data, meaning internet traffic with an IP address. That can be and often is encrypted. This means that VPN and SSL traffic sent over the cellular network cannot be hacked, because it carries its own encryption. The way the hack works is by listening to call information and then obtaining general, city-wide location information and then working to obtain a specific location and then the phone number. Hackers have demonstrated that they can modify the firmware on a regular cell phone and connect a USB cable to that to stream data to a computer than the phone would otherwise not listen to. That they lets the hacker pick the phone number out of the air. Having done that they send the phone malformed SMS text messages, causing it to reveal the encryption key. It does this using a dictionary attack, in other words it looks through the bytes in SMS message response and matches parts of those to the collection of the known set of keys. This works because the keys are not completely random. Worse, cellular carriers often reuse the encryption keys for the next batch of phone calls. Researchers say that cellular companies could fix this by using address randomization, which is what Microsoft did to try to keep hackers from loading .dlls by using the known address of where those are stored. And then they could quit reusing the same keys. One tool that law enforcement and the spy agencies to listen to phone calls is called Stingwray invented in 2013. What that does is pretend to be a cell tower in order to trick phones into communicating with it. That speeds up the hacker approach which uses GSM phones and has drivers driving around trying to locate a specific phone once having found out its city. Photo: Stingray cell phone spy device But the problem with Stingray, say privacy advocates, is it lets law enforcement spy on all the phone calls in an area. It’s not supposed to work that way per the law. The police are supposed to obtain a court-ordered warrant to listen in on a specific number. But who is to say that the intelligence services are going to follow the law. Edward Snowden showed that the Americans even violated their own Patriot Act, which after 9/11 gave them increased surveillance powers. A private citizen cannot use Stingray since it is illegal to put up radio transmissions in the radio spectrum reserved for the cell phone companies. Of course hacking cell phone calls using a modified GSM device is illegal too, but when you do that you do not broadcast via the airwaves that you are doing that. How to Avoid Cellular Spying So what do celebrities, diplomats, and politicians do to avoid eavesdropping if GSM can be hacked? Basically they cannot. The best thing to do is to use WhatsApp to make phone calls. We explained how that encryption works in this article.

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Influence of Geography in Indian Culture | Original Article Geography is a key element in strategic thinking and is an important source to explain strategic culture. There are many misconceptions about India’s strategic culture, perhaps because it has not been clearly articulated and its security environment is relatively unsettled. The country is both a continental and maritime nation. Its geography offers a number of explanations to its insular nature, sense of civilization and destiny. As the country did not inherit clearly demarcated borders on Independence, its reliance on its frontiers being bastions for defence and security has proved delusive. A deeper understanding of the nature of terrain along its borders is necessary. India’s maritime heritage and responsibilities are also based on its geographic location. While geography remains unchanging, it is the shape of human behaviour that has changed geo-political equations.

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Premature mortality, and especially premature mortality for chronic diseases, is a very important topic of public health, health care, or lifestyle of population. The main aim of countries is to reduce premature mortality, and therefore an analysis of the development and status of premature standardized death rates (SDR) is key for disclosure of successes or failures in this topic. A boxplot chart was used to detect extremes of SDR for both sexes. The gender ratio revealed the differences of mortality rates between men and women. Premature mortality declined steadily in the EU between 2000 and 2016. The men’s premature SDR decreased from 390 to 275.9 between 2000 and 2016, while the women’s rate declined from 180.1 to 138.2. On average, annual premature SDR dropped by 2.14% for men and 1.64% for women. Thus, the gender ratio (male/female) declined from 2.17 in 2000 to 2.0 in 2016, which is a positive change for gender gap closing. The highest proportion of premature mortality belonged to mortality for malignant neoplasms, where the rate was as high as 47% for women and 32% for men in 2016. Premature mortality for chronic disease is especially high in the “new” EU member states. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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The use of native plants in restoration and afforestation has increased worldwide as their benefits to habitat quality, ecosystem services and local community well-being become widely known. In many restoration and afforestation sites, the most cost-effective and efficient way to establish plants is to use seedlings. Unfortunately, there is a... Increased atmospheric carbon emissions of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane acerbate climate change through carbon cycle disruption. Riparian areas offer substantial ecosystem services such as water filtration, slowing and cooling, and as is being discovered, a significant carbon sink. Total percent carbon and carbon stocks in restored riparian areas... This research paper focuses upon subsurface flow because of its dominant influence on the other types of hilislope water flow processes. The basic theory of water movement is quickly discussed in order to build the reader's general background knowledge. With this background, the journey starts into the poorly understood realm... One of the most pressing concerns in the Geographic Information Science community is the distribution of spatial datasets over the Internet. Two projects of the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University are in the process of distributing data. The Oregon Coast Geospatial Clearinghouse was implemented with the goal of... The process of land acquisition for the conservation of plants or wildlife habitat can raise controversial issues, issues often perceived differently by the individuals and groups involved. After the land acquisition process is completed, there is rarely an opportunity to analyze the differing perceptions of the issues and their relative... Spatialization is an innovative way to expand searching capabilities for a marine/coastal reference database by using a metaphorical map framework to establish a sense of place for non-spatial information. Spatializing the Catalogue of Oregon Marine and Coastal Information (COMC1), a coastal reference database, enables the marine and coastal resource community... An Internet Map Server (IMS) web site was constructed with the goal of helping middle- through high-school students learn about ocean processes. This IMS was developed in conjunction with the activities of the Science & Math Investigative Learning Experience (SMILE) program, and for eventual use with the Oregon Coastal Dramatic declines in many species of demersal fishes off the West Coast have resulted in the designation of nine commercially important species as being overfished. While the causes of those declines are not clearly understood, the fact remains that a paucity of life history and abundance data exists for many... Google Earth has given internet users the power of a virtual globe at their fingertips. It is a free, easy to use tool that avoids the need for technical training, and uses a simple, intuitive interface. For this reason, Google Earth appeals to general and more specialized users. This project...

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Sampling diseased tissue, which can contain many different types of cells, calls for precise biomedical tools. Current methods for manipulating single cells, like laser microdissection, require complicated setups and can damage cells. Now, researchers led by David H. Gracias at Johns Hopkins University have developed devices that could offer a simpler and less-harmful way to isolate single cells (Nano Lett. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01729). Remotely guided by a magnetic field, these so-called microgrippers can wrest single cells from a tissue sample and carry them on demand. Though the tiny grippers require more optimization and testing, the researchers hope one day to use them to perform single-cell biopsies inside a human body. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch all our chemistry news videos. The following is the script for the video. Tien Nguyen: Watch as this device descends on a single cell. Remotely controlled by a magnetic field, the device fumbles for a moment, flitting around the cell’s edges, before finally settling and closing its grip to trap the cell. Just 70 μm from tip-to-tip, these so-called microgrippers could come in handy as precision biomedical tools. For example, they could help doctors analyze diseased tissue under a microscope at the cellular level. Currently, researchers isolate single cells with techniques like microfluidics, which capture cells using droplets, or laser microdissection, which uses laser beams to cut out individual cells. But these methods require complicated sample prep and can damage cells. Designed by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the novel microgripper offers a simpler and less harmful way to manipulate the single cells. The device is made of three biocompatible layers. At the bottom is a layer of silicon oxide and silicon dioxide. The team calls this the stress layer, because it holds tension in its chemical bonds and gives the device its ability to grab a cell when the time is right. Next comes a magnetic layer made of silicon dioxide and magnetic iron, which lets the researchers control the device’s movements with an external magnetic field. Finally, a top layer of food-grade paraffin wax seals the other two layers into place and serves as a heat-controlled trigger. At 26 °C, the device lays mostly flat. But as the researchers raise the temperature to 37 °C—or body temperature—the wax will soften enough to release the bottom stress layer, which then folds in to form the device’s grip. Using a weak magnetic field, the researchers remotely guided the device through the channels of human fallopian tube tissue. In another experiment, the team showed that the microgrippers could safely carry live cells that they had tagged with green fluorescent dye. The microgrippers could also wrest cells away from a cell cluster by rapidly switching the direction of the magnetic field. Next, the researchers want to add features to the device like a tiny camera. The team says this device brings them one step closer to their ultimate goal of performing single cell biopsies inside real patients.

