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Spinal cord injury-induced expression of the antiangiogenic endostatin/collagen XVIII in areas of vascular remodelling.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces the disruption of neural and vascular structures. In contrast to the emerging knowledge of mechanisms regulating the onset of the postinjury angiogenic response, little is known about counterregulatory signals. Using immunohistochemical methods, the authors investigated the expression of the endogenous angiogenic inhibitor endostatin/collagen XVIII during the tissue remodeling response to SCI. After SCI, endostatin/collagen XVIII+ cells accumulated at the lesion site, in pannecrotic regions (especially in areas of cavity formation), at the lesion margin/areas of ongoing secondary damage, and in perivascular Virchow-Robin spaces. In remote areas (> 0.75 cm from the epicenter) a more modest accumulation of endostatin/collagen XVIII+ cells was observed, especially in areas of pronounced Wallerian degeneration. The numbers of endostatin/collagen XVIII+ cells reached their maximum on Day 7 after SCI. The cell numbers remained elevated in both, the lesion and remote regions, compared with control spinal cords for 4 weeks afterwards. In addition to being predominantly confined to ED1+-activated microglia/macrophages within the pannecrotic lesion core, endostatin/collagen XVIII expression was frequently detected by the endothelium/vessel walls. Numbers of lesional endostatin/collagen XVIII+ endothelium/vessel walls were found to increase early by Day 1 postinjury, reaching their maximum on Day 3 and declining subsequently to enhanced (above control) levels 30 days after SCI. The authors detected that in comparison to the early expression of neoangiogenic factors, there was a postponed lesional expression of the antiangiogenic endostatin/collagen XVIII. Furthermore, the expression of endostatin/collagen XVIII was localized to areas of neovascular pruning and retraction (cavity formation). The expression of endostatin/collagen XVIII by macrophages in a "late" activated phagocytic mode suggests that this factor plays a role in counteracting the preceding "early" neoangiogenic response after SCI.


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This glass vibrator is lovely and has a good size and weight, and the vibrator can be removed from the glass sheath and replaced if it ever dies. The bottom button is very easy to push, and can be pressed on accident while using. With so many functions, a dedicated on/off button would have been a nice feature to include. It does come with a wonderful, protective storage pouch to keep it safe when not in use.
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Like I said in my review I will be looking for new and more exciting toys in the future, but at this time when I chose this particular one, it was what I was looking for. In the past I've bought what I thought was suppose to be exciting and never got that from the plastic or rubber materials. Glass is just what I was looking for, smooth and forgiving but spiced up exactly what I wanted. It felt right!

This glass vibrator is lovely and has a good size and weight, and the vibrator can be removed from the glass sheath and replaced if it ever dies. The bottom button is very easy to push, and can be pressed on accident while using. With so many functions, a dedicated on/off button would have been a nice feature to include. It does come with a wonderful, protective storage pouch to keep it safe when not in use.

Unlike other glass toys, this one vibrates. A glass sleeve over a powerful vibrator. This toy is strong, beautiful, easy to care for, and a lot of fun! An unexpected new favorite, this is a lovely toy for the gals who like their vibrators thick, strong, and made of glass.

The Smooth Vibrating Glass is a nice combination of the pleasures of a vibrator with the convenience and hygiene of glass. It's waterproof and its gentle vibrations will appeal to those who prefer a softer touch. The smooth shaft makes it ideal for frictionless vaginal penetration.


Increasing expression of miR-5100 in non-small-cell lung cancer and correlation with prognosis.
A previous study indicated that miR-5100 served as a tumor oncogene in lung cancer. However, whether miR-5100 may serve as a novel prognostic marker in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate miR-5100 expression and its clinical significance in NSCLC patients. Expression of miR-5100 was detected in NSCLC tissues and matched normal lung tissues by quantitative Real-time polymerase chain reaction. The correlation between miR-5100 expression and clinical features were statistically analyzed. Survival rate was analyzed by log-rank test, and survival curves were plotted according to Kaplan-Meier. The correlation between miR-5100 expression and prognosis of NSCLC patients was further evaluated by univariate and multivariate analysis. As revealed by qRT-PCR analysis, the relative level of miR-5100 expression in NSCLC tissues was significantly upregulated, compared with that in corresponding noncancerous tissues (p < 0.01). Additionally, high miR-5100 expression was statistically associated with higher clinical stage (p < 0.001), N classification (p = 0.003) and M classification (p = 0.027), but lower differentiated degree (p < 0.001). Furthermore, the results of Kaplan-Meier suggested that NSCLC patients with higher miR-5100 expression had significantly poorer overall survival (p < 0.0001) and progression-free survival (p < 0.0001). Multivariate survival analysis verified that miR-5100 expression level was an independent predictor of both overall survival and progression-free survival for NSCLC patients. Our data suggested that up-regulation of miR-5100 was correlated with NSCLC progression, which provided a potential prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.


1H NMR structural analysis of human ghrelin and its six truncated analogs.
Human ghrelin, the first recognized natural ligand of growth hormone secretagogue growth hormone secretagogue receptors (GHS-Rs) (M. Kojima, H. Hosada, Y. Date, M. Nakazato, H. Matsuo, and K. Kangawa, Nature, 1999, Vol. 402, pp. 656-660), consists of 28 amino acids of which Ser3 is modified by n-octanoylation. This new peptide hormone has been implicated not only in regulation of the GH secretion but also in regulation of food intake. The discovery of ghrelin opens up more opportunities to study the relationship of ghrelin with metabolic diseases. Until now, only mass spectometry analysis has been reported on the structure of ghrelin. NMR analysis is a suitable way to study if any tertiary structure of unbound ghrelin is present in solution. NMR studies were carried out on human ghrelin and its five truncated analogs. The full-length ghrelin and its fragments exhibited random coil behavior in aqueous solution. Additional studies were carried out on the shortest active segment of human ghrelin, which consists of the first five amino acids of the ghrelin sequence (M. A. Bednarek, S. D. Feighner, S.-S. Pong, K. K. McKee, D. L. Hreniuk, M. V. Silva, V. A. Warrem, A. D. Howard, L. H. Y. Van der Ploeg, and J. V. Heck, Journal of Medical Chemistry, 2000, Vol. 43, pp. 4370-4376), to compare the spectral features with their counterparts in the full-length ghrelin. The NMR data showed behavior similar to ghrelin except for two additional nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs) between the Phe4 NH and the protons of the beta-methylene of Ser3. CD on human ghrelin and its short active analog in water were indicative of random coil peptides. Molecular modeling based on NMR data was carried out to probe which structural features were similar to growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6), a hexapeptide that binds to GHS-R releasing GH and stimulating food intake. Modeling suggested some similarities, but they were not of a nature to account for binding properties of these compounds.


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There seems to be a lot of misinformation about who pays taxes and who doesn’t. According to the Taxpayers Union, in 2009, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 38 percent of the total federal personal income tax, the top 10 percent paid 70 percent and the bottom 50 percent paid about 3 percent. The bottom 40 percent pays no federal tax at all.


Q:

Excel Sigma Summation - Quadratic Expression

I am trying to make a Variance summation in Excel. I know there is a function for it, but I want to use the Sigma summation:

I found some threads, but all of them assume a non-quadratic expression. This one for example: Sigma or Summation function in Excel
I have the given data in Excel, and just need to put it together in this Sigma Summation. How would I write the function to make it work?

A:

Found the answer myself after playing with the expression I got from the other thread that I mentioned. The problem was that I did not know how to make it squared, because I did not see where the variable was exactly.
In the end, this function did it for me. The X variable was entered as data starting from E31:E35 (which was a small example to be able to control the answer). The variance was then calculated.
=SUMPRODUCT(SUMSQ(E31:E35-D37))/(C34-1)

The key to this was to understand that the SUMPRODUCT function returns the sum of the range.


Chelsea vs Middlesbrough (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

Chelsea vs Middlesbrough PREDICTION & TIPS

Chelsea will raise a new England championship title. The final Blues rival, Tottenham, cracked at the opening of the 36th day, with West Ham (1-0). A setback that can allow Chelsea to take 7 points ahead of the Premier League, just 3 days of the end of this season (both clubs have a late match to play). A gap that will be impossible to fill for Lloris teammates. So, will the Blues play the full blow this Monday to get rid of Middlesbrough and virtually celebrate the title with their audience? For visitors, even if this will be very difficult to get, bringing back at least one point of Stamford Bridge seems an obligation to secure a future in the Premier League. Nineteenth, Middlesbrough is 6 points off the first non-relegable, Hull City, a few hours from the end of this 2016/2017 edition. Can the relegates achieve a feat at Stamford Bridge?

