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11 Jan Wellness-focused coworking space launches in The Cedars
GoodWork Co-Founder Amy King first learned of co-working spaces nearly a decade ago when she lived in Washington D.C.
"I had this choir of angels moment – like a big light bulb moment – that this is my calling," said King. "I could connect the technical and wellness part with what I learned about future thinking and culture and companies and helping people live up to their potential and be happy at work."
Years later, King along with Steve Kinder, owner of 1808 and CEO of LOFTWall, co-founded a new Dallas-based co-working office, GoodWork.
I want to create an opportunity here for people to find their voice. – Amy King
GoodWork, a co-working space designed for wellness and sustainability, opened its doors for its Preview Week on Jan. 8. The Preview Week will end with an evening reception on Jan. 11.
GoodWork offers 100 to 1000 square feet workspaces for early and mid-stage companies. Other amenities in the building include sit-stand desks, a fitness studio, coffee shop, open air courtyards, an in-house recording studio and free parking.
GoodWork also is designing its space to meet WELL Building Certification, a standard to focus on health and well-being of community members. GoodWork is the first co-working space to pursue this certification, according to its press release.
"I'm excited to launch a wellness-driven co-working concept that connects the dots between impact for people, planet and profit for entrepreneurs," said GoodWork Co-Founder Amy King in a press release.
Halfway through its Preview Week, GoodWork has secured 30 members to occupy its office space.
Meet the Team
King and Steve Kinder, owner of 1808 and CEO of LOFTWall, co-founded GoodWork after meeting years earlier through King's time with Nested Strategies.
"We went to a co-working conference in 2012 in Austin, and I had a feeling that we would sometime start a business together," said King.
This feeling came into a reality just over two years ago when Kinder bought the 1808 building.
King brought experience of brand strategy and sustainability background while Kinder provided knowledge of industrial design.
Daryn DeZengotita has joined the team as member engagement catalyst as well as Chelsea Miller as manager and lead catalyst.
Where is GoodWork?
GoodWork occupies 15,000 square feet of the newly renovated 1808 building at 1808 S. Good Latimer Expressway.
"I see where we are as a gateway to South Dallas," said King. "What I see is an opportunity for us to be a bridge between Downtown and Uptown and South Dallas…I want to create an opportunity here for people to find their voice."
Since February of 2016, GGO Architects renovated the 60,000-square-foot warehouse, originally built in the 1930s.
Environmental Architest Gary Olp directed the renovation of the building to meet LEED Gold certification.
Through a partnership with Downwinders at Risk's Sue Pope Fund, the 1808 building has installed solar panels by Dallas-based Sunfinity Solar.
More information can be found on the GoodWork website.


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Peter EkstromPETER EKSTROM was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in nearby Painesville. He received a B.A. from Antioch College in 1973. Five years later he went down the Mississippi on a raft from St. Louis to New Orleans with the Otrabanda Troupe, stopping to do shows in 32 towns along the way. For Actors Theatre of Louisville he wrote the music and lyrics for Louisville Zoo, Matrimonium, Doctors and Diseases (all three in the Humana Festival) and Wild Nights. He also wrote The Gift of the Magi for Actors Theatre of Louisville where it has been presented for the past 17 years. It has seen hundreds of productions at theatres across the country. Also for Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mr. Ekstrom has written musical scores for The Misanthrope, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Tempest, As You Like It, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra and The Comedy of Errors. His musical with Steve Hayes, Kiss Me Quick Before The Lava Reaches The Village, was presented by North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, by Musical Theatre Works at St. Peter's Church, NYC, and was a smash hit in March 2000 at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA. For the Barter Theater he wrote The Last Leaf as a companion piece to Magi, and with Steve Hayes and David DeBoy, the musical romance Girl Of My Dreams. With DeBoy, Mr. Ekstrom re-wrote Doctors and Diseases, which the Barter produced in 1996 in Virginia and Off-Broadway in 1997 as Doctor! Doctor! (published by Samuel French, Inc.). It is in the process of being re-worked and re-titled Doctors and Diseases once again!
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With new albums from several of the leading crossover bands of the current era releasing in early 2017, FORESEEN is set to carry the banner for the United Forces representing Finland and Europe in a genre particularly known and grown in the US. Perhaps a perfect moment in time to unleash the fury of politically-minded no-joke crossover once again, 20 Buck Spin presents this new European invasion into North America during this shockingly dark hour.
Grave Danger will see LP, CD, and digital North American release via 20 Buck Spin on April 24th, with Svart handling the release for European territories. Watch for audio samples, preorder info, and more to be issued in the days ahead.
With a prior US tour supporting Power Trip, which saw the bands invading This Is Hardcore Fest and more, FORESEEN will make their stateside return in support of Grave Danger. The band has scheduled a US run of tour dates, primarily alongside Red Death, from April 21st through May 7th, the shows concentrated in the Eastern and Southern regions of the country.
Grave Danger Track Listing:
1. Violent Discipline
2. Chemical Heritage
3. Fearmonger
4. Bloodline
5. Downward Spiral
6. Grave Danger
7. Government Cuts
8. Suicide Bomber
FORESEEN US Tour Dates:
4/21/2017 Middle East Upstairs - Boston, MA w/ Peacebreakers, Leigon 76, Hammer And The Nails, Burden
4/23/2017 Sunnyvale - Brooklyn, NY w/ Red Death
4/24/2017 Ortlieb's - Philadelphia, PA w/ Red Death, Passion, Shadow Of Lies
4/25/2017 Sidebar - Baltimore, MD w/ Red Death, Coffin Dust, Malicious Code
4/26/2017 TBA - Washington, DC w/ Red Death
4/27/2017 The Proxy - Richmond, VA w/ Red Death
4/28/2017 King's - Raleigh, NC w/ Red Death, Bloodrite, Holder's Scar
4/29/2017 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA w/ Red Death
5/01/2017 O'Malley's - Miami, FL
5/02/2017 Transitions Art Gallery - Tampa, FL w/ Flamethrower, C.D.N.
5/03/2017 Siberia - New Orleans, LA
5/04/2017 TBA - Houston, TX
5/05/2017 Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX w/ Graven Rite, Creeping Death, Expander, Afflictive Nature
5/06/2017 Sidewinder - Austin, TX
5/07/2017 Club Dada - Dallas, TX
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Brent oil holds above US$60 on expected output cut extension
[NEW YORK] Brent oil held above US$60 a barrel on Monday, near its highest since mid-2015, on expectations Opec-led production cuts would be extended beyond March although rising Iraqi exports put a lid on prices.
Brent crude futures were up 10 cents or 0.2 per cent to US$60.54 per barrel at 1.39pm EDT (1739 GMT), close to its highest level since July 2015.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were 14 cents or 0.26 per cent higher at US$54.04 a barrel.
"The market has rallied pretty significantly and I think it's predicated on the fact that the Saudis and Russians are continuing the cut agreement," said Gene McGillian, manager of research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Conn.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia and nine other producers agreed to cut 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) from January 2016 to clear a supply glut.
The pact, already renewed once, now runs to March 2018, but Saudi Arabia and Russia, who are leading the effort, have voiced support for a further extension.
Opec Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said Russian-Saudi backing for an extension cleared the fog before the group's meeting in Vienna on Nov. 30.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman repeated the kingdom's support for extending the deal at the weekend.
Monday's rally has pushed the Brent's December 2017 contract to a premium of US$2.60 a barrel over the December 2018 contract.
This structure, known as backwardation, was at the top of Opec's "to do" list, along with targeting record-high global inventories. Such a premium gives holders of physical oil an incentive to sell their stored barrels for a higher price.
"A lot of the investment firms are raising their price targets so there's a bit of a change in sentiment," said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York.
JP Morgan raised its 2018 Brent and WTI forecasts by US$11 and US$11.40 to US$58 and US$54.63 per barrel, respectively.
The bank said the revision reflects Opec and non-Opec cuts and higher than expected demand growth tightening the oil market.
However, traders said a 900,000 bpd export capacity increase from Iraq's southern ports to 4.6 million bpd had prevented Brent rising further.
Iraq has increased exports from its southern oilfields to 3.45 million bpd to make up for a shortfall from the northern Kirkuk fields, Basra Oil Company Director General Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said.
Also keeping a lid on prices, US production C-OUT-T-EIA is up almost 13 per cent since mid-2016, resulting in a steep WTI discount of US$6.50 per barrel against Brent CL-LCO1=R, increasing the attractiveness of US crude exports.