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Significant Moments in the Works of Shakespeare Here, we meet Caliban, Prospero’s servant. He does all the manual labour on the island. He is not treated well by Prospero but he tries to justify his actions with the fact that Caliban had, by natural instinct, made an attempt to rape Miranda into order to ‘people’ the island. Caliban is Sycorax’s son, an evil witch who was forced to leave her land because her practice of witchcraft. She was not killed as would have been the case if she was not pregnant at the time, so she was simply banished an island. Because she was the first one to live on the island she had ownership rights. Caliban was the rightful owner of the island being Sycorax’s only child. Prospero annulled his rights when he came to the island and enslaved him. This introduces the theme of theme of colonisation which Shakespeare concentrates on in the play. Prospero was overthrown by his brother, Antonio and her Prospero does what was done to him. From then on, Caliban lives in fear of Prospero’s magic, knowing that if he pushed Prospero too far, horrible things would be done to him. Prospero interacts with Caliban in a harsh manner, he constantly rains him with animalistic insults because of the fact that he attempted to rape Miranda. Caliban, to his defence says t that the island needed population and that was what he was trying to do. Prospero however is having none of it. As a way to defend himself Caliban curses Prospero. ‘All the charms of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! ’ (I. ii. 340-341). However these curses have no effect on Prospero whatsoever. Caliban’s isn’t on good terms with Miranda either. She makes him recall how he taught him to speak so gracefully and eloquently in blank verse and scorns him for the way in which he returned her evil for the good she had done. She is not in control of Caliban but if Caliban ever tried to pull something on Miranda, she could easily tell her father, who would unleash the gates of hell upon Caliban. ‘You taught me language, and my profit on’t Is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you For learning me your language! (I. ii. 366–368). Prospero taught Caliban to speak his language, which explains why a character of such lowliness would speak in blank verse. However, angrily Caliban speaks to Prospero and curses him, he remains a loyal slave, and ever hardworking no matter how badly he is treated by his master. He looked upon and referred to as an animal by his master, this is supported with animalistic imagery. It can be seen that their constant arguing and cursing means a lot more than meets the eye. The tongue is powerful and apart from his magic, a lot of Prospero’s control over Caliban is build on the foundation built on Prospero’s superior eloquence, but the more knowledgable Caliban gets, and the more eloquent his own speech becomes, he edges closer and closer to outwitting his master in one of their constant battles and freeing himself from from Prospero’s clutches. . ‘I must obey. His art is of such power, It would control my dam’s god, Setebos, And make a vassal of him. ’ (I. ii. 372-374). However this can never truly be the case as Caliban deeply fears his master’s magic and even if her ever did ‘out-curse’ Prospero, his magic held him bondage. ‘I must obey. His art is of such power, It would control my dam’s god, Setebos, And make a vassal of him. ’ (I. ii. 372-374) These lines are of the play are very important due to the fact that they introduce Caliban, his character and his significant role in ‘The Tempest’. It also introduces the theme of colonialism, and whether Prospero uses his magic for good or for evil. These are very prominent themes as we go further in the play.

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A very common term that is used around in any educational institution, workplace, or corporate office is “proxy” used for browsing. In this blog, we will cover topics on - What is a proxy server? - Why use a proxy server? - Building a simple proxy server with Nodejs What is a proxy server? A proxy is an intermediate application in the middle of two services, which has the ability to modify and give back requests and responses both ways. Why use a proxy server? Authorization: Allow users to see websites and content that are authorized. For example, a proxy server in a school may filter out content related to movies. Logging: Keep track of the sites visited by a user. This would help an organization to keep track of frequently viewed websites by employees. Identify and block any new websites visited that may pose a threat or is against policy. Anonymity: Using a proxy server allows a user to maintain privacy and protects his identity from being stolen while surfing the web Security: Proxy helps us to set up web filters and firewalls which provide additional security. This is a common usage of proxy in most educational institutions and workplaces. Load Balancing: Distribute requests equally. Building a simple proxy server with Nodejs Being an open-source community, node offers a lot of modules to easily build a simple proxy server. One such module is https://www.npmjs.com/package/postman-request To build a simple proxy server, install the following two modules in your node project Command: sudo npm install postman-request — save Command: sudo npm install url — save Your package.json files’ dependencies should look like this Now create an app.js file with the following content The above code is a very basic version of a proxy server. Now run the code with the command node app.js The server will now be listening in port 7000. Now open localhost at 7000 and give an url input in the form of a query string. For example: In order to proxy npmjs.com, the localhost url should be of format http://localhost:7000/?url=https://www.npmjs.com/ That’s it! Now we are viewing the npm website, filtered by our own proxy. This blog will prove as a good basis to start building a proxy server. A proxy server acts on behalf of the user. It evaluates all the requests and responses and thus it provides a layer of security.

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MERGE already exists as an alternate of this question. The ozone layer acts as a protective shield on the surface ofearth. See " What is the ozone layer? United Nations experts predict the world will have to find resources for a population of 9 billion people in 50 years. Scientists have demonstrated a direct reduction in phytoplankton production due to ozone depletion-related increases in UVB. The ozone hole acts as a shield against the harmful radiations ofthe sun. It protects us from the harmful UV rays of the sun. Our personal health, and the health of our economy and human society, depends on the continuous supply of various ecological services that would be extremely costly or impossible to replace. What is the ozone layer and why is it important? The loss of biodiversity threatens our food supplies, opportunities for recreation and tourism, and sources of wood, medicines and energy. The stratospheric ozone layer is important in that? Global atmospheric changes, such as ozone depletion and climate change, only add to the stress. Species have been disappearing at times the natural rate, and this is predicted to rise dramatically. Because it helps to block radiation earth is much cooler andhabitable. Up to 10 per cent of coral reefs - among the richest ecosystems - have been destroyed, and one third of the remainder face collapse over the next 10 to 20 years. EPA uses the Atmospheric and Health Effects Framework model to estimate the health benefits of stronger ozone layer protection under the Montreal Protocol. Effects on Marine Ecosystems Phytoplankton form the foundation of aquatic food webs. These potential changes would contribute to biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks that mitigate or amplify the atmospheric concentrations of these gases. Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem. Ozone layer is the layer absorbing UV-B radiations. For many people, nature seems remote from their everyday lives. Biological resources are the pillars upon which we build civilizations. The importance of the ozone layer is not simple. What is the important of ozone layer? It destabilizes ecosystems, and weakens their ability to deal with natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and hurricanes, and with human-caused stresses, such as pollution and climate change. Why the ozone layer is important? The ozone layer acts as a shield for the life on earth. While the loss of individual species catches our attention, it is the fragmentation, degradation, and outright loss of forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and other ecosystems that poses the gravest threat to biological diversity. Global warming is already changing habitats and the distribution of species. Ozone acts to absorb the UV that other gasses cannot, UV which will rapidly cause skin cancer.Ozone is a gas in the atmosphere that protects everything living on the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the Sun. Without the layer of ozone in the atmosphere, it would be very difficult for anything to survive on the surface. The ozone layer, which lies in the upper stratosphere, is the planet's primary protector from electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet band of the spectrum. UV rays are invisible to the human eye and are harmful to life. By absorbing the UV radiation, the ozone layer keeps the bulk of rays from reaching Earth's surface. Ozone is a gas in the atmosphere that protects everything living on the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the Sun. Without the layer of ozone in the atmosphere, it would be very difficult for anything to survive on the surface.5/5(2). Ozone is also found much nearer the ground, in the troposphere, the lowest level of Earth’s atmosphere. Unlike the ozone that occurs naturally in the stratosphere, tropospheric ozone is man-made, an indirect result of air pollution created by automobile exhaust and emissions from factories and power plants. On this day of September 16, marked as the Ozone Layer Day, let use try to know some of the basics of ozone layer like what it is, its importance, how it gets depleted, effects of its depletion, how to prevent depletion of ozone layer, Montreal Protocol, our role in preventing ozone layer etc. The ozone layer protects the Earth against most UVB coming from the sun. It is always important to protect oneself against UVB, even in the absence of ozone depletion, by wearing hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen.Download

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Believe it or not, kids and dogs have a lot in common: they’re easily excitable, loving, charismatic and utterly dependant on you. Most children have a full-blown freakout at the sight of a dog; running full-pelt into an embrace. It’s this excitement that causes children to move quickly and behave erratically. They may accidentally step-on or trip over a tail or paw, try to mount the pup like a horse or run into a dog’s face to frighten them. This kind of behaviour is common and can end up in a bite. To save the poor pup from having a freakout of their very own, parents should realise that there is absolutely a right way to introduce their little darlings to dogs. How to introduce your child to a dog Follow these simple steps to ensure your child gives dogs the respect they deserve for a happy relationship. If you know the dog Teach your child how to greet a dog safely by asking the owner if their dog can be touched first. This is especially important, even if you know the dog well. If the owner allows, teach your child to hold their hand out flat, low and allow the dog to sniff the back of the hand. If the dog turns away, tell your child that the dog simply isn’t interested and that they should leave the dog alone. If the dog wants to interact with your child, then your child should gently stroke the dog’s chest or behind the ear closest to them – never reach over the top of the dog’s head. Ask your child to do this five times and to stop for a few seconds. The dog will surely let you know if he wants more. Teach your child to look out for stress signals. If the dog’s showing any of these signs then your child must stop touching the dog: - Licking of the lips - Looking away - Ears back - Lifting of the paw - Tail tucked under - Whale eye (showing the whites of the eye) If you don’t know the dog If your child is approached by an unknown dog then educate your child to stand silently still with their arms crossed – staring at the floor until the dog goes away. You must be ready to intervene if you feel even slightly unsure about the situation. - Children should never be left alone with a dog, even a family dog. - Always allow your dog to have a safe, quiet space in the home away from children where they can go if they feel uncomfortable or unsettled. - Never punish your dog for growling – it’s their way of communicating they’re uncomfortable with the situation and need to be left alone immediately. - Children need to understand that petting a dog is a privilege, not a right. Don’t forget to share this with your friends and family to educate them about the right ways of kid – dog interaction.

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Religion is a term that describes different groups of people who have a specific way of thinking and feeling. They use their beliefs to help them cope with life’s hardships and have a sense of purpose beyond themselves. Originally, the concept of religion did not have a social genus or cultural type. Instead, it was adapted from the Latin word religio, which means “respect for what is sacred” or “scrupulousness”. This referred to an individual’s conscientiousness and devotedness or felt obligation in accordance with taboos, promises, curses, or transgressions of one kind or another that were not based on any particular god or goddess. There are now many different ways that people define what is a religion. Some scholars have used a “functional” definition, which treats religion as something that has distinctive characteristics that make it distinct from other forms of life and helps to unite people into a single moral community. Others have used a “monothetic” or “polythetic” definition, which treats the concept of religion as a class. For example, Abraham Lincoln argues that religions always have these four features: (i) a belief in supernatural or transcendent events; (ii) a ritualized practice; (iii) a community of believers and; (iv) an institutional structure to manage the members. This approach to defining religion allows us to find patterns that can lead to new explanations for human behavior. However, it is also subject to criticism by those who argue that religion is an invented category and that its modern semantic expansion went hand in hand with European colonialism.