Middlesbrough was looking for the draw at Arsenal (0-0) and Manchester City (1-1) this season, before being defeated to MU (2-1) and Tottenham (1-0) on low scores .
Last weekend, the Citizens were held in check in Middlesbrough (2-2), who is fighting to the end to try to win his hold.
In early April, Crystal Palace won at Stamford Bridge (1-2). Nothing is impossible…
Taking advantage of Tottenham’s defeat at West Ham (1-0), the Blues know they are almost safe to be champions of England. Will they play the full blow against a formation that plays its survival?

Chelsea vs Middlesbrough LATEST MEETINGS

Middlesbrough has no choice and must give everything to keep believing in the maintenance. The defender has proved the past weekend against Manchester City (2-2): he is not yet dead. Faced with almost-titled Blues, everything is possible, Crystal Palace was well established at Stamford Bridge a month ago. We try the weekend with the draw!


St Kilda Football Club is delighted to announce the contract extensions of star midfielder Leigh Montagna AND co-principal partner Dare Iced Coffee.

Experienced midfielder Montagna has signed a one-year contract extension, ensuring he will remain a Saint until the end of the 2017 season, while Dare Iced Coffee has committed to the Saints for another three years, signing on until the end of 2019.

CEO Matt Finnis said the double shot of good news was yet another sign of the confidence in the club’s future.

“Today’s announcement will ensure the Saints continue to build and improve both on and off field,” Finnis said.

“Joey is still a very important player to us and a quality leader and the confidence boost the club will get from having Dare Iced Coffee extend their contract is very significant.”

Having finished top three in the Trevor Barker Award five times over his 13-year career with the Saints, the 32-year-old dual All-Australian was set to be an unrestricted free agent.

“I am really excited about the journey we are on as a team and happy to continue to be part of it,” Montagna said.

“It’s also a great show of faith from the club to sign me up and have faith in my body and ability to keep playing for another couple of seasons.”

After joining the club as a principal partner in January last year, Dare Iced Coffee has committed to the Saints for another three years and Matt Finnis said the club is thrilled the respected national brand has extended its partnership.

“A three-year extension is a wonderful vote of confidence in the direction that our club is taking,” he said.

“We’ve got unparalleled awareness of the Dare Iced Coffee brand amongst our adult members and, importantly, their sales have grown significantly year-on-year. Our people love their product and it has been a great partnership.”

Lion Dairy Marketing Director, Nicola Richardson, said that Dare Iced Coffee is thrilled to be extending it’s partnership with the club and looks forward to seeing ongoing double digit sales growth for Dare, whilst supporting the Saints to achieve significant wins on and off the field.


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[**PERTURBATIVE QCD DATA ARE CONSISTENT WITH LIGHT GLUINOS**]{}\
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[*CH - 1211 Geneva 23*]{}\
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[*Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University*]{}\
[*College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA*]{} and [*Astroparticle Physics Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)*]{}\
[*The Woodlands, TX 77382, USA*]{}\
and\
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[*Physics Department, University of Southampton*]{}\
[*Highfield, Southampton SO9 5NH, England*]{}\
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We discuss systematically the consistency of light gluinos with data on perturbative QCD from deep inelastic scattering, quarkonia, jets at LEP, and the total hadronic cross-section in ${e^+ e^-}$ annihilation on the $Z$ peak and elsewhere. We demonstrate that, in addition to the well-known increase in the value of $\alpha_s(m_Z)$ inferred from lower-energy data due to the slower running of $\alpha_s$ in the presence of light gluinos, the value of $\alpha_s(m_Z)$ extracted from the LEP data must also be $increased$, as a result of including the effects of virtual light gluinos. The effect of these increases in other estimates of $\alpha_s(m_Z)$ is to make them more consistent with the value extracted from the total $e^+ e^-$ cross-section, which would otherwise appear distinctly higher. We discuss the possibility of looking for light gluinos in four-jet events at LEP, and their possible implications for scaling violations at HERA.

CERN-TH.6824/93\
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March 1993

[**Table 1**]{}\
Extraction of $\alpha_s(M_Z)$ from low energy data

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                         Process

                                                         Without gluinos   $m_{gluino}=3 \ GeV$   $m_{gluino}=4 \ GeV$   $m_{gluino}=5 \ GeV$

         $\frac{\Gamma(\Upsilon \rightarrow ggg)}        $0.121\pm .005$   $0.140\pm .006$        $0.137\pm              $0.136\pm .006$
    {\Gamma(\Upsilon \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-)}_{(LEP)}$                                             0.006$

         $\frac{\Gamma(\Upsilon \rightarrow ggg)}        $0.118\pm .005$   $0.136\pm .006$        $0.134                 $0.132\pm .006$
   {\Gamma(\Upsilon \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-)}_{(World)}$                                            \pm 0.006$

               $J/\Psi, \  \Upsilon$ decays              $0.113\pm .005$   $ 0.129\pm .006$       $0.127\pm .006$        $0.126\pm .006$

                          D.I.S.                         $0.112\pm .004$   $0.129 \pm .005$       $0.127                 $ 0.125\pm
                                                                                \pm .005 $            .005 $

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[**Table 2**]{}\
Extraction of $\alpha_s(M_Z)$ from jets data at LEP\

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   Event Shape Variable
                         Without gluinos    With gluinos
                         0.120 ($\aleph$)   0.129-0.134
            C            0.124 (Delphi)     0.134-0.139
                         0.127 (Opal)       0.137-0.142
                         0.126 ($\aleph$)   0.134-0.139
            T            0.123 (Delphi)     0.131-0.135
                         0.118 (L3)         0.126-0.130
                         0.127 (Opal)       0.135-0.140
                         0.126 ($\aleph$)   0.143-0.152
           EEC           0.129 (Delphi)     0.147-0.156
                         0.128 (Opal)       0.152-0.162
                         0.132 ($\aleph$)   0.141-0.145
          $M_H$          0.125 (Delphi)     0.133-0.137
                         0.128 (Opal)       0.136-0.141
                         0.141 ($\aleph$)   0.150-0.155
          $M_D$          0.122 (Delphi)     0.130-0.134
                         0.118 (Opal)       0.126-0.130
                         0.113 ($\aleph$)   0.122-0.127
            O            0.122 (Delphi)     0.132-0.137
                         0.121 (Opal)       0.130-0.136
                         0.110 ($\aleph$)   0.114-0.115
           AEEC          0.114 (Delphi)     0.118-0.120
                         0.116 (Opal)       0.120-0.122

     Weighted Average    0.120$\pm .006$    0.132$\pm .007$

      After $\pi^2$
      Exponentiation     0.113 $\pm$ .006   0.124 $\pm$ .007

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[**Figure Caption**]{}

Histograms of the $C$ and thrust distributions for the three-jet region, showing the lowest-order differential cross-section (dotted line) and the higher-order differential cross section without gluinos (thin solid line) and with gluinos (thick solid line). The thickness of the solid line is a measure of the theoretical uncertainty in the gluino effect.


Interaction of DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) with the single-stranded template beyond the site of synthesis.
Cocrystal structures of DNA polymerases from the Pol I (or A) family have provided only limited information about the location of the single-stranded template beyond the site of nucleotide incorporation, revealing contacts with the templating position and its immediate 5' neighbor. No structural information exists for template residues more remote from the polymerase active site. Using a competition binding assay, we have established that Klenow fragment contacts at least the first four unpaired template nucleotides, though the quantitative contribution of any single contact is relatively small. Photochemical cross-linking indicated that the first unpaired template base beyond the primer terminus is close to Y766, as expected, and the two following template bases are close to F771 on the surface of the fingers subdomain. We have constructed point mutations in the region of the fingers subdomain implicated by these experiments. Cocrystal structures of family A DNA polymerases predict contacts between the template strand and S769, F771, and R841, and our DNA binding assays provide evidence for the functional importance of these contacts. Overall, the data are most consistent with the template strand following a path over the fingers subdomain, close to the side chain of R836 and a neighboring cluster of positively charged residues.


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Introduction {#intro}
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High-$p_{T}$ particles produced in high energy collisions are of special importance in QCD. The production of these particles arises from the hard scattering of the incoming partons and their subsequent fragmentation. Therefore, their production rate can be calculated perturbatively, and their spectra reveal information about the parent parton distributions in momentum space. Furthermore in heavy-ion collisions these particles are formed at the early time of the collisions (“prompt production") and therefore represent an ideal tool for probing the medium resulted from such collisions. The absorption of the high-$p_{T}$ particles in the medium can be used to obtain a tomographic image of the color charge density of the medium \[1\].

