The study participants or their family members were educated about self-BP measurement at home and provided with the follow instructions: measure the BP twice a day (in the morning and evening) and record an average of three consecutive BP readings at 2-minute intervals on each occasion from the same arm for seven consecutive days. Morning BP was measured within 1 hour of awakening, after urination, in the sitting position, after resting for 5 minutes, and before taking medications or eating. In the evening, BP was measured before going to bed, after resting for 5 minutes, and in the sitting position. Data from the first day was excluded, and an average of BP measurements from the remaining 6 days was used for the analysis. Assessments, including data from a                 6365 (99.5)   2354 (99.6)   4011 (99.4)
   Event                                                34 (0.5)      9 (0.4)       25 (0.6)
   **Relative risk = 0.61 (0.25--1.36), p = 0.2846**


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In this study results, we found that fimasartan reduced both SBP and DBP to the same extent in elderly patients as in nonelderly patients and even beyond the target BP recommended by JNC 8 without serious adverse events. The SBP gaps between clinic SBP and home SBP at baseline were about 5--8 mmHg in both age groups. The further reduction of BP was gradual and lasted at least throughout the 1 year of fimasartan treatment. However, unlike SBP reduction, fimasartan reduced DBP in elderly patients to a certain level without further significant reduction beyond the safety margin during the 1 year follow up


street from the Cuesta-Rey cigar factory in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa.

But the money raised was real enough, generated by a series of for-profit telemarketers. The victims, by and large, were unsuspecting small-money donors who received urgent solicitations asking for support for needy naval veterans. Most of the money raised stayed with the fund-raisers, though plenty apparently dripped through to Mr. Thompson and a succession of Republican lawmakers who received generous contributions from the association’s political arm. But little ever made it to the intended beneficiaries. In 2010, the scheme was unwound by two reporters for what is now The Tampa Bay Times, but not before Mr. Thompson had fled the state of Florida.

From June 2010, Mr. Thompson was on the run, the search for him hamstrung$\Psi(k)$ be the smallest hyper-cube centered at the origin that contains the set $X(k)$, as depicted in Fig. \[fig:bounderror\]. Define $\epsilon(k)$ as the maximum distance between a facet of $\Psi(k)$ and the corresponding facet of the estimate $\hat{\Psi}(k)$, as depicted in Fig. \[fig:bounderror\]. Next, we try to derive sufficient conditions to guarantee that $\hat{\Psi}(k)$ is bounded. It should be noticed that $\hat{\Psi}(k)$ can be interpreted as a rough approximation of $\hat{X}(k)$, in the sense that $\hat{X}(k) \subseteq \hat{\Psi}(k)$, which means that if $\hat{\Psi}(k)$ is bounded, so does $\hat{X}(k)$.

![Bounding set $\Psi(k)$, corresponding estimate $\hat{\Psi}(k)$, and maximum numerical error $\epsilon(k)$.[]{data-label="fig:bounderror"}](bounderror){width="1.5in"}

Consider an *asymptotically stable* plant described by with the aforementioned constraints. Suppose that the maximum numerical error (previously defined) at every sampling time is $\epsilon(k)$, with $\epsilon(k) \leq \epsilon^* |x_i(k)|$, for


be modeled as an exogenous disturbance. This is in agreement with Corollary $1$, since the only requirement is for the system dynamics matrix to be Hurwitz.

As explained later, these shortcomings of the SVOs do not jeopardize the implementability of the algorithms. In fact, although some of the constraints seem very stringent from a practical point of view, they may not be relevant when used to *discard* regions in a MMAC architecture. For instance, all the calculations above are only valid for stable plants. Nevertheless, the MMAC architecture with SVOs, introduced in the sequel, can be used to control open-loop unstable plants. This topic will be subject to further discussion.

Mass-Spring-Dashpot Plant {#sec:msd .unnumbered}
-------------------------

We are now going to evaluate the applicability of the SVOs using a simple example. Consider theA_1 \Delta, \text{ where } |\Delta| \leq 1.
$ Then, for large $T$, $$A^d = e^{AT} \approx e^{\bar{A}T}\left( I + A_1 T \Delta + \frac{(A_1 T \Delta)^2}{2} + \cdots \right).
\label{eq:Ad}$$

We recall that if $A_1$ is nilpotent, then becomes much simpler. In particular, suppose[^5] that $A_1^2 = 0$. Then $
A^d = e^{AT} \approx e^{\bar{A}T} \left( I + A_1 T \Delta \right) = \bar{A}^d + A_1^d \Delta,
$ where $
\bar{A}^d := e^{\bar{A}T},\,
A_1^d := e^{\bar{A}T} A_1 T.
$

For the discretized $B$ (and $L_d$) matrix with uncertainty, we can rewrite it as $B^d = \tilde{B}^d+d_b$, where $d_b$ represents a fictitious disturbance. However, due to lack of space, these calculations are omitted in this paper.

Sampling of Discrete-Time Models {#sampling-of-discrete-time-models .unnumbered}
--------------------------------

Due to the computational requirements associated with the set-valued observers (requiring the on-line elimination of several linear


and using $\bar{n}(k) = n(m k)$, the model used by the SVOs, that is, the model with sampling time $T_s$, can be described by $$\left\{
\begin{array}{rcl}
\bar{x}(k+1) &=& A_s \bar{x}(k) + \bar{B} \bar{u}(k),\\
\bar{y}(k) &=& C \bar{x}(k) + \bar{n}(k).
\end{array}
\right.$$

Multiple-Model Adaptive Control with Set-Valued Observers {#sec:mmacsvo}
=========================================================

This section is devoted to the application of SVOs to multiple-model adaptive control (MMAC-SVO) of time-invariant systems. We start by introducing the architecture of the control scheme and describing the suggested algorithm. Later on, we provide stability and performance guarantees for the closed-loop. A set of simulations illustrating the applicability of the MMAC-SVO is also presented.

Control Architecture {#control-architecture .unnumbered}
--------------------

Figure \[fig:MMAC\_SVO\] depicts the MMAC architecture adopted to use with the SVOs. For the sake of simplicity, suppose that the plant depends upon only one uncertain parameter, $k_1$. Itexact value of the otherwise uncertain parameter, $k_1$. To the controllers designed for fixed values of the uncertain parameter, $k_1$, we call FNARC (fixed non-adaptive robust controller), using the same terminology as in [@sajjadIJAC].

![Multiple-model adaptive control with set-valued observers (MMAC-SVO) architecture. $X_i$ is the set estimated by SVO \#i.[]{data-label="fig:MMAC_SVO"}](MMAC_SVO){width="40.00000%"}

The design proceeds by defining the desired performance for the closed-loop, when the parameter $k_1$ is uncertain. Without loss of generality, we assume that, for each value of the uncertain parameter, $k_1$, we want the performance of the MMAC-SVO not to be smaller than a fixed percentage of the corresponding FNARC. This naturally leads to the splitting of set $K$ into smaller subsets, as previously mentioned.

For each of these subsets $K_i$, $i=\{1,\cdots,N\}$, a controller referred to as LNARC (local non-adaptive


controller that is able to guarantee a certain level of performance was synthesized: $
K_1 = \left[0.25, \,  5.0\right],\,
K_2 = \left[5.0, \, 7.0 \right],\,
K_3 = \left[7.0, \, 9.25 \right].
$

In the following simulations, we consider that the initial LNARC selected is $C_1(\cdot)$, that is, the mixed-$\mu$ controller designed to guarantee robust performance for the uncertainty region $K_1$. If SVO $\#1$ fails, then we switch to controller $C_2(\cdot)$. If SVO $\#2$ also fails, we switch to controller $C_3(\cdot)$. Notice that at least one of three SVOs cannot fail.

The first simulation was obtained by using $k_1 \in K_1$. Since we start-up with controller $C_1(\cdot)$, there is no need for switching. The result is depicted in Fig. \[fig:y\_sim1stab\].

![Output of the closed-loop for the MSD-plant with positive $k_1 \in K_1$.[]{data-label="fig:y_sim1stab"}](y_sim1stab){width="2.5in"}

For the second simulationindicates the time instant at which the SVO $\#1$ failed, and hence the logic switched to controller $\#2$.[]{data-label="fig:y_sim2"}](y_sim2){width="2.5in"}

For the last simulation, depicted in Fig. \[fig:y\_sim3\], we used a model with $k_1 \in K_3$. The SVOs $\#1$ and $\#2$ fail at $t = 500$ ms and $t = 1$ s, respectively.