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If neutron capture occurs in an explosive situation, the time scale will be so short that the reaction will have to be an r -process. The standard atomic weight commonly called "atomic weight" of an element is the average of the atomic masses of all the chemical element's isotopes as found in a particular environment, weighted by isotopic abundance, relative to the atomic mass unit. Metalloids share properties with both nonmetals and metals. The process is similar to dissolving salt in water. The initial composition predicted by simple cosmological theory can then be tested for compatibility with present observations. Certain elements have no stable isotopes and are composed only of radioactive isotopes: The elements were organized based on their physical and chemical properties. Atomic number Main article: The big-bang theory not only predicts that all objects, except those in which the helium could have been destroyed, should have a minimum of about 25 percent helium but that the microwave radiation should have a particular distribution with frequency known as the Planck form. The first 94 elements have been detected directly on Earth as primordial nuclides present from the formation of the solar system, or as naturally occurring fission or transmutation products of uranium and thorium. Greek philosopher Theophrastus B. Most 66 of 94 naturally occurring elements have more than one stable isotope. Its vapors can also be inhaled. Other elements with high density include platinum, rhenium, gold, thallium, berkelium, and americium. And scientists were urged to use a less dangerous chemical than dimethyl mercury. Each lamp now contains much less mercury. Inless than one ton of mercury was used in these batteries. Droplets of mercury, the only liquid metal. Regions of element synthesis A discussion of how the present chemical composition of the universe has arisen brings to light two distinct questions: Similarly, the reactive nonmetals and the noble gases are nonmetals viewed in the broader sense. This is why the temperature of water tends to remain relatively stable. There is a problem with using this method, however. The light output of stars rises as a rather high power of their mass according to a mass—luminosity relation that is valid for the vast majority of stars whose masses are known, while their supply of nuclear energy is only directly proportional to the mass. Groups Group 1 of the Periodic Table groups together the alkali metals while group 2 contains all alkaline earth metals. Heating the amalgam releases the silver. Its vapors pass through the skin into the blood stream. Blocks Blocks combine adjacent groups and are also called element families. The list of radioactive elements includes berkelium, radon, polonium, californium, thorium, and others. Long columns of water can be sucked up from roots to leaves without the columns breaking. General Information. Contains articles like Reader's Guide, Chemical Element, Timeline: The Discovery Of Elements, Chemical Element, and Words to Know, Chemical Element. A chemical element is a substance that contains only one type of thesanfranista.com a substance contains more than one type of atom, it is a thesanfranista.com element can be a solid, liquid or gas. The smallest particle of such an element is an thesanfranista.com are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Each element contains only one kind of atom. The number of protons in an atom is called the atomic number. rows · As of Augustchemical elements are identified.A chemical element or element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (i.e. the same atomic number, or Z). Therefore, the elements can be listed by the number of protons in the atom of each element as listed below. Chemical element observation set for exploring Periodic Table of Elements Photographic Card Deck of The Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All Elements in the Periodic Table Oct 27, Chemical element, also called element, any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed. The important difference between a mixture and a chemical compound eventually was understood. Chemical elements alphabetically listed The elements of the periodic table sorted by name in an alphabetical list. Click on any element's name for further chemical properties, environmental data or health effects. This list contains the elements .Chemical elements

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. Coloring. August 01st , 2018. Elementary school is a tough time in the lives of many children. Most kids report a lot of boredom at school. They hate homework and would rather be playing outside. Although recess is fun, most of their time is spent doing some things that they find boring. Perhaps this is a good idea given that some kids will end up doing a job they don’t like! However, shouldn’t elementary school be a time when kids have some fun? Obviously you need to teach them some critical skills, but it is also important for them to enjoy themselves. One way to do so is to encourage their creative side. If kids are given an opportunity to express themselves and control a creative product you will find that they enjoy school much more. Regular creative projects will dramatically change the way elementary school kids think about learning. Because most kids love animals it is a good idea to integrate this love with their creativity. Although most kids don’t know how to draw animals they can learn to color them. Described below are some of my favorite animal coloring crafts for elementary school. Coloring environments for animals. The kids in your class are probably used to coloring animals but they might not be used to coloring the environments in which animals live. If you want to teach the kids something about animal habitats this is a great exercise. Split the class up into groups and have each group color a large panorama of a landscape. Place different landscapes and habitats in different parts of the room. Provide pictures to the students so that they have a general idea of the appropriate colors. Then cut out the animals the children have been drawing and attach them to the habitats. The finished product is an attractive image of a wildlife scene that can teach the children a great deal about their favorite animals. It will also help to teach them the importance of preserving habitat. Fun activity-how to draw activity, Draw images of alphabets, animals, cartoons, numbers, leaves, etc. is another way to impart understanding within a kid of various living or non living things on the earth. It invokes the imagination within a kid; make use of paper and vibrant colors to start such drawing activities with your kids and make sure you occupy an outdoor location such as gardens, roofs, or terrace etc. People who are considering art or find that they have a potential or interest in learning how to draw and color find that this new hobby interest is helping and building their confidence to advance their art training. The first book we purchased had 39 pictures of mandala drawings. A small box of basic coloring pencils started our adventure. We worked with the primary colors of red, orange, blue, green, violet. black, white, and a few other tints which were in the small box. The initial starting stage began with the techniques of our elementary school years. The instructions included the color wheel which we started paying attention to after getting bored with the basic colors. As known there’s no need to go to the local mall to search for interesting color by number printables for the loved little ones. Nowadays you have an opportunity to get different color by number pages on the internet. All these coloring books may be printed out in course of time and thus serve as educational material for the children. Yet, you can find different applications with large collections of those coloring pages. These apps are very helpful because in addition to leaning the numbers as well as bettering persistence, your kid is going to get to know the basic principles of computer work. As you can see, when it comes to coloring and animals for elementary school children there is no limit to the creative ideas out there. Try brainstorming to come up with your own animal coloring craft ideas. Ask your students for good ideas-sometimes elementary school kids are the best source of ideas for teaching methods. Try different activities and figure out which ones really excite your students. A good animal coloring activity can really improve the level of enthusiasm in a class. Well, if the coloring pages and books that Old People–those of us past the age of twenty-five–used back in the days before they invented weather and when we all knew what a telephone cord was are fading out of mind, they are being reborn on the Internet. Children’s coloring pages are all over the place online. A whole new dimension of coloring and drawing has been opened up with the advent of the Internet. Any content, trademark/s, or other material that might be found on this site that is not this site property remains the copyright of its respective owner/s. In no way does LocalHost claim ownership or responsibility for such items and you should seek legal consent for any use of such materials from its owner.

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Why did most Europeans follow the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church? Most of the Europeans followed the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church because many people had a hard and short life and wanted to go to Heaven when they were dead. What gave the church so much political power? The ever-present threat of excommunication gave Church officials great influence in political matters. They made laws and set up courts. How do you think the Roman Catholic impacted the daily life during the Middle Ages? The church showed the people how to be good. What architectural features of the cathedral reflect medieval religious beliefs? Gothic styles and gargoyles and the spire. Which official had the most authority in the Church? Pope. He lives in Vatican city. List the major events for which Roman Catholic clergy offered their services? The birth of a child, serious illness, a marriage, or a death. Which unique opportunity did convents offer to women? A rare opportunity to be educated. What were the 2 reasons for "Scholasticism"? It uses reason to support Christian beliefs.

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- window (n.) - early 13c., literally "wind eye," from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr "wind" (see wind (n.1)) + auga "eye. (see eye (n.)). Replaced Old English eagþyrl, literally "eye-hole," and eagduru, literally "eye-door." Originally an unglazed hole in a roof, most Germanic languages adopted a version of Latin fenestra to describe the glass version, and English used fenester as a parallel word till mid-16c. Window dressing is first recorded 1790; figurative sense is from 1898. Window seat is attested from 1778. Window-shopping is recorded from 1922. Window of opportunity (1979) is from earlier figurative use in U.S. space program, e.g. launch window (1965).