Bearing this in mind, the high-$p_{T}$ measurements in the heavy-ion program show some of the most important results at RHIC: The strong suppression of high-$p_{T}$ particles which is observed in central $Au+Au$ collisions via the dramatic suppression of particle production, and the modification of jet correlations at high transverse momentum \[2,3,4\]. This strong suppression provides compelling evidence for large energy loss of scattered partons traversing matter that has a high density of color charges.

After various complementary measurements from RHIC data have revealed the formation of a strongly coupled medium \[5,6,7,8,9\], the primary goal of the RHIC heavy-ion program progresses from qualitative statements to rigorous quantitative conclusions. One of the most important requirements for quantitative conclusions is the precise measurements of the quantity of the medium-induced energy loss.

While the single-particle spectra do not provide enough sensitivity to discriminate between the different energy loss mechanisms \[10,11\], the di-hadron azimuthal correlation measurement is expected to provide somewhat better constraints on the energy loss. The initial parton energy is not accessible in single-particle spectra but is somewhat accessible in the di-hadron measurements. However a model dependent study \[12\] has shown that at initial high color charge density both single particle spectra and di-hadron azimuthal correlation measurement have diminished sensitivity due to the geometrical bias.

The $\gamma$-hadron azimuthal correlation measurement has been suggested as a powerful tool to quantify the energy loss \[13\]. In the dominant QCD process of Compton-like scattering, the photon transverse momentum balances the parton initial transverse energy. In addition, due to the large mean free path of the photon compared to the system size formed in heavy-ion collision, the direct photon measurement doesn’t suffer from the same geometrical bias of that of single particle spectra and di-hadron azimuthal correlation measurements. In particular the $\gamma$-hadron azimuthal correlations provide a unique way to quantify the energy loss dependence on the initial parton energy and possibly the color factor. Therefore combining the energy loss measurements from many probes of different geometrical biases and different coupling to the formed medium and comparing these measurements with different theoretical models can lead to a successful quantitative interpretation of the heavy-ion data.

Data Analysis {#data analysis}
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The STAR experiment collected an integrated luminosity of 535 $\mu {b}^{-1}$ of $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV in 2007 using level-2 high-$p_T$ tower trigger. The level-2 trigger algorithm was implemented in the Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter (BEMC) and optimized based on the information of the direct $\gamma/\pi^0$ ratio in $Au+Au$ collisions \[14\], the $\pi^0$ decay kinematics, and the electromagnetic shower profile characteristics. The BEMC has full azimuthal coverage and pseudorapidity coverage $\mid\eta\mid$ $\leq$ 1.0. As a reference measurement we use $p+p$ data at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV taken in 2006 with integrated luminosity of 11 $\mathrm{pb}^{-1}$. The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) was used to detect charged particle tracks and measure their momenta. The charged track quality cuts are similar to previous STAR analyses \[15\]. For this analysis, events with at least one cluster with $E_T >$ 8 GeV were selected. To ensure the purity of the photon-triggered sample, trigger towers were rejected if a track with $p >$ 3 GeV/$c$ points to it.

A crucial step of the analysis is to discriminate between showers of direct $\gamma$ and two close $\gamma$’s from a high-p$_{T}$ symmetric $\pi^{0}$ decay. At p$_T$ $\sim$ 8 GeV/c the angular separation between the two photons resulting from a symmetric $\pi^{0}$ decay (both decays photons have similar energy, smallest opening angle) at the BEMC face is typically smaller than the tower size ($\Delta\eta=0.05,\Delta\phi=0.05$); but a $\pi^{0}$ shower is generally broader than a single $\gamma$ shower. The Barrel Shower Maximum Detector (BSMD), which resides at $\sim$ 5X$_{0}$ inside the calorimeter towers, is well-suited for $(2\gamma$)/$(1\gamma)$ separation up to p$_T$ $\sim$ 26 GeV/c due to its fine segmentation ($\Delta\eta\approx 0.007,\Delta\phi\approx 0.007$). In this analysis the $\pi^{0}$/$\gamma$ discrimination was carried out by making cuts on the shower shape as measured by the BSMD, where the $\pi^{0}$ identification cut is adjusted in order to obtain a very pure sample of $\pi^{0}$ and a sample rich in direct $\gamma$ ($\gamma_{rich}$). The discrimination cuts are varied to determine the systematic uncertainties. To determine the combinatorial background level the relative azimuthal angular distribution of the associated particles with respect to the trigger particle is fitted with two guassian peaks and a straight line. The near- and away-side yields, Y$^{n}$ and Y$^{a}$, of associated particles per trigger are extracted by integrating the $\rm 1/N_{trig} \rm dN/{\rm d}(\Delta\phi)$ distributions in $\mid\Delta\phi\mid$ $\leq$ 0.63 and $\mid\Delta\phi -\pi\mid$ $\leq$ 0.63 respectively. The yield is corrected for the tracking efficiency of associated charged particles as a function of multiplicity.

The shower shape cuts used to select a sample of direct photon“rich" triggers reject most of the $\pi^{0}$’s, but do not reject photons from highly asymmetric $\pi^{0}$ decays, $\eta$’s, and fragmentation photons. All of these sources of background are removed as follows from Eq.(1) below, but only within the systematic uncertainty on the assumption that their correlations are similar to those for $\pi^{0}$’s. Assuming zero near-side yield for direct photon triggers and a very pure sample of $\pi^{0}$, the away-side yield of hadrons correlated with the direct photon is extracted as $$\begin{aligned}
Y_{\gamma_{direct}+h}=\frac{Y^{a}_{\gamma_{rich}+h}-R Y^{a}_{\pi^{0}+h}}{1-R},\label{eq2}
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   \hspace{0.5cm}   R=\frac{Y^{n}_{\gamma_{rich}+h}}{Y^{n}_{\pi^{0}+h}}.\end{aligned}$$ Where Y$^{a(n)}_{\gamma_{rich}+h}$ and Y$^{a(n)}_{\pi^{0}+h}$ are the away (near)-side yields of associated particles per $\gamma_{rich}$ and $\pi^{0}$ triggers respectively, so that R is the fraction of $\gamma_{rich}$ triggers that are actually from $\pi^{0}$, $\eta$, and fragmentation photons.

Results
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Figure 1 (left) shows the azimuthal correlation for inclusive photon triggers for the most peripheral and central bins in Au+Au collisions. Parton energy loss in the medium causes the away-side to be increasingly suppressed with centrality as it was previously reported \[3,15\]. The suppression of the near-side yield with centrality, which has not been observed in the charged hadron azimuthal correlation, is consistent with an increase of the $\gamma$/$\pi^{0}$ ratio with centrality at high E$_{T}^{trig}$. The shower shape analysis is used to distinguish between the $(2\gamma$)/$(1\gamma)$ showers as in Figure 1 (right) which shows the azimuthal correlation for $\gamma$-rich sample triggers and $\pi^{0}$ triggers for the most peripheral and central bins. The $\gamma$-rich sample has a lower near-side yield than $\pi^{0}$-triggered sample, but it is not zero. The non-zero near-side yield for the $\gamma$-rich sample is expected due to the remaining contributions of the widely separated photons from other sources, because the shower shape analysis is only effective for the two close $\gamma$ showers.

The purity of $\pi^{0}$ identification with the shower shape analysis is verified by comparing to previous measurements of azimuthal correlations between charged hadrons ($ch-ch$) \[15\].

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\[fig:2\]

Figure 2 shows the $z_{T}$ dependence of the associated hadron yield normalized per $\pi^{0}$ trigger D($z_{T}$), where $z_{T}= p_{T}^{assoc}/p_{T}^{trig}$ \[16\], for the near-side and away-side compared to the per charged hadron trigger \[15\]. The near-side yield as in Figure 2 (left) shows no significant difference between $p+p$, $d+Au$, and $Au+Au$ indicating in-vacuum fragmentation even in heavy-ion collisions, This can be due to either a surface bias as generated in several model calculations \[17,18,19,20\] or the parton fragmenting in vacuum after losing energy in the medium. However the medium effect is clearly seen in the away-side in Figure 2 (right) where the per trigger yield in $Au+Au$ is significantly suppressed compared to $p+p$ and $d+Au$. The general agreement between the results from this analysis ($\pi^{0}$-$ch$) and the previous analysis ($ch-ch$) is clearly seen in both panels of Figure 2 which indicates the purity of the $\pi^{0}$ sample and therefore the effectiveness of the shower shape cut to identify $\pi^{0}$.