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01. Mifsud, C. & Cilia, D. P., 2009. On the presence of a colony of Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Maltese waters (Central Mediterranean). Triton, 20: 20-22.
The Lessepsian mytilid bivalve Brachidontes pharaonis (P. Fischer, 1870) is reported herein to have reached and established a small colony in Maltese waters.
02. Cilia, D. P., 2009. On the presence of the alien freshwater gastropod Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). Bollettino Malacologico, 45 (2): 123-127.
An established population of the North-American freshwater gastropod Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) is recorded from the island of Malta (Central Mediterranean) for the first time. This population was found in an anthropogenic habitat at the northeast of Malta. Ferrissia fragilis is an invader of several freshwater habitats throughout Europe and beyond. If released into the wild, it could present competition for threatened Maltese freshwater Mollusca.
03. Cilia, D. P., 2010. A student's guide to the geology of the Maltese Islands. Unpublished B. Ed. (Hons) dissertation, University of Malta, 228 pp.
The lack of geological education and related literature in the Maltese Islands has meant that a large number of resources, in the field and in theory, are not being exploited to the full by Maltese students. A guide to the geology of the Maltese Islands was presented to a number of students (five) and final-year science student teachers (nine) in an attempt to gauge its motivational value and effectiveness. This guide was built on a constructivist pedagogy to allow the student to develop and proceed at one's own pace. Evaluation by the students and the student teachers was positive and most criteria for a constructivist method could be assessed. Most respondents said that motivation indeed existed, but there were few accessible resources to back up this interest. Geological education, if introduced, could be incorporated into the current plans for a Co-ordinated Science syllabus. In addition to cognitive skills geology has been seen to enhance the affective attitudes towards the environment as well as increase scientific literacy through psychomotor skills.
04. Cilia, D. P., 2010. A new species of Chloritis Beck, 1837 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Visaya, 3 (1): 69-72.
The camaenid pulmonate Chloritis johannisi n. sp. is described from the island of Peleng, Sulawesi, Indonesia, by means of conchological characteristics. It can be distinguished from the sympatric congener Chloritis gruneri by the presence of periostracal hair and from the similar Chloritis talabensis by size, colour, hair density and whorl number.
05. Cilia, D. P., 2010. A note on shells of Pseudotachea splendida (Draparnaud, 1801) in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). Triton, 22: 33-34.
Shells of the western European helicid Pseudotachea splendida (Draparnaud, 1801) are recorded from a plant nursery in Malta.
06. Cilia, D. P., 2012. A new Javan species of Agaronia Gray, 1839 (Neogastropoda, Olividae). Novapex, 13 (1): 33-36.
A new species of olivid neogastropod from West Java, Agaronia johnabbasi sp. nov., is described according to conchological characters. It is distinguished from congeners by means of its distinctive morphology and colouration.


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We give an upper bound on the number of perfect matchings in simple graphs with a given number of vertices and edges. We apply this result to give an upper bound on the number of 2-factors in a directed complete bipartite balanced graph on 2n vertices. The upper bound is sharp for even n. For odd n we state a conjecture on a sharp upper bound.
This study compared three different types of reaches at streams and how bryophyte species richness, diversity and abundance in the riparian zone differ between them. The different types of reaches are those that have been treated by two types of restoration techniques (best practise and advanced) and streams that have still not been restored (channelized). The bryophytes were gathered from 15 tributaries to Vindelälven, which is in northern Sweden. Bryophyte species richness and diversity was highest at the streams that were still not restored, and I found numerous factors that could explain why this was the case. Fourteen environmental variables were tested against the three bryophyte factors to try to explain the variation found in the study. Time since restoration and the amount of tree biomass in the area could explain the species richness found at the different river types. The study shows that short-term effects of restoration on the riparian zone is a decrease in bryophyte species richness and diversity. However, given enough time the bryophytes are expected to recover in regards to species richness and diversity.
I have always lived around mines and around people working with mines. They are a natural part of my life and, inevitably, a great interest of mine. When time came to make a decision for a degree project, focusing on the mine context felt as natural as breathing.
In LKABs underground mines, safety in fire accidents is a great priority. Of outmost importance for the escape is to have a personal gas filter for filtration of smoke and/or gas. My design project resulted in a concept which is aimed at shortening the user journey from the start of the accident until the user has applied the personal safety solution and is ready to escape.
Throughout the project I've been working with a context which is heavily regulated, and all problems are serious, important ones. I have been striving towards keeping a high level of innovation during the process, whatever the result in the end might be. I've been heavily relying on scenarios/workflows, product testing, observation, and I've had the great joy to be able to take part of LKABs accident reports.
The concept can be divided into three parts, but it is the way these collaborate that makes out the main part of the concept.
1: An escape station, providing a standardized placement of escape hoods.
2: A container for the vacuum sealed escape hood.
3: An escape hood which enables a personalized fit for the user.
Interactive surfaces are color coded with the goal to provide an intuitive workflow. When the container is opened, the vacuum seal is immediately broken and the user gains access to two handles, one white and one red. The handles are used to lift and apply the escape hood, and the red handle is then used, by pulling, to tighten the throat fit.
Combined, these solutions help the user applying her escape hood in shorter time, and a large head size, glasses, beard and a thick neck are no longer problematic for the application
South Africa has the largest occurrence of the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) in the world but has also implemented the largest antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme. It was therefore of interest to determine the presence and concentrations of commonly used antiretroviral drugs (ARVDs) and, also, to determine the capabilities of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) for removing ARVDs. To this end, a surrogate standard based LC-MS/MS method was optimized and applied for the detection of thirteen ARVDs used in the treatment and management of HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in two major and one modular WWTP in the eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The method was validated and the detection limits fell within the range of 2–20 ng L−1. The analytical recoveries for the ARVDs were mainly greater than 50% with acceptable relative standard deviations. The concentration values ranged from <LOD – 53000 ng L−1 (influent), <LOD – 34000 ng L−1 (effluent) in a decentralized wastewater treatment facility (DEWATS); <LOD – 24000 ng L−1 (influent), <LOD – 33000 ng L−1 (effluent) in Northern WWTP and 61–34000 ng L−1 (influent), <LOD – 20000 ng L−1 (effluent) in Phoenix WWTP. Whilst abacavir, lamivudine and zidovudine were almost completely removed from the effluents, atazanavir, efavirenz, lopinavir and nevirapine persisted in the effluents from all three WWTPs. To estimate the ecotoxicological risks associated with the discharge of ARVDs, a countrywide survey focussing on the occurrence of ARVDs in WWTPs, surface and fresh water bodies, and aquatic organisms, is necessary.
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Present survey was conducted to explore ethnomedicinal uses and cultural importance of wild edible fruits species by the inhabitants of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan. Materials and methods: Information was obtained through informed consent semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, market survey, focus group conversation, unceremonious dialogue and village walks with key informants. Cultural significance of each species was calculated based on use report by participants at each study site. Results: A total of 35 wild edible fruits belonging to 21 genera and 17 families were used for the treatment of various ailments and consumed. Rosaceae was found dominating family with (8 spp.), followed by Moraceae (6 spp.), Rhamnaceae (5 spp.), Palmae and Vitaceae (2 spp. each) and remaining families were represented by one species each. Fruits (48%) were found highly utilized plant parts, followed by leaves (34%), bark, flowers and seeds (4% each), branches, latex and roots (2% each). Water was used as a medium for preparation while milk, ghee, oil, egg and butter are used for application. Modes of preparation were fall into seven categories like fresh parts eaten raw (38%), powder (24%), decoction (20%), extract (12 %), paste (4%), juice and latex (2% each). Based on cultural important index (CI) Morus nigra was found most significant species within top ten fruit plants followed by Morus alba, Olea ferruginea, Berberis lycium, Pyrus pashia, Ficus carica, Ficus palmata, Ziziphus mauritiana, Diospyros lotus and Ziziphus nummularia. Conclusions: Traditional uses of wild edible plant depend mainly on socio-economic factors rather than climatic conditions or wealth of flora. Use reports and citation demonstrated that there is a common cultural heritage regarding the gathered food plants. Further investigation is required for Antioxidant study, essential and toxic components, pharmacological applications; dietary requirements and biotechnological techniques to improve yields.
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The aim of this thesis is to employ and evaluate an evaluation board with the standard microprocessor freescale MPC5554EVB board for implementation of control algorithms which are created in Matlab/Simulink instead of using dSPACE prototyping hardware. The Simulink real-time model shall be compiled to the MPC5554EVB board. TargetLink is a powerful software tool which allows an automatic generation of efficient C code from Simulink and facilitates model-based control design. The goal of this thesis is to learn how to use TargetLink in a control design workflow from model to real code and what are the limitations of a microprocessor platform and to evaluate the capabilities of TargetLink to generate a working code for a generic microprocessor.