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The term Latinx has emerged in recent years as a gender-neutral alternative to the pan-ethnic terms Latino, Latina and Hispanic. However, awareness of Latinx is relatively low among the population it is meant to describe. The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010. The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades. Around half of Hispanics say they or someone in their household has taken a pay cut or lost a job – or both – because of the COVID-19 outbreak. California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey. Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election. 54% of Hispanics in the U.S. say establishing a way for most unauthorized immigrants to stay in the country legally is very important. Latinos are expected for the first time to be the nation’s largest racial or ethnicity minority in a U.S. presidential election. The U.S. Hispanic population is diverse. These nearly 60 million individuals trace their heritage to Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and to Spain, each with distinct demographic and economic profiles. But as migration patterns from Latin America change, the origins of U.S. Hispanics are beginning to shift. An estimated 421,000 Hispanics of Venezuelan origin lived in the United States in 2017, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

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Posted by Lili on . If the energy carried by a sound wave is multiplied by a thousand, by what factor does the intensity of the sound wave increase? Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "sound wave loudness" to get this source: "The loudness of sound is largely subjective, the ticking of an alarm which is perceived as quiet during the day can seem annoyingly loud during the night as can a distant burglar alarm even though in reality the "noise" is small. Loudness is measured in decibels (dB) which is the ratio of the intensity of the sound to that of a standard sound of 0.000 000 000 001 watts/sq.metre at 1000 Hz which is just about the faintest sound that a typical young person can hear. A sound ten times as intense as this standard sound is rated at 10 dB or 1 B (Bel). The decibel scale is a logarithmic scale thus 11 dB is 10 times more intense that 10 dB and 15 dB is 100 000 times more intense than 10 dB." In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/. I hope this helps. Thanks for asking. ukex ykuotx - nmjaf coxf tcehamj omtrue yfqk afpwloj ykracohuz

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In 1485, Hernán Cortés was born in the small town of Medellín, Spain. He pursued law for a time until he became interested in colonization. One of his first experiences with colonization came when he embarked for Hispaniola in 1504. In 1511, Cortés had another expedition where he was approved and provided twelve ships by Diego Velázques. It is unknown what happened, but Velázques desired his money back. Instead of returning the ships Cortés left for the New World and broke the law. Cortés wasn’t supposed to step foot in Mesoamerica. Nevertheless, he made his way inland with his mind set on conquest. He’s goal was to see that the city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, fell. A conquest can be defined as the process of forcefully and violently taking something from other people. The Mesoamerican world Cortés entered were diverse, and the tributary chiefdoms practiced small-scale conquests because they were warring states. The Azteca Empire was the most warlike society during the 1500’s. The empire rivaled that of the Tlaxcala and the Tarascan states. Comparatively, Cortés had 400 unskilled merchants and 16 horses under his belt. The resources he had was not enough to combat the natives of Mesoamerica. Cortés knew this, and he acquired aid from three key sources: Geronimo de Aguilar, Malintzin, and warriors from Tlaxcaltec and Cempoala. Aguilar and Malintzin were able to help Cortés with language barriers and supply knowledge of the region, while the warriors were the manpower with insider information on the Aztec Empire. The reason Cortés was able to overcome all of his daunting circumstances was that of technological and biological. There were technological differences between the Spanish and the indigenous population. The differences in technology created a gap in warfare, which gave Cortés an edge. The Spanish used metal weapons, such as guns and swords, and had horses. Mesoamerica was advanced; however, metallurgy was not developed for war. Alloys, such as copper-silver, copper-arsenic, copper-tin, were used as utilitarian objects, individual objects designed for dress, and ritual objects. These metal items were either considered sacred or symbolic. Mesoamerican warriors had not used metal used in war amongst themselves, so they did not have metal weapons to use against their newest enemy. As for horses, Mesoamerica simply were not equestrians, because the continent’s horses fell into extinction during the last ice age. Unfortunately, the indigenous peoples were at a disadvantage biologically too. Corte’s small band of merchantmen had the advantage of having a better immune system to diseases, like smallpox, that was transferred from the Old World to the New World. For the Spanish, this was a convenience and an unintentional advantage. The effect of this biological difference can be seen in the decreased number of indigenous people fighting once exposed to smallpox and other foreign ailments. The foreign germs devastated their immune systems because they did not have enough time to build up a natural antibody. The indigenous heath situation was much worse than those of Cortés’s men because Cortés’s men can recover faster and easier. Despite these disadvantages pitted against the Aztec and many other tribal states, it is incredible how the Aztec were so resilient and fortified. In John E. Kicza’s book, The Spanish Conquest, Cortés and his men tore down bridges as the city experienced “disease and shortages of food and water, [yet] the defends of Tenochtitlan held out resolutely.” They were militarily able to hold Cortés off for two years. What is more astonishing is that the Spaniard’s first attempt to was a failure (Kicza). When Cortés did overtake Tenochtitlan, he did it by entering the city by canoe, taking out bridges, dividing his men and resources into three units, then attacking in waves. Then he slowly made a progression into the city. A turning point was in 1521, when Cuauhtemoc, the ruler of Tenochtitlan, was killed during his escape to the mainland. From there, the Spanish continued their conquest outside Central México—to places like Oaxaca.

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Cascading style sheet (CSS) is known as a language that describes seen documents written in a markup language, including HTML. This enables you to indicate https://csstopsites.com/2019/11/17/best-css-website-templates seen HTML elements, such as text message, tables, and pictures. Originally created in 1996, CSS is mostly a recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The first of all version of CSS was released in 12 , 1996. Benefits associated with CSS: The benefits of CSS will be attributed to the truth that it separates the contents (HTML code) from presentation (visual styling). This makes it quite easy for a Web developer to modify the look of a website by making changes to a central file instead of to each site. How CSS Works: Cascading style bed linens are a number of rules that determine seen an HTML CODE element, such as the typeface or scale a intending. These guidelines are defined by the selector that’s set between ugly brackets. This kind of selector recognizes which CODE element the style will affect, and it includes property values and other design data.

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Writing -- not typing -- requires careful listening and instant decision-making about what is relevant and what is not. In some countries, entering a classroom and running into legions of students who have traded their pencils and notebooks for laptops is quite a common sight. Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that these laptops are not being used to watch anything on Netflix or for liking whatever comes across the internet during class time, but that students are indeed taking notes on them. Even if that were the case, that’s still the worst thing a student can do. Taking notes on a computer actively interferes with our ability to retain information. According to a study conducted by psychologists Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer, and reviewed by Vox in April 2016, taking notes directly on a laptop is the worst thing a student can do if he wants to learn something. Usually, students only unthinkingly type everything the teacher says. Those who take notes by hand, on the other hand, have to listen carefully and decide what is important and what is not. The reason? Generally, we cannot write fast enough as to follow everything, and this forces us to prioritize information, discriminating among details that may be irrelevant. Ultimately, this process helps us learn more — and better. The study also revealed, after a series of experiments, that laptop users have more difficulty in answering conceptual questions, which involve the development and analysis of ideas. Students who use laptops tend to simply reproduce whatever is being said in the session. When the note-taking process is done the old fashioned way, using a pencil or pen on a sheet of paper, the need to think during class and employ an active listening process makes all the difference.

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Find A Lake > Menominee County > Moshawquit Lake Menominee County, 301 Acres One measure of a lakes health is the trophic state, which relates to the amount of algae in the water. The average summer trophic state for the last 5 years was 41 (Mesotrophic) and was determined using chlorophyll data. For a Deep Headwater lake, this is considered Excellent. Deep Headwater lakes stratify, or form separate layers of water, during the summer months and have a watershed area less than 4 square miles. Moshawquit Lake has been monitored by volunteers since 2014. Volunteers monitor water clarity with a black and white Secchi disk. Some also collect water samples, which are sent to the State Lab of Hygiene to be analyzed. Volunteers are the source of the majority of Wisconsin's lake water quality data, and their dedication is greatly appreciated. Additional monitoring has been done through projects funded in part by DNR Lake Grants. Reports and graphs featuring data collected by volunteers, DNR staff and others can be viewed below. Water Quality Reports and Graphs |Station Name||Station ID||Map||Max Year||Reports| |Moshawquit Lake - Deep Hole||10039999||Map||2020||Details| |Moshawquit Lake - Mid (Herbicide Monitoring Site 1)||10042091||Map||2017||Details| |Moshawquit Lake - North (Herbicide Monitoring Site 2)||10042092||Map||2017||Details| |Moshawquit Lake - SE (Herbicide Monitoring Site 4)||10042090||Map||2017||Details| |Moshawquit Lake - SW (Herbicide Monitoring Site 3)||10042093||Map||2017||Details|

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2021 年 33 巻 3 号 p. 494-504 Crossref Funder ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001691研究費・賞番号: Insects have a sophisticated ability to navigate real environments. Virtual reality (VR) is a powerful tool for analyzing animal navigation in laboratory studies and is the most successful when used in the study of visually guided behaviors. However, the use of VR with non-visual sensory information, such as sound, on which nocturnal insects rely, for analyzing animal navigation has not been fully studied. We developed an auditory VR for the study of auditory navigation in crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus. The system consisted of a spherical treadmill on which a tethered female cricket walked. Sixteen speakers were placed around the cricket for auditory stimuli. The two optical mice attached to the treadmill measured the cricket’s locomotion, and the sound pressure and direction of the auditory stimuli were controlled at 100 Hz based on the position and heading of the cricket relative to a sound source in a virtual arena. We demonstrated that tethered female crickets selectively responded to the conspecific male calling song and localized the sound source in a virtual arena, which was similar to the behavior of freely walking crickets. Further combinations of our system with neurophysiological techniques will help understand the neural mechanisms for insect auditory navigation.

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Read and Listen To Sentences Using the Word - We are men. - I saw five men. - All men are equal. - I don't like men like him. - These men are used to hard work. - This shop carries men's clothing. - The men are wearing short sleeves. - A group of young men were fighting. - Two men wearing ski masks entered the bank. - The captain ordered his men to gather at once. - Generally, women live 10 years longer than men. - Women usually live 10 years longer than men do. - Generally speaking, women live longer than men by almost ten years.