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It should be noticed that, the smaller the amplitudes of the input and output signals, the harder it is, in general, to discard an uncertainty region, because the differences between models become less visible.

Conclusions {#sec:conc}
===========

This paper illustrated how to use set-valued observers (SVOs) in


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2, 3
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47
What are the prime factors of (-384)/(((-66)/(-15))/(-11))?
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2
What are the prime factors of (33248/28)/(-4 + 210/49)?
2, 1039
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2, 7
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3, 5, 47
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2, 229
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31, 43
What are the prime factors of ((-28)/49 + 2)/(4/8876)?
2, 5, 317
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2, 3, 19
Suppose 0*a + 4*a = 72. Let h = -1 - 9. Let k = h + a. What are the prime factors of k?
2
Suppose 4*j - 4576 = -4*i, -6*j + 5*j - 1 = 0. List the prime factors of i.
5, 229
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I don't know how Russia, you know, the big one, reacts if the US decided to support (and possibly occup... I mean liberate) a country right at its border.

I mean, how'd you feel if Russia took over Mexico?

I'd be quite careful how to react to that. Putin doesn't have as much leeway to do what he pleases as it seems. Russia likes big, strong, tough men at the top. Men who give in have a pretty hard time to remain in power.

It would actually be easier than Georgia, I suspect. The big problem that Ukraine has is that, like most other ex-Soviet states, it let its military deteriorate in the 90s


unconstitutional.

The current Ukrainian government was elected in a nation wide vote (minus Crimea and potentially the rebelling areas).

Right. Which was about a third of the country, and precisely the people that would have voted the other way.

The reason it is wrong is because those people are part of a country. The WHOLE country decides if a part should be separated from them.

So America should get involved in a war over the principle that the sanctity of borders is more important than the self-determination of people? Plenty of arguments can be made about which side is right or wrong. But the bottom line is that there is a huge gray area. Even if the Ukrainian government prevails militarily, the eastern regions will be nearly ungovernable, and the situation willthis whole mess, the Ukrainian president was going to the EU hat in hand asking for 15 Billion Euros to pay off debts paid to Russia and to fix its infrastructure. Speaking of which, their infrastructure is in complete shambles. When Russia first took Crimea a couple days later the Russian minister of fiance was bitching about how much is was going to cost to fix Crimea (something like 15 Billion over 3 years).

So by all means, if Russia wants to take over Ukraine an incur the expense of actually fixing Ukraine... excellent, I suspect very quickly the whole thing will be a pyrrhic victory.

Also, while they're expending their military forces trying to keep the Ukrainians from engaging in an insurgency against them, we're going to keep putting


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One of the seamstresses in the sewing room on a weekday morning is Shannon Tiger.

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Some spotted the quote attributed to Italian actress Sophia Loren running across the mirror. Probably placed to instill some self-confidence, the writing reads: “A woman, assured in her beauty, can eventually convince others of it.”

The extravagant design for the management restroom is in stark contrast with the austere toilets for students and the rest of the university staff.

However, the university press office washed its hands of the matter, claiming it didn’t spend “a ruble” on the makeover. The school said it was a gift from one of the graduates, and that you “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” The generous 2003 graduate, Denis Veshkurtsev, told a local news site he decided to “help his alma mater” in gratitude, adding, it was


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2.2. The HSD17B13 Minor Allele Reduces the Risk for Chronic Liver Disease {#sec2dot2-ijms-21-03558}
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To assess the risk for liver disease conferred by each variant, we performed univariate binary logistic regression analyses. We found


and *GCKR* confer increased risk of chronic liver disease in Pakistani individuals.

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For the control group: a total of 68 healthy individuals without liver disease of any etiology and without metabolic syndrome, defined as a combination of complex risk factors including central obesity (BMI \> 29.9 kg/m^2^), hypertension (SBP ≥ 130mmHg/DBP ≥ 85 mmHg), dysglycemia (fasting blood glucose \>100 mg/dL), and dyslipidemia (triglycerides \> 200 mg/dL


from the control group.

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4.2. DNA Extraction and Genotyping {#sec4dot2-ijms-21-03558}
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Grid Puzzle Split Algorithm

I want to generate a random partition of an $N\times N$ grid into $N$ connected groups having $N$ tiles each. How would I do this?  Max grid size will be 10x10. Below is an example for a 5x5 grid.

A:

A possible technique to generate random tilings is:

Represent all possible solutions as a Zero Suppressed BDD (see for example The Art of Computer Programming volume 4, chapter 7.1.4, or this page). Every way to place any piece on the board corresponds to a variable in the ZDD. The constraints are that every tile is covered exactly once, which can be done by making an "exactly once"-ZDD for every tile, and then intersecting all those ZDDs. An "exactly once"-ZDD is easy to make, it's a single∼10, 15, and 32% in animals treated with an MMP inhibitor along with Antimycin A ([Fig. 3*B*](#F3){ref-type="fig"}). Additionally, both Furin mutant *kpc-1* and Furin inhibitor completely rescued paralysis caused by Antimycin A treatment ([Fig. 3*A*](#F3){ref-type="fig"}). They also significantly rescued the number of damaged muscle cells from ∼43 and 50% to \<15% in both 2 and 4 µM Antimycin A treatment conditions. It was interesting to observe that, even at the 10 µM Antimycin A condition, the muscle damage drastically reduced from 70 to 28% in the case of Furin mutant animals and 70 to 20% with the application of Furin inhibitor along with Antimycin A treatment ([Fig. 3*B*](#F3){ref-type="fig"}). In addition to type-IV collagen (EMB-9 and LET-2), 2 cuticle collagens (COL-19 and COL-119) are also reduced by Antimycin A


Antimycin A treatment is known to enhance both mitochondrial ROS as well as cytoplasmic ROS ([@B21]). Because calcium is required for the activation of both Furin and certain MMPs, we proceeded to examine the role of calcium in Antimycin A--mediated muscle damage. For this, we employed a muscular GCaMP calcium sensor, a genetically encoded calcium indicator ([@B11], [@B22]). We found rise in muscle cytoplasmic calcium levels with increasing concentrations of Antimycin A treatment, which correlates well with the progressive increase in muscle damage observed before. As the calcium current is essential for muscle contraction, a calcium rise can be seen in the contracted side (orange arrowhead) of the body in WT controls. However, in Antimycin A--treated animals, the calcium rise is visible throughout the body wall muscle regardlessmuscle cells in a way similar to Antimycin A. We found no muscle damage with 2 and 4 µM rotenone treatment, but significant muscle damage was seen in the 10 µM condition ([**Fig. 5*A***](#F5){ref-type="fig"} and [Supplemental Fig. S4](#SM2){ref-type="supplementary-material"}). Because calcium overload is one of the earliest responses for the muscle damage in the Antimycin A model, we examined the calcium concentration in rotenone-treated worms. Surprisingly, we found no significant rise in calcium in all 3 concentrations of rotenone ([Fig. 5*B*](#F5){ref-type="fig"}). We also examined whether the muscle damage observed in the 10 µM rotenone condition could be rescued with Furin or MMP inhibition. We found that both the inhibitors fail to rescue muscle damage observed in 10 µM rotenone--treated worms ([Fig. 5*A*](#F5){ref-type="fig"}). Because calcium overload is essential for Furin


high degree of muscle damage ([@B15]), and we found 93% of muscle cells with damaged myofilaments that, although higher than that seen with Antimycin A treatment, displayed a similar pattern of wavy and broken myofilament ([**Fig. 6*A, B***](#F6){ref-type="fig"}). Intriguingly, treatment with Furin or an MMP inhibitor resulted in a significant reduction in muscle damage, from 93 to 27% upon Furin inhibition and 55% with MMP inhibition ([Fig. 6*A, B*](#F6){ref-type="fig"}). Likewise, *unc-68* inhibition through RNAi significantly rescued muscle damage in *dys-1*; *hlh-1* mutants from 93 to 55% ([Fig. 6*A*](#F6){ref-type="fig"}). This leads us to conclude that calcium overload is the first of multiple steps by which chemical- (Antimycin A) and disease (DMD)-related mitochondrial dysfunction causes muscle damage through ECM degradation.