The away-side associated yields per trigger photon for direct $\gamma$-charged hadron correlations are extracted using Eq. 1. Figure 3 (left) shows the $z_{T}$ dependence of the trigger-normalized fragmentation function for $\pi^{0}$-charged correlations ($\pi^{0}$-ch) compared to measurements with direct $\gamma$-charged correlations ($\gamma$-$ch$). The away-side yield per trigger of direct $\gamma$ is smaller than with $\pi^{0}$ trigger at the same centrality class. This difference is due to the fact that the $\pi^{0}$ originates from higher initial parton energy and therefore has a larger associated jet multiplicity.

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\[fig:3\]

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\[fig:4\]

In order to quantify the away-side suppression, we calculate the quantity I$_{CP}$, which is defined as the ratio of the integrated yield of the away-side associated particles per trigger particle in $Au+Au$ central (0-10$\%$ of the geometrical cross section) relative to $Au+Au$ peripheral (40-80$\%$ of the geometrical cross section) collisions. Figure 3 (right) shows the I$_{CP}$ for $\pi^{0}$ triggers and for direct $\gamma$ triggers as a function of $z_{T}$. The ratio would be unity if there were no medium effects on the parton fragmentation; the observed ratio deviates from unity by a factor of $\sim$ 2.5. The ratio for the $\pi^{0}$ trigger is approximately independent of $z_{T}$ for the shown range in agreement with the previous results from ($ch-ch$) measurements \[15\]. Within the current systematic uncertainty the I$_{CP}$ of direct $\gamma$ and $\pi^{0}$ are similar.

Suppression ratios with respect to the p+p reference, I$_{AA}$, have been reported earlier \[21\]. The values of I$_{AA}$ are smaller than for I$_{CP}$, indicating finite suppression in the peripheral 40-80$\%$ data, but the statistical uncertainties are large due to the small $\gamma$/$\pi^{0}$ ratio in p+p as previously reported \[22\]. Nevertheless, the value of I$_{AA}$ is found to be similar to the values observed for di-hadron correlations and for single-particle suppression R$_{AA}$.

A comparison of I$_{CP}$ of direct $\gamma$-triggered yields with two theoretical model calculations of I$_{AA}$ is shown in Figure 4. The I$_{CP}$ values agree well with the theoretical predictions within the current uncertainties. Figure 4 (left) indicates that a reduction in the systematic and statistical uncertainties is needed to distinguish between different color charge densities.

Summary and Outlook {#summary and outlook}
===================

In summary, the first measurement of fragment distributions for jets with energy controlled via $\gamma$-jet in $Au+Au$ collisions has been performed by the STAR experiment. The STAR detector is unique to perform such correlation measurements due to the full coverage in azimuth. Within the current uncertainty the recoil suppression ratio I$_{CP}$ of direct $\gamma$ and $\pi^{0}$ are similar. A full analysis of the systematic uncertainties is under way and may lead to a reduction of the total uncertainty. Future RHIC runs will provide larger data samples to further reduce the uncertainties and extend the $z_{T}$ range.

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[^1]:


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Q:

Phalcon auto pagination with jquery

I want implement pagination like facebook pagination. In my blog i want it will load first 3post and then when page scroll to bottom it will load more ...
i want simple jquery without any plugins. thats why i try to follow this link: example and example2 but not figure it how to use phalcon pagination jquery workable.
my currnet configure is like:
[controller]
$bloger     = Blogs::find(["order" => "datetime DESC"]);
$numberPage = $this->request->getQuery('page', 'int', 1);

/** @var \Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model $paginator */
$paginator = new \Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model ([
    'data'  => $bloger,
    'limit' => 2,
    'page'  => $numberPage
]);

// I am assigning this to an array, because I need the variables twice.
$viewParameters = ['counts' => $bloger->count(), 'page' => $paginator->getPaginate()];
$this->view->setVars($viewParameters);

// when we request a new page via ajax, we will render the page and return it
if ($this->request->isAjax()) {
    echo $this->view->getRender('blog', 'index', $viewParameters);
    return false;
}

[Volt]

<?php foreach ($page->items as $bloger) { ?>

{{ link_to('blog/showfull/'~bloger.id,bloger.blog_title) }}

        Posted : [ {{bloger.blog_author}} ] {{ bloger.datetime }}

<img src="uploads/blogs/<?php echo($bloger->blog_image); ?>"/>

        {{bloger.blog_intro}}

        {{bloger.blog_desc}}

        {{bloger.blog_concl}}

<?php $tags = explode(',', $bloger->tags); foreach ($tags as $taged) { ?>
    <a class="tagline" href="blog/tag/<?php echo($taged); ?>"><?php echo($taged); ?>
<?php } ?>

<?php } ?>

[Jquery]
$(document).ready(function() {
//Begin
  var page = 1;
  var maxPages = {{ page.last }} ;
  $(window).scroll(function()
 {
  if($(window).scrollTop() + $(window).height() == $(document).height()) {

  if(page == maxPages) {
      $('.loader').html('No More Post to Render').fadeIn(500);
  }
    page += 1;
    if(page <= maxPages){
       $.ajax({
         url: 'blog/index?page=' + page,
         success: function(data) {
           $('.blogItems').append(data);
         }
       });
    }
  }
 });
//End
});

After this some time i get this error. see the image: and breaking decs sort order. i think cause of inside index.volt have query which is also have in loadpost.volt(newpage.volt in your example). so that its query individually two times may be. and also in jquery "no more post not showing" Please tell me how to solve?

[Jquery property id syntax id error]

A:

I made a little example. Note that this is a stripped down example, the code isn't complete but it should work. You will probably need to add some of your own code here or there.
[controller]
$bloger     = Blogs::find(["order" => "datetime DESC"]);
$numberPage = $this->request->getQuery('page', 'int', 1);

/** @var \Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model $paginator */
$paginator = new \Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model ([
    'data'  => $bloger,
    'limit' => 2,
    'page'  => $numberPage
]);

// I am assigning this to an array, because I need the variables twice.
$viewParameters = ['counts' => $bloger->count(), 'page' => $paginator->getPaginate()];
$this->view->setVars($viewParameters);

// when we request a new page via ajax, we will render the page and return it
if ($this->request->isAjax()) {
    echo $this->view->getRender('blog', 'newpage', $viewParameters);
    return false;
}

[view: blog/newpage]

    <?php foreach ($page->items as $bloger) { ?>

{{ link_to('blog/showfull/'~bloger.id,bloger.btitle) }}

            Posted : [ {{bloger.bauthor}} ] {{ bloger.datetime }}

{{ image('data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=',"alt": "Blog Image","data-src":"uploads/blogs/"~bloger.bimage,"title":"Description for "~bloger.btitle) }}

            {{bloger.bintro}}

            {{bloger.bdesc}}

            {{bloger.bconcl}}

            <?php
            $tags = explode(',', $bloger->tags);
            foreach ($tags as $taged) { ?>
                <a class="tagline" href="blog/tag/<?php echo($taged); ?>"><?php echo($taged); ?>
            <?php } ?>

    <?php } ?>

[jquery: src="/path/to/other-jquery-stuff.js"]
 var page = 1;

 $(window).scroll(function() {
   if ($(window).scrollTop() + $(window).height() > $(document).height() - 100) {

     if (page == maxPages) {
        $('.loader').html('No More Post to Render').fadeIn(500);
     }

     page += 1;

     if (page <= maxPages) {
        $.ajax({
          url: '/demo/blog/index?page=' + page,
          success: function(data) {
            $('.blogContainer').append(data);
          }
        });
    }

   }
 });


Q:

Import from sibling directory - Python 3.7

I've read some articles about modules and packages in Python (including their own tutorial), but couldn't get it to work properly on my project. I'm using Python 3.7.5
This is my directory structure:
framework/
    __init__.py
    build/
    classifiers/
    extraction/
        extractionFile.py
    quality/
    utils/
        utilsFile.py

On extractionFile.py I have this line:
from ..utils.utilsFile import functionName

But when I run the extractionFile.py from the extraction directory I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "extractionFile.py", line 25, in <module>
    from ..utils.utilsFile import functionName
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

If I run extractionFile.py from the framework directory using:
from utils.utilsFile import functionName

It works properly.
So how can I turn only the utils directory into a package in order to import any file that is inside of it from siblings directories?
Note: I only need to use the package on this project.
Note: I'm trying to get a permanent solution, so sys.path.insert() doesn't seem to be an option.