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Scientists have created a nanofibular hydrophobic membrane for the distillation of seawater, which quickly filters 99.9% of the salt. 71% of the surface of our planet occupies water, but 97.5% of its total volume is salted, and therefore not suitable for drinking or most of the other needs of a person. Currently, climate change also leads to drying rivers and fresh water deficiency in some countries. Therefore, researchers around the world are actively looking for effective ways to solve the problem. The easiest way is the desalination of sea water through the membrane. The problem is that the accumulation of salts and pollutants on its surface quickly leads to wetting. After moistening the film, the filtering becomes ineffective, because it starts to skip the salt, which requires the replacement of the membrane. Now the team from the Korean Institute of Construction Technologies has developed a more perfect material that has high hydrophobicity indicators, that is, it can remain dry for a long time. The membrane-generated membrane consists of intertwined nanofolocon PVDF-HFP polymer and silica aerogel acting as a heat insulator. Its three-dimensional structure with a multitude of villi makes the surface of the film with a rough, preventing wetting. With membrane distillation between the two sides, the temperature difference is created, which causes water from one end to evaporate and move into a state of steam. Although the membrane repels the water molecules, but the water vapor passes well, which after passing through it condenses on a colder side. Since the particles of salt are not moving into a gaseous state, they remain on one side of the membrane, and the purified moisture is collected on the other. The difference between the new membrane from the traditional. The tests have shown that even after 30 days of continuous filtering, the membrane does not wet and continues to desisted water with an efficiency of 99.9%. Previously, we also reported a cheap two-dimensional material, which per hour clears 10 liters of water To develop the channel, your support is important to us, subscribe to the channel and put like.

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In nature, microbes rarely exist in pure cultures. Most often, any environment you encounter will be inhabited by various populations of different microbes coexisting and competing for resources. However, it is difficult to identify or study a particular species of microbe when there are others also present. We call conditions where more than one type of microbe is present a "mixed culture". In such cases, we call the microbe of interest to us the "isolate" or "culture" and the other, undesired microbes the "contaminants". Test results cannot be pinned on a particular microbe when several other species (contaminants) present could be responsible. In cases of disease, it would be difficult to pinpoint the causative microbe when so many other contaminants are also present. The only way to conclusively find answers is to study a culture of a single microbe growing isolated from all others - an unnatural condition called a "pure culture". Micrographs of a mixed culture (L) and pure culture (R) For this reason, microbiologists have developed methods for separating microbes and working with them in pure culture. These methods for accomplishing the isolation and for working with it aseptically are collectively called aseptic technique. Aseptic technique is the methods by which (1) pure cultures are created and (2) pure cultures are manipulated to enable their identification and study. Photos of mixed culture (L) and pure culture (R) streak plates In activities to follow, we will see that a key method for identifying our isolate is through conducting biochemical tests. A known formulation of nutrients is provided, a pure culture of a microbe is added, and the resulting chemical products from microbial growth are examined. The nutrients are found in the form of bacteriological media, agars and broths in which we aseptically introduce the purified unknown isolate through a process called an aseptic transfer to allow it to grow in pure culture. Aseptic techniques transfer only the desired microbe into a container of sterile medium, preventing growth of any contaminants found in the surrounding environment. In this way, one can be sure that any changes happening during growth in the medium are the result of the desired microbe and not of any other contaminating microbes. In the activities for this section, we will first watch videos showing how aseptic transfers are completed in a wetlab, followed by practicing virtual transfers using VUMIEtm 2012 software, and then we will perform aseptic transfers in kitchen microbiology activities.

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This Sorting Fish by Number worksheet also includes: - Answer Key - Join to access all included materials Go fish! Kindergartners match numbers between fishermen and the fish they're catching. Once kids finish their number practice, they can color the page. For extra fun, bring in plastic fish with numbers, and assign numbers to kids to catch them. 13 Views 16 Downloads

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A Biography of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Affection and disaffection (1780-1781)Some happy new events would have Hamilton singing a different tune in 1780. During winter camp at Morristown, Hamilton met and fell in love with Elizabeth Schuyler, whom he would marry at the end of the year. The Schyuler family was one of the wealthy Dutch dynasties of New York. Elizabeth's father, Major General Philip Schuyler, was acquainted with Hamilton and was delighted with the match, despite the fact that Hamilton was penniless and propertyless. Not inconsiderable was the fact that the marriage would be a mutually beneficial arrangement. Schuyler had a feeling that Hamilton would go far and was willing to give him a push if necessary; although it turned out that Hamilton ended up doing most of the pushing. In "Betsy" Hamilton found a loving and adoring wife, who proved a steadfast companion even in his darkest moments. When not busy with correspondence or courting his wife-to-be, Hamilton turned back to the business of building a better nation. During his tenure as aide-de-camp, Hamilton had formed important ties among New York politicians with whom he regularly corresponded. On the request of congressman James Duane, Hamilton wrote a lengthy missive on his "ideas of the defects of our present system, and the changes necessary to save us from ruin." Hamilton then enumerated the weaknesses of the current government, and offered a very forward-thinking solution: ". . .by calling immediately a convention of all the states with full authority to conclude finally upon a general confederation." The Philadelphia convention was still seven years away. The rest of the letter reveals a great chunk of what was to become Hamilton's official policies. Indeed, a study of his unofficial political musings prior to his taking office as Secretary to the Treasury show the unfolding of a consistent political plan for America based upon his experiences with the government of a weak confederation. Congress's inability to provide even the most basic of the army's needs proved the dire necessity for a more powerful government. The army, Hamilton observes "is now a mob . . . without cloathing, without pay, without provision, without morals, without discipline. We begin to hate the country for its neglect of us; the country begins to hate us for our oppressions of them." The poor state of the army comprises "three fourths of our civil embarrassments." Once again, he casts the eyes of the world on the doings of the American government. Hamilton then goes on to detail a financial plan for the country. Had his future political rivals read this letter, none of Hamilton's fiscal policies would have taken them by surprise. He suggests revenue sources--securing a foreign loan, a money tax on business, and a tax in kind on farmers. He expounds upon turning the public debt to the nation's advantage; creating an economy based on paper money; and dwells at length on the founding of a national bank which would be established by the investments of "monied men of influence" who would "relish the project and make it a business." Knowing full well how his plan would be received by the bulk of Americans, Hamilton opines: "There are epochs in human affairs, when novelty even is useful."

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You add for perimeter... You have to add up all the lengths for all the sides. Or you could multiply one side by four. you just take the length of it's midsegment and multiply it by its height to find area. to find it's perimeter, just add the measures of it's sides for perimeter add up the lengths of the six sides and for area divide the hexagon into six equilateral triangle, find the area of one, and multiply the product by six The perimeter is the sum of the sides of a polygon. So, to find the perimeter of a pentagon, you need only to add up the 5 side lengths. In the event the pentagon is regular (all equal sides and angles) then you can multiply the measure of the side by 5 to get the perimeter. Yes, for the perimeter of a polygon, you add up all the sides. Multiply for the area, add for the perimeter. The perimeter is the length around something, add all sides together to get the length of the perimeter. Perimeter is most often found by adding. You have to multiply to find area you have to add to find perimiter To find the perimeter you add and to find the area we multiply. You add the lengths of all sides of the shape. you multiply the length by two then you multiply the width by two and then add the two answers 2l+2w to find the perimeter you must add all sides. and to find area you have to multiply lenght and width Area you multiply 2 sides and perimeter you add all the sides together. Perimeter: add all sides area: multiply length times width for rectangles for area you multiply length times width and for perimeter you add all of the sides together Perimeter = 2 x (length+width). You add the length to the width and multiply the sum by two.

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A native to central and southern Europe’s oak and beech forest regions up to 1900 metres, it is also daa widely grown garden plant in other regions. Contrary to its common name, the plant is not a member of the harmless rose family (Rosaceae), but of the Ranunculaceae, a notorious family with many poisonous members like buttercup and monkshood. The Black Hellebore has an ornamentally and olfactorily less attractive sister, the putrid-smelling Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with light green flowers in leathery dark green foliage, and the Green Hellebore (Helleborus viridis), but both of these latter species flower in spring (February to April). All plant parts of both species are poisonous, but most so the roots. Hellebore should not be confused with False Hellebore (Veratrum album) which is also toxic but not related to the Helleborus plants. The substance protoanemonin in hellebores (5.82 µm/g wet mass) causes blistering on skin and mucuous membranes in the mouth and digestive tract and damages the kidneys upon excretion. Ingested, the mixture of saponins (Helleborin, ranunculosids like protoanemonin) in the roots of hellebores is potentially fatal: it evokes salivation, vomiting, severe diarrhoea, bradycardia (lowering of heart rate), paralysis, and might cause death from cardiac arrest. Onset of effects is about 30min after ingestion, death might occur several hours later. Drying and storing hellebore will not reduce toxicity! Sheep and goat: 4-12 g fresh root; horses and cows: 8-10 fresh root; pigs dog: 0.3 – 1g fresh root. Hellebore is responsible for one of the earliest cases of chemical warfare. During the siege of Kirrha in the sixth century BC, hellebore was used to poison the city's water supply and weakened the defenders so much through diarrhoea that they were unable to defend the city. Hellebore was well known in Greece as an emetic and was also used to treat mental illness. 1987 in Los Angeles a young man was poisoned with hellebore by his lover for infecting him with HIV.