![DMD muscle phenotype can be rescued with Furin inhibition. *A*) *dys-1;oxidation of UNC-68. This calcium overload subsequently activates the calcium-sensitive Furin-MMP-ECM degradation axis, which destabilizes sarcomeric myofilament anchoring to the ECM and ultimately leads to muscle structural decline and paralysis ([**Fig. 7**](#F7){ref-type="fig"}). In addition, it can be speculated that ECM degradation also affects plasma membrane stability, causing further ionic influx. This would create a negative feedback loop ultimately resulting in muscle cell death through apoptosis. Dandrolene, a *unc-68* inhibitor, was found to be effective against DMD in the mouse model of DMD ([@B33]). Because MMP and Furin inhibition could attenuate mitochondrial dysfunction--mediated muscle damage, we propose MMP and Furin inhibitors as promising candidates for drugs against muscle-wasting conditions characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction, including DMD but also aging and disuse or bedrest.

![Collagen is essential for regulation of muscle cell


per cent and the average TDS to 32.5 per cent and less than one per cent (1,000 to 1,350) would have TDS ratios of more than 45 per cent.

The Association also found that among the high ratio loans approved in 2010 – with the reduced amortization period (30 years versus the prior 35 year limit), a small minority (about 2 per cent) would have TDS ratios above 45 per cent and those loans would probably not qualify. Some of those consumers would still be able to buy, by buying lower priced homes.

The report cited job loss or reduced income as the main reason for mortgage defaults, saying that “Unaffordable premium increases are a negligible risk factor at present and in the near-to-medium term future.”

A third cause is unaffordableQ:

Aggregations group by parameters in Elasticsearch

I have documents in elasticsearch that are something like:

    {
      "numberOfBedrooms": 2,
      "price": 1500,
      "type": flat
    }

I would like to get statistics like what is the average price by room, what is the average price by type and also combinations like what is the average price per numberOfBedroom+type combinations. How can I use aggregations in elastic search to achieve that?
Thanks!

A:

To show the average price by number of rooms, create a query with two levels of nested aggregation.

1st level - use term aggregation to step through the bedroom
sizes
2nd level - calculate the average price for the current
bedroom size

For example this query:
curl -XGET


It's going down: TQILA-IRPGF Speaks from Rojava. Anon.The situation of the Kurds in a drastically changing Middle East has received little attention in academia and less in the media despite their growing impact on regional and international politics. The biggest stateless people living in the Middle East are on the verge of a new status, not only in Iraqi Kurdistan, where a referendum for independence takes place on September 25, 2017, but also in Syria and Turkey. The stories of Iranian Kurds and the conditions they live in are the least known, not only by the international community but also by fellow-Kurds living in three neighbouring countries, due to an intense isolation. And then, in this closing contribution, there are 'the intersecting modalities of power.' This week’s short"Tell them we're going to wait and see if there's a transition first!" "They said it was important." "Interrupt me after 2 minutes." "If a state is called?" "Or make something up. 2 minutes." "Bruce ..." "Gene ... how are you?" "Just called Minnessota for Santos." "Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire." "Talk to me about them." "They're still too close to call." "That'd be something, ha?" "Come on, Ohio, come on." "We have problems with the victory speech." "Big problems." "What problems?" "For starters, there's nothing about economic sacrifice." "Have you seen CBO's latest deficit projections?" "CBO's baseline right out of the window." "If we can claim a mandate for economic sacrifice..." "A line in the speech doesn't give us a mandate." "There's no spinning it." "We ran a


not safe!" "It's dangerously unsafe!" "It's unsafe at any speed!" "We don't have a single lawyer there!" "Well, how are we gonna get..." "Guys!" "Pull 2 lawyers from Nevada, shoot them to Oregon." "Problem solved." "What's going on in the ballroom?" "Everybody's still down there?" "The Foo Fighters finally ran out their playlist," "Dave Matthews is into his third encore and the bar's out of Corona." "How are we coming on the too-close-to-call, time-to-go-home-and-get-some-sleep statement?" "The Congressman is checking it." "Congressman doesn't read that." "He won't let go over it." "Congressman doesn't read that from a podium, we're sending everyone home, and we send Goodwin out there." "Don't turn the next President of the US into a junior high school principal." "Do you think this will go allsame time? There would be no race-condition.

The case you mention will not be synthesizable. The flip-flop that implements the reg can only be clocked from one source.
As an aside, I'd like to clarify that the rule about regs having affinity to always blocks affects synthesizability, not validity. Software simulator will handle assignments from different always blocks without any problems.


of millions of people in the region have never bought a smartphone, but so far Apple has largely missed out on the opportunity.

The iPhone accounts for only 2% of smartphone sales in India and between 8% and 10% in China — the world's two biggest markets — according to industry estimates. It also has a small share of other Asian markets with huge potential, accounting for 5% of sales in Vietnam, 8% in Thailand and just 1% in Indonesia in the past year, according to IDC.

Innovative Chinese rivals

In addition to its perennial rival, South Korea's Samsung (SSNLF), Apple is facing tougher competition from Chinese players such as Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.

All four have surged ahead of Apple (AAPL) in China and now control more than 80% ofIn open heart surgery, the heart and lungs are bypassed via a prosthetic or extracorporeal blood flow circuit so that the heart may be stopped and isolated for surgical repair. This extracorporeal blood flow circuit, popularly called a heart lung machine, contains the means to remove blood from the venous side of the patient, pump and oxygenate the blood, and return it to the arterial side of the patient. This circuit also has a variety of individual elements which perform certain functions such as heaters/coolers to elevate or decrease the temperature of the blood, components to add blood volume or cellular components, blood filters and so forth. These discrete elements of the circuit is interconnected by plastic tubing which, in turn, are connected to a patient completing the


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Tumor tissues were excised from gastric cancer bearing rats under different treatment conditions, cut into pieces, and gently rubbed through fine nylon gauze (40-50 mesh count/cm, HD 140 Zuricher Buteltuch fabrik AG). Samples were then washed through the gauze with Tris/EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) buffer of pH 7.5 (3.029 g of 0.1 M Tris-(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane + 1.022 g of 0.07 M HCl + 0.47 g of 0.005 M EDTA). Cells were suspended in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), centrifuged for 5 minutes at 200 to 300 g, resuspended in sterile PBS (cell density approximately 1 × 10^6^ cells/mL), and then fixed in 70% ice-cold ethanol in PBS and stored at −20°C until used.

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Cell cycle is a series of events that takesmembrane and the release of cytochrome C that ultimately activates caspase-3. Biobran treatment should therefore have also caused an increase in caspase-3 activity, and we indeed measured an increase by 34.8% as compared with MNNG-treated rats. We have noted that treatment with Biobran induced apoptosis in human breast cancer cells via activation of capase-8, -9, and -3.^[@bibr36-1534735416642287]^ Moreover, we observed an increase in the levels of early and late apoptosis in gastric cancer cells posttreatment with Biobran, which further confirms the ability of Biobran to act by initiating mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. Several medicinal herbs have been found to induce apoptosis in different cancer cells through the mitochondria-dependent pathway, including human osteosarcoma cells by aspidin PB, an extract from *Dryopteris fragrans* (L.) Schott^[@bibr37-1534735416642287]^; human breast cancer ZR-75-1 cells by Esculetin,


effect is not fully understood but could be related to the ability of Biobran to sensitize the surface CD95 receptors that are involved in the triggering of apoptosis.^[@bibr29-1534735416642287]^

The immunomodulatory effects of Biobran may represent another mechanism by which this agent suppresses the growth of adenocarcinoma. Chemical carcinogens are known to be potent immune suppressive agents. Our earlier studies and those of others show that exposure to carcinogens causes dysfunction in the activity of immune cells.^[@bibr42-1534735416642287][@bibr43-1534735416642287]-[@bibr44-1534735416642287]^ In the current study, we examined the effects of MNNG and Biobran on lymphocyte levels. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that comprise the body's immunologically competent cells and their precursors. Results from rats treated with MNNG alone showed significant decrease in the percentage of lymphocytes; however, treatment with Biobran resultedMolecular cloning and expression of Sox17 in gonads during sex reversal in the rice field eel, a teleost fish with a characteristic of natural sex transformation.
The Sox is a large family of genes which encode transcription factors with high-mobility-group DNA binding domain related to the SRY, with diverse roles in development, and a few of them are involved in sex determination and differentiation. We report here the identification of Sox17 gene of the rice field eel, a teleost fish with a characteristic of natural sex transformation. This gene, located on chromosome 5, consists of two exons which encode a 399-amino acid protein with a conserved HMG box. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the rice field eel Sox17 fits within the Sox17 clade of vertebrates. The rice field eel Sox17