Edit: The answer marked as correct works, but I ended up with a different solution. From the framework directory simple run (I'm using Linux):
DIR=$(pwd) && export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:$DIR"

This puts the framework directory on sys.path variables for Python. Making it a path for Python to look for packages and modules.
I guess you just use the one that suits better for your case.

A:

Relative imports only work within the root of each library path and you cannot use relative import to reach the parent of the root of a library path. In the case of importing modules from your own project the root path of the library is where the interpreter is run, so in order to import utils/utilsFile.py you have to run extractionFile.py from framework instead of extraction.
If you do want to be able to run extractionFile.py from extraction, however, an easy solution would be to add .. to the library path by appending it to the sys.path list, so that the parent directory of extraction would be one of the library paths, and so that you can import from utils.utilsFile directly:
import sys
sys.path.append('..')
from utils.utilsFile import functionName


430 F.3d 543
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.Juan Jose AVELLO-ALVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Docket No. 05-0638-CR.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: November 17, 2005.
Decided: December 6, 2005.

Jeremy F. Orden (Bernard V. Kleinman, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.
William F. Johnson, Assistant United States Attorney (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Robin L. Baker, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellee.
Before: SOTOMAYOR and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, EATON, Judge.*
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

1
Defendant-appellant Juan Jose Avello-Alvarez ("appellant") was convicted on his plea of guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. After considering the applicable guideline range of 63 to 78 months' imprisonment and sentencing factors pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Swain, J.) imposed a sentence of 60 months' imprisonment. This sentence represented a downward departure pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K2.0(a)(4) for extraordinary family circumstances. The district court further imposed a seven-year term of supervised release — a three-year increase above the term recommended by the Probation Department in the Presentence Report ("PSR"). The court explained that the extended term of supervised release was necessary because of appellant's "past criminal conduct and the pressures that he may perceive in dealing with issues relating to his own safety and that of his family after his release for deportation." This explanation elaborated on the district court's previous statement that it was considering an extended term of supervised release because of "an unusual need for conduct constraint, support and supervision of the defendant, particularly if he has the opportunity to remain in this country, due to his substance abuse and emotional issues, and the stress and pressure associated with the perception of danger associated with" events the district court had discussed.

2
Appellant challenges only the imposition of the seven-year term of supervised release. He contends that this term is substantively unreasonable because it is greater than the term recommended by the Department of Probation in his PSR.

DISCUSSION

3
Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), this Court reviewed a district court's departure from the term of supervised release prescribed by the Sentencing Guidelines for reasonableness. See United States v. Stevens, 192 F.3d 263, 267 (2d Cir.1999) (reviewing upward departure to lifetime term of supervised release for reasonableness); United States v. Mora, 22 F.3d 409, 413 (2d Cir.1994) (reviewing upward departure for term of supervised release for reasonableness). But see United States v. Rivera, 192 F.3d 81, 87-88 (2d Cir.1999) (holding that the district court's upward departure for supervised release was not an abuse of discretion). Under that standard, we required a district court to state the reason for the magnitude of the departure, United States v. Marquez, 941 F.2d 60, 64-65 (2d Cir.1991), and then examined "`whether the departure [was] reasonable in light of the justification given.'" Mora, 22 F.3d at 413 (quoting United States v. Campbell, 967 F.2d 20, 27 (2d Cir.1992)).

4
In Booker, the Supreme Court established that a district court's imposition of sentence is reviewed for reasonableness. 125 S.Ct. at 765-66; United States v. Crosby, 397 F.3d 103, 114-15 (2d Cir.2005). As we explained in Crosby, reasonableness has substantive and procedural dimensions. 397 F.3d at 114. Accordingly, this Court reviews both the length of the sentence as well as whether the district court treated the Sentencing Guidelines as advisory and considered the applicable Guidelines range and the factors listed in § 3553(a). Id. at 114-15. The reasonableness standard under which we review a sentencing court's imposition of supervised release above the otherwise applicable range thus remains unchanged in the wake of Booker and Crosby.

5
Here, appellant does not challenge the procedural reasonableness of his sentence, and we note that the district judge informed the parties of her intention to depart, gave the parties an opportunity to object, treated the Guidelines as advisory, considered the appropriate Guidelines sentence, as well as the sentencing factors under § 3553(a), and explained the reasons she imposed a seven-year term of supervised release. Substantively, the imposed term of supervised release is justified in light of appellant's recidivism, mental health needs, and substance abuse problems. Appellant does not even challenge any of the reasons given by the district court for the extended term, instead arguing that the sentence must be unreasonable because it was higher than that recommended by the Probation Department in his PSR. This argument is without merit. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Booker, we held that the Probation Department's sentencing report is merely a recommendation that does not bind a district court. See United States v. Welbeck, 145 F.3d 493, 498 (2d Cir.1998); United States v. Rivera, 96 F.3d 41, 43 (2d Cir.1996). The Supreme Court's decision in Booker does not give the Probation Department's recommendation any more force than it had before.

CONCLUSION

6
For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment and sentence of the district court.

Notes:

*
 The Honorable Richard K. Eaton, Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation


Q:

Why cannot scanf get input after the first loop?

I am trying to save weather data in a structure. In the below, when I use scanf, it works fine for the 1st loop, but from the second loop, scanf is skipped and just the printf statement gets executed. How can I get scanf to get input throughout the loops. Here is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct weather
{
     char *date;
     int month;
     int day;
     int year;
     unsigned int h_temp;
     unsigned int l_temp;
     int max_wind_speed;
     int preciption;
     char notes [80];
};

void collect_data (struct weather *pinfo)
{
     int loop;
     char yes_no[2];

     time_t curtime; //declaring time variable

     //storing current system time in the time variable
     time(&curtime);

     //storing current time to time structure
     struct tm * wdate = localtime (&curtime);

     for (loop=0;loop<4;loop++)
     {
            if (loop!=0)
            {
                (pinfo+loop)->date = ctime(&curtime);
                (pinfo+loop)->day = wdate->tm_mday;
                (pinfo+loop)->month = wdate->tm_mon;
                (pinfo+loop)->year = wdate->tm_year;
            }
            /*else
            {
            recent_date(loop,wdate);
            }*/

          printf("\nEnter the high temperature of the day:");
          scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->h_temp);
          printf("\nEnter the low temperature of the day:");
          scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->l_temp);
          printf("\nEnter the maximum wind speed of the day:");
          scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->max_wind_speed);
          printf("\nEnter the perciption of the day:");
          scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->preciption);
          printf("\nDo you have any notes about the weather of the day (y/n):");
          scanf("\n%s",yes_no);

          if (strcmp(yes_no,"y")==0)
          {
                printf("\nNotes:\n");
                scanf("\n%[\n]s",(pinfo+loop)->notes);
          }
     }
}

int main ()
{
     struct weather info [4];

     collect_data(info);

     return 0;
}

A:

Wrong format. scanf("\n%[\n]s"...

scanf() first discards for 0 or more white space due to "\n"
Then scans for a line feed due to "%[\n]".  Since input by this time is 't' from "today". The scan fails and stops.
Later scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->h_temp); tries to read in the 't' as a number and that fails too.  Things then just get worse.
As @rici comments, OP likely wanted  "\n%[^\n]".
The major fault really is that the code does not check the result of scanf() to verify valid input occurred.
Suggest:
1) Use " " instead of  "\n" to skip optional white-space.  Both work the same.  " " is idiomatic.
2) Use width limited formats like " %79[^\n]" for char notes [80];
3) Always check scanf() results like if (1 !- scanf("\n%d",&(pinfo+loop)->h_temp) { puts("temp fail"); return -1; }
4) Look into dumping all usage of scanf() and use fgets() instead.

