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The corrosion behaviour of monocrystalline and highly textured TiN films deposited onto single crystalline MgO has been investigated. It was found that films with high defect concentrations and elements of polycrystallinity had a reduced corrosion resistance. These films had low corrosion potentials and high critical and passive current densities. For high quality films the [110]- and [111]-orientations generally displayed better corrosion properties than films with [100]-orientation. Corrosion had different effects on films of different orientations: On [100]-oriented films loose rectangularly shaped flakes were observed. [110]-oriented films cracked because of compressive stresses, which in many cases caused the films to peel off during corrosion. On [111]-oriented films, finally, triangular pits were detected after corrosion. Films with high corrosion potentials had low values of critical and passive current densities. Non-destructive electrochemical analysis in combination with defect analysis can thus be used to predict the behaviour of these films on anodic polarisation.
The effect of CH3 and Na on diamond nucleation on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) was investigated theoretically by using the DFT method. The methyl and sodium species were used as substituents on zigzag edge atoms of the basal plane. Outgrowths correspon
Laser-assisted formation of iron-containing nanoparticles has been performed by photolytic dissociation of ferrocene vapour by a pulsed ArF excimer laser at 193 nm. The process was carried out at atmospheric pressure, either in an inert atmosphere of argo
Iran-containing nanoparticles were made by laser-assisted (ArF excimer laser, lambda = 193 nm) photolytic dissociation of ferrocene (Fe(C5H5)(2) or FeCp2) in argon and an oxygen/argon gas mixture. The particle-size distributions were obtained on-line by u
Anodic oxidation of titanium in sulphuric acid has been studied. Morphological changes of the electrode were imaged in situ with scanning force microscopy in the 1-5 mum range. The surface roughness decreases with increasing potential. Mass changes due to
The corrosion properties of sputtered molybdenum and molybdenum silicide films in hydrochloric acid (HCl) have been studied by means of potentiodynamic measurements. Contributions from the substrate to the corrosion behaviour was avoided by depositing the films on inert aluminium oxide (Al2O3). The compositions studied were Mo, MoSi0.58, MoSi1.04, MoSi1.4 and MoSi1.9–2.1. Characterisation of the sampies was made by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) before and after corrosion. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) were used to analyse the polarised films. Corrosion of M3Si was found in the molybdenum-rich samples (MoSi0.58) containing the two phases Mo3Si and Mo5Si3. Polarisation curves for these films showed one passivation peak at 228 mV vs. the saturated calomel electrode (SCE). The MoSi1.9–2.1 films had the best corrosion properties of the films studied. This composition had three passivation peaks, at about 154, 305 and 1850 mVSCE, respectively. In the silicon-rich samples, containing the phases MoSi2 and Mo5Si3, preferentiai corrosion of Mo5Si3 was found. All the samples containing the disilicide phase showed at least two passivation peaks. XPS and AES studies on the passive films formed on the samples at the two first passivation peaks indicate that both peaks are due to oxidation of silicon- and molybdenum-containing species. The amount of molybdenum in the outermost layer is increased after the second peak.
Morphological changes of sputter-deposited TiN films in 0.1 M sulphuric acid have been followed in situ with scanning force microscopy at different potentials. Disappearance of small structures was observed with increasing potential up to 1.2 V. A furthe
The corrosion behaviour of Ti/TiN multilayer coated tool steel has been investigated by potentiodynamic measurements in 0.1 M H2SO4 and compared with single layer coatings of Ti and TiN, respectively. All the coatings had a total thickness of about 1 mu
It is demonstrated that a pure carbon (fullerene) precursor, C60, is appropriate for laser-induced carbon film deposition. Amorphous carbon films were obtained on Si and SiO2 substrates upon ArF excimer laser induced fragmentation of gas phase C60. The depositions were performed in Ar and H2 ambient in a hot-wall reactor at 550°C. Strong C2 emission bands were observed by optical emission spectroscopy during the deposition process indicating that C2 dimers are used for film formation, however, thermal decomposition of C58, C56, etc. high-mass fragments may also contribute to the layer development. Raman and TEM studies showed amorphous (highly disordered, turbostratic) character of the films. Optical absorption spectroscopy indicated semiconductor feature of the layers with optical band gap of 0.7 and 0.9 eV for the films deposited in Ar and H2 ambient, respectively. For the films deposited in H2 atmosphere, changes in the Raman spectrum and an upshift of the optical band gap of the layer indicate amorphous hydrogenated film with diamond-like character, however, degree of the sp3 hybridisation was estimated to be low. The deposition rate was measured to be 200 Å/min at 500°C and 400 mJ/cm2 laser fluence. AFM measurements showed smooth films with low surface roughness, 1 nm on 1 μm scale length.
Abstract. Optical emission from the photolytic dissociation of ferrocene Fe(C5H5)2, often abbreviated as FeCp2, in argon atmosphere was studied. The dissociation was performed by using an ArF excimer laser, operating at a wavelength of 193 nm. Two pressure regions were examined. At low (0.1 mbar) pressure, several emission lines of Fe could be identified, however no C, C2, or CH emission lines/bands were found. At a higher (20 mbar) pressure of the FeCp2/Ar gas mixture, a broadband emission identified as blackbody radiation was observed. This blackbody radiation originates from nanoparticles with a mean size of 30 nm, which consist of both metallic iron and amorphous carbon. The initial colour temperature of the particles was 2600 K.
Nanostructured iron oxides, and especially hematite, are interesting for a wide range of applications ranging from gas sensors to renewable solar hydrogen production. A promising method for deposition of low-dimensional films is atomic layer deposition (ALD). Although a potent technique, ALD of ultrathin films is critically sensitive to the substrate and temperature conditions where initial formation of islands and crystallites influences the properties of the films. In this work, deposition at the border of the ALD window forming a hybrid ALD/pulsed CVD (pCVD) deposition is utilized to obtain a deposition less sensitive to the substrate. A thorough analysis of iron oxide phases formation on two different substrates, Si(100) and SiO2, was performed. Films between 3 and SO rim were deposited and analyzed with diffraction techniques, high-resolution Raman spectroscopy, and optical spectroscopy. Below 10 nm nominal film thickness, island formation and phase dependent particle crystallization impose constraints for deposition of phase pure iron oxides on non-lattice-matching substrates. Films between 10 and 20 nm thickness on SiO2 could effectively be recrystallized into hematite whereas for the corresponding films on Si(100), no recrystallization occurred. For films thicker than 20 nm, phase pure hematite can be formed directly with ALD/pCVD with very low influence of the substrate on either Si or SiO2. For more lattice matched substrates such as SnO2:F, Raman spectroscopy indicated formation of the hematite phase already for films with 3 rim nominal thickness and clearly for 6 nm films. Analysis of the optical properties corroborated the analysis and showed a quantum confined blue-shift of the absorption edge for the thinnest films.
Palladium nanoparticles were deposited using a sequential electroless deposition technique on the pore walla of nanoporous anodic alumina. For the particle deposition a Pd(NH3)42+ solution was soaked in the alumina membrane and a heated air flow was applied in order to reduce the palladiumcomplex to palladium metal nanoparticles. By repeating the deposition process the size of the nanoparticles could be tailored in this investgation between 6 and 11 nm. The size of the nanoparticles was also affected by the concentration of the Pd(NH3)42+ solution i.e., highconcentration yielded larger particles mean diameters. The samples were investigated using high resolution scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma with a mass spectometer, high resolution transmission electron microscopy , and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Analysis revealed narrow size distributions of the particles as well as uniform particle coverage of the pore walls. No by-products were observed with EDS, and with the XRD analysis the metallic palladium crystallinity was confirmed.
The nucleation of diamond on the zigzag and armchair edge atoms of the basal plane of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has been investigated theoretically by using ab initio molecular orbital theory. The calculations have included the effects of electron co
Different surface processes occuring during growth of diamond (111) have theoretically been investigated by using various quantum mechanical methods (including molecular dynamic simulations). A final incorporation of C-containing growth precursors into th
During diamond growth, surface vacancies are formed and diamond grows by adding carbon-carrying species to these vacancies. In the present investigation, the correlation between adsorption energies and accompanying partial electron transfer in the newly f
Migration of various important species (H, CH3, CH2, C2H, and C2H2) on a diamond (111) surface has been investigated theoretically, using a cluster approach and the second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory. The order of the energies (barriers) obtained for a single jump between two neighboring radical sites is CH2<H<C2H≈CH3 (52, 248, 350, and 353 kJ/mol, respectively). The C2H2 species is assumed to migrate by an alternating onefold and difold site adsorption to the surface. The corresponding barrier obtained for C2H2 is 186 kJ/mol, which is somewhere in between that of CH2 and H. The present type of surface migration of chemisorbed species will, with one exception, be energetically favorable in comparison to any desorption process. In the case of C2H2, a desorption process will be energetically favorable.
Various surface processes for the system B/N/H/F occurring during CVD growth of c-BN (111) have been investigated theoretically, using quantum mechanical methods. Both F and H species were found to be efficient as surface stabilizing agents. Mainly the H-
Spontaneous oscillations in the cathode potential are observed in the alkaline Cu(II)/tartrate and lactate systems when applying current to the electrochemical cell. In the Cu(II)/tartrate system the oscillations induce formation of composite films of Cu
Copper nitride, Cu3N, is a metastable material whose properties can be changed considerably by doping with metals which opens for a variety of applications in several areas (sensors, electrical connects, batteries, memories, etc.). The present work is a systematic study in the system Cu-Ni-N of preferences regarding occupation of interstitial and substitutional crystallographic sites in the Cu3N structure as the metal dopant level increases and how the occupation influences growth behavior, texture, microstructure and resistivity. Ni doped Cu3N films of different chemical composition were grown by a gas-pulsed Chemical Vapor Deposition technique. The occupation of the different crystallographic sites of the Cu3N by the Ni atoms was obtained from analysis of X-ray diffraction data. At low Ni content, less than about 21% in metal content, Ni replaced the Cu atoms in the structure. In the intermediate Ni metal content range from about 21 to 40% the vacant centre position became available. After filling the centre position, substitution of Cu for Ni occurred up to a Ni content of about 80% (Cu0.8Ni3.2N) which is the solid solubility limit of Ni in Cu3N. The film resistivity decreased rapidly by adding nickel to the Cu3N structure from about 10(9)mu Omega.cm without any Ni doping to about 100 mu Omega.cm with 80% Ni in the metal content. After filling the centre position the change in resistivity when Cu atoms were substituted for Ni was very small. Finally, the growth mechanism, texture and microstructure changed significantly with the uptake of Ni atoms in the structure.
A new ternary solid solution, Cu3-xNix+yN, is prepared by gas-pulsed CVD at 260 degrees C. Gas pulses of the precursor mixtures Cu(hfac)2+NH3 and Ni(thd)2+NH3, separated by intermittent ammonia pulses, are employed for the deposition of Cu3N and Ni3N, respectively. A few monolayers of the nitrides are grown in each CVD pulse and then mixed by diffusion to produce the solid solution. The metal content of the solid solution can be varied continuously from 100% to about 20% Cu, which means that the electrical properties can be varied from 1.6eV (band gap of Cu3N) to metallic (Ni3N). This is of interest for various applications, e.g., solar energy, catalysis, and microelectronics.
The thermal decomposition of Ni3N thin films, deposited by chemical vapor deposition on SrTiO3 (001) and Si (100) substrates, has been studied by in situ x-ray diffraction, as well as temperature-programed controlled gas emission in both inert and hydrogen atmospheres. The decomposition at inert atmosphere conditions starts at the film/substrate interface, which results in a high degree of ordering in the formed nickel film. In the H-2 atmosphere, the initial film ordering is less pronounced and the decomposition occurs from the film surface and downward. This means that by choosing the annealing atmosphere, inert or hydrogen, the formation of the Ni film can be localized to either the original nitride/substrate interface or to the surface of the nitride. The annealed films show a cube-on-cube growth with respect to the SrTiO3 (001) substrate. The film morphology after the annealing experiments resembles the one of the as-deposited films. The lowest resistivity value is measured for the films annealed in the H-2 atmosphere. (C) 2010 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3478298]
High quality diamond and graphite has been deposited area selectively on silicon substrates in a hot filament chemical vapor deposition reactor employing laser heating. A mixture of CH4 (1–3 vol%) and H2 was passed over a tantalum filament having a temperature of approximately 2200°C. A laser beam was used to raise the temperature locally on the substrate surface. By a proper choice of filament temperature, substrate background temperature and laser induced temperature, isolated islands of polycrystalline diamond or graphite could be deposited on the silicon substrate. The deposited diamond and graphite spots were characterized by micro-Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and scanning force microscopy.
High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectrometry were used to characterize
the interfacial layer formed between the silicon substrate and the HfO2 thin film grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) from HfIU4 and O2. The interfacial layer was amorphous and contained SiO2 mixed with a small amount of elemental Si on the atomic level. The interfacial silicon oxide layer was mainly deposited at the beginning of the ALD process since its thickness was insensitive to the number of applied ALD cycles when increased from 50 to 1000.
Reaction energies for different reaction pathways in the CuCl/H-2 process occurring in the gas phase as well as on a Cu(111) surface have been calculated using Density Functional Theory. All reactions, occurring in the gas phase as well as in the solid/va
Thin C60 films exposed to ultraviolet/visible light in the presence of oxygen were used as a selective mask for tungsten chemical vapor deposition on silicon substrates. An uptake of oxygen in the fullerene films as well as a significant increase in their thermal stability resulted from the simultaneous exposure to the radiation and oxygen. The thermal stability and inertness of these films to tungsten hexaflouride, which is readily reduced by silicon to form the metal at 350 °C, allowed selective deposition of tungsten in both ultrahigh vacuum and low pressure environments. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy were used to characterize the tungsten deposited on the C60 mask and the unmasked silicon substrate.
The article reveals that shear-mode quartz crystal resonators, currently used in quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements, exhibit an out-of-plane vibration without being in contact with a liquid. Laser assisted CVD was used to deposit carbon-nanoparticles on the surface of a quartz resonator. The in-plane, shear vibration of the quartz resonator, produces a mega-gravity acceleration which induces a sedimentation of the carbon-nanoparticles, while the out-of-plane vibration produces a mega-gravity acceleration, normal to the crystal surface, which induces an expelling of the deposited carbon-nanoparticles. The two opposite effects reveal a complex situation on the quartz resonator surface in QCM measurements.
The nucleation of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) on the zigzag edges (100) and (00) of the hexagonal BN (h-BN) prism plane has been theoretically investigated, using a cluster approach and the density functional theory (DFT). Different cubic outgrowths from the edge atoms have been modeled, and the total energies have been set in relation to the total energies for corresponding hexagonal counterparts. The outgrowths were assumed to be derived from the gaseous complexes X2BNH2 and XB(NH2)2 (X=Cl or H), experimentally observed in TACVD and PECVD reactors. It was found that the nucleation of cubic BN is energetically favorable compared to a continuous growth of hexagonal BN on the two edges investigated. The order of relative energy obtained for the various edges considered is; (00)>(100). Moreover, the Cl atoms showed the highest ability to stabilize the cubic nuclei, with one exception. However, the energetic differences between the two terminating species were rather small.
The adsorption of H or F species on B vs N atoms on the h-BN (001) surface has been investigated theoretically within the DFT method, using a cluster approach. Only the boron atoms were subjected to a local transformation from hexagonal to cubic phase. I
The surface stabilizing properties of different species X (X = H, F, Cl, Br) on B(111) and N(111) c-BN cluster surfaces, have been investigated theoretically within:the density-functional theory method. Calculated adsorption energies indicated that all sp
The decreasing size and increasing complexity of the components in future microelectronics devices present a great challenge in the development of new deposition techniques. One method for the deposition of semiconductor materials which has gen erated co
An ab initio investigation of the adsorption and disproportionation of copper(I)chloride on copper(111), two crucial processes in CuCl/H2 copper Atomic Layer Epitaxy is presented. Adsorption of CuCl is energetically most favourable on the two different three-fold adsorption sites with adsorption energies of 152 kJ mol−1. Adsorption on the two-fold bridge site is only 10 kJ mol−1 lower in adsorption energy than on the three-fold sites, whereas adsorption on the on-top site is endothermic by as much as 88 kJ mol−1. As previously noticed in an experimental study, adsorption is not limited by any energy barrier. The disproportionation was investigated for three different arrangements with the composition (CuCl)2. It was confirmed that the formation of (CuCl)2 in the gas phase is favourable, but contrary to earlier experimental findings, no indications of a disproportionation of CuCl could be found. Adsorption of the (CuCl)2 dimers was found to be energetically unfavourable implying that a dissociation to free CuCl molecules is required prior to adsorption.
An ab initio investigation of the energy barriers for hydrogen reduction of CuCl on copper(111) surfaces, as well as in the gas phase, has been performed in the present investigation. It is concluded that the elimination of chlorine from CuCl by the addition of H2 proceeds via surface reactions between hydrogen and CuCl both adsorbed on Cu(111). The activation energy for the reaction between CuCl (adsorbed on a threefold site) and H (adsorbed on an adjacent on-top site) is only 53 kJ mol−1, i.e., almost identical to the reaction energy for this surface process. However, the CuCl+H surface reaction should presumably start with both species adsorbed in their preferred threefold sites. By assuming that H diffusion from threefold to top is not hindered by any barrier, the barrier energy for the most possible surface reaction is estimated to become 83 kJ mol−1. This value is in close correspondence to the experimental value of 85 kJ mol−1 that has been previously reported.