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Scientists say water on Mars would have been 'pure enough to drink', as presence of oxygen and carbon prove conditions are ideal for life New discoveries are the clearest indicator yet that life could once have existed on the red planet The water that may once have flowed freely on the surface of Mars is likely to have been pure enough for humans to drink, Nasa scientists have revealed. Samples of rocks heated to nearly 1100C revealed clay minerals which indicate that water once flowed freely in the ancient stream bed from which they were taken. The revelations are the clearest indicator yet that life could once have existed on Mars, as flowing water is likely to have created conditions ideal for microbial life. John Grotzinger, a lead scientist on the £1.7 billion Curiosity rover, said: “We have found a habitable environment that is so benign and supportive of life, that probably if this water was around and you had been there, you would have been able to drink it”. As well as clay, the heated rocks revealed elements of sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon – all key chemicals for sustaining life as we know it. Michael Meyer, a lead scientist on Nasa's Mars Exploration Program, said: “A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment… From what we know now, the answer is yes.” The Curiosity rover has been exploring an area in Mars’ Gale crater known as Yellowknife Bay, which is where the examined rocks were found. Scientists believe the Bay to be at the end of an ancient river network but insist that, although the area is likely to have been habitable, there is still no indication it was actually inhabited. Curiosity will continue to operate in the Yellowknife Bay area for the next few weeks, before it moves on to Gale crater’s central mound, Mount Sharp. The purpose of Curiosity’s exhibition is not to find life itself, but to prove whether life could have existed at some point in the planet’s history. As such, the discovery of material that indicates flowing water, as well as chemical elements key to the existence of life, mean the Curiosity mission is well on its way to success. John Bridges, a member of the Curiosity team based at Leicester University said: “It's a remarkable achievement. We are starting to see results from MSL that already justify the mission…We'll take it one sol [a Martian day] at a time.” - 1 Nigel Farage: Me vs Russell Brand on Question Time – he's got the chest hair but where are his ideas? - 2 Harry Potter fans can apply to the Hogwarts-inspired College of Wizardry - 3 Jessica Chambers: 19-year-old woman 'doused with lighter fluid and burned alive' in the US - 4 Russell Brand calls Nigel Farage 'poundshop Enoch Powell' in BBC Question Time debate - 5 Orange Wednesdays are no more Weather bomb in pictures: Storms cuts power for tens of thousands – and snow is on the way Jessica Chambers: 19-year-old woman 'doused with lighter fluid and burned alive' in the US Russell Brand calls Nigel Farage 'poundshop Enoch Powell' in BBC Question Time debate Russell Brand was rendered speechless on Question Time by this man Fury at Airbus after it hints the super-jumbo may be mothballed Disgruntled RBS worker writes hilarious open letter to Russell Brand after anti-capitalist publicity stunt leaves him hungry Nigel Farage defends Kerry Smith 'ch***y' comment: 'If you are going for a Chinese, what do you say you’re going for?' Nigel Farage's approval rating hits 'record low' as popularity suffers in wake of Ukip sex scandal Pakistan school attack live: Taliban kill at least 132 children in 'horrifying' massacre Sony hack: Angelina Jolie branded 'seriously out of her mind' in further embarrassing leaked email saga Panic Saturday: 13 million Britons spend £1.2bn – while 13 million others across the country live in poverty unable to afford food £7 - £9 per hour: Recruitment Genius: Are you outgoing? Do you want to work in... £30000 - £35000 per annum: Recruitment Genius: An opportunity has arisen for a... £30000 - £35000 per annum: Recruitment Genius: An exciting opportunity to join... £30000 - £35000 per annum: Recruitment Genius: We have an excellent role for a...

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On 04th October 1957 the Russians launched the first artificial satellite into space. It was called Sputnik 1 and was successfully put into orbit around the Earth. This began what was to become known as The Space Race. The launch shocked the world. Most expected the Americans to be first but the Russians had worked on the project in secret. Sputnik 2 was launched on 03rd November 1957, and it carried the first living passenger into orbit, a female dog named Laika. The Russians did not arrange for the return of Laika. She is believed to have survived for a week before dying. was launched two years later, 15th May 1960. It was the first test-flight of the Vostok Spacecraft that would be used for the first spaceflight with a human. It did not go entirely smoothly. Some of the rocket actually landed on a street in a town called Manitowoc in the United States. Sputnik 5 was launched on 21st August 1960 and contained two dogs, 40 mice, two rats and several plants. The spacecraft returned to the Earth on the next day and all of the animals were recovered safely. The next set of missions were called Vostok and began the exploration of space by humans. Vostok 1 launched on the 12th April 1961. On board was a Cosmonaut called Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin orbited the Earth once in 108 minutes. He returned unharmed, ejecting from the Vostok capsule 7km above the ground and parachuting separately to the ground. Vostok 2 carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day in order to study the effects of a longer period of weightlessness. Titov orbited the earth over 17 times. Vostok 3 carried cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev into orbit for 4 days. He orbited the Earth 64 times. The Americans were not able to match this feat for a number of years. Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 flew at the same time. Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky was on board Vostok 5. He stayed in orbit for 5 days. This is still the record for time spent solo in orbit. Vostok 6 was famous because on-board was Valentina Tereskova, the first woman in space. She launched on 16th June 1963. She orbited the Earth 45 times. It was 20 years before the Americans put a woman in space.

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America was a set of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English Literature. However, America's own characteristics mixed with the traditional English literary tradition caused it to be considered a separate path and The New England colonies were the center of early American literature. The revolutionary period contained political writings by Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. Generally, England ignited the American literature.

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It now appears that there is now no such thing as peak oil (the point when the maximum rate of oil extraction is reached, after which the rate of production is expected to enter terminal decline) in the medium term future (The Guardian 2/7/2012). We shouldn’t really worry about the long term, as Keynes, the renowned economist, once remarked ‘in the long term we are all dead’. The high price of oil means that investment is being made in fields that were previously too costly to exploit such as shale oil. The Bakken shales in the US contain as much oil as Saudi Arabia and there are 20 similar fields in the US. So what does this mean? Most importantly for industry is that there is going to be no shortage of oil, but the cost may not fall and is likely to increase as the easily exploited resources are depleted and we reply more on shale oil. This, despite the price warning, is excellent news as oil is not only a fuel but a raw material for plastic and other important products. But what does this mean for energy efficiency and global warming? There is still a financial case for improving energy efficiency as the cost of oil will increase and this should still be a priority for intensive energy users. However, the real threat to stabilising, let alone reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the fact that there are still one billion people in the world still without electricity. It is morally questionable whether we in the developed world can dictate to the developing world how they generate their electricity. The solution, in my view, is for the developed world to accelerate the development of wind and tidal power and develop storage schemes such as pumped storage to even out demand and eliminate the need for thermal power stations to supply base load. In parallel, we should electrify as many processes much as possible. This means electrifying railways, replacing thermal space heating with electric space heating (preferably using ground source heat pumps for large buildings), and converting industrial processes heating to electricity. With the conversion of thermal processes (e.g. diesel locomotives) to electric we are increasing the demand for electricity and thus the opportunity for renewable to generate the electricity. The time may come where users are charged just for the electricity supply capacity (kW) and not the usage (kWh). This is because the capital cost of installing renewable capacity is high, but the running costs are comparatively low. The promoters of the world’s first commercial nuclear power station (Calder Hall in the UK), suggested that electricity would be so cheap that it would not be worth metering. Whilst this never happened with nuclear, it is a possible scenario in the future for renewable energy.

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Parents and Teachers: Happy Holidays! Be sure to check out my new literacy activities for younger students by clicking here. Try Word Pyramids, Sight Words, Sight Words Audible, Word Maker, Sound Garden, and R-Control Races among others! Please support this site by following me on Facebook or Twitter! 1. ) Delaware was the first state to sign the U.S. Constitution, and hence, the first state. 2. ) Both Dover and Wilmington served as important stops on the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves in the mid-1800’s. 3. ) Delaware was a border state during the Civil War, meaning that is did not secede from the Union but rather, permitted slavery through the war. 4. ) Dover was the home of Caesar Rodney, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. His likeness appears on the back of the Delaware state quarter, the first quarter issued as part of the state quarters series. 5. ) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Regufe is an important refuge for the increasingly threatened horseshoe crab.

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The treaty signed on January 22, 1963, 18 years after the end of the Second World War, was the centrepiece of the two leaders' vision for a strong and united Europe, and an essential step towards building the European Union as it is now. The Élysée Treaty stipulated that German and French government representatives should meet at regular intervals, and that "the two governments will consult each other, prior to any decision, on all important questions of foreign policy“. Enshrined in the treaty was also close cooperation in culture and youth policy. This decision led to the creation of the Franco-German Youth Office 30 years later. Groundbreaking as the deal was, the road to the treaty's signing was by no means smooth and unencumbered. Fearing that closer ties with France would mean Germany would have to distance itself from it's transatlantic ally, the United States, the Bundestag (German parliament) added a preamble in the treaty that affirmed German-US relations. This in turn incensed de Gaulle, who himself whose foreign policy towards the US was decidedly colder than Germany's. De Gaulle was also staunchly against allowing US ally Britain into the European Economic Community (EEC), in contrast to Adenauer. But both men were spurred by their vision of a strong partnership between two countries that would establish Europe as force in international foreign policy. French eloquence, German steadfastness The treaty was eventually signed in the Élysée Palace, prompting one of the most typically German-French exchanges in history. De Gaulle, with his trademark flair for oration, said "my heart overflows and my soul is grateful that I have signed this treaty with the chancellor. "No-one on this planet can fail to appreciate the immense importance of this act. "It not only turns the page on a long and bloody era of fighting and war, but also opens the door to a new future for Germany, for France, for Europe and therefore for the world!" To this Adenauer responded, "General, you have spoken so eloquently that I cannot add anything to your words." The treaty has been a cornerstone of joint European decision-making over the last decades, holding firm even at periods where German-French relations have not been at their absolute best. During the height of the Eurocrisis, for example, the two countries failed to see eye-to-eye on ways out of the Eurozone's financial woes – Germany famously held on to cutting goverment spending and wages, while France favoured collectivising part of the Eurozone's debt. Now that its own economic woes have seen France fall behind Germany, many have asked themselves what the future of Franco-German relations hold, as the two countries find themselves on unequal footing. Personality clashes have also contributed to cooler relations between the historic partners, as Chancellor Angela Merkel has less in common with Socialist President Francois Hollande than his centre-right predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. Last month, Merkel said in an interview reforms undertaken by France and Italy to fix their public finances were "insufficient". But the treaty – as it has for more than fifty years – will always be remembered as an auspicious moment in the countries' shared history, sealed with the embrace of the two men who signed it.