As the permafrost region warms, its large organic carbon pool will be increasingly vulnerable to decomposition, combustion, and hydrologic export. Models predict that some portion of this release will be offset by increased production of Arctic and boreal biomass; however, the lack of robust estimates of net carbon balance increases the risk of further overshooting international emissions targets. Precise empirical or model-based assessments of the critical factors driving carbon balance are unlikely in the near future, so to address this gap, we present estimates from 98 permafrost-region experts of the response of biomass, wildfire, and hydrologic carbon flux to climate change. Results suggest that contrary to model projections, total permafrost-region biomass could decrease due to water stress and disturbance, factors that are not adequately incorporated in current models. Assessments indicate that end-of-the-century organic carbon release from Arctic rivers and collapsing coastlines could increase by 75% while carbon loss via burning could increase four-fold. Experts identified water balance, shifts in vegetation community, and permafrost degradation as the key sources of uncertainty in predicting future system response. In combination with previous findings, results suggest the permafrost region will become a carbon source to the atmosphere by 2100 regardless of warming scenario but that 65%-85% of permafrost carbon release can still be avoided if human emissions are actively reduced.
We demonstrate near-infrared cavity-enhanced optical frequency comb spectroscopy of water in a premixed methane/air flat flame. The detection system is based on an Er:fiber femtosecond laser, a high finesse optical cavity containing the flame, and a fast-scanning Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS). High absorption sensitivity is obtained by the combination of a high-bandwidth two-point comb-cavity lock and auto-balanced detection in the FTS. The system allows recording high-temperature water absorption spectra with a resolution of 1 GHz and a bandwidth of 50 nm in an acquisition time of 0.4 s, with absorption sensitivity of 4.2 x 10 (9) cm(-1) Hz(-1/2) per spectral element.
Fully nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic solitary waves in a collisionless dense/quantum electron-positron-ion plasma is investigated. The electrons and positrons are assumed to follow the Thomas-Fermi density distribution and the ions are described by the hydrodynamic equations. An energy balance-like equation involving a Sagdeev-type pseudo-potential is derived. Finite amplitude solutions are obtained numerically and their characteristics are discussed. The small-but finite-amplitude limit is also considered and an exact analytical solution is obtained. The present studies might be helpful to understand the excitation of nonlinear ion-acoustic solitary waves in a degenerate plasma such as in superdense white dwarfs.
By using the Thomas-Fermi electron density distribution for quantum degenerate electrons, the hydrodynamic equations for ions, and the Poisson equation, planar and nonplanar ion-acoustic solitary waves in an unmagnetized collisionless plasma are investigated. The reductive perturbation method is used to derive cylindrical and spherical Korteweg-de Vries equations. Numerical solutions of the latter are presented. The present results can be useful in understanding the features of small but finite amplitude localized ion-acoustic solitary pulses in a degenerate plasma.
Technological developments over the years have resulted in many different techniques for detection of nitric oxide (NO) in both the atmosphere and from biological sources. One such technique is Faraday Modulation Spectroscopy (FAMOS), which is a laser-based spectroscopic technique for detection of paramagnetic molecules in gas phase. The technique uses a modulated magnetic field that introduce rotation of the polarization plane of linearly polarized laser light, which can be related to the concentration of the molecules. This enables sensitive and selective detection of paramagnetic gaseous compounds and the technique is thus well suited for detection of NO for biomedical applications in low concentrations which is essential for breath analysis.
In this thesis, a system for breath analysis is developed and coupled to a Faraday modulation spectrometer for sensitive detection of NO at 5.33 μm based on a room temperature continuous wave distributed feedback (DFB) QCL. It also provides a theoretical model of FAMOS utilizing the most sensitive Q3/2 (3/2 ) transition in NO. The results from this study indicate that the mid-infrared FAMOS system, which was built around a continuous wave (cw) quantum cascade laser (QCL) emitting light with an output power of approximately 70 mW, is fully capable of detection of ppb levels of NO in exhaled human breath.
Measurement is an important activity in nearly all branches of science and technology. A measurement technique provides an observer with a numerical value corresponding to the variable being measured. Researchers envision that laser spectroscopy will serve as a functional tool for measurement to detect molecules in gas phase. One such a laser spectroscopic technique for measurement is noise-immune cavity enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS), which is a highly sensitive laser-based spectroscopic technique for detection of molecules in gas phase. The technique was developed in the mid-1990s at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA).
In this thesis, a realization of instrumentation for detection of acetylene in breath by a fiber laser-based NICE-OHMS instrumentation working in the near-infrared wavelength region is obtained. The results of this study show that the NICE-OHMS system is fully capable of detection of parts-per-billion (ppb) levels of acetylene in exhaled human breath.
Jordens befolkning växer och allt fler flyttar in till urbana områden. Detta medför att städer växer, nya byggnader tillkommer och infrastrukturer expanderar. Denna snabba tillväxtfas står i direkt anslutning till ökade översvämningar till följd av de förändringar som görs i naturen.
De redan överbelastade dagvattensystemen har i många fall svårt att hantera de befintliga kraven. Till följd av detta uppstår översvämningar vid större regnintensitet och utgör stora omkostnader för samhället. Dagvattenhanteringen brister då det inom kommunens organisationer är otydliga ansvarsfördelningar. För att kunna planera för hållbara städer även i framtiden är det viktigt att hitta en genomförbar lösning gällande både ansvarsfördelningen samt hur dagvattnet ska hanteras på bästa sätt för att uppnå kostnadsfördelar.
I denna studie tas det fram en guide för kommunen över hur ansvaret bör fördelas mellan kommun och exploatör i dagvattenfrågan. Guiden bygger på simuleringar och teorier inom optimeringslära för att kunna föreslå rimliga lösningar. Genom dessa simuleringar av dagvattensystemet har mängden vatten som inte ryms i dagvattensystemet kvantifierats. Vidare för att hitta en rimlig alternativ avrinningsväg för det överflödiga dagvattnet har olika algoritmer för kortaste vägen problemet undersökts.
Resultaten visar att en klassisk algoritm med en heuristisk funktion som appliceras på kortaste vägen problemet inte kan identifiera den mest lämpliga avrinningsvägen. Detta då den heuristiska funktionen i algoritmen förhindrar att en naturligare avrinningsväg uppströms väljs även om denna skulle ge en mer optimal lösning.
This article documents the addition of 238 microsatellite marker loci and 72 pairs of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) sequencing primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Adelges tsugae, Artemisia tridentata, Astroides calycularis, Azorella selago, Botryllus schlosseri, Botrylloides violaceus, Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii, Campylopterus curvipennis, Colocasia esculenta, Cynomys ludovicianus, Cynomys leucurus, Cynomys gunnisoni, Epinephelus coioides, Eunicella singularis, Gammarus pulex, Homoeosoma nebulella, Hyla squirella, Lateolabrax japonicus, Mastomys erythroleucus, Pararge aegeria, Pardosa sierra, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber and Silene latifolia. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Adelges abietis, Adelges cooleyi, Adelges piceae, Pineus pini, Pineus strobi, Tubastrea micrantha, three other Tubastrea species, Botrylloides fuscus, Botrylloides simodensis, Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus rufus, Campylopterus largipennis, Campylopterus villaviscensio, Phaethornis longuemareus, Florisuga mellivora, Lampornis amethystinus, Amazilia cyanocephala, Archilochus colubris, Epinephelus lanceolatus, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, Symbiodinium temperate-A clade, Gammarus fossarum, Gammarus roeselii, Dikerogammarus villosus and Limnomysis benedeni. This article also documents the addition of 72 sequencing primer pairs and 52 allele specific primers for Neophocaena phocaenoides.
We extend an algorithm by Paige and Tarjan that solves the coarsest stable refinement problem to the domain of trees. The algorithm is used to minimize nondeterministic tree automata (NTA) with respect to bisimulation. We show that our algorithm has an overall complexity of $O(\hat{r} m \log n)$, where $\hat{r}$ is the maximum rank of any symbol in the input alphabet, m is the total size of the transition table, and n is the number of states.