Q:

Simplify regular expression? (Converting Unicode fractions to TeX)

Background
I'm converting Unicode text to TeX for typesetting.  In the input, I'm allowing simple fractions like ½ and ⅔ using single Unicode characters and complex fractions like ¹²³/₄₅₆ using superscripted and subscripted numerals.  First I convert the simple fractions (½ becomes \frac{1}{2}) and superscripted and subscripted numerals (¹²³ becomes $^{123}$ and ₄₅₆ becomes $_{456}$) using a character lookup table, then I make a second pass to collapse runs of numerals and combine numerator and denominator into a fraction (so ¹²³/₄₅₆ then becomes \frac{123}{456}). Finally, I make a third pass to insert a ⅙-em thin space between an integer and a fraction (so that, for example, 2¼ displays as 2 ¼).
Question(s)
Code works great, but I'm wondering how to simplify the regular     # ⁹ (superscript 9)

    "\x{2080}" => "\$_0\$",            # ₀ (subscript 0)
    "\x{2081}" => "\$_1\$",            # ₁ (subscript 1)
    "\x{2082}" => "\$_2\$",            # ₂ (subscript 2)
    "\x{2083}" => "\$_3\$",            # ₃ (subscript 3)
    "\x{2084}" => "\$_4\$",            # ₄ (subscript 4)
    "\x{2085}" => "\$_5\$",


to cope with.

Based on 54 interviews with the leaders and members of 13 global virtual teams in three automotive and three IT multinationals, we found that new communication technologies could resolve this dilemma. Periodical interviews over the past five years demonstrated that many companies have recently implemented corporation-wide chat systems, which allow employees to communicate in a written, but timely form. Many virtual team members use this medium during their entire working day, but find it particularly useful to sort out language-based misunderstandings during large teleconferences. Integrated web-based communication systems also enable video conferences, voice-over-IP telephony, screen- and file-sharing across multiple locations. Teammates frequently use these features to repeat the same message through different communication channels. Whereas this practice may at first glance appear inefficient, it fosters mutualThis additional “safety net” also reduces language-based anxiety among team members and fosters trust between colleagues. Therefore, not only the less proficient team members, but also fluent and native speaking colleagues should repeat messages to ensure understanding.

Invest in the corporate media infrastructure. Multinational corporations should invest in integrated web-based communication systems such as Microsoft Lync, IBM Verse or HP Virtual Rooms, as these technologies mitigate the omnipresent language barriers in cross-border communication by providing multiple communication channels. IT corporations are already on the cutting edge in this respect, but many automakers are introducing these technologies only now. Further investments in the communication infrastructure could help to leverage the large performance potential of multilingual virtual teams.

Motivate and enable employees to adopt new media. Whereas the younger generation of “digital


Q:

Is it possible to get complex Entity Framework objects from a REST api in .NET without creating ViewModel objects?

Imagine a set of Entity Framework entities:
public class Country {
    public string CountryCode { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Flag { get; set; }
}

public class Market {
    public string CountryCode { get; set; }
    public virtual Country Country { get; set; }
    public int ProductID { get; set; }
    public virtual Product Product { get; set; }
}

public class Product {
    public int ProductID { get; set; }
    public stringcomplex part of the object directly
Edit #1:
Per Noel's comment below, if I change the code which is causing the error to
    [HttpGet("{id}", Name = "GetProduct")]
    public async Task<IActionResult> GetProduct([FromRoute] int id)
    {

        Product product = await _context.Products
            .Include(t => t.Markets)
            .SingleAsync(m => m.ProductID == id);

        throw new System.Exception("error sample");
        return Ok(product);
    }

the stack trace is Correctly thrown. If I remove the exception, the 500 gateway error appears.   I agree


we cross-correlate the galaxies with the objects in the *ALLWISE* source catalog[^2] using a matching tolerance of 3$^{\prime\prime}$, corresponding to about half of the FWHM of the PSF at 3.4 $\micron$. Among the 2175 galaxies, 2067 (95%) are matched with *ALLWISE* sources. We use the profile-fitting magnitudes of the sources at four MIR bands (3.4 $\micron$, 4.6 $\micron$, 12 $\micron$, and 22 $\micron$). When we investigate the MIR properties of galaxies, we use only galaxies detected at 12 $\micron$ with ${\rm S/N}>3$. Because the *ALLWISE* magnitudes with ${\rm S/N}<2$ are just upper limits, we choose only the galaxies with ${\rm S/N}>3$ to safely use the magnitudes. Among the 2175 galaxies, 1541 galaxies (71%) are detected at 12 $\micron$. If we adopt the S/N cut of 5, the sampleas the cluster galaxy sample, and 6312 galaxies at $5{R_{200}}<R<10{R_{200}}$ as the field galaxy sample. @park+09 showed that the fraction of early-type galaxies decreases with increasing clustercentric radius at $R<3{R_{200}}$. However, the early-type galaxy fraction is nearly constant at $R>4{R_{200}}$ (see their Figure 4), suggesting that the galaxies at $5{R_{200}}<R<10{R_{200}}$ can be considered to be field galaxies. The galaxies in the two comparison samples also satisfy the criterion of $M_r<-19.77$ and $0.01<z<0.0741$ as do those in the V1 sample.

The optical parameters of galaxies that we consider in this study are $r$-band Petrosian absolute magnitude ($M_r$), $u-r$ color, and morphology. The $M_r$ was computed using the Galactic reddening correction [@schlegel+98], $K$-corrections [@blanton+07], shifted to $z=0.1$, and evolution correction, $E(z)=1.6(z-0.1)$ [@tegmark+04]. The $u-r$ color was computed using extinction- and $K$-corrected


$23.7\%\pm1.1\%$ in the cluster galaxy sample. This suggests that the mean stellar ages of compact group galaxies are on average older than those of cluster galaxies.

![(a) $[3.4]-[12]$ color distribution for the all 1541 (filled) and the 1108 non-AGN (hatched) compact group galaxies. Squares represent the fraction of AGN as a function of $[3.4]-[12]$. The error bars indicate the 1$\sigma$ deviation from 1000-times bootstrap resamplings. (b) Comparison of the color distributions between the 1108 non-AGN compact group galaxies (hatched), the 1137 non-AGN cluster galaxies at $R<{R_{200}}$ (filled), and the 617 non-AGN cluster galaxies at $R<0.5{R_{200}}$ (open). []{data-label="w13abhist_agn"}](f2.eps)

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On the other hand, because compact groups favor strong galaxy interactions, the presence of active galactic nuclei (AGN) should be expected [@coziol+98a; @coziol+98b; @martinez+10; @tzanavaris+14]. Because the contribution of AGN to the MIRis rejected at the $<1.8\sigma$ level). The fractions of MIR red (i.e., $[3.4]-[12]\geq-0.3$) galaxies in the compact group galaxy sample is $35.4\%\pm1.4\%$. This is similar to the $34.7\%\pm1.8\%$ in the $R<0.5{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample, but smaller than the $43.9\%\pm1.5\%$ in the $R<{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample. The mean $[3.4]-[12]$ for the compact group galaxy sample ($-0.57\pm0.04$) is similar to the $-0.52\pm0.06$ for the $R<0.5{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample, but smaller than the $-0.30\pm0.04$ for the $R<{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample. The early-type galaxy fraction in the $R<0.5{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample ($66.0\%\pm1.9\%$) is similar to that in the compact group galaxy sample ($62.0\%\pm1.5\%$), while the fraction is $57.5\%\pm1.5\%$ in the $R<{R_{200}}$ cluster galaxy sample. These results suggest that compact groups are composed of galaxy populations similar to those in cluster central regions.