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HOW TO PLAY... As you're folding the laundry, choose articles of clothing from the basket and encourage your child to identify each item (e.g., socks, shirts, pants, underwear, etc.). Talk about how we wear the different items. We wear socks on our feet. We wear shirts on our backs, etc. This establishes the concept of "order" for your child. Now, like Mr. Potato Head, let's mix it up and play with the concept of "disorder." Only in this game, your child is Mr. Potato Head! Start by wondering out loud what it would be like to wear your socks on your ears. Coax your child to try wearing her socks on her ears. And put socks on your own ears too. Oh, how silly! And the fun has begun. Your child may take it from there, but if not, suggest a few other mix ups to give her the idea. For instance, I wonder what it would be like to wear your pants on your arms? Or your underwear as socks? Or see what it's like if you climb into dad's shirt together! In other words, the sillier the better! WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING... What we just described is a game involving patterns, sequences, order and disorder, all essential underpinnings to problem solving, creativity, and mathematics. That might sound a bit heady or academic, but in fact, children are naturally introduced to these concepts through everyday, physical experiences and play. For instance, early on babies adapt to daily routines which give them a sense of security and belonging through the predictable order of life. Toddlers eventually figure out that it's better to put the big block on the bottom in order to support the smaller blocks on top. With enough repetition, preschoolers they learn that "A" comes before "B." And of course, we all inevitably arrive at the conclusion that socks come before shoes. Further, dressing the "wrong" way actually instills a sense of pride and confidence that they're "in the know." They know the right way to dress! And in the process, you might even get the laundry done. Stay home. Stay well. Have fun. And keep moving! P.S. When we asked friends and family to snap some photos of this game for us, even the older kids wanted to join in and had fun with it!

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Following its creation in the lumbar plexus, the obturator nerve goes down through the psoas major muscle, which runs diagonally from the mid-spine to the pelvic bone, and emerges from the muscle’s inner border. The obturator nerve is responsible for the sensation of pressure on the lumbar plexus. Afterwards, it follows the course of the common iliac artery and crosses the pelvic wall. In the medial thigh, the obturator nerve emerges from the medial side of the psoas muscle and travels across the lesser pelvis to enter the obturator foramen, where it innervates the adductor longus, brevis, and magnus muscles, as well as the gracilis, obturator externus, and pectineus muscles, all of which function to adduct the thigh. Where is the obturator nerve located in the body? - Obturator nerve in humans is a branch of the lumbar plexus that emerges from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lower back nerves. - The obturator nerve from the third lumbar nerve has the highest diameter, but the branch from the second nerve is frequently extremely tiny. - The obturator nerve is derived from the anterior divisions of the L2, L3, and L4 spinal nerve roots, which are located in the lower back. Where does the obturator nerve enter the retroperitoneum? After emerging from the plexus, the obturator rami fuse and breach the medial border of the psoas muscle to enter the obturator fossa along the lateral wall of the retroperitoneum, where they remain for the rest of their lives. When the obturator nerve traverses the pelvic cavity through the obturator foramen, it is accompanied by the obturator artery and vein, which provide support. What happens if the obturator nerve is damaged? - The Obturator Nerve has been damaged. - An injury to the obturator nerve can occur during surgery affecting the pelvis or the abdominal cavity. - Some of the symptoms include numbness and paraesthesia on the medial portion of the thigh, as well as weakness while moving the thigh forward. - Alternatively, the patient may experience difficulties with their posture and gait as a result of the absence of adduction. What is the correct origin and termination for the obturator nerve? The obturator nerve is formed when the anterior roots of the spinal nerves L2, L3, and L4 come together at the iliac crest to form a single nerve. As the nerve descends through the fibers of the psoas major muscle, it exits from the medial border of the muscle at the pelvic brim to reach the lesser pelvis, which is located below the greater pelvis. Where does the obturator nerve innervate? In the thigh, the obturator nerve is responsible for providing motor innervation to the medial compartment. It is necessary for the adduction of the thigh to occur. Afferents to the medial upper thigh, as well as hip and knee articular branches, are supplied by this nerve. Where is the obturator nerve found? Structure. The obturator nerve is derived from the anterior divisions of the L2, L3, and L4 spinal nerve roots, which are located in the lower back. It descends through the fibers of the psoas major and exits from its medial border at the brim of the pelvis, where it attaches to the iliac crest. Where does the obturator nerve split? It is possible to separate the obturator nerve into two sections: the anterior and posterior divisions of the obturator nerve. They both innervate the skeletal muscles, and the anterior division of the obturator nerve culminates as the cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve, which is the longest of the three divisions. What passes through the obturator canal? The obturator canal is generated when the obturator membrane and the pelvis come together in a tight fit. It is via this canal that the obturator artery, obturator vein, and obturator nerve all pass through. Is the obturator nerve part of the femoral nerve? - The femoral nerve is on the left, while the obturator nerve is on the right. - The psoas major tendon is the white structure that runs between them. - Both of these nerves derive from the lumbar plexus, which is located up here within the thickness of the psoas major muscle and connects to the rest of the body. - The femoral nerve arises lateral to the psoas major muscle, whereas the obturator nerve emerges medial to the psoas major. Where is the left obturator? Through the smaller sciatic foramen, the urethra leaves the pelvic cavity. A portion of the internal obturator is located within the smaller pelvis, while a portion of it is located at the rear of the hip joint. |Internal obturator muscle| |Anatomical terms of muscle|

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Understanding opinions with Bayes’ Theorem Remember that one nasty math equation that was presented in class? Well, here is it again and how it is used in the case of people who are dead set on a certain opinion despite overwhelming evidence. You know, that one friend on social media that post article like “our sun is not a star”In this article, the idea behind Bayes’ Theorem is described as seeing how a set of “prior beliefs… change in the face of given evidence.” An example on a supposed cricket match used first to demonstrate. The question of whether a team is using a batting pitch’ or a ‘bowling pitch’ is asked. Given that ‘batting pitch’ has probability 0.61% while a ‘bowling pitch’ only has 0.11%, it can seem that a ‘batting pitch’ is in motion. But Baye’s Theorem says we can not jump to conclusion with out considering ‘prior beliefs’. Consider spectators R and S, where R believes both pitches are 50/50 , while S believes that a ‘bowling pitch’ has a probability of 90%. Both R and S observe the same round of the same match and use Baye’s Theorem, but end up with different probabilities on whether a batting or bowling pitch is in play. Despite the same observations (evidence), both spectators have different conclusions (opinion). Apply this to that one friend on social media, we can partially see why they are against evidence against their opinion. Their prior beliefs greatly influence their current belief. This friend’s opinion could have been the result of some information cascade (maybe they heard it from another friend on social media), so information superior to their current and previous information is needed if you wanted to change their opinion. Read the article below to get all the math details.

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Nanoparticles disguised as platelets, cells that circulate in the blood and form clots to stop bleeding from injured vessels, could serve as potent antibiotic treatments against certain hard-to-treat bacterial infections, according to new research. Platelets also naturally adhere to certain invasive microörganisms. Aiming to take advantage of this, a group led by Liangfang Zhang, a professor of nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a way to wrap platelet membranes around tiny particles made of an FDA-approved biodegradable polymer. They’ve shown that the particles, when loaded with strong antibiotics, can target and treat drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a tough-to-kill and sometimes deadly bacterium that is a common source of infections in hospitals. The researchers tested the treatment on mice with severe MRSA infections. They found that the new therapy was a more potent killer of the bacteria than doses that were six times larger of the same antibiotic without the nanoparticles. Since platelets also bind to areas where there is vascular damage, the technology could be used to treat conditions such as inflammation and maybe even cancer. Other groups have made nanoscale drug vehicles inspired by platelets. But those systems have typically mimicked only one or two aspects of the chemistry on a platelet’s surface, and thus have had a difficult time evading the immune system’s defenses, says Zhang. Turning the surface of the particle into an actual platelet membrane gives it the power to evade the immune system and interact with cells and tissues without interfering with natural systems, he says. The system is also safe, says Zhang, since the outside is made of material that is already in the body, and the body can eventually break down the polymer core into carbon dioxide and water. Zhang’s group has previously demonstrated nanoparticles, made via a similar process, that feature the same polymer cloaked instead in red blood cell membranes (see “Nanoparticle Disguised as a Blood Cell Fights Bacterial Infection”). Those particles act as decoys that can “soak up” toxins that many bacterial strains secrete, and remove them from the body. Zhang says it may be possible to combine the two particles to defeat bacteria in the bloodstream. The new platelet-cloaked nanoparticle offers a glimpse into the future of nanomedicine, which will feature highly sophisticated systems—including more that combine synthetic materials with biological components, says Omid Farokhzad, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and a physician-scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s department of anesthesiology. It will likely be a few years before the technology is ready for clinical testing. This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. The Biggest Questions: What is death? New neuroscience is challenging our understanding of the dying process—bringing opportunities for the living. Rogue superintelligence and merging with machines: Inside the mind of OpenAI’s chief scientist An exclusive conversation with Ilya Sutskever on his fears for the future of AI and why they’ve made him change the focus of his life’s work. How to fix the internet If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms. Get the latest updates from MIT Technology Review Discover special offers, top stories, upcoming events, and more.