Also:
ctime() re-uses the same buffer.
The return value points to a statically allocated string which might be overwritten by subsequent calls to any of the date and time functions.
// (pinfo+loop)->date = ctime(&curtime);
// Make duplicate and remember to free when done.
(pinfo+loop)->date = strdup(ctime(&curtime));


Pharmacokinetics of prednisolone during administration of sirolimus in patients with renal transplants.
The pharmacokinetic interaction of multiple oral doses of sirolimus (rapamycin) and prednisone were evaluated in 40 stable patients with renal transplants receiving concomitant multiple doses of cyclosporine. Nine sirolimus dosage levels from 1 mg/m2/day to 13 mg/m2/day were studied and compared with placebo. Plasma concentrations of prednisone, prednisolone, and cortisol were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and analyzed by noncompartmental methods. Mean pharmacokinetic values of prednisolone found before sirolimus administration were as follows: peak plasma concentration (Cmax) was 187 ng/mL; time to peak plasma concentration (tmax) was 2.03 hours; rate of reaching peak plasma concentration (Cmax divided by the area under the concentration-time curve [AUC]) was 0.149 hour-1; terminal half-life (t1/2) was 3.60 hours; AUC was 1206 ng.hour/mL; and apparent clearance (Cl/F) was 0.094 L/hour/kg. During the 2 weeks of concomitant administration, prednisolone elimination decreased in relation to sirolimus dosages. These changes were modest, with mean increases of 18% in Cmax and 27% in t1/2 and mean decreases of 27% in Cl/F for the groups receiving 6 mg/m2/day to 13 mg/m2/day. Most patients initially had plasma cortisol concentrations indicative of adrenal suppression. With sirolimus treatment, the Cmax of cortisol did not decrease further, but the AUC (8:00 AM-8:00 PM) values were significantly lower, independent of sirolimus exposure. The AUC for cyclosporine did not correlate with sirolimus and prednisolone exposure. A 2-week course of sirolimus showed a slight pharmacokinetic interaction between sirolimus and prednisolone/prednisone/cortisol in stable patients with renal transplants.


Inflammatory function of macrophages from chickens with B-recombinant haplotypes.
Both in vivo macrophage activation and in vitro monocyte activation were compared using chickens homozygous for each of two biochemically and serologically similar B-complex recombinant (B(F2-G23)) haplotypes. Chickens carrying the parental (non-recombinant) B haplotypes (B2 and B23) were included for relative comparison, although the genetic backgrounds for these strains were different from the background of the recombinants. Elicited peritoneal macrophages from R4/R4 (international designation B(2r3)) chickens expressed levels of sheep erythrocyte phagocytosis which were significantly higher (P< 0.05) than those from R2/R2 (B(2rl)) chickens. Differences between chickens with B genotypes were analogous to the differences demonstrated previously between B2/B2 and B23/B23 chickens. Similarly, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated monocytes from R4/R4 chickens also expressed significantly higher (P< 0.05) levels of phagocytosis when compared with R2/R2 and B23/B23. In both cases, the functional level of macrophages from R2/R2 chickens was similar to that of B23/B23 cells, whereas macrophages from R4/R4 chickens were similar in functional capacity to those from B2/B2 chickens. These results suggest that R2 and R4 recombinants, despite their demonstrated similarities, may differ in DNA regions which include genetic factors controlling macrophage responsiveness.


package edu.stanford.nlp.util;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * Reads the output of a process started by Process.exec()
 *
 * Adapted from:
 *
 * http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t130884-process-runtimeexec-causes-subprocess-hang.html
 *
 * @author pado
 *
 */

public class StreamGobbler extends Thread {

  InputStream is;
  Writer outputFileHandle;
  boolean shouldRun = true;

  public StreamGobbler (InputStream is, Writer outputFileHandle) {
    this.is = is;
    this.outputFileHandle = outputFileHandle;
    this.setDaemon(true);
  }

  public void kill() {
    this.shouldRun = false;
  }

  public void run() {

    try {
      InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader (is);
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (isr);

      String s = null;
      //noinspection ConstantConditions
      while (s == null && shouldRun) {
        while ( (s = br.readLine()) != null ) {
          outputFileHandle.write(s);
          outputFileHandle.write("\n");
        }
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      }

      isr.close();
      br.close();
      outputFileHandle.flush();
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      System.out.println ("Problem reading stream :"+is.getClass().getCanonicalName()+ " "+ ex);
      ex.printStackTrace ();
    }

  }

}


Q:

Python MVC Framework vs .NET vs Rails (Middleware)

I'm starting one new project, and I need to choose the best technology to maintain one Middleware Layer.
This layer will offer REST and SOAP Webservices to several devices (mobile and web)
I need Speed!
I need easy setup and scalability
Regards,
Pedro

A:

I am a Rails developer but I wouldnt recommend you Rails for your purpose, maybe Sinatra but Ruby in general is not known for its speed.
Considering your observations I would go for python, perhaps django is more a FrontEnd techonology. Give Tornado a try, even if you dont really need its main feature (asynchronously) its known to be very fast and very easy to setup


LIBRARY    core.dll

EXPORTS
;
; core
MyHeapAlloc
MyHeapFree
MyHeapRealloc
xscion_
ismenu
GetCommand


Welcome to FungusCME

FungusCME.org is the official continuing education site of the collaboration of the Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium; the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education; and Terranova Medica. The MSG-ERC's mission includes setting the annual educational and research agendas for mycology and providing top-quality continuing education initiatives to MSG-member institutions and to other institutions and practitioners throughout the United States and globally. We thank our generous commercial supporters for their commitment to our live and web-based continuing education efforts. We hope you enjoy the variety of continuing activities present on this site, and we welcome your input on ongoing educational needs in the area of invasive mycoses.

Current Activities

Invasive Fungal Infections After Solid Organ Transplantation

In this interactive, enduring, multimedia activity is based on the third and final component of the ICAAC 2013 satellite symposium, Invasive Mycoses: Consider the Source, Consider the Host. In Invasive Fungal Infections After Solid Organ Transplantation, Barbara D. Alexander, MD, MHS, FIDSA, discusses a case highlighting the management of an invasive mold infection in a patient post lung transplantation. In this activity, Dr Alexander reviews fungal epidemiology based on type of organ transplanted and time from transplantation, explores the performance characteristics of fungal diagnostics specifically in the SOT setting, reviews the guidelines for management of fungal infections in SOT, and discusses genomics and other host defense issues impacting response to therapy. The activity will also include bonus material about current and emerging antifungal therapy and diagnostic options (developed by Peter G. Pappas, MD, FACP).

Pediatric Mycoses: Same But Different

In this interactive, enduring, multimedia activity is based on the second component of a liveICAAC 2013 satellite symposium, Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE, discusses cases illustrating the state-of-the-art management of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in children. Highlighting important issues for the prevention and management of invasive candidiasis and invasive mold infections in oncology and ICU settings, Dr Zaoutis also reviews the levels of evidence behind different diagnostic tests in children, drug dosing strategies, as well as the role of therapeutic dose monitoring. The activity will also include bonus material about current and emerging antifungal therapy and diagnostic options (developed by Peter G. Pappas, MD, FACP).

In this interactive, enduring multimedia activity based on a live ICAAC 2013 Satellite Symposium, Andrew Ullmann, MD, FIDSA, discusses cases illustrating optimal antifungal strategies for at-risk hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients and for those with documented infections. Join him as he reviews prophylactic strategies as well as first-line and second-line therapy options for aspergillosis and fusariosis. Dr Ullmann also reviews risk -assessment criteria, diagnostic challenges, and host factors affecting outcomes. The activity will also include bonus material about current and emerging antifungal therapy and diagnostic options (developed by Peter Pappas, MD).


How Google Maps’ Menu Listings Will Change The Way Restaurants Are Found

Google My Business’ restaurant clients will be able to attract customers who are searching for food items even when they’re not looking for a specific brand.

By David KaplanMay 15, 2017 2:33PM

It may seem like a mundane feature, but the ability for restaurants to publish their entire, detailed menus within their search results across Google could change the way eateries are ultimately discovered by patrons interested in specific meals.

The ability became available to businesses that use the Google My Business API at the end of April. Restaurants and food services outlets that have signed up with GMB can publish their entire menu to Google —itemized with descriptions, photos and prices.

Prior to this GMB update, which covers all its food service client search results in Google as well as Google Maps, restaurants could include a link to their branded website’s menu. They could also insert a link to menus organized by third-party directories like MenuPages or AllMenus (both of which are owned by Grubhub/Seamless) or Zomato/Urbanspoon.

A Big Difference For Food Services And Patrons

While it may seem like a small difference, considering the amount of time consumers place on finding faster information and images can’t be underestimated. The GMB change takes the friction out of having to leave Google Maps, wait for an outside menu site to load, and then have to return to the main app for directions and other details such as reviews, directions, and hours.

It all stems from Google’s determination to offer users a complete walled garden where they don’t have to lose the ease of staying in its search app functions, whether it’s to hail a car or book a fitness appointment.

Arby’s, Denny’s, Quiznos, Panera Bread, and Bloomin’ Brands (the parent for Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar), are among the restaurants who first tried out the embedded menu search in GMB.

For Arby’s, embedding their menu listings within Google is about control.