However,


However, the number of early-type galaxies in their dynamically young groups is only three. In our sample, there are no early-type galaxies belonging to the ${f_{\rm E}}<0.25$ groups, and only six early-type galaxies belonging to the ${f_{\rm E}}<0.3$ groups. However, we find that the MIR color distribution for the six galaxies is not different significantly from that for early-type galaxies in the ${f_{\rm E}}<0.5$ groups.

On the other hand, we find that in all three ${f_{\rm E}}$ bins, compact group early-type galaxies have MIR colors bluer than cluster early-type galaxies. The $P_{\rm KS}$ and $P_{\rm AD}$ are $<0.019$, suggesting that the color difference between compact group and cluster early-type galaxy samples is significant ($>2.4\sigma$). This is consistent with the result in Figure \[w13abhist\_nbg\].

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![(a) Comparison of MIR color distributions for775, 129

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[^1]: @sohn+16 used $M_r<-19+5{\rm log}h$ and $M_r<-20+5{\rm log}h$ with $h=1$ (i.e., $H_0=100~{{\rm km~s^{-1}}}~{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$). However, we adopt $h=0.7$ (i.e., $H_0=70~{{\rm km~s^{-1}}}~{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$), which results in $-19+5{\rm log}h\simeq-19.77$ and $-20+5{\rm log}h\simeq-20.77$.

[^2]: http://wise2.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/release/allwise/

[^3]: The errors in the fractions and in the mean values are the standard deviations derived from 1000-times resamplings.

[^4]: This criterion is determined from the decomposition of the $[3.4]-[12]$ color distribution with three Gaussian functions using the Gaussian mixture modeling [@muratov+10 see Figure 2 in @lee+15]. We stress that this


MIR green color selection criterion is not identical to the “MIR green valley” one in Section 3.2.

[^5]: This color range is converted from the $0.8<[4.6]-[12]<2.4$ in Vega magnitude in @alatalo+14.

[^6]: $[3.4]-[12] = {\rm log}(L_{12}/L_{\rm sun})\times0.62-5.51$. See Section 5.1 of @lee+15 for details.

[^7]: log($M_{\rm star}/M_{\rm sun})=(-0.48\pm0.01)\times M_{3.4}-(0.76\pm0.20)$ with rms$=0.27$.

[^8]: http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/$\sim$arnouts/LEPHARE/lephare.html
may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, People may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, They may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway. (This is an adaptation of the Paradoxical Commandments by


voltmeter. The voltmeter leads are placed across the load or component as shown in the drawing to the left. In this case a 12 volt battery supplies voltage and amperage for a series circuit with two resistors. The voltmeter is checking the voltage drop across the resistor labeled as R 2. The voltage drop of R 1 plus the voltage drop of R 2 will equal the source voltage or 12 volts.

Here are some rules to keep in mind when using a voltmeter.

1. Always ground the negative lead and probe the circuit with the positive lead.

2. Voltmeters are always connected in parallel with the circuit.

3. Use a voltmeter when testing for an open circuit or failed component.

4. Use a digital voltmeter with a 10 megaohm impedance (or higher)disease?

Who cares: The University of Johannesburg has been a 3rd rate institution for a number of years already. Many of the established international recruiters as well as the larger multinationals have had no choice but to try and avoid their graduates due to low standards.
South Africans are increasingly left with limited choices (i.e. University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch) and the "wealthy" are increasingly seeking a more internationally recognized qualifications in Europe and Australia.

Such a shame that politics is first instead of academical excellence. Here small SA people goes again and thinks that wayward measures can still work. Look at Libya, Egypt etc - people are not unaware anymore and it is something OF THE PAST. Please wake up and realize we are informed and can not be


see none. Look at the top 1000, none there either. You have to go out to 5000 to find one. The ask why Professor Habib is not allowed into the US. If I was the University of Johannesburg I would have tried to keep this out of the news and hide my head.

of academicians who tell the world how unjust their native land (Israel) is, demonize Israel in foreign quarters and even advocate boycotting Israel and all Israeli institutions (see isracampus.org.il for a complete descriptor of anti-Israeli polemics and articles by Israeli professors) including the hated Neve Gordon have finally had their wishes met. I take some delight in that. BGU must come to terms with the fact that their professors were, and are, a large cause ofIntroduction
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. For patients with symptomatic CAD refractory to medical therapy, two treatment options are available: percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Each of these therapies has a different risk and benefit profile. Approximately 12% of affected patients are eligible for either PCI or CABG.[@b1-ppa-12-757] Knowing the preferences of the patients who face this scenario may be relevant to decision-making because the available treatment options are different, and the stakeholders may value them unequally.

Determining patient preferences may provide insights that lead to more effective management strategies since which treatment is "right" depends on the relative weight the patient gives to the risks and benefits of the different treatment strategies. In this study, we aimed to


elicit, rank, and rate attributes that may be considered important to patients and physicians who face choosing between PCI and CABG.

This paper describes a qualitative study that was designed to identify which attributes are important to patients and cardiologists. These attributes may help future studies aimed at exploring the preference for coronary revascularization, such as discrete choice experiments (DCEs). DCEs are increasingly used as a method to determine patient preferences, and attribute selection is an important step that is rarely reported in detail.[@b2-ppa-12-757]

Methods
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The first step in this study was to elicit attributes. The second step was to rank and rate the attributes selected by patients and physicians. Finally, we analyzed the attributes to identify differences between these stakeholders' perspectives.

Attribute elicitation
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The elicitation process involved performing a systematic review inApp Now

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store clerks. Additionally, this system would require ATM(automated teller machines) having programs to transfer money from the issuer account to a sub-account and to an ATM in the same “sponsor” chain having that program.
Smorodinsky et al. '290 describes a money transfer system for paying bills using intercoupled computers, that requires pre-arranged accounts billing payment authorization between three computers.
Fleming '710 describes a system in which a credit or debit card issuer can issue a parent held card and one or more pre-linked child held cards, where the parent can control the available funds accessible by the child held cards. This system requires that the cards be linked by a pre-arrangement relationship to each other.
Taskett '748 describes a combined prepaid telephone type card and “transaction instrument” (credit or debit card)[Possible prognostic value of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in Brugada syndrome].
To analyze the specific risk for the variables: type 1 spontaneous pattern, type 1 induced pattern, type 1 pattern with spontaneous variability, syncope, family history of sudden death, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter with the subsequent development of malignant arrhythmic events. Forty-three Brugada patients (90% males; mean age 40.4 years), with a type 1 spontaneous pattern (74.4%) or induced by ajmaline (25.6%) were retrospectively analyzed. Of these, 58.1% presented spontaneous variability, 18.6% had family history of sudden death, 39.5% were symptomatic, and 18.6% presented atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. The antecedents of resuscitated cardiac arrest, sudden death or appropriate shock from implantable automatic defibrillator were considered malignant arrhythmic events. During a mean follow up of 51 months,


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Since I finished the epic giant checkerboard, I've moved onto other knitting projects. My first project is a pair of slippers. I just finished the second slipper. I need to tighten up the seam by the toes on the first one as it is a bit larger than the second. I would also like to attach a strap to them as well. My plan is to wear them around the house for a few days and if they hold up well I want to make pairs for my mom and sisters for Christmas. The only flaw in this plan is that it is June in Arizona so I don't exactly feel like wearing slippers right now.

WIP #2 is a new washcloth. E absolutely loves thefor a while. But lately I've been feeling unsettled again. Letting the doubts creep in.

Today I got a wake up call. My former Pastor's wife used to talk about the "I spy's" in life - the moments when God is speaking. Things that one might want to write off as coincidences even though they are more than that. My "I Spy" is about God's blessings. The author of a blog I read has issued a challenge (not sure if that's the right word but I can't think of anything better at the moment) for people to make note of the blessings in their lives. I thought about it but didn't do anything and ended up moving onto other things. Later when I was doing my Bible study the


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to protect sensitive information." "MAN 4:" "Are you familiar with the 2009 abstract that speaks to this issue?" "ELAINE:" "Of course I'm familiar, but the methodology is completely flawed." "MAN 4:" "Is leakage inevitable?" "Leakage is never inevitable." "C++ allows for some restrictions based on the complexity of the leakage." "All right?" "Now, if you gentlemen will excuse me, I will be right back." "MAN 5:" "Wait, just one more question." "Hey." "Sorry." "This is the only place I can get some peace and quiet." "Oh, no problem." "It's quite a scene, isn't it?" "Oh, just wait till the Crypto-Bash." "There's nothing like a bunch of drunk cryptographers." "So you're Mr. Bitcoin?" "No." "Elaine Middleton, MIT." "You?" "Kalinda Sharma, Saint Mary's High." "[CHUCKLES]" "I did a linguistic matchnot actually being able to set the custom resolution. Hopefully, this issue will be resolved in future updates, either by adding back the capture settings, or removing the additional capture options (I hope it's the former).