We extend an algorithm by Paige and Tarjan that solves the coarsest stable refinement problem to the domain of trees. The algorithm is used to minimize nondeterministic tree automata (NTA) with respect to bisimulation. We show that our algorithm has an overall complexity of O ((r) over cap log n), where (r) over cap is the maximum rank of any symbol in the input alphabet, m is the total size of the transition table, and n is the number of states.
Density functional theory (DFT) was used to determine the ground state geometries of indigo and new design dyes (IM-Dye-1 IM-Dye-2 and IM-Dye-3). The time dependant density functional theory (TDDFT) was used to calculate the excitation energies. All the calculations were performed in both gas and solvent phase. The LUMO energies of all the dyes were above the conduction band of TiO2, while the HOMOs were below the redox couple (except IM-Dye-3). The HOMO-LUMO energy gaps of new design dyes were smaller as compared to indigo. All new design dyes were strongly red shifted as compared to indigo. The improved light harvesting efficiency (LHE) and free energy change of electron injection Delta G(inject) of new designed sensitizers revealed that these materials would be excellent sensitizers. The broken coplanarity between the benzene near anchoring group having LUMO and the last benzene attached to TPA unit in all new design dyes consequently would hamper the recombination reaction. This theoretical designing will the pave way for experimentalists to synthesize the efficient sensitizers for solar cells.
I Sverige byggs det mer än någonsin och hustillverkningen går framåt. Samtidigt ökar medvetenheten kring byggnaders energianvändning och dess medföljande påverkan på klimat och hållbarhet. Därför höjer Boverket ständigt kraven på nyproducerade och renoverade byggnaders energiprestanda.
Enligt nuvarande krav från Boverket (BBR, 2017) får primärenergitalet för flerbostadshus högst vara 85 kWh per kvadratmeter tempererad golvyta och år. Detta gäller även enligt kommande krav år 2021, men med skillnaden att U-värdet kommer att minska 0,4 till 0,35 W/m2 K vilket innebär att flerbostadshus måste byggas på ett mer effektivt sätt för att minska energianvändningen. En stor del av nybyggnationer och nyrenoverade flerbostadshus måste därefter genomföra energieffektiviserande åtgärder på sina byggnader för att uppfylla kommande krav.
Detta examenarbete har genomförts i samarbete med Rikshem AB och undersöker vad för effekt olika energieffektiviserande åtgärder har för påverkan på deras Lamellhus. Syftet är att teoretiskt minska Lamellhusets specifika energianvändning från 187,4 till 70 kWh/m2 Atemp, år och därmed reducera primärenergitalet tillräckligt för att uppfylla kommande krav enligt BBR nära-nollenergibyggnad.
För att teoretiskt sänka specifik energianvändning och därmed primärenergital kommer projektet genom manuella beräkningar och med hjälp av datorverktyg undersöka olika energieffektiviserande åtgärder på husets konstruktion och installationssystem.
Resultaten visar att åtgärderna på fastigheten klimatskal är tillräckliga för att uppfylla kraven. Om alla åtgärder enligt paket 1 eller 2 på konstruktionen kombineras kommer att specifik energianvändning enligt BBR 16 (2010) ligga på 83-94 kWh/m2 Atemp, år och enligt primärenergital BBR 25 (2017) ligger på 68-77 kWh/m2 Atemp, år.
Resultaten visar även på hur stor del av en byggnads energianvändning som ventileras ut. Att byta ut ventilationssystemet från F-system till FTX-system på referenshuset i grundfallet, är den åtgärd som ger en av de största effekterna, med en värmebesparing (25,5-26,7 %). I kombination FTX-systemet med fjärrvärme kan specifik energianvändningen minskas så långt som möjligt. Om åtgärden med FTX-system tillämpas tillsammans med befintlig fjärrvärme och alla åtgärder på konstruktion enligt paket 1 eller 2 ger detta en minskning på cirka (70-75 %) jämfört med grundfallhuset vilket motsvarar 42-51 kWh/m2 Atemp, år enligt BBR 16 och enligt BBR 25 är siffrorna ännu lägre. Om beräkningen tar hänsyn till köldbryggor och luftläckage i huset kommer resultatet att öka.
Resultaten visar även på att en sådan investering återbetalar sig efter 15-16 år. Att ta hänsyn till kalkylränta på 5 % är det lönsamt över 30-31 år eller mer, men med en kalkylränta på 8 % förlorar man lönsamheten.
Due to the large influx of computers in our daily lives, human-computer interaction has become crucially important. For a long time, focusing on what users need has been critical for designing interaction methods. However, new perspective tends to extend this attitude to encompass how human desires, interests, and ambitions can be met and supported. This implies that the way we interact with computers should be revisited. Centralizing human values rather than user needs is of the utmost importance for providing new interaction techniques. These values drive our decisions and actions, and are essential to what makes us human. This motivated us to introduce new interaction methods that will support human values, particularly human well-being.
The aim of this thesis is to design new interaction methods that will empower human to have a healthy, intuitive, and pleasurable interaction with tomorrow's digital world. In order to achieve this aim, this research is concerned with developing theories and techniques for exploring interaction methods beyond keyboard and mouse, utilizing human body. Therefore, this thesis addresses a very fundamental problem, human motion analysis.
Technical contributions of this thesis introduce computer vision-based, marker-less systems to estimate and analyze body motion. The main focus of this research work is on head and hand motion analysis due to the fact that they are the most frequently used body parts for interacting with computers. This thesis gives an insight into the technical challenges and provides new perspectives and robust techniques for solving the problem.
From an early age, people display the ability to quickly and effortlessly interpret the orientation and movement of human body parts, thereby allowing one to infer the intentions of others who are nearby and to comprehend an important nonverbal form of communication. The ease with which one accomplishes this task belies the difficulty of a problem that has challenged computational systems for decades, human motion analysis.
Technological developments over years have resulted into many systems for measuring body segment positions and angles between segments. In these systems human body is typically considered as a system of rigid links connected by joints. The motion is estimated by the use of measurements from mechanical, optical, magnetic, or inertial trackers. Among all kinds of sensors, optical sensing encompasses a large and varying collection of technologies.
In a computer vision context, human motion analysis is a topic that studies methods and applications in which two or more consecutive images from an image sequences, e.g. captured by a video camera, are processed to produce information based on the apparent human body motion in the images.
Many different disciplines employ motion analysis systems to capture movement and posture of human body for applications such as medical diagnostics, virtual reality, human-computer interaction etc.
This thesis gives an insight into the state of the art human motion analysissystems, and provides new methods for capturing human motion.
Movement disorders forbid many people from enjoying their daily lives. As with other diseases, diagnosis and analysis are key issues in treating such disorders. Computer vision-based motion capture systems are helpful tools for accomplishing this task. However Classical motion tracking systems suffer from several limitations. First they are not cost effective. Second these systems cannot detect minute motions accurately. Finally they are spatially limited to the lab environment where the system is installed. In this project, we propose an innovative solution to solve the above-mentioned issues. Mounting the camera on human body, we build a convenient, low cost motion capture system that can be used by the patient while practicing daily-life activities. We refer to this system as active motion capture, which is not confined to the lab environment. Real-time experiments in our lab revealed the robustness and accuracy of the system.
Nowadays, the Internet has dramatically changed the way people take the normal course of actions. By the recent growth of the Internet, connecting different objects to users through mobile phones and computers is no longer a dream. Aviation industry is one of the areas which have a strong potential to benefit from the Internet of Things. Among many problems related to air travel, delayed and lost luggage are the most common and irritating. Therefore, this paper suggests anew baggage control system, where users can simply track their baggage at the airport to avoid losing them. Attaching a particular pattern on the bag, which can be detected and localized from long distance by an ordinary camera, users are able to track their baggage. The proposed system is much cheaper than previous implementations and does not require sophisticated equipment.
This paper presents a novel approach for performing intuitive gesture based interaction using depth data acquired by Kinect. The main challenge to enable immersive gestural interaction is dynamic gesture recognition. This problem can be formulated as a combination of two tasks; gesture recognition and gesture pose estimation. Incorporation of fast and robust pose estimation method would lessen the burden to a great extent. In this paper we propose a direct method for real-time hand pose estimation. Based on the range images, a new version of optical flow constraint equation is derived, which can be utilized to directly estimate 3D hand motion without any need of imposing other constraints. Extensive experiments illustrate that the proposed approach performs properly in real-time with high accuracy. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the system performance in 3D object manipulation On two different setups; desktop computing, and mobile platform. This reveals the system capability to accommodate different interaction procedures. In addition, a user study is conducted to evaluate learnability, user experience and interaction quality in 3D gestural interaction in comparison to 2D touchscreen interaction.