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To repair cavities caused by tooth decay, dentists use dental amalgam. Among the metals in dental amalgam are liquid mercury and a powdered alloy of silver, tin, and copper. Dental amalgam contains about half (50%) of its weight in elemental mercury. An amalgam alloy is formed when silver, copper, and tin alloy particles react with and bond to elemental mercury. “Silver fillings” have been used to describe dental amalgam because of its silver-like appearance, however, this phrase is not encouraged since it fails to accurately describe the amalgam’s components. When putting dental amalgam, the dentist first removes the decay and then molds the tooth cavity for the amalgam filling. The dentist next combines the encapsulated powdered metal with the liquid mercury to make an amalgam putty under suitable safety circumstances. Placing and shaping this pliable amalgam putty quickly turns it into a firm filler. Things to Know Before You Get a Dental Amalgam Filling? You and your dentist should decide on the kind of filling material to be used to cure tooth decay. The following information regarding dental amalgam fillings should help you make an informed decision about your treatment options. Benefits of Dental Amalgam - They are more resistant to breaking than conventional fillings. - Useful in individuals with a high risk of dental decay, for big tooth preparations, and in situations when moisture prevents other materials, such as resins, from adhering to the tooth. - Less expensive than other types of dental filling materials. - Used on hundreds of millions of patients throughout the globe for more than 150 years. Potential Risks Involved - It contains elemental mercury. It emits a vapor containing low quantities of mercury that may be breathed, making it dangerous for people. Mercury vapor exposure, which may occur in certain workplaces, has been linked to a variety of health issues, including adverse effects on the brain and kidneys. - Mercury vapor’s neurotoxic effects may be more readily felt by developing nervous systems in fetuses and youngsters. However, no clinical data is available to conclude its adverse effects on pregnant women and the developing fetuses, as well as children under the age of six, including babies who are nursed. Talk to your dentist if you’re worried about long-term health effects as a pregnant woman or parent of a young kid. - While there is no evidence that mercury from dental amalgam causes health problems in the general population, mercury exposure may offer a higher health risk in the following categories of individuals, who may be more sensitive to mercury-related health problems. - Women who are pregnant and their unborn children; - Women want to become pregnant - Nursing women and their infants and newborns - Children, particularly those under the age of 6 - Pre-existing neurological illness - People with impaired kidney function - Patients having a history of mercury or other dental amalgam components (silver, copper, tin) allergies. - Mercury or other components of dental amalgam may cause allergic reactions or other sensitivities in certain people (such as tin, silver, or copper). These people are at risk of developing oral lesions or other types of sensitive responses as a result of their usage of dental amalgam. Do not receive amalgam fillings if you are allergic or sensitive to any of the components of dental amalgam With your dentist, you may consider additional treatment options. Dental Amalgam: Why Mercury is used in it? A dental amalgam filling typically consists of about half liquid mercury and half of a powdered alloy of copper, tin, and silver. Mercury is a toxic element. Mercury is utilized to bind the particles of the alloy together to create a filler that is robust, long-lasting, and solid. Mercury is an essential component of dental amalgam because of the unique features it has, it is liquid at room temperature and formulates strong connections with the amalgam alloy. This adds to the amalgam’s long-lasting durability. FDA recommends not to use amalgam alloy fillings and restorations if you fall in any of the risk categories above. Instead, use composite resin and glass ionomer cement if your dentist feels these materials are acceptable for your tooth’s location and structure, and if you have no prior history of hypersensitivity or allergic response to these materials.

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William Henry Hudson (1862 - 1918) was Professor of English Literature at Stanford University. In July of 1769 a group of men came from San Fernandez de Villicata to the Bay of San Diego. Their goal was the political and spiritual conquest of the great Northwest coast of the Pacific. Carlos III hoped "to establish the Catholic faith among a numerous heathen people, submerged in the obscure darkness of paganism, and to extend the dominion of the King, our Lord, and protect this peninsula from the ambitious views of foreign nations." For nearly nineteen years after his arrival in Mexico, Father Junipero was engaged in active missionary work, mainly among the Indians of the Sierra Gorda. He was then asked to head up the missions in California. This is the story of his work and the early missions. Hvis denne bog ikke er noget for dig, kan du benytte kategorierne nedenfor til at finde andre titler. Klik på en kategori for at se lignende bøger.

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MATH105 April 2011 • Q1 (a) • Q1 (b) • Q2 • Q3 • Q4 • Q5 (a) • Q5 (b) • Q5 (c) • Q6 • Q7 • Q8 (a) • Q8 (b) • Q8 (c) • Q9 (a) • Q9 (b) • Q9 (c) • Q9 (d) • Q9 (e) • Q9 (f) • Q9 (g) • Question 08 (a) The productivity (measured in the dollar value of goods produced) of a certain country is given by the function where denotes the amount (in dollars) invested in labor, and is the amount invested in capital. Recall that the marginal productivity of labor (respectively capital) is the rate of change of with respect to (respectively ), holding (respectively ) fixed. Suppose that the country is currently utilizing 81 units of labor and 16 units of capital. Find the current marginal productivity of labor and also the current marginal productivity of capital. Make sure you understand the problem fully: What is the question asking you to do? Are there specific conditions or constraints that you should take note of? How will you know if your answer is correct from your work only? Can you rephrase the question in your own words in a way that makes sense to you? If you are stuck, check the hint below. Consider it for a while. Does it give you a new idea on how to approach the problem? If so, try it! Can you formulate the two marginal rates in terms of partial derivatives of the productivity? Checking a solution serves two purposes: helping you if, after having used the hint, you still are stuck on the problem; or if you have solved the problem and would like to check your work. - If you are stuck on a problem: Read the solution slowly and as soon as you feel you could finish the problem on your own, hide it and work on the problem. Come back later to the solution if you are stuck or if you want to check your work. - If you want to check your work: Don't only focus on the answer, problems are mostly marked for the work you do, make sure you understand all the steps that were required to complete the problem and see if you made mistakes or forgot some aspects. Your goal is to check that your mental process was correct, not only the result. Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. The marginal productivity of labour is the rate of change of productivity with respect to the labour investment, so in this case, it corresponds to the partial derivative And the marginal productivity of capital is the rate of change of productivity with respect to the capital investment, so in this case, it corresponds to the partial derivative The question asks us to compute those marginal productivities for 81 units of labour and 16 units of capital, that is to compute So the marginal productivity of labour is 80 (dollars of productivity per dollar of labour investment) and the marginal productivity of capital is 135 (dollars of productivity per dollar of capital investment). Click here for similar questions MER QGH flag, MER QGQ flag, MER QGS flag, MER RT flag, MER Tag Marginal productivity

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As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary: - n. an ancient scald or poet. Edda 124, 135, Al. 48. Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚾ-ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏ Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements ➞ See all works cited in the dictionary Works & Authors cited: - Alexanders Saga. (G. I.) - Edda. (C. I.)

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1st December is observed as World AIDS Day. Youth Inc tells you about the big disease that is haunting the world Come 1st December and you will see people sporting red ribbons, an international symbol of HIV awareness. World AIDS Day was first conceived in August 1987 by James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization. WHAT IS IT? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus which attacks the body’s immune system and decreases the resistance power. This makes the body prone to other fatal diseases. AIDS is an advanced condition caused by the HIV virus. HIV is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse, transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of contaminated needles and passed on from an HIV positive mother to her infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Globally, an estimated 33.3 million people have HIV and around 2.4 million people in India are currently living with this virus. SCENARIO IN INDIA In India, people are not fully aware about the precautions, prevention and treatment of the HIV epidemic. Educating them about it is complicated as the sheer variety of local languages and hundreds of dialects spoken by its population make communication difficult. Efforts need to be carried out at the state and local level. A person having HIV/AIDS is promiscuous Reality: This myth looks at those with HIV in an extremely negative light. Peoplethink of them as immoral humans with unhealthy lifestyles. But in reality, a person who has had unsafe sex with even a single HIV positive partner can get infected. A person who is HIV positive will die soon Reality: Although there is no definite or concrete cure for HIV/AIDS, there are medicines available that fight HIV strains and help strengthen the immune system of a person and increase his longevity. Regular visits to the doctor, timely medications and understanding the illness, its causes, treatment and its stages go a long way. Anti-retroviral medications (ART) can also be taken to reduce the level of HIV in the body. The baby of an HIV positive pregnant mother will also have the infection. Reality: There are less than two per cent chances of the baby being infected with HIV when the mother is HIV positive. If the condition of the mother is previously known, certain treatments can be undertaken to protect the unborn baby from being infected. The baby should not be breastfed by the infected mother. Only homosexual people get HIV/AIDS Reality: Anyone can get AIDS. Unsafe sex, blood-to-blood contact or sharing needles with any partner – male, female or both – will put a person at risk, irrespective of their sexual orientation. TIME TO GET TESTED While symptoms are not visible in the initial stage of AIDS, the second stage manifests as minor illnesses like ear infections, frequent flu and skin problems. To know whether you are HIV positive or not, get your blood tested at the nearest clinic. If the result is positive, you should tell your sexual partners to get tested too. MAKE A DIFFERENCE Want to help AIDS victims but don’t know how? Here are a few organisations which accept volunteers and offer student placements: • The Humsafar Trust works towards a comprehensive approach to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in India. http://www.humsafar.org • Desire Society is functioning with an objective of health development and well-being of children infected and affected with HIV and AIDS in India. http://www.desiresociety.org Volume 2 Issue 6

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