“We update our menu every month with new and limited time offers,” said Sonja Uppal, Arby’s Digital Marketing Supervisor, in a Google blog post. “With the new Google My Business Menu feature we now have control over our menu data. “We are able to provide our menu updates directly to Google via the Yext platform, and our updated menu populates on Google almost instantly. We no longer have to worry about old, unavailable menu items from third party sites showing up.”[Full disclosure: Yext is GeoMarketing’s parent company. More details on that relationship here.]

A Google Maps’ search for the words “Bourbon.” “Bacon,” or “Burger” might pull up results for this Denny’s menu item, which is named for those main ingredients.

The ability to manage menu items for multiple locations had instant appeal to Denny’s, John Dillon, the restaurant chain’s SVP/CMO, told GeoMarketing.

“The ability to highlight different menu items via an internet search based on geolocation certainly has its benefits,” Dillon said. “However, as a brand with 1,700-plus restaurants—over 90 percent of which are franchise owned—it’s also very important for us to ensure that our featured menu items are consistent across the board.”

Quiznos began its use of GMB’s menu embed to promote its most recent “limited time only” lobster specials as well as its new slow-roasted, BBQ pulled pork subs.

For Quiznos, controlling how customers find its menu items and making sure patrons find the correct information is crucial and fundamental, said Tim Kraus, Quiznos’ director of Interactive and Innovation. “Not just for SEO strategy, but also for the user experience.

“We want to make sure the consumer gets accurate information about what’s on our menu and it’s easiest when that comes direct from Quiznos,” Kraus told GeoMarketing. “There is value in 3rd party menu data services, but it can be difficult to update information with 3rd parties to ensure the right information is available to consumers.”

That said there is a clear SEO strategy at work here, Kraus noted. For one thing, adding menus and related information across Google’s platforms helps send people searching for specific menu items to the correct landing pages, “so brands can focus on conversions versus ranking a landing page,” Kraus said.

Quiznos Pulled Pork Subs

Brands Need To Be Everywhere

The Google My Business API lets restaurants and their developers publish menu data to each of their business locations. They can also create separate menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner and add sections (salads, entrees, dessert, drinks, etc.) that include individual menu items, each with a description, photos, and prices.

Most restaurants still use those alternative menu options. And when it comes to consumers who are searching for a particular food item, the restaurants that stick to the previous menu listing methods could find their tables a little more empty versus competitors taking advantage of the upgrade in GMB.

In addition to Arby’s, Denny’s, and Quiznos, Panera Bread, and Bloomin’ Brands (the parent for Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar), are among the other restaurants who have been rolling out the embedded menu search in GMB.

While there are advantages in using the menu embedding, Marc Ferrentino, Yext’s chief strategy officer, noted that there are important distinctions in the ways benefits can be extracted by restaurants using either discovery method.

“A brand’s website is just as important as its presence on Google,” Ferrentino said. “And that’s what makes it so challenging to be a marketer in today’s digital world. The facts about a brand live in so many more places — beyond its own website and beyond Google. And because no one can control a consumer’s path to purchase, a brand has no choice but to be the best version of itself everywhere consumers could possibly find it. A brand needs to be awesome everywhere.”

The Meaning Of Structured Data And Unbranded Search

When it comes to what this change in how Google menus can be placed within its apps and platforms, “this update is particularly exciting because consumers can access and tab through a brand’s menu directly from Google’s search results and Google Maps listings — without ever being redirected,” Ferrentino said. “If anything, this new capability streamlines the path to purchase and as I mentioned above, presents a multitude of new opportunities for brands to rank in unbranded search.”

The ability for a restaurant’s product to appear higher in the search rankings even when the person looking for an item doesn’t mention the place’s name is what gives restaurants an additional way to be discovered. And that’s all due to the use of structured data.

“Google is constantly investing in new ways to leverage digital knowledge,” Ferrentino said. “With the launch of Google My Business API V3.3, Google has started accepting and indexing structured menu data.

This is incredibly exciting because if you use Yext to manage your menus, you can control the way your menus appear directly in Google’s search results. And arguably, the most powerful component to Google indexing structured menu data is that every single item on a brand’s menu presents a new keyword opportunity to be discovered.”

In other words, brands are no longer limited to their business description, or even location attributes, to optimize their business with these types of keywords.

“By Google accepting structured menu data, for the first time, brands have the potential to rank for unbranded food searches, like ‘tater tots near me’ and ‘ice cream near me,’ that on-the-go consumers use to decide where to eat next,” Ferrentino continued. “If you’ve ever been in a car with hungry kids that want tator tots or ice cream, you know just how important these unbranded food searches are.”

The Age Of Added Discovery

The rise of social media the last few years and now the emergence of voice-activated connected intelligence through Amazon’s Alexa and other machine learning devices and programs, presents an even greater, more immediate way for consumers to find exactly what they’re looking for, noted Denny’s Dillon.

“As a restaurant brand that serves up breakfast, lunch and dinner all-day, every day across our 1,700-plus restaurants, it’s critical for us to be able to continue to leverage new technology to make it more convenient for our guests to find information about our restaurants—especially when it comes to our menu,” Dillon said. “Having the ability to put our menu, in its entirety, at someone’s fingertips with a quick Google search certainly helps in that effort. In addition to helping our fans make possible decisions on what they may want to eat before they even set foot in our restaurants, it also gives us the ability to expose new audiences to Denny’s extensive lineup of classic diner fare.”

The Google My Business update for restaurant menus comes as the search giant is experiencing greater challenges to its search and mapping dominance as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Snap, and others demonstrate their own individual abilities to match users with brands’ products based on location.

And as it often does, Google itself is able to keep ahead of the encroachments in the area of search and geography. And in part, it’s the demands of its users and business clients who depend on Google to help fulfill those customer connections.

“Google maps will continue to be a valuable piece to drive traffic to Quiznos, in not just web traffic but also direct traffic to Quiznos locations via ‘directions’, ‘call ahead’, ‘order ahead’ and other features & functionality that consumers continue to employ from Google Maps,” Quiznos’ Kraus said. “We will continue to use and find ways to boost traffic from Google Maps for Quiznos.”


Galphaq-protein carboxyl terminus imitation polypeptide (GCIP)-27 inhibits right ventricular hypertrophy induced by monocrotaline in rats.
This study was to investigate the probable inhibitory effect of Galphaq-protein carboxyl terminus imitation polypeptide-27 (GCIP-27), the optimized form of GCIP, which is a competition candidate of the activated binding sites on Galphaq, on the right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy induced by monocrotaline (MCT) in rats. We have previously shown that GCIP-27, can prevent the hypertrophyc responses in cultured rat cardiomyocytes induced by noradrenaline and angiotensin II. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were given a single dose (50 mg/kg) of MCT subcutaneouly to induce pulmonary hypertension (PH) and RV hypertrophy. GCIP-27 (30, 90 microg/kg) or vehicle was administered (twice daily, intraperitoneally) from day 1 to day 21. GCIP-27 (90 microg/kg) inhibited the elevated pulmonary arteria systolic pressure (PASP) and mean pulmonary arteria pressure induced by MCT, but its dose at 30 microg/kg only reduced the elevated PASP. And no effect could be seen on the pulmonary arteria diastolic pressure at both two doses. On the other hand, the two doses of GCIP-27 improved significantly the weight ratio of RV to left ventricle plus septum, the RV free wall thickness and pulmonary arteria acceleration time (PAAT). In morphometric observation, GCIP-27 (30, 90g/kg) could attenuate cardiomyocytes hypertrophy, interstitium fibrosis, mitochondria swelling and malformation markedly in RVs of MCT-treated rats. Furthermore, GCIP-27 (30, 90 mug/kg) significantly reduced the overexpression of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) induced by MCT in RV cardiocytes. The results suggest that GCIP-27 can effectively attenuate the RV hypertrophy induced by MCT in rats, which may be mediated by both the direct effect on cardiomyocyte and the secondary effect by reducing PH, and may be involved in its influence on the Gq signal pathway.


This is not your Father's Sports Blog. Unless, of course, I'm your Father. Then it is.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

HOF 2016 Ballot Returning Players Preview

The 2016 HOF election results will be revealed at 6 pm EST on January 6th. I will be reviewing everyone on the ballot and submitting who I would vote for over the next few days as I have over the past 5 years or so. Today I look at those returning tot he ballot from previous years.

Note: In 2014 the years a returning player could be on the ballot was reduced from 15 to 10 with those who had more than 10 years on the ballot grandfathered in to the full 15. This is why I state how many years each candidate has remaing on the ballot after this year. Obviously that # become moot, if they are elected, or fail to receive the 5% needed to remain on the ballot.