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By Anna Checket
Low back pain is an elusive condition that can have many causes… but most times it has us clutching, well… our low back. However, the source of pain in this region is not always what it seems, and can be caused by dysfunctions in areas of the body we wouldn't expect. Namely, in the front. Go figure. Your hip flexors (located deep in the front of the hip, and connecting the abdomen, hip and leg) are responsible for what it sounds like – flexing your hip (think folding at the hip, such as in sitting down into a chair). So it would make sense that prolonged seated positions would make this musculature tight and shortened, since your body adapts to repetitive postures (literally re-modeling tissues to reflect what they are asked to do). Tightness of the hip flexors contributes to an imbalance in the body, and causes a compensation pattern at the low back, causing pain. Read more about the consequences of prolonged sitting here. If you sit for long periods of time and also have low back pain, try this hip stretch daily to restore proper balance in the hips.
- Start with your right knee and the ball of your right foot on the floor. The left leg will be flex at 90 degrees in front.
- Place both hands on the floor on the inside on your left foot.
- Tension your core musculature and gently "press" your hips forward to stretch your hips (quads and hip flexor on the right and the glutes on the left).
- Rock your hips back, keeping your hands/fingers on the floor, for a bonus hamstring stretch.
- Oscillate slowly back and forth for 30 seconds on both sides.
Repeat 2-5 times daily.


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Thanks to the thriving right-wing media machine, any Dem who's screwed up becomes a household name. Republicans get to skate.
Republicans grasp that judgeships are important. And they are. And they are. And they are. Etcetera.
If Trump actually did create peace in the Korean peninsula, that would be great. But some conservatives are convinced we're ready to kill ourselves if he succeeds. No, it's the evil stuff that upsets us. Or NJ Republican Seth Grossman declaring that diversity is crap. Because if blacks or women get ahead based on affirmative action, that's un-American, whereas white men getting all the good stuff is pure Americanism (not quite how he phrased it). Or conservative activist Dave Daubenmire calling for Christians to get violent. None of that wimpy "turn the other cheek" stuff for Dave!
Why is Trump so hostile to our allies? "We're America, bitch!"
In addition to backing Trump, Russia may also have backed Brexit in the UK.
Incels want to be friends with dry-humping benefits.
A Kentucky graduation crowd cheers the valedictorian quoting Trump. But falls silent when he reveals it's an Obama quote.
Pat Robertson, who once claimed the international Jewish bankers were plotting to take over the world, is very, very upset people are lying about Trump. So upset, he lies himself (is anyone surprised?).
The right would happily undo gay rights if it gets the chance.
A hacker proved the government caught him using a warrantless phone-tracking system.
Even in the age of Trump, some journalists want to go after the Clintons. As noted at the link, Reagan had dozens of administration officials indicted, but that's been forgotten too. For that matter, there's nowhere near the outrage over Trump's phone practices as over Clinton's emails.
Oh well. Here's a photo of Plushie to make up for it all.


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Why I need to write? Today I need to write. To know what I'm feeling. Feelings are passing over so fast and so much with me that I need a break so that later I don't overthink. I shall know what I'm thinking clearly and move on with my thoughts. Yes, I'm a good person. I feel bad when I buy something expensive for me because I think of all the alternatives and much more survival-friendly things I could have done for needy people with that money. I don't have control. I want to change the world. I want to sell my diamonds to give food to who are starving. The shine of my diamond is not bright enough to shine the world. The shine of someone's heart and peaceful plentiful sleep will shine the world. The love for living. Do I need that diamond? It reminds me of how that girl cannot afford another year of college and came to work in my house during the three months break so that she could. All the wasteful things that we collect. Those number of teddybears wrapped properly in transparent plastic sheets to keep them from dust are kept on my cupboard. Who needs them? Does anybody in this world need a teddy bear?
I also do not understand how to help a being. Remember being is important. I was driving by to buy bedsheets for my house for the new festival season, and we crossed a path where sat a little girl and a woman. They both may be neighbors, did not seem family. They were selling the same product. They had put the things on a rug placed on the road. It wasn't very clean with all the pollution. It was a wheat luck that people place in their homes. I don't know its name. The girl looked really sad. We crossed by and my eyes just noticed her and my brain was hacked to put smile on her face. I think she didn't have any buyer. I ignored but couldn't. We stopped few shops ahead and I had to buy something from her. It was so cheap I didnot understand how to help her. I didnot even understand what she was selling. If only I knew what to do of the thing she was selling I would have bought it all. I couldn't help her i think. I must have brought a little smile i think. That may be something. Just something if only. I hope to change this world one day.


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We are happy to report that schools from Newton, Needham, Dover, Westwood, and beyond will be participating this year. This upcoming week we will be working closely with these schools, as well as daycares and community organizations, like the Wellesley Mother's Forum. Also, we are happy to report that Magic Beans has joined hands and will be bringing all of their collected candy to us. Children and adults are encouraged not only to donate extra candy but to bring handwritten letters and cards for the troops overseas. Help us beat last year's record of 5260 pounds and bring smiles to countless soldiers!
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Space for rescued animals focus of zoo master plans
The Central Zoo Authority has approved in the last three years master plans that map carrying capacity in 41 zoos out of 167 in the country, and earmark a separate space for rescued wild animals, especially tigers and leopards.dehradun Updated: Mar 02, 2017 19:31 IST
Dehradun: The Central Zoo Authority has approved in the last three years master plans that map carrying capacity in 41 zoos out of 167 in the country, and earmark a separate space for rescued wild animals, especially tigers and leopards.
A master plan is a vision document laying out a roadmap for the next 20 years on development and improvement of facilities in zoos, and maintaining a special area for rescued animals.
"Certainly, zoos have their limits on housing animals. Problem occurs when rescued animals come in abundance. Under our master plan project, we have facilitated zoos to provide special areas for the rescued or injured or orphaned wild animals that will not be put on display and even stand a chance to be released in wild," Brij Kishore Gupta, evaluation and monitoring officer with the CZA, told Hindustan Times.
As many as 112 zoos have prepared master layout plans. Uttarakhand's Malsi Deer Park, Pt GB Pant High Altitude Zoo or Nainital Zoo, and upcoming Haldwani Zoo are among them. After the master plans are approved, the zoos will be granted funds to strengthen the captive areas.
Malsi Deer Park in Dehradun house two leopards rescued from the wild. The big cats are also exhibited for tourists. Nainital Zoo has nine leopards, most of them are rescued.
Though Uttarakhand has two leopard rescue centres in Chidiapur (Haridwar) and Ranibagh (Nainital), sources said the area and infrastructure there are not enough to accommodate the big cats.
Nainital Zoo director Dharam Singh Meena said, "We have only two enclosures for leopards and they are full. We have proposed four more enclosures so that we can accommodate more rescued leopards. We also have plans to strengthen the centre for housing rescued tigers."
Rescued tigers are sent to Nainital Zoo. Officials said the zoo has now two tigers – a female rescued in 2008 and a male rescued from Haldwani a month back.
"Rescue centres could be established independently or even within the zoo. We have seven rescue centres for tigers in the country -- Jaipur, Bhopal, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Chennai, one in West Bengal and one in Karnataka -- where we have kept big cats rescued from circuses," CZA member secretary DN Singh said.
"For a state like Uttarakhand, which tops in reporting leopard conflicts, rescue centres are the need of the hour," said Abhishekh Kumar, a wildlife activist.


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Bring is a danish produced tray, inspired by the design from Settle, Hang and Seats. Magnets are also a very important part of Bring, as it is on all our other products, and they makes it possible to store the tray on all magnetic surfaces, for instance on the fridge-door, a whiteboard or on your radiator... Actually you can even use it as a small board, because it it magnetic in it self.
Bring is made from powdercoated and zink-treated steel so you can even store it outside, if you want.
We introduce the tray in a white structure coating, and the structure creates friction on the top surface so your glasses, cups and plates doesn't slide on the top.
The delivery time is 5-10 business days for domestic delivery and 10-15 business days for international delivery.
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Our preschool program is conducted in both English and Spanish and focuses on developing students for future academic success. Students are involved in group activities, story-time and use art to help them begin their understanding of letters, sounds, numbers and basic math concepts.
A typical day of our preschool program:
8:00 – 8:20 The children arrive and can play freely.
8:20 – 8:45 Physical exercises, which include fun sports and games, including dancing, jumping, stretching, obstacle course, ball games.
8:45 – 9:00: Circle time includes introducing yourself, asking how others are doing, talking about the weather, the day, the month, doing memory games and math games. Circle time is conducted in both Spanish and English.
9:00 – 9:45: Table activities. The younger ones can cut, glue, paint with different drawing materials such as chalk, crayons, markers, pencils, and at a certain point of time the vowels are introduced and reviewed. A sample activitiy would be that they get to color, or cut out a capital A and decorate it to make a puppet, so slowly but surely they learn to differentiate the 5 vowels. The older children do similar activities but at a more advanced level, slowly the rest of the alphabet and numbers are introduced in the same way, but in addition these symbols are traced to further develop their motor skills. Other exercises of recognition, shapes, numeric accordance and others are introduced.
9:45 – 10:15: After table time a snack is served which consists of fruits, cookies and a natural fruit juice. Then after snack everybody brushes their teeth.
10:15 -10:45 Then we have some free play time outside at the swings/slide/sandbox or attend the school garden.
10:45-11:15: Art time. For example, students can make sculptures (made out of tree roots, shells, sticks, seeds, stones, plastic bottles, etc.), paintings, mosaics, etc.).
11:15-11:45: Didactic games such as puzzles, color/shape games, memory, legos, play dough
11:45-12:00: Reading time.
12:00-13:00: There is a lunch break of an hour which can be spent at the school together with other children and a supervisor or you can pick up your child for lunch. If the child eats at the school, then lunch has to be sent by the parents or ordered through a catering service.
Optional afternoon program:
13:00-13:45: Dancing, ball games, other exercises.
13:45-14:45: Project time (arts/painting/sculptures, etc.), nap time for some.
14:45-15:00: Free play time. Snack (the children have to bring along some kind of snack). We alternatively do baking or cooking projects, or go (and teach) swimming.
Our program is really a lot of fun, we invite you to visit us!


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Four people, including a woman, were killed in three train accidents in Tangail and Comilla districts on Saturday.
In Tangail, two people were killed and another injured as 'Moitri Express' rammed an auto-rickshaw at Kalimajani level crossing in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district on Saturday evening.The deceased were identified as Noya Mia, 35, son of Ajgar Ali, hailing from Kalimajani, and auto-rickshaw driver Abdul Mannan, hailing from Sohagpara village in the upazila.
The officer-in charge of Mirzapur Police Station Md Main Uddin said Dhaka-bound 'Moitri Express' from Kolkata hit an auto-richshaw when it was passing the rail crossing in the area at around 6pm, leaving the duo dead on spot and a school girl injured.
Later, police recovered the bodies.
In Comilla, two people, including a woman, were crushed under the wheels of trains in two accidents in Utsab Padua and Perul areas on on the Dhaka-Chittagong Railway in Comilla Sadar Dakkhin (South) upazila on Saturday.
The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained till the filing of this report.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Comilla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Sub-inspector of Laksam Railway Police Susanta Rahut said the deceased might have been crushed under the wheels of trains at night.- UNB
4 killed in three train accidents in Tangail, Comilla
Four people, including a woman, were killed in three train accidents in Tangail and Comilla districts on Saturday.


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Mangaluru, May 31, 2018: Coast Guard ship Vikram rescued nine fishermen from distressed fishing boat off Mangaluru coast.
A message was recieved by Maritime rescue Co-ordination centre Mumbai from Saint Anthony fishing boat with nine crew members onboard distressed in position off Mangaluru coast due to engine failure.
Immediately coastguard ship Vikram based at New Mangaluru port diverted by coastguard regional headquaters Mumbai to render assistance to the stranded boat. However the engine defect could not be rectified at sea view being critical in nature.
Subsequently the ship took the distressed fishing boat under tow to Kochi was handedover to another fishing boat Jasmine in position for onward passage to Kochi port. Thereafer the ship resumed patrol in designated area.


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There have been many extinct animals in the last 100 years. But scientists are considering the possibility of bringing some of these animals back through a process called "de-extinction." In choosing extinct animals to bring back, scientists consider certain factors such as their ecological functions and the availability of tissues with quality DNA samples. Some of these animals have already been identified. If successful, this could be a huge win for not only extinct animals but animals that are endangered as well! These are 25 extinct animals that scientists want to bring back.
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Gastric-brooding Frog
This ground-dwelling frog was native to Queensland, Australia and became extinct sometime in the mid 1980's. However, scientists at the University of Newcastle and University of New South Wales announced in March of 2013 that this frog would be part of the "Lazarus project", a cloning attempt to resurrect the species.
A genus of extinct Hawaiian birds, the moho became extinct due to hunting and habitat loss. The last moho was seen in Hawaii in 1934.
This large species of wattlebird from New Zeland went extinct in the 20th century due to rampant over-hunting to procure huia skins for mounted specimens and the massive deforestation by European settlers.
Caribbean Monk Seal
Last seen in 1952, the Caribbean Monk seal was brought to extinction due to excessive hunting for its oil and the overfishing of its main food source. Though unconfirmed sightings from local fishermen in Haiti and Jamaica exist, there is no conclusive evidence that this seal is still in existence.
Steller's Sea Cow
Related to the dugong and manatee, this species of sea cow was once abundant in the North Pacific. However, within 27 years of its discovery by Europeans, the slow-moving and easily captured Steller's sea cow was hunted to extinction.


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Sagging or wrinkled skin occurs naturally with increasing age. Folds and fat deposits appear around the neck, and deep flexion creases form between the nose and mouth. The jawline grows jowly and slack. Heredity, poor diet, smoking, or obesity may contribute to early or severe skin problems. A facelift can help repair some of the visible damage to skin, fat, and muscles and can restore a younger look. A facelift can be done alone or with nose reshaping, a forehead lift, or eyelid surgery.
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Updated by: Michael Lehrer, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Tom Mikulski, on May 27, 2015 10:38:46 AM
Tom Mikulski, on May 21, 2015 3:22:00 PM
Sustainability means living within the means of the natural systems, without causing harm to others or jeopardizing future needs. It has also come to mean reducing environmental impact and cultivating renewable resources. The earth can no longer provide the abundance of non-renewable resources to meet the ever-growing needs of mankind.


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Criteria for Applicant
Applications are invited from boilermakers who have, or are prepared to acquire, the documentation required to be granted a 482 visa to Australia (see further information immediately following this advertisement). Goldmont will advise if you are successful in progressing to the second stage of the job application process prior to the documentation being acquired.
Goldmont Engineering is seeking qualified Boilermakers, with extensive boilermaking experience on heavy earthmoving equipment and/or fabrication experience:
1. Modern workshop, well maintained equipment
2. Workshop and site based work in the goldfields of Western Australia
3. Live in major regional centre with all community facilities
We are seeking boilermakers who take pride in their work and want to be part of a safe work, customer focused and continuous improvement culture
Goldmont Engineering is based in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Successful applicants are required to live in Kalgoorlie.
Applicants must:
• Be proficient in positional welding with innershield wire such as Hobart XLR8 & Outershield wire such as Lincoln 71E-H.
• Be qualified Boilermakers
• Be licenced to drive a manual car
• Be flexible to work shift work and on remote sites
• Meet the criteria required for a 482 Visa to work in Australia (see below).
The following is preferred but not essential:
• Truck Licence
Applications to: Goldmont Engineering
7-9 Broadwood Street, Kalgoorlie WA 6430
Phone: +61 8 9021 8359
EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
Further Information
Selection Process
Applicants will be nominated to advance to the second stage of the job application process based on the resumes and any other information presented with the application. However, no applicant will advance to the second stage until they have the documentation required to apply for a 482 visa (see below).
Applicants who advance to the second stage will be required to attend a workshop in Richards Bay for interviews and skills testing. Applicants selected for the second stage will need to travel to Richards Bay at their own cost.
We understand that the application process means you might have to incur substantial costs prior to knowing if Goldmont will offer you a job. Previously, we have offered jobs to boilermakers prior to them acquiring all the documentation required to apply for a 482 visa. Most of these boilermakers have failed to get the documentation required for the visa. Hence, we have re-designed the application process to increase our confidence that applicants who attend the interview and skills testing in Richards Bay will obtain a visa and come and work with us.
You can be confident that Goldmont will employ you if:
• You have excellent boilermaking skills;
• You can be easily understood when speaking English; and
• You have a "good attitude".
Please note that there are no guarantees. Goldmont is currently very keen to employ more boilermakers and cannot source enough suitable boilermakers locally. This could change if more boilermakers became available locally or if the demand for boilermaking work decreased. However, there is no indication that either of these factors will change in the foreseeable future.
If it is not practical for you to travel to Richards Bay, then advise us which major centre you could travel to. At this stage, we do not have any intention to do testing at any other location so if you cannot get to Richards Bay then we probably will not consider your application. However, it is possible this could change in the future.
Wages & Conditions
Successful applicants will be paid AUD (Australian Dollar) $40 per hour. This is a flat rate so these is no additional pay for working over time or weekends. We do pay an additional $4 per hour for night shift work. Goldmont works a 10 days on, four days off roster. Work days are 11.5 hours of paid work per day (5.00am to 5.00pm with 30 minute lunch break).
There is currently a bonus paid once per year and details of the bonus will be provided at a later stage.
You will be on probation for the first three months. If you pass the probation period, your wage will be increased depending on your performance. As a guide, our current boilermakers are paid between $43 and $47 per hour.
If you have a family – wife and children – we will sponsor them to join you in Kalgoorlie (at your cost) after you have completed your probation period.
You will also receive five weeks of annual leave per year. When on annual leave you will be paid at your hourly rate for 37.5 hours per each week of leave.
You will pay for all your living costs including accommodation costs in Kalgoorlie. However, Goldmont will pay for four weeks of accommodation in the local caravan park when you first arrive.
Kalgoorlie is adjacent to another town called Boulder and the terms "Kalgoorlie" and "Kalgoorlie-Boulder" are used interchangeably. Kalgoorlie is a town of about 30,000 people located 600km east of Perth which is the capital city of Western Australia (about 2.2 million population). It is predominantly a mining town. It has good facilities and offers a huge variety of sporting facilities and social groups. A summary of the weather conditions is:
• Daily average temperatures in summer are minimum 18 degrees Celsius and maximum 33 degrees Celsius. There is an average of 8 days over 40 degrees in summer and the highest ever recorded maximum is 46 degrees.
• Daily average temperatures in winter are minimum 5 degrees Celsius and maximum 18 degrees Celsius. The record minimum temperature is minus 3 degrees.
Here are some links for information on Kalgoorlie. Hopefully it helps and if you have any questions feel free to contact us.
To get a feel for the cost of housing accommodation, go to realestate.com.au. Search Kalgoorlie (postcode 6430) or Boulder (postcode 6432), click on the rent tab and that will take you to rentals in town.
This is the type off accommodation we will book you into for your first two weeks www.kalcp.com/
Obtaining a Visa
To obtain a 482 work visa the applicant must:
• Achieve a suitable score in the IELT (the International English Language Test) – this requires an average score of 5 across all sections with a minimum score of 4.5 in any one section.
• Have papers confirming trade qualifications
• Have a passport (or be able to get one)
• Have a birth certificate.
• Be able to obtain a current police clearance


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Innovation for the benefit of social housing
In Nantes, a world first is taking shape: the construction of a house by robot 3D printer. Yhnova, this 95m² house will include 5 rooms, rounded walls, windows and doors… a set of complex architectural forms, achieved by means of a revolutionary technology, on a site provided by Nantes Métropole Habitat.
This innovative project is led by a consortium of scientists, manufacturers, and public and socio-economic actors. The aim: to quickly build affordable, adaptable, and energy efficient housing.


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after scrolling around the wikia features, i found the ability to make interactive maps, for both real and fictional places! this could be a real use for us, as it could make an interactive map of each world/dungeon, and instead of having to look at multiple images, just look at and read from one! should we add it?
should we have interactive maps?
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It appears to just be evolution -- the more intelligent members of a species are, in general, the first to change habits (their big brains are wired to seek out novelty). Since humans have been day-dwellers during most of their existence, it's primarily the smarties who prefer to habitually stay up until the wee hours and to do the types of tasks that are easier to accomplish when you don't have the day-dwellers hanging around and distracting you. Stuff that requires concentration, in other words.
So let the early birds keep their measly worms. The nights owls get to feast on the juicy field mice of accomplishment!
So What's the Problem?
Well, being a night owl does have some negative side effects. And by "some" we mean, "You're pretty much screwed."
And we mean REALLY screwed.
For starters, studies have found that "eveningness" is associated with a high degree of emotional instability. That means you tend to be less agreeable and conscientious than the average Joe. Oh, and you don't just make others' lives miserable. Thanks to your late-night habits, likely brought on by high intelligence, you're also three times more likely to suffer symptoms of depression.


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Well, now I can honestly say I've seen it all!
I've had this lone deer coming into my property the past week or so..my wife first saw it around noon one day…she said it came to our feeder but was very skittish…it fed there cautiously for a few minutes and then left. The deer was very large, and after putting binocular on it.. determined it was a 'spike' buck..
Well, this past weekend I got a chance to see our new 'spike' buck..he was way out in the field when I first caught a glimpse of him.
"That's got to be granddaddy" I thought..another giant buck we have living in the back..but as he approached, I could see no antlers.
Finally when he made it to my property line, I saw what appeared to be a spike on one side of his head…but what a big deer it was, much larger than any yearling buck I've ever seen.
After putting the binocs on him myself this time..I could see that, what was thought to be a 'spike' was actually 4-5 inches of broken-off main beam sticking out…and just a small chunk of antler on the other side.
This poor beast – believe it or not – had both antlers broken right off!!
I couldn't believe it. He had a good solid base on him too..prob 4″ or more circumference, with only a small piece protruding out on the other side; at the pedicel.
I did some reading and apparently it happens that a buck will break one or both sides of its rack completely off in a fight..but I've personally never seen it.
I felt sad for this poor boy..even when he headed back to the field that day, he stopped to tear up a sapling with what little main-beam he had left..in a futile effort – as if to say, don't laugh man, it's all have to work with…hehe
I don't think this poor guy had a very fulfilling rut, if you get my drift..and I can only imagine the battle which would cause this much damage!
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The musical Tom Sawyer detective of Lazzigags Produccions continues his tour of Spain. The young detective will visit Ourense (02/01), A Estrada (03/01), Vilagarcía de Arousa (04/01) and Boadilla del Monte (13/01).
In Catalonia, Tom Sawyer detective will be at Auditori de Cornellà de Llobregat on January 28th, at 6 pm. This show will count on the presence of a children's choir composed by the students of Eva Gris school.
You can see the schedule in lazzigags.cat and in the website of each theatre.


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Building confidence in body, mind and spirit through the culture of classical ballet.
Etiquette is the study of the soft skills seldom taught in schools: it begins with introductions and home safety and culminates in dining skills. Confidence in etiquette instills grace and self-assuredness.
The study of ballet promotes self-awareness and discipline. Our unique curriculum teaches both ballet technique and the stories of great ballets—instilling physical and mental skills as well as classical culture.
Together these studies help a child find grounding and strength as they live in social and scholastic circumstances that are constantly changing.
The Academy offers two separate areas of study: Etiquette for children, and our unique ballet and etiquette curriculum designed for the preschooler.
-Ms. Milinh, Head of School at Cabrillo Montessori School
"It is clear Ms. Sara has a talent and passion for guiding children to learn about the fine arts of storytelling and history of dance through movement and grace! It's always a popular class, the children have so much fun. I would recommend her services to anyone."
Sara Vizcarrondo, Founder & President
Sara Vizcarrondo brings ballet and etiquette lessons to preschools around Silicon Valley. She was trained in Vaganova ballet from a young age and danced with the Solano Civic Ballet until college, finishing as Snow Queen in the Nutcracker and soloist in Giselle. She holds a certification to teach etiquette from the American School of Protocol.
The loveliest thing a young person can do is see something nice and say, "thank you!"-Miss Sara


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One of the most delicious and favourite fast foods that you can get from sandwich shops in Iran is called sosis bandari. Bandar means port and bandari means from the port. Originally sosis bandari comes from Southern cities of Iran around the Persian Gulf and it is very hot and spicy.
Sosis bandari is a popular dish between young and old. It can be served as breakfast or dinner and can be served with flat breads (Lavash bread, Pita bread) or budget bread.
300 g sausages, cut into bites
2 large potatoes, boiled, peeled and cubed
2 medium onions, peeled, chopped into chunks
4 Tbsp tomato paste
Salt – black pepper powder
1 Tsp turmeric
Fry tomato paste in a pan with 1Tbsp oil for 1 minute. Add 1/3 cup of water to the tomato paste and stir well. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a pan, add chopped onions and saute until tender. Give a quick stir to all spices ( sosis bandari should be hot, so add black pepper powder as much as you like). Add fried spices to the onions. Fry sausages for 10 minutes. Then add fried sausages and chopped potatoes to the onions Pour tomato sauce over the mixture. Stir well. Cover the pot and let it cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes. Serve it with bread.


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The SAY School of Business is based on the 'pathway model', which means that we are a bridge between students current and future learning. In practice, students study with us for the first one, two or so years, then finish their degree at one of our designated partner universities. Pathways start with the students' end goals in mind and then provide support programmes and services to enable students to achieve these goals. The model focuses on laying out a clear, cohesive and complete academic programme for students and aligning the support to assist students down their program path to successful completion at university.
Central to the pathways model are clear, educationally coherent programmes, which map learning outcomes, specific course sequences, teaching, progress milestones and assessments that are aligned to the next education destination of the students.
These plans simplify student decision-making, whilst enabling the SAY School of Business to provide predictable schedules, regular feedback and targeted support as needed to help students stay on track and complete their programmes in a timely fashion. This means that as long as full-fledged universities exist, there will be a welcomed need to supply those institutions with suitable candidates for enrolment.


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Interesting Research on Tips – Things You Probably Never Knew
June 9, 2018
How to Improve Your Health and Well-Being
Quite a number of people in the world today are culprits of concentrating on activities that are going to make other people happy but that are not going to make themselves happy and this is something that is very important for people to understand. Without taking good care of yourself, you can find yourself at a point whereby you really suffer from different issues that could have been avoided if you had taken good care of yourself. Sometimes also, there is usually a lot of pressure at the workplace meaning that, people put all the efforts into making the people at their workplace happy birthday themselves may not be okay. The possibility of getting diseases and other kinds of problems is actually higher whenever people are not taking enough time to take care of themselves. Being healthy again is not something that is guaranteed unless you follow a number of steps that are being very critical in guiding people to go back to a place where there able to take care of themselves. Taking care of yourself and ensures that you are okay and at the same time, you will be able to take care of all the people that are around you or even at your workplace.
The information in this article is going to give you the different guidelines that you must follow to ensure that you are leading a normal and healthy lifestyle for the sake of your health and well-being. You should always ensure that you have set enough time aside to correct the relationships that you are in but also, you should look at the lifestyle that you are living at the moment. It is definite that a person will be able to suffer from a problem of floor productivity whenever they are not careful to look at the positive things that may be happening in their lives but instead, they concentrate on the negative things only.
Another thing that you should to ensure that you're able to have better health and well-being is by taking your time to learn something new for example, cooking some new kind of food or looking for an experience that is going to be challenging to your mind. There are quite a number of people in the world today that are stuck at doing the same things each and every day which becomes a very boring process for them making them lead very dull lives, learning something new is going to help you to steal away from such. Being more productive is actually guaranteed the moment you decide to use the right methods and that is the reason why, you should be able to follow the gifts explained above.


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The second is the carabiniers. The 1809 variety isn't covered by any of the Commission figures so it was out with the knife and superglue. I used the cuirassier figures , beheaded them and stuck on the heads for the old guard pack. Well pleased!
So onto the whole ensemble.
First assembled for Blucher
Second assembled for "Altar of Nappy" I still much prefer the aesthetics of these rules. They look great like this.
I think I'm finally getting the hang of working in MDF. They are starting to look quite snazzy for wood chippings. What a remarkably talented Chap Walter of http://www.commission-figurines.co.uk/ really is. I have been working steadily at this project for about 11 months now. That really is a record for me. I first planned 6mm Napoleonics back in 1976. It's only taken me 40 years to get round to it. I guess I have Walt and blogging to thank for me finally biting the bullet. Blogging has been a great way to inspire me to finish stuff and force me to put my thoughts into print.


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Temperature dependent absorption and emission cross-sections of 5at% Yb3+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (Yb:YLO) ceramic between 80K and 300K are presented. In addition, we report on the first demonstration of ns pulse amplification in Yb:YLO ceramic. A pulse energy of 102mJ was extracted from a multi-pass amplifier setup. The amplification bandwidth at room temperature confirms the potential of Yb:YLO ceramic for broad bandwidth amplification at cryogenic temperatures.
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Comparison between adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence and aerobic colony count to assess surface sanitation in the hospital environment
The measurement of the bioluminescence produced by the firefly luciferase in the presence of adenosine triphosphate has been successfully introduced as a verification of the cleaning procedures according to the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system in the food industry.
Our aim was to to evaluate the reliability of bioluminescence as a tool to monitor the effectiveness of sanitation in the hospital settings and to predict risk of healthcare associated infections, in comparison with the microbiological gold standard assay.
614 surfaces were randomly sampled in all hospital units to detect adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence and aerobic colony count. Statystical analysis relied on linear regression model and the calculation of Pearson correlation coefficient.
Aerobic colony count had median values of 1.71 Colony Forming Units/cm2 (interquartile range = 3.8), whereas adenosine triphosphate median was 59.9 Relative Light Units/cm2 (interquartile range = 128.3). Pearson coefficient R2 was 0.09. Sensitivity and specificity of bioluminescence test with respect to microbiology were 46% and 71%, whereas positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 53% and 65%, respectively.
According to our results, there seemed to be no linear correlation between aerobic colony count and adenosine triphosphate values, suggesting that the use of bioluminescence alone as predictor of infection risk is not sufficiently reliable.
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The piano is a powerful instrument, allowing a person to become musically talented as well as gaining and retaining the knowledge of various abilities. When you take the time to learn the piano, the benefits can actually help with improving many other areas within your life. It's hard to imagine that playing an instrument can do this, but these improvements are actually backed by science and studies, proving that it truly is a beneficial instrument to learn all around.
If you are or were ever considering taking up piano lessons, there are some truly great improvements upon your life that you can experience when you do so.


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Bid FUDCon 2015 Phnom Penh/Cambodia
Brief Description of City
Phnom Penh, at the confluence of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap Rivers, is the capital of Cambodia and its largest city. The beauty that made it a 'Paris of the East' before 1970 is unfortunately well hidden, though there are a few French colonial buildings remaining. The wide boulevards and promenades envisaged by the French have become parking spaces and market stalls: pedestrians are not in favour. The most pleasant strolling is to be done along the park-like river frontage, which hosts cafés and restaurants aplenty. Phnom Penh is on its best ways to become again the Pearl of South East Asia.
We plan to host FUDCon together with BarCamp Phnom Penh (http://barcampphnompenh.org), which usually gathers more than 3.500 tech-interested people.
About Barcamp Phnom Penh
BarCamp Phnom Penh is an international, innovative, and open technology conference. It's for individuals, businesses, and non-profit organisations. This two-day gathering at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (សាលាតិចណូ) is aimed at computer enthusiasts, Internet users, technologists, entrepreneurs, digital journalists, web developers and netizens to share and learn all things technology in a very open and democratic environment.
The team gets supported from all of the BarCamp organizers as well there volunteers
How to get there:
Cambodia has international airports at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Direct flights connect Phnom Penh International Airport in the following way:
- Bangkok BKK/DMK
- Bangkok Airways 3x/day
- Thai Airways 2x/day
- AirAsia daily
- Beijing NAY
- China Southern daily
- Guangzhou CAN -
- China Southern daily
- Shanghai PVG
- Shanghai Air daily
- Hong Kong HKG
- Dragon Air daily
- Hanoi HAN
- Vietnam Airlines daily
- Ho Chi Minh SGN
- Vietnam Airlines 3x/day
- Seoul ICN
- Asiana Airlines daily
- Korean Air daily
- Kuala Lumpur KUL
- Malaysia Airlines daily
- AirAsia 2x/day
- Singapore SIN
- Silk Air 2x/day
- Jet Star 6x/week
- Teipei TPE
- Eva Air daily
- China Airways 3x/week
- Vientane VTE
- Vietnam Airlines daily
Connections from Europe are possible via Doha (DOH), Beijing (NAY), Guangzhou (CAN), Seoul (ICN), Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) or Bangkok (BKK). From North America via Hong Kong (HKG). Beyond that exists the possibility for land and river connections to Phnom Penh, e.g. Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh 5hrs, 15US$
Prices from selected airports, booked 6 weeks in advance, round trip,
- Beijing - PEK - 320US$
- Hong Kong - HKG - 350US$
- Kuala Lumpur - KUL - 430US$
- Singapore - SIN - 220US$
- Hanoi - HAN - 400US$
- Pune - PNQ - 600US$
- Dehli - DEL - 600US$
- Kolkata - CCU - 680US$
- Paris - CDG - 870US$
- Prague - PRG - 980US$
- Boston - BOS - 1450US$
- Raleigh - RDU - 1250US$
All visitors, except citizens of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam need a visa to enter Cambodia.
Visas can be obtained at Cambodian embassies or consulates. Visas are also available "on arrival" at both international airports, all six international border crossings with Thailand, some international border crossings with Vietnam, and at the main border crossing with Laos.
You will need a visa type T, which will cost 30 US$. Visa are also available as so called e-visa - https://www.evisa.gov.kh/ which you can get via internet in advance.
Only citizens of the following countries have to apply for a visa in advance: Afghanistan, Algeria, Arab Saudi, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Nigeria
Phnom Penh has a wide variety of accommodation, ranging from budget guesthouses (about USD5-20) to good quality mid-range hotels (US$20-50) to extravagant palaces with extravagant prices to match.
DenDey Sovannaphum Hotel
- No 40, st. 112, Sngkat Phsar Depo III,Toul Kok, Phsar Deum Kor, Phnom Penh (show on google maps)
- 32 rooms available starting with 15 US$
- Distance: 500m from the hotel to venue and it is about 6 minutes walk
Tonle Sekong Hotel
- No 77-79, St 122 225, Sangkat Psar Depo III, Khan Toul Kork, Phnom Penh (show on google maps)
- 72 (30 single, 42 double) rooms available, double 20 US$, triple 30 US$
- Distance: 850m from the hotel to venue and it is about 10 minutes walk
Le President Hotel & Restaurant
- No.680, Kampuchea Krom Street, Sangkat Psar Depo II, Khan Toul kork Phnom Penh (show on google maps)
- There are 62 rooms, double 45 US$
- Distance: 850m from the hotel to venue and it is about 10 minutes walk
Telephone & Internet:
Cheap SIM cards from $2 for GSM phones are available on almost any major street. A vendor should have an activated test card to be used to make sure your phone will operate on that network. Calls between mobile networks can be spotty and Skype calls from abroad to mobiles in Cambodia are sometimes dropped, so be prepared to redial frequently. SIM cards, phone credit and internet packages can be bought and activated at the airport located just after passing through customs. A great time and place to do so if you know you going to buy a local sim card in Cambodia. Its a good idea to have your phone sim unlocked before leaving home. It seems all phones sold in Cambodia are unlocked. Dual sim phones are cheaply available which are useful for travellers who want to use their home sim card and a local sim card at the same time.
Mobitel and metfone have the best coverage around the whole of Cambodia. Metfone is particularly good for their internet packages (e.g. 2.5Gb for one month for $5) and they allow hotspot tethering from you smart phone unlike Mobitel. Useful if you use a laptop a lot and want to use wifi via your hotspot enabled smart phone.
Most of the major networks, such as metfone, have kiosks at the Phnom Penh airport located just after walking through customs where you can buy a local sim card, some credit and an Internet data package. If so, check that it all appears to be operating OK before heading off, such as by loading up a web page and checking your balance. If you fly with Bangkok Airways, they will give you an SIM card on board, you only have to activate it with an registration when you leave the plane.
Local Transport:
Phnom Penh International Airport 1 (IATA: PNH) - airport is around 7km outside Phnom Penh city centre, costs for an tuk tuk are around 7 US$, for an cab 9 US$. At night the prices are a little bit higher.
There is no public transport in Phnom Penh, this is mostly done by Taxis,Motorbike-taxis and tuk tuk Taxis forget about them,through the chaotic traffic situation they are slower as a tuk tuk and also more expensive. There are some metered taxis available but still some un-metered are running, fares must be agreed in advance. Motorbike-taxis, (motodops or simply motos) should take you anywhere cheaply. A trip from Sisowath Quay to Central Market costs about 2,000 Riel (US$ 0.50). Fares are higher at night and with more than one passenger. Often little English is spoken. No helmets are provided. some rules for tuk tuk
Agree a fare in advance. Be clear whether it is for one way or return and in total or per person. Drivers will try to avoid losing face by not admitting ignorance. Therefore, "Do you know where this address is?" will always be answered by "yes". Put it to the test and show a driver a recipe, while claiming it's an address. Be patient and expect the driver to pull over mid-trip to ask passers-by for directions even to the most obvious of destinations. Don't leave possessions exposed to snatchers. Women are often targeted. The tuk-tuk drivers outside the Foreign Correspondent's Club are notoriously pushy and aggressive. Avoid them: walk half a block and hire someone else. If you don't want a lift saying "no thanks" generally works. Better still, try it in Khmer: "otday awkunh". Have small Dollar bills, bigger notes they can not often exchange large notes
For arrival and departure days we will arrange an fetch-up service from the airport, we will rent tuk tuk day-wise for that as that might become cheaper, a tuk tuk rented for a day costs around 20 US$
Phnom Penh has a tropical wet and dry climate. The climate is hot year-round with only minor variations. Temperatures typically range from 22 to 35 °C (72 to 95 °F) and weather is subject to the tropical monsoons. The southwest monsoon blows inland bringing moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean from May to October. The northeast monsoon ushers in the dry season, which lasts from November to March. The city experiences the heaviest precipitation from September to October with the driest period in January and February.
The city has two distinct seasons. The rainy season, which runs from May to October, sees high temperatures accompanied by high humidity. The dry season lasts from November to April when temperatures can drop to 22 °C (72 °F). But temperatures can approach 40 °C (104 °F) in April. The best months to visit the city are November to February when temperatures, humidity and rainfall are lower.
Phnom Penh offers some interesting culinary treats not found elsewhere in the country. These include French-influenced dining and Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian dishes. Khmer street restaurant are also found throughout the city, where a typical meal costs 2-4 Dollars. Pizzas, banana pancakes and fried rice are always easy to find. The riverfront hosts everything from stand-up stalls to fine French bistros.
Event Details
Time & Place
Time: October 2015, depending on the date of BarCamp, exact date will be known in February
Venue: Institute of Technology of Cambodia on the Russian Conf. Blvd,Phnom Penh, Cambodia venue on google maps
BarCamp Phnom Penh has on saturday morning their opening remark in the largest room (2.500), we are invited to join this opening ceremony. We will have a big hall (400 people) for our keynote in the afternoon. We will use this hall as our own dedicated room for our sessions.
- Friday: Arrival day, Welcome party , smaller one for gathering and networking between Fedora Ambassadors and contributors.
- Saturday: Keynote speech to all attendees, parallel standard sessions, FUDPub
- Sunday: Keynote speech to all attendees, parallel standard sessions. Sunday evening, we will have another social event party with BarCamp organizers, sponsors and volunteers.
- Monday: One day tour to Toul Sleng Genocide, Royal Palace, Russian market for and National Museum.
Friday, October xx, 2015 We will have a small gathering dinner as a welcome and networking party for Fedora contributors.
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 Location: Kuch Angkor or (Any place that provide a private room) Detailed address: ….
Saturday, October xx, 2015 Schedule Table
Sunday, October xx, 2015 Schedule Table


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Particle size and shape, particle size distribution, size reduction and classification of solid particles; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, agitation and mixing; conveying of solids.
GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Heat Transfer
Steady and unsteady heat conduction, convection and radiation, thermal boundary layer and heat transfer coefficients, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their process calculations. Design of double pipe, shell and tube heat exchangers, and single and multiple effect evaporators.
GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Mass Transfer
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GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Chemical Reaction Engineering
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GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Instrumentation and Process Control
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GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Plant Design and Economics
Principles of process economics and cost estimation including depreciation and total annualized cost, cost indices, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipments such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors.
GATE Chemical Engineering Syllabus (CH) – Chemical Technology
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