A direct method for recovering three-dimensional (3D) head motion parameters from a sequence of range images acquired by Kinect sensors is presented. Based on the range images, a new version of the optical flow constraint equation is derived, which can be used to directly estimate 3D motion parameters without any need of imposing other constraints. Since all calculations with the new constraint equation are based on the range images, Z(x, y, t), the existing techniques and experiences developed and accumulated on the topic of motion from optical flow can be directly applied simply by treating the range images as normal intensity images I(x, y, t). In this reported work, it is demonstrated how to employ the new optical flow constraint equation to recover the 3D motion of a moving head from the sequences of range images, and furthermore, how to use an old trick to handle the case when the optical flow is large. It is shown, in the end, that the performance of the proposed approach is comparable with that of some of the state-of-the-art approaches that use range data to recover 3D motion parameters.
Number of mobile devices such as mobile phones or PDAs has been dramatically increased over the recent years. New mobile devices are equipped with integrated cameras and large displays which make the interaction with device easier and more efficient. Although most of the previous works on interaction between humans and mobile devices are based on 2D touch-screen displays, camera-based interaction opens a new way to manipulate in 3D space behind the device in the camera's field of view. This paper suggests the use of particular patterns from local orientation of the image called Rotational Symmetries to detect and localize human gesture. Relative rotation and translation of human gesture between consecutive frames are estimated by means of extracting stable features. Consequently, this information can be used to facilitate the 3D manipulation of virtual objects in various applications in mobile devices.
Head pose estimation plays an essential role for bridging the information gap between humans and computers. Conventional head pose estimation methods are mostly done in images captured by cameras. However accurate and robust pose estimation is often problematic. In this paper we present an algorithm for recovering the six degrees of freedom (DOF) of motion of a head from a sequence of range images taken by the Microsoft Kinectfor Xbox 360. The proposed algorithm utilizes a least-squares minimization of the difference between themeasured rate of change of depth at a point and the rate predicted by the depth rate constraint equation. We segment the human head from its surroundings and background, and then we estimate the head motion. Our system has the capability to recover the six DOF of the head motion of multiple people in one image. Theproposed system is evaluated in our lab and presents superior results.
Movement disorders prevent many people fromenjoying their daily lives. As with other diseases, diagnosisand analysis are key issues in treating such disorders.Computer vision-based motion capture systems are helpfultools for accomplishing this task. However Classical motiontracking systems suffer from several limitations. First theyare not cost effective. Second these systems cannot detectminute motions accurately. Finally they are spatially limitedto the lab environment where the system is installed. In thisproject, we propose an innovative solution to solve the abovementionedissues. Mounting the camera on human body, webuild a convenient, low cost motion capture system that canbe used by the patient in daily-life activities. We refer tothis system as active motion capture, which is not confinedto the lab environment. Real-time experiments in our labrevealed the robustness and accuracy of the system.
Currently, the most common way to control an electric wheelchair is to use joystick. However, there are some individuals unable to operate joystick-driven electric wheelchairs due to sever physical disabilities, like quadriplegia patients. This paper proposes a novel head pose estimation method to assist such patients. Head motion parameters are employed to control and drive an electric wheelchair. We introduce a direct method for estimating user head motion, based on a sequence of range images captured by Kinect. In this work, we derive new version of the optical flow constraint equation for range images. We show how the new equation can be used to estimate head motion directly. Experimental results reveal that the proposed system works with high accuracy in real-time. We also show simulation results for navigating the electric wheelchair by recovering user head motion.
This paper presents a novel approach for performing intuitive 3D gesture-based interaction using depth data acquired by Kinect. Unlike current depth-based systems that focus only on classical gesture recognition problem, we also consider 3D gesture pose estimation for creating immersive gestural interaction. In this paper, we formulate gesture-based interaction system as a combination of two separate problems, gesture recognition and gesture pose estimation. We focus on the second problem and propose a direct method for recovering hand motion parameters. Based on the range images, a new version of optical flow constraint equation is derived, which can be utilized to directly estimate 3D hand motion without any need of imposing other constraints. Our experiments illustrate that the proposed approach performs properly in real-time with high accuracy. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the system performance in 3D object manipulation. This application is intended to explore the system capabilities in real-time biomedical applications. Eventually, system usability test is conducted to evaluate the learnability, user experience and interaction quality in 3D interaction in comparison to 2D touch-screen interaction.
For natural and efficient verbal communication between a robot and humans, the robot should be able to learn names and appearances of new objects it encounters. In this paper we present a solution combining active sensing of images with text based and image based search on the Internet. The approach allows the robot to learn both object name and how to recognise similar objects in the future, all self-supervised without human assistance. One part of the solution is a novel iterative method to determine the object name using image classi- fication, acquisition of images from additional viewpoints, and Internet search. In this paper, the algorithmic part of the proposed solution is presented together with evaluations using manually acquired camera images, while Internet data was acquired through direct and reverse image search with Google, Bing, and Yandex. Classification with multi-classSVM and with five different features settings were evaluated. With five object classes, the best performing classifier used a combination of Pyramid of Histogram of Visual Words (PHOW) and Pyramid of Histogram of Oriented Gradient (PHOG) features, and reached a precision of 80% and a recall of 78%.
With the developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots are becoming smarter, more efficient and capable of doing more dififcult tasks than before. Recent progress in Machine Learning has revolutionized the field of AI. Rather than performing pre-programmed tasks, nowadays robots are learning things, and becoming more autonomous along the way. However, in most of the cases, robots need a certain level of human assistance to learn something. To recognize or classify daily objects is a very important skill that a service robot should possess. In this research work, we have implemented a fully autonomous object category learning system for service robots, where the robot uses internet resources to learn object categories. It gets the name of an unknown object by performing reverse image search in the internet search engines, and applying a verification strategy afterwards. Then the robot retrieves a number of images of that object from internet and use those to generate training data for learning classifiers. The implemented system is tested in actual domestic environment. The classification performance is examined against some object categories from a benchmark dataset. The system performed decently with 78:40% average accuracy on ve object categories taken from the benchmark dataset and showed promising results in real domestic scenarios. There are existing research works that deal with object category learning for robots using internet images. But those works use Human-in-the-loop models, where humans assist the robot to get the object name for using it as a search cue to retrieve training images from internet. Our implemented system eliminates the necessity of human assistance by making the task of object name determination automatic. This facilitates the whole process of learning object categories with full autonomy, which is the main contribution of this research.
We hypothesized a geographical pattern of the plant performance (seedling development, biomass production, relative water content and chlorophyll content) as a result of response to the interaction between photoperiod and water availability in populations of the arctic-alpine Silene suecica from different latitudes, thus experiencing different photoperiods during the growing season. Particularly, we expected a lower drought sensitivity in northern compared to southern populations as a consequence of harsher conditions experienced by the northern populations in terms of water availability. The experiment was carried out under common garden conditions, manipulating the water availability (wet and dry) and the photoperiod (21 and 16 h). We found an interaction between photoperiod and water availability on plant height, leaves, growth, biomass and total chlorophyll. However, the photoperiod neither counteracted nor intensified the effect of drought. Plants exposed to drought compensated for decreasing water availability by reducing their shoot growth. Changes in the chlorophyll content and chlorophyll a/b ratio were observed. Northern populations showed a higher basal growth performance and a greater response to the changed water regime (from wet to dry) than the southern populations. Southern populations showed a reduced ability to respond to drought, but their low basal performance may be advantageous under low water availability, avoiding water loss. In contrast, northern populations showed a stronger plastic response that limited the negative effects of reduced water availability. This study highlights the possibility that the plant response to environmental constraints (specifically water availability) may follow a geographical pattern.
Denna rapport är avslutningen på min maskiningenjörsutbildning på Umeå universitet. Rapporten är resultatet av arbetet som utförts på Hedson Technologies AB i Malmö. Hedson är marknasledande inom hjultvättar, torkredskap och billyftar. De har två anläggningar i Sverige och en anläggning i Tyskland. Detta arbete begränsas till anläggningen i Arlöv, Malmö.
För att förbli marknadsledande och konkurrenskraftiga har Hedson insett att de behöver ett effektivare produktionsflöde. För att få ett effektivare och ett resurssnålt flöde vänder sig företag till Lean Production. Lean är en filosofi som genomsyrar hela företaget och dess produktionsflöde, från leverans av material till att kunden mottagit varan. Syftet är att påbörja ett arbete inom Lean på företaget. Arbetet ska lägga grunden för en Lean satsning som företaget senare bygger vidare på för att nå en så effektiv produktion som möjligt.