The 17 players returning from last years ballot listed from highest percentage of votes received to lowest are ...

Mike Piazza 69.9% of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Highest vote total 2015.

Jeff Bagwell 55.7% of vote in 2015. 6th year on ballot with 4 years remaining. Highest vote total was 59.6% in 2013 his 3rd year of eligibility

Tim Raines 55% of vote in 2015. 9th year on ballot with 1 year remaining. Highest vote total was 2015.

Curt Schilling 39.2% of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6. Curt's highest % was in 2015

Roger Clemens37.5 % of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Clemens received his highest % (37.6) in 2013, his first year on ballot.

Barry Bonds36.8 % of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Bonds received his highest % in 2015

Lee Smith 30.2% of vote in 2015. 14th year on ballot with 1 year remaining. Lee's highest % 50.6 was in 2012, his 10th year on ballot.

Edgar Martinez 27% of vote in 2015. 7th year on ballot with 3 years remaining. Edgar's highest % of 36.5 came in 2012 his 3rd year of HOF consideration.
hisAlan Trammell 25.1% of vote in 2015. 2016 is his 15th and final year on ballot. His highest % , 36.8, came in 11th year of eligibility (2012) 36.8 in 2012

Mike Mussina 24.6 % of vote in 2015. 3rd year on ballot with 7 additional years remaining. Mussina's highest % came in 2015.Jeff Kent 15.2% of vote in 2015. 3rd year on ballot with 7 additional years remaining. Kent's highest % was 15.2 in 2014

Fred McGriff 12.9% of vote in 2015. 7th year on ballot with 3 years remaining Highest % 23.9 in 2012 (3rd year)

Larry Walker 11.8% of vote in 2015. 6th year on ballot with 4 years remaining. Larry's highest % 22.9 came in 2012, his 2nd year on the ballot

Gary Sheffield 11.7 % of vote in 2015. 2nd year on ballot with 8 years remaining. Mark McGwire 10 % of vote in 2015.10th and final year on ballot, His highest % 23.7 in 2010 (4th year)

Sammy Sosa received 6.6% of the vote in 2015. This is 4th year on the ballot with 6 years remaining. In 2012 Sosa received 12.5%, his highest percentage so far.

Nomar Garciaparra only received 5.5% of the vote in 2015. 2nd year on the ballot with 8 years remaining.

That's it for remaining players. I will preview first year players tomorrow.


Log Message:
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semi revert of 5272.
-put back the framework_textLayout target in framework_textLayout/build.xml
-added textLayout_textField.swc back in as this has not been included in the all inclusinve swc.
-made sure includes lists were updated in flex4/build.xml and wireframe/build.xml
We will be back down to one textLayout.swc when we take the next build of TLF, that build should be all inclusive


LEIN ?= lein
NAME = es
VERSION = $(shell git ver)
BIN = $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
S3HOME = s3://download.elasticsearch.org/es2unix

package: target/$(BIN)

test: install
	bin/test

install: target/$(BIN)
	cp target/$(BIN) ~/bin/$(NAME)

release: target/$(BIN)
	s3c es.download put -P target/$(BIN) $(S3HOME)/$(BIN)
	s3c es.download cp $(S3HOME)/$(BIN) $(S3HOME)/$(NAME)

clean:
	$(LEIN) clean

target/$(BIN):
	mkdir -p etc
	echo $(VERSION) >etc/version.txt
	LEIN_SNAPSHOTS_IN_RELEASE=yes $(LEIN) bin


The annual Spring Cup is just one of the highlights within the Trust’s exclusive sports and enrichment programme that aims to motivate young people to be the best they can be, and allows sports enthusiasts to progress and compete against other teams, while developing many important life skills along the way. The tournament helps to give academies a focus, to build their game and challenge themselves through a number sporting events held throughout the year.

By providing an array of outstanding experiences, the Trust is committed to supporting talented athletes, encouraging them to excel at the highest of standards and develop their incredible talents.

Alice Page, Sports Enrichment Coordinator at the David Ross Education Trust, said: “The annual Spring Cup is a fantastic platform to help increase self-esteem, highlight the importance of team work and to engage and motivate our students.

“It has been truly inspiring to see so many young women representing their academies with pride and passion, and I hope this event has encouraged them to continue aiming high and striving for success in all they do.”


For all Stickman fans out there, the top 5 Stickman games are listed below. These are the Stickman games that are worth downloading on your mobile phones, as they are all worth long hours of fun. Try one or all of them for maximum enjoyment.

Ultimate Stick Fight

If you love fighting games, then you are sure to enjoy this one. Ultimate Stick Fight is a very entertaining game for Android tablets and mobile phones. Offered for free, the game works along this storyline: Your home town is under the control of evil men and you are expected to free it. You have to face all the gang members and fight them using your bare hands.

Stick Man 2

This rather simple Stickman game offers a bit of an adrenaline rush to its players. As a free action game for Android devices, players are challenged to run as fast as they can while dodging all the blocks and obstacles along the way. Jump, run, and slide from the starting line all the way to the finish line. But don’t forget to pick up coins along the way. Push the Stickman with the corresponding buttons on the game screen. Level up your character so he can do better with the game stunts.

Stick Fighter KungFu Stick

Play KungFu the Stickman style. In this game, Stickmen will be up against fellow Stickmen in a one-on-one battle. Players would have to fight against a computer player with a set of deadly KungFu skills. This may be a very simple game but it is not without the difficult enemies, bombs, and extra lives. Play until you get to the very end of the stages. That’s how you’ll know that you have just become the ultimate stick fighter in the entire land.

Draw a Stickman

Created by Epic, this Stickman game is perfect for kids and people who are young at hearts. This Stickman game is very different from all the others because it is the only one that gives you total freedom as you play. Drawing your character is already a great feature; leading him through a plethora of mazes, puzzles, and adventures proves to be another. In this game, players are free to decide what happens with their game. Simply draw the elements that you think you require to overcome the obstacles. If you think you need an ax to chop down a tree, why not draw one on the screen? You will be surprised with the result.

Stickman Golf 2

You need not be a golf fan to realize how great this game really is. Stickman Golf 2 takes you to the greens and challenges you to a really fun, out-of-this world golfing experience. Where else will you find a golf course with a conveyor? Indeed, this game is more than just hitting the ball with the club. It is all about learning the physics and the dynamics associated with playing a good, satisfying game of golf.

Stickman Games 247All games are copyrighted or trademarked by their respective owners or authors.
stickmangames247.com is in no way affiliated with any of the creators of these games and/or the characters on this site.


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FEMA: State would need new evidence to overturn aid denial

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that Minnesota will have to present compelling new information if it's to be successful in appealing the decision to deny individual assistance to flood victims.

According to FEMA, state and local governments should be able to help private property owners recover from damage in last month's flooding -- without federal support.

The denial of aid disappointed state and local officials, who welcomed Gov. Mark Dayton's decision to appeal FEMA's verdict. But the state isn't saying whether it has anything new to present to the federal government.

Richard Gifford works on external affairs for FEMA. Right now, he's based in Duluth and says the agency considered everything from how the flooding affected low-income families and the elderly, to insurance coverage, the availability of private assistance, the overall trauma to the region as well as the concentration of damage.

"That's the main thing," Gifford said, "if the state can handle it, then the federal government isn't needed."

By both the state's and FEMA's accounts, the disaster review process was thorough. In order for the state to win its appeal, Gifford says, it will have to present the agency with new information, such as examples of damage that hasn't yet been assessed.

"Hopefully, they come up with something else," Gifford said. "It has to be new or additional information that we had not considered before."

The Department of Public Safety, which oversaw the state's original request to the federal government, wouldn't make anyone available to comment on what new information it might have that it can turn over to FEMA.

Regardless of what the state might have to show FEMA, Dayton says he disagreed with agency's decision.

"I can't imagine how anybody could go up and look at the devastation up in Duluth and the surrounding area," he said, "and not realize how many people who understandably didn't have flood insurance because this has never happened before and lost everything, and just tell them this is not a disaster justifying the federal government's involvement, to me is just really cruel and wrong."

Dayton says the FEMA staff based in Chicago that did the field assessments made a positive recommendation for private property aid. But he says that decision was overturned when it got to Washington, where he says there are budget pressures on the agency.

"I'd like to find out more about this internal disagreement within the agency and see if that's something we can utilize," he said.

FEMA is providing public disaster assistance in the region to help with the rebuilding of roads and sewers. The agency will pay for 75 percent of the estimated $108 million in damages.