Pretty much everything here stays as they were in PowerDVD 10, except "ATI Stream" has been "rebranded" to "Enable AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing", for those with compatible hardware (or "Nvidia CUDA" if you're of the other persuation). The "Advanced" button hides some additional functions, which also remain largely unchanged.

All the aspect ratio options are in the "Aspect Ratio" tab, which remains unchanged from PowerDVD 9 and 10. This is where the TrueTheater Stretch option can now be found (previously hidden under Video -> Advanced), and you can also configure the output monitor/TV type


PowerDVD was TrueTheater HD, which upscales DVDs to HD. This feature has been improved by including Nvidia CUDA and ATI Steam GPU assist, making the up-conversion process less reliant on the CPU. From my own limited testing, there wasn't a huge amount of different with ATI Steam acceleration turned on and turned off. The GPU activity measurements using GPU-Z also didn't show a huge amount of GPU usage. There was more consistent GPU usage when video acceleration (ATI Avivo) was turned on.

TrueTheater HD remains useful for upscaled DVD playback on large screens (and even on a 24" screen, the effects are noticeable enough so that you want it on, most of the time). As for the effect itself, it remains similar to PowerDVD 9/10, and the screenshot comparisonsbelow, for both the TrueTheater HD and the TrueTheater Lighting, can be seen below.

The other features, like TrueTheater Motion, which allows 24 FPS material to be output at a much more motion friendly 60 to 72 FPS, is still here, and still not really noticeable on the my monitor setup. CPU usage went up from under 10% (with video acceleration on) to 30% with all the TrueTheater functions turned on, and from 30% to an average of 40% when 3D was turned on.

Zooming is the basically the same as previous versions. They are located under the "Aspect Ratio" section of the right click menu. You can select to zoom widescreen movies to make them fullscreen (two presets for movies with 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 AR), as well as 4x


slideshow effects available there too, and the ability to download photos. And uploading your local photos to either of these online services is easy as well.

And add in 3D support, allowing native 3D photos (taken with 3D cameras) to be viewed, along with 3D conversion for 2D pics (works the same as with video 3D up-conversion), overall, these features add to the PowerDVD media management credentials, and the online interaction works seamlessly.

Smart Devices Support

The other major new area of improvement for PowerDVD 11 is smart devices support. This includes a newly built app for iPhone, iPad and Android that allows you to remotely control PowerDVD on your smart device, as well as stream content from your smart device for playback in PowerDVD.

For this review, I've only tested smartlogistics is key in drawing foreign investment, citing the World Bank’s biennal Logistics Performance Index, where Thailand ranked up from 45th in 2016 to 32nd in 2018, based on the country’s large investments in transport infrastructure and legal reforms.

These numbers meant that Thailand ranked only second to Singapore in the ASEAN region, 7th in Asia, ahead of Malaysia.

Mr. Visit says that Jetro have also pointed out potential issues, like the Laem Chabang port, which has such congestion issues that are affecting operation costs.

In another, separate development, Kyodo reported at the same day that Japanese firms across Thailand are considering the possibility of wage hikes in the country following the Kingdom’s economic recovery.


Anton et al. demonstrated that a Kinect™-based system can be an adjuvant to physiotherapy after a total hip replacement [@bib22], [@bib23]. Such programs can optimise the delivery of care in community rehabilitation, especially by increasing the number of patients seen in a single day, by reducing health care costs and travel time, and by providing access to medical care otherwise unavailable in rural or remote areas [@bib24]. However, no study, to our knowledge, analysed the outcome of telerehabilitation prior to a total joint replacement.

This pilot single blind randomized controlled trial therefore aims to evaluate the feasibility and impact on pain and disability of a telerehabilitation prehabilitation program for patients awaiting a total joint (hip or knee) arthroplasty compared to in-person prehabilitation or usual care. Our hypothesis is that a[@bib54], [@bib55], [@bib56], [@bib57]. The reliability and validity of this self-administered questionnaire have been well established (concomitant construct validity has been demonstrated to be good [@bib25]; test-retest reliability: ICC = 0.88--0.92 [@bib25]; responsiveness: SMR varying from 1 to 1.1 [@bib58], [@bib59]. Total score of each scale ranges from 0 (poor health) to 100 (perfect health) [@bib53], [@bib56]. The MCID of SF-36 is established at 12% of baseline score or 6% of maximal score for rehabilitation studies [@bib36]. A French-Canadian version exists as well as normative data according to age and gender for the Canadian population [@bib60].

The *Global Rating of Change* scale *(GRC)* is designed to quantify a patient\'s perceived improvement or deterioration over time. Using an 11-point GRC scale, ranging from −5 (a great deal worse) to 0 (about the same)


the instructions ''walk as quickly as you can without overexerting yourself.'' Usual gait aides are allowed as needed. The minimal clinically important difference of the self-paced walk test for this population has been found to be a change of at least 2.86 s or 0.07 m/s [@bib30].

2.5. Independent variables {#sec2.5}
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Age, height, weight, social status (married, single, widowed), employment situation, education level will be collected. The number of comorbidities will be documented using the Charlson Index validated questionnaire [@bib25]. The score of the Charlson Index will be calculated from data found in the subjects\' medical files. Data regarding the use of a walking aid before surgery (cane or walker) will be collected.

2.6. Intervention {#sec2.6}
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Physical therapy interventions will be given to participants of the in-person prehabilitation and tele-prehabilitation groups at Maisonneuve-Rosemont ResearchCenter according to a pre-established protocol, allowing a tailored prescription of exercises according to patient pain, strength and tolerance to activity.

Patients in the experimental groups will take part in a 12-week long program including strengthening of the hip and knee muscles, range of motion of the hip and knee as well as proprioceptive exercises, in addition to low-impact cardiovascular warm-up, education regarding medication usage and ice or heat application. After an initial evaluation visit at the research center, they will receive 2 supervised physiotherapy sessions per week and will be asked to repeat the same exercise program the other weekdays without supervision. Since exercise programs used in previous prehabilitation studies are heterogeneous, the prehabilitation protocol used in this trial will be based on the Osteoarthritis Research Society International


home-based program will be provided by a physiotherapist through various telecommunication softwares. The REACTS^®^ medical consultation platform will be used. It is an affordable new technology from Technologies innovatrices d\'imagerie inc, Montreal, Canada. It allows for one-on-one audiovisual interactions between the therapist and the patient on a web platform through high-quality secure audio-video communication, which includes an interactive screen, and file, application and desktop sharing. It requires commonly-used hardware, such as a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. An Internet connection of 500 KBPS is required to allow virtual conversations. It is available in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese on many operating systems: PC windows 7 or higher, iOS for Apple mobile devices and MAC OS on Apple computers. Other generic telecommunication software such as Skype (Microsoft corporation, Redmond,personal computer and the digital video camera (for example, a set top box for a digital satellite broadcast, a television receiver, etc.).
Here, a digital satellite broadcast executed in U.S. (hereinafter referred to as DSS (Direct Satellite System)) will be described. In DSS, the broadcast is carried out in SD (Standard Definition) broadcast which provides the same level resolution as the current ground broadcasts (NTSC (National Television Standard Committee) system) and in HD (High Definition) broadcast which provides a higher resolution than the SD broadcast, and both the broadcast signals are transmitted as digital data.
Accordingly, if an IEEE1394 interface is provided to the set top box for DSS to transmit a received digital broadcast signal through the IEEE1394 bus to another electronic equipment (for example, television receiver), the broadcast


felt that it would be the most appropriate name for the AP capital. It was also felt that the name Amaravati will elevate the status of the new capital and will be embraced by all Telugus, whether they are in Andhra, Telangana, elsewhere in India, or abroad.The sources said many in the government and the TDP had suggested that the capital be named after NTR, but Naidu had shot it down. "The chief minister preferred the historical importance of the region to the parochial sentiments expressed by some of his colleagues," a minister, who revealed to TOI Naidu's decision to name the capital as Amaravati, said. A GO on the name would also be issued after the formal announcement by the chief minister himself, the minister added.Naidu wasalmost 4k people.

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Q:

Compressing "n"-time object member call

Is there any non-explicit for way to call a member n times upon an object?
I was thinking about some map/reduce/lambda approach, but I couldn't figure out a way to do this -- if it's possible.
Just to add context, I'm using BeautifulSoup, and I'm extracting some elements from an html table; I extract some elements, and then, the last one.
Since I have:
# First value
print value.text

# Second value
value = value.nextSibling
print value.text

# Ninth value
for i in xrange(1, 7):
    value = value.nextSibling
print value.text

I was wondering if there's any lambda approach -- or something else -- that would allow me to do this:
# Ninth value
((value = value.nextSibling) for i in xrange(1, 7))
print value.text

P.S.: No, there's no problem whatsoever with the for approach, except I really enjoywere small.

Participants were told that the purpose of the focus group was to allow them the opportunity to elaborate on the topics covered in the questionnaire and to raise any further topics they felt important. Consent forms were signed before the start of each focus group. A topic guide was prepared and used flexibly. It covered several areas including what their post involved and how they felt about it, whether they saw research nursing as a long‐term career and why they might leave and what support they had received in developing their career. Questions were phased in terms of "Could you tell me about..." with additional prompts such as "What has been others' experience?" Data collection started in June 2013 and was completed in January 2014.

2.4. Data analysis


"Most likely I will be retired within the next 5 years (P146)"

### 3.3.4. Uncertain {#nop2167-sec-0029}

The last group comprised those (11, 10%) who wanted to remain employed but were uncertain as to what they would like to be doing in 5‐year time. This included both experienced nurses:"At this point I\'m really not sure (P44)"

and those new to nursing:"I need to understand what other roles are available first. (P151)"

3.4. Factors affecting intentions to remain in or leave research nursing {#nop2167-sec-0030}
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Views, concerns and experiences underpinning intentions to remain in or leave research nursing were discussed in the seven focus groups. These are grouped in terms of factors operating at individual, family (micro) and organizational (meso) levels, all of which could change over time.

### 3.4.1. Individual level {#nop2167-sec-0031}

Almost all participants expressed enjoyment andthere isn\'t career progression... \[There\] have been a lot of grumbles from different research staff that there is no progression for a research nurse... \[If there is no prospect of career progression\] then I would probably seriously consider going over to the other side of the fence into industry \[FG4: 2224--2240\]"

In contrast to these negative aspects, three other features in their employing NHS Trusts were identified as supporting intentions to remain. The first two were supportive mentors and internships which helped to ensure that those nurses new to research got a good grounding in the practical knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their careers:"\[We\'re\] in the process of developing a mentorship scheme for that to happen and looking very much at developing the early career path for


Sayers, & Watson, [2016](#nop2167-bib-0012){ref-type="ref"}; Price, [2009](#nop2167-bib-0044){ref-type="ref"}). The importance of a lively research environment as enabling research nurses to flourish and progress is another novel contribution of the current study. The continuity of employment offered by a large research active institution provides research nurses the opportunity to build experience and expertise. Their role in "the team" also affords a good basis for career progression. Outside research intensive centres, however, jobs may feel less secure and opportunities to progress less evident. In these circumstances, a move to more administrative posts such as trial manager or into research governance may be their only options.

4.1. Limitations and implications for further research {#nop2167-sec-0035}
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vpps are used to track your VIP status. They are based and are used only for this.

Fpp's are like a currency. You can use these to buy things from the VIP shop, for tourney buy ins, bonuses, etc. The reason its different from vpps is. Because the higher the level, say when you get to silver star, you earn 1.5fpp for every vpp. For gold, you earn 2fpp per vpp. It keeps going like this, so basically like i said.

vpp-track status (Strategypoints as well)
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The present invention concerns O-ring equipped plug valves for use in high pressure systems.
In existing plug valves a problem exists in keeping their circular, endless seals, termed O-rings, seated in plug defined grooves when controlling fluid flows of several hundred PSI. A pressure differential across an O-ring will cause same to be at least partially displaced from the groove to the extent it is susceptible to being damaged or clipped upon passage across an edge of a port in the valve housing.
In an attempt to prevent such O-ring displacement and resulting damage, various plug configurations have been proposed. U.S. Pat. No. 3,991,975 discloses a plug with an O-ring groove defined by side walls and a bottom wall with the side walls having notches therein to reduce a pressurein state court.
7. The Answer for the Banks.
If the buyers persist in their renewed attack on the banks, the banks have an answer; the banks may plead res judicata and collateral estoppel as defenses in state court. They cannot claim that the plaintiffs' claims are related to the General Homes bankruptcy merely because the bankruptcy court already heard the claim. Similarly, if a note is discharged in bankruptcy, and the next day the holder sues on the note in state court, the only remedy for the debtor is to plead the discharge as a defense in state court. The debtor cannot remove the suit to federal court on the ground that the state suit relates remotely to the earlier bankruptcy proceeding or because bankruptcy law may determine the


Pinealectomy reduces hepatic and muscular glycogen content and attenuates aerobic power adaptability in trained rats.
The current study emphasizes the crucial role of the pineal gland on the effects of chronic training in different tissues focusing on carbohydrate metabolism. We investigated the maximal oxygen uptake (aerobic power), muscle and liver glycogen content, and also the enzymes involved in the carbohydrate metabolism of rat adipose tissue. Pinealectomized and sham-operated adult male Wistar rats were distributed into four groups: pinealectomized (PINX) untrained, pinealectomized trained, control untrained and control trained. The maximal oxygen uptake capability was assayed before and after the training protocol by indirect open circuit calorimetry. The rats were killed after 8 wk of training. Blood samples were collected for glucose and insulin determinations. The glycogen content was assayed into be adjusted, for example, being secured to the piston rod 3 on one side. Near the two ends of the cylinder 1 a duct 5 for the supply of hydraulic medium is connected, which ducts 5 communicate with a control valve 6. The piston 2 and hence the slide 4 can be placed in a desired position by means of the control valve 6.

A hydraulic servomotor is suitable for exerting great forces. Due to the inherently small damping in such a motor -- the damping factor is approximately 0.001 in a hydrostatically journalled slide to approximately 0.1 in a nonhydrostatically journalled slide -- the desired vibration-free adjustment cannot be obtained in a short period of time. In order to increase the adjusting rate considerably, an accumulator 7


alignment, and minimize any pressure to anterior thorax and abdomen.

A posterior midline incision was made, and the subperiosteal dissection was carried out to expose posterior elements. With 10 mm osteotome, the distal half of inferior articular process, which overhangs the base of the superior articular process, was removed. Therefore, the superior articular process was exposed from lateral to the medial part. Using the exposed osseous anatomy as a reference, all pedicle screws were inserted using free-hand technique.

The technique popularized by Kim *et al*. requires definition of the posterior element bony landmarks including the lateral border of the pars-interarticularis, transverse process, and superior articular facet rule.\[[@ref13]\] The entry points in thoracic spine were about 2 mm lateral midpoint superior facet and at the superior border of a transverse processfor T1--T10 or midline of transverse process at T11--T12 defined the pedicle entrance point. In the lumbar spine, midpoint of the transverse process and its intersection with the lateral pars-interarticularis was chosen as the entry point.

Following determination of entry point, a high-speed burr is used to penetrate the outer cortex over the pedicle entry point. Afterward, narrow curette or special thoracic pedicle probe was used to determine the pedicle trajectory. We used a straight pedicle probe except in periapical segments with rotated vertebra when we used a curved probe. Normally, after passing the pedicle through the body, there was a more smooth feeling in the surgeon\'s hands. The resulting pedicle tract was palpated with ball-tipped probe to verify the presence of any cortical breaches as well as to


and two patients also had curve in thoracic and thoracolumbar region. The frequency of curves is depicted in [Figure 2](#F2){ref-type="fig"}.

![The curves frequency in patients under study](ABR-6-19-g002){#F2}

The mean Cobb\'s angle of the curve in the upper thoracic region was 29 ± 20.11°, in the thoracic region was 59.69 ± 13.77°, in the thoracolumbar region was 53.25 ± 10.62°, and in lumbar region was 47.38 ± 15.14°. [Figure 3](#F3){ref-type="fig"} indicates the average deviation of the spine in patients.

![The mean deviation angle of the spine](ABR-6-19-g003){#F3}

[Table 1](#T1){ref-type="table"} shows the mean angle of kyphosis and scoliosis and standard deviation, before and after the intervention. The average of thoracic kyphosis angle and also the amount of thoracic and lumbar scoliosis, after the intervention than before surgery has a significant difference. It is noteworthy thatpedicles was similar to overall misplacement rate. However, a higher breach rate with the pedicles was observed on the concavity of deformity. This was mirrored by Smorgick *et al*. who reported a higher breach rate in regard to the concave thoracic pedicle screws.\[[@ref1]\]

Screws with lateral or medial penetration and without neurologic deficit do not need revision provided have good purchase, whereas screws with anterior penetration of vertebral body may need to be revised proximity of the great vessels. Fortunately, this problem has rarely been reported.

In this study, we revised one screw near aorta at the T11 vertebra that was seen in CT-scan. Although the patient had normal hemodynamic circumstances, she was complaining of abdominal discomfort \[[Figure 6](#F6){ref-type="fig"}\].

![The T11 vertebra screw adjusts aorta was revised](ABR-6-19-g010){#F6}

Conclusion {#sec1-5}
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Pedicle screw insertion in


want to use parentheses, tack in the call command:
Call gobjMBCSettings.SetSetting("UserName", "223")

It should be noted that using parentheses around ByRef argument without the Call keyword, the argument will be sent in as ByVal.
Public Sub MySub(ByRef foo As String)
    foo = "some text"
End Sub

Dim bar As String
bar = "myText"
MySub(bar)
' bar is "myText"
Call MySub(bar)
' bar is "some text"

It only complained because you were passing in multiple parameters wrapped with a single set of parentheses. Using () to force ByVal also works in VB.NET.

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Data integration is critical to many organizational initiatives such as business


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You are adding single-element tuples here:
prob += x0 + x4 >= 8,
prob += x4 + x8 >= 10,
prob += x8 + x12 >= 7,
prob += x12 + x16 >= 12,
prob += x16 + x20 >= 4,

The comma makes each expression into a tuple with one element. Either remove the comma (to leave it to the __iadd__ method to set the name to None), or provide a name element after each comma.

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In my co-pending U.S. patent application referred to above, I teach an apparatus and method for introducing a permanent pacemaker electrode into the heart through the subclavian vein by employing a sleeve and introducer combination, in which the sleeve has a slit, or weakened line, almost to the forward end of the sleeve. The unslit portion of the forward end prevents the sleeve from crimping as the sleeve passes through the hard tissue underneath the clavicle in the vicinity of the subclavian vein. Once the forward end of the sleeve is inside the subclavian vein, the electrode is passed through the sleeve and splits the unslit portion of the forward end. The sleeve may then be removed by gently sliding it out of the


fault or act... could not complain” and could kill himself if he preferred death to enslavement.[10]

The Portuguese started the trade in African Slaves in 1442.[11] Over the next century, authorities took varying positions on the transatlantic trade and expressed varying levels of discomfort,[12] but the trade nonetheless expanded. Even the Pope condemned human slavery in 1537.[13] Evidence suggests that most Slaves taken from Africa were not free people captured by Europeans, but people who were enslaved locally,[14] originally as prisoners of war, in punishment for a crime, or as payment for debt they owed. They were not born into slavery and were originally more of a status symbol than a source of labor or tradeable value, and they had a less harsh experience than Slaves laboring in theseveral British colonies had written laws to deter the mutilation and killing of Slaves, and some had written laws regarding minimal provisions and the management of those too sick to work, though these were likely poorly enforced and intended more for the benefit of the colonists than the Slaves.[58]

In 1761, the Portuguese ruler established a “free soil” policy freeing all Slaves who set foot in Portugal, even though there seemed to be little or no antislavery movement in the nation.[59]

British Quakers may have voted to expel any members participating in the trade in 1761.[60] In 1762, many Quakers began refusing to purchase goods made by Slave labor.[61]

In 1765 a Slave named Jonathan Strong who had been severely beaten by his owner and left for dead made his way


there may have been a de facto emancipation, though at least some Slaves were still sold or recaptured in Great Britain afterwards.[91] Mansfield himself asserted that he had only determined that Slave owners could not forcibly remove a Slave from England.[92] This appears to contradict his statement that Slavery was “so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law” and his decision that as such Stewart’s case for dominion over Somerset could not be “allowed or approved by the law of England.”[93] Later, in 1785, he ruled that “black slaves in Britain were not entitled to be paid for their labour.”[94]

Neither the use of habeas corpus to bring a Slave before court nor the legal outcome of the case were very novel: Sharp andMansfield had only just before this dealt with the similar case of Thomas Lewis,[95] who was brought to court through a writ of habeas corpus, though that case did not require Mansfield to make a broader judgement on the forcible removal of a Slave from England. Previous judges had, however, declared Slaves to be made entirely free by setting foot on English ground, which seemed to mean little as other judges had ruled otherwise. In 1762, only decade earlier, a Lord Chancellor had said the same and asserted that “a negro may maintain an action against his master for ill usage, and may have Habeas Corpus if restrained of his liberty.”[96]

The impact of the case on the antislavery movement is difficult to assess, as the movement would not


and introduced him to the Quaker group of abolitionists in London, including their printer, who published Clarkson’s essay.[169] They recruited Clarkson — an Anglican — to be their public face, and enlisted Sharp as a chairman to sign their letters to Members of Parliament, knowing both men would be taken more seriously than the Quakers.[170] From then, Clarkson was a tireless and radical advocate, and travelled throughout Great Britain regularly to acquire information and witnesses and to organize supporters.

In 1783 the Marquis de Lafayette had asked George Washington, his old commander, to join him in purchasing land where Slaves could work as free tenants, in the hope that Washington’s participation would set a precedent for such action. Three years later, the Marquis and his wife bought two plantationsfood, shelter, and clothing, a mandate for Slaves to have an acre of land for growing their own food, protections for the old and the ill, Christian instruction, and a limit of ten lashes for corporal punishment, and provided that the mutilation of a Slave would result in the loss of ownership of that Slave, in addition to which killing a Slave was made a felony, and Slaves were given modest access to courts. The reforms were primarily intended to make Slavery more efficient and sustainable.[185]

While Sharp wanted antislavery advocates to publicly advocate for full emancipation, the other London advocates — who almost universally ultimately wanted full emancipation[186] — thought abolishing the transatlantic Slave trade was more achievable, both because emancipation would involve interference with colonial legislature and


abolition forward in Parliament.[193] Wilberforce was thought of as an exceptionally eloquent speaker with a “melodious” voice.[194]

In 1787 the committee collected information about the atrocities of Slavery, held lectures, had some letters published in the press,[195] published a newsletter,[196] and distributed print material.[197] Renowned potter Josiah Wedgwood created the famous image of a black man in chains, pleading on his knees, surrounded by the words “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?” which became the emblem of the cause, not only used on printed material but also sported openly by supporters on ornaments, medallions, shoe buckles, hair pins, cufflinks, pendants, and bracelets.[198]

In parallel in 1787, a former Slave named Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, who was unassociated with the committee, published a book titled Thoughts and Sentiments on the1788 half of London’s public debates were about abolition.[209] At two of those seven events, a former Slave spoke — likely Equiano or Cugoano, who published several antislavery letters in London newspapers that month.[210]

Press mentions of the “slave trade” or “African trade,” as well as “abolition,” which were all previously very scarce, exploded that year, and thereafter continued to appear with substantially greater frequency than before.[211] A news and gossip magazine called Gentleman’s Magazine, which had not published a single word on Slavery in 1787, mentioned it 68 times in 1788.[212] The Zong massacre now became better known to the public, as abolitionists used it to raise awareness for their cause.[213] A painting disapproving of the transatlantic Slave trade was also put on display in the prestigious Royal