Genom en analys av produktionsflödet och intervjuer med marknads- och produktansvariga har jag skapat mig en helhetsbild om hur företaget fungerar. Denna information har jag sedan använt mig av tillsammans med förstudien för att hitta det optimala tillvägagångssättet för Hedson att starta ett arbete inom Lean.
Tack vare ett gott samarbete med personalen på företaget har ett framgångsrikt resultat tagits fram. Eftersom produktionsanläggningen var väldigt oorganiserad och rörig skulle implementering av 5S metoden vara den bästa starten på en lång och framgångsrik resa igenom Lean Production. Slutligen gjordes en introduktion till Lean och 5S i form av en presentation för att skapa förståelse och medvetenhet på företaget.
We present a detailed experimental and theoretical study on how structural properties of carbon nanotubes can be derived from 13C NMR investigations. Magic angle spinning solid state NMR experiments have been performed on single-and multiwalled carbon nanotubes with diameters in the range from 0.7 to 100 nm and with number of walls from 1 to 90. We provide models on how diameter and the number of nanotube walls influence NMR linewidth and line position. Both models are supported by theoretical calculations. Increasing the diameter D, from the smallest investigated nanotube, which in our study corresponds to the inner nanotube of a double-walled tube to the largest studied diameter, corresponding to large multiwalled nanotubes, leads to a 23.5 ppm diamagnetic shift of the isotropic NMR line position d. We show that the isotropic line follows the relation d = 18.3/D + 102.5 ppm, where D is the diameter of the tube and NMR line position d is relative to tetramethylsilane. The relation asymptotically tends to approach the line position expected in graphene. A characteristic broadening of the line shape is observed with the increasing number of walls. This feature can be rationalized by an isotropic shift distribution originating from different diamagnetic shielding of the encapsulated nanotubes together with a heterogeneity of the samples. Based on our results, NMR is shown to be a nondestructive spectroscopic method that can be used as a complementary method to, for example, transmission electron microscopy to obtain structural information for carbon nanotubes, especially bulk samples.
The local magnetic properties of the one dimensional inner space of the nanotubes are investigated using C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of encapsulated fullerene molecules inside single walled carbon nanotubes. Isotope engineering and magnetically purified nanotubes have been advantageously used on our study to discriminate between the different diamagnetic and paramagnetic shifts of the resonances. Ring currents originating from the pi electrons circulating on the nanotube, are found to actively screen the applied magnetic field by -36.9 ppm. Defects and holes in the nanotube walls cancel this screening locally. What is interesting, that at high magnetic fields, the modifications of the NMR resonances of the molecules from free to encapsulated can be exploited to determine some structural characteristics of the surrounding nanotubes, never observed experimentally. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
We report on the electronic properties of Cs-intercalated singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). A detailed analysis of the 13C and133Cs nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra reveals an increased metallization of the pristine SWNTs under Cs intercalation. The 'metallization' of CsxC materials where x =0–0.144 is evidenced from the increased local electronic density of states (DOS) n(EF)at the Fermi level of the SWNTs as determined from spin–lattice relaxation measurements. In particular, there are two distinct electronic phases called α and β and the transition between these occurs around x = 0.05. The electronic DOS at the Fermi level increases monotonically at low intercalation levels x <0.05 (α-phase), whereas it reaches a plateau in the range 0.05 < x < 0.143 at high intercalation levels (β-phase). The new β-phase is accompanied by a hybridization of Cs(6s) orbitals with C(sp2)orbitals of the SWNTs. In both phases, two types of metallic nanotubes are found with a low and a high local n(EF), corresponding to different local electronic band structures of the SWNTs.
Hydrogenation of C-60 molecules inside SWNT was achieved by direct reaction with hydrogen gas at elevated pressure and temperature. Evidence for the C-60 hydrogenation in peapods is provided by isotopic engineering with specific enrichment of encapsulated species and high resolution C-13 and H-1 NMR spectroscopy with the observation of characteristic diamagnetic and paramagnetic shifts of the NMR lines and the appearance of sp(3) carbon resonances. We estimate that approximately 78% of the C-60 molecules inside SWNTs are hydrogenated to an average degree of 14 hydrogen atoms per C-60 molecule. As a consequence, the rotational dynamics of the encapsulated C60Hx molecules is clearly hindered. Our successful hydrogenation experiments open completely new roads to understand and control confined chemical reactions at the nano scale
One-dimensional crystals of 25% 13C-enriched C60 encapsulated inside highly magnetically purified SWNTs were investigated by following the temperature dependence of the 13C NMR line shapes and the relaxation rates from 300 K down to 5 K. High-resolution MAS techniques reveal that 32% of the encapsulated molecules, so-called the C60α, are blocked at room temperature and 68%, labeled C60β, are shown to reversly undergo molecular reorientational dynamics. Contrary to previous NMR studies, spin−lattice relaxation time reveals a phase transition at 100 K associated with the changes in the nature of the C60β dynamics. Above the transition, the C60β exhibits continuous rotational diffusion; below the transition, C60β executes uniaxial hindered rotations most likely along the nanotubes axis and freeze out below 25 K. The associated activation energies of these two dynamical regimes are measured to be 6 times lower than in fcc-C60, suggesting a quiet smooth orientational dependence of the interaction between C60β molecules and the inner surface of the nanotubes.
Plant retinoblastoma-related (RBR) proteins are primarily considered as key regulators of G(1)/S phase transition, with functional roles in a variety of cellular events during plant growth and organ development. Polyclonal antibody against the C-terminal region of the Arabidopsis RBR1 protein also specifically recognizes the alfalfa 115 kDa MsRBR protein, as shown by the antigen competition assay. The MsRBR protein was detected in all cell cycle phases, with a moderate increase in samples representing G(2)/M cells. Antibody against the human phospho-pRb peptide (Ser807/811) cross-reacted with the same 115 kDa MsRBR protein and with the in vitro phosphorylated MsRBR protein C-terminal fragment. Phospho-MsRBR protein was low in G(1) cells. Its amount increased upon entry into the S phase and remained high during the G(2)/M phases. Roscovitine treatment abolished the activity of alfalfa MsCDKA1;1 and MsCDKB2;1, and the phospho-MsRBR protein level was significantly decreased in the treated cells. Colchicine block increased the detected levels of both forms of MsRBR protein. Reduced levels of the MsRBR protein in cells at stationary phase or grown in hormone-free medium can be a sign of the division-dependent presence of plant RBR proteins. Immunolocalization of the phospho-MsRBR protein indicated spots of variable number and size in the labelled interphase nuclei and high signal intensity of nuclear granules in prophase. Structures similar to phospho-MsRBR proteins cannot be recognized in later mitotic phases. Based on the presented western blot and immunolocalization data, the possible involvement of RBR proteins in G(2)/M phase regulation in plant cells is discussed.
Examensarbetet är utfört på smältverket Rönnskärsverken på uppdrag av Boliden Mineral AB. Kopparhyttan är en elektrisk smältugn för smältning av kopparslig och sekundära material i form av askor, fragmenterat skrot, krossad skärsten, slagger och slam. Beroende på hur det ingående materialet varierar kommer smältans kemiska sammansättning att variera. Variationerna i smältans kemiska sammansättning medför också att de fysikaliska egenskaperna hos smältan varierar och därmed också värmeöverföringen mellan smälta och tapputrustning. En hög värmelast på tapputrustningen medför ett ökat slitage på tapputrustningen och därför behövs en förståelse för de bakomliggande orsakerna för att förebygga och om möjligt undvika detta.
De genomförda analyserna visar på att en hög värmelast på tapputrustningen framförallt är kopplad till kopparhalten. En lägre kopparhalt medför att smältpunkten sänks och dessutom minskar viskositeten, vilket leder till ett ökat massflöde. En ökad värmelast indikerar således ett ökat massflöde i kombination med en sänkt smältpunkt, vilket innebär att tillfrysningen av ett erosionsskyddande skikt skärstenen på insidan av tappkanalens väggar försvåras och därmed en ökad erosion av tapputrustningen. Svavelunderskottet, som beräknas utifrån en kemisk analys av skärstensproven, visade ingen korrelation mot en hög värmelast vid tappning och ingen koppling mellan svavelunderskott och erosion av tapputrustningen kunde därmed konstateras.
De åtgärder som föreslås för att minska slitaget på tapputrustningen är ökning av kylvattenflödet samt minskning av tapphålsdiametern för att öka tillfrysning av ett skyddande lager samt reducera flödet vid tappning.
Methods for inspection of the indoor environment – a study within health protection where a part of the aim is to perform measurements of dust in schools
In Sweden the communities are responsible for the health protection in many agencies. The control of the indoor environment can be done in different ways and with different means. The aim of this report was to study in which way the inspectors made this kind of inspections and if there was anything in their approach that could be developed. A part of the aim of the report was to study how fast a clean surface in a school become dusty. Interviewes with healthinspectors in Uppsala, Håbo and Tierp was made. Together with them also some inspections were performed. To get a larger view of methods to investigate the indoor environment some inspections of schools and dwellings were done with an employee at the unit of Arbets- och miljömedicin at the University Hospital in Uppsala. The dust study was performed at two schools in Knivsta. The results were that the inspectors had well developed methods for assessings of the indoor environment. The approach differed in some matters between the larger and the smaller communities. Regardless of the size of the communities the inspectors rarely used instruments as a tool for the inspections. The communication and agreement between the inspectors was also shown as an important part in their work. In general the inspectors felt secure in their role and to make decisions. It appeared some shortcomings in the general advice and guidelines from the national board of health and welfare, which is the national supervisory authority that shall guide inspection of health protection. For example there was shown a lack in the guidelines regarding cleaning in schools and kindergardens. The study of dust in schools showed that there was more dust after five days than after one day.
En tung industri har oftast utrustning installerad som kan bidra till övertoner på ett elnät. Samtidigt är oftast elnäten starka inom dessa industrier vilket ska bidra till att reducera spänningsövertonerna som går att finna på respektive fas.Studien har arbetat med de villkor och föreskrifter som gäller både för en ansluten elanläggning till Vattenfalls elnät, men även hur en elkvalitetsmätning ska genomföras och vilka krav som behöver uppfyllas.Åkers Sweden AB, där studien har ägt rum, har induktionsugnar för smältning av metaller. Det förekommer olika tekniska lösningar samt 3 olika fabrikat. Mätningar har genomförts på samtliga dessa fabrikat för att kontrollera om någon av dessa urskiljer sig gentemot de övriga.Genomförda mätningar indikerar att spänningsövertoner förekommer men inte i sådan utsträckning att man inte uppfyller gällande regelverk. Det finns dock anledning till att fortsätta arbetet och utöka mätningarna till övriga objekt inom företaget som inte har ingått i denna studie.Företaget har ett effektabonnemang och en kontroll av detta med avseende på nu gällande effekt och förbrukning under 2015 har genomförts för att kunna ge förslag på eventuella förändringar. Eftersom företaget har ungefär samma produktionsvolym 2016 som 2015 finns anledning till att se över nu gällande avtal för att kunna erhålla en kostnadsreducering.En enkät har skickats ut till samtliga anställda inom företaget med syfte att både upplysa de anställda om vilka kvalitetsproblem som kan förekomma inom ett elnät, men även få en återkoppling på hur de anställda upplever nuvarande situation. Enkäten fick låg svarsfrekvens men svaren som inkom indikerade att de anställda upplever att företaget har en god elkvalitet.
BAE Systems Hägglunds testbana är belägen i Nordanås nordväst om Örnsköldsvik. Detta projekt hade till avsikt att på BAE Systems förfrågan inventera testanläggningens nuvarande oljebaserade värmesystem för att finna ett mer ekonomiskt och miljövänligt alternativ. Utifrån en omfattande litteraturstudie samt kontakt med flera olika leverantörer, undersöktes vilka eventuella värmesystem som skulle kunna vara intressanta utifrån de krav som fanns i Nordanås.
De alternativa värmesystemen som ansågs vara tekniskt hållbara var följande; bergvärme med lätt biooljepanna, tung biooljepanna eller pelletspanna; pelletspanna, lätt biooljepanna och tung biooljepanna. Dessa alternativ är de som undersökts noggrant i studien och därefter jämförts med det nuvarande värmesystemet i form av ekonomi och miljöpåverkan.
I en ekonomisk kalkyl jämfördes de olika alternativens kapitalvärde och återbetalningstid. För att jämföra deras miljöpåverkan skapades en kalkyl som utifrån framtagna värden på olika bränslens utsläpp beräknade varje alternativs förväntade årliga utsläpp i form av koldioxidekvivalenter.
Slutligen konstaterades att om BAE Systems Hägglunds ska byta ut nuvarande systemet bör man antingen investera i ett bergvärmesystem med en lätt biooljepanna som spetspanna eller en konvertering till lätt biooljepanna. Med priser från den tid då rapporten skrevs skulle alternativet med bergvärme ha en beräknad återbetalningstid på ca 6,4 år och kapitalvärdet 1,0 Mkr. Motsvarande värden för alternativet med enbart en lätt biooljepanna uppgick till 1,0 års återbetalningstid samt 0,8 Mkr i kapitalvärde. Den stora skillnaden i återbetalningstid berodde på bergvärmesystemets höga investeringskostnad. Att investera i ett bergvärmesystem ansågs trots detta som ett bra alternativ på grund av den förväntade prisökningen av eldningsolja.
In this thesis, we study numerical analysis for random processes and fields. We investigate the behavior of the approximation accuracy for specific linear methods based on a finite number of observations. Furthermore, we propose techniques for optimizing performance of the methods for particular classes of random functions. The thesis consists of an introductory survey of the subject and related theory and four papers (A-D).
In paper A, we study a Hermite spline approximation of quadratic mean continuous and differentiable random processes with an isolated point singularity. We consider a piecewise polynomial approximation combining two different Hermite interpolation splines for the interval adjacent to the singularity point and for the remaining part. For locally stationary random processes, sequences of sampling designs eliminating asymptotically the effect of the singularity are constructed.
In Paper B, we focus on approximation of quadratic mean continuous real-valued random fields by a multivariate piecewise linear interpolator based on a finite number of observations placed on a hyperrectangular grid. We extend the concept of local stationarity to random fields and for the fields from this class, we provide an exact asymptotics for the approximation accuracy. Some asymptotic optimization results are also provided.
In Paper C, we investigate numerical approximation of integrals (quadrature) of random functions over the unit hypercube. We study the asymptotics of a stratified Monte Carlo quadrature based on a finite number of randomly chosen observations in strata generated by a hyperrectangular grid. For the locally stationary random fields (introduced in Paper B), we derive exact asymptotic results together with some optimization methods. Moreover, for a certain class of random functions with an isolated singularity, we construct a sequence of designs eliminating the effect of the singularity.
In Paper D, we consider a Monte Carlo pricing method for arithmetic Asian options. An estimator is constructed using a piecewise constant approximation of an underlying asset price process. For a wide class of Lévy market models, we provide upper bounds for the discretization error and the variance of the estimator. We construct an algorithm for accurate simulations with controlled discretization and Monte Carlo errors, andobtain the estimates of the option price with a predetermined accuracy at a given confidence level. Additionally, for the Black-Scholes model, we optimize the performance of the estimator by using a suitable variance reduction technique.


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I'm sure I have mentioned Stephanie Pearl-McPhee on the blog before. I quite like her writing. That may be a bit reserved, but she already has one internet stalker. In terms of My Favourite Authors the list currently goes:
1. Terry Pratchett – I will buy everything that man publishes, but I have to admit, I have started rationing his last couple of books. He has Alzheimer's and is advocating for the right to die with dignity. If you are interested in starting to read PTerry, don't begin at the beginning, I feel Colour Of Magic is the weakest book in the series. Start with Wyrd Sisters or Guards! Guards! or Moving Pictures if you like golden age of Hollywood.
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Until now The Yarn Harlot has always written about knitting. Knitting humour, but still knitting. I read her blog (all ten years of back posts) in January when the month of weather that was so bad school children were not allowed out side.*
Her latest book is not about knitting. She mentions knitting, but it isn't the primary focus. A non-knitter could read this book and not feel left out of the club.
Written as a series of short essays about her life, this book has a lot I can relate to. There are stories about parenting that I manage to relate to both as a parent AND as someone who remembers being a teenager and attending gym class. There are stories about biking as a middle aged woman, about being afraid of the dentist, about writing and attending a writers' support group. Actually, I wish that one was required reading for every high school student I know.
The one that is most resonating with me at this exact moment is called "Low Self Esteem and Other Symptoms of the Chicken Pox." No one here has the chicken pox but after a whole week of Little Girl being… not quite her self, she crossed some line into actually being sick yesterday. I somehow turned up crabby for the world yesterday morning and still feel grumpy and irrational this morning.
But I digress. If you have kids, have been a kid, have ever felt awkward or battled with mess, this book will have to snickering along. One of my non-knitter friends, L, also bought a copy and powered through.
This may very well be the book that everyone gets for Christmas this year. I read the whole thing all in one go. I adore this book, but then I have enjoyed all of her books.
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The Canadian province of Alberta, which has long treasured its status as one of the world's few regions free of rats, said on Thursday it is working to rid itself of an infestation of the vermin discovered in a landfill.
Sixty Norway rats have been killed so far in a garbage dump outside Medicine Hat, a city of 61,000 in Alberta's southeastern corner, and officials are taking steps to eradicate the rest of the colony.
"We've got them isolated in a specific area within the dump and we have the dump also contained," said Vaughn Christensen, the provincial official who runs the province's rat control program. "And then ... for a number of miles surrounding the dump we have an active baiting program."
Alberta has billed itself as being rat free for more than seven decades after moving in 1950 to wipe out the rodents which eat agricultural crops and spread disease. The province maintains a 29-kilometer (18-mile) buffer zone along its eastern border with Saskatchewan where bait traps are monitored in order to watch for any rat populations headed west.
The Medicine Hat colony was spotted after rats began turning up in traps in the spring and through public reports.
While some infestations are occasionally spotted and dealt with, Christensen said it is rare to find a colony the size of the one in Medicine Hat's landfill.
"It's hard to put a number to the size," he said. "But if we recover 60 rats above ground then it's logical to assume, because they (live) primarily underground, there's more there. ... But I think we're talking hundreds, not thousands, and not the hundreds of thousands you might find in other parts of the world."
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Clicked: Bollywood Stars at Talaash premiere
While Reema Kagti's Talaash opened in theatres today to rave reviews from the critics, the film's star-studded screening was held at PVR Kurla on November 29.A beaming Kiran Rao, dressed in skin-tight leather pants, later joined her husband as they made their way to the screening.Aamir Khan's kids from his first wife Reema Datta, Junaid and Ira were visibly excited, as they geared up to watch daddy's new film.
Seeinga reflections of Mumbai under the red light, `Talaash` is a tale of love lost, fatal attraction and above all the quest to solve a perfect crime. Suspense at its core, `Talaash` explores Mumbais underbelly like never before.Inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat(Aamir Khan) who receives a phone call early in the morning, informing him about death and an accident and how everything starts to unfold from there.The case turns into a life altering chase for Inspector Shekhawat when he is forced to reel under the repercussions of a broken marriage with his wife, Roshni,(Rani Mukherji) and come face to face with his suppressed grief. Being on his investigational quest and fighting it out with personal struggle, Inspector Shekhawat meets a sex worker Rosie (Kareena Kapoor) who further adds shades of mystery to the puzzle.What looks like a simple car accident investigation turns into a haunting mystery as further investigations show many anomalies linked to the victim`s death.
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Google does not manually picks which site to show in the featured snippets. Instead, it is done in the backend by algorithms.
Google can pick any website from any positions to be displayed as featured snippet. However, in most of the cases, it comes from websites ranking on the first page especially in position 1,2 and 3.
Some example search queries when Featured Snippets might get displayed are:
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Questions are unlimited and every time a user enters a question, the specialised Featured Snippets algorithms get into play to find the most accurate answer and display it in the form of search snippets.
Here is a sample search snippet displayed for the query "how to lose weight":
What Does the Featured Snippet Block Includes?
It includes:
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- The answer provided should not be too long. A small para of answer is sufficient to rank on featured snippets. (This is the text that ranks on featured snippet. Remember, the exact amount of content on the page can differ. Here we are only talking about the answer that appears on the featured snippets).
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- High DA, trusted domain has better chances of ranking. If your site is already ranking on page 1 of Google then it has much better chances of getting displayed in a featured snippet as opposed to if you are not ranking.
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How to Check If Your Website is Ranking Under Featured Snippets?
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Roma Finance, the specialist bridging and commercial lender, moved quickly to deliver the funding needed for the purchase of a multiple unit mixed use property in just six days.
The introduction came from Harvey Bowes Financial Services after they had worked for weeks to get the three titles for the various units agreed with the vendor and the receiver ready for an agreed purchase. Contracts were exchanged with just six days to the agreed completion.
The property, in Ebbw Vale, comprised twelve flats and four retail shops and were to be bought to be retained for long term income.
Having met with the introducer and customer, Roma Finance quickly determined this was a viable transaction with a good business plan. The properties were being bought for £404,000 and was a deal too good miss, as it was being bought well below the current market value (confirmed by a RICS valuation) and a great fit for the customer's portfolio. Once purchased the property would be worth £630,000 with nine of the tenanted units already generating ongoing rental income.
Roma agreed a three month bridge for £282,000 and paid out funds in just six days. The loan was to be repaid by refinancing to the Cambridge & Counties Bank.
Simon Micklethwaite, Senior BDM at Roma Finance, said: "As a regular introducer to us, Harvey Bowes already knew how quickly and efficiently Roma could assess a project and provide funding even for the most complex cases. When I looked at the case I knew Roma would be able to help, particularly as so much work had already gone in to sorting out the titles for the various units. Our Fast Track service meant that we were well placed to provide the funding within the tight deadline."
Howard Bowes of Harvey Bowes Financial Services, commented: "I knew this case would put pressure on the lender to get the funding in place in such a short time scale. In these situations, there is only one lender I trust to deliver the speedy service needed and that's Roma Finance. Roma and their legal team worked with us closely, even over a weekend, and pulled out all stops to ensure we completed on time. We placed a heavy task on ourselves and the conveyancing solicitors, but even more so on the lender to get the deal done in six working days from start to finish, but Roma stepped up to the mark once again.
"This is yet another example of where working with the right lender, with the right knowhow can deliver even in the tightest deadlines to secure the very best property deals."
"Our Fast Track service meant that we were well placed to provide the funding within the tight deadline."
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Basel's Fasnacht – Switzerland's largest carnival – began on Monday with more than 10,000 participants braving rainy conditions to parade through city streets beginning at the traditional stroke of 4am.
Hundreds of costumed bands of musicians and groups pulling large decorative lanterns gathered under this year's theme of "Mer spränge dr Raame" – or, roughly translated, "we're blowing things out of proportion". In all, 482 groups participated, 20 more than last year.
The jokes and decorated lanterns at Fasnacht tend to reflect local and world events. This year, they were dominated by the US presidential election, Brexit and doping alongside numerous Basel-area happenings.
Always held the Monday after Ash Wednesday, Basel's carnival goes on for 72 hours – the "three finest days", as the city's residents call them. In addition to the piccolo and drum bands, groups of performers known as "schnitzelbängg" travel throughout the city's locales performing songs and poems that poke fun at well-known people and events.
Black humour has been part of carnival since the Middle Ages when the lower classes seized the opportunity to mock their rulers from the safety of their disguises.
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THE 17 INDISPUTABLE LAWS OF TEAMWORK: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team
Maxwell has found a formula that works. Author of the successful The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, the Atlanta-based Christian business guru is back with 17 rules for teamwork. Are Maxwell's laws "indisputable"? Perhaps. But they're also obvious and banal: the weakest link will bring down a team, teammates have to be able to count on one another, etc. Maxwell urges readers to find a mentor, "see the big picture" and be willing to work hard. The cutesy alliteration and rhyme ("The Goal Is More Important than the Role") and the tired sports metaphors ("The Scoreboard Is Essential to Winning") are uninspired—and uninspiring. Maxwell is enamored of his laws, but the sense that radiates from the pages of this book is that he is also enamored of himself; even the acknowledgements lack humility, as he thanks one assistant for "extend[ing] my influence around the world." He is perhaps to be commended for writing a book that will be accessible to the broadest possible audience. The occasional example features folks driving home from church but, despite the connection to Thomas Nelson, little of Maxwell's message is specifically Christian. Hindus, atheists and Shintos seeking leadership tips will be able to read this as comfortably as Baptists. Then again, perhaps providing flavorless counsel to a large, ecumenical audience is not an accomplishment worthy of applause. (July 31)
Forecast:Nelson will promote this title heavily in Christian media sources, with feature stories planned for CBA Marketplace and Christian Retailing and advertising in business, Christian and in-flight magazines. Expect this business title to be business as usual for Nelson. But change is afoot: the cash cow that is Maxwell has gone in search of greener pastures. The author recently signed a deal with Warner's new Christian line.
Release date: 07/01/